JPH0864990A - Led support - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a LED support wherein the lead wires of LED will not come off and the position of LED will not be shifted. CONSTITUTION: LED 14 is supported on a board 18 through a support 30. The support 30 is provided with a lead wire insertion hole 32 into which the lead wires 16 of LED 14 are to be inserted; and a plurality of lugs 34 for supporting the lens 20 of LED 14. A plurality of mounting 38 that are to be inserted into the mounting holes 36 legs in the board 18, are formed on the underside of the support 30.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a support for mounting an LED (light emitting diode) on a printed circuit board.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a support tool for supporting an LED on a substrate has been used. That is, one leg 12 provided on the lower surface of the support tool 10 and two lead wires 16 of the LED 14 form the substrate 1.
By being fixed to 8, the position, angle and height of the LED 14 with respect to the substrate 18 are fixed. Two
Reference numeral 0 is an LED lens, 22 is a leg mounting hole, 24 is a lead wire insertion hole in a support, and 26 is a lead wire insertion hole in a substrate.

[0003]

However, in order to bring the lens 20 of the LED into close contact with the support 10, it is necessary to bend the lead wire 16 while applying a certain amount of tension to the lead wire 16. That is, it is necessary to bend the portion A in FIG. Therefore, the tension may be too strong and the lead wire 16 may come off from the lens 20. Further, even when tension is applied, the LED may loosen gradually over time, and the position of the LED may shift.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points,
An object of the present invention is to securely support the LED on the substrate without applying tension to the LED lead wire, so that the lead wire comes off the lens, the LED is displaced, etc. L was designed to cancel
It is to provide an ED support.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the LED support of the present invention has a structure in which an LED is supported on a substrate through the support, and the support has LED lead wires. It has a lead wire insertion hole for insertion and LE
It is provided with a plurality of claws for holding the D lens, and is provided with a plurality of mounting legs for insertion into the mounting holes of the substrate on the lower surface of the support.

[0006]

The LED lead wire is inserted into the lead wire insertion hole of the support, and the collar of the LED is held by the plurality of claws of the support.
Insert the tip of the lead wire into the insertion hole of the board. Further, a plurality of mounting legs are inserted into the mounting holes of the board and fixed. These operations can be performed in the reverse order.

[0007]

EXAMPLES The present invention will be described in more detail based on the following examples, but the invention is not intended to be limited to the following examples, and various modifications can be made as appropriate. FIG. 1 shows a vertical cross section of an LED support structure in this embodiment, and FIG. 2 shows a right side surface of the LED support structure shown in FIG. The support tool 30 has a hole 32 for inserting the lead wire 16 of the LED 14 therein and a plurality of (three in the drawing as an example) claws 34 for holding the lens 20 of the LED 14 on one side surface. ing. Also,
On the lower surface of the support tool 30, a plurality of (three as an example in the drawing) mounting legs 3 for insertion into the mounting holes 36 of the substrate 18.
8 are provided. Reference numeral 40 is a collar portion of the LED, and 26 is a lead wire insertion hole in the substrate.

As described above, since the support 10 is provided with the plurality of claws 34, the collar 40 of the lens is held by these. Therefore, it is not necessary to apply tension to the lead wire as in the conventional case. Also, the support 1
Since 0 has a plurality of mounting legs 38,
Is stably attached to the substrate 18, and the lens 20
Are fixed in a preferable position, angle and height with respect to the substrate 18. 1 and 2, the mounting hole 3
Although the mounting leg 38 to be inserted into the connector 6 has a columnar shape, the tip of the mounting leg 38 may have a hook shape in order to prevent the mounting leg 38 from falling off.

[0009]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects. (1) Since the support has a plurality of claws for holding the lens of the LED and a plurality of mounting legs, it is not necessary to bend and attach the lead wire in a state where tension is applied to the lead wire as in the conventional case. Well, for this reason, it is possible to prevent the lead wire from coming off from the LED. Further, when the LED is attached, the LED can be fixed to the substrate in a preferable position, angle and height with respect to the substrate without causing positional displacement due to loosening.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional explanatory view showing an embodiment of an LED support of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a right side explanatory view of the LED support tool in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a conventional LED support device.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the LED support shown in FIG. 3 is assembled.

[Explanation of symbols]

 14 LED 16 Lead wire 18 Substrate 20 Lens 30 Supporting tool 32 Lead wire insertion hole 34 Claw 36 Mounting hole 38 Mounting leg 40 Collar part

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A structure for supporting an LED on a substrate via a support, wherein the support has a lead wire insertion hole for inserting a lead wire of the LED and a plurality of claws for holding a lens of the LED. An LED supporting tool, comprising: a plurality of mounting legs provided on the lower surface of the supporting tool for insertion into a mounting hole of a substrate.