EP0045154A1
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Slotted plate terminal renewable as spade terminal
Assignee: TE Connectivity Corp
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Filing: 1981-07-14
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2001-07-14
Abstract
Abstract Slotted plate terminal for insulated stranded wire (40) has folded side edges (24) on either side of the slot and a slit (26) in each edge (24) which leads to a curcular aperture (28) adjacent each wall of the slot. Wire (40) is terminated by insertion into slot and retained in the bottom by bending side edges (24) to close the slot. A low normal force remains on the strands in the bottom of the slot so that the possibility of the strands rearranging or stacking is minimized. Slotted portion may be severed at a score line (36) leaving spade type terminal (32) suitable for mating with standard clip terminal if repair is necessary.
Inventors
- 👤 Frank Peter Dola
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 11:52
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R4/00; H01R4/24; H01R4/2416; H01R4/242; H01R4/2425; H01R43/00; H01R43/01; H01R43/015
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
171 words
A one-piece stamped and formed electrical contact terminal (10) of the type comprising a wire receiving end (14), a base portion (18), and opposed side edges (24), said terminal having a wire receiving slot (12) extending inwardly from said wire receiving end (14) toward said base portion (18), said slot (12) having opposed walls (22) spaced to make contact with the conductive core of an insulated wire (40), said slot (12) having opposed lead-in ramps (20) extending inwardly from said wire receiving end (14) and converging toward said walls (22), said ramps (20) defining a wire entry, said slot (12) terminating at a bottom (16) remote from said wire receiving end, said terminal being characterized in that said terminal (10) has a tab portion (32) contiguous with said base portion (18), said tab portion (32) being configured as a spade type male electrical terminal (32), whereby said terminal (10) may be severed between said tab portion (32) and said base portion (18) to form a spade type male electrical terminal (32).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
171 words
A one-piece stamped and formed electrical contact terminal (10) of the type comprising a wire receiving end (14), a base portion (18), and opposed side edges (24), said terminal having a wire receiving slot (12) extending inwardly from said wire receiving end (14) toward said base portion (18), said slot (12) having opposed walls (22) spaced to make contact with the conductive core of an insulated wire (40), said slot (12) having opposed lead-in ramps (20) extending inwardly from said wire receiving end (14) and converging toward said walls (22), said ramps (20) defining a wire entry, said slot (12) terminating at a bottom (16) remote from said wire receiving end, said terminal being characterized in that said terminal (10) has a tab portion (32) contiguous with said base portion (18), said tab portion (32) being configured as a spade type male electrical terminal (32), whereby said terminal (10) may be severed between said tab portion (32) and said base portion (18) to form a spade type male electrical terminal (32).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
A terminal (10) as in claim 1 characterized in that said terminal (10) is provided with a score line (36) between the base portion (18) and the tab portion (32) to facilitate severing.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
A terminal (10) as in claim 2 characterized in that said terminal (10) has a notch (34) in each side edge (24) between the base portion (18) and the tab portion (32).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
153 words
A terminal 110) as in claim 1 characterized in that said terminal (10) has an indentation (26) in at least one of said side edges (24) opposite said slot (12) and slightly offset from the bottom (16) thereof toward said wire receiving end (14) defining a pivot section (30) between said indentation (26) and said slot (12) whereby said insulated wire (40) may be moved laterally of its axis, through said wire entry and between said walls (22), displacing the insulation on the wire (40) until said wire (40) reaches the bottom (16) of the slot, whereupon a lateral force brought to bear against said side edge (24) having said indentation (26) therein will cause the section of said terminal (10) between said wire receiving end (14) and said pivot section (30) to deflect laterally about said pivot section (30) and retain the wire (40) in the bottom (16) of the slot (12).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
36 words
A terminal (10) as in claim 4 characterized in that said side edges (24) adjacent said slot (12) and said base portion (18) are folded over to form a double plate thickness at said edges (24).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
61 words
A terminal (10) as in claim 4 characterized in that said terminal (10) has indentations (26) in each of said side edges (24), said indentations (26) being directly opposed and equidistant from said wire receiving end (24) whereby said sections between said wire receiving end (24) and said indentations (26) will each deflect toward the other to close the slot (12).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
91 words
A terminal (10) as in claim 4 characterized in that said indentation (26) is configured as a linear slit (26) extending laterally of said side edge (24) to a circular aperture (28) between said side edge (24) and said pivot section (30) whereby said linear slit (26) prevents distention of the wire receiving slot (12) during wire insertion and said circular aperture (28) prevents tensile fracture of said pivot section (30) during lateral deflection of the section of terminal (10) between the wire receiving end (14) and the pivot section (30).
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