Patent ID: 7963790

Claim:
An in-line electrical connector for joining conductors composed of two or more conducting wires comprising: a pair of conductor end housings, one for terminating an end of each of the conductors to be connected; and the first of said end housings including an isolated blade termination trough for each associated conducting wire of said conductor, the blade of such trough extending forwardly of the line of each associated conducting wire; and the second of said end housings including an isolated U-clip termination trough for each associated conducting wire of said conductor, the U-clip of said trough extending forwardly of the line of each associated conducting wire; and means for securing each associated wire of said conductors to the associated blade and U-clip; and the housing for the blade termination including a cover receiving said associated conducting wires in a side-by-side relation whereby the wires are covered on the top and lateral sides of said housing and open on the underside thereof exposing the blades; and said housing for the blade termination having disposed laterally under the base of the blade troughs adjacent the associated conducting wires a lateral fin and slot; and said housing for the U-clip termination including a cover receiving said associated wires in a side-by-side relation where by the wires are covered on the underside and lateral sides of the housing and open on the top side thereof exposing the U-clips; and said housing for the U-clip termination having disposed laterally under the extent of the U-clips a lateral fin and slot; whereby the respective housings are connected by engaging the respective fins and slots of the housings while the housings are held in about a perpendicular relation and rotating the connectors to an in-line relation, thereby causing the blades of the respective wire terminations to synchronously engage the respective U-clips of the associated wires.