Relay

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11264195-B2
Application number	US-202016922130-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 7, 2020
Priority date	Aug 14, 2019
Publication date	Mar 1, 2022
Grant date	Mar 1, 2022

Abstract

The relay according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes a main body configured to open and close a circuit by an input signal, and a plurality of terminals extending from the main body and coupled to a PCB, wherein each of the plurality of terminals comprises an inclined extension portion configured to allow the main body to be spaced apart from the PCB and maintain an inclined state with respect to a surface of the PCB and a lower surface of the main body, and a coupling portion extending from the inclined extension portion in a direction to enter a coupling slot of the PCB.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A relay comprising:
a main body configured to open and close a circuit by an input signal;
a plurality of terminals extending from the main body and coupled to a PCB; and
a base member coupled to a coupling portion of the plurality of terminals in a state of being spaced apart from the main body and installed in close contact with the surface of the PCB;
wherein each of the plurality of terminals comprises:
an inclined extension portion configured to allow the main body to be spaced apart from the PCB and to maintain an inclined state with respect to a surface of the PCB and a lower surface of the main body; and
the coupling portion extending from the inclined extension portion in a direction to enter a coupling slot of the PCB.

2. The relay according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of terminals is configured such that a width of the inclined extension portion is wider than a width of the coupling portion and the coupling portion passes through the base member to be coupled to the coupling slot of the PCB.

3. The relay according to claim 2 , wherein the plurality of terminals comprises a step portion formed at a boundary between the inclined extension portion and the coupling portion and caught on a surface of the base member in a state in which the coupling portion is coupled to the base member.

4. The relay according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of terminals is configured such that the inclined extension portions are different from each other in length and inclination.

5. The relay according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of terminals is configured such that bent portions between the inclined extension portions and the coupling portions are different from each other in position.

6. A relay comprising:
a main body configured to open and close a circuit by an input signal;
a plurality of terminals extending from the main body and coupled to a PCB;
wherein each of the plurality of terminals comprises:
an inclined extension portion configured to allow the main body to be spaced apart from the PCB and to maintain an inclined state with respect to a surface of the PCB and a lower surface of the main body; and
a coupling portion extending from the inclined extension portion in a direction to enter a coupling slot of the PCB;
wherein the main body comprises:
an opening-and-closing driving unit including a pole core on which a coil is wound, a yoke configured to support the pole core, an armature configured to operatively supported on the yoke and to be attached to or spaced from the pole core, and a movable contact configured to be operated by the armature;
a fixed unit including a support plate configured to support the opening-and-closing driving unit, a contact support portion provided on one side of the support plate, and a fixed unit installed to the contact support portion such that the movable contact is in contact therewith or spaced apart therefrom; and
a cover member configured to cover outer sides of the opening-and-closing driving unit and the fixed unit.

7. The relay according to claim 6 , wherein the yoke is fixed to an upper surface of the support plate,
the plurality of terminals extends toward the PCB through an outer side of the support plate in a state in which a portion thereof is connected to the opening-and-closing driving unit and the rest is connected to the fixed unit, and
a distance between the coupling portions of the plurality of terminals is smaller than a width of the support plate.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Kim In Sic
• Kim Jong Joo
• SON Sumi
• Lim Jae Yoon

Classifications

• H01H1/5805

  Connections to printed circuits (for slide switches H01H15/005; for tumbler switches H01H23/006) · CPC title

• H01H50/305 Primary

  damping vibration due to functional movement of armature (in air-gap H01H50/163) · CPC title

• H01H50/043

  Details particular to miniaturised relays (H01H50/042 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01H50/443

  Connections to coils · CPC title

• H01H50/36

  Stationary parts of magnetic circuit, e.g. yoke · CPC title