Electrical terminal for terminating a wire

US8210884B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Tyco Electronics Co., Ltd · US
• Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Ned E. Corman · Harrisburg, US
• Uwe Blümmel · Hockenheim, DE
• Helge Schmidt · Speyer, DE
• Charles Copper · Hummelstown, US
• Raymond Dennis Boyer · Mechanicsburg, US
• David B. Weaver · Landisburg, US
• John Wesley Hall · Harrisburg, US
• John Mark Myer · Millersville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 22, 2010
• Grant date: Jul 3, 2012
• Expiry date: Dec 22, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01R43/005
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

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.