A terminal includes a tubular crimp portion that crimp connects with an electric wire. The tubular crimp portion is composed of a metal member. The tubular crimp portion includes a non-weld portion and a weld portion, the weld portion being formed by welding. A metal base material constituting the metal member of the non-weld portion includes a normal portion and an annealed portion.

A heat-shrinkable slitted tube includes a tube main body capable of bending into a tube shape and which shrinks due to application of heat; and a heat-resistant tape which, in a closed state where the tube main body is deformed so as to close a slit extending in a length direction, fastens together areas proximate to two end portions of the tube main body so as to maintain the closed state. In the heat-shrinkable slitted tube, in a case where, by affixing the heat-resistant tape to the tube main body such that one of the end portions is positioned at a short-direction center portion of an indicator of the heat-resistant tape, the other end portion is brought together with the end portion to achieve the closed state, the heat-resistant tape is affixed so as to intervene between the areas proximate to the two end portions.

A composite cable connector for terminating a cable segment is provided having at least one fiber optic element and at least one conductor element is provided. The composite cable connector has a connector housing, receiving at a first end, the at least one fiber optic element and at least one conductor element. A ferrule at a second end of the connector housing presents the at least one fiber optic element. At least one crimp on element is positioned at a back end of the connector housing for crimping onto the connector housing and couples with the at least one conductor element. At least one conductive pathway, from the crimp on element to a front end of the connector housing, proximate the ferrule, presenting at least one conductive pathway at a front face of the connector housing.

A harness component (1) includes a plurality of terminals (2), a housing (3) and a plurality of electric wires (4). The plurality of terminals (2) each have a rod-shaped rod terminal portion (21) connected to a circuit board (11), and a bent terminal portion (22) formed by bending a conductive plate. The housing (3) has a plurality of through-holes (31) and a plurality of terminal storage holes (32). The rod terminal portions (21) of the respective terminals (2) pass through the through-holes (31). The bent terminal portions (22) are arranged in the respective terminal storage holes (32). The terminal storage holes (32) are connected to the through-holes (31) and each have an opening (321) on the side opposite to the corresponding through-hole (31). Each of the electric wires (4) is inserted into the terminal storage hole (32) from the corresponding openings (321). Each of the electric wires (4) is fastened to the corresponding bent terminal portion (22).

An electric unit such as an electric water pump or an electric radiator fan for a motor vehicle with a plug-in connection comprises a region of the connections between contact tongues and stripped ends of the individual wires of the cable of the plug is sealed, and that a sufficient tightness can be ensured in relation to the ingress of moisture along the wires from the surroundings of the water pump through the plug into the housing. A plug and method for producing the plug for a plug-in connection on an electric unit includes a strain relief means, and a seal in the region of the electric contact between the contact tongues and the wire ends of the individual wires.

An object of the invention is to provide a connector terminal in which an outermost layer is not susceptible to wear due to repeated sliding, an electrical wire with terminal and a terminal pair. The connector terminal includes a base material and an outermost layer provided on at least part of the base material. A constituent material of the outermost layer contains 98 mass % or more of Ag, and a Vickers hardness of the outermost layer with a measuring load of 0.1 N is from 115 HV to 160 HV inclusive.

The sleeve is crimped to the outer periphery of the braid, the braid is folded back by the folding-back portion at the front end side of the sleeve, the folded-back braid covers the outer periphery of the sleeve, the braided crimping piece of the shield terminal is crimped to the outer periphery of the sleeve via the folded-back braid, the folded-back braid is held between the sleeve and the braid crimping piece, the sheath crimping piece is crimped to the outer periphery of the sheath, and when a tensile force is applied in the direction in which the cable is relatively separated from the shield terminal, the sleeve is moved in the tensile direction, so that the rear end edge of the sleeve and the front end edge of the sheath crimping piece are brought into abutment with each other.

A joint structure of a high-voltage cable includes a cable core wrapped from interior to exterior sequentially by an inner insulating layer, a shielding layer and an outer insulating layer, a section of the inner and outer insulating layers is stripped at an end of the cable core, and a length of the stripped section of the outer insulating layer is greater than a length of the stripped section of the inner insulating layer. The end of the cable core is connected to an external terminal, a connection between the end and the external terminal and an adjacent section of the inner insulating layer are wrapped by a heat-shrinkable tube, a spacing is provided between an end of the heat-shrinkable tube and the outer insulating layer, the shielding layer within the spacing is wrapped by a copper foil and connected externally to a cable connector via the copper foil.

A fluid delivery system includes one or more smart hoses. A smart hose of the one or more smart hoses includes a fluid conduit configured to deliver a fluid. The smart hose further includes a first electrically conductive element configured to deliver electricity through a length of the smart hose.

A fitting for receiving an insulated lead and a method for assembly thereof are provided. The fitting comprises an elongate member, a sleeve, a collar, and an insulator. The elongate member comprises a first end, a second end, and an interior surface defining an elongate cavity. The first end is open. The sleeve is configured to receive the insulated lead. The first end is configured to receive the sleeve. The collar is configured to compress the sleeve onto the insulated lead to form a seal between the insulated lead and the elongate member. The insulator is configured to inhibit electrical contact between an inner conductor of the insulated lead and the interior surface of the elongate member.