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A power tool (2) includes a motor (22) pivotally mounted within the housing of the tool. The tool is able to accept any one of a plurality of attachment members (44, 46, 48).
1. A power tool comprising:
a body portion defining a handle;
a motor mounted within the body portion;
a drive member driven the motor and defining an axis;
the body portion defining an opening;
a removable head received within the opening, the removable head operatively receiving the output member;
the body portion defining an attachment head interface abutting the removable head, the interface defining a rigid and substantially continuous surface having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being generally disposed in a first plane and oriented generally perpendicular to the axis, the second portion being generally disposed in a second plane at an angle to the first plane, the first portion defining an upper part of the opening, the second portion extending downwardly and forwardly relative to the first portion and defining a second part, the first portion upwardly terminating at an upper surface of the body portion, the second portion downwardly terminating at a forward surface of the body portion.
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10. A power tool comprising:
a main body portion defining an opening;
a motor mounted within the main body portion;
an output member rotatably driven about an axis by the motor;
at least one removable head received with the opening, the at least one removable head operatively receiving the output member; and
the main body portion including a continuous interface surface about a periphery of the opening, the interface surface including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being generally planar and oriented substantially perpendicular to the axis, the second portion being angled with respect to the first portions the first and second portions being rigid;
the at least one removable head having a cooperating rigid surface abutting the interface surface;
whereby the first and second portions are both engaged by the cooperating rigid surface of the at least one removable head through movement of the at least one removable head in a direction parallel to the axis.
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18. A power tool comprising:
a body portion defining a handle;
a motor mounted within the body portion;
a drive member driven the motor and defining an axis;
the body portion defining an opening;
a removable head received within the opening, the removable head operatively receiving the output member;
the body portion defining an attachment head interface matingly abutting the removable head, the interface defining a rigid and substantially continuous surface having a first portion and a second portion, the continuous surface having a non-circular shape which prevents relative rotation between the body portion and the tool head.
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20. A power tool comprising:
a body portion defining an opening;
a motor mounted within the main body portion;
an output member rotatably driven about an axis by the motor;
a removable head at least partially received in the opening, the removable head operatively receiving the output member;
the opening being bordered by a flange portion and a confronting portion, the flange portion being formed in at least two distinct planes, a first one of the planes being disposed generally perpendicular the axis of the output member, a second one of the planes being disposed at an angle relative to the axis of the output member so as to intersect the first one of the planes, the confronting portion being sized to receive;
the removable head having a cooperating surface that continuously abuts the flange portion.
The present invention relates to a power tool and has particular although not exclusive, relevance to battery powered tools.
It is conventional for power tools to be designed and built for a dedicated purpose, such as a drill, ajigsaw or a sander. If the user needs to undertake a sanding operation he will use a dedicated sander. If then he needs to drill a hole in a workpiece he will swap the sander for a dedicated drill, and so on.
Whilst such swapping over of dedicated tools is not inconvenient, it does mean that, particularly for the person who needs to use power tools relatively infrequently, considerable expense is incurred in acquiring a broad range of these dedicated power tools.
Furthermore, in the case of so-called "cordless" or battery-powered tools, the user will either need to change the battery pack when changing dedicated tools, or have several ready-charged batteries available for use. These alternative options are cumbersome or expensive respectively.
Solutions to the above problems have been proposed in the past and one such solution entails providing a power tool including a motorised drive which is capable of accepting any one of a plurality of discrete heads which achieve a dedicated purpose. This means that rather than purchasing a dedicated entire power tool for each job, the user only has to purchase a dedicated head (which is cheaper than a dedicated entire tool) and just swap these over as and when necessary.
There still exist certain problems with such solutions, however. In a system such as the discrete heads described above, it is important to ensure a sufficiently secure and rigid attachment between the power tool and the dedicated head. While it is of course necessary to provide a sufficiently secure attachment for all heads, it is particularly important to do so where the nature of the work for which the assembled tool is to be used is likely to generate high forces, in particular relatively high bending and twisting forces between the power tool and the head.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a power tool in which the above disadvantages are reduced or substantially obviated.
The present invention provides a power tool including a body portion defining a handle and a motor mounted within the body portion, which motor is arranged to drive an output spindle of the tool; the body portion further defining an opening around the output spindle, which opening accepts any one of a plurality of attachment heads presented thereto, the power tool characterised in that there is an interface between the body portion of the power tool and the attachment head, and this interface is shaped so that the attachment head is supported in three dimensions.
In a preferred embodiment of a tool according to the invention, the interface between the body portion and the attachment head comprises a first linear section remote from the handle and a second cylindrical section adjacent to the handle.
