Patent ID: 9385449
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: H01B,H01R

Claim Text:
1. An electrical terminal comprising: a mount portion and a wire receiving portion formed of an electrically conductive material; the wire receiving portion having a continuous interior wall and configured to be crimped and having an aperture to receive a wire, the wire receiving portion including a contact portion having an integral oxide breaker element and a sealing portion that is adjacent to and spaced from the contact portion toward the aperture; the integral oxide breaker element including a plurality of protrusions that extend around the continuous interior wall and extend radially inwardly in the contact portion, the protrusions configured to engage a wire positioned in the contact portion and to protrude into the wire when the wire receiving portion is crimped; a material layer coating formed on at least a portion of the integral oxide breaker element and made of a material different from the material of the integral oxide breaker element; the sealing portion including at least one integral seal ring and at least one flexible seal ring adjacent to an integral seal ring for sealing the wire when the wire receiving portion is crimped.