Electricity: electrical systems and devices – Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical... – For electronic systems and devices
Reexamination Certificate
2001-11-13
2004-03-23
Vigushin, John B. (Department: 2827)
Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical...
For electronic systems and devices
C361S785000, C361S790000, C361S804000, C174S262000, C174S267000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06711030
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to an electrical equipment. More particularly, the invention relates to a method for connecting wiring, such as power source lines, signal lines and so forth of a plurality of printed circuit boards with each other and a printed circuit board unit with a plurality of printed circuit boards established connection.
2. Description of the Related Art
In the conventionally realized printed circuit board unit, a main board
51
and a subsidiary board
52
are connected through a connector
53
and a connector
54
, and the main board
51
and the subsidiary board
52
are secured by a screw
55
so as to prevent disengagement of the connectors
53
and
54
as shown in terms of an example of personal computer in
FIGS. 6A and 6B
. In the shown personal computer, a power source current
56
flowing out from a power source IC
60
of the subsidiary board
52
flows into a load circuit A
61
on the subsidiary board
52
through a power source pattern
57
and to a pin
59
of the connector
53
, as shown in
FIGS. 7A and 7B
. The current flowing into the pin
59
is supplied into a load circuit B
62
and a load circuit C
63
by a power source pattern
58
of the main board
51
through the connector
53
and the connector
54
. In these figures, only connection of the power source lines is illustrated. However, the signal lines are connected through the connectors in similar manner as the power source lines.
In the conventional printed circuit board unit set forth above, the power source lines and the signal lines used in common in the subsidiary board and the main board are connected only by the connectors. Number of pins in the connector becomes larger to require greater space.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has been worked out in view of the problem set forth above. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a printed circuit board unit which has smaller number of pins in connectors for connection of wiring (signal lines and power source lines) between a plurality of printed circuit boards for increasing mounting space of the board and interconnection method of wiring between printed circuit boards.
According to one aspect of the present invention, an interconnection method of wiring of printed circuit boards for interconnecting wiring of a plurality of printed circuit boards of electrical equipment, comprises:
step of electrically connecting a part of wiring of the printed circuit boards with each other by connectors; and
step of electrically connecting remaining portion of wiring of the printed circuit boards with each other by a screw formed of an electrically conductive body in conjunction with fixing the printed circuit boards by the screw.
According to another aspect of the present invention, a printed circuit board unit comprises:
a plurality of printed circuit boards having wiring formed thereon;
a part of the wiring on the printed circuit boards electrically connected through connectors;
a screw formed of electrically conductive body and fixing the plurality of printed circuit boards with preventing the connectors from disengaging from each other; and
remaining part of the wiring on the printed circuit boards electrically connected through the screw.
In practice, power source lines and/or signal lines of the printed circuit boards are electrically connected with each other by the screw.
With the present invention, the screw for fixing a plurality of printed circuit boards is used as a part of wiring to reduce number of pins of the connectors to increase mounting space on the printed circuit board.
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patent: 5380211 (1995-01-01), Kawaguchi et al.
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Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP.
NEC Corporation
Vigushin John B.
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