Vise connector
CA 2300410 A1 · Owner: Defrance, Robert · Inventors: Defrance, Robert
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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The electrical connector includes a male element traveling within a female element, the male element having a cantilevered C-clamp arm opposing a C-clamp element formed on the female element. A spacer includes a planar surface with a passageway through which at least a portion of the male and female elements pass thereby slidably interlocking the male and female element to each other. The spacer further includes a wire spacer which travels between the clamp arms and separates the conductors to be clamped therewithin. Ledges are formed on the male and female elements to limit travel of the male element with respect to the female element and to limit travel of the spacer with respect to the …
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- Filed March 7, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 7, 2020.
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