US 11,843,214 B2
Terminal-equipped electric wire
Takahito Jo, Yokkaichi (JP); Yasushi Saito, Yokkaichi (JP); Tomoyuki Sakata, Yokkaichi (JP); Masaaki Tabata, Yokkaichi (JP); Teruo Hara, Yokkaichi (JP); Shunya Takeuchi, Yokkaichi (JP); Hideki Matsunaga, Yokkaichi (JP); Keisuke Teramoto, Yokkaichi (JP); Hiroshi Kobayashi, Toyota (JP); and Takeshi Amakawa, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Yokkaichi (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Yokkaichi (JP); SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP); and TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Appl. No. 17/629,159
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 Aug. 5, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/030053
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 21, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/029301, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-147254 (JP), filed on Aug. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0271448 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 4/64 (2006.01); H01R 13/03 (2006.01); H01R 107/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 4/646 (2013.01) [H01R 13/03 (2013.01); H01R 2107/00 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A terminal-equipped electric wire comprising:
an electric wire that includes a conductor;
a terminal connected to the conductor; and
a shell attached to the terminal,
wherein the terminal includes a grip portion that pinches the conductor,
the shell includes a pressing portion that is configured to press at least a portion of the grip portion in an inward direction toward the conductor by sandwiching the grip portion between opposing sides of the pressing portion,
the grip portion and the conductor are joined with an alloy layer, and
the alloy layer contains a Cu—Sn alloy.