(19)
(11) EP 0 969 555 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
02.05.2001 Bulletin 2001/18

(43) Date of publication A2:
05.01.2000 Bulletin 2000/01

(21) Application number: 99305175.4

(22) Date of filing: 30.06.1999
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H01R 4/36, H01R 43/00
(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: 30.06.1998 GB 9814149

(71) Applicant: W.T. Henley Limited
Gravesend, Kent DA11 9DA (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Botting, K.W.
    Gravesend, Kent DA11 9DA (GB)

(74) Representative: Luckhurst, Anthony Henry William 
MARKS & CLERK, 57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3LS
London WC2A 3LS (GB)

   


(54) Electrical connector


(57) A housing 4 includes a carriage 6 and block 8, which are slidably cooperable to retain a first cable 18 therebetween. A further cable 40 to be electrically coupled to the first cable 18 fits within the block 8. Screw members 36, 38 electrically couple the cables 18, 40 together within the confines of the housing 4. A blade 26, also within the confines of the housing 4, is able to sever the cable 18 prior to electrically coupling this with the further cable 40. Because all of the operations are carried out within the confines of the housing 4, the risk to an operative of an electric shock is reduced.






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