Abstract: A connector is attachable to an extending transformer stud. The connector includes a single hole or bore within the body of a connector to accept threaded transformer studs of different thread sizes. The connector can accommodate different size studs while still providing a compact design. The connector provides increased physical contact with the stud. The connector can be easily installed and removed from a stud without undue effort on the part of the installer. The stud connector includes an elongated passageway with three bore centers, wherein the thread center is slightly offset from the elongated passageway center and the elongated passageway having a diameter just slightly larger than the stud to be received. The elongated passageway includes more than one thread size milled or tapped into the bore circumference.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bolt connecting structure of wire, includes: a housing, which is an electronic device; a connecting seat integratedly provided at a lateral side of the housing, a bolt hole is axially provided on the top surface of the connecting seat, the bottom surface of the connecting seat is provided with at least one contact surface; a pressing member, which is a hollow frame member, the height of the frame slot provided at the center of the hollow frame member is larger than that of the connecting seat and the frame slot is provided on the connecting seat, the top surface of the pressing member is provided with an adjusting screw hole with respect to the bolt hole, the bottom end of the pressing member is provided with a bottom sheet, at least one wire passing slot is provided on the front and the rear walls of the pressing member and is upwardly extended from the bottom sheet; and a bolt having a head section for being operated by tools and a thread section, the thread section is scr

Abstract: A submersible electrical connector intended for use in a power distribution network permits a metal to stripped metal conductor connection to be visually inspected and verified by the installer while eliminating many opportunities for human error present with existing connectors. The connector in one embodiment includes a generally cup or dome-shaped enclosure which is preferably transparent. An open end of the enclosure mates with an upper seal body and a connector plate has a number of apertures adapted to receive the bare metal ends of conductors or wires inserted through the upper seal body. Each aperture in the connector has an associated set screw for securing the conductor thereto. A molded seal member is adapted to mate with the upper seal body and to provide a water-tight connection when mated with the enclosure. The seal member has a number of seal ducts each aligned with one of the apertures in the connector.

Abstract: An electrical connector configured to maintain an electrical connection with a conductor during heating and cooling cycles is provided. The electrical connector includes a base portion and an arm extending from the base portion. The arm and the base portion combine to define an opening configured to receive the conductor, and one of the arm and the base portion defines a bore communicating with the opening. A fastener inserted into the bore is configured to retain the conductor inserted into the opening, and the arm is configured to deflect to provide a spring force that secures the fastener against the conductor during the heating and cooling cycles.

Abstract: An electron beam apparatus comprises a TDI sensor 64 and a feed-through device 50. The feed-through device has a socket contact 54 for interconnecting a pin 52 attached to a flanged 51 for separating different environments and the other pin 53 making a pair with the pin 52, in which the pin 52, the other pin 53 and the socket contact 54 together construct a connecting block, and the socket contact 54 has an elastic member 61. Accordingly, even if a large number of connecting blocks are provided, the connecting force may be kept to such a low level as to prevent the breakage in the sensor. The pin 53 is connected with the TDI sensor 64, in which a pixel array has been adaptively configured based on the optical characteristic of an image projecting optical system. That sensor has a number of integration stages that can reduce the field of view of the image projecting optical system to as small as possible so that a maximal acceptable distortion within the field of view may be set larger.

Abstract: A lay-in lug has two spaced apart and substantially parallel lug walls. A nut plate is supported between the first lug wall and the second lug wall. A plate retainer exerts force on a lug wall and restricts the plate from moving in a direction substantially parallel to the first and second lug walls. The plate retainer has a flexible retaining base and a pair of retaining legs extending from the retaining base. Snap protrusions extend from each of the retaining legs and are formed to interlock with a portion of the wall of the lay-in lug and restrict movement the nut plate. The plate retainer either snaps around the edge of the lug wall or along the wall's length. It may also clip around the nut plate and prevents its movement in a direction along the inner surfaces of the lug walls.

Abstract: An electrical terminal connector has a wire receiving opening disposed through a body member thereof, the wire receiving opening having a defined guiding surface provided on an insertion side of the body member. The defined guiding surface is tangent to the wire receiving opening.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a screw terminal for an electrical service device for connecting an electrical connecting conductor, which can be inserted through an insertion opening in the housing wall of the service switching device into the screw terminal. The screw terminal includes a terminal frame with a first transverse limb, which has a threaded hole for accommodating a clamping screw, and a clamping screw, which protrudes through the threaded hole into the terminal frame. The clamping frame, in its installed position in the housing of the service switching device, is guided displaceably parallel to the mid-axis of the clamping screw. The connecting conductor can be fixedly clamped in the terminal frame. That part of the terminal frame with which touching contact can be made in the installed position through the insertion opening from outside the device housing is covered by an insulating material.

