Terminal, structure of connecting terminal and wire together, and method of producing terminal

Abstract

A pin 2d is formed on a bottom wall 2b of a terminal 2, and pierces the wire 3, thereby connecting the terminal 2 and the wire 3 together. Further, a piercing terminal 10 is connected to a wire W including a conductor Wa, including a plurality of wire elements Wb twisted together into a bundle, and an insulating covering material Wd covering an outer periphery of the conductor. Piercing portions 16, which pierces the insulating covering material Wd of the wire W to contact the conductor Wa within the wire W, is formed upright on a bottom plate 15 of a wire connection portion 12 of a generally U-shaped cross-section for receiving an end portion of the wire W. Each of the piercing portions is formed by stamping a relevant portion out of a side plate 14 of the wire connection portion 12 and by raising this stamped-out portion.

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