Patent ID: 6570094
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A method of making a two-stage twist-on wire connector comprising the steps of:a. forming a housing having an open end, a closed end, and an exterior surface for hand grasping by a user; b. placing a spiral thread on the interior of the housing with the spiral thread having a diameter located proximate the open end of the housing larger than a diameter located proximate the closed end of the housing, the spiral thread diametrically converging in an axial direction toward the closed end of the housing; c. inserting a lubricant into the closed end of the housing with the lubricant partially covering the spiral thread proximate the closed end of the housing thereby leaving a further portion of the spiral thread proximate the open end of the housing free of lubricant so that when a plurality of wires requiring N turns of the twist-on wire connector to fully engage the plurality of wires if the spiral thread is free of lubricant and M additional turns of the twist-on wire connector to fully engage the plurality of wires with the lubricant partially covering the spiral thread thereby enabling the drawing of the plurality of wires into engagement with the spiral thread of the wire connector without the aid of a separate tool; d. inserting a plurality of wire ends to be spliced into the open end of the housing; and e. twisting said plurality of wire ends with respect to said wire connector to draw the plurality of wire ends proximate the closed end of the housing to improve the electrical continuity between the plurality of wire ends.