.~ Securing part crimped or bent onto looped end of wire conductor
DEFINITION
Classification: 439/878
Securing part crimped or bent onto looped end of wire conductor:
(under subclass 877) Electrical connector or contact wherein the electrical conductor to which the metallic connector or contact is to be permanently and conductively attached or fastened is an elongated wire-type conductor, the end of which is first coiled or looped either upon itself or about a portion of the securing part of the connector or contact, and then the malleable portion of the securing part is bent or deformed onto or about the coiled or looped end to form the conductive electrical joint therebetween.
(1) Note. Included herein are wire-type conductor end terminals having the general configuration of an annular eyelet.