Patent ID: 6488548
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A no-tool system for connecting an insulated wire to a conductive end terminal, comprising:an insulated housing member having a pair of connection chambers and a conductive element extending between both chambers and having a taper-shaped surface projecting into each connection chamber, each connection chamber having a threaded surface associated therewith, a hollow clamping member for each connection chamber, each hollow clamping member having a threaded portion which is threadably engageable with the threaded surface associated therewith, and a complementary tapered surface which is complementary to said taper-shaped surface, said conductive end terminal having an integrally formed splayable end adapted to be inserted into one of said hollow clamping members, said splayable end being splayed by said taper-shaped surface on said conductive element in one of said connection chambers, whereby, relative rotation by hand of said hollow clamping member and said insulated housing member with said threaded surface and threaded portions threadably engaged, said splayable end is securely clamped between said tapered-shaped surface and said complementary tapered surface and a bare wire end on said insulated wire is inserted into the other of said hollow clamping members such that said bare wire end is splayed on said conductive element in the other of said connection chambers and clamped therein by relative rotation by hand of a second of said clamping members and said insulated housing member.