CN103474802B

CN103474802B - Adapter

Info

Publication number: CN103474802B
Application number: CN201310331756.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 横尾弘之
Original assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Ltd
Current assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Ltd
Priority date: 2010-03-03
Filing date: 2011-01-13
Publication date: 2016-08-17
Anticipated expiration: 2031-01-13
Also published as: JP5016695B2; CN103474802A; CN102195159A; JP2011181439A; KR101219621B1; TWI425724B; TW201136056A; KR20110100131A

Abstract

The present invention provides a kind of adapter.In the adapter of FPC/FFC, actuator (30) possesses fastener (32) and abutting part (33).When actuator (30) is in open position, fastener (32) is positioned at the position not hindering FPC/FFC (50) to insert, and when actuator (30) is in closed position, fastener (32) is positioned at the engaged part (54) than the FPC/FFC (50) inserted on the front.Therefore, even if FPC/FFC (50) forwards to move, engaged part (54) are also engaged by fastener (32).Abutting part (33) is positioned at when actuator (30) is in closed position and rearward and abuts with the interarea (upper surface (50a)) of FPC/FFC (50) when the engaged part (54) of FPC/FFC (50) is engaged by fastener (32) than fastener (32).

Description

Adapter

The application is filing date on January 13rd, 2011, Application No. 201110020981.2, sends out The divisional application of the application for a patent for invention of bright entitled " adapter ".

Technical field

The present invention relates to and FPC (Flexible Printed CirCuit) or FFC (Flexible Flat The adapter that the connecting object thing of tabular as Cable) or lamellar connects.

Background technology

As the adapter preventing the connecting object thing of tabular or lamellar from coming off, such as at patent documentation 1 (Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication 2004-71314 publication) or patent documentation 2 (Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication 2009-283309 Number publication) there is disclosure.

The adapter of patent documentation 1 includes having bossed actuator and support actuator for turning Dynamic housing.Housing is formed the receiving orifice corresponding with the projection of actuator.From adapter When the insert port of front end is inserted FPC/FFC and makes actuator forwards lie down, the projection warp of actuator It is inserted in the receiving orifice of housing by the hole of FPC/FFC.Thus, taking off of FPC/FFC is prevented Fall.

But, patent documentation 1 record adapter in, when to extract FPC/FFC by force or During impact FPC/FFC etc., actuator is likely opened and FPC/FFC comes off.In order to prevent here Plant undesirable coming off and projection must be made elongated, but obstruction FPC/FFC when projection is elongated, can be produced The problem inserted to adapter.

The adapter of patent documentation 2 includes: housing, and it has the lock arm being provided with fastener；Promote Dynamic device, it is supported as rotating by housing.Actuator is provided with the cam part making lock arm bend. When opening actuator, cam part makes lock arm bend, and makes fastener displacement upward.Thus, FPC/FFC can insert to adapter.When FPC/FFC is inserted into adapter, make When actuator is lied down, fastener returns to the position of regulation.Now, fastener is positioned at FPC/FFC Stop hole in.Thus, coming off of FPC/FFC is prevented.

The adapter that this patent documentation 2 is recorded makes lock arm bend by the operation of actuator, therefore Have problems in terms of intensity.

Summary of the invention

Present invention aim at providing a kind of drawing by force withstanding connecting object thing or impact Structure and adapter no problem in terms of intensity.

An aspect of of the present present invention provides a kind of adapter.Described adapter has insert port in front end.Institute State adapter to be connected with the connecting object thing inserted from described insert port rearward end.Described connecting object thing For tabular or lamellar.Described connecting object thing has contact site and engaged part.Described adapter includes: There is the contact of contact portion；Keep the housing of described contact；Supported as position can be being closed by described housing Put the actuator rotated between open position.Described actuator is corresponding to making described actuator open from described The rotating operation that position rotates towards described closed position, and make the described contact portion of described contact and described company The described contact site connecing object connects.Described actuator possesses fastener and abutting part.Described abutting Portion is positioned at when described actuator is in described closed position than described fastener rearward and at least in institute State when the described engaged part of described connecting object thing is engaged by fastener with described connecting object thing Interarea abuts.

