Patent ID: 6782608
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A terminal-crimping mold for crimping a terminal to an electric wire, the terminal which includes:a base plate, an electric-wire clamping portion, into which the electric wire is insertable, provided on one end side of the base plate, and side walls erected from opposite sides of the base plate and continuously connected to the electric-wire clamping portion, the terminal-crimping mold, comprising: a lower mold part including a lower conductor mold part, a lower sheath mold part, and a lower side-wall mold part continuously connected to the lower mold part; and an upper mold part associating with the lower mold part so that the electric-wire clamping portion of the terminal, is adapted to be crimped by the lower and upper mold parts to electrically connect the terminal to the electric wire, the upper mold part including: an upper conductor mold part, an upper sheath mold part; an upper side-wall mold part moved integrally with the upper mold part, wherein one end of a pressure face of the upper side-wall mold part is substantially continuously connected to a pressure face of the upper mold part; and a taper face formed on the other end side of the pressure face of the upper side-wall mold part so as to be enlarged toward the one end side of the pressure face of the upper side-wall mold part.