Patent ID: 8221171

Claim:
A crimp terminal having an electric connection portion which is fitted to a counterpart terminal to thereby make an electrical connection therewith and a wire crimp portion which is crimped to an end of a wire in which end a conductor is exposed, the wire crimp portion comprising a basal portion extending in an axial direction from the electric connection portion, and a conductor barrel which is formed of a metal plate extending from the basal portion across the axial direction and bent so as to hold the exposed conductor on the end of the wire, the conductor barrel having a front end and a rear end and including an inner surface which is brought into close contact with the conductor by the bending of the conductor barrel, the inner surface including a first inner surface which is formed continuously in the axial direction in a first area from the rear end to an intermediate position between the front and rear ends of the conductor barrel and closely contacts a base side part of the conductor and a second inner surface which is formed continuously in the axial direction in a second area from the intermediate position to the front end and closely contacts a tip end side part of the conductor and having such a shape that the second surface inwardly projects beyond the first surface to perform, by the bending, a higher compression of the tip end side part of the conductor than that of the base side part of the conductor.