Crimped Patents (Class 439/421)
  • Patent number: 11862917
    Abstract: A crimp connector for a wire includes first and second clamping plates connected via a bending portion so as to be pivotable with respect to one another for clamping the wire between them in a clamping state. Inner surfaces of the clamping plates are designed as clamping surfaces having a plurality of elongated depressions and elongated ribs that run perpendicularly to a pivot axis of the bending portion. The ribs of one clamping plate are each arranged and dimensioned in such a way that they are at least partially arranged in the depressions of the other clamping plate in the clamping state such that a wire clamped between the clamping plates in the clamping state is formed into a meandering shape. Distance between adjacent depressions in at least one of the first and second clamping plates varies along the clamping surface on a straight line parallel to the pillar axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: LEAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Georgiana Tirca-Dragomirescu, Klaus Junker, Jose Luis Mendieta Garcia
  • Patent number: 11600433
    Abstract: An electrical device having a stranded wire contact. The device includes a stranded wire with individual wires and a contact piece for electrical contacting of the stranded wire. The stranded wire contact is produced by thermal diffusion bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: TDK Electronics AG
    Inventors: Yun Jiang, Karl Stoll
  • Patent number: 11050168
    Abstract: An electrical terminal includes a conductor barrel and a contact portion that is adapted to mate with a corresponding terminal. A terminal base extends from the conductor barrel to the contact portion. The electrical terminal includes a first side wall and a second side wall that extend from the contact base between the conductor barrel and the contact portion. A wire hook extends between the first side wall and the second side wall. A first wire space is defined between the wire hook and the first side wall and a second wire space is defined between the wire hook and the second side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Edgar Michael Racho, Albert Cabanero
  • Patent number: 10727626
    Abstract: An male modular connector (e.g., 8P8C) has a first set of electrical contacts on a first side and a second set of electrical contacts on an opposite, second side; and an elongated housing (in comparison to the IEC standards) so as to allow for the retaining clip of the male modular connector to be shifted farther back so as to not interfere with the connection between the pins and the electrical contacts of a female modular connector. A network switch has a non-cuboidal housing comprising two or more sidewalls, each sidewall comprising a plurality of female connectors (such as 8P8C, 16P16C, fiber optic, or other connector); and wherein some or all of the female connectors are parallel to the sides of the cabinet. The network switch is mounted from the front of the cabinet, with cables running horizontally to other cabinets and various mechanisms for protecting, organizing and managing the cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Inventor: Dean Murray
  • Patent number: 10637162
    Abstract: A connection structure of an electric wire and a terminal includes a terminal formed by folding back a base plate to form a body part and an elastic connection piece, and an electric wire having a core wire exposed from an insulation sheath. The elastic connection piece includes a first elastic connection part adjacent to a folded-back portion of the base plate and a second elastic connection part continuing to the first elastic connection part in the longitudinal direction of the base plate. An electric wire insertion hole is formed on each of the elastic connection parts. The core wire is sandwiched and connected by the elastic connection piece and the body part at a position between the first elastic connection part and the second elastic connection part at a state where the core wire is inserted through the wire insertion holes in the longitudinal direction of the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasunori Nabeta
  • Patent number: 10608350
    Abstract: A terminal metal fitting 1 includes a terminal connection portion 2 connected to a partner terminal metal fitting, and a wire holding portion 3 provided at the back of the terminal connection portion 2. The wire holding portion 3 is configured to hold, in a pressure-bonded state, an insulating wire 100 configured such that a core wire is coated by an insulating coating. The wire holding portion 3 includes a bottom wall portion 31 on which the insulating wire 100 is placed, a first insulating wire swaging portion 32 formed continuously to one side edge of the bottom wall portion 31, and a second insulating wire swaging portion 33 formed continuously to the other side edge of the bottom wall portion 31. One or more claws 34 configured to bite into the insulating wire upon swaging of the insulating wire 100 are formed at at least one of the bottom wall portion 31, the first insulating wire swaging portion 32, or the second insulating wire swaging portion 33.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: TATSUTA ELECTRIC WIRE & CABLE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Morita, Masaki Nagamatsu, Daisuke Shimooka
