SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The present application is directed to a novel connecting wire, electrical connector terminal and method of manufacture.
The utility model provides a connecting wire, including wire and electric connector terminal, wherein, the electric connector terminal includes along length direction undetachably pile first connecting piece and the second connecting piece of establishing, first connecting piece and second connecting piece have a pair of composition face, first connecting piece and second connecting piece are made by different conducting material, the wire with the second connecting piece electricity is connected, first connecting piece is made by pure copper, the electric conductor of wire is made by the aluminum alloy.
Preferably, the second connecting member and the electrical conductor of the wire are made of aluminum alloy having the same composition.
Preferably, the outer surfaces of the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece are aligned with each other, the second connecting piece is provided with an inner hole and an inner chamfer at one end far away from the first connecting piece, the wire is inserted into the inner hole of the second connecting piece, and the inner chamfer abuts against the outer surface of the wire.
Preferably, the second connecting piece is provided with a groove or a protrusion on the outer surface between the joint surface and the inner hole.
This application on the other hand provides an electric connector terminal, include along length direction undetachably fold first connecting piece and the second connecting piece of establishing, first connecting piece and second connecting piece are made by different conducting material, have a pair of composition surface, the second connecting piece is equipped with the hole in the one end of keeping away from first connecting piece, the second connecting piece is in the composition surface with be equipped with recess or arch on the surface between the hole, first connecting piece is made by pure copper, and the second connecting piece is made by the aluminum alloy.
Preferably, the outer surfaces of the first and second connectors are substantially aligned with each other.
Preferably, the electric connector terminal is made of a copper-aluminum composite plate.
According to the embodiment of the application, the cable connected with the electric connector terminal can use the aluminum conductor, and the purpose of reducing the cost and the weight of the cable is achieved.
Detailed Description
Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are exemplary and intended to be used for explaining the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise" and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and to simplify the description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.
In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly and may, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those skilled in the art.
In the present disclosure, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may comprise direct contact between the first and second features, or may comprise contact between the first and second features not directly. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.
The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Referring to fig. 1 to 4, a connecting wire 10 according to an embodiment of the present application includes a conductive wire 12 and an electrical connector terminal 14.
The electrical connector terminal 14 may be, but is not limited to, a high current connector terminal including a first connector 16 and a second connector 18 stacked lengthwise. The first connecting member 16 is made of a first conductive material and is provided at a first end of the electrical connector terminal 14 in a longitudinal direction. The second connecting member 18 is made of a second conductive material different from the first conductive material and is provided at a second end in the longitudinal direction of the electrical connector terminal 14. The wire 12 is connected to a second connector 18 and the first connector 16 serves as a docking portion for connecting an external electrical conductor. The external electrical conductor may be a plug or other type of electrical conductor, and the first connector 16 may be connected to the external electrical conductor by a quick-plug connection or by a screw or other fastener.
In a preferred embodiment, the first connecting member 16 and the second connecting member 18 are each an open-ended tubular structure having opposing bottom portions connected to form a pair of engagement surfaces 20a and 20 b. The outer surfaces of the first and second connectors 16, 18 are substantially aligned with each other.
The conductor 12 includes an electrical conductor 26 and an insulation layer 28 surrounding the outer periphery of the electrical conductor 26, the end of the conductor 12 connected to the electrical connector terminal 14 has no insulation layer 28, and the electrical conductor 26 is inserted into the inner bore 22 of the second connector 18 and contacts the inner surface of the second connector 18 to form an electrical connection.
Preferably, the second connector 18 is provided with an inner chamfer 30 at the opening of the inner bore 22 thereof, the inner chamfer 30 being adapted to guide the wire 12 into the inner bore 22 of the second connector 18 against the outer surface of the wire 12. The conductive connector 16 is provided with a groove 25 on the outer surface adjacent the conductive adaptor sleeve 18 to locate the electrical connector terminal during staking and to eliminate deformation of the first connector 18 caused by staking pressure. It is understood that the recess 25 may be modified to be a protrusion or other structure that achieves a similar function.
Preferably, the first connector 16 is made of pure copper and the electrical conductors of the wire 12 and the second connector 18 are made of an aluminum alloy. Further, the electrical conductor of the wire 12 and the second connecting member 18 are made of an aluminum alloy having the same composition to prevent creep when they are connected, thereby ensuring that they are electrically connected reliably.
