Abstract: A busbar for electrically connecting components in a power distribution system. The busbar includes a plurality of conductors formed from a first material and having a first end, a second end, and an intermediate portion. The first end, the second end, and the intermediate portion can be integrally formed with one another and stacked to provide the busbar with a first geometry. The intermediate portion includes a handling section with a rigidity that is less than a rigidity of a corresponding section of a reference busbar that has (a) a geometry that substantially matches the first geometry and (b) has a single conductor formed from a material substantially similar to the first material. The handling section is formed using an edge-based fusion process that fuses a portion of the conductors together to form a single consolidated conductor in that section of the busbar.

Abstract: A crimp includes a crimp barrel having a first side wall and a second side wall. The first side wall has a self-locking wing and the second side wall has a self-locking hooked pocket. The self-locking wing is adapted to lock with the self-locking hooked pocket.

Abstract: A coupling element for fitting to a threaded spindle. The coupling element has a receiving portion which is formed integrally with a coupling portion. The receiving portion extends in a hollow-cylindrical manner along an axis having an axial receiving opening for receiving the threaded spindle, and the coupling portion is flattened transversely with respect to the axis relative to the receiving portion and has a connection means. In order to be able to produce a coupling element in a more efficient and flexible manner, the receiving portion and the coupling portion be formed from a continuous integral pipe portion, wherein the coupling portion has a pressing portion in which the pipe portion is plastically compressed flat transversely relative to the axis.

Abstract: A method for welding a plurality of strands of one or more electrical conductors comprises at least the following steps: (a) preparing the strands to be welded such that at least the free ends of adjacent strands are axially offset by a non-zero distance d; and (b) melting the free ends of the strands thus arranged in order to weld them without addition of material.

Abstract: A method of electrically connecting a first conductor composed of a first material, preferably aluminum, to a second conductor comprising or composed of a second material different from the first material, preferably copper, with a connector. For that purpose a connector precursor is provided, which includes a conductor core composed of the first material and sheathed by a casing layer composed of another material. The connector precursor has a first end and a second end. According to the method the casing layer is removed in the region of the first end to provide a contact surface. The first conductor is then connected to the first end in the region of the contact surface and the second conductor is connected to the second end of the connector. A connector and a system are also provided.

Abstract: The invention refers to an electrical connection (10) comprising a bushing (12) having a geometric central axis (14), an electrical conductor (16) passing through said bushing (12) along the geometric central axis (14), and an insulating layer (18) electrically insulating said bushing (18) from said conductor (16). It is suggested that the bushing 12, the insulating layer (18) and the electric conductor (16) are pressed together, preferably during a rotary forging process, in order to achieve a mechanical cold transformation.

Abstract: A terminal-equipped electric wire includes an electric wire, a terminal fitting, and a water seal member, which covers an exposed part of the electric wire in the terminal fitting. The terminal fitting includes a base wall, a pair of core-wire crimping sections, and a pair of sheath crimping sections. The base wall includes a recess extending continuously from an opposite arrangement area of the pair of sheath crimping sections offset from a rear end portion toward a distal end portion to an area beyond a distal tip surface of the distal end of a sheath end portion. The recess receives a side on the base wall of the sheath end portion from a crimped portion offset from the rear end portion toward the distal end portion in the pair of sheath crimping sections to the distal tip surface.

Abstract: A busbar for use in mechanically and electrically connecting components in a device or system. The busbar includes a plurality of conductors arranged to provide two opposed end portions and an intermediate portion, wherein each of the conductors has a plurality of intermediate extents that traverse the intermediate portion.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure include a suspension assembly having a support member, a moving member movably coupled to the support member, and shape metal alloy wires coupled between the support and moving members by attachment structures. In embodiments, the attachment structures include a first portion and a second portion configured to be crimped together. In embodiments, at least one of the first and second portions include an etched recess.

