Separable multi-unit crystal network device

A crystal resonator device, which comprises:

• a support member of electrical insulating material;
• a plurality of unitary electrical terminals mounted on the support member, each terminal including a terminal portion which projects beyond the support member;
• a crystal resonator plate;
• lead wires extending from the crystal resonator plate and fixedly bonded to respective ones of the unitary terminals;
• and
• means on the support member for releasably interlocking the support member with support members of other crystal resonator devices.

A crystal network device, which comprises:

• an assembly of molded plastic support members, each of the support members including a first support portion, a second support portion projecting perpendicularly from the first support portion in a first direction, and an essentially planar protective fin portion projecting from the first support portion in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
• interlocking means on the first and second support portions of the support members for releasably interconnecting the support members together;
• a plurality of essentially J-shaped terminals each having a bight portion, a relatively long leg projecting from one end of the bight portion and a relatively short leg projecting from the opposite end of the bight portion, the legs of the terminals being disposed in apertures in respective ones of the support portions of the support members with the long legs of certain of the terminals extending through apertures in other support portions of the support members, and with the long legs of the terminals projecting beyond the assembly of interconnected support members adjacent one side of the assembly;
• a plurality of crystal resonator plates, one for each of the support members;
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• lead wires fixedly connected to the crystal resonator plates and the bight portions of the J-shaped terminals to support the resonator plates on the terminals.

A unitary electrical terminal which comprises:

• a bight portion;
• a long leg projecting from one end of the bight portion;
• a short leg projecting from an opposite end of the bight portion;
• and
• an enlarged planar section integral with the bight portion and defining a laterally projecting shoulder offset with respect to the remainder of the terminal.

A crystal resonator device, which comprises:

• a support member of electrical insulating material;
• a plurality of unitary electrical terminals mounted on the support member, each terminal including an enlarged wire terminating section having an enlarged flat surface and a shoulder at one side of the flat surface, and each terminal also including at least one leg mounted in the support member and projecting beyond the support member;
• a crystal resonator plate;
• and
• lead wires extending from the crystal resonator plate and fixedly bonded across the enlarged flat surfaces of the enlarged wire terminating sections of respective ones of the unitary terminals with preselected free lengths of the lead wires extending between the crystal resonator plate and respective ones of the shoulders on the enlarged wire terminating sections.

A crystal resonator device, which comprises:

• a support member of electrical insulating material;
• a plurality of unitary electrical terminals mounted on the support member, certain of the terminals including a bight portion and legs projecting perpendicularly from opposite ends of the bight portion, and portions of the legs being mounted in the support member with certain of the legs projecting beyond the support member;
• a crystal resonator plate;
• and
• lead wires extending from the crystal resonator plate and fixedly bonded to respective ones of the terminal bight portions.

A crystal resonator device, which comprises:

• a support member of electrical insulating material, the support member including a first U-shaped support portion and a second shelf-type support portion projecting laterally from the U-shaped support portion, and the U-shaped support portion and the shelf-type support portion each having terminal-receiving apertures formed therein;
• a plurality of unitary electrical terminals mounted in the terminal-receiving apertures of the U-shaped support portion and the shelf-type support portion of the support member, each terminal including a terminal portion which projects beyond the support member;
• a crystal resonator plate;
• and
• lead wires extending from the crystal resonator plate and fixedly bonded to respective ones of the unitary terminals.