JP2003241851A - Connecting base for small information equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a connecting base for small information equipment that permits an equipment side connector to be reasonably connected to a connector for connecting equipment even when the small information equipment is lowered with its top end side on its back face raised from an equipment guide. <P>SOLUTION: On a base 12, the equipment guide 17 is provided that is composed of a guide face 18 and a guide wall 19. In the base 12 of a base main body 11 for which a connector projection bore 21 is provided on an upper face of the base 12, a connector for connecting equipment 22 is provided with its fore-end projected above the base 12 through the connector projection bore 21, and the fore end is provided so that it can tilt in a direction that it touches or falls apart with respect to the guide face 18. By an elastic force of a coil spring 32, the connector for connecting equipment 22 is held in a position that the fore end thereof is disposed opposite to a fore end of the equipment side connector of the small information equipment that a back face and both faces thereof are guided with the guide face 18 and the guide wall 19, and is lowered from above with the equipment side connector facing down below. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a connection base for small information equipment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A plug-in type connector for connecting a device as a device for easily connecting a small information device such as a portable terminal device, a digital camera, a portable audio device to a personal computer (hereinafter abbreviated as a personal computer). And a connection base for supporting a small-sized information device having a device side connector connected to the device connection connector at one end by connecting the device side connector to the device connection connector.

FIG. 7 is a side view of a conventional connecting base, and this connecting base 1 has a base portion 3 in which a device connecting circuit is housed.
A plug-in type device connection connector 5 is provided in the base portion 3 of the base body 2 provided with a device guide portion 4 which is inclined rearward from the lower end toward the upper end. Is projected and fixed on the base portion 3.

Although the equipment guide portion 4 of the base body 1 is shown in a simplified manner in FIG. 7, this equipment guide portion 4 is shown.
Consists of a guide surface that is inclined rearward from the lower end toward the upper end, and guide walls formed on both sides of the guide surface.

A cable 6 for connecting the device connection circuit to a personal computer (not shown) is connected to the device connection circuit in the base portion 3 of the base body 2, and the cable 6 is used for the base portion. 3 is led out from the rear end.

The connection base 1 connects a small-sized information device 7 having a device-side connector 8 connected to the device-connecting connector 5 at one end, and connects the device-side connector 8 to the device-connecting connector 5. The small-sized information device 7 is manually supported by the device-side connector 8
With the device back side and both side faces guided by the device guide portion 4 and lowered from above, the device side connector 8 is inserted into the device connection connector 5 and connected, and is supported by the connection base 1. It

[0007]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional connection stand 1, when the small-sized information device 7 is lowered and lowered while the upper edge side of the rear surface thereof is lifted from the device guide portion 4, The device connection connector 5 and the device side connector 8 may be deformed.

That is, the connection base 1 is designed on the premise that the small-sized information device 7 is lowered and brought into contact with the back surface of the small-sized information device 7 in parallel with the device guide portion 4, and therefore, the small-sized information device 7 is designed. The device side connector 8 of the device 7 has a central axis line 8 along the insertion / removal direction of the device connection connector 5.
a is provided in parallel with the longitudinal direction of the device rear surface, and the device connection connector 5 of the connection base 1 has a central axis 5a along the insertion / removal direction of the device-side connector 8 as a device of the device guide portion 4. While tilting at substantially the same angle as the guide surface that guides the back surface, the tip of the device-side connector 8 is
It is fixed in the base portion 3 of the base body 2 so as to face the tip of the device-side connector 8 of the small-sized information device 7 which is guided and lowered by the device guide portion 4.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7, the small-sized information device 7 is in a normal posture in which the rear face of the device is in parallel contact with the device guide portion 4, that is, the central axis 8a of the device-side connector 8 is the device-connecting connector 5. When the device side connector 8 is lowered and lowered while being aligned with the central axis 5a, the device side connector 8 is inserted into the device connecting connector 5 without difficulty and connected.

