Abstract: A finger friendly twist-on wire connector having a spiral coil and an open end rigid shell secured to the spiral coil with the rigid shell having an outer surface with a circumferential band and a closed end supporting a finger cushion material integral to at least a portion of the outer surface of the rigid shell with the finger cushion material including a plurality of circumferentially spaced elongated ribs resiliently deformable in response to radially and tangential finger forces thereon as rotational finger forces are transmitted to the rigid shell through the finger cushion material to thereby inhibit finger fatigue and finger injury while allowing the user to maintain a feel of the wire engagement within the wire connector.

Abstract: A watertight structure for a spliced portion includes a container that has an open top adapted to receive a spliced portion of electrical wires and that is elongated in a longitudinal direction of the electrical wires, and a lid to be mounted on the container. The container is provided with a bottom wall and upward inclined portions that extend in a longitudinal direction. The container is provided with a spliced portion positioning section having a narrow width. The spliced portion positioning section is provided on opposite outer sides with receiving portions to be engaged with locking pieces projecting from the lid.

Abstract: A twist-on wire connector having a finger friendly cushion cover that covers not only the normal hand gripping region but at least part or all of the normal non-hand gripping region of the twist-on wire connector so that regardless of the way the twist-on wire connector is grasped the user fingers engage the cushion cover to inhibit finger and hand injury and fatigue from repeated securement of twist-on wire connectors as well as twist-on wire connector with enhanced gripping.

Abstract: An electric power tool having a housing, a motor, a jack for receiving a connection plug of an electric cable, and a swivel unit mounted on the housing and carrying the jack, wherein the swivel unit includes a first head mounted on the housing for rotation about a first axis, and a second head mounted on the first head for rotation about a second axis. The first and second axes form an angle between them, and provide for freedom of rotation of the jack, thereby providing for positioning of the jack and routing of a connected cable in desired directions relative to the housing.

Abstract: An intelligent wire connector carrying a microprocessor for transmitting information and/or sensing conditions proximate the wire connector wherein information from the microprocessor may be transmitted to a remote location in either a wireless mode or indirectly through an electrical wire, which is secured in the wire connector.

Abstract: There is disclosed a conducting terminal connector which comprises an insulating tube, a conducting terminal and a soldering sleeve. The conducting terminal has a first end received in the insulating tube and a second end opposite to said first end, and the second end is exposed outwardly for connecting an external conducting contact point so that the first end is bent to form a longitudinal elongation with an opening facing upward. The soldering sleeve is formed by a casting method so as to form a corrugated surface on the outer periphery thereof, and has a melting point in which a heat source is applied to an outer part of the insulating tube so that an inner part of the insulating tube is shrunken to lodge in the outer corrugated surface of the soldering sleeve thereby forming the conducting terminal connect.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a terminal block for a telecommunication cable comprising the steps of providing a preformed substrate member comprising a podium member, at least one electrical connector and at least one insulated electrical wire attached to an electrical contact positioned within the at least one electrical connector; placing the preformed substrate member in a mold; and injecting a dielectric material into the mold containing the podium member to form an overmolded terminal block, wherein the dielectric material covers the at least one insulated electrical wire and a portion of the electrical contact positioned within the at least one electrical connector.

Abstract: A connector with a dip-molded housing and a method for forming a twist-on wire connector with a dip-molded housing. To dip-mold a covering or housing on a twist-on wire connector either a mandrel carrying a twist-on wire coil, a mandrel having the a shape of a spiral coil or a twist-on wire connector are dipped into a bath of an in situ solidfiable dip-moldable material such as liquid plastic. The dip-moldable solidified material solidifies to form a dip-molded shell on the wire connector.

Abstract: A coaxial cable splitter including an integral body with a first cable connection, a second cable connection and a third cable connection, each defining an axis. The second cable connection is a crimp sleeve, the first cable connection is a coaxial connector, and the axes are generally parallel to each other. The third cable connection is a coaxial cable connector and the axis is at an angle to the axes of the first and second cable connections. The first and third cable connections each include a center conductor which are electrically linked. The first and third cable connections each include an outer shell positioned about the center conductor which are electrically linked. A method of assembling a coaxial cable splitter with an integral body.

