Diode connector
AssigneeAMP Incorporated
InventorSteven Feldman
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Abstract
Connector for in-line electrical device utilizes a pair of binding post type terminals mounted in a housing. The posts have coplanar diametric slots profiled in free ends thereof and lying in the longitudinal center plane of the housing. Caps profiled to screw onto the posts for termination each have an axial dowel therein sized to prevent the slots from collapsing as the caps are screwed down.
Claims10
A connector for terminating an in-line electrical device such as a diode having a pair of opposed leads protruding therefrom to a pair of external wires comprising:
- a base having a central compartment which receives said device and a pair of opposed cylindrical compartments on either side thereof located closely thereto, said base further having a pair of opposed inner slots between said central compartment and cylindrical compartments, said inner slots being profiled to permit insertion of said leads, said base further having entries on opposite sides of said cylindrical compartments from said inner slots, said entries each being profiled to permit insertion of one of said external wires,
- a pair of threaded cylindrical metal posts each mounted in a respective cylindrical compartment, each post having a diametric slot extending axially into the top thereof, said slots being aligned with respective inner slots and entries on either side thereof,
- a pair of hollow internally threaded cylindrical metal cap members, said caps being profiled to thread onto said posts, said caps being closely received in respective cylindrical compartments, whereby,
- a device placed in said central compartment with said opposed leads extending through said inner slots and into said diametric slots in said posts and terminated to said external wires passing through said entries and into said diametric slots by screwing said caps onto said posts to secure said wires and leads therein will provide a short thermal path from said device to said posts and caps, which act as heat sinks, and heat will be dissipated by conduction through said external wires and through said caps to said base.
A binding post type electrical connector comprising a threaded cylindrical post having a wire receiving diametric slot extending axially into one end thereof and an internally threaded hollow cap member profiled to screw thereon, said cap member having a round dowel located axially therein, said round dowel being sized to fit snugly in the middle of said diametric slot, whereby inward collapse of said slot is prevented when said cap member is screwed onto the post, said post having an angled skirt extending away from said one end immediately below the bottom of said diametric slot, said cap member having a bottom edge chamfered to parallel said skirt as said cap is screwed on said post, said dowel extending only partially into said slot, whereby a wire passing through said slot in said post will be bent at an angle as said cap is screwed down to provide better retention of said wire in said terminal.
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