IP Library Granted Patent US 6,909,049
Granted Patent B2
US 6,909,049 · App. 10/138,716 · Granted Jun 21, 2005

Electrical connector for angled conductors

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 6,909,049
App. No.
10/138,716
Granted
Jun 21, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrical connector for connecting at least two angled conductors together. The electrical connector includes a first section and a second section. The first section has a first conductor receiving channel with a first channel axis. The second section has a second conductor receiving channel with a second channel axis angled relative to the first channel axis. The first and second sections are comprised of a single extruded metal member which has been formed to angle the first and second channel axes relative to each other.

Claims (6)

1. An electrical connector for connecting first and second crossing conductors together comprising:

a first section having a general cross sectional C shape;

a second section having a general same cross sectional shape as the first section; and

a third section connecting the first and second sections to each other,

wherein the first, second and third sections are comprised of a single extruded metal member which has been formed to angle the first section relative to the second section with a bend in the third section, wherein the extruded metal member is sized and shaped to be attached to the first and second crossing conductors with the first conductor being located in the first section but not in the second section and the second conductor located in the second section but not in the first section, and wherein the extruded metal member is adapted to form a cross connection with the first and second conductors crossing over and under each other at an angle proximate the third section between the first and second sections, and wherein the bend in the third section comprises an angle of about 90 degrees.

2. An electrical connector as in claim 1 wherein the third section has substantially open top and bottom sides and does not form a conductor receiving channel therein.

Assignments (3)
RELEASE OF PATENT SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL/FRAME NO. 17400/0192 Recorded Nov 29, 2012
From: BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LIMITED
To: FCI AMERICAS TECHNOLOGY LLC (F/K/A FCI AMERICAS TECHNOLOGY, INC.)
Reel/Frame 029377/0632 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2010
From: BURNDY TECHNOLOGY LLC
To: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 025406/0729 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2010
From: FCI AMERICAS TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: BURNDY TECHNOLOGY LLC
Reel/Frame 025192/0432 →