CN105375142B - Electrical connector - Google Patents

Abstract

A kind of electrical connector can not only easily be made by carrying out warpage processing to metallic plate, and can maintain stable locking buckle status in closed position, and can simply be unlocked.Revolving member (3) and connector body (2) are respectively provided with locked portion (33D 1) and sticking department (76),When revolving member is located at closed position,It can mutually locking buckle,Revolving member (3) has the base portion (35) for being provided with supported portion,Movable part (33) equipped with locked portion (33D 1) and operation portion (33A),By base portion and movable part be connected to can flexible deformation in the longitudinal direction elastic portion (34X),Utilize the flexible deformation of the elastic portion (34X),Base portion and movable part can relatively move in the longitudinal direction,By making revolving member be rotated towards closed position side,Locked piece (33D) and the sticking department (76) of connector body (2) interfere,If further being rotated towards closed position side,Locking buckle can then be carried out,And by by operation portion to flexible deformation direction operation,The buckle status in the portion of being locked can be released.

Description

Electrical connector

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of electrical connectors.

Background technology

Keep multiple core wires arranged in parallel and in flat conductive members such as FPC, FFC, the multipole filament coaxial lines of a flat belt-like The terminal of the electric connector connected is kept by shell, and the arrangement spacing of contact site and above-mentioned multiple core wires accordingly configures. In this electrical connector, in order to make coupling part and the connector of the one end for being formed in flat conductive member Connection, there are following manners：It is inserted what the pocket of the coupling part towards shell was inserted on the long side direction of flat conductive member Enter mode；And expose the contact site configured with terminal on open shell above, from above along the face with flat conductive member Above-mentioned coupling part is placed in the unlimited mode on the contact site by vertical direction, i.e. thickness direction.No matter which kind of mode, all It needs coupling part to be come on contact site in specified position, then enables to be rotatably supported at the revolving member rotation of connector, Flat conductive member is pressed, the contact between terminal to ensure flat conductive member and coupling part.

About inserted mode, when being inserted into flat conductive member, the width direction and short transverse (platypelloid type of the flat conductive member The thickness direction of conductor) position automatically determined because of pocket, insertion position is accurate, but unworkable is asked there are following Topic：It must be inserted into after the front end for making flat conductive member is accurately aligned with pocket, to be difficult to be inserted into；Sometimes necessary The frictional resistance with terminal is overcome to be pressed into.

In addition, about unlimited mode, when revolving member is located at open position, shell opens wide upward, and terminal connects Contact portion is located at the open section, thus, it is only required to the coupling part of flat conductive member is placed in from top on contact site, nothing Flat conductive member need to be pressed from top, although slightly unstable, due to substantially opening wide upward, is easy observation It arrives, so operation is extremely simple.

The present invention relates to the connector of the unlimited mode of the latter, the connectors as this unlimited mode, it is known to patent Connector disclosed in document 1.In the connector of patent document 1, including the arrangement range of the contact site of terminal and its periphery exist Interior, shell is formed towards the open region of top, the coupling part energy of the respective side of flat conductive member (flexible wiring substrate) It is enough to be placed on above-mentioned contact site from top.Above-mentioned open region is also opened wide on the extending direction of flat conductive member, spacious at this Position near open region, using shell to the The lid component (revolving member) that can rotate between an open position and a closed into Row bearing.The lid component is that metallic plate warpage is manufactured, is formed in the generally circular bearing portions of the side of sidewall portion of The lid component Chimeric with the shaft of short cylindrical shape of side for being formed in shell, The lid component is supported to and can be rotated around the axis by shaft guiding. Rotation operates the The lid component to closed position, and the flat conductive member of open region is placed in when which is located at open position Contact site towards terminal presses.

In patent document 1, the shaft for being formed in shell is in short cylindrical shape, is formed at circumferential the one of its circumferential surface prominent It rises.The bearing portions for being formed in the side of sidewall portion of The lid component has：It is shaped generally as round hole, the radius phase of internal diameter and above-mentioned shaft Same part；And within the scope of circumferential special angle, radius increases, to be formed and above-mentioned shaft with the slit of arcuation The part in radial direction gap.The part for forming above-mentioned slit has the inclined straight line for waiting half path portion and radius to be gradually reduced Part, when The lid component is turned to closed position by the rotation operating force at operation portion, the protrusion of above-mentioned shaft with it is above-mentioned The straight line portion of slit engages, the partial response reduced with radius, apply the work towards front to The lid component using the protrusion Firmly.The buckle arm with hook portion, in closed position, the reinforcing plate of the hook portion and flat conductive member are equipped in the The lid component Rear stage portion buckle, under above-mentioned active force, flat conductive member is drawn forward, to avoid flat conductive member from taking off towards the rear It opens.

The The lid component of the connector of patent document 1 can be easily made by being processed to metallic plate, be formed in it The bearing portions of side of sidewall portion has：In roughly circular, make turning for radius ratio shell to form slit in a circumferential part The big equal-diameter part of axis；And radius is gradually reduced and inclined straight line portion since equal-diameter part, above-mentioned straight line portion quilt It is depressed into the protrusion of shaft, as a result, can utilize the frictional force generated that The lid component is maintained at closed position.However, due to generating The straight line portion of the bearing portions of the frictional force is inclined, therefore, according to wedge principle, can bear component, which can produce The rotary force that raw The lid component to be made is returned towards open position.It means that when the component is in the pass bigger than above-mentioned frictional force In the state of system, it is unable to maintain that in closed position, it cannot be said that The lid component is stably positioned in closed position.

Therefore, in patent document 1, it is being installed between the metal screen of shell and The lid component provided with locking work( Can, it is inadvertently opened up to avoid the The lid component positioned at closed position.Due to be formed with being protruded in the end of metal screen The hook-shaped sticking department of substantially triangle, close to The lid component operation portion and tool there are two leg in U-shaped elastic portion one The locked portion of the window-like formed on a leg, therefore, elastic deflection when said one leg can be utilized to be abutted with sticking department Locked portion is snapped in sticking department, to obtain lock function.Thus, it is only required to The lid component is made to come closed position from top, Above-mentioned locked portion can be buckled with sticking department.

