US 12,149,036 B2
Terminal and terminal wire assembly
Shunya Takeuchi, Yokkaichi (JP); Masaaki Tabata, Yokkaichi (JP); Nungna Wi, Yokkaichi (JP); Hajime Matsui, Yokkaichi (JP); Teruo Hara, Yokkaichi (JP); Keisuke Teramoto, Yokkaichi (JP); Hideki Matsunaga, Yokkaichi (JP); Hiroshi Kobayashi, Okazaki (JP); and Takeshi Amakawa, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP); and TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Appl. No. 17/613,777
Filed by AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Yokkaichi (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Yokkaichi (JP); SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP); and TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 4, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/022136
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 23, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/250800, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-109706 (JP), filed on Jun. 12, 2019; and application No. 2019-155819 (JP), filed on Aug. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0231434 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 4/50 (2006.01); H01R 43/16 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 4/50 (2013.01) [H01R 43/16 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A terminal that is coupled to an end of an electric wire on a front side with respect to an extending direction in which the electric wire extends, the terminal comprising:
a terminal body being formed from a metal sheet, the terminal body including:
at least one holding section holding the electric wire and contacting the electric wire at a first position inside the terminal body, the at least one holding section including a section of the metal sheet; and
a holding protrusion protruding inward from the at least one holding section toward the electric wire and contacting the electric wire at a second position spaced from the first position in the extending direction, the holding protrusion including a section of the metal sheet folded on the at least one holding section; and
a slider fitted on the terminal body to be slidable relative to the terminal body in the extending direction, the slider including a pressing portion opposite the at least one holding section and pressing the at least one holding section toward the electric wire.