The linear/cylindrical interface gives added stability as the applied force from the operator's hand acts through the curved intersection. Further, the cupped nature of the intersection provides additional support to any torque reactions when the tool is in operation, for example as either a drill, driver, saw or sander mechanism.
The present invention will now be described, by way of example only and with reference to the accompanying drawings, of which:
FIG. 1 shows a front perspective view of a body portion of a power tool in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 2 shows a side view of the body portion of FIG. 1 without an attached head;
FIG. 3 shows a side view of the body portion of FIG. 1 with an attached head;
FIG. 4 shows a side view of a drill/driver mechanism for a drill, one of the plurality of heads for attachment to the body portion;
FIG. 5 shows an alternative attachment to FIG. 4, a jigsaw; and
FIG. 6 shows a further attachment, a sander;
FIG. 7 shows a side view of the body portion of FIG. 1 with an attached jig saw head; and
FIG. 8 shows a side view of the body portion of FIG. 1 with an attached sander head.
Referring first to FIGS. 1 and 2, a power tool shown generally as (2) includes a body portion (4) formed from two halves of a plastics clamshell. The two halves (6, 8) co-operate together to encapsulate the internal mechanisms of the power tool, which will be described here below. The body portion (4) defines a handle (10) which in use of the tool (2) is grasped by the user. The handle (10) is so shaped to provide the user with easy access to an actuating trigger (12) in the form of a pistol grip, which is conventional in the art of power tools. The body portion (4) is formed from the two halves of clamshell (6, 8) also to define an opening shown generally as (14), through which batteries (16) for powering the tool may pass. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the choice of batteries for powering the tool (2) depends upon the work which the tool is required to undertake. The batteries per se form no part of the present invention and so will not be described in any more detail herein.
At the opposite end of the body portion (4) from the battery opening (14) the two halves of the clamshell (6, 8) define an opening (18) through which an output spindle (20) of a motor (not shown) housed within the body portion (4) is mounted.
A pair of batteries (16) have been passed through the battery opening (14) and are electrically coupled via terminals and a switch operable by the trigger (12) to the motor. The batteries (16) are retained within their opening (14) by a detent mechanism which can be manually operated in order to allow removal of the batteries (16) from the body portion (4).
The motor is selectively coupled to the batteries (16) via the switch in conventional manner. On activation of the trigger (12) the user selectively couples the motor to the battery (16) thereby energising the motor which in turn provides a rotational force upon the output spindle (20).
As is conventional in the art of power tools the motor is provided with a forward/reverse switch (28) the operation of which determines the sense of rotation of the output spindle (20).
As can be seen from FIG. 3, a head (44) is attached to the body portion (4), and engages the output spindle (20) via a splined member (22). The interface surface (50) comprises a first linear section (52) remote from the handle (10) of the tool (2) and a second cylindrical section (54) adjacent to the handle (10).
The head (44) as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 is a drill/driver head for a drill. This can be removed from the body portion (4) and replaced by an alternative head, for example a jigsaw (46) or a sander (48).
As can be seen from FIGS. 4, 5 and 6, each of the respective toolheads (44,46,48) each have a corresponding interface surface (62) again comprising a linear section (64) and a second cylindrical section (66) so that said interface surface (62) of each of the toolheads will co-operate exactly with the substantially identical interface surface (50) of the tool body, as shown in FIGS. 3, 7 and 8.
In addition, each of the toolheads as seen in FIGS. 4, 5 and 6 have a uniform connection system (102). This toolhead connection system (102) comprises a rearwardly extending cylindrical spigot (104) which is shaped so as to fit snugly within a corresponding cylindrical opening (106) of the body portion (4). As can be seen from FIG. 1, the cylindrical opening (106) of the body portion is defined by a series of inwardly directed ribs (107) forming a substantially cylindrical chamber. The cylindrical spigot (104) has a substantially flat circular rear wall (108) disposed about a head axis (110). Projecting rearwardly of this wall (108) so as to extend coaxial with the axis (110) is a second, substantially cylindrical and hollow spigot (102) having a diameter substantially less than the diameter of the spigot (108). This hollow spigot (102) has a series of exterior cylindrical ribs (112) which define an outer cylindrical recess (114).
Thus as the toolhead is brought into engagement with the body portion (4) the connection system (102) is inserted into the cylindrical opening (22) of the body portion (4) so that a toolhead axis (110) extends substantially co-axial with the axis of the output spindle (20). As the connection system (102) passes into the cylindrical opening (22) it will cause the hollow cylindrical spigot to pass through the aperture (18) so as to encompass the splined member (22), to effect engagement with a cooperating member (not shown) in the toolhead so as to operate said toolhead.
