JP2011124135A - Flat cable with terminal fitting, and terminal crimping die for flat cable - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a flat cable with a terminal fitting capable of preventing damage to a core wire and the reduction of a retaining force at crimping the flat cable by an insulation barrel, and a terminal crimping die for the flat cable. <P>SOLUTION: The insulation barrel 35 of the flat cable 10 with the terminal fitting includes: folded portions 37, 37 bent to be folded back to the other face side of the flat cable 20 along both sides of the flat cable 20; and a pair of barrel pieces 38, 38 which are positioned at tip sides of the respective folded portions 37, 37 and press the face along the other face of the flat cable 20. Respective barrel pieces 38, 38 are crimped to the flat cable 20 so as to form a gap G between their tips. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a flat cable with terminal fittings and a terminal crimping die for flat cables.

In recent years, as one of methods for reducing the weight of electric wires routed in vehicles such as electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles and facilitating the wiring of electric wires, a flat cable in which a flat conductor is covered with an insulating coating has been used. Has been studied (see Patent Document 1).
This flat cable has good power transmission characteristics and has a large area that touches the outside air, so it has good heat dissipation. In addition, the flat cable is flat and easy to bend, so it can be easily routed. Have.

JP 2003-016848 A

By the way, a terminal fitting may be attached to the end of such a flat cable.
For example, a core portion exposed at the end of a flat cable is crimped by a wire barrel made of a pair of wire barrel pieces rising from both side edges of the bottom plate portion of the terminal fitting, and a pair rising from both side edges of the bottom plate portion behind the wire barrel. In some cases, a portion having an insulation coating is pressure-bonded by an insulation barrel composed of a plurality of insulation barrel pieces.

  These barrel pieces can be crimped by relatively moving the anvil on which the terminal fitting is placed and the crimper arranged above the anvil. Of these, the wire barrel piece is crimped so as to bite into the core wire. Is done.

  On the other hand, since the insulation barrel piece holds the flat cable, when the tip of the insulation barrel piece bites into the insulation coating during crimping, the insulation coating may be broken and damage the internal core wire. There is. Further, when the pair of insulation barrel pieces abut against each other, a gap is generated between the insulation barrel piece and the insulating coating, and the flat cable may not be securely held.

  This invention was completed based on the above situations, Comprising: The flat cable with a terminal metal fitting which can prevent the damage of a core wire, and the fall of holding power at the time of crimping | bonding a flat cable with an insulation barrel And it aims at providing the terminal crimping die for flat cables for manufacturing a flat cable with a terminal metal fitting.

The flat cable with terminal fittings according to the present invention includes a flat cable in which a plurality of core wires are arranged in parallel with each other and covered with an insulating coating, a wire barrel that is crimped to the core wire of the flat cable, and a crimping to the insulating coating. A flat cable with a terminal fitting including a terminal fitting having an insulation barrel, wherein the insulation barrel can be placed from the wire barrel across the entire width direction of one surface of the flat cable. A bottom plate portion, a folded portion that is located on both sides in the width direction of the flat cable of the bottom plate portion and is bent so as to be folded back to the other surface side of the flat cable along both sides of the flat cable, Located along the other side of the flat cable located on the tip side of each folded portion The a pressing pair of barrel pieces, each barrel piece is characterized at being crimped to the flat cable so as to form a gap between their tip (unit 1).
According to the structure of the means 1, when the flat cable is crimped by the insulation barrel, the core wire is damaged by breaking through the insulation coating, and the holding force is generated by the gap between the insulation barrel piece and the insulation coating. A decrease can be prevented.
In addition to the configuration of the means 1, the core wire may be configured by twisting a plurality of strands (means 2).

A flat cable terminal crimping die according to the present invention is a flat cable terminal crimping die that winds the insulation barrel inward by a relative movement with a lower mold on which a terminal fitting is placed, and crimps the flat cable. A pair of barrel sliding contact portions that are slidably brought into contact with the insulation barrel during crimping and deformed so as to be folded back from both sides, and the pair of barrel sliding contact portions are separated by a predetermined dimension. (Means 3).
According to the configuration of the means 3, when the flat cable is crimped by the insulation barrel using the flat cable terminal crimping die, the core wire is damaged by breaking through the insulation coating, and the insulation barrel piece and the insulation coating are It is possible to manufacture a flat cable with terminal metal fittings that prevents a decrease in holding force due to a gap between them.

