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Granted Patent B2
US 11,799,216 · App. 17/634,031 · Granted Oct 24, 2023

Terminal and wire with terminal

Inventors: Shunya Takeuchi (Mie, JP); Masaaki Tabata (Mie, JP)
Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
H01R4/5083
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,799,216
App. No.
17/634,031
Granted
Oct 24, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal to be connected to a front end part in an extending direction of a wire is provided with a terminal body including a sandwiching portion for sandwiching the wire, and a slide portion slidable along the extending direction of the wire with respect to the terminal body. The slide portion includes a pressurizing portion for pressurizing the sandwiching portion toward the wire. The terminal body is formed by a metal plate material in a bent state. The sandwiching portion includes a holding protrusion projecting toward the wire to contact the wire. The holding protrusion is formed by folding a tip portion of the sandwiching portion and overlapping the tip portion on an overlapping portion of the sandwiching portion. A first facing surface of the overlapping portion and a second facing surface of the tip portion are facing each other and overlapped.

Claims (37)

1. A terminal connected to a front end part in an extending direction of a wire, comprising:

a terminal body including a sandwiching portion configured to sandwich the wire; and

a slide portion slidable along the extending direction of the wire with respect to the terminal body,

wherein:

the slide portion includes a pressurizing portion configured to pressurize the sandwiching portion toward the wire,

the terminal body is formed by a metal plate material in a bent state,

the sandwiching portion includes a holding protrusion projecting toward the wire to contact the wire,

the holding protrusion is formed by folding a tip portion of the sandwiching portion and overlapping the tip portion on an overlapping portion of the sandwiching portion,

a first facing surface of the overlapping portion and a second facing surface of the tip portion face each other and are overlapped,

a first fitting portion extending in a perpendicular direction to the extending direction of the wire that is a front-rear direction of the terminal body and having an elongated shape is provided on the first facing surface, a second fitting portion extending in the perpendicular direction to the extending direction of the wire and having the elongated shape is provided on the second facing surface, and the first and second fitting portions are concavo-convexly fit from each other,

the pressurizing portion includes an upper pressurizing portion and a lower pressurizing portion arranged in parallel and extending in a front-rear direction of the slide portion, and

an edge formed on a front end of the tip portion is located between the upper pressurizing portion and the lower pressurizing portion.

2. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein:

the tip portion of the sandwiching portion has a contact surface configured to contact the wire on a surface opposite to the second facing surface,

the contact surface is formed with a recess, and

a part of the tip portion corresponding to the recess is formed with the second fitting portion projecting from the second facing surface.

3. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein:

the tip portion of the sandwiching portion has a contact surface configured to contact the wire on a surface opposite to the second facing surface,

the tip portion is provided with a through hole penetrating through the contact surface and the second facing surface,

an opening of the through hole in the second facing surface serves as the second fitting portion, and

the first fitting portion is shaped to project from the first facing surface toward the second fitting portion at a position corresponding to the second fitting portion.

4. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of the first fitting portions and a plurality of the second fitting portions are provided while being spaced apart in the extending direction of the wire.

5. A wire with terminal, the terminal comprising:

a terminal body including a sandwiching portion configured to sandwich the wire; and

a slide portion slidable along the extending direction of the wire with respect to the terminal body,

wherein:

the slide portion includes a pressurizing portion configured to pressurize the sandwiching portion toward the wire,

the terminal body is formed by a metal plate material in a bent state,

the sandwiching portion includes a holding protrusion projecting toward the wire to contact the wire,

the holding protrusion is formed by folding a tip portion of the sandwiching portion and overlapping the tip portion on an overlapping portion of the sandwiching portion,

a first facing surface of the overlapping portion and a second facing surface of the tip portion face each other and are overlapped,

a first fitting portion extending in an elongated shape and in a perpendicular direction to the extending direction of the wire that is a front-rear direction of the terminal body is provided on the first facing surface, a second fitting portion extending in the elongated shape and in the perpendicular direction to the extending direction of the wire is provided on the second facing surface, and the first and second fitting portions are concavo-convexly fit from each other,

the pressurizing portion includes an upper pressurizing portion and a lower pressurizing portion arranged in parallel and extending in a front-rear direction of the slide portion,

an edge formed on a front end of the tip portion is located between the upper pressurizing portion and the lower pressurizing portion, and

the wire is connected to the terminal.

6. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein each of the first facing surface and the second facing surface is a part of a same surface of the sandwiching portion such that the first fitting portion and the second fitting portion are provided on the same surface of the sandwiching portion.

7. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the tip portion of the sandwiching portion is folded in the front-rear direction of the terminal body and overlapped on the overlapping portion of the sandwiching portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 9, 2022
From: TAKEUCHI, SHUNYA; TABATA, MASAAKI
To: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058936/0924 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-155827 · Aug 28, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220294131A1 · Sep 15, 2022
Cited By (1)
US 12,266,897