Multipolar single-head plug and method for manufacturing same
AssigneeEx Company Limited
InventorShinya Yudate
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Abstract
A multipolar single-head plug having a bar electrode exposed at a tip thereof, tubular electrodes concentrically arranged on an outer circumference of the bar electrode and exposed at the outer circumference on a side closer to a root than the exposed part of the bar electrode at the tip and an insulator composed of a first insulating part, and second insulating parts. A middle section of at least one of the insulating parts is provided with an insulating material such as an electrodeposition coating part or an insulating tube separate from the insulating resin for insert molding. The separate insulating material is provided so as to cover a given area of the outer circumference of the bar electrode or a given area of an outer circumference of the tubular electrode.
Claims19
A multipolar single-head plug comprising:
- a bar electrode exposed at a tip thereof;
- multiple curved electrodes provided separately at given positions of an outer circumference of the bar electrode, the curved electrodes being exposed at the outer circumference on a side closer to a root than the exposed part of the bar electrode at the tip;
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- an insulator composed of an insulating part between the bar electrode and the curved electrode and an insulating part between the curved electrodes, wherein
- the multipolar single-head plug is integrated with an insulating resin for insert molding that forms part of the insulator,
- at least one of the insulating parts is composed of a front section, a middle section, and a rear section, the middle section being separate from the front and rear sections and being provided with an insulating material separate from the insulating resin for insert molding, and
- the separate insulating material is provided so as to cover at least a given area of the outer circumference of the bar electrode or a given area of an outer circumference of one of the curved electrodes.
A method for manufacturing a multipolar single-head plug, the multipolar single-head plug comprising:
- a bar electrode exposed at a tip thereof;
- multiple tubular electrodes concentrically arranged on an outer circumference of the bar electrode and exposed at the outer circumference on a side closer to a root than the exposed part of the bar electrode at the tip;
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- an insulator composed of an insulating part between the bar electrode and the tubular electrode and an insulating part between the tubular electrodes,
- the multipolar single-head plug being integrated with an insulating resin for insert molding that forms part of the insulator,
- the method comprising:
- a first step of providing an insulating material so as to cover at least a given area of the outer circumference of the bar electrode or a given area of an outer circumference of one of the tubular electrodes, the insulating material being provided to a middle section of at least one of the insulating parts composed of a front section, the middle section, and a rear section, the middle section being separate from the front and rear sections, the insulating material being separate from the insulating resin for insert molding;
- a second step of placing the bar electrode and the multiple tubular electrodes in a mold;
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- a third step of forming the insulator including an insulating part with the insulating resin tightly contacting the separate insulating material by pouring the insulating resin into the mold, thereby integrating the bar electrode, the multiple tubular electrodes, and the insulator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.