# US 10,772,194 B2 · Circuit board, circuit assembly, and circuit board manufacturing method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,772,194 B2 - Document ID: US10772194B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/088,207 - Filed: 2017-04-06 - Published: 2019-09-19 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2016-04-15 - Assignees: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd.; Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.; Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. - Applicants: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd.; Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.; Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. - Inventors: Tou Chin; Arinobu Nakamura - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10772194B2 ## CPC - H05K 1/0263: {High current adaptations, e.g. printed high current conductors or using auxiliary non-printed means; Fine and coarse circuit patterns on one circuit board (H05K1/0293 takes precedence)} - H05K 1/02: Details - H05K 1/0265: {characterized by the lay-out of or details of the printed conductors, e.g. reinforced conductors, redundant conductors, conductors having different cross-sections} - H05K 1/144: {Stacked arrangements of planar printed circuit boards} - H05K 1/18: structurally associated with non-printed electric components (H05K1/16 takes precedence) - H05K 3/202: {using self-supporting metal foil pattern} - H05K 3/3447: Lead-in-hole components - H05K 3/4084: {by deforming at least one of the conductive layers} - H05K 2201/0382: Continuously deformed conductors - H05K 2201/0397: Tab - H05K 2201/09063: Holes or slots in insulating substrate not used for electrical connections - H05K 2201/0969: Apertured conductors - H05K 2201/10272: Busbars, i.e. thick metal bars mounted on the printed circuit board [PCB] as high-current conductors - H05K 2201/10295: Metallic connector elements partly mounted in a hole of the PCB - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ## Abstract A circuit board that includes a substrate that has an upper surface on which a circuit pattern is formed, and a lower surface to which a plurality of bus bars that are spaced apart are fixed; a placement through hole that extends through the upper surface and the lower surface and faces a bus bar of the plurality of bus bars and in which an electronic component is placed; and a terminal conductor foil that protrudes inward into the placement through hole from the lower surface and to which a terminal of the electronic component is connected. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A circuit board for use with an electronic component, the circuit board comprising: a substrate that has an upper surface on which a circuit pattern is formed, and a lower surface to which a plurality of bus bars that are spaced apart are fixed; a placement through hole that extends through the upper surface and the lower surface and faces a bus bar of the plurality of bus bars and in which the electronic component is placed; and a terminal conductor foil that is provided on the lower surface of the substrate and which protrudes inward into the placement through hole, the terminal conductor foil being connected to the electronic component through the placement through hole. ### Claim 2 A circuit assembly comprising: a circuit board that has an upper surface on which a circuit pattern is formed; a plurality of bus bars that are connected to the circuit board, the plurality of bus bars being spaced apart and fixed to a lower surface of the circuit board; and an electronic component that is placed on a bus bar of the plurality of bus bars, wherein the circuit board includes: a placement through hole that extends through the upper surface and the lower surface and faces the bus bar, and in which the electronic component is placed; and a terminal conductor foil that is provided on the lower surface of the substrate and which protrudes inward into the placement through hole, the terminal conductor foil being connected to the electronic component through the placement through hole. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The circuit assembly according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of bus bars include a bus bar recess that reduces a height difference between an upper surface of the plurality of bus bars and an upper surface of the terminal conductor foil on the upper surface of the plurality of bus bars as a result of the terminal conductor foil being fitted. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The circuit assembly according to claim 2, wherein the terminal conductor foil includes a conductor foil recess that reduces a height difference between an upper surface of the plurality of bus bars and an upper surface of the terminal conductor foil, the conductor foil recess being formed by depressing, toward the lower surface, a bonding region in the upper surface of the terminal conductor foil to which the terminal of the electronic component is bonded. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The circuit assembly according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of bus bars include a bus bar projection that reduces a height difference between an upper surface of the plurality of bus bars and an upper surface of the terminal conductor foil, the bus bar projection being formed so as to locally protrude toward the upper surface in a region in the upper surface of the plurality of bus bars that faces the placement through hole. ### Claim 6 A circuit board manufacturing method for use with an electronic component, the circuit board manufacturing method comprising: preparing a stacked plate that has upper and lower surfaces on each of which a conductor foil is stacked; performing hole forming processing on the stacked plate so as to form a through hole that extends through the upper and lower surfaces, the conductor foil being provided on the lower surface of the substrate such that the conductor foil protrudes inward into the through hole; forming a protrusion that protrudes inward into the through hole from the lower surface by causing a portion of the conductor foil on the lower surface of the stacked plate to remain in the through hole; and connecting the terminal conductor foil to the electronic component through the through hole. ### Claim 7 A circuit board manufacturing method for use with an electronic component, the circuit board manufacturing method comprising: preparing a perforated stacked plate that has an upper surface on which a conductor foil is stacked, and a through hole that extends through upper and lower surfaces of the perforated stacked plate; bonding a conductor foil to the lower surface of the perforated stacked plate so as to cover the through hole, the conductor foil being provided on the lower surface of the substrate such that the conductor foil protrudes inward into the through hole; melting and removing a portion of the conductor foil that covers the through hole, and thereby forming a protrusion that protrudes inward into the through hole from the lower surface; and connecting the terminal conductor foil to the electronic component through the through hole.