Abstract: An electric wire with terminal includes an electric wire including a core wire and a cover covering the core wire, and a terminal to be attached to the electric wire. The terminal includes a placement portion onto which the electric wire is placed, a pair of core wire crimp pieces extending from the placement portion and configured to be crimped to the core wire, and a pair of cover crimp pieces extending from the placement portion and configured to be crimped to the cover. In a state where the pair of cover crimp pieces is crimped to the cover, the pair of cover crimp pieces includes a recessed portion positioned at an intermediate position in an electric wire extending direction in which the electric wire extends, and a pair of inclined portions continuous with both ends of the recessed portion and inclined radially outward.

Abstract: The present invention relates to linear actuators comprising an electrically-controlled shape memory alloy coil spring (23) suitable to provide linear displacements in valves, switches, lock systems and provided with a crimped terminal at each extremity, each of said crimped terminals comprising a crimping component (21) and an engaging member (22) suitable to mount the spring (23) into the linear actuator. The invention further discloses the use of said spring (23) with particular geometrical characteristics and crimping system assuring the maximization of the available stroke and fatigue life, structural simplicity, low electrical power requirements and thermal inertia, small size.

Abstract: In a connection structure of the present disclosure, compression of a first connecting part of a first conductor forming a connecting component causes the first connecting part to be directly coupled to a second connecting part of a second conductor forming a body to be connected, to form an electrical connection structure, wherein the first conductor is made of copper or a copper alloy; and the second conductor has a Vickers hardness HV1 of 110 or more as measured at a position of the second connecting part in a state where the electrical connection structure is formed, and a Vickers hardness HV2 of 80% or more of the Vickers hardness HV1, the Vickers hardness HV2 being measured at a position of the second conductor which does not form the electrical connection structure.

Abstract: Provided is a connector including at least one plate-like housing body, a plurality of groove-like terminal housing chambers each opened in an upper surface of the housing body and parallelly arranged, a plurality of connection terminals provided at ends of a plurality of electrical wirings and housed and disposed in the terminal housing chambers, respectively, and a cover part overlapping with the upper surface of the housing body to cover the terminal housing chambers, wherein an elastic locking claw, which allows each of the connection terminals to be inserted into each of the terminal housing chambers by elastic deformation and is locked to each of the connection terminals to prevent each of the connection terminals from coming out of each of the terminal housing chambers by elastic restoring, is provided to protrude from a bottom surface of each of the terminal housing chambers.

Abstract: An electric cable including a terminal includes an electric wire and a female terminal. The female terminal includes a first holding portion and a second holding portion that hold the electric wire. The female terminal includes a first pressing portion and the second pressing portion pressing the first holding portion and the second holding portion toward the electric wire. The first holding portion and the second holding portion include a first protrusion and a second protrusion, respectively. The first protrusion and the second protrusion protrude toward the electric wire. A core wire of the electric wire includes a recess in which the first protrusion and the second protrusion are fitted.

Abstract: A wire harness assembly including a first connector, a second connector, and conductors extending between the first connector and the second connector. Contacts are provided on the second connector. The contacts have termination sections which are mounted on the second connector, compliant sections which extend from the termination sections, and substrate engagement sections which extend from the compliant sections. The substrate engagement sections have curved contact sections which are configured to be positioned in mechanical and electrical engagement with circuit pads of a mating printed circuit board. Embossments are provided on the curved contact sections to provide additional strength and stability to the curved contact sections.

Abstract: An electrical ground strap assembly for an automotive vehicle. The assembly includes a carrier plate, a bolt having an incline portion, and a nut having an interior chamfer, the interior chamfer being oriented at an angle corresponding to the incline portion of the bolt. In use, the electrode is lowered onto the bolt and the nut is then lowered onto the bolt and the electrode. As the nut comes into contact with the electrode, the electrode is deformed therebetween to provide a mating fit between the incline portion of the bolt and the interior chamfer of the nut.

