ELEKTRISCHER VERBINDER

摘要

PCT No. PCT/GB92/00211 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 2, 1993 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 2, 1993 PCT Filed Feb. 4, 1992 PCT Pub. No. WO92/14981 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 3, 1992.A device 1 for forming an electrical connection between a plurality of electrical conductors comprises an electrically insulating sleeve (3), a metallic connecting element (4) located within the sleeve and a quantity of solder (8) for forming a permanent electrical connection between the conductors. The connecting element (4) has an external surface that is uneven so that a significant proportion of any radiation that is radially inwardly directed onto the external surface of the element will be reflected at least twice by the external surface of the element. This uneveness enables the response of the device to heating by infrared radiation to be significantly improved. The connecting element may be formed for example by coiling a wire having a polygonal, e.g. square, cross-section into a frusto-conical helix.