# US 9,520,665 B2 · Electrically connecting structure, glass plate with terminal having the same, and method of manufacturing glass plate with terminal > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,520,665 B2 - Document ID: US9520665B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/613,867 - Filed: 2015-02-04 - Published: 2015-06-04 - Granted: 2016-12-13 - Earliest claimed: 2012-08-10 - Assignees: Asahi Glass Company, Limited - Applicants: Asahi Glass Company, Limited - Inventors: Shoichi Takeuchi; Fumitaka Terashima; Naohito Toriumi; Eiji Saita - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9520665B2 ## CPC - H01R 13/2414: {conductive elastomers} - H05K 3/325: by abutting or pinching; Mechanical auxiliary parts therefor - B32B 17/10293: {Edge features, e.g. inserts or holes} - B32B 17/10853: {the membrane being bag-shaped} - H01R 4/04: using electrically conductive adhesives - H01R 13/04: Pins or blades for co-operation with sockets - H01R 43/007: {for elastomeric connecting elements} - H05K 3/305: {Affixing by adhesive} - H01R 4/70: Insulation of connections (end caps H01R4/22) - H01R 12/57: surface mounting terminals - H01R 2101/00: One pole - H01R 2201/26: for vehicles - H05K 2201/0314: Elastomeric connector or conductor, e.g. rubber with metallic filler - H05K 2201/09909: Special local insulating pattern, e.g. as dam around component - H05K 2201/1031: Surface mounted metallic connector elements - Y02P 70/50: Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS - B32B: LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM - Y02P: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS ## Abstract An electrically connecting structure includes a glass plate, a feeding part formed on the glass plate, a terminal having a base part opposing the glass plate, an adhesive adhering the glass plate and the terminal, and a conductive rubber arranged between the feeding part and the base part. The adhesive is a thermosetting adhesive that once softens when heated and thereafter cures, and is arranged to surround a periphery of the conductive rubber. The feeding part and the base part have electrical continuity via the conductive rubber. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electrically connecting structure comprising: a glass plate; a feeding part formed on the glass plate; a terminal having a base part opposing the glass plate; an adhesive adhering the glass plate and the terminal; and a conductive rubber arranged between the feeding part and the base part, wherein the adhesive is a thermosetting adhesive that once softens when heated and thereafter cures, and is positioned at least on both sides of the conductive rubber, and wherein the feeding part and the base part have electrical continuity via the conductive rubber. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electrically connecting structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the adhesive is positioned to surround a periphery of the conductive rubber. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electrically connecting structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the adhesive is compressed and cured in a state before the glass plate and the terminal are bonded, so that the conductive rubber is maintained in a compressed state. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electrically connecting structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the adhesive heated from a state before bonding the glass plate and the terminal has properties such that a viscosity of the adhesive is 6.0×103 Pa·s or less at a temperature of 70° C. or higher and lower than 120° C., and cures at a temperature of 120° C. or higher. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electrically connecting structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the conductive rubber has a resistance that varies depending on a compressibility thereof, and is maintained in a state compressed with a compressibility of 10% or higher from an initial thickness before compression. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electrically connecting structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the conductive rubber has a resistance that varies depending on a compressibility thereof, and is maintained in a state compressed until the resistance becomes 100 mΩ or lower. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The electrically connecting structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein a bonding surface between the base part and the adhesive, and a bonding surface between the base part and the conductive rubber, are respectively located on planes having different distances from the glass plate. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electrically connecting structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the terminal includes a metal part, and a mold resin part that covers at least a part of the metal part, and the mold resin part includes a part having a distance further away from the glass plate than the metal part. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The electrically connecting structure as claimed in claim 8, wherein the terminal is covered by a cover fixed to the mold resin part. ### Claim 10 A method of manufacturing a glass plate with a terminal, comprising: a first step to position a conductive rubber between a feeding part of the glass plate and a base part of the terminal; and a second step to hold the conductive rubber in a compressed state, and to heat and cure an adhesive that bonds the glass plate and the terminal in a state in which the adhesive is compressed by applying pressure thereon, so that electrical continuity is secured between the feeding part and the base part via the conductive rubber. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method manufacturing the glass plate with the terminal as claimed in claim 10, wherein the adhesive is a thermosetting adhesive that once softens when heated and thereafter cures, and the second step includes a softening process that once softens the adhesive by heating, and a curing process that cures the adhesive in the compressed state by heating. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method manufacturing the glass plate with the terminal as claimed in claim 10, wherein the glass plate is a laminated glass including a plurality of glass plates laminated via interlayer films, and the first step is performed before a heating and bonding process that heats and bonds the plurality of glass plates and the interlayer films, and the second step is performed in the heating and bonding process. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method manufacturing the glass plate with the terminal as claimed in claim 11, wherein the glass plate is a laminated glass including a plurality of glass plates laminated via interlayer films, and the softening process performs a de-airing process while heating a laminated body, formed by the plurality of of glass plates and the interlayer films, and inserted into a rubber bag, in a pre-pressing process that provisionally adheres the plurality of glass plates, and the curing process performs a heating process to heat the plurality of provisionally adhered glass plates in a compressed state, in an autoclave process that permanently adheres the plurality of provisionally adhered glass plates. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The method manufacturing the glass plate with the terminal as claimed in claim 10, wherein a process to cover the terminal by a protection cover is performed before the second step.