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US 2003/0155149 A1Published application
Terminal
AssigneeAutonetworks Technologies, Ltd.
InventorsKouji Ota, Hiroki Hirai, Yoshitsugu Tsuji
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Abstract
A terminal includes a fixing section that is fixed to a vehicle body, and a removable section to which an electric wire is attached. A line of weakness is provided between the fixing section and the removable section. When the electric wire is pulled during disassembly and/or recycling of the vehicle body, the terminal breaks at the line of weakness and the electric wire can be removed from said fixing section while the fixing section remains fixed to the vehicle body.
Claims16
A terminal comprising:
- a base plate section;
- a fixing section having a bolt-passing hole and extending from the base plate section;
- an insulator cover barrel extending from the base plate section, said insulator cover barrel crimping a sheath of an electric wire;
- and
- a removable core barrel forming section provided on one side of said base plate section, a line of weakness being provided between said removable core barrel forming section and said base plate section, wherein
- said removable core barrel forming section is oriented with respect to said base plate section such that, when said removable core barrel forming section is bent about said line of weakness, said removable core barrel forming section overlaps a portion of said base plate section and forms a core barrel adjacent to said insulator cover barrel, said core barrel crimping a core of the electric wire;
- and
- said line of weakness permits said removable core barrel forming section to be detached from said base section while said fixing section remains fixed by a bolt passing through said bolt-passing hole.
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A terminal comprising:
- a fixing section having a bolt-passing hole,
- a removable portion connected to the fixing section, a line of weakness provided on a side end of the fixing section and the removable portion being foldable about the line of weakness such that the removable portion overlaps a side of the fixing section when bent about the line of weakness, the removable portion including a base plate section;
- an insulator cover barrel extending from the base plate section, said insulator cover barrel crimping a sheath of an electric wire;
- and
- a core barrel extending from the base plate section, a line of weakness being provided between said removable core barrel forming section and said base plate section, said core barrel crimping a core of the electric wire,
- wherein said line of weakness permits said removable portion to be detached from said fixing section while said fixing section remains fixed by a bolt passing through said bolt-passing hole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.