Patent ID: 6351365
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A electrical wiring device including:a housing including a first housing member and a second housing member, with the housing being movable between a clamped and an unclamped position and with the housing defining a wire path for receiving an insulated wire having outer insulation; a contact blade mounted on the housing and movable between an open position displaced from the wire path when the housing is in the unclamped position and a contact position across the wire path when the housing is in the clamped position so that the contact blade will pierce the insulation and make electrical contact with a wire disposed along the wire path; a cutting blade mounted on the housing and movable between an open position displaced from the wire path when the housing is in the unclamped position and a cutting position when the housing is in the clamped position so that the cutting blade will sever a wire disposed along the wire path; and an electrical contact mounted on the housing for receiving an end of an external electrical wire and configured to make an electrical connection between the external electrical wire and the contact blade.