Wire rivet
| DWPI Title: Rivet assembly for securing wire in electrical communication to conductive substrate, has wire retention structure for holding wire with compressed cylindrical body, compression mechanism for compressing hole around wire to retain wire within compression mechanism upon compressing cylindrical body |
| Abstract: A rivet assembly for securing a wire in electrical communication with a substrate having a hollow cylindrical body with a first opening at a proximal end and a second opening at a distal end. The rivet assembly further includes a wire with a portion in electrical communication with the cylindrical body. The rivet assembly yet further includes a compression mechanism configured for use selectively compressing the cylindrical body along an axial direction. Compression of the cylindrical body can cause diametric expansion of an outer diameter of the cylindrical body to retain the cylindrical body within a substrate. The rivet assembly additionally includes wire retention structure configured for holding the wire in electrical contact with the compressed cylindrical body. |
| Use: Rivet assembly for securing wire in electrical communication to conductive substrate. |
| Advantage: The rivet assembly comprises a hollow cylindrical body that is provided with an opening at a proximal end, and hence enhances the operational efficiency of the wire securing assembly. |
| Novelty: Rivet assembly (100) comprises hollow cylindrical body with a first opening at a proximal end and a second opening at a distal end; wire (106) with a portion in electrical communication with the cylindrical body; compression mechanism configured for compressing the cylindrical body along an axial direction, where compression of the cylindrical body causes diametric expansion of an outer diameter of the cylindrical body to retain the thus compressed cylindrical body within a substrate; and wire retention structure configured for holding the wire in electrical contact with the compressed cylindrical body, where the wire retention structure comprises a hole extending into the compression mechanism, the compression mechanism is further configured for compressing the hole around the wire to retain the wire within the compression mechanism upon compressing the cylindrical body. |
| Filed: 10/22/2020 |
| Application Number: US17077254A |
| Tech ID: SD 15072.1 |
| This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |
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