公开(公告)号：US09289848B2

公开(公告)日：2016-03-22

申请号：US14017384

申请日：2013-09-04

Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Jeffrey M. Handel ,  John Thomas Kightlinger

IPC: H01R43/04 ,  B23K20/10 ,  B23K20/233 ,  H01R43/02 ,  H01R43/28 ,  H01R43/048 ,  H01R4/18

CPC classification number: B23K20/10 ,  B23K20/2336 ,  B23K2101/32 ,  B23K2101/38 ,  B23K2103/10 ,  H01R4/185 ,  H01R43/0207 ,  H01R43/048 ,  H01R43/28 ,  Y10T29/49185

Abstract: A wire cable configured to be attached to a wire cable terminal. An uninsulated end of the wire cable is formed into a nugget having a shape that generally defines a rectangular cuboid or rectangular prism. The nugget includes one face that defines a longitudinal concavity, indentation, or channel, which is oriented generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the wire cable. The nugget may be formed by ultrasonically welding the wire strands together. The concavity reduces the occurrence of fracturing the nugget when it is attached to the terminal by wire crimping wings. The wire cable may be formed of aluminum-based material. An apparatus for forming an end of a wire cable into a nugget shape having a longitudinal concavity and a method of attaching a wire cable having an end formed into a nugget shape having a longitudinal concavity to a terminal is also presented.

Abstract translation: 一种被配置为连接到有线电缆终端的电缆。 线缆的未绝缘的端部形成为具有通常限定矩形立方体或矩形棱镜的形状的熔核。 熔核包括限定纵向凹陷，凹陷或通道的一个面，其大致平行于电缆的纵向轴线定向。 熔核可以通过将线束超声焊接在一起而形成。 当通过电线压接机翼将其连接到端子时，凹陷减少了熔核断裂的发生。 线缆可以由铝基材料形成。 还提出了一种用于将线缆的端部形成为具有纵向凹陷的熔核形状的装置以及将端部形成为具有纵向凹陷的熔核形式的电缆的端子的方法附接到端子的方法。