1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a fixing member used for fixing a fixed member to a printed circuit board and also relates to a fixing structure.
2. Description of the Related Art
A large number of electronic components are mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB). The electronic components need to be fixed to the printed circuit board and, therefore, a fixing member is typically mounted to an electronic component and the fixing member is fixed to the printed circuit board by soldering (for example, see Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open (JP-U) Nos. 5-15347 and 63-117064, and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open (JP-A) Nos. 7-235351, 8-315878, 11-273797, 2000-3746 and 2003-243822). Prior art will be described below by way of example.
As shown in FIG. 8, conventionally, to fix an electronic component 84 to a printed circuit board 82, a fixing member 80 is mounted to the electronic component 84 and the fixing member 80 is fixed to the printed circuit board 82 by soldering.
The fixing member 80 includes male connector portions 88 that are to be inserted into an insertion opening 90 in the printed circuit board 82 and protrude arm-shaped from a fixing member main body 86. Lug portions 99 that are to be engaged with an opening edge 90E when inserted into the opening 90 are formed at the tip ends of the male connector portions 88. After the male connector portions 88 are inserted into the opening 90 and the lug portions 99 are engaged with the opening edge 90E, the lug portions 99 are joined by soldering to the printed circuit board 82 so as to fix the fixing member 80.
However, since the male connector portions 88 are arm-shaped and fixed at the lug portions 99 to the printed circuit board 82 at tip ends of the male connector portions 88, even though the connector does not become detached from the printed circuit board 82, the male connector portions 88 can be bent. As a result, due to this bending of the male connector portions 88, the fixing member main body 86 and the male connector portions 88 move in respective directions and problems are caused.