In the present application, as shown in fig. 5 and 6, the terminal 14 of the electrical connector is formed by machining a copper-aluminum composite plate 32 into a rod by wire cutting or the like, and then machining the rod into a desired structure. The copper-aluminum composite plate 32 can be formed by welding a pure copper plate 34 and an aluminum alloy plate 36 together by means of cold rolling, hot rolling, explosive cladding, explosive rolling and the like, and cannot be separated. The pure copper plate 34 may form the first connecting member 16, the aluminum alloy plate 36 may form the second connecting member 18, and the first connecting member 16 and the second connecting member 18 are non-detachable structures.
In this application, for reducing cable cost and weight, adopt the aluminium wire to replace traditional copper conductor. However, since the copper wire and the aluminum wire are different in material and characteristics, the aluminum wire cannot be directly connected to the copper material in large current transmission. In the present application, a novel electrical connector terminal is provided, in which the first connecting member 16 abutting against the external electrical conductor such as plug can still be made of copper (preferably pure copper), and the second connecting member 18 electrically connected to the aluminum conductor can be made of aluminum alloy, and can be directly electrically connected to the aluminum conductor, for example, by pressing or the like. Compared with the traditional copper wire, the copper-aluminum connector terminal provided by the application is used for connecting the aluminum wire, the cost of the cable can be reduced to about one half of the original cost, and the weight of the cable is reduced to about one third of the original weight.
Another embodiment of the present application provides a method of manufacturing an electrical connector terminal 14, comprising:
providing a conductive composite plate 32; the conductive composite plate 32 includes a first conductive layer 34 and a second conductive layer 36 made of different conductive materials; preferably, the conductive composite board 32 is a copper-aluminum composite board, and the first conductive layer 34 is a pure copper board layer, and the second conductive layer 36 is an aluminum alloy board layer.
Processing a plurality of rods 38 from the conductive composite plate 32, wherein the first conductive layer 34 and the second conductive layer 36 are stacked along the length direction of each rod 38; preferably, the conductive composite plate 32 is formed into rods 38 by wire cutting,
the rod 38 is machined to obtain the electrical connector terminal 14 having a predetermined configuration.
In this embodiment, the first and second connectors 16, 18 of the electrical connector terminal 14 correspond to the first and second conductive layers 34, 36, respectively, of the conductive composite plate 32, and the outer surfaces of the first and second connectors 16, 18 are substantially aligned with each other as they are cut from the conductive composite plate wire.
Preferably, the thickness of the conductive composite plate 32 is greater than or equal to the length of the electrical connector terminal 14.
Another embodiment of the present application provides a method of manufacturing a connection wire 10, including:
providing a conductive composite plate 32; the conductive composite plate 32 includes a first conductive layer 34 and a second conductive layer 36 made of different conductive materials; preferably, the conductive composite board 32 is a copper-aluminum composite board, and the first conductive layer 34 is a pure copper board layer, and the second conductive layer 36 is an aluminum alloy board layer.
Processing a plurality of rods 38 from the conductive composite plate 32, wherein the first conductive layer 34 and the second conductive layer 36 are stacked along the length direction of each rod 38; preferably, the conductive composite plate 32 is formed into a plurality of rods 38 by wire cutting.
The body 38 is machined to form an internal bore 22 at the end of the second conductive layer 36 remote from the first conductive layer for insertion of a wire 12 and an internal bore at the end of the first conductive layer 34 remote from the second conductive layer 36 for insertion of an external plug. It will be appreciated that a corresponding structure may be formed at the end of first conductive layer 34 remote from second conductive layer 36, as desired for the external electrical conductor to be connected. After machining, the second conductive layer 36 forms the second connection 18 of the electrical connector terminal and the first conductive layer 34 forms the first connection 16 of the electrical connector terminal.
Inserting the electrical conductor 26 of the aluminum wire 12 into the inner bore 22 of the second conductive layer 36, wherein the electrical conductor may be an aluminum alloy material having the same composition as the second conductive layer; and
pressure is applied to the outer surface of the second conductive layer 36 to bring the aluminum conductor 26 into secure contact with the inner bore 22 of the second conductive layer 36. Preferably, pressure is applied to the second conductive layer 36 by riveting.
In the description herein, references to the description of the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.
The foregoing is a more detailed description of the present invention that is presented in conjunction with specific embodiments, and it is not to be understood that the specific embodiments of the present invention are limited to these descriptions. To the utility model belongs to the technical field of ordinary technical personnel, do not deviate from the utility model discloses under the prerequisite of design, can also make a plurality of simple deductions or replacement.