  In addition to the configuration of the means 3, a flat portion that contacts the surface of the flat cable may be formed between the pair of barrel sliding contact portions (means 4).

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the damage of a core wire at the time of crimping | bonding a flat cable with an insulation barrel and the fall of holding power can be prevented.

Perspective view of flat cable with terminal fittings Top view of flat cable with terminal bracket AA sectional view of FIG. Terminal metal perspective view A perspective view showing a state in which the end portion of the flat cable is placed on the terminal fitting Perspective view showing state of insulation barrel before crimping Sectional view of FIG. The perspective view showing the state which crimped the insulation barrel Sectional view of FIG.

<Embodiment>
Hereinafter, the flat cable 10 with a terminal metal fitting of embodiment which actualized this invention is demonstrated with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 1, the flat cable 10 with terminal metal fittings of the present embodiment has a terminal metal fitting 30 crimped to the terminal portion of the flat cable 20, for example, a battery constituting a power source for traveling in an electric vehicle, It is arranged between devices (not shown) such as an inverter and a motor.

As shown in FIG. 3, the flat cable 20 is configured by covering a flat conductor 22 with a resin insulating coating 23.
The flat conductor 22 is formed into a flat shape having a substantially constant thickness as a whole by arranging a plurality of core wires 21 in parallel in contact with each other.
Each core wire 21 is formed by spirally twisting a large number of copper alloy metal strands.

As shown in FIG. 5, the flat cable 20 has an insulating coating 23 peeled off at a terminal portion thereof to expose the flat conductor 22.
In addition, the dimension (dimension including the insulation coating 23) of the flat cable 20 in the present embodiment is a width of 14.4 mm and a height of 3.2 mm.
The flat cable 20 having such a shape has good power transmission characteristics and has a large area in contact with the outside air, so that heat dissipation is good. In addition, the flat cable 20 is easy to bend because of the flat shape, so that the wiring of the electric wire is possible. It is easy to do.

  The terminal fitting 30 is made of copper or copper alloy, and as shown in FIG. 4, is a so-called open barrel type, and is connected to the terminal connection portion 31 connected to the counterpart terminal, and is flat behind the terminal connection portion 31. A wire barrel 32 for caulking the flat conductor 22 exposed at the end portion of the cable 20 and an insulation barrel 35 for caulking the end portion of the flat cable 20 from above the insulating coating 23 are provided.

The terminal connection portion 31 has a flat plate shape, and a circular connection hole 31A is formed through the central portion thereof.
The wire barrel 32 includes a bottom plate 32A connected to the terminal connection portion 31 and connected to the terminal connection portion 31, and a pair of caulking pieces 33 and 33 rising from both side edges of the bottom plate 32A.

  The bottom plate 32 </ b> A continues to the rear of the terminal connection portion 31, and has a substantially flat shape as a whole. The bottom plate 32 </ b> A extends to the rear of the wire barrel 32, and thus continues to the bottom plate portion 36 of the insulation barrel 35.

The wire barrel 32 crimps the portion of the flat conductor 22 exposed by deforming the pair of caulking pieces 33, 33 so as to be folded back toward the bottom plate 32A.
Serrations 34 are recessed in the inner surfaces of the caulking pieces 33 and 33 and the upper surface of the bottom plate 32A connected to the caulking pieces 33 and 33, and the oxide film of the flat conductor 22 is broken when the caulking pieces 33 and 33 are caulked. ing.

The insulation barrel 35 includes a bottom plate portion 36 connected to the bottom plate 32 </ b> A extending rearward of the wire barrel 32, and a pair of crimping pieces 35 </ b> A and 35 </ b> A rising from both side edges of the bottom plate portion 36.
The entire bottom plate portion 36 has a substantially flat shape, and can be placed so that the entire lower surface (one surface) of the flat cable 20 is in contact with the entire area in the width direction.