Abstract: An electrical connector for a composite core conductor and a method of controlling crimping thereof includes a coupling portion and a tubular portion extending from the coupling portion. A conductor has a non-metallic core surrounded by electrically conductive strands and has a connecting portion of the core extending axially beyond the strands. The connecting portion is received in the tubular portion. A crimped portion on the tubular portion radially engages the connecting portion and secures the conductor to the tubular portion. The crimped portion is formed by concave surfaces on internal surfaces of crimping dies. The concave surfaces have different radii of curvature than remaining portions of the internal surfaces.

Abstract: A terminal-equipped electric wire includes at least one electric wire and a terminal including a wire barrel and installed on the electric wire. The electric wire includes a sheath; a conductor having a covered portion covered by the sheath and an exposed portion exposed due to absence of the sheath over a predetermined length at a part of the electric wire in a longitudinal direction of the electric wire; and a bonded portion formed over a predetermined length at a part of the exposed portion, the bonded portion at which strands of the conductor are bonded. An end of the wire barrel on a sheath side is closer to the sheath than an end of the bonded portion on the sheath side. The wire barrel covers at least a part of the bonded portion.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electric wire with a terminal includes forming a bonded part in which outer peripheral surfaces of strands are bonded to one another on an end portion of a core wire having the strands, in an electric wire in which the end portion is exposed from a covering; installing the bonded part onto a crimp terminal including a bottom part and a pair of caulking pieces extending from the bottom part and facing each other; crimping the caulking pieces to the bonded part, by sandwiching the crimp terminal and the electric wire between a first mold supporting the crimp terminal and a second mold moving relative to the first mold; and cutting a tip end portion projecting to outside from the caulking pieces in the bonded part by a cutting unit, while the caulking pieces are pressing the bonded part toward the bottom part.

Abstract: Difficulty of manufacturing is reduced while providing waterproof property with respect to a contact portion with an aluminum core wire. A barrel portion of a crimp terminal includes an inner barrel piece and an outer barrel piece, and an inner surface is provided with a plurality of recesses arranged dispersedly, and a groove extending in in a first region at the outer barrel piece, a second region at a location close to a terminal portion and a third region on an opposite side. A second portion of a seal member formed from adhesive gel is formed into a strip-like shape having width that allows a part thereof to be pushed out after crimping, and a first seal portion is formed into a shape corresponding to the groove and having narrower width than the second seal portion.

Abstract: A conductor connecting structure and a wire harness are able to improve connection reliability. An end portion of a first conductor and an end portion of a second conductor overlap each other in a radial direction, and a tubular member encloses, and is crimped onto, an overlapping portion where the first conductor and the second conductor overlap each other. With this configuration, it is possible to make a joint strong enough to resist a force applied in a direction in which the end portion of the first conductor and the end portion of the second conductor are detached from each other, and therefore it is possible to improve the reliability of connection between the first conductor and the second conductor.

Abstract: A crimp segment comprises a crimp barrel having a base and a pair of opposing side walls extending from the base. Each of the side walls is adapted to bend around a plurality of wires disposed in the crimp barrel and a pair of ends of the side walls engage with one another along a staggered seam.

Abstract: A connector has parts that can be used in common as much as possible in different specifications to reduce cost and to facilitate parts management. In a first specification having a high shielding function, a terminal fitting (20) connected to a shielded electric wire (15) is accommodated in a dielectric (23). The dielectric (23) is surrounded by an outer conductor (40) that is connected to a braided wire (18). The second specification requires no shielding function, and thus the outer conductor (40) is not used. Rather, a sub-housing (70) having the same shape and size as the outer conductor (40) of the first specification is used. The sub-housing (70) is configured to accommodate and retain the terminal fitting (20) and is locked in a same retained state as in the first specification when accommodated in a common housing (10) used in both specifications.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for applying an electrical terminal to one or more conductors, possibly provided with an external electrical insulation layer, comprising the following steps: placing the end portions of the conductors in a housing portion of the terminal; applying heat and pressure in such a way as to compact and/or join the end portions of the conductors and the housing portion of the electrical terminal and to remove any respective electrical insulation layers at least at the level of the housing portion of the electrical terminal. The application of pressure and heat causes the opposite walls to close on the end portions of the conductors. Said electrical terminal comprises an electrical connection portion that extends from the housing portion. The invention also concerns a device or piece of equipment for the application of an electrical terminal, a metal element and an electrical terminal.