Existing technical literature

Patent document

Patent document 1：Japanese Patent Laid-Open 2010-044904 bulletins

In patent document 1, as described above, in the state that The lid component comes closed position, even if inadvertently pulling Flat conductive member also can prevent its extraction by the frictional force at above-mentioned bearing portions, in addition to this, can utilize sticking department and Locked portion prevents the opening of The lid component.

But in patent document 1, there is no the open structures for consciously opening The lid component and coming open position And its function, so that The lid component is in the state that can be rotated towards open position.In order to turn towards open position It is dynamic, it is necessary to which that the sticking department in the locked portion and metal screen that make The lid component is detached from.Attached drawing based on patent document 1 is pushed away It surveys, a temporary deflection deformation in leg of elastic portion can be become by being inserted into suitable tool, which forms above-mentioned quilt Sticking department.However, the operation is extremely difficult, tool may damage circumferential component, in addition it is necessary to preparation tool.

Invention content

The present invention makees in view of the foregoing, and its purpose is to provide a kind of electrical connectors, can not only It is easily made by carrying out warpage processing to metallic plate, and stable locking buckle status can be maintained in closed position, And it can simply unlock.

The present invention electrical connector include：Connector body, for being connected with flat conductive member Terminal by shell arrangement be maintained in connector width direction；And the revolving member of metallic plate, on the revolving member It states connector body and is supported to and can be freely rotated between an open position and a closed, when revolving member is located at open position When, flat conductive member can be placed on the contact site of the above-mentioned terminal exposed upward from top, be closed when revolving member is located at When closed position, flat conductive member is pressed on into contact site.

In above-mentioned electrical connector, in the present invention, connector body, which has, can be such that revolving member turns There is supported portion, revolving member and connector body to be respectively provided with locked portion and sticking department for dynamic supporting part, revolving member, When revolving member is located at closed position, energy mutually locking buckle, revolving member, which has, to be provided with the base portion of supported portion, is equipped with The movable part of locked portion and operation portion, be connected to above-mentioned base portion and above-mentioned movable part can flexible deformation in the longitudinal direction Elastic portion, using the flexible deformation of the elastic portion, base portion and movable part can relatively move in the longitudinal direction, by making rotation structure Part is rotated towards closed position side, and the sticking department of locked portion and connector body interferes, if further towards closed position side Rotation, then can carry out locking buckle, and by the direction operation by operation portion to above-mentioned flexible deformation, can release locked portion Buckle status.

In the present invention of above structure, the supporting part for being located at connector body is supported to being supported of being freely rotated Portion is set to base portion, and the locked portion buckled with the sticking department of connector body side and the operation portion for carrying out release operation are set to Movable part makes base portion link with movable part by elastic portion.Therefore, in the longitudinal direction, supported portion is relative to connector master Body is located at fixed position, and the elastic deformation amount of elastic portion can be moved by being locked portion and operation portion.Even if as a result, in front and back Upwards the part that buckles of the sticking department for being locked portion's buckle is ensured longer, reliably to be buckled, is locked releasing Timing also need to only operate operation portion on the flexible deformation direction of above-mentioned elastic portion, and locked portion can be made to come can be from It is above-mentioned to buckle the position being partially disengaged.Moreover, revolving member can be rotated easily towards open position if necessary.

In the present invention, sticking department and locked portion can also be in following position relationship：It is released using operation portion When lock operation, locked portion can be made to cross sticking department and come unlocked position by the flexible deformation of elastic portion, or Person makes sticking department be moved towards the direction far from locked portion.

In the present invention, it may be alternatively formed to：Revolving member according to it is in the closed position when and terminal contact site it is close Sequence has interior plate portion and outer plate portion, and the side in interior plate portion and outer plate portion is equipped with supported portion, and interior plate portion and outer plate portion are logical Cross can in the longitudinal direction flexible deformation elastic portion connection, by the flexible deformation of the elastic portion, outer plate portion and interior plate portion energy It relatively moves in the longitudinal direction, another party in interior plate portion and outer plate portion is equipped with locked portion, by making revolving member come Closed position can utilize the flexible deformation of above-mentioned elastic portion, and locked portion is made to be moved on flexible deformation direction, thus with connecting The sticking department of device main body buckles.

It may be alternatively formed to：Above-mentioned revolving member is flexed into three pieces weight in a manner of dividing metal plate area in the longitudinal direction Folded form is had the outer plate portion using the free end side of a side of metallic plate as leading edge potion, is made with the free end of another party For the interior plate portion of trailing edge potion, between outer plate portion and interior plate portion the leading edge of the rear of above-mentioned outer plate portion and interior plate portion to be linked Middle plate portion, be equipped with supported portion in the side edge part of above-mentioned outer plate portion, locked portion be equipped in the trailing edge potion of interior plate portion, in inner panel The leading edge potion in portion is equipped with operation portion, in addition, being equipped with elastic portion in middle plate portion.In this way, it is only necessary to which shape is carried out to one piece of metal component Warpage is processed again after processing, is easy to obtain revolving member, either front-rear direction or upper and lower directions is in compact knot Structure.Moreover, being designed to that elastic portion occupies the wide range of middle plate portion in the longitudinal direction, therefore elastic deformation amount can be increased, i.e., Just increase sticking department buckles part, reliably to be locked, also can easily unlock.

In the present invention, it may be alternatively formed to：The locked portion of revolving member is formed as locked window, the locked window setting In the locked piece of the trailing edge potion warpage from outer plate portion, the sticking department of connector body is formed as locking protrusion, the locking protrusion It is protruded towards the rear from the rear surface of connector body.

In the present invention, operation portion is preferably located at when revolving member is in an open position and the outer surface of connector body Position that is very close or abutting.In this way, the revolving member even in open position is made it towards than defined open position The casual power for setting the direction rotation further opened, due to can be supported by the outer surface in aforesaid operations portion and connector body The reaction force for connecing and generating, and the reaction force is absorbed using elastic portion, therefore, revolving member will not be damaged and it is carried out The supporting part of the connector body of bearing.

