The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.

Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc.

Kengo Mitose

Shigeki Sekiya

Sho Yoshida

Akira Tachibana

Kyota Susai

Ryosuke Matsuo

Yukihiro Kawamura

Takashi Tonoike

Yasushi Kihara

Tatsuhiko Ueki

Saburo Yagi

Shuichi Kitagawa

Hirokazu Takahashi

Yoshiaki Kobayashi

Naoya Takashima

Yoshikazu Okuno

Takuro Yamada

Masakazu Kozawa

Junya Takeshita

Tetsuya Hiraiwa

Hirofumi Kawanaka

Takao Tateyama

Kazuo Yoshida

Takashi Shigematsu

Hiroshi Horikawa

Satoshi Takamura

Hidemichi Fujiwara

Takeo Uno

Yoshikazu Tsuzuki

Satoru Zama

Masato Sakata

Yoshiaki Ogiwara

Takashi Kayahara

Kazuhiro Otsuka

Toshio Mugishima

Shingo Kawata

Takeyoshi Matsuda

Satoru Seo

Tatsuya Nakatsugawa

Dmitrii Victorovich Golberg

Takuto Wada

Yoshinari Motoyama

Chikanobu Ikuta

A terminal-equipped electric wire includes a terminal and a coated conductive wire, which are electrically connected to each other. A crimp part of the terminal is a part that crimps the coated conductive wire and includes a conductive wire crimp part crimping a conductive wire exposed from a coating on a tip-end side of the coated conductive wire, and a coating crimp part crimping the coating of the coated conductive wire. The coated conductive wire includes a tension member disposed in an approximate center of a cross section, and a conductive wire including a plurality of conductors disposed on an outer periphery of the tension member. The tension member includes a plurality of strands. The conductive wire is crimped at the conductive wire crimp part from the entire circumference of the circumferential direction of the conductive wire. Preferably, a tensile strength of the tension member is greater than that of the conductive wire.

Terminal-equipped electric wire, wiring harness, and method for manufacturing terminal-equipped electric wire

A terminal-equipped electric wire includes a terminal and a coated conductive wire, which are electrically connected to each other. A crimp part of the terminal is crimped to the coated conductive wire, and has a conductive wire crimp part, which is crimped to a conductive wire that is exposed from a coating on the front-end side of the coated conductive wire, and a coating crimp part, which is crimped to the coating of the coated conductive wire. On the front-end side (terminal body side) of the conductive wire crimp part, an electric wire holding part, which applies a relatively strong holding force on the conductive wire, is provided, On the rear-end side (coating crimp part side) of the conductive wire crimp part, a conductive part for achieving conduction with the conductive wire is formed.

Terminal-equipped electric wire, wiring harness, terminal, terminal crimper, and method for producing terminal-equipped electric wire

The present disclosure relates to an electric wire connection structure including one or more copper-based conductor covered electric wires having a copper-based conductor covered part and exposed part; and one or more aluminum-based conductor covered electric wires having an aluminum-based conductor covered part and exposed part. An ultrasonic joint part is provided at a conductor stacked part in which the copper-based conductor exposed part and the aluminum-based conductor exposed part are superposed. A total contacting length L which is a summed length of a part at which the copper-based conductor exposed part and the aluminum-based conductor exposed part contact and a summed length x of a contour line of a space S formed at a part at which the copper-based conductor exposed part and the aluminum-based conductor exposed part are separate in a joint interface of the ultrasonic joint part satisfy a relational expression of (x/L)&#xd7;100&#x2264;10% based on cross-section observation.

Electric wire connection structure

An electrical contact material () having: a conductive substrate () formed from copper or a copper alloy; a first intermediate layer () provided on the conductive substrate (); a second intermediate layer () provided on the first intermediate layer (); and an outermost layer () formed from tin or a tin alloy and provided on the second intermediate layer (), wherein the first intermediate layer () is constructed as one layer of grains extending from the conductive substrate () side to the second intermediate layer () side, and wherein, in the first intermediate layer (), the density of grain boundaries () extending in a direction in which the angle formed by the grain boundary in interest and the interface between the conductive substrate and the first intermediate layer is 45&#xb0; or greater, is 4 &#x3bc;m/&#x3bc;mor less; a method of producing the same; and a terminal.

