.~ Terminal connector having insulating tube or sleeve adapted to be crimped or heat-shrunk onto wire conductor
DEFINITION
Classification: 439/730
Terminal connector having insulating tube or sleeve adapted to be crimped or heat-shrunk onto wire conductor:
(under subclass 625) Electrical connector adapted to be electrically and mechanically secured to an insulated wire-type conductor; the insulating material of the connector is in the form of a hollow, sleevelike member which surrounds the conductive, conductor-securing portion of the connector and is adapted to also surround or receive therein a portion of the insulating covering or coating of the conductor; and the sleevelike member is of an insulating material which is either (a) capable of being plastically deformed by the application thereto of a clamping or crimping pressure, so that the sleevelike member is thereby formed tightly about the insulating covering or coating of the conductor or (b) capable or having its hollow interior plastically reduced in radial size by the application thereto of heat, so that the sleevelike member is thereby formed tightly about the insulating covering or coating of the conductor.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
523, for an electrical connector with a contact cover or case in the form of an elastic or heat-shrunk cable grip for restricting environmental effects.
865+, for metallic terminal connector, per se, which has a conductor sheath engaging means.
