Patent ID: 6712640
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connecting arrangement for connecting individual electrical conductors of a multiwire lead to circuit-extending electrical conductors, said connecting arrangement comprising:an insulating casing which is formed from at least first and second parts that can be connected to one another; a central aperture; and contact elements, for contact-making purposes, that are disposed inside the casing, said contact elements having insulation-cutting terminals, wherein said insulation-cutting terminals have apertures which open towards a center of the central aperture, said arrangement further comprising a rotatable, cylindrical insert having at least one peg on which an eccentric ring is constructed, wherein the individual conductors are disposed in the form of a circle around said insert in the axial direction and are pushed, together, into the central aperture of the connecting arrangement; and wherein when the cylindrical insert is rotated, the eccentric ring exerts a radially acting force on the individual conductors, causing the individual conductors to be forced into the apertures of the insulating-cutting terminals.