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US 6,280,263 B1Granted
Anti-rotation terminal with captured nut
AssigneeYazaki North America, Inc.
InventorsMichael Anthony Manor, Kazuhiro Shimizu, Takeshi Takahashi
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AssigneeYazaki North America, Inc.
InventorsMichael Anthony Manor, Kazuhiro Shimizu, Takeshi Takahashi
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An eyelet terminal for use in a vehicle junction box or power center to connect a bus bar to an electrical wire or cable. The terminal assembly is formed as a flat metal blank with bendable portions defining a nut-trapping lock ring, an anti-rotation tab, and wire crimping tabs. One end of the terminal includes an eyelet portion having an aperture for a bolt or threaded stud, and a surface for rotatably supporting a flanged nut over the aperture. The lock ring is formed at the end of a leg or arm extending from the eyelet portion and adapted to be bent over a radius to a nut-trapping position over the nut flange and aligned with the eyelet portion. A bendable anti-rotation tab extending from the lock ring is bent from an initial flat position to a right-angled position in which it extends through a suitable aperture in the terminal when the lock ring is in the nut-trapping position. The portion of the anti-rotation tab extending through the terminal is adapted to engage a mating receptacle in a bus bar or junction box housing to prevent the eyelet terminal from rotating when the nut is tightened in one-handed fashion.
A terminal designed for securing a wire or cable to a threaded bolt-type terminal, comprising:
An electrical terminal assembly comprising:
An electrical terminal assembly comprising:
A terminal design for securing a wire or cable to a threaded bolt-type terminal, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.