Lead assembly

Claim 1

A lead assembly for terminating the signal and ground wires in a coaxial or other like cable and for being slidingly positioned on a set of posts or the like, which comprises: a. a rectangular base member having a longitudinal axis parallel to the major dimension of said base member, the top surface having an upwardly extending projection positioned across the width thereof at one end, said projection being bisected by a cable-receiving channel extending in the same general direction as the base member''s longitudinal axis, a first cavity in the top surface located adjacent the projection and having an extension thereof positioned parallel to the base member''s longitudinal axis, and the second cavity in the top surface located remotely from the projection and having an extension positioned normal to the base member''s longitudinal axis, said base member further having a pair of passageways extending from the bottom surface into the cavities; b. a pair of contacts each consisting of a base with a pair of opposing spring arms extending therefrom, and a plate extending from the base in the same direction as the arms, each plate having at its free end a slot extending inwardly towards the base, said slot adapted to receive and electrically terminate one of the wires therein, each contact being positioned in a cavity so that the plate is received in the cavity extension thereby aligning the plate in the first cavity parallel to the longitudinal axis and the plate in the second cavity normal to the longitudinal axis thereby facilitating the terminating of the wires coming into the assembly through the channel; and c. a cover member for placing over the cavities, said cover member having a pair of passageways therethrough in registration with the passageways in the base member to permit the assembly to be slidingly placed on a pair of posts which would then extend through the passageways and the opposing arms on the contacts.