Patent ID: 8303355

Claim:
A terminal connector comprising: a crimping portion that is crimped onto a conductor exposed at an end of an electric wire so as to surround the exposed conductor, wherein in a state before the crimping portion is crimped onto the electric wire, a plurality of recesses are arranged on a surface of the crimping portion where the electric wire is provided, so as to be aligned along a first direction with a distance therebetween, the first direction crossing to an extending direction in which the electric wire that is crimped onto the crimping portion is extended, and the plurality of recesses are arranged to be aligned along a second direction with a distance therebetween, the second direction crossing to the extending direction and being different from the first direction, and rims of an opening of each recess form a parallelogram not including a rectangle and comprise two first opening rims parallel to the first direction and two second opening rims parallel to the second direction, and the first opening rims of each of the recesses that are arranged in the first direction are arranged on a straight line along the first direction and the second opening rims of each of the recesses that are arranged in the second direction are arranged on a straight line along the second direction, and wherein the recesses are formed by pressing the crimping portion with a die where a plurality of protruding parts are formed so as to correspond to the recesses.