Patent ID: 9444185
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. A guide device that guides a component terminal, comprising: a guide portion having at least two guide components and configured to guide the component terminal to a specified position; and a separating mechanism portion configured to move the guide portion away from the component terminal after the component terminal is guided to the specified position as compared with before the guidance of the component terminal, wherein the guide portion defines a ran-through hole having a slope from one end to the other end by making the at least two guide components abut with each other, and the separating mechanism portion is configured to move the guide portion away from the component terminal by making the at least two guide components separate from each other after the guidance of the component terminal, wherein the guide device is mounted to one surface of a substrate in such a manner that a through hole formed in the substrate corresponds to the guide portion, the component terminal inserted into the guide portion from the one surface side of the substrate, passes through the through hole and is guided to a position that penetrates through another surface of the substrate, and the separating mechanism portion is configured to move the guide portion away from the component terminal after a connector terminal engages with the component terminal passing through the other surface of the substrate.