Patent ID: 6341977
Filing Date: 2002-01-29
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A pressure-contact terminal, comprising:a contact portion to be in contact with an opposed terminal and formed on a tip end side of the pressure-contact terminal; an electric wire connecting portion formed on a rear end side of the pressure-contact terminal, the electric wire connecting portion having a bottom plate and a pair of side plates formed by bending from both sides of the bottom plate in the same direction, the pair of side plates being formed with a plurality of pairs of pressure-contact portions; wherein at least a pair of the pressure-contact portions has a pair of pressure-contact blades; and wherein each of the pair of pressure contact blades includes: a pressure-contact blade main body cut and bent inwardly from the side plates; a blade portion formed on an outer periphery of the pressure-contact blade main body to cut a cover portion of a covered electric wire; a contact portion to be in contact with a core of the covered electric wire, the contact portion being straight and continuously formed from the blade portion; and a core retaining portion formed on a lower portion side of the contact portion and projecting inwardly farther than the blade portion and the contact portion to be brought into contact with the cover portion of the covered electric wire, thereby preventing the covered electric wire from disengaging from the pressure contact portions when load is applied to the covered electric wire in an axial direction.