Screw Threads Pierce Insulation Patents (Class 439/415)
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Patent number: 11146028Abstract: A protector-equipped wire harness includes: an electrical wire; a protector that includes a plate-shaped portion, a slide supporting portion formed so as to extend inward in a first direction from one edge portion of the plate-shaped portion, and a receiver that is provided on a far side with respect to the slide supporting portion, the protector being disposed so as to cover at least a portion of an outer circumferential surface of the electrical wire; and an attachment member that includes a slidable member that includes a slidable portion supported by the slide supporting portion so as to be slidable in the first direction, the attachment member being provided with a harness-related component or a component attachment portion for a harness-related component. The protector and the attachment member are fixed to each other in a state where the slidable member of the attachment member is in contact with the receiver.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2018Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventor: Tomohiro Egami
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Patent number: 9221202Abstract: A method of making a twist-on wire connector including a method of making a sealant containing twist-on wire connector by in situ formation of a shell around the coil wherein a sealant may be injected into a cavity in the coil prior to removing the shell from the mold to form a ready-to-use sealant containing twist on wire connector without further steps outside the mold.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2014Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: THE PATENT STORE LLCInventors: Lloyd Herbert King, Jr., James C. Keeven, William Hiner
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Patent number: 9184542Abstract: A connector with a cover (1) includes a connector housing (11) and a cover (21) fitted in the connector housing. The connector housing has a regulating rib (16) provided projecting in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction where the fitted cover is pulled away from the connector housing. The cover has a regulating groove (26) that is formed into a shape corresponding to the regulating rib, and into which the regulating rib is inserted when the cover is fitted in the connector housing. The regulating rib is formed to become larger in width in the first direction from a base end toward a tip in the second direction. Release of the fitting of the cover in the connector housing is regulated by the regulating groove and the regulating rib inserted into the regulating groove in a state where the cover is fitted in the connector housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2012Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Chieko Torii, Takuya Hasegawa, Nozomi Tsurukubo
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Patent number: 8672701Abstract: A cable connection device is described for electroconductive connection of a preferably multiwire cable, comprising a forcing nut, a receiving device and a contact carrier. The cable is guided through the forcing nut and through an opening of the receiving device, which comprises a wire receiving element. A stripped wire section of the cable can be positioned radially to the longitudinal axis of the cable connection device, on the wire receiving element, and the forcing nut can be screwed onto the contact carrier so that the forcing nut engages around the receiving device, the wire receiving element is directed towards the contact carrier and the receiving device can be pushed towards the contact carrier by the screwing nut. The cable has a compact structure and can be very easily and/or rapidly connected to a cable, and/or produced very economically on the basis of its simple construction and few individual parts.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2010Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Jens Andresen
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Patent number: 8672702Abstract: An electrical conductor arrangement, particularly as a component of a photovoltaic array. Such an arrangement is designed having a first electrically conductive element, a second electrically conductive element, and an electrically conductive rod which itself has a threading, wherein the two elements are in electrical contact with each other via said rod.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2012Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Hilti AktiengesellschaftInventors: Elio Bragagna, Lukas Mundwiler
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Patent number: 7824235Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2009Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignee: K.S. Terminals Inc.Inventor: Chun-Wei Yang
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Patent number: 7122741Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2002Date of Patent: October 17, 2006Assignee: Woertz AGInventor: Christian Gossman
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Patent number: 6914191Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2003Date of Patent: July 5, 2005Assignee: Secure Connect, LLCInventors: Kenneth Leith, John Finck
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Patent number: 6784370Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2003Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: IDEAL Industries, Inc.Inventors: Sushil N. Keswani, Benjamin D. Swedberg
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Publication number: 20040137783Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2003Publication date: July 15, 2004Inventors: Kenneth Leith, John Finck
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Publication number: 20020197905Abstract: An electrical connection element for connecting an electrically insulated end of a wire has a clamping sleeve in which an end of a wire is insertable and clampable, an insulation sleeve connectable with the clamping sleeve and provided with a connecting contact arranged so that, during a connection of the clamping sleeve with the insulation sleeve the connecting contact of the insulation sleeve is brought into contact with an end of a wire with removal of an insulation of the wire, and is then held there.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2002Publication date: December 26, 2002Inventors: Ralf Kaufmann, Manfred Hoecherl
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Patent number: 6478606Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2000Date of Patent: November 12, 2002Inventors: Gerald McNerney, Dana Rogers
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Publication number: 20020031938Abstract: An electrical connection element for connecting an electrically insulated end of a wire has a clamping sleeve in which an end of a wire is insertable and clampable, an insulation sleeve connectable with the clamping sleeve and provided with a connecting contact arranged so that, during a connection of the clamping sleeve with the insulation sleeve the connecting contact of the insulation sleeve is brought into contact with an end of a wire with removal of an insulation of the wire, and is then held there.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2001Publication date: March 14, 2002Inventors: Ralf Kaufmann, Manfred Hoecherl
