Patent ID: 7686642
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a smaller conductor having an uninsulated portion and an insulated portion; a larger conductor having an insulated portion positioned adjacent the uninsulated portion of said smaller conductor and a conductive portion lying within said insulated portion of said larger conductor; and a discontinuous metal band having respective ends extending across a top portion of the insulated portion of said larger conductor to make electrical contact with said uninsulated portion of the smaller conductor, the metal band then bending downward on a first side and then upward and through said insulated portion of said larger conductor such that a first of said ends is positioned within said insulated portion of said larger conductor and in contact with said conductive portion; the metal band bending downward on a second side and then upward and through said insulated portion of said larger conductor such that a second of said ends is positioned within said insulated portion of said larger conductor and in contact with said conductive portion.