Heat shrinkable connecting component and method of manufacturing heat shrinkable connecting component

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025087912-A1
Application number	US-202218727949-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 21, 2022
Priority date	Jan 21, 2022
Publication date	Mar 13, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A heat shrinkable connection component according to one embodiment of the present disclosure is used for the purpose of connecting an insulated wire that is obtained by covering a conductor with an insulating layer. This heat shrinkable connection component is provided with a heat shrinkable tube that has a melting point of 210° C. to 250° C. and a pair of sealing parts that are arranged on the inner circumferential surfaces of both end parts of the heat shrinkable tube; and the sealing material of the sealing parts has a shear viscosity of 1,000 Pa·s to 2,000 Pa·s at a shear rate of 100/s at 250° C., and a shear viscosity of 7,000 Pa·s to 70,000 Pa·s at a shear rate of 0.01/s at 215° C.

First claim

1 . A heat shrinkable connecting component for connection of an insulated electrical wire including a conductor covered by an insulating layer, the heat shrinkable connecting component comprising:
a heat shrinkable tube having a melting point of 210° C. to 250° C.; and a pair of sealing portions disposed at inner peripheral surfaces of the heat shrinkable tube at two end portions of the heat shrinkable tube, wherein a sealing material of each of the sealing portions has shear viscosity of 1000 Pa·s to 2000 Pa·s at 250° C. with a shear rate of 100/s and has shear viscosity of 7000 Pa·s to 70000 Pa·s at 215° C. with a shear rate of 0.01/s.

2 . The heat shrinkable connecting component according to claim 1 ,
wherein a main component of the heat shrinkable tube is an ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer, and wherein the heat shrinkable tube has a storage modulus of 0.8 MPa to 2.8 MPa at 250° C. to 280° C.

3 . The heat shrinkable connecting component according to claim 1 ,
wherein the sealing material has a softening point of 90° C. to 170° C.

4 . The heat shrinkable connecting component according to claim 1 ,
wherein a main component of the sealing material is a tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene-vinylidenefluoride copolymer.

5 . The heat shrinkable connecting component according to claim 1 ,
wherein the sealing material contains an inorganic filler, wherein the inorganic filler is silica, hydrotalcite, clay, or a combination thereof, and wherein a content of the inorganic filler is 1.0 part by mass to 4.0 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of a resin in the sealing material.

6 . The heat shrinkable connecting component according to claim 1 ,
wherein transmittance of infrared light having a wavelength of 1 μm in the sealing material is 1.0% to 30.0%.

7 . The heat shrinkable connecting component according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a connection portion disposed at an inner peripheral surface of the heat shrinkable tube between the pair of sealing portions, wherein a solder material of the connection portion has a melting point of 210° C. to 240° C.

8 . The heat shrinkable connecting component according to claim 1 ,
wherein arithmetic average roughness Ra of a surface of the heat shrinkable tube is 0.10 μm to 2.00 μm.

9 . A method of manufacturing a heat shrinkable connecting component, the method comprising:
disposing a pair of sealing portions at inner peripheral surfaces of a heat shrinkable tube at two end portions of the heat shrinkable tube, wherein the disposing the sealing portions includes shrinking the heat shrinkable tube and fixing the sealing portions in place, wherein the heat shrinkable tube has a melting point of 210° C. to 250° C., and wherein a sealing material of each of the sealing portions has shear viscosity of 1000 Pa·s to 2000 Pa·s at 250° C. with a shear rate of 100/s and has shear viscosity of 7000 Pa·s to 70000 Pa·s at 215° C. with a shear rate of 0.01/s.

10 . The method of manufacturing a heat shrinkable connecting component according to claim 9 ,
wherein the sealing material has a softening point of 90° C. to 170° C.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Electric Fine Polymer Inc
• Sumitomo Electric Industries

Inventors

• Ishibashi Keiji
• Murata Seiichirou
• Fukumoto Ryota

Classifications

• H01R43/005

  for making dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof, or flameproof connection, coupling, or casing · CPC title

• H01R4/723 Primary

  Making a soldered electrical connection simultaneously with the heat shrinking · CPC title

• H02G1/14

  for joining or terminating cables · CPC title

• H02G15/013

  Sealing means for cable inlets (inlets for cables filled with, or surrounded by, gas or oil H02G15/32) · CPC title

• H02G15/1806

  Heat shrinkable sleeves (insulation of electrical connections using a heat shrinking insulating sleeve H01R4/72) · CPC title