Claims
- 1. A terminal securable to a circuit terminus of a circuit-bearing electrical article with a fusible electrically conductive material and usable in conjunction with a source of constant amplitude high frequency alternating current of known frequency, said terminal comprising:
- a body having a first connecting section at one end thereof adapted to be secured with the fusible electrically conductive material to the terminus of the electrical article, said first connection section being a pin terminal section, a second connecting section adapted to be connected to a complementary mating terminal and a heater body section in communication with said first connecting section;
- said heater body section being made of a first metal having low electrical resistance and minimal magnetic permeability, said first metal defining a first layer, and a second layer defined on said first layer and integrally joined thereto, said second layer being a second metal having high electrical resistance and high magnetic permeability, said second layer having a thickness at least equal to one skin depth of said second metal, given said known frequency;
- said first connecting section further having fusible electrically conductive material disposed adjacent selected locations thereof, whereby
- upon said first connecting section of said terminal being disposed adjacent and in physical engagement with circuit terminus of said electrical article and upon activating said source of alternating current and subjecting said heater body to said constant current of known frequency, said heater body resultingly generating and transferring sufficient thermal energy from said heater body to melt said fusible material disposed therealong thereby electrically and mechanically interconnecting said first connecting section to said circuit terminus.
- 2. The terminal according to claim 1 wherein said fusible material is solder, further including a thin layer of solder compatible material on said first connection section of said terminal to enhance the solderability of said terminal.
- 3. The terminal according to claim 1 wherein said terminal body is a selected length severed from a continuous wire, said wire being comprised of a core of said first metal, the core being clad with a thin layer of said second metal.
- 4. The terminal according to claim 3 wherein said fusible material is solder, further including a thin layer of solder compatible material on said first connecting section of said terminal to enhance the solderability of said terminal.
Parent Case Info
This application is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/229,877, filed Apr. 15, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,387,139, issued Feb. 7, 1995; which is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/132,013, filed Oct. 5, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,336,118, issued Aug. 9, 1994; which in turn is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/055,657, filed Apr. 30, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,279,028, issued Jan. 18, 1994.
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