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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2006
Janos Legrady, Putnam Valley, NY (US);
Raffaelle Tarulli, Irvington, NY (US);
Ronald Fredriks, Pine Plains, NY (US);
Janos Legrady, Putnam Valley, NY (US);
Raffaelle Tarulli, Irvington, NY (US);
Ronald Fredriks, Pine Plains, NY (US);
Zierick Manufacturing Corporation, Radio Circle, Mount Kisco, NY (US);
Abstract
A surface mount insulation terminal is formed of flat deformable conductive member to provide a substantially uniform U-shaped cross-section to form a wire-receiving channel. One or more piercing spikes are formed on a bottom wall of the channel and point to an opposing open side through which a conductor may be introduced. Ribs inside the channel provide an interference fit with a conductor introduced into the channel. A crimping tool lowered into engagement with the terminal after it has been soldered to a PCB increasingly deforms the side walls of the terminal inwardly towards each other and towards the bottom wall to enhance the electrical and mechanical properties of the resulting termination.