Patent ID: 7195513

Claim:
A connector for capturing a wire, comprising: a base, the base further comprising a conductive metal and having, a base plate, the base plate including means for assembling the base to a panel, a pair of opposed sidewalls extending at an angle from the base plate, each sidewall including a plurality of slots arranged as opposed pairs of preselected size, each opposed pair being of a different size so that each base can accommodate a plurality of wires of preselected sizes in the slots; a stuffer, the stuffer mounted to the base, the stuffer further comprising, a top surface, a pair of opposed sidewalls extending from the stuffer top surface toward the base plate, each stuffer sidewall having slots corresponding to the slots in the base sidewalls, each opposed stuffer sidewall being adjacent to a base sidewall; and means for fastening the stuffer with respect to the base, wherein the slot in each of the stuffer sidewalls urges the wire against the corresponding slot in the base sidewalls, exerting a force on the wire sufficient to establish electrical contact between the wire and the base.