Terminal-equipped electric wire and method for manufacturing terminal-equipped electric wire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10559896-B2
Application number	US-201816200957-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 27, 2018
Priority date	Nov 28, 2017
Publication date	Feb 11, 2020
Grant date	Feb 11, 2020

Abstract

A terminal-equipped electric wire has an electric wire including a bonded portion formed over a predetermined length at a part of a conductor exposed due to absence of a sheath over a predetermined length at a part of the electric wire in a longitudinal direction and in which strands of the conductor are bonded to each other; and a terminal including a wire barrel portion, the wire barrel portion covering at least a part of the bonded portion. The wire barrel portion includes a load release portion configured to reduce stress applied to the conductor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A terminal-equipped electric wire comprising:
an electric wire including a bonded portion formed at a part of a conductor exposed due to absence of a sheath at a part of the electric wire in a longitudinal direction and in which strands of the conductor are bonded to each other; and
a terminal including a wire barrel portion, the wire barrel portion covering at least a of the bonded portion,
wherein the wire barrel portion is provided with a load release portion configured to reduce stress applied to the conductor, and
wherein a relationship of 0<A≤(d+2t)−Hc is satisfied when a diameter of the conductor at a portion covered with the sheath is d, a thickness of the terminal is t, a height of the wire barrel portion of the terminal is Hc, and a height of a step of the load release portion is A.

2. The terminal-equipped electric wire according to claim 1 , wherein
the load release portion is provided in at least one end portion of the wire barrel portion, and
a diameter of the load release portion gradually increases toward an end of the wire barrel portion.

3. The terminal-equipped electric wire according to claim 1 , wherein
a relationship of H−Hw<A is satisfied when a height of the bonded portion before the fixing of the terminal is H and a height of the bonded portion at a portion of the wire barrel portion excluding the load release portion after the fixing of the terminal is Hw.

4. The terminal-equipped electric wire according to claim 1 , wherein
an end of the wire barrel portion positioned on a side of the sheath is positioned to be closer to the sheath than an end of the bonded portion positioned on the side of the sheath.

5. The terminal-equipped electric wire according to claim 4 , wherein
the longitudinal direction of the electric wire and a front-rear direction of the wire barrel portion coincide with each other, and
the bonded portion is positioned at an inner side of the wire barrel portion in the front-rear direction.

6. The terminal-equipped electric wire according to claim 1 , wherein
one terminal of the terminal is fixed to a plurality of the electric wires.

7. A terminal-equipped electric wire comprising:
an electric wire including a bonded portion formed at a part of a conductor exposed due to absence of a sheath at a part of the electric wire in a longitudinal direction and in which strands of the conductor are bonded to each other; and
a terminal including a wire barrel portion, the wire barrel portion covering at least a of the bonded portion,
wherein an end portion of the wire barrel portion gradually increases in diameter toward an end of the wire barrel portion, and
wherein a relationship of 0<A≤(d+2t)−Hc is satisfied when a diameter of the conductor at a portion covered with the sheath is d, a thickness of the terminal is t, a height of the wire barrel portion of the terminal is Hc, and a height of a step of the load release portion is A.

8. The terminal-equipped electric wire according to claim 7 , wherein
an end of the wire barrel portion positioned on a side of the sheath is positioned to be closer to the sheath than an end of the bonded portion positioned on the side of the sheath.

9. The terminal-equipped electric wire according to claim 8 , wherein
the longitudinal direction of the electric wire and a front-rear direction of the wire barrel portion coincide with each other, and
the bonded portion is positioned at an inner side of the wire barrel portion in the front-rear direction.

10. The terminal-equipped electric wire according to claim 7 , wherein
one terminal of the terminal is fixed to a plurality of the electric wires.

11. A method for manufacturing a terminal-equipped electric wire, the method comprising:
forming, in an electric wire, a bonded portion in which strands of a conductor are bonded to each other at a part of the conductor in a longitudinal direction exposed due to absence of a sheath at a part of the electric wire in the longitudinal direction; and
fixing a terminal including a wire barrel portion to the electric wire such that the wire barrel portion covers at least a of the bonded portion after forming the bonded portion,
wherein the wire barrel portion is provided with a load release portion configured to reduce stress applied to the conductor, and
wherein a relationship of 0<A≤(d+2t)−Hc is satisfied when a diameter of the conductor at a portion covered with the sheath is d, a thickness of the terminal is t, a height of the wire barrel portion of the terminal is Hc, and a height of a step of the load release portion is A.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Sato Tomoya
• Ito Naoki
• Nabeta Yasunori

Classifications

• H01R4/187

  combined with soldering or welding · CPC title

• H01R43/048

  Crimping apparatus or processes (H01R43/042 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01R4/185 Primary

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

• H01R11/12

  End pieces terminating in an eye, hook, or fork · CPC title

• H01R4/184

  comprising a U-shaped wire-receiving portion · CPC title