Abstract: A ground lug for receiving an electrical wire from multiple directions to be secured within the ground lug, comprising a collar forming a receptacle for receiving an electrical wire, said collar including a first aperture for receiving a screw in an upper surface of the collar, and second and third apertures on first and second side surfaces, respectively, of the collar for receiving electrical wires within the receptacle, a threaded screw located within the first aperture for securing a wire within the receptacle when the threaded screw is tightened, and a tab extending from a lower surface of the collar, the tab including a forth aperture for receiving a screw to mount the ground lug to an electrical device.

Abstract: A multi-terminal block for electric devices, comprising two superimposed connecting levels for conductors, which can be used independent of each other, the multi-terminal block comprising: a first terminal block comprising a cage screw type conductor connector which comprises a cage and a screw for use securing the a first conductor, wherein the first terminal block cooperates with a terminal; and a second terminal block comprising a quick connecting type conductor connector, wherein the quick connecting type conductor connector comprises a strip spring for securing a second conductor, wherein the screw does not extend through the second terminal block and wherein the second terminal block is partially disposed within the cage such that the second terminal block cooperates with the terminal.

Abstract: A bolt assembly has a bolt body which includes a threaded portion and a shank; a head; a ring; and a shear zone. The head is configured to transmit rotary motion to the threaded portion through the shank. The ring is disposed on the shank and has a ring thread and a tab configured to ensure continuity between the ring thread and the threaded portion. The shear zone joins the shank to the threaded portion and a complementary recess, disposed on the threaded portion, is engageable with the tab to ensure rotation locking of the ring in relation to the threaded portion.

Abstract: The electrical connectors according to embodiments of the present invention include an elongated conductor body having an external contact surface, and a clamping device including a nut plate that spans the contact surface and carries a clamping screw for securing a threaded stud terminal to the contact surface. The nut plate and the conductor body are segments cut from stocks of metal extrusions. The body extrusion has one or more longitudinal ribs that are converted by coining into one or more rows of teeth that mesh with the stud terminal to block shift of the connector along the stud terminal.

Abstract: A grounding connector comprising a ferrule portion and a pad portion. The ferrule portion has a conductor receiving bore terminating adjacent the transition portion. The transition portion also slopes downwardly from the ferrule portion toward the pad portion to form an obtuse angle with the pad portion. The grounding connector is unitary and seamless.

Abstract: A retrofit arrangement for attacking an electrical lead to a terminal has a body consisting of a conductive central portion and a non-conductive portion substantially surrounding the central portion.

Abstract: A submersible electrical connector intended for use in a power distribution network permits a metal to stripped metal conductor connection to be visually inspected and verified by the installer while eliminating many opportunities for human error present with existing connectors. The connector in one embodiment includes a generally cup or dome-shaped enclosure which is preferably transparent. An open end of the enclosure mates with a seal body and a connector plate has a number of apertures adapted to receive the bare metal ends of conductors or wires inserted through the seal body. Each aperture in the connector has an associated set screw for securing the conductor thereto. A molded seal member is adapted to mate with the seal body and to provide a water-tight connection when mated with the enclosure. The seal member has a number of seal ducts each aligned with one of the apertures in the connector.

Abstract: A power system with graphics display includes a wire size adapter that is a conductive ring that has an outer diameter sized to fit snuggly into an input terminal of the power system and has an inner diameter sized to fit snuggly around a power wire that is smaller than the wire size normally accepted by the input terminal.

Abstract: An electrical tap connector is provided having a housing that forms a first attachment section aligned with a second attachment section. Each attachment section forms a conductor receiving orifice into a conductor receiving channel. The housing about each section forms a pair of opposed and offset screw receiving orifices which are threadingly engaged with a set screw. The each pair of opposed and offset set screws mechanically bind an electrical conduct in a tortuous, crimped pattern within the receiving channel.

