Claims
- 1. A lead assembly containing terminated signal and ground wires and useful for being slidingly received on a pair of upstanding posts, which comprises:
- a. a cavity carrying member containing a first and second separate, parallel cavities for receiving termination devices and a third cavity for receiving a cable containing a signal wire and a ground wire;
- b. a pair of terminating devices each positioned in the first and second cavities and having a plate with a bulged-out area with a slot bisecting that area and a pair of spring arms each attached at one end to opposite and diagonal ends of the plate with the free ends of each arm extending in opposite directions, parallel and at right angles to the plate, said arms adapted to slidingly receive a post thereinbetween, said slot adapted to receive a wire therein and said bulged-out area adapted to be forcefully deformed to the same plane as the plate whereby the walls of the slot compress the wire inbetween thereby effecting a mechanical grip and electrical connection; and
- c. a cover for covering the cavity-carrying member after the wires are terminated therein.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 464,376, filed Apr. 26, 1974, abandoned.
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