Board coupling structure with separate power supply circuit board

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11652309-B2
Application number	US-202117546633-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 9, 2021
Priority date	May 31, 2019
Publication date	May 16, 2023
Grant date	May 16, 2023

Abstract

Provided is a board coupling structure in which a power supply circuit board is formed as a separate board, more specifically, to a board coupling structure in which a signal processing circuit board for processing signals such as image signals, voice signals, and the like and a power supply circuit board are formed as different types of boards and the different types of boards are laterally coupled to each other. The board coupling structure includes a first circuit board, a second circuit board formed of a smaller number of layers than the number of layers of the first circuit board, and a fastening unit configured to laterally fasten a contact edge of the first circuit board to a contact edge of the second circuit board which are facing each other.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A board coupling structure comprising:
a first circuit board;
a second circuit board;
at least one electrical connector configured to electrically connect the first circuit board to the second circuit board; and
a fastener configured to be spaced apart from the electrical connector and to laterally fasten a contact edge of the first circuit board to a contact edge of the second circuit board which are facing each other,
wherein the at least one electrical connector comprises a socket connected to the first circuit board and the second circuit board and a connector header on which a plurality of pins, which are inserted into pin through-holes formed in the socket, are formed.

2. The board coupling structure of claim 1 , wherein:
the socket comprises a first socket connected to the first circuit board and a second socket connected to the second circuit board; and
the connector header is disposed at upper sides of the first socket and the second socket.

3. The board coupling structure of claim 2 , wherein:
a first pin through-hole is formed in the first socket;
a second pin through-hole is formed in the second socket; and
a first side pin to be inserted into the first pin through-hole and a second side pin to be inserted into the second pin through-hole are formed on the connector header.

4. The board coupling structure of claim 3 , wherein the first side pin and the second side pin are electrically connected to each other.

5. The board coupling structure of claim 3 , wherein:
a pin formed on the first socket is inserted into a first socket insertion hole formed in the first circuit board; and
a pin formed on the second socket is inserted into a second socket insertion hole formed in the second circuit board.

6. The board coupling structure of claim 5 , wherein:
the first side pin is inserted into a first connector insertion hole formed in the first circuit board; and
the second side pin is inserted into a second connector insertion hole formed in the second circuit board.

7. The board coupling structure of claim 1 ,
wherein the fastener includes:
an upper piece configured to cross an upper or lower boundary between the first circuit board and the second circuit board;
two insertion pieces which are bent and extend from opposite sides of the upper piece toward the boards and are inserted into a first fastener insertion hole formed in the first circuit board and into a second fastener insertion hole formed in the second circuit board; and
a locking step formed at end of the insertion piece,
wherein the locking step locks on one side of inserted hole.

8. The board coupling structure according to claim 7 , wherein the fastener is provided with two or more fasteners spaced apart from each other,
wherein, of the two or more fasteners, two fasteners are formed as a pair of fasteners and are supported by one support that crosses the upper or the lower boundary between the first circuit board and the second circuit board.

9. The board coupling structure according to claim 8 , wherein the support includes four fastening holes into which the insertion pieces inserted into respective fastener insertion hole are inserted.

10. The board coupling structure according to claim 1 , wherein the second circuit board is formed of a smaller number of layers than the number of layers of the first circuit board.

11. The board coupling structure according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first circuit board is a signal processing circuit board for processing an image signal and/or a voice signal; and
the second circuit board is a power supply circuit board for supplying power to the first circuit board.

Assignees

• Solum Co Ltd

Inventors

• Seo Chang Min

Classifications

• H01R12/52

  connecting to other rigid printed circuits or like structures · CPC title

• H05K2201/10189

  Non-printed connector · CPC title

• H01R12/722

  coupling devices mounted on the edge of the printed circuits · CPC title

• H01R12/7088

  Arrangements for power supply · CPC title

• H01R12/58

  terminals for insertion into holes · CPC title