Patent ID: 7384297
Filing Date: 2008-06-10
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
1. An open-face electrical connector comprising: a first housing having a chamber therein; a second housing mateable to the first housing to form an enclosure for supporting an electrical wire therein; and a latchable wire retainer secured to one of the housings, the latchable wire retainer having a first jaw with a wire support surface and a second jaw with a wire support surface, said second jaw having a body with a first end, a second end, a first side, and a second side, with the latchable wire retainer having an open condition for laterally inserting a wire between the first jaw and the second jaw and then bringing the first jaw and the second jaw into clamping engagement around a peripheral wire surface by bringing the first jaw toward the second jaw; a plurality of spaced ribs extending from the first end, the second end, the first side, and the second side of the body, the ribs forming a plurality of guide channels therebetween; a first set of teeth located on the first end and a second set of teeth located on the second end of the second jaw; and a first set of holes and a second set of holes extending from the first side to the second side of the second jaw.