Method for making bus and post electrical connector using displaced bus material and connector produced thereby
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Feb 19, 2002
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May 31, 2000
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May 31, 2000
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A method includes providing a bus having first and second opposing surfaces; providing a plurality of posts, each having a lower open end; positioning each post to have the lower open end adjacent the first surface of the bus; and displacing material from the bus into the lower open end of each post to secure each post to the bus. The displacing may include impacting at least the second surface of the metal bus. Also, in some embodiments, each post may have a bore extending therethrough and the method may further include positioning a forming tool in the bore during the displacing or impacting. In some embodiments, the displacing leaves the first and second surfaces of the bus continuous, that is, a small stub of bus material is displaced from the bus into the lower open end of the post and without punching through the bus. A recess is left in the second side of the bus. In other embodiments, the method may further include forming respective openings in the bus for the posts so that edge material adjacent the openings is displaced into the lower open ends of the posts.
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