Sheathed wire, sheathed wire with terminal, and method for producing sheathed wire with terminal

A method of producing a sheathed wire with a terminal, comprising:

• a slit forming step of forming a slit in a sheath of a sheathed wire including:
• a core made of a conductor covered with an insulator;
• and the sheath covering a circumferential surface of the core, at least a part of the sheath being slidable with respect to the core in an axial direction of the core, the slit being formed in the slidable part of the sheath from an outer surface of the slidable part to an inner surface thereof in a manner that the slit extends in the axial direction;
• a sliding step of sliding the slidable part of the sheathed wire in a manner to open the slit to narrow a distance between both axial-direction end portions of the sheath;
• and
• a terminal fitting step of fitting a terminal on an end portion of the core that is on a side where the circumferential surface of the core is exposed as a result of the sliding step.

A method of producing a sheathed wire with a terminal, comprising:

• a slit forming step of forming a slit in a sheath of a sheathed wire including:
• a core made of a conductor covered with an insulator;
• and the sheath covering a circumferential surface of the core, a whole of the sheath being slidable with respect to the core in an axial direction of the core, the slit being formed along a longer direction of the sheath from one end portion of the sheath from an outer surface of the sheath to an inner surface thereof;
• a sliding step of sliding the whole of the sheath to a position at which there is located a base end of a terminal to be fitted on an end portion of the core that is on a side where the slit is formed;
• a core drawing-out step of drawing out the core along the slit to expose the circumferential surface of the core from the sheath;
• and
• a terminal fitting step of fitting a terminal on the end portion of the core that is exposed as a result of the core drawing-out step.