Patent ID: 6725524
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: H02K,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of bonding a device in a bonding area to other conductive material in the bonding area, the device including an electrically conductive portion, the method comprising:providing a bonding conductor; providing a bonding lug including an aperture; providing a first fastener including a shaft and a head wider than the shaft so as to define a shoulder extending outwardly from the shaft; inserting the first fastener into the aperture in the bonding lug so as to capture the bonding conductor between the shoulder and the bonding lug, without wrapping the bonding conductor around the first fastener and without having to pass the bonding conductor through a fully enclosed aperture of the bonding lug, such that the bonding conductor is electrically coupled to the bonding lug; providing a structure that prevents the bonding conductor from moving out from under the shoulder of the first fastener; electrically coupling the bonding lug to the electrically conductive portion of the device in the bonding are; electrically coupling the bonding conductor to the other conductive material in the bonding area; and providing a second fastener, wherein the structure that prevents the bonding conductor from moving out from under the shoulder of the first fastener includes a portion of the second fastener.