WIRE HARNESS, CONNECTION METHOD BETWEEN COVERED CONDUCTING WIRE AND TERMINAL, AND WIRE HARNESS STRUCTURE BODY

Under compression by molds (31a, 31b), a wire (25), a covered area (27), and a crimping portion (5) are compressed and their cross-sectional areas decrease. Here, A1 is the cross-sectional area of the wire (25) after compression. That is, A1 is the sum of the cross-sectional area of the each strand after compression. Also, B1 is the cross-sectional area of the covered area (27) after compression. In the present invention, the compression rate for the wire (25) is set between 50 % and 80 %. Also, the compression rate for the covered area (27) is set between 40 % and 90 %. The amount of compression by the molds (31a, 31b) is set so that the compression rates are within these ranges. In the present invention, the compression rate is calculated by: (cross-sectional area after compression) / (cross-sectional area before compression). That is, 80 % compression rate means that the cross-sectional area has decreased by 20 % due to compression. That is, the relationships of 80 % ‰¥ (A1 / A0) ‰¥ 50 % and 90 % ‰¥ (B1 / B0) ‰¥ 40 % are satisfied.