Electrical terminal for terminating a wire

US9397410B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Tyco Electronics Co., Ltd · US
• TE Connectivity Germany 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: Mar 14, 2013
• Grant date: Jul 19, 2016
• Expiry date: Aug 6, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01R4/62
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An electrical terminal (10) having an electrical contact (18) and a crimp barrel (20) configured to be crimped around an end of a wire. The crimp barrel (20) includes a base (22) and opposing side walls (24) that define an opening (25) of the crimp barrel (20). The side walls (24) extend outwardly from the base (22) to ends (50) and include base segments (52) and end segments (54). A sealing wing (56) extends from the end of at least one of the side walls (24). The side walls (24) are configured to be folded over the wire when crimped such that a gap is defined between the end segment (54) and the base segment (52) of at least one of the side walls (24). The sealing wing (56) is configured to extend within the gap between the end segment (54) and the base segment (52) when the side walls (24) are crimped over the end of the wire.