Patent ID: 6139353
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connection arrangement, comprising:a cutting and clamping contact element having at lest one slot opening to receive a conductor of an insulated cable, said slot opening having opposed cutting edges and an enlargement to initially receive an end portion of an insulated conductor;an insulated body formed by a rectangular parallelepiped block having an interior in which said contact element is embedded, having a longitudinal side and a longitudinal axis defining a longitudinal direction and having at least one access opening through which an insulated conductor can be inserted into said contact element, said contact element extending parallel to said longitudinal side of said block with said slot opening extending in said longitudinal direction in alignment with said longitudinal side; andan operating member of insulating material movably and slidably mounted on said insulated body between an initial setting permitting access to said enlargement by an insulated conductor and a contact forming setting in which said operating member closes said access opening at least as to permitting access to said enlargement, movement of said operating member on said insulated body causing an insulated conductor inserted in said enlargement of said contact element to move in said slot opening to and from between said cutting edges, said operating member having a sheathing on an exterior of said block and slidable in said longitudinal direction along said longitudinal side, said sheathing having aligned openings with closed peripheries in which an insulated conductor can be inserted, said aligned openings being aligned with said enlargement in said initial setting and being aligned with said cutting edges in said contact forming setting.