In addition, in the present invention, may be alternatively formed to：Connector body has pressing member, is in and closes in revolving member In the state of position, when by operation portion towards unlock direction operation when, pressing member can press revolving member towards open position Pressure.In this way, it is only necessary to which, by operation portion towards the direction operation that unlocks, energy simultaneous realization unlocks and revolving member is made to start It is rotated towards open position.

In addition, in the present invention, it is preferred to revolving member passes through connection to think highly of when being located at closed position comprising revolving member In the range of the point that the plumb line of the heart intersects with outer plate portion, flat surface region is formed in the outer surface of outer plate portion.In this way, will When connector is installed towards electronic equipment, above-mentioned flat surface region can be lifted using adsorption element, so as to easily automatically towards peace Holding position is carried and is configured.

In the present invention, as described above, being rotated towards closed position flat conductive member is pressed on terminal by operation The revolving member of contact site has supported portion in base portion, has a locked portion and operation portion in movable part, above-mentioned base portion and can Dynamic portion links via the elastic portion of elastically deformable in the longitudinal direction, makes base portion by the elastic deformation energy of the elastic portion and can Dynamic portion relatively moves in the longitudinal direction, therefore, can ensure that the flexible deformation of above-mentioned elastic portion in the longitudinal direction is larger, increases Sticking department buckles the length of part for being locked the lockable in portion, reliably to be locked, in addition, when unlocking, Locked portion can substantially move on above-mentioned flexible deformation direction, and the shape that unlocks is formed so as to be easily disengaged from sticking department State can realize the raising of lock function and the operation to unlock is made to become easy simultaneously, easy to use.

Description of the drawings

Fig. 1 shows the connectors of an embodiment of the present invention, when being the connector use that revolving member is located at closed position The stereogram of state.

Fig. 2 is that the revolving member of the connector of Fig. 1 is located at the stereogram of open position.

Fig. 3, which is the revolving member of the connector of Fig. 1, will reach the stereogram of closed position.

Fig. 4 is the stereogram of the revolving member for the connector that Fig. 1 is only indicated with the state of each section simple separation.

Fig. 5 is that the revolving member of the connector of Fig. 1 is located at closed position and omits the vertical of the upper plate portion for indicating revolving member Body figure.

Fig. 6 is the sectional view at the power supply terminal position when revolving member of the connector of Fig. 1 is located at closed position, Fig. 6 (A) indicate that the situation of not flat conductive member, Fig. 6 (B) indicate situation when flat conductive member is inserted into.

Fig. 7 is the stereogram of the variation in the locked portion for indicating Fig. 1.

Fig. 8 is the stereogram for the revolving member for indicating other embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 9 indicates the stereogram of the revolving member of Fig. 8 in the state of being before fixing component and movable link assembling.

Figure 10 indicates that the revolving member of Fig. 8 is located at the state of closed position, and Figure 10 (A) is the section view at signal terminal position Figure, Figure 10 (B) are the stereograms after being cut off at signal terminal position.

Figure 11 is the stereogram of the connector of a further embodiment of this invention.

(symbol description)

1 connector

33A operation portions

2 connector bodies

33D is locked piece

3 revolving members

33D-1 is locked portion

4 shells

Plate portion in 34

5 (power supply) terminals

34X elastic portions

6 (signal) terminals

35 outer plate portions (base portion)

7 standing finishes

75 pressing members (press section)

Plate portion (movable part) in 33

76 sticking departments

Specific implementation mode

Hereinafter, the embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 is the electrical connector (hereinafter referred to as " connector ") for indicating present embodiment respectively Appearance stereogram, Fig. 1 shows revolving members after configuration flat conductive member to be located at the state of closed position, and Fig. 2 indicates to rotate The state that component is located at open position, flat conductive member is not configured, the allocation position of flat conductive member with imaginary line, (draw by two point Line) show, Fig. 3 indicate configuration flat conductive member after, revolving member will reach the state of closed position.

In figure, connector 1 has connector body 2 and revolving member 3.Revolving member 3 be metallic plate is processed and It is manufactured, it is connected device main body 2 and supports, and can turn between open position shown in Fig. 2 and closed position shown in FIG. 1 It is dynamic.

As shown in Fig. 2, the shell 4 of connector body 2 being formed of an electrically insulating material is to the electricity in terminal, such as illustrated example Source terminal 5 and signal terminal 6 and standing finish 7 are kept.The connector 1 of present embodiment is shown to connection battery The example for the flat conductive member connector that FPC etc. is attached, a letter with multiple power supply terminals 5 and to its control Number terminal 6, but there is no limit can be freely for the quantity of power supply terminal and signal terminal, arrangement mode for the connector of the present invention Selection.Power supply terminal 5 arranged in connector width direction it is multiple, signal terminal 6 in connector width direction one row electricity The center of source terminal 5 is only arranged one.Power supply terminal 5 is for making source current be flowed between the battery that connector is connected Terminal, signal terminal 6 are the terminals of the signal controlled above-mentioned source current.About be configured at power supply terminal 5 and letter Flat conductive member F on number terminal 6, shown using the solid line of Fig. 2 be not yet configured on power supply terminal 5 and signal terminal 6 and In the state for being placed in 1 rear of connector (left of Fig. 2), shown towards vertical with the face of flat conductive member F using imaginary line Direction decline and the state after being configured on power supply terminal 5 and signal terminal 6, the front end (right end in figure) of flat conductive member F It is positioned and extended towards the rear by shell 4.Above-mentioned flat conductive member F is being formed with and above-mentioned power supply terminal 5 and the difference of signal terminal 6 The lower surface of the fore-end of the flat conductive member main part F1 of multiple wiring groups of connection has coupling part, is led in platypelloid type The upper surface of the fore-end of phosphor bodies portion F1, which has, reinforces board member F2.

