Patent ID: 7867014

Claim:
An aluminum wire press-clamping terminal for being press-clamped to an aluminum wire having a conductor portion in which a plurality of aluminum- or aluminum alloy-made strands are twisted, the aluminum wire press-clamping terminal comprising: a bottom plate portion for placing the conductor portion thereon; a pair of caulking piece portions which are extended from the bottom plate portion and adapted to be caulked to the conductor portion on the bottom plate portion to hold the conductor portion between the pair of caulking piece portions and the bottom plate portion; and at least one groove and at least one convex portion which are formed substantially in parallel to each other on contact surfaces of the bottom plate portion and the pair of caulking piece portions, the contact surfaces being adapted to contact the conductor portion, wherein the at least one groove is recessed from the contact surfaces and the at least one convex portion protrudes from the contact surfaces, wherein the contact surfaces exist between an edge of the at least one groove and a foot of the at least one convex portion, and an outer edge of the at least one groove forms a right angle, and wherein the convex portion extends in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the conductor portion.