Patent ID: 9608339
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. An assembly of a crimped terminal and an aluminum electric wire, the assembly comprising: an aluminum wire including an insulator and a conductor covered by the insulator and formed by twisting a plurality of strands made of aluminum or aluminum alloy, the insulator being peeled at a distal end of the aluminum wire; and a crimped terminal that includes a conductor crimping part and is made of copper or copper alloy, wherein the distal end of the aluminum wire is tightened and connected to the conductor crimping part after being placed in the conductor crimping part while being recessed to be further inside than a distal end of the conductor crimping part, and wherein the distal end of the conductor crimping part of the crimped terminal which forms an empty space where there is not the conductor of the aluminum wire is welded and sealed by a portion of the conductor crimping part that is melted when the distal end is welded.