Abstract: When electric wires (joint conductors) are disposed adjacent each other in a peeled state of coatings, a gap corresponding to the total thickness of both conductors' insulating films as skin layers is formed between end joined face portions of the conductors. The gap becomes larger because the conductors are tapered. Therefore, the adhesion between both conductors is impaired, with a consequent fear of occurrence of joining imperfection. In opposed joined face portions of electric wires (joint conductors), the conductors are deformed from the tips of their axes to the joined face side in such a manner that exposed portions at the tips of the conductors and insulating film faces located in the vicinity thereof are flush with each other or the exposed portions are projected.

Abstract: A finger friendly twist-on wire connector having a spiral coil and an open end rigid shell secured to the spiral coil with the rigid shell having an outer surface with a circumferential band and a closed end supporting a finger cushion material integral to at least a portion of the outer surface of the rigid shell with the finger cushion material including a plurality of circumferentially spaced elongated ribs resiliently deformable in response to radially and tangential finger forces thereon as rotational finger forces are transmitted to the rigid shell through the finger cushion material to thereby inhibit finger fatigue and finger injury while allowing the user to maintain a feel of the wire engagement within the wire connector.

Abstract: A twist-on wire connector having a finger friendly cushion cover that covers not only the normal hand gripping region but at least part or all of the normal non-hand gripping region of the twist-on wire connector so that regardless of the way the twist-on wire connector is grasped the user fingers engage the cushion cover to inhibit finger and hand injury and fatigue from repeated securement of twist-on wire connectors as well as twist-on wire connector with enhanced gripping.

Abstract: A twist-on wire connector having a finger friendly unbiased cushioned cover that covers not only the normal hand gripping region but at least part or all of the normal non-hand gripping region of the twist-on wire connector so that regardless of the way the twist-on wire connector is grasped the user fingers engage the cushioned cover to inhibit finger and hand injury and fatigue from repeated securement of twist-on wire connectors to electrical leads and a method of making a twist-on wire connector with a cushioned cover by placing a soft to the touch material on the exterior surface of the twist-on wire connector.

Abstract: A wire connector wherein the wire engaging core and electrically insulated housing are molded with an exterior surface of a molded wire engaging core used as a mold surface as the electrically insulated housing is molded around the wire engaging core to provide a wire connector with a molded housing and a molded wire engaging core.

Abstract: An angled electrical adapter comprises a housing having opposing ends and formed into an angled configuration. The housing further comprises a plurality of conduits from one of the ends to the other. An electrical conductor is provided in each conduit. Each end of the housing is adapted to receive a connector of a removable electrical cable.

Abstract: The electrical conduit body has a base section and an end section that forms an oblong box when joined together, and a cover removably attached to the box. The base section and the end section each have a semicircular recess forming a first port through the back wall opposite the cover. The base section has a second port extending through its closed end opposite the end section. In use, conduit wires are pulled through the second port and bent at a 90° angle towards the semicircular recess of the base section. The base section includes a pair of tongues for aligning and inserting into the grooves of the end section. The first port encircles the conduit wires as the base section and end section are brought together. The cover is secured to the box enclosing the wires within and fixing the end section and base section together.

Abstract: A twist-on wire connector having a housing with a spiral tread for engaging and holding electrical wires in an electrical connection and a chamber for carrying a member having a wire passageway so that the electrical wires can be retained within the connector by a wire holder to inhibit strain therein and a method of making an electrical connection that inhibits strain of the wire by inserting a plurality of wires into a spiral thread of a twist-on wire connector, rotating the plurality of wires to bring the electrical wires into electrical connection with each other and squeezing a member around the plurality of wires to bring the member into frictional contact along a portion of the plurality of wires to axially restrain the plurality of wires and thereby inhibit strain on the plurality of wires held in the electrical connector.

