IP Library Granted Patent US 8,779,321
Granted Patent B2
US 8,779,321 · App. 12/880,779 · Granted Jul 15, 2014

Method of welding circuit conductor and terminal of control apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,779,321
App. No.
12/880,779
Granted
Jul 15, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of welding a circuit conductor and one of a plurality of terminals of an electronic component of a control apparatus by melting and joining by a welding arc from a first electrode of a micromini TIG welder, the method includes: using the electronic component including the terminals which are apart from each other; and arc-welding while only the one of the plurality of the terminals of the electronic component of the control apparatus which is to be welded and the circuit conductor to be welded are sandwiched by an earth clamp jig serving as a second electrode so that the one of the plurality of the terminals of the electronic component of the control apparatus which is to be welded and the circuit conductor to be welded are grounded.

Claims (8)

1. A method of welding a circuit conductor and one of a plurality of terminals of only one electronic component of a control apparatus by melting and joining by a welding arc from a first electrode of a micromini TIG welder, the method comprising:

setting at least two of the plurality of the terminals of the only one electronic component including the one of the plurality of the terminals to be welded, and another one of the plurality of the terminals of the only one electronic component which is influenced by a flying of the welding arc, to an identical potential by sandwiching the at least two of the plurality of the terminals of the only one electronic component, by an earth clamp jig serving as a second electrode; and

arc-welding the one of the plurality of the terminals of the only one electronic component to be welded and the circuit conductor to be welded while the one of the plurality of the terminals of the only one electronic component to be welded and the circuit conductor to be welded are grounded.

2. A method of welding a circuit conductor and one of a plurality of terminals of only one electronic component of a control apparatus by melting and joining by a welding arc from a first electrode of a micromini TIG welder, the method comprising:

using the only one electronic component including the terminals which are apart from each other;

setting at least two of the plurality of the terminals of the only one electronic component including the one of the plurality of the terminals to be welded, and another one of the plurality of the terminals of the only one electronic component which is influenced by a flying of the welding arc, to an identical potential by sandwiching the at least two of the plurality of terminals of the only one electronic component, by an earth clamp jig serving as a second electrode; and

arc-welding the one of the plurality of the terminals of the only one electronic component to be welded and the circuit conductor to be welded while the one of the plurality of the terminals of the only one electronic component to be welded and the circuit conductor to be welded are grounded.

3. The method defined in claim 2 , wherein the earth clamp jig includes dampers that clamp the terminals which are apart from each other, respectively, and that sandwiches, respectively, the at least two of the plurality of the terminals of the only one electronic component including the one of the plurality of the terminals to be welded, and another of the plurality of the terminals of the only one electronic component which is influenced by a flying of the welding arc, so as to set the at least two of the plurality of the terminals of the only one electronic component to the identical potential.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 25, 2021
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
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