WO2014129222A1 - 端子、電線接続構造体および端子の製造方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a component responsible for electrical conduction. More specifically, the present invention relates to a terminal for connecting an electric wire, a method for manufacturing the terminal, and an electric wire connection structure in which the terminal and the electric wire are joined.
- connection between an electric wire and a terminal in an automotive wire harness or the like is generally a crimp connection in which the electric wire is crimped by a terminal called an open barrel type.
- a terminal in which the electric wire is crimped by a terminal
- the open barrel type terminal when moisture or the like adheres to the connection part (contact point) between the electric wire and the terminal, the oxidation of the metal surface used for the electric wire or the terminal proceeds, and the electrical resistance in the connection part increases. .
- the metal used for an electric wire and a terminal differs, the corrosion between different metals will advance. The progress of oxidation and corrosion of the metal in the connection part causes cracking of the connection part and contact failure, and the product life is unavoidable.
- wire harnesses in which the electric wire is made of an aluminum alloy and the terminal base material is made of a copper alloy are being put into practical use, and the problems of oxidation and corrosion of the connection portion have become prominent.
- Patent Document 1 In order to prevent corrosion of the aluminum electric wire at the connection portion, in Patent Document 1, an aluminum alloy of the same material as the electric wire conductor is used for the terminal to suppress the corrosion of different metals that occurs in the case of the conventional copper terminal.
- an aluminum alloy is used for the terminal, the strength and spring characteristics of the terminal itself are not sufficient.
- a structure that incorporates an iron-based material spring into the terminal is adopted, so it is not only possible to avoid the problem of dissimilar metal corrosion between the spring material and the terminal base material (aluminum), but also incorporated. There is a problem that labor is generated and manufacturing costs are increased.
- patent document 3 Although the method which molds the whole crimping
- patent document 4 in order to interrupt
- the above-mentioned problem is that the wire conductor is cut off from the outside without enlarging the crimping part by adopting a structure in which the connecting part with the electric wire is crimped by inserting the wire into a tubular (bag-like) terminal.
- a tubular crimping part is formed by laser welding a copper alloy plate (metal member) having a coating layer such as a tin layer on the surface
- Sn is dissolved in a large amount in the welding part. If it does, the intensity
- the welded part may be broken.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a terminal having a welded portion suitably formed on a tubular crimped portion by laser welding. That is, an object of the present invention is to provide a terminal in which a decrease in strength and a decrease in wall thickness are suppressed and cracking during caulking is suppressed. Moreover, it aims at providing the electric wire connection structure using this terminal.
- a terminal comprising: a connector portion that is fitted to another terminal; a tubular crimp portion that is crimp-bonded to an electric wire; and a transition portion that connects the connector portion and the tubular crimp portion, the tubular crimp portion Has a base layer made of nickel, nickel alloy, cobalt or cobalt alloy having a thickness of 0.0 to 0.8 ⁇ m on a base material made of copper or copper alloy having a thickness of 0.20 to 1.40 mm, A metal member in which a coating layer made of tin, tin alloy, nickel, nickel alloy, silver or silver alloy having a thickness of 0.2 to 3.0 ⁇ m is formed on the base material and / or the base layer.
- the ratio (d1 / d2) of the average thickness d1 of the coating layer and the average thickness d2 of the base material in the tubular crimping portion is 0.001 to 0.005 (1) Or the terminal as described in (2).
- the welded portion can be suitably provided in the tubular crimping portion of the terminal by laser welding. Further, it is possible to provide a terminal in which the strength reduction and thickness reduction of the welded portion are suppressed, and cracks during caulking are suppressed.
- (A)-(d) is a top view explaining the manufacturing method of the terminal of FIG. It is a perspective view explaining the laser welding process in FIG.2 (d). It is the perspective view which showed an example of the electric wire connection structure of this invention. It is the perspective view which showed the modification of the terminal of this invention. It is the perspective view which showed the other modification of the terminal of this invention.
- the terminal of the present invention is made of a metal member. However, since the connector part of the terminal and the tubular crimping part may be formed separately and then both may be joined at the transition part, in the present invention, it is essential that at least the tubular crimping part is formed of a metal member. .
- the metal member in this invention has a base material, the base layer arbitrarily provided on this base material, and the coating layer provided on a base material or a base layer.
- the base material is copper (such as tough pitch copper or oxygen-free copper) or a copper alloy, preferably a copper alloy.
- the copper alloy used for the terminal include, for example, brass (for example, C2600, C2680 of CDA (Copper Development Association)), phosphor bronze (for example, C5210 of CDA), corson-based copper alloy (Cu—Ni—Si—). (Sn, Zn, Mg, Cr) based copper alloy) and the like.
- a Corson copper alloy is preferable from the comprehensive viewpoints of strength, electrical conductivity, cost, and the like.
- Corson-based copper alloy examples include, but are not limited to, copper alloys FAS-680 and FAS-820 (both trade names) manufactured by Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., and copper alloys manufactured by Mitsubishi Shindoh. MAX-375, MAX251 (both are trade names) and the like can be used. Also, CDA C7025 or the like can be used.