Abstract: An electric wire connection portion includes a second core wire crimping portion) in which a pair of barrel pieces is wound around a core wire while widening a distance with respect to the bottom in a sandwiching direction of the core wire as being directed from a first core wire crimping portion side to the sheath crimping portion side. A boundary crimping area Tc arranged at a boundary part between a second core wire crimping portion and the sheath crimping portion includes a plurality of coupling crimping portions each of which connect two crimping portions among crimping portions having different angles with respect to a drawing direction of the electric wire from the crimp terminal between the second core wire crimping portion side and the sheath crimping portion side in at least an overlapping area.

Abstract: A terminal (20) includes a bottom surface (23) and solder holding portions (25, 25). A solder member (30) is placed on the bottom surface (23) of the terminal (20) and the solder holding portions (25, 25) are deformed to hold the solder member (30) in place. A conductor (12) of a wire (11) is placed on solder member (30). The solder member (30) then is melted by heating to connect the conductor (12) of the wire (11) to the terminal (20).

Abstract: A socket connector includes an insulated housing and at least one socket terminal. The insulated housing has at least one terminal passage for receiving the at least one socket terminal. The socket terminal has a fixing portion, a conductive clasp extending rearward from the fixing portion along a longitudinal direction, and a pair of contacting arms respectively extending from two opposite sides of the fixing portion. Each contacting arm has an elastic clasp extending from the fixing portion along the longitudinal direction, a port portion connecting to a front end of the elastic clasp, and at least one extending portion extending rearward from an inner side of the port portion. A part of the elastic clasp is bent inward to form a second contacting portion. A part of the port portion and the extending portion form a first contacting section.

Abstract: An electric shielding contact device in the form of a hollow cylinder that has a contact section and a crimping section. The contact section serves to electrically contact the electric shielding contact device with an electric counter contact. The crimping section serves to attach the electric shielding contact device to an electrical cable upon crimping of the crimping section and has a gaping opening shaped and sized to become a slit when the crimping section of is crimped and the electric shielding contact device attached to the electrical cable.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a connection terminal and a connector. The connection terminal comprises a terminal body, a plug-in part, and a stop part. The plug-in part is disposed at an axial front end of the terminal body and extends along an axial direction of the terminal body to enable a plug-fit with a mating terminal. The stop part is disposed at an axial front end of the terminal body for stopping the connection terminal from a continued forward insertion when the connection terminal is mounted in place in a connector housing. The stop part extends along a radial direction of the terminal body and is arranged to be stop-fittable with a rear end of the plug-in part along the axial direction of the terminal body. The connection terminal according to the present disclosure has a simplified structure with good processability and high mechanical strength.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a terminal-attached electric wire including an electric wire including a core wire having plurality of strand wires, and a female terminal including wire barrels crimped around the core wire. The method includes a first step of applying ultrasonic vibrations to the core wire, and a second step of crimping the wire barrels in a region of the core wire to which ultrasonic vibrations have been applied. The first step includes applying ultrasonic vibrations to the core wire while leaving a compression margin for the crimping by the second step such that the resistance between the electric wire and the female terminal is stabilized until the strand wires of the terminal-attached electric wire are severed when the core wire of the terminal-attached electric wire is further compressed after the second step.

Abstract: A terminal 20 disclosed by this specification is crimped to a wire 30, in which a core 31 is covered with an insulation coating 32, with the wire 30 pulled out rearward, and includes a core crimping portion 40 to be crimped to the core 31 and a coating crimping portion 50 to be crimped to the insulation coating 32. The coating crimping portion 50 in a state crimped to the insulation coating 32 includes flat portions 55 extending flat in a pull-out direction of the wire 30 and a projection 52 projecting more toward the core 31 than the flat portions 55 and having a projecting amount increased toward a rear side.

