CN104836047A - Connector - Google Patents

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CN104836047A
CN104836047A CN201510075811.2A CN201510075811A CN104836047A CN 104836047 A CN104836047 A CN 104836047A CN 201510075811 A CN201510075811 A CN 201510075811A CN 104836047 A CN104836047 A CN 104836047A
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山口富三郎
小椋由幸
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R24/00Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure
    • H01R24/28Coupling parts carrying pins, blades or analogous contacts and secured only to wire or cable
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/02Contact members
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/50Fixed connections
    • H01R12/51Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/70Coupling devices
    • H01R12/71Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/72Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/722Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures coupling devices mounted on the edge of the printed circuits
    • H01R12/728Coupling devices without an insulating housing provided on the edge of the PCB
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/70Coupling devices
    • H01R12/91Coupling devices allowing relative movement between coupling parts, e.g. floating or self aligning
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/02Contact members
    • H01R13/22Contacts for co-operating by abutting
    • H01R13/24Contacts for co-operating by abutting resilient; resiliently-mounted
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/02Contact members
    • H01R13/22Contacts for co-operating by abutting
    • H01R13/24Contacts for co-operating by abutting resilient; resiliently-mounted
    • H01R13/2464Contacts for co-operating by abutting resilient; resiliently-mounted characterized by the contact point

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Abstract

The invention provides a connector which enables the contact required by the conduction connection with the real contact reliability and the bending performance required by a movable spring with a function of suspension to be met at the same time. A movable conduction terminal (6) with excellent conductivity and bending performances and a contact terminal (7) with an excellent pressure contact force form a terminal with the function of suspension. The contact terminal (7) is used for maintaining the contact state of an elastic contact part (6d1) of the movable conduction terminal (6) and a connection object, thereby achieving the real conduction connection.

Description

Connector
Technical field
The present invention relates to connector that be connected with the conducting of connecting object thing by the electric circuit of substrate, that particularly possess suspension function.
Background technology
Known a kind of connector (as an example with reference to patent documentation 1) with suspension function, it possesses: the stationary housing being fixed on substrate; Can relative to the movable housing of stationary housing displacement; And bonder terminal, it has movable plate, and the end side of described movable plate is fixed on stationary housing, movable housing is fixed in another side and movable housing resiliency supported obtained can relative to stationary housing displacement.In the connector of such discontinuous construction in the past, described bonder terminal is set to, play a role in the connecting object such as electric component and/or substrate thing is connected with the conducting of the circuit of substrate, and also play a role as the fluid spring of resiliency supported movable housing.
Prior art document
Patent documentation
Patent documentation 1: Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication 2007-109600 publication
Summary of the invention
But, possess in the connector of suspension function at such, for bonder terminal, the contact required by demand fulfillment connects as the stably conducting of connector and the requirement specification as this two side of bendability required by the fluid spring realizing discontinuous construction.
Require that 1 of specification solve scheme is for meeting this: the metal material using these two kinds of performances of bendability that can meet the suspension function soft with realization relative to certain contact of connecting object thing.Copper alloy as such metal material an example and use, but to comprise copper alloy high performance metal material like this as the terminal of connector be costly, there is manufacturing cost and raise this problem.
Other solve scheme, as shown in figure 29, obtains the movable plate 20a as far as possible carefully forming bonder terminal 20, forms the contact site 20b of larger clip configuration on the other hand, can realize soft bendability and certain contact thus.But contact site 20b is large, so be difficult to the miniaturization tackling connector.In addition, the material width required for the formation of contact site 20b becomes large, makes the terminal pitch being formed at bracket 21 consistent with the terminal pitch of housing so cannot narrow.Therefore, also there is following problem: multiple terminals of bracket 21 cannot be inserted housing together, must insert one by one, manufacturing cost significantly raises.
The present invention completes for background with prior art as described above.Its object is to realize making on one side connector miniaturized, make to have as the contact required by the conducting connection of certain contact reliability of connector and the connector set up as this two side of bendability required by the fluid spring realizing suspension function simultaneously by the new method do not had in the past.
In order to reach above-mentioned purpose, the present invention is formed as described below.
There is provided a kind of connector, it possesses:
Be fixed on the stationary housing of substrate; With
Can relative to the movable housing of stationary housing displacement;
The feature of described connector is to possess:
Movable conducting terminal, it has the stator portion being fixed on stationary housing, the stator portion being fixed on movable housing, movable housing supported can relative to the movable plate portion of stationary housing elastic displacement and the elastic contact chip portion at the inside of movable housing and connecting object thing conducting contact; With
Contact terminal, it has the elastic contact chip portion keeping the elastic contact chip portion of movable conducting terminal and the contact condition of connecting object thing.
In the present invention, bonder terminal is configured to different terminals and movable conducting terminal and contacts with terminal, so can have predetermined functional dedicated terminals as each terminal and form shape, material etc.Particularly for movable conducting terminal, can by conductivity and bendability excellent and be suitable for the shape of suspension function, metal material forms, for contact terminal, can be made up of the shape of the face contact power excellence for making movable conducting terminal and connecting object thing positively contact, metal material.Its result, can realize the miniaturization of the connector that the thin spaceization that arranged by terminal produces, the miniaturization of connector produced by the simplification of terminal construction and casing structure and cost degradation.
