Patent ID: 6068527
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A terminal, comprising:a base plate;an electric-wire clamping portion crimped to an electric wire which is inserted in an inside thereof, the electric-wire clamping portion being provided on one end side of the base plate;an electric contact portion, for mating with another terminal, provided on the other end side of the base plate; andside walls erected from opposite sides of the base plate, respectively, the side walls being continuously formed between the electric-wire clamping portion and the electric contact portion,wherein each of the side walls is shaped so that an end portion thereof connected to the electric-wire clamping portion is plastically deformed in the same manner as the crimped electric-wire clamping portion and so that the quantity of the deformation gradually decreases toward the other end portion of the side wall connected to the electric contact portion.