Claims
- 1. An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- a body of insulative material including a plurality of passages extending therethrough;
- a contact disposed for mating in one of said passages, said contact including a sleeve and a plurality of axially aligned contact wires of conductive material, each of said contact wires having a tapered forward end portion and a tapered rearward end portion, said sleeve being disposed medially said end portions of the contact wires and including means for securing medial portions of said wires within said sleeve to prevent the wires from displacing axially with respect to the sleeve, the forward end portions of said contact wires being disposed for mating with another contact and the rearward end portions of said contact wires being exposed for impaling an insulated conductor wire; and
- means for securing the insulated conductor wire to the tapered rearward end portions of said aligned contact wires, said insulated conductor wire having a portion mounted transverse to the contact wires with the rear tapering end of the contact wires piercing through the insulation and into the conductor wire, the impaling resulting in said another contact making electrical contact with the central wire of the insulated conductor.
- 2. An electrical connector assembly of the type described in claim 1 wherein the means for securing the axially aligned wires to the sleeve is a crimp of the sleeve extending radially inward for retaining the contact wires.
- 3. An electrical connector assembly of the type described in claim 1 wherein the means for securing the insulated conductor wire to the exposed rearward end portion of the contact wires comprises a second body of insulative material including a face extending transverse to the contact wires, means for securing the insulated conductor wire in place along the transverse face, and means for coupling said bodies together to urge the contact wires into the transversely extending insulated conductor wire.
- 4. An electrical connector assembly of the type described in claim 1 wherein the tapering ends of the contact wires are approximately a 30.degree. angle at each end.
- 5. An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- a body of insulative material including a plurality of passages extending therethrough;
- a contact member mounted in one of said passages, said contact member including a retention member mounted medially around a plurality of axially aligned contact wires of conductive material, each of said wires having forward and rearward tapering end portions and each being adapted to complete an electrical connection, said retention member including means securing said wires thereto to prevent the wires from displacing axially with respect to the retention member, the forward ends of said contact wires being disposed for mating with another contact and the rearward ends being exposed for impaling penetration of an unprepared insulated conductor wire; and
- means for securing the unprepared insulated conductor wire to the rear tapering ends of said aligned contact wires, said insulated conductor wire having a portion thereof mounted transverse to the contact wires with the rear tapering end of the contact wires piercing through the outer layer of the insulation and into electrical contact with the conductive material of the insulated conductor wire whereby the contact wires electrically interconnect the insulated conductor wire with said another contact.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of Patent Application Ser. No. 847,451, filed on Feb. 2, 1978, now abandoned.
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