Claims
- 1. A power cable tap device for removably joining a secondary circuit to a primary cable run, said device comprising:
- a housing of insulative material having a base member and a cover member, said base member and said cover member together defining therebetween a single power cable passage extending from one end of said housing to the other end and having offset parallel portions at the opposite ends thereof, a mating face on said base member adapted to receive a mating connector member terminating a tapping cable, at least two terminal passages in said base member intersecting said cable passage, extending parallel to at least a portion thereof and opening on said mating face;
- at least two terminals each mounted in a respective terminal passage of said base member, each said terminal having a conductor engaging first end lying in said terminal passage directed toward said mating face;
- whereby a power cable positioned in said cable passage is terminated by said terminals and a tap effected by engaging a mating connector member to said terminals at said mating face.
- 2. A power cable tap device according to claim 1 further comprising:
- cable strain relief means at opposite ends of said cable passage,
- said strain relief means comprising a projection in one of said base and cover members extending transversely of said cable passage and an aligned recess in the other of said base and cover members, said projection and recess defining a tortuous path for said cable, and
- means to tightly secure said base and cover members together in the immediate region of said strain relief means.
- 3. A power cable tap device according to claim 1 further comprising:
- means for fixedly securing said device to a rigid member.
- 4. A power cable tap device according to claim 1 further comprising:
- means for detachably securing said cover member to said base member, said means including integral latching portions on one of said base and cover members and aligned mating latching lugs on the other of said base and cover members.
- 5. A power cable tap device according to claim 1 wherein said conductor engaging first end of each said terminal comprises:
- a plate extending normal to the longitudinal axis of said terminal and defining therein a slot of such dimensions as to receive a conductor while stripping insulation surrounding said conductor, and means to support said plate during insertion of said conductor.
- 6. A power cable tap device according to claim 1 wherein said mating opposite end of each said terminal comprises:
- a first blade portion and a second blade portion overlying said first blade portion, blade segments forming said second blade portion being connected by bights to marginal edges of said first blade portion and defining a slot therebetween, said first blade portion having a tine extending from the free end thereof for engaging in said slot of a mating terminal.
- 7. A power cable tap device according to claim 1 further comprising:
- a locking lance on each said terminal adapted to secure said terminal in said base member.
- 8. A device for removably tapping a secondary circuit off a cable run comprising:
- a housing of insulative material having a base member and a cover member, means to detachably secure said cover member to said base member, said base member and said cover member together defining therebetween a single through power cable passage extending from one end of said housing to the other end and having offset parallel portions at the opposite ends thereof, a mating face in said base member defining a receptacle for a mating connector, at least two terminal passages in said base member intersecting said cable passage and opening on said mating face, each of said terminal passages having a longitudinal axis extending parallel to at least part of said power cable passage, and means to fixedly secure said housing to a rigid support; and
- a plurality of terminals each mounted in a respective one of said terminal passages of said base member, each of said plurality of terminals having an insulation piercing, conductor engaging first end lying in said power cable passage and a mating opposite end lying in said terminal passage directed toward said mating face;
- whereby a cable positioned in said cable passage is terminated by said first ends of said terminals and a tap effected by engaging said mating connector terminating an end of a tap cable to said mating face with the terminals of said mating connector engaging the mating ends of the terminals lying therein.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 17,632, filed Mar. 5, 1979, now abandoned.
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