Such as use the metal material (copper alloy etc.) of conductivity and bendability excellence as movable conducting terminal, use the metal material (stainless steel alloy etc.) of thermal endurance excellent strength as contact with terminal.Thereby, it is possible to utilize the conduction as the advantage of copper alloy etc. and bendability, but also the thin terminal plate of line width can be formed as to make terminal arrangement thin space.Even if in this case owing to using the thin terminal of line width to cause being deteriorated as the contact of contact portion, but also certain contact can be realized by the face contact power of the contact terminal be made up of the stainless steel alloy etc. of excellent strength.Thereby, it is possible to the miniaturization realizing the connector that the thin spaceization that arranged by terminal produces and the miniaturization of connector produced by the simplification of terminal construction and casing structure and cost degradation.
In addition, when using the terminal of copper alloy under the hot environment of about 150 DEG C, the contact force relative with connecting object thing probably can decline because stress relaxes and make conducting contact become unstable.But even if there is such unfavorable condition, if possess the present invention of the contact terminal of the stainless steel alloy of excellent heat resistance, then face contact power can not decline, and can maintain certain contact force.
The invention described above can be configured to: movable conducting terminal all can accept the insertion of connecting object thing and elastic displacement with the elastic contact chip portion of terminal with contacting.
According to the present invention, elastic contact chip portion all can displacement, so when such as connecting object thing is electric component, can eliminate insert connect time terminal buckling or bend such unfavorable condition from root.
The invention described above can be configured to: movable housing has the retracting portion of channel-shaped, and the retracting portion of this channel-shaped is to retract the elastic contact chip portion of movable conducting terminal and the elastic contact chip portion contacted with terminal in the mode producing overlap on the direction of displacement of displacement owing to contacting with connecting object thing.
According to the present invention, even multiple terminal has the structure in elastic contact chip portion respectively, also can retract to make terminal arrange thin space in mode overlapping on their direction of displacement in retracting portion, connector can be made miniaturized.
The invention described above can be configured to: the elastic contact chip portion of movable conducting terminal has the push contact portion of the object that is clamped and connected.
According to the present invention, push contact portion is clamped and connected object.Though therefore, it is possible to realize being movable structure but the high connector of connection reliability.
The invention described above can be configured to: the elastic contact chip portion of contact terminal has the contact maintaining part keeping the elastic contact chip portion of movable conducting terminal and the contact condition of connecting object thing.
According to the present invention, contact maintaining part keeps the elastic contact chip portion of movable conducting terminal and the contact condition of connecting object thing.Though therefore, it is possible to realize being movable structure but connection reliability height connector.
The invention described above can be configured to: in the elastic contact chip portion of movable conducting terminal, is provided with the guiding inclined plane guiding connecting object thing to the insertion in push contact portion.
According to the present invention, inclined plane is guided the insertion of connecting object thing to be guided to push contact portion, so smoothly connecting object thing can be inserted push contact portion.
The invention described above can be configured to: in the elastic contact chip portion of movable conducting terminal and the elastic contact chip portion contacted with terminal, is provided with the guiding inclined plane of the insertion of the contact position guiding connecting object thing to this elastic contact chip portion.
According to the present invention, inclined plane is guided to guide the insertion of connecting object thing to contact position, so smoothly connecting object thing can be inserted contact position.
The invention described above can be configured to: stationary housing has the patchhole of connecting object thing, is provided with the inclined plane of the insertion guiding connecting object thing at this patchhole.In addition, the invention described above can be configured to: movable housing has the patchhole of connecting object thing, is provided with the inclined plane of the insertion guiding connecting object thing at this patchhole.
According to these inventions, by inclined plane, connecting object thing can be imported smoothly the inside of stationary housing and movable housing.
According to connector of the present invention, by with different terminals and movable conducting terminal with contact the bonder terminal forming suspension with terminal, thus each terminal can be set to the dedicated terminals with predetermined functionality and form shape, material etc., bendability and conduction can be realized with movable conducting terminal, realize certain contact with contact terminal.Therefore, for movable conducting terminal with contact with terminal, also can adopt as independent suspension bonder terminal be difficult to adopt shape and/or blank.Its result, can realize the miniaturization of the connector that the thin spaceization that arranged by terminal produces, the miniaturization of connector produced by the simplification of terminal construction and casing structure and cost degradation.
Accompanying drawing explanation
Fig. 1 is the stereogram of the front of the connector of the 1st execution mode, plane, right flank.
Fig. 2 is the stereogram of the back side of the connector of Fig. 1, bottom surface, right flank.
Fig. 3 is the front view of the connector of Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is the rearview of the connector of Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 is the vertical view of the connector of Fig. 1.
Fig. 6 is the upward view of the connector of Fig. 1.
Fig. 7 is the right view of the connector of Fig. 1.
