Claims
- 1. An insulation displacement type connector for terminating a conductor of an insulated wire thereto, comprising:
- an insulating housing having at least one terminal receiving cavity defined by a cylindrical wall, and a wire receiving opening through the wall into the interior of the cavity;
- a cylinder formed of a conductive material defining a tubular wall, said cylinder having at least one wire receiving entry through the wall of the cylinder which is in communication with a slot that partially extends circumferentially around a terminal, and
- a cap which is positioned adjacent to the cylinder and rotatable with respect to the housing, having means for engaging the cylinder for simultaneous rotation of the cylinder with the rotation of the cap;
- whereby, when a wire is placed within the wire receiving entry and the cap is rotated relative to the housing, the cap engages the cylinder thereby rotating the terminal into the wire thereby terminating the conductor of said wire within the slot in the terminal.
- 2. The connector of claim 1 wherein the 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 connector of claim 2, wherein the second wire receiving entry is directly opposed from said first wire receiving entry.
- 4. The connector 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 gauge 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.
- 5. The connector of claim 4 wherein a post extends upwardly from the insulating housing and is profiled for concentric placement within the conductive cylinder, the post having a through opening in alignment with the wire receiving opening of the conductive cylinder.
- 6. The connector of claim 5 wherein the through opening in the post is in at least one section defined as a frusto-conical surface, converging inwardly towards the second smaller wire receiving opening; whereby
- when a large wire is placed into the through opening, the frusto-conical surface stops the large wire from entry into the small wire receiving opening, whereas, when a small wire is placed into the through opening, the wire travels freely through the through opening into the second small wire receiving opening.
- 7. The connector of claim 1 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.
- 8. The connector of claim 7, 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.
- 9. The connector of claim 1 wherein the terminal receiving cavities of the insulation housing extend from a first surface of the connector to a second surface of the connector, at least one wire receiving opening is provided proximate the first surface, and at least one wire receiving opening is provided proximate the second surface.
- 10. The connector of claim 9 wherein the cylinder has a first end provided proximate the first surface of the connector and a second end provided proximate the second surface, the cylinder having at least one wire receiving entry provided proximate each end thereof.
- 11. The connector of claim 10 wherein respective caps are positioned adjacent to the first and the second ends of the cylinder, the caps being rotatable relative to the housing.
- 12. The connector of claim 10 wherein the cylinder further comprises second wire receiving entries which are in communication with respective second slots that partially extend circumferentially around the cylinder.
- 13. The connector of claim 12 wherein the second wire receiving entries are directly opposed from the first wire receiving entries.
- 14. The connector of claim 12 wherein at least one first wire receiving opening and first slot have the same dimensions as a respective second wire receiving opening and second slot, such that a redundant termination is provided between the cylinder and the wire.
- 15. An electrical terminal for the electrical interconnection of two or more insulated conductors, the terminal comprising:
- a first section of the terminal of generally cylindrical shape having a first conductor connecting section having an insulation piercing slot profiled for terminating said first conductor; and
- a second section of terminal of generally cylindrical shape having means for electrical engagement with the first said section, the second section including a wire receiving opening through a wall of the section in communication with a wire receiving slot for interconnection to a second said conductor, the first said conductor being electrically connectable to the second said conductor by means of the first and second sections via the engagement means,
- whereby, when a wire is placed through the wire receiving opening and proximate to the wire receiving slot, rotation of the second section of terminal rotates the second section into the insulated conductor and terminates the conductor of said wire within the slot of the terminal, thereby interconnecting the first and second said conductors.
- 16. The terminal of claim 15 wherein the first and second sections are electrically engaged through raised detents on one of the sections against the other of said sections.
- 17. The terminal of claim 16 wherein the other of said sections includes a guide means for receiving the detents in an electrically contacting relation, such that the rotation of the second said section relative to the first said section allows the detents to travel within the guide means, yet maintain electrical continuity between the first and second said sections.
- 18. The terminal of claim 15 wherein the first and second terminal sections are electrically engaged by means of outward projecting raised detents on the first said section in contact with edges of a peripheral slot in the second said section, the rotation of the second said section relative to the first said section causing the second said section to engagingly rotate relative to the first said section.
- 19. The terminal of claim 15 wherein the first section further comprises a stationary post and a rotatable member, the rotatable member having means for electrical engagement with the post, the rotatable member including a second wire receiving opening through a wall of the member in communication with the insulation piercing slot for interconnection to the first said conductor.