Abstract: A socket assembly for mounting an electric meter comprising a plurality of power line connector subassemblies for connecting electric power lines to the socket assembly. Each subassembly comprises a generally U-shaped lug of electrically conductive material defining a saddle for supporting one of the electric power lines, a connector and a screw. The connector comprises a body of electrically conductive material having opposite sides slidably engageable with respective legs of the lug. A horn of electrically conductive material projects from the body for connection to a bypass conductor forming at least part of an electrical path for bypassing the electric meter. The screw is threadable through a screw opening in the connector to a position in which the screw is adapted to contact said power line in the saddle of the lug.

Abstract: A wire connecting apparatus for a magnetic contactor comprises a plurality of wire connector assemblies, a frame for supporting the wire connector assemblies, and a plurality of terminals connected to an external wire. The external wire can be simply connected to the terminal by just tightening or releasing a screw, thereby simplifying an entire wiring process and enhancing a work efficiency.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an electrically conductive body having spaced apart cable-receiving passageways for receiving respective electrical cable ends. The electrically conductive body may also have at least one respective fastener-receiving passageway intersecting each of the cable-receiving passageways. An insulating cover may be on the electrically conductive body and include an integrally molded respective tubular cable inlet aligned with each cable inlet opening. A respective insulating boot may be received in each of the tubular cable inlets. Each insulating boot may include a tubular sidewall having a progressively increasing diameter to an open outer end thereof, a removable boot closure cap for removable positioning in the open outer end of the tubular sidewall, and an integrally molded tether connecting the removable boot closure cap to the tubular sidewall.

Abstract: An open-face electrical wire connector for forming an electrical connection to a wire connector lug wherein the wire connector lug, which is free of any sealant, is located in a portion of a housing that can be brought into engagement with another portion of a housing, which carries a sealant, to cause the sealant to flow around the wire connector lug and the electrical connection therein for on-the-go formation of a sealant covered electrical connection.

Abstract: A connector block and associated locking setscrew for an implantable electronic tissue stimulating device are designed to eliminate thread damage to the setscrew which is a cause of the setscrew becoming stuck in the connector block. The threaded bore in the connector that is adapted to receive the setscrew is provided with an undercut at the end of the threaded bore where the undercut provides an annular, 360-degree flat surface that is normal to the longitudinal axis of the setscrew receiving bore. The setscrew employed is designed to have a shoulder machined a predetermined distance below the terminus of the final thread by machining a reduced diameter portion on the distal end of the setscrew. Now, when the setscrew is inserted into its threaded bore, the shoulder on the setscrew and the flat surface on the undercut in the connector block meet, preventing any portion of the screw threads from extending beyond the internal threads formed in the setscrew receiving bore of the connector block.

Abstract: A terminal assembly can be alternatively used to make either a pressure plate or screw type connection for connecting stranded wire or solid wire, respectively, to a power conductor of electric power apparatus such as a circuit breaker. An electrically insulative barrier has an elongated member with a lateral extension at one end having a recess that captures the head of the screw of a terminal collar for the pressure plate connection. As the screw is tightened, the collar is drawn toward the power conductor to clamp the stranded wire between the collar and one side of the power conductor. With the elongated member turned end for end, the screw is free to clamp the solid wire against the other side of the power conductor. Pairs of integral compliant latches on the elongated member accommodate quick conversion between the two types of connections.

Abstract: An electromagnet assembly for an electromagnetic apparatus has a ring member, a coil bobbin having an electrical wire wound a spool of the ring member, and a ring case. The ring member is disposed in an annular groove of the ring case. An opening is formed through the ring case adjacent to its closed end surface. A connector is disposed on the ring case adjacent to its closed end surface and covers the opening. A first and a second ends of the electrical wire and a first and a second ends of a lead wire are joined in, respectively the connector. A projection portion formed on the connector is inserted into the opening, and is fixed adhesively to an end surface of the ring member of the coil bobbin.

Abstract: The invention relates to a terminal (10) for a medium voltage electrical cable (12) comprising a conductor (14) that can beraised to a potential V, characterized in that the terminal is in the form of a body (16; 72) of generally longitudinal shape, which attaches to the conductor of the electrical cable with one of its extremities called the first extremity (18a; 74a), to mechanically fix the conductor to the body, and wherein the body has an opposite extremity, called the second extremity (16b, 16; 76, 72), wherein at least the second extremity portion of the body performs an insulation function.