As shown in Fig. 2, the flat shape of above-mentioned flat conductive member F is in step-like in front end side, there is the increased ear of width Shape is snapped portion FA.The aftermentioned limiting unit for being snapped the frame-shaped that the front-end edge of portion FA and side edge are located at aftermentioned shell limits Position processed is snapped edge FA-1 in addition, being formed with, and it is in step-like and its rear and aftermentioned shell card that this, which is snapped edge FA-1, Buckle buckles.

As shown in Fig. 2, shell 4 has base plate 41, is erected from the front of the base plate 41 in width direction end positions Limiting unit 42, from the rear portion of base plate 41 erect clamping part 43.Limiting unit 42 is the wall that flat shape bends to L-shaped, Lateral spacing wall portion 42B with the preceding limitation wall portion 42A, front and back extension that extend along connector width direction forms table in bending The preceding inner surface and side inner surface in face respectively limit the front end for being snapped portion FA and side of above-mentioned flat conductive member F. Clamping part 43 is in block-like wall, and the rear for being snapped portion FA of preceding inner surface and above-mentioned flat conductive member F is buckled, prevented flat Type conductor F is disengaged.Above-mentioned flat conductive member F's has the coupling part for being snapped portion FA as shown in the imaginary line of Fig. 2 Decline from top towards the front-rear direction range between above-mentioned limiting unit 42 and clamping part 43 and be configured at shell 4, to front and back It is positioned on direction and side.

As shown in Fig. 2, in the base plate 41 of shell 4, it is formed with flat shape side by side in three positions of width direction Contact site 54 for port portion 41A, 41B, 41A of quadrangle, power supply terminal 5 is located in port portion 41A, and signal terminal 6 connects Contact portion 62 is located in port portion 41B.

As shown in Fig. 2, above-mentioned power supply terminal 5 and signal terminal 6 are formed by the sheet metal to faciola shape carries out warpage Same shape, identical size.Power supply terminal 5 and signal terminal 6 have straight base portion 51,61 and from the base portion 51,61 with court Front extends and extends upward the flexible contact site 52,62 that the mode then extended downward is bent, above-mentioned power supply The base portion 51 of terminal 5 and the front and back casing part through the rear as port portion 41A, 41B of the base portion 61 of signal terminal 6, and By mold it is integrally formed by be kept at the casing part, contact site 52,62 is projected into shell in port portion 41A, 41B Base plate 41 upper surface top.

As shown in Fig. 2, above-mentioned standing finish 7 passes through the integrally formed side for being held in shell 4.The standing finish 7 is logical It crosses and metallic plate is processed and manufactured, had：The side extended in the longitudinal direction along the exterior side surface of above-mentioned shell 4 Plate portion 71；In the fixed leg 72 that front position warpage is contacted with circuit board face；It is erected in the side of the fixed leg 72 And in the supporting part 73 for the inboard leg point for being formed in fixed leg 72 inverted U-shapedly；From the middle part of above-mentioned side plate 71 Edge erects and in the guide portion 74 of horizontal V shape；Above-mentioned side plate 71 rising wood lean on clamping part of the back-end location from shell 4 43 upper surface press section 75 outstanding；And the rear end face sticking department 76 outstanding in rear end from above-mentioned clamping part 43.

The bottom of the fixed leg 72 of above-mentioned standing finish 7 is located in circuit board (not shown) and is fixedly welded on the electricity The correspondence portion of base board, to ensure the fixing intensity of connector body 2 and circuit board.

The inside leg in the inverted U-shaped portion of supporting part 73 is formed as hole portion, to the axle portion of the tab shape of aftermentioned revolving member into Row accommodates and the axle portion is supported to and can be freely rotated.

It is in the width direction in connector in the guide portion 74 that middle part in the front-back direction is erected from the lower edge of side plate 71 Inwards horizontal V shape outstanding in (terminal orientation), upper part face form downward and inwards inclined guide surface 74A guides the flat conductive member in above-mentioned width direction using guide surface 74A when configuring flat conductive member, In addition, temporarily being kept to flat conductive member using other inclined-planes.

Above-mentioned standing finish 7 behind portion have from the rear end face sticking department 76 outstanding of the clamping part 43 of shell 4 and from Upper surface press section 75 outstanding.Above-mentioned press section 75 from the upper surface parts outstanding hole portion 43A be in generally trapezoidal, leading edge For oblique margin 75A.

In addition, sticking department 76 is in roughly triangular shape, upper limb is inclined lead edge 76A, and lower edge is horizontal lock edge 76B, There is the sticking department 76 the above-mentioned horizontal lock edge 76B of utilization to be buckled in the up-down direction with the locked portion of aftermentioned revolving member Lock function.

In the present embodiment, as shown in Figures 4 and 5, as an example, by the branch of the standing finish of the above embodiment 7 The revolving member 3 of the rotation guiding bearing of bearing portion 73 is manufactured by carrying out warpage to metallic plate and being overlapped the processing of three pieces. Shown in when being located at closed position such as Fig. 1 revolving members 3, revolving member 3 is in quadrilateral plan shape, and having can be from top at least Cover the size of the range of the contact site 52 of power supply terminal 5, the contact site 62 of signal terminal 6.In order to make it easy to understand, such as chain-dotted line Shown, each laminate (outer plate portion, middle plate portion, interior plate portion) for being in Fig. 4 overlapped the three pieces of revolving member 3 is separately shown, in Fig. 5 In the diagram of upper plate portion is omitted.

As shown in figure 4, above-mentioned revolving member 3 is in be flexed into the three of S shape in front flex portion 31 and rear portion flex portion 32 Piece morphological reduplication has when revolving member 3 is located at closed position close to the interior plate portion 33 of connector body 2, positioned at interior plate portion Middle plate portion 34 right over 33, the outer plate portion 35 positioned at the surface of middle plate portion 34 and positioned at outside.That is, interior plate portion 33 and middle plate Portion 34 is connected by front flex portion 31, and middle plate portion 34 and outer plate portion 35 are connected by rear portion flex portion 32.Refer to aftermentioned, outside plate Portion 35 has the axle portion being pivotally supported in housing main body and becomes base portion, and interior plate portion 33 passes through middle plate portion 34 and base with elastic portion Portion is formed by connecting as movable part.

