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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2012
Kurt P. Seifert, Cortland, OH (US);
William J. Palm, Warren, OH (US);
Bruce J. Serbin, Canfield, OH (US);
Lisa L. Flauto, Boardman, OH (US);
Kurt P. Seifert, Cortland, OH (US);
William J. Palm, Warren, OH (US);
Bruce J. Serbin, Canfield, OH (US);
Lisa L. Flauto, Boardman, OH (US);
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
An electrical contact includes at least one grooved channel defined in an interior surface of the electrical contact along at least a portion the electrical contact disposed along a longitudinal axis. The portion is configured to axially receive a lead of a wire cable for attachment thereto and thereby allow the attached lead to at least engagingly make contact against a recessed surface of the grooved channel. The grooved channel has a depth and includes at a least one sidewall extending along the depth. The sidewall includes at least one section that angularly extends from the interior surface to a point recessed from the interior surface disposed on the sidewall along the depth.