Abstract: An electric plug having a central pole including an axially movable contact rod having a forward portion, and a rear portion, and a radial flange between said forward portion and said rear portion; a connector member for connection of an electrical lead; and a helical first spring received on said rear portion of said contact rod and interposed between said radial flange and said connector member to urge said contact rod in a forward direction, wherein said connector member is provided with a first bore slidingly receiving a rear free end portion, thereby providing slidable electric contact between said end portion and said connector member.

Abstract: A line connector, such as a socket outlet or plug, includes at least one contact member such as a receptacle or pin and at least one connecting terminal which is electrically connected to the contact member and to which an electrical conductor can be connected. The connecting terminal has a tail which can be forcibly fitted into a tubular member for connecting a connecting terminal electrically to the contact member. Applications include demountable plugs and sockets.

Abstract: A cable lug for mounting on the end of a cable for making electrical connection between a conductor of the cable and other electrical equipment. The lug includes a palm for connecting the lug to the electrical equipment, a generally elongate cylindrical barrel for receiving therein one end of the cable conductor, and an insert for disposal within the barrel and for extending around and along the inner surface of the barrel to align the lug more concentrically on smaller cables, preferably with the barrel being conveniently made with uniform wall thickness.

Abstract: An improved connection system for coupling a device such as a pacemaker, cardioverter, defibrillator, nerve stimulator, muscle stimulator, implantable monitor or other medical device to a medical lead is disclosed. The connection system includes a coupling member designed to couple to the proximal end of the lead. This coupling member, which includes an inner lumen sized to form a press fit around the proximal end of the lead body, may be of a generally tubular construction. This coupling member includes connector means to enable a connector pin at the proximal end of the lead to mechanically and electrically couple to a device. The connector means may further include means for coupling both mechanically and electrically to a ring connector on the proximal end of a multi-polar lead. An insertion member may also be provided to allow the lead to be more easily inserted within the inner lumen of the coupling member.

Abstract: An electrical connector for transformer studs accommodates two different size transformer studs in the same slip-fit blind hole. The hole is provided with circumferential arc recesses which are sized and threaded to match the threads on the two different size studs. One or more jam screws force the stud into the respective recesses, and the matching threads provide a substantial contact area and an effective and efficient long lasting and sturdy electrical transformer connection.

Abstract: A terminal device of an electric apparatus having a terminal board of a main circuit includes a hollow member connected to the terminal board of the main circuit of the apparatus. The hollow member is formed of an elongated metal plate having a screw hole, one end with a projection, and the other end with an engaging groove. The elongated metal plate is bent such that the projection and engaging groove are directly joined together to connect the one and the other end. A terminal screw is engaged with the screw hole of the hollow member.

Abstract: A ring tongue lug retainer in a circuit breaker with the circuit breaker having a line bus conductor and a load bus conductor, wherein electrical conductors are connected to the line and load bus conductors. The ring tongue lug retainer comprises a lug body having a throughbore defining at least two interior walls and a threaded screw hole aligned perpendicular to and in communication with the throughbore. A thread portion may be provided in each interior wall of the lug body engages the binding screw configured to threadingly engage the screw hole and the lug body. The binding screw has a ring tongue protrusion configured to engage a ring tongue terminal of the electrical conductors.

Abstract: A line connector, such as a socket outlet or plug, includes at least one contact member such as a receptacle or pin and at least one connecting terminal which is electrically connected to the contact member and to which an electrical conductor can be connected. The connecting terminal has a tail which can be forcibly fitted into a tubular member for connecting a connecting terminal electrically to the contact member. Applications include demountable plugs and sockets.

Abstract: The transformer box connector comprises a plurality of terminal blocks and a terminal block retainer with a hinged cover mounted on a housing. The terminal block retainer has a plurality of insulating ribs that act as partitions. Terminal blocks for receiving at least one electrical wire are mounted within the spaces between each insulating rib. Each terminal block is mounted to the terminal block retainer by a planar member that extends from its base. A fastening member, which provides an electrical connection from the wire secured in the terminal blocks to the transformer, extends from the planar member and can be configured as a fastening screw or a fastening post. The fastening member provides means for attaching the terminal block to the terminal block retainer and to the transformer housing. The hinged cover may include openings for access to set screws in the terminal blocks.

