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| 20080214065 | Flat circuit device - The present invention is to provide a terminal and a mounting method thereof, which can fit in a conductor of a flat circuit device without increase in cost. A FFC has a conductor of a belt-shape and a covering portion for covering the conductor. The conductor has a groove along a longitudinal direction thereon, and is fixed in a terminal by placing on a bottom wall sandwiched between a pair of crimping pieces of the terminal and by crimping the pair of the crimping pieces. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080280510 | ELECTRICAL CONTACT - An electrical contact includes a mating portion and a crimp portion connected by a transition region. The mating portion is configured to receive a mating external contact pin. The mating portion has a top wall and a bottom wall joined by opposing side walls. The top, bottom and side walls form a contact box open at one end. The contact box includes a contact beam that extends through the contact box, a front flap portion and a front aperture for insertion of the mating contact, and a back aperture adjacent to the transition region. The front flap portion protrudes partially into the front aperture forward of the contact beam to prevent a free end of the contact beam from receiving a direct impingement force when mating the electrical contact with the second electrical contact. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090011663 | COAXIAL CABLE END-PROCESSING STRUCTURE, COAXIAL CABLE SHIELDING TERMINAL AND PRESS-FASTENING APPARATUS - An intermediate portion of an insulating sheath of a coaxial cable is removed, and a first insulating sheath portion is drawn toward a second insulating sheath portion, so that a braid is projected into an annular shape outwardly from an interval between opposed ends of the first and second insulating sheath portions to form an annular projecting braid portion, and this annular projecting braid portion is fixed so as to be connected to a portion (that is, a braid fixing portion) of a coaxial cable shielding terminal for connection to an end portion of the coaxial cable. This connecting and fixing operation is effected by press-contacting or press-clamping. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090042457 | Method of manufacturing a crimped assembly, and related apparatuses - A method of crimping a load-bearing member and an end fitting together such that the load-bearing member lies displaced from a center of a cross-section of the end fitting. The method includes the steps of inserting the load-bearing member into an aperture in the end fitting and advancing at least one deformation tool relative to the end fitting to deform the wall of the aperture into gripping engagement with the load-bearing member. The extent of the resulting deformation of the wall over a predetermined length thereof varies in dependence on a distance along the length from the load-bearing member. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090117787 | ELECTRICAL CONTACT ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A SLEEVE MEMBER - A low cost crimpable and sealable contact assembly including a contact member and a tubular sleeve member. The contact member is capable of being manually continuity crimped to a tip of an electrically conductive core of an electrically insulated wire. The tubular sleeve member is then deformed to hermetically seal it to the insulation on the wire, and the contact member. The hermetic seal protects the core from corrosion. This hermetic seal is particularly important where the core comprises aluminum. Separating the crimping and sealing into separate operations permits them to be performed manually. The sleeve member may be comprised of polymeric material, or it may be metallic. The metallic embodiments may be mechanically or electromagnetically deformed. The polymeric sleeve members may, in addition, be heat shrunk. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090191771 | Crimping terminal - The present invention is to provide a crimping terminal. The crimping terminal includes a crimping part, an insertion hole having a bottom provided in the crimping part and projections provided on an inner bottom surface of the insertion hole. When the aluminum electric wire is inserted into the insertion hole, the conductor of aluminum electric wire is relatively rotated against the crimping terminal. As a result, an oxide layer formed on a surface of the conductor is efficiently removed by the projections formed on the inner bottom surface. In low electric resistance condition, the crimping terminal connects with the conductor of the aluminum electric wire. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090239425 | Connecting terminal - A connecting terminal developed speedily while limiting a temperature rise when a current flows, comprising male and female terminals each having a wire crimp portion to which a wire is crimped, and a joint portion where the male and female terminals are joined to each other, wherein a contact resistance value of the whole connecting terminal is a sum of contact resistance values in the wire crimp portions and the joint portion, and a length of a contact portion is a sum of lengths of the wire crimp portions and the joint portion, wherein a normalized contact resistance value R | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090280700 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector is offered which has a crimp contact connected with a connector cable, the crimp contact being held in position to a connector housing without rattling. The crimp contact has sidewall surfaces of U-shaped cross section. The sidewall surfaces are located on opposite sides. The sidewall surfaces have outwardly facing engagement protrusions. The connector housing has a connector body and a disengagement-preventing cover for closing a top portion of the connector body to prevent the crimp contact from coming off upward after the crimp contact has been mounted in the connector body. The connector body has engagement portions in which the protrusions of the crimp contact are inserted and received perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the connector cable. The protrusions are engaged in the engagement portions. The disengagement-preventing cover is mounted to the connector body via a hinge such that the cover can be opened and closed. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20100035485 | TERMINAL FITTING - A terminal fitting ( | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100035486 | TERMINAL FITTING - A terminal fitting ( | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100035487 | TERMINAL FITTING AND A WIRE CONNECTED WITH A TERMINAL FITTING - A terminal fitting ( | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100055998 | TERMINAL FITTING AND A WIRE CONNECTED WITH A TERMINAL FITTING - A female terminal fitting ( | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100087103 | ELECTRICAL TERMINATION - A crimped wire termination is disclosed for electrically terminating thereto a stainless steel wire. The termination includes a barrel having a concave spine and opposing fingers on either end of the spine extending outwardly from the spine at symmetrical angles. The fingers are adapted to encircle an end of a wire. An indentation formed in the spine when crimped. The indentation forms a segment of the barrel having a cross-sectional diameter less than a cross-sectional diameter of an adjacent end of the barrel, and forms a bend in the wire at opposite ends of the segment, to prevent axial movement through the barrel. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100087104 | Terminal crimp having knurl with omega-shaped cross-section - A cable includes a terminal crimped onto the wire. The terminal defines a knurl having a first portion in contact with the wire and a second portion integrally formed with the first portion and in contact with the wire. The first portion is wider than the second portion. The terminal includes a material having a unitary configuration and configured to be crimped onto the wire. A plurality of knurls, each defining the first portion and the second portion, are integrally formed with the material, and the first portion is wider than the second portion. Moreover, a method includes deforming the terminal to have a substantially U-shaped knurl, wherein the U-shaped knurl has the first portion and the second portion, and deforming the second portion of the U-shaped knurl such that the first portion is wider than the second portion. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100105256 | Electrical Contact Assembly and Method of Manufacture - An electrical contact assembly has a plurality of formed elongate closed seam tubular elements attached to a carrier with each of the elongate tubular elements attached to the carrier via a tab. Scored creases are formed in the tabs for separating the elongate tubular elements from the assembly and scored creases are formed in the carrier for defining carrier strips. The carrier strip had a plurality of grouped elongate tubular elements. The electrical contact assembly is placed in a crimping die where at least one or more wires are inserting into selected elongate tubular elements. Pressure is applied to least one or more of the selected elongate tubular elements to produce bulk material deformation along a substantial portion of the elongate tubular elements to crimp the elongate tubular elements to the wires as electrical contacts. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100105257 | CRIMP TERMINAL AND METHOD OF PRODUCING CRIMP TERMINAL - A crimp terminal includes a bottom plate portion for mounting a wire conductor of a wire thereon, a pair of press-fastening portions extended respectively from opposite side edges of the bottom plate portion to press-fasten the wire conductor, a raised portion provided on the bottom plate portion, and that has slanting surfaces slanting along an axis of the wire conductor mounted on the bottom plate portion to form a curved shape projecting toward the wire conductor, and an auxiliary contact portion protrudingly formed on at least one of the slanting surfaces. The auxiliary contact portion is moved in a direction along the axis of the wire conductor by a pressing load applied for crimping the wire conductor so that the wire conductor is elongated. