| US 7,491,075 B2 | ||
| Electrical connector | ||
| David Charles Hughes, Rubicon, Wis. (US); John Mitchell Makal, Menomonee Falls, Wis. (US); and Paul Roscizewski, Eagle, Wis. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Cooper Technologies Company, Houston, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 28, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/191,142. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0026714 A1, Feb. 01, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. H01R 13/53 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 439—181 [439/184; 439/921] | 47 Claims |
| 1. An electrical connector comprising:
a sleeve defining and extending along an axis, the sleeve defining, at one end of the sleeve, a threaded bore configured to
receive a stud of an external device;
an insulating housing encapsulating and in intimate contact with the sleeve; and
a contact assembly inserted in the sleeve, the contact assembly including pieces that move relative to one another along the
axis during a fault close operation, wherein an interface between the sleeve and the contact assembly is configured to permit
replacement of the contact assembly and reuse of the sleeve without replacing the sleeve, the interface comprising a threaded
region formed on an inside surface of the sleeve configured to mate with a threaded region formed on an outer surface of the
contact assembly.
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