Interior plate portion 33 has：Extend forward and leading edge potion warpage upward, section are in the operation portion 33A of L-shaped；Rear Warpage, section are in the protection edge 33B of horizontal U-shaped upward in portion；Thirty years of age of warpage upward of the both side edges of connector width direction It rises, section is in inverted L shape, the side arm portion 33C extended along the longitudinal direction；And the rear warpage downward in side arm portion 33C Locked piece 33D.

Aforesaid operations portion 33A be the locking of the sticking department 76 in order to release above-mentioned locked piece 33D and connector body 2 and The position pressed towards the rear by operator.When revolving member 3 is located at the open position of Fig. 2, operation portion 33A and connector master The front end face of body 2 abuts or close, when by the rotatory force of open position as defined in crossing, aforesaid operations portion 33A with connect The front end face of device main body 2 abuts, and can be prevented to play aftermentioned elastic deflection effect by the reaction force from the front end face It is only damaged.

When revolving member 3 comes closed position, above-mentioned side arm portion 33C is positioned over the correspondence portion of connector body 2 There is upper surface window portion 33C-1, upper surface window portion 33C-1 to allow the fixation of 2 side of connector body by position, side arm portion 33C The press section 75 of accessory 7 passes through protrude upward.Upper surface window portion 33C-1 is located at the shell 4 supported with standing finish 7 Clamping part 43 on the 75 corresponding position of press section that is formed.In addition, locked what is hung down from the rear of above-mentioned side arm portion 33C The locked portion 33D-1 as window portion is formed on piece 33D, the window portion inner circumferential lower edge of the locked portion 33D-1 with become upper State the horizontal lock edge 76B buckles of the lower edge of the sticking department 76 of 2 side of connector body.Locked piece 33D is moved towards latched position In dynamic process, lower ora terminalis is abutted with the inclined lead edge 76A for the upper limb for being formed in sticking department 76 (with reference to Fig. 3), is inclined from this Oblique leading edge 76A is moved by the power towards rear by the flexible deformation of aftermentioned elastic portion 34X towards the rear, then can be towards lock Further rotation is set in positioning.

The flat face of above-mentioned interior plate portion 33 be formed through boss processing in the width direction and towards contact site 52,62 sides Press section 33E outstanding, in the inside of press section 33E, with the contact of the contact site 52 and signal terminal 6 of power supply terminal 5 62 corresponding position of portion is formed with window portion 33E1,33E2, when revolving member 3 is located at closed position, i.e. power supply terminal 5 and signal Terminal 6 in a free state, is avoided that the interior plate portion 33 of two contact sites 52,62 and revolving member 3 of chevron warpage upward Contact, it is ensured that the space that can be accommodated, it is advantageous that compact in size in this short transverse for revolving member 3, which is low back, 's.In addition, between above-mentioned window portion 33E1,33E2 and protection edge 33B, it is applied with along the longitudinal direction towards contact site 52,62 sides The strengthening portion 33F that boss is processed and formed is formed in connector width direction at three.

In the leading edge of above-mentioned interior plate portion 33, it is equipped with above-mentioned front flex portion 31 at the both ends of connector width direction, it will be interior Plate portion 33 is connect with middle plate portion 34.

Four straps 34A, 34B, 34C, the 34D of plate portion 34 extended along connector width direction are from front court among the above It rearward sets gradually, passes through connector width between zonal part 34A, 34B and between zonal part 34C, 34D respectively The central linking part 34E of direction middle position links, the end that strap 34B, 34C passes through connector width direction end positions Linking part 34F connections.Zonal part 34A, 34B, 34C, 34D and central linking part 34E, end linking part 34F can pass through by Part other than these components is punched grooving and is formed.Zonal part 34A, 34B, 34C, 34D and center linking part 34E and end Portion linking part 34F is in local connection, to which elastic portion 34X be integrally formed, elastic portion 34X can flexible deformation along the longitudinal direction, Change the interval of strap 34A, 34B, 34C, 34D i.e. in the X-direction of Fig. 4.It is above-mentioned when operation portion 33A is pressed towards the rear Elastic portion 34X is compressed, and interior plate portion 33 can move towards the rear, and therefore, the side arm portion 33C of the interior plate portion 33 is also moved towards the rear, The locked portion 33D-1 of locked piece 33D is moved towards the rear, is disengaged from sticking department 76, meanwhile, upper surface window portion 33C-1's Leading edge upper press section 75 via the oblique margin 75A of above-mentioned press section 75, before being formed in above-mentioned upper surface window portion 33C-1 The lower surface of the pan section of square part is pressed face 33C-2 from press section 75 by reaction force upward, above-mentioned Side arm portion 33C is lifted upward.

It is rolled over equipped with above-mentioned rear portion at the connector width direction both ends of the strap 34D positioned at the rear of plate portion 34 among the above Pars convoluta 32 connects middle plate portion 34 and outer plate portion 35.

Above-mentioned outer plate portion 35 is in substantially planar, becomes when central portion has when automatic installs connector and is carried by absorption Adsorption plane flat surface region 35C, and have towards outstanding prominent in crank-like on the outside of connector width direction in leading edge locus The axle portion 35A of sheet.Axle portion 35A is inserted in the poroid supporting part 73 formed on above-mentioned standing finish 7, by the supporting part 73 Being supported to can be freely rotated.Have by the position at both ends in the connector width direction of above-mentioned outer plate portion and extends in the longitudinal and with court 34 side of middle plate portion mode outstanding carries out boss processing and the strengthening portion 35B that is formed.

Then, referring concurrently to Fig. 6, the application method of the connector of present embodiment is illustrated.

