# US 9,437,938 B2 · Connecting structure of pressure attaching terminal to electric wire and connecting method of pressure attaching terminal to electric wire

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- Number: US 9,437,938 B2
- Document ID: US9437938B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/191,775
- Filed: 2014-02-27
- Published: 2014-06-26
- Granted: 2016-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 2011-08-30
- Assignees: Yazaki Corporation
- Applicants: Yazaki Corporation
- Inventors: Kentaro Ohnuma
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9437938B2

## CPC

- H01R 4/184: {comprising a U-shaped wire-receiving portion}
- H01R 4/185: {combined with a U-shaped insulation-receiving portion}
- H01R 4/26: Connections in which at least one of the connecting parts has projections which bite into or engage the other connecting part in order to improve the contact ({H01R4/188, H01R4/203, H01R4/5075 take precedence}; using shape memory materials H01R4/01)
- H01R 4/62: Connections between conductors of different materials; Connections between or with aluminium or steel-core aluminium conductors (H01R4/68 takes precedence)
- H02G 1/14: for joining or terminating cables
- Y10T 29/49181: by deforming
- H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H02G: INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

In a connecting method of a pressure attaching terminal to an electric wire, the pressure attaching terminal includes first and second electric wire connecting parts having U shapes and having a bottom plate part and one pairs of electric wire caulking pieces. When the electric wire is a single core electric wire, a single core conductor is set and one pairs of electric wire caulking pieces are respectively bent inside to caulk the caulking pieces to the single core conductor. When the electric wire is a multi-core electric wire as a multi-core twisted conductor, the multi-core conductor is set, and the one pair of electric wire caulking pieces are bent inside to caulk the electric wire caulking pieces to the multi-core conductor, and the one pair of electric wire caulking pieces are bent inside to caulk the electric wire caulking pieces to the part covered with a coat.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A connecting structure of a pressure attaching terminal to an electric wire, the pressure attaching terminal comprising:
a terminal connecting part connected to a mate side terminal in a front part of the pressure attaching terminal; and
first and second electric wire connecting parts formed substantially in the shapes of U in section in a rear part of the pressure attaching terminal and including a bottom plate part and respective first and second pairs of electric wire caulking pieces which are extended upward from both side edges of the bottom plate part and bent inside to enclose a terminal part of the electric wire to be connected so that the electric wire caulking pieces caulk the terminal part of the electric wire so as to come into close contact with an upper surface of the bottom plate part,
the bottom plate part of the first and second electric wire connecting parts being common and the first pair of electric wire caulking pieces of the first electric wire connecting part and the second pair of electric wire caulking pieces of the second electric wire connecting part being spaced apart from each other in respectively independent states in a longitudinal direction of the pressure attaching terminal,
wherein the pressure attaching terminal is configured to be connected in common with both a single core electric wire used in a part which does not need to be bent having a conductor covered with a coat as a single core conductor and a multi-core electric wire having a conductor covered with a coat as a multi-core conductor,
in the case that the electric wire is formed with the single core electric wire, the single core conductor exposed by removing the coat is set on the bottom plate part common to the first and second electric wire connecting parts, and the first and second pairs of electric wire caulking pieces of the first and second electric wire connecting parts are respectively bent inside to caulk the caulking pieces to the single core conductor together to attach the terminal under pressure and fixed to a terminal part of the electric wire,
and in the case that the electric wire is formed with the multi-core electric wire, the multi-core conductor exposed by removing the coat is set on the bottom plate part of the first electric wire connecting part, and the first pair of electric wire caulking pieces of the first electric wire connecting part are bent inside to caulk the electric wire caulking pieces to the multi-core conductor, a part covered with the coat is set on the bottom plate part of the second electric wire connecting part, and the second pair of electric wire caulking pieces of the second electric wire connecting part are bent inside to caulk the electric wire caulking pieces to the part covered with the coat and to attach under pressure and fix the terminal to the terminal part of the electric wire.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A connecting structure of a pressure attaching terminal to an electric wire according to claim 1, wherein the single core electric wire is formed with an aluminum single core electric wire having a conductor covered with a coat as an aluminum single core conductor.

### Claim 3

A connecting method of a pressure attaching terminal to an electric wire, the pressure attaching terminal comprising:
a terminal connecting part connected to a mate side terminal in a front part of the pressure attaching terminal; and
first and second electric wire connecting parts formed substantially in the shapes of U in section in a rear part of the pressure attaching terminal and including a bottom plate part and respective first and second pairs of electric wire caulking pieces which are extended upward from both side edges of the bottom plate part and bent inside to enclose a terminal part of the electric wire to be connected so that the electric wire caulking pieces caulk the terminal part of the electric wire so as to come into close contact with an upper surface of the bottom plate part,
the bottom plate part of the first and second electric wire connecting parts being common and the first pair of electric wire caulking pieces of the first electric wire connecting part and the second pair of electric wire caulking pieces of the second electric wire connecting part being spaced apart from each other in respectively independent states in a longitudinal direction of the pressure attaching terminal,
wherein the pressure attaching terminal is configured to be connected in common with both a single core electric wire having a conductor covered with a coat as a single core conductor and a multi-core electric wire having a conductor covered with a coat as a multi-core conductor,
in the case that the electric wire is formed with the single core electric wire, the single core conductor exposed by removing the coat is set on the bottom plate part common to the first and second electric wire connecting parts, and then, the first and second pairs of electric wire caulking pieces of the first and second electric wire connecting parts are respectively bent inside to caulk the caulking pieces to the single core conductor together and to attach under pressure and fix the terminal to a terminal part of the electric wire,
and when the electric wire is formed with the multi-core electric wire, the multi-core conductor exposed by removing the coat is set on the bottom plate part of the first electric wire connecting part, and then, the first pair of electric wire caulking pieces of the first electric wire connecting part are bent inside to caulk the electric wire caulking pieces to the multi-core conductor, a part covered with the coat is set on the bottom plate part of the second electric wire connecting part, and then the second pair of electric wire caulking pieces of the second electric wire connecting part are bent inside to caulk the electric wire caulking pieces to the part covered with the coat and to attach under pressure and fix the terminal to the terminal part of the electric wire.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

A connecting method of a pressure attaching terminal to an electric wire according to claim 3, wherein the single core electric wire is formed with an aluminum single core electric wire having a conductor covered with a coat as an aluminum single core conductor.

### Claim 5

A method of connecting pressure attaching terminals to electric wires having single and multi core conductors, the method comprising:
providing a plurality of pressure attaching terminals, each of the plurality of pressure attaching terminals including first and second electric wire connecting parts formed substantially in a U-shape in section in a rear part of the pressure attaching terminal and separated from each other in a longitudinal direction and including a bottom plate part, the first and second electric wire connecting parts having a first pair of electric wire caulking pieces and a second pair of electric wire caulking pieces, respectively, which extend upward from both side edges of the bottom plate part;
attaching one of the terminals to a wire having a single-core conductor by crimping the first and the second pairs of the electric wire caulking pieces to the single core conductor; and
attaching another of the terminals to a wire having a multi-core conductor by crimping the first pair of electric wire caulking pieces to the multi-core conductor and the second pair of the electric wire caulking pieces to the coating of the wire.