Patent ID: 6074257
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connection strip for providing a plurality of closely spaced connections to mutually adjacent electrical conductors, said electrical connection strip comprising:a) an elongated block of electrically non-conductive material, said block having a first surface and a second surface;b) a first and second row of connector elements mounted within said block, each connector element including an end portion, said end portion providing electrical connection to a conductor, said connector elements being mounted so that the end portions of the first row extend through said first surface and the end portions of the second row extend through said second surface; andc) a conductor guide mounted to one of said first or second surfaces for receiving at least one of said conductors, said conductor guide being pivotable with respect to said connector elements between a first position, in which the conductors are held substantially parallel to said first or second surface, to a second position in which the conductors are bent substantially perpendicular to said first or second surface.