Patent ID: 9136628
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A terminal fitting to be crimped to a wire including a core having an outermost surface, the core being formed by putting a plurality of strands together, comprising: a bottom plate portion on which the core is to be placed; and first and second crimping pieces connected to the bottom plate portion and to be crimped to the core in such a manner as to embrace the outermost surface of the core placed on the bottom plate portion; wherein overlapping portions are formed on tip parts of the respective crimping pieces by folding a plate material forming each of the crimping pieces to overlap layers of the plate material, each of the crimping pieces includes an adjacent surface between the bottom plate and the overlapping portion of the respective crimping piece, each of the overlapping portions including an inner contact surface extending along the outermost surface of the core and contacting the outermost surface of the core, the inner contact surface including a flat portion between a fold defined in the respective crimping piece when forming the overlapping portion of the corresponding crimping piece and the adjacent surface of the corresponding crimping piece, the flat portion being farther out from the bottom plate portion than the adjacent surface in a crimping direction in which the crimping pieces are crimped and the respective overlapping portions come into contact with each other without intruding into between the strands when the respective crimping pieces are crimped to the core.