# US 9,436,861 B2 · Board connection structure and electronic device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,436,861 B2 - Document ID: US9436861B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/808,632 - Filed: 2015-07-24 - Published: 2016-03-03 - Granted: 2016-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2014-08-28 - Assignees: Casio Computer Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Casio Computer Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hiromasu Meguro; Satoshi Ogasawara; Jun Uchino; Yasunori Chiba; Youichi Ushigome - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9436861B2 ## CPC - G06K 7/10881: {constructional details of hand-held scanners} - H01H 13/10: Bases; Stationary contacts mounted thereon - H04M 1/0277: {for a printed circuit board assembly} - H04M 1/236: {including keys on side or rear faces} - H01H 2225/028: perpendicular to base of keyboard - H01H 2231/022: Telephone handset - G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS - H01H: ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES (contact cables H01B7/10; electrolytic self-interrupters H01G9/18; emergency protective circuit arrangements H02H; switching by electronic means without contact-making H03K17/00) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract A board connection structure including a wiring board having a contact point section provided at one end portion and opposed to a switch button, and a holding member to which the wiring board is attached with flat surfaces of the contact point section and the connection section on the same surface intersecting with each other by the folding of the wiring board. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A board connection structure comprising: a wiring board having a contact point section that is provided at one end portion and that is opposed to a switch button and a connection section that is provided at the other end portion on the same surface where the contact point section is provided and that is opposed to a circuit board, wherein the contact point section and the connection section are electrically connected to each other; a holding member to which the wiring board is attached with flat surfaces of the contact point section and the connection section on the same surface intersecting with each other by folding of the wiring board, wherein the holding member has a contact point arrangement section where the contact point section is arranged opposing the switch button with the flat surfaces of the contact point section and the connection section on the same surface intersecting with each other by the folding of the wiring board, and a holding groove where the connection section is inserted and exposed opposing the circuit board; and a device case having an attaching section where the holding member attached with the wiring board is mounted, wherein the switch button is provided in a side surface portion of the device case and is adapted to protrude toward an outside of the device case, wherein the circuit board is arranged in the device case in a manner to be orthogonal to the side surface portion of the device case, and wherein the holding member is mounted in the device case with the contact point section of the wiring board opposing the switch button and the connection section opposing the circuit board, and wherein the connection section of the wiring board is electrically connected to the circuit board in a state where the holding member is mounted to the attaching section in the device case. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The board connection structure according to claim 1, wherein the connection section and the circuit board are electrically connected to each other by a spring member. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The board connection structure according to claim 1, wherein the holding member includes a notch section which exposes the connection section with the connection section opposing the circuit board. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The board connection structure according to claim 1, wherein the holding member includes a supporting section which supports the circuit board with the connection section opposing the circuit board. ### Claim 5 An electronic device comprising: a wiring board having a contact point section that is provided at one end portion and that is opposed to a switch button and a connection section that is provided at the other end portion on the same surface where the contact point section is provided and that is opposed to a circuit board, wherein the contact point section and the connection section are electrically connected to each other; a holding member to which the wiring board is attached with flat surfaces of the contact point section and the connection section on the same surface intersecting with each other by folding of the wiring board, wherein the holding member has a contact point arrangement section where the contact point section is arranged opposing the switch button with the flat surfaces of the contact point section and the connection section on the same surface intersecting with each other by the folding of the wiring board, and a holding groove where the connection section is inserted and exposed opposing the circuit board; and a device case having an attaching section where the holding member attached with the wiring board is mounted, wherein the switch button is provided in a side surface portion of the device case and is adapted to protrude toward an outside of the device case, wherein the circuit board is arranged in the device case in a manner to be orthogonal to the side surface portion of the device case, and wherein the holding member is mounted in the device case with the contact point section of the wiring board opposing the switch button and the connection section opposing the circuit board, and wherein the connection section of the wiring board is electrically connected to the circuit board in a state where the holding member is mounted to the attaching section in the device case. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the connection section and the circuit board are electrically connected to each other by a spring member. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the holding member includes a notch section which exposes the connection section with the connection section opposing the circuit board. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the holding member includes a supporting section which supports the circuit board with the connection section opposing the circuit board. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the circuit board and the connection section of the wiring board are electrically connected to each other by a spring member when the circuit board is attached to the device case with the holding member attached with the wiring board being arranged in the device case. ### Claim 10 (depends on 5) The electronic device according to claim 5, further comprising an optical reading section which reads a barcode, wherein the switch button is a trigger switch for the optical reading section to perform a reading operation. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the optical reading section is arranged on the circuit board, and the switch button is electrically connected to the optical reading section via the wiring board and the circuit board. ### Claim 12 (depends on 5) The electronic device according to claim 5, further comprising a display section which displays information, wherein the circuit board is provided to be parallel to the display section.