US 12,431,638 B2
Terminal-equipped electric wire and connector-equipped electric wire
Yoshitaka Ikeda, Mie (JP); Takuji Otsuka, Mie (JP); Kosuke Sone, Mie (JP); Keisuke Kondo, Mie (JP); Takahiro Maruyama, Mie (JP); Yasuto Takeda, Mie (JP); and Tomoyuki Kondo, Mie (JP)
Assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/919,740
Filed by AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Apr. 5, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/014463
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 18, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/215230, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 28, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-074627 (JP), filed on Apr. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0145632 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 4/18 (2006.01); H01B 7/18 (2006.01); H01R 11/11 (2006.01); H01R 13/52 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 4/184 (2013.01) [H01B 7/18 (2013.01); H01R 11/11 (2013.01); H01R 13/5219 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A terminal-equipped electric wire comprising:
a coated electric wire including a conductor core wire and an insulation coating that covers the conductor core wire;
a joint terminal connected to the conductor core wire;
a connector terminal to be connected to a partner terminal;
a single-core relay conductor in which one end thereof is connected to the joint terminal and another end thereof is connected to the connector terminal; and
a sealing member that covers an intermediate portion of the relay conductor,
wherein the joint terminal includes a wire barrel and an insulation barrel,
the wire barrel is crimped to the conductor core wire and the relay conductor at the same position in a longitudinal direction of the joint terminal,
the insulation barrel is crimped to the insulation coating,
the conductor core wire and the relay conductor are aligned in a height direction of the joint terminal at a portion where the conductor core wire and the relay conductor are crimped by the wire barrel, and
wherein the wire barrel includes a pair of crimping pieces that protrude from a bottom portion of the joint terminal in the height direction of the joint terminal.