Patent ID: 9343820
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. A cable assembly comprising: an electrical wire having a jacket and multiple wire conductors surrounded by the jacket, the jacket being removed from the electrical wire at a terminal end of the electrical wire to expose the wire conductors; and a crimp contact having opposite interior and exterior surfaces, the crimp contact having a centerline and first and second sidewalls that extend from the centerline in opposite directions, the centerline extending parallel to a longitudinal axis of the crimp contact, each of the first and second sidewalls having a base section and a leg section, the leg section extending a lateral distance from the centerline to a longitudinal edge of the leg section, the base section extending a lateral distance from the centerline to a longitudinal edge of the base section, the longitudinal edges extending between the interior and exterior surfaces, the lateral distance of the leg section being greater than the lateral distance of the base section for each of the first and second sidewalls, the leg section of the first sidewall being located opposite the base section of the second sidewall, the leg section of the second sidewall being located opposite the base section of the first sidewall; wherein the crimp contact is crimped such that the interior surface surrounds and compresses the wire conductors within a contact cavity, the crimp contact being crimped such that the exterior surface along at least one of the leg sections engages the longitudinal edge of the opposing base section and the longitudinal edge of the at least one leg section is at least one of in the contact cavity or under the opposing base section.