Fig. 8 is the stationary housing of the connector of Fig. 1 and the exploded view of movable housing.
Fig. 9 is the vertical view of the movable housing of Fig. 1.
Figure 10 is the upward view of the movable housing of Fig. 1.
Figure 11 is the stereogram of the back side of the movable conducting terminal of Fig. 1, plane, right flank.
Figure 12 is the stereogram of the back side of the contact terminal of Fig. 1, plane, right flank.
Figure 13 is the job description figure before electric component connects relative to the connector of Fig. 1.
Figure 14 is the job description figure representing Figure 13 with cross section.
Figure 15 is that then Figure 14 represents the job description figure of the state connected in way.
Figure 16 is that then Figure 15 represents the job description figure of the state connected.
Figure 17 is the job description figure suitable with Figure 16 of the connector according to the 2nd execution mode.
Figure 18 is the stationary housing of the connector of Figure 17 and the exploded view of movable housing.
Figure 19 is the vertical view of the movable housing of Figure 17.
Figure 20 is the upward view of the movable housing of Figure 17.
Figure 21 is the stereogram of the back side of the movable conducting terminal of Figure 17, plane, right flank.
Figure 22 is the stereogram of the front of the contact terminal of Figure 17, plane, left surface.
Figure 23 is the job description figure suitable with Figure 16 of the connector according to the 3rd execution mode.
Figure 24 is the stationary housing of the connector of Figure 23 and the exploded view of movable housing.
Figure 25 is the vertical view of the movable housing of Figure 23.
Figure 26 is the upward view of the movable housing of Figure 23.
Figure 27 is the stereogram of the back side of the movable conducting terminal of Figure 23, plane, right flank.
Figure 28 is the stereogram of the back side of the contact terminal of Figure 23, plane, right flank.
Figure 29 is the figure with the bonder terminal of suspension function representing past case, the expanded view that Figure 29 (a) is stereogram, Figure 29 (b) is terminal part.
Symbol description
1: connector (the 1st execution mode) 2: housing
3: terminal 4: stationary housing
4a: front face 4b: terminal fixing part
4b1: holddown groove 4b2: rear openings portion (peristome)
4c: bottom surface sections 4c1: patchhole
4d: side surface part 4d1: forward side tabs
4d2: rear side projections 4d3: holddown groove
4e: retracting portion 4f: surrounding wall portion
4f1: front side surrounding wall portion 4f2: rear side surrounding wall portion
4f3: upside peristome 5: movable housing
5a: retracting portion 5a1: the holddown groove of movable conducting terminal
5a2: the holddown groove 5a3 of contact terminal: contact chamber
5a4: upside peristome 5b: partition wall
5c: movable projection 5d: bottom surface sections
5d1: patchhole 6: movable conducting terminal
6a: fixed part 6a1: afterbody
6a2: relative to the stator (stator portion) of stationary housing
6b: movable plate (movable plate portion)
6c: relative to the stator (stator portion) of movable housing
6d: elastic contact part (elastic contact chip portion)
6d1: lower lateral bend (guiding inclined plane)
6d2: the first contact portion (push contact portion)
6d3: contact projection 6d4: upper lateral bend
6d5: sheet portion 6d6 is indulged in front side: rear side indulges sheet portion
6d7: the second contact portion (push contact portion) 6d8: rake (guiding inclined plane)
6d9: support chip portion 7: contact terminal
7a: stator 7b: elastic contact part (elastic contact chip portion)
7b1: lower lateral bend 7b2: support chip portion
7b3: upper lateral bend 7b4: pressure contact portion
8: electric component 8a: terminal
9: standing finish 9a: stopper portions
9b: foot 10: fixture
11: connector (the 2nd execution mode) 12: movable housing
12a: retracting portion 12b: the holddown groove of contact terminal
12c: the holddown groove 12d of movable conducting terminal: contact chamber
13: movable conducting terminal 13a: stator
13b: elastic contact part 13c: bend (guiding inclined plane)
13d: contact portion 14: contact terminal
14a: stator 14b: elastic contact part
14c: lower lateral bend (guiding inclined plane) 14d: support chip portion (contact maintaining part)
14e: upper lateral bend 14f: pressure contact portion (contact maintaining part)
15: connector (the 3rd execution mode) 16: movable housing
16a: retracting portion 16b: fixing hole
17: movable conducting terminal 17a: elastic contact part
17b: bend 17c: contact portion
18: terminal 18a is used in contact: stator
18b: support chip portion (guiding inclined plane, contact maintaining part)
18c: elastic contact chip 18d: pressure contact portion (contact maintaining part)
20: bonder terminal 20a: movable plate
20b: contact site 21: bracket
X: longer direction, Width Y: shorter direction, fore-and-aft direction
Z: plug orientation, short transverse
D1: gap (the movable surplus of Z-direction (short transverse))
D2: gap (the movable surplus of Y-direction (fore-and-aft direction))
D3: gap (the movable surplus of X-direction (left and right directions))
P: substrate P 1: hole
Embodiment
Below, be described based on the execution mode of accompanying drawing to connector of the present invention.In this specification, technical scheme and accompanying drawing, for convenience of description, the longer direction (Width) of connector 1 is set to X-direction, and the right side of X-direction is set on " right side " by the front towards connector 1, is set on " left side " in left side.In addition, the shorter direction (fore-and-aft direction) of connector 1 is set to Y-direction, and left side is set to " front " by the right flank towards connector 1, is set to " afterwards " on right side.Further, connector 1 and the plug orientation (short transverse) of connecting object thing 2 are set to Z-direction, connector 1 side is set to by plug orientation Z " on ", substrate P side is set to D score and is described.Above all around, the definition of above-below direction, do not limit the installation direction of the connector in the present invention, user to.
