Patent ID: 7695330
Filing Date: 2010-04-13
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A terminal fitting assembly, comprising: a substantially tubular sealing plug mounted on an end of a wire, the sealing plug having opposite front and rear ends spaced apart along a center line, a substantially tubular mounting portion being defined substantially adjacent the front end of the sealing plug; and a terminal fitting having opposite front and rear ends, an insulation barrel having a longitudinally extending spine and opposite first and second lateral sides extending from the spine, first and second crimping pieces projecting respectively from the first and second sides of the base at positions spaced longitudinally along the insulation barrel, first and second lateral edges formed respectively on the opposite first and second lateral sides of the insulation barrel, the first lateral edge being opposite to the second crimping piece and the second lateral edge being opposite to the first crimping piece, the first and second lateral edges projecting sufficiently so that the center line of the mounting portion of the tubular seal is between the spine of the insulation barrel and a first plane that connects locations on the first and second lateral edges farthest from the spine, the first crimping piece being crimped around the tubular mounting portion of the sealing plug and toward the first lateral edge of the insulation barrel, the second crimping piece being crimped around the tubular mounting portion of the sealing plug and toward the first lateral edge of the insulation barrel, the insulation barrel having a second plane that passes through the center line of the sealing plug and symmetrically through the spine of the insulation barrel, an outside cross dimension of the insulation barrel along the second plane and perpendicular to the center line exceeding a maximum outside cross sectional dimension of the insulation barrel measured parallel to the first plane and perpendicular to the center line so that the insulation barrel defines a long elliptical shape.