Patent ID: 8851941

Claim:
A crimping terminal having a conductor crimping portion that is crimped and connected to a conductor of an electric wire, the crimping terminal formed into a substantially U-shaped section with a curved bottom plate or a substantially right-angled U-shaped section with a planar bottom plate by the bottom plate having an inner surface on which the conductor of the electric wire is placed and a pair of left and right conductor swage pieces each of which extends from both left-right sides of the bottom plate, is rolled inward to wrap the conductor placed on the inner surface of the bottom plate and is swaged so that a leading end thereof is crimped to the conductor, wherein a bead is formed at least on a wall plate at any position in a range from the bottom plate to the left and right conductor swage pieces, the bead being formed in a convex shape on an inner surface of the wall plate by punching an outer surface of the wall plate into a concave shape, and wherein a work hardening crushed portion is provided at a central portion of the bottom plate in a width direction thereof.