Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electric wire connection structure
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Application No.: US16721535Application Date: 2019-12-19
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Publication No.: US11387581B2Publication Date: 2022-07-12
- Inventor: Sho Yoshida , Akira Tachibana , Kengo Mitose
- Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. , FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo; JP Shiga
- Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.,FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
- Current Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.,FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo; JP Shiga
- Agency: Dorsey & Whitney LLP
- Priority: JPJP2017-121107 20170621
- Main IPC: H01R4/00
- IPC: H01R4/00 ; H01R4/62 ; H01R43/02 ; H01R43/04 ; B23K1/06 ; B23K101/32

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to an electric wire connection structure including one or more copper-based conductor covered electric wires having a copper-based conductor covered part and exposed part; and one or more aluminum-based conductor covered electric wires having an aluminum-based conductor covered part and exposed part. An ultrasonic joint part is provided at a conductor stacked part in which the copper-based conductor exposed part and the aluminum-based conductor exposed part are superposed. A total contacting length L which is a summed length of a part at which the copper-based conductor exposed part and the aluminum-based conductor exposed part contact and a summed length x of a contour line of a space S formed at a part at which the copper-based conductor exposed part and the aluminum-based conductor exposed part are separate in a joint interface of the ultrasonic joint part satisfy a relational expression of (x/L)×100≤10% based on cross-section observation.
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