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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Masuo Sugiura, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An improvement to a wire welding method is disclosed in which a wire and a base plate, or a pair of wires, are welded together using a laser beam, and to a wire fixing jig employed in the method. The wire welding method includes the steps of bending an end portion of the base plate to form a bent portion in such a manner that the height of at least a portion of the bent portion is 1.0 to 3.0 times the diameter of the wire, abutting the wire against the bent portion, and directing a laser beam to a junction between the bent portion of the base plate and the wire such that the wire is welded to the base plate. The wire fixing jig includes a base portion, and a pair of holding arms extending from the base portion in a lateral direction and separated from each other by a predetermined distance. Each of the holding arms has a retaining pawl at a distal end for retaining the wire.