Patent ID: 6716055
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector having a base member having a first channel for an electrically insulated dual conductor main power cord comprising dual conductors and a top member having a second channel for an electrically insulated dual conductor branched circuit power cord, the first channel comprising a first space which is adapted to confine the dual conductors of said main power cord while maintaining a second space between the conductors of said dual conductor main power cord and the second channel comprising means to hold said dual conductor branched circuit power cord transversely at an angle to said first channel, said connector also including two electrically conductive bus bars fitted into retaining means in said top member, said bus bars having at each end a piercing element adapted to penetrate the electrical insulation of said dual conductor main power cord and said branched circuit dual conductor power cord to provide an electrical connection between said dual conductor main power cord and said dual conductor branched circuit power cord; and a retainer means which is sized to engage the second channel in said top member to force said branched power cord against two of said piercing elements of said bus bars located at the ends of said bus bars to establish and maintain electrical conductivity between said main power cord and said branched circuit power cord.