Abstract: A crimp tool for creating a crimp connection between a coaxial cable having an inner conductor, an outer conductor, and a coaxial connector having an outer conductor part, employing an anvil to hold the outer conductor part, the anvil having a recess with an arcuate face of a first radius of curvature, and anvil arm points at each end of the arcuate face, and employing a die to apply the crimping force, the die having a recess with an arcuate face of a second radius of curvature, wherein said die recess extends over an internal angle of approximately 180°, terminating in two parallel arms, where a radial force is applied from outside on the outer conductor part over at least a part of the circumference of the outer conductor part, such that a cold weld is achieved.

Abstract: To provide a connector for a battery unit in which power supply monitoring is achieved with a simple configuration without requiring a large workload, and a battery unit provided with the same. A connector 110 for a battery unit 100 has a housing 120, a pair of contacts 130 one of which is connected to a positive electrode of a battery 192 and the other of which is connected to a negative electrode of the battery 192, and a signal connector 140 connected to a control circuit 193 for the battery 192. The pair of contacts 130 and the signal connector 140 are mounted to the housing 120.

Abstract: A transition portion (4) has a surface (14) that is formed extending upward. The surface (14) is a surface formed extending upward so as to face a bottom portion (6a). Specifically, the transition portion (4) has a cross-sectional shape in which upper edge portions of side portions (8a) are bent inward. As the surface (14) approaches a main terminal body (3) from a sealing portion (22), the surface (14) gradually separates away from the bottom portion (6a) and the edge portions of the surface (14) gradually open outward and connect to side portions (8b) of the main terminal body (3). The surface (14) is formed so as to be curved upward, in a cross-section, from the end portion of the sealing portion (22).

Abstract: A crimp terminal including a core-wire crimping section (16) for crimping a core wire of an electric wire including a plurality of strands includes serrations (18a, 18b) provided on a surface where the core wire of the core-wire crimping section (16) is to be crimped, small serrations (18b) are provided in a region to which a large crimping force is applied during a swaging and crimping process, and large serrations (18a) are provided in a region to which a small crimping force is applied.

Abstract: A method for connecting a tubular cable lug produced from a non-ferrous metal to a strand produced from aluminum, includes steps of providing a tubular cable lug having a tubular portion and a connecting portion, providing an ultrasonic welding device having a sonotrode that has a pressure surface and having an anvil that has a mating pressure surface, securing the connecting portion to the anvil by clamping such that the tubular portion faces the mating pressure surface of the anvil, inserting one end of the strand into the tubular portion of the tubular cable lug, bringing the pressure surface into contact with the tubular portion, pressing the pressure surface against the tubular portion such that the tubular portion is forced against the mating pressure surface, and generating an ultrasound vibration oriented approximately perpendicular to a tube axis of the tubular portion by means of the sonotrode.

Abstract: An electrical terminal includes a crimp barrel having an interior side and an exterior side. The interior side of the crimp barrel defines a channel that extends along a longitudinal axis. The crimp barrel is configured to mechanically hold and electrically connect to one or more electrical conductors of an electrical device received in the channel. The crimp barrel includes multiple primary serrations spaced apart along the longitudinal axis. The primary serrations are groove-shaped recesses formed along the interior side. Adjacent primary serrations are separated from one another by a band. The crimp barrel further includes at least one micro-serration on the band. Each micro-serration is a groove-shaped recess formed along the interior side that has a smaller size relative to the primary serrations.

Abstract: A wire connection part of a terminal fitting includes: a barrel piece which is caulked while covering a tip end of a wire, thereby being crimped to the wire; a serration part formed on an inner surface of the barrel piece and connected to a core of the wire; and a water stop part mounted on the inner surface of the barrel piece to close a gap with the wire. A projecting piece mounted anterior to the serration part to position a tip end of the core is mounted to the barrel piece. The tip end of the core is positioned by the projecting piece, whereby the positional deviation of the wire can be prevented.

