Carrier mounted terminals
AssigneeAMP Incorporated
InventorLawrence P. Weisenburger
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Abstract
A metal strip is stamped and formed with electrical terminals and is doubled back on itself to provide mounting legs for the terminals.
Claims3
A plurality of electrical terminals for connection to a printed circuit board integrally joined together in a serial array by a carrier strip provided with a series of resilient bight portions extending between respective adjacent terminals with the axes of the bight portions extending transversely of a longitudinal axis of the strip, each bight portion having been formed by bending the strip back on itself and each bight portion having a projecting leg portion by which said terminals are mounted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.