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AssigneeOMRON Corporation
InventorsEiji Teramoto, Tomoyuki Hakata, Hitoshi Nakano, Kazuyoshi Nishikawa
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Provided is a crimp structure in which an inner member and an outer member are joined to each other. The inner member includes an insertion portion having a columnar outer circumferential surface, and an annular groove provided in the outer circumferential surface. The outer member includes a main body portion, and a cylindrical portion continuous with the main body portion and forming an opening into which the insertion portion is inserted. The cylindrical portion includes a first reduced-diameter portion continuous with the main body portion via a first plastically-deformed portion and located further inward in a radial direction than the main body portion, and a second reduced-diameter portion continuous with the first reduced-diameter portion via a second plastically-deformed portion and located further inward in the radial direction than the first reduced-diameter portion. At least a part of the second reduced-diameter portion has entered the annular groove.
A crimp structure in an electronic device, in which an inner member and an outer member that is arranged outside the inner member are joined to each other,
A crimping method of performing crimping of a crimp structure in an electronic device, to join an outer member to an inner member that is arranged inside the outer member, the method comprising:
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