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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1994
Gheorghe Hotea, Griesheim, DE;
Harald M Lutsch, Dietzenbach, DE;
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A set of electrical terminals is provided for interconnecting and grounding electrical leads of a harness, for example an automotive engine harness. Each terminal comprises two spaced pairs of spring beams defining a pair of aligned, insulation displacement slots for receiving a common electrical lead. The spring beams of each pair are defined by a pair of juxtaposed loops. The loops of all of the terminals are connected together to provide a cage-like structure by a front wall, a rear wall and a base. One end of each loop is connected to the front wall and the other end of each loop is connected to the rear wall. Lead strain relief ferrules project rearwardly from the base and the rear wall in a single row in closely spaced relationship. The rear wall is secured to the base by means of a flange which has been struck out from the base and which engages over a neck connecting one of the ferrules to the rear wall. A plurality of the sets of terminals may be connected by carrier strips and disposed in the separate housings which are latched together in modular form.