Electrical connection structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9637461-B2
Application number	US-201415028561-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2014
Priority date	Oct 17, 2013
Publication date	May 2, 2017
Grant date	May 2, 2017

Abstract

An electrical connection structure includes: a first metal member including copper or a copper alloy, a plated tin layer being formed on at least a portion of the first metal member; a second metal member that is electrically connected or connectable to the first metal member; and a surface treating layer formed on the surface of the first metal member. The surface treating layer is formed by applying a surface treating agent containing base oil and a metal affinity compound having a lipophilic group and an affinity group that has an affinity for metal. The metal affinity compound contains an adduct between an acidic alkyl phosphate ester and an azole compound and an adduct between an acidic alkyl phosphate ester and a metal and/or an organic amine compound.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electrical connection structure comprising:
a first metal member including copper or a copper alloy, a plated tin layer being formed on at least a portion of the first metal member;
a second metal member that is electrically connected or connectable to the first metal member; and
a surface treating layer formed on a surface of the first metal member,
wherein the surface treating layer is formed by applying a surface treating agent containing base oil and a metal affinity compound having a lipophilic group and an affinity group that has an affinity for metal, and
the metal affinity compound contains:
an adduct (a) between an azole compound and an acidic alkyl phosphate ester including one or more of the compounds represented by General Formula (1):
P(═O)(—OR 1 )(—OH) 2   (1)

and General Formula (2):
P(═O)(—OR 1 ) 2 (—OH)  (2)

where R 1 represents an organic group having 4 or more carbon atoms; and
an adduct (b) between a metal and/or an organic amine compound and an acidic alkyl phosphate ester including one or more of the compounds represented by General Formula (1) and General Formula (2).

2. The electrical connection structure according to claim 1 , wherein a content ratio of the adduct (a) to the adduct (b) in molar ratio is 1:9 to 9:1.

3. The electrical connection structure according to claim 1 , wherein a pH of the surface treating agent is set to 4 or more.

4. The electrical connection structure according to claim 1 , wherein the azole compound is at least one selected from pyrrole, imidazole, pyrazole, 1,2,3-triazole, 1,2,4-triazole, tetrazole, isoindole, benzimidazole, indazole, 1H-benzotriazole, 2H-benzotriazole, imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine, indole, purine, pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine, triazolo[4,5-d]pyrimidine, and benzothiazole, or a derivative thereof.

5. The electrical connection structure according to claim 1 , wherein the metal is at least one selected from alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, aluminum, titanium, and zinc.

6. The electrical connection structure according to claim 1 , wherein the organic amine compound is an organic amine compound having 2 to 100 carbon atoms.

7. The electrical connection structure according to claim 1 , wherein the second metal member is made of a metal material having an ionization tendency larger than that of the first metal member.

8. The electrical connection structure according to claim 1 , wherein the surface treating layer is in a liquid form or in a paste form under a temperature condition of −40° C. to 120°C.

9. The electrical connection structure according to claim 1 , wherein the first metal member is a first terminal, and the second metal member is a core wire of an electric wire that is electrically connected or connectable to the first terminal.

10. The electrical connection structure according to claim 1 , wherein the first metal member is a first terminal, and the second metal member is a second terminal that is mutually fitted or fittable to the first terminal.

Assignees

• Autonetworks Technologies Ltd
• Sumitomo Wiring Systems
• Sumitomo Electric Industries
• Univ Kyushu Nat Univ Corp

Inventors

• Nomura Hideki
• Hirai Hiroki
• Ono Junichi
• Ootsuka Takuji
• Hosokawa Takehiro
• Hase Tatsuya
• Nakashima Kazuo
• Goto Kazuhiro
• Mizoguchi Makoto

Classifications

• C07D277/72

  2-Mercaptobenzothiazole · CPC title

• C10N2040/17

  for electric contacts · CPC title

• H01B1/026

  Alloys based on copper · CPC title

• C22C13/00

  Alloys based on tin · CPC title

• C07D249/18 Primary

  Benzotriazoles · CPC title