Claims
- 1. An electrical connector for commonly connecting a variable number of electrical conductors in at least two separate groupings, said connector comprising:
- an insulating housing having a wire-receiving face, a base, parallel sidewalls and parallel endwalls extending between said wire-receiving face and said base,
- a plurality of parallel side-by-side terminal-receiving cavities extending into said wire-receiving face, said cavities being arranged in a single row which extends between said endwalls, adjacent cavities in said row being separated by parallel spaced-apart barrier walls which extend between said sidewalls, each of said barrier walls having a carrier strip-receiving slot therein extending from said wire-receiving face to said base,
- at least two strips of terminal devices in said housing, each of said strips comprising at least two independent spaced-apart terminals extending from an integral carrier strip, said terminals being disposed in at least two adjacent cavities in said housing with said carrier strip extending through said carrier strip-receiving slots in the barrier wall at a location adjacent to said base, each of said terminals comprising a first plate portion which is coplanar with, and which extends laterally from, said carrier strip, said first plate portion being reversely formed at said wire-receiving face to define a second plate portion which extends towards said carrier strip, said first and second plate portions having wire-receiving slots therein for reception of a wire, and
- wire-admitting slots in each of said sidewalls, and wire-admitting slots being aligned with said wire-receiving slots in said terminals whereby,
- wires can be commonly connected by locating said wires adjacent to said wire-receiving face with their axes extending normally of said sidewalls and in alignment with said wire-admitting slots and said wire-receiving slots, and thereafter moving said wires laterally of their axes, into said wire-receiving slots of said terminals.
- 2. An electrical connector as set forth in claim 1 having integral mounting feet extending outwardly from said endwalls adjacent to said base for mounting said connector on a panel.
- 3. An electrical connector as set forth in claim 2 having spaced-apart parallel ribs on said sidewalls, said ribs being in alignment with said barrier walls.
- 4. An electrical connector as set forth in claim 3, said ribs on one of said sidewalls extending to, and across said base, whereby, upon mounting said connector on a panel, said base is spaced from the surface of said panel.
- 5. An electrical connector as set forth in claim 1, said housing having at least two of said strips of said terminal devices therein, one of said terminal-receiving cavities being vacant, said vacant cavity being between said two strips.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 895,173 filed Apr. 10, 1978 and now abandoned.
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