ELECTRICAL TERMINATION
First Claim
1. A crimped wire termination for electrically terminating a stainless steel wire thereto, the termination comprising:
- a barrel having a concave spine and opposing fingers on either end of the spine extending outwardly from the spine at symmetrical angles, the fingers adapted to encircle an end of a wire; and
an indentation formed in the spine;
wherein the indentation forms a segment of the barrel having a cross-sectional diameter less than a cross-sectional diameter of an adjacent end of the barrel, and forms a bend in the wire at opposite ends of the segment, to prevent axial movement through the barrel.
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Abstract
A crimped wire termination is disclosed for electrically terminating thereto a stainless steel wire. The termination includes a barrel having a concave spine and opposing fingers on either end of the spine extending outwardly from the spine at symmetrical angles. The fingers are adapted to encircle an end of a wire. An indentation formed in the spine when crimped. The indentation forms a segment of the barrel having a cross-sectional diameter less than a cross-sectional diameter of an adjacent end of the barrel, and forms a bend in the wire at opposite ends of the segment, to prevent axial movement through the barrel.
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20 Claims
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1. A crimped wire termination for electrically terminating a stainless steel wire thereto, the termination comprising:
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a barrel having a concave spine and opposing fingers on either end of the spine extending outwardly from the spine at symmetrical angles, the fingers adapted to encircle an end of a wire; and an indentation formed in the spine; wherein the indentation forms a segment of the barrel having a cross-sectional diameter less than a cross-sectional diameter of an adjacent end of the barrel, and forms a bend in the wire at opposite ends of the segment, to prevent axial movement through the barrel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A device for crimping a ductile metal termination to a stainless steel wire:
- (a) an anvil; and
(b) a crimping tool movable relative to the anvil for crimping a sleeve therebetween;the anvil comprising; a top edge having a tooth portion projecting upward from a portion of top edge for forming an indentation in the ductile metal termination, and a sharp edge disposed along each side of opposing sides of tooth portion the sharp edges formed by a concave horizontal profile of the top edge, the sharp edges providing sharp edges on opposing sides of top edge for engaging the ductile metal of barrel; the crimping tool comprising; a rectangular metal plate with a bell shaped mouth that tapers into a slot, the slot terminating in an m-shaped end portion; wherein the anvil cooperates with the crimping tool to form a crimped connection between the termination and the wire when the termination and wire are forced under pressure by the anvil in contact with the crimp tool. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 20)
- (a) an anvil; and
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19. A method of crimping an open-barrel type crimp termination on an end of a stainless steel wire wherein the open barrel type crimp termination has a barrel having a concave spine and opposing fingers on either end of the spine extending outwardly at acute angles relative to a centerline of the spine, the fingers adapted to encircle an end of a wire;
- and an indentation formed in the spine opposite the encircled wire when crimped;
the indentation forming a segment of the barrel having a cross-sectional diameter less than a cross-sectional diameter of an adjacent end of the barrel, and forms a bend in the wire at opposite ends of the segment, to prevent axial movement through the barrel, the method comprising;placing an open barrel of the open-barrel type crimp termination adjacent an end of the stainless steel wire on a stationary anvil, the anvil having a tooth extending upwardly from a top surface of the anvil in contact with the spine; and displacing a crimping tool toward the anvil under pressure and bending the fingers approximately symmetrically around the wire and forming a bend in the wire at each adjacent end of the barrel.
- and an indentation formed in the spine opposite the encircled wire when crimped;
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