- Examples of other copper alloy compositions include, for example, Cu—Sn—Cr based copper alloys, Cu—Sn—Zn—Cr based copper alloys, Cu—Sn—P based copper alloys, Cu—Sn—P—Ni.
- Examples thereof include a copper alloy, a Cu—Fe—Sn—P copper alloy, a Cu—Mg—P copper alloy, and a Cu—Fe—Zn—P copper alloy.
- inevitable impurities may be included in addition to the essential elements described above.
- the base material needs to have a certain strength, but also needs punching and press workability. Accordingly, the thickness of the substrate is 0.20 to 1.40 mm. For small parts, a thinner one is desirable, and 0.20 to 0.70 mm is more preferable.
- the underlayer is a layer that is optionally provided on part or all of the surface of the substrate. That is, it is arbitrarily provided between the base material and the coating layer described later. It is provided mainly for the purpose of improving the adhesion between the substrate and the coating layer and preventing the diffusion of the components of both.
- the thickness of the underlayer is 0.8 ⁇ m or less. When the thickness of the underlayer exceeds 0.8 ⁇ m, the above effects are saturated and processability at the time of processing tends to deteriorate.
- the thickness of the underlayer is preferably 0.2 ⁇ m or more from the viewpoint of preventing diffusion.
- the underlayer is made of any one of nickel, nickel alloy, cobalt, and cobalt alloy.
- the nickel alloy refers to an alloy containing nickel as a main component (mass ratio of 50% or more).
- the cobalt alloy refers to an alloy containing cobalt as a main component (mass ratio of 50% or more).
- a coating layer is a layer provided on a base layer and / or a base material.
- the case where the coating layer is provided on the base layer and the base material means that, for example, the base layer is provided only on a part of the base material, but the coating layer covers the base layer and the base material. Can be mentioned.
- the coating layer should just be provided in part or all on the base layer and / or the substrate.
- the coating layer is made of tin or a tin alloy.
- a tin alloy refers to an alloy containing tin as a main component (mass ratio of 50% or more).
- the coating layer of this invention may consist of nickel, a nickel alloy, silver, or a silver alloy.
- the thickness of the coating layer is 0.2 to 3.0 ⁇ m, more preferably 0.3 to 2.0 ⁇ m.
- the thickness of the coating layer is measured by a fluorescent X-ray film thickness meter.
- d1 / d2 is 0.001 to 0.005, where d1 ( ⁇ m) is the average value of the thickness of the coating layer in the tubular crimping portion described later, and d2 ( ⁇ m) is the average value of the thickness of the base material.
- the amount of the component of the coating layer dissolved into the welded portion can be adjusted.
- the ratio between the two in a predetermined range, the amount of the component of the coating layer dissolved into the welded portion can be adjusted.
- the arithmetic average roughness Ra of the surface of the coating layer is preferably 0.5 ⁇ m or more, and more preferably 0.6 to 1.2 ⁇ m.
- the laser beam absorbability is excellent during laser welding. Thereby, laser weldability improves and it becomes easy to perform favorable welding. As a result, the occurrence of blow holes after welding can be suppressed and the width of the HAZ (heat affected zone) can be reduced.
- the method for forming this coating layer is not particularly limited.
- electroless plating method in addition to electroplating of tin, nickel and silver, electroless plating method, hot dipping method, vapor deposition method, ion plating method, sputtering method, chemical method
- film forming techniques such as vapor phase epitaxy can be used.
- white metals such as tin, nickel, and silver have a higher laser light absorptivity in the wavelength region of laser light than copper or copper alloys (laser light reflectance is low). Weldability is improved.
- the action is considered as follows by taking tin as an example. First, tin constituting the coating layer is melted by the energy of the laser beam. Next, heat energy propagates from the molten tin, and the metal constituting the underlying layer and the copper or copper alloy constituting the base material melt. After the laser light irradiation, the molten copper or the like is solidified together with tin, and the joining is completed.
- Tin constituting the coating layer is melted after laser welding by laser irradiation, and is taken into copper or a copper alloy constituting the base material at a welded portion (reference numeral 50 in FIG. 1 described later). This is because tin existing as a coating layer before welding is taken into the solidified structure by welding and dissolved in the copper matrix of the base material, and / or copper-tin metal. It is in a state of crystallizing in / out of the copper matrix as an intermetallic compound. In addition, tin may adhere to the outside of the welded portion, and in this case, a part of tin remains on the surface of the base material even after welding without being taken into the base material.
- the formation of the coating layer by electroplating will be described.
- the current density depends on plating bath conditions and the like, but is, for example, 5 to 10 A / dm 2 in the case of the Sn plating bath described in this example, and 20 to 30 A / dm 2 in the case of the Ni plating bath.
- the current density can be further increased by increasing the activity. Examples include a method of increasing the stirring speed of the plating bath. In the experiment in the laboratory, it is preferable to adjust the current density and the stirring condition at the same time because of the means.
