Terminal connector and wire harness
US8303354B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 12, 2009 |
| Grant date | Nov 6, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 21, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R4/188
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A wire barrel to be crimped onto an end of an electric wire has a surface on a side to face the electric wire. The surface has a plurality of recesses that extend in a direction that is to cross the axial direction of the electric wire and are separated from each other in the direction that is to cross the axial direction of the electric wire. The wire barrel has a thickness in a range from 0.15 mm to 1 mm before being crimped to the electric wire. Each recess has a depth in a range from 30% to 60% of the thickness of the wire barrel before the wire barrel is crimped onto the electric wire.
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