According to the present invention, due to the fastener being arranged on actuator and the engaged part of connecting object thing Locking and the abutting part of actuator abut with the interarea of connecting object thing, even if extracting connection by force Object (such as, FPC/FFC) or impact connecting object thing, without the length increasing fastener Spend and be prevented from opening the situation of actuator by mistake.

The explanation of following preferred forms is discussed by referring to accompanying drawing, can correctly understand the present invention Purpose, and be more fully understood from its structure.

Accompanying drawing explanation

Fig. 1 is the main parallax stereogram of the adapter illustrating embodiments of the present invention.Here, adapter In the actuator that comprises be in open position.

Fig. 2 is the back of the body parallax stereogram of the adapter illustrating Fig. 1.Here, actuator is in open position.

Fig. 3 is the sectional view of the adapter illustrating Fig. 2 along III--III line.Here, actuator is in out Position, FPC/FFC is also not inserted into insert port.

Fig. 4 is the sectional view of the adapter along the Fig. 2 shown in IV--IV line.Here, actuator is in Open position, FPC/FFC is inserted into insert port.

Fig. 5 is the main parallax stereogram of the adapter illustrating Fig. 1.Here, actuator is in closed position.

Fig. 6 is the sectional view of the adapter illustrating Fig. 5 along VI--VI line.Close here, actuator is in Position, FPC/FFC is inserted into insert port.

Fig. 7 is the sectional view of the adapter illustrating Fig. 5 along VII--VII line.Here, actuator is in Closed position, FPC/FFC is inserted into insert port.

Fig. 8 is the axonometric chart of the housing illustrating Fig. 1.

Fig. 9 is the axonometric chart of the actuator illustrating Fig. 1.

Figure 10 is the sectional view of the actuator illustrating Fig. 9 along X--X line.

Figure 11 is the ground plan illustrating the ability to the FPC/FFC that the adapter with Fig. 1 is connected.

Figure 12 is the ground plan of the variation of the FPC/FFC illustrating Figure 11.

Detailed description of the invention

As a wherein example, can say in detailed below with various deformation or be embodied in various ways the present invention Bright specific embodiment shown in the drawings.Drawings and the embodiments do not limit the invention at this Disclosed specific mode, and carry out in the scope disclosed in the scope of claims whole Variation, equivalent, replacement example are also contained in its object.

Referring to figs. 1 through Fig. 7, the adapter 1 of embodiments of the present invention is installed on circuit substrate (not Diagram), and be connected with FPC/FFC (connecting object thing) 50.Here, such as Fig. 3, Fig. 4, figure 6, shown in Fig. 7 and Figure 11, it is possible to the FPC/FFC50 being connected with the adapter 1 of present embodiment There is upper surface 50a and lower surface 50b as two interareas, in (the X side, edge of lower surface 50b To end, the right-hand member of Fig. 3) 51 it is formed about multiple contact site (multiple signal terminal) 52.And And, formed at left and right directions (Y-direction) two ends of FPC/FFC50 and be absorbed in inside oriented Y-direction Recess 53.That is, recess 53 is arranged to clip multiple contact site 52 from Y-direction.As described later, The edge of the side, edge 51 of this recess 53 works as engaged part 54.

Referring again to Fig. 1 to Fig. 7, adapter 1 has front end 2 and rear end 3, and in front end 2 There is the insert port 4 for inserting for FPC/FFC50.Adapter 1 is with from this insert port 4 backwards The FPC/FFC50 of end 3 insertion connects.Hereinafter, describe in detail described adapter 1 structure and with The method that FPC/FFC50 connects.

The adapter 1 of present embodiment includes: the housing 10 formed by Ins. ulative material；By metal shape The multiple contacts 20 become；The actuator 30 formed by Ins. ulative material；It is connected and fixed on circuit substrate The metal compactor 40 of (not shown).

