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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 1977
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1976
Dennis C Siden, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Raychem Corporation, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A device for preparing an insulated conductor and connecting the insulated conductor to a circuit board of the type having termination holes therein. An elongate pin sized to closely fit in the appropriate termination hole is employed to simultaneously cut the insulated conductor to length, strip a portion of the insulation therefrom and position the resulting stripped conductor tightly between the pin and the termination hole. The pin includes an abrupt transverse edge which cooperates with the upper edge of the termination hole to shear an insulated conductor interposed therebetween. Located on the other side of the pin is an elongated channel running longitudinally along the pin. The elongated channel also cooperates with the termination hole to strip the insulation from the trimmed conductor and hold the stripped wire tightly in the channel through the forced insertion of the pin in the appropriate termination hole. A method for preparing and terminating an insulated conductor is also disclosed whereby a pin is used in conjunction with a termination hole on a circuit board to simultaneously prepare and terminate an insulated conductor.