Abstract: Provided is an electrical wire-connecting structure, and a manufacturing method thereof, with which it is easy to ensure watertightness between a crimping terminal and an insulated electrical wire. A crimping terminal (11) having a tubular portion (25) is prepared in which a first cylindrical portion (52) into which a core wire portion (14) of an electrical wire (13) is inserted is formed with a smaller diameter than a second cylindrical portion (54) into which an insulation covering portion (15) of the electrical wire (13) is inserted, and an inner diameter of the second cylindrical portion (54) is in the range of 1.0 to 1.7 times an outer diameter of the insulation covering portion (15). The electrical wire (13) is inserted into the tubular portion (25), and the second cylindrical portion (54) and the insulation covering portion (15) are compressively crimped.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric contact element that has at least one crimping strap which is configured and arranged to reach around the outer circumference of an electric conductor, at least in sections, at least in a fully crimped state of the contact element. Furthermore, the invention relates to an electric contact arrangement that has at least one electric conductor and at least one contact element that has at least one crimping strap which is crimped, at least in sections, around an outer circumference of the conductor. Finally, the invention relates to a method of producing an electric contact arrangement, at least one crimping strap of a contact element being crimped, at least in sections, around an electric conductor.

Abstract: A conductor wire crimping portion (7) has depressions (13a, 13b, 13c) that are disposed at prescribed intervals in the axial direction and that are linear locking portions. The depressions (13a, 13b, 13c) are continuously depressed grooves on the inner surface of a crimping portion (5). On an upper die (30a), at a portion corresponding to the conductor wire crimping portion (7), a straight portion is formed, and in the front-back direction thereof, tapered portions are formed. More specifically, the upper die (30a) is formed to have an inverted trapezoid shape, a middle portion of which protrudes in the crimping direction. Consequently, at each boundary between the straight portion and the tapered portion, a die angled portion (32) is formed. At an area corresponding to the straight portion of the upper die (30a), the depression (13a) is provided, and at an area corresponding to the die angled section (32), the depression (13b) is provided.

Abstract: A crimp terminal includes a terminal connecting portion and an electric wire connecting portion. The electric wire connecting portion is sectioned into a bottom portion, a first barrel piece, and a second barrel piece, and is sectioned into a core wire crimp portion, a sheath crimp portion, and a coupling crimp portion. A water stop member affixed to the inner wall face of the electric wire connecting portion before crimping processing forms a first water stop area, that suppresses the entry of water, from the gap between the outer wall face of the first barrel piece and the inner wall face of the second barrel piece, a second water stop area from the terminal connecting portion side of the distal end position of a core wire, and a third water stop area from the gap between the inner wall face of the sheath crimp portion and a sheath.

Abstract: A terminal fitting (F) is such that a main body portion (10) in the form of a rectangular tube and a crimping portion (21) to be crimped to an end of a wire (Wa) are coupled by a substantially U-shaped neck portion (30) in which side plates (31) stand up from opposite side edges of a bottom plate (11), and the crimping portion (21) is so squeezed to provide a bell mouth (25) on a front end. The neck portion (30) is so formed that upper edges (32) of the side plates (31) continuously extend from a top (25A) of the bell mouth (25) and are located at height positions not lower than the top (25A). The upper edges (32) of the side plates (31) of the neck portion (30) are so inclined as to gradually increase a height from a rear end toward a front end.

Abstract: A crimp terminal includes; a crimping portion and a cover, the crimping portion is formed in a hollow cylindrical shape in cross section and has a first and a second end portion opposite to the first end portion. The conductor portion is inserted into the first end portion in a longitudinal direction, and the second end is sealed. The second end portion at the opposite side is sealed by welding. The crimping portion has a guide section inside the crimping portion into which the exposed conductor portion is inserted. An inner diameter of the guide section is smaller than an outer diameter of the cover of the insulated wire and larger than an outer diameter of the conductor portion. A length between the first end portion into which the conductor portion is inserted and the guide section is smaller than a length of the exposed conductor portion of the insulated wire.

