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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 1987
Filed:
Apr. 25, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Daniel R Coldren, Enola, PA (US);
Assignee:
AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
339 / ; 339 19 ; 339 98 ; 339 / ;
Abstract
An electrical terminal (8) stamped and formed in one piece into channel section, portions (14,14') of the channel walls remote form the base (12) being relatively inclined and having wire receiving slots (15,15') extending towards the base (12). At least one of the wall portions (14,14') being folded back towards the base (12) so that a hooked end of a wire (21) can be manually inserted through a slot mouth into the fold and the wire drawn across the terminal (8) into both slots (15,15') tension in the wire (12) resiliently flexing the wall portions (14,14') towards each other retaining the connection in stressed condition.