Patent ID: 11901671
Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBH
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 19:
20. A method of forming contacts for a contact assembly, the method comprising:
stamping the contacts from a metal blank, each contact having a contact body having a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a first edge between the first and second sides, and a second edge between the first and second sides opposite the first edge, the contact body including a mating end and a terminating end;
generating an electrical arc and directing the electrical arc at the mating end to form a molten ball at a distal tip of the contact; and
cooling the molten ball using a cooling airflow directed across the molten ball to form a mating ball at the distal tip of the contact having a generally spherical shape;
wherein the mating ball and the contact body are a homogeneous structure.