Covered wire connection method and structure
CA 2217146 C · Owner: Asakura, Nobuyuki · Inventors: Asakura, Nobuyuki; Ide, Tetsuro
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Two covered wires conductively connected are overlapped with each other at connection portions. The overlapped connection portions are pinched by a pair of resin chips. By melting cover portions and pressing resin chips from outside, the conductive wire portions of the covered wires are conductively contacted with each other at the connection portions. The pair of the resin chips are melt-fixed to each other to seal the connection portions. A crossing angle .theta. of the two covered wires at the connection portion is set to not less than 45° to not greater than 135°. Thus, the covered wires can be conductively connected with each other at cheap price easily. Further, a connecting state …
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- Filed October 1, 1997 and granted May 23, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 1, 2017.
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