Method of making multi-wire electrical interconnecting member having a multi-wire matrix of insulated wires mechanically terminated thereon
AssigneeKollmorgen Technologies Corporation
InventorsRobert Page Burr, Ronald Morino, Raymond J. Keogh
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Abstract
A multi-wire electrical interconnecting circuit member having a multi-wire matrix of insulated wires mechanically terminated on the multi-wire electrical interconnecting member. Wire retaining members positioned on the multi-wire electrical interconnecting member terminate the wires and establish a gas-tight electrical connection therewith. Each of the wire retaining members includes means for engaging a wire with sufficient force to penetrate any insulation thereon and establish and maintain a gas-tight electrical connection with the conductive core of the wire.
Claims5
A method of mechanically terminating the insulated wires of a multi-wire electrical interconnection circuit member, comprising the steps of:
- scribing wires on the circuit member to form a multi-wire matrix;
- selecting positions in the multi-wire matrix where an electrical connection is desired;
- gripping the insulated wires of the multi-wire matrix and said circuit member at each successive selected position with a gripping member to lock said gripped insulated wires to said circuit member and to prevent movement thereof;
- applying sufficient gripping force to the multi-wire matrix and said circuit member at each successive selected position to provide individual gas-tight electrical connections between said gripping member and said insulated wires;
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- permanently maintaining the applicaton of sufficient gripping force to said gripping member for providing permanent gas-tight electrical connections at the selected positions of the multi-wire matrix.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.