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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2021
Applicant:
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Erubi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 20/00 (2006.01); B23K 20/10 (2006.01); H10W 72/00 (2026.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 20/10 (2013.01); B23K 20/004 (2013.01); H10W 72/07141 (2026.01); H10W 72/07533 (2026.01);
Abstract
A wedge tool according to one aspect of the present disclosure is a wedge tool used for wedge bonding of pressing a metal wire and applying ultrasonic vibration, thereby bonding the metal wire to a bonded body, including: a wire holding groove extending along a longitudinal direction of the metal wire in a tip end portion of the wedge tool and holding the metal wire; and at least two convex parts formed in a groove bottom part of the wire holding groove and having a side surface located away from a sidewall of the wire holding groove and arranged in the longitudinal direction of the metal wire.