Claims
- 1. An insulation displacement type terminal for terminating a conductor of an insulated wire thereto, comprising:
- a spiralled cylinder stamped from conductive material and having continuous first and second adjacent layers defining a tubular wall, said cylinder having a first wire receiving entry through the wall of the cylinder which is in communication with a first slot that partially extends circumferentially around the terminal, and
- a cap having an annular wall, the cap being slidably receivable over the cylinder and rotatable with respect thereto, having an opening adjacent to and alignable with the first said wire receiving entry,
- whereby, when the cap is placed over the terminal such that the cap opening is aligned with the first said wire entry, and the wire is placed through both the cap opening and the first said wire receiving entry, rotation of the cap relative to said terminal, terminates the conductor of said wire within the slot in the terminal.
- 2. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the spiralled cylinder further comprises a second wire receiving entry through the wall of the cylinder, which is in communication with a second slot that partially extends circumferentially around the terminal.
- 3. The terminal of claim 3 wherein the first and second layers are also spiralled axially such that the adjacent wire receiving slots in the first and second layers are axially offset.
- 4. The terminal of claim 2, wherein the second wire receiving entry is directly opposed from said first wire receiving entry.
- 5. The terminal of claim 2, wherein the first said wire receiving opening and first slot are larger than the second said wire receiving opening and second slot, whereby a larger guage wire may be terminated in the first said wire receiving opening and first slot, than in the second said wire receiving opening and second slot.
- 6. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the cap further comprises a cylindrical member concentrically disposed within said annular wall of said cap, the outer diameter of said cylindrical member and the inner diameter of said annular wall defining an annular channel.
- 7. The terminal of claim 6, wherein the opening in the cap extends through the cylindrical member in the cap defining an aperture connecting the first and second said wire receiving openings.
- 8. The terminal of claim 7, wherein the cap has channel means in alignment with and opposed to the opening in said cap, allowing the small wire to extend radially through the second said wire receiving opening and beyond the outer diameter of the tubular wall.
- 9. The terminal of claim 8, wherein the channel means comprises a channel extending longitudinally of said cap, said channel having side walls and an end wall, said end wall extending radially further than said annular wall of said cap.
- 10. An electrical connector of the insulation displacement type for terminating a conductor of an insulated wire thereto, comprising:
- a spiralled cylindrical terminal stamped from conductive material and having continuous first and second adjacent layers defining a tubular wall, said terminal having a first wire receiving entry through the wall of the cylinder which is in communication with a first slot that partially extends circumferentially around the terminal; and
- a cap having an annular wall, the cap being slidably receivable over the cylinder and rotatable with respect thereto, the cap further comprising means to rotate said wire upon rotation of said cap, said rotation means being adjacent to and alignable with the first said wire receiving entry,
- whereby, when the cap is placed over the terminal such that the rotation means is aligned with the first said wire entry, and the wire is placed through the first said wire receiving entry and proximate to the rotation means, rotation of the cap relative to said terminal, terminates the conductor of said wire within the slot of the terminal.
- 11. The connector of claim 10 wherein the rotation means comprises a protrusion through the cap annular wall such that upon rotation of said cap, the wire is rotated by abutment against a side edge of said annular wall.
- 12. The connector of claim 11 wherein the protrusion comprises an opening through the annular wall adjacent to the first said wire entry whereby rotation of the cap causes the wire to abut an edge of said opening causing said wire to rotate into said slot.
- 13. The connector of claim 11 wherein the terminal further comprises an access hole diametrically opposed from the wire receiving entry and the protrusion includes a channel integral with said cap disposed longitudinally of said cap and disposed adjacent to the first said wire entry in the unterminated condition.
- 14. The connector of claim 13 wherein the channel has side edges and an end wall, said side edges and end wall profiled such that upon placing a wire through the access hole disposes the wire beyond the tubular wall and into the channel, and rotation of the cap causes a side edge of the channel to force the wire into the first said wire receiving slot.
- 15. The connector of claim 10 wherein the terminal comprises a second wire receiving opening in communication with a second wire terminating slot.
- 16. The connector of claim 15 wherein the first and second wire receiving openings are disposed in opposite sides of the terminal wall in diametrically opposed relationship.
- 17. The connector of claim 16 wherein the first wire receiving opening is profiled for receiving a large gauge wire and the second wire receiving opening is profiled for receiving a small gauge wire, the cap comprising an opening through the cap in alignment with the diametrically opposed first and second wire receiving openings.
- 18. The connector of claim 17 wherein the cap comprises a longitudinally extending channel disposed adjacent to the second wire receiving opening, the channel having side edges and an end wall, said side edges and end wall profiled such that placing a small wire through the first wire receiving opening disposes the small wire beyond the tubulat wall of the terminal and into the channel, and rotation of the cap causes a side edge of the channel to force the small wire into the second wire receiving slot.