Electrical contact material, method of producing an electrical contact material, and terminal

A copper alloy wire rod has a chemical composition comprising Ag: 0.1 to 6.0 mass % and P: 0 to 20 mass ppm, the balance being copper with inevitable impurities. In a cross section parallel to a longitudinal direction of the wire rod, a number density of second phase particles each having an aspect ratio of greater than or equal to 1.5 and a size in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the wire rod of less than or equal to 200 nm is greater than or equal to 1.4 particles/&#x3bc;m.

Copper alloy wire rod

A copper alloy wire rod having an alloy composition containing 0.5 to 6.0% by mass of Ag, 0 to 1.0% by mass of Mg, 0 to 1.0% by mass of Cr, and 0 to 1.0% by mass of Zr, with the balance being Cu and inevitable impurities, wherein an average closest particle distance of second phase particles having a particle size of 200 nm or less is 580 nm or less in a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the wire rod.

A rotatable connector device includes a stationary member, a rotatable member rotatably attached thereto, and a flat cable housed in an annular space between the stationary and rotatable members. One end of the flat cable is connected to a stationary-side connector fixed to the stationary member, and another end of the flat cable is connected to a rotating-side connector fixed to the rotatable member. The flat cable includes a folded-back portion bent and folded back at a middle section in a longitudinal direction thereof. The flat cable includes a predetermined number of conductor/conductors each comprising a copper alloy and wound up or rewound with bending kept at the folded-back portion. Each conductor satisfies Y&#x2265;14.175X&#x2212;249.35X+1406.9 for a bending radius of 4 to 8 mm, where X denotes bending radius, and Y denotes 0.2% yield stress, and has an electrical conductivity of 50% IACS or greater.

Rotatable connector device

An aluminum alloy conductor wire has a composition comprising Mg: 0.1-1.0 mass %, Si: 0.1-1.20 mass %, Fe: 0.01-1.40 mass %, Zr: 0.01-0.50 mass %, Ti: 0-0.100 mass %, B: 0-0.030 mass %, Cu: 0-1.00 mass %, Ag: 0-0.50 mass %, Au: 0-0.50 mass %, Mn: 0-1.00 mass %, Cr: 0-1.00 mass %, Hf: 0-0.50 mass %, V: 0-0.50 mass %, Sc: 0-0.50 mass %, Co: 0-0.50 mass %, Ni: 0-0.50 mass %, and the balance: Al and inevitable impurities, where Ti, B, Cu, Ag, Au, Mn, Cr, Hf, V, Sc, Co and Ni are arbitrary additive components of which at least one component may be contained or none of the components may be contained. A density of a compound having a particle size of 0.5-5.0 &#x3bc;m and containing Fe is 1 to 300 particles/10000 &#x3bc;m. Mg/Si ratio, which is a ratio of Mg in mass % to Si in mass %, is greater than 1.

Aluminum alloy conductor wire, aluminum alloy stranded wire, coated wire, wire harness and method of manufacturing aluminum alloy conductor wire

A rolled copper foil comprises one of copper and a copper alloy. The rolled copper foil has a rolled surface and two side surfaces adjacent to the rolled surface. Each of the side surfaces being a non-sheared surface that is not a sheared surface. An area ratio of crystal grains oriented at a deviation angle of less than or equal to 13&#xb0; from Cube orientation is greater than or equal to 6%.

Rolled copper foil, method of manufacturing a rolled copper foil, flexible flat cable, and method of manufacturing a flexible flat cable

A method of manufacturing a terminal comprising, in the following order, preparing a sheet material comprising 0.005 mass %-3.000 mass % in total of at least one element selected from Mg, Si, Cu, Zn, Mn, Ni, Cr and Zr, the balance being Al and incidental impurities, performing solution heat treatment by heating the sheet material, cold rolling the solution heat treated sheet material, forming a metal coating layer over a part of or an entirety of the cold-rolled sheet material, the metal coating layer being composed primarily of Sn, Cr, Cu, Zn, Au or Ag, or an alloy composed primarily thereof, forming a developed terminal material by punching the sheet material into a developed view geometry of a terminal, forming the developed terminal material into a terminal, and performing an aging treatment on the terminal at 150-190&#xb0; C. for 60-600 minutes.

