Patent ID: 6467164
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: H01R,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for connecting a flat conductor and a terminal fitting, the method comprising the steps of:providing a terminal fitting with first and second elongate substantially planar squeezing plates having first and second longitudinal ends, the first end of the first squeezing plate being in proximity to the first end of the second squeezing plate, the second end of the first squeezing plate being spaced from the second end of the second squeezing plate, such that said first and second substantially planar squeezing plates are angularly aligned to one another, exposing a portion of a conductor adjacent an end of the flat conductor, arranging the exposed conductor of the flat conductor between the first and second squeezing plates of the terminal fitting, rotating the second end of the first squeezing plate toward the exposed conductor and toward the second end of the second squeezing plate, and deforming the squeezing plates and the exposed conductor into a zigzag configuration, such that the exposed conductor of the flat conductor is squeezed by the squeezing plates.