# US 2018/0322983 A1 · Conductive member, terminal-equipped conductive member, and method of manufacturing conductive member > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0322983 A1 - Document ID: US20180322983A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/772,988 - Filed: 2016-10-25 - Published: 2018-11-08 - Earliest claimed: 2015-11-12 - Assignees: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. - Applicants: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. - Inventors: Osamu SATOU; Jiguo ZHENG; Masamichi YAMAGIWA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180322983A1 ## CPC - H01B 5/02: Single bars, rods, wires, or strips - H01B 1/026: {Alloys based on copper} - H01B 13/22: Sheathing; Armouring; Screening; Applying other protective layers (H01B13/32 takes precedence) - H01R 4/18: by crimping {(H01R4/01, H01R4/2495 take precedence; for coaxial cables H01R9/0518)} - H01R 43/0207: {Ultrasonic-, H.F.-, cold- or impact welding} - H01R 43/048: Crimping apparatus or processes (H01R43/042 takes precedence) - H01B 1/023: {Alloys based on aluminium} - H01H 1/5822: {Flexible connections between movable contact and terminal} - 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}) - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS - H01H: ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES (contact cables H01B7/10; electrolytic self-interrupters H01G9/18; emergency protective circuit arrangements H02H; switching by electronic means without contact-making H03K17/00) ## Abstract The present invention seeks to provide a technology that is capable of crimping a terminal adequately to a portion where a plurality of metal strands are welded. A conductive member is configured by a plurality of coated metal wires provided with a plurality of metal strands and with an electrically conductive sheath covering a circumference of each of the plurality of metal strands. The conductive member includes a welded portion, in which at least a portion in an extension direction of the plurality of coated metal wires is welded, and the welded portion includes an outer layer that is formed on an outer circumference side by welding the plurality of coated metal wires together, and at least a portion of the plurality of coated metal wires on an inner side of the outer layer is capable of untwining due to crimping a terminal. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A conductive member configured by a plurality of coated metal wires provided with a plurality of metal strands and with an electrically conductive sheath covering a circumference of each of the plurality of metal strands, the conductive member comprising: a welded portion, in which at least a portion in an extension direction of the plurality of coated metal wires is welded, wherein the welded portion includes an outer layer that is formed on an outer circumference side by welding the plurality of coated metal wires together, and at least a portion of the plurality of coated metal wires on an inner side of the outer layer is capable of untwining due to crimping a terminal. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The conductive member according to claim 1, wherein in the outer layer, the plurality of metal strands are bonded together by a portion where the sheaths have melted and solidified ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The conductive member according to claim 2, wherein the sheaths are metal, and in the outer layer, the plurality of metal strands have an alloy portion, where the metal strand and the sheath are alloyed, and the sheath formed on an outer circumferential surface of each metal strand are bonded together by a portion where the sheaths have melted and solidified. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The conductive member according to claim 1, wherein the metal strands are copper, and the sheaths are tin plating. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A terminal-equipped conductive member comprising: the conductive member according to claim 1; and a terminal including a crimping portion that is crimped to the welded portion of the conductive member. ### Claim 6 A method of manufacturing a conductive member comprising: heating from an outer circumference side a welded portion formation region, which is a region on an extension direction portion of a conductive member configured by a plurality of coated metal wires provided with a plurality of metal strands and with an electrically conductive sheath covering a circumference of each of the plurality of metal strands, at a temperature higher than the melting point of the sheaths and lower than the melting point of the metal strands, and pressing the heated welded portion formation region from the outer circumference side toward a center. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of manufacturing the conductive member according to claim 6, wherein the sheaths are metal, and the heating is performed at a temperature higher than the melting point of the sheaths and lower than the melting point of alloy portions where the sheaths and the metal strands are alloyed.