Electronic part and electronic control unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9425016-B2
Application number	US-201414190210-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 26, 2014
Priority date	Feb 28, 2013
Publication date	Aug 23, 2016
Grant date	Aug 23, 2016

Abstract

A main body of an electronic part has multiple electrodes, to which multiple terminals are respectively connected. The terminals include a normal terminal and a fuse terminal, each of which extends from lands formed in a printed board so as to hold the main body at a position above and separated from a board surface of the printed board. The fuse terminal has multiple leg portions divided by slits. A first leg portion forms an electrical path portion having a cut-off portion, a width of which is smaller than that of other portions of the electrical path portion. A second leg portion has a first supporting leg and a second supporting leg, which are arranged at both sides of the first leg portion. Each of the supporting legs is connected to each of dummy lands formed in the printed board.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic part mounted to a printed board comprising:
a main body having multiple electrodes and arranged at a position above and separated from a board surface of the printed board; and
multiple terminals respectively connected to the electrodes and extending from the main body toward the printed board so as to hold the main body at the position above and separated from the board surface in a condition that each of the terminals is electrically connected to each of corresponding lands formed in the printed board,
wherein at least one of the terminals is composed of a fuse terminal, which forms an electrical path portion for electrically connecting the electrode to the land,
wherein the printed board has a dummy land in addition to the land,
wherein the fuse terminal comprises:
an electrode-connected portion formed at one end of the fuse terminal and connected to the electrode;
a slit having a predetermined length and extending from the other end of the fuse terminal opposite to the electrode-connected portion in a direction to the electrode-connected portion, the other end of the fuse terminal being located on a side of the land; and
multiple leg portions divided by the slit and formed at both sides of the slit, the leg portions being composed of a first leg portion and a second leg portion, the first leg portion forming the electrical path portion having a surface-mounted portion connected to the land,

wherein the first leg portion for the electrical path portion comprises:
a cut-off portion having a width smaller than that of other portions of the electrical path portion, the cut-off portion being melted down depending on heat generated by excess current so as to cut off electrical connection between the electrode and the land; and
an upper-side connecting portion for connecting the cut-off portion to the electrode-connected portion, and

wherein the second leg portion is connected to the dummy land and has a width larger than that of the cut-off portion for the entire length of the second leg portion, the second leg portion working as a supporting leg for supporting the cut-off portion and the connecting portion in a direction perpendicular to the board surface of the printed board and at the position above and separated from the board surface.

2. The electronic part according to claim 1 , wherein
the second leg portion is composed of two supporting legs, which are arranged at both sides of the first leg portion for the electrical path portion.

3. The electronic part according to claim 1 , wherein
the main body includes dielectric layers and electric conductor layers, which are alternately laminated.

4. An electronic control unit comprising:
the electronic part according to claim 1 ; and
the printed board having the lands connected to the terminals of the electronic part.

5. The electronic control unit according to claim 4 , wherein
the electronic part is electrically connected to a power-source wiring pattern formed on the printed board via the land.

6. The electronic control unit according to claim 5 , wherein
the power-source wiring pattern is connected to a battery installed in a vehicle.

Assignees

• Denso Corp
• Murata Manufacturing Co

Inventors

• Itabashi Toru
• Mikami Yuki
• Shiraishi Ryoichi
• Yanagisawa Akihiro
• Nishiyama Shigeki

Classifications

• H05K1/181

  associated with surface mounted components · CPC title

• H01H2085/0275

  Structural association with a printed circuit board · CPC title

• H05K1/0263

  High current adaptations, e.g. printed high current conductors or using auxiliary non-printed means; Fine and coarse circuit patterns on one circuit board (H05K1/0293 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H05K3/3426

  characterised by the leads · CPC title

• H01H2085/2085

  Holders for mounting a fuse on a printed circuit · CPC title