Abstract: This invention relates to a device in which two wires can be spliced together. More particularly, the invention includes a stamped contact member folded around on itself whereby the two ends overlap, one end having a pair of wire-receiving openings and the other a pair of insulation-cutting, wire-receiving slots. The two wires are spliced together by moving one end past the other so that the slot edges make contact with the wire conductors. The contact member is housed in a resilient housing with a pair of closable passages in alignment with the openings in the contact member.

Abstract: A crimped corrosion proof terminal for crimping onto solid or stranded aluminum wire is disclosed. The precrimped combination includes a tubular, plated copper terminal, the forward portion of which is flattened and closed and the rearward portion houses a perforated insert. The rearward portion of the terminal carries an insulation sleeve disposed on a metallic ferrule. The rearward portion of the ferrule houses a bushing. This assembly is crimped such that the resulting crimped terminal and wire are progressively reduced in diameter in a stepwise fashion, a forward deeply crimped portion elongates and is provided with a reservoir which substantially fills with extruded wire.The forward portion of the termination incurs the greatest reduction and the rearward portion the least. The crimping causes the aluminum wire to extrude through the perforations in the insert, thereby establishing good electrical contact between the wire and the terminal by breaking the aluminum oxide film on the aluminum wire.