Electrical terminal with wire hook
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorsEdgar Michael Racho, Albert Cabanero
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Abstract
An electrical terminal includes a conductor barrel and a contact portion that is adapted to mate with a corresponding terminal. A terminal base extends from the conductor barrel to the contact portion. The electrical terminal includes a first side wall and a second side wall that extend from the contact base between the conductor barrel and the contact portion. A wire hook extends between the first side wall and the second side wall. A first wire space is defined between the wire hook and the first side wall and a second wire space is defined between the wire hook and the second side wall.
Claims14
An assembly of an electrical terminal and a wire comprising:
- an electrical terminal that includes:
- a contact portion that is adapted to mate with a corresponding terminal;
- a terminal base that extends from the contact portion along a terminal axis;
- a first side wall that extends from the terminal base;
- a second side wall that extends from the terminal base;
- and
- a wire hook that extends between the first side wall and the second side wall and that defines (1) a first wire space between the wire hook and the first side wall and (2) a second wire space between the wire hook and the second side wall;
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- a wire including an electrical conductor that has a first leg that extends parallel to the terminal axis through the first wire space, a second leg that extends parallel to the terminal axis through the second wire space, and a bend that extends between the first leg and the second leg, wherein the bend is disposed axially adjacent to the wire hook to prevent the wire from being removed from the electrical terminal.
6-7. (canceled)
14-17. (canceled)
A method of attaching an electrical terminal to a wire conductor, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing an electrical terminal that includes:
- a contact portion that is adapted to mate with a corresponding terminal;
- a terminal base that extends from the contact portion along a terminal axis;
- a first side wall that extends from the terminal base;
- a second side wall that extends from the terminal base;
- and
- a wire hook that extends between the first side wall and the second side wall and that defines (1) a first wire space between the wire hook and the first side wall and (2) a second wire space between the wire hook and the second side wall;
- (b) providing a wire including an electrical conductor that has a first leg that extends parallel to the terminal axis through the first wire space, a second leg that extends parallel to the terminal axis through the second wire space, and a bend that extends between the first leg and the second leg, wherein the bend is disposed axially adjacent to the wire hook to prevent the wire from being removed from the electrical terminal;
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- (c) crimping the electrical terminal so that the electrical terminal engages the wire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.