# US 12,119,574 B2 · Wiring device having a plurality of protrusions > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,119,574 B2 - Document ID: US12119574B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/689,759 - Filed: 2022-03-08 - Published: 2022-09-22 - Granted: 2024-10-15 - Earliest claimed: 2021-03-22 - Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba; Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation - Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba; Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation - Inventors: Kenichi Agawa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12119574B2 ## CPC - H01R 12/53: connecting to cables except for flat or ribbon cables - H05K 1/144: {Stacked arrangements of planar printed circuit boards} - H05K 3/325: by abutting or pinching; Mechanical auxiliary parts therefor - H05K 2201/042: Stacked spaced PCBs; Planar parts of folded flexible circuits having mounted components in between or spaced from each other - H05K 2201/10287: Metal wires as connectors or conductors - H05K 2201/10393: Clamping a component by an element or a set of elements - H05K 2201/10598: Means for fastening a component, a casing or a heat sink whereby a pressure is exerted on the component towards the PCB - 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 ## Abstract A wiring device has a plate having a first surface and a second surface and a first protrusion having a side surface capable of locking a first substrate and a first upper surface with a plurality of first grooves and the first substrate including a terminal on a surface of the first substrate. Each of the first grooves accommodates a coating of a wiring including a conductor and the coating, the first protrusion extending in a third direction. The holder includes a plurality of connection portions, and the holder includes a plurality of second grooves, each of the second grooves capable of accommodating the conductor exposed from the coating. The cover is rotatably openable and closable with respect to the plate, and the cover brings the conductor into pressure contact with the terminal between the first protrusion and the holder. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A wiring device comprising: a plate having a first surface and a second surface provided above the first surface; a first protrusion provided on the second surface, the first protrusion having a side surface capable of locking a first substrate and a first upper surface including a plurality of first grooves provided parallel to a first direction, the first substrate being insertable in the first direction parallel to the second surface and being removable in a second direction opposite the first direction on the second surface and the first substrate including a terminal on a surface of the first substrate, each of the first grooves capable of accommodating a coating of a wiring including a conductor and the coating provided around the conductor, the first protrusion extending in a third direction intersecting the first direction and the second direction and the third direction being parallel to the second surface; a holder provided on the second surface, the holder including a plurality of connection portions straddling the first substrate inserted, the holder being connected to the second surface to interpose the first substrate, and the holder including a second upper surface including a plurality of second grooves provided parallel to the first direction, each of the second grooves capable of accommodating the conductor exposed from the coating; and a cover provided on the second surface, the cover including a support portion to support the cover so as to be rotatably openable and closable with respect to the plate, and the cover including a second protrusion capable of bringing the conductor into pressure contact with the terminal between the first protrusion and the holder, the conductor being exposed. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The wiring device according to claim 1, wherein the conductor is bent toward the first substrate by the second protrusion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The wiring device according to claim 1, wherein the first protrusion, the holder, or the cover includes a metal member and an insulating member provided on a surface of the metal member. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The wiring device according to claim 3, wherein the insulating member is a fluororesin. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The wiring device according to claim 1, wherein the second protrusion includes a third protrusion provided on the second protrusion and being smaller than the second protrusion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The wiring device according to claim 1, wherein the second protrusion includes a curved surface portion. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The wiring device according to claim 1, wherein the second protrusion has a flat surface capable of being disposed parallel to the surface of the first substrate. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The wiring device according to claim 1, wherein the holder is provided between the support portion and the terminal of the first substrate inserted. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The wiring device according to claim 1, wherein the same imaginary straight line passes through the first groove and through the second groove. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The wiring device according to claim 1, further comprising: a second substrate provided above the first substrate and having a length in the first direction shorter than a length of the first substrate; and a third substrate provided above the second substrate and having a length in the first direction shorter than the length of the first substrate, a distance between the third substrate and the second substrate being shorter than a distance between the second substrate and the first substrate.