Patent ID: 9147946
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical cable connector for electrically connecting a first electrical cable having two cores with insulation to a second cable, comprising: a body having first and second body members which are connected together and are movable between an open position of the body, in which the first and second body members are relatively spaced apart, and a closed position of the body, in which the first and second body members are relatively close together; a first conductor supported by the first body member and a second conductor supported by the second body member, the first and second conductors having respective ends protruding from respective first and second body members, the ends extending in opposite directions in an imaginary plane in the closed position of the body; a first gap associated with at least one of the first and second body members, through which the imaginary plane extends, for receiving and locating a section of the two cores of the first electrical cable in the imaginary plane when the first and second body members are moved to the closed position of the body, with the ends of the first and second conductors simultaneously cutting through the insulation and respectively coming into electrical connection, in opposite directions, with the two cores; and connecting means associated with the first and second body members and electrically connecting each of the first and second conductors to a respective core of the second electrical cable.