Abstract: A cam-action expanding standoff connector and related method are disclosed for mounting a circuit board. The standoff connector includes a body and a plurality of mounting members having interior longitudinally-extending camming portions for engagement by a cam. A cam is configured to be positioned within the mounting members in a first position in which the mounting members are not expanded against the interior of a mounting opening and in a second position in which the cam engages the camming portions to expand the plurality of mounting members against the interior of the mounting opening. Since the camming action is horizontal only (purely radial), practically no vertical forces are applied to the circuit board and a best-fit alignment between a circuit board and heatsink can be established and maintained.

Abstract: A wire connector wherein the wire engaging core and electrically insulated housing are molded with an exterior surface of a molded wire engaging core used as a mold surface as the electrically insulated housing is molded around the wire engaging core to provide a wire connector with a molded housing and a molded wire engaging core.

Abstract: A connector apparatus for connecting a plurality of electrical wires of a standard size has a connector body having a cylindrical shape including an open end for accepting the wires, a closed end, an interior and an exterior surface. The connector body connects the wires and retains the wires in the interior when a twisting motion is applied to the connector body relative to an axis of the wires. The connector body is constructed of a transparent material that allows for visual inspection of the interior. A color marking for indicating the standard size of the wires is applied to a portion of the connector apparatus such that the interior remains visible for the visual inspection. A conductive coil can be positioned in a portion of the interior. The conductive coil has dimensions suitable for securely contacting the wires and aiding in the connecting of the wires.

Abstract: A twist-on wire connector including an elongate insulated housing having a closed upper end, an open lower end and a central cavity. The housing includes a pair of diametrically opposed outwardly directed elongate continuous wings. The wings extend from the open end along the longitudinal portion of the housing. The wings have two sections with different dimensions to accommodate manual attachment or attachment by use of a tool such as a socket for applying the connector to the conductors.

Abstract: A wire connector wherein the wire engaging core and electrically insulated housing are molded with an exterior surface of a molded wire engaging core used as a mold surface as the electrically insulated housing is molded around the wire engaging core to provide a wire connector with a molded housing and a molded wire engaging core.

Abstract: An on-the-go twist-on wire connector for enhancing the current carrying capacity of the electrical wires contained therein with the housing having a closed end and an open end with a wire engaging coil located in the closed end of the housing for bringing a plurality of wires into surface-to-surface contact to provide a direct surface-to-surface electrical path for flow of electrical energy therebetween. Located in the twist-on wire connector is a wire adhereable electrically conducting medium the adhereable electrical conducting medium is conformable around the plurality of wires as the plurality of wires are brought into surface-to-surface engagement with the conformable electrical conducting medium thereby forming an indirect current path between the ends of the plurality of wires while retaining the on-the-go ability of the twist-on wire connector to form the electrical connection solely through twisting action.

Abstract: A contact screw for conductive cores of a shielded cable, said screw being provided to be moved axially in a connecting device by threading; it has a shank with screw threading and a contact tip the section of which provided for penetration of the cable insulation and the shield is provided with a coating of insulating material, the exterior surface of the coating being provided with threading whose pitch is greater than the pitch of the screw threading of the shank.

Abstract: A twist-on wire connector having a housing with a spiral tread for engaging and holding electrical wires in an electrical connection and a chamber for carrying a member having a wire passageway so that the electrical wires can be retained within the connector by a wire holder to inhibit strain therein and a method of making an electrical connection that inhibits strain of the wire by inserting a plurality of wires into a spiral thread of a twist-on wire connector, rotating the plurality of wires to bring the electrical wires into electrical connection with each other and squeezing a member around the plurality of wires to bring the member into frictional contact along a portion of the plurality of wires to axially restrain the plurality of wires and thereby inhibit strain on the plurality of wires held in the electrical connector.

Abstract: A method of making a two-stage twist-on wire connector comprising the steps of forming a housing; placing a spiral thread on an interior of the housing with the spiral thread having an open end and a closed end with a diameter of the open end of the spiral thread larger than the diameter of the closed end, the spiral thread diametrically converging in an axial direction toward the closed end; inserting a lubricant into the closed end of the spiral thread; inserting a plurality of wire ends to be splice into the open end of the spiral thread; twisting the plurality of wires and the wire connector to draw the plurality of wire ends proximate the closed end of the spiral thread to improve the continuity of said the splice; and applying the lubricant to the spiral threads by the twisting engagement of the wires with respect to the spiral threads.

