US 12,088,031 B2
Quick install banana plug
Richard H. Goren, Fishers, IN (US)
Assigned to Speaker Snap LLC, Fishers, IN (US)
Filed by Speaker Snap LLC, Fishers, IN (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/459,131.
Application 18/459,131 is a continuation of application No. 17/935,359, filed on Sep. 26, 2022, granted, now 11,749,927.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/268,825, filed on Mar. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0411890 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01R 4/00 (2006.01); H01R 13/24 (2006.01); H01R 101/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/2457 (2013.01) [H01R 13/2471 (2013.01); H01R 2101/00 (2013.01); H01R 2201/16 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a banana plug including
a pin,
a spring coupled to the pin, the spring having an arm, the arm defining an aperture,
wherein the spring at the aperture has a clamping portion configured to secure a wire against the spring,
wherein the spring has an opened position configured to receive the wire through the aperture,
wherein the spring has a closed position where the wire is clamped to the spring, and
a lever configured to actuate the spring to the opened position.