<The configuration of flat conductive member>

First, revolving member 3 is opened to the open position of above-mentioned Fig. 2, and maintains its turned position, in this state, Make flat conductive member F's to be snapped that portion FA is lowered from above, is configured to the power supply terminal 5 and signal terminal 6 of connector body 2 On.The lateral margin of flat conductive member F is fixed the inclined guide surface 74A guiding of accessory 7 during the decline, in width direction On accurately guided.When flat conductive member F is configured to accurate location, the side for being snapped portion FA of flat conductive member F Edge keeps above-mentioned accurate location in the direction of the width by the lateral spacing wall portion 42B of shell 4, and front-end edge is by preceding limitation wall portion 42A Limitation, end edge are snapped the front surface limitation in portion 43, are also held at accurate location in the longitudinal direction, and can prevent backwards Side disengages.

<Rotation of the revolving member towards closed position>

Then, revolving member 3 is made to turn towards closed position in the state of on connector body 2 in flat conductive member F configurations It is dynamic.Revolving member 3 is from open position shown in Fig. 2 via the closed position shape shown in Fig. 3 that closed position is reached to Fig. 1 State.Fig. 6 is the sectional side elevation of the connector at the power supply terminal 5 when revolving member 3 is located at closed position, and Fig. 6 (A) expressions are not configured Flat conductive member and state positioned at closed position, the sectional side elevation of same position when Fig. 6 (B) is configured with flat conductive member, 6 (A) be elastic addendum modification for the ease of understanding power supply terminal figure.

When revolving member 3 reach Fig. 3 i.e. by closed position when, from the side arm in the interior plate portion 33 of revolving member 3 The rear end of portion 33C warpage and the lower end of locked piece 33D formed and the sticking department 76 as 2 side of connector body downward The inclined lead edge 76A of upper limb is abutted.In this state, if making revolving member 3 further be rotated towards closed position, i.e., in Fig. 3 Middle to press outer plate portion 35 downward, then the locked piece 33D of revolving member 3 is because of the anti-work from above-mentioned inclined lead edge 76A Firmly and by the horizontal component towards rear.The horizontal component towards rear is passed from interior plate portion 33 via front flex portion 31 It is delivered to middle plate portion 34, compressing force is applied to the elastic portion 34X set on middle plate portion 34, so that elastic portion 34X is generated elastic compression and becomes Shape, interior plate portion 33 itself move the elastic compression deflection of plate portion 34 in this relative to middle plate portion 34 towards the rear.Therefore, structure is rotated The locked piece 33D of part 3 can easily pass over above-mentioned sticking department 76 and further rotate.

<The locking of closed position>

When the downside inner edge of the locked portion 33D-1 of the window-like of locked piece 33D reaches the lower ora terminalis as sticking department 76 Horizontal lock edge 76B position when, the reaction force that locked piece 33D is subject to from sticking department 76 drastically becomes smaller, and therefore, such as schemes Shown in 1, locked portion 33D-1 is moved forward towards free state, and relatively, which, which enters, is locked portion 33D- 1.As a result, the locked portion 33D-1 of above-mentioned locked piece 33D is locked by the horizontal lock edge 76B of above-mentioned sticking department 76, resistance Only revolving member 3 is returned towards open position.Locked portion 33D-1 and the lockable models of horizontal lock edge 76B in the longitudinal direction Girth degree is the amount of movement of above-mentioned locked piece 33D, i.e., in plate portion 34 elastic portion 34X elastic deformation amount.Therefore, with for example The situation of the elastic deflection amount of previous locked piece itself is compared, and lockable extent length significantly increases, and is not easy to unlock, And it is minimum to the application load for being locked piece.

With the movement forward towards free state of above-mentioned locked piece 33D, it is formed in the side arm of interior plate portion 33 The upper surface window portion 33C-1 of portion 33C is also moved forward, and upper surface window portion 33C-1 reaches the press section 75 of standing finish 7 The position that can be inserted into.

In this way, revolving member 3 comes closed position, signal terminal 6 (and power supply terminal 5) is from the state of Fig. 6 (A) into one Step elasticity displacement is become the state of Fig. 6 (B) by the amount that flat conductive member F is pressed, using elasticity displacement come ensure with it is flat The contact of type conductor F.

<It unlocks>

Then, in order to extract flat conductive member F, the lock of revolving member 3 is released using the release operation of operation portion 33A It is fixed, so that revolving member 3 is rotated towards open position.

When applying operating force towards the rear to operation portion 33A, the operating force is as the pressing force towards rear from interior plate portion 33 are transmitted to middle plate portion 34 via front flex portion 31, which makes the elastic portion 34X of middle plate portion 34 generate compression direction Elasticity displacement, as a result, interior plate portion 33 moves towards the rear relative to middle plate portion 34.Due to the shifting towards rear of plate portion 34 in this Dynamic, locked piece 33D is moved towards the rear, is disengaged and is unlocked from sticking department 76.Due to while unlocking, being formed in The upper surface window portion 33C-1 of the side arm portion 33C of interior plate portion 33 is also moved towards the rear, therefore, before the window portion 33C-1 of the upper surface Edge can cross the oblique margin 75A of press section 75, be held by the face 33C-2 that is pressed of the front region of upper surface window portion 33C-1 By the pressing force as reaction force upward from press section 75, the revolving member 3 after unlocking can auto lifting Play the amount of height of press section 75.Therefore, latched position will not be turned again to by being locked portion 33D-1, and operator can be in visual confirmation After unlocked position, revolving member 3 is made easily to be rotated towards open position.

If releasing the operating force of aforesaid operations portion 33A, the elastic portion 34X of middle plate portion 34 returns to free state.

In the present embodiment, as described above, the sticking department 76 of standing finish 7 can be bent relative to other parts The component of deformation, may not be, but the sticking department 76 may be alternatively formed to can in the longitudinal direction relative to other parts elasticity Deformation.It is shown in Fig. 7 and is disposed adjacently flexible portion 77 with sticking department 76, which can be relative to other parts preceding The example of flexible deformation in rear direction.The same symbol is marked for position identical with the example of above-mentioned Fig. 1 to Fig. 6 in the figure, And it omits the description.