  • Patent number: 10498048
    Abstract: A wire with terminal (10) includes at least one wire (11) having a core (13) and a terminal (12) connected to the wire (11). The terminal (12) includes a wire barrel (16) to be caulked and crimped to the core (13). At least one end part of the wire barrel (16) in an extension direction of the wire (11) is provided with an enlarged diameter portion (20) enlarged in diameter toward the one end part. At least one recess (24E) is provided at a position corresponding to the enlarged diameter portion (20) and in a region configured to come into contact with the core (13) in a placing surface (23) of the wire barrel (16) where the core (13) is arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Washio, Kenji Miyamoto, Taiji Mochizuki, Naoya Nishimura, Takanobu Shimada
  • Patent number: 10458629
    Abstract: A lighting module includes a base, at least one electrically powered light radiation source carried by said base, a plurality of lamina electrical contacts connected to said light radiation source, and having respective proximal ends fixed to said base and respective distal ends elastically pressed against one face of said base, wherein the distal ends of said lamina electrical contacts have respective mutually offset contact areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM GMBH
    Inventors: Alberto Zanotto, Simon Bobbo, Lorenzo Baldo, Roberto Didoneā€², Valerio Michielan, Matteo Caldon
  • Patent number: 9452710
    Abstract: An indoor illuminating device includes a housing that has an opening part, a light source that is accommodated in the housing by being inserted into the housing via the opening part of the housing, electric wires that are led in the housing via the opening part of the housing, and supplies electric power to the light source, and a cover that covers the opening part of the housing. A plurality of through holes are formed between the housing and the cover in a state where the cover is installed to the housing. The electric wires are drawn out from the housing via the through holes. The cover is formed with a rib to which a corrugated tube through which the electric wires are inserted is fixed by being wound with tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Kosuke Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9401548
    Abstract: A crimp terminal includes a bottom portion. A pair of conductor press-fastening portions respectively extend from opposite side edges of the bottom portion. A serration is formed in a face of the bottom portion on which a conductor of a wire is to be placed. The serration extends in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the placed conductor. A direction indication mark portion is provided on the face of the bottom portion. The direction indication mark portion is indicative of a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the serration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kei Sato
  • Patent number: 9004937
    Abstract: A through-the-hole (TTH)/surface mount (SMT) insulation piercing connector includes one or two spaced electrical contacts. Each contact has a flat plate portion and integrally-formed legs. An L-shaped hook portion on the flat plate portion has a piercing tip pointed in a direction away from the legs. The piercing tip is spaced from the flat plate portion, the flat plate portion being configured and dimensioned to bend in the direction towards the piercing tip when pressed to urge an insulated wire onto said piercing tip to cause it to penetrate the wire insulation and make electrical contact with the internal conductive wires or strands within the wire. The legs are insertable into mounting holes in a substrate for direct TTH mounting in a PCB or to be secured to a header provided with mounting holes by TTH soldering and surface mounting by a pick-and-place machine acting on the header.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Zierick Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Raffaele Tarulli
  • Patent number: 8992271
    Abstract: An electrical terminal is provided and includes a first member and a second member. The first member includes a pair of connecting face portions, a coupling portion, and a plurality of serrations. The pair of connecting face portions face each other in a substantially V shape such that a gap between inner faces of the pair of connecting face portions gradually becomes smaller from a wider-gap side to a narrower-gap side. The coupling portion connects the pair of connecting face portions at ends of the narrower-gap side of the inner faces. The plurality of serrations are disposed on the pair of inner faces and extend along intersecting directions. The second member has a substantially U shape that mates with the pair of connecting face portions and can displace outer side faces of the pair of connecting face portions inward to urge the inner faces closer to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Masaaki Harasawa, Ken Sakai
  • Patent number: 8963006
