TEMPERATURE RISE PREVENTING CONNECTION TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION.

A connection terminal (10) includes a terminal connecting portion (21) configured to be electrically connected to a counterpart terminal, an electric wire connecting portion (23) configured to be electrically connected to an electric wire, a holding portion (22) provided between the terminal connecting portion and the electric wire connecting portion and configured to be held by a housing, a sealed space (26) formed in the holding portion, a latent heat storage material (33) and a gas (35) sealed in the sealed space, a sealing hole (29) communicating the sealed space with a space outside the connection terminal, and a plug member (36) configured to block the sealing hole.