US 12,407,126 B2
Low profile wire connector
Jian Hua Li, Bayside, NY (US); and Krishna Patel, Granger, IN (US)
Assigned to Hubbell Incorporated, Shelton, CT (US)
Filed by Hubbell Incorporated, Shelton, CT (US)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/082,307.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/291,100, filed on Dec. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0198192 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/506 (2006.01); H01R 4/48 (2006.01); H01R 13/04 (2006.01); H01R 24/28 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 13/506 (2013.01) [H01R 4/484 (2023.08); H01R 13/04 (2013.01); H01R 24/28 (2013.01); H01R 4/4821 (2023.08); H01R 4/4848 (2023.08); H01R 4/485 (2023.08); H01R 4/4852 (2023.08)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wire connector assembly comprising:
a first wire connector including:
a first base having a first end portion, a second end portion and a central portion, the first base having an upper wall and a lower wall;
a first cover having a main cover member, a first movable cover member movably connected to a first side of the main cover member and a second movable cover member movably connected to a second side of the main cover member, the first cover being attached to the first base such that the main cover member of the first cover is associated with the central portion of the first base, the first movable cover member of the first cover is associated with the first end portion of the first base and the second movable cover member of the first cover is associated with the second end portion of the first base, the main cover member of the first cover including a plurality of contact chambers, each contact chamber of the main cover member of the first cover including at least one electrical contact positioned within a cavity of the contact chamber, the electrical contact providing at least two entry for conductors positioning from opposite direction, a first passage to the first end portion of the first base and a second passage to the second end portion of the first base;
a first cover coupling assembly associated with the first end portion of the first base and the first movable cover member of the first cover and used to releasably couple the first movable cover member of the first cover to the first end portion of the first base; and
a second cover coupling assembly associated with the second end portion of the first base and the second movable cover member of the first cover and used to releasably couple the second movable cover member of the first cover to the first end portion of the first base; and
a second wire connector including:
a second base having a first end portion, a second end portion and a central portion, the second base having an upper wall and a lower wall;
a second cover having a main cover member, a first movable cover member movably connected to a first side of the main cover member and a second movable cover member movably connected to a second side of the main cover member, the second cover being attached to the second base such that the main cover member of the second cover is associated with the central portion of the second base, the first movable cover member of the second cover is associated with the first end portion of the second base and the second movable cover member of the second cover is associated with the second end portion of the second base, the main cover member of the second cover including a plurality of contact chambers, each contact chamber of the main cover member of the second cover including at least one electrical contact positioned within a cavity of the contact chamber, the electrical contact providing at least two entry for conductors positioning from opposite direction, a first passage to the first end portion of the second base and a second passage to the second end portion of the second base;
a third cover coupling assembly associated with the first end portion of the second base and the first movable cover member of the second cover and used to releasably couple the first movable cover member of the second cover to the first end portion of the second base; and
a fourth cover coupling assembly associated with the second end portion of the second base and the second movable cover member of the second cover and used to releasably couple the second movable cover member of the second cover to the first end portion of the second base;
wherein the first base of the first wire connector is attached to the second base of the second wire connector.