When the toolhead has been fully connected to the tool body (4) the interface surface (50) of the tool body (4) and the interface surface (62) of the toolhead will abut in co-operating engagement as seen in FIG. 3, 7 or 8, whereby the cylindrical spigot (108) is received in co-operating engagement with the cylindrical inner surface (106) of the body portion (4).
To restrain each toolhead in connection with the body portion (4), the body portion (4) is further provided with a resiliently biased locking mechanism. This locking mechanism comprises two resiliently biased spring wires (not shown) and disposed symmetrically about the axis of the splined member. As the spigot (102) passes into the aperture (18) of the body portion (4) the spigot (102) will engage the biased wires and deflect them out of the path of the cylindrical spigot (102) whereby continued insertion will them enable these resiliently deflected wires to encounter the cylindrical recess (114) of the spigot (102) and, by returning to the resiliently biased position, snap engage with this recess (114) to restrain the connection system (102) from further axial displacement. This locking mechanism is further provided with a conventional pushbutton whereby actuation of such a pushbutton will cause the two wires to be pushed apart in a conventional manner so as to move them out of engagement with the cylindrical recess (114) in the connection system (102) to thereby release the toolhead when required.
It will be further appreciated that each of the toolheads (44,46,48) further comprises a projection indicated generally as 130 extending from the cylindrical section (66) of each toolhead which is to be received in a co-operating recess (132) in the second cylindrical section (54) of the interface surface (50) of the tool body (4). Amongst other uses, this projection (130) serves to orientate the toolhead for connection with the tool body and helps restrain the toolhead from rotation about the axis when connected to the tool body. In use, the design of the interface surface (50/62) between the tool body (4) and the respective toolheads (44,46,48) allows for optimum performance of the tool irrespective of the particular function defined by the toolhead. Referring firstly to FIG. 3 when the drill/driver head has been attached to the tool body it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the majority of the static load transmitted through the interface (50/62) will be co-axial with respect to the motor and spindle (20) axis as is conventional for operation of a standard drill. In this situation the linear section (52) of the interface surface absorbs the majority of the load. Furthermore, the reaction torque generated by drilling and/or screwdriving is resisted by the co-operating second cylindrical sections (54/66) section of the interface since it will be appreciated that in the drilling mode a rotational torque will be applied from the output spindle of the tool to the toolhead which exerts a natural tendency to rotate such toolhead. However, the curved "cup and cone" effect of the curved section of the interface when the toolhead is locked in engagement with the tool body will resist such rotational force.
Referring now to FIG. 8, when the sander head (48) has been attached to the tool body in the manner discussed above, the loads applied through the tool body to the toolhead are generally lower than for drilling but are still predominantly co-axial with the linear interface absorbing the majority of the load transmitted through the joint. However, again the second cylindrical section (54) of the interface serves to resist any rotation of the toolhead resulting from the rotational torque generated by the output spindle.
However, when the jig saw head (46) is attached to the tool body (4) (FIG. 7) the forces exerted between the interface (50/62) are quite different in that as well as applying a downward force to keep the soleplate in accurate contact with the workpiece, the operator also has to apply an "urging" torque from the handle via the interface to make the saw blade move forwards through the workpiece in a conventional manner. In this situation the second cylindrical section (54) of the interface resists this urging torque to good effect, restraining the toolhead from any potential shearing effect along the interface which could result in undue stress being applied to the output spindle of the motor which could damage the tool. In addition, the increased interface pressure required to maintain the jig saw toolhead in connection with the workpiece (i.e. pushing the tool body downwardly into engagement with the workpiece) provides an additional benefit that any turning action imposed on the handle (as is conventional in the use of a jig saw to cut a curve surface) will be effectively transferred through the cylindrical section interface (54) to the cutting blade, this applied torque by the user being transmitted directly to the toolhead via this curved interface.
Finally, it will be appreciated that the asymmetrical nature of the interface of the tool body and the respective toolheads will assist the user in correctly aligning the various toolheads prior to the connection of the toolheads to the body.
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Venezuelans are torn ahead of Sunday's vote on whether to scrap presidential term limits.
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Caracas, Venezuela
In recent weeks, students have marched by the thousands urging Venezuelans to vote "No" in Sunday's referendum, which seeks to abolish presidential term limits and allow President Hugo ChĂ¡vez to run for reelection indefinitely.
Not to be outdone, supporters of Mr. ChĂ¡vez stormed an opposition debate at the Central University of Venezuela in Caracas last week.
Such fiery battles between those who support ChĂ¡vez's "21st century socialism" and those who believe he is squandering the country's vast oil wealth on populist social projects have broken out in the run up to each of the 14 votes held during Chavez's 10 years as president.
