Patent ID: 7234980
Filing Date: 2007-06-26
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A loadbreak electrical connector comprising: a housing having first and second intersecting passageways therein; a conductive member to be received in the first passageway, said conductive member having a first end to receive a cable end and having a transverse internally threaded opening adjacent a second end thereof being accessible via the second passageway; and a loadbreak probe to be received in the second passageway, said loadbreak probe having an externally threaded end to be threaded into the transverse internally threaded opening of said conductive member; said externally threaded end comprising a proximal portion and a self-aligning, anti-cross threading tip connected thereto; said proximal portion comprising a proximal shaft having a constant predetermined diameter and a proximal helical rib extending radially outwardly a first distance from said proximal shaft; said self-aligning, anti-cross threading tip comprising a distal shaft connected to said proximal shaft and a distal helical rib connected to said proximal helical rib and extending radially outwardly from said distal shaft a second distance less than the first distance, said distal helical rib also terminating prior to an end of said distal shaft to define an unthreaded lead-in.