Patent ID: 8167666

Claim:
A terminal crimping structure having a terminal comprising: a receptacle having a retainer catch that protrudes upward; and a conductor barrel that opens upward and has a crimping portion and an extension, the crimping portion adapted to crimp a conductor and the extension positioned at a front of the crimping portion and adapted to cover an end portion of a conductor of a covered electrical wire when the conductor is crimped, wherein inner top surfaces of the crimping portion and the extension extend in a common parallel straight line, while a bottom surface of the extension is deformed downward with respect to the common parallel straight line; the terminal being mountable on a placement groove, such that the conductor is crimped to the conductor barrel by pressing the conductor barrel with a crimper, the placement groove includes a first pressing portion that presses the crimping portion, a second pressing portion that presses the extension, a bottom surface of the second pressing portion being an inclined surface expanding and opening toward the receptacle side, so an inclined base portion is formed along the bottom surface of the extension.