Abstract: A wire-equipped crimp terminal includes a wire, a crimp terminal and a coating agent. The wire has a conductor exposed from an insulative sheath. The crimp terminal has a crimping piece which is press-deformed to embrace the conductor. The coating agent is coated to a first part of the crimp terminal. A recess is formed at a non-coating part of the crimp terminal where the coating agent is not coated. The coating agent is cured by irradiating light or an electron beam to the first part in a state where a part of the coating agent flowing out from the first part is received in the recess.

Abstract: An electrical connecting device for a machine includes a fitting element (2) to be fitted in an aperture (1a) of a wall element (1), at least one connecting element (3) which has a first end (3a) with a first connection unit (3b) for an electric cable which is situated outside the wall element (1), a second end (3c) with a second connecting element (3d) for an electric cable which is situated within the internal space, and an intermediate portion (3e) to be fitted in an aperture (2c) which runs through the fitting element (2); a sealing (5) makes a tight connection between the connecting element (3) and the fitting element (2) in the aperture (2c). The fitting element (2) is made integrally from a first material. The connecting element (3) is made integrally from a second material. The connecting element (3) and the fitting element (2) are provided with mutually cooperating surfaces (2c1, 2c2, 3e1, 3e2) which define a predetermined fitting position for the connecting element (3) in the aperture (2c).

Abstract: An electrical terminal (10) having an electrical contact (18) and a crimp barrel (20) configured to be crimped around an end of a wire. The crimp barrel (20) includes a base (22) and opposing side walls (24) that define an opening (25) of the crimp barrel (20). The side walls (24) extend outwardly from the base (22) to ends (50) and include base segments (52) and end segments (54). A sealing wing (56) extends from the end of at least one of the side walls (24). The side walls (24) are configured to be folded over the wire when crimped such that a gap is defined between the end segment (54) and the base segment (52) of at least one of the side walls (24). The sealing wing (56) is configured to extend within the gap between the end segment (54) and the base segment (52) when the side walls (24) are crimped over the end of the wire.

Abstract: A terminal, comprises an electric wire connecting part having a core wire barrel part that crimps a core wire exposed in one end of an electric wire, the core wire being made of a first metal; wherein the electric wire connecting part is made of a second metal whose ionization tendency is lower than that of the first metal, wherein the electric wire connecting part is plated with a third metal whose ionization tendency is between the first metal and the second metal so that a plating layer made of the third metal is formed on the electric wire connecting part, and wherein the core wire barrel part is crimped so as to break down the plating layer formed on a connecting surface of the core wire barrel part on which the core wire is mounted.

Abstract: A load-carrying active material assembly and a method of preparing such an active material assembly suitable for attachment to a movable component of a mechanism is described. The assembly includes a shape memory alloy (SMA) element, a connector adapted to engage the moveable component mechanically crimped to the SMA element, and a filler material disposed intermediate the connector and SMA element. The filler may be a solder or a polymer. Methods for appropriately distributing the filler material and for promoting good adhesion of the filler to the SMA element and the connector are described.

Abstract: A proximal end of an implantable lead may include a unitary connector pin having a socket end, a conductor end, and a necked-down portion arranged therebetween, where the conductor end includes a crimp cavity with an inner surface and a proximal end of the conductor is arranged in the crimp cavity, and a pin sleeve sleevably engaging the proximal end of the conductor and crimping the proximal end of the conductor against the inner surface, the proximal end may also include a unitary ring connector having a band portion, a notch portion, and a crimp portion where the crimp portion includes a crimp cavity with an inner surface and a proximal end of the conductor is arranged in the crimp cavity, and a ring sleeve sleevably engaging the proximal end of the conductor and crimping the proximal end of the conductor against the inner surface creating a crimp connection.