Patent ID: 6616475
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electric wire connecting structure comprising:a lamp unit attachable to a lamp-attaching window provided in an interior wall covering a vehicle body panel, the lamp unit including a design portion disposed below the interior wall and a lamp functional portion disposed above the design portion, and at least two electric wire connecting terminals provided on the lamp functional portion, wherein each of the electric wire connecting terminals includes (1) a round conductor connecting portion having press-fitting terminal portions for piercing through a round wire cable, and (2) a flat conductor connecting portion having piercing portions for piercing through a flat wire cable, the round conductor connecting portion and the flat conductor connecting portion respectively corresponding to a conductor shape of the round wire cable and the flat wire cable, at least one of the round wire cable and the flat wire cable lain on a body panel side of the interior wall and fixed to the electric wire connecting terminals, wherein the lamp functional portion includes a bulb holding portion, wherein the electric wire connecting terminals are disposed side by side on a body of the lamp functional portion, and wherein the press-fitting terminal portions, of the round conductor connecting portions are located further from the bulb holding portion than the piercing portions of the flat conductor connecting portions.