IP Library Granted Patent US 10,186,795
Granted Patent B2
US 10,186,795 · App. 16/007,224 · Granted Jan 22, 2019

Electrical contact member, plated terminal, terminal-attached electrical wire, and wire harness

Inventors: Hayato Ikeya (Shizuoka, JP); Nobuyuki Tamura (Shizuoka, JP); Shinobu Kayama (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
H01R13/03C22C5/06H01B1/02H01B7/0045H01R4/185H01R4/60B60R16/0207H01R4/62H01R2201/26
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Patent No.
US 10,186,795
App. No.
16/007,224
Granted
Jan 22, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an electrical contact member including: a conductive base material; and an Ag—Sn alloy plated layer formed on the conductive base material, wherein the Ag—Sn alloy plated layer has a first Ag—Sn alloy plated layer having an Sn concentration of 5 to 38 at. % and a Vickers hardness of 100 or more Hv and less than 300 Hv and a second Ag—Sn alloy plated layer having a Vickers hardness higher than that of the first Ag—Sn alloy plated layer in this order from the outermost layer.

Claims (9)

1. An electrical contact member comprising:

a conductive base material; and

an Ag—Sn alloy plated layer formed on the conductive base material, wherein

the Ag—Sn alloy plated layer has a first Ag—Sn alloy plated layer having an Sn concentration of 5 to 38 at. % and a Vickers hardness of 100 or more Hv and less than 300 Hv and a second Ag—Sn alloy plated layer having a Vickers hardness higher than that of the first Ag—Sn alloy plated layer in this order from the outermost layer.

2. The electrical contact member according to claim 1 , further comprising an Ni layer or an Ni alloy layer between the conductive base material and the second Ag—Sn alloy plated layer.

3. The electrical contact member according to claim 1 , wherein the contact resistance in the first Ag—Sn alloy plated layer is lower than the contact resistance in the second Ag—Sn alloy plated layer.

4. A plated terminal which is formed of the electrical contact member according to claim 1 .

5. A terminal-attached electrical wire comprising the plated terminal according to claim 4 .

6. A wire harness comprising the terminal-attached electrical wire according to claim 5 .

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 Jun 13, 2018
From: IKEYA, HAYATO; TAMURA, NOBUYUKI; KAYAMA, SHINOBU
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046076/0627 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2017-117424 · Jun 15, 2017 · national
JP 2018-112031 · Jun 12, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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