EP1227546A1 - Connecteur de carte, plaque de montage comprenant ledit connecteur, et dispositif electronique comprenant le connecteur et la plaque de montage - Google Patents

Connecteur de carte, plaque de montage comprenant ledit connecteur, et dispositif electronique comprenant le connecteur et la plaque de montage Download PDF

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EP1227546A1
EP1227546A1 EP00935653A EP00935653A EP1227546A1 EP 1227546 A1 EP1227546 A1 EP 1227546A1 EP 00935653 A EP00935653 A EP 00935653A EP 00935653 A EP00935653 A EP 00935653A EP 1227546 A1 EP1227546 A1 EP 1227546A1
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card
substrate
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card connector
connection part
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Kosuke Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha YAGI
Manabu Mitsubishi Denki K.K. HASEGAWA
Koichi Mitsubishi Denki K.K. AKAMATSU
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/02—Contact members
    • H01R13/22—Contacts for co-operating by abutting
    • H01R13/24—Contacts for co-operating by abutting resilient; resiliently-mounted
    • H01R13/2442—Contacts for co-operating by abutting resilient; resiliently-mounted with a single cantilevered beam
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00—Structural 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
    • H01R12/70—Coupling devices
    • H01R12/71—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/712—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures co-operating with the surface of the printed circuit or with a coupling device exclusively provided on the surface of the printed circuit
    • H01R12/716—Coupling device provided on the PCB
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R2201/00—Connectors or connections adapted for particular applications
    • H01R2201/16—Connectors or connections adapted for particular applications for telephony

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  • the present invention relates to a card connector employed for a portable telephone or the like, and more particularly, it relates to an SIM (subscriber identity module) card connector.
  • the present invention also relates to a packaged substrate including this card connector.
  • the present invention further relates to an electronic apparatus such as a portable telephone including the card connector.
  • the storage box 120 including the terminals 250 is employed for storing the card.
  • the lid 310 includes an operating lever 800 for detaching the card.
  • the conventional card connector (mainly an SIM connector) is directly packaged on the substrate 700, and hence the packaging space is narrowed to limit the degree of freedom in electrical design.
  • the present invention has been proposed in consideration of the aforementioned situation, and an object thereof is to ensure a degree of freedom in electrical design also in a portable telephone or the like employing a card.
  • a card connector comprises a card connection part detachably storing a card, a leg part provided to hold the said card connection part on a position separated from a main surface of a substrate and have a clearance between the said card connection part and the said main surface in a region defined by projecting the said card connection part on the said main surface and a terminal part for electrically connecting the said card to a connected terminal provided on the said substrate.
  • the card connector can be packaged on the main surface of the substrate without narrowing a packaging area for other components, for implementing useful electrical design.
  • the said card connection part includes a card storage part and a base part, the said base part is held by the said leg part on a position separated from the said main surface, and the said card storage part is rotatably fixed to the said base part.
  • the user can readily detach the card by raising the card storage part from the base part and rotating the same to a direction for facilitating detachment of the card.
  • the card connector further comprises a holder for holding the said card connection part on the position separated from the said main surface, the said holder includes the said leg part and has a holder opening, and the said card connection part is detachable with respect to the said holder.
  • the card connection part can be so detached that a defective can be readily exchanged and the degree of freedom in operation is further improved in detachment of the card.
  • other components can be readily packaged on or rebuilt into the main surface located under the card through the holder opening while detaching the card connection part.
  • the said card connection part and the said holder are connected with each other through a pressure-connection terminal.
  • the card connection part and the holder can be readily connected with each other.
  • the said leg part includes a coupling part fixable to the said substrate through engagement with the said substrate.
  • the card connection part is reliably fixed to the substrate, not to drop from the substrate.
  • the said coupling part has a pawl for fixing the said leg part to the said substrate in a state inserted in a hole provided in the said substrate.
  • the coupling part can be fixed to the substrate with a simple structure.
  • the said coupling part includes the said terminal part, and the said terminal part electrically connects the said card and the said substrate with each other through engagement of the said coupling part with the said substrate.
