Patent ID: 6080006
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector for shorting together first and second insulated wires of different sizes, said connector includinga non-conductive base and a non-conductive cover,said base being opened upwardly and including a bottom, a front, a back and opposed sides,said cover being closed downwardly over said base,an electrically conductive contact plate mounted in said base,said contact plate having a forward contact blade and a rear contact blade spaced from each other and extending upwardly from said bottom, each of said blades having an upwardly opening stripping slot therein for receiving and stripping insulation from an insulated wire, said slots in said blades being aligned from said front to said back, said slot in said rear blade having narrower width than the width of the slot of said forward blade, whereby the first insulated wire of a first width to be engaged by said slot of said forward blade, and said second insulated wire having a second width which is narrower than the first width to be passed through said slot of said forward blade and be engaged with said rear blade slot, said cover including bore means and a pair of access openings to receive said blades, said bore means having a first portion of a first width and a second portion of a second width narrower than said first width for receiving and positioning the first and second insulated wires of different sizes therein corresponding to the width s of the stripping slots for alignment of insulated wires with the corresponding slots for the stripping of insulation therefrom as said cover is closed over said base.