Patent ID: 9490466
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: H01M,H01R,Y02E,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. A terminal attachment structure comprising: a terminal attachment plate including a groove portion recessed in an attachment surface of the terminal attachment plate and having a polygonal inner peripheral surface and a through hole formed in a center of the groove portion, the terminal attachment plate being made of metal; and a metallic terminal including a flange having a polygonal outer peripheral surface that has the same polygonal shape and the same size as the polygonal inner peripheral surface of the groove portion, the polygonal outer peripheral surface of the flange being fitted in the polygonal inner peripheral surface of the groove portion without a gap, a leg part that extends from a lower surface of the flange and is inserted into the through hole, the leg part having a tip which is projected from the through hole, and a terminal main body that extends from an upper surface of the flange, wherein the leg part of the terminal is inserted in the through hole of the terminal attachment plate and the flange of the terminal is fitted into the groove portion of the terminal attachment plate, and the tip of the leg part projected from the through hole of the terminal attachment plate is flattened, swaged on and fixed to a back surface of the terminal attachment plate in a state where the outer peripheral surface of the flange fitted in the groove portion is fitted in the inner peripheral surface of the groove portion.