Abstract: An apparatus for use in arcing fault detection systems within circuit breakers and which is adapted for automated production by top-down assembly. The invention also includes several devices for making electrical connections to the circuit breakers, including a lug having a top and a hollow center, the top having a hole connecting the top to the hollow center for accessing a wirebinding screw, a neutral bus having a first end and a second end, the first end disposed within the hollow center beneath the hole, a wire binding screw disposed in the hole and extending through the hollow center for securing a first wire to the first end of the neutral bus, and a strain relief member connected to the second end of the neutral bus for securing a second wire connected to the second end of the neutral bus.

Abstract: The transformer box connector comprises a plurality of terminal blocks and a terminal block retainer with a hinged cover mounted on a housing. The terminal block retainer has a plurality of insulating ribs that act as partitions. Terminal blocks for receiving at least one electrical wire are mounted within the spaces between each insulating rib. Each terminal block is mounted to the terminal block retainer by a planar member that extends from its base. A fastening member, which provides an electrical connection from the wire secured in the terminal blocks to the transformer, extends from the planar member and can be configured as a fastening screw or a fastening post. The fastening member provides means for attaching the terminal block to the terminal block retainer and to the transformer housing. The hinged cover may include openings for access to set screws in the terminal blocks.

Abstract: An improved connector comprises a circuit breaker terminal having a cold formed, countersink aperture on a top surface of the breaker terminal and an extruded raised ring on the bottom surface of the breaker terminal. The wire connector is a square-shaped element having a plurality of openings for receipt of at least one wire, the circuit breaker terminal and the wire connector shoe. In assembly of the three piece connector, the circuit breaker terminal is inserted into an opening in the wire connector. The wire connector shoe is then inserted into at least one opening in the wire connector and surrounds a portion of the circuit breaker terminal within the wire connector. The wire connector shoe has a protrusion, which is cold formed by displacing shoe material into the countersink aperture on the top surface of the circuit breaker terminal.

Abstract: A single-pole electrical connector includes an insulating sleeve and a retention ring positioned in the insulating sleeve. The retention ring defines an inner channel and a groove in a surface of the inner channel. The retention ring also includes a threaded hole intersecting the groove. A screw positioned in the threaded hole blocks the groove when in an extended position and leaves the groove unblocked when in a retracted position. A contact positioned in the inner channel includes a drive pin positioned in the groove. The contact is secured within the insulating sleeve when the screw is in the extended position and movable relative to the insulating sleeve when the screw is in the retracted position.

Abstract: A terminal connector connects wire with a range of diameters to the conductor of an electrical power switch. The connector includes a collar with a laterally extending slot sized and shaped to receive the switch conductor. An aperture adjacent the slot is sized to accommodate the full range of wire diameters. A screw is threaded into a longitudinal tapped bore in the collar to clamp the wire to the conductor. The collar is reversible on the conductor for access to the screw for panel and DIN rail mounting of the power switch. A telescoping screw extends the range of wire sizes accommodated. The aperture is shaped to funnel wire diameters in the lower end of the range of diameters under an inner screw of the telescoping screw and into engagement with the switch conductor.

Abstract: A circuit interrupter including a housing, separable main contacts disposed in the housing, and an operating mechanism disposed in the housing and interconnected with the contacts. The housing has a cover securable to a base, with the cover including a downwardly-facing abutment portion. An electrical terminal is releasably disposed within the base and has a tab that abuttingly engages the abutment portion of the cover when the cover is secured to the base. The base also includes channels formed in the sides of the base, and the electrical terminal includes sides that insert into the channels and that include rib portions that frictionally engage the channels upon insertion. The base also includes tapered sides, with the electrical terminal sides being tapered in order to follow or mirror the tapered sides of the base.

Abstract: A 110-volt wiring connector wherein sets of wire connectors are positioned on each of four sides, each set of the sets of 1-4 having three in-line electrodes as connectors, corner electrodes are interconnected, and the center electrodes are bridged as between the first set and second set and as between the first set and fourth set.

Abstract: For a contact element with a screw-type terminal for electric conductors, wherein the contact element comprises a conductor connection part provided with a bore, into which the conductor is insertable and clampable by means of a screw insertable at right angles to the bore and/or conductor into a threaded bore in the conductor connection part, and wherein between the end of the screw directed towards the conductor and the conductor a wire protection plate is provided in the bore, it is proposed to make the wire protection plate substantially L-shaped, an angled foot thereby being formed, to insert the wire protection plate into the bore in such a way that the foot is situated at the base of the bore, and to provide the foot with lateral, barb-like mouldings which, upon insertion of the wire protection plate, dig into the wall of the bore.

