Method for fixing terminal module to case containing electronic device and structure for fixing terminal module to case containing electronic device

A method for fixing a terminal module to a case containing an electronic device, wherein

• the case containing the electronic device includes a first case that has a through hole and includes a cylindrical housing communicating with the through hole and protruding outward, and a second case that accommodates an image sensor, the case being constituted by joining the first case and the second case,
• the terminal module includes a shell that is a cylindrical conductor having a flange portion at a base side with a diameter larger than at a tip side, a center contact that is disposed inside and along a center axis of the shell, and an insulating member that is interposed between the shell and the center contact and holds the center contact, and
• the method comprises the steps of:
• disposing a thermal adhesive film configured to join a plurality of members made of a same material or different materials on a flange receiving portion formed around an outer rim of the through hole at an inner surface side of the first case;
• inserting the terminal module, with the tip side ahead, into the through hole up to a position where the flange portion comes into contact with the flange receiving portion via the thermal adhesive film;
• and
• after the terminal module is inserted into the through hole, further pressing the terminal module toward an interior of the housing and thereby press-fitting the terminal module into the through hole while heating a periphery of the flange receiving portion.

A method for fixing a terminal module to a case containing an electronic device, wherein

• the case containing the electronic device includes a first case that has a through hole and includes a cylindrical housing communicating with the through hole and protruding outward, and a second case that accommodates an image sensor, the case being constituted by joining the first case and the second case,
• the terminal module includes a shell that is a cylindrical conductor having a flange portion at a base side with a diameter larger than at a tip side, a center contact that is disposed inside and along a center axis of the shell, and an insulating member that is interposed between the shell and the center contact and holds the center contact, and
• the method comprises the steps of:
• disposing a thermal adhesive film configured to join a plurality of members made of a same material or different materials on a surface of the flange portion on the tip side;
• inserting the terminal module, with the tip side ahead, into the through hole up to a position where the flange portion comes into contact with a flange receiving portion via the disposed thermal adhesive film, the flange receiving portion being formed around an outer rim of the through hole at an inner surface side of the first case;
• after the terminal module is inserted into the through hole, further pressing the terminal module toward an interior of the housing and thereby press-fitting the terminal module into the through hole;
• and
• after the press-fitting, heating a periphery of the flange receiving portion.