Patent attributes
Providing a terminal connecting apparatus for improving accuracy of connecting a terminal to a flat circuit body, an applicator main body includes a pair of guide walls for placing and positioning a terminal therebetween so as to arrange front ends of the claws of the terminal opposing toward an FFC and projections projecting respectively from surfaces opposing to each other of the pair of guide walls. When the applicator main body approaches the terminal mounted on the receiving base, the projections slide on outer surfaces of the claws of the terminal and remove parts of plated layers formed on the outer surfaces of the claws. Fresh surfaces of the claws and fresh broken surfaces of the conductor by the claws penetrating therethrough are connected electrically.
