Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Aisin Takaoka Co., Ltd.

Ken Asai

Hiroya Nakaji

Tomoo Yoshizumi

Masakazu Suzuki

There is provided a manufacturing method of a terminal plate including a conductive plate and a terminal that is welded to the conductive plate and that is made of a different material from a material of the conductive plate. This manufacturing method comprises an overlapping process of laying an end portion of the terminal on the conductive plate; a pressing process of pressing part of overlapping surfaces of the conductive plate and the terminal, after the overlapping process; and a welding process of welding at least part of a remaining region excluding the pressed part of the overlapping surfaces, by friction stir welding.

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Kariya, Japan

Ken Asai