Patent ID: 6676458
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A structure for connecting a terminal and an electric wire, comprising:a tubular wire connecting portion, into which a core wire portion of an electric wire is inserted, formed on a terminal; and a plurality of irregularities formed on an internal circumferential surface of the wire connecting portion of the terminal, wherein the wire connecting portion is crimped around a full outer circumference thereof, such that in a longitudinal cross section, which is coincident with a longitudinal axis of the terminal, an entire length of the wire connecting portion in which the core wire portion is inserted has an outermost thickness that is uniform, whereby the irregularities bite into the core wire portion of the electric wire, wherein the irregularities include at least one spiral groove and a plurality of thread portions, wherein the core wire portion of the electric wire is twisted, and wherein a spiral direction of the irregularities is opposite to a twisting direction of the core wire portion of the electric wire.