Tool For Soldering An Electrical Conductor With A Connection Device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020044369-A1
Application number	US-201916598045-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 10, 2019
Priority date	Apr 13, 2017
Publication date	Feb 6, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

A tool for soldering an electrical conductor with a connection device includes a deformation unit plastically deforming the connection device around the electrical conductor. The deformation unit has a fixed deformation module and a movable deformation module that is movable with respect to the fixed deformation module. The fixed deformation module has an anvil with an electrical contact area on which the electrical conductor and the connection device are disposed. An electric current circulates through the electrical conductor and the connection device by passing through an electrically conductive first part of the anvil that is electrically insulated from a rest of the anvil.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A tool for soldering an electrical conductor with a connection device, comprising:
a deformation unit plastically deforming the connection device around the electrical conductor, the deformation unit having a fixed deformation module and a movable deformation module that is movable with respect to the fixed deformation module, the fixed deformation module having an anvil with an electrical contact area on which the electrical conductor and the connection device are disposed, an electric current circulating through the electrical conductor and the connection device by passing through an electrically conductive first part of the anvil that is electrically insulated from a rest of the anvil.

2 . The tool of claim 1 , wherein the movable deformation module has a punch, a first part of the punch is electrically conductive and is electrically insulated from a rest of the punch.

3 . The tool of claim 2 , wherein the electric current circulates through the first part of the punch.

4 . The tool of claim 2 , wherein the punch has an aperture, a slot, and/or a gap disposed at an interface between the first part of the punch and an insulating part of the punch.

5 . The tool of claim 1 , wherein the anvil has an aperture and/or a layer of insulating material at an interface between the first part of the anvil and an insulating part of the anvil.

6 . The tool of claim 1 , wherein the first part of the anvil is electrically insulated from a second part of the anvil, the electrical contact area is disposed only on the first part of the anvil.

7 . A tool for soldering an electrical conductor with a connection device, comprising:
a deformation unit plastically deforming the connection device around the electrical conductor, the deformation unit having a fixed deformation module and a movable deformation module that is movable with respect to the fixed deformation module, the fixed deformation module having an anvil with an electrical contact area on which the electrical conductor and the connection device are disposed, an electric current circulating through the electrical conductor, the connection device, and the anvil to perform a soldering by flowing in and out of the fixed deformation module.

8 . The tool of claim 7 , wherein the anvil has an electrically conductive first part electrically insulated from an electrically conductive second part, the electrical contact area is located on the first part and the second part of the anvil.

9 . The tool of claim 8 , wherein the first part of the anvil is electrically insulated from the second part of the anvil by an insulating interface that extends from a base of the anvil to the electrical contact area located at a peak of the anvil.

10 . The tool of claim 8 , wherein the first part and the second part of the anvil are linked at the electrical contact area and each have an insulating interface elsewhere.

11 . The tool of claim 11 , wherein the insulating interface is an aperture and/or a layer of an insulating material.

12 . The tool of claim 7 , wherein the anvil is mounted on a fixing plate and an electrical supply of the anvil is performed via a base of the anvil and through the fixing plate.

13 . The tool of claim 12 , wherein the anvil is fixed to the fixing plate by a plurality of screws that are electrically conductive.

14 . The tool of claim 7 , wherein the anvil is mounted on a fixing plate and the anvil is electrically insulated from the fixing plate.

15 . The tool of claim 7 , wherein the anvil has an outer part covered with an electrical insulation.

16 . The tool of claim 7 , further comprising a carrier strip cutting device positioned beside the anvil and having an outer part covered with an electrical insulation.

Assignees

• Tyco Electronics France Sas

Inventors

• Bednarek Alain

Classifications

• H01R4/187 Primary

  combined with soldering or welding · CPC title

• H01R43/048

  Crimping apparatus or processes (H01R43/042 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01R43/0214

  Resistance welding (H01R43/0228 takes precedence) · CPC title