SIDE ENTRY ELECTRICAL WIRE CONNECTOR

摘要

381,341 CAN/TKQ An electrical wire connector having a hollow, open-topped insulating body, an insulating cover formed to telescope with the body, the body and cover having complementary latches to retain them in an open position for insertion of wires into wire receiving channels in the cover and also to retain them in the closed position fully telescoped together. A slotted, flat plate wire connector element is retained in the body for connecting two wires supported in the channels in the cover upon telescoping of the cover and body together. At least one of the wire receiving channels is open-sided for insertion of a wire transversely into the channel when the body and cover are in their open position, and at least one deformable resilient finger is provided at the outer edge of each open-sided channel. The smallest wire size to be connected will snap past the resilient finger and the largest wire size to be connected will readily press down the resilient finger upon insertion so that the full range of wire sizes will be retained in the channel until the body and cover are telescoped together.