# US 10,766,098 B2 · Ultrasonic welding apparatus and method

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- Number: US 10,766,098 B2
- Document ID: US10766098B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/491,069
- Filed: 2018-01-18
- Published: 2020-01-09
- Granted: 2020-09-08
- Earliest claimed: 2017-03-06
- Assignees: Auto-Kabel Management GmbH
- Applicants: Auto-Kabel Management GmbH
- Inventors: Oliver Scharkowski
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10766098B2

## CPC

- B23K 20/10: making use of vibrations, e.g. ultrasonic welding
- B23K 20/106: {Features related to sonotrodes}
- H01R 4/023: {between cables or wires and terminals}
- H01R 43/0207: {Ultrasonic-, H.F.-, cold- or impact welding}
- B23K 2101/38: Conductors
- B23K 2103/10: Aluminium or alloys thereof
- B23K: SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
- H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS

## Abstract

Ultrasonic welding device comprising a sonotrode 20 and a counterbearing 2 opposite the sonotrode 20. The welding connection is improved in which the counterbearing 2 is movably mounted parallel to in a plane of oscillation of the sonotrode 20.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for welding a connecting part with a stranded conductor using an ultrasonic welding device having a sonotrode and a counterbearing opposite the sonotrode, wherein the counterbearing is movably mounted parallel to a direction of oscillation of the sonotrode, and wherein the counterbearing is mounted dynamically such that it is periodically elongated by the oscillation energy coupled in by the activated sonotrode, comprising:
fastening the connecting part to the counterbearing;
placing the stranded wire on the connecting part;
pressing the sonotrode onto the stranded conductor; and
introducing, from the sonotrode, an ultrasonic oscillation perpendicular to the surface normal of the connecting part into the stranded conductor, the counterbearing oscillating relative to the sonotrode in a direction of oscillation parallel to the direction of oscillation of the sonotrode.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method for welding according to claim 1, wherein the counterbearing is a sonotrode or an anvil.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method for welding according to claim 1, wherein a fastening device for a workpiece is fastened to the counterbearing.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method for welding according to claim 1, wherein the counterbearing is guided in a plane bearing or a linear bearing.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method for welding according to claim 1, wherein the counterbearing is mounted with one degree of translatory freedom, the direction of the translatory movement of the counterbearing being parallel to the movement of the sonotrode.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method for welding according to claim 1, further comprising a damping element which is arranged to dampen the movement of the counterbearing parallel to the oscillation plane of the sonotrode.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method for ultrasonic welding according to claim 1, further comprising measuring the deflection of the counterbearing during the welding process.