Patent ID: 6266875
Filing Date: 2001-07-31
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of connecting a sheathed wire to a press-connecting terminal, said terminal extending in a longitudinal direction and including a pair of opposed press-connecting blades defining a slot therebetween and a wire holding portion offset from said press-connecting blades in said longitudinal direction, said method comprising the steps of:press-fitting said sheathed wire with a press-connecting punch into said slot between said opposed press-connecting blades with said sheathed wire extending in said longitudinal direction such that said press-connecting blades cut a sheath of the sheathed wire, thereby electrically connecting a conductor of the sheathed wire to the press-connecting blades; and thereafterpressing said wire holding portion with a clamping punch so as to clamp the sheath of the sheathed wire, thereby fixedly connecting the sheathed wire to the press-connecting terminal,wherein said clamping punch is moved independently of said press-connecting punch so that said pressing step and said press-fitting steps are performed independently.