Patent ID: 8721855
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: G01N,H01R

Abstract:
1. A crimp contact, comprising: a terminal portion for electrical connection to another member; and a hold portion for holding lead core wires of an electrical lead therein so as to be electrically connected to said electrical lead, said hold portion including a pair of side portions for fixing said lead core wires by bending front end sides thereof toward said lead core wires of said electrical lead and a bottom portion connecting a rear end side of said pair of side portions, wherein said hold portion has a Vickers hardness of 350 HV or more, wherein a metal plating layer comprising Ag or Au as a main component covers at least part of an outer surface of said front end sides of said pair of side portions, and the front end sides have a thickness greater than that of the metal plating layer, and wherein: the pair of side portions rises from both ends of the bottom portion, when viewed in a cross section perpendicular to the axial direction; the front end sides of the side portions located opposed to the bottom portion thereof are bent toward the bottom portion; an outer surface of one of the front end sides is in contact with an outer surface of the other front end side; the lead core wires are disposed, when viewed in a cross section perpendicular to the axial direction, in an opening formed by the entire inner surface of each of the side portions and an inner surface of the bottom portion; and at least one or more lead core wires is sandwiched by at least the inner surface of one of the side portions, wherein an inner surface of the hold portion, which has a Vickers hardness of 350 HV or more when measured at the inner surface of the hold portion, is in direct contact with the at least one or more lead core wires.