Patent ID: 6299474
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector for electrically connecting a plurality of wires and a plurality of insulated wires, each of the plurality of insulated wires having an insulation jacket and electrical conductors, wherein the electrical conductors are disposed at least partly in the insulation jacket, the connector comprising:a cap with cap holes that allow the insulated wires to pass through;at least one terminal made of electrically conductive material and having a tail capable of accommodating wire wrapping to which a further wire may be connected said terminal having a surface extending perpendicular to the tail and defining keyholes with round portions that may be aligned with the cap holes and allow the insulated wires to pass through, and a keyhole tail of narrower width than the round portions; anda base on which the terminal is securely fastened and on which the cap is fastened so that the cap may rotate between an aligned position in which the cap holes and the round portions of the terminal keyhole are aligned and a non-aligned position in which an insulated wire inserted into cap holes and round portions of the terminal keyhole is forced into the tail portion of the keyhole, the tail portion of the keyhole being formed such that it cuts and removes the insulated jacket from such a wire when it is forced therein andwherein the cap of the connector comprises a cap notch by which the cap can be rotated by twisting the cap notch, wherein the cap further comprises cap fins, the cap fins further comprising cap fin ends, and the terminal further comprising a concave-shaped terminal side wall disposed between the cap fin ends of the cap fins and a portion of the cap notch when the terminal is fastened with the cap.