Appeal No. 2001-2649
Application No. 09/358,926
specification. Referring to Figure 1, a no-crimp electrical
connector incorporating the invention includes an end terminal 10
formed integrally with a bullet-shaped conductive member 11 and a
hollow internally threaded female connector member 12 securely
secured to the conductive end terminal by having portions thereof
molded in the internal annular groove 13. See page 3 of
Appellant's specification. Male connector member 16 is provided
with a throughbore 21. Throughbore 21 has a portion 22 which is
conically shaped to define a wire clamping space between it and
the bullet-shaped member 11 for receiving wire ends which have
been splayed into the space by the bullet-shaped end upon
insertion of the wire in the direction indicated in Figure 3.
The clamped condition is achieved by relatively rotating the
hollow internally threaded female connection member 12 relative
to the rotation of the male connector member 16 in the directions
indicated by the arrows in Figure 4. See page 4 of Appellant's
specification.
Claims 1 and 4 present in the application are reproduced as
follows:
1. A no-crimp electrical connector for connecting a stranded or
lower gauge solid wire electrical wire to an end terminal,
comprising:
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