Patent ID: 7256364

Claim:
A method of simultaneously brazing adjacent conductor joints comprising the steps of: arranging at least a first pair and a second pair of conductor joints in a row, said first pair of conductor joints comprising a first conductor end portion and a second conductor end portion, and said second pair of conductor joints comprising a third conductor end portion and a forth conductor end portion; placing a brazing compound between the first and second end portions of the first pair conductor joints and between the third and fourth end portions of the second pair of conductor joints; placing a conductive spacer between the second end portion of the first pair of conductor joints and the third end portion of the second pair of conductor joints; passing electrical current through the row of the first pair of conductor joints, the conductive spacer and the second pair of conductor joints to cause the brazing compound to melt and braze the first and second end portions together and the third and fourth end portions together; removing the spacer.