Wire terminal electroluminescent device and manufacture

Claim 1

AN ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE COMPRISING AN ELECTROLUMINESCENT CELL ASSEMBLY SEALED BETWEEN A PAIR OF THERMOPLASTIC ENCAPSULATING SHEETS, SAID CELL ASSEMBLY COMPRISING AN ELECTRLUMINESCENT PHOSPHOR LAYER SANDWICHED BETWEEN A PAIR OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING ELECTRODE LAYERS, AND A WIRE TERMINATION FOR SAID DEVICE COMPRISING A PAIR OF ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO RESPECTIVE ONES OF SAID ELECTRODE LAYERS AND PROJECTING FROM THE EDGE OF THE SAID CELL ASSEMBLY IN SUBSTANTIALLY SIDE-BY-SIDE SPECED RELATION, THE PROJECTING PORTIONS OF SAID CONDUCTORS HAVING OUTER END PORTIONS EXTENDING THROUGH THE THICKNESS OF ONE OF SAID ENCAPSULATING SHEETS TO THE OUTER FACE THEREOF AND LYING FLAT THEREAGAINST, AND A THERMOPLASTIC STUD HAVING A FLANGED END LAMINATED TO THE OUTER FACE OF SAID ONE ENCAPSULATING SHEET OVER THE SAID OUTER END PORTIONS OF SAID CONDUCTORS AND HAVING A PAIR OF WIRE LEADS EMBEDDED THEREIN, SAID WIRE LEADS HAVING BARE WIRE PORTIONS PROJECTING FROM THE BENT OVER THE VLANGED END OF SAID PLASTIC STUD AND ENGAGING THE SAID OUTER END PORTIONS OF RESPECTIVE ONES OF SAID CONDUCTORS, THE SAID BENT-OVER BARE WIRE ENDS OF SAID WIRE LEADS BEING SEALED BETWEEN THE FLANGED END OF SAID PLACTIC STUD AND THE SAID OUTER FACE OF SAID ONE ENCAPSULATING SHEET AND THEREBY HELD IN FIRM PRESSURE CONTACT WITH THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID CONDUCTORS SO AS TO BE ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED THERETO.