IP Library Granted Patent US 11,309,643
Granted Patent B2
US 11,309,643 · App. 17/038,712 · Granted Apr 19, 2022

Substrate connecting structure

Inventors: Masato Oda (Okazaki, JP); Yuto Sato (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
H01R12/523H01R12/58H01R13/05H05K5/0069H02K5/225H02K11/33
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,309,643
App. No.
17/038,712
Granted
Apr 19, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A substrate connecting structure includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, and a terminal through which electricity is supplied to the first substrate and the second substrate. The terminal has a first substrate connecting part that is connected to the first substrate from a side opposite from the second substrate, and a second substrate connecting part that is provided by splitting from the first substrate connecting part at an intermediate point in the terminal and connected to the second substrate by extending contactlessly through the first substrate from the side opposite from the second substrate toward the second substrate.

Claims (15)

1. A substrate connecting structure comprising:

a first substrate;

a second substrate facing the first substrate; and

a terminal through which electricity is supplied to the first substrate and the second substrate, the terminal including:

a first substrate connecting part that is connected to the first substrate from a side of the first substrate that is opposite from the second substrate,

a second substrate connecting part that is formed by splitting from the first substrate connecting part at an intermediate point in the terminal and connected to the second substrate by extending contactlessly through the first substrate from the side opposite from the second substrate toward the second substrate,

a connector connecting part, and

a coupling part that couples together the connector connecting part, the first substrate connecting part, and the second substrate connecting part, and the first substrate connecting part and the second substrate connecting part are orthogonal to the coupling part and extend in a direction that is opposite from a direction that the connector connecting part extends.

2. The substrate connecting structure according to claim 1 , wherein the first substrate connecting part and the second substrate connecting part extend along a direction in which the first substrate and the second substrate face each other.

3. The substrate connecting structure according to claim 1 , wherein, among the first substrate connecting part and the second substrate connecting part, at least the first substrate connecting part is provided with a low-rigidity portion.

4. The substrate connecting structure according to claim 3 , wherein:

a width of the first substrate connecting part connected to the first substrate is smaller than a width of the second substrate connecting part connected to the second substrate; and

the first substrate connecting part is provided with, as the low-rigidity portion, a serpentine portion that is a portion alternately extending in a serpentine shape in opposite directions.

5. The substrate connecting structure according to claim 3 , wherein the second substrate connecting part is also provided with a low-rigidity portion, which is a small-width portion that is a portion at which a width of the second substrate connecting part is set smaller than a remainder of the second substrate connecting part.

6. The substrate connecting structure according to claim 1 , wherein the first substrate controls power supply to an electric device, while the second substrate supplies electricity to the electric device under control by the first substrate.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 18, 2022
From: JTEKT CORPORATION
To: JTEKT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059230/0125 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 12, 2021
From: ODA, MASATO; SATO, YUTO
To: JTEKT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054890/0029 →