Clamping connector for simultaneous clamping of a wire, a spade contact and a banana plug

摘要

Disclosed is a terminal binding post for selectively mounting a wire, a fork connector and a banana plug which includes: an electrically insulated housing; an electrically conducting contact member received within a cavity of the housing; and a clamping member having an exterior clamping surface and an interior clamping surface defined in a clamping slot for receiving a tab of the contact member. The clamping member and contact member define separate wire receiving and fork connector receiving spaces. An aperture and a slot are defined in the housing which are sized and dimensioned for respectively receiving a wire and a fork connector. The clamping member is moveable in the cavity with respect to the contact member between a wire engaged position in which the clamping member securely engages the wire to the first tab of the contact and a wire disengaged spaced therefrom. The clamping member is also moveable between a fork connector engaged position in which the clamping member securely engages the fork connector to the contact member and a forked connector disengaged position spaced therefrom. Means such as a knob having a shaft threadedly received by the clamping member are included for selectively moving the clamping member. A banana plug receiving aperture is defined in the head and shaft of the knob for providing an electrical connection to the contact member.