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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2001
Masahiro Sawayanagi, Shizuoka, JP;
Yasumichi Kuwayama, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an electric connecting terminal ( ), a plane portion ( ), two pairs of piercing portions ( ) erected on both side edges at the base end side of the plane portion ( ) and a terminal connecting portion ( ) formed on the tip side of the plane portion ( ) are provided integrally. The electric connecting terminal ( ) is connected to a flat circuit body ( ) by inverting the tip of the piercing portion ( ) penetrating through a coating ( ) and a conductor ( ) in the flat circuit body ( ) toward the plane portion ( ) side to pierce the conductor ( ) again and superposing the tip of the piercing portion ( ) on the tip of the piercing portion ( ) to be energized in the direction of the plane portion ( ).