(19)
(11) EP 0 961 348 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
10.05.2000 Bulletin 2000/19

(43) Date of publication A2:
01.12.1999 Bulletin 1999/48

(21) Application number: 98307579.7

(22) Date of filing: 17.09.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H01R 4/24
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 28.05.1998 JP 16623198
28.05.1998 JP 16623298

(71) Applicant: NICHIFU TERMINAL MANUFACTURE CO., Ltd.
Tsurumiku, Osaka (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Mori, Katsuhisa
    Osaka (JP)
  • Yamagata, Kyuzo
    Kyoto (JP)
  • Kagita, Tsuyoshi
    Osaka (JP)

(74) Representative: Hillier, Peter et al
Reginald W. Barker & Co., Cliffords Inn Fetter Lane
London EC4A 1BY
London EC4A 1BY (GB)

   


(54) Electric connector


(57) A connector for branching a two- or three-wire VVF cable (3') from an existing one (3) has two or three contacts (1) of a conductive metal and a connector body (2) of a plastics. The inverted-U shaped contacts are each composed of two parallel unit pieces (1a) each having two spaced-apart slits (11) for piercing an external insulating mantle (31) and an internal insulating jacket (32) of the cable. Each contact (1) has side cutters (13) to be forced in between the two jackets. The connector body (2) is composed of halves (2a,2b) engaging with one another and each having two parallel grooves (21,22) spaced from each other the same distance as the slits are. Two slots (23) for receiving the contacts are formed in one of the halves, so that the conductors (33) of the same polarity and extending through the branch or existing cable (3,3') are bitten respectively and connected together by the slits (11).






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