Abstract: A twist-on connector for joining ends of electrical conductors has a shell of electrically insulating material with an aperture. An anaerobic sealant is within the aperture. Prior to use, the volume of sealant is sufficiently large so that curing of the sealant is inhibited. Upon insertion of wires into the shell, the anaerobic sealant is dispersed into gaps between the wires and the shell that are sufficiently small to trigger curing of the anaerobic sealant into a hardened state.

Abstract: A wire connector which comprises first and second components that can be screwed together. Each component has a passageway which enables a wire to be passed through it from an entrance end to an exit end. Each component has an internal cavity into which the respective passageway opens. Each cavity is formed with wire entraining devices which drag around with them the free end portions of wires that have been passed through the passageways and cavities of one component and inserted into the cavities of the other component.

Abstract: An insulated electrical connector for securely connecting one or more unstripped insulated wires uses a conductive engagement member capable of frictionally engaging and penetrating insulation and contacting a conductive wire core.

Abstract: An on-the-go twist-on wire connector for enhancing the current carrying capacity of the electrical wires contained therein with the housing having a closed end and an open end with a wire engaging coil located in the closed end of the housing for bringing a plurality of wires into surface-to-surface contact to provide a direct surface-to-surface electrical path for flow of electrical energy therebetween. Located in the twist-on wire connector is a wire adhereable electrically conducting medium the adhereable electrical conducting medium is conformable around the plurality of wires as the plurality of wires are brought into surface-to-surface engagement with the conformable electrical conducting medium thereby forming an indirect current path between the ends of the plurality of wires while retaining the on-the-go ability of the twist-on wire connector to form the electrical connection solely through twisting action.

Abstract: A twist-on wire connector having a housing with a spiral tread for engaging and holding electrical wires in an electrical connection and a chamber for carrying a member having a wire passageway so that the electrical wires can be retained within the connector by conforming the member about the wires to inhibit strain therein and a method of making an electrical connection that inhibits strain of the wire by inserting a plurality of wires into a spiral thread of a twist-on wire connector, rotating the plurality of wires to bring the electrical wires into electrical connection with each other and squeezing a member around the plurality of wires to bring the member into pressure contact along a portion of the plurality of wires to thereby inhibit strain on the plurality of wires held in the electrical connector.

Abstract: Discloses a clamp and conductor interconnection apparatus suitable for use in a number of electrical transmission and distribution applications. An interconnection member is disposed on a cable clamp. The interconnection member provides a paired connector mount to mount corresponding lockable articulated cable contact connectors for coupling to conductors that are to be electrically and mechanically interconnected. Each connector mount provides a mechanism to articulate or rotate the cable contact connector with respect to the interconnection member. When the desired orientation of the cable contact connector is achieved, a releasable connector lock means is engaged to releasably fix the orientation of the cable contact connector with respect to the cable clamp.

Abstract: A cylindrical pre-molded rubber insulation tube made by a plurality of layers using a rubber material as a base material has in a central part and at both ends of an inner periphery thereof a sheet-shaped electrode layer formed at an insde thereof with a semi-conductive rubber layer and at an outside thereof with a high-permittivity rubber layer, as an inner electrode layer configured with the semi-condutctive rubber layer to be thin and sheet-shaped and the high-permittivity rubber layer covering a vicinity of a respective distal end of the semi-conductive rubber layer, and the distal end of the semi-conductive rubber layer is rounded by a radius of curvature substantially equal to half the thickness.

