Patent ID: 7086900
Filing Date: 2006-08-08
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector adapted to be connected to a cable having a plurality of wires, comprising: a casing including an intake for receiving said cable; a contact holder for each of said wires removably received within said casing and including plural receptacles; a connector assembly seated in each of said receptacles for connecting to an associated one of said wires, each connector assembly including: a conductive band defining an opening sized to receive an associated wire and first and second opposing portions, said first opposing portion defining an internally threaded aperture, wherein said conductive band is generally rectilinear having four walls defining said opening and wherein said opposing portions thereof are walls; a threaded member received in said internally threaded aperture of said conductive band; and a contact element adapted to be connected to a mating connector and received in said opening of an associated conductive band adjacent said threaded member, wherein said contact element is a generally flat metal member having first and second depending legs spaced apart to receive in electrical contacting relation a connector element of said mating connector, said contact element further comprising a tab extending upwardly above its associated conductive band; whereby when a wire is placed in said opening of said conductive band between said second portion of said conductive band and said contact, and said threaded member is tightened, said threaded member forces said contact element against said inserted wire to establish electrical continuity between a wire of said cable and an associated contact element of said connector; and a printed circuit band receiving in electrical contacting relation the tab of said contact element.