Electronic component assembly structure and electronic component

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9984842-B2
Application number	US-201514870700-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2015
Priority date	Apr 12, 2013
Publication date	May 29, 2018
Grant date	May 29, 2018

Abstract

An electronic component including a component main body and a plurality of lead terminals is inserted and accommodated in a housing member, the lead terminals are brought into contact with a plurality of terminal fittings held in the housing member. The lead terminals are formed such that at least one of the number of lead terminals on each side surface before and after the reversing, a distance between the contact portion and the side surface of the component main body facing the contact portion, and a width dimension in a direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the contact portion differs, when the component main body is rotated at 180 degrees to reverse the positions of the pair of opposite side surfaces of the component main body. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent improper assembly of an electronic component.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic component assembly structure comprising:
an electronic component configured to include a component main body having a rectangular parallelepiped shape and a plurality of lead terminals;
a housing member in which the electronic component is inserted and accommodated; and
a plurality of terminal fittings configured to be held in the housing member and to which the lead terminals are inserted and fitted, respectively, wherein
each of the lead terminals includes a plate-like base end protruding from one of a pair of opposite side surfaces of the component main body and a plate-like contact portion extending from the base end and drooping along one of the opposite side surfaces of the component main body,
height positions of tips of the contact portions are set to a height position above a bottom surface of the component main body, and
a width dimension in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the contact portion of the lead terminal disposed on the first side surface is different from the width dimension of the lead terminal disposed on the second side surface, and the width dimensions of each of the lead terminals disposed on the same side surface are equal to each other, and

the electronic component is inserted and accommodated in the housing member, the plurality of lead terminals come in contact with the plurality of terminal fittings, respectively, and the electronic component is assembled into the housing member.

2. An electronic component comprising:
a component main body having a rectangular parallelepiped shape; and
a plurality of lead terminals configured to be disposed to face a pair of opposite side surfaces of the component main body, wherein
each of the lead terminals includes a plate-like base end protruding from one of a pair of opposite side surfaces of the component main body and a plate-like contact portion extending from the base end and drooping along one of the opposite side surfaces of the component main body,
the contact portions are configured to be fitted to terminal fittings held in a housing member accommodating the electric component,
height positions of tips of the contact portions are set to a height position above a bottom surface of the component main body, and
the number of lead terminals on each side surface of the pair of opposite side surfaces differs,
a distance between the contact portion of the lead terminal disposed on a first side surface of the pair of opposite side surfaces and the first side surface differs from a distance between the contact portion of the lead terminal disposed on a second side surface of the pair of opposite side surfaces and the second side surface.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Kawamura Yukihiro

Classifications

• H01R13/4223

  comprising integral flexible contact retaining fingers · CPC title

• H01R13/642 Primary

  by position or shape of contact members · CPC title

• H01H45/02

  Bases; Casings; Covers (frames for mounting two or more relays or for mounting a relay and another electric component H02B1/01, H04Q1/08, H05K) · CPC title

• H01H50/047

  Details concerning mounting a relays · CPC title

• H01R13/518

  for holding or embracing several coupling parts, e.g. frames · CPC title