- 19. The connector of claim 17 wherein the cap is profiled to receive either a small or a large wire through the same opening, the cap including stop means profiled such that upon placing a large wire through the opening in the cap, the large wire is disposed within the large wire receiving opening but is precluded from entering the small wire receiving opening, and upon placing a small wire through the opening in the cap, the small wire extends through the large wire receiving opening past the stop means and through the small wire receiving opening.
- 20. An electrical connector of the insulation displacement type, comprising:
- a plurality of cylindrical terminals having a large wire receiving entry therein extending through a wall of the terminal in communication with a large wire receiving slot which partially extends circumferentially around the terminal, and further comprising a small wire receiving entry through a wall of the terminal in communication with a small wire receiving slot which partially extends circumferentially around the terminal;
- a cap member disposed over the terminal;
- opening means comprising a communication with the large and small wire receiving entries, said opening means being profiled to allow the large wire to enter the large wire receiving entry to be terminated within the large wire receiving slot but preventing the large wire from entry into the small wire receiving entry; whereby
- placement of the large wire through the opening means disposes the large wire within the large wire entry and rotation of the cap terminates the large wire within the large wire receiving slot, and placement of the small wire through the opening means disposes the small wire within the small wire receiving entry and rotation of the cap terminates the small wire within the small wire receiving slot.
- 21. The connector of claim 20 further comprising an insulative base member having a plurality of tubular extensions upstanding from said base, said tubular extensions having cylindrical openings therein for receiving the terminals therein.
- 22. The connector of claim 21 wherein the large and small wire entries are vertically disposed in the same side of the terminal wall, one above the other.
- 23. The connector of claim 22 wherein the large and small wire receiving slots extend in the same direction from the respective small and large wire receiving entries to vertically dispose the slots one above the other.
- 24. The connector of claim 22 wherein the terminal is received within the tubular extensions to dispose the wire receiving openings below an end of said tubular extension and the cap has an annular wall which is profiled to be slidably received over the terminal but inside of the tubular extension, the opening means comprising a cooperation between the tubular extension, the terminal and the cap.
- 25. The connector of claim 24 wherein the wire receiving openings are radially disposed from said opening means.
- 26. The connector of claim 25 wherein the opening means comprises a keyhole slot in said tubular extension including a large hole in transition with a narrower slot, the keyhole slot generally extending along the longitudinal length of the tubular extension, the opening means further comprising a large slot and a small slot in said cap, each extending circumferentially around said cap, the opening means further comprising a large and small hole in said terminal, the large hole in the keyhole slot being in alignment with the large slot in said cap and with the large hole in said terminal, and the narrow slot of the keyhole slot being in alignment with the narrow slot within the cap and with the small hole within the terminal, whereby
- when a large wire is placed through the large hole of the keyhole slot the wire extends through the large slot of the cap and through the large hole in the terminal and through the terminal to be disposed in the large wire receiving entry, and when a small wire is placed in the narrow slot of the keyhole slot, the small wire extends through the narrow slot of the cap and through the small hole in the terminal and through the terminal to be disposed in the small wire receiving entry.
- 27. The connector of claim 26 wherein the cap further comprises a channel member extending longitudinally of the cap disposed adjacent to the wire receiving entries such that upon placement of a wire into one of the respective wire receiving openings the wire can extend beyond the terminal cylindrical wall and into the channel, and the tubular extension comprising a radial cutout portion partially extending along the longitudinal length of the tubular extension to form two upstanding edges, the cap disposed within said tubular extension such that the channel is placed between the edges of said extension, the angle of rotation of the cap being defined by the interference between the channel and the edges of the tubular extensions.
- 28. An electrical connector of the insulation displacement type, comprising:
- a terminal means comprising a tubular body of double thickness material around at least a portion of its circumference and comprising an inner and outer layer, the terminal means comprising a first wire admitting opening means in transition with a wire receiving slot means, the wire opening means comprising overlying openings through the first and second layers, and the wire receiving means comprising a first slot in the outer layer and a second slot in the inner layer, the first and second slots being radially aligned and axially offset from each other;
- a cap having an annular wall, the cap being slidably receivable over the cylinder and rotatable with respect thereto, the cap further comprising means to rotate said wire upon rotation of said cap, said rotation means being adjacent to and alignable with the first said wire receiving entry.
- 29. The electrical connector of claim 28 wherein the first and second slots are offset to the extent that the wire receiving slots can accomodate more than one wire size.
- 30. The connector of claim 29 wherein the wire receiving slots are defined by two sheared edges and the distance between the two closest inside and outside edges is less than the diameter of the wire to be terminated.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This application is a continuation-in-part application of pending application Ser. No. 810,794 filed Dec. 19, 1985, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 672,554 filed Nov. 19, 1984, now abandoned.
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Continuation in Parts (2)
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