Self-closing terminal connector

Claim 2

A terminal connector comprising: a main body including first means thereon operable to receive a wire for the connecting of said wire to said main body, said body also including a pair of arms with spaced apart distal ends between which a rod-like member may pass, said arms being spaced apart to straddle said rod-like member with at least one of said arms including an outer edge and an inner edge and upraised portion means in the form of a segment of a frusto conical surface extending completely across one of said arms from said inner edge to said Outer edge and being operable when substantially flattened and depressed to move the distal end of said one arm toward the distal end of the other arm preventing passage of said rod-like member between said distal ends, said arms having base portions with said rod-like member having a center locatable between said base portions and said distal ends, said frusto conical surface being located on one of said base portions.

Claim 3

The terminal connector of claim 1 wherein: said other arm also includes upraised portion means operable when depressed to move the distal end of said other arm toward the distal end of said one arm.

Claim 4

The terminal connector of claim 1 wherein: said upraised portion means including a pair of triangular, upwardly slanted walls integrally joined together along a first line extending upwardly from said inner edge to said outer edge with the hypotenuses of the triangular, upwardly slanted walls extending along a pair of lines intersecting at said inner edge and diverging to said outer edge.

Claim 5

The terminal connector of claim 1 wherein: said upraised portion means of said one arm including a segment of a frusto pyramid surface.

Claim 6

A terminal connector comprising: a main body including first means thereon operable to receive a wire for the connecting of said wire to said main body, said body also including a pair of arms with spaced apart distal ends between which a rod-like member may pass, said arms being spaced apart to straddle said rod-like member with at least one of said arms including upraised portion means operable when depressed to move the distal end of said one arm toward the distal end of the other arm preventing passage of said rod-like member between said distal ends; said other arm also includes upraised portion means operable when depressed to move the distal end of said other arm toward the distal end of said one arm; and said one arm has an inner edge and an outer edge with the upraised portion means of said one arm including a pair of triangular, upwardly slanted walls extending completely across said one arm from said inner edge to said outer edge, said slanted walls are integrally joined together along a first line extending upwardly from said inner edge to said outer edge with the hypotenuses of the triangular, upwardly slanted walls extending along a pair of lines intersecting at said inner edge and diverging to said outer edge, said arms have base portions with said rod-like member including a center locatable between said base portions and said distal ends, said upraised portion means of both arms are located on said base portion.

Claim 7

A terminal connector comprising: a main body including first means thereon operable to receive a wire for the connecting of said wire to said main body, said body also including a pair of arms with spaced apart distal ends between which a rod-like member may pass, said arms being spaced apart to straddle said rod-like member with at least one of said arms including upraised portion means operable when depressed to move the distal end of said one arm toward the distal end of the other arm preventing passage of said rod-like member between said distal ends; said other arm also includes upraised portion means operable when depressed to move the distal end of said other arm toward the distal end of said one arm; and said one arm has an inner edge and an outer edge with the upraised portion means of said one arm including a pair of triangular, upwardly slanted walls extending completely across said one arm from said inner edge to said outer edge, said slanted walls are integrally joined together along a first line extending upwardly from said inner edge to said outer edge with the hypotenuses of the triangular, upwardly slanted walls extending along a pair of lines intersecting at said inner edge and diverging to said outer edge, said arms have base portions with said rod-like member including a center locatable between said base portions and said distal ends, said upraised portion means of both arms are located on said base portion.

Claim 8

The terminal connector of claim 5 wherein: said first means includes a barrel-shaped hollow end on said main body to crimpedly receive said wire.

Claim 9

The terminal connector of claim 5 wherein: at least one of said distal ends extend upwardly from said arms, said upraised portion means and said distal ends are approximately equally spaced around the center of said rod-like member prior to depression of said upraised portion means.

Claim 10

The terminal connector of claim 5 wherein: each of said distal ends have spaced apart edges prior to the depression of said upraised portion means of said arms with said edges spaced apart a distance not less than the width of said rod-like member, said one arm is bent forming said pair of triangular upwardly slanted walls of uniform thickness with said one arm without stretching and elongation of said one arm.