CN103326160B - Connector - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a connector possessing a shell of which the upper and lower orientations do not need to be determined. The connector comprises the shell (11) of which the height is lower, and the shell is equipped with a wider first opening (18) in which a to-be-embedded connecting part at the opposite side can be inserted, on one surface, and a second opening (19) communicated with the first opening (18) on the other surface opposite to the surface, wherein one surface of the shell (11) is the front surface (12). When the wider first opening (18) is horizontal, the shell is symmetrical left and right by taking the surface (28) vertically penetrating the center of the front surface as the shaft, and is symmetrical up and down by taking the surface (29) horizontally penetrating the center of the front surface (12).

Description

Adapter

Technical field

The present invention relates to connect flexible printing substrate（Flexible Printed Circuits：Hereinafter referred to as “FPC”.）Or flexible flat cable（Flexible Flat Cable：Hereinafter referred to as " FFC ".）Adapter, in detail, Be related to by omit automatization adapter assembling procedure in housing above-below direction differentiation operation and life can be improved Produce efficiency, suppress the adapter of manufacturing cost.

Background technology

In recent years, due to the progress of electronic equipment, the development high performance such as mobile terminal device headed by mobile phone, and And go back development of small-scale.In order to carrying out between the various electronic component modules or printed base plate in this electronic equipment Connection, is FPC or FFC using flat pattern flexible cable.And, the adapter for connecting the FPC or FFC also develops slimming, with reality The space saving in electronic equipment installed in conjunction with the progress of electronic equipment.

For example, in following FPC adapters that Patent Document 1 discloses plug FPC.According to 1 institute of following patent documentations Disclosed FPC adapters, form the terminal insert port for FPC insertions, with the printing base being placed in as contact object thing The Socket casing of the insulating properties on plate, setting height(from bottom) of the Socket casing in the printed base plate as contact object thing be 1.5mm it is following.

And, in the FPC adapters of following patent documentations 1, in addition to Socket casing, also with being welded on printing Multiple contacts and margining tablet on substrate, assemble FPC adapters by these structure members.At present, set by automatization The situation of the standby assembling for being attached device is more and more.For example, make housing flow through production line, the housing for coming peace is flow through to this successively Attaching contact element and margining tablet etc., so as to carry out the assembling.

【Patent documentation 1】Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication 2004-213917 publication

So, in the case of by automation equipment assembly and connection device, in the automation equipment, it is desirable to towards admittedly Basic structure member such as housing is supplied in the state of fixed.Also, in the assembling procedure of adapter, generally use for certainly The parts feeder of dynamic supply housing, the parts feeder have differentiate the mechanism of housing direction, for becoming identical court To mechanism.

In the direction that housing is differentiated using parts feeder or in the case of becoming identical direction, if the court of housing To the left and right conversely, then for example making parts feeder that there is bar-like member, by arranging for the bar-like member hooking on housing Structure, can carry out left and right reversion, become correct direction.This is because, connected with the FPC disclosed in above-mentioned patent documentation 1 The housing for connecing device be most housings of representative be shaped so as to it is symmetrical.

On the other hand, as representative, the shape of housing is former for the housing with the FPC adapters disclosed in above-mentioned patent documentation 1 Meaning is formed as asymmetric up and down.This is the differentiation for ease of carrying out the above-below direction of housing.With regard to being so formed as upper and lower It is to asymmetric housing, in assembling procedure, when transferring in parts feeder, contrary up and down in the direction for being determined as housing When, housing is removed from production line temporarily, reuse parts feeder transfer, carry out the differentiation of above-below direction.Therefore, carry out The differentiation of the direction up and down of multiple housings needs the time, there is the problem reduced to the amount of the housing of next assembling procedure supply, As a result, production efficiency is reduced, also, production cost is improved.

The content of the invention

The present invention is completed to solve problem that this prior art has, it is an object of the present invention to carry For following adapter：On the basis of by making the housing of composition adapter and becoming the vertical at the center to pass through housing, left and right is right The shape of title, and become the laterally zygomorphic shape on the basis of horizontal plane, the differentiation up and down in parts feeder can be omitted Operation, production efficiency are improved, and, it is suppressed that manufacturing cost.