    Abstract: A press-clamping structure includes: an aluminum electric wire having a conductor portion in which strands of aluminum or aluminum alloy are twisted; and a terminal which includes a bottom plate portion for placing the conductor portion thereon, and a pair of conductor caulking pieces which are provided consecutively to the bottom plate portion and are caulked to hold the conductor portion placed on the bottom plate portion. The conductor caulking pieces are bent so that distal end portions thereof are inserted into the conductor portion, to thereby embrace part of the strands of the conductor portion. At least one projection is formed on the bottom plate portion between the conductor caulking pieces. Outer surfaces of the respective distal end portions of the conductor caulking pieces are oriented towards the projection. The strands are partially held between the outer surfaces of the respective distal end portions and the projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Goro Kuwayama
  • Patent number: 8911269
    Abstract: A conductor connecting structure comprises a flat circuit body having an insulator and a conductor, and a conductive terminal metal fitting having a conductor connecting part including a first conductor holding part and a second conductor holding part. The first conductor holding part has a first plate-like part formed into a plate-like shape, and a projecting part which projects from a surface of the first plate-like part that is faced to the conductor. The second conductor holding part has a second plate-like part formed into a plate-like shape, and a through hole arranged so as to correspond to a position of the projecting part and penetrating the second plate-like part. When the conductor is sandwiched by the first conductor holding part and the second conductor holding part, the conductor is deformed so as to be pushed into the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Tsutomu Takayama
  • Publication number: 20140134873
    Abstract: A line includes a cable, a sleeve, and a contact member. The cable includes a conductive member including a plurality of strands. The sleeve at least partially surrounds the strands. The contact member includes a core disposed between the strands and contacting with the strands, and a fastening portion at least partially surrounded by the sleeve. An outer surface of the fastening portion connects with an area of the sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: LISA DRAEXLMAIER GmbH
    Inventor: Lutz Lehmann
  • Publication number: 20140073171
    Abstract: A through-the-hole (TTH)/surface mount (SMT) insulation piercing connector includes one or two spaced electrical contacts. Each contact has a flat plate portion and integrally-formed legs. An L-shaped hook portion on the flat plate portion has a piercing tip pointed in a direction away from the legs. The piercing tip is spaced from the flat plate portion, the flat plate portion being configured and dimensioned to bend in the direction towards the piercing tip when pressed to urge an insulated wire onto said piercing tip to cause it to penetrate the wire insulation and make electrical contact with the internal conductive wires or strands within the wire. The legs are insertable into mounting holes in a substrate for direct TTH mounting in a PCB or to be secured to a header provided with mounting holes by TTH soldering and surface mounting by a pick-and-place machine acting on the header.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Zierick Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Raffaele Tarulli
  • Publication number: 20120129382
    Abstract: A plug connector is provided that can be electrically coupled to wires provided in a cable. The connector includes a leadframe that supports contacts and insulation displacement terminals in electrical communication. The connector includes a wire module that includes wire channels. A cage is provided to support the leadframe and the wire module. When wires from the cable are inserted into the wire channels, the wire module can be translated so that the insulation displacement terminals engage the wires. In an embodiment, the electrical path between a contact and a corresponding insulation displacement terminal can extend through magnetics and the magnetics can help increase the signal to noise ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Kent E. Regnier, Johnny Chen
  • Publication number: 20110306232
    Abstract: An insulation displacement connector having two deformable tangs forming a receiving pocket in which a wire may be placed, the deformable tangs adapted to be curled around the wire to create a secure connection that is resistant to disconnection by movement. Also disclosed is a method for creating the secure connection. A solenoid assembly that employs the disclosed insulation displacement connector that reduces the risk of a disconnection is also described. Also disclosed is a device that secures wires to the disclosed insulation displacement connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventor: Anthony Freakes
  • Patent number: 7837494
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a first lead frame and a second lead frame that extend from an overmolded circuit assembly. Each of the lead frames includes a piercing portion to pierce through insulation on a corresponding electrical conduit. The piercing portion of the lead frames also provides a wrap around feature to mechanically secure the wire to the corresponding electrical conduit. In this manner, several processes can be eliminated and are not required for the desired mechanical and electrical connection of the integrated circuit lead frame to corresponding electrical conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc.
