Patent ID: 8915761
Filing Date: 2014-12-23
Classification: B32B,C23C,C25D,H01R,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A connector terminal comprising: an electrical contact section that is brought into contact and conducted with a mating connector terminal by fitting to the mating connector terminal; and a conductor crimping section that is crimped to the conductor of an electric wire, wherein a metal material which constitutes the connector terminal has a base material based on an aluminum or an aluminum alloy, a Zn layer and a Cu layer are formed in sequence on a surface of the base material, and an Sn layer is formed on the outermost surface, wherein the Zn layer is formed by electroless plating, and the Cu layer and the Sn layer are formed by electrolytic plating, and wherein a thickness of the Zn layer is set to a range from 0.1 μm to 2.0 μm, a thickness of the Cu layer is set to a range from 0.5 μm to 1.0 μm, and a thickness of the Sn layer is set to a range from 0.7 μm to 1.7 μm.