ELECTRICAL TERMINAL HAVING PYRAMID TEETH THEREON

This invention relates to a stamped and formed generally U-shaped electrical terminal useful for terminating magnet or electromagnetic coil wire. More particularly this invention provides a U-shaped terminal stamped and formed from a conductive material wherein a leg has a slot or an opening and a shank which contains a locking tab extending normal thereto such that the locking tab may protrude through the slot or opening and be bent against the leg so as to bias that leg against the shank. The inside surface of the shank leg may contain a plurality of elongated pyramidal shaped teeth or groups of such teeth. When a wire is passed between the shank and leg and both are closed and locked one against the other via the locking tab, the teeth bite through the insulation and into the conductor making electrical contact therewith.