Patent ID: 9601889
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: B23K,H01R

Claim:
1. A connection method of a terminal comprising: an inserting and arranging process of inserting and arranging, as a bundle, conductors of a plurality of wires, which are exposed from sheaths at end portions of the wires, into a connection section, which has a cylindrical shape with a bottom portion and an opening section at one side of the connection section, wherein the terminal is formed of metal material and has the connection section; a heating and melting process of heating the connection section with the opening section of the connection section being faced upwards in a vertical direction to melt the conductors within the connection section; and a molten metal raising process of performing pressurization of the connection section from an outside to raise the molten metal within the connection section to an upper level disposed above end portions of the sheaths of the wires in the vertical direction such that said end portions are covered by the molten metal.