Yet, despite the media's focus on Venezuela's ideological extremes, most Venezuelans find themselves wavering quietly in the middle, and capturing this silent majority will prove crucial to Sunday's vote.
A survey in November by the polling firm Datanalisis found that 48.5 percent of Venezuelans support neither ChĂ¡vez nor the opposition. This demographic – dubbed the ni nis or "neither nors" – has shrunk to 32 percent in the run up to the vote, but the group is still large enough to be the deciding factor, says Luis Vicente Leon, director of Datanalisis.
"The referendum will be won or lost on what happens with the ni ni," says Mr. Leon. "There are ni nis with a tendency toward [supporting ChĂ¡vez], there are ni nis with a tendency toward the opposition, and there are ni nis who may vote for ChĂ¡vez or may vote for the opposition, depending on what is going on."
All of them – to varying degrees – are capable of swinging either way, says Leon.
Where are the solutions?
For many Venezuelans, neither ChĂ¡vez's government nor the opposition – a loose coalition of six or seven major parties that range from center left to center right – provides a solution.
An office manager in Caracas who spoke on condition of anonymity says that he voted for ChĂ¡vez in each election up to 2006.
But he voted against a package of reforms – that included the scrapping of presidential term limits – in a referendum in December 2007.
In last year's regional elections, he voted for opposition candidates for governor and mayor but also for a party aligned with ChĂ¡vez in the legislative council as "a counterweight".
"I'm not from one side or the other because I can't find any figure that represents me," says the office manager. "There are sectors of the opposition that are identical to what existed before and which propose the same types of policies that are very regressive from a social point of view.
"They don't represent a real alternative for change against chavismo," he says. "They're very much controlled by the sectors with power – in some ways ChĂ¡vez is right to call them oligarchic."
The office manager applauds initiatives such as the community councils, which are neighborhood panels of elected representatives chosen to address local problems, but does not necessarily credit the government with their success.
"The transformations thus far have been cosmetic," he says of ChĂ¡vez's 10 years in power.
"Those initiatives where communities have been well organized have had good results," says the office manager. "But there were lots of communities that were very well organized before ChĂ¡vez."
An architect from Venezuela's third-largest city, Valencia, who also spoke on condition of anonymity says that polarization puts her in an equivocal position.
"It is felt that either I have to support everything that ChĂ¡vez says or think that everything that the opposition leaders do is positive," she says. "Polarization means that we cannot come to any solutions."
The government campaign seems bent on dividing opinion.
Fliers handed out in the streets by ChĂ¡vez supporters warn of the dismantling of free healthcare and education programs funded by oil profits and of a return to a pre-ChĂ¡vez "oligarchy" where the poor once again would be marginalized if ChĂ¡vez cannot continue.
Polarization helps ChĂ¡vez
Polarization favors Mr. ChĂ¡vez because he has a larger core of followers to call on, says Leon.
About 40 percent of those polled by Datanalisis last month identified themselves as chavistas, while 22.5 percent saw themselves as opposition. ChĂ¡vez, says Leon, is creating an atmosphere which is "not the relaxed situation of saying yes or no to an amendment, it's the tension of 'If I don't make that decision, my leader will be destroyed.' "
"Of course by taking that path he wins and loses. He wins over those who defend him even though they don't like the referendum, and he loses those who are too near the edge who say, 'This man's gone crazy.'"
ChĂ¡vez may have a stronger base of supporters, but Leon's most recent survey found that 65 percent of the ni nis were inclined to vote against the amendment, a number that would tip the balance in the opposition's favor – if they decide to vote.
Leopoldo Puchi, of the opposition party Movement Towards Socialsm (MAS) and a columnist for the pro-ChĂ¡vez newspaper Ultimas Noticias, believes the opposition could capture undecided voters if they toned down their rhetoric and acknowledged ChĂ¡vez's successes.
Demand for focus on practical issues
"They should talk more about practical issues – about rubbish in the streets, power cuts, food shortages," says Puchi. "They should accuse the government of inefficiency rather than criticize its ideology."
The most recent polls give Mr. ChĂ¡vez's "Yes" vote a marginal lead.
The referendum could be decided by just 200,000 votes.
The key is mobilization.
John Magdaleno, a political scientist at the Simon Bolivar University in Caracas, believes that if abstention is less than 35 percent it will mean an almost certain victory for the "No" camp.
For Puchi, the referendum will be won or lost on how the wording of the amendment is interpreted.
"It's a question of semantics. We insist that it's reelection," he says. [ChĂ¡vez] insists [he will have] the right to run again. It's the same but words are so important in psychological manipulation. That's the crucial point for the ni nis."


