Electrical Device Having Compact Connector Assembly Suited For High Power Applications

A method for providing an electrical device, the method comprising:

• providing a connector assembly having a conductor assembly and a wire, the conductor assembly having a conductor member and a nut, the conductor member having a wire cradle, a conductor body and a plurality of tab members, the wire cradle, the tab members and the conductor body being unitarily and integrally formed of a single piece of an electrically conductive metal, the wire cradle being disposed longitudinally about a cradle axis and having a wire support portion and at least one crimp member extending from the wire support portion, the conductor body defining a terminal with a terminal face having a first hole formed therethrough, the wire cradle and the terminal face being disposed on opposite ends of the conductor body, each of the tab members having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being fixedly coupled to the conductor body, the second portion being coupled to the first portion and being spaced apart from the terminal, the tab members and the terminal forming a cage, the nut being received in the cage and having a threaded aperture that is aligned to the first hole in the terminal face, the wire being received in the wire cradle, the at least one crimp member being deformed against the wire to at least one of electrically and mechanically couple the wire to the wire cradle;
• aligning the terminal face of the conductor body to a mating terminal face on a mating conductor;
• and
• fitting a threaded fastener through both a second hole formed in the mating terminal face and the first hole in the terminal face, and threadably coupling the threaded fastener to the nut to both secure and electrically engage the terminal face and the mating terminal face to one another.