Patent ID: 8210884

Claim:
An electrical terminal for terminating a wire, the electrical terminal comprising: an electrical contact; and a crimp barrel extending from the electrical contact, the crimp barrel being configured to be crimped around an end of the wire, the crimp barrel comprising a base and opposing side walls that extend from the base, the base and side walls defining an opening of the crimp barrel that is configured to receive the end of the wire therein, the side walls extending outwardly from the base to ends, the side walls comprising base segments that extend from the base and end segments that extend from the base segments and include the ends, a sealing wing extends from the end of at least one of the side walls, the side walls being configured to be folded over when crimped over the end of the wire such that a gap is defined between the end segment and the base segment of at least one of the side walls, wherein the sealing wing is configured to extend within the gap between the end segment and the base segment of the corresponding side wall when the side walls are crimped over the end of the wire.