Claims
- 1. An electrical wire connector comprising:
- a U-shaped support having a pair of side arms upstanding from a support base;
- a cam pivotally arranged intermediate said side arms said cam including a slot formed in said cam, said slot defines a first end and a second end, said first end being wider than said second end allowing said cam to provide various compressive force against said wire terminal and said wire conductor;
- an operating handle at one end of said cam for rotating said cam against a wire terminal, whereby said cam traps a wire conductor between a bottom of said wire terminal and said base for mechanical and electrical connection between said wire conductor and said wire terminal.
- 2. The wire connector of claim 1 wherein said first end of said slot is oriented toward a first end of said wire terminal.
- 3. The wire connector of claim 1 wherein said cam comprises plastic.
- 4. The wire connector of claim 1 wherein said cam comprises metal.
- 5. The wire connector of claim 1 wherein said slot defines a tear-shaped configuration.
- 6. The wire connector of claim 1 wherein said wire terminal comprises a circuit breaker terminal strap.
Parent Case Info
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 08/667,778, filed Jun. 21, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,810,628 issued Sep. 22, 1998, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
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Divisions (1)
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