- 20. The terminal of claim 19 wherein the post and the rotatable member are electrically engaged by means of outward projecting raised detents on the said post in contact with edges of a peripheral slot in the rotatable member, the rotation of the member relative to the post causing the member to engagingly rotate relative to the post.
- 21. An electrical connector of the insulation displacement type for the electrical termination of an insulated wire, the connector comprising:
- an insulative base member comprising a floor with a post upstanding from the floor, the post having a through opening for receipt of the insulative wire, at least partially therethrough;
- a first terminal section receivable over the post with an interconnection means to a conductive element, the first said section being stationary relative to the base member;
- a second terminal section electrically engagable with the first terminal section, the second terminal section having a wire receiving opening in communication with a conductor terminating slot, the wire receiving opening being aligned with the through opening in the post; and means to rotate the second said terminal section relative to the first said terminal section; whereby
- when an insulated wire is disposed within the wire receiving opening and within the through opening of the post, and the second terminal section is rotated, the conductor receiving slot is forced into electrical connection with the conductor of the insulated wire.
- 22. The connector of claim 21 wherein the second said terminal is receivable over the first said terminal section.
- 23. The connector of claim 22 wherein the rotation means comprises a cap of an insulative material which is operatively connected to the second said terminal section, such that rotation of the cap rotates the second terminal section.
- 24. The connector of claim 23 wherein the first and second terminal section are generally cylindrical in configuration.
- 25. The connector of claim 24 wherein the second terminal section comprises a stamped and formed terminal where the free ends of the terminal are slightly spaced apart from one another.
- 26. The connector of claim 25 wherein the cap includes a shoulder extending longitudinally along an interior wall of the cap for abutment with one of the free ends of the second terminal section, such that rotation of the cap causes the shoulder to drive the free end of the second terminal section.
- 27. The connector of claim 21 wherein the first terminal section has a first end provided proximate the floor of the connector and a second end provided proximate an oppositely facing second major surface of the connector.
- 28. The connector of claim 27 wherein the posts have through openings provided proximate either end thereof, respective through openings positioned proximate the first and the second ends of the first terminal section.
- 29. The connector of claim 28 wherein a third terminal section is electrically engagable with the first terminal section, the third terminal section having a second wire receiving opening in communication with a second conductor terminating slot, the second wire receiving opening being aligned with a respective through opening of the post.
- 30. The connector of claim 29 wherein means to rotate the third terminal section relative to the first section.
- 31. The connector of claim 29 wherein the third terminal is receivable over the first terminal section.
- 32. The connector of claim 29 wherein the rotation means comprises a cap of an insulative material which is operatively connected to the third said terminal section, such that rotation of the cap rotates the third terminal section.
- 33. The connector of claim 29 wherein the third terminal section and the first terminal section comprise a stamped and formed terminal where the free ends of the terminal are slightly spaced apart from one another.
- 34. An electrical terminal for the electrical interconnection of two or more insulated conductors, the terminal comprising:
- a first section of the terminal of generally cylindrical shape having engagement portions provided thereon;
- a second section of the terminal of generally cylindrical shape having means for electrical engagement with a respective first engagement portion of the first said section, the second section including a first wire receiving opening through a wall of said section in communication with a first wire slot for interconnection to a first conductor;
- a third section of the terminal of generally cylindrical shape having means for electrical engagement with a respective second engagement portion of the first said section, the third section including a second wire receiving opening through a wall of said section in communication with a second wire slot for interconnection to a second conductor;
- whereby, when the first and second conductors are placed through the respective wire receiving openings and proximate to the wire receiving slots, rotation of the second and third sections of the terminal rotates the respective sections into the insulated conductors and terminates the conductors of the wires within the slots of the terminal, there interconnecting the first and the second conductors.
- 35. The terminal of claim 34 wherein the first and second sections are electrically engaged through raised detents on one of the sections against the other of said sections.
- 36. The terminal of claim 35 wherein the other of said sections includes a guide means for receiving the detents in an electrically contacting relation, such that the rotation of the second said section relative to the first said section allows the detents to travel within the guide means, yet maintain electrical continuity between the first and second said sections.
- 37. The terminal of claim 34 wherein the first and third sections are electrically engaged through raised detents on one of the sections against the other of said sections.
- 38. The terminal of claim 37 wherein the other of said sections includes a guide means for receiving the detents in an electrically contacting relation, such that the rotation of the third said section relative to the first said section allows the detents to travel within the guide means, yet maintain electrical continuity between the first and third said sections.
COPENDING APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation-in-part application of copending U.S. application Ser. No. 211,483 filed on June 24, 1988 now abandoned.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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