Wire-free, unibody jumper
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorJoshua Funamura
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Abstract
Wire-free, unibody jumpers that may be used with crimp terminals. These jumpers may connect two or more adjacent or nearby crimp terminal openings in a plug housing. One example may provide a jumper that is formed from a single piece of metal or other conductive material. In this example, a form may be stamped from a sheet of metal or other conductive material. A jumper may be made by folding or bending the stamped form. The jumper may then be inserted into two or more adjacent or nearby crimp terminal openings in a crimp terminal plug housing. In various examples, the folding or bending of the stamped form may be done in various ways.
Claims20
A jumper comprising:
- a single piece of conductive material having a first portion and a second portion,
- wherein the first portion is folded to form a first crimp insert to be inserted in a first opening in a crimp terminal plug;
- the second portion is folded to form a second crimp insert to be inserted in a second opening in a crimp terminal plug, the second opening adjacent to the first opening;
- and
- the single piece of conductive material is folded to bring the first portion into proximity with the second portion to form a joining portion joining the first crimp insert and the second crimp insert.
A crimp terminal plug comprising:
- a plurality of openings separated by housing dividers;
- and
- a jumper comprising a single piece of conductive material and comprising:
- a first crimp insert inserted in a first opening in the crimp terminal plug, the first crimp insert having a first part, a second part, and a third part, the first and third parts parallel to each other and orthogonal to the second part;
- a second crimp insert inserted in a second opening in the crimp terminal plug, second crimp insert having a first part, a second part, and a third part, the first and third parts parallel to each other and orthogonal to the second part;
- and
- a joining portion joining the first crimp insert and the second crimp insert,
- wherein the first opening and the second opening are adjacent openings in the crimp terminal plug.
A jumper comprising a single piece of conductive material and comprising:
- a first crimp insert having a first part, a second part, and a third part, the first and third parts parallel to each other and orthogonal to the second part;
- a second crimp insert having a first part, a second part, and a third part, the first and third parts parallel to each other and orthogonal to the second part;
- and
- a joining portion joining the first crimp insert and the second crimp insert.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.