1. An ultrasonic bonding method of an electric wire comprising:
exposing the electric wire in a conductor end made of plural core wires;
providing a metallic connection terminal formed by erecting two side walls from a bottom surface;
providing a press metal mold separately from the metallic connection terminal;
molding the conductor end of the electric wire by the press metal mold, into a cross section having a thickness which tapers along a width direction of the cross section toward at least one of a side positioned in the bottom surface of the connection terminal and a side to which ultrasonic vibration is to be applied;
positioning the molded conductor end in the connection terminal;
after completion of the molding step, bonding the conductor end to the connection terminal by applying ultrasonic vibration with a pressurization and vibration horn to the conductor end of the electric wire which is positioned on the bottom surface between the two side walls of the connection terminal, wherein, in the bonding step, an entire upper surface of the conductor end is changed from a tapered shape having the thickness to a flat shape.
2. The ultrasonic bonding method of an electric wire as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cross section of the conductor end of the electric wire is made by forming at least one of the side positioned in the bottom surface and the side to which the ultrasonic vibration is applied in a trapezoidal shape or a semicircular shape.
3. The ultrasonic bonding method of an electric wire as claimed in claim 1, wherein the press metal mold includes an upper mold having a lower end surface in which a groove is formed corresponding to a shape of the cross section of the conductor end of the electric wire that includes the side to which the ultrasonic vibration is applied.
4. The ultrasonic bonding method of an electric wire as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ultrasonic vibration is performed by a pressurization and vibration horn having a lower end surface in a planar shape which abuts the conductor end during bonding.
5. The ultrasonic bonding method of an electric wire as claimed in claim 3, wherein the groove formed on the lower end surface of the upper mold has a trapezoidal shape.
6. The ultrasonic bonding method of an electric wire as claimed in claim 3, wherein the press metal mold further includes a lower mold having a groove formed in a shape corresponding to the side of the conductor wire positioned in the bottom surface of the connection terminal.
7. The ultrasonic bonding method of an electric wire as claimed in claim 6, wherein the groove on the lower mold has one of an elliptical circular arc shape and a trapezoidal shape.
8. An ultrasonic bonding method of an electric wire comprising:
exposing the electric wire in a conductor end made of plural core wires;
providing a metallic connection terminal formed by erecting two side walls from a bottom surface;
providing a press metal mold separately from the metallic connection terminal;
molding the conductor end of the electric wire by the press metal mold, into a cross section having a thickness which tapers along a width direction of the cross section toward at least one of a side positioned in the bottom surface of the connection terminal and a side to which ultrasonic vibration is to be applied;
positioning the molded conductor end in the connection terminal;
after completion of the molding step, bonding the conductor end to the connection terminal by applying ultrasonic vibration with a pressurization and vibration horn to the conductor end of the electric wire which is positioned on the bottom surface between the two side walls of the connection terminal, wherein the cross-section of the molded conductor end is different from a shape of a cross-sectional area defined by the bottom surface of the connection terminal, the two side walls of the connection terminal and a lower end surface of the pressurization and vibration horn.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A modularized component assembly for an inflation syringe comprising:
a barrel defining an inner lumen, the barrel configured to hold a desired inflation pressure;
a plunger configured to be received within the inner lumen of the barrel to increase pressurization within the barrel;
a sensor apparatus for sensing inflation pressurization within the barrel;
a display processor to process signals received from the sensor apparatus;
a display module coupled to the display processor to display information contained in the signals from the sensor apparatus, wherein the display module comprises a numeric indicator which provides a numeric indication of a current inflation pressurization within the barrel and a pluarlity of non-numeric indicia which are actuated in a progressive manner, such that non-numeric indicia representing values less than the current inflation pressurization value remain actuated as the pressurization within the barrel increases and decreases;
a display housing comprising a base and a hood, wherein the base is configured to attach to the barrel and to receive the display processor and display module, and wherein the display hood is configured to couple to the display base and secure the display processor and display module within the display housing.
2. The modularized component assembly for an inflation syringe of claim 1, wherein the sensor apparatus is configured to be tested to determine operability of the sensor independent of the barrel, the plunger, the display processor, the display module, and the display housing of the modularized component assembly.
3. The modularized component assembly for an inflation syringe of claim 1, wherein the display processor is configured to be tested to determine operability of the sensor independent of the barrel, the plunger, the sensor apparatus, the display module, and the display housing of the modularized component assembly.
4. The modularized component assembly for an inflation syringe of claim 1, wherein the display module is configured to be tested to determine operability of the sensor independent of the barrel, the plunger, the sensor apparatus, the display processor, and the display housing of the modularized component assembly.
5. The modularized component assembly for an inflation syringe of claim 1, wherein the barrel is configured to be tested to determine operability of the sensor independent of the sensor apparatus, the display processor, the display module, and the display housing of the modularized component assembly.
6. The modularized component assembly for an inflation syringe of claim 1, wherein two or more of the sensor apparatus, the display processor and the display module are configured to be tested together to determine operability of the sensor apparatus, independent of the barrel, the plunger, and the display housing of the modularized component assembly.
7. The modularized component assembly for an inflation syringe of claim 1, wherein one or more batteries utilized to provide power to one or more of the sensor apparatus, the display processor, and the display module of the modularized component assembly are flexibly coupled to one or both of the display module and the display processor for proper placement of the batteries in connection with one or both of the display module and the display processor within the housing hood and the housing base.
8. The modularized component assembly for an inflation syringe of claim 1, wherein the display processor and the display module can be positioned between the housing hood and the housing base.
9. The modularized component assembly for an inflation syringe of claim 8, wherein the sensor apparatus, the display processor, and the display module are secured to the barrel of the inflation syringe by the housing hood and the housing base.
10. The modularized component assembly for an inflation syringe of claim 9, wherein when the housing hood and the housing base are secured to the barrel of the inflation syringe, the display processor is operably connected to the sensor apparatus.