Abstract The disclosure of this specification shows an electrical connector pin which has been made out of a stamped piece of metal formed as a Y with a rectangular base portion thereof rolled into a roll pin for placing wire therein. The resultant pin has three arms spaced approximately one hundred and twenty degrees apart and comprise the support leg and the two downwardly extending arms. These three make contact with the inner wall of a suitable tubular mating socket. The two downwardly extending arms may contact and be held by an annular ledge which can be formed with an angle or in the form of a flange for holding the legs of the pin. Another embodiment utilizes a tulip shaped pin in cross section. The tulip shape provides an S shaped compound curved resilient intermediate portion with outwardly extending terminal elements. The upper portion is free to compress into the mating tubular socket without forcing the extended lower portion of the two downwardly extended legs off of an annular retaining ledge. However, the pin can be removed if desired by a suitable tubular member that extends close to the retaining ledge, The tulip configuration allows a flexing thereof without substantial fatigue by avoiding gripping and attendant "ironing" of the pin into a smaller diameter than is required to hold a tubular connecting element that receives the pin. Finally, the three elements assure contact of pin to socket where only two elements may not suffice.
An electrical connector for engaging use in combination with a tubular female mating member comprising: A base member having a passage therein; A pair of arms that have been formed from the branches of a Y shaped member with arm ends resiliently extending from the upright portion of the Y at the apex thereof in a manner wherein the arms are folded backwardly from the apex toward the upright of the Y in resiliently spaced relationship therefrom said arm ends free to move inwardly and outwardly with respect to the axis of the upright portion of the Y; A wire connection means formed at the base of the upright of the Y member in spaced relationship from the apex thereof; and, Means to prevent said member from longitudinal withdrawal movement within said passage in the form of a protuberance in said passage which engages the free ends of said arms in a manner so that they can be collapsed and passed over the protuberance.
Claim 2
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An electrical connector for engaging use in combination with a tubular female mating member comprising: A base member having a passage therein; A pair of arms that have been formed from the branches of a Y shaped member with arm ends resiliently extending from the upright portion of the Y at the apex thereof in a manner wherein the arms are folded backwardly from the apex toward the upright of the Y in resiliently spaced relationship therefrom said arm ends free to move inwardly and outwardly with respect to the axis of the upright portion of the Y; A wire connection means formed at the base of the upright of the Y member in spaced relationship from the apex thereof; and, Means to prevent said member from longitudinal withdrawal movement within said passage in the form of a protuberance in said passage which engages the free ends of said arms in a manner so that they can be collapsed and passed over the protuberance.
Claim 3
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The connector as claimed in claim 1 further comprising: an annulus forming said protuberance.
Claim 4
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The connector as claimed in claim 1 wherein: the upright member of the Y has an interior concave portion bending inwardly toward the axis of said pin.
Claim 5
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The connector as claimed in claim 1 wherein: said base wire connection means is an extension of the upright of the Y formed with a passage for receiving wire.
Claim 6
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The connector as claimed in claim 1 further comprising: said arms having a configuration in the form of a compound curve for purposes of providing resilience to the arms.
Claim 7
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The connector as claimed in claim 5 wherein: said compound curve of said arms is an S shaped configuration.
Claim 8
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The connector as claimed in claim 6 wherein said protrusion is: an interior annular ridge within said base member for seating the ends of said arms.