IP Library Granted Patent US 9,224,511
Granted Patent B2
US 9,224,511 · App. 13/806,546 · Granted Dec 29, 2015

Electrical wire and electrical wire with terminal

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Patent No.
US 9,224,511
App. No.
13/806,546
Granted
Dec 29, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to an electrical wire and an electrical wire with a terminal capable of diminishing the adjustment of a crimping height. There is provided an electrical wire 1 including a conductor part 11 that is made of a precipitation strengthened copper alloy having a cross-sectional area of 0.13 sq in the ISO 6722 standard and is compressed, wherein the conductor part 11 has a rate of elongation of 7% or more, and a tensile strength of 500 MPa or more. In addition, the electrical conductivity of the conductor part is 70% IACS or more.

Claims (14)

1. An electrical wire, comprising:

a conductor part that is made of a precipitation strengthened copper alloy having a cross-sectional area of 0.13 sq in ISO 6722 standard and is compressed,

wherein the conductor part has a rate of elongation of 7% or more, and a tensile strength of 500 MPa or more

wherein in the precipitation strengthened copper alloy, a rate of decrease in strength is 18% or less with respect to a rate of decrease of 30% in a cross-sectional area.

2. The electrical wire according to claim 1 , wherein the precipitation strengthened copper alloy is made of a copper alloy selected from Cu—Cr—Zr series, Cu—Co—P series, Cu—Cr—Sn series, and Cu—Fe—P series.

3. The electrical wire according to claim 1 , wherein the conductor part is made of Cu—Cr—Zr series copper alloy, the content of Cr is 0.50 to 1.50% by mass, the content of Zr is 0.05 to 0.15% by mass, the content of Sn is 0.10 to 0.20% by mass, and the remainder is Cu.

4. The electrical wire according to claim 1 ,

wherein the conductor part is made of Cu—Co—P series copper alloy, the content of Co is 0.20 to 0.30% by mass, the content of P is 0.07 to 0.12% by mass, the content of Ni is 0.02 to 0.05% by mass, the content of Sn is 0.08 to 0.12% by mass, the content of Zn is 0.01 to 0.04% by mass, and the remainder is Cu.

5. An electrical wire with a terminal, comprising:

the electrical wire according to claim 1 ; and

a terminal that includes a pair of barrels and that compresses the conductor part of the electrical wire and is crimped thereto forming a crimping portion when the pair of barrels is bent in a direction where the barrels come close to each other.

6. The electrical wire with the terminal according to claim 5 ,

wherein a crimping height that represents a height of the terminal in the crimping portion thereof is equal to or greater than 0.67 mm and equal to or less than 0.87 mm, and

a terminal fixing load at the crimping portion is 70 N or more when measured according to a measuring method defined in JASO D 616.

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 Dec 21, 2012
From: YOSHINAGA, SATORU
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029521/0148 →