    Inventor: Gaetan Vich
  • Publication number: 20100210133
    Abstract: An illumination unit comprising: a wire; a light emitting element including a terminal; a crimp terminal including an attachment portion to which the terminal of the light emitting element is directly attached, a fastening portion which electrically connects to the wire, and a crimp portion which clips the wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji MOCHIZUKI
  • Publication number: 20100144189
    Abstract: A crimping terminal joined with an aluminum electric wire, in which when the crimping terminal is crimped to the wire, a conduct-purpose crimping portion and a wire-hold crimping portion are formed at a crimping portion of a wire barrel of the crimping terminal. The crimping portion of the wire barrel is formed so as a curvature thereof is projected upwardly in a direction of moving a crimping die and so as a crimp height increases and a compression ratio decreases towards an insulation barrel of the crimping terminal. The curvature is shaped to have a constant degree of curvature, and is shaped to form a quadratic curve as a result of strictly adjusting a crimping force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Watanabe, Yoshihito Aoki
  • Publication number: 20090269970
    Abstract: A terminal crimping structure includes a terminal connection portion which connects an insulation-coated electric wire having a core wire covered with an insulation coating portion. The terminal connection portion has a first crimping member and a second crimping member. The first crimping member crimps a folded-back portion formed by folding back the core wire exposed from the insulation coating portion. The second crimping member crimps both of the insulation coating portion and an end of the folded-back portion which is superposed on the insulation coating portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideto KUMAKURA
  • Patent number: 7422468
    Abstract: A flexible flat connector cable electrical contact including a first connection section adapted to be connected to an electrical conductor of a flexible flat conductor (FFC) cable; and a second connection section electrical coupled to the first connection section and adapted to be electrically connected to another member. The first connection section includes at least one staple feature having a hole and only two outwardly extending lances at the hole. Each lance has a pointed tip adapted to pierce through the electrical conductor of the FFC cable. The lances are adapted to be deformed back towards the electrical conductor to form a stapled connection of the first connection section to the FFC cable with only the two lances at the staple feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph B. Shuey
  • Patent number: 7410384
    Abstract: A flexible flat connector cable electrical contact including a first connection section adapted to be connected to an electrical conductor of a flexible flat conductor (FFC) cable; and a second connection section electrical coupled to the first connection section and adapted to be electrically connected to another member. The first connection section includes at least one staple feature having a hole and only two outwardly extending lances at the hole. Each lance has a pointed tip adapted to pierce through the electrical conductor of the FFC cable. The lances are adapted to be deformed back towards the electrical conductor to form a stapled connection of the first connection section to the FFC cable with only the two lances at the staple feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph B. Shuey
  • Publication number: 20070287323
    Abstract: An apparatus for engaging an electrical conductor comprises a gripping contact having a plurality of fingers, where the plurality of fingers has a substantially conical outer surface. A contact receptacle has a substantially conical inner surface. A tension member urges the gripping contact toward the contact receptacle such that interaction between the substantially conical outer surface and the substantially conical inner surface forces the plurality of fingers to engagingly compress the electrical conductor placed between the fingers. A method of engaging an electrical conductor comprises inserting an electrical conductor between a plurality of fingers of a gripping contact, lo where the plurality of fingers has a substantially conical outer surface. The substantially conical outer surface of the gripping contact is urged to interact with a substantially conical inner surface of a contact receptacle such that the interaction forces the plurality of fingers to engage the electrical conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2006
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Michael G. Colescott, Wayne Horley, Jeffrey W. Harvill, Roy Jackson
  • Patent number: 7210958
    Abstract: An electrical contact crimp ear serration comprised of a plurality of teeth where each tooth has a cross-sectional profile comprising a leading face extending upwardly to an apex from the crimp ear surface, a central face extending downwardly from the apex to a valley below the crimp ear surface, and a trailing face extending upwardly from the valley to the crimp ear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: ETCO, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph E. Jacques, Dennis Herdegen, John J. MacNeil, Edward Jacques, Brian J. Stumm
  • Patent number: 6749457
    Abstract: In a crimp terminal for crimping at least one bare conductor of at least one sheathed electric wire, the at least one bare conductor is placed on a bottom plate. A pair of crimp craws extend from the bottom plate to crimp the at least one bare conductor placed on the bottom plate. A plurality of serrations are formed at least on an inner face of the bottom plate to bite the at least one bare conductor crimped by the crimp claws. At least one of the serrations has a depth different from a depth of each another serration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tadahisa Sakaguchi, Toshihiro Maki
