Multi-wire electrical interconnecting member having a multi-wire matrix of ...

1. A multi-hole, multi-wire electrical interconnection circuit board member comprising:

a multi-wire matrix including insulated wire; and

wire-retaining members;

said wire retaining member includes first and second conductive members mounted in the holes of the circuit board;

each of said first conductive members having a flange which extends outwardly beyond the edge of a hole and contacts one surface of the circuit board when said first conductive member is positioned in a hole;

each of said second conductive members having a flange which extends outwardly beyond the edge of a hole contacting the opposite surface of the circuit board, a portion of said second conductive member extending through said first conductive member to provide an interference fit therewith; and

said flanges of said conductive members having slots for displacing the insulation of the insulated wires and establishing a gas-tight electrical connection with the conductive cores of the insulated wires when said conductive members are installed in the holes.

2. A multi-wire electrical interconnected multi-hole circuit board comprising a multi-wire matrix including insulated wires and at least one wire retaining member including interengaging first and second conductive members extending from the opposite sides of said circuit board through a hole in said board, the first conductive member having a flange which extends outwardly beyond the edge of said hole and into contact with the surface of said board around said hole at one side of said board, the second conductive member having a flange which extends outwardly beyond the edge of said hole and into contact with the surface of said board around said hole at the opposite surface of said board, a portion of said second conductive member extending through said first conductive member and forming an interference fit therewith, said flanges of said conductive members having slots for engaging and displacing the insulation of the insulated wire and for establishing a gas-tight electrical connection between the conductive core of said wire and said conductive member as said first and second conductive members are installed in said hole from the opposite sides of said board and said portion of said second conductive member is extended through said first conductive member for forming an interference fit therewith.

3. A multi-wire electrical interconnected circuit member, as recited in claim 2, wherein said flanges are bent toward the surface of the circuit board and include serrations for gripping the circuit board.

4. The multi-wire electrical interconnection circuit member, as recited in claim 2, having a multi-wire matrix on one surface only, wherein said wire retaining members include first and second cylindrical members having flanges at one end thereof, said first cylindrical member having serrations on the end remote from said flange for insertion into the multi-wire electrical interconnection circuit member and having slots adjacent said serrations for gripping and for establishing a gas-tight electrical connection with an insulated wire upon insertion into the circuit members from the surface of the circuit member opposite to that having the multi-wire matrix, said second cylindrical member being positioned within the first cylindrical member and crimped to provide an interference fit with said first cylindrical member, said flange of said second cylindrical member engaging the insulated wire which is in gas-tight electrical contact with said first cylindrical member.

5. A multi-wire electrical interconnected circuit member, as recited in claim 2, in which the multi-wire electrical interconnection circuit member is a multi-hole circuit board wherein said wire retaining member includes first and second conductive members mounted in the holes of the circuit board, each of said first conductive members having a flange which extends outwardly beyond the edge of the hole and contacts one surface of the circuit board when said first conductive member is positioned in the hole and having means for engaging and retaining the terminal end of the insulated wire on one surface of the circuit board terminating at said hole and for establishing a gas-tight electrical connection with said terminated insulated wire, each of said second conductive members having a flange which extends outwardly beyond the edge of the hole and contacts the opposite surface of the circuit board when said second conductive member is positioned in the hole and having means for engaging and retaining the terminal end of the insulated wire on the opposite surface of the circuit board terminating at said hole and for establishing a gas-tight electrical connection with said terminated insulated wire, said first and second members being crimped to effect said gas-tight electrical connections with said terminated insulated wires.

6. A multi-wire electrical interconnection circuit member, as recited in claim 5, wherein said first and second conductive members have cut out portions bent into engaging contact with the insulation of the wires on the top and bottom surfaces, respectively, of the circuit board adjacent the terminal end of said wires.

7. A multi-wire electrical interconnection circuit member as recited in claim 6, wherein said cut out portions include protrusions which penetrate the insulation of the insulated wires when said cut out portions are bent into engaging contact with the insulation of said wires.

8. A multi-wire electrical interconnection circuit member, as recited in claim 6, wherein said flanges include protrusions which penetrate the insulation of the insulated wires when said cut out portions are bent into engaging contact with the insulation of said wires.

9. A multi-wire electrical interconnection multi-hole circuit board comprising a multi-wire matrix including insulated wires in which the insulation is removed from the insulated wire at predetermined points in the multi-wire matrix and at least one wire retaining member including inter-engaging first and second conductive members extending from the opposite sides of said circuit board through a hole in said board, the first conductive member having a flange which extends outwardly beyond the edge of said hole and into contact with the surface of said board around said hole at one side of said board, the second conductive member having a flange which extends outwardly beyond the edge of said hole and into contact with the surface of said board around said hole at the opposite surface of said board, a portion of said second conductive member extending through said first conductive member and forming an interference fit therewith, one of said flanges having radial undulations for gripping the uninsulated wire and for establishing a gas-tight electrical connection therewith.