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US 4,173,388 AGranted
Connector-cable with crimped electrical terminations
AssigneeAkzona Incorporated
InventorEdward P. Brandeau
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AssigneeAkzona Incorporated
InventorEdward P. Brandeau
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A connector-cable assembly in which a flat, multiple wire cable is secured in a connector body through a transverse, sharply angled rib, and the stripped wire ends are terminated into a plurality of plate members disposed in parallel planes and spaced longitudinally of the wires to provide mounting and working space. Each wire is terminated by being progressively urged and then forced into an open throated slot formed in one of the plate members. The slots are formed so that there is intimate, large area contact, and wedge resistance to linear pull-out. The plate members are plated for corrosion resistance and a heating step following mechanical connection causes melting or intermetallic diffusion. The rib not only provides strain relief, but also indexes the cable end for assembly and anchors the cable for partial stripping--the latter permitting simultaneous and convenient positioning of the wires.
A wire termination assembly comprising, in combination, a plate member being slotted to a width somewhat narrower than the wire to be received, said slot being opened on at least one side in an outwardly tapering throat to one edge of the member, said slot and said throat merging smoothly one into the other without substantial discontinuities, and a wire laid into said throat and having been forced longitudinally into said slot as to provide intimate contact between the materials of the wire and the plate member along a short longitudinal length of the wire that is greater than the wire diameter.
For use in a wire termination assembly such as a cable having an end coupled to a connector, a plate member mounted to be held substantially rigid with respect to a wire end to be terminated, said plate member being slotted to a width somewhat narrower than the wire to be received, said slot being opened on at least side in an outwardly tapering throat to one edge of said member, said slot and said throat merging smoothly one into the other without substantial discontinuities, and said slot and said throat running substantially parallel to the length of the wire end to be terminated.
A cable termination assembly comprising, in combination, a plurality of plate members being slotted to a width somewhat narrower than the wire to be received and with the slots being parallel, each of said slots being opened on at least one side in an outwardly tapering throat with all throats facing the same direction, said slots and said throats merging smoothly one into the other without substantial discontinuities, and a flat cable formed of a plurality of parallel wires with each wire having an end portion being forced longitudinally into one of said slots so as to provide intimate contact between the materials of the wires and the members along a short longitudinal length of each wire that is greater than the wire diameter, said plate members being disposed in parallel planes and being spaced longitudinally of the wires so as to provide room for said members and for forcing said wires into place.
A fine wire termination plate member having a wire receiving slot with at least one open side extending along an axis, said open side defining an open throat substantially wider than the diameter of the wire to be terminated, said slot and said throat merging smoothly one into the other without substantial discontinuities, and said open side tapering from said throat to a width somewhat narrower than said wire diameter.
A wire termination assembly comprising, in combination, a plate member being slotted to a width somewhat narrower than the wire to be received, a wire forced longitudinally into said slot so as to partially shear the material of said wire, said member being plated with a heat flowable material, and said material being flowed onto portions of the wire exposed by said shearing.
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