Patent ID: 7108568

Claim:
A loadbreak electrical connector comprising: a housing having first and second intersecting passageways therein; a conductive member to be received in the first passageway, said conductive member having a first end to receive a cable end and having a transverse internally threaded opening adjacent a second end thereof being accessible via the second passageway; and a loadbreak probe to be received in the second passageway, said loadbreak probe having an externally threaded end to be threaded into the transverse internally threaded opening of said conductive member; said externally threaded end comprising a proximal portion and a bullnose tip connected thereto; said proximal portion comprising a proximal shaft having a constant predetermined diameter and a proximal helical rib extending radially outwardly from said proximal shaft; said bullnose tip comprising a distal shaft connected to said proximal shaft and a distal helical rib connected to said proximal helical rib, said distal shaft having a tapered diameter.