Patent ID: 6449841
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of press-connecting a coated electric wire with a press-connecting terminal, comprising the step of:pressing an end portion of the coated electric wire into a notched slot provided in a side plate of the press-connecting terminal so as to cut a coating portion of the coated electric wire to thereby make a conductor of the coated electric wire electrically connected to the side plate of the press-connecting terminal, wherein before the coated electric wire is press-connected with the press-connecting terminal, the coating portion of the coated electric wire is heated and softened so that a force necessary for pressing the coated electric wire into the notched slot is reduced to be not larger than a predetermined value, wherein the heated and softened areas of the coating portion of the coated electric wire remain on the coated electric wire as it is forced into the press-connecting terminal.