1st execution mode (Fig. 1 ~ Figure 16)
Connector 1 possesses housing 2 and terminal 3.Housing 2 has stationary housing 4 and movable housing 5, and terminal 3 has movable conducting terminal 6 and contacts with terminal 7.The installation surperficial relative to substrate P of this connector 1, is connected to the circuit of substrate P with the terminal 8a conducting contact of the electric component 8 as " connecting object thing ".Specifically, the such semiconductor equipment 8 of IGBT module is electrically connected.In addition, in addition the present invention can also be applied to and pin connector, row's pin (pin header), bus, electric wire etc. are set to the electrical connection of " connecting object thing ".
(stationary housing)
Stationary housing 4 is formed as the formed body of electrical insulating property resin, and the shorter direction Y along connector 1 becomes the cross sectional shape of roughly concavity.Stationary housing 4 has the side surface part 4d of the front face 4a of face side, the terminal fixing part 4b of rear side, the bottom surface sections 4c inserted for the terminal 8a of electric component 8 and left and right, is formed with the retracting portion 4e of movable housing 5 in the inner side of the perisporium formed by these parts.
The terminal fixing part 4b of side is formed with holddown groove 4b1 overleaf, inserts and be fixed with movable conducting terminal 6 at this.On the top of terminal fixing part 4b, the perisporium forming stationary housing 4 is cut and is formed with backside openings portion 4b2.
Be formed with 7 patchhole 4c1 at bottom surface sections 4c, this patchhole 4c1 has rib poroid and has the conical surface tilted in the mode narrowed externally to inside.
Be formed with forward side tabs 4d1 and rear side projections 4d2 at side surface part 4d, the left and right side be formed for standing finish 9 in these two parts is pressed into and the holddown groove 4d3 fixed.
Be formed with front side surrounding wall portion 4f1 at the front face 4a of stationary housing 4, be formed with rear side surrounding wall portion 4f2 at terminal fixing part 4b and side surface part 4d continuous print rear corners.The upper end of these surrounding wall portion 4f (4f1,4f2) is formed with phase co-altitude on short transverse Z from the bottom surface of stationary housing 4.The upper end side of surrounding wall portion 4f1,4f2 is formed without the upside peristome 4f3 towards the thrust of retracting portion 4e.
(movable housing)
Movable housing 5 is formed as the formed body of electrical insulating property resin.The retracting portion 5a of channel-shaped is formed at movable housing 5.The partition wall 5b extended upward is formed in the both sides of retracting portion 5a.By this retracting portion 5a and partition wall 5b, adjacent terminal does not contact to realize insulation each other.
In the rear end side of the retracting portion 5a of channel-shaped, be formed with the holddown groove 5a1 of movable conducting terminal 6 and the holddown groove 5a2 contacted with terminal 7.And, be formed in the front of holddown groove 5a2 for movable conducting terminal 6 with contact the contact chamber 5a3 contacted with the terminal 8a of electric component 8 with terminal 7.The top of retracting portion 5a becomes upside peristome 5a4 and movable conducting terminal 6 is exposed in outside with terminal 7 with contacting.
Be formed with the movable raised 5c of rib tabular highlightedly to side in the side of movable housing 5.The stopper portions 9a of standing finish 9 is relative with the top of movable projection 5c, and the clearance D 1 be formed between them becomes the movable surplus of movable housing 5 on short transverse Z.
Be formed with patchhole 5d1 at bottom surface sections 5d, this patchhole 5d1 has rib poroid and has the conical surface tilted in the mode narrowed externally to inside.The exterior side bore edges of patchhole 5d1 is formed larger compared with the inner face side bore edges of the patchhole 4c1 of adjacent stationary housing 4, even if make hole axle misplace because of certain reason each other also terminal 8a can be inserted movable housing 5 smoothly.
In the periphery of movable housing 5 between the retracting portion of stationary housing 4, be formed with the clearance D 2 becoming the movable surplus of connector 1 on fore-and-aft direction (Y-direction) and the clearance D 3 becoming the movable surplus on left and right directions (X-direction), add the clearance D 1 in above-mentioned short transverse (Z-direction), movable housing 5 can have the three-dimensional displacement in these gaps to combination.
