Patent ID: 6476324
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A joining method for electrically conductively connecting first and second members together, comprising:providing the first member comprising a covered wire having a conductor wire portion and a covering portion covering an outer periphery of the conductor wire portion, the conductor wire portion of the covered wire comprising a plurality of elemental-wire congregations, each elemental-wire congregation having a plurality of elemental wires and a low-melting-point metal layer covering around the elemental wires and connecting the elemental wires to each other; providing the second member having a conductive portion; pinching connection portions of the first and second members between resinous chips; pressurizing and heating the connection portions of the first and second members; eliminating the covering portion corresponding to the connection portion of the first member; welding the elemental wires of the first member and the conductive portion of the second member by melting the low-melting-point metal layer; and hermetically sealing the connection portions of the first and second members by welding the resinous chips to each other.