Patent ID: 6538204
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical compression connector comprising:a first section having a first conductor receiving channel extending into a first top side of the connector; and a second section integrally formed with the first section; the second section having a second conductor receiving channel extending into a second lateral side of the connector and a third conductor receiving channel extending into a third lateral side of the connector, wherein the second section comprises bottom portions at the second and third conductor receiving channels curving upward and extending outward laterally past top portions of the second section at the second and third conductor receiving channels, and wherein the first and second sections are adapted to be compressed in a compression tool onto conductors at substantially a same time with apertures into the second and third conductor receiving channels at the second and third lateral sides being closed by the bottom portions of the second section before substantial compression of the first section onto its respective conductor.