Patent ID: 8414334

Claim:
A holder-mounting structure comprising: (a) a holder that includes: (i) a holder body to which an electric component is attached, and (ii) a pair of plate portions extending from the holder body such that the electric component is disposed between the plate portions, the plate portions each including a thick-walled portion continuing to the holder body and a thin-walled portion, thin-walled in the thickness direction, continuing to the thick-walled portion and provided at an end of the plate portion away from the holder body, wherein the thin-walled portion is thinner than the thick-walled portion, the thin-walled portion including a complete-locking portion configured to be brought into locking engagement with the holder; and (b) a holder mounting portion into which the holder is slidably inserted, the holder mounting portion including an accommodating portion into which a connecting terminal to be connected to the electric component is accommodated, wherein the complete-locking portion of the thin-walled portion is brought into locking engagement with the holder at a position where the electric component is connected to the connecting terminal with the holder slidably inserted into the accommodating portion.