Method for manufacturing terminal-equipped electric wire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11961634-B2
Application number	US-202217967078-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 17, 2022
Priority date	Oct 19, 2021
Publication date	Apr 16, 2024
Grant date	Apr 16, 2024

Abstract

A method for manufacturing a terminal-equipped electric wire includes a step of crimping a first terminal to one end of an electric wire, a step of crimping a second terminal to the other end of the electric wire with a tubular seal member, a first waterproofing step of providing, at the one end of the electric wire, an anticorrosion member that covers an element wire bundle of the electric wire, and a second waterproofing step of providing, at the other end of the electric wire, a sealing member so as to fill gaps between conductive element wires of the element wire bundle in a tubular insulating sheath. The second waterproofing step is performed after the first waterproofing step is performed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for manufacturing a terminal-equipped electric wire including an electric wire having an element wire bundle in which a plurality of conductive element wires are bundled and a tubular insulating sheath covering the element wire bundle, a first terminal crimped to one end of the electric wire, and a second terminal crimped to the other end of the electric wire, the method comprising:
a step of crimping the first terminal to the one end of the electric wire so as to electrically connect the element wire bundle exposed from the one end of the electric wire and the first terminal;
a step of crimping the second terminal to the other end of the electric wire such that an element wire crimping portion of the second terminal is crimped to the element wire bundle exposed from the other end of the electric wire, and a sheath crimping portion of the second terminal is crimped to a tubular seal member attached to an outer periphery of the other end of the electric wire;
a first waterproofing step of providing, at the one end of the electric wire to which the first terminal is crimped, an anticorrosion member that covers the element wire bundle so as to isolate the element wire bundle from outside air; and
a second waterproofing step of providing, at the other end of the electric wire to which the second terminal is crimped, a sealing member that extends into the tubular sheathing member so as to fill gaps between the conductive element wires in the tubular insulating sheath and seal an inside of the tubular insulating sheath after the first waterproofing step is performed.

2. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein
in the first waterproofing step, the anticorrosion member is provided by applying an ultraviolet curable resin so as to cover the element wire bundle and curing the ultraviolet curable resin,
in the second waterproofing step, the sealing member is provided by applying a moisture curable resin to the element wire bundle which is exposed to an outside and is located between the element wire crimping portion and the sheath crimping portion, causing the moisture curable resin to penetrate into the inside of the tubular insulating sheath, and curing the moisture curable resin,
the ultraviolet curable resin has viscosity of 20 mPa s or more at room temperature before the curing, and
the moisture curable resin has viscosity of 5 mPa s or less at room temperature before the curing.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Tanaka Kenzo

Classifications

• H01B13/228 Primary

  After-treatment · CPC title

• H01B7/2806

  Protection against damage caused by corrosion · CPC title

• H01B7/2825 Primary

  using a water impermeable sheath · CPC title

• H01B13/062

  by pulling on an insulating sleeve · CPC title

• H01B13/165

  by spraying · CPC title