Terminal and wire with terminal
AssigneesAutonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
InventorsShunya Takeuchi, Masaaki Tabata, Hiroki Kobayashi
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Abstract
A terminal 12 to be connected to a front end part of a wire 11 in an extending direction is provided with a terminal body 15 including a wire connecting portion 20 to be connected to the wire 11, and a shell to be externally fit to the wire connecting portion 20. The wire connecting portion 20 includes a sandwiching portion 18A, 18B extending in the extending direction of the wire 11 and configured to sandwich the wire 11. The shell includes a resilient pressurizing portion for resiliently pressurizing the sandwiching portion 18A, 18B toward the wire 11.
Claims8
A terminal to be connected to a front end part of a wire in an extending direction, the terminal comprising:
- a terminal body including a wire connecting portion to be connected to the wire;
- and
- a shell having a form of a rectangular tube extending in the extending direction and configured to be externally fit to the wire connecting portion,
- wherein:
- the wire connecting portion includes a sandwiching portion extending in the extending direction of the wire, the sandwiching portion sandwiching the wire, and
- the shell includes a resilient pressurizing portion projecting inwardly of the shell and resiliently pressurizing the sandwiching portion toward the wire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.