Press-clamping structure and press-clamping terminal

A press-clamping structure, comprising:

• a wire which has a conductor therein;
• and
• a press-clamping terminal which includes a conductor press-clamping portion having a generally U-shaped cross-section
• wherein the conductor press-clamping portion includes a bottom plate and a pair of conductor caulking pieces which are upwardly extended respectively from opposite side edges of the bottom plate and are bent inwardly to embrace the conductor of the wire and caulk the conductor so that the conductor is firmly attached to an upper surface of the bottom plate,
• wherein the conductor press-clamping portion is press-clamped to the conductor of the wire to be electrically connected thereto,
• wherein the conductor caulking pieces are bent inwardly while outer surfaces of the conductor caulking pieces are partially contacted with each other,
• wherein distal end portions of the conductor caulking pieces are disposed in a vicinity of the bottom plate, and are bent outwardly in a opposite direction to each other while piercing into the conductor of the wire, and
• wherein when P1 represents a point closest to the bottom plate on an area in which the outer surfaces of the conductor caulking pieces are contacted with each other, and P2 represents a point closest to the bottom plate on the distal end portion of each of the conductor caulking piece, a formula Lh<Lw is established where Lh represents a height from the point P2 to the point P1 in a direction perpendicular to the bottom plate, and Lw represents a distance between the points P2 lying respectively on the conductor caulking pieces.