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An electrical terminal includes a barrel terminal having an L-shaped slot which includes a vertical portion which extends to the upper edge of the terminal, the vertical portion being in transition with a horizontal portion extending partially around the terminal. A cap which is profiled for receipt over the terminal includes an opening which is disposed diagonally through the cap relative the length of the cap. The cap also includes a window which exposes the opening from the end face of the cap for viewing the location of the opening and for viewing the insertion of the wire into the opening. Upon insertion of the wire into the cap, placing the wire in the opening and placing a tool over the cap which pushes the wire into the vertical slot, rotation of the cap and tool moves the wire into the horizontal portion of the L-shaped slot and terminates the end of the wire in a wire receiving slot. Strain relief members are disposed above the opening in the face of the cap and comprises downwardly directed fingers which capture the wire upon termination of the wire.
1. An electrical connector of the type including a cylindrical terminal having a wire receiving opening in communication with a wire receiving slot, and a rotatable cap disposed over the terminal having a front face and an upper face, and an opening means aligned with the opening in the terminal, the opening means in the cap being profiled to admit an insulated conductor therein and through the opening in the terminal, the rotation of the cap causing a termination of the conductor in the wire receiving slot of the terminal, the connector being characterized in that,
the terminal includes an L-shaped slot including a vertical slot which extends downwardly from an upper edge of the terminal, the vertical slot being in transition with a horizontal slot which extends radially partially around the terminal, the opening in the terminal being diametrically opposed from the vertical slot portion and the wire receiving slot being diametrically opposed from the horizontal slot portion, and in that
the cap opening means includes a diagonal opening which extends partially within the front face and within the upper face of the cap, the cap including guide means to guide an end of an insulated wire through the wire receiving opening in the terminal and dispose an intermediate portion of the wire above the vertical slot portion.
2. The connector of claim 1 wherein the diagonal opening includes a U-shaped window extending through the upper face of the cap.
3. The connector of claim 2 wherein the opening guide means includes two raised protuberances which slope downwardly towards each other and slope diagonally inward towards the center of the cap.
4. The connector of claim 3 wherein the window provides access to the raised protuberances.
5. The connector of claim 1 wherein the cap includes an inner cylindrical portion and an outer cylindrical portion providing a cylindrical spacing therebetween, the cylindrical spacing being profiled for slidable receipt over the terminal.
6. The connector of claim 5 wherein the cap includes an aperture through the inner cylindrical portion in alignment and in communication with the guide means.
7. The connector of claim 6 wherein the cap further includes a recess in the inner cylindrical portion in alignment with the aperture.
8. An electrical connector for terminating the conductor of an insulated wire, the connector comprising:
a cylindrical terminal means formed of conductive material, the terminal having an opening means at a front side thereof, and a wire admitting opening diametrically opposed from the opening means, the wire admitting opening being in transition with a wire receiving slot, and
cap means having an opening in a front face thereof, with strain relief means disposed above the opening in the cap, the strain relief means comprising resilient fingers integrated with the cap extending into the opening, whereby
when an insulated wire is introduced into the cap opening the wire extends through the opening means in the terminal and into the wire admitting opening of the terminal, and termination of the wire causes the wire to be held in place by the strain relief means and the wire to be terminated within the wire receiving slot in the terminal.
9. The connector of claim 8 wherein the opening means in the terminal comprises an L-shaped slot having a vertical portion which extends downwardly from an upper edge of the terminal, the vertical portion being in transition with a horizontal portion which radially projects partially around the terminal.
10. The connector of claim 8 wherein the opening in the front face of the cap is U-shaped opening upwardly.
11. The connector of claim 10 wherein ends of the fingers are spaced from a floor of the U-shaped opening.
12. The connector of claim 11 wherein the fingers are diagonally extending inwardly and downwardly towards the center of the U-shaped opening.
13. The connector of claim 12 wherein the fingers are spaced apart a distance less than a diameter of a wire to be terminated.
14. An electrical terminal for receiving and terminating an insulated wire, the terminal comprising an L-shaped slot having a vertical portion extending downwardly from an upper edge thereof, the vertical portion being in transition with a horizontal portion which extends radially around the terminal at least partially, the terminal further comprising a wire admitting opening diametrically opposed from the vertical portion and a wire receiving slot diametrically opposed from the horizontal portion, whereby the insulated wire may be inserted diagonally from an end of the terminal into the wire receiving opening, and an axial force upon the wire disposes the wire into the vertical portion and a succeeding rotational force upon the wire moves the wire into the horizontal portion and terminates an end of the wire in the wire receiving slot.
15. The terminal of claim 14 wherein the horizontal portion is profiled so as to deform the outer diameter of the insulation of the insulated wire.
