IP Library Granted Patent US 10,939,585
Granted Patent B2
US 10,939,585 · App. 15/960,729 · Granted Mar 2, 2021

Fixing structure of electronic component

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Patent No.
US 10,939,585
App. No.
15/960,729
Granted
Mar 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic component unit includes a heatsink, a substrate on which electronic component is installed, a fixing metal fitting that fixes the electronic component and the substrate to the heatsink, and a fastening member that fixes the fixing metal fitting to the heatsink, and the heatsink includes a body portion, and a fixing portion that is projecting from the body portion toward the substrate side and to which the fixing metal fitting is fixed, and the substrate includes a through-hole that the fixing portion penetrates through, and the fixing metal fitting includes a base portion that contacts the fixing portion and is fixed to the fixing portion by the fastening member, and a pressing portion that extends from one end of the base portion, elastically deforms with respect to the base portion, and presses the electronic component toward the substrate side.

Claims (32)

1. A fixing structure of at least one electronic component, comprising:

a heatsink;

a substrate on which the at least one electronic component is disposed;

a fixing metal fitting that fixes the at least one electronic component and the substrate to the heatsink; and

a fastening member that fixes the fixing metal fitting to the heatsink, wherein

the heatsink includes a body portion, and a fixing portion integrally formed on and inseparable from the body portion and projecting toward a substrate side and to which the fixing metal fitting is fixed,

the fixing portion of the heat sink includes an opening to receive the fastening member,

the substrate includes a through-hole through which the fixing portion penetrates in a state in which the substrate is placed on the body portion,

the fixing metal fitting includes a base portion that contacts the fixing portion and is fixed to the fixing portion by the fastening member, and a pressing portion that extends from one end of the base portion, elastically deforms with respect to the base portion, and presses the at least one electronic component toward the substrate side,

and out of a surface on the base portion side of the fixing portion and a surface on the fixing portion side of the base portion, a projecting portion is formed on either one of the surfaces and a recessed portion to which the projecting portion fits is formed on the other surface.

2. The fixing structure of the electronic component according to claim 1 , wherein

the at least one electronic component includes at least one set of electronic components corresponding to the through-hole in the substrate, and

the pressing portion includes a set of pressing portions corresponding to the at least one set of electronic components.

3. The fixing structure of the electronic component according to claim 1 , wherein

the fixing portion has a rotation regulating shape that regulates rotation of the substrate with respect to the fixing portion, in a state in which the through-hole is penetrated.

4. The fixing structure of the electronic component according to claim 2 , wherein

the fixing portion has a rotation regulating shape that regulates rotation of the substrate with respect to the fixing portion, in a state in which the through-hole is penetrated.

5. The fixing structure of the electronic component according to claim 1 , wherein the base portion of the fixing metal fitting directly contacts the fixing portion.

6. The fixing structure of the electronic component according to claim 2 , wherein the base portion of the fixing metal fitting directly contacts the fixing portion.

7. A fixing structure of at least one electronic component, comprising:

a heatsink;

a substrate on which the at least one electronic component is disposed;

a fixing metal fitting that fixes the at least one electronic component and the substrate to the heatsink; and

a fastening member that fixes the fixing metal fitting to the heatsink, wherein

the heatsink includes a body portion, and a fixing portion integrally formed on and inseparable from the body portion and projecting toward a substrate side and to which the fixing metal fitting is fixed,

the fixing portion of the heat sink includes an opening to receive the fastening member,

the substrate includes a through-hole through which the fixing portion penetrates in a state in which the substrate is placed on the body portion, and

the fixing metal fitting includes a base portion and a pressing portion that extends from one end of the base portion,

wherein the base portion comprises a first opening and the fixing portion comprises a second opening,

wherein the fastening member is provided through the first opening and the second opening to fix the fixing metal fitting to the heatsink,

wherein the pressing portion presses the at least one electronic component toward the substrate side,

and out of a surface on the base portion side of the fixing portion and a surface on the fixing portion side of the base portion, a projecting portion is formed on either one of the surfaces and a recessed portion to which the projecting portion fits is formed on the other surface.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 24, 2018
From: CHIDA, CHIAKI; ENOMOTO, MICHITO
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 045620/0197 →