- FIG. 1 shows an example of the terminal of the present invention.
- the terminal 10 has a female terminal connector part 20 and a tubular crimp part 30 for connecting the wire and the terminal 10 by crimping after the electric wire is inserted.
- the connector part 20 and the tubular crimp part 30 are connected to each other. It has the transition part 40 to connect.
- the terminal 10 has welded portions 50 and 50 ′ (regions indicated by broken lines in the drawing) in the tubular crimping portion 30.
- the terminal 10 is made of a flat plate material made of a metal member.
- the connector unit 20 is a box unit that allows insertion of an insertion tab such as a male terminal.
- the shape of the details of the connector portion 20 is not particularly limited. In other words, in another embodiment of the terminal of the present invention, it may not be a box part. For example, it may be an insertion tab of a male terminal instead of the box part. Moreover, the edge part of the terminal which concerns on another form may be sufficient.
- a female terminal is shown for convenience. Any terminal having any connecting end may have the tubular crimping part 30 via the transition part 40.
- the transition part 40 is a part that serves as a bridge between the connector part 10 and the tubular crimping part 30. It may be formed three-dimensionally or two-dimensionally. From the viewpoint of mechanical strength against bending in the terminal length direction, it is preferable to design so that the secondary moment of inertia in the longitudinal direction is increased.
- the tubular crimping part 30 is a part for crimping and joining the terminal 10 and an electric wire (not shown).
- One end of the tubular crimping portion 30 is an insertion port portion 31 into which an electric wire can be inserted, and the other end is connected to the transition portion 40.
- the tubular crimping portion 30 is a closed tubular body because the transition portion 40 side is sealed by the sealing portion 36. That is, the tubular crimping portion 30 is a tubular body that is closed except for the insertion port portion 31.
- the sealing portion 36 prevents moisture and the like from entering from the transition portion 40 side.
- the inner diameter of the tube of the tubular crimping portion 30 is reduced continuously or stepwise from the insertion port portion 31 toward the sealing portion 36. Since the tubular crimping portion 30 may be a tubular body, the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction is not necessarily circular, and may be oval, rectangular, or other shapes depending on circumstances.
- the metal member and the electric wire constituting the tubular crimping part are crimped and joined electrically and mechanically.
- the electrical joining is performed by strongly processing (caulking) the metal member and the electric wire conductor.
- the tubular crimping portion 30 is in close contact with the insulating coating portion of the electric wire by simultaneously caulking a part of the insulating coating portion of the electric wire.
- the inside of the tube of the tubular crimping portion 30 may have an electric wire locking groove (not shown).
- an electric wire locking groove (not shown).
- the surface is covered with an oxide film. Therefore, by providing such a groove, the contact pressure can be increased by the crest of the groove, and the reliability of the mechanical and electrical connection is improved.
- the tubular crimping portion 30 is formed by processing a flat plate material of a metal member. More specifically, a tubular body having a substantially C-shaped cross section is formed by punching a plate member of a metal member into a developed view of a terminal and pressing it three-dimensionally. And the open part (butting part) of this tubular body is welded. Since welding is performed in the longitudinal direction of the tubular body, the tubular crimping portion is formed while the welded portion 50 is formed in the substantially same direction as the longitudinal direction. Further, after welding for forming the tubular crimping portion, the end of the tubular crimping portion on the transition portion side is also welded in the width direction, and the sealing portion 36 is provided by forming the welded portion 50 ′. The sealing part 36 is sealed by crushing and overlapping two opposing pipe walls (usually the upper and lower pipe walls) of the tubular crimping part 30 and then welding from above. Is.
- the welded portions 50 and 50 ' are formed by welding the portion provided with the coating layer in the terminal of the present invention. After welding, the coating layer existing in the region melted by irradiation with the welding laser beam has disappeared from the surface. On the other hand, the coating layer present in the region that has not been melted by the irradiation of the laser light remains. For example, tin, nickel, silver, or the like constituting the lost coating layer is melted and taken in by the laser welded portion 50 and may be taken in or dispersed in the heat affected zone.
- the dispersion state of tin or nickel cannot be generally stated depending on the conditions of laser welding, etc., but for example, the state of being taken into the solidified structure and dissolved in the copper matrix and / or the intermetallic compound of copper and tin The state which crystallized as an intermetallic compound of copper and nickel can be considered.
- the welded portion 50 is a welded portion where the end surfaces of the metal members are brought into contact with each other and welded
- the welded portion 50 ′ is a welded portion where the metal members are overlapped and welded.
- a phase of tin, tin alloy, nickel, or nickel alloy larger than a size of 0.01 ⁇ m 2 (0.1 ⁇ m ⁇ 0.1 ⁇ m) is observed in an arbitrary cross section of the weld 50.
- weld defects due to the presence of tin, tin alloy, nickel, nickel alloy, silver or silver alloy phases, it is difficult to form weld defects (blow holes and shrinkage cavities) when the molten metal solidifies and shrinks. Welding is possible.