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Patent number: 6341979Abstract: An electrical connector apparatus and method utilizing an elongate electrically conducting ferrule (20) having a contact (24) on one end and a hollow conical threaded portion (22) for receiving a wire on the other end, and a color coded insulating boot (10) threaded over the ferrule to cover all but the contact. The electrical wire is wrapped around threaded portion (22) which is then tightened into boot (10), thereby securing the wire to the ferrule (20). Ferrule (20) can then be electrically connected by use of contact (24) to a device for receiving power.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2001Date of Patent: January 29, 2002Assignee: Monster Cable Products, Inc.Inventor: Yasuhiro Yamamoto
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Patent number: 6165004Abstract: A power line connector/tap splice apparatus is provided for forming an electrical connection between an electrical power cable and an electrical lead wire. A clamp assembly having a curved top plate and a V-shaped bottom plate are connected on either side of the electrical cable. The top plate is connected to an insulator body having a longitudinal passage. A conducting set screw and conducting penetrator are received in the longitudinal passage, and are advanced toward the electrical cable by an insulated hex wrench. The insulator cap is manually operable, and carries a thumb cap assembly which includes a spring which biases an end of the electrical lead wire into electrical connection with the conductive set screw. The power line connector/tap splice apparatus forms a watertight connection with the electrical power cable, and can be used to safely connect an electrical lead wire to an energized power cable without requiring an insulator blanket or insulated power gloves.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 1999Date of Patent: December 26, 2000Inventor: Philip A. Robinson
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Patent number: 6050844Abstract: An electrical connector is provided which has an insulating body with at least two open areas which may contain electrical conductors, such as insulated wires inserted into the open areas. The at least two open areas are positioned within the insulating body to support the electrical conductors in proximity. A connector bore is provided towards at least one area where the electrical conductors are in proximity. An electrically conductive element having conductive threads which are capable of cutting into and through insulation on wires is directed into the connector bore. The electrically conductive element with threads (or other screw-like, bolt-like or parallel edges extending from the sides of the electrically conductive element) is rotated within the connector bore so that the thread elements cut through the insulation (eventually or simultaneously of both wires) within at least one area where the conductors are in proximity.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 1998Date of Patent: April 18, 2000Inventor: Dee Lynn Johnson
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Patent number: 5975939Abstract: A connector terminal which twist mounts to one or more electrical conductors. A terminal fitting includes a number of prongs and a terminal end. The terminal end is selected to accommodate a particular one of a variety of terminations. The prongs are staked within an insulated housing and are conically flared outward to fit mating recesses at the housing. A spiral wound spring having a compound tapered longitudinal surface is screw fitted to the staked prongs and housing. Edges of the spring windings bite into the prongs and housing to permanently secure the termination end and spring to the housing. Connectors having alternative terminal ends are disclosed for making a wide variety of electrical connections.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 1997Date of Patent: November 2, 1999Assignee: Ideal Industries, Inc.Inventor: Roger A. Market
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Patent number: 5967823Abstract: An improved structure of belt light includes a plurality of bulb holders and an electric belt. Each of the bulb holders has a base and a bulb socket mounted on the base with the electric belt extending through the base of the bulb holders, characterized in that: the base of each of the bulb holders is integrally formed with the electric belt and each of the bulb sockets has a watertight rim which is made of a resilient insulation material and which is provided along a top circumference thereof so that when a bulb is received within the bulb socket, the lower side of the glass portion of the bulb is in sealing and resilient contact with the water tight rim. The present invention further provides an extension device for the belt light, which includes a conductive pin device, an insulation housing and a retainer. The conductive pin device is disposed in a first channel formed within the insulation housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 1997Date of Patent: October 19, 1999Inventor: Pui-Hing Tsui
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Patent number: 4834671Abstract: A device for connecting insulated electrical cables (C) comprises a pair of clamps (110) each provided with an engagement block (13) and a fork-shaped slider (15) resiliently snap-engaged for sliding in two holes in the block (13). Each block (13) and each slider (15) has a through-hole for the passage of a self-tapping screw both for piercing the insulation (G) of the adjacent electrical cables (C) to enable their electrical connection, and for enabling the pair of clamps (110) to be clamped.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 1988Date of Patent: May 30, 1989Assignee: Luisa Saccinni ved. VignaInventors: Bernardino Vigna, deceased, by Luisa Saccinni ved. Vigna, heir, by Stefania Vigna in Gregnanin, heir, by Daniela Vigna in Chiesa, heir, Michelle Buzzetti
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Patent number: 4764123Abstract: An electrical connector, e.g. a bushing, has an insulating body through which conductors form a continuous current path between two locations. The conductors are connectable to electrical equipment, e.g. switchgear and cables, at the locations. A socket is formed in the body for receiving a complementary-shaped closure plug. The current path formed by the conductors is exposed to the interior of the socket whereby by removal of the closure plug, the current path is accessible for test or isolation connections.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 1987Date of Patent: August 16, 1988Assignee: Northern Engineering Industries plcInventors: Ronald Shaw, Leonard Jackson, Anthony Headley