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US 4,966,565 AGranted
Crimp-style terminal and method of connecting crimp-style terminal and electric cable together
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorHikoo Dohi
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Abstract
A crimp-style terminal and a method of connecting the same is provided in which an exposure portion is provided in the cable conductor-clamping portion of the crimp-style terminal. The exposure portion is used for fusing a cable and the conductor-clamping portion together.
Claims9
A crimp-style terminal comprising:
- cable clamping means for clamping a conductor wire, said cable clamping means including a conductor clamping portion, a base that is integrally formed with said conductor clamping portion, said conductor clamping portion comprising at least one pair of press-deformable arms substantially perpendicularly formed respectively on lateral edges of said base, and an opening extending through each of said press-deformable arms for fusing an exposed portion of said conductor wire;
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- an electric connective portion extended from said base.
A method of connecting a crimp-style terminal and a cable together, comprising the steps of:
- exposing a conductor at a distal end of a cable;
- placing said exposed conductor on a conductor clamping portion of a crimp-style terminal, said conductor clamping portion comprising press-deformable arms extending along opposite sides of said exposed conductor, said press-deformable arms each having an opening therein;
- applying oppositely-directed forces to said press-deformable arms to clamp the same to said conductor;
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- applying a light ray through each said opening to an edge of said conductor clamping portion biting in said conductor and/or to said conductor itself so as to heat the same, so as to fusion-bond said conductor clamping portion and said conductor together.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.