Patent ID: 7862390

Claim:
An electrical connector assembly for power utility transmission conductors, the assembly comprising: a first conductive member and a second conductive member separately fabricated from one another and cooperating to interconnect main and tap conductors, each of the first and second conductive members including a wedge portion and a deflectable channel portion extending from the wedge portion, wherein each wedge portion includes an abutment face, a wiping contact surface angled with respect to the abutment face, and a conductor contact surface extending substantially perpendicular to the abutment face, the main and tap conductors are configured to be captured between the respective channel portions and the conductor contact surfaces of the wedge portions; the channel portion of the first conductive member having a plurality of differently sized conductor receiving channels configured for receiving the main conductor or the tap conductor, wherein one of the channels is selected to receive the conductor based on the diameter of the conductor; the channel portion of the second conductive member having a conductor receiving channel configured for receiving the other of the main and tap conductors; and a fastener joining the main and tap conductive members to one another.