(movable conducting terminal)
Movable conducting terminal 6 is formed by conductive metal sheet, is formed with fixed part 6a, movable plate 6b, stator 6c, the elastic contact part 6d of tip side compared with stator 6c.In present embodiment, form this terminal with the metal material such as copper alloy of conductivity and bendability excellence.
Fixed part 6a has surface and is installed on the afterbody 6a1 of substrate P and is pressed into the stator 6a2 being fixed on the holddown groove 4b1 of stationary housing 4.
Movable plate 6b has the spring relative to stationary housing 4 resiliency supported movable housing 5, to have on rear side of stator 6a2 continuous print vertical sheet portion, along the transverse sheet portion, upper end that the fore-and-aft direction of connector 1 extends and with fixed part 6c continuous print on front side of indulge sheet portion.The total length of movable plate 6b is exposed in outside by rear openings portion 4b2, the upside peristome 4f3 of stationary housing 4.Thus, even if under the environment for use of high temperature or when electric component 8 is semi-conductor power module such equipment, also can not make movable plate 6c with heat retention can externally dispel the heat in the inside of stationary housing 4.
The holddown groove 5a1 of movable housing 5 is fixed in stator 6c press-in, and supports movable housing 5.
Be formed with at elastic contact part 6d the lower lateral bend 6d1 that roughly U-shaped is significantly bending, this lower lateral bend 6d1 is connected with the first contact portion 6d2.First contact portion 6d2 is formed as rectangular-shaped, is formed highlightedly for the contact projection 6d3 with terminal 8a conducting contact.Above the first contact portion 6d2, clip lateral bend 6d4 be formed with vertical sheet portion 6d5,6d6 in front and back.Wherein, front side is indulged sheet portion 6d6 and is forwards tilted, and makes the terminal 8a inserted can not indulge sheet portion 6d6 in the position of direction of insertion depth side compared with the projection 6d3 of contact and front side and contacts.Therefore, the lower end of indulging sheet portion 6d6 in front side is formed to the second outstanding contact portion 6d7 of the first contact portion 6d2.This second contact portion 6d7 is formed in " push contact portion " together with the first contact portion 6d2.Be formed with rake 6d8 in the downside of the second contact portion 6d7, this rake 6d8 is formed on " the guiding inclined plane " of the insertion of the contact position guide terminal 8a to the first contact portion 6d2 and the second contact portion 6d7 together with the bending inclined plane of lower lateral bend 6d1.The support chip portion 6d9 of the second contact portion 6d7 is formed in the front side of rake 6d8.The upper end of support chip portion 6d9 is formed as the lower end of indulging sheet portion 6d6 close to front side.
(contact terminal)
Contact terminal 7 is formed with press-in and is fixed on the stator 7a of the holddown groove 5a2 of the movable housing 5 and elastic contact part 7b from the cantilever-shaped elongation of stator 7a.Contact terminal 7 is formed as compared with movable conducting terminal 6 that thickness of slab is thick, plate is wide.The contact terminal 7 of present embodiment is formed with the metal material such as stainless steel alloy of contact (intensity) compared with movable conducting terminal 6 with excellent heat resistance.
Elastic contact part 7b is formed: lateral bend 7b1 from stator 7a continuous print; The support chip portion 7b2 of sheet portion 6d5 is indulged along the first contact portion 6d2 of movable conducting terminal 6 and rear side; Forwards significantly bending upper lateral bend 7b3; With rectangular-shaped pressure contact portion 7b4.Support chip portion 7b2 supports in the mode pressed from rear the insertion force being subject to terminal 8a just the first contact portion 6d2 of rearward displacement and rear side will indulge sheet portion 6d6.Therefore, even if bear the insertion of terminal 8a, support chip portion 7b also can not rearward displacement.From support chip portion 7b's and the first contact portion 6d2's relative position to pressure contact portion 7b4, termination width broadens gradually from its both sides, and upper lateral bend 7b3 is set to the shape becoming maximum termination width.The contact terminal 7 of such terminal construction, can play the powerful face contact power of the contact condition keeping movable conducting terminal 6 and terminal 8a at pressure contact portion 7b4.The elastic displacement of the first contact portion 6d7 that the insertion force that is subject to terminal 8a just will be opened to front side is caught in the contact that pressure contact portion 7b4 utilizes support chip portion 6d9 and front side to indulge the lower end side of sheet portion 6d5.Pressure contact portion 7b4 is with the first contact portion 6d7 for boundary, and side anterior position catches the smooth terminal surface of the lower end of the vertical sheet portion 6d5 in front side thereon, and on the downside of it, anterior position catches the smooth terminal surface of support chip portion 6d9.Therefore, it is possible to balance well and the insertion force positively catching the terminal 8a acting on the first contact portion 6d7 to play the insertion counter-force (face contact power) relative to terminal 8a.
(assemble method of connector 1)
Connector 1 such above, make the stator 6c of movable conducting terminal 6 press-in be fixed on the holddown groove 5a1 of movable housing 5 and make stator 6a2 be pressed into the holddown groove 4b1 being fixed on stationary housing 4, make the stator 7a of contact terminal 7 be pressed into the holddown groove 5a2 being fixed on movable housing 5 in the lump.