In the figure 7, the inside of the plate portion 71 on the upside of connector width direction of standing finish 7 is flexed into S words in flat shape The head end (rear end) of the inboard portion of shape has sticking department 76, has and middle plate portion at the front position adjacent with the sticking department 76 The similar but smaller elastic portion 77 of 34 elastic portion 34X shapes.The elastic portion 77 can flexible deformation in the longitudinal direction, in bullet Property deformation when, the position of sticking department 76 can be made front and backly mobile.

If the connector of Fig. 1 uses above-mentioned standing finish 7, sticking department corresponding with the locked piece 33D of revolving member 3 76 abut in locking with above-mentioned locked piece 33D, and flexible deformation forward, thereby, with the middle plate portion 34 of revolving member 3 The flexible deformation of elastic portion 34X matches, and can very easily lock.

Above-mentioned sticking department 76 can also pass through the bullet at the rear portion of standing finish 7 other than flexible deformation in the front-back direction Property flexure make sticking department 76 conjugate, to be locked and fastened with locked portion 33D-1.In addition, the press section 75 being connected with sticking department 76 It can also conjugate together.At this point, the inside of the clamping part 43 in the shell 4 supported to above-mentioned standing finish 7, relative to setting Gap is formed in the press section 75 of the rear end side of standing finish 7 and sticking department 76, makes the rear end of the standing finish 7 as free end And it can elastic deflection.That is, clamping part 43 is formed with upper surface hole portion 43A and sticking department with gap between press section 75 Rear surface hole portion 43B with gap between 76.

Above-mentioned press section 75 is formed as a part for standing finish 7, but can also be formed as belonging to different from standing finish 7 The pressing member of component at this point, pressing member can only be made to have upper and lower elasticity, and carries out sticking department 76 using clamping part 43 Fixed bearing.

Next, being illustrated to the other embodiment of the present invention with reference to Fig. 8~Figure 10.

In the above embodiment of Fig. 1~Fig. 6, revolving member is formed as a component in such a way that three pieces are overlapped, but In the present embodiment, be formed as two components.

As shown in figure 9, in the present embodiment, revolving member 3 is by fixing component 80 and movable link 90 the two components It is formed.

Fixing component 80 has：Lower board unit 81；Upper plate portion 82, the upper plate portion 82 pass through section in the end edge of lower board unit 81 Link in the flex portion 83 and lower board unit 81 of horizontal U-shaped, and across the top for being spaced on lower board unit 81.Upper plate portion 82 be in The 35 similar shape of outer plate portion of Fig. 1 is formed with notch section 82A in front-end edge, and it is in crank-like warpage to have in front end side The axle portion 82B that supporting part 73 that is prominent and being fixed accessory 7 supports.In the above-described embodiment, suitable with above-mentioned notch section 82A Part have the function of the movable range of extended operation portion 33A, but in fig.9, two ora terminalis of width direction of notch section 82A is also Have the function of being formed and be snapped portion 82A-1, this, which is snapped portion 82A-1, is buckled for the aftermentioned snap tab set on lower board unit 81 Part.

The card for being snapped portion 82A-1 buckles being equipped with above-mentioned upper plate portion 82 is erected in the front-end edge of above-mentioned lower board unit 81 Cramp 81A.Snap tab 81A is formed with towards snap projection 81A-1 outstanding on the outside of connector width direction, utilizes the buckle The elasticity of piece 81A, snap projection 81A-1 cross the above-mentioned side edge for being snapped portion 82A-1 and are snapped portion 82A-1 with this Upper surface buckle, by the buckle, lower board unit 81 and the interval of upper plate portion 82 will not expand.

Movable link 90 has baseplate part 91 and the elastic portion 92 above the baseplate part 91, the baseplate part 91 and elasticity End positions of the portion 92 in connector width direction are linked by front-end edge.

Baseplate part 91 has operation portion 91A in the front-end edge of connector width direction central position, in connector width The both sides end position in direction has side arm portion 91B, has operation portion 33A and side in this above embodiment as shown in fig. 4 The interior plate portion 33 of arm 33C belongs to identical form.In addition, in the present embodiment, there is being locked for locked portion 91C-1 Stator 91C hangs down from the rear end of side arm portion 91B, and the locked piece 33D that the rear end of this point and the slave side arm portion 33C of Fig. 4 are hung down belongs to In identical form.

Link and be located at the elastic portion of the form and Fig. 4 of the elastic portion 92 of 91 top of baseplate part itself with baseplate part 91 34X is identical.

It is inserted into the movable link 90 for the baseplate part 91 and elastic portion 92 that will have above-mentioned form and is in above-mentioned fixing component Under the snap tab 81A and the state of upper plate portion 82 being snapped before portion 82A-1 is buckled of 80 lower board unit 81, interval are larger After between plate portion 81 and upper plate portion 82, by above-mentioned snap tab 81A and it is snapped portion 82A-1 buckles.In this way, such as the dotted line institute of Fig. 8 Show, above-mentioned snap tab 81A can be utilized to prevent being disengaged forward positioned at the part of the both sides operation portion 91A for movable link 90, movably Component 90 forms a unit with fixing component 80.

In the above-described embodiment, the rear end 92A of the elastic portion 92 of movable link 90 be located at can be with fixing component end after 80s Flex portion 83 internal face abut position, when operation portion 91A is pressed towards the rear, the rear end 92A of above-mentioned elastic portion 92 It is abutted with the internal face of the flex portion 83 of above-mentioned fixing component 80, elastic portion 92 is towards compression direction flexible deformation.Therefore, movable structure The elasticity that the operation portion 91A of the part 90 and side arm portion 91B being attached thereto and locked piece 91C also moves elastic portion 92 towards the rear becomes Shape amount.

In the present embodiment, pass through the abutting of locked the piece 91C and sticking department 76 when locking, behaviour when unlocking Make the operation of portion 91A, can easily make 92 flexible deformation of elastic portion, so as to easily and reliably carry out revolving member 3 and consolidate Determine the locking of accessory 7 and unlocks.

Next, 1 pair of another other embodiment of the invention illustrates referring to Fig.1.

