Conducting wire end portion joining method, and conducting wire end portion joining structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10340672-B2
Application number	US-201615224980-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 1, 2016
Priority date	Aug 6, 2015
Publication date	Jul 2, 2019
Grant date	Jul 2, 2019

Abstract

A conducting wire end portion joining method is a method for conductively joining together end portions of conducting wires each covered with an insulation coating. The conducting wire end portion joining method includes: adjoining end portions of two winding wires, and bringing the end portions of the conducting wires of the two winding wires into contact with a conductive coating material stored in an insulating cap having a property of shrinking when heated; and shrinking the insulating cap by heating to fix the shrunken insulating cap around the insulation coatings of the end portions of the two winding wires, and joining together the end portions of the two winding wires by conductively connecting the conducting wires of the two winding wires via the hardened conductive coating material.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A conducting wire end portion joining method for conductively joining together end portions of conducting wires each covered with an insulation coating,
the conducting wire end portion joining method comprising:
aligning end portions of conducting wires with end portions of insulation coatings of the conducting wires while adjoining the insulation coatings of side surfaces of the end portions of two winding wires, and bringing end surfaces of the end portions of the conducting wires of the two winding wires into contact with a conductive coating material stored in an insulating cap having a property of shrinking when heated; and
shrinking the insulating cap by heating to fix the shrunken insulating cap around the insulation coatings of the end portions of the two winding wires, and joining together the end portions of the two winding wires by conductively connecting the conducting wires of the two winding wires via the hardened conductive coating material.

2. The conducting wire end portion joining method according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive coating material contains a thermosetting resin.

3. The conducting wire end portion joining method according to claim 1 , wherein:
the conducting wires are made of copper; and
the conductive coating material is a material in which copper or silver is dispersed in a thermosetting resin.

4. The conducting wire end portion joining method according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating cap is made of fluorinated ethylene propylene that is a copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and hexafluoropropylene.

5. The conducting wire end portion joining method according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating cap is made of polytetrafluoroethylene.

6. The conducting wire end portion joining method according to claim 1 , wherein each of the conducting wires is a flat conducting body, and the end portions of the conducting wires are end portions of the flat conducting bodies of coil ends of a motor.

7. The conducting wire end portion joining method according to claim 1 , wherein the side surfaces are directly adjacent to the end surfaces of the end portions.

8. The conducting wire end portion joining method according to claim 1 , wherein the insulation coatings are formed around the conducting wires in the end surfaces of the end portions of the conducting wires of the two winding wires.

9. A conducting wire end portion joining structure comprising:
two winding wires; and
an insulating cap, wherein
end portions of conducting wires of the two winding wires are conductively joined together, each of the conducting wires being covered with an insulation coating,
insulation coatings of side surfaces of end portions of two winding wires are adjoined while the end portions of the conducting wires are aligned with end portions of the insulation coatings, end surfaces of the end portions of the conducting wires of the two winding wires are in contact with a conductive coating material in the insulating cap, and the conducting wires of the two winding wires are conductively connected together via the conductive coating material, and
the insulating cap is fixed around the insulation coatings of the end portions of the two winding wires.

10. The conducting wire end portion joining structure according to claim 9 , wherein the conductive coating material contains a thermosetting resin.

11. The conducting wire end portion joining structure according to claim 9 , wherein:
the conducting wires are made of copper; and
the conductive coating material is a material in which copper or silver is dispersed in a thermosetting resin.

12. The conducting wire end portion joining structure according to claim 9 , wherein the insulating cap is made of fluorinated ethylene propylene that is a copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and hexafluoropropylene.

13. The conducting wire end portion joining structure according to claim 9 , wherein the insulating cap is made of polytetrafluoroethylene.

14. The conducting wire end portion joining structure according to claim 9 , wherein each of the conducting wires is a flat conducting body, and the end portions of the conducting wires are end portions of the flat conducting bodies of coil ends of a motor.

15. The conducting wire end portion joining structure according to claim 9 , wherein the side surfaces are directly adjacent to the end surfaces of the end portions.

16. The conducting wire end portion joining structure according to claim 9 , wherein the insulation coatings are formed around the conducting wires in the end surfaces of the end portions of the conducting wires of the two winding wires.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kawanishi Yoshitomo

Classifications

• H01R4/22

  End caps, i.e. of insulating or conductive material for covering or maintaining connections between wires entering the cap from the same end · CPC title

• H02G15/043

  with end caps, e.g. sleeve closed at one end · CPC title

• H01B1/026

  Alloys based on copper · CPC title

• H02G1/14 Primary

  for joining or terminating cables · CPC title

• H02K15/043

  winding flat conductive wires or sheets · CPC title