With reference to Fig. 3, Fig. 4 and Fig. 6～Fig. 8, it is formed with peristome at the front end 10a of housing 10 11.The most through housing of peristome 11 10, and before seeing housing 10 in X direction During end 10a, there is elongated shape in the Y direction.The peristome 11 of present embodiment is to above-mentioned The insert port 4 of adapter 1 is defined.The bottom surface of peristome 11 (that is, insert port 4) is as holding Worked by the bearing plane 12 of the FPC/FFC50 inserted by insert port 4.As shown in Figure 8, Be formed about at the Y-direction two ends of bearing plane 12 that oriented-Z direction (lower section) caves in keeps out of the way hole 13.The rear end 10b of housing 10 is formed the hole i.e. maintaining part 14 keeping contact 20.Described guarantor Hold portion 14 until bearing plane 12.Additionally, bearing portion 15 is formed as clipping in the Y direction bearing plane 12.Bearing portion 15 is the groove caved in outside Y-direction and the groove extended to Z-direction (top).

With reference to Fig. 3, Fig. 4, Fig. 6 and Fig. 7, each contact 20 includes: be provided with the lower jaw of contact portion 21 Portion 22；Maxillary portion 23；The linking part 24 that lower jaw portion 22 and maxillary portion 23 are linked；To linking part 24 carry out flexibly mounted maintained portion 25；From maintained portion 25 rearward downside (X-direction and- Z-direction) anchor portion 26 that extends.Linking part 24 is configured to the shape of tuning fork-like and by lower jaw portion 22 and maxillary portion 23 link.Maintained portion 25 is kept by maintaining part 14.Anchor portion 26 and circuit Corresponding signal terminal (not shown) on substrate (not shown) connects fixing.

In the present embodiment, owing to linking part 24 is carried out elastic bearing by maintained portion 25, therefore Maxillary portion 23 and lower jaw portion 22 are centered by the part kept by the maintained portion 25 of linking part 24 Carry out rotating the action of a class.Therefore, when will promote maxillary portion 23 upward, lower jaw portion 22 also by Promote, thus contact portion 21 is moved upward.

Actuator 30 by housing 10 be kept into can open position (referring to figs. 1 through Fig. 4) with close position Put and rotate between (with reference to Fig. 5 to Fig. 7).This actuator 30 makes the contact portion 21 of contact 20 The contact portion 21 of contact 20 and the contact site of FPC/FFC50 is made from open position when rotating towards closed position 52 connect.

The actuator 30 of present embodiment is configured to by towards the rear (X-direction) and lies down and from open position Put and rotate towards closed position.That is, the turning towards closed position from open position of the actuator 30 of present embodiment Dynamic direction is in opposite direction with the rotation of the actuator in the adapter of patent documentation 1.

Referring again to Fig. 9 and Figure 10, the actuator 30 of present embodiment possesses: at both ends, left and right (Y Both ends, direction) prominent laterally rotary shaft 31；Be positioned at the fastener 32 near two ends, left and right and Abutting part 33；The resettlement section 34 formed corresponding to contact 20；It is arranged on the lifting in resettlement section 34 Portion 35；Enclosure 36.

Specifically, the rotary shaft 31 of present embodiment is positioned at rush when actuator 30 is in closed position Dynamic device 30 foremost, and is kept into by the bearing portion 15 of housing 10 and can rotate and can be along upper Lower direction (Z-direction) is mobile.

Fastener 32 has the shape of overshooting shape, when actuator 30 is in open position downwards (- Z-direction) prominent, move corresponding to the rotation of actuator 30.Arrange on the housing 10 Keeping out of the way hole 13 for making the movement of fastener 32 be smoothed out, keeping out of the way that hole 13 is individually not have to Engage with fastener 32.Therefore, keeping out of the way hole 13 can be the deepest as the adapter of patent documentation 1.

