Electrical connector for closely spaced terminals

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR EQUIPMENT HAVING A PLURALITY OF SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TERMINAL ELEMENTS, COMPRISING A BODY PORTION HAVING AN OUTER SURFACE, A PLURALITY OF HOLLOW TERMINAL MEANS EACH HAVING AN END PORTION EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID SURFACE OF SAID BODY PORTION FOR SUBSTANTIAL PARALLEL ALIGNMENT WITH RESPECTIVE ONES OF THE TERMINAL ELEMENTS TO BE CONNECTED, EACH OF SAID HOLLOW TERMINAL MEANS HAVING AT LEAST TWO LONGITUDINAL SURFACES WHICH MEET AT A SHARP EDGE, CONNECTING MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICALLY INSULATED CONDUCTOR WIRES FOR SELECTIVELY INTERCONNECTING SAID TERMINAL MEANS, EACH SAID WIRE HAVING A PLURALITY OF TURNS WRAPPED IN TENSION AROUND ONE OF SAID TERMINAL MEANS WITH THE SHARP EDGE OF SAID TERMINAL MEANS PENETRATING THE INSULATION OF SAID INSULATED CONDUCTOR WIRE PRODUCING A RUPTURE OF SAID INSULATION AT THE POINT OF CONTACT WITH SAID SHARP EDGE THEREBY CAUSING SAID TERMINAL MEANS TO MAKE ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH THE CONDUCTOR WIRE, SAID HOLLOW TERMINAL MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE RESPECTIVELY IN THE HOLLOW PORTIONS THEREOF SAID TERMINAL ELEMENTS FOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTION OF SAID TERMINAL ELEMENTS RESPECTIVELY TO SAID HOLLOW TERMINAL MEANS, SAID BODY PORTION INCLUDING INSULATING MATERIAL ENCAPSULATING SAID CONDUCTOR WIRES AND LEAVING SAID END PORTIONS OF SAID TERMINAL MEANS EXPOSED FOR SAID ELECTRICAL CONNECTION RESPECTIVELY TO SAID TERMINAL ELEMENTS.