Patent ID: 7665224

Claim:
A method of measuring a metal terminal, comprising: providing a metal terminal which includes a base plate portion for placing a sheathed electric wire thereon, a pair of core wire crimping piece portions extending upwardly respectively from opposite side edges of the base plate portion, and a pair of sheath crimping piece portions extending upwardly respectively from the opposite side edges of the base plate portion; and crimping the core wire crimping piece portions to a core wire of the sheathed electric wire to form a core wire crimping portion; crimping the sheath crimping piece portions to a sheath portion of the sheathed electric wire to form a sheath crimping portion; measuring a dimension of the core wire crimping portion and a dimension of the sheath crimping portion, wherein a height of the sheath crimping portion is measured in a direction intersecting with or parallel to a direction of gripping of the core wire crimping portion in a state that the core wire crimping portion is gripped in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the base plate portion.