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100144217 | Crimping terminal - A crimping terminal includes a pair of core wire crimping pieces raised up from a bottom plate. A contact strip is provided with gaps formed between the core wire crimping pieces and the contact strip for inserting core wires of an aluminum electric wire. The contact strip has a sloped wall or a curved wall for guiding the core wires from the gaps toward the bottom plate. The contact strip is formed in a flat plate shape, and has sloped walls at both left and right sides thereof. The contact strip is formed in an arc sectional shape, and has curved walls at both left and right sides thereof. The contact strip is formed in an inverted V sectional shape, and has sloped walls at both left and right sides thereof. The contact strips are arranged two-tiered. A serration is formed on the contact strip. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100190389 | Connector for core and stranded cable - An electrical connector including an end member configured to connect the electrical connector to another member; and jaw segments. The jaw segments are configured to be arranged relative to one another to directly contact a core of a core and stranded (C-S) cable. Each of the jaw segments are configured to contact a different outer perimeter segment around the core to combine to substantially surround a portion of the core. The jaw segments are mounted directly with the end member at an interlocking connection of the jaw segments directly with the end member. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100197179 | GROUND TERMINAL FITTING AND GROUND DEVICE WITH THE SAME - The present invention provides a ground terminal fitting capable of being fixed to a ground member through a simple operation while permitting production cost to be reduced, and a ground device having the ground terminal fitting. The ground terminal fitting comprises a terminal body surrounding a through-hole, a clamping piece having a rising portion rising from an outer peripheral edge of the terminal body and a distal end portion extending inwardly from the rising portion along the terminal body, and a clampable piece located adjacent to the clamping piece in a circumferential direction of the terminal body. The clamping piece is adapted to clamp, when the ground terminal fitting is superimposed on a second ground terminal fitting, a clampable piece of the second ground terminal fitting to prevent a relative displacement between the ground terminal fittings. The distal end portion is adapted to contact the ground member penetrating through the through hole to prevent a relative rotation of the ground terminal fitting with respect to the ground member. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100210153 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING AT LEAST TWO ELECTRIC TERMINALS - A device and a method for connecting at least two electric terminals, particularly an electrode terminal and an electric measuring element, the two terminals being connected to each other by clinching. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100210154 | Electrical Contact - The invention relates to a terminal for connection with an electrical mating connector, and having a catch spring projecting therefrom for latching the terminal in a housing. The terminal includes a catch spring projecting from the terminal and having a cross-section having a first and second area, the catch spring is assembled with regard to its cross-section over substantially its entire extent in the direction of a longitudinal axis of the terminal. The first and second area are arranged bent relative to one another by a transitional area or are connected together in such a manner that they merge continuously. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100261391 | CRIMP TERMINAL, TERMINAL-PROVIDED WIRE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a technique of ensuring mechanical strength in a terminal-provided wire and lowering contact resistance between the wire and the crimp terminal, without greatly varying a crimp height of a crimp terminal onto the wire in an axial direction. A crimp terminal according to the invention includes a conductor barrel which is crimped to a conductor of a wire. The conductor barrel has an inner surface which closely contacts the conductor by bending. The inner surface has such a shape a surface thereof which closely contacts a tip end side part of the conductor inwardly projects beyond a surface thereof which closely contacts a base side part of the conductor, thus performing a higher compression of the tip end side part of the conductor than that of the base side part thereof by the bending. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100273366 | TERMINAL FITTING - A terminal fitting ( | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100285701 | CRIMPING APPARATUS AND METAL TERMINAL - A crimping apparatus includes an anvil for supporting a metal terminal including a base plate portion for mounting an electric wire thereon and a pair of crimping piece portions extending upwardly respectively from opposite side edges of the base plate portion and a crimper which includes a groove portion being opposed to a supporting portion of the anvil. An inner surface of the groove portion of the anvil and a terminal support face of the supporting portion of the crimper cooperate to press the crimping piece portions for crimping the crimping piece portions to the electric wire mounted on the metal terminal. A width of the groove portion of the crimper is not more than 1.0 mm. The terminal support surface of the anvil is formed into a concavely curved surface in which a depth of the concavely curved surface is not smaller than 0.06 mm and is not larger than 0.17 mm in a cross-section of the anvil perpendicular to an axis direction of the electric wire. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100297894 | TERMINAL CONNECTOR AND WIRE HARNESS - A wire barrel to be crimped onto an end of an electric wire has a surface on a side to face the electric wire. The surface has a plurality of recesses that extend in a direction that is to cross the axial direction of the electric wire and are separated from each other in the direction that is to cross the axial direction of the electric wire. The wire barrel has a thickness in a range from 0.15 mm to 1 mm before being crimped to the electric wire. Each recess has a depth in a range from 30% to 60% of the thickness of the wire barrel before the wire barrel is crimped onto the electric wire. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100304626 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORMING AN END OF AN ELONGATED MEMBER OF AN ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEM - A method for forming a lead or lead extension having an arrangement of elongated conductors disposed in a body of a lead or lead extension includes ablating a plurality of spaced-apart channels in proximity to at least one of the proximal end or the distal end of the body to expose at least part of at least one of the conductors. A C-shaped contact is disposed into each of a different one of the transverse channels. Each C-shaped contact is electrically coupled to at least one of the conductors. Each C-shaped contact is closed so that opposing ends of the C-shaped contact are adjacent to one another and aligned over one of the elongated conductors. The two opposing ends of each C-shaped contact is coupled together such that each C-shaped contact forms a continuous path around the arrangement within the transverse channel in which the C-shaped contact is disposed. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110003518 | TERMINAL CONNECTOR AND ELECTRIC WIRE WITH TERMINAL CONNECTOR - Rims of an opening of each recess form a parallelogram, and comprise two first opening rims that that are parallel to a first direction and two second opening rims that are parallel to a second direction. The first opening rims of each of the recesses that are aligned along the first direction are arranged on a straight line along the first direction. The second opening rims of each of the recesses that are aligned along the second direction are arranged on a straight line along the second direction. The recesses are formed by pressing a wire barrel with a die where a plurality of protruding parts are formed so as to correspond to recesses. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110009014 | TERMINAL CONNECTOR AND ELECTRIC WIRE WITH TERMINAL CONNECTOR - A plurality of recesses are formed on a surface of a wire barrel where an electric wire is provided. In a state before the electric wire is crimped onto the wire barrel, at least one of sides comprising rims of an opening of each recess of a quadrangular shape is a crossing side crossing at an angle of from 85 degrees to 95 degrees to an extending direction. In a state before the electric wire is crimped onto the wire barrel | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110014825 | ELECTRICAL TERMINAL CONNECTION WITH GALVANIC SACRIFICIAL METAL - An electrical terminal has a copper-based body and a coating disposed on at least a portion of a surface of the body. The coating is a metal selected from a group consisting of zinc, magnesium, a zinc alloy, magnesium alloy or other metal that is more electronegative than aluminum and its alloys. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110021092 | CRIMPING TERMINAL FITTING, METHOD OF FORMING IT AND WIRE WITH TERMINAL FITTING - A crimping terminal fitting has a wire barrel ( | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110034091 | CRIMPED ELECTRIC WIRE WITH TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A crimped electric wire with a terminal, includes: an electric wire having a core wire made of aluminum or aluminum alloy; and a terminal fitting having an electric wire crimping section for crimping the core wire partly exposed from the electric wire, wherein: a value obtained by dividing the height of the electric wire crimping section by the width of the electric wire crimping section after the crimping of the electric wire crimping section is set to 0.5 or more and 0.6 or less; and the value obtained by dividing the gross cross-sectional area of the core wire after the crimping of the electric wire crimping section by the gross cross-sectional area of the core wire before the crimping of the electric wire crimping section is set to 55% or more and 65% or less. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110045713 | CRIMP TERMINAL, TERMINAL-EQUIPPED ELECTRIC WIRE WITH THE CRIMP TERMINAL, AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THEM - Provided is a crimp terminal designed to be crimped onto an end portion of an electric wire to form a terminal-equipped electric wire, achieving both of ensuring mechanical strength of the terminal-equipped electric wire and reducing a contact resistance between the electric wire and the crimp terminal. The crimp terminal comprises an electric contact section and an electric-wire crimp section to be crimped onto a conductor in the end portion of the electric wire, the crimp terminal being formed of a metal plate which has a copper-containing plate body and a tin-plating layer covering a surface of the plate body. In the crimp terminal, the tin-plating layer has a smaller thickness in a crimp surface region where the electric-wire crimp section is to make contact with the end portion of the electric wire is less than that in an electrical contact surface region where the electric contact section is to make contact with a counterpart terminal. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110065339 | Electrical terminal with hermaphiditic connection section - An electrical terminal including a first connection section adapted to connect to a first electrical conductor; and a second connection section connected to the first connection section. The second connection section is adapted to removably connect to a mating electrical terminal. The second connection section includes a first lateral side with a first bent section forming an inward facing slot. The second connection section includes an opposite second lateral side with a second bent section which is bent in a direction generally opposite a bend of the first bent section. An angle of the bend of the first bent section is greater than an angle of a bend of the second bent section. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110070781 | METHOD OF WATERPROOFING CRIMPING PART - A method of waterproofing a crimping part of a crimp terminal where a wire is crimped includes a step of forming a waterproof structure. The waterproofing structure seals a crimping region containing the crimping part with an adhesive tape. The adhesive tape has waterproofing performance and has a thickness no more than a predetermined value. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110124247 | TERMINAL FITTING AND ELECTRICAL CABLE EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - A terminal fitting | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110136397 | Terminal Crimping Method, Terminal Crimping Structure, Terminal Crimping Device, and Electrical Connector - A terminal crimping method and terminal crimping device in which friction between an anvil and a crimper is suppressed and a projection is prevented from being formed above a wire barrel where core wires of an electric cable are crimped. The terminal crimping device ( | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110151729 | TERMINAL FITTING AND ELECTRIC WIRE PROVIDED WITH TERMINAL FITTING - A terminal fitting ( | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110177728 | TERMINAL FITTING AND METHOD OF PRODUCING TERMINAL FITTING - A terminal fitting ( | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110189905 | MOUNTING COMPONENT, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND MOUNTING METHOD - A mounting component has a conductive member. The conductive member includes a press-fitting unit that is linearly extended and press-fitted in a housing, two electrode portions that are arrayed in a direction in which the press-fitting unit is press-fitted and soldered onto pads, and a connection portion that is extended in parallel with the press-fitting unit to connect the two electrode portions. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20120094551 | ELECTRICAL TERMINAL FOR TERMINATING A WIRE - An electrical terminal is provided for terminating a wire. The electrical terminal includes an electrical contact and a crimp barrel extending from the electrical contact. The crimp barrel is configured to be crimped around an end of the wire. The crimp barrel includes a base and opposing side walls that extend from the base. The base and the side walls define an opening of the crimp barrel that is configured to receive the end of the wire therein. The side walls extend outwardly from the base to ends. The side walls include base segments that extend from the base and end segments that extend from the base segments and include the ends. A sealing wing extends from the end of at least one of the side walls. The side walls are configured to be folded over when crimped over the end of the wire such that a gap is defined between the end segment and the base segment of at least one of the side walls. The sealing wing is configured to extend within the gap between the end segment and the base segment of the corresponding side wall when the side walls are crimped over the end of the wire. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120115375 | CONNECTOR TERMINAL - A connector terminal which can achieve high mechanical connection strength and stabilized low electrical connection resistance when it is crimped to an aluminum electric wire, and in addition, can suppress electrical contact resistance low when it is fitted to a mating connector terminal is provided. In a connector terminal ( | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120178316 | CRIMP TERMINAL - A crimp terminal includes a bottom portion. A pair of conductor press-fastening portions respectively extend from opposite side edges of the bottom portion. A serration is formed in a face of the bottom portion on which a conductor of a wire is to be placed. The serration extends in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the placed conductor. A direction indication mark portion is provided on the face of the bottom portion. The direction indication mark portion is indicative of a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the serration. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120202394 | TERMINAL FITTING AND A METHOD FOR FORMING A FLUID-PROOF TERMINATED WIRE ASSEMBLY - A terminal fitting ( | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120208408 | CONNECTOR - A flexing strip ( | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120208409 | PRESS BOND TERMINAL - An object of the invention is to provide a press bond terminal capable of easily ensuring compatibility between electrical connection performance and mechanical connection performance in the case of connecting a terminal to an electric wire. In a press bond terminal ( | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120244759 | TERMINAL FITTING - A terminal fitting ( | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120282823 | FEMALE TYPE CONTACT FOR AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - A female type contact is provided for use with an electrical connector. The female type contact includes a body portion and a plurality of flexible beams that extend from the body portion. The flexible beams include a base portion having a first width and a tip portion having a second width that is smaller than the first width of the base portion. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20130012077 | CRIMPING TERMINAL AND CONNECTION STRUCTURE OF CRIMPING TERMINAL TO ELECTRIC WIRE - There is provided a crimping terminal by which moisture can be prevented from penetrating to a conductor of electric wire even though moisture is adhered to a wire connection portion, thereby preventing the conductor of electric wire from corrosion. In the crimping terminal, a conductor crimping portion of a wire connection portion has a substantially U-shaped cross-section with a bottom plate and a pair of conductor caulking pieces, and a sheath caulking portion has a substantially U-shaped cross-section with a bottom plate and a pair of sheath caulking pieces. The bottom plates are continuously formed as a common bottom plate, and the wire connection portion, which is provided therein with a pair of covering walls formed continuously between the conductor caulking piece and the sheath caulking piece, is formed on an entire inner surface thereof with serrations in the direction of intersecting with the longitudinal direction of electric wire. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130035007 | CRIMPING TERMINAL AND MANUFACTURING OF SAME - Disclosed is a crimping terminal that suppresses as far as possible an increase in contact resistance with an electrical wire even in a severe thermal impact environment. A crimping terminal ( | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130040509 | CRIMP TERMINAL, CONNECTION STRUCTURAL BODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE CRIMP TERMINAL - Has an object of providing a crimp terminal, a connection structural body, and a method for producing the crimp terminal, which has a conducting function with certainty, with no galvanic corrosion occurring due to an electric wire and the terminal formed of different metal materials. A crimp terminal | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130040510 | CONNECTOR - A connector includes: a first contact part; a second contact part; and an elastic deformable part provided between the first and second contact parts, the elastic deformable part comprising: at least one rounding part which rounds less than one circle around a phantom line interconnecting a base position of the first contact part and a base position of the second contact part; a connecting part which is extended from one end of the rounding part to the first contact part; and a connecting part which is extended from the other end of the rounding part to the second contact part. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130052887 | TERMINAL STRUCTURE OF WIRING HARNESS - Disclosed is a terminal structure of a wiring harness for automobile use that has a profound anticorrosive effect. A terminal member is fixed to an end portion of a coated electric wire such that a crimping portion that the member includes at its one end is crimped around an outer surface of a coating portion of the wire. A resin member is formed to completely cover at least entire outer surfaces of an exposed region at an end portion of the crimping portion (a region including a fracture cross section and a root edge portion) and a region in the vicinity thereof. The resin member is made mainly of an epoxy resin, and a cured material obtained by curing a material having a viscosity from 1000 to 30000 mPa·s at 25 degrees C., which is measured in accordance with the JIS Z8803. