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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2011
Hiroaki Fukuchi, Kyoto, JP;
Yasutaka Maekawa, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroaki Fukuchi, Kyoto, JP;
Yasutaka Maekawa, Kyoto, JP;
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Kyoto-Fu, JP;
Abstract
The disclosure provides a terminal structure that includes an upper board and a lower board, which are adjacently provided and with respect to one another with a gap interposed therebetween. A conductor is formed on a rear surface side of upper board. A hole or a notch having an attached terminal is formed in lower board while penetrating through the lower board, and the terminal is electrically connected to the conductor on the upper board. The terminal includes a spring plate and a support section supporting the spring plate. The support section includes a fixing section that is fixed to lower board and a bottom plate that is positioned at a bottom surface side of lower board on a lower end side of the hole or notch. The spring plate of the terminal is formed to be connected to bottom plate and rise from bottom plate. The spring plate is extended upward from the lower end side of the hole or notch and comes into contact with conductor of upper board at an extended top position. Also provided is a card-shaped device including such a terminal structure.