Patent ID: 8070536

Claim:
A crimp terminal having an electric connection portion which is fitted to a counterpart terminal to thereby make an electrical connection therewith and a wire crimp portion which is crimped to an end of a wire in which a conductor is exposed at the end, wherein the wire crimp portion comprises a first crimp portion which is crimped to the conductor on the end of the wire from an outer side, and a second crimp portion which is crimped to the conductor from the outer side in a position closer to a tip end side of the conductor than the first crimp portion and with a higher degree of compression than the first crimp portion, and an inner surface of the first crimp portion and an inner surface of the second crimp portion are provided with recessed portions forming edges that cut into the conductor respectively, the recessed portion provided in the first crimp portion being continuous in an direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the terminal while the recessed portion provided in the second crimp portion being divided into a plurality of recessed portions in a division direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the terminal, the divided recessed portions being separated from each other in the axial direction.