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130052888 | ELECTRICAL CONTACT ELEMENT - The invention relates to an electric contact element produced from a solid material, which is embodied as a plug-in contact ( | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130115828 | ELECTRICAL CONTACT HAVING KNURL PATTERN WITH RECESSED RHOMBIC ELEMENTS THAT EACH HAVE AN AXIAL MINOR DISTANCE - An electrical contact includes a knurl pattern disposed along at least a portion of an interior surface of the electrical contact. The portion receives a lead of a wire cable along a longitudinal axis and is attached thereto to form a crimp connection. The knurl pattern includes a plurality of recessed elements and each recessed element has a rhombus shape that includes inner corners. An orientation of a first pair of opposing, generally axial inner corners define an axial minor distance therebetween and an orientation of a second pair of opposing, inner corners define a major distance therebetween. The axial minor distance is less than the major distance. The recessed elements of the knurl pattern are especially suitable for engagement with an aluminum wire cable to form the crimp connection. A wire assembly that includes the crimp connection is associated with a cable harness disposed in a motorized vehicle. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130130564 | CRIMPED TERMINAL - A conductor crimp portion (11) before being crimped to a conductor (Wa) of an electric wire includes, in an inner surface (11R) of the conductor crimp portion (11), circular recesses (20) as serrations of the conductor crimp portion (11) scattered to be spaced from each other. At an inner periphery corner portion where an inner bottom surface (20A) and an inner periphery side surface (20B) of each of the recesses (20) intersect with each other, a roundness portion (20C) for connecting the inner bottom surface (20A) with the inner periphery side surface (20B) by a smooth continuous curved surface are provided. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130130565 | CRIMP-STYLE TERMINAL - A crimp-style terminal ( | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130130566 | CRIMP TERMINAL - A crimp terminal ( | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130130567 | CRIMPED TERMINAL - In a crimp terminal ( | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130130568 | CRIMP TERMINAL - A conductor crimp portion ( | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130137315 | CRIMP TERMINAL - A conductor crimp portion ( | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130143454 | CRIMP TERMINAL - A conductor crimp portion ( | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130231012 | Crimping Sleeve for Crimped Connections - The invention relates to a crimping sleeve comprising a base part and at least two deformable crimping blades for producing a crimped connection to a cable, wherein the crimping blades each comprise a first region connected to the base part, a second region, and a middle region disposed between the first and the second regions, and wherein the base part comprises a greater thickness than the middle region of the crimping blades, the first region tapers down from the base part toward the middle region at least on a first side and the second region further tapers down from the middle region, starting at least on a second side opposite the first side, said sleeve thereby being equally suitable for cables having different cross sections for producing a reliable connection between the cables and crimping sleeve. The invention further relates to a connecting element having such a crimping sleeve. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130244510 | ELECTRIC TERMINAL - An electric terminal | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130244511 | TERMINAL ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING AN ELECTRIC WIRE TO A TERMINAL ELEMENT - The present invention related to a method for mechanically and electrically connecting an electric wire to a terminal element and to a terminal assembly comprising a terminal element and at least one electric wire that is mechanically and electrically connected to the terminal element. For improving such method and terminal assembly, the method comprises the steps of arranging a connecting portion of the electric wire substantially parallel to the an entrance surface of the contact opening; and connecting a joining section of the connecting portion with the contact opening by plastically deforming a lateral cut of the joining section. The terminal assembly includes a terminal element having at least one contact opening, and at least one electric wire that is mechanically and electrically connected to the contact opening, wherein a connecting portion of the electric wire that is located outside the contact opening runs substantially parallel to an entrance surface of the contact opening, and wherein a joining section of the connecting portion is plastically deformed into and thereby non-positively connected to the contact opening. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130252488 | ELECTRIC WIRE WITH CRIMP TERMINAL - To provide an electric wire with a crimp terminal which can improve a connection stability between a crimp terminal and the electric wire without making a fixing work of the crimp terminal troublesome. In an electric wire with a crimp terminal in which an outer peripheral surface of a conductor portion into which a plurality of metal element wires is bundled together is covered with an insulating sheath portion into an electric wire, and the conductor portion of a terminal portion of the electric wire is exposed, and a conductor crimping portion of the crimp terminal is crimped onto the exposed conductor portion, the terminal surfaces of the plurality of metal element wires are cut in alignments so that the metal element lines extend more as the metal element lines are farther from one side portion side of the exposed conductor portion in a radial direction. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130309918 | CONDUCTIVE TERMINAL - A conductive terminal includes a connecting portion in which a plurality of wires each having a rectangular cross section are to be arranged in parallel and to which the wires are to be electrically connected. The connecting portion has a structure to cover the wires. The connecting portion includes a position regulation member to regulate positions of the wires in an arrangement direction in which the wires are arranged. The position regulation member is provided to face at least one side surface of a wire located at an end of the wires in the arrangement direction. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130330985 | METAL PART FOR AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION DEVICE, A METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME AND AN ELECTRICAL TERMINAL EQUIPPED THEREWITH - A metal part for an electric connecting device for connecting at least one stripped conductor end has a base limb, a contact limb that is substantially perpendicular relative to said base limb, and at least one lateral wall. The contact limb together with a clamping limb of a clamping spring forms a spring clamp terminal for an electric conductor to be connected. The metal part requires only a small amount of material in that the contact limb is bent away from the base limb, and the lateral wall is bent away from the contact limb, wherein the bending edge between the contact limb and the base limb runs perpendicular relative to the longitudinal extension of the contact limb and the base limb, while the bending edge between the contact limb and the lateral wall runs parallel relative to the longitudinal extension of the contact limb. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130337704 | CONNECTOR - Provide is a connector which can improve production efficiency and retention strength of a lance of a terminal receiving portion on a terminal fitting. A terminal fitting includes an electric wire connection portion, an electrical contact portion connected to a mating terminal fitting and a tube portion provided between the electric wire connection portion and the electrical contact portion, and a housing includes a terminal receiving portion. The housing has a lance having one end continued to an inner face of the terminal receiving portion and the other end being a free end and extending toward the tube portion. The tube portion includes an opening portion. An engagement portion engaging with the free end is provided to an edge of the opening portion adjacent to the electrical contact portion so as to project from the edge of the opening portion toward an inner side of the tube portion. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130344752 | CONNECTION STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRIC WIRE AND TERMINAL - A connection structure has an electric wire and a terminal. The terminal includes a mating terminal connection portion to be connected to a mating terminal and a crimping portion which crimps to a conductor of an electric wire. The electric wire is connected to the terminal by the crimping portion. The connection structure includes an intermediate portion that is provided between the mating terminal connection portion and the crimping portion and has a housing portion which houses an end portion of the conductor, an intermediate portion sealing member that is fitted in the housing portion, and a hollow covering member that extends in an extending direction of the electric wire and covers a portion from the intermediate portion to an insulating covering region. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140004756 | CONNECTION TERMINAL | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140004757 | CRIMPING STRUCTURE OF TERMINAL TO ELECTRICAL CABLE | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140004758 | CRIMPING TERMINAL | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140038475 | Electrical Terminal - An electrical terminal is provided and includes a first member and a second member. The first member includes a pair of connecting face portions, a coupling portion, and a plurality of serrations. The pair of connecting face portions face each other in a substantially V shape such that a gap between inner faces of the pair of connecting face portions gradually becomes smaller from a wider-gap side to a narrower-gap side. The coupling portion connects the pair of connecting face portions at ends of the narrower-gap side of the inner faces. The plurality of serrations are disposed on the pair of inner faces and extend along intersecting directions. The second member has a substantially U shape that mates with the pair of connecting face portions and can displace outer side faces of the pair of connecting face portions inward to urge the inner faces closer to each other. