US 5,700,152 AGranted

Electrical terminal apparatus

AssigneeTRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc.

InventorLeon P. Niedzwiecki

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Abstract

An electrical apparatus (10) includes a circuit board (12) having an opening (40). A conductor terminal (30) is secured on an electrical conductor (20). An axis (116) of the conductor terminal (30) extends through the opening (40) in the circuit board (12). A first portion (112) of the conductor terminal (30) is located in the opening (40) in the circuit board (12). A second portion (114) of the conductor terminal (30) extends transverse to the axis (116) and is electrically connected to the circuit board (12). A portion of the circuit board (12) overlies a surface (122) on the second portion (114) of the conductor terminal (30) to block movement of the conductor terminal (30) in a direction parallel to the axis (116). A strain relief tab (140) on the conductor terminal (30) engages a surface (82) on a housing (14) to block movement of the conductor terminal relative to the circuit board (12) in a direction transverse to the axis (116).

Claims13

Dependent claims

An apparatus comprising;

a circuit board having an opening;
an electrical conductor;
a conductor terminal on said electrical conductor for providing a mechanical connection and an electrical connection between said circuit board and said electrical conductor;
said conductor terminal having a connector section which is extensible through said opening in said circuit board, said conductor terminal having a first axis extending through said connector section and through said opening in said circuit board;
said conductor terminal having a body portion connected with said electrical conductor, said conductor terminal having a second axis extending through said body portion in a direction transverse to said first axis;
said connector section of said conductor terminal being movable in said opening, in a direction parallel to said second axis, from an insertion position to an attachment position in which said connector section is electrically connected with said circuit board;
said circuit board having a portion which overlies a surface on said connector section of said conductor terminal to block movement of said conductor terminal in a direction parallel to said first axis;
and
said body portion of said conductor terminal including a strain relief member for blocking movement of said conductor terminal relative to said circuit board in a direction parallel to said second axis when said connector section is in the attachment position.

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An apparatus comprising:

a circuit board having an opening;
an electrical conductor;
an electrically conductive conductor terminal on said electrical conductor;
said conductor terminal including an electrically conductive connector section having a first portion located in said opening in said circuit board, said first portion of said conductor terminal having a longitudinal axis extending through said opening in said circuit board;
said connector section of said conductor terminal having a second portion which extends transverse to said longitudinal axis and which is electrically connected with said circuit board;
said circuit board having a portion which overlies said second portion of said conductor terminal to block movement of said conductor terminal in a direction parallel to said longitudinal axis;
and
means for blocking movement of said conductor terminal relative to said circuit board in a direction transverse to said longitudinal axis;
said means for blocking movement of said conductor terminal in said direction transverse to said longitudinal axis comprising a strain relief portion of said conductor terminal which is engageable with a surface on said apparatus to block movement of said conductor terminal in said direction transverse to said longitudinal axis.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.