However, the small information device 7 to the connection base 1
Since the lowering and lowering of the small-sized information device 7 is performed manually, the small-sized information device 7 is not always lowered and lowered in the regular posture, and only the lower end portion of the back surface is guided by the device guide portion 4, and The upper end side of the device may be lowered and lowered while being lifted from the device guide portion 4. FIG. 8 shows the state at that time.

Also at this time, the back side of the lower end of the small-sized information device 7 is guided by the device guide portion 4, and the tip of the device-side connector 8 is brought to the tip of the device-connecting connector 5 of the connection base 1. It will be lowered and lowered in the facing state.

However, when the small-sized information device 7 is lowered and lowered while the upper end side of the rear surface thereof is in a position in which the upper end side is lifted from the device guide portion 4, as shown in FIG. 8, the device-side connector 8 has its central axis line. 8a is forcibly pressed against the device connecting connector 5 in a state of being obliquely inclined with respect to the center axis 5a of the device connecting connector 5, so that the center axis 5 is attached to the device connecting connector 5 and the device side connector 8.
A force in a direction deviated obliquely to a and 8a is applied, and the connectors 5 and 7 are deformed or damaged and connection becomes impossible.

According to the present invention, the small-sized information device can be connected to the device-connecting connector without difficulty even when the lower end of the small-sized information device is lowered and lowered while the upper end side of the back surface is lifted from the device guide portion. It is intended to provide a connection base for equipment.

[0014]

A connection base for a small-sized information device according to the present invention comprises, on a base portion, a guide surface inclined rearward from a lower end to an upper end, and guide walls formed on both sides thereof. A device guide part is provided, and a connector for device connection is used to project the tip of the connector into the base part of the base body having a connector projecting opening at the front side of the guide surface on the upper surface of the base part. By projecting from the mouth onto the base portion, the tip end portion is provided so as to be tiltable in the direction in which it comes in contact with and separates from the guide surface, and this device connection connector is provided by the elastic force of the elastic member provided in the base portion. , The device-side connector of the small-sized information device whose back and both side faces are guided by the guide surface and the guide wall and lowered from above with the device-side connector facing downward. And it is characterized in that it is held in position facing the tip.

The connection base supports a small-sized information device by connecting the device-side connector to the device-connecting connector, and the small-sized information device is manually operated.
The device-side connector is directed downward, and the back surface and both side surfaces are guided by the guide surface and the guide wall of the device guide portion, and the device is lowered from above.

On the other hand, the device connecting connector, which is provided in the base portion of the connection base so as to be capable of tilting with the tip portion projecting above the base portion, is caused by the elasticity of the elastic member.
A posture in which the tip of the device connecting connector faces the tip of the device-side connector of the small-sized information device which is lowered and lowered by being guided by the guide surface and the guide wall of the device guide portion on the back surface and both side surfaces as described above. Is held in
Therefore, even when the small-sized information device is lowered and lowered in a normal posture in which the back surface of the small-sized information device is in contact with the guide surface of the device guide portion in parallel, the small-sized information device has the upper end side of the back surface of the device guide portion. The tip of the device-side connector of the small-sized information device can be engaged with the tip of the device-connecting connector even when the device is lifted down from the guide surface and lowered.

Since the device connecting connector is provided so as to be tiltable in a direction in which the tip of the device-side connector comes in contact with and separates from the guide surface, the small-sized information device is lowered in the regular posture. Even when the small-sized information device is lowered and lowered with the upper end side of the rear surface thereof lifted from the guide surface, the engagement of the device-side connector with the device-connecting connector accompanying the lowering and lowering Following this, the device connecting connector is tilted so that its central axis coincides with the central axis of the device-side connector.

Therefore, according to this connection stand, even when the upper end side of the rear surface of the small-sized information device is lowered and lowered in a posture in which the upper end side of the device is lifted from the device guide portion, the device-side connector can be easily connected to the device. Can be connected to the connector.

