Patent ID: 9711874
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: H01R,Y10T

Claim:
1. A terminal to be connected to an electric wire which includes a core wire made of a fiber conductor, comprising: a barrel portion in which the fiber conductor is to be inserted, wherein the barrel portion includes a first end opening and a second end opening, wherein a bare part of the fiber conductor is to be inserted into the barrel portion from the first end opening, and a swaged portion between the first end opening and the second end opening, wherein the swaged portion is swaged in a state of inserting the bare part of the fiber conductor in the barrel portion such that the swaged portion has a maximum swaged amount portion where a swage amount and a width are at a maximum in the swaged portion, a first part close to the first end opening with respect to the maximum swaged amount portion and a second part close to the second end opening with respect to the maximum swaged amount portion, such that a swage amount of the first part of the swaged portion is gradually increased and a width of the first part of the swaged portion gradually expands in an electric wire insertion direction toward the maximum swaged amount portion and a swage amount of the second part of the swaged portion is gradually decreased and a width of the second part of the swaged portion gradually decreases in the electric wire insertion direction apart from the maximum swaged amount portion, wherein a length of the first part is greater than a length of the second part in the electric wire insertion direction.