  • Patent number: 6716071
    Abstract: A terminal fixtures of a molded connector has a device connection part and a wire connection part connected with an electric wire. A circular outer covering is provided at a terminal end of the wire connection part and the electric wire. A circular outer covering is fit into a circular mounting hole of a case of an external device, and the device connection part is connected to a device body within the case by resin molding. Since the center of the connection part is aligned with the axial center of the electric wire and the axial center of the outer covering, the connection part passes through the center of the mounting holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignees: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Sho Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 6652310
    Abstract: A claw portion (26) of a connecting member (21) penetrates a first piercing portion of a flat circuit member (100, 110) in a thickness direction thereof. In the case of connection to the flat circuit member having a thick conductor portion (102), the claw portion is bent such that a distal end portion of the claw portion pierces the flat circuit member so as to obtain electric contact with the conductor portion of the flat circuit member. In the case of connection to the flat circuit member having a thin conductor portion (112), the claw portion is bent such that a portion of the flat circuit member is clamped between an outer surface (28) of the claw portion and an inner edge portion (27) of a side wall portion (25) of the connecting member, so as to obtain electric contact with the conductor portion of the flat circuit member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Masanori Onuma
  • Patent number: 6552268
    Abstract: An insulation displacement connector (IDC) having a body and a cap pivotably connected thereto. A wire channel is defined through the pivotable cap and has an insertion opening and an exit opening that provide separate ingress and egress openings for the wire channel. An insulated wire may be inserted into the wire channel via the insertion opening, and may exit the wire channel via the exit opening. Similarly, any insulation separated from the wire during use of the IDC is not trapped in the wire channel, but may easily be cleared therefrom via either the insertion or exit opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Bassel Hage Daoud, Ivan Pawlenko
  • Publication number: 20010041472
    Abstract: In a connecting structure for an electric wire 1 and a terminal 8 in which an insulative outer skin 5 of the electric wire is mounted to an electric wire cover crimping portion 11 of the terminal 8, and the terminal 8 is connected to the electric wire, wherein the electric wire cover crimping portion 11 is formed with a hole 14, and an opening peripheral edge 14a of the hole 14 is allowed to bite into the insulative outer skin 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahito Ozaki
  • Patent number: 6244892
    Abstract: The present invention is for an electrical connector and a method of making an electrical connector which connector has a housing having a bore therein and a housing cap having an aperture therethrough sized for an electrical conductor to pass through. An electrical conductor gripping collar is positioned between the housing and housing cap for gripping an electrical conductor threaded through the housing cap, through the gripping collar, and into the housing bore. The gripping collar is formed of a single generally flat piece of material having at least one opening therein having a plurality of gripping fingers extending from the edge of the opening for gripping an electrical conductor threaded therethrough for holding the electrical conductor to the electrical connector. The gripping collar can advantageously be made of flat material which has been stamped with a shaped die to punch a hole in the material and form the gripping fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Centerpin Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Dale C. McCarthy
  • Patent number: 6142838
    Abstract: A connecting structure for connecting a covered wire to a terminal is provided. The connecting structure includes a first member and a second member to be laid on the first member. In arrangement, the terminal is interposed between the first member and the second member. The covered wire having core lines covered with an insulating cover is disposed on the terminal. In order to spread the core lines on the terminal, the first member is provided with a projection which extends perpendicular to a direction of the core lines of the covered wire. In manufacturing, the insulating cover is molten by vibrating the second member on the covered wire by ultrasonic waves. Consequently, the core lines are forcibly brought into contact with an end of the projection having a small frictional resistance. Thus, the core lines of the covered wire can be uniformly spread to increase contact area between the core lines and the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Akira Shinchi
  • Patent number: 5692922
    Abstract: An electrically conducting molding comprises thermoplastic material which is reinforced with metal fibers. A metal covering is connected to the molding by three-cornered prongs and serves as an electric contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernhard Pfeiffer, Detlef Skaletz
  • Patent number: 5643007
    Abstract: A metal piercing staple for piercing, securing and making electrical contact between a pair of wires in the form of a substantially U-shaped piece of metal having sharp ends and a plurality of metal piercing teeth depending from the U-shaped piece of metal between the sharp ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1997
    Assignee: ABB Power T&D Company Inc.