The pair of caulking pieces 35A, 35A are located on both sides (in the width direction of the flat cable 20) of the bottom plate portion 36 and are raised from the bottom plate portion 36 in a posture inclined slightly outward in the width direction. Thus, the distance between the pair of insulation barrels 35 is slightly wider toward the tip side. The tip has a tapered shape with the outer surface being thin.
Then, after the crimping, the pair of crimping pieces 35A and 35A are connected to the bent plate portions 37 and 37 which are connected to the upper side of the bottom plate portion 36 and curved to the inside of the turned portions 37 and 37, as shown in FIG. It has a pair of barrel pieces 38 and 38 for pressing the flat cable 20.

  The folded portions 37, 37 are semicircular, and are located on both sides of the flat cable 20 in the width direction so as to be folded along the both sides of the flat cable 20 toward the upper surface side (the other surface side) of the flat cable 20. Is bent (curved).

  The radius of curvature R of the folded portions 37, 37 is a dimension obtained by adding the plate thickness of the insulation barrel 35 to the half thickness of the flat cable 20.

The pair of barrel pieces 38, 38 are positioned on the tip side of the folded portions 37, 37 and press the upper surface (the surface) along the upper surface (the other) of the flat cable 20.
Each barrel piece 38, 38 is pressure-bonded to the flat cable 20 so as to form a gap G between the tip portions thereof. The gap G is substantially equal to the combined width of the barrel pieces 38, 38.
Therefore, the rising dimension of the crimping pieces 35A and 35A before the crimping is set to a rising dimension in which the gap G is formed between the barrel pieces 38 and 38 after the crimping.

Next, in order to crimp the electric wire to the terminal fitting 30, as shown in FIG. 6, as the terminal crimping mold, an anvil 40 (corresponding to the “lower mold” having the configuration of the present invention) and a crimper 50 (upper mold) are used. The "corresponding to a flat cable terminal crimping die" according to the present invention is used.
The anvil 40 is made of metal and has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape. The terminal fitting 30 is placed on the upper surface 41 of the anvil 40 when crimping.

The upper surface 41 of the anvil 40 includes a flat surface portion 42 and a protrusion 43 that is slightly raised by curving in an inclined shape (an edge portion) in the width direction (see FIG. 7).
The height of the apex portion of the protrusion 43 with respect to the flat portion 42 is set to 0.1 mm or more.
The inclination angle (curvature) of the upper surface of the protrusion 43 is set substantially equal to the inclination angle (curve) between the bottom plate portion 36 and the caulking piece 35A.

  The crimper 50 is made of metal, and the inside of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped member is a mountain-shaped recess 51 that is hollowed out in a mountain shape that extends downward (on the anvil 40 side) in the axial direction of the terminal fitting 30.

On both sides of the chevron-shaped recess 51, there are a pair of barrel sliding portions 52, 52 that are slidably contacted with the pair of barrel pieces 38, 38 and deformed so as to be folded back from both sides.
The barrel sliding contact portion 52 includes an upright wall portion 53 that rises almost right above the left and right sides of the mountain-shaped concave portion 51, and a pair of pressing portions 54 and 54 that are recessed in a curved shape above the upright wall portion 53.

  A space between the standing wall portion 53 and the holding portions 54 and 54 is formed with a curvature corresponding to the curvature of the folded portions 37 and 37 of the insulation barrel 35.

The pair of pressing portions 54 and 54 are separated by a predetermined dimension (dimension B corresponding to the gap G between the barrel pieces 38 and 38), and a flat portion 55 having a flat shape is formed in the separated portion. ing.
The flat portion 55 is provided so as to connect between the lower ends on the inner sides of the pair of pressing portions 54, 54, and the flat portion 55 comes into contact with the surface of the flat cable 20 during crimping (insulation). It becomes a non-contact portion that does not contact the modulation barrel 35).

