TERMINAL TAPE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME

• US 3,650,706 A
• Filed: 03/23/1970
• Issued: 03/21/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/1970
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Stuart L. Parsons
• Original Assignee: Stuart L. Parsons
• Inventors: Parsons, Stuart L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Overholser, J. Spencer
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lehrer, Norman E.
• Application Number:
  US05/021,802
• Time in Patent Office: 729 Days
• Field of Search: 29/193.5,23D,625,626,627,628,629,630 206/56A,56AA,56AB,56AC 339/223,276SF
• US Class Current: 428/51
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 4/188 having an uneven wire-receiving surface to improve the contact
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 43/0482 combined with contact member manufacturing mechanism
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 43/16 for manufacturing contact members, e.g. by punching and by bending
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49124 On flat or curved insulated base, e.g., printed circuit, etc.
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/12194 For severing perpendicular to longitudinal dimension
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/12201 Width or thickness variation or marginal cuts repeating longitudinally
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/12264 having outward flange, gripping means or interlocking feature
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/12354 Nonplanar, uniform-thickness material having symmetrical channel shape or reverse fold [e.g., making acute angle, etc.]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/168 Nonrectangular

Abstract

Electrical terminal tape comprises a continuous carrier tape having pockets at spaced-apart intervals along one of its sides. Open barrel terminals, having contact portions, wire barrel portions, and insulation barrel portions, are carried by the tape. Insulation barrel portions are received in pockets and wire barrel portions and contact portions are supported on adjacent sections of tape. Upon crimping, the tape portions covering the wire and insulation barrel portions of the terminals are utilized to insulate the crimped connections.

Claims

2. A continuous tape as set forth in claim 1 wherein said terminals are in side-by-side relationship to each other.

3. A continuous tape as set forth in claim 1 wherein said terminals are in side-by-side relationship with respect to each other, edge portions of said tape being folded inwardly to form said pockets.

4. A continuous tape as set forth in claim 1 wherein said terminals are in side-by-side relationship with respect to each other, edge portions of said tape being folded inwardly to form said pockets, said tape being transversely severed between adjacent ones of said pockets and said wire barrel portions of said terminals.

5. A tape as set forth in claim 1 including a retaining tape strip bonded to said terminal supporting portions of said tape, said contact portions of said terminals being held between said retaining tape and said carrier tape.

6. A method of preinsulating electrical terminals and mounting said terminals on a carrier tape, said terminals each having an insulation barrel portion, a wire barrel portion, and a contact portion, said method comprising the steps of:

positioning said terminals on said tape at spaced-apart intervals with said insulation barrel portions received in pockets formed by folding portions of said tape upon itself, and bonding opposed surface portions of ends of said pockets to each other to captivate said terminals whereby, upon crimping said terminals onto wires, the portions of said tape extending over external surface portions of said wire and insulation barrel portions of said terminals covers said barrel portioNs and insulates the crimped connections between said wires and said terminals.

7. A method as set forth in claim 6 wherein said pockets are formed along one of the longitudinal edges of said tape and said terminals are mounted on said tape in side-by-side relationship.

8. A method as set forth in claim 6 wherein said pockets are formed by folding one edge of said tape inwardly upon itself to form a double layer of tape extending along said one edge and severing said tape inwardly from said one edge partially across the width thereof.

9. A method as set forth in claim 6 wherein said pockets are formed by folding one edge of said tape inwardly upon itself to form a double layer of tape extending along said one edge, severing said tape inwardly from said on edge partially across the width thereof, and bonding opposed internal surface portions of said pockets.

10. A method as set forth in claim 6 wherein flat terminal blanks of said terminals are positioned on said tape at spaced-apart intervals and said pockets are formed by folding portions of said tape over the insulation barrel portions of said terminals.

11. A method as set forth in claim 10 wherein said terminals are positioned on said tape transversely of the axis thereof and edge portions of said tape are folded over said wire barrel portions of said terminals to form said pockets.