Patent ID: 6403888
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: H01B

Abstract:
An electric wire comprising a conductor and a covering layer covering the conductor, the conductor being contactable with two contact portions of a terminal by inserting the electric wire under pressure between said two contact portions of the terminal of an insulation displacement connector,wherein the covering layer is made of a covering material obtained by irradiating with ionizing radiation a resin composition containing an ethylene copolymer, a metal hydroxide, and a silane compound with all of said silane compound surface-treating said metal hydroxide, wherein said silane compound is represented by: (where R represents an alkyl group having an acrylic, methacrylic, or allyl group, a saturated alkyl group, a vinyl group, an epoxy group, an amino group, or a mercapto group; X1, X2, and X3 represent alkoxy or alkyl groups, respectively; and at least one of X1, X2, and X3 represents an alkoxy group),wherein a 100% tensile modulus of the covering material is not less than 7.8 MPa, and wherein the 100% tensile modulus and an elongation of the covering material satisfies the following relationship E1>270âˆ’8.5Ã—10âˆ’6Ã—Y (where E1 is the elongation and Y is the 100% tensile modulus).