Welding method of aluminum foil

• US 5,324,910 A
• Filed: 08/28/1992
• Issued: 06/28/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Seiwa Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Amada Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Seiwa Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Amada Company Limited)
• Inventors: Isawa, Ryoji
• Primary Examiner(s): Evans, Geoffrey S.
• Application Number:
  US07/936,278
• Time in Patent Office: 669 Days
• Field of Search: 219/118, 219/86.9, 219/117.1, 219/56.1, 219/56.21, 219/56.22, 219/58
• US Class Current: 219/118
• CPC Class Codes: B23K 11/11 Spot welding
• CPC Class Codes: B23K 2103/10 Aluminium or alloys thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B23K 35/002 at least one of the workpieces being of light metal
• CPC Class Codes: H01G 9/008 Terminals

Abstract

A welding method of an aluminum foil, which permits the direct resistance welding of an aluminum foil, with a chemical conversion coated layer of Al₂ O₃ formed thereon, to a lead wire, includes placing an aluminum foil, with a chemical conversion coated layer formed on the surface thereof, on a back bar made of a material having good electrical insulating property and heat resistance, arranging an electrically-conductive metal on the aluminum foil, bring first and second electrode tips into contact under pressure with the surface of the electrically-conductive metal with the electrode tips spaced from each other and then causing a welding current to flow between the first and second electrode tips, thereby conducting the series resistance welding of the aluminum foil to the electrically-conductive metal.

Claims

1. A method of welding an aluminum foil having a dielectric layer formed thereon, which comprises the steps of:

depositing a dielectric layer to a predetermined thickness on at least one side of an aluminum foil, said dielectric layer comprising a chemical conversion coated layer deposited on the surface of said aluminum foil;

placing said aluminum foil having said dielectric layer deposited thereon on a back bar made of a heat resistant material having good electrical insulating properties;

placing an electrically conductive-metal on the aluminum foil over said dielectric layer;

bringing first and second electrode tips into contact under pressure with the surface of the electrically-conductive metal, said electrode tips being spaced from each other by a predetermined distance; and

causing a welding current to flow between the first and second electrode tips, thereby conducting a series resistance welding of the aluminum foil to the electrically-conductive metal through said dielectric layer.

2. The welding method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said heat resistant material having good electrical insulating properties comprises a ceramic.

3. The welding method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said electrically-conductive metal comprises an iron (Fe) core and a copper (Cu) coating covering the surface of said iron core.

4. The welding method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said electrically-conductive metal comprises an iron (Fe) core and a nickel (Ni) coating covering the surface of said iron core.

5. The welding method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the electrically-conductive metal comprises further an alloy of tim (Sn) and lead (Pb), which has been coated on the copper surface.

6. The welding method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the electrically-conductive metal comprises further an alloy of tim (Sn) and lead (Pb), which h as been coated on the nickel surface.

7. The welding method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said heat resistant material having good electrical insulating properties comprises a metal whose surface has been subjected to a nitriding treatment.

8. The welding method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said chemical conversion coated layer deposited on the surface of said aluminum foil comprises Al₂ O₃.

9. The welding method as claimed in claim 8, wherein said chemical conversion layer comprises a layer of Al₂ O₃ formed to a predetermined thickness of 300 Å

.

10. The welding method as claimed in claim 8, wherein said chemical conversion layer comprises a layer of Al₂ O₃ formed to a predetermined thickness of 300 Å

on both sides of said aluminum foil.