Abstract:
To interconnect the output windings of automotive type alternators with rectifiers, and other circuits placed on an insulating circuit board, a connection element is mounted through an opening in the circuit board, the connection element being formed as a hollow cylindrical body having a flange intermediate its length, which may connect with a printed circuit and bearing against one side of the board, a second flange, for example formed by peening over the end of the body to grip the other side of the board; the connector is slit lengthwise, and an alternator output conductor is clamped in the slit, as well as a rectifier pin of lesser diameter than the cylindrical body passed axially through the element, the element being deformed to hold all conductors together; additionally, the joint may be soldered.