Patent ID: 7823282
Filing Date: 2010-11-02
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for connecting at least one wire to a contact element for connecting the wire to a power source, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a contact element having a groove for receiving at least one wire, said groove having two fork studs, one on either side of the groove; (b) placing the wire in the groove of the contact element; (c) lowering an electrode onto the contact element to establish two line contacts between the contact element and the electrode, one line contact on each of the two fork studs; (d) heating the fork studs on either side of the groove by flowing current through the electrode and through the fork studs, wherein only the fork studs have been reduced in strength by being heated, and wherein the fork studs are mechanically deformed, so that the wire lying in the groove is pressed into electrical contact with the contact element and is completely enclosed by the deformed fork studs which become welded to each other while its cross-section remains essentially intact.