Channel type terminal connectors and method of making

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Forming of wire contacting jaws for a channel type electrical terminal of conductive sheet metal is disclosed without diminishing the length of the terminal by first, obtaining a stretching of the conductive metal into a preliminary displaced configuration in a first die. Then reverse e forming and coining the metal into a jaw formation deeper and narrower than the first configuration. Then in a third die substantially removing the reverse curvature with, added coining and stretching of the metal into a final jaw, formation which is deeper and narrower than that obtained in the second die, without rupture of the metal. Slight reverse curvature is retained adjacent the juncture of the sides …