Laminated electrical terminal
First Claim
1. A blade terminal for an electrical power connector, comprising:
- a plurality of flat metal layers juxtaposed to form a laminated structure with each metal layer including a joining section, a contact blade portion projecting from the joining section for mating with an appropriate terminal of a complementary connecting device, a terminating portion projecting from the joining section for connection to appropriate conductor means, and interference means between the respective joining sections of the metal layers to align the layers and provide a strong mechanical and good electrical joint between the layers, including a plurality of projections on one layer interengaged within a respective plurality of recesses in an adjacent layer.
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Abstract
A laminated terminal is provided for an electrical connector and includes a plurality of flat metal layers juxtaposed to form a laminated structure. Each metal layer includes a joining section, a contact section and a terminating section. A plurality of projections on the joining sections of the layers are interengaged within a respective plurality of recesses in adjacent layers to align the layers and provide a strong mechanical and good electrical joint between the layers. Solder tails extend linearly along the bottom edge of each joining section to form a plurality of rows of solder tails, and the terminating portions of the metal layers are bent outwardly to separate the rows of solder tails from each other. The contact section of one metal layer may include a generally planar finger which is coplanar with a planar finger of another of the metal layers.
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26 Claims
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1. A blade terminal for an electrical power connector, comprising:
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a plurality of flat metal layers juxtaposed to form a laminated structure with each metal layer including a joining section, a contact blade portion projecting from the joining section for mating with an appropriate terminal of a complementary connecting device, a terminating portion projecting from the joining section for connection to appropriate conductor means, and interference means between the respective joining sections of the metal layers to align the layers and provide a strong mechanical and good electrical joint between the layers, including a plurality of projections on one layer interengaged within a respective plurality of recesses in an adjacent layer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A blade terminal for an electrical power connector, comprising:
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a plurality of flat metal layers juxtaposed to form a laminated structure with each metal layer including a joining section, a contact blade portion projecting from the joining section for mating with an appropriate terminal of a complementary connecting device, a terminating portion projecting from the joining section for connection to appropriate conductor means, interference means between the respective joining sections of the metal layers to align the layers and provide a strong mechanical and good electrical joint between the layers, including a plurality of rounded projections on one layer interengaged within a respective plurality of recesses in an adjacent layer, said projections being punched from the metal material of the layers whereby a projection in any given layer forms a recess behind the projection for receiving a projection from an adjacent layer, and said layers being spot welded together at said projections and recesses. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A laminated terminal for an electrical connector, comprising:
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a plurality of flat metal layers juxtaposed to form a laminated structure and each metal layer including a joining section, a contact section, a terminating section, and a plurality of projections on the joining sections of the layers interengaged within a respective plurality of recesses in adjacent layers to align the layers and provide a strong mechanical and good electrical joint between the layers. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A blade terminal for an electrical connector mountable on a printed circuit board, comprising:
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at least a pair of flat metal layers juxtaposed to form a laminated structure and the metal layers including generally planar joining section, contact blade portions projecting from the joining sections for mating with appropriate terminal means of a complementary connecting device, and terminating portions including a plurality of solder tails projecting from the joining sections for connection to appropriate circuit traces on the printed circuit board, the solder tails of the terminating portion of each metal layer being in a row, and the rows of solder tails being spaced from each other wider than the juxtaposed joining sections. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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