US 12,356,516 B2
Vehicle window glass with metal terminal
Masanori Sakakibara, Tokyo (JP); Toru Koga, Tokyo (JP); and Yoshiyuki Kuwahara, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to AGC INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by AGC Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/537,859.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-199573 (JP), filed on Dec. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0174790 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. H05B 3/86 (2006.01); H01R 4/02 (2006.01)
CPC H05B 3/86 (2013.01) [H01R 4/023 (2013.01); H01R 4/025 (2013.01); H01R 2201/26 (2013.01); H05B 2203/016 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle window glass with a metal terminal, comprising:
a glass plate;
a conductor, the conductor disposed on at least one of principal surfaces of the glass plate; and
a metal terminal, the metal terminal electrically connected to the conductor via solders;
wherein the metal terminal comprises:
a connection portion, the connection portion including a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side, the second side opposing the first side, the third side and the fourth side being adjacent to the first side and the second side, and opposite to each other;
a first leg portion, the first leg portion connected to the first side and separating the connection portion from the conductor;
a first base portion, the first base portion connected to the first leg portion, electrically connected to the conductor via a solder, and projecting toward a direction away from the fourth side starting from an imaginary extension line of the third side;
a second leg portion, the second leg portion connected to the second side and separating the connection portion from the conductor;
a second base portion, the second base portion connected to the second leg portion, electrically connected to the conductor via a solder, and projecting toward a direction away from the fourth side starting from an imaginary extension line of the third side; and
a lead wire connection portion, the lead wire connection portion connected to the third side of the connection portion, the lead wire connection portion including a rising portion extending in a direction remote from the conductor, a bent portion connected to the rising portion and extending toward the fourth side, and a fixing portion connected to the bent portion and connected to a lead wire.