CA2180496A1 - Female Cable Connector Head for Relocatable Wiring Systems and Methods for Manufacture Thereof - Google Patents

Female Cable Connector Head for Relocatable Wiring Systems and Methods for Manufacture Thereof

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CA2180496A1
CA2180496A1 CA2180496A CA2180496A CA2180496A1 CA 2180496 A1 CA2180496 A1 CA 2180496A1 CA 2180496 A CA2180496 A CA 2180496A CA 2180496 A CA2180496 A CA 2180496A CA 2180496 A1 CA2180496 A1 CA 2180496A1
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connector head
female connector
cable
length
wiring system
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CA2180496A
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CA2180496C (en
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Ormand Gilbert Anderson, Jr.
William Wade Marder
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NSI Enterprises Inc
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National Service Industries Inc
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R31/00—Coupling parts supported only by co-operation with counterpart
    • H01R31/02—Intermediate parts for distributing energy to two or more circuits in parallel, e.g. splitter
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R25/00—Coupling parts adapted for simultaneous co-operation with two or more identical counterparts, e.g. for distributing energy to two or more circuits
    • H01R25/16—Rails or bus-bars provided with a plurality of discrete connecting locations for counterparts
    • H01R25/161—Details
    • H01R25/162—Electrical connections between or with rails or bus-bars
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R2107/00—Four or more poles
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R24/00—Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure
    • H01R24/20—Coupling parts carrying sockets, clips or analogous contacts and secured only to wire or cable
    • H01R24/22—Coupling parts carrying sockets, clips or analogous contacts and secured only to wire or cable with additional earth or shield contacts
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R27/00—Coupling parts adapted for co-operation with two or more dissimilar counterparts
    • H01R27/02—Coupling parts adapted for co-operation with two or more dissimilar counterparts for simultaneous co-operation with two or more dissimilar counterparts

Abstract

A dual-port electrical cable female connector head primarily useful for branch circuit extension of and for fixture tapping into a relocatable wiring system, the female connector head of the invention is located at one end of a length of electrical cable which carries one or more circuits and into which lighting fixtures or other electrical loads are to be tapped at predetermined locations of the wiring system by connection to tapping ports formed in respective female connector heads. A male connector head joined to the length of cable at the other end thereof connects to a branch circuit port formed in a female connector head of an adjacent length of cable in the wiring system. The relocatable wiring system is thus formed along its length by repetitive units consisting of lengths of cable with one of the female connector heads of the invention being joined to one end of the cable and a male connector head being joined to the other end of the cable, the female connector head of the invention having two connection ports disposed in angular relationship to each other which is out of plane of the body of the female connector head with both ports being capable of use either as a tapping port or as a branch circuit port. The female connector head of the invention improves prior wire system connectors by providing a more compact, less expensive and more easily manufactured female connector head and which also exhibits a low profile in use and is manufactured using fewer discrete parts while displaying greater operational flexibility in use .
CA002180496A 1995-08-23 1996-07-04 Female cable connector head for relocatable wiring systems and methods for manufacture thereof Expired - Fee Related CA2180496C (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US08/518,532 1995-08-23
US08/518,532 US5679023A (en) 1995-08-23 1995-08-23 Female cable connector head for relocatable wiring systems and methods for manufacture thereof

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CA2180496A1 true CA2180496A1 (en) 1997-02-24
CA2180496C CA2180496C (en) 2000-02-01

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