    Inventor: Harold R. Younger
  • Patent number: 5484305
    Abstract: The present invention includes an electrical connector manufactured in the form of a strip of Micro-connectors stamped from an integral piece having a parallelepipedical body (4) in the shape of a "U" having a bottom portion (5) and two sidewalls capable of being inwardly crimped. The bottom portion (5) is centrally hollowed out and has in the inner ends thereof two sets of small metallic tongues (6, 7, 8) that are spaced apart from each other by contact slots (9, 10) of different sizes. The sidewalls include a positioner rod (11A, 11B) located adjacent to the two legs (16, 17) located on the ends thereof, each of the legs (16, 17) having two cutouts (12, 13, 14, 15) in the shape of a "V." The automated tool for application of the micro-connectors, is unique in that it applies reduced sized connectors. The tool has a wire cut system which cuts the wires on the side ends of the crimper (35) of the application tool (31) so that the wires are arranged side by side after cutting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1996
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: Milton E. Diniz, Vagner Fuzetti
  • Patent number: 5417581
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing having a terminal-receiving passageway. An insulation displacement terminal is received in the passageway for terminating an insulated wire extending into the passageway. The wire includes an electrical conductor with a sheath of insulation thereabout. The terminal includes a terminating section deflectable for displacing the insulation and engaging the conductor. The terminating section is generally flat in a plane coincident with the longitudinal axis of the insulated wire. At least a portion of the terminating section is deflectable upon the application of a force on the terminal generally parallel to the longitudinal axis. The terminating section is configured to be permanently deformed when deflected into insulation-displacing condition with the insulated wire. The invention also is directed to such a terminal, per se.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1995
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Helen Dechelette, Jerome Tamsson, Patrick Dechelette
  • Patent number: 5385483
    Abstract: A connector device includes an inner sleeve enclosed by an intermediate sleeve which is further enclosed by an outer sleeve. The inner sleeve is made of flexible conductive material having a plurality of triangular pressouts in an inner periphery thereof. The outer sleeve includes a body at a middle portion thereof and two necks at two longitudinal ends thereof and receives the inner sleeve and the intermediate sleeve in the body thereof. The connector device allows two sheathed cables to be parallely inserted into either end thereof without being deviated by the pressouts of the inner sleeve. The outer sleeve is made of flexible non-conductive material and the intermediate sleeve is made of flexible conductive material; thus, the connector device is allowed to be clamped causing the pressouts to penetrate outer sheaths of the cables, thereby electrically connecting the two cables via the inner sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1995
    Inventor: Tse H. Lin
  • Patent number: 5356307
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly is disclosed for terminating a plurality of insulated electrical wires and which includes a dielectric housing having a mating end and a wire-receiving end with a plurality of open-ended terminal-receiving cavities communicating therebetween. A plurality of terminals respectively are disposed in the cavities. Each terminal includes a mating end near the mating end of the housing, a wire-receiving end near the wire-receiving end of the housing and an axially collapsible insulation-displacement section therebetween. A dielectric cover is positionable against the housing at the wire-receiving end thereof. The cover has a plurality of wire-receiving openings aligned with the wire-receiving cavities in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1994
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventor: Helen Dechelette
  • Patent number: 5125851
    Abstract: A collapsible insulation displacement terminal is disclosed for terminating an insulated wire having an electrical conductor with a sheath of insulation thereabout. The terminal includes at least one terminal wall portion deflectable for displacing the insulation and for engagement with the conductor upon application of a force on the terminal in a direction generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the insulated wire. The first terminal wall portion includes a blade portion deformable therefrom generally parallel to the axis of the insulated wire to present a substantial area of contact with the conductor of the wire. A second terminal wall portion is deflectable upon application of the axial force into engagement with the blade portion of the first terminal wall portion to insure contact between the electrical conductor and the first terminal wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1992
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Bruce A. Peterson, James T. Roberts
  • Patent number: 5021005
    Abstract: A flexible conductor connector in the form of a flat metal foil laminated with alternate layers of adhesive and plastic, having a metal spade plug connector attached to its end. The metal foil may be exposed and bonded to the metal connector by means of a conductive adhesive. The spade connector may be provided with a pair of wrap-around arms having teeth at their ends and the conductor has a portion of one side of its laminate removed down to the bare metal foil. The arms are crimped around the laminated foil and the teeth engaged into a plastic layer but not penetrating to the foil. Further piercing teeth may be provided on a second set of arms to extend through the entire laminate and mechanically affix the conductor lead end to the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1991
    Inventor: Stephen Slenker
  • Patent number: 5018986
