Patent ID: 6547481
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: H02G,Y10T

Abstract:
A spring-loaded wedge dead end connector, comprising:(a) a connector body having a base and a pair of opposite jaw guides formed on and protruding outwardly from a surface of said base and defining a guide channel therewith, said jaw guides extending in a spaced angular relationship to one another such that said jaw guides and said guide channel defined by said base and said jaw guides converge from a rear end to a front end of said base; (b) a pair of jaws mounted between said jaw guides and on said base of said connector body for undergoing slidable movement within said guide channel thereof along forwardly converging and rearwardly diverging paths between a rearward open position for receiving a segment of an electrical conductor therebetween and a forward closed position in which said jaws provide a clamping wedging engagement with the electrical conductor segment disposed therebetween; and (c) a plurality of complementary elements formed on said jaws such that said complementary elements directly and slidably interfit with one another so as to ensure that the jaws are coupled to one another to undergo the slidable movement together.