Patent ID: 7066764
Filing Date: 2006-06-27
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A termination device comprising a body having a plurality of protruding terminals and a cover having slits so that, upon closing, the cover guides and forces wires respectively associated with the terminals down into respective terminals and respective slits of the cover to provide an electrical connection between the wires and the terminals, and wherein the cover is hinged to the body such that the wires may be positioned correctly in an open position of the cover, and such that the wires are in the respective terminals in a closed position of the cover, characterized in that a first number of terminals distributed in a direction crosswise of the hinge axis is greater than a second number of terminals distributed in a direction parallel to the hinge axis and that distances from the hinge axis to the terminals respectively vary substantially evenly between smallest and greatest of the distances, the terminals being in at least two evenly spaced and staggered rows with at least three terminals in each row.