Flat wire to round wire connection system
AssigneeDelphi Technologies, Inc.
InventorsJames D. Daugherty, Nick M. Loprire
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Abstract
An electrical connector forms a permanent electrical connection between a flat cable having multiple conductors and a plurality of round wires. The connector comprises a first connector half and a second connector half. The first connector half has a flat cable channel and at least one flat cable access window in communication with the flat cable channel. The second connector half has a plurality of wire channels for receiving round wires, and at least one wire access window in communication with one of the wire channels. Each cable access window is aligned with at least one wire access window to facilitate a permanent connection between a conducting strip of the multiple conductor flat cable and a conducting core of the round wire.
Claims20
A connector for creating a permanent electrical connection, comprising:
- a first connector half having a flat cable channel for receiving a multiple conductor flat cable;
- at least one flat cable access window disposed within the first connector half in communication with the flat cable channel;
- a second connector half having a plurality of wire channels, each of the wire channels for receiving a round wire;
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- at least one wire access window disposed within the second connector half in communication with at least one of the wire channels, the at least one flat cable access window being aligned with the at least one wire access window to facilitate a permanent connection between a conducting strip of a multiple conductor flat cable and a conducting core of said round wire when the first connector half is operatively aligned with the second connector half.
A connector for creating a permanent electrical connection, comprising:
- a first connector half having a flat cable channel receiving a multiple conductor flat cable having a plurality of conducting strips;
- a plurality of cable access windows disposed within the first connector half, the plurality of cable access windows being in communication with the flat cable channel, each of the plurality of cable access windows being in registration with one of the plurality of conducting strips;
- a second connector half including a plurality of wire channels for receiving a plurality of round wires;
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- a plurality of wire access windows disposed within the second connector half, each of the plurality of wire access windows being in communication with one of the plurality of wire channels and aligned with one of the plurality of cable access windows to facilitate a permanent connection between the conducting strips of the multiple conductor flat cable and conducting cores of the plurality of round wires when the first connector half is operatively aligned with the second connector half.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.