# US 10,770,812 B2 · Connection terminal assembled body and circuit board using same connection terminal assembled body > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,770,812 B2 - Document ID: US10770812B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/329,749 - Filed: 2017-08-09 - Published: 2019-07-18 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2016-09-29 - Assignees: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. - Applicants: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. - Inventors: Katsumasa Hagiwara - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10770812B2 ## CPC - H01R 12/57: surface mounting terminals - H01R 43/205: {with a panel or printed circuit board} - H01R 12/52: connecting to other rigid printed circuits or like structures - H01R 12/716: {Coupling device provided on the PCB} - H01R 12/718: {Contact members provided on the PCB without an insulating housing (contacts for abutting H01R12/714)} - H01R 43/0256: {for soldering or welding connectors to a printed circuit board} - H01R 43/0263: {for positioning or holding parts during soldering or welding process} - H01R 43/20: for assembling or disassembling contact members with insulating base, case or sleeve - H05K 1/14: Structural association of two or more printed circuits (providing electric connection to or between printed circuits H05K1/11, H01R12/00) - H10W 70/421: {Shapes or dispositions} - H10W 70/464: {Additional interconnections in combination with leadframes} - H10W 72/00: Interconnections or connectors in packages - H05K 2201/10757: Bent leads - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS - H10W: GENERIC PACKAGES, INTERCONNECTIONS, CONNECTORS OR OTHER CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10 ## Abstract A unit connection terminal (26) is formed of an adhesion section (29) to be soldered onto a circuit board (21) and extending in a longitudinal direction, a terminal section (30) extending in the direction approximately orthogonal to the adhesion section extending in the longitudinal direction and to be connected to a counterpart-side circuit board, a bent section (31) bent so as to connect the adhesion section and the terminal section, and of a suction member (28) made of synthetic resin, fixed more to the terminal side than the bent section (31), and having a suction surface. More preferably, a projection position where the gravity center position of the entire unit connection terminal is projected toward the adhesion section side is included in the adhesion range of the adhesion section. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A connection terminal assembled body, comprising: at least one unit connection terminal, wherein the unit connection terminal comprises: an adhesion section to be soldered onto a circuit board and extending in a longitudinal direction; a terminal section extending in a direction approximately orthogonal to the adhesion section extending in the longitudinal direction and to be connected to a counterpart-side circuit board; a bent section bent from the terminal section in the longitudinal direction so as to connect the adhesion section and the terminal section; and a suction member made of synthetic resin, fixed more to a terminal section side than the bent section, and having a suction surface to be sucked by an automatic machine, and wherein the suction surface is located more on a bent section side than the terminal section. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The connection terminal assembled body according to claim 1, wherein the suction member is arranged in an area from an intermediate position between a distal end of the terminal section and the adhesion section to the bent section. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The connection terminal assembled body according to claim 2, wherein a projection position where a gravity center position of the entire unit connection terminal including the suction member is projected toward an adhesion section side is included in an adhesion range of the adhesion section. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The connection terminal assembled body according to claim 3, wherein a width at an arbitrary position from the suction member to the adhesion section of the unit connection terminal is longer than a width from the suction member to the terminal section of the unit connection terminal. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A circuit board, comprising: a terminal assembled body, wherein the terminal assembled body connecting the circuit board mounting an electrical component with a counterpart-side circuit board is soldered onto the circuit board by a reflowing process, and wherein the terminal assembled body is a terminal assembled body according to claim 1. ### Claim 6 A connection terminal assembled body comprising: a plurality of unit connection terminals, wherein each of the unit connection terminals comprises: an adhesion section to be soldered onto a circuit board and extending in a longitudinal direction; a terminal section extending in a direction approximately orthogonal to the adhesion section extending in the longitudinal direction and to be connected to a counterpart-side circuit board; and a bent section bent from the terminal section in the longitudinal direction so as to connect the adhesion section and the terminal section, wherein a terminal section side more than the bent section of each of the unit connection terminals is integrally connected by a connection-suction member made of synthetic resin, and wherein a suction portion having a suction surface to be sucked by an automatic machine is formed at an approximately center of the connection-suction member, and wherein the suction surface is located more on a bent section side than the terminal section. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The connection terminal assembled body according to claim 6, wherein the connection-suction member is arranged in an area from an intermediate position between a distal end of the terminal section and the adhesion section to the bent section of each of the unit connection terminals. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The connection terminal assembled body according to claim 7, wherein a projection position where a gravity center position of the entire connection terminal assembled body including the connection-suction member is projected toward an adhesion section side is included in an adhesion range of the entire connection terminal assembled body. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) A circuit board, comprising: a terminal assembled body, wherein the terminal assembled body connecting the circuit board mounting an electrical component with a counterpart-side circuit board is soldered onto the circuit board by a reflowing process, and wherein the terminal assembled body is a terminal assembled body according to claim 6.