IP Library Granted Patent US 12,484,163
Granted Patent B2
US 12,484,163 · App. 18/449,535 · Granted Nov 25, 2025

Electric device

Inventor: Susumu Miyata (Anjo, JP)
Assignee: DENSO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
H05K5/0069H05K1/181H05K5/0217H05K5/0247
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Patent No.
US 12,484,163
App. No.
18/449,535
Granted
Nov 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electric device includes an electric board having a board hole, a housing accommodating the electric board, a shaft portion disposed in the housing and inserted into the board hole, a recessed portion disposed in the housing, and a bonding portion. The bonding portion is interposed between the shaft portion and the recessed portion and between the recessed portion and a hole peripheral portion of the electric board that forms a peripheral edge of the board hole, and bonds the shaft portion, the hole peripheral portion, and the recessed portion. The board hole has a size such that a radial gap is provided between the hole peripheral portion of the electric board and the shaft portion.

Claims (56)

1 . An electric device comprising:

an electric board having a board hole;

a housing accommodating the electric board;

a shaft portion disposed in the housing and having a tip end and a base end, the base end fixed to the housing, the shaft portion being inserted into the board hole;

a recessed portion disposed in the housing, fixed to the housing, and having a recess that is recessed so as to face the tip end of the shaft portion; and

a bonding portion interposed between a hole peripheral portion that forms a peripheral edge of the board hole of the electric board and the recessed portion and between the shaft portion and the recessed portion, formed of an adhesive, and bonding the shaft portion, the hole peripheral portion, and the recessed portion, wherein

the board hole has a size such that a gap is provided between the hole peripheral portion and the shaft portion.

2 . The electric device according to claim 1 , wherein

the bonding portion has elasticity and is softer than the shaft portion and the recessed portion.

3 . The electric device according to claim 1 , wherein

the recessed portion is disposed apart from the shaft portion and the hole peripheral portion, and

the bonding portion is disposed so as to fill the gap between the hole peripheral portion and the recessed portion and a gap between the shaft portion and the recessed portion.

4 . The electric device according to claim 1 , wherein

the housing includes a base to which the base end of the shaft portion is fixed, and a one-side cover that is disposed on one side in an axial direction of the shaft portion with respect to the base and to which the recessed portion is fixed,

the recessed portion is disposed on the one side in the axial direction with respect to the electric board and the shaft portion,

the one-side cover has a cover peripheral edge portion at a peripheral edge of the one-side cover,

the base has a base peripheral edge portion at a peripheral edge of the base, and

the cover peripheral edge portion and the base peripheral edge portion are bonded to each other such that a boundary between the one-side cover and the base is sealed.

5 . The electric device according to claim 4 , wherein

the recess of the recessed portion is recessed toward the one side in the axial direction,

the cover peripheral edge portion has a groove that is recessed toward the one side in the axial direction, and

the base peripheral edge portion has a groove insertion portion inserted into the groove of the cover peripheral edge portion and bonded to the cover peripheral edge portion.

6 . The electric device according to claim 1 , wherein

the housing includes a facing portion that faces one surface of the electric board and extends along the one surface, and

the facing portion is bonded to the one surface.

7 . The electric device according to claim 4 , wherein

the electric board has one surface provided on the one side in the axial direction, and

the one-side cover has a facing portion that faces the one surface, extends along the one surface, and is bonded to the one surface.

8 . The electric device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a driving unit disposed in the housing; and

a terminal configured to electrically connect the electric board and an outside of the housing, wherein

the electric board has a circuit configured to drive the driving unit,

the terminal includes a terminal protruding portion exposed from an inner wall surface of the housing and protruding toward the electric board, and

the terminal is connected to the electric board at a tip end of the terminal protruding portion.

9 . The electric device according to claim 8 , wherein

the terminal includes a terminal bent portion between a portion penetrating the housing and the terminal protruding portion, and

the terminal bent portion is exposed from the inner wall surface of the housing.

10 . The electric device according to claim 8 , further comprising

a terminal metal element configured to electrically connect the driving unit and the electric board, wherein

the terminal metal element includes a terminal metal element protruding portion exposed from a frame that supports the driving unit and protruding toward the electric board,

the terminal metal element is connected to the electric board at a tip end of the terminal metal element protruding portion, and

the terminal metal element protruding portion is longer than the terminal protruding portion.

11 . The electric device according to claim 10 , wherein

the terminal metal element includes a terminal metal element bent portion between an end portion electrically connected to the driving unit and the terminal metal element protruding portion, and

the terminal metal element protruding portion protrudes toward the electric board by the terminal metal element bent portion.

12 . The electric device according to claim 8 , further comprising

a first board attachment portion and a second board attachment portion disposed in the housing, wherein

the shaft portion includes a plurality of shaft portions, the recessed portion includes a plurality of recessed portions, the board hole includes a plurality of board holes, the hole peripheral portion includes a plurality of hole peripheral portions, and the bonding portion includes a plurality of bonding portions,

the first board attachment portion is disposed between a first shaft portion included in the plurality of shaft portions and the housing, and fixes the first shaft portion to the housing, and

the second board attachment portion is disposed between a second shaft portion included in the plurality of shaft portions and the housing, fixes the second shaft portion to the housing, is disposed at a position farther from a connection portion between the terminal and the electric board than the first board attachment portion, and has higher flexibility than the first board attachment portion.

13 . The electric device according to claim 12 , wherein

the first board attachment portion protrudes from a partition wall formed inside the housing and is connected to the inner wall surface of the housing by a connection portion protruding from a side surface of the first board attachment portion.

14 . The electric device according to claim 12 , wherein

the second board attachment portion protrudes from a partition wall formed inside the housing and is apart from the inner wall surface of the housing.

15 . The electric device according to claim 8 , wherein

the driving unit is configured to vibrate a diaphragm of a sounding body to generate sound.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2023
From: MIYATA, SUSUMU
To: DENSO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064582/0642 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-119545 · Jul 20, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2022027400 · Jul 12, 2022
Related Publication 20230389196A1 · Nov 30, 2023
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