(Pressing method of the insulation barrel 35)
The terminal fitting 30 is formed by bending the terminal original plate so that a crimping process can be performed.
As shown in FIG. 6, the terminal fitting 30 is positioned on the anvil 40 in a state in which the exposed end portion of the core wire 21 of the flat cable 20 is directed to (placed on) the bent terminal fitting 30. Then, the crimper 50 disposed above the anvil 40 and the terminal fitting 30 is lowered (changes the relative position).

Then, the insulation barrel 35 of the terminal fitting 30 is deformed into a shape that slidably contacts the barrel sliding contact portion 52 of the crimper 50 and encloses the flat cable 20.
Then, as shown in FIG. 8, when the crimper 50 is lowered to a predetermined position, the pair of pressing portions 54, 54 press the pair of barrel pieces 38, 38 against the flat cable 20 side and crimp the flat cable 10 with terminal fittings. The crimping of is completed.

According to the structure of the said embodiment, there exist the following effects.
Since each barrel piece 38, 38 of the insulation barrel 35 is crimped to the flat cable 20 so as to form a gap G between the tip portions thereof, a pair when the flat cable 20 is crimped by the insulation barrel 35 is paired. Damage to the core wire 21 due to the tip of the barrel pieces 38, 38 breaking through the insulation coating 23, and the pair of barrel pieces 38, 38 abutting each other during crimping, It is possible to prevent a holding force from being reduced due to a gap between the two.

<Other embodiments>
The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described with reference to the above description and drawings. For example, the following embodiments are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.
(1) In the above-described embodiment, the gap G between the barrel pieces 38, 38 is a dimension obtained by combining the width dimensions of the barrel pieces 38, 38, but is not limited thereto. Any gap G may be used as long as the length of the barrel piece 38 capable of holding the flat cable 20 can be secured without being in contact with each other.

(2) In the said embodiment, although the several core wire 21 which comprises the flat conductor 22 was said to be the strand wire which twisted the metal strand, it is not restricted to this. For example, a plurality of single core wires may be arranged in parallel to form a flat conductor.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Flat cable with terminal metal fitting 20 ... Flat cable 21 ... Core wire 22 ... Flat conductor 23 ... Insulation coating 30 ... Terminal metal fitting 31 ... Terminal connection part 32 ... Wire barrel 32A ... Bottom plate 33 ... Caulking piece 35 ... Insulation barrel 35A ... Caulking Piece 36 ... Bottom plate portion 37 ... Folded portion 38 ... Barrel piece 40 ... Anvil (lower mold)
50 ... crimper (terminal crimping die for flat cable)
52 ... Barrel sliding contact part 53 ... Standing wall part 54 ... Holding part 55 ... Flat part

Claims (4)

A flat cable in which a plurality of core wires are arranged in parallel with each other and covered with an insulating coating, and a wire barrel crimped to the core wire of the flat cable and a terminal fitting having an insulation barrel crimped to the insulating coating. A flat cable with terminal fittings,
The insulation barrel is located on both sides of the flat plate in the width direction of the flat plate, and a bottom plate portion that can be placed from the wire barrel to place the entire area in the width direction of one surface of the flat cable. A folded portion bent so as to be folded to the other surface side of the flat cable along both sides of the flat cable, and positioned along the other surface of the flat cable located at the tip side of each folded portion A flat cable with terminal fittings, comprising: a pair of barrel pieces for pressing a surface, wherein each of the barrel pieces is crimped to the flat cable so as to form a gap between their tip portions. The flat cable with terminal fitting according to claim 1, wherein the core wire is formed by twisting a plurality of strands. A flat cable terminal crimping mold that winds the insulation barrel inward by relative movement with the lower mold on which the terminal fitting is placed, and crimps to the flat cable,
A flat slide is provided that has a pair of barrel sliding contact portions that are slidably contacted with the insulation barrel during the crimping and deformed so as to be folded back from both sides, and the pair of barrel sliding contact portions are separated by a predetermined dimension. Terminal crimping mold for cables. 4. A flat cable terminal crimping die according to claim 3, wherein a flat portion is formed between the pair of barrel sliding contact portions so as to contact the surface of the flat cable.

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