- the phase of tin, tin alloy, nickel, nickel alloy, silver, or silver alloy in the welded portion 50 is formed by the metal constituting the coating layer being melted into the welded portion by welding.
- tin a copper alloy base material using tin for the coating layer
- tin is dissolved by laser irradiation, and subsequently, the copper alloy constituting the base material is dissolved.
- the two metals mix to form a liquid alloy and then cool rapidly.
- a part of tin is taken in as a solid solution in the parent phase of the copper alloy, but remains as a tin phase (tin alloy phase) when oversaturated or when the cooling rate is high.
- this tin phase varies depending on the welding conditions, but in the terminal of the present invention, a phase larger than a size of 0.01 ⁇ m 2 (0.1 ⁇ m ⁇ 0.1 ⁇ m) exists in an arbitrary cross section of the welded portion 50. By doing so, it becomes a terminal having a desired effect.
- Terminal manufacturing method 2 (a) to 2 (d) are plan views for explaining an example of a method for manufacturing the terminal of FIG.
- FIG. 2 is a view of the state in which the terminal is manufactured from the metal plate 70 as viewed from the Z direction (direction perpendicular to the plate surface) of the plate 70.
- a plate material 70 of a metal member 1 having a base material made of a copper alloy is prepared.
- a Corson copper alloy (Cu—Ni—Si alloy) having a plate thickness of 0.25 mm is used as a base material, and a tin layer is provided as a predetermined white metal layer on the entire surface of the base material by plating. Further, a predetermined oil film is provided on the entire surface of the white metal layer to form a metal member plate 70.
- This plate material 70 is punched in a repetitive shape by pressing (primary pressing) so that a plurality of terminals are in a flattened state.
- a so-called cantilevered object to be processed that supports each object to be processed at one end is manufactured, and a connector part plate 72 is formed on a carrier part 71a in which feed holes 71b are formed at equal intervals.
- the transition plate member 73 and the tubular crimp plate 74 are integrally formed (FIG. 2B).
- the original plates of the respective terminals are arranged at a predetermined pitch in the X direction, and are punched so that the longitudinal direction of the tubular crimping portion formed later is the Y direction.
- the original plate of each terminal is bent (secondary press) to form a connector part 75, a transition part 76, and a crimping part tubular body 77 for forming a tubular crimping part.
- the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the crimping portion tubular body 77 is substantially C-shaped with a very small gap.
- the end faces of the metal member through this gap are called butted portions 78 (FIG. 2C).
- the butting portion 78 extends in the Y direction.
- an end portion on the transition portion side of the crimping portion tubular body 77 is provided with an overlapping portion (not shown) so that the inner wall of the tubular body is in contact with the Z direction.
- a welded portion (a belt-like welded portion, also referred to as a weld bead) is formed as a weld mark.
- the one-dot chain line in the figure is a welded portion where the butted portion 78 is welded, and the broken line is a welded portion where the overlapping portion is welded.
- the welding is preferably performed using a fiber laser as will be described later.
- the laser welding machine can three-dimensionally weld a reduced-diameter portion of the tubular body by using one that can three-dimensionally adjust the focal position during welding.
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view for explaining the laser welding process in FIG.
- a fiber laser welding apparatus FL that oscillates laser light with an infrared wavelength of 1084 nm ⁇ 5 nm is used, with a laser output of 100 to 2000 W, a sweep speed of 90 to 250 mm / sec, and a spot diameter of about 20 ⁇ m.
- the butted portion 78 of the crimping portion tubular body 77 is welded.
- the welded portion 51 is formed at substantially the same position as the abutting portion 78.
- the laser beam L emitted from the fiber laser welding apparatus FL is irradiated, and the energy of the laser beam is converted into heat, so that a part of the oil film on the butt 78 is first heated while burning. , The white metal layer is melted, and then the base material itself constituting the butt portion 78 is melted by propagating the melting heat energy. Then, the welding part 51 is provided by cooling rapidly.
- the gap between the end faces of the butted portion 78 and the width of the welded portion 51 do not necessarily match.
- copper alloys have a low absorption efficiency of laser light having an oscillation wavelength in the near-infrared region, so that there are cases where the welding width cannot be narrowed or the heat affected zone (HAZ) cannot be narrowed.
- the mechanical properties of the welded part and its vicinity may be deteriorated by laser welding of the copper alloy. Then, the said subject is overcome by forming a predetermined
- the surface of the coating layer (the surface of tin, nickel, silver, or an alloy thereof) has less near-infrared laser light reflection than the copper alloy surface, the near-infrared laser light absorbability is good.
- a tin surface having a predetermined rough arithmetic average roughness has a reflectivity of about 60 to 80% and a reflectivity of 90% or more. It is lower than the alloy surface.
- the fiber laser beam L is preferably welded at an output of 100 to 2000 W.
- the welding part 50 is provided in an appropriate range by adjusting the sweep speed.
- the overlapping portion of the end of the tubular crimping portion on the transition portion 76 side (the end opposite to the wire insertion port) is sealed by welding.
