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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2003
Zer Kai Yap, Tecumseh, MI (US);
Zer Kai Yap, Tecumseh, MI (US);
Tecumseh Products Company, Tecumseh, MI (US);
Abstract
A terminal assembly for a hermetic compressor including a metallic disk having an interior side, an opposite exterior side, and a plurality of holes extending therethrough, the interior side of the metallic disk defining a first diameter sized to fit within an aperture of a compressor housing, the metallic disk defining a second diameter adjacent the first diameter and sized larger than the first diameter; and a plurality of terminal pin assemblies, each one of the terminal pin assemblies received in a corresponding one of the plurality of holes. Each of the terminal pin assemblies include an elongate conductive pin; and an annular collar disposed about the conductive pin and having a threaded outer surface, wherein the threaded outer surface threadedly-engages a corresponding one of the threaded holes.