B - Operations – Transporting – 23 – K
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
23
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B23K 20/22 (2006.01) B23K 20/233 (2006.01) B23K 20/24 (2006.01) B23K 31/12 (2006.01) B23K 33/00 (2006.01) B23P 11/00 (2006.01) B23P 17/04 (2006.01) H01R 4/62 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2254349
The present invention relates generally to a joined structure of dissimilar metallic materials having different characteristics. More specifically, the invention relates to a joined structure of a current-carrying contact or arching contact which are used for, e.g., a power breaker, or a coating end structure of a metal base and a coating material for improving conductivity and heat resistance. It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a joined structure which enhances the impact strength of a joined member and which has a high reliability, in the joining of dissimilar metallic materials having different material characteristics. It is another object of the present invention to improve the impact strength of a coating member, which comprises a metal base and a coating material having a different material characteristic from that of the metal base, to provide a coating structure having a high reliability. According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a joined structure of dissimilar metallic materials, one of which is joined to the other metallic material having a smaller rigidity than that of the one of metallic materials, wherein an angle of the one of metallic materials to a free edge of the one of metallic materials at an end portion of a joined surface between the metallic materials is greater than or equal to 120 degrees or in the range of from 55 degrees to 85 degrees. According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a joined structure of dissimilar metallic materials, which comprises a contact portion of a current-carrying contact for use in a power breaker, the contact portion being made of copper or a copper alloy, and a remaining portion of the current-carrying contact other than the contact portion, the remaining portion being made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, and wherein an angle of the contact portion of copper or the copper alloy to a free edge of the contact portion at an end portion of a joined surface between the contact portion and the remaining portion is greater than or equal to 120 degrees or in the range of from 55 degrees to 85 degrees. According to a further aspect of the present invention, there is provided a coating end structure comprising: a recessed metal base; and a coating member of a coating material which has a greater rigidity than that of the metal base and which is coated on the metal base, wherein an angle of the metal base to a free edge at the coating end portion is smaller than or equal to 60 degrees or in the range of from 95 degrees to 125 degrees.
Itoh Yoshiyasu
Shindo Takahiko
Suzuki Katsumi
Fetherstonhaugh & Co.
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
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