Maintaining member, module, and electronic apparatus

• US 9,052,220 B2
• Filed: 05/23/2012
• Issued: 06/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Sakuma, Masayasu, Kobayashi, Yoshihiro, Kitamura, Shojiro, Chino, Taketo, Ogami, Michiharu
• Primary Examiner(s): Gandhi, Jayprakash N
• Assistant Examiner(s): MATEY, MICHAEL A
• Application Number:
  US13/478,694
• Publication Number:
  US 20120307459A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,112 Days
• Field of Search: 361/715, 361/728, 361/730, 361/736, 361/683, 361/679.34, 361/600, 361/622, 361/749, 361/753, 361/807, 361/809, 361/810, 361/741, 361/679.33, 361/679.01, 738/55, 734/31, 248/309.1, 248/638
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 11/30 Supports specially adapted for an instrument; Supports specially adapted for a set of instruments

Abstract

A maintaining member includes alignment portions that determine a maintaining position of a module, in which each of the alignment portions has a mounting face to fix the module. When the maintaining member is partitioned into a first region to a fourth region by a first axis and a second axis that are orthogonal to each other in plan view with respect to the center of the maintaining member, the alignment portions are provided at the regions one by one.

Claims

1. A maintaining member that maintains a module, the maintaining member comprising:

at least a pair of alignment portions that determine a maintaining position of the module,

wherein at least one of the alignment portions is provided with a concave portion, and the other of the at least one alignment portions is provided with a fixing portion, and the at least one of the alignment portions make up at least a part of the side walls of the concave portion;

wherein each alignment portions has a mounting face to fix the module,

wherein the respective mounting faces of the alignment portions are flush with each other,

wherein a protruding portion is provided to one side of the mounting face of the alignment portions or the module, and a hole portion is provided to the other side thereof, and the protruding portion and the hole portion engage with each other,

when the maintaining member is partitioned into a first region to a fourth region by a first axis and a second axis that are orthogonal to each other in plan view with respect to a center of the maintaining member, the first region and the second region are present at positions that are point-symmetrical to each other with respect to the center, and

the alignment portions having the concave portions are disposed at the first region and the second region, respectively, and the alignment portions having the fixing portions are disposed at the third and fourth region respectively,

wherein the maintaining member further includes a plurality of side faces, and at least one of the alignment portions is positioned at an intersection of two of the plurality of side faces.

2. The maintaining member according to claim 1, wherein the mounting face of the alignment portions is lower than an opening face of the concave portion.

3. The maintaining member according to claim 1, wherein the third region and the fourth region are present at positions that are point-symmetrical to each other with respect to the center.

4. The maintaining member according to claim 1,

wherein the maintaining member is provided with a filler on a face side in which the alignment portions are provided.

5. The maintaining member according to claim 1, wherein the fixing portion of the maintaining member is provided to fix the maintaining member to an object.

6. A sensor module, comprising:

a module; and

a maintaining member that maintains the module,

wherein the maintaining member includes at least a pair of alignment portions that determine a maintaining position of the module,

wherein at least one of the alignment portions is provided with a concave portion, and the other of the at least one alignment portion is provided with a fixing portion, and the alignment portions make up at least a part of the side walls of the concave portion;

each of the alignment portions has a mounting face to fix the module,

wherein the respective mounting faces of the alignment portions are flush with each other,

wherein a protruding portion is provided to one side of the mounting face of the alignment portions or the module, and a hole portion is provided to the other side thereof, and the protruding portion and the hole portion engage with each other,

when the maintaining member is partitioned into a first region to a fourth region by a first axis and a second axis that are orthogonal to each other in plan view with respect to a center of the maintaining member, the first region and the second region are present at positions that are point-symmetrical to each other with respect to the center,

the alignment portions having the concave portions are disposed at the first region and the second region, respectively, and the alignment portions having the fixing portions are disposed at the third and fourth region respectively, and

the module is maintained on the mounting faces,

wherein the maintaining member further includes a plurality of side faces, and at least one of the alignment portions is positioned at an intersection of two of the plurality of side faces.

7. The sensor module according to claim 6, wherein the module is provided with an electronic component on the maintaining member side, and at least a part of the electronic component is accommodated in the concave portion.

8. The sensor module according to claim 6, wherein the third region and the fourth region are present at positions that are point-symmetrical to each other with respect to the center.

9. The sensor module according to claim 6, wherein the maintaining member is provided with a filler on a face side in which the alignment portion is provided, and the maintaining member and the module are bonded with the filler.

10. The sensor module according to claim 6, wherein a plurality of physical quantity sensors in which detection axes intersect each other is mounted in the module.

11. The sensor module according to claim 6, wherein the fixing portion of the at least one alignment is portion provided to fix the maintaining member to an object.

12. The sensor module according to claim 6, further comprising:

a cover member that covers the module and is fixed to the maintaining member.

13. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

the sensor module according to claim 6.