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Patent No.:

US 12771048 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2026

Filed:

Apr. 11, 2024

Female terminal, connector, terminal-attached electric wire, connector-attached electric wire, and wire harness

Applicants:

Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc., Inukami-gun, JP;

Inventors:

Takuro Yamada, Inukami-gun, JP;

Takeshi Watanabe, Inukami-gun, JP;

Tomoaki Tanigawa, Inukami-gun, JP;

Mitsuko Adachi, Tokyo, JP;

Ryosuke Nishii, Tokyo, JP;

Assignees:

FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;

FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC., Inukami-gun, JP;

Attorney:

Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

Primary Examiner:

Christopher M Koehler

Assistant Examiner:

Gregory L Mangot

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 4/02 (2006.01); H01R 13/115 (2006.01); H01R 13/187 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 4/023 (2013.01); H01R 13/115 (2013.01); H01R 13/187 (2013.01);
Abstract

A female terminal, a female connector, a terminal-attached electric wire, a connector-attached electric wire, and a wire harness can prevent a welded portion from being damaged when a conductor of an electric wire is connected by ultrasonic welding to an electric wire connection portion of a female terminal with a base portion and a spring member welded together. A female terminal includes an electric wire connection portion with a conductor of an electric wire connected by ultrasonic welding, and a terminal connection portion with a male terminal connected. The terminal connection portion includes a base portion having a pair of side walls with a connection blade of a male terminal inserted therebetween, and a spring member attached to the base portion, the spring member includes a laying plate along the side walls and an arm spring, the side walls and the laying plate are welded at an endless welded portion.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Yamada, Takuro. (2026). Female terminal, connector, terminal-attached electric wire, connector-attached electric wire, and wire harness (U.S. Patent No. 12771048). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12771048

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