Electronic component

• US 9,320,162 B2
• Filed: 08/11/2015
• Issued: 04/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Inventors: Kawamura, Yukihiro, Yamada, Hiroaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Ngo, Hung V
• Application Number:
  US14/823,103
• Publication Number:
  US 20160050777A1
• Time in Patent Office: 252 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2050/049 Assembling or mounting multiple relays in one common housing
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2085/208 specially adapted for vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 50/048 Plug-in mounting or sockets
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 50/14 Terminal arrangements for coils H01H50/443
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 50/443 Connections to coils
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0217 Mechanical details of casings covers, lids, hoods or members for covering apertures H05K5/03
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0247 Electrical details of casings, e.g. terminals, passages for cables or wiring
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0256 of interchangeable modules or receptacles therefor, e.g. cartridge mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0286 Receptacles therefor, e.g. card slots, module sockets, card groundings

Abstract

An electronic component includes a housing formed to have a box shape, and a terminal derived from inside to outside of the housing to be exposed and extending along a wall surface of the housing. The housing includes a pair of projecting portions formed by causing both external ends of end portions in an end surface on a side where the terminal is derived to project beyond the terminal. The external ends are external ends in a width direction crossing an extending direction in which the terminal extends. The end portions are located on a deriving source side in the extending direction. The terminal has an exposed portion that is located on an imaginary plane, or closer to the wall surface than the imaginary plane is. The imaginary plane includes a pair of corner portions of the wall surface facing the terminal and end portions of the projecting portions.

Claims

1. An electronic component comprising:

a housing formed to have a box shape; and

a terminal derived from inside to outside of the housing to be exposed and extending along a wall surface of the housing;

wherein

the housing includes a pair of projecting portions formed by causing both external ends of end portions in an end surface on a side where the terminal is derived to project beyond the terminal, the external ends are external ends in a width direction crossing an extending direction in which the terminal extends, the end portions are located on a deriving source side in the extending direction,

the terminal has an exposed portion which is located on an imaginary plane, or closer to the wall surface than the imaginary plane is, the imaginary plane includes a pair of corner portions of the wall surface facing the terminal and end portions of the projecting portions, the corner portions are located on a distal end side in the extending direction of the terminal and at both external ends in the width direction, and the end portions are located on a drawing side of the terminal, on the corner portions side, and on an external end side in the width direction.

2. The electronic component according to claim 1, wherein

a distal end position of the terminal in the extending direction is located on the imaginary plane, or located closer to the wall surface than the imaginary plane is.

3. The electronic component according to claim 2, wherein

the housing includes a plate-like portion connecting the projecting portions, and

the projecting portions have a larger length in the extending direction than a length of the plate-like portion.

4. The electronic component according to claim 2, wherein

the terminal is located inner than outermost positions in the width direction of the wall surface facing the terminal.

5. The electronic component according to claim 2, wherein

the imaginary plane is a plane on one side of which the whole housing is located with the imaginary plane serving as a boundary.

6. The electronic component according to claim 1, wherein

the housing includes a plate-like portion connecting the projecting portions, and

the projecting portions have a larger length in the extending direction than a length of the plate-like portion.

7. The electronic component according to claim 6, wherein

the terminal is located inner than outermost positions in the width direction of the wall surface facing the terminal.

8. The electronic component according to claim 6, wherein

the imaginary plane is a plane on one side of which the whole housing is located with the imaginary plane serving as a boundary.

9. The electronic component according to claim 1, wherein

the terminal is located inner than outermost positions in the width direction of the wall surface facing the terminal.

10. The electronic component according to claim 1, wherein

the imaginary plane is a plane on one side of which the whole housing is located with the imaginary plane serving as a boundary.

11. The electronic component according to claim 9, wherein

the imaginary plane is a plane on one side of which the whole housing is located with the imaginary plane serving as a boundary.

12. An electronic component comprising:

a housing formed to have a box shape; and

a terminal derived from inside to outside of the housing to be exposed and extending along a wall surface of the housing;

wherein

the housing includes a pair of projecting portions formed by causing both external ends of end portions in an end surface on a side where the terminal is derived to project beyond the terminal, the external ends are external ends in a width direction crossing an extending direction in which the terminal extends, the end portions are located on a deriving source side in the extending direction,

the terminal has an exposed portion which is located on an imaginary plane, or closer to the wall surface than the imaginary plane is, the imaginary plane includes a pair of corner portions of the wall surface facing the terminal and corner portions of the projecting portions, the corner portions of the wall surface are located on a distal end side in the extending direction of the terminal and at both external ends in the width direction, and the imaginary plane is a plane on one side of which the whole housing is located with the plane serving as a boundary.