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140038476 | CONNECTOR - A connector includes a first and a second terminals and a fixing member that fixes the first and the second terminals by covering periphery thereof in a state where the first and the second terminals are aligned in the direction extending into the rod-shape and overlap with each other in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the first and the second terminals are aligned, wherein a cut-out portion of the first terminal faces a peripheral portion or a cut-out portion of the second terminal in the overlapping state, and at least parts of outer edges of a facing part have a same shape on the section along the direction perpendicular to the direction extending into the rod-shape. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140057502 | CONDUCTOR CONNECTING STRUCTURE - A conductor connecting structure comprises a flat circuit body having an insulator and a conductor, and a conductive terminal metal fitting having a conductor connecting part including a first conductor holding part and a second conductor holding part. The first conductor holding part has a first plate-like part formed into a plate-like shape, and a projecting part which projects from a surface of the first plate-like part that is faced to the conductor. The second conductor holding part has a second plate-like part formed into a plate-like shape, and a through hole arranged so as to correspond to a position of the projecting part and penetrating the second plate-like part. When the conductor is sandwiched by the first conductor holding part and the second conductor holding part, the conductor is deformed so as to be pushed into the through hole. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140065894 | Bus Bar - The invention provides a bus bar, which includes an elongated base plate, a plurality of tuning fork-shaped terminal portions and a plurality of plate-shaped terminal portions both extending from one lateral end of the elongated base plate, a terminal-protecting portions being perpendicular to the elongated base plate and extending from both longitudinal ends of the elongated base plate, and an electric wire-crimping portion extending from the other lateral end of the elongated base plate. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140073205 | METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A CONNECTING DEVICE ON A STRIPPED END SECTION OF AN ELECTRIC CABLE AND ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SUCH A DEVICE SECURELY ASSEMBLED ON SUCH A SECTION OF CABLE - Disclosed is a method of assembling a connecting device ( | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140087604 | Single Core Electric Wire and Terminal Crimping Structure of Single Core Electric Wire - Herein disclosed is a technique that suppresses the decrease of a contact pressure due to creep in a crimping part of a single core electric wire and a terminal. A single core electric wire | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140106628 | CONNECTOR TERMINAL - In a connector terminal connected to an electric wire in which a conductor is covered with an outer cover, the terminal includes a barrel portion that is exposed from the outer cover and is to be crimped to the conductor coated with a covering, and an electrical connection portion electrically connected to a mating terminal, wherein a trench or a projection that is provided along a direction perpendicular to an axis of the electric wire are formed in an inner surface of the barrel portion, and a depth of the trench or a projecting dimension of the projection is made smaller than a covering thickness of the covering. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140106629 | ELECTRIC CONNECTION TERMINAL - An electric connection terminal includes a contact section for electrical connection to an opposite terminal and a crimping section with the contact section being crimped to cover the conductor and cover of a covered electric wire. The crimping section includes a conductor crimping part to be tightly attached to and crimped around the conductor, a cover crimping part to be tightly attached to and crimped around the cover of the covered electric wire, and a boundary crimping part to be tightly attached to and crimped around the vicinity of a boundary between the cover and conductor. A compression ratio of the boundary crimping part in a state of crimped around the covered electric wire is set to be higher than that of the cover crimping part. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140120785 | IN-FLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT - In one aspect, a method for securing a signal conductor to a contact is provided. The method includes obtaining a contact having a first end and a second end, wherein the second end comprises a crimp area having a wall that defines a cavity and a plurality of cold flow holes are formed in the wall and surround at least a portion of the cavity; inserting an end of the signal conductor into the cavity; and after inserting the end of the signal conductor into the cavity, crimping the crimp area so that the signal conductor cold flows into at least one of the cold flow holes. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140162505 | TERMINAL - Provided is a terminal, including: a ground metal part made of a first metallic material; an intermediate layer made of a second metallic material having a smaller value of standard electrode potential than that of the first metallic material, and plated thin on at least a part of a surface of the ground metal part; and a surface layer made of a third metallic material having a smaller value of standard electrode potential than that of the second metallic material, and plated thin on at least a part of a surface of the intermediate layer. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140179174 | FIXED TAP LOW THRESHOLD CURRENT POWER SUPPLY - A device connectable to an electric power line conductor including an electrically conductive insulated wire wound at least twice. A first end of the wire is configured to be connected to a first power line conductor and a second end of the wire is configured to be connected to a second power line conductor. A housing is mountable to the wire and includes an iron core power supply transformer configured to surround the wire to power a power supply module. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140194015 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE TRANSITION RESISTANCE IN AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN TWO CONTACT ELEMENTS AND COMPONENT HAVING AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN TWO CONTACT ELEMENTS - The invention relates to a method for improving the transition resistance in an electrical connection, in particular a pressure connection, between two contact elements. With repeated mechanical or thermal loads, such connections, in particular connections having a small cross-section or comprising soft material, have a transition resistance which increases over time. According to the invention, the transition resistance is improved by there being applied to at least one contact face of a contact element a chemically reducing substance which activates the contact face and consequently increases the conductivity and the cold welding density. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140213123 | CRIMP TERMINAL - Concave serrations are provided in an inner surface of a conductor crimping portion of a crimp terminal. A number of circular concave portions are provided in the inner surface of the conductor crimping portion as the concave serrations so as to be scattered in a state of being spaced aside from one another. A diameter of an inner bottom surface of each circular concave portion is set within a range of 0.15 (an error range is ±0.04) mm to 0.8 (the error range is ±0.04) mm. A serration angle between an extension surface of the inner bottom surface and an inner side surface of each circular concave portion is set within a range of 60 to 90 degrees. A shortest distance of a flat surface portion between peripheries of mutually adjacent circular concave portions is set to be 0.17 (the error range is ±0.09) mm. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140220835 | Electrical Crimp Contact Device - The invention relates to an electrical contact device and, in particular, a crimp contact device for a cable. The crimp contact device includes a cable conductor connection region and a cable insulation crimp region. The cable insulation crimp region includes a fixing device disposed along an inner surface thereof. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140220836 | Crimped Terminal - A crimped terminal is provided and includes a conductor, a crimped element, and a plurality of conductive particles: The conductor includes aluminium, and the crimped element is disposed around the conductor. The plurality of conductive particles include a copper alloy and are arranged between the conductor and the crimped element. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140235115 | Electrical Connector - An electrical connector comprises a first single-piece contact bracket, a second single-piece contact bracket and a flat, flexible, electrically conductive strip. The first contact bracket and the second contact bracket are secured to the strip with spacing. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140235116 | ALUMINUM-BASED TERMINAL FITTING - Provided are an aluminum-based terminal fitting in which a Sn layer has high peel resistance, and a terminal connecting structure of an electric wire provided with the terminal fitting. The aluminum-based terminal fitting includes a wire barrel portion ( | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140235117 | STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR CONNECTION OF CONNECTOR TERMINAL - In a structure of connection of a connector terminal | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140273666 | ELECTRICAL TERMINAL FOR TERMINATING A WIRE - An electrical terminal ( | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140273667 | Terminal, Method of Manufacturing Terminal, and Termination Connection Structure of Electric Wire - A terminal includes a tubular crimp portion that crimp connects with an electric wire. The tubular crimp portion is composed of a metal member. The tubular crimp portion includes a non-weld portion and a weld portion, the weld portion being formed by welding. A metal base material constituting the metal member of the non-weld portion includes a normal portion and an annealed portion. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140295716 | TERMINAL AND METHOD OF FORMING CAP OF TERMINAL - Disclosed are a terminal allowing work for attaching the cap to the insertion part to eliminate, and to provide in a short time the cap to the insertion part, and a method of forming the cap of the terminal. In a terminal, at a tip end of a tubular insertion part a resin made cap is provided, the insertion part includes an annular portion with narrower diameter than that the insertion part at a tip end thereof, the cap is disposed at the insertion part by a dipping work covering the annular portion in an inner side away from a tip end of the insertion part past the annular portion. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140302725 | CONTACT ELEMENT FOR DIRECTLY ELECTRICALLY CONTACTING CIRCUIT BOARDS - In a contact element for direct electrical contacting of a contact surface on a circuit board, a front insertion portion is constituted by a metal sheet having two multiple-ply lateral edges located opposite one another, and having a center portion located therebetween and having fewer plies, in particular one ply, the two lateral edges extending with their outer peripheral edges parallel to one another and each being turned over at least once; and at least one of the two outer lateral edges having a projecting contacting protrusion for direct electrical contacting of a contact surface. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140302726 | CRIMP TERMINAL, CRIMP BODY, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CRIMP BODY - In a holding portion of a contact fitting, in a state before crimping of core wires, the thickness of a first distal end portion and the thickness of a second distal end portion are both 70% or less of the thickness of the bottom portion. The thicknesses are both smaller than the diameter of core wires of a lead wire to be crimped. The first distal end portion and the second distal end portion are formed by compression processing. Using the holding portion, a first side portion and a second side portion are curved such that they face the bottom portion, and the plurality of core wires are surrounded and crimped with the bottom portion, the first side portion, and the second side portion. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140302727 | CRIMP SLEEVE - A crimp sleeve for use with small enclosures has a body having an outer diameter and an opening having an inner diameter extending through the body. The sleeve joins a wire formed of stainless steel to a fiber formed of Vectran braid through the opening. The sleeve is formed of a material which has a high coefficient of friction relative to the wire, such as titanium. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140302728 | TERMINAL-CRIMPED CABLE - A terminal-crimped cable ( | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140302729 | TERMINAL - A terminal, comprises an electric wire connecting part having a core wire barrel part that crimps a core wire exposed in one end of an electric wire, the core wire being made of a first metal; wherein the electric wire connecting part is made of a second metal whose ionization tendency is lower than that of the first metal, wherein the electric wire connecting part is plated with a third metal whose ionization tendency is between the first metal and the second metal so that a plating layer made of the third metal is formed on the electric wire connecting part, and wherein the core wire barrel part is crimped so as to break down the plating layer formed on a connecting surface of the core wire barrel part on which the core wire is mounted. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140322993 | CONNECTING STRUCTURE AND CONNECTING METHOD OF FLAT CIRCUIT BODY AND TERMINAL - A portion of a conductor of a flat circuit body is exposed from an insulating layer covering at least one of surfaces of the conductor. A terminal includes a bottom plate on which the exposed portion of the conductor is provided, and crimp claws which are raised at two side edges of the bottom plate so that the exposed portion of the conductor is disposed therebetween. A protective plate is provided on the exposed portion of the conductor, and has a strength so as not to be penetrated by the crimp claws when the crimp claws are crimped onto the protective member. The crimp claws are crimped onto the protective plate so that the terminal is crimped to the conductor in a state where the exposed portion of the conductor is in surface contact with the bottom plate. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140378011 | TERMINAL FITTING - A terminal fitting ( | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150079857 | CONNECTION STRUCTURAL BODY, CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CONNECTION STRUCTURAL BODY - There is provided a pressure-bonding connection structural body and a female connector which can surely prevent the intrusion of moisture from an insulating cover side, and a method of manufacturing the connection structural body. In the connection structural body which is configured by connecting a crimp terminal and an insulated wire to each other, the crimp terminal having a barrel portion which is an integral body formed of; a cover pressure-bonding section which pressure-bonds by caulking the insulating cover; and a core wire pressure-bonding section which pressure-bonds an aluminum core wire by caulking, a water blocking projecting portion which prevents the intrusion of moisture in a longitudinal direction in a pressure-bonding state is formed, at the time of pressure-bonding the barrel portion, on an inner surface of the cover pressure-bonding section of the barrel portion where a cross-sectional shape in a width direction is formed into a closed cross-sectional shape. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150118917 | TERMINATION ASSEMBLY FOR A SHIELDED CABLE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING - A method is provided for attaching a termination arrangement to a shielded cable which includes a conductive core, a core insulation layer, a conductive shield layer, and an outer insulation layer. A length of the outer insulation layer is removed to expose an end portion of the conductive shield layer and a length of the core insulation layer is removed to expose a portion of the conductive core. The termination assembly is provided having a terminal, a core crimp section in electrical communication with the terminal, and an inner ferrule section connected to the core crimp section. The core crimp section is positioned adjacent to the exposed conductive core and crimped around said conductive core in electrical contact therewith. The inner ferrule section is positioned adjacent to the exposed conductive shield layer and crimped around the core insulation layer. The core crimp section is separated from the inner ferrule section. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150118918 | ASSEMBLY OF AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND A CABLE UNIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE ASSEMBLY - An assembly includes an electrical connector, a cable unit, and adapter terminals. The electrical connector includes an insulator body and conductive terminals disposed at the insulator body. Each conductive terminal includes an insert arm positioned outside the insulator body. The cable unit includes a plug connector and cables connected to the plug connector. Each of the adapter terminals is connected to a core wire of a corresponding cable and is sleeved on the insert arm of a corresponding conductive terminal. Each adapter terminal is electrically connected between the core wire of the corresponding cable and the insert arm of the corresponding conductive terminal. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150118919 | SEAL-PRESERVING CONTACT ELEMENT WITH A POSITION SECURING ELEMENT - The invention relates to a contact element, made of an electrically conductive contact material. In order to provide a contact element which can be passed repeatedly and non-destructively through a housing or a seal of a plug connector in and/or opposite to a direction of insertion (E), a contact element is provided comprising a body extending in the direction of insertion (E) and a position securing element disposed on an upper side of the body, projecting upwards out of an opening in the body transversely to the direction of insertion (E), and that can be deflected elastically, the position securing element having a slope surface that is inclined against the direction of insertion (E), adjoining which, without any kinks or edges, are a curved section and an end section, and the end section ending with a free end within the cubature of the body. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150126079 | CRIMP TERMINAL, CONNECTION STRUCTURAL BODY, CONNECTOR AND PRESSURE-BONDING METHOD OF CRIMP TERMINAL - In a female crimp terminal having a pressure-bonding section which allows pressure-bonding and connection of a conductor tip in an insulated wire obtained by coating a conductor with an insulating cover and having the conductor tip in which the conductor is exposed by peeling off the insulating cover in a tip side, the pressure-bonding section is constructed by arranging a conductor pressure-bonding section and a cover pressure-bonding section from a tip side to a base end side in a long length direction in this order, the conductor pressure-bonding section pressure-bonding the conductor tip, and the cover pressure-bonding section pressure-bonding a conductor tip portion in the tip side of the insulating cover, the cover pressure-bonding section is formed into a hollow shape which can surround the conductor tip portion, and the conductor pressure-bonding section is formed to have a smaller diameter than the cover pressure-bonding section, and is formed into a hollow shape which can surround the conductor tip. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150126080 | CONNECTION STRUCTURE - In a connection structure, electric wire includes an inclined sheath section between an exposed core wire section and a whole circumferential sheath section. In the inclined sheath section, an end surface of the insulating sheath on one end side in a longitudinal direction inclines in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction and thereby a portion of the core wire is exposed. Each of crimping pieces of a terminal has a core wire crimping section that crimps the exposed core wire section, a whole circumferential sheath crimping section that crimps the whole circumferential sheath section, and an inclined sheath crimping section that crimps the inclined sheath section. The terminal is crimped to the electric wire so that the end surface of the inclined sheath section faces a base plate section of the terminal. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150140873 | Crimped Terminal Attached Aluminum Electric Wire | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150318654 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF WIRE WITH TERMINAL AND WIRE WITH TERMINAL - An object of the present invention is to provide a technology capable of inhibiting localized thinness in a coating thickness of a sheath formed on a wire with terminal. A method of manufacturing a wire with terminal includes: a) a step of crimping a core wire crimping portion of a terminal onto an exposed core wire extending from an insulating sheathing member at an end portion of a wire; b) a step of crimping a sheath crimping portion of the terminal onto the insulating sheathing member; and c) a step of designating at least one of a first trough-shaped combination portion, which links a terminal connection portion of the terminal and the core wire crimping portion, and a second trough-shaped combination portion, which links the core wire crimping portion and the sheath crimping portion, as a target combination portion and deforming circumference direction end portions of the target combination portion inward. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150333416 | CRIMP TERMINAL, CONNECTION STRUCTURAL BODY, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CONNECTION STRUCTURAL BODY - A barrel portion which allows the pressure-bonding connection of an aluminum core wire exposed on a distal end of an insulated wire covered with an insulating cover is formed into a cylindrical shape by bending barrel portion corresponding portions of a terminal base material in a terminal developed state about a terminal axis. In abutting end portions where the barrel portion corresponding portions abut each other, a welded part which welds the end portions is formed along a long length direction of the insulated wire. The welded part is formed on an upper surface concave portion and a projecting portion where an amount of plastic deformation of a conductor pressure-bonding section generated along with the pressure-bonding of the conductor pressure-bonding section becomes larger compared to other portions in a circumferential direction of the conductor pressure-bonding section. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150340772 | CRIMP TERMINAL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CRIMP TERMINAL, ELECTRICAL WIRE CONNECTION STRUCTURE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRICAL WIRE CONNECTION STRUCTURE - A crimp terminal that can maintain excellent water-stop performance over a long term and is enhanced in joint strength between a fitting portion and a covered electrical wire connection portion. The crimp terminal has a fitting portion at a tip thereof and an electrical wire connection portion at a rear end thereof, the electrical wire connection portion is configured in a tubular shape, a tip of the tube is crushed to be superimposed and closed, and a portion between the fitting portion and the electrical wire connection portion is formed by superimposing and bending two or more sheets of a plate material. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150349436 | ELECTRICAL TERMINAL ASSEMBLY - According to one embodiment, an electrical terminal assembly includes an internal contact at one end portion, the internal contact being connected to a connector terminal, an external contact at the other end portion, and a fixing portion between the internal contact and the external contact, the fixing portion fixing a wire. The external contact is outside a connector when the electrical terminal assembly is inserted into the connector. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150357722 | ELECTRIC WIRE WITH TERMINAL METAL FITTING - An electric wire with terminal metal fitting includes an electric wire including a conductor portion and an insulating coating portion, and a terminal metal fitting including an electric-wire coupling portion coupled to a terminal portion of the electric wire. The electric-wire coupling portion includes an exposed-conductor press-bonded portion press-bonded to the exposed conductor portion; an insulation-coating press-bonded portion press-bonded to the insulating coating portion, and an intermediate integrated continuous-contact portion ensuring integrally continuous contact between the exposed-conductor press-bonded portion and the insulation-coating press-bonded portion such that the exposed conductor portion is not exposed to the outside. The electric-wire coupling portion has an inner side surface where an insulating resin layer is formed at least in a front end portion and a rear end portion in an extending direction of the electric wire. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150357724 | Terminal, A Wire Connecting Structure and A Method of Manufacturing the Terminal - A terminal includes a connector portion, a tubular crimp portion that crimps/joins with a wire, and a transition portion joining the two portions. The tubular crimp portion is composed of a metal member including a base material of copper or copper alloy with 0.20-1.40 mm thickness and a coating layer of tin, tin alloy, nickel, nickel alloy, silver or silver alloy with 0.2-3.0 μm thickness formed on the base material. The tubular crimp portion has a weld portion formed by butt-welding and having, in its cross-section perpendicular to a terminal longitudinal direction, a phase existing therein of tin, tin alloy, nickel, nickel alloy, silver or silver alloy greater than 0.01 μm | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150357725 | Terminal, Wire Connecting Structure and Method of Manufacturing A Terminal - A terminal includes a connector portion electrically connectable to an external terminal, a tubular crimp portion formed integrally or separate from the connector portion and crimps with a wire, and a transition portion coupling the two. The tubular crimp portion of a copper or copper alloy metal base material or a metal member having the same is a tubular member closed on transition portion side and reduces in diameter towards the transition portion side such that a conductor-end portion of the electric wire is un-exposed. The tubular crimp portion has a belt-shaped weld portion along a longitudinal direction of the tubular crimp portion. A circumferential direction of the tubular crimp portion matches the RD-direction of the base material. A sum of area ratios R1, R2 and R3 in a rolling plane of the base material, of Cube-, RDW-, and Goss-oriented crystal grains, respectively, is greater than or equal to 15%. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150364836 | Crimp Terminal, and Method and Apparatus for Manufacturing A Crimp Terminal - A method for manufacturing a crimp terminal having a crimp portion adapted to allow crimp connection with a coated wire having a conductor and an insulating coating, the crimp portion being adapted to crimp connect along the coated wire from a portion of the conductor coated with the insulating coating to a portion of the conductor exposed from the insulating coating at a tip of the coated wire includes providing a barrel member formed by arranging edges of a copper alloy plate material side-by-side, the barrel member having a diameter reducing on an end portion side in a longitudinal direction from a coating crimp portion, forming the crimp portion by welding the edges by laser irradiation from a laser irradiation unit onto a position where the edges are arranged side-by-side, while moving a laser light irradiation position in a longitudinal direction of the barrel member, and irradiating laser light with an output power density and a sweep rate for causing fine molten metal particles having a diameter of 60 μm or less to ejected from the weld portion during laser welding to adhere to an inner surface of the barrel member. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150380834 | Electrical Crimp Contact - An electrical crimp contact that crimps onto an electrical cable is disclosed. The device has a conductor crimp region for an electrical connection of a conductor of the cable, the conductor crimp region having a fixing device for fixing the conductor. In a blank of the contact, the fixing device of the conductor crimp region extends at an oblique angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the contact. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160006137 | TERMINAL FITTING - A terminal fitting (F) is such that a main body portion ( | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160013567 | CRIMPING TERMINAL | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160028167 | Structure and Method for Connecting Terminal - A terminal has a plurality of clamping portions in which surfaces facing each other serve as clamping surfaces. The plurality of clamping portions are crimped such that the respective clamping surfaces are substantially parallel to each other, thereby clamping strands configuring a fiber conductor, by the clamping surfaces. Each of the plurality of clamping portions is bent at least once in a longitudinal direction of an electric wire so as to maintain a state where the clamping surfaces are substantially parallel to each other. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160043481 | CONTACT - A contact including a first connectable part, a second connectable part, and a middle part. The first connectable part includes a tube or plate. The plate has a cross section generally of U-shape, V-shape, C-shape, or L-shape. The tube or the plate includes a base and a first wall. The first wall extends from a first end portion of the base. The middle part includes a base and a first sloped portion. The base of the middle part is contiguously connected between the base of the first connectable part and the second connectable part. The first sloped portion is contiguously connected between the first wall and a first end portion of the second connectable part. The first sloped portion extends from a first end portion of the base of the middle part such that the first sloped portion slopes down toward the first end portion of the second connectable part. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160056546 | CONTACT - A contact for connecting a first object and a second object. The contact includes a base to be connected to the first object, a connector to be brought into contact with the second object, a support that supports the connector such that the connector is disposed away from the base, and a deformation preventer that prevents deformation of the support. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160064834 | FEMALE TERMINAL FITTING - A female terminal fitting includes terminal holding plates stacked on one another are configured of a basic terminal holding plate formed integrally with one end of an electric wire connecting portion and auxiliary terminal holding plates which are formed on corresponding edges of the basic terminal holding plate via corresponding bending margins and which are folded up and then down on to the basic terminal holding plate so that the auxiliary terminal holding plates are in a stacked state on the basic terminal holding plate. A fixing piece is formed integrally on an auxiliary terminal holding plate which is stacked at an uppermost level at an edge portion on a side which lies opposite to a side where the bending margin is provided, so as to be brought into engagement with a locking portion on the basic terminal holding plate to fix the stacked state. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160072198 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector includes a body and at least one terminal. The body has a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to each other, multiple receiving holes running through the body from the top surface to the bottom surface, and at least two protruding blocks protruding downward from the bottom surface and located around each of the receiving hole. A gap exists between the two protruding blocks. Each of the protruding blocks has a stopping surface toward the gap. The terminal is disposed in the receiving hole. The terminal has a fixing portion and two clamping arms extending downward from the fixing portion along a plate surface for clamping a tin ball. Bottom ends of the two clamping arms are located in the gap. The stopping surfaces are configured to stop the clamping arms and prevent the clamping arms from moving in a plate thickness direction. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160079684 | Connection Structure for Terminal Metal Fittings - There are provided a first ground terminal metal fitting to which a plurality of first ground electric wires are connected; and a second ground terminal metal fitting to which a plurality of second ground electric wires are connected. One of the first ground terminal metal fitting and the second ground terminal metal fitting is connected and fixed to a mating terminal connection portion or a ground portion exclusively in accordance with the number of the first electric wires and the number of the second electric wires, or the first ground terminal metal fitting and the second ground terminal metal fitting are combined with each other and then connected and fixed to the mating terminal connection portion or the ground portion. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160087350 | CONNECTOR TERMINAL AND MATERIAL FOR CONNECTOR TERMINAL - It is aimed to provide a wire with terminal in which small connection resistance and a large fixing force are easily combined and a core crimping portion is unlikely to be cracked in a crimping step of the core crimping portion. In a wire with terminal, a core crimping portion includes a bottom plate portion for supporting a core and a pair of core caulking portions sandwiching the core between the core caulking portions and the bottom plate portion. The bottom plate portion of the core crimping portion is shaped to include an inclined portion recessed gradually deeper toward the pair of core caulking portions from a first end side toward a second end side of a crimping terminal. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087351 | FEMALE TERMINAL - A female terminal includes a terminal body having a contact holder in a tubular shape at a front side of the terminal body, a contact member in a tubular shape which is contained inside the contact holder and into which a male terminal is inserted from a front side, and a rotary ring which is mounted to the contact holder. The contact member has a pair of holding rings provided at both ends thereof, and a diameter variable part held by a pair of the holding rings at both ends thereof, an inner diameter of the diameter variable part being set to be larger than an outer diameter of the male terminal in an initial state, and contracted to be smaller than the outer diameter of the male terminal, by twisting a pair of the holding rings. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160099507 | Terminal, Method of Manufacturing Terminal, and Termination Connection Structure of Electric Wire - A terminal includes a tubular crimp portion that crimp connects with an electric wire. The tubular crimp portion is composed of a metal member. The tubular crimp portion includes a non-weld portion and a weld portion, the weld portion being formed by welding. A metal base material constituting the metal member of the non-weld portion includes a normal portion and an annealed portion. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160118723 | Connecting Arrangement with a Crimp Connector and a Wire Fixed in Place to the Crimp Connector - The connection refers to a connecting arrangement with a crimp connector ( | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160126642 | Terminal, crimp terminal, wire harness, and method for manufacturing crimp terminal - A crimp terminal has a crimp portion that is formed by bending a plate material into a hollow shape and that has at one end thereof an opening capable of accommodating and crimping a conductor portion of a coated wire. The crimp terminal includes a first weld portion obtained by bringing two edge portions of the crimp portion in close proximity to each other and joining by laser welding, and a second weld portion obtained by forming a lapped portion by overlapping of a transition portion formed at an opposite end of the crimp portion to the opening, and closing the lapped portion by laser welding. A welding trajectory in the second weld portion is constituted by a curve, a plurality of straight lines, or a discontinuously formed line. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160126643 | ELECTRICAL CONTACT ELEMENT - Disclosed is an electrical contact element for contacting an electrical strand conductor, wherein the electrical contact element has a connecting side and a plugging side. A splicing element is provided in a connecting sleeve that forms the connecting side so as to electrically contact an electrical strand conductor in a more effective manner. The splicing element is provided for the purpose of separating out the individual strands of the conductor, contacting as large as possible a surface of the individual strands and penetrating the surface of the strands during a squeezing or crimping action. The arrangement provides a reliable, electrical contact of strand conductors in which a surface of the individual strands that is not suitable for being contacted and is poorly conductive is penetrated. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160134028 | TERMINAL STRUCTURE FOR COVERED ELECTRIC WIRE - The present invention provides a terminal structure for a covered electric wire, including: a terminal portion including a tip of a covered electric wire; a connection terminal having a crimp portion crimped to the terminal portion; and a mold resin of a hygroscopic reactive type covering the terminal portion of the covered electric wire and the crimp portion of the connection terminal. The crimp portion includes a conductive crimp portion crimped to the tip of the covered electric wire. The mold resin includes a first portion covering the conductive crimp portion and the tip of the covered electric wire; a second portion covering a part of the connection terminal which is further toward a tip than the tip of the covered electric wire, the part having a thickness smaller than the thickness of the conductive crimp portion; and a first step formed between the first portion and the second portion such that the height of the mold resin decreases from the first portion to the second portion. A first recess formed on the second portion in the vicinity of the first step so as to recess toward the connection terminal. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160134030 | TERMINAL STRUCTURE - Provided are a male terminal main body ( | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160141768 | CONNECTION STRUCTURE OF CRIMP TERMINAL WITH RESPECT TO WIRE - Herein disclosed is a connection structure including a waterproof sheet disposed in an inner surface of a wire connection section and has an opening section in a position corresponding to a conductor exposed section, in which the waterproof sheet is configured such that a front end of the waterproof sheet is positioned on a front side from a front end of a conductor crimp section and a rear end of the waterproof sheet is positioned on a rear side from a rear end of the cover crimp section. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160172769 | CRIMP TERMINAL AND ELECTRIC WIRE WITH CRIMP TERMINAL | 06-16-2016 |
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| 20160190711 | ALUMINUM ELECTRIC WIRE CONNECTING STRUCTURE - A connector includes a crimping portion | 06-30-2016 |
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| 20190148033 | CONDUCTIVE MEMBER | 05-16-2019 |