In order to solve above-mentioned problem, the adapter of the 1st mode of the present invention has housing, and the housing is provided with confession in a face The 1st opening of the connecting portion insertion of chimeric other side side is treated, is provided with and the described 1st in another face opposed with one face 2nd opening of open communication, the adapter is characterised by, if one face of the housing is front surface, in configuration When 1st opening is level, the housing is configured to symmetrical with regard to the face at the center vertically through the front surface, And it is configured to symmetrical above and below with regard to the face at the center horizontally through the front surface.

Also, the adapter of the 2nd mode is characterised by, in the adapter of the 1st mode, being provided with the housing makes 1st opening and multiple intercommunicating pores of the 2nd open communication, are equipped with contact in the intercommunicating pore.

It is also, the adapter of the 3rd mode is characterised by, in the adapter of the 1st mode, described to treat chimeric other side side It is FPC or FFC.

Also, the adapter of the 4th mode is characterised by, the adapter of any one mode in the 1st～3 mode In, on the housing, the both ends on any one surface in the surface for being provided with the 1st opening or the 2nd opening A pair of holding sections are formed with, reinforced sheet is housed on the holding section.

According to the adapter of the 1st mode, upper and lower and left and right the structure of housing is formed as, not only symmetrical shape, and interior The construction in portion is also respectively symmetrically, so, when the wider opening of the connecting portion insertion of the confession other side side of configuration housing is level, Even if using any towards as also becoming same shape up and down, so, in the manufacturing process of adapter, it is not necessary on housing The direction up and down of housing is differentiated before the operation of miscellaneous part is installed, it is possible to increase working performance.Therefore, it is compared with the past, energy It is enough to transport more housings to subsequent processing at short notice, it is possible to increase manufacture efficiency, and manufacturing cost can be cut down.

Also, according to the adapter of the 2nd mode, the intercommunicating pore of the housing equipped with contact is again formed as up and down and left and right is right Claim, thus it is possible to housing up and down towards the installing for independently carrying out contact, it is possible to increase manufacture efficiency, reduction are manufactured into This.

Also, according to the adapter of the 3rd mode, the high adapter of the versatility chimeric with FPC or FFC, energy can be obtained Enough expand scope of design.

Also, according to the adapter of the 4th mode, when reinforced sheet engaged when adapter and substrate etc. are installed is installed, The holding section of the housing equipped with the reinforced sheet is formed as upper and lower and symmetrical, thus it is possible to housing up and down towards unrelated Carry out the installing of reinforced sheet, it is possible to increase manufacture efficiency, cut down manufacturing cost.

Description of the drawings

Figure 1A is the axonometric chart from side observation of the adapter of embodiment 1, and Figure 1B is the connection from the opposing party's observation Device.

Fig. 2A is the axonometric chart from side observation of the housing of embodiment 1, and Fig. 2 B are the axonometric charts from the opposing party's observation.

Fig. 3 A are the front views of housing, and Fig. 3 B are rearviews.

Fig. 4 A are the top views of housing, and Fig. 4 B are look up figure.

Fig. 5 A are the side views from side observation of housing, and Fig. 5 B are the side views from the opposing party's observation.

Fig. 6 A are the sectional views of the VIA-VIA lines of Fig. 2A, and Fig. 6 B are the sectional views of the VIB-VIB lines of Fig. 2A.

Fig. 7 A are the axonometric charts of contact, and Fig. 7 B are side views.

Fig. 8 A are the axonometric charts of reinforced sheet, and Fig. 8 B are side views.

Fig. 9 A are the sectional views corresponding with Fig. 6 A of the assembling procedure for illustrating contact is installed on housing, and Fig. 9 B are to illustrate The sectional view corresponding with Fig. 6 B of the assembling procedure of reinforced sheet is installed on housing.

