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Terminal with card edge locking provisions

  • US 6,932,659 B1
  • Filed: 01/14/2004
  • Issued: 08/23/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A terminal for making electrical contact with a circuitboard having a slot and edge trace comprising:

  • a box-shaped conductive body having a first pair of laterally spaced arms to engage a trace surface of a circuitboard;

    a second pair of laterally spaced arms to engage a second circuitboard surface opposite said trace surface, at least one of said second pair of arms having a detent portion integrally depending from a distal end thereof toward an arm of said first pair, such that the detent fits into said slot;

    said pair of first arms being spaced apart from said second pair of arms to define a circuitboard receiving volume; and

    a spring contact extending from at least one of the first pair of arms toward the second pair of arms and into said volume to engage said trace surface when a circuitboard is inserted into said volume between the first and second pairs of arms, wherein the body further includes integral means for receiving, gripping and making electrical contact with a wire conductor.

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