Crimp terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9774101-B2
Application number	US-201615378610-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 14, 2016
Priority date	Dec 16, 2015
Publication date	Sep 26, 2017
Grant date	Sep 26, 2017

Abstract

A water stop member of a crimp terminal is affixed to the inner wall surface of an electric wire connecting portion of a terminal fitting before crimping and forms into a first water stop area, a second water stop area, and a third water stop area after the crimping. The first water stop area suppresses entering of water from a space between the outer wall surface of a first barrel piece and the inner wall surface of a second barrel piece in the electric wire connecting portion. The second water stop area suppresses entering of water from the side closer to a terminal connecting portion of the terminal fitting than the distal end position of a core wire. The third water stop area suppresses entering of water from a space between the inner wall surface of a cover crimping portion of the electric wire connecting portion and a cover.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A crimp terminal comprising:
a terminal fitting that includes
a terminal connecting portion electrically connected to a counterpart terminal,
an electric wire connecting portion electrically connected to an end of an electric wire placed on an inner wall surface side by crimping process, and
a coupling portion that couples the terminal connecting portion and the electric wire connecting portion,
the electric wire connecting portion being divided into a bottom on which the end of the electric wire is placed during the crimping process, a first barrel piece extending from a first end of the bottom, wound around the end of the electric wire, and positioned on an inner side, and a second barrel piece extending from a second end of the bottom longer than the first barrel piece, wound around the end of the electric wire and the first barrel piece, and positioned on an outer side, and
the electric wire connecting portion being divided into a core wire crimping portion crimped to a core wire at a distal end of the electric wire, a cover crimping portion crimped to a cover of the electric wire, and a coupling crimping portion that couples the core wire crimping portion and the cover crimping portion and that is crimped to the end of the electric wire; and

a water stop member that is affixed to the inner wall surface of the electric wire connecting portion before the crimping process is performed and that forms into, after the crimping process is completed, a first water stop area that suppresses entering of water between the electric wire connecting portion and the core wire from a space between an outer wall surface of the first barrel piece and the inner wall surface of the second barrel piece, a second water stop area that suppresses entering of water between the electric wire connecting portion and the core wire from a side closer to the terminal connecting portion than a distal end position of the core wire, and a third water stop area that suppresses entering of water between the electric wire connecting portion and the core wire from a space between the inner wall surface of the cover crimping portion and the cover, wherein
the inner wall surface of the second barrel piece has a first groove filled with remaining part of the water stop member on the inner wall surface of the second barrel piece scraped off by the outer wall surface of the first barrel piece during the crimping process in an area on which the outer wall surface of the first barrel piece is capable of sliding during the crimping process and an area overlapping with the outer wall surface of the first barrel piece after the crimping process is completed,
the first groove is formed in a connection direction to the counterpart terminal, and
the first water stop area is formed by at least the water stop member in the first groove.

2. The crimp terminal according to claim 1 , wherein
the inner wall surface of the core wire crimping portion has a second groove filled with part of the affixed water stop member on the side closer to the terminal connecting portion than the distal end position of the core wire, and
the water stop member in the second groove serves as part of a component of the second water stop area after the crimping process is completed.

3. The crimp terminal according to claim 2 , wherein the first groove is communicated with the second groove.

4. The crimp terminal according to claim 1 , wherein
the inner wall surface of the cover crimping portion has a third groove filled with part of the affixed water stop member, and
the third water stop area is formed by at least the water stop member in the third groove.

5. The crimp terminal according to claim 2 , wherein
the inner wall surface of the cover crimping portion has a third groove filled with part of the affixed water stop member, and
the third water stop area is formed by at least the water stop member in the third groove.

6. The crimp terminal according to claim 3 , wherein
the inner wall surface of the cover crimping portion has a third groove filled with part of the affixed water stop member, and
the third water stop area is formed by at least the water stop member in the third groove.

7. The crimp terminal according to claim 4 , wherein the first groove is communicated with the third groove.

8. The crimp terminal according to claim 5 , wherein the first groove is communicated with the third groove.

9. The crimp terminal according to claim 6 , wherein the first groove is communicated with the third groove.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yoshida Takato
• Fukuda Masaru
• Kobayashi Hiroshi
• Taga Hiroyasu
• Hara Motoya
• Osada Takeshi

Classifications

• H01R4/185 Primary

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

• H01R13/114

  co-operating with pins or blades having a square transverse section · CPC title

• H01R4/184 Primary

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

• H01R4/188

  having an uneven wire-receiving surface to improve the contact · CPC title

• H01R4/70

  Insulation of connections (end caps H01R4/22) · CPC title