Figure 10 A are the sectional views corresponding with Fig. 6 A of the housing of embodiment 2, Figure 10 B be the contact of embodiment 2 with The corresponding side views of Fig. 7 B, Figure 10 C are the sectional views corresponding with Fig. 9 A of the adapter of embodiment 2.

Label declaration

10、10A：Adapter；11、11A：Housing；12、12A：Front surface；13、13A：Surface afterwards；14：One side；15： Another side；16：Upper surface；17、17A：Bottom surface；18、18A：1st opening；19、19A：2nd opening；20、20A：Intercommunicating pore； 21、21A：Next door；22：Link slot；23：Tapering；24、24A：Contact holding portion；25：Holding section；26：Slot；27：Engaging is prominent Rise；28：Vertical；29：Horizontal plane；30、30A：Contact；31、31A：Contact main body；32、32A：Contact site；33：Protuberance； 34：Jut；35：Fixed part；36：Reinforced sheet；37：Reinforced sheet main body；38：Embedded division；39：Clamping part；40：Projection；41：Gu Determine portion.

Specific embodiment

Below, referring to the drawings embodiments of the present invention are illustrated.But, embodiment shown below is illustrated For the adapter embodied to the technological thought of the present invention, it is not to limit the invention to this meaning, same energy The other embodiment included by claims is applied to enough.

[embodiment 1]

The adapter of embodiments of the present invention 1 is illustrated with reference to Fig. 1～Fig. 9.The adapter 10 of embodiment 1 with FPC（Omit diagram）Connection, as shown in figure 1, by the housing 11 for inserting and connecting for FPC, the multiple contacts being mounted in housing 11 30th, a pair of the reinforced sheets 36 for being mounted in the both side ends of housing 11 are constituted.

And, adapter 10 is configured to, and multiple contacts 30 is welded and is arranged on printed base plate etc. by scolding tin etc., FPC is inserted in housing 11 and which is connected with contact 30.Now, if be mounted in the reinforced sheet 36 at the two ends of housing 11 also with printing Substrate etc. is welded, then being capable of installs connector 10 more securely.Below, each structure member is illustrated.

First, housing 11 is illustrated with reference to Fig. 2～Fig. 6.Housing 11 is formed as highly relatively low rectangular shape, by Front surface 12, rear surface 13, one or the other side 14,15, upper surface 16 and bottom surface 17 are constituted.Formed on front surface 12 There is the 1st wider opening 18 as the part inserted for FPC, be formed with the rear surface 13 opposed with front surface 12 for many Multiple 2nd openings 19 of the insertion of individual contact 30（Reference picture 3B）.Also, make the 1st opening 18 and the rear surface 13 of front surface 12 The intercommunicating pore 20 of 19 connection of the 2nd opening is formed in the inside of housing 11.

In the intercommunicating pore 20 formed in housing 11, corresponding to multiple 2nd openings 19 formed on rear surface 13, in housing 11 are internally formed next door 21, are divided in the way of it can assemble multiple contacts 30.Also, each next door 21 is from after housing Surface 13 forms the somewhat inner side of front surface 12, and the link slot 22 for being inserted into FPC of its central part is along the 1st opening 18 Transverse width and the housing 11 that is formed in each next door 21 is central and rear surface between（Reference picture 6A）.

Also, it is provided with intercommunicating pore 20 for installing the contact holding portion 24 of contact 30.Contact holding portion passes through rear table Each next door 21 of 13 side of face and be formed with link slot 22 each next door 21 upper and lower it is a part of come holding contact 30.Separately Outward, with the transverse width and thickness of the FPC for being inserted being formed, being formed must be than connection for the 1st opening 18 for arranging on front surface 12 The narrow width of the short transverse in hole 20.Also, with regard to the entrance of the 1st opening 18, for ease of inserting FPC, and along the 1st opening 18 transverse width forms tapering 23 up and down.

