IP Library Granted Patent US 12,225,675
Granted Patent B2
US 12,225,675 · App. 18/022,752 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Connection structure

Inventors: Yasushige Mukunoki (Tokyo, JP); Takeshi Horiguchi (Tokyo, JP); Hiroki Shigeta (Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION; TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
H05K7/1407H05K1/0215H05K9/0007H05K7/1432
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Patent No.
US 12,225,675
App. No.
18/022,752
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A connection structure includes a circuit board, an insulating member, a housing, and a conductive wire. The insulating member includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is fixed to the circuit board. The second portion faces the first portion. The second portion is fixed to the housing. The housing includes a grounded contact. The conductive wire electrically connects the circuit board and the housing while being wound around the insulating member. A shortest distance along a surface of the housing from a position where the conductive wire and the housing are connected to the contact is shorter than a shortest distance along a surface of the housing from the second portion of the insulating member to the contact.

Claims (30)

1. A connection structure comprising:

a circuit board;

an insulating member to include a first portion fixed to the circuit board and a second portion facing the first portion;

a housing to which the second portion is fixed, the housing including a contact that is grounded; and

a conductive wire to electrically connect the circuit board and the housing while being wound around the insulating member,

wherein a shortest distance along a surface of the housing from a position where the conductive wire and the housing are connected to the contact is shorter than a shortest distance along a surface of the housing from the second portion of the insulating member to the contact.

2. The connection structure according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first fastening body;

a second fastening body;

a third fastening body; and

a fourth fastening body,

wherein the conductive wire includes a first end electrically connected to the circuit board and a second end electrically connected to the housing,

the first fastening body fixes the first portion and the circuit board,

the second fastening body fixes the second portion and the housing,

the third fastening body fixes the first end and the circuit board, and

the fourth fastening body fixes the second end and the housing.

3. The connection structure according to claim 2 , wherein a first screw hole is made in the first portion,

a second screw hole is made in the second portion,

the first fastening body is a first screw to be screwed into the first screw hole, and

the second fastening body is a second screw to be screwed into the second screw hole.

4. The connection structure according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating member includes a groove provided over an entire circumference of an outer periphery, and

the conductive wire is wound around the insulating member along the groove.

5. The connection structure according to claim 4 , wherein the conductive wire is wound around the groove in a multiple manner.

6. The connection structure according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one coupling body that is a magnetic material,

wherein the insulating member includes a plurality of insulating portions laminated from the circuit board toward the housing,

the at least one coupling body is disposed inside the plurality of insulating portions,

adjacent insulating portions among the plurality of insulating portions are connected to each other by the at least one coupling body, and

the conductive wire is wound around the plurality of insulating portions around the at least one coupling body.

7. The connection structure according to claim 6 , wherein the conductive wire is wound around at least one of the plurality of insulating portions in a multiple manner.

8. The connection structure according to claim 6 , wherein the conductive wire is wound around the plurality of insulating portions in a multiple manner around the at least one coupling body.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 26, 2024
From: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
To: TMEIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067244/0359 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 23, 2023
From: MUKUNOKI, YASUSHIGE; HORIGUCHI, TAKESHI; SHIGETA, HIROKI
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION; TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062776/0836 →
Continuity (1)
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