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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2013
Zierick Manufacturing Corporation, Mount Kisco, NY (US);
Raffaele Tarulli, Irvington, NY (US);
Zierick Manufacturing Corporation, Mount Kisco, NY (US);
Abstract
A through-the-hole (TTH)/surface mount (SMT) insulation piercing connector includes one or two spaced electrical contacts. Each contact has a flat plate portion and integrally-formed legs. An L-shaped hook portion on the flat plate portion has a piercing tip pointed in a direction away from the legs. The piercing tip is spaced from the flat plate portion, the flat plate portion being configured and dimensioned to bend in the direction towards the piercing tip when pressed to urge an insulated wire onto said piercing tip to cause it to penetrate the wire insulation and make electrical contact with the internal conductive wires or strands within the wire. The legs are insertable into mounting holes in a substrate for direct TTH mounting in a PCB or to be secured to a header provided with mounting holes by TTH soldering and surface mounting by a pick-and-place machine acting on the header.