Claims
- 1. An interconnection system, comprising:
- an assembly having a base member and a silo, the silo having an upper contact receiving passageway and a lower contact receiving passageway, the silo being slidably mounted onto the base and reciprocally movable in a linear manner between an unterminated position and a terminated position;
- a pair of U-shaped terminals, each of the terminals being securable in the base to be received within the silo upon assembly of the silo to the base, each of the terminals including a base section and a pair of legs extending normally therefrom to define the U-shape, the legs including aligned wire receiving openings and aligned IDC termination slots extending from the openings, a third IDC termination slot is formed along a top of each terminal the third slot being defined by a pair of legs extending upwardly from the terminal such that the IDC slot is disposed therebetween;
- the lower passageway of the silo being aligned with the wire receiving openings and the upper passageway being above the third IDC termination slot when the silo is in the unterminated position, the lower passageway of the silo being aligned with the aligned IDC termination slots and the upper passageway being aligned with the third IDC termination slot when the silo is in the terminated position.
- 2. The interconnection system of claim 1, wherein the base member includes a pedestal having a pair of spaced apart retention slots for receiving and securing the terminals therein.
- 3. The interconnection system of claim 2, wherein the pedestal has latching ledges and the terminals having latching windows, the latching ledges being received within the latch windows to secure the terminals to the base.
- 4. The interconnection system of claim 1, wherein the terminal has a lower end with a contact section for termination with a surge protector.
- 5. The interconnection system of claim 1, wherein the terminal has a lower end with a contact section for termination with a bridging contact.
- 6. The interconnection system of claim 1, wherein the assembly has tool engaging surfaces whereby the application of a tool can effect movement of the silo between the unterminated position and the termination position.
- 7. The interconnection system of claim 1, wherein the terminal has a split beam latch to secure the terminal within the base, the latch having two latching arms with protrusions on ends thereof, the latching arms engaging a portion of the base to secure the terminal to the base.
- 8. The interconnection system of claim 1, wherein the assembly has a latching system for securing the silo to the base, the latching system comprising an opening on the silo with a resilient finger therein, the latching system further comprising two latching protrusions on the base, when the silo is in the unterminated position, the upper of the two latching protrusions is received within the opening on the silo thereby securing the silo in the unterminated position, when the silo is in the terminated position, the upper of the two latching protrusions engages the resilient finger and the lower of the two latching protrusions is received within the opening thereby securing the silo in the terminated position.
- 9. The interconnection system of claim 1, wherein the terminals of each pair are arranged in close proximity to one another within the silo, with respective of the legs of the terminals being planarly aligned and orthogonal to the contact receiving passageways.
- 10. The interconnection system of claim 9, wherein a wall of the leg, adjacent the insulation displacement slot, includes a pair of windows to allow flexing of the insulation displacement slot during termination.
- 11. The interconnection system of claim 8, wherein the IDC slot of a rearwardmost one of the legs of the terminal is dimensioned smaller than that of a forwardmost one of the legs, and the lower contact receiving passageway includes a tapered reduced diameter portion between the forwardmost and the rearwardmost legs permitting an end of a smaller diameter of a conductor to pass therebeyond and through the wire receiving opening of the rearwardmost leg to be urged into the IDC slot of the rearwardmost leg upon movement of the silo to the termination position.
- 12. The interconnection system of claim 1, wherein during termination of the assembly, the lower contact receiving passageway is aligned with the aligned IDC termination slots before the upper contact receiving passageway is aligned with the third IDC termination slot thereby staggering the forces needed for terminating a wire in the slot and lowering the required forces for termination.
- 13. The interconnection system of claim 1, wherein a cover is recieved along the bottom of the base, the cover having latching fingers which engage the base to secure the cover thereto and protect the interior of the base.
- 14. The interconnection system of claim 1, wherein a ground contact is secured to the base member, the ground contact having a mounting tab for securing the assembly within an enclosure.
- 15. The interconnection system of claim 14, wherein the ground contact has contact fingers for engaging the grounding region on an overvoltage protector.