- This sealing is performed in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the terminal.
- a portion where the metal member is folded is welded from above the folded portion.
- the method for manufacturing a terminal of the present invention includes a step of punching a plate member of a metal member into a developed shape of a terminal, a step of forming a terminal having a tubular body by pressing, and a butted portion of the tubular body. Welding, and welding the overlapping portion of the end opposite to the insertion opening of the tubular body to form a tubular crimping portion of the closed tubular body.
- FIG. 4 shows a wire connection structure 100 of the present invention.
- the electric wire connection structure 100 has a structure in which the terminal 10 of the present invention and the electric wire 60 are bonded by pressure bonding.
- the electric wire connection structure 100 inserts the electric wire 60 (a part of the electric wire conductor part and a part of the insulation coating part) into the tubular crimping part 30 and caulks the tubular crimping part 30, so that the electric wire 60 becomes the tubular crimping part 30 is crimped and connected.
- the electric wire 60 consists of the insulation coating part 61 and the conductor part which is not shown in figure.
- the conductor portion is made of copper, copper alloy, aluminum, aluminum alloy, or the like.
- a conductor portion made of an aluminum alloy is being used from the viewpoint of weight reduction.
- a main component of polyolefin such as polyethylene (PE) or polypropylene (PP), a main component of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), or the like can be used.
- the coated crimping portion 32, the reduced diameter portion 33, and the conductor crimping portion 34 are plastically deformed by crimping the tubular crimping portion 30 in a state where the end of the electric wire with the exposed conductor is inserted into the insertion port 31. Then, a part of the insulating coating part of the electric wire 60 and a part of the conductor part are crimped, whereby the tubular crimping part 30 and the conductor part of the electric wire 60 are electrically connected.
- a recess 35 may be formed in a part of the conductor crimping portion 34 by strong processing. Thus, the conductor part of the electric wire 60 does not need to maintain the shape of the original strand by the strong process which a part changes large.
- a wire harness (assembled wire) can be obtained by preparing one or a plurality of such wire connection structures 100 and arranging the connector portions of the wire connection structures 100 side by side in the housing case.
- FIG. 4 shows a state in which the terminal 10 is crimped to the electric wire 60, but as shown in FIG. 5, the terminal 80 has a stepped shape in the tubular crimping portion before being crimped to the electric wire. It may be.
- the tubular crimping portion 81 is a cylindrical member closed on the transition portion 40 side, and includes a covering crimping portion 83 to be crimped to an insulating coating of an unillustrated electric wire, and the transition portion 20 from the insertion port portion 82 side.
- the diameter-reducing portion 84 that is reduced in diameter toward the side, the conductor crimping portion 85 that is crimped to the conductor of the electric wire 3, and the diameter is further reduced from the insertion port portion 82 side toward the transition portion 40 side. It may have a reduced diameter portion 86 that is closed by.
- the tubular crimping portion 81 has a stepped shape
- the end portion of the wire is removed and the end portion is inserted into the tubular crimping portion 81, the insulating coating of the wire is locked by the reduced diameter portion 84.
- the insulation coating is positioned directly below the coating crimping portion 83, and the electric wire is positioned directly below the conductor crimping portion 85. Therefore, the end of the electric wire can be easily positioned, the crimping between the covering crimping portion 83 and the insulating coating, and the crimping between the conductor crimping portion 85 and the conductor can be performed reliably, and good water stopping and electrical It is possible to achieve excellent adhesiveness while achieving simultaneous connection.
- the connector part 20 is a box-type female terminal, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the connector part may be a male terminal.
- the terminal 90 as shown in FIG. 6 is provided integrally with a tubular crimping portion 91 to be crimped to an unillustrated electric wire, and the tubular crimping portion and the transition portion 92, not shown.
- the connector part 93 electrically connected with the external terminal may be provided.
- the connector portion 93 has a long connecting portion 93a, and the connecting portion is inserted along a longitudinal direction into a female terminal (not shown) which is an external terminal, so that the female terminal and the electrical terminal are electrically connected. Connected.
- Examples 1 to 40 In Examples 1 to 40, a copper alloy shown in Table 1 having a square shape with a thickness of 0.2 to 0.4 mm was used as a base material, and plating for providing a tin coating layer on the base material was performed. In addition, about the Example which provided the base layer, after performing plating and providing the base layer of nickel, the plating for providing a coating layer was performed. Subsequently, the metal members were butted together and welded with a fiber laser for 1 cm for the welding time shown in Table 1 to obtain a test piece, which was subjected to cross-sectional observation and weldability evaluation. Subsequently, this test was bent and the crack of the weld was measured.
- ⁇ Copper alloy base material> copper alloys FAS-680 and FAS-820 manufactured by Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., and copper alloys MAX375 and MAX251 manufactured by Mitsubishi Shindoh Co., Ltd. were used. Any copper alloy is a material containing Ni, Si, Sn or the like as a secondary additive.
- the coating layer and the underlayer were plated under the following conditions.
