TERMINAL AND CONNECTION METHOD OF TERMINAL TO CABLE

To provide a terminal that can reduce a load on a core wire when a cable is bent, suppress the damage of the core wire, suppress the increase in the number of parts and man-hours for connecting a terminal and the cable, and suppress the influence of heat applied to the terminal on a resin member on the cable side when the cable is connected to a connection target via the terminal.SOLUTION: A terminal 2 includes a connection portion 15 connected to a connection target 100, and a crimping portion 16 that is integrally connected to the connecting portion 15 and crimped onto a core wire 4 of a cable 3. The crimping portion 16 includes a core wire enclosing portion 20 that surrounds the outer periphery of the core wire 4 along the circumferential direction. At a core wire drawing end portion 21 where the core wire 4 in the crimped state is drawn out and extended, in the crimping portion 16, a curved surface portion 22 extending in an arc from the inside to the outside of the core wire enclosing portion 20 is provided along the edge of the core wire enclosing portion 20.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】ケーブルの屈曲時の心線の負荷を軽減して心線の損傷を抑制できるとともに、端子とケーブルとの接続のための部品点数及び工数の増大を抑制でき、更に、端子を介してケーブルを接続対象物へ接続する際に端子へ付加する熱のケーブル側の樹脂製の部材への影響を抑制できる、端子を提供する。【解決手段】端子２は、接続対象物１００に接続される接続部１５と、接続部１５と一体に連結されてケーブル３の心線４に圧着される圧着部１６とを備える。圧着部１６は、心線４の外周を周方向に沿って囲む心線囲み部２０を有し、圧着部２０には、圧着された状態の心線４が引き出されて延びる心線引き出し端部２１において、心線囲み部２０の内側から外側にかけて円弧状に延びる曲面部分２２が、心線囲み部２０の縁部に沿って設けられている。【選択図】図１