Patent ID: 6657127
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A piercing terminal for connection to an end portion of a wire including a conductor, comprising:a plurality of wire elements twisted together into said conductor, and an insulating covering material covering an outer periphery of said conductor; wherein a wire connection portion of a generally U-shaped cross-section for receiving said end portion of said wire is formed by an electrically-conductive sheet; and a piercing portion, which pierces said insulating covering material of said wire to contact said conductor within said wire, is formed to extend upright from a bottom plate of said wire connection portion, said piercing portion being formed by stamping a relevant portion out of at least one of a left and a right side plates of said wire connection portion and by raising said stamped-out portion, and said wire is received and held between said left and right side plates in a compressed manner, and a dimension between said left and right side plates is slightly smaller than an outer diameter of said wire so that a load is applied to said wire from said left and right side plates to compress said wire.