- 16. An interconnection system, comprising:
- an assembly having a base member and a silo, the silo having an upper contact receiving passageway and a lower contact receiving passageway, the silo being slidably mounted onto the base and reciprocally movable in a linear manner between an unterminated position and a terminated position;
- a pair of U-shaped terminals, each of the terminals being securable in the base to be received within the silo upon assembly of the silo to the base, each of the terminals including a base section and a pair of legs extending normally therefrom to define the U-shape, the legs including aligned wire receiving openings and aligned IDC termination slots extending from the openings, a third IDC termination slot is formed along a top of each terminal; and,
- a latching system for securing the silo to the base, the latching system comprising an opening on the silo with a resilient finger therein, the latching system further comprising two latching protrusions on the base, when the silo is in the unterminated position, the upper of the two latching protrusions is received within the opening on the silo thereby securing the silo in the unterminated position, when the silo is in the terminated position, the upper of the two latching protrusions engages the resilient finger and the lower of the two latching protrusions is received within the opening thereby securing the silo in the terminated position.
- 17. The interconnection system of claim 16, wherein the base member includes a pedestal having a pair of spaced apart retention slots for receiving and securing the terminals therein.
- 18. The interconnection system of claim 17, wherein the pedestal has latching ledges and the terminals have latching windows, the latching ledges being received within the latching windows to secure the terminals to the base.
- 19. The interconnection system of claim 16, wherein each terminal has a lower end with a contact section for termination with a surge protector.
- 20. The interconnection system of claim 16, wherein each terminal has a lower end with a contact section for termination with a bridging contact.
- 21. The interconnection system of claim 16, wherein the assembly has tool engaging surfaces whereby the application of a tool can effect movement of the silo between the unterminated position and the termination position.
- 22. The interconnection system of claim 16, wherein each terminal has a split beam latch to secure the terminal within the base, the latch having two latching arms with protrusions on ends thereof, the latching arms engaging a portion of the base to secure the terminals to the base.
- 23. The interconnection system of claim 16, wherein the terminals of each pair are arranged in close proximity to one another within the silo, with respective ones of the legs of the terminals being planarly aligned and orthogonal to the contact receiving passageways.
- 24. The interconnection system of claim 23, wherein a wall of the leg, adjacent the insulation displacement slot, includes a pair of windows to allow flexing of the insulation displacement slot during termination.
- 25. The interconnection system of claim 24, wherein the IDC slot of a rearwardmost one of the legs of each terminal is dimensioned smaller than that of a forwardmost one of the legs, and the lower contact receiving passageway includes a tapered reduced diameter portion between the forwardmost and the rearwardmost legs permitting an end of a smaller diameter of a conductor to pass therebeyond and through the wire receiving opening of the rearwardmost leg to be urged into the IDC slot of the rearwardmost leg upon movement of the silo to the termination position.
- 26. The interconnection system of claim 16, wherein the third IDC termination slot comprises a pair of legs extending upwardly from the terminal with the IDC slot disposed therebetween.
- 27. The interconnection system of claim 16, wherein during termination of the assembly, the lower contact receiving passageway is aligned with the aligned IDC termination slots before the upper contact receiving passageway is aligned with the third IDC termination slot thereby staggering the forces needed for terminating a wire in the slot and lowering the required forces for termination.
- 28. The interconnection system of claim 16, wherein a cover is recieved along the bottom of the base, the cover having latching fingers which engage the base to secure the cover thereto and protect the interior of the base.
- 29. The interconnection system of claim 16, wherein a ground contact is secured to the base member, the ground contact having a mounting tab for securing the assembly within an enclosure.
- 30. The interconnection system of claim 29, wherein the ground contact has contact fingers for engaging the grounding region on an overvoltage protector.
- 31. An interconnection system, comprising:
- an assembly having a base member and a silo, the silo having an upper contact receiving passageway and a lower contact receiving passageway, the silo being slidably mounted onto the base and reciprocally movable in a linear manner between an unterminated position and a terminated position;
- a pair of U-shaped terminals, each of the terminals being securable in the base to be received within the silo upon assembly of the silo to the base, each of the terminals including a base section and a pair of legs extending normally therefrom to define the U-shape, the legs including aligned wire receiving openings and aligned IDC termination slots extending from the openings, a third IDC termination slot is formed along a top of each terminal;
- the lower passageway of the silo being aligned with the wire receiving openings and the upper passageway being above the third IDC termination slot when the silo is in the unterminated position, the lower passageway of the silo being aligned with the aligned IDC termination slots and the upper passageway being aligned with the third IDC termination slot when the silo is in the terminated position.