16. The terminal of claim 14 wherein the portion of the terminal above the horizontal portion prevents the removal of the insulated wire when the wire is in the terminated position.
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to an insulation displacement terminal utilizing a wire receiving opening in line with a longitudinal wire slot wherein placing a wire in the wire receiving opening and rotating the wire relative to the terminal, terminates the wire in the wire receiving slot.
2. Description of the Prior Art
There are many instances where terminal blocks are set up in high density arrays. Many of these terminal blocks are simply threaded members fixed with insulation material which receive wires either wrapped around the threaded members and secured thereto by an application of a nut or the wires are terminated by known spade or ring terminals and then secured to the threaded member by a nut. While these have, in some instances, provided effective means for termination, they have not always been convenient for maintenance or repair and they frequently are subjected to environmental degradation with a resulting loss of desired electrical characteristics.
U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,431,247 and 4,637,675 show terminals which can be utilized in such an array although the entry for the wire is orthogonal to the terminal length. As the arrays of terminals become denser the centerline spacing between terminals become smaller, leaving less room to manipulate wires into the side of a barrel terminal. This problem is magnified when the array is mounted in a vertical plane with the terminals located in a horizontal plane as the wire opening is difficult to see.
It is the object of the instant invention to design a terminal having a rotatable cap such that upon inserting a wire through a wire receiving opening and rotating the cap, the insulated wire becomes terminated within a wire receiving slot which is in transition with the wire receiving opening.
It is a further object of the instant invention to be able to mount a plurality of the terminals through an insulative housing which is mounted in a vertical plane.
It is a further object of the instant invention to provide the wire receiving opening proximate to the end face of the rotatable cap such that the wire receiving opening can be easily seen when the termination of the wire is desired.
It is a further object of the invention to provide a strain relief means on the cap which retains the insulated wire after the termination of the insulated wire into the terminal.
The above mentioned objects were accomplished by designing a terminal which includes a cylindrical terminal having a wire receiving slot and a rotatable cap over the terminal with an opening in the cap aligned with the opening in the terminal, such that placing the wire through the cap and into the wire receiving opening in the terminal and rotating the cap terminates the wire in the wire receiving slot. The cap includes a diagonal opening which is partially in the front face and partially in the end face, whereby providing a wire receiving opening which is accessible and viewable from the end face. The terminal includes an L-shaped slot such that the wire can be placed into the terminal for termination and retention. With the insulated wire rotated into the horizontal portion of the L-shaped slot, it is impossible to lift the wire out of the cap.
The connector also includes a strain relief member which is integrally molded as a unitary portion of the cap and includes resilient strain relief fingers which extend above the opening in the front face of the cap and extend downwardly to overlie the opening.
FIG. 1 is an isometric view of a high density array of terminals and rotatable caps mounted within an insulative housing and mounted in a vertical plane.
FIG. 2 is a front plan view of the stamped blank prior to spiral wrapping the terminal.
FIG. 2A is a partial isometric view of the lower portion of the spiral wrapped terminal.
FIG. 3 is an isometric view of the rotatable cap.
FIG. 3A is a cross-sectional view through lines 3a--3a of FIG. 3.
FIG. 4 is an isometric view of the insulative cap showing a half cutaway through the wire receiving opening and showing the cap exploded above the terminal.
FIG. 5 is a full cutaway through the isometric view of FIG. 3 showing the wire receiving opening.
FIG. 6 is an isometric view of a full cutaway of the cap positioned over the terminal and poised for receiving an insulated conductor.
FIG. 7 is a view similar to that of FIG. 6 showing the acceptance of an insulated conductor.
FIG. 8 shows a view similar to that of FIG. 7 showing a tool for terminating the insulated conductor.
FIG. 9 is an isometric cutaway view showing the completed termination.
Referring to FIG. 1, the instant invention includes a spiral wrapped terminal 4 and an insulative cap 100 mounted to the terminal, the terminal and cap being mountable within an opening 230 in the insulative housing 220. The insulative housing 220 includes a plurality of pedestals 232 having detents including stop surfaces 226 and 228 with a recessed area 224 therebetween. A detent cam 225 is located midway between the detent stop surfaces 226 and 228 to both indicate positive positioning and prevent accidental opening of the cap after termination.
With reference to FIG. 2, the terminal will be described in greater detail. It should be noted in FIG. 2 that the stamped blank 10 includes an inner and outer layer which will later be formed into a spirally wrapped terminal. When components are referred to in the flat blank stage, the component will be referred to as a numeral including a postscript letter; when the component is referred to in the formed stage, the components will be referred to generally as a numeral disregarding the postscript.
