Terminal connection structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9748671-B2
Application number	US-201415319089-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 16, 2014
Priority date	Jun 16, 2014
Publication date	Aug 29, 2017
Grant date	Aug 29, 2017

Abstract

A terminal connection structure for electrically connecting a conductor and at least one terminal electrode of an electronic component, wherein the terminal electrode includes a plurality of connection terminals, the terminal connection structure includes a male part that includes a hole portion into which a fastening member, which may be threaded, is inserted, and a female part into which the male part is inserted and that includes hole portions equivalent in number to the connection terminals, the conductor is secured by being sandwiched between the female part and the male part and swaging the hole portion of the male part, and the conductor is secured to the electronic component with the fastening member inserted into the hole portion of the male part and fastening mechanisms, which may be threaded, provided to the respective connection terminals.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A terminal connection structure comprising:
a terminal electrode provided on an electronic component;
a male part that includes a shaft portion in which a hole portion is provided;
a female part that includes a plurality of hole portions into which the shaft portion is inserted; and

a conductor that is sandwiched between the female part and the male part and is electrically connected to the terminal electrode by the female part, wherein
the conductor is secured by swaging the hole portion of the male part, and the female part with the hole portions is provided between the conductor and the terminal electrode.

2. A terminal connection structure comprising:
a terminal electrode provided on an electronic component;
a male part that includes a plurality of shaft portions in which a hole portion is provided;
a female part that includes a hole portion into which the shaft portion is inserted; and
a conductor that is sandwiched between the female part and the male part and is electrically connected to the terminal electrode by the male part, wherein
the conductor is secured by swaging the hole portions of the male part.

3. The terminal connection structure according to claim 1 , wherein
the male part includes a base portion having a circular cross-sectional shape and the shaft portion disposed vertically on the base portion and having a circular cross-sectional shape with a smaller diameter than a diameter of a cross section of the base portion.

4. The terminal connection structure according to claim 1 , wherein the male part includes a base portion having a horizontally elongated cross-sectional shape and a plurality of the shaft portions each of which is formed into a circular cross-sectional shape and is disposed vertically on the base portion.

5. The terminal connection structure according to claim 2 , wherein the shaft portions of the male part are inserted into a plurality of the female parts.

6. The terminal connection structure according to claim 2 , wherein the female part includes a plurality of the hole portions.

7. The terminal connection structure according to claim 1 , further comprising a fastening member that is inserted into the male part to secure the conductor to the electronic component.

8. The terminal connection structure according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal electrode is L-shaped.

9. The terminal connection structure according to claim 2 , wherein the male part includes a base portion having a horizontally elongated cross-sectional shape and a plurality of the shaft portions each of which is formed into a circular cross-sectional shape and is disposed vertically on the base portion.

10. The terminal connection structure according to claim 2 , further comprising a fastening member that is inserted into the male part to secure the conductor to the electronic component.

11. The terminal connection structure according to claim 2 , wherein the terminal electrode is L-shaped.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• TAKABAYASHI Hirokazu

Classifications

• H01R4/34

  Conductive members located under head of screw · CPC title

• H01R4/308 Primary

  Conductive members located parallel to axis of screw · CPC title

• H01R4/06

  Riveted connections (by explosion H01R4/08) · CPC title

• H01R4/58

  characterised by the form or material of the contacting members (H01R4/01 takes precedence) · CPC title