Method of laser welding, manufacturing method of control unit, and car electronic control unit

• US 20070199926A1
• Filed: 02/23/2007
• Published: 08/30/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Yasukawa, Daisuke, Watanabe, Hirofumi, Suzuku, Masaaki
• Application Number:
  US11/709,728
• Publication Number:
  US 20070199926A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 219/121.64
• CPC Class Codes: B23K 2101/42 Printed circuits
• CPC Class Codes: B23K 26/244 Overlap seam welding
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 43/0221 Laser welding H01R43/0228 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10689 Leaded Integrated Circuit [IC] package, e.g. dual-in-line [DIL]
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10818 Flat leads
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/1084 Notched leads
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2203/107 Using laser light shaping a substrate by laser ablation H05K3/0026
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 3/202 using self-supporting metal foil pattern
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 3/328 by welding

Abstract

The invention stabilizes a quality of a laser welding in a terminal in which an outer appearance characteristic is not stabilized, and achieves an improvement of a positioning characteristic at a time of executing the laser welding without generating a cost increase. A hole is formed in a terminal of an integrated circuit sealed by a plastic molding. At a time of welding, a welding operation position is positioned by recognizing the hole in accordance with an image recognition, and a laser welding is executed by irradiating a laser beam to a portion of a terminal and a bus bar positioned near an edge portion of the hole. The hole is preferably formed in a circular shape or a similar shape thereto.

Claims

1. A method of a laser welding of laser welding a bus bar provided within a resin casing constituting a control unit mounted to a vehicle, and a terminal of an integrated circuit inward surrounded within the control unit and sealed by a plastic molding, wherein a hole is previously provided in a position to be welded to said bus bar corresponding to an end portion in said terminal, a positioning at a time of the laser welding is executed by image recognizing the hole, and said bus bar and said terminal are laser welded in a portion in which said hole is provided.

2. A method of a laser welding as claimed in claim 1, wherein said hole is formed in a circular shape or a similar shape thereto.

3. A method of a laser welding as claimed in claim 1, wherein said laser welding melts an edge portion of said hole.

4. A method of a laser welding as claimed in claim 2, wherein a diameter of said hole is equal to or less than a diameter of a laser beam used for said laser welding.

5. A method of a laser welding as claimed in claim 4, wherein a plurality of said holes are provided.

6. A method of a laser welding as claimed in claim 1, wherein said hole is formed in a shape having a projection toward an inner side on a circumference of said hole.

7. A manufacturing method of a control unit mounted to a vehicle comprising the steps of:

at a time of laser welding a terminal of an integrated circuit provided in an inner portion of the control unit and sealed by a plastic molding, and a bus bar transmitting an electric signal of said integrated circuit or supplying a power,

previously setting a hole in an end portion of said terminal corresponding to a welding operation position to said bus bar, executing a positioning at a time of the laser welding by image recognizing the hole, and laser welding said bus bar and said terminal in a portion in which said hole is provided.

8. A manufacturing method of a control unit mounted to a vehicle comprising the steps of:

at a time of laser welding a terminal of an integrated circuit provided in an inner portion of the control unit and sealed by a plastic molding, and a bus bar transmitting an electric signal of said integrated circuit or supplying a power,

bringing said terminal and said bus bar into contact with each other by pressing a plurality of combinations of said terminals and said bus bars by a fixing member, and welding said terminal and said bus bar irradiating a laser beam to the contact position of said terminal or said bus bar.

9. A manufacturing method of a control unit as claimed in claim 8, wherein said fixing member is constituted by an elastic body, the elastic body is arranged in such a manner as to bridge over the plurality of combinations of said terminals and said bus bars to be welded, said terminals and said bus bars are brought into contact with each other by pressing a plurality of said terminals or said bus bars on the basis of a restorative force generated by an elastic deformation at a time of pressing, and said terminal and said bus bar are welded by irradiating the laser beam to the contact position of said terminal or said bus bar.