The flat blank 10 generally includes an upper edge 12, a leading edge 40, a lower edge 44 and a trailing edge 54. An L-shaped slot 14 is in communication with the upper edge 12 of the blank 10 and generally includes a vertical slotted portion 16 which is in transition with a horizontal slotted portion 18. The stamped blank also includes an inner wire receiving opening 20a which is in transition with an inner wire receiving slot 22a. The flat blank 10 also includes an outer wire receiving opening 20b which is in transition with an outer wire receiving slot 22b. An inner strain relief slot 24a is disposed below the inner wire receiving slot 22a and an outer strain relief slot 24b is disposed below the outer wire receiving slot 22b.
It should also be noted that the upper edge 12 of the stamped blank 10 has a first stepped down portion 30a above the inner wire receiving slot 22a and a second stepped down portion 30b which is disposed above the outer wire receiving slot 22b. The edges 30a and 32a are equidistant from respective slot edges 22a, and edges 30b and 32b are equidistant from respective slot edges 22b. This allows each of the respective edges 22a and 22b to equally deflect during the termination of the conductor. The stamped blank further includes inner 26a and outer 26b detent openings and second inner 28a and outer 28b detent openings. Two lower wire receiving slots 46 are located upwardly from the lower edge 44 which form a lower wire receiving insulation displacement portion. The stamped blank 10 further includes edges 36 and 56 having respective barbs 38 and 58.
Referring now to FIG. 4, the stamped blank 10 is shown in a formed configuration whereby outer wire receiving opening 20b overlaps inner wire receiving opening 20a and likewise the outer wire receiving slot 22b overlaps the inner wire receiving slot 22a. This spiral wrapping also positions outer detent opening 26b over the inner detent opening 26a and outer detent opening 28b over inner detent opening 28a. The forming of the terminal also positions edge 36 adjacent to but spaced from edge 56 which forms a slot between the two edges 36 and 56, as shown in FIG. 2A.
With reference now to FIGS. 3-5, the rotatable cap 100 will be described in greater detail. With reference first to FIG. 3, the rotatable cap 100 generally includes a central insulative body 170 having an upper hexagonal portion formed by the hexagonal flats 112. The insulative cap 100 further includes a wire positioning window 120 which extends below an upper face 102 of the cap and is generally defined by a U-shaped peripheral surface 122. The cap also includes a wire receiving opening 114 projecting inwardly from the front wire receiving face 116.
With reference now to FIG. 5, the cap 100 is shown as including an inner cylindrical portion 108 having an outer surface 110 and further includes an outer cylindrical portion 104 having an inner surface 106, the cylindrical surfaces 106 and 110 cooperatively providing a cylindrical recess for receiving the terminal therebetween. The wire receiving opening 114 within the cap includes a raised protuberance 124 which is sloping downwardly as it progresses towards the center of the cap. Semicircular channel 160 extends from the protuberance 124 downwardly through the cap. The raised protuberance 124 is in communication with an opening 126 which extends through the inner wall 108 and through the cylindrical opening which is defined by surfaces 106 and 110. The opening 126 is further in communication with a recess 128 in the outer cylindrical wall 104.
The rotatable cap 100 includes at its outer diameter thereof a wire retention feature generally shown as 140 which is integrally molded with the cap and is hinged to the cap at 142. The strain relief member 140 includes surfaces 144 which are generally profiled as the raised protuberances 124. The strain relief member 140 further includes side edges 146 which are adjacent but spaced apart forming a wire receiving slot therebetween, although the side edges 146 are conveniently spaced apart a distance less than the outer diameter of the insulated conductor. The strain relief member further includes a bottom edge 148 and a flattened edge 149. A channel 178 is directly below the flattened edge 149 and is formed by the retracting dies which are inserted through the cap during the molding process to define the flattened surfaces 149. It should be noted that an opening 154 is disposed behind the retention finger 140 and extends into the inner cylindrical opening defined by edges 106 and 110, which allows the retention finger 140 to be resilient with respect to the cap 100 and to be hinged only at the upper edge 142. A U-shaped wire receiving trough 150 is located below the wire retention fingers 140 and is profiled with a radius of curvature which allows the introduction of the insulated conductor therein.
The insulative cap 100 further includes a first detent means 172 which is fixed relative to the insulative central body portion 170 and includes a first edge 174 and second edge 176. It should be noted that two detent members 172 are included on each cap being diametrically opposed from one another as best shown in FIG. 5.
The cap 100 further includes a second detent means 190 (FIG. 3) having side edges 192. The side edges 192 allow the detent members 190 to be deflectable relative to the central body portion 170 as the detent members 190 are only hinged at their upper end. Referring now to FIG. 4, the detent members further include a latch portion which is defined by a lead in surface 194 and a latching surface 196. With further reference to FIG. 3A which is a cross-sectional view through lines 3a--3a of FIG. 3, the latch member has a first shallow sloping surface 198 and a second steep sloping surface 200.
