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Granted Patent B2
US 10,515,738 · App. 15/566,808 · Granted Dec 24, 2019

Copper alloy wire, copper alloy twisted wire, covered electric wire, and wiring harness

Inventors: Ryoma Uegaki (Mie, JP); Akiko Inoue (Osaka, JP); Tetsuya Kuwabara (Osaka, JP); Hiroyuki Kobayashi (Mie, JP); Kinji Taguchi (Mie, JP); Yasuyuki Ootsuka (Mie, JP)
Assignees: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
H01B5/02H01B5/08
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Patent No.
US 10,515,738
App. No.
15/566,808
Granted
Dec 24, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A copper alloy wire, a copper alloy twisted wire, a covered electric wire, and a wiring harness that have high strength and excellent impact resistance. A copper alloy wire for use as a conductor has a ratio of 0.2% proof stress to tensile strength that is 0.87 or less. A copper alloy twisted wire includes a plurality of the twisted copper alloy wires. A covered electric wire includes a conductor including the copper alloy wire and an insulation cover that covers an outer periphery of the conductor. A wiring harness includes the covered electric wire, and a terminal metal fitting that is attached to the conductor of the covered electric wire.

Claims (11)

1. A copper alloy wire for use as a conductor, the wire having a ratio of 0.2% proof stress to tensile strength that is 0.87 or less, and comprising a copper alloy that consists of Fe, Ti, and the balance Cu with impurities, and wherein the copper alloy wire has a tensile strength of 450 MPa or more and an elongation of 8% or more, and wherein ten to twenty three Fe 2 Ti precipitates having a circle equivalent diameter of 10 nm to 90 nm are present in an observation visual field of 700×850 nm.

2. The copper alloy wire according claim 1 , wherein the content of Fe in the copper alloy wire is 0.4 mass % to 1.5 mass %.

3. The copper alloy wire according to claim 1 , wherein the content of Ti in the copper alloy wire is 0.1 mass % to 1.0 mass %.

4. The copper alloy wire according to claim 1 , further comprising Fe 2 Ti precipitates.

5. The copper alloy wire according to claim 1 , the copper alloy wire having a dislocation density in the range of 1×10 6 to 1×10 8 per cm 2 .

6. A copper alloy twisted wire comprising a plurality of the copper alloy wires according to claim 1 .

7. The copper alloy twisted wire according to claim 6 , the twisted wire being compression molded in a radial direction.

8. The copper alloy twisted wire according to claim 6 , the twisted wire having a cross-sectional area of 0.22 mm 2 or less.

9. A covered electric wire comprising a conductor comprising the copper alloy wire according to claim 1 , and an insulation cover that covers an outer periphery of the conductor.

10. A wiring harness comprising the covered electric wire according to claim 9 , and a terminal metal fitting that is attached to the conductor of the covered electric wire.

11. A copper alloy wire for use as a conductor, the wire having a ratio of 0.2% proof stress to tensile strength that is 0.87 or less, and comprising a copper alloy that consists of Fe, Ti, and the balance Cu with impurities, and further comprising Fe 2 Ti precipitates, and wherein the copper alloy wire has a tensile strength of 450 MPa or more and an elongation of 8% or more, wherein the copper alloy wire has a dislocation density in the range of 1×10 6 to 1×10 8 per cm 2 , and wherein between ten and twenty three Fe 2 Ti precipitates having a circle equivalent diameter of 10 nm to 90 nm are present in an observation visual field of 700×850 nm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 16, 2017
From: UEGAKI, RYOMA; INOUE, AKIKO; KUWABARA, TETSUYA; KOBAYASHI, HIROYUKI; TAGUCHI, KINJI; OOTSUKA, YASUYUKI
To: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-086943 · Apr 21, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180102199A1 · Apr 12, 2018