Patent ID: 7070442

Claim:
A terminal structure for press-connecting a sheathed electric wire with a terminal having a blade portion, the structure comprising: a terminal support, comprising: a first main body; a plurality of wall plates, arrayed on the first main body in a first direction so as to define a first space between each of adjacent ones of the wall plates, the first space being adapted to receive the terminal and the sheathed electric wire; and chamfered portions, formed along both sides in the first direction of a tip end of each of the wall plates; and a punch, comprising: a second main body; and a plurality of press members, arrayed on the second main body in the first direction so as to define a second space between each of adjacent ones of the press members, the punch being configured such that each of the press members is inserted into the first space to press the sheathed electric wire against the blade portion of the terminal while each of the wall plates is inserted into the second space, when the terminal support and the punch are approached in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, wherein the terminal is disposed such that the blade portion extends in the first direction, and no clearance is formed between both ends in the first direction of the terminal and the adjacent ones of the wall plates.