10. A manufacturing method of a control unit as claimed in claim 8, wherein said fixing member is constituted by a plurality of flat plates having approximately the same width as said terminal or said bus bar and arranged in such a manner that a force is applied to an individual combination of said terminal and said bus bar to be welded, said terminals and said bus bars are brought into contact with each other by pressing a plurality of said terminals or said bus bars on the basis of a restorative force generated by an elastic deformation at a time of pressing, and said terminal and said bus bar are welded by irradiating the laser beam to the contact position of said terminal or said bus bar.

11. A manufacturing method of a control unit mounted to a vehicle comprising the steps of:

at a time of laser welding a terminal of an integrated circuit provided in an inner portion of the control unit and sealed by a plastic molding, and a bus bar transmitting an electric signal of said integrated circuit or supplying a power,

pressing said terminal or said bus bar in such a manner as to pinch a weld point by a plurality of first fixing members in a laser irradiation surface, pressing the weld point of said terminal or said bus bar by a second fixing member in an inverse side to the laser irradiation side so as to bring said terminal and said bus bar into contact with each other, and irradiating a laser beam to the contact position of said terminal or said bus bar, thereby welding said terminal and said bus bar.

12. A manufacturing method of a control unit as claimed in claim 11, wherein said terminal (and said bus bar are welded by detecting the pressing force of said second fixing member, and irradiating the laser beam to said contact position at a time when the pressing force gets over a predetermined threshold value.

13. A manufacturing method of a control unit as claimed in claim 11, wherein said terminal and said bus bar are welded by detecting a displacement amount of said terminal and said bus bar, and irradiating the laser beam to said contact position at a time when the displacement amount gets over a predetermined threshold value.

14. A car electronic control unit comprising:

a terminal of an integrated circuit provided with a hole at a welded position; and

a bus bar electrically connected to said terminal and transmitting an electric signal of said integrated circuit or supplying a power, said bus bar in which a laser irradiation position is positioned by recognizing an image of said hole of the terminal of said integrated circuit, and being welded to said terminal by irradiating said laser beam to the portion provided with said hole.

15. A car electronic control unit as claimed in claim 14, wherein said control unit is constituted by a control unit integrated with an electro mechanical brake caliper provided below a spring of a vehicle so as to control the electro mechanical brake caliper, said integrated circuit is constituted by a control circuit of a motor changing a thrust of a piston pressing a pad of said electro mechanical brake, and said bus bar is constituted by a bus bar connecting between the terminal of said integrated circuit and a switching circuit of an inverter driving said motor.

16. A car electronic control unit comprising:

a plurality of terminals of an integrated circuit sealed by a plastic molding;

a plurality of bus bars electrically connected to said plurality of terminals, respectively and transmitting an electric signal of said integrated circuit or supplying a power, said bus bars being brought into contact with said terminals by being pressed by a fixing member together with said terminals, and being welded to said terminals by a laser beam irradiated to the contact position.

17. A car electronic control unit as claimed in claim 16, wherein said control unit is constituted by a control unit integrated with an electro mechanical brake caliper provided below a spring of a vehicle so as to control the electro mechanical brake caliper, said integrated circuit is constituted by a control circuit of a motor changing a thrust of a piston pressing a pad of said electro mechanical brake, and said bus bar is constituted by a bus bar connecting between the terminal of said integrated circuit and a switching circuit of an inverter driving said motor.

18. A car electronic control unit comprising:

a terminal of an integrated circuit sealed by a plastic molding;

a bus bar electrically connected to said terminal, and transmitting an electric signal of said integrated circuit or supplying a power, said bus bar being pressed together with said terminal in a laser irradiation surface in such a manner as to pinch a weld point by a plurality of first fixing members, brought into contact with said terminal by being pressed at the weld point by a second fixing member together with said terminal, and being welded to said terminal by a laser beam irradiated to the contact position.

19. A car electronic control unit as claimed in claim 18, wherein said control unit is constituted by a control unit integrated with an electro mechanical brake caliper provided below a spring of a vehicle so as to control the electro mechanical brake caliper, said integrated circuit is constituted by a control circuit of a motor changing a thrust of a piston pressing a pad of said electro mechanical brake, and said bus bar is constituted by a bus bar connecting between the terminal of said integrated circuit and a switching circuit of an inverter driving said motor.