Terminal and wire with terminal

Abstract

A terminal 12 connected to a front end portion of an electric cable 11 in the extension direction thereof is provided with a terminal main body 15 sandwiching the electric cable 11, and a slide member 16 which is capable of sliding relative to the terminal main body 15 in the extension direction of the electric cable 11. The terminal main body 15 includes a sandwiching portion 19 which is formed by means of a machined metal sheet material 60 and which sandwiches the electric cable 11, wherein: the sandwiching portion 19 includes a first holding projecting portion 23B which is formed by folding over the metal sheet material 60 at a side edge thereof that intersects the extension direction of the electric cable 11, and which projects out toward the electric cable 11 and is in contact with the electric cable 11, and a second holding projecting portion 23C which is formed by folding over the metal sheet material 60 at a side edge thereof in the extension direction of the electric cable 11, in such a way as to be positioned forward of the first holding projecting portion 23B in the extension direction of the electric cable 11, and which projects out toward the electric cable 11 and is in contact with the electric cable 11; and the slide member 16 includes a pressing portion which presses the sandwiching portion 19 toward the electric cable 11.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.