Also, as housing 11 is highly relatively low rectangular shape, so, the upper surface 16 of housing 11 and bottom surface 17 Surface area forms maximum.Also, it is respectively provided with one or the other side 14,15 and installs reinforced sheet described later 36 Holding section 25.Holding section 25 is formed in the two ends of the 1st opening 18 of the front surface 12 of housing 11, the upper side and lower side of housing 11 The slot 26 of the slit-shaped of formation is formed near the substantially central portion of housing 11, in being centrally formed with for these slots 26 Engaging protrusion 27.

And, when bottom surface 17 is configured in lower section, the housing 11 of embodiment 1 is configured to regard to vertically through front table The face 28 at the center in face 12 is symmetrical, also, is configured to right about 29 with regard to the face at the center horizontally through front surface 12 Claim.Therefore, as shown in Fig. 3～Fig. 6, with regard to each face 28,29 vertically and horizontally, upper surface 16 is with bottom surface 17 with identical for housing 11 It is shaped so as to upper and lower and symmetrical（With reference to Fig. 3 and Fig. 5）, also, a side 14 with another side 15 also with identical Be shaped so as to it is upper and lower and symmetrical, equipped with strengthen thin slice 36 a pair of holding sections 25 be again formed as it is upper and lower and symmetrical Shape（With reference to Fig. 3 and Fig. 4）.Further, the shape inside housing 11 is also formed as upper and lower and symmetrical with same shape, and the 1st The 18, the 2nd opening 19, intercommunicating pore 20 of opening, and intercommunicating pore 20 in each shape of contact holding portion 24 for being formed be again formed as It is lower and symmetrical（With reference to Fig. 3 and Fig. 6）.

Then, contact 30 is illustrated with reference to Fig. 7.Contact 30 is formed as the plate body of specific thickness, by contact main body 31st, the extended contact site 32 for being formed as two strands from above and below the contact main body 31, contact main body 31 are to contact Protuberance 33 that the opposition side in portion 32 projects, it is extended in the lower section of the protuberance 33 and printing base is welded on by scolding tin etc. Fixed part 35 on plate is constituted.

When two strands of the inner side of contact site 32a, 32b insertion FPC is formed as, contact site 32 passes through upper and lower contact site 32a, 32b are clamping FPC.Now, formed must be slightly narrower than the thickness of FPC in the gap of two strands contact site 32a, 32b, in insertion During FPC, upper and lower contact site 32a, 32b is open, and clamps FPC by the elastic force that now produces.

Fixed part 35 is formed as in the lower section that the protuberance 33 to be formed is projected from 32 opposition side of contact site of contact main body 31 Extend.The fixed part 35 is following part：When adapter 10 is arranged on printed base plate, welds and be fixed on by scolding tin etc. On printed base plate, and it is connected electrically.

Also, jut 34 is formed with the top of contact main body 31, when contact 30 is inserted in housing 11, by inciting somebody to action In the press-in housing 11 of jut 34, contact 30 is positioned on housing 11, fixed and is installed.

Then, reinforced sheet 36 is illustrated with reference to Fig. 8.Reinforced sheet 36 is formed as plate with what is be made up of metallic material The reinforced sheet main body 37 of shape body, be formed as concave embedded division to substantially central portion from a side of the reinforced sheet main body 37 38th, in a pair of clamping parts 39 setting up and down of the embedded division 38.In addition, the 38 side shape of embedded division of the clamping part 39a in upside Into there is projection 40, also, extended specific length is formed with the downside of the clamping part 39b and reinforced sheet main body 37 of downside Fixed part 41.In addition, embedded division 38 is the part chimeric with the engaging protrusion 27 of the holding section 25 of housing 11, also, a pair of folders Hold the part that portion 39a, 39b are the engaging protrusions 27 of the holding section 25 for clamping housing 11.

Then, the assembling referring especially to Fig. 1 and Fig. 9 to adapter 10 is illustrated.The adapter 10 of embodiment 1 be Configure on production line by being molded or rolling punch process and each part for being formed being assembled by automation equipment .

