Patent ID: 6575779
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A pressure-contact terminal for connecting a wire to an opposed terminal, the pressure-contact terminal comprising:a contact portion formed on a front end of the pressure-contact terminal; and a pressure-contact portion formed on a rear end of the pressure-contact terminal for providing a reliable electrical connection between a wire having a cover portion and the pressure-contact terminal, the pressure-contact portion having a bottom plate, an opposed, upstanding pair of side plates formed by bending the bottom plate, and an opposed pair of pressure-contact plates projecting inward from the side plates and above the bottom plate; wherein the pressure-contact plates include cover cutting-off portions formed along obliquely extending upper edge portions of the pressure-contact plates for cutting and removing the cover portion of the wire, and wire-contact portions for contacting a core of the wire, wherein the wire-contact portions comprise: bent portions formed by bending thin plate portions formed at tip ends of the pressure-contact plates and formed with the contact faces to be connected in a conductive manner to the covered electric wire, and folded portions formed by further folding tip ends of the bent portions toward the bent portions.