Component for surface soldering installation on a circuit board, associated use and assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12588144-B2
Application number	US-202318308830-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 28, 2023
Priority date	Apr 29, 2022
Publication date	Mar 24, 2026
Grant date	Mar 24, 2026

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a component for the surface soldering installation on a circuit board, comprising: a basic body forming at least one locating surface provided for contact with a surface of the circuit board, or several locating points spanning a plane; two elastic brackets, which are formed on opposing sides of the basic body and respectively form one soldering surface for a solder connection with a positioning surface of the circuit board, wherein each of the two brackets has, in sequential arrangement over its course from the basic body to the soldering surface, a strip-shaped, flat, first portion and a strip-shaped, flat, second portion, wherein the main surfaces of the first portion are arranged at an angle to the main surfaces of the second portion; a use and an associated assembly.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A component for a surface soldering installation on a circuit board, comprising: a basic body forming at least one locating surface provided for contact with a surface of the circuit board, or several locating points spanning a plane; two elastic brackets, which are formed on opposing sides of the basic body and respectively form a soldering surface for a solder connection with a positioning surface of the circuit board, wherein each of the two elastic brackets has, in sequential arrangement over its course from the basic body to the soldering surface, a strip-shaped, flat, first portion and a strip-shaped, flat, second portion, wherein main surfaces of the first portion are arranged at an angle to main surfaces of the second portion.

2 . The component according to claim 1 , wherein the two elastic brackets are each rooted in the basic body, offset in opposite directions relative to a geometric center of the respective side.

3 . The component according to claim 1 , wherein the main surfaces of at least one portion from among the first portion and the second portion are parallel to the at least one locating surface or to the plane spanned by the locating points.

4 . The component according to claim 1 , wherein the main surfaces of the first portion are oriented substantially orthogonally to the main surfaces of the second portion.

5 . The component according to claim 1 , wherein the two elastic brackets are each configured in a meandering shape starting from the basic body to the soldering surface.

6 . The component according to claim 1 , wherein the component is used in the surface soldering installation on the circuit board.

7 . The component according to claim 1 , wherein the basic body and the elastic brackets are formed integrally as a bent stamped part from a metal sheet.

8 . The component according to claim 1 , wherein each of the two elastic brackets has an elastic degree of freedom in two different directions.

9 . The component according to claim 1 , wherein the basic body and the elastic brackets are formed integrally.

10 . The component according to claim 9 , wherein, for each of the two elastic brackets, a first, longest extending direction of the first portion is parallel to a second, longest extending direction of the second portion.

11 . An assembly, comprising: a circuit board and a component according to claim 1 , wherein the basic body of the component rests unsoldered against the circuit board, and only the soldering surface of each bracket is fixed to an associated positioning surface of the circuit board by a solder connection.

12 . The assembly according to claim 11 , further comprising an actuating element, wherein the basic body of the component is arranged between the actuating element and the circuit board, and acts in a resetting manner on the actuating element when the actuating element is actuated.

13 . The assembly according to claim 12 , wherein the basic body of the component produces an electric switching contact at least in cooperation with the circuit board.

14 . The component according to claim 1 , wherein the basic body is configured to act in a resetting manner on an actuating element when the actuating element is actuated, wherein the basic body is arranged between the actuating element and the circuit board.

15 . The component according to claim 14 , wherein the basic body has a switching dome, and the switching dome can be deformed from a stable state into an unstable state while providing snap haptics.

16 . The component according to claim 14 , wherein the basic body is configured to produce an electric switching contact at least in cooperation with the circuit board.

Assignees

• Preh Gmbh

Inventors

• Schultheis Thilo

Classifications

• H01R12/57 Primary

  surface mounting terminals · CPC title

• H01H2203/038

  to be bridged by a dome shaped contact · CPC title

• H01H13/26

  Snap-action arrangements depending upon deformation of elastic members · CPC title

• H05K2201/10545

  Related components mounted on both sides of the PCB · CPC title

• H05K3/341

  Surface mounted components · CPC title