Terminal and terminal fixing structure
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorTakatatsu Yamamoto
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Abstract
A terminal includes: a flat surface portion; an extending portion continuous with the flat surface portion; a branch portion continuous with the extending portion and extending in a direction different from that in which the extending portion extends; and rotation stop portions continuous with the branch portion. When the terminal is attached to a bolt protruding from a fixing member and including a seat separated from the fixing member, the flat surface portion contacts the seat, the rotation stop portions extend from the branch portion toward a base end of the bolt in a protruding direction of the bolt, and at least a pair of the rotation stop portions are positioned to sandwich the seat in a direction intersecting the protruding direction to prevent rotation of the terminal with respect to the bolt.
Claims9
A terminal attachable to a bolt, the bolt protruding from a fixing member and comprising a seat separated from the fixing member, the terminal being electrically connected to the fixing member when the terminal is attached to the bolt, the terminal comprising:
- a crimp portion configured to be crimped onto an electric wire;
- a flat surface portion extending from the crimp portion in a first direction and forming an end of the terminal in the first direction, the flat surface portion including,
- a through hole spaced away from the crimp portion in the first direction, and
- a straight outer edge extending in the first direction;
- an extending portion continuous with the flat surface portion and extending to form a same surface as a surface of which the flat surface portion extends, the extending portion extends from the straight outer edge of the flat surface portion in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction, the extending portion is spaced away from the end of the terminal;
- a branch portion continuous with the extending portion and extending to form a same surface as the surface of which the flat surface portion extends, the branch portion extending away from the extending portion in a direction different from each of the first direction and the second direction, the branch portion is spaced away from the end of the terminal;
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- a plurality of rotation stop portions continuous with the branch portion,
- wherein when the terminal is attached to the bolt by insertion of the bolt into the flat surface portion,
- the flat surface portion contacts the seat,
- the plurality of rotation stop portions extend from the branch portion toward a base end of the bolt in a protruding direction of the bolt, and
- at least a pair of the plurality of rotation stop portions are positioned to sandwich the seat in a direction intersecting the protruding direction to prevent rotation of the terminal with respect to the bolt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.