Abstract: The present invention discloses novel twist-on wire connectors. These connectors include spring inserts having cross-sectional shapes which reduce the amount of material necessary to manufacture the spring insert without compromising the holding or gripping ability of the wire connectors. The cross-sectional shapes eliminate excess material in the spring insert that plays no part in holding and gripping the electrical wires that are to be joined and held together.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a weld-on fastener for an electrical contact with a weld nut (1) which, on its topside has an electric contact face (9) and, on its bottom side, has an annular axial projection (6) which surrounds a cavity (4) of a pre-determinable depth (T), and with a screw (3) screwed into the weld nut (1), which screw (3) also has an electric contact face (9), a spacer ring (2) being clamped between the contact faces (9). The spacer ring (2) preferably has a thickness (D) which is approximately equal to the depth (T) of the cavity (4). When the spacer ring (2) is clamped in, the screw (3) ends approximately flush with the end of the internal thread (12) of the weld nut (1). This combination is distinctive in that it has only a low overall height, no metal scabs reach the thread (12) during welding-on, the contact faces (9) are protected during assembly and the welded connection can absorb high torques even when welding onto thin work pieces (7).

Abstract: An on-the-go twist-on wire connector for enhancing the current carrying capacity of the electrical wires contained therein with the housing having a closed end and an open end with a wire engaging coil located in the closed end of the housing for bringing a plurality of wires into surface-to-surface contact to provide a direct surface-to-surface electrical path for flow of electrical energy therebetween. Located in the twist-on wire connector is a wire adhereable electrically conducting medium the adhereable electrical conducting medium is conformable around the plurality of wires as the plurality of wires are brought into surface-to-surface engagement with the conformable electrical conducting medium thereby forming an indirect current path between the ends of the plurality of wires while retaining the on-the-go ability of the twist-on wire connector to form the electrical connection solely through twisting action.

Abstract: A connection protector kit for use with an electrical stub connection includes a flexible cap having first and second opposed ends and an interior wall defining a cavity. The first end is closed and an opening is formed in the second end and communicates with the cavity. A gel is disposed in the cavity. The cavity and the gel are adapted to receive the stub connection. Retaining means may be provided to retain the cap on the connection.

Abstract: A twist-on wire connector has a shell of relatively rigid plastic material with at least a portion of the shell exterior covered by a cushioned grip of relatively softer material. The cushioned grip has a higher coefficient of friction than the shell material to provide both a softer feel and, an improved gripping ability.

Abstract: A method of making a two-stage twist-on wire connector comprising the steps of forming a housing; placing a spiral thread on an interior of the housing with the spiral thread having an open end and a closed end with a diameter of the open end of the spiral thread larger than the diameter of the closed end, the spiral thread diametrically converging in an axial direction toward the closed end; inserting a lubricant into the closed end of the spiral thread; inserting a plurality of wire ends to be splice into the open end of the spiral thread; twisting the plurality of wires and the wire connector to draw the plurality of wire ends proximate the closed end of the spiral thread to improve the continuity of said the splice; and applying the lubricant to the spiral threads by the twisting engagement of the wires with respect to the spiral threads.

Abstract: A connecting method of connecting covered wires with each other and recessed resinous tips used in the method are provided. In the method, it is executed at the first step to put a connecting part constituted by a shield wire W1 and a ground wire W2 between a first resin tip 31 and a second resin tip 41. The upper resin tips 31 has, around the connecting part, first recessed parts 39a, 39b for accommodating the molten cover 7a of the shield wire W1 and second recessed parts 37a, 37b for accommodating the molten cover 9a of the ground wire W2. While, the lower resin tip 41 has second recessed parts 47a, 47b formed for accommodating the molten cover 9a of the ground wire W2.

Abstract: An improved twist-on wire connector that permits the user to form the junction ends of wire leads into a low resistance electrical connection with the twist-on wire connector including a self adhering lubricant located along a portion of the interior of the twist-on wire connector. In one embodiment the wires are drawn into the housing by a spiral thread through the twisting action of the wires with respect to housing. As the wires are drawn into the spiral thread, the torque applied to the wires increases until the wires can no longer be hand twisted into the wire connector. Once the wires are drawn into contact with the lubricant the torque resistance, which is a result of frictional resistance between the wires and the spiral thread, decreases while the radial compressive forces between the wires and the spiral thread are substantially unaffected.

