Conductive wire with integral electrical terminal
AssigneeUniversal Manufacturing Corporation
InventorsRaymond H. Van Wagener, Fred P. Bauer, Hans L. Wattenbach
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Abstract
An integral terminal made from a non-stranded, electrically conductive wire has a portion of the wire which is distorted and flattened from its normal shape in first and second dimensions relative to the axis of the wire into a substantially flat piece. This flat piece has substantially increased surface area and reduced thickness relative to the original cross-sectional area of the wire and which can be bent. The flat piece has an integral part formed therefrom extending in a third dimension different from the first and second dimensions for making mechanical engaging contact with an external post or pin where the third dimension is in a direction above or below the flat piece.
Claims9
An integral terminal comprising:
- a non-stranded, electrically conductive wire,
- a portion of said wire being distorted and flattened from its normal shape in first and second dimensions relative to the axis of the wire into a substantially flat piece having subsantially increased surface area and reduced thickness relative to the original cross-sectional area dimension of the wire and which can be bent, and
- said flat piece having an integral part formed therefrom extending in a third dimension different from said first and second dimensions for making mechanical engaging contact with an external means, said third dimension being in a direction above or below said flat piece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.