Patent ID: 6167616
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of connecting an electric wire and a terminal, the electric wire having a plurality of core wires covered with a covering portion made of a resin, the method comprising the steps of: placing the electric wire on the terminal; pressing the electric wire against the terminal and directly applying an ultrasonic vibration to the electric wire with an ultrasonic vibration applying horn to melt and remove the covering portion so that the plurality of core wires are arranged on the terminal in a parallel and planar orientation; pressing the parallelly arranged core wires against the terminal so that the core wires and the terminal conductively contact each other; removing the horn from the from the wires; and housing the terminal and the electric wire in a groove portion of a first resin member, and inserting a protrusion of a second resin member into the groove portion to press the core wires against the terminal.