Terminal and method of manufacturing a terminal

A rectangular rolled copper foil includes copper or a copper alloy having a 0.2% yield strength of greater than or equal to 250 MPa. In a cross section perpendicular to a rolling direction, an area ratio of crystal grains oriented at a deviation angle of less than or equal to 12.5&#xb0; from a Cube orientation is greater than or equal to 8%.

Rectangular rolled copper foil, flexible flat cable, rotary connector, and method of manufacturing rectangular rolled copper foil

The present disclosure provides an aluminum alloy wire or the like which can secure a high conductivity and a moderately low yield strength, and realize both a high elongation and a moderate tensile strength. An aluminum alloy wire of the present disclosure contains 0.10 to 1.00% by mass of Mg, 0.10 to 1.20% by mass of Si, 0.10 to 1.40% by mass of Fe, 0 to 0.10% by mass of Ti, 0 to 0.030% by mass of B, 0 to 1.00% by mass of Cu, 0 to 1.00% by mass of Mn, 0 to 1.00% by mass of Cr, 0 to 0.50% by mass of Zr, and 0 to 0.50% by mass of Ni, the balance being Al and 0.30% by mass or less of impurities. Coarse crystal grains are present in a vertical cross-sectional structure of the wire taken in a lengthwise direction of the wire. The greatest grain size of the coarse crystal grains as measured in the lengthwise direction of the wire is equal to or greater than a diameter of the wire. A proportion of an area of the coarse crystal grains to the total of the areas of all the crystal grains within a range of the vertical cross-sectional structure in which the vertical cross-sectional structure is measured, is 50% or more. Elongation of the wire is 10% or more.

Aluminum alloy wire, aluminum alloy stranded wire, covered electric wire, and wire harness

A flat cable includes a predetermined number of conductors, a pair of insulating films disposed in such a manner as to sandwich the predetermined number of conductors, and an adhesive layer provided between the pair of insulating films. The conductors each satisfies Y&#x2265;1.2&#xd7;t&#xd7;E/(2X&#x2212;t) within a range of bending radius of 4 mm to 8 mm, where X (mm) denotes bending radius, Y (MPa) denotes 0.2% yield stress, t (mm) denotes thickness, and E (MPa) denotes Young's modulus. The conductors each has an electrical conductivity of greater than or equal to 50% IACS.

Flat cable, method for manufacturing the same, and rotatable connector device including the same

A copper alloy wire rod containing Ag: 0.5 wt % or more and 6 wt % or less and the balance including inevitable impurities and Cu, in which, on a cross section parallel to a longitudinal direction of the copper alloy wire rod, within a range observed with a visual field of 1.7 &#x3bc;m in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and 2.3 &#x3bc;m in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction, the copper alloy wire rod has at least one rectangular range that is a rectangular range having a width perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of 0.2 &#x3bc;m and a length parallel to the longitudinal direction of 2.3 &#x3bc;m and entirely includes five or more second phase particles containing Ag and having a maximum length in the longitudinal direction of less than 300 nm.

Copper alloy wire rod and method for manufacturing copper alloy wire rod

An aluminum alloy wire rod having a composition including Mg: 0.10-1.00 mass %, Si: 0.10-1.00 mass %, Fe: 0.01-1.40 mass %, Ti: 0-0.100 mass %, B: 0-0.030 mass %, Cu: 0-1.00 mass %, Ag: 0-0.50 mass %, Au: 0-0.50 mass %, Mn: 0-1.00 mass %, Cr: 0-1.00 mass %, Zr: 0-0.50 mass %, Hf: 0-0.50 mass %, V: 0-0.50 mass %, Sc: 0-0.50 mass %, Sn: 0-0.50 mass %, Co: 0-0.50 mass %, Ni: 0-0.50 mass %, and the balance: Al and inevitable impurities, wherein a ratio of (standard deviation of crystal grain size of the aluminum alloy wire rod)/(average crystal grain size of the aluminum alloy wire rod) is less than or equal to 0.57, and a ratio of (diameter of the aluminum alloy wire rod)/(average crystal grain size of the aluminum alloy wire rod) is greater than or equal to 10.

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Kengo Mitose