Claims
- 1. A method of making a compliant section on an electrical terminal with said compliant section having a resilient leg member on each side of shear plane, said method comprising the steps of:
- forming an elongated, generally oblong section along a length of the terminal intermediate the ends thereof;
- shearing said oblong section along a shear line extending for the length of said oblong section while simultaneouly displacing sheared portions on each side of said shear line in opposite directions normal to said oblong section; and
- reforming the ends of said oblong section by displacement thereof to approximately their original position, thereby providing, within said oblong section, a compliant section having resilient leg members displaced outwardly in opposite directions relative to each other and with a shear plane therebetween extending beyond the ends thereof.
- 2. The method of claim 1 including the step of providing said resilient leg members with a lead-in angle at each end simultaneously with the step of reforming the ends of said oblong section.
Parent Case Info
This is a divisional application of application Ser. No. 06/677,705, filed 12/4/84 now abandoned.
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Divisions (1)
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