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US 12,191,589 B2Granted
Solder coated rivet electrical connector
AssigneeAptiv Technologies AG
InventorWilliam Falk
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Abstract
An electrical device includes a flat electrical conductor defining an aperture and an electrically conductive rivet with a body having a layer of a solder composition disposed on a first side and a tubular shaft extending from a second side of the body opposite the first side. A free end of the tubular shaft is flared such that the free end has a diameter larger than a diameter of the aperture.
Claims9
An electrical device, comprising:
- a flat electrical conductor defining an aperture;
- and
- an electrically conductive rivet with an annular planar body having a layer of a solder composition disposed on a first side and a tubular shaft extending from a second side of the body opposite the first side, wherein the tubular shaft defines a plurality of tubular sections separated by slits axially extending from the body to free ends of the plurality of tubular sections and wherein the free ends of the plurality of tubular sections are flared such that a distance between the free ends of the plurality of tubular sections is greater than a diameter of the aperture, and wherein the free ends of the plurality of tubular sections engage the electrical conductor to provide an electrical and mechanical connection between the electrically conductive rivet and the electrical conductor, wherein the body and the tubular shaft are integrally formed from a copper-based alloy and wherein the solder composition is a lead-free solder alloy.
An electrical device, comprising:
- a flat electrical conductor defining an aperture;
- and
- an electrically conductive rivet with an annular planar body having a layer of a solder composition disposed on a first side and a tubular shaft extending from a second side of the body opposite the first side, wherein the tubular shaft defines a plurality of tubular sections separated by slits axially extending from the body to free ends of the plurality of tubular sections and wherein the free ends of the plurality of tubular sections are flared such that a distance between the free ends of the plurality of tubular sections is greater than a diameter of the aperture, and wherein the free ends of the plurality of tubular sections engage the electrical conductor to provide an electrical and mechanical connection between the electrically conductive rivet and the electrical conductor;
- and
- a dielectric housing encasing at least the flared free ends of the tubular shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.