Abstract: A chuck for rotary tools with a cylindrical chucking shank encloses such shank with a basic body. A radial through-hole in basic body serves to receive a clamping screw which applies pressure to a clamping member which is seated inside a through-hole between the clamping screw and chucking shank. A clamping member is provided with a radial projection and the through-hole with a cross-sectional narrowing along its inner end. In between the radial projection and the narrowing is an elastically compressible spring element which, due to its return force, lifts the clamping element away from the chucking shank and pushes it back into the through-hole when it is not under tension from the clamping screw.

Abstract: A strain relief assembly is readily adaptable to clamp electrical cords of various sizes and/or shapes. The assembly is provided with differently configured clamping surfaces that may accommodate a variety of cords without compromising the ability of the clamp assembly to secure the various cords, and a user of the assembly may easily select a desired clamping surface. The assembly includes a base clamp member with a clamping surface, a securing member that may also include a clamping surface, and an insert that includes a clamping surface.

Abstract: Disclosed are male and female electrical contacts for transferring high electrical power between a master assembly and a tool assembly of a robotic tool changer. The male and female contacts have corresponding outwardly-projecting and inwardly recessed conical or frusto-conical contact surfaces which tend to cause contaminants to slide off the surface of the contacts. The contacts may instead have corresponding outwardly-projecting and inwardly recessed contact surfaces having spherical, frusto-spherical, ellipsoid, frusto-ellipsoid, ovoid, or frusto-ovoid shapes. Each of the contacts includes a contact base for attaching the contact to one of the assemblies of the robotic tool changer and a contact tip removably attached to the contact base, thereby allowing the contact tip to be replaced without detaching the contact base from the robotic tool changer. The contact tip of either or both of the electrical contacts is mounted in such a way as to have compliance in at least one direction.

Abstract: A molded case circuit breaker having separable main contacts and an operating mechanism utilized to cause the separable main contacts to open and close. A trip unit is provided to actuate the operating mechanism in desirable circumstances. The circuit breaker has external terminals which are connectable with an external load and an external power supply. A collar is used to interconnect the circuit breaker terminals with the load and power supply. The terminal collar in this case is non-symmetrical. The non-symmetrical collar provides two functions: the first function is that the path of electrical continently between adjacent collars is enlarged for higher voltage applications because of the non-symmetrical nature of each collar; secondly, the circuit breaker case has a seat therein which has the same cross-section as the non-symmetrical collar, so that the collar can only be inserted therein in one cross-sectional orientation.

Abstract: A panelboard/switchboard assembly for accommodating bolt-on modules, plug-in modules and lugs. The panelboard/switchboard includes vertical, edge forward bus bars having a plurality of openings formed therein. The edge forward alignment allows plug-in modules to be mounted to the bus bars. The openings in the bus bars receive bolts for mounting straps to the bus bars and for mounting lugs to the bus bars. The openings have a shape having at least one linear element and receive a bolt having an anti-rotation portion with a similar shape. The interference between the opening and the anti-rotation portion of the bolt prevents the straps, and the modules connected to the straps, from rotating.

Abstract: A shearable fastener has a threaded shank (10) adapted for engagement with a threaded bore and a head (12) formed for engagement with a drive tool. The shank (10) is formed with a series of axially separated weakenings (14) defining a series of shear planes, the weakenings (14) being formed such that the applied torque necessary to cause the shank (10) to shear increases progressively from the shear plane (14) furthest from the head (12) to the shear plane (14) nearest the head (12).

Abstract: For a contact element with a connection for stranded conductors, in particular a contact element for high currents, it is proposed that the connecting end of the contact element be provided with a transverse bore in which the stranded conductor can be inserted, that the contact element be further provided with an axial threaded bore which reaches as far as the transverse bore, and that a clamping screw provided with a conical point be screwed into the threaded bore, and thus into the stranded conductor.

Abstract: A header assembly for coupling a cardiac lead to a cardiac stimulator is provided. The header assembly includes a header that has a bore for receiving one end of the cardiac lead. The bore has a first longitudinal axis. A connector housing is coupled to the header and has a second bore substantially aligned with the first bore. A biasing member is disposed within the connector housing and has a portion projecting into the second bore to bias the end of the cardiac lead against the walls of the second bore. A set-screw is threadedly coupled to the housing and is operable to secure the cardiac lead to the connector housing when tightened.