IP Library Granted Patent US 12,080,448
Granted Patent B2
US 12,080,448 · App. 17/935,356 · Granted Sep 3, 2024

Insulated electrical wire and method of manufacturing insulated electrical wire

Inventors: Hajime Nishi (Tokyo, JP); Ikumi Ando (Tokyo, JP); Takami Ushiwata (Tokyo, JP); Yuki Honda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.
H01B7/0225H01B3/306H01B13/06
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Patent No.
US 12,080,448
App. No.
17/935,356
Granted
Sep 3, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An insulated electrical wire is provided. The insulated electrical wire includes a conductor and an insulating film including pores. The insulating film at least includes a first insulating layer. The first insulating layer includes a first center region, a first inner side region, and a first outer side region. The first center region is a center region in the first insulating layer in a thickness direction and is formed of an insulating material and first pores that are the pores. The first pores are derived from a liquid thermally decomposable polymer. The first inner side region and the first outer side region are formed not to include the first pores.

Claims (42)

1. An insulated electrical wire comprising:

a conductor; and

an insulating film including pores, wherein

the insulating film at least includes one first insulating layer that is adjacent to the conductor and covers circumference of the conductor,

the first insulating layer includes a first center region, a first inner side region, and a first outer side region,

the first center region is a center region in a thickness direction of the first insulating layer and is formed of an insulating material and first pores that are the pores,

the first inner side region is a region that is closer to the conductor than the first center region in the thickness direction and is formed of an insulating material,

the first outer side region is a region that is opposite to the conductor relative to the first center region in the thickness direction and is formed of an insulating material,

the first pores are derived from a liquid thermally decomposable polymer, and

the first inner side region and the first outer side region are formed not to include the first pores.

2. The insulated electrical wire according to claim 1 , wherein a pore diameter of the first pores is 2 μm or less.

3. The insulated electrical wire according to claim 1 , wherein

the insulating film further includes at least one second insulating layer that covers circumference of the conductor on an outer circumferential side of the first insulating layer,

the second insulating layer includes a second inner side region and a second outer side region,

the second inner side region is a region on the first insulating layer side in the thickness direction and is formed of an insulating material and second pores that are the pores, and

the second outer side region is a region that is opposite to the first insulating layer in the thickness direction and is formed of an insulating material.

4. The insulated electrical wire according to claim 3 , wherein

the insulating film further includes at least one third insulating layer that covers the circumference of the conductor on an outer side of the second insulating layer,

the third insulating layer includes a third inner side region and a third outer side region,

the third inner side region is a region on the second insulating layer side in the thickness direction and is formed of an insulating material and third pores that are the pores having a larger pore diameter than the first pores, and

the third outer side region is a region that is opposite to the second insulating layer in the thickness direction and is formed of an insulating material.

5. The insulated electrical wire according to claim 4 , wherein

the insulating film further includes at least one fourth insulating layer that covers the circumference of the conductor on an outer side of the third insulating layer,

the fourth insulating layer includes a fourth inner side region and a fourth outer side region,

the fourth inner side region is a region on the third insulating layer side in the thickness direction and is formed of an insulating material and the first pores, and

the fourth outer side region is a region that is opposite to the third insulating layer in the thickness direction and is formed of an insulating material.

6. The insulated electrical wire according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of each of the first inner side region and the first outer side region in the thickness direction is larger than a pore diameter of the first pores.

7. The insulated electrical wire according to claim 1 , wherein the first center region, the first inner side region, and the first outer side region are formed of an identical insulating material.

8. A method of manufacturing an insulated electrical wire, the insulated electrical wire comprising:

a conductor; and

an insulating film including pores,

the insulating film at least including one first insulating layer that is adjacent to the conductor and covers circumference of the conductor,

the first insulating layer including a first center region, a first inner side region, and a first outer side region,

the first center region being a center region in a thickness direction of the first insulating layer and is formed of an insulating material and first pores that are the pores,

the first inner side region being a region that is closer to the conductor than the first center region in the thickness direction and is formed of an insulating material,

the first outer side region being a region that is opposite to the conductor relative to the first center region in the thickness direction and is formed of an insulating material,

the first pores being derived from a liquid thermally decomposable polymer, and

the first inner side region and the first outer side region being formed not to include the first pores,

the method of manufacturing the insulated electrical wire comprising:

a first application step of applying a coating material around a conductor, the coating material containing polyamic acid and a solvent and being obtained by adding a foaming agent composed of a liquid thermally decomposable polymer at a specific part by weight to a resin content of a pre-synthesis coating material and stirring the resulting mixture; and

a first insulating layer forming step of forming the first insulating layer including the first center region, the first inner side region, and the first outer side region by heating the coating material applied around the conductor in the first application step to a specific temperature to remove the solvent in the coating material, imidizing the polyamic acid contained in the coating material in a state in which the thermally decomposable polymer and the polyamic acid are phase-separated, and thermally decomposing the thermally decomposable polymer contained in the coating material.

9. The method of manufacturing the insulated electrical wire according to claim 8 , wherein the thermally decomposable polymer is a diol type polypropylene glycol.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 6, 2023
From: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
To: PROTERIAL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 062958/0525 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 27, 2022
From: NISHI, HAJIME; ANDO, IKUMI; USHIWATA, TAKAMI; HONDA, YUKI
To: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 062212/0136 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2021-156780 · Sep 27, 2021 · national
JP 2022-126336 · Aug 8, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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