PURPOSE: To enable a joint of a covered wire and an outer lead to be enhanced in bonding strength.
CONSTITUTION: After a covered wire 1 is bonded to an outer lead B by pressing, the tip of a wire 2 is melted to form a ball, the ball formed at the tip of the wire 2 is bonded to a joint C between the outer lead B and the covered wire 1 by pressure and cut off from the wire 2 to form a bump 2b, and the joint C is covered with the bump 2b. The bump 2b is formed spreading over the end of the covered wire 1 bonded to the outer lead B and its vicinity, so that a covering layer 1b left between a core wire 1a and the surface of the outer lead B is removed by the heat released at the formation of the bump 2b, and joint surface of the covered wire to the surface of the outer lead B is enlarged.