First, in order to contact 30 and reinforced sheet 36 are installed on housing 11, multiple housings 11 are made to become identical direction.This When, housing 11 is fed into parts feeder and is transferred in transfer line, becomes fixed toward and under in the transfer One operation.Now, as described above, the housing 11 of embodiment 1 with regard on the basis of the center of front surface 12 vertically and horizontally Face 28,29 be formed as upper and lower and symmetrical.Therefore, even if the construction up and down of housing 11 is conversely, also become same shape, institute With, it is not necessary to differentiated using parts feeder up and down, it is not necessary to carry out following operation as in the past：Will be contrary up and down In the state of the housing transferred remove from production line, be supplied again to parts feeder, differentiated up and down again.

Also, as housing 11 is formed as symmetrical, so, it is not necessary to the left and right for carrying out housing 11 differentiates, also, such as Like that, differentiate before and after only just only being carried out by horizontal rotation in the past.Therefore, time per unit can be sent to subsequent processing Housing 11 amount increase, production efficiency improve, further, it is possible to suppress manufacturing cost.

Then, housing 11 is shifted into the operation of installing contact 30.Then, will touch from the contact site 32 for being formed as two strands Point 30 is inserted into multiple 2 openings 19 for being formed on the rear surface of housing 11 to install contact 30.Now, it is longitudinally inserted into contact 30, upper and lower contact site 32a, 32b of two formed on contact 30 strand is along the contact formed in the intercommunicating pore 20 of housing 11 Maintaining part 24 is inserted, and then, the projection 40 formed on the contact site 32a on the top of contact main body 31 is pressed in housing 11, Thus, the installing of contact 30 is completed.By the contact holding portion 24 and projection 40, prevent contact 30 from coming off from housing 11, and Contact 30 is positioned.Also, what contact 30 was installed is oriented, the fixed part 35 formed on contact 30 becomes downside（Reference Fig. 9 A）.

Then, housing 11 is shifted into the operation of installing reinforced sheet 36.Reinforced sheet 36 is installed on holding section 25, the engaging Portion 25 is formed on of housing 11 and another side 14,15.Housing 11 is embedded in by making the embedded division 38 of reinforced sheet 36 Holding section 25 engaging protrusion 27, make reinforced sheet 36 clamping part 39 clamp the engaging protrusion 27, so as to carry out the installing.This When, by upper and lower clamping part 39a, 39b, the slot 26 on the holding section 25 of housing 11 is engaged.Also, The projection 40 that the inner side of the clamping part 39a of the upside of reinforced sheet 36 is formed carries out solid in being pressed into the engaging protrusion 27 of housing 11 It is fixed.In addition, reinforced sheet 36 installing be oriented, in the downside of the clamping part 39b and reinforced sheet main body 37 of the downside of reinforced sheet 36 The fixed part 41 of formation becomes downside（Reference picture 9B）.So far, adapter 10 is completed.

In addition, in the adapter of embodiment 1, illustrating to connect the situation of FPC on the connectors, but being not limited to This, it is also possible to it is connected with FFC etc..

[embodiment 2]

In the adapter of embodiment 1, following situation is illustrated：In order to connect FPC or FFC in other side side, with shape Become the housing that can install contact, the contact has the contact site for being formed as two strands, but, in the adapter of embodiment 2 In, to illustrating with the housing for being formed as installing the contact with bar-shaped contact site.According to embodiment 2, point out other side side to be not limited to FPC or FFC, the embodiment that can also be connected with board connector or electric wire adapter. In addition, in the adapter of embodiment 2, to label identical with the adapter identical part mark of embodiment 1 and omit Describe in detail.

As shown in Figure 10, the adapter 10A of embodiment 2 is by for other side's side-connector（It is not shown）The shell for inserting and connecting Body 11A, the multiple contact 30A being installed in housing 11A, a pair of reinforced sheets 36 of the both side ends for being installed in housing 11A are constituted.

As shown in Figure 10 A, housing 11A is formed as highly relatively low rectangular shape, is formed with for right on front surface 12A The 1st i.e. wider opening 18A of the part of the contact insertion of square side, is formed with confession on the rear surface 13A opposed with front surface 12A Multiple 2nd opening 19A of multiple contact 30A insertions（Reference picture 3B）.Also, make the 1st opening 18A and rear table of front surface 12A The intercommunicating pore 20A of the 2nd opening 19A connections of face 13A is formed in the inside of housing 11A.