Now, be formed as about movable conducting terminal 6,7 movable conducting terminals 6, afterbody 6a1 side is same spacing relative to the bracket (omit diagram) of copper alloy terminal material with 7 retracting portion 5a of movable housing 5.Namely, the movable conducting terminal 6 of present embodiment with contact with terminal 7, the contact site 20b of the clip configuration in the past shown in Figure 29 is not all had to need like that along spacing direction cutting material and the structure part above launched at spacing direction (X-direction), so bracket can be formed at the thin space identical with retracting portion 5a.They can be pressed into together in the present embodiment and be fixed on stationary housing 4 and movable housing 5, thus reduce manufacturing cost.Contact terminal 7 also similarly can be formed with the thin space identical with retracting portion 5a relative to the bracket (omit and illustrate) of stainless steel alloy terminal material with movable conducting terminal 6, they can be pressed into together fixing thus reduce manufacturing cost.
Then, by last by standing finish 9 press-in be fixed on stationary housing 4 holddown groove 4d3 thus can assembly and connection device 1.Connector 1 after this assembling, the outer surface of movable housing 4 from the suspended state that the retracting portion 5a of stationary housing 5 leaves only by 7 movable conducting terminal 6 resiliency supported (Figure 14).
(using method of connector 1)
Next, method electric component 8 being connected to by use connector 1 to the circuit of substrate P is described.
before connection (Figure 13,14)
Connector 1 is by installing foot's 9b solder of afterbody 6a1 and standing finish 9 on surface in substrate P.And, as shown in Figure 13, Figure 14, from the below of substrate P, the terminal 8a of electric component 8 is inserted connector 1.
during the insertion of terminal (Figure 14, Figure 15)
First, if terminal 8a is inserted connector 1, then first terminal 8a passes through the hole P1 of substrate P, then passes through the patchhole 4c1 of stationary housing 4.Now, even if the insertion axle of terminal 8a is relative to the hole axle dislocation of inserting hole 4c1, owing to being formed with the conical surface at inserting hole 4c1, so also terminal 8a can be inserted smoothly.The situation that the insertion axle of so-called terminal 8a and hole axle misplace, produces when the forming position of the hole P1 of such as substrate P and/or the installation site of connector 1 misplace slightly.In addition, also can produce when staggering in the insertion position of substrate P and electric component 8.Such dislocation can all be eliminated by patchhole 4c1.
Next, terminal 8a enters the patchhole 5d1 of movable housing 5.Now, even if the insertion axle of terminal 8a is relative to the hole axle dislocation of patchhole 5d1, owing to being formed with the conical surface at inserting hole 5d1, so also terminal 8a can be inserted smoothly.Insertion axle in this situation and the dislocation of hole axle, further, at the assembling position of the movable housing 5 be only elastically supported relative to stationary housing 4 with movable conducting terminal 6 because also producing certain reason misplaces.Therefore, the exterior side bore edges of patchhole 5d1 compared with the inner face side bore edges of the patchhole 4c1 of adjacent stationary housing 4 formation larger.Thus, even if patchhole 4c1 is relative to the dislocation of hole axle, also terminal 8a can be inserted among movable housing 5 smoothly.
during the contact of terminal (Figure 15, Figure 16)
Enter the terminal 8a of the contact chamber 5a3 of the retracting portion 5a of movable housing 5, next contact with movable conducting terminal 6.Now, terminal 8a with the lower lateral bend 6d1 of movable conducting terminal 6 and rake 6d8 at least any one is " guiding inclined plane " and sliding contact, insert between the first contact portion 6d2 and the second contact portion 6d7.
The elastic contact part 6d of movable conducting terminal 6 is retractd in the inside of contact chamber 5a3 in cantilever manner with the elastic contact part 7b contacted with terminal 7.Under this retracting state, if the first contact portion 6d2 and the second contact portion 6d7 staggers from Standard contact position on fore-and-aft direction Y, the lower lateral bend 6d1 of movable conducting terminal 6 and rake 6d8 also can be utilized positively to be inserted by terminal 8a.
In addition, as the lower lateral bend 6d1 of the movable conducting terminal 6 on " guiding inclined plane " and rake 6d8 relative to the inclination angle of the insertion axle of terminal 8a, acute angle is in a ratio of with the inclination angle of the conical surface of patchhole 5d1.Therefore, it is possible to guide terminal 8a makes the contact position of its direction of insertion along terminal 8a periodically to standard close.