- the thickness of the plating layer measured the average thickness of the said layer on an edge part with the fluorescent X ray film thickness meter.
- ⁇ Presence / absence of X phase in cross-sectional observation> The portion including the welded portion is filled with a resin and then polished to obtain a cross section, and elemental mapping is performed using SEM-EDX.
- the welded portion is larger than 0.1 ⁇ m ⁇ 0.1 ⁇ m (0.01 ⁇ m 2 ) in size.
- the presence or absence of tin, tin alloy, nickel, nickel alloy, silver, or a silver alloy phase (referred to as X phase) was observed and evaluated according to the following criteria.
- ⁇ Without X phase
- Example 14 The copper alloy base material was welded using FAS-680.
- Example 14 is the same as Example 14 except that the laser scanning speed in welding is changed.
- Example 14 is the same as Example 14 except that welding is performed by YAG laser welding and the output and laser scanning speed in the welding are changed.
- Example 14 is the same as Example 14 except that the thickness of the base material and the laser scanning speed in welding are changed.
- Example 14 is the same as Example 14 except that the thickness of the underlayer is changed.
- Example 14 is the same as Example 14 except that the thickness of the coating layer was changed.
- Example 14 is the same as Example 14 except that the thickness of the substrate, the output in welding, and the laser scanning speed are changed.
- Table 1 shows the evaluation results. From Table 1, it was found that Examples 1 to 40 were all excellent in crack resistance and weldability. On the other hand, Comparative Examples 1 and 2 did not have an X phase having a size larger than 0.01 ⁇ m 2 in cross-sectional observation, resulting in poor crack resistance. In Comparative Example 3, the thickness of the base material was 1.50 mm, through welding could not be performed, and evaluation could not be performed. In Comparative Example 4, the thickness of the underlayer was 1.5 ⁇ m, and the results were inferior in crack resistance. In Comparative Example 5, the thickness of the coating layer was 4.0 ⁇ m, and the results were inferior in crack resistance and weldability.
- the base material had a thickness of 1.50 mm, which was inferior in crack resistance and weldability.
- the tubular crimping portion has the base layer having a thickness of 0.0 to 0.8 ⁇ m on the base material having a thickness of 0.20 to 1.40 mm, and is thick on the base material and / or the base layer. It consists of a metal member with a coating layer having a thickness of 0.2 to 3.0 ⁇ m, has a weld formed by butt welding the metal member, and there is an X phase greater than 0.01 ⁇ m 2 in the weld Therefore, the terminal of the present invention is excellent in crack resistance and weldability.
