Electronic circuit module and surface-mounted connector for use in the same
AssigneeNintendo Co., Ltd.
InventorsTomoyuki Sakiyama, Masato Kuwahara, Hitoshi Nakai
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Abstract
A first recessed portion shaped so as to be open toward an outer periphery of a substrate is disposed on the substrate, and a conductive pattern is provided on an edge portion of the first recessed portion. A connector mounted on the substrate includes a body and terminals which are surface-mounted on the substrate and protrude from the body. The connector is mounted on the substrate such that a bottom of the terminals is positioned higher than a bottom of the body by a predetermined height. The connector is mounted on the substrate such that the body is disposed in the first recessed portion and the terminals contact the conductive pattern on the substrate.
Claims19
An electronic circuit module comprising a substrate and a connector which is at least surface-mounted on the substrate, comprising
- the substrate including
- a first recessed portion shaped so as to be open toward an outer periphery of the substrate, and
- a conductive pattern on an edge potion of the first recessed potion, and the connector including
- a body including a protrusion portion, wherein the plane of at least the largest surface of one reinforcing portion extends in a direction perpendicular to the substrate from one surface of the protrusion portion, and
- terminals which are surface-mounted on the substrate and protrude from the body,
- the connector being mounted on the substrate such that a bottom of the terminals is positioned higher than a bottom of the body by a predetermined height, and
- the connector being mounted on the substrate such that the body is disposed in the first recessed portion and the terminals contact the conductive pattern on the substrate, wherein the first recessed portion includes second recessed portions so as to prevent the connector engaging with the first recessed portion from moving sideways, and the connector includes projections shaped so as to correspond to the second recessed portions, and the projections are disposed at positions corresponding to the second recessed portions when the connector is mounted on the substrate.
A connecter which is surface-mounted on a predetermined substrate, comprising
- a body including a protrusion portion, wherein the plane of at least the largest surface of one reinforcing portion extends in a direction perpendicular to the substrate from one surface of the protrusion portion, and
- terminals which are surface-mounted on the predetermined substrate and protrude from the body,
- the connector being mounted on the predetermined substrate such that a bottom of the terminals is positioned higher than a bottom of the body by a predetermined height, and
- the connector being mounted on the predetermined substrate such that the body is disposed in a recessed portion of the predetermined substrate and the terminals contact a conductive pattern on the predetermined substrate, wherein the predetermined height is determined such that a bottom of the substrate is flush with the bottom of the body when the connector is mounted on the substrate.
A hand-held video game apparatus comprising:
- an LCD display to display a game being played;
- one or more control buttons to control a game object in the game being played;
- an electronic circuit module comprising a substrate and a video game cartridge connector which is at least surface-mounted on the substrate, comprising:
- the substrate including:
- a first recessed portion shaped so as to be open toward an outer periphery of the substrate, and
- a conductive pattern on an edge potion of the first recessed potion, and
- the connector including:
- a body including reinforcing portions extending from both sides of a protrusion portion in a direction in which the terminals protrude from the protrusion portion, and
- terminals which are surface-mounted on the substrate and protrude from the body,
- wherein the connector being mounted on the substrate such that a bottom of the terminals is positioned higher than a bottom of the body by a predetermined height, and
- the connector being mounted on the substrate such that the body is disposed in the first recessed portion and the terminals contact the conductive pattern on the substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.