In the intercommunicating pore 20A formed in housing 11A, corresponding to formed on rear surface 13A it is multiple 2 opening 19A, Housing 11A's is internally formed next door 21A, is divided in the way of it can install multiple contact 30A.Also, in intercommunicating pore 20A In be provided with for installing contact holding portion 24A of contact 30A.

In addition, the holding section 25 of installing reinforced sheet 36 is respectively provided with one or the other side of housing 11A, this Point is identical with the housing 11 of embodiment 1, so omitting the description.

And, the housing 11A of embodiment 2 is same with the housing 11 of embodiment 1, and bottom surface 17A is being configured in lower section When, it is configured to symmetrical with regard to the face 28 at the center vertically through front surface 12A（With reference to Fig. 3）, also, be configured to regard to Face 29 horizontally through the center of front surface 12A is symmetrical above and below.Thus, the housing of embodiment 2 can also obtain embodiment party The effect of the housing of formula 1.

Then, as shown in Figure 10 B, contact 30A is formed as the plate body of specific thickness, by contact main body 31A, from the contact The opposition side of the extended bar-shaped contact site 32A in the substantial middle part of main body 31A, contact main body 31A to contact site 32A Prominent protuberance 33, the fixed part for being extended and being welded on by scolding tin etc. on printed base plate in the lower section of the protuberance 33 35 are constituted.

Contact site 32A is formed as bar-shaped, and when other side's side-connector is inserted into, contact and the contact site 32A of other side side connect Touch.In addition, fixed part 35 and jut 34 are identical with the contact 30 of embodiment 1, so omitting the description.Further, embodiment 2 Reinforced sheet it is also identical with the reinforced sheet 36 of embodiment 1, so omitting the description.

Furthermore, it is possible to the adapter of embodiment 2 is carried out by the adapter identical assembling procedure with embodiment 1 The assembling of 10A（Reference picture 10C）, the assembling identical effect with the adapter 10 of embodiment 1 can be obtained.

In addition, in embodiment 2, contact site 32A is formed as into bar-shaped, but, the shape not limited to this of contact site can To be changed according to other side side.

Also, the shape of the housing of embodiment 1,2 is not limited to above-mentioned shape, as long as having upper and lower and symmetrical knot Structure, can be formed as arbitrary shape.

Also, the contact of embodiment 1,2 may not be whole identical sizes, for example, it is also possible to prepare longer Contact and shorter contact, their alternatings are installed on housing.Thus, when FPC etc. is connected on the connectors, it is alternately arranged Contact clamping part alternately clamping FPC etc., thus it is possible to access higher retentivity, stable connection can be carried out.

Claims (2)

1. a kind of adapter, the adapter have housing, and the housing is provided with the connecting portion for treating chimeric other side side in a face 1st opening of insertion, is provided with the 1st open communication and for multiple 2nd openings of multiple contacts insertion in another face, should Another face is opposed with one face in the longitudinal direction, and the adapter is characterised by,

The inside of the housing by multiple next doors divided and be provided with make it is described 1st opening and the 2nd open communication Multiple intercommunicating pores,

It is respectively arranged with the intercommunicating pore by the plurality of next door come the contact holding portion of holding contact,

On the housing, the both ends on any one surface in the surface for being provided with the 1st opening or the 2nd opening A pair of holding sections of the reinforced sheet welded for installation and printed base plate are formed with,

If one face of the housing is front surface, when 1 open horizontal is configured to, the housing, it is formed in Multiple described intercommunicating pore, multiple contact holding portions and the pair of holding section in the housing is configured to regard to vertically Face by the center of the front surface is symmetrical, and is configured to the face with regard to the center horizontally through the front surface It is symmetrical above and below.

2. adapter according to claim 1, it is characterised in that

It is described to treat that chimeric other side side is flexible printing substrate or flexible flat cable.