Patent ID: 7635279

Claim:
An electrical cable connector for use on an electrical cable for drawing electrical power, comprising: a housing having a lower side for engaging an electrical cable and an upper side opposite the lower side; a holder located on the lower side of the housing for relative movement to bring and hold the electrical cable into engagement with the lower side of the housing, the holder having a pair of opposed left and right limbs extending in an operating direction from the lower side to the upper side of the housing; an operator located on the upper side of the housing for moving the holder in the operating direction, through screw action, to hold the electrical cable in engagement with the lower side of the housing; and a plurality of electrical conductors located within the housing, each of the conductors having a sharp lower end for piercing the electrical cable to make contact with a respective core of the cable upon the electrical cable being brought into engagement with the lower side of the housing, and an upper end for connection with a second electrical cable, wherein the upper end of at least one of the conductors includes a self-gripping device which operatively grips an end of a core of the second electrical cable automatically and simultaneously upon approach of the end of the core, thereby electrically and mechanically connecting the end of the core to the upper end of the at least one of the conductors.