MOUNTING STRUCTURE

• US 20080106873A1
• Filed: 11/06/2007
• Published: 05/08/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: Okuya, Hisayoshi
• Granted Patent: US 7,916,489 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/748
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 7/042 by electrical means, e.g. using travel or force sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 11/245 Housings for sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 5/145 influenced by the relative movement between the Hall device and magnetic fields see G01R33/06
• CPC Class Codes: G05G 1/38 comprising means to continuously detect pedal position
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10166 Transistor
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10303 Pin-in-hole mounted pins
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10424 Frame holders
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 3/306 Lead-in-hole components, e.g. affixing or retention before soldering, spacing means H05K3/32 takes precedence

Abstract

According to an aspect of the present invention, a mounting structure includes a housing, an electronic component mounted at the housing, a pin-shaped terminal arranged upright at the housing, a circuit board having a mounting through-hole into which the in-shaped terminal is inserted, and a mounting support member positioned between the housing and the circuit board and fixed to the housing with the circuit board. In the mounting structure, the mounting support member includes a through-hole for positioning the pin-shaped terminal and an inclined guiding surface formed continuously with the through-hole for guiding a distal end of the pin-shaped terminal into the through-hole.

Claims

1. A mounting structure comprising:

a housing;

an electronic component mounted at the housing;

a pin-shaped terminal arranged upright at the housing;

a circuit board having a mounting through-hole into which the pin-shaped terminal is inserted; and

a mounting support member positioned between the housing and the circuit board and fixed to the housing with the circuit board, the mounting support member including a through-hole for positioning the pin-shaped terminal and an inclined guiding surface formed continuously with the through-hole for guiding a distal end of the pin-shaped terminal into the through-hole.

2. The mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the mounting support member includes a positioning portion engaged with a mounting tool and arranged upright at the housing and thereby positioning the mounting support member relative to the printed board.

3. The mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the electronic component includes a hall element, and the mounting support member includes a retaining portion for retaining a yoke member for compensating the magnetic flux to the housing.

4. The mounting structure according to claim 2, wherein the electronic component includes a hall element, and the mounting support member includes a retaining portion for retaining a yoke member for compensating the magnetic flux to the housing.

5. The mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the circuit board and the mounting support member are fixed to the housing with a thermal fixing portion formed on the housing by thermally melting the thermal fixing portion and thereby inclining the thermal fixing portion, and the circuit board includes a protruding portion arranged at a corresponding position of the mounting support member relative to the thermal fixing portion and protruding radially outwardly beyond the circuit board.

6. The mounting structure according to claim 2, wherein the circuit board and the mounting support member are fixed to the housing with a thermal fixing portion formed on the housing by thermally melting the thermal fixing portion and thereby inclining the thermal fixing portion, and the circuit board includes a protruding portion arranged at a corresponding position of the mounting support member relative to the thermal fixing portion and protruding radially outwardly beyond the circuit board.

7. The mounting structure according to claim 3, wherein the circuit board and the mounting support member are fixed to the housing with a thermal fixing portion formed on the housing by thermally melting the thermal fixing portion and thereby inclining the thermal fixing portion, and the circuit board includes a protruding portion arranged at a corresponding position of the mounting support member relative to the thermal fixing portion and protruding radially outwardly beyond the circuit board.

8. The mounting structure according to claim 4, wherein the circuit board and the mounting support member are fixed to the housing with a thermal fixing portion formed on the housing by thermally melting the thermal fixing portion and thereby inclining the thermal fixing portion, and the circuit board includes a protruding portion arranged at a corresponding position of the mounting support member relative to the thermal fixing portion and protruding radially outwardly beyond the circuit board.

9. The mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the housing is provided with a connector pin electrically connected to the electronic component, the circuit board is provided with the mounting through-hole, and the through-hole includes a throttle portion extending along the inserting direction of the pin-shaped terminal.

10. The mounting structure according to claim 2, wherein the housing is provided with a connector pin electrically connected to the electronic component, the circuit board is provided with the mounting through-hole, and the through-hole includes a throttle portion extending along the inserting direction of the pin-shaped terminal.

11. The mounting structure according to claim 3, wherein the housing is provided with a connector pin electrically connected to the electronic component, the circuit board is provided with the mounting through-hole, and the through-hole includes a throttle portion extending along the inserting direction of the pin-shaped terminal.

12. The mounting structure according to claim 4, wherein the housing is provided with a connector pin electrically connected to the electronic component, the circuit board is provided with the mounting through-hole, and the through-hole includes a throttle portion extending along the inserting direction of the pin-shaped terminal.

13. The mounting structure according to claim 5, wherein the housing is provided with a connector pin electrically connected to the electronic component, the circuit board is provided with the mounting through-hole, and the through-hole includes a throttle portion extending along the inserting direction of the pin-shaped terminal.

14. The mounting structure according to claim 6, wherein the housing is provided with a connector pin electrically connected to the electronic component, the circuit board is provided with the mounting through-hole, and the through-hole includes a throttle portion extending along the inserting direction of the pin-shaped terminal.

15. The mounting structure according to claim 7, wherein the housing is provided with a connector pin electrically connected to the electronic component, the circuit board is provided with the mounting through-hole, and the through-hole includes a throttle portion extending along the inserting direction of the pin-shaped terminal.

16. The mounting structure according to claim 8, wherein the housing is provided with a connector pin electrically connected to the electronic component, the circuit board is provided with the mounting through-hole, and the through-hole includes a throttle portion extending along the inserting direction of the pin-shaped terminal.

17. The mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the mounting support member is made of a resin member including carbon for forming an approximate blackbody.

18. The mounting structure according to claim 2, wherein the mounting support member is made of a resin member including carbon for forming an approximate blackbody.

19. The mounting structure according to claim 2, wherein the pin-shaped terminal of the connector pin is a plurality of pin-shaped terminals, and the hall element is a plurality of hall elements.

20. The mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the pin-shaped terminal is inserted into the through-hole so as to be oriented in an appropriate direction and to be placed at an appropriate position without being inclined.