Patent ID: 7121872
Filing Date: 2006-10-17
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector for coupling to an elongated multi-stranded conductor, comprising: a housing having a first end, a second end and a bore formed around an axis of the housing and being open at the first end, an opening of the bore at the first end having a first interior diameter, the bore having a bottom, the housing having an external surface adjacent the first end; a conductive axial prong extending from the bottom of the bore toward the first end of the housing and adapted to pierce an end of the multistranded conductor to make electrical connection thereto; an axial portion of the housing extending from the prong to the second end being conductive, a second portion of the housing disposed radially outwardly from the axial portion being formed of insulative material; a collar formed around the axis and having first and second opposed axial ends, a sloped surface extending between the first and second ends, an exterior diameter of the collar at the first end being smaller than the first interior diameter of the bore, an exterior diameter of the collar at the second end being larger than the first interior diameter of the bore, an interior diameter of the collar at the first end thereof being sized to receive the conductor therethrough; and means for affixing the collar and the conductor in the bore of the housing.