Patent ID: 6325677
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A device for clamping a cable comprising:a first member comprising a first tail portion and a first head portion;a second member comprising a second tail portion and a generally cylindrical second head portion received within the first head portion for rotation therein about a rotation axis;said tail portions being spaced apart when said device is in an open, cable-receiving position and in close proximity when said device is in a closed, cable-clamping position;said first head portion having a cable-receiving opening and said second head portion having a cable-receiving bore, said opening and bore being in general axial alignment when said device is open and in axial misalignment when said device is closed;said device having a first cable-clamping surface comprising an interior surface portion of said opening and a second cable-damping surface comprising an interior surface portion of one end of said bore;said cable-receiving bore extending along a bore axis;said first and second cable-clamping surfaces disposed adjacent a first plane oriented transverse to the rotation axis and including the bore axis;said second cable-clamping surface oriented to diverge from the bore axis in the first plane by at least 10 degrees to reduce any tendency of the second cable-clamping surface to cut into a cable when said device is moved to the closed, cable-clamping position;said first cable-clamping surface being blunted near the second head portion at an inner edge of the first cable-clamping surface, thereby reducing any tendency of the first cable-clamping surface to cut into the cable when said device is moved to the closed, cable-clamping position.