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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yoshikiyo Watanabe, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., , US;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361760 ; 361773 ; 361774 ; 174 524 ; 439876 ;
Abstract
A terminal mounting structure for a printed circuit board according to the present invention comprises a printed circuit board having a wiring pattern and a slit formed in an end face of the board and a terminal connected to the wiring pattern on the board, the terminal being provided with a holding portion having first and second clamp pieces and a connection piece for connection between both clamp pieces, the connection piece being inserted into the slit formed in the printed circuit board to position the terminal with respect to the printed circuit board, and the first and second clamp pieces being connected to the wiring pattern.