US 12,074,401 B2
Terminal and wire with terminal
Shunya Takeuchi, Mie (JP); Masaaki Tabata, Mie (JP); and Hiroki Kobayashi, Mie (JP)
Assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/601,599
Filed by AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Apr. 2, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/015217
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 5, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/209179, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-074921 (JP), filed on Apr. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0181799 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 4/50 (2006.01); H01R 4/18 (2006.01); H01R 4/52 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 4/5066 (2013.01) [H01R 4/185 (2013.01); H01R 4/52 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. 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.