Specifically, knowable to Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, when actuator 30 is in open position, this enforcement The fastener 32 of mode is positioned at the position not hindering FPC/FFC50 to insert.On the other hand, such as Fig. 7 Shown in, when being in closed position when inserting FPC/FFC50 when actuator 30, this enforcement The fastener 32 of mode is positioned at the engaged part 54 than FPC/FFC50 on the front.That is, inserting When under the state of FPC/FFC50, actuator 30 is in closed position, the fastener of present embodiment 32 are positioned at recess 53.Therefore, (that is, extract when FPC/FFC50 forwards to move During FPC/FFC50), engaged part 54 is engaged by fastener 32.

The especially fastener 32 of present embodiment is positioned near rotary shaft 31.Therefore, it is possible to reduce Size in direction (X-direction) before and after adapter 1.And, knowable to Fig. 7 and Figure 10, In the cross section along XZ plane, when actuator 30 is in closed position, the 2/3 of fastener 32 More than be positioned at than rotary shaft 31 center 31c rearward.In the case of so constituting, when actuating When device 30 is in open position, it is possible to reduce the possibility hindering FPC/FFC50 to insert to insert port 4 Property.Considering that described effect understands, when actuator 30 is in closed position, preferably fastener 32 is big Partly (more preferably overall) be positioned at than rotary shaft 31 center 31c rearward.

With reference to Fig. 7 and Figure 10, abutting part 33 has puts down with YX when actuator 30 is in closed position The face that face is parallel, and be positioned at than fastener 32 (X-direction) rearward.Especially in present embodiment In, when actuator 30 is in closed position, abutting part 33 is positioned at than rotary shaft 31 rearward.? To extract FPC/FFC50 etc. by force and at least fastener 32 is by the engaged part of FPC/FFC50 During 54 locking, this abutting part 33 abuts with the upper surface 50a of FPC/FFC50.Therefore, from quilt When fastener 54 applies the power pressed by fastener 32 to-X direction (front) to fastener 32, Abutting part 33 is pressed against the upper surface 50a of FPC/FFC50, even if the most not increasing fastener The prominent length of 32, FPC/FFC50 also will not come off from fastener 32.And, need not be in order to Actuator 30 is made to open (moving to open position) towards closed position direction force actuator 30.Especially It is that the abutting part 33 of present embodiment clamps FPC/ together with the contact portion 21 of contact 20 FFC50, the most not only when the engaged part 54 of FPC/FFC50 is engaged by fastener 32, and And when actuator 30 is in closed position abutting part 33 the most always with the upper surface of FPC/FFC50 50a abuts.

With reference to Fig. 9 and Figure 10, resettlement section 34 is formed as the slit-shaped parallel with XZ plane.Such as Fig. 3 And shown in Fig. 6, this resettlement section 34 partially houses the maxillary portion 23 of contact 20.

As shown in Fig. 3, Fig. 6 and Figure 10, lifting parts 35 has core shift shape, in each resettlement section 34 The interior inwall by composition resettlement section 34 links the most in the Y direction.That is, lifting parts 35 is positioned at collecting In portion 34.The rotation that this lifting parts 35 rotates towards closed position from open position corresponding to making actuator 30 Operation, and in resettlement section 34, the maxillary portion 23 of contact 20 is promoted (Fig. 6 reference).Lifting parts 35 when promoting maxillary portion 23, as it has been described above, make the contact portion 21 that is arranged in lower jaw portion 22 upwards Orientation is moved.

As shown in Fig. 6 and Figure 10, when actuator 30 is in closed position, enclosure 36 constitutes rush The rear portion of dynamic device 30, and surround the top of the rear end 10b of housing 10.By this encirclement, and contact The top of the maintained portion 25 of 20 is also protected, is surrounded.

As it is shown on figure 3, when actuator 30 is in open position, relative to the company possessing said structure The insert port 4 connecing device 1 inserts FPC/FFC50, becomes the state shown in Fig. 4.Now, locking Portion 32 is positioned at the top of the recess 53 of FPC/FFC50.In this condition, actuator 30 court is made When closed position rotates, as shown in Figure 6, improved the maxillary portion 23 of contact 20 by lifting parts 35, by This makes contact portion 21 displacement upward.Thus, FPC/FFC50 is sandwiched in abutting part 33 and contact Between portion 21, contact portion 21 is also achieved with the electrical connection of contact site 52.Now, such as Fig. 7 Shown in, owing to fastener 32 is positioned at recess 53, above-mentioned coming off therefore can be prevented.

