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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2000
Yoshihiro Fukase, Shizuoka, JP;
Toshihiro Maki, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of determining whether a metal terminal including a conductor clamping section for clamping a wire is satisfactorily connected to the wire. First, a first metal terminal including a first conductor clamping section for clamping a first wire thereto is provided. Next, one of a dimensional variation and a ratio of a dimensional change of the first conductor clamping section in an axial direction of the first metal terminal, which are caused by clamping the first conductor clamping section, is calculated. Compressibility comparison data is prepared by calculating, from a section of the first conductor clamping section after clamping the first conductor clamping section, compressibility of the first wire with respect to the first conductor clamping section based on the one of the dimensional variation and the ratio of the dimensional change. After preparing the compressibility comparison data, a second metal terminal including a second conductor clamping section for clamping a second wire is provided, and one of a dimensional variation and a ratio of a dimensional change in distance between marks applied along formation reference positions on the second conductor clamping section is calculated and is compared with the compressibility comparison data, thereby determining whether the second metal terminal is satisfactorily connected to the second wire.