Patent · US Expired

Miniature motor and method for fixing miniature motor to printed circuit board

US5804895A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 1, 1994
Grant dateSep 8, 1998
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Expiry dateSep 1, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S310/06
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A miniature motor includes a frame which has been solder treated on its surface and which has a closed end and is generally cylindrical-shaped or generally oval-shaped in cross section. The frame includes a projected portion of an outer periphery thereof for insertion into a hole of a printed circuit board. The projecting portion has a notch for holding the printed circuit board therein, wherein the printed circuit board and the projected portion extending through the hole of the printed circuit board are soldered to each other with solder while the printed circuit board is held in the notch of the projected portion.

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