And if terminal 8a former state inserted, then the second contact portion 6d7 of movable conducting terminal 6 is opened by side pressure forward, thus the lower end side that sheet portion 6d5 is indulged in support chip portion 6d9 and front side contacts relative to pressure contact portion 7b4.The face contact power produced by the pressure contact portion 7b4 of contact terminal 7 acts on terminal 8a as Cat-in resisting force via the second contact portion 6d7.If continued to insert by terminal 8a under the state being subject to this Cat-in resisting force, then movable housing 4 displacement is until the movable projection 5c of side and the stopper portions 9a apical grafting of standing finish 9.And if in this condition terminal 8a is inserted into predetermined intubating length, then electric component 8 has connected (Figure 16) relative to the conducting of the contact position of the standard of connector 1 before movable.In addition, the fixture 10 that the mobile restriction of movable housing 4 when terminal 8a inserts also can utilize pressing plate such.In addition, the predetermined intubating length of terminal 8a is the length of the predetermined effectively chimeric length that can obtain terminal 8a, this length can be inserted until apical grafting adjusts in the back side of substrate P by such as electric component 8, or adjusts by using the insertion fixture of electric component 8.
the work (Figure 16) of connector 1
The contact position conducting of the standard that Figure 16 is terminal 8a before movable is connected to the state of connector 1, and the contact condition of terminal 8a and movable conducting terminal 6 is by realizing by contacting the face contact power produced with terminal 7.If apply vibration to connector 1 in this condition, then movable housing 5 by the movable plate 6b of movable conducting terminal 6 relative to stationary housing 4 in the scope of clearance D 1 ~ D3 elastic displacement to absorb vibration.Meanwhile, the electric component 8 maintaining terminal 8a also elastic displacement to absorb vibration.
(action effect of connector 1)
Next, except the content illustrated, the action effect of connector 1 is described.
The terminal of connector 1 is made up of with terminal 7 with contacting different terminals and movable conducting terminal 6.Therefore, it is possible to each terminal 6,7 is formed shape, material etc. as the dedicated terminals with predetermined functionality, mutually terminal performance can be strengthened with terminal 7 with movable conducting terminal 6 with contacting.
Specifically, in connector 1, use the copper alloy of bendability, conductivity excellence as movable conducting terminal 6, as the stainless steel alloy that contact terminal 7 uses thermal endurance contact (intensity) excellent.Thereby, it is possible to utilize the bendability as the advantage of copper alloy and conductivity, and using thinner terminal to obtain as the bendability required by fluid spring, terminal shape can be set to simple structure and make terminal arrange thin space.That is, with only realize compared with the situation of fluid spring, line width and/or wire diameter can being made to attenuate with movable conducting terminal 6.Thus, even if the contact force produced by the first contact portion 6d2 and the second contact portion 6d7 is weak, certain contact condition of movable conducting terminal 6 and terminal 8a also can be realized by the face contact power of the contact terminal 8 of the stainless steel alloy of excellent strength.Thereby, it is possible to realize the miniaturization of the connector 1 that the thin spaceization that arranged by terminal produces, and miniaturization and the cost degradation of the connector 1 produced by the simplification of terminal construction and casing structure can be realized.
In addition, stress owing to producing at the movable conducting terminal 6 of copper alloy under the hot environment of about 150 DEG C relaxes, probably can decline relative to the contact force of terminal 8a and make conducting contact become unstable, even if but have the unfavorable condition under such hot environment, if possess the present embodiment of the contact terminal 7 of the stainless steel alloy of excellent heat resistance, then face contact power does not decline, can play certain contact force.
Movable housing 5 has retracting portion 5a, this retracting portion 5a be channel-shaped and by movable conducting terminal 6 with contact to retract on direction of displacement with elastic contact chip portion 6d, 7b of terminal 7 overlapping.Therefore, even if the bonder terminal being divided into multiple terminal and forming as fluid spring, terminal also can be made to arrange thin space, connector can be made miniaturized.
The elastic contact chip portion 6d of movable conducting terminal 6 has the first contact portion 6d2 as " the push contact portion " of clamping terminal 8a and the second contact portion 6d7.Though therefore, it is possible to realize being movable structure but construct the high connector 1 of the connection reliability that produces by 2 contact.
2nd execution mode (Figure 17 ~ Figure 22)
Movable conducting terminal 6 in the connector 1 of the 1st execution mode is 2 contacts, is set to 1 contact in the connector 11 of present embodiment.Therefore, in present embodiment, movable housing 12, movable conducting terminal 13, contact terminal 14 are different from the 1st execution mode.Other identical with the 1st execution mode.
Movable housing 12, the stator 14a be provided with in the front side of the retracting portion 12a of channel-shaped for contact terminal 14 is pressed into fixing holddown groove 12b, and the stator 13a be provided with for movable conducting terminal 13 at rear side is pressed into fixing holddown groove 12c.
At movable conducting terminal 13, be formed with the elastic contact part 13b from the cantilever-shaped elongation of stator 13a, but be only formed with at this bend 13c and contact portion 13d that play a role as " guiding inclined plane ".Movable conducting terminal 13 is only at contact portion 13d and terminal 8a conducting contact.
The elastic contact part 14b from the cantilever-shaped elongation of stator 14a is formed at contact terminal 14.Elastic contact part 14b is formed: the lower lateral bend 14c played a role as " guiding inclined plane "; The support chip portion 14d contacted with terminal 8a; Upper lateral bend 14e; The pressure contact portion 14f of the contact portion 13d of movable conducting terminal 13 is contacted with the opposition side from terminal 8a.The support chip portion 14d of such contact terminal 14 and pressure contact portion 14f, plays a role as with the pressed state clamping terminal 8a of conducting contact and " the contact maintaining part " of contact portion 13d.
