IP Library Granted Patent US 9,072,189
Granted Patent B2
US 9,072,189 · App. 13/983,832 · Granted Jun 30, 2015

Substrate unit

Inventors: Hajime Kosugi (Okazaki, JP); Ken Asakura (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H05K7/12H05K7/1432H05K7/1417H05K9/0067
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Patent No.
US 9,072,189
App. No.
13/983,832
Granted
Jun 30, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A substrate unit includes a conductive case, an insulating case arranged in the conductive case, a first screw member having conductivity, arranged in the conductive case and fixing the insulating case to an inner wall surface of the conductive case, a circuit substrate provided opposite to the inner wall surface with respect to the insulating case and fixed to the insulating case, and a second screw member having conductivity and fixing the circuit substrate to the insulating case. The first screw member and the second screw member are screwed in toward the inner wall surface. The first screw member and the second screw member are spaced from each other. The first screw member and the second screw member are connected to each other with a connecting member having conductivity.

Claims (25)

1. A substrate unit comprising:

a conductive case having conductivity;

an insulating case arranged in said conductive case;

a first screw member having conductivity, arranged in said conductive case and fixing said insulating case to an inner wall surface of said conductive case;

a circuit substrate provided opposite to said inner wall surface with respect to said insulating case and fixed to said insulating case; and

a second screw member having conductivity and fixing said circuit substrate to said insulating case,

said first screw member and said second screw member being screwed in toward said inner wall surface, when said first screw member and said second screw member are seen from a position away from said inner wall surface in a direction that said inner wall surface and said insulating case are arranged, said first screw member and said second screw member being spaced from each other, and

said first screw member and said second screw member being connected to each other with a connecting member having conductivity.

2. The substrate unit according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a cooler arranged between said inner wall surface of said conductive case and said insulating case; and

an element arranged in said insulating case, wherein

said insulating case includes a projecting part projecting from an outer circumference of said cooler,

said first screw member is provided in said projecting part, and

said second screw member is arranged opposite to said cooler with respect to said insulating case.

3. The substrate unit according to claim 2 , wherein said connecting member penetrates said insulating case, and includes a pipe member having conductivity with said second screw member provided at one end, a third screw member having conductivity and provided at the other end of said pipe member, and a connecting part having conductivity, fixed to the other end of said pipe member with said third screw member and connected to said first screw member.

4. The substrate unit according to claim 3 , wherein

said first screw member, said second screw member and said third screw member are bolts,

a first screw portion threadedly engaged with said second screw member and a second screw portion threadedly engaged with said third screw member are formed in an inner circumferential surface of said pipe member,

said circuit substrate is held between said second screw member and the one end of said pipe member, and

said connecting part is held between said third screw member and the other end of said pipe member.

5. The substrate unit according to claim 4 , wherein

said first screw member includes a bolt head and a shaft part formed to protrude from said bolt head and having a screw portion formed on a surface thereof,

said substrate unit further comprising a collar pipe arranged between the bolt head of said first screw member and said connecting part, the shaft part of said first screw member being inserted through said collar pipe, wherein

said connecting part is disposed between said collar pipe and said third screw member.

6. The substrate unit according to claim 1 , wherein a bolt diameter of said first screw member is larger than the bolt diameter of said second screw member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2013
From: KOSUGI, HAJIME; ASAKURA, KEN
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130308257A1 · Nov 21, 2013