According to the connection base of the present invention, the lower end portion of the small information device that is lowered and lowered from above is provided on the inner side surface near the lower end of the guide walls on both sides of the device guide portion, and the back surface of the lower end portion is the device. It is desirable to provide a guide projection that guides the guide surface to press it against the guide surface.

In the connection base of the present invention, a main wiring board and a sub-wiring board connected to the main wiring board via a flexible lead are provided in the base portion, and the sub-wiring board is connected to the base. Below the connector protruding port provided on the upper surface of the portion, along the width direction of the base portion,
It is arranged in a standing posture with respect to the inner bottom surface of the base portion, and its lower edge is movably held in the front-rear direction by a sub-wiring board receiving portion provided on the inner bottom surface of the base portion, and the upper edge side is held. Due to the elasticity of the elastic member, it is pressed against a stopper provided along the rear edge of the connector protruding port in the base portion and supported so as to be tiltable in the front-rear direction. It is desirable that the connector is fixed.

In this case, the stopper is a plate-shaped stopper that is inclined at substantially the same angle as the guide surface of the device guide portion of the base body, and the device connection connector is provided on the front surface of the sub wiring board. When the rear surface of the sub-wiring board comes into contact with the plate-shaped stopper in parallel, the back surface and both side surfaces of the small information device are lowered by being guided by the guide surface and the guide wall of the device guide portion. It is preferable to fix the device-side connector such that the end of the device-connecting connector faces the end of the device-side connector.

The elastic member for pressing the sub-wiring board against the stopper is preferably a coil spring. In that case, the coil spring is provided on the front plate of the base portion of the base body so as to project into the base portion. While being inserted into the tubular portion, one end thereof is brought into contact with the front surface of the sub wiring board,
It is preferable that the other end is received by a front cover attached to the front surface of the base portion and is sandwiched between them in a compressed state.

When the device connecting connector is fixed to the sub-wiring board as described above, the device connecting connector fixed to the front surface of the sub-wiring board is provided on the inner bottom surface of the base portion of the base body. It is preferable to provide a convex portion that supports the base end of the connector so as to be movable in the front-rear direction.

[0024]

1 to 6 show an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a connection base and a small information device supported by the connection base, and FIG. 2 is the connection base. 3 and 4 are cross-sectional views taken along line III-III and line IV-IV of FIG. 2, and FIGS. 5 and 6 are device-side connectors of the connection base of the small-sized information device. It is an expanded sectional view before and after a connection showing the state where a connector is connected.

First, the small information device 40 supported by the connection base 10 of the present invention will be described. The small information device 40 is, for example, a portable terminal device, and a plurality of display portions 41 also serving as a touch input portion are provided on the front surface thereof. Is provided with an operation button 42, a device-side connector 43 of a plug-in type is provided at one end, for example, a lower end, and guide protrusions 20 that engage with the guide protrusions 20 of the connection base 10 are provided at lower end portions of both side surfaces. A groove 47 is provided.

The device-side connector 43 is a thin, multi-terminal connector, and has a flat rectangular tube-shaped outer cylinder 44 and a base end of the outer cylinder 44, as shown in the cross sections of FIGS. 5 and 6. An insulating substrate 45 fitted to the base plate, and a plurality of pin-shaped terminals 46 fixed to the insulating substrate 45 at the base end thereof and arranged in a line in the outer cylinder 44 along the width direction thereof. Has become.

The device-side connector 43 connects the rear ends of the plurality of pin-shaped terminals 46 to the electronic circuit in the small-sized information device 40 in the lower end portion of the small-sized information device 40, and is used for device connection described later. The central axis 43a along the insertion / removal direction (longitudinal direction of the pin-shaped terminal 46) with respect to the connector is made parallel to the longitudinal direction of the back surface of the small-sized information device 40, and the opening surface at the tip of the outer cylinder 44 is the above-mentioned. It is fixed so as to be substantially flush with the lower end surface of the small-sized information device 40.

