IP Library Granted Patent US 8,637,770
Granted Patent B2
US 8,637,770 · App. 12/787,504 · Granted Jan 28, 2014

Caulking die and braid fixing structure for shield wire

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Patent No.
US 8,637,770
App. No.
12/787,504
Granted
Jan 28, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A step-shaped receptacle part 22 depressed in a step shape in a circumferential direction is provided in a middle part of an outer peripheral surface 21 of a core body 18 of a core 16 constituting a caulking die 5 . Further, a part on a core insertion start side relative to the step-shaped receptacle part 22 is formed in a size smaller than that at the position of the step-shaped receptacle part 22 . Caulking is performed by the caulking die 5 having this configuration, so that the fixing state viewed in a cross section in a connection and fixation target part is made such that a plurality of bent parts are formed in accordance with the sectional shape of the step-shaped receptacle part 22.

Claims (14)

1. A caulking die for connecting and fixing, by caulking, an end part of a braid in a shield wire including a plurality of electric wires, a metal shield shell having electric conductivity, and a tube-shaped braid having electric conductivity and collectively covering said plurality of electric wires onto an outer peripheral surface of a tube-shaped braid holding part in said shield shell, said caulking die including:

a core freely insertable into and extractable from said braid holding part along an axis of the braid holding part; and a dice that is freely opened and closed in a direction perpendicular to said axis and performs caulking on a connection and fixation target part;

wherein said core has a plurality of inclined surfaces including a step-shaped receptacle part depressed in a step shape in a circumferential direction is provided in a middle part of an outer peripheral surface of a core body of said core, while a position of caulking to be performed by said dice is set up in alignment with a position of said step-shaped receptacle part such that a difficulty is not caused in extraction of said core from said braid holding part.

2. The braid fixing structure for shield wire according to claim 1 , wherein a part on a core insertion start side relative to the step-shaped receptacle part is formed in a size smaller than that at the position of said step-shaped receptacle part.

3. A braid fixing structure for shield wire for connecting and fixing, by caulking, an end part of a braid in the shield wire including a plurality of electric wires, a metal shield shell having electric conductivity, and a tube-shaped braid having electric conductivity and collectively covering said plurality of electric wires, onto an outer peripheral surface of a tube-shaped braid holding part in said shield shell, wherein

at the time of connecting and fixing said braid end part to said braid holding part, a caulking die is used that includes: a core freely insertable into and extractable from said braid holding part along an axis of the braid holding part; and a dice that is freely opened and closed in a direction perpendicular to said axis and performs caulking on a connection and fixation target part, and further a caulking ring of metal ring construction is used that is inserted over of said braid end part and then undergoes caulking performed by said dice so as to be deformed, wherein

said core having a plurality of inclined surfaces including a step-shaped receptacle part depressed in a step shape in a circumferential direction is provided in a middle part of an outer peripheral surface of a core body of said core, while a position of caulking to be performed by said dice is set up in alignment with a position of said step-shaped receptacle part such that a difficulty is not caused in extraction of said core from said braid holding part, and wherein

caulking is performed in this situation so that a cross-sectional fixing state in said connection and fixation target part composed of said braid holding part, said caulking ring, and said braid end part located in between is made such that a plurality of bent parts are formed in accordance with the sectional shape of said step-shaped receptacle part.

4. The braid fixing structure for shield wire according to claim 3 , wherein said tube-shaped braid holding part and said caulking ring of ring shape are formed such that walls thereof are included relative to said axis of said braid holding part and such that the interval between said walls is reduced gradually toward the tip of said braid holding part, and wherein said outer peripheral surface of said core body is also formed such as to be inclined relative to said axis and have a diameter reduced gradually toward said core insertion start side.

5. The braid fixing structure for shield wire according to claim 3 , wherein said braid end part is folded inward such that a two-ply structure is formed.

6. The braid fixing structure for shield wire according to claim 3 , wherein a part on a core insertion start side relative to the step-shaped receptacle part is formed in a size smaller than that at the position of said step-shaped receptacle part.

7. The braid fixing structure for shield wire according to claim 3 , wherein the braid holding part has an inclined surface being shaped to receive the core body.

8. The braid fixing structure for shield wire according to claim 3 , wherein the braid holding part has an inclined surface prior to caulking.

9. The braid fixing structure for shield wire according to claim 2 , wherein the braid holding part has a plurality of tapered edges as a result of caulking.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2010
From: ADACHI, HIDEOMI; KUBOSHIMA, HIDEHIKO
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024441/0364 →