Terminal-equipped electric wire, and terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10476175-B2
Application number	US-201716097940-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 19, 2017
Priority date	May 10, 2016
Publication date	Nov 12, 2019
Grant date	Nov 12, 2019

Abstract

A terminal-equipped electric wire includes: an electric wire including a core wire and an insulating coating; and a terminal connected to the core wire exposed from an end portion of the electric wire. The terminal includes: a flat-plate-shaped weld portion; a bottom plate portion; and a crimping piece. In a state where the crimping piece is crimped so as to be wound around an outer periphery of the insulating coating, a leading edge of the crimping piece is located on a bottom plate portion side with respect to a first virtual plane that passes through the center of the electric wire and is perpendicular to the bottom plate portion, and the leading edge of the crimping piece is in proximity to a side edge of the bottom plate portion on a side opposite to a side on which the crimping piece is provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A terminal-equipped electric wire including an electric wire with a core wire whose outer periphery is surrounded by an insulating coating, a terminal being connected to the core wire exposed from an end portion of the electric wire,
the terminal comprising;
a flat-plate-shaped weld portion to which the core wire is welded;
a bottom plate portion that is continuous with the weld portion and on which the insulating coating of the electric wire is placed;
a crimping piece extending from one side edge of the bottom plate portion in a direction intersecting with a direction in which the electric wire placed on the bottom plate portion extends; and
an auxiliary piece that extends in a direction intersecting with the direction in which the electric wire placed on the bottom plate portion extends and is shorter than the crimping piece is provided on the side edge of the bottom plate portion on the side opposite to the side on which the crimping piece is provided,

wherein, in a state where the crimping piece is crimped so as to be wound around an outer periphery of the insulating coating of the electric wire, a leading edge of the crimping piece is located on a bottom plate portion side with respect to a first virtual plane that passes through a center of the electric wire and is perpendicular to the bottom plate portion, and the leading edge of the crimping piece is in proximity to a side edge of the bottom plate portion on a side opposite to a side on which the crimping piece is provided, and
in a state where the electric wire is crimped by the crimping piece, an end portion of the crimping piece and an end portion of the auxiliary piece overlap each other.

2. The terminal-equipped electric wire according to claim 1 , wherein
in the state where the crimping piece is crimped so as to be wound around the outer periphery of the insulating coating of the electric wire, the leading edge of the crimping piece is located on the bottom plate portion side with respect to a second virtual plane that passes through the center of the electric wire and is parallel to the bottom plate portion, and the leading edge of the crimping piece is in proximity to the side edge of the bottom plate portion on the side opposite to the side on which the crimping piece is provided.

3. The terminal-equipped electric wire according to claim 1 , wherein
in a state where the electric wire is crimped by the crimping piece, an end face of the crimping piece abuts against the bottom plate portion.

4. The terminal-equipped electric wire according to claim 1 , wherein
an end face of the weld portion and an end face of the bottom plate portion are flush with each other in a flat, non-crimped state.

5. The terminal-equipped electric wire according to claim 1 , wherein
an end face of the weld portion and an end face of the auxiliary piece are flush with each other in a flat, non-crimped state.

6. A terminal comprising:
a flat-plate-shaped weld portion to which a core wire of an electric wire is to be welded;
a bottom plate portion that is continuous with the weld portion and on which a portion surrounded by an insulating coating in the electric wire is to be placed;
a crimping piece extending from one side edge of the bottom plate portion in a direction intersecting with a direction in which the electric wire placed on the bottom plate portion extends; and
an auxiliary piece that extends in a direction intersecting with the direction in which the electric wire placed on the bottom plate portion extends and is shorter than the crimping piece is provided on the side edge of the bottom plate portion on the side opposite to the side on which the crimping piece is provided,
wherein, in a state where the crimping piece is crimped so as to be wound around an outer periphery of the electric wire, a leading edge of the crimping piece extends in a direction different from the direction orthogonal to the weld portion, and is in proximity to a side edge of the bottom plate portion on a side opposite to a side on which the crimping piece is provided, and
in a state where the electric wire is crimped by the crimping piece, an end portion of the crimping piece and an end portion of the auxiliary piece overlap each other.

7. The terminal according to claim 6 , wherein
in a state where the electric wire is crimped by the crimping piece, an end face of the crimping piece abuts against the bottom plate portion.

8. The terminal according to claim 6 , wherein
an end face of the weld portion and an end face of the bottom plate portion are flush with each other in a flat, non-crimped state.

9. The terminal according to claim 6 , wherein
an end face of the weld portion and an end face of the auxiliary piece are flush with each other in a flat, non-crimped state.

Assignees

• Autonetworks Technologies Ltd
• Sumitomo Wiring Systems
• Sumitomo Electric Industries

Inventors

• IDOTA Tomoki
• Takeda Hitoshi
• Shimizu Hiroshi

Classifications

• H01R4/185

  combined with a U-shaped insulation-receiving portion · CPC title

• H01R4/02 Primary

  Soldered or welded connections {(H01R4/625, H01R4/723, H01R12/59 take precedence)} · CPC title

• H01R4/023 Primary

  between cables or wires and terminals · CPC title

• H01R4/18

  by crimping {(H01R4/01, H01R4/2495 take precedence; for coaxial cables H01R9/0518)} · CPC title

• H01R43/0249

  for simultaneous welding or soldering of a plurality of wires to contact elements · CPC title