Patent ID: 11897024
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. A structure for electrically connecting an external conductor, said structure comprising: a wiring substrate comprising a stack based arrangement of a plurality of layers, said layers defined as electrically conducting layers and insulating layer; and a rivet supported from the wiring substrate, said rivet comprising: a) an embedded portion within the wiring substrate, wherein said embedded-portion comprises: an upper section extending through the stack of the plurality of layers; and a bottom section extending laterally with reference to the upper section; and b) a portion protruding from wiring substrate for receiving an external conductor and thereby electrically connecting with the wiring substrate, wherein the wiring substrate is a printed circuit substrate (PCB) composed of a pattern of dielectric layers and copper layers; and
wherein the bottom section is embedded within the insulating layer of the wiring substrate, the insulating layer corresponding to a non-conducting substrate of the PCB.