Pcb terminal, connector, wiring harness with connector and board unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023130798-A1
Application number	US-202117911887-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 24, 2021
Priority date	Mar 26, 2020
Publication date	Apr 27, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

A PCB terminal is provided with a rod-like base material and a plating layer covering a predetermined region of the base material. A constituent material of the base material is a copper alloy containing 20% by mass or more of zinc. The plating layer includes a first coating portion and a second coating portion. The first coating portion includes an entire peripheral layer entirely covering a region on side of a first end part, out of both end parts of the base material, in a circumferential direction of the base material. The second coating portion partially covers a region on side of a second end part, out of the both end parts of the base material, in the circumferential direction of the base material. The entire peripheral layer includes a tin-based layer and a barrier layer.

First claim

1 . A PCB terminal, comprising:
a rod-like base material; and a plating layer covering a predetermined region of the base material, wherein: a constituent material of the base material is a copper alloy containing 20% by mass or more of zinc, the plating layer includes a first coating portion and a second coating portion, the first coating portion includes an entire peripheral layer entirely covering a region on side of a first end part, out of both end parts of the base material, in a circumferential direction of the base material, the second coating portion partially covers a region on side of a second end part, out of the both end parts of the base material, in the circumferential direction of the base material, the entire peripheral layer includes a tin-based layer and a barrier layer, the tin-based layer includes a pure tin layer constituting an outermost surface of the first coating portion, and a constituent material of the barrier layer is pure nickel or a copper-tin alloy containing copper and tin.

2 . The PCB terminal of claim 1 , wherein:
a constituent material of the barrier layer is pure nickel, the tin-based layer includes an alloy portion in contact with the barrier layer, and a constituent material of the alloy portion is an alloy containing tin and nickel.

3 . The PCB terminal of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the barrier layer is 0.4 μm or more.

4 . The PCB terminal of claim 1 , wherein:
the first coating portion includes a thin film portion and a thick film portion at positions different in the circumferential direction of the base material, the thin film portion is constituted by a part of the entire peripheral layer, the thick film portion includes a remaining part of the entire peripheral layer and a partial coating layer provided closer to the base material than the entire peripheral layer, the partial coating layer extends in the region on the side of the second end part of the base material, and the second coating portion is constituted by an extending part of the partial coating layer.

5 . The PCB terminal of claim 4 , wherein:
the partial coating layer includes an intermediate layer and an outer layer, a constituent material of the intermediate layer is a copper-tin alloy containing tin and copper, a constituent material of the outer layer is pure tin, and the copper-tin alloy constituting the intermediate layer is partially exposed from the outer layer.

6 . A connector, comprising the PCB terminal of claim 1 .

7 . A wiring harness with connector, comprising:
the connector of claim 6 ; and a wiring harness, the wiring harness being connected to the region on the side of the second end part in the PCB terminal.

8 . A board unit, comprising:
the connector of claim 6 ; and a printed wiring board, the region on the side of the first end part in the PCB terminal and the printed wiring board being connected by solder.

9 . The board unit of claim 8 , wherein the printed wiring board includes a control circuit for controlling at least one of engine fuel injection and engine ignition.

10 . A board unit, comprising:
the wiring harness with connector of claim 7 ; and a printed wiring board, the region on the side of the first end part in the PCB terminal and the printed wiring board being connected by solder.

11 . The board unit of claim 10 , wherein the printed wiring board includes a control circuit for controlling at least one of engine fuel injection and engine ignition.

Assignees

• Autonetworks Technologies Ltd
• Sumitomo Wiring Systems
• Sumitomo Electric Industries

Inventors

• KAMAMOTO Michitake
• Furukawa Kingo
• Saka Yoshifumi
• Watanabe Hajime

Classifications

• H01R12/58 Primary

  terminals for insertion into holes · CPC title

• H01R13/03

  characterised by the material, e.g. plating, or coating materials · CPC title

• C25D5/12

  at least one layer being of nickel or chromium · CPC title

• C25D3/30

  of tin · CPC title

• H01R43/16

  for manufacturing contact members, e.g. by punching and by bending · CPC title