Patent ID: 6454602
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
A connector for terminating and securing a high voltage cable having a jacket with a first predetermined outer diameter and serving as an electric insulator and surrounding an electrically conductive conductor having a second outer predetermined diameter except for an exposed section of conductor, said exposed section having first and second ends with said first end of said exposed section of conductor covered by said jacket, said connector comprising:a) A body having a stem with first and second ends and having a first bore dimensioned to be greater than said second predetermined outer diameter, said first end of said stem having a socket therein dimensioned to snugly mate with said second end of said exposed section of said conductor, said body having a main portion with first and second sections and a second bore running at least partially therethrough and with the first end section mating with said second end of said stem and the second end section having a third predetermined outer diameter, said first section having a second bore being dimensioned to be greater than said first predetermined outer diameter; and b) a cap having a third bore running therethrough and dimensioned to be greater than said first predetermined diameter, said cap having a rim dimensioned so as to snugly cover and mate with said third predetermined outer diameter of said second end section of said main portion.