  • the card can be efficiently electrically connected to the substrate simultaneously with fixation of the card connection part to the substrate through the coupling part.
  • the said coupling part is a connector to be connected with an opposite connector provided on the said main surface substantially from the normal direction of the said main surface.
  • the card connection part can be attached by connecting the coupling part to the main surface of the substrate substantially from the normal direction, so that the card connection part can be readily attached/detached.
  • the said coupling part is a connector to be connected with an opposite connector provided on an end of the said substrate by holding the opposite connector.
  • the card connection part can be attached by connecting the coupling part to hold the end of the substrate with requirement for only the minimum area of the main surface of the substrate, so that the limited space of the substrate can be effectively utilized.
  • the said card connection part includes a rib, provided on a box arranged on a separated position above the said substrate, having a shape corresponding to the said card, and the said leg part is means for holding the said box and the said main surface apart from each other.
  • the card connection part can be formed without providing a new component for the card connection part while no space for connecting the card connection part may be ensured on the main surface of the substrate, whereby the limited area of the main surface of the substrate can be effectively applied to another use.
  • a packaged substrate according to the present invention includes the aforementioned card connector.
  • the limited space of the main surface of the substrate can be effectively utilized for packaging components, whereby the packaged substrate can be miniaturized and improved in density.
  • An electronic apparatus includes the aforementioned card connector.
  • the card connector can be packaged on the substrate having a limited area while efficiently packaging other components, whereby the overall electronic apparatus can be miniaturized and improved in density.
  • a card connector 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention is described with reference to Figs. 1 to 5.
  • This card connector 1 consists of an insulating material, and comprises a part consisting of a lid 300 storing a card 500 and a housing 100 for holding the lid 300 as a card connection part detachably storing the card 500.
  • the card connector 1 further comprises terminals 200 for ensuring conduction between the card 500 and a substrate 700.
  • the terminals 200 include spacer parts 201 for keeping a distance between the substrate 700 and the card connection part.
  • This card connector 1 comprises ribs 101 on the back surface of the housing 100 as legs for preventing the terminals 200 from deformation caused by external force.
  • a concave portion (convex portion when engaged with a concave portion of the lid 300) 102 to be engaged with a convex potion of the lid 300 and the reinforcing ribs 101 for preventing the terminals 200 from deformation are provided on the housing 100 of the card connector 1, and the reinforcing ribs 101 are so provided that projection areas with respect to the substrate 700 are reduced to the utmost in order to minimize loss of the area of the main surface allowing packaging.
  • the lid 300 is provided with a convex portion (concave portion as the case may be) 301 for engagement with the housing 100, and this convex or concave portion 301 is fitted with the concave or convex portion 102 of the said housing 100 thereby engaging the housing 100 and the lid 300 with each other.
  • a convex portion concave portion as the case may be
  • each terminal 200 is provided with the spacer part 201 for ensuring the distance between the substrate 700 and the card connection part.
  • a box 400 is provided with an opening 410 for receiving/discharging the card 500 on the upper surface of the card connector 1, so that the lid 300 can be rotated while packaging the housing 100 on the substrate 700 to be directed outward from the box 400 for facilitating attachment/detachment of the card 500.
  • the card connection part of the card connector 1 is held in a state floating from the main surface of the substrate 700, whereby the card connector 1 can be packaged on the main surface of the substrate 700 without narrowing a packaging area for other components, for implementing useful electrical design.
  • the card connection part may alternatively be held in a state floating from the substrate 700 by leg parts in an unrotatable lid shown in Fig. 14.
  • a card connector according to a second embodiment of the present invention is described with reference to Fig. 6.
  • This card connector comprises spacer ribs 103 integrated with pawls for engagement with a substrate 700 as means for ensuring a distance between a card connection part and the substrate 700, and terminal parts are formed by pressure-connection terminals 260 connectable by pressure.
  • this card connector is detachable from the substrate 700.
  • a card connector according to a third embodiment of the present invention is described with reference to Figs. 7 and 8.
  • a connector 210 to be connected with an opposite connector 212 provided on a main surface of a substrate 700 may be provided on the back surface of a housing 100 in place of the terminals 200 (see Figs. 4A and 4B) in the first embodiment as shown in Fig. 7, so that the card connector is detachable in this case.
