Patent ID: 8303356

Claim:
A terminal fitting comprising: a terminal connection part formed at a front part thereof and connected to a mating terminal; and a crimping part formed at a rear part of said terminal fitting and composed of a lower plate part continuous with said terminal connection part and front and rear pairs of crimping pieces disposed respectively at front and rear positions of said crimping part, the crimping pieces in each of the pairs of crimping pieces being raised respectively from left and right side edges of said lower plate part, wherein said pair of front crimping pieces and said lower plate part constitute a wire barrel portion that contacts core wires exposed outside as a result of removal of coating disposed at an end portion of an electric wire and is crimped so as to surround said core wires; said pair of rear crimping pieces and said lower plate part constitute an insulation barrel portion that contacts coating at said end portion of the electric wire and is crimped so as to surround said coating; at least one pair of said crimping pieces has a thin portion formed thinner than said lower plate part and contacting said end portion of said electric wire when said crimping pieces are crimped; and said thin portion is formed at an intermediate portion of each of said crimping pieces except for a peripheral portion thereof.