TERMINAL FITTING

摘要

The present invention provides a female terminal fitting (20) to be crimped onto a wire comprising a core (12) formed by joining a plurality of wire strands (11) together the terminal fitting being provided with: a bottom plate section (22) upon which the core (12) is to be placed; and a pair of barrel pieces (25L 25R) that are interconnected to the bottom plate section (22) so as to wrap around the core (12) placed on the bottom plate section (22) said barrel pieces to be crimped onto the core (12). Thin sections (27) are formed on the butt portions of the barrel pieces (25L 25R) and the thin sections (27) deform when the crimping pieces (25L 25R) are crimped onto the core (12) resulting in the formation of corner sections (30). Since the thin sections (27) preferentially deform upon crimping and corner sections (30) are formed therefrom the gaps formed at the butt portions of the barrel pieces (25L 25R) can be made smaller in comparison to when there are no thin sections (27).