US PATENT SUBCLASS 439 / 865
METALLIC CONDUCTOR TERMINAL HAVING CONDUCTOR SHEATH ENGAGING MEANS

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865METALLIC CONDUCTOR TERMINAL HAVING CONDUCTOR SHEATH ENGAGING MEANS {3}
866  DF  .~> Pin or plug type terminal
867  DF  .~> Resilient or spring-biased socket or clip type terminal
868  DF  .~> Slotted or apertured disc or plate type terminal (e.g., ring terminal)

DEFINITION

Classification: 439/865

METALLIC CONDUCTOR TERMINAL HAVING CONDUCTOR SHEATH ENGAGING MEANS:

(under the class definition) Electrical connector or contact consisting solely of metallic material and having means thereon for receiving or engaging the insulating coating or covering of a conductor*, there being no insulation claimed other than the conductor covering.

(1) Note. This and the indented subclasses include, for example, uninsulated terminal devices to be attached to the end of a conductor wire so as to facilitate connection thereof to a binding post, etc.; and which include ferrules, sleeves, thimbles, or other means for receiving the insulating covering of the wire.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

274, 275 and 279, for a connector combined with a distinct conductor sheath sealing element or material, the connector being also combined with means for sealing with a mating connector.

391+, for a connector having a cutter-type contact for penetrating the insulating covering of a conductor to engage the conductive portion therebeneath to establish electrical connection therewith.

445+, for a connector combined with or having a flexible guard or support for a cable or conductor

449+, for a connector combined with stress relieving means for the conductor to terminal joint. 578+, for a connector including or for use with a coaxial cable.

604+, for a connector with an external conductor or cable embedded in insulative sealing material.

730, for a terminal connector having an insulating tube or sleeve surrounding a wire-receiving ferrule or sleeve and which insulating tube or sleeve is adapted to be crimped or heat-shrunk onto a wire conductor or onto its insulating covering.

874+, 877+ and 883, for various joints between a conductor wire and a metallic connector or contact in which no conductor sheath engaging means is claimed.