ELECTRICAL TERMINAL AND DEVICE FOR FORMING A TERMINAL

摘要

A crimping device (100) includes an anvil (114) and a crimp tooling member (116). The anvil is configured to receive a terminal (102) on a top surface (112) thereof. The crimp tooling member has a forming profile (118) recessed from a bottom side (132) of the crimp tooling member. The forming profile is configured to engage a crimp barrel (110) of the terminal as the crimp tooling member moves towards the anvil during a crimping operation to crimp the crimp barrel into mechanical and electrical engagement with an electrical wire (104) disposed within the crimp barrel. The forming profile defines at least one pocket (170) along a top-forming surface (136) of the forming profile that extends between two side walls (134) of the forming profile. Each pocket is configured to form a corresponding protrusion (196) in the crimp barrel of the terminal during the crimping operation.