- this example shows an example using tin as the coating layer, the same result was obtained even when nickel or silver was used as the coating layer, and the terminal was excellent in crack resistance and weldability. Can be obtained.
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(2)前記下地層の厚さが、0.2~0.8μmである(1)に記載の端子。
(3)前記管状圧着部における前記被覆層の厚さの平均値d1と前記基材の厚さの平均値d2との比(d1/d2)が0.001~0.005である(1)または(2)に記載の端子。
(4)前記溶接が、ファイバレーザによる溶接である(1)乃至(3)のいずれかに記載の端子。
(5)(1)乃至(4)のいずれかに記載の端子と、被覆電線とを圧着接合した電線接続構造体。
(6)前記被覆電線の導体部がアルミニウムまたはアルミニウム合金である(5)に記載の電線接続構造体。
(7)厚さ0.2~0.7mmの銅または銅合金からなる基材上に、厚さ0.0~0.8μmのニッケル、ニッケル合金、コバルトまたはコバルト合金からなる下地層を有し、前記基材上および/または前記下地層上に厚さ0.2~3.0μmのスズ、スズ合金、ニッケル、ニッケル合金、銀または銀合金からなる被覆層が形成された金属部材の板材を打ち抜く工程と、プレス加工を行い、管状体を有する端子を形成する工程と、前記管状体の突き合わせ部を溶接する工程と、前記管状体の挿入口部と反対の端部の重ね合わせ部を溶接し、閉塞管状体の管状圧着部を形成する工程とをこの順で有することを特徴とする端子の製造方法。
(8)前記下地層の厚さが、0.2~0.8μmである(7)に記載の端子の製造方法。
本発明の端子は金属部材からなる。ただし、端子のコネクタ部と管状圧着部を別々に形成した後にトランジション部において両者を接合しても良いので、本発明では、少なくとも管状圧着部が金属部材で形成されていることを必須事項とする。本発明における金属部材は、基材とこの基材上に任意で設けられる下地層と、基材あるいは下地層上に設けられる被覆層とを有するものである。
基材は、銅(タフピッチ銅や無酸素銅など)または銅合金であり、好ましくは銅合金である。端子に用いられる銅合金の例としては、例えば、黄銅(例えば、CDA(Copper Development Association)のC2600、C2680)、りん青銅(例えば、CDAのC5210)、コルソン系銅合金(Cu-Ni-Si-(Sn,Zn,Mg,Cr)系銅合金)等が挙げられる。この内、強度と導電率、コストなどの総合的な観点からコルソン系銅合金が好ましい。コルソン系銅合金の例としては、これらに限定されるものではないが、例えば、古河電気工業株式会社製の銅合金FAS-680やFAS-820(いずれも商品名)、三菱伸銅製の銅合金MAX-375、MAX251(いずれも商品名)などを用いることができる。また、CDAのC7025等を用いることもできる。
下地層は、基材の表面上の一部または全部に、任意で設けられる層である。つまり、基材と後述する被覆層との間に任意で設けられるものである。主として、基材と被覆層の密着性向上と、両者の成分の拡散防止にのために設ける。下地層の厚さは0.8μm以下である。下地層の厚さが0.8μmを超えると上記の効果が飽和する上、加工時の加工性が悪くなりやすい。下地層の厚さは0.2μm以上であると、拡散防止の観点からも好ましい。下地層は、ニッケル、ニッケル合金、コバルト、コバルト合金のいずれかの金属からなる。ここでニッケル合金とは、ニッケルを主成分(質量比で50%以上)とする合金を指す。コバルト合金とは、コバルトを主成分(質量比で50%以上)とする合金を指す。
被覆層は、下地層上および/または基材上に設けられる層である。被覆層が下地層および基材上に設けられる場合とは、例えば下地層が基材上の一部にしか設けられていないが、被覆層が下地層と基材とを被覆している場合が挙げられる。被覆層も、下地層上および/または基材上の一部または全部に設けられていればよい。被覆層は、スズまたはスズ合金からなる。スズ合金とは、スズを主成分(質量比で50%以上)となるものを指す。なお、本発明の被覆層は、ニッケル、ニッケル合金、銀または銀合金からなっても良い。
図1は本発明の端子の一例を示している。端子10は、雌型端子のコネクタ部20と、電線が挿入された後、圧着によって電線と端子10とを接続する管状圧着部30を有し、これらのコネクタ部20と管状圧着部30とを連結するトランジション部40を有する。さらに、端子10は管状圧着部30に溶接部50、50’(図中、破線で示した領域)を有する。この端子10は、金属部材の平面板材から作製されている。
図2(a)~(d)は、図1の端子の製造方法の一例を説明する平面図である。なお、図2は金属部材の板材70から端子が製造される様子を板材70のZ方向(板面に対して垂直な方向)から見た図である。
図4に本発明の電線接続構造体100を示す。電線接続構造体100は、本発明の端子10と、電線60とが圧着接合された構造を有している。電線接続構造体100は、管状圧着部30内に電線60(電線導体部の一部および絶縁被覆部の一部)を挿入し、管状圧着部30をかしめることで、電線60が管状圧着部30内に圧着接続されている。なお、電線60は、絶縁被覆部61と図示しない導体部とからなる。導体部は、銅、銅合金、アルミニウム又はアルミニウム合金などからなっている。近年は、軽量化の観点からアルミニウム合金からなる導体部が用いられつつあるのは、既に述べたとおりである。絶縁被覆部は、例えばポリエチレン(PE)、ポリプロピレン(PP)などのポリオレフィンを主成分としたものや、ポリ塩化ビニル(PVC)を主成分としたもの等を用いることができる。
実施例1~40においては、厚さ0.2~0.4mmの四角い形状の表1に示した銅合金を基材に用い、基材にスズの被覆層を設けるためのめっきを行った。なお、下地層を設けた実施例については、めっきを行ってニッケルの下地層を設けた後に被覆層を設けるためのめっきを行った。続いて、金属部材を突合せて表1に示した溶接時間で1cmにわたりファイバレーザで貫通溶接して試験片とし、断面観察、溶接性評価を行った。次いで、この試験を曲げ加工して溶接部の割れ測定を行った。
