Patent ID: 8579647
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A contact assembly, comprising of: an outer body; an insert assembly receivable in said outer body, said insert assembly including a housing and a conductive barrier received in said housing, said conductive barrier defines first and second receiving areas in said housing, each of said first and second receiving areas having a first portion that includes at least one enclosed inner bore and a second portion that forms an open cavity; at least a first contact member receivable in said first receiving area, and a portion of said first contact abuts a wall of said at least one enclosed inner bore of said first receiving area, said wall being adjacent to said open cavity; and at least a second contact member receivable in said second receiving area, and a portion of said second contact abuts a wall of said at least one enclosed inner bore of said second receiving area, said wall being adjacent to said open cavity, whereby each of said first and second contact members being adapted to accept a conductor.