Board for the attachment of electronic parts

• US 8,226,145 B2
• Filed: 07/30/2009
• Issued: 07/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation), Yazaki Corporation
• Original Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation), Yazaki Corporation
• Inventors: Tsukamoto, Masashi, Kasuya, Masahiro, Nagata, Hidetoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Edmonds, Lisa Lea
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cunningham, Xanthia C
• Application Number:
  US12/512,327
• Publication Number:
  US 20100027232A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,090 Days
• Field of Search: 361/807, 361/808, 361/748, 361/747, 361/732, 361/740, 361/719, 361/720, 361/736, 361/749, 296/63, 296/68.1, 296/65.13, 296/37.14, 296/37.15, 296/65.09
• US Class Current: 296/37.15
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0264 characterised by the type of electrical connection, e.g. wiring, plugs or USB
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0215 Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor

Abstract

The present invention is a board for attachment of electronic parts to be assembled to a lower part of a seat. The board comprising a board body containing a resin. It is preferred that the board body includes vegetable fiber. It is preferred that the board body has a depressed portion formed therein for storing electronic parts. It is preferred that at least the depressed portion of the board body for storing a control board as the electronic parts has electric conductivity.

Claims

1. A board for attachment of electronic parts to be assembled to a lower part of a seat, the board comprising:

a board body containing a resin, the board body having an electronics depressed portion formed therein that stores electronic parts, the board body having a wire depressed portion formed therein that stores a wire harness, and the board body having a boxed-shaped depressed portion that is formed into a box shape that includes both a bottom wall and a peripheral wall that rises from a peripheral edge of the bottom wall,

wherein at least the electronics depressed portion of the board body, that stores a control board as the electronic parts, is electrically conductive.

2. The board according to claim 1, wherein the board body contains a vegetable fiber.

3. The board according to claim 2, wherein a contact portion that contacts a grounding pattern portion of the control board is formed in the electronics depressed portion.

4. The board according to claim 3, wherein the electronics depressed portion contains a vegetable fiber subjected to metal plating.

5. The board according to claim 4, wherein the metal plating is copper plating and nickel plating.

6. The board according to claim 5, further comprising a metal bracket which is attached to the board body and is connected to a seat rail that constitutes the seat.

7. The board according to claim 6, wherein the metal bracket is attached to the board body so as to extend from one end to the other end of the board body.

8. The board according to claim 7, wherein the metal bracket is provided with a locking portion that locks, by relative movement between the metal bracket and the seat rail, to a locked portion formed in the seat rail.

9. The board according to claim 7, wherein the metal bracket is provided with a locking portion that locks, by relative movement between the metal bracket and the seat rail, to a locked portion formed in the seat rail.

10. The board according claim 2, further comprising a metal bracket which is attached to the board body and is connected to a seat rail that constitutes the seat.

11. The board according to claim 10, wherein the metal bracket is attached to the board body so as to extend from one end to the other end of the board body.

12. The board according to claim 11, wherein the metal bracket is provided with a locking portion that locks, by relative movement between the metal bracket and the seat rail, to a locked portion formed in the seat rail.

13. The board according to claim 10, wherein the metal bracket is provided with a locking portion that locks, by relative movement between the metal bracket and the seat rail, to a locked portion formed in the seat rail.

14. The board according to claim 1, wherein the electronics depressed portion contains a vegetable fiber subjected to metal plating.

15. The board according to claim 14, wherein the metal plating is copper plating and nickel plating.