Connection device
AssigneeTyco Electronics France SAS
InventorsVeronique Brenca, Xavier Rouillard, Joseph Daher
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Abstract
A connection device electrically connects a textile to an electrical contact of a connector. The connection device is received in an insertion direction in the connector. The connection device includes a body and an attachment device. The body has a first end and a second end opposite the first end in the insertion direction. The body has a first surface extending between the first end and the second end and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The body has a portion at the first end extending essentially transversely from the first surface, the portion having an aperture into which the textile is inserted. The attachment device for the textile is connected to the second surface at the first end.
Claims13
A connection device for electrically connecting a textile to an electrical contact of a connector, the connection device received in an insertion direction in the connector, comprising:
- a body having a first end and a second end opposite the first end in the insertion direction, the body having a first surface extending between the first end and the second end, and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the body having a portion at the first end extending essentially transversely from the first surface, the portion having an aperture into which the textile is inserted;
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- an attachment device for the textile connected to the second surface at the first end.
A method for attaching a textile to a connection device, comprising:
- providing a connection device including a body and an attachment device, the body having a first end and a second end opposite the first end in the insertion direction, the body having a first surface extending between the first end and the second end and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the body having a portion at the first end extending essentially transversely from the first surface, the portion having an aperture;
- introducing an end of the textile through the aperture and pulling the end up to the second end of the body;
- folding the textile at the second end to turn it over towards the second surface of the body;
- pulling the end of the textile up to the attachment device;
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- attaching the textile to the connection device with the attachment device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.