IP Library Granted Patent US 9,391,384
Granted Patent B2
US 9,391,384 · App. 14/363,845 · Granted Jul 12, 2016

Connector crimping terminal

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Patent No.
US 9,391,384
App. No.
14/363,845
Granted
Jul 12, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal, comprises an electric wire connecting part having a core wire barrel part that crimps a core wire exposed in one end of an electric wire, the core wire being made of a first metal; wherein the electric wire connecting part is made of a second metal whose ionization tendency is lower than that of the first metal, wherein the electric wire connecting part is plated with a third metal whose ionization tendency is between the first metal and the second metal so that a plating layer made of the third metal is formed on the electric wire connecting part, and wherein the core wire barrel part is crimped so as to break down the plating layer formed on a connecting surface of the core wire barrel part on which the core wire is mounted.

Claims (10)

1. A terminal, comprising:

an electric wire connecting part having a core wire barrel part that crimps a core wire exposed in one end of an electric wire, the core wire being made of a first metal;

wherein the electric wire connecting part is made of a second metal whose ionization tendency is lower than that of the first metal,

wherein the electric wire connecting part is plated with a third metal whose ionization tendency is between the first metal and the second metal so that a plating layer made of the third metal is formed on the electric wire connecting part, and

wherein the core wire barrel part is crimped so as to break down the plating layer formed on a connecting surface of the core wire barrel part on which the core wire is mounted,

wherein the core wire and the connecting surface of the core wire barrel part are in contact directly and electrically with each other.

2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein an end part of the core wire barrel part in a longitudinal direction of the terminal is provided with a bell-mouth part.

3. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the third metal comprises zinc.

4. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein very small pieces of a broken down

plating layer are partially located between the core wire and the connecting surface of the core wire.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 9, 2014
From: KODAMA, SHINJI; MURO, TAKASHI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033055/0769 →