Contact with enhanced transition region
AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorsJohn Mark Myer, John Wesley Hall, Hurley Chester Moll
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Abstract
An electrical contact having a mating portion and crimp portion with a transition region connecting the two portions. The transition region has a bottom wall and two side walls, each side wall having a first height and second height, the second height being less than the first height. The side walls of the transition region are folded over to secure a plurality of conductors, and the second height of the side walls allows the plurality of conductors to be viewed for inspection. Further, the bottom wall and side walls of the transition region have side embossments that reinforce the strength of the walls.
Claims20
An electrical contact comprising:
- a mating portion having a top wall and a bottom wall joined by two opposing side walls, the top, bottom and two side walls forming a terminal box open on at least one end and configured to accept a mating electrical contact;
- a crimp portion having a bottom wall, a first wall extending from a side of the bottom wall, a second wall extending from another side of the bottom wall and having an open top;
- a transition region connecting the mating portion with the crimp portion and configured with a bottom wall extending from the bottom wall of the mating portion to the bottom wall of the crimp portion, a first side wall having a first side wall first height extending from the bottom wall of the transition region to a top surface, and a second side wall having a second side wall first height extending from the bottom wall of the transition region to a top surface and wherein the first side wall first height and the second side wall first height are adjacent to the crimp portion and extend to just below a top surface of the side walls of the crimp portion;
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- wherein the crimp portion and the transition region are configured to accept a plurality of conductors and secure substantially all of the conductors of the plurality of conductors when crimped together.
An electrical contact comprising:
- a pin contact mating portion configured to accept a mating terminal box contact;
- a crimp portion having a bottom wall, a first wall extending from a side of the bottom wall, a second wall extending from another side of the bottom wall and having an open top;
- a transition region connecting the mating portion with the crimp portion and configured with a bottom wall extending from the bottom wall of the mating portion to the bottom wall of the crimp portion, a first side wall having a first side wall first height extending from the bottom wall of the transition region to a top surface, and a second side wall having a second side wall first height extending from the bottom wall of the transition region to a top surface and wherein the first side wall first height and the second side wall first height are adjacent to the crimp portion and extend to just below a top surface of the side walls of the crimp portion;
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- wherein the crimp portion and the transition region are configured to accept a plurality of conductors and secure substantially all of the conductors of the plurality of conductors when crimped together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.