    Abstract: A connector for use with insulated cables comprises an insulating holder for the insertion thereinto of at least one elongate contact pin having a rear portion provided with at least one bendable, wing-like clamping part, projecting at right angles from the rear portion when in a non-clamping position. The clamping part can be bent over against the cable to penetrate its insulation thereby to make electrical contact with a conductor of the cable. For more rapid connection, and to ensure better electrical contact between cable and conductor and contact pin, the clamping part is formed as an apertured clamping lug, the rear portion of the contact pin having at least one projection which is at least partially surrounded by the lug in the clamped position thereof. The lug has at least one cutting edge on its inner perimeter and/or the projection has at least one such edge on its upper perimeter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1991
    Inventor: Wolfgang Freitag
  • Patent number: 4955816
    Abstract: An electrical connector system includes self-terminating pin and socket terminals which have forward mating ends and identical rearward wire receiving ends. The wire receiving ends are mountable in a modular rear housing. The modular rear housing is mateable with either a front plug housing or a front receptacle housing. The terminals can be mass terminated by inserting a plurality of wires into the modular rear housing and by axially advancing the modular rear housing toward the front housing component of the system. The housing components can be readily separated from one another for repair or replacement of terminals. Selected connectors may be lockingly mountable to panels and may be lockingly mateable with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1990
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: James T. Roberts, Raymond A. Silbernagel
  • Patent number: 4950180
    Abstract: A transition adapter for terminating flat power cable includes a stamped and formed member having opposed plate sections between which an end or an edge portion of the cable is receivable to be terminated where the plate sections have opposing cooperating terminating regions comprised of a plurality of alternating wave shapes and relief recesses, with each wave shape aligned with a recess of the opposing terminating region so that when the plate sections are urged together under sufficient force, the wave crests deflect integral strips of conductor cut of the plane of the cable, exposing sheared conductor edges for electrical connection therewith. Softer metal insert members are secured to and along outer surfaces of the plate sections and are then staked to deform the metal against the sheared conductor edges to engage and form gas-tight electrical connections of substantial surface area therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1990
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: John K. Daly, Earl R. Kreinberg
  • Patent number: 4946406
    Abstract: Preloaded electrical connector comprises a housing having a terminal therein which is partially inserted into a terminal-receiving cavity. The terminal has a wire contacting lancet thereon and the housing cavity has camming wall portions which are effective, during movement of the terminal to its fully inserted position, to move the contacting lancet into engagement with a wire. Installation is carried out by inserting a wire into the partially inserted terminal and then moving the terminal from its partially inserted position to its fully inserted position. No specialized tooling is required for the installation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1990
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: David Lane, Richard A. Nelson
  • Patent number: 4921440
    Abstract: A connector aggregate, comprising connectors each comprising a socket housing provided with a plurality of connecting sections fitted with a corresponding number of terminals; said connectors being linked in a belt-like fashion through linking pieces which are provided on both side portions of said socket housing and which linking pieces are readily separable from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1990
    Assignee: Create System Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masatsugu Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 4790771
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a terminal formed from a sheet metal blank and adapted to terminate an insulated wire, where said blank is formed into a housing having a cavity therein as defined by a first opening for receiving said insulated wire, and a second opening through which said wire projects. Attached to said housing at said second opening is a crimping member pivotal from an open to a closed position. The crimping member is characterized by a V-shaped slot having downwardly diverging sharp edge portions for cutting the insulation about said wire. Electrical contact with said wire and pivotal action of said crimping member is effected by the movement of the insulated wire into said first opening to project out of said second opening, followed by a limited reverse movement or withdrawal thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1988
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventor: Wayne E. Kleiner
  • Patent number: 4781606
    Abstract: The invention is a wire-stripping arrangement having recoverable material preferably in the form of heat-recoverable metal which is arranged to be capable upon recovery of cutting into the wire insulation and then to strip the insulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1988
    Assignee: Raychem Corporation
    Inventor: Robin J. T. Clabburn
  • Patent number: 4749368
    Abstract: A contact strip for the electrical connection of at least one flat conductor of a flexible conductor film, which contact strip comprises a strip-type base part of electrically conducting material and at least one group of teeth projecting outwards from a surface of the base part, for cutting through the flexible conductor film and contacting the conductor while the teeth can be deformed in the direction of the base part to press the base part. According to the present invention the base part comprises at least a second group of teeth projecting outwards from the surface of the base part, in which the first and second group of teeth are positioned within the periphery of the strip-type base part. All teeth of a group are arranged in a closed peripheral line such as circle, ellipse, triangle, square or other geometrical polygon and the distance between these teeth is smaller than the smallest dimension of the flat conductor to be contacted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1988
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Bob Mouissie