  • a connector 220 may be connected to an opposite connector 222 provided on an end of a substrate 700 by holding the end of the substrate 700, as shown in Fig. 8.
  • the card connector can be connected while minimizing area loss on the main surface of the substrate 700, so that the area of the main surface of the substrate 700 can be effectively applied to another use.
  • a card connector according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention is described with reference to Fig. 9.
  • a housing 100 and a lid 300 forming a card connection part may be fixed through a holder 600 having a holder opening 610, and conduction is made by pad-shaped pressure connection terminals 240 provided on the housing 100 and the holder 600 respectively in this case.
  • connection is readily and reliably performed.
  • FIG. 10A to 12B A card connector according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention is described with reference to Figs. 10A to 12B.
  • Figs. 10A to 10D showing a case 110 provided with a concave portion 105 for hinge engagement
  • the number of components can be reduced when the case 110 is employed as a substitute for the housing 100 and the lid 300.
  • Figs. 11A to 11C illustrate a base 130 provided with a hole 106 for hinge engagement, which is coupled to the concave portion 105 for hinge engagement by receiving a hinge shaft 104.
  • Figs. 12A and 12B illustrate the card connector formed by coupling the case 110 and the base 130 with each other through the hinge shaft 104, and the case 110 is rotatable about the hinge shaft 104.
  • conduction is made by terminals 200 provided on an FPC (flexible printed circuit) 230.
  • FPC flexible printed circuit
  • a card connector according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention is described with reference to Figs. 13A and 13B.
  • ribs 421 for fixing a card may be provided on a card inlet of a box 400 for defining a card storage part.
  • the box 400 partially forms the card connector, and hence no independent card connector is required dissimilarly to the first to fifth embodiments.
  • a card connection part can be formed without providing a new component for the card connection part and no space for connecting the card connection part may be ensured on a main surface of a substrate, whereby the limited area of the main surface of the substrate can be effectively applied to another use. Further, a portable terminal can be totally reduced in thickness.
  • FIG. 14 An electronic apparatus according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention is described with reference to Fig. 14.
  • This electronic apparatus is a portable telephone, which is arranged to expose a card connector 1 when a back lid is open and a battery part is detached as shown in Fig. 14.
  • a lid 300 forming a card connection part of the card connector 1 is upwardly rotatable outwardly from the portable telephone, so that a card is detached by raising the lid 300.
  • Fig. 15 is a sectional view taken along the line XV-XV in Fig. 14.
  • the card connector 1 is packaged on a substrate 700, which in turn is stored in the portable telephone as a packaged substrate.
  • Fig. 16 shows a part B in Fig. 15 in an enlarged manner.
  • a base part 100 of the card connector 1 is held on a position separated from the main surface of the substrate 700 by leg parts 101, so that other components can be packaged on a region of the main surface of the substrate 700 hidden under the card connection part by packaging the card connector 1. Therefore, electronic components 750 are packaged in a clearance between the card connection part and the main surface, as shown in Fig. 16.
  • a packaged substrate according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention is described with reference to Figs. 17A to 17C.
  • a card connector 1 according to the present invention is packaged on the packaged substrate shown in Fig. 17B. While the embodiment shown in Fig. 17B employs the card connector 1 according to the first embodiment, the card connector according to any other embodiment may alternatively be employed. While Fig. 17B omits illustration of most components, a number of electronic components 751 are packaged on the surface of the substrate 700 in practice, in addition to the card connector 1. Electronic components 750 are packaged also on a region hidden under the card connection part of the card connector 1 as shown in Fig. 16, as a matter of course.
  • a liquid crystal display element 760 is packaged on a surface of the substrate 700 opposite to the card connector 1. The packaged substrate shown in Fig. 17 is stored to be held between a rear case 410 shown in Fig. 17A and a front case 420 shown in Fig. 17C, thereby forming the portable telephone shown in Fig. 14.
  • the card connector according to the present invention is useful for packaging a larger number of components through a limited area of a main surface of a substrate.

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