(19)
(11) EP 0 621 657 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
06.12.1995 Bulletin 1995/49

(43) Date of publication A2:
26.10.1994 Bulletin 1994/43

(21) Application number: 94302857.1

(22) Date of filing: 21.04.1994
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: H01R 9/09
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE CH DE ES FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 23.04.1993 US 52318

(71) Applicant: THOMAS & BETTS CORPORATION
Memphis Tennessee 38119 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Eggers, Arthur
    Moore, South Carolina (US)

(74) Representative: Howick, Nicholas Keith 
CARPMAELS & RANSFORD 43 Bloomsbury Square
London WC1A 2RA
London WC1A 2RA (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Apparatus and method for electrical connection


    (57) A terminal pin (18) for electrical connection, comprises an elongate body constituted of electrically conductive material in solid cross-section throughout the length of the body, the body having a first portion (18a) extending from adjacent one end of the body longitudinally to a location distal from an opposite end of the body and exhibiting at least one longitudinally extending marginal part defining an apex, the body having a second portion (18b) extending from adjacent the body opposite end to a location distal from the body one end and exhibiting a longitudinally extending marginal part defining an arcuate surface in alignment with the apex of the body member first portion.






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