Patent ID: 8181343

Claim:
A method of making a crimp connection attaching a terminal to a wire conductor, the wire conductor including an inner core and an insulative outer cover surrounding the inner core, a portion of the outer cover at an end of the wire conductor being removed to define a lead of the inner core axially extending away from an edge of the outer cover, and the terminal adapted to receive at least the lead of the wire conductor, said method comprising: arranging a layer of fluid conformal coating so that the layer is overlying the terminal and underlying at least the lead of the wire conductor upon at least the lead of the wire conductor being received into the terminal; receiving at least the lead of the wire conductor into the terminal; crimping the terminal, the layer of the fluid conformal coating, and at least the lead of the wire conductor to produce the crimp connection such that the layer of the fluid conformal coating is displaced in the crimp connection at least where an abutting surface of the terminal makes contact with at least the lead of the wire conductor; and curing the fluid conformal coating to a non-fluid state in the crimp connection and the area surrounding the crimp connection thereabout.