Electrical terminal socket assembly including 90 angled and sealed connectors

A method for assembling a terminal socket assembly for interconnecting electrically powered vehicular components with associated input male blade and output cable, said method comprising the steps of:

• providing at least one spring cage blank with extending side and end border edges and at least one individual plurality of spaced apart beams arranged between said border edges;
• forming said border edges each into an arcuate configuration;
• forming said spring cage blank into a substantially three dimensional and rectangular configuration and in which said beams are arranged in a substantially angled pattern, both end portions of said spring cage establishing an outwardly flared arcuate configuration;
• providing a substantially rectangular shaped and interiorly hollowed sleeve, exhibiting slightly arcuate configuration in a top and bottom thereof;
• insertably assembling said formed spring cage into an open end of said sleeve;
• compressingly actuating said sleeve in biasing fashion about said spring cage, so that said sleeve and spring cage withstand substantially inward compressing forces and without collapsing due to said arcuate configurations of said spring cage and sleeve;
• biasingly engaging a male blade with said assembled spring cage and sleeve;
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• gripping means associated with an end of said sleeve, opposite said spring cage inserting end, and for engaging an extending end of the cable at a further location to electrically communicate the male blade with the cable.

A terminal socket assembly for interconnecting electrically powered vehicular components with a male input blade and an output cable, said socket assembly comprising:

• a generally rectangular spring cage blank having extending side and end border edges and at least one individual plurality of spaced apart beams arranged between said border edges;
• said spring cage blank being shaped into a substantially three dimensional and rectangular configuration and in which said beams are arranged in a substantially angled pattern;
• a sleeve including a substantially rectangular shaped portion for receiving said configured spring cage in axially inserting and fixedly retaining fashion, the male input blade being biasingly mated with said interiorly hollowed sleeve and assembled spring cage, said sleeve further comprising gripping portions for fixedly engaging an extending end of the cable;
• further comprising an inserting end of said rectangular shaped portion of said sleeve establishing an arcuate profile and being dimensioned to be slightly smaller in a first direction and slightly bigger in a second direction, respectively, to a corresponding outer configuration of said inserted cage and in order to pressure retain said cage inside said rectangular sleeve after actuation of an inwardly compressing force.

A terminal socket assembly for interconnecting electrically powered vehicular components with a male input blade and an output cable, said socket assembly comprising:

• a generally rectangular spring cage blank having extending side and end border edges and at least one individual plurality of spaced apart beams arranged between said border edges;
• said spring cage blank being shaped into a substantially three dimensional and rectangular configuration and in which said beams are arranged in a substantially angled pattern;
• a sleeve including a substantially rectangular shaped portion for receiving said configured spring cage in axially inserting and fixedly retaining fashion, the male input blade being biasingly mated with said interiorly hollowed sleeve and assembled spring cage, said sleeve further comprising gripping portions for fixedly engaging an extending end of the cable;
• an angled and sealed connector housing for encasing said terminal socket assembly and associated male input blade and output cable, said connector housing further comprising:
• a housing having an open interior communicable with first and second open and inserting ends which are established at an angle relative to one another, said housing encasing said assembled sleeve and interiorly installed spring cage;
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• said gripping portions extending at an angle relative to said sleeve, in proximity to a selected inserting end of the female housing, and for engaging an exposed wire end of the cable, the male blade being engageable with said spring cage/assembled sleeve contained within said housing.