Patent ID: 8876563
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A crimp terminal comprising: an electrical connection portion provided in a front portion in a longitudinal direction of the terminal; and a conductor crimp portion provided behind the electrical connection portion and crimped and connected to a conductor of an end of an electric wire, the conductor crimp portion having a cross section formed into a U-shape by a bottom plate and a pair of conductor crimping pieces provided to extend upwardly from both right and left side edges of the bottom plate and crimped to wrap the conductor disposed on an inner surface of the bottom plate, wherein the conductor crimp portion before being crimped to the conductor of the end of the electric wire includes, in an inner surface of the conductor crimp portion, circular recesses as serrations scattered to be spaced from each other, and wherein the recesses each has an inner bottom surface in a form of a hemispherical surface spaced over substantially an entirety of the central surface of the conductor crimp portion.