Compression method for electric wire and electric wire with terminal obtained thereby

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9350109-B2
Application number	US-201414175400-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 7, 2014
Priority date	Aug 8, 2011
Publication date	May 24, 2016
Grant date	May 24, 2016

Abstract

An electric wire with terminal includes: a waterproof seal sleeve that is attached to a tip of a conductor part of a covered electric wire from which a covering section is removed; an inner terminal that is compressed in an area containing a boundary between the conductor part and the covering section of the covered electric wire; and an outer terminal which includes an electric connection section connected to a mating terminal, a compression section having a front part, a center part and a rear part, and an interconnecting section that connects the electric connection section with the compression section. The front part of the compression section compresses the waterproof seal sleeve, the center part of the compression section compresses the conductor part, and the rear part of the compression section compresses a front part of the inner terminal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electric wire with terminal, comprising:
a waterproof seal sleeve that is attached to a tip of a conductor part of a covered electric wire from which a covering section is removed;
an inner terminal that is compressed in an area containing a boundary between the conductor part and the covering section of the covered electric wire; and
an outer terminal which includes an electric connection section configured to connect to a mating terminal, a compression section having a front part, a center part and a rear part, and an interconnecting section that connects the electric connection section with the compression section, wherein
the front part of the compression section compresses the waterproof seal sleeve,
the center part of the compression section compresses and directly contacts the conductor part, and
the rear part of the compression section compresses a front part of the inner terminal.

2. The electric wire with terminal according to claim 1 , wherein
the waterproof seal sleeve includes a seal sleeve having a cap shape formed of metal or resin.

3. The electric wire with terminal according to claim 1 , wherein
a serration formed of a plurality of concavities and convexities is provided in the center part of the compression section of the outer terminal.

4. The electric wire with terminal according to claim 1 , wherein
a taper sloping while causing its diameter to be narrower as goes forward is formed at least in the front part of the inner terminal or the rear part of the outer terminal to fill a gap between the front part of the inner terminal and the rear part of the outer terminal.

5. The electric wire terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the waterproof seal sleeve is non-conductive.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Ohnuma Kentaro
• Sakaguchi Tadahisa

Classifications

• H01R13/52 Primary

  Dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof, or flameproof cases · CPC title

• H01R4/184

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

• H01R4/20

  using a crimping sleeve {(H01R4/01 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• H01R4/62

  Connections between conductors of different materials; Connections between or with aluminium or steel-core aluminium conductors (H01R4/68 takes precedence) · CPC title