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Eyelet terminal with bolt retaining means

  • US 5,863,227 A
  • Filed: 08/27/1996
  • Issued: 01/26/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/27/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An eyelet terminal comprising wire connection means, a substantially flat ring integral with the wire connection means, and a plurality of retaining arms extending radially inward from an inner circumferential edge of the ring to define a central aperture sized to be engagable with a bolt and retain the bolt within the eyelet terminal, the ring being of a first thickness and having a top surface and an opposite bottom surface, the eyelet terminal characterized in that:

  • each of the retaining arms comprises a tip section of a substantially constant thickness smaller than the thickness of the ring and a chamfered transition between the ring and the tip section, the tip section having a lower surface substantially coplanar with the ring bottom surface and an opposite upper surface substantially parallel to the lower surface.

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