(19)
(11) EP 0 608 836 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
06.03.1996 Bulletin 1996/10

(43) Date of publication A2:
03.08.1994 Bulletin 1994/31

(21) Application number: 94101064.7

(22) Date of filing: 25.01.1994
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: H01R 13/115, H01R 43/16
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 26.01.1993 GB 9301465

(71) Applicant: THE WHITAKER CORPORATION
Wilmington, Delaware 19808 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Kourimsky, Friedrich Josef Alois
    D-64625 Bensheim (DE)

(74) Representative: Klunker . Schmitt-Nilson . Hirsch 
Winzererstrasse 106
80797 München
80797 München (DE)


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    (54) Electrical terminal receptacle with improved means for connecting two electrical conducting cables and a method for manufacturing it


    (57) An electrical terminal receptacle (2) is shown having a contacting section (4), a locking section (8) and a conductor attachment section (6). The terminal receptacle (2) is formed and stamped from sheet metal into a box-shaped shell (14) whereby S-shaped contacting tongues attached to a top edge (20) and bending inwards into the shell (14), receive and make contact with a tab terminal. The conductor attachment section (6) comprises two wire connecting sections (5,7) attached to a bottom edge (21) of the shell (14), the wire connecting sections (5,7) each having a crimp barrel (36,38) and a strain relief section (40,42). An insulated multi-stranded electrical wire (9) is connected to one of the wire connecting sections (5) and another insulted multi-stranded electrical wire (10) is connected to the other wire connecting section (7).






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