Method of making electrical connections
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorRoger F. Jehlicka
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Abstract
Eyelets are placed through openings from one side of a circuit board so as to make electrical connections with circuit runs on the board, wires are inserted through the eyelets, and portions of the eyelets extending from the other side of the board are bent over by wiping action of a tool so as to crimp the eyelets to the wires and secure the eyelets to the circuit board.
Claims12
A method of connecting an elongated electrical conductive member to a conductor carried by an electrically insulative member, comprising the steps of providing an opening through said insulative member at said conductor, placing an eyelet through said opening so as to make contact with said conductor and so that the shank of the eyelet extends from the insulative member, inserting said elongated conductive member into said eyelet, and bending the entire end region of the extending shank of the eyelet sufficiently sideways so as to hold the conductive member and secure the eyelet in position.
A method of connecting a pair of lead-in wires of a photoflash lamp to a pair of circuit runs carried on a side of a circuit board, comprising the steps of providing a pair of openings through said circuit board respectively at said circuit runs, placing a pair of eyelets through said openings, respectively so that the heads of the eyelets respectively contact against said circuit runs and the shanks of the eyelets extend from the other side of the circuit board, inserting said lead-in wires respectively into said eyelets from the head ends thereof, and bending the entire end regions of the extending shanks of the eyelets sufficiently sideways so as to hold the lead-in wires and secure the eyelets in position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.