Patent ID: 6086410
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical adapter for electrically connecting a pair of branch wires to a two-ply main wire comprising:a seat having a large oval shaped bottom and a small oval shaped top, said large oval shaped bottom and said small oval shaped top defining a generally taper body, a pair of longitudinal channels alternately formed in opposite outer peripheries of said body, each channel including an L-shaped bend on a lower portion of said body, a longitudinal slot centrally formed in an upper portion of said body, a pair of horizontal grooves extending parallel through the center of the large oval shaped bottom, a positioning rod projected downward form one end of the large oval shaped bottom at one side of the horizontal grooves and a partition projected downward from the center of the large oval shaped bottom between said pair of horizontal grooves;a housing of a shape in a configuration with that of the seat, said housing sleeved onto said seat and having an oblong opening in a top thereof, an oval opening in a bottom thereof and an annular flange extending outward from the oval opening, two pairs of short grooves symmetrically formed in a bottom of the flange at two ends thereof and engageable with two ends of the horizontal grooves of said seat respectively;a cap of a flat oval body slightly larger than the bottom of the housing and slidably engageable with the bottom of the housing, said cap having a pair of circumferential walls on opposing sides from which a pair of extensions extending inward so as to define a pair of rails thereunder to slidably engageable with the annular flange of the housing, a pair of longitudinal grooves extending parallel through the center of inner surface thereof respectively engageable with the horizontal grooves of said seat and the short grooves of said housing, a positioning notch formed adjacent one end of said cap engageable with the positioning rod of said seat, a large opening formed in said one end of said cap and a small opening formed in an opposing end of said one end of said cap;the pair of branch wires extending outward from said seat through the oblong opening of said housing, each including a conductive plate extending downward from lower end thereof, said conductive plates being alternately engaged into the longitudinal channels of said seat and each conductive plate having an L-shaped bend engageable into the L-shaped bend of the channel and a tip point extending downward from the bottom of said seat;when the two-ply main wire disposed parallel into the grooves of the seat, the cap is slidably engaged in place with the annular flange under proper pressure so as to force the tip points of the conductive plates respectively pierced into said two-ply main wire from which the electricity is supplied.