| US 7,601,037 B2 | ||
| Terminal with multiple wire connection | ||
| Robert Telakowski, Windsor Locks, Conn. (US); and David A. Dorman, Feeding Hills, Mass. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Windsor Locks, Conn. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 11, 2008, as Appl. No. 11/972,866. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2009/0181579 A1, Jul. 16, 2009 | ||
| Int. Cl. H10R 4/10 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 439—879 [439/880] | 5 Claims |
| 1. A wire connection comprising:
a barrel extending to an electrical connector, said barrel defining an interior space;
a plurality of wires received within said interior space; and
a spacer received within said interior space, said spacer having guiding spaces to receive said plurality of wires within
said lug, said spacer being at least partially formed of a material having good conductivity, each of said plurality of wires
being received entirely within one of said guiding spaces, and wherein separator portions are defined between said guiding
spaces, with said separator portions and said guiding spaces positioning and separating said plurality of wires within said
barrel, and said barrel being in contact with said spacer, and said spacer and said barrel being in contact with portions
of said plurality of wires, said barrel being deformed after said spacer and said plurality of wires have been inserted into
said interior of said barrel to secure said plurality of wires and said spacer within said barrel, and said spacer also being
deformed when said barrel is deformed.
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