- 32. The interconnection system of claim 31, wherein the base member includes a pedestal having a pair of spaced apart retention slots for receiving and securing the terminals therein.
- 33. The interconnection system of claim 32, wherein the pedestal has latching ledges and the terminals have latching windows, the latching ledges being received within the latching windows to secure the terminals to the base.
- 34. The interconnection system of claim 31, wherein each terminal has a lower end with a contact section for termination with a surge protector.
- 35. The interconnection system of claim 31, wherein each terminal has a lower end with a contact section for termination with a bridging contact.
- 36. The interconnection system of claim 31, wherein the assembly has tool engaging surfaces whereby the application of a tool can effect movement of the silo between the unterminated position and the termination position.
- 37. The interconnection system of claim 31, wherein each terminal has a split beam latch to secure the terminals within the base, the latch having two latching arms with protrusions on ends thereof, the latching arms engaging a portion of the base to secure the terminal to the base.
- 38. The interconnection system of claim 32, wherein the assembly has a latching system for securing the silo to the base, the latching system comprising an opening on the silo with a resilient finger therein, the latching system further comprising two latching protrusions on the base, when the silo is in the unterminated position, the upper of the two latching protrusions is received within the opening on the silo thereby securing the silo in the unterminated position, when the silo is in the terminated position, the upper of the two latching protrusions engages the resilient finger and the lower of the two latching protrusions is received within the opening thereby securing the silo in the terminated position.
- 39. The interconnection system of claim 31, wherein the terminals of each pair are arranged in close proximity to one another within the silo, with respective ones of the legs of the terminals being planarly aligned and orthogonal to the contact receiving passageways.
- 40. The interconnection system of claim 39, wherein a wall of the leg, adjacent the insulation displacement slot, includes a pair of windows to allow flexing of the insulation displacement slot during termination.
- 41. The interconnection system of claim 31, wherein the third IDC termination slot comprises a pair of legs extending upwardly from each terminal with the IDC slot disposed therebetween.
- 42. The interconnection system of claim 31, wherein a cover is recieved along the bottom of the base, the cover having latching fingers which engage the base to secure the cover thereto and protect the interior of the base.
- 43. The interconnection system of claim 31, wherein a ground contact is secured to the base member, the ground contact having a mounting tab for securing the assembly within an enclosure.
- 44. The interconnection system of claim 43, wherein the ground contact has contact fingers for engaging the grounding region on an overvoltage protector.
- 45. An interconnection system having a base, at least one IDC terminal mounted to the base and a silo being slidably mounted to the base over the terminal and having upper and lower passageways to effect termination of wires inserted into the passageways to the IDC terminal, the IDC terminal comprising:
- a front leg having a first wire receiving opening being aligned with one of the passageways when the silo is in an unterminated position and a first IDC slot extending from the wire receiving opening;
- a rear leg having a second wire receiving opening and a second IDC slot extending therefrom each being aligned with the first wire receiving opening and first IDC slot respectively, the second IDC slot being dimensioned to be larger than the first IDC slot; and,
- a base leg joining the front and rear legs to define a U-shape.
- 46. The interconnection system of claim 45, wherein the terminal has a lower end with a contact section for termination with a surge protector.
- 47. The interconnection system of claim 45, wherein the terminal has a lower end with a contact section for termination with a bridging contact.
- 48. The interconnection system of claim 45, wherein the terminal has a split beam latch to secure the terminal within a retention slot of the base, the latch having two latching arms with protrusions on ends thereof, the latching arms engaging a portion of the base to secure the terminal to the base.
- 49. The interconnection system of claim 45, wherein the terminal further comprises a third IDC termination slot extending from a top, the third slot having a pair of legs extending upwardly from the terminal such that the IDC slot is disposed therebetween.
Parent Case Info
This is a Continuation-In Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/656,113, filed May 31, 1996 now abandoned.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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