Hermaphroditic electrical connector for terminating electrical conductors

摘要

An electrical connector provides for terminating an electrical conductor. The connector includes an elongate connector body having an elongate barrel portion for accommodating one end of an electrical conductor. A transition portion extends from the barrel portion. A connection portion extends from the transition portion. The connection portion has an elongate aperture therethrough and an extending projection adjacent the aperture. The projection of one connector body is insertable into the aperture of another identically formed connector body so as to place the one connector body in electrical engagement with the other connector body.

主权项

1. An electrical connector assembly comprising:
a pair of identical hermaphroditic electrical connectors, each said connector having:
an elongate barrel portion for accommodating one end of an electrical conductor;a transition portion extending from said barrel portion;a connection portion extending from said transition portion;a tab extending transversely outward from the connection portion in a first direction; anda hook, the hook having a first wall extending transversely outward from the connection portion in a second direction opposite said first direction, the hook having a U-shaped portion attached to the first wall, the hook having a second wall extending transversely from the U-shaped portion in said first direction; said connectors being adapted for disconnectable electrical coupling such that the tab of one connector of said pair is adapted to be insertably received in the hook of the other connector of said pair while the tab of the other said connector is adapted to be insertably received in the hook of said one connector.