Electric conduction component fixation structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10410757-B2
Application number	US-201715804060-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 6, 2017
Priority date	Nov 9, 2016
Publication date	Sep 10, 2019
Grant date	Sep 10, 2019

Abstract

An electric conduction component fixation structure includes: a fixed member which has electrically conductive properties and on which an electric conduction component is arranged; and a press member that presses and fixes the electric conduction component, which is arranged on the fixed member, to the fixed member, wherein the fixed member includes a pressed surface that is pressed when the electric conduction component is fixed by the press member, and the pressed surface is covered by a rustproof coating film having a plurality of metal flakes which are layered and a binder which joins the plurality of metal flakes.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electric conduction component fixation structure, comprising:
a fixed member which has electrically conductive properties;
an electric conduction component that is arranged on the fixed member; and
a press member that is arranged on the electric conduction component and that presses and fixes the electric conduction component to the fixed member, wherein
the fixed member comprises: a pressed surface that is pressed when the electric conduction component is fixed by the press member; and
a rustproof coating film that has a rustproof property and that is provided on the fixed member so as to cover the pressed surface, and
the rustproof coating film comprises a plurality of metal flakes which are layered and a binder which joins the plurality of metal flakes.

2. The electric conduction component fixation structure according to claim 1 , wherein
the electric conduction component is an earth terminal, and
the fixed member is any of a vehicle body and a vehicle body-side bracket.

3. The electric conduction component fixation structure according to claim 1 , wherein
the rustproof coating film has an electrically conductive property in a pressed state where the rustproof coating film is pressed when the electric conduction component is fixed by the press member, and
the rustproof coating film has an insulation property when the pressed state is released.

4. The electric conduction component fixation structure according to claim 1 , wherein
the press member is a bolt,
the electric conduction component is interposed between and held by a head part of the bolt and the pressed surface of the fixed member, and
a bolt hole in which the bolt is screwed is provided on the fixed member.

5. The electric conduction component fixation structure according to claim 4 , wherein
the electric conduction component is an earth terminal, and
the fixed member is any of a vehicle body and a vehicle body-side bracket.

6. The electric conduction component fixation structure according to claim 4 , wherein
the bolt has electrically conductive properties, and
at least any one of a contact surface with the electric conduction component in the bolt, a male screw part of the bolt, and an inner wall surface of the bolt hole is covered by the rustproof coating film.

7. The electric conduction component fixation structure according to claim 6 , wherein
the electric conduction component is an earth terminal, and
the fixed member is any of a vehicle body and a vehicle body-side bracket.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Matsubara Munehiro
• Endo Yuki
• Aoki Tadanobu
• Nakamura Toru

Classifications

• H01R4/64

  Connections between or with conductive parts having primarily a non-electric function, e.g. frame, casing, rail · CPC title

• H01R4/34 Primary

  Conductive members located under head of screw · CPC title

• H01R4/58

  characterised by the form or material of the contacting members (H01R4/01 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01R2201/26

  for vehicles · CPC title

• B60R16/02 Primary

  electric {constitutive elements} · CPC title