Abstract: A combined fuse holder and shunt has a shunt integrated into a one-piece assembly between a fuse holder and a circuit connector. The housing for the connectors is made in two halves that are heat staked together after the connectors are inserted therein. Slots and ribs in the housing retain the connectors therein without requiring supplemental fasteners.

Abstract: A twist-on or wire-nut electrical connector having a rigid, electrically insulative shell, a flexible, heat-shrinkable, electrically insulative skirt, and a coil spring within the body for gripping wires which are inserted therein. The provision of a flexible, heat-shrinkable electrically insulative skirt allows for a safer, more secure connection into which more wires or wires with larger diameter insulation can be inserted. When heat is applied, the skirt will shrink around the inserted wires forming better insulation from moisture, providing a more secure mechanical connection, providing a better electrical insulation for wires with their own electrical insulation removed to insert into the connector, and allowing more or larger diameter wires to be inserted and secured. Unlike prior art connectors, the lower skirt either entirely contains or is directly adhered to the open end of the shell and is heat shrinkable.

Abstract: A twist-on connector for electrical wires has a shell of insulating material and a metal coil inserted into an aperture in the shell. The aperture extending from one end of the shell and has an outer tapered section which is threaded to engage the electrical wires. A beveled section of the aperture extends inwardly from the outer tapered section to an intermediate tapered section. The intermediate tapered section is formed by a threadless region which is proximate to the beveled section and a threaded region extending inward from the threadless region. A closed end section of the aperture adjoins the intermediate tapered section. The coil is frusto-conical with several turns at the larger end engaging the threadless region of the aperture and the smaller end engaging the closed end section of the aperture. The middle coil portion is spaced from the shell.

Abstract: An improved twist-on wire connector that permits the user to form the junction ends of wire leads into a low resistance electrical connection with the twist-on wire connector including a self adhering lubricant located along a portion of the interior of the twist-on wire connector. In one embodiment the wires are drawn into the housing by a spiral thread through the twisting action of the wires with respect to housing. As the wires are drawn into the spiral thread, the torque applied to the wires increases until the wires can no longer be hand twisted into the wire connector. Once the wires are drawn into contact with the lubricant the torque resistance, which is a result of frictional resistance between the wires and the spiral thread, decreases while the radial compressive forces between the wires and the spiral thread are substantially unaffected.

Abstract: A twist-on wire connector has a shell of relatively rigid plastic material with at least a portion of the shell exterior covered by a cushioned grip of relatively softer material. The cushioned grip has a higher coefficient of friction than the shell material to provide both a softer feel and, an improved gripping ability.

Abstract: An electrical connector for joining a series of wires, relies on connecting two wire nut assemblies together, by electrically connecting the wires in the nuts with a pin and connecting the wire nuts together to keep the pin in contact with the wires.

Abstract: Ends of several electrical wires are joined by a connector to a predefined torque level. The connector includes a hollow body having an open end, a smaller closed end and an outer surface extending between the two ends. The outer surface has a portion with an equilateral polygonal cross-section for engagement by a tool to effect rotation of the body. The portion of the body is specifically designed with elements, such as the corners of the polygon, which become rounded when the tool applies torque that exceeds the predefined torque level. Such deformation of the body thereby prevents excessive torque from damaging the electrical wires. Another portion of the body is provided to enable another tool to engage the connector for removal from the wires.

Abstract: A solderless twist on wire connector and a method of making a solderless twist on wire junction encapsulating twist on wire connector by securing a prior art twist on wire connector in a shell to produce a wire junction encapsulating twist on wire connector that can in one operation permit the user to twist the connector to simultaneously compress the junction ends of electrical wires into low resistance electrical contact while encapsulating the junction ends of the electrical wires in a solderless substance. The process includes the method making a twist on wire connector by encapsulating a prior art twist on wire connector in a shell to produce a wire junction encapsulating twist on wire connector having a chamber for an encapsulating material. In one embodiment the twist on wire junction encapsulating twist on wire connector includes a puncturable seal and in another embodiment a second compartment for holding a mixable encapsulating materials.