US 11,855,398 B2
Multipart connector for conveying power
Yin Qian, Buffalo Grove, IL (US); Keith S. Maranto, Frankfort, IL (US); James M. Pick, Streamwood, IL (US); and Richard Schneider, Livonia, MI (US)
Assigned to Interplex Industries, Inc., East Providence, RI (US)
Appl. No. 17/601,400
Filed by Interplex Industries, Inc., East Providence, RI (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/028123
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 4, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/214595, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 22, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/836,173, filed on Apr. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0209433 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 4/70 (2006.01); H01R 4/2429 (2018.01); H01R 12/58 (2011.01); H01R 12/70 (2011.01); H01R 13/11 (2006.01); H01R 13/405 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 4/2429 (2013.01) [H01R 4/70 (2013.01); H01R 12/58 (2013.01); H01R 12/7088 (2013.01); H01R 13/113 (2013.01); H01R 13/405 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. In combination, an electrical conductor and an electrical connector, the connector comprising:
a plurality of metal plates, each of the metal plates having opposing planar surfaces and comprising a pair of first legs separated by a first slot;
a plurality of insulation layers adjoining the planar surfaces of the metal plates, respectively, each of the insulation layers comprising a pair of second legs separated by a second slot;
wherein the metal plates and the insulation layers are arranged in a stack, the first and second slots being aligned to form a groove extending through the stack; and
wherein the conductor is disposed in the groove of the connector to electrically connect together the metal plates.