Patent ID: 6234850
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An apparatus for connecting an electrical conductor to an electric equipment, said apparatus comprising:a terminal electrically coupled to the electric equipment and having a hole formed therethrough;a first securing member having a head and a shaft passing through the hole formed in said terminal, a first conductor receiving area being defined between said head and a first side of said terminal;a second securing member selectively engageable with said shaft on a side of said terminal opposite said head of said first securing member, a second conductor receiving area being defined between said second securing member and a second side of said terminal; anda holder coupled to said terminal and disposed on a side of said terminal corresponding to said second securing member, said holder retaining said second securing member at a position in which said second securing member can be engaged with an end of said shaft when said shaft is inserted through the hole formed in said terminal.