Patent ID: 7878869

Claim:
A connecting member comprising: a holder made of synthetic resin and having a plurality of wire terminal inserting holes and an insertion terminal inserting hole which crosses with said wire terminal inserting holes within the holder; wire terminals each having a receptacle connecting end at one end, and each being adapted to have an electric wire connected thereto at the other end, wherein said wire terminals are adapted to be inserted into said wire terminal inserting holes; an insertion terminal which is adapted to be inserted into said insertion terminal inserting hole and into contacts of the receptacle connecting ends of the wire terminals after the wire terminals are inserted into said wire terminal inserting holes; wherein said contacts of the receptacle connecting ends of the wire terminals comprise one of a cylindrical portion and a hole portion; and wherein shapes of said contacts of the receptacle connecting ends and a lateral cross section of said inserting terminal are different such that one is rectangular and the other is circular for plastic deformation of said contacts of the receptacle connecting ends when the insertion terminal is inserted therein.