基材には、古河電気工業(株)製の銅合金FAS-680、FAS-820、三菱伸銅(株)製の銅合金MAX375、MAX251を用いた。いずれの銅合金もNi、Si、Sn等を副添加物として含んだ材料である。
<被覆層めっき条件>
めっき液:SnSO4 80g/l、H2SO4 80g/l
めっき条件:電流密度 5~10A/dm2、温度 30℃
処理時間:電流密度を設定した後、望みの被覆層の厚さになるように調整した。
<下地層めっき条件>
めっき液:Ni(SO3NH2)2・4H2O 500g/l、NiCl2 30g/l、H3BO3 30g/l
めっき条件:電流密度 20~30A/dm2、温度 50℃
処理時間:電流密度を設定した後、望みの下地層の厚さになるように調整した。
レーザ溶接装置(1):古河電気工業(株)製ファイバレーザ装置、最大出力500W、CWファイバレーザ
レーザビーム出力:400W
掃引距離:9mm(突き合わせ部約7mm)
レーザ走査速度:120~200mm/秒
全条件ジャストフォーカス
レーザ溶接装置(2):古河電気工業(株)製ファイバレーザ装置、最大出力2kW、CWファイバレーザ
レーザビーム出力:800W
掃引距離:9mm(突き合わせ部約7mm)
レーザ走査速度:250mm/秒
全条件ジャストフォーカス
溶接部を含む部分について、樹脂埋め後研磨して横断面出しを行い、SEM-EDXで元素マッピングを行なって、溶接部において、0.1μm×0.1μm(0.01μm2)のサイズより大きなスズ、スズ合金、ニッケル、ニッケル合金、銀、または銀合金の相(X相とよぶ)の有無を観察し、以下の基準で評価した。
○:X相あり
×:X相なし
溶接性は、ブローホールを溶接欠陥として、透過X線で写真を取り、溶接部のブローホールの数をカウントし、以下の基準で評価した。
○:10個以下
△:10個超~30個以下
×:30個超であるか又は溶接不可
溶接部に曲げ加工を施して評価した。基材の厚さをtとし、曲げ半径をRとしたとき、R/t=1.2となる条件で曲げ試験を行い、以下の基準で評価した。
○:割れなし
×:割れ有り
銅合金基材にFAS-680を用い溶接を行った。溶接におけるレーザ走査速度を変更した以外は、実施例14と同様である。
(比較例2)
YAGレーザ溶接によって溶接を行い、溶接における出力およびレーザ走査速度を変更した以外は、実施例14と同様である。
(比較例3)
基材の厚さと、溶接におけるレーザ走査速度を変更した以外は、実施例14と同様である。
(比較例4)
下地層の厚さを変更した以外は、実施例14と同様である。
(比較例5)
被覆層の厚さを変更した以外は、実施例14と同様である。
(比較例6)
基材の厚さと、溶接における出力およびレーザ走査速度を変更した以外は、実施例14と同様である。
溶接装置:ミヤチテクノス(株)製YAGレーザ溶接装置、最大出力600W、パルス波
レーザビーム出力:550W
掃引距離:9mm(突き合わせ部約7mm)
レーザ走査速度:30mm/秒
20 ボックス部
30、79、81、91 管状圧着部
31、82 挿入口部
32、83 被覆圧着部
33、84、86 縮径部
34、85 導体圧着部
35 凹部
36 封止部
40 トランジション部
50、50’、51 溶接部
60 電線
61 絶縁被覆部
70 板材
71a キャリア部
71b 送り穴
72 コネクタ部用板状体
73 トランジション部用板状体
74 管状圧着部用板状体
75、93 コネクタ部
76 トランジション部
77 圧着部用管状体
78 突き合わせ部
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100 電線接続構造体
FL ファイバレーザ溶接装置
L ファイバレーザ光
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- 他の端子と嵌合するコネクタ部と、電線と圧着接合する管状圧着部と、前記コネクタ部と前記管状圧着部とを連結するトランジション部とからなる端子であって、
前記管状圧着部は、厚さ0.20~1.40mmの銅または銅合金からなる基材上に、厚さ0.0~0.8μmのニッケル、ニッケル合金、コバルトまたはコバルト合金からなる下地層を有し、前記基材上および/または前記下地層上に厚さ0.2~3.0μmのスズ、スズ合金、ニッケル、ニッケル合金、銀または銀合金からなる被覆層が形成された金属部材からなり、前記金属部材を突合せ溶接して形成した溶接部を有し、前記溶接部の端子長手方向に垂直な断面において、前記溶接部に0.01μm2より大きなスズ、スズ合金、ニッケル、ニッケル合金、銀または銀合金の相が存在し、電線挿入口と反対の一端が閉塞した閉塞管体に形成されていることを特徴とする端子。 - 前記下地層の厚さが、0.2~0.8μmである請求項1に記載の端子。
- 前記管状圧着部における前記被覆層の厚さの平均値d1と前記基材の厚さの平均値d2との比(d1/d2)が0.001~0.005である請求項1または2に記載の端子。
- 前記溶接が、ファイバレーザによる溶接である請求項1乃至3のいずれか1項に記載の端子。
- 請求項1乃至4のいずれか1項に記載の端子と、被覆電線とを圧着接合した電線接続構造体。
- 前記被覆電線の導体部がアルミニウムまたはアルミニウム合金である請求項5に記載の電線接続構造体。
- 厚さ0.2~0.7mmの銅または銅合金からなる基材上に、厚さ0.0~0.8μmのニッケル、ニッケル合金、コバルトまたはコバルト合金からなる下地層を有し、前記基材上および/または前記下地層上に厚さ0.2~3.0μmのスズ、スズ合金、ニッケル、ニッケル合金、銀または銀合金からなる被覆層が形成された金属部材の板材を打ち抜く工程と、
プレス加工を行い、管状体を有する端子を形成する工程と、
前記管状体の突き合わせ部を溶接する工程と、
前記管状体の挿入口部と反対の端部の重ね合わせ部を溶接し、閉塞管状体の管状圧着部を形成する工程とをこの順で有することを特徴とする端子の製造方法。 - 前記下地層の厚さが、0.2~0.8μmである請求項7に記載の端子の製造方法。
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