Patent ID: 6663443
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A lay-in electrical connector comprising:an electrically-conductive body member having a plurality of dividing walls defining a plurality of conductor-receiving channels each capable of receiving a conductor; a plurality of cap members each formed of an electrically-conductive material and each engaged with adjacent pairs of said dividing walls, each of said cap members having a binding screw capable of being tightened to capture the conductor in said conductor-receiving channel; and an electrically-conductive tang configured to be removably engaged with said body member, said tang having an attachment pad with at least one mounting hole and a plurality of fingers extending from a side edge of said attachment pad, each of said plurality of fingers being positioned in a corresponding one of said conductor-receiving channels when said tang is engaged with said body member, and said binding screw of each of said plurality of cap members capable of applying a force to a corresponding one of said plurality of fingers and the conductor received within the corresponding one of said conductor-receiving channels for securing said tang to said body member when said binding screw is tightened.