Above, describe embodiment and specifically illustrate the present invention, but the invention is not limited in this.

Such as, in the above-described embodiment, owing to clamping between abutting part 33 and contact portion 21 FPC/FFC50, therefore when actuator 30 is in closed position, abutting part 33 and FPC/FFC50 Upper surface 50a abut.Support however, it is also possible to arrange the contact beyond contact 20 or elastomer etc. Connecing the pressing object beyond portion 33, in this case, abutting part 33 is preventing actuator 30 not Abut with FPC/FFC50 when preferably rotating, be not to be in closed position at actuator 30 Shi Bixu with FPC/FFC50 abuts.

It addition, as the FPC/FFC50 can being connected with above-mentioned adapter 1, at two ends, left and right There is recess 53 but it also may such as shown in Figure 12, will there is the FPC of protuberance 55 at two ends, left and right / FFC50 ' is as connecting object.In this case, in the edge of protuberance 55 away from edge 51 Edge work as engaged part 56.

Although the description of the optimal embodiment of the present invention, but skilled person will appreciate that and do not taking off Can deform embodiment in the range of the thought of the present invention, this kind of embodiment falls within The scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. an adapter, has insert port, and inserts with from described insert port rearward end in front end Connecting object thing connect, wherein,

Described adapter includes: have the contact of contact portion；Keep the housing of described contact；By described Housing supporting is the actuator that can rotate between closed position and open position,

Described contact at least has: be provided with the lower jaw portion of described contact portion；Maxillary portion；By described lower jaw The linking part that portion and described maxillary portion link；Described linking part is carried out elastic bearing and by described housing Maintaining part keep maintained portion,

Described actuator is corresponding to making described actuator rotate towards described closed position from described open position Rotating operation, and make the described contact portion of described contact and the lower surface being formed at described connecting object thing On contact site connect,

Described actuator possesses: fastener；Abutting part；The resettlement section formed corresponding to described contact； It is arranged on the lifting parts in described resettlement section,

Described abutting part is positioned at than described fastener rearward when described actuator is in described closed position Just and at least when the engaged part of described connecting object thing is engaged by described fastener it is connected with described The interarea of object abuts,

Described lifting parts is corresponding to making described actuator rotate towards described closed position from described open position Rotating operation, and in described resettlement section, the described maxillary portion of described contact is promoted, by promoting institute State maxillary portion, make the described contact portion displacement upward being arranged in described lower jaw portion.

Adapter the most according to claim 1, wherein,

When inserting described connecting object thing and when described actuator is in described closed position, institute State abutting part to abut with the described interarea of described connecting object thing.

Adapter the most according to claim 1 and 2, wherein,

It is formed with bearing portion on the housing,

Described actuator has the rotary shaft housed by described bearing portion,

When described actuator is in described closed position, described abutting portion is in than described rotary shaft rearward Side.

Adapter the most according to claim 3, wherein,

Described fastener is positioned near described rotary shaft.

Adapter the most according to claim 4, wherein,

In the cross section along the plane orthogonal with the left and right directions of described adapter, at described actuator When described closed position, described fastener is positioned at than described rotary shaft rearward.

Adapter the most according to claim 1 and 2, wherein,

Described actuator rotates towards described closed position from described open position by lying down towards the rear.

Adapter the most according to claim 1 and 2, wherein,

Described fastener is arranged near the left and right directions two ends of described actuator.

Adapter the most according to claim 1 and 2, wherein,

When described actuator is in described open position, described fastener is positioned at and does not hinders described connection right The position inserted as thing, and when inserting described connecting object thing and be at described actuator During described closed position, described fastener is positioned at more forward than the described engaged part of described connecting object thing Side, thus, even if described connecting object thing forwards to move, described fastener also by described by card Stop engages.