Electric heating – Metal heating – Wire – rod – or bar bonding
Patent
1998-05-06
1999-11-30
Mills, Gregory
Electric heating
Metal heating
Wire, rod, or bar bonding
219119, B23K 1100
Patent
active
059946580
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus of fusing a pin to a wire to reliably form a good quality fusion joint includes placing the pin and insulated or uninsulated wire in a notch of a lower fusing electrode so that the pin is spaced a predetermined distance above the wire. The upper fusing electrode applies fusing current and heat symmetrically to the pin and notch side walls and the portion of the lower electrode beneath and in contact with the wire. Heat is transferred to soften the pin and burn or vaporize the insulation off the wire before the pin and wire touch. Since all parts are held symmetrically, parts can not skew or burn off unevenly. Electrode pressure builds to drive the soften, heated pin and wire together and to apply fusing current through the contacting pin and wire to form a good fusion joint. Another aspect of the invention includes forming the lower fusing electrode with a plurality of fusing notches to afford quick operator set-up and sequential, automatic fusing of the series of wire/pin assemblies. Openings and channels are formed adjacent the notches to concentrate the fusing heat to the portion in contact with the wire.
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Riordan Edward D.
Warner Allan S.
Dreyfus, Esq. Edward
Joyal Products Co., Inc.
Mills Gregory
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