Referring again to FIG. 4, the insulative cap 100 includes two slots 111 which extend into the upper face 102 and downwardly therein. The slots are formed from the retracting dies which are inserted to mold the latching surfaces 196 of the second detent members 190. Conveniently, however, these slots 111 which are formed act as access slots for testing the continuity of the terminal when the terminal is placed within the cylindrical slot and when the conductors are terminated.
As shown in FIG. 4, the cap is profiled to be slidably received over the terminal 4, the terminal 4 fitting within the cylindrical slot within the cap 100 which is defined between the surfaces 106 and 110 within the cap. It should also be noticed that the cap 100 is inserted over the terminal such that the wire receiving opening 114 aligns with the horizontal portion 16 of the L-shaped slot 14, as shown in FIG. 6. When the cap and terminal are so cooperatively aligned, the detent member 190, which can be seen in FIG. 4, is aligned with the detent cutout 28 within the terminal.
When the cap is placed over the terminal, as shown in FIG. 7, the detent latch 190 shown is axially and radially aligned so as to be disposed within the detent cutout 28. The detent 190, which is diametrically opposed, is not located within a detent cutout but rather is located on the exterior of the terminal portion, but will be moved into a slot 28 when the cap is rotated. Referring again to FIG. 3A, sloping surface 198 is the leading edge which allows the cap to rotate against the detent cutouts whereas the steep sloping surface 200 is the surface which prevents the cap from reversely rotating.
As shown in FIG. 6, it should be noted that when the cap is placed over the terminal such that the wire receiving opening 114 aligns with the vertical slot portion 16 of the L-shaped slot 14, the opening 126, the wire receiving opening 20 and the recessed portion 128 are all mutually aligned to receive an insulated conductor therethrough. It should also be understood that the surface 144 of the retention finger 140 and the surface 124 of the raised protuberance are cooperatively profiled as a guide surface which directs the insulated conductor through the cap and into the opening 126 through the opening 20 of the terminal and into the recessed portion 128, as shown in FIG. 7. It should be appreciated from FIG. 7 that the window 120 allows for the insertion of the wire into the cap when the worker is only able to view the end face 102 of the cap, as the window allows the worker to know exactly where the wire receiving opening 114 is radially located and allows the worker to view the insertion of the wire into the cap and through the terminal from the end of the cap.
As shown in FIG. 8, as the nut driver 260 is placed over the horizontal flats 112 of the cap 100, the lower edge 262 of the nut driver pushes the insulated conductor 250 against surface 144 of the retention fingers 140 and past the retention fingers 140 until the insulated conductor 250 resides in the trough 150, the retaining fingers 140 resiliently springing back to a position such that the lower surfaces 148 and 149 are above the outside diameter of the insulated conductor 250. This also places the wire in a position partially between the raised protuberances 124 and into the relief area which is formed by the intersection of the raised protuberance and the semicircular opening 160. With the insulated conductor within the semicircular trough 150, the nut driver 260 can be rotated in the clockwise direction as viewed from above which moves the insulated conductor from the vertical portion 16 of the L-shaped slot 14 into the horizontal section 18 of the L-shaped slot 14, the horizontal portion 18 being profiled to deform the outer diameter of the insulation 252, thereby providing a strain relief on the wire but not skiving the insulation to the extent that it contacts the conductor 254. As shown in FIG. 8 and 9, rotation of the cap 100 causes the surfaces 126 and 128 to bear on the end of the insulated conductor 250 which extends through the terminal, thereby moving the end of the conductor 250 from a position extending through the wire admitting opening 20 and radially into the wire receiving slot 22 severing the insulation and contacting the conductor 254 of the insulated conductor 250, as shown in FIG. 9.
It should also be noted from FIGS. 1 and 3 that prior to rotation of the cap that surface 176 of the detent member 172 is adjacent to the surface 226 on the housing pedestal 232 and rotation of the cap causes the detent member 172 to override the detent cam 225 such that surface 174 of the detent member 172 is adjacent to the surface 228 of the pedestal 232. The detents 172 in combination with the detents 190 prevent inadvertent rotation of the cap leading to an unseating of the termination between the wire and the termination slot.
Also as shown in FIG. 3, the flats 112 which are adjacent and parallel include inwardly scalloped sections 113 to provide clearance between the flats 112 for admittance of a torquing tool allowing a higher density array of adjacent posts.
The above described embodiment was described with reference to a preferred embodiment but should not be taken to limit the scope of the invention; the attached claims being appended to serve that end.
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