Geometrical instruments
Patent
1977-12-02
1978-09-26
McGlynn, Joseph H.
Geometrical instruments
H01R 1120
Patent
active
041165225
ABSTRACT:
A U-shaped terminal having a pair of plate-like legs joined together at one end thereof by a transverse section. A wire insertion slot is formed across said transverse section and extends down into said legs. The slot is relatively wide across the transverse section and as it enters said legs becomes narrower than the wire to be inserted therein, and causes some ovalization of the wire. An abrupt change in slot width occurs by means of shoulders formed in the slot walls in the legs, and below which the slot width is smaller still, at least in one leg, than the ovallizing dimension of the slot above the shoulders. The shoulders bite into and strip away insulation as the conductor is forced thereby, leaving the bare metal of the wire in contact with the slot edges as the wire is forced farther therein. The legs can lie in planes which converge towards the transverse element so that as the wire is inserted in the slots the legs will, in relation to the wire, move apart and thereby scrape away the insulation on the wire. Additional slots can be formed on one or both sides of the wire insertion slot to form beam-like elements therebetween which bend resiliently as the wire is forced into the wire insertion slot, thereby coacting with the insulation stripping means to maintain a long term, spring-like force between the exposed bare metal of the wire and the slot walls. SP
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AMP Incorporated
McGlynn Joseph H.
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