Patent ID: 6477771
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: H01R,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
A terminal crimping method of electrically connecting an electrically terminal having a pair of piercing parts and a flat part to a flat circuit body including a cover and a conductor therein by a terminal crimping apparatus including an upper crimper, a lower crimper, a terminal guide and a circuit body holder the terminal crimping method comprising the steps of:placing the electrically connecting terminal on the lower crimper; guiding the pair of piercing parts by the terminal guide relatively movable along outer sides of the pair of piercing parts; elastically holding the flat circuit body disposed between the upper crimper and the lower crimper by the terminal guide and the circuit body holder; relatively moving the upper crimper toward the lower crimper; piercing the cover and the conductor by point portions of the pair of piercing parts; and bending the point portions of the pair of piercing parts so as to approach each other by a molding face of the upper crimper.