IP Library Granted Patent US 7,442,097
Granted Patent B2
US 7,442,097 · App. 11/972,241 · Granted Oct 28, 2008

Method for forming a terminal metal and terminal metal formed by the method

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Patent No.
US 7,442,097
App. No.
11/972,241
Granted
Oct 28, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A male contact portion, a female contact portion, a clamp portion where an electric wire is clamped for connection, a crimp portion where an electric wire is crimped and a piercing portion where an electric wire is pierced to be crimped are formed separately, whereby one of the male contact portion and the female contact portion is selected according to an application and one of the clamp portion, the crimp portion and the piercing portion is selected according to the application, and a connecting portion of the selected electric contact part and a connecting portion of the selected wire connection part are superposed on each other so as to join the selected electric contact making point and the selected wire connection part together.

Claims (14)

1. A manufacturing method of a terminal metal comprising a wire connection part to which an electric wire is connected and an electric contact part which is electrically connected to a mating terminal metal, comprising the steps of:

forming separately a wire connection part and an electric contact part; and

fitting said wire connection part and said electric contact part to each other, so that the terminal metal is formed,

wherein said wire connection part is selected from plural types of parts, and the selected wire connection part is joined to said electric contact part;

wherein said wire connection part includes a clamp portion where an electric wire is clamped, a crimp portion where an electric wire is crimped and a piercing portion where an electric wire is pierced to be crimped.

2. A manufacturing method of a terminal metal according to claim 1 , wherein said wire connection part and said electric wire part are joined to each other by crimping a piecing piece that is provided in one of said wire connection part and said electric wire part.

3. A terminal metal comprising:

a wire connection part to which an electric wire is connected; and

an electric contact part which is electrically connected to a mating terminal metal;

wherein said wire connection part and said electric contact part are separately formed and joined to each other;

wherein said wire connection part is selected from plural types of parts capable of being fitted to the electric contact part;

the selected wire connection part is joined to the electric contact part; and

wherein said wire connection part includes a clamp portion where an electric wire is clamped, a crimp portion where an electric wire is crimped and a piercing portion where an electric wire is pierced to be crimped.

4. A terminal metal according to claim 3 , wherein said wire connection part and said electric wire part are joined to each other by crimping a piecing piece that is provided in one of said wire connection part and said electric wire part.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
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