Method for manufacturing shunt resistor
AssigneeSuncall Corporation
InventorsHiroya Kobayakawa, Kenji Murakami
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Abstract
A manufacturing method of shunt resistor according to the present invention includes a step of calculating a difference between an initial resistance value and a desired resistance value as a resistance value to be adjusted, a step of providing a plurality of recess forming members capable of forming recesses each having a characteristic size in the surface of a resistive alloy plate, a recess determining step of determining the size and the number of the recesses necessary to be formed at the surface of the resistive alloy plate, and a recess forming step of forming the recesses according to the size and the number determined in the recess determining step by using the corresponding recess forming members.
Claims17
A method of manufacturing a shunt resistor that includes a pair of electrode plates spaced apart from each other in a plate surface direction and a resistive alloy plate that connects the pair of electrode plates, the manufacturing method comprising:
- providing an alloy member for forming the resistive alloy plate, the alloy member having a resistance value between the pair of electrode plates when the alloy member connects the pair of electrode plates that is smaller than the desired resistance value;
- forming a resistor preassembly by connecting the pair of electrode plates via the alloy member;
- measuring an initial resistance value between the pair of electrode plates in the resistor preassembly;
- calculating a difference between the initial resistance value and the desired resistance value as a resistance value to be adjusted;
- providing a plurality of recess forming members capable of forming recesses by being pressed against the surface of the resistive alloy plate;
- determining the size and the number of the recesses necessary to be formed in the resistance alloy plate to adjust the resistance value of the resistive alloy plate by the resistance value to be adjusted;
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- forming the recesses according to the size and the number of the recesses determined in the recess determining step by using the corresponding recess forming members among the plurality of recess forming members.
A method of manufacturing a shunt resistor that includes a pair of electrode plates spaced apart from each other in a plate surface direction and a resistive alloy plate that connects the pair of electrode plates, the manufacturing method comprising:
- providing an alloy member for forming the resistive alloy plate, the alloy member having a resistance value between the pair of electrode plates when the alloy member connects the pair of electrode plates that is smaller than the desired resistance value;
- forming a resistor preassembly by connecting the pair of electrode plates via the alloy member;
- measuring an initial resistance value between the pair of electrode plates in the resistor preassembly;
- calculating a difference between the initial resistance value and the desired resistance value as a resistance value to be adjusted;
- providing a plurality of recess forming members capable of forming recesses by being pressed against the surface of the resistive alloy plate;
- determining step the size and the number of the recesses necessary to be formed in the resistance alloy plate to adjust the resistance value of the resistive alloy plate by the resistance value to be adjusted;
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- forming the recesses according to the size and the number of the recesses determined in the recess determining step by using the corresponding recess forming members among the plurality of recess forming members wherein the plurality of recess forming members includes a first recess forming member capable of forming a first recess having a first size, a second forming member capable of forming a second recess smaller than the first recess and a third recess forming member capable of forming a third recess smaller than the second recess;
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- wherein the recess determining step includes a first calculating step of calculating the number of the first recesses that can be formed within a range of the resistance value to be adjusted, a second calculating step of calculating the number of the second recesses that can be formed within a range of the remaining resistance value to be adjusted obtained by subtracting the resistance value increased according to the number of the first recesses calculated in the first calculating step, and a third calculating step of calculating the number of the third recesses that can be formed within the range of the remaining resistance value to be adjusted obtained by subtracting the resistance value increased according to the number of the second recesses calculated in the second calculating step.
A method of manufacturing a shunt resistor, comprising:
- forming a resistive alloy plate configured to connects a pair of electrode plates;
- forming a resistor preassembly by connecting the pair of electrode plates to the resistive alloy plate;
- measuring an initial resistance value between the pair of electrode plates in the resistor preassembly;
- calculating a resistance adjustment value that is the difference between the initial resistance value and the desired resistance value;
- determining a size and a number of recesses to be formed in the resistance alloy plate necessary to adjust the resistance value of the resistor preassembly by the resistance adjustment value;
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- pressing one or more recesses into the resistive alloy plate based on the calculated size and number of recesses to be formed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.