Patent ID: 7201606

Claim:
A wire connection structure comprising a terminal element having a conductor-connecting section connectable to a wire conductor, an electrically insulative support for supporting the terminal element with the conductor-connecting section being exposed, and an abutting member for abutting a wire conductor to the conductor-connecting section of the terminal element under pressure, wherein said support includes a first support section supporting said terminal element and a second support section having a bearing surface opposed to said conductor-connecting section of said terminal element supported on said first support section, a wire conductor being disposed between said conductor-connecting section and said bearing surface; said abutting member includes a pressing surface acting to push said conductor-connecting section of said terminal element supported on said first support section toward said bearing surface of said second support section, said abutting member includes a projection having said pressing surface, and said second support member includes a recess for receiving said projection of said abutting member, wherein said terminal element includes a spring section adjacent to said conductor-connecting section; and wherein said abutting member presses said spring section of said terminal element by said pressing surface, upon being assembled with said body, so that a wire conductor is held between said conductor-connecting section and said bearing surface under a spring force generated in said spring section.