In the connector 11 of the 2nd such above execution mode, except being set to the contact structure this point that is made up of 1 contact, the action effect identical with the connector 1 of the 1st execution mode can be played.Further, because be the contact configuration of 1 contact, so the terminal construction of movable conducting terminal 13 can be made more to simplify, therefore there is the advantage that can reduce manufacturing cost compared with the 1st execution mode.
3rd execution mode (Figure 23 ~ 28)
Connector 15 contact structure that adopts 1 contact same with the connector 11 of the 2nd execution mode of the 3rd execution mode, if compared with connector 11, then movable housing 16, movable conducting terminal 17, contact are different by the structure of terminal 18.
That is, at the retracting portion 16a of the channel-shaped of movable housing 16, the stator 18a be formed for contact terminal 18 is pressed into fixing fixing hole 16b.
Be formed at the elastic contact part 17a of movable conducting terminal 17: the bend 17b played a role as " guiding inclined plane "; With the contact portion 17c of writing board shape of contact portion 13d being different from the 2nd execution mode.Movable conducting terminal 17 coordinates the terminal shape of contact terminal 18 and changes.
As the contact terminal 18 of maximum difference, be set to the terminal construction of the writing board shape being called as so-called stamped terminals.Terminal material can be struck out the profile of contact terminal 18 by punching press and be formed by contact terminal 18.
At contact terminal 18, except above-mentioned stator 18a, be also formed with the support chip portion 18b of the inwall clamping movable housing 16 between stator 18a.The lower end side of support chip portion 18b plays a role as " guiding inclined plane ".In addition, be formed with the elastic contact chip 18c of cantilever-shaped elongation at contact terminal 18, be formed with the pressure contact portion 18d contacted with the contact portion 17c of movable conducting terminal 17 on its top.The support chip portion 18b of such contact terminal 18 and pressure contact portion 18d, plays a role as with the pressed state clamping terminal 8a of conducting contact and " the contact maintaining part " of contact portion 17c.
In the connector 15 of the 3rd such above execution mode, except being set to by contact terminal 18 except the terminal construction this point of the writing board shape being called as so-called stamped terminals, the action effect identical with the connector 11 of the 2nd execution mode can be played.Further, by contact terminal 18 being set to the terminal construction of writing board shape, the bending machining of the terminal not needing the contact terminal 14 of the 2nd execution mode such, and not by the restriction in the size of the curved shape of consideration thickness of slab, spacing, spring, there is freedom shape this advantage high.Further, the contact terminal 18 of writing board shape is thin, so can realize thin space, the miniaturization of further connector 15.

Claims (9)

1. a connector, possesses:
Be fixed on the stationary housing of substrate; With
Can relative to the movable housing of stationary housing displacement;
The feature of described connector is to possess:
Movable conducting terminal, it has the stator portion being fixed on stationary housing, the stator portion being fixed on movable housing, movable housing supported can relative to the movable plate portion of stationary housing elastic displacement and the elastic contact chip portion at the inside of movable housing and connecting object thing conducting contact; With
Contact terminal, it has the elastic contact chip portion keeping the elastic contact chip portion of movable conducting terminal and the contact condition of connecting object thing.
2. connector according to claim 1, wherein:
Movable conducting terminal can both accept the insertion of connecting object thing and elastic displacement with the elastic contact chip portion of terminal with contacting.
3. connector according to claim 1 and 2, wherein:
Movable housing has the retracting portion of channel-shaped, and the retracting portion of this channel-shaped is to retract the elastic contact chip portion of movable conducting terminal and the elastic contact chip portion contacted with terminal in the mode producing overlap on the direction of displacement of displacement owing to contacting with connecting object thing.
4. connector according to claim 1 and 2, wherein:
The elastic contact chip portion of movable conducting terminal has the push contact portion of the object that is clamped and connected.
5. connector according to claim 1 and 2, wherein:
The elastic contact chip portion of contact terminal has the contact maintaining part keeping the elastic contact chip portion of movable conducting terminal and the contact condition of connecting object thing.
6. connector according to claim 4, wherein:
In the elastic contact chip portion of movable conducting terminal, be provided with the guiding inclined plane guiding connecting object thing to the insertion in push contact portion.
7. connector according to claim 5, wherein:
In the elastic contact chip portion of movable conducting terminal and the elastic contact chip portion contacted with terminal, be provided with the guiding inclined plane of the insertion of the contact position guiding connecting object thing to this elastic contact chip portion.
8. connector according to claim 1 and 2, wherein:
Stationary housing has the patchhole of connecting object thing, is provided with the inclined plane of the insertion guiding connecting object thing at this patchhole.
9. connector according to claim 1 and 2, wherein:
Movable housing has the patchhole of connecting object thing, is provided with the inclined plane of the insertion guiding connecting object thing at this patchhole.
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