In the embodiment of above-mentioned Fig. 1~Fig. 7, revolving member 3 is that a component is overlapped three pieces to constitute, above-mentioned It is four overlay structures of two components, but in fig. 11 in the embodiment of Fig. 8~Figure 10, it is characterized in that using merely One chip architecture.

In fig. 11, revolving member 3 is not to be overlapped piece of metal plate warpage and formed, nor two panels is overlapped And formed.Revolving member 3 has fixed part 100 using front-rear direction centre position as boundary, in toe lateral, has in rear portion side Movable part 110 has elastic portion 120 in middle part.

Fixed part 100 is in flat platelike, is had towards side supported portion 101 outstanding, at rear portion in its front end both sides The slit 102 extended towards connector width direction is formed through along plate thickness direction, which is and above-mentioned elastic portion 120 Boundary.

Movable part 100 has：In rear end, warpage and section are in the operation portion 111 of L-shaped in a manner of erecting upward； Connector width direction both ends erect, and section is in the side arm portion 112 of inverted L shape；And downward from the rear end in the side arm portion 112 The locked piece 113 of square warpage.Above-mentioned movable part 110 passes through the engaging portion in necking down shape in connector width direction middle position 121 link with elastic portion 120.Elastic portion 120 because above-mentioned slit 102 and engaging portion 121 there are due to can bullet in the longitudinal direction Property deformation.

This revolving member 3 has supported portion 101 in fixed part 100, has in the locked piece 113 of movable part 110 Locked portion 113A, but these supported portion 101 and locked portion 113A have with it is above-mentioned before the identical shape of embodiment State has same function.

In the present embodiment, the abutting for passing through the locked piece 113 and sticking department 76 when locking, to behaviour when unlocking Make the pull operation of portion 111 toward the rear side, can easily make 120 flexible deformation of elastic portion, so as to easily and reliably carry out It the locking of revolving member 3 and standing finish 7 and unlocks.

Claims (9)

1. a kind of electrical connector, including：Connector body is used for and platypelloid type in the connector body The terminal that conductor connects is maintained at by shell arrangement in connector width direction；And the revolving member of metallic plate, it should Revolving member is supported to by the connector body and can be freely rotated between an open position and a closed, when revolving member position When open position, flat conductive member can be placed on the contact site of the terminal exposed upward from top, work as rotation When component is located at closed position, flat conductive member is pressed on into contact site, which is characterized in that

There is connector body the supporting part that revolving member can be made to rotate, revolving member to have supported portion, revolving member and company It connects device main body and is respectively provided with locked portion and sticking department, when revolving member is located at closed position, energy mutually locking buckle,

Revolving member, which has, is provided with the base portion of supported portion, the movable part equipped with locked portion and operation portion, by the base portion With the movable part be connected to can flexible deformation in the longitudinal direction elastic portion, utilize the flexible deformation of the elastic portion, base portion It can be relatively moved in the longitudinal direction with movable part, by making revolving member be rotated towards closed position side, be locked portion and connect The sticking department of device main body interferes, if further being rotated towards closed position side, can carry out locking buckle, and by that will operate Portion can release the buckle status in locked portion to flexible deformation direction operation.

2. electrical connector as described in claim 1, which is characterized in that

Sticking department and locked portion are in following position relationship：Using operation portion unlock operation when, bullet can be passed through Property portion flexible deformation, so that locked portion is crossed sticking department and is come unlocked position.

3. electrical connector as claimed in claim 2, which is characterized in that

Sticking department and locked portion are in following position relationship：Using operation portion unlock operation when, bullet can be passed through Property portion flexible deformation, so that sticking department is moved towards the direction far from locked portion.

4. electrical connector as described in claim 1, which is characterized in that

Revolving member according to it is in the closed position when and the close sequence of contact site of terminal there is interior plate portion and outer plate portion, inside A side in plate portion and outer plate portion be equipped with supported portion, interior plate portion and outer plate portion by can flexible deformation in the longitudinal direction bullet Property portion connection, by the flexible deformation of the elastic portion, outer plate portion and interior plate portion can relatively move in the longitudinal direction, interior plate portion and Another party in outer plate portion is equipped with locked portion, by making revolving member come closed position, can utilize the bullet of the elastic portion Property deformation, so that locked portion is moved on flexible deformation direction, to be buckled with the sticking department of connector body.

5. electrical connector as claimed in claim 4, which is characterized in that

Revolving member is flexed into the form of three pieces overlapping in a manner of dividing metal plate area in the longitudinal direction, has with metal Outer plate portion, interior plate portion using the free end of another party as trailing edge potion, position of the free end side of one side of plate as leading edge potion Middle plate portion between outer plate portion and interior plate portion to link the leading edge of the rear of the outer plate portion and interior plate portion, in the outside plate The side edge part in portion is equipped with supported portion, and locked portion is equipped in the trailing edge potion of interior plate portion, and operation is equipped in the leading edge potion of interior plate portion Portion, in addition, being equipped with elastic portion in middle plate portion.

6. electrical connector as claimed in claim 5, which is characterized in that

The locked portion of revolving member is formed as locked window, which is set to the quilt from the trailing edge potion warpage of outer plate portion Locking plate, the sticking department of connector body are formed as locking protrusion, the locking protrusion from the rear surface of connector body towards the rear It is prominent.

7. the electrical connector as described in claims 1 to 3, any one of 5, which is characterized in that

Operating position in when revolving member is in an open position with the outer surface of connector body is very close or the position that abuts It sets.

8. electrical connector as described in claim 1 or 6, which is characterized in that

Connector body have pressing member, in the state that revolving member is in the closed position, when by operation portion towards release lock When determining direction operation, pressing member can press revolving member towards open position.

9. such as electrical connector according to any one of claims 1 to 6, which is characterized in that

Revolving member is formed with flat surface region in following ranges, in the outer surface of outer plate portion, and the range refers to：Including institute State the range for the point that plumb line when revolving member is located at closed position across connector center of gravity intersects with outer plate portion.