Patent ID: 8653374

Claim:
An aluminum alloy wire used as a conductor, said aluminum alloy wire comprising not less than 0.2% and not more than 1.0% by mass of Mg, not less than 0.1% and not more than 1.0% by mass of Si, not less than 0.1% and not more than 0.5% by mass of Cu, and a remainder consisting of Al and an impurity, a mass ratio Mg/Si of said Mg to said Si satisfying 0.8≦Mg/Si≦2.7, said aluminum alloy wire having an electrical conductivity of not less than 58% IACS, said aluminum alloy wire having an elongation of not less than 10%, and said aluminum alloy wire has a tensile strength of not less than 120 MPa and not more than 200 MPa.