Substrate connecting structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9226646-B2
Application number	US-201514697985-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 28, 2015
Priority date	Apr 16, 2013
Publication date	Jan 5, 2016
Grant date	Jan 5, 2016

Abstract

A substrate connecting structure includes a circuit substrate where an electrical component is installed on the back face, a signal cable into which a plurality of signal transmission lines electrically connected to first signal line connecting portions and to second signal line connecting portions, respectively, are inserted, and a coupling member that is formed by a conductive member including a fixing section disposed at the end portion of the signal cable, a flat section on the front face of the circuit substrate, and a through hole, the coupling member fixing the signal cable and the circuit substrate, wherein the central axis of the signal cable is displaced toward the back face side with respect to the central axis of the circuit substrate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A substrate connecting structure comprising:
a circuit substrate including a front face and a back face opposite to the front face, where an electrical component is installed on the back face;
a signal cable into which a plurality of signal transmission lines are inserted, the plurality of signal transmission lines being electrically connected to first signal line connecting portions provided at predetermined positions on the front face and to second signal line connecting portions provided at predetermined positions on the back face, respectively; and
a coupling member that is formed by a conductive member including an annular fixing section disposed and fixed so as to cover and wrap an outer circumferential face of a cable end portion of the signal cable, a flat section joined and fixed to a front face of the circuit substrate, and a through hole that is provided between the flat section and the fixing section and communicates between one face and another face of the coupling member, the coupling member integrally fixing the signal cable and the circuit substrate, wherein
a cable central axis of the signal cable fixed to the fixing section is displaced toward a side of the back face with respect to a longitudinal direction central axis of the circuit substrate to which the flat section is fixed.

2. The substrate connecting structure according to claim 1 , wherein the through hole of the coupling member is a signal line insertion hole that guides a portion of signal transmission lines among the plurality of signal transmission lines inserted into the signal cable to another face of the circuit substrate to which the flat section of the coupling member is joined and fixed.

3. The substrate connecting structure according to claim 2 , wherein the through hole of the coupling member forms a part of the flat section of the coupling member.

4. The substrate connecting structure according to claim 1 , wherein the flat section of the coupling member is joined and fixed to a planar ground pattern provided on the circuit substrate, the planar ground pattern including at least the flat section.

5. The substrate connecting structure according to claim 4 , wherein the flat section of the coupling member is joined to the ground pattern with solder.

6. The substrate connecting structure according to claim 1 , wherein the fixing section of the coupling member is fixed to an outer circumference of the signal cable by being subjected to plastic deformation.

7. The substrate connecting structure according to claim 6 , wherein the fixing section of the coupling member is in contact with and fixed to a shielding member that is exposed to the outer circumference of the signal cable.

8. The substrate connecting structure according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical component installed on the back face of the circuit substrate is a connector, and the connector is electrically connected to another connector after the circuit substrate is inserted into a hose forming an insertion portion of an endoscope and passes through the hose, the other connector being provided in an operation portion or in an endoscope connector provided in series to the insertion portion.

9. The substrate connecting structure according to claim 8 , further comprising a jumper wire at least one end of which is extended parallel to the signal cable, and the one end is connected to the coupling member.

10. The substrate connecting structure according to claim 9 , wherein another end of the jumper wire is electrically connected to a member that is grounded in the operation portion or in the endoscope connector.

Assignees

• Olympus Corp

Inventors

• Kubo Takafumi
• Hino Kazuhiko

Classifications

• H04N23/555

  for picking-up images in sites, inaccessible due to their dimensions or hazardous conditions, e.g. endoscopes or borescopes · CPC title

• H04N23/56

  provided with illuminating means · CPC title

• A61B1/00124 Primary

  electrical, e.g. electrical plug-and-socket connection · CPC title

• G02B23/2476

  Non-optical details, e.g. housings, mountings, supports · CPC title

• A61B1/0011

  Manufacturing of endoscope parts · CPC title