Electrical pin-type connector
AssigneeAstec International Limited
InventorsAlfredo Grueso, Nestor Estrada
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Abstract
In accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure, an electrical connector is provided. The electrical connector includes an electrically conductive pin extending from a base of the connector. The electrical connector additionally includes a standoff extending from the base adjacent the pin and forming an acute angle with the pin.
Claims25
An electrical connector comprising an electrically conductive pin extending from a base of the connector, and a standoff extending from the base adjacent the pin and forming an acute angle with the pin.
An electrical connector comprising a base configured to retain a first leg of an electrically conductive pin such that a second leg of the pin extends from the base, the base including a standoff extending from the base adjacent the second leg and forming an acute angle with the second leg, the acute angle sized to receive a wire at an open end of the acute angle, and pinch and retain the wire between the pin second leg and the standoff near a vertex of the acute angle that originates near the connector base.
A method for securing a wire of an electrical component to an electrical connector connectable to a circuit board to provide electrical connection between the wire and the circuit board, said method comprising:
- inserting a wire into an open end of an acute angle formed between an electrically conductive pin extending from a base of the connector and a standoff extending from the base adjacent the electrically conductive pin, the acute angle having a vertex near the base;
- pushing the wire toward the vertex of the acute angle;
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- pinching the wire between the pin and the standoff near a vertex of the acute angle to secure the wire to the connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.