Patent ID: 6074124
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: F16G,Y10T

Abstract:
A cable connector comprising:a body with a passageway therethrough having a cable receiving first surface for receiving a cable extending through the passageway, a slot extending along the passageway and outwardly through the body, said passageway having a first end and a second end, the first end being larger than the second end; anda wedge slidably received in the passageway having a large end, a small end and a cable receiving second surface which is non-parallel with the first surface, forming a tapered cavity between the first surface and the second surface, the cavity decreasing in size as the large end of the wedge slides towards the body, whereby the cable is pinched between the first and second surfaces, the small end of the wedge being inserted in a direction moving from the first end of the passageway towards the second end of the passageway.