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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1993
Rupert J Fry, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Robert A Klemmer, Wheaton, IL (US);
Gary E Polgar, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Russell E Wende, Oak Lawn, IL (US);
Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
An elongated sheet metal terminal is adapted to be crimped onto an exposed conductor of an electrical wire, the conductor having a given cross-sectional area. The terminal defines a longitudinal axis and includes a mating end, a terminating end and a transition section therebetween. The terminating end has a pair of spaced crimped walls, and the transition section has a pair of spaced transition walls joining the crimp walls to the mating end. The transition section has a minimum cross-sectional area at any given axial location of at least sixty-five percent of the given cross-sectional area of the conductor. The crimp walls are adapted to be completely curled into generally semi-cylindrical configurations into crimping engagement with the conductor. The transition walls are adapted to be partially curled into generally semi-frusto-conical configurations toward the conductor.