Patent ID: 7173187

Claim:
A method for crimping a connector to at least one bus bar and at least one conductor, comprising the steps of: providing a connector including a deformable body comprising a pair of legs and a lower end, said pair of legs extending perpendicularly from said lower end, said pair of legs defining a central slot with opposed side walls, each leg having teeth extending into the side walls of the slot, said lower end having at least one channel adjacent to one of the pair of legs extending through said lower end, the channel being adapted to receive the conductor therein; placing at least one conductor in the channel; deforming the lower end to initiate a partial crimp between the pair of legs and the conductor placed in said channel thereby causing said central slot to be slightly opened; inserting a bus bar into said slightly opened central slot of the body after the conductor is partially crimped; and continuing to deform the body until the conductor is tightly crimped within the channel in the body and said bus bar is crimped between the legs.