Tyco Electronics Corporation

Te Connectivity Germany Gmbh

Tyco Electronics Amp Gmbh

Ned Corman

Charles Dudley Copper

John Mark Myer

John Wesley Hall

Helge Schmidt

David B Weaver

Raymond Dennis Boyer

Uwe Blümmel

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

Electrical terminal for terminating a wire

An electrical terminal is provided for terminating a wire. The electrical terminal includes an electrical contact and a crimp barrel extending from the electrical contact. The crimp barrel is configured to be crimped around an end of the wire. The crimp barrel includes a base and opposing side walls that extend from the base. The base and the side walls define an opening of the crimp barrel that is configured to receive the end of the wire therein. The side walls extend outwardly from the base to ends. The side walls include base segments that extend from the base and end segments that extend from the base segments and include the ends. A sealing wing extends from the end of at least one of the side walls. The side walls are configured to be folded over when crimped over the end of the wire such that a gap is defined between the end segment and the base segment of at least one of the side walls. The sealing wing is configured to extend within the gap between the end segment and the base segment of the corresponding side wall when the side walls are crimped over the end of the wire.

An electrical connector assembly includes a spring member having a generally C-shaped body extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge. The C-shaped body is formed by a first hook portion, a second hook portion, and a central section extending between the first hook portion and the second hook portion. Each of the hook portions are adapted to receive a conductor. The spring member is movable between a normal position and a deflected position, wherein in the deflected position, the spring member imparts a clamping force on the first and second conductors. The assembly further includes a wedge member having a leading end and a trailing end. The wedge is positionable within the spring member to drive the spring member from the normal position to the deflected position, wherein the wedge has an initial position and a final position corresponding to the deflected position of the spring member. Relative positions of the wedge member with respect to the spring member in the initial position and the final position vary based on a size of the conductors.

Wedge tap connector

An electrical connector assembly for a utility power transmission system includes a first conductive member having a first hook portion and a first base wedge portion with the first hook portion extending from the first wedge portion and is adapted to engage a main conductor. A second conductive member includes a hook portion and a wedge portion with the hook portion extending from the wedge portion and adapted to engage a tap conductor. The wedge portion of the first conductive member and the wedge portion of the second conductive member are adapted to nest with one another and be secured to one another by hand without specialized tooling. The assembly further comprises a displacement stop that is located on at least one of the first and second conductive members once fully mated. The displacement stop is positioned to define a final displacement relation between the first and second conductive members. The displacement stop defines a final mating position between the first and second conductive members independent of an amount of force induced upon the main and tap conductors by the first and second conductive members.

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