Patent ID: 6769941
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector for connecting a terminal stud of an electrical unit to multiple branch circuits, said connector comprising an elongated conductor, a first portion of said elongated conductor having at least one series of transverse holes and a wire-clamping screw for each hole, for receiving and securing branch-circuit conductors, a second portion of said elongated conductor having an external side contact area for engagement by said terminal stud, said connector additionally comprising a clamp for holding said terminal stud of due electrical unit tightly in engagement with said external side contact area of said second portion of said elongated conductor, said clamp comprising a device having mutually spaced-apart walls that flank said second portion of the elongated conductor and said device having a bridge that unifies said walls, said bridge and said mutually spaced-apart walls and the external side contact area of said second portion of the elongated conductor constituting a passage for receiving a terminal stud which is thus constrained to extend along the second portion of the elongated conductor, and said bridge having one or more screws for driving a terminal stud when in said passage against said external side contact area, said walls of said device and said second portion of the elongated conductor having mutually interlocking formations configured to block the bridge against shifting in the direction away from the external side contact area when the screw or screws is (are) tightened.