Pressure terminal for use with aluminum wire
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorMasaaki Yoshizawa
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Abstract
A pressure terminal for use with aluminum electric wire is formed with inwardly folded contact portions provided with pointed projections having an elasticity in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction, thereby securing a substantially constant pressure between the aluminum conductor and the terminal even in the presence of changes in strain and stress and, at the same time, preventing the reproduction of oxide films on the contacting surfaces of the conductor and terminal after connecting the terminal and the electric wire.
Claims5
A pressure terminal for use with aluminum electric wire formed of a metal having a hardness characteristic greater than aluminum, comprising an electric contact portion and a pressure-connecting portion, wherein at least one inwardly folded contact plate portion is provided inside said pressure-connecting portion and said inwardly folded contact plate portion is provided with at least one incision circumferentially extending from its inside portion, said incision being defined by two side portions, each said side portions forming a ridge having an elasticity in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction thereby adapted to clampingly bite the wire.
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