# US 2017/0287600 A1 · Connection structure and manufacturing method therefor, and transport equipment, power equipment, power generation equipment, medical instrument and space equipment > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0287600 A1 - Document ID: US20170287600A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/513,657 - Filed: 2015-09-29 - Published: 2017-10-05 - Earliest claimed: 2014-09-30 - Assignees: Century Innovation Corporation - Applicants: Century Innovation Corporation - Inventors: Hiroaki KAWASAKI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170287600A1 ## CPC - H01B 13/0023: {for welding together plastic insulated wires side-by-side} - B29C 45/14: incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. injection moulding around inserts or for coating articles {(B29C45/1671 takes precedence)} - B29C 45/14639: {for obtaining an insulating effect, e.g. for electrical components} - B29C 45/53: using injection ram or piston - H01B 13/0013: {for embedding wires in plastic layers} - H01B 17/56: Insulating bodies - H01R 4/029: {Welded connections (H01R4/021 - H01R4/028 take precedence)} - H01R 4/70: Insulation of connections (end caps H01R4/22) - H02K 5/22: Auxiliary parts of casings not covered by groups H02K5/06-H02K5/20, e.g. shaped to form connection boxes or terminal boxes - B29C 2045/14131: {using positioning or centering means forming part of the insert} - B29K 2101/12: Thermoplastic materials - B29K 2995/0007: Insulating - B29L 2031/3493: {Moulded interconnect devices, i.e. moulded articles provided with integrated circuit traces} - H02K 15/30: Manufacture of winding connections - H01B: CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES (selection for magnetic properties H01F1/00; waveguides H01P {; printed circuits H05K}) - B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00) - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS - H02K: DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power {H03K3/53}) - B29K: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS OR TO MATERIALS FOR {MOULDS, } REINFORCEMENTS, FILLERS OR PREFORMED PARTS, e.g. INSERTS - B29L: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES ## Abstract The present invention provides a connection structure and a manufacturing method therefor capable of increasing reliability of a connection part compared to the prior arts. A connection structure according to the present invention includes a plurality of conductive members, a connection part that electrically connects the conductive members, and an electrically insulating molded body in which the connection part is embedded. It is thereby possible to physically reinforce the connection part of the conductive members, keep the connection part in a hermetically sealed condition, thereby prevent corrosion and increase reliability compared to the prior arts. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A connection structure comprising: a plurality of conductive members; a connection part that electrically connects the conductive members; and an electrically insulating molded body in which the connection part is embedded. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The connection structure according to claim 1, wherein a recess is formed in a part of a surface of the conductive member embedded in the molded body. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The connection structure according to claim 1, wherein conductors of different kinds of metals are used for the plurality of conductive members. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The connection structure according to claim 1, wherein: the molded body is molded using an injection apparatus incorporating a melter, the melter comprises a through hole, one opening of the through hole is an inflow port of an injection material, the other opening is an outflow port of the injection material, and an inner wall surface of the through hole is formed of an inclined surface so that the opening becomes narrower from the inflow port to the outflow port of the through hole. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The connection structure according to claim 4, wherein the molded body is molded using the injection apparatus that incorporates the melter, wherein a gently inclined surface which is continuous to the inclined surface and more gently inclined than the inclined surface is formed on the inflow port side. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) Transport equipment comprising the connection structure according to claim 1. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) Power equipment comprising the connection structure according to claim 1. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) Power generation equipment comprising the connection structure according to claim 1. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A medical instrument comprising the connection structure according to claim 1. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) Space equipment comprising the connection structure according to claim 1. ### Claim 11 A method for manufacturing a connection structure comprising: molding an electrically insulating molded body around a connection part that electrically connects a plurality of conductive members; and embedding the connection part in the molded body. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method for manufacturing a connection structure according to claim 11, wherein: the molded body is molded using an injection apparatus that incorporates a melter, the melter comprises a through hole, one opening of the through hole is an inflow port of an injection material, the other opening is an outflow port of the injection material, and an inner wall surface of the through hole is formed of an inclined surface so that the opening becomes narrower from the inflow port to the outflow port of the through hole. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method for manufacturing a connection structure according to claim 12, wherein the molded body is molded using the injection apparatus that incorporates the melter in which a gently inclined surface which is continuous to the inclined surface and more gently inclined than the inclined surface is formed on the inflow port side.