High compliance roll-in channel wire termination
First Claim
1. An electrical connector of the type comprising a first end, a second end, and a wire-receiving channel extending inwardly from said first end toward said second end, said channel having opposed first and second edges which converge from said first end to a wire-contacting portion toward said second end, said opposed edges being spaced apart at said wire-contacting portion by a distance which is less than the diameter of a wire for which said device is intended, said wire being axially channeled in said slot, characterized in thatsaid connector comprises a plate-like member having generally parallel first and second bights where said member is folded against a base portion of said member to form respective first and second laps which define respective first and second edges of said wire-receiving channel.
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Abstract
Solderless electrical connector receives solid wire by rolling wire progressively into a channel between two elongate plate-like members formed from an integral base against which the wire is rolled. At least one of the plate-like members yields resiliently to accommodate a wide range of wire sizes and further maintains contact force on the terminated wire.
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1. An electrical connector of the type comprising a first end, a second end, and a wire-receiving channel extending inwardly from said first end toward said second end, said channel having opposed first and second edges which converge from said first end to a wire-contacting portion toward said second end, said opposed edges being spaced apart at said wire-contacting portion by a distance which is less than the diameter of a wire for which said device is intended, said wire being axially channeled in said slot, characterized in that
said connector comprises a plate-like member having generally parallel first and second bights where said member is folded against a base portion of said member to form respective first and second laps which define respective first and second edges of said wire-receiving channel.
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7. An electrical connector stamped and formed from sheet metal comprising:
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a base portion having opposed first and second ends; first and second laps integral with said base portion and folded thereagainst at respective opposed first and second bights, said bights being substantially parallel and lying between said first end and said second end, said laps having adjacent respective first and second edges which converge from said first end toward said second end to form a wire-receiving channel therebetween, whereby, a wire may be pressed progressively into said channel from said first end toward said second end against said base portion. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. An electrical connector stamped and formed from sheet metal comprising:
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a substantially planar base portion having opposed first and second ends, a substantially planar terminating portion lying against said base portion, said terminating portion comprising a pair of opposed elongate plate-like members defining a channel therebetween over said base portion, said plate-like members being attached to said base portion toward said first end, said channel becoming increasingly narrower from said first end toward said second end, whereby, a wire may be pressed progressively into said channel from said first end toward said second end against said base portion. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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