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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2008
Tomohiro Sugiura, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroki Shiraiwa, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazuomi Kiyosue, Shizuoka, JP;
Akinori Nakashima, Shizuoka, JP;
Noriyoshi Yamazaki, Shizuoka, JP;
Minoru Umezaki, Shizuoka, JP;
Tomohiro Sugiura, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroki Shiraiwa, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazuomi Kiyosue, Shizuoka, JP;
Akinori Nakashima, Shizuoka, JP;
Noriyoshi Yamazaki, Shizuoka, JP;
Minoru Umezaki, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A plate-like terminal mounting structure is configured to attach a plurality of plate-like terminals in multiple tiers to a terminal holder for facilitated and effective positioning of the terminals in the terminal holder and prevention of undesirable impacts of the terminals upon a connection between the terminals and a circuit board. The terminal holder includes a plurality of ribs tapering toward their tips and parallel to each other. The terminal includes a recessed portions or holes for engaging the plate-like terminals with the ribs in a regular mounting position without gap left therebetween. The rib includes sloping surfaces on its four sides (front, rear, right, and left sides). The terminal holder includes a partition wall separating the terminals from each other, the partition wall being in one piece with the ribs. The plate-like terminals are arranged in multiple tiers in a height direction of the ribs. The recessed portion or the hole of the terminal in a lower tier is large, and the recessed portion or the hole of the terminal in the upper tier is small depending on tapering of the ribs.