Solid wire terminal
OwnerNorman R. Byrneinventor
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Abstract
A solid wire terminal (200) provides at least six locations of contact with respect to the electrical engagement of a conductive solid wire (232) with the solid wire terminal (200). The terminal (200) includes an electrical receptacle (202) having elongated upper arms (208) connected by an upper bridge (214), and elongated lower arms (216) connected by a lower bridge (222). The arms (208, 216) include half cylinder sections (224, 226) with inner surfaces (228, 230) which contact the conductive solid wire (232) when inserted between the upper bridge (214) and lower bridge (222). The solid wire terminal (200) is thus electrically connected to the conductive solid wire (232) along a longitudinal axis of the solid wire (232).
Claims15
A wire terminal comprising:
- an upper portion extending forwardly, and having surfaces with at least three upper contact locations formed thereon;
- lower portion extending forwardly and conductively interconnected to and positioned substantially directly below said upper portion, and having upwardly directed surfaces with at least three lower contact locations formed thereon;
- wherein said upper and lower portions are sized and configured so that a conductive wire is insertable between said upper portion and said lower portion, whereby the conductive wire is conductively contacted by said at least three upper contact locations of said upper portion and by said at least three lower contact locations of said lower portion, so as to form at least six conductive electrical contact locations with said terminal;
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- said upper portion further comprises:
- a pair of lateral and parallel elongated upper arms extending forwardly, said upper lateral arms comprising a first upper arm and a second upper arm;
- an upper bridge positioned transversely across forward portions of said lateral and parallel elongated upper arms;
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- each of said lateral and parallel elongated upper arms comprises an upper arm half cylinder section having a curved shape with a downwardly facing concave configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.