Split connector with circular dove tail

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10135158-B2
Application number	US-201615331122-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 21, 2016
Priority date	Oct 21, 2015
Publication date	Nov 20, 2018
Grant date	Nov 20, 2018

Abstract

An electrical connector is disclosed. The electrical connector has a first body and a second body. The second body is mechanically coupled to the first body in a coupling state and enters the coupling state through a lateral side of the first body.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrical connector, comprising:
a first body having a cavity with a lateral opening and a threaded passageway;
a second body mechanically coupled to the first body in a coupling state, the second body having a coupler entering the cavity in a lateral direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the first body through the lateral opening of the first body;
a clamping bolt received in the threaded passageway of the first body; and
a coupling bolt smaller in diameter and different in shape than the clamping bolt extending through a coupling threaded passageway positioned above the cavity, abutting the coupler inside the cavity, and fixing the first body to the second body in the coupling state, the coupling bolt having a tip with a flat base and a pair of inclined edges, the flat base engaging an inner region of the coupler and the pair of inclined edges engaging a pair of conical shapes of the coupler disposed on opposite sides of the inner region.

2. The electrical connector of claim 1 , wherein a front end of the first body is mechanically coupled to a front end of the second body in the coupling state.

3. The electrical connector of claim 1 , wherein the coupler abuts the cavity in the coupling state.

4. The electrical connector of claim 1 , wherein the cavity has a frontal opening receiving the coupler in the longitudinal direction.

5. The electrical connector of claim 1 , wherein the coupler is a protrusion extending from a front end of the second body along a central axis of the second body, the coupler having a shape with cylindrical symmetry about the central axis.

6. The electrical connector of claim 5 , wherein the coupler has a circular, dovetail profile.

7. The electrical connector of claim 6 , wherein the cavity has an inner profile matching at least a part of the shape of the coupler.

8. The electrical connector of claim 6 , wherein the inner profile of the cavity has one or more recesses engaging the coupler.

9. The electrical connector of claim 6 , wherein the tip of the coupling bolt has a shape that matches an outer shape of the coupler.

10. The electrical connector of claim 9 , wherein the tip has a conical shape matching the dovetail profile of the coupler.

11. The electrical connector of claim 10 , wherein the tip moves the coupler into the cavity when the coupling bolt is tightened against the coupler.

12. The electrical connector of claim 1 , further comprising an electrical contact element disposed on a front end of the second body and electrically connected with a border on a front end of the first body.

13. The electrical connector of claim 12 , wherein the electrical contact element is a disc of electrically conductive material, the electrical contact element pressed against the border when the first body is coupled to the second body.

14. The electrical connector of claim 1 , wherein the first body and the second body have a plurality of clamping threaded passageways receiving a plurality of clamping bolts clamping cables to the first body and the second body.

15. The electrical connector of claim 14 , wherein the plurality of clamping threaded passageways are disposed on an upper side of the first body and the second body with a non-zero displacement angle with respect to each other.

16. The electrical connector of claim 1 , wherein the connector is a split connector.

17. The electrical connector of claim 1 , wherein the coupler has a circular profile and the second body can be coupled to the first body in any rotation position.

Assignees

• Tyco Electronics Simel Sas
• Tyco Electronics Ltd Uk

Inventors

• Peltier Bruno
• Barnett Gary

Classifications

• H01R13/6215

  using one or more bolts · CPC title

• H01R13/631

  for engagement only · CPC title

• H01R11/26 Primary

  End pieces terminating in a screw clamp, screw or nut · CPC title

• H01R13/621

  Bolt, set screw or screw clamp · CPC title

• H01R4/54

  Bayonet or keyhole · CPC title