Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
43 words
An electrical connector having at least one pin adapted to receive a wire to be soldered thereto, a region of said pin having a ferromagnetic member in thermal contact with said region, and a coating of solder non-wettable material over said ferromagnetic material.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
43 words
An electrical connector having at least one pin adapted to receive a wire to be soldered thereto, a region of said pin having a ferromagnetic member in thermal contact with said region, and a coating of solder non-wettable material over said ferromagnetic material.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
An electrical connector according to claim 1 wherein said pin has a concave surface for receiving a wire to be soldered thereto.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
An electrical connector according to claim 1 or claim 2 wherein at least one hole extends through said pin, said ferromagnetic material and said solder non-wettable material.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
An electrical connector according to claims 1 or 2 wherein said ferromagnetic material is in electrical contact with said pin.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
81 words
A multipin connector assembly comprising a plurality of connector pins each having a region for receiving a wire to be soldered thereto, each said region having a surface to which a wire is to be connected and an opposite surface, each said opposite surface being covered by a ferromagnetic material having a Curie temperature above the melting point of the solder used to solder the wire to the pin, and a solder, non-wettable material covering a surface of said ferromagnetic material.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
81 words
A multipin connector assembly comprising a plurality of connector pins each having a region for receiving a wire to be soldered thereto, each said region having a surface to which a wire is to be connected and an opposite surface, each said opposite surface being covered by a ferromagnetic material having a Curie temperature above the melting point of the solder used to solder the wire to the pin, and a solder, non-wettable material covering a surface of said ferromagnetic material.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
46 words
An electrical connector according to claim 5 further comprising a heat shrunk sleeve disposed over each said region of the pin to which a wire is soldered and sealed to the wire and pin at its opposite ends beyond the soldered region of pin and wire.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
46 words
An electrical connector according to claim 6 wherein said sleeve tightly envelopes said region, and wherein said opposite surface has a configuration such that substantially all solder is squeezed out of the area between the sleeve and the solder non-wettable material upon shrinking of said sleeve.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
An electrical connector according to claim 6 or claim 7 wherein at least one hole extends through the solder, non-wettable material; the ferromagnetic material and the pin.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
15 words
An electrical connector according to claim 6 wherein said wires are of different wire sizes.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
104 words
An electrical connection arrangement comprising an electrical terminal having a surface for receiving an electrically conductive wire, an electrically conductive wire in contact with said surface of said terminal, a heat shrinkable sleeve coaxial with and disposed about said terminal and extending over and beyond said surface in both directions, said sleeve having a a band of solder secured within said sleeve and disposed about the surface for receiving said wire, a coil for producing a varying magnetic field, and a ferromagnetic material positioned to be subjected to said magnetic field to heat said material and thus said sleeve, said solder and said terminal.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
104 words
An electrical connection arrangement comprising an electrical terminal having a surface for receiving an electrically conductive wire, an electrically conductive wire in contact with said surface of said terminal, a heat shrinkable sleeve coaxial with and disposed about said terminal and extending over and beyond said surface in both directions, said sleeve having a a band of solder secured within said sleeve and disposed about the surface for receiving said wire, a coil for producing a varying magnetic field, and a ferromagnetic material positioned to be subjected to said magnetic field to heat said material and thus said sleeve, said solder and said terminal.