The guide protrusion engaging grooves 47 provided at the lower end portions of both side surfaces of the small-sized information device 40 are parallel to the length direction of the back surface of the small-sized information device 40 and the lower end thereof is the small-sized one. It is formed so as to be opened at the lower end surface of the information device 40.

Next, an embodiment of the connection base 10 of the present invention will be described. The connection base 10 is, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, a base portion 12 and an equipment guide integrally formed thereon. A plug-in type device connection connector 22 for connecting the device side connector 43 of the small-sized information device 40 in the base part 12 of the base body 11 including the part 17.
The tip of the device-side connector 43 to the base portion 1
2 is provided so as to project upward and can be tilted.

The base body 11 is a resin molded product, and the base portion 12 is formed in a hollow case shape having an open bottom surface, and the bottom surface is closed by a bottom plate 13 which is detachably provided by screwing. ing.

The base portion 12 is provided with a front cover 14, and the front cover 14 has a pair of hooking claws 15 integrally formed on both sides of its back surface, as shown in FIG. The base portion 12 is locked by being hooked on the edge portion of the hook claw insertion hole 16 provided on the front plate of the base portion 12.
It is detachably attached to the front of the.

The equipment guide portion 17 formed on the base portion 12 is a surface along the width direction of the base portion 12 and is located on the rear side from the lower end toward the upper end. 30 ° with respect to the vertical line of the bottom surface (bottom plate 13 surface) of
The guide surface 18 is inclined at a certain inclination angle, and the guide walls 19 are formed on both sides of the guide surface 18, respectively.
The guide surface 18 guides the back surface of the small-sized information device 40 which is lowered and lowered 3 and the both side surfaces of the small-sized information device 40 are guided by the guide walls 19 on both sides.

Then, as described above, the back surface and both side surfaces of the inner side surfaces near the lower ends of the guide walls 19 on both sides of the device guide portion 17 are guided by the guide surface 18 and the guide wall 19 and lowered from above. A guide protrusion 20 is provided for guiding the lower end of the small information device 40 to be lowered so as to press the back surface of the lower end against the guide surface 18.

Further, the base portion 1 of the base body 11
On the upper surface of 2, the front side portion of the guide surface 19 is provided in the width direction of the base portion 12 (the guide surface 1 of the device guide portion 17).
A slot-shaped connector protrusion 21 is formed along the width direction 9).

On the other hand, the device connecting connector 22 is formed into a flat rectangular tube shape, and the tip end side is inserted into the outer tube 44 of the device side connector 43 in a connector tube 23 formed in an outer shape which is fitted into the outer tube 44 substantially. A thin multi-terminal connector provided with a plurality of terminals 24 (see FIG. 4) that come into contact with the pin-shaped terminals 46 of the device-side connector 43 from both sides along the width direction. The connector 22 has a tip portion projecting into the base portion 12 of the base body 11 from the connector projecting opening 21 onto the base portion 12, and the tip portion of the connector 22 has a guide surface 18 of the device guide portion 17.
It is provided so that it can be tilted in the direction of coming in and out of contact with

Further, in the base portion 12, a main wiring board in which a device connection circuit for electrically connecting the small information device 40 to a personal computer (not shown) and a charging circuit for the small information device 40 are formed. 25, and a sub-wiring board 26 on which a connection circuit for connecting the device connection circuit and the charging circuit to the device connection connector 22 is formed.

Of these wiring boards 25 and 26, the main wiring board 25 is fixed to the space in the base portion 12 rearward of the lower end of the device guide portion 17 by means of screws, and A cable 27 for connecting the device connection circuit to the personal computer is connected to the wiring board 25, and an adapter connection jack (not shown) for connecting the charging circuit to an AC adapter for external power supply is attached. Has been.

The cable 27 is led out to the outside from a cable outlet provided on the rear surface of the base portion 12. The rear surface of the base portion 12 has the AC adapter (not shown). An insertion port for a plug provided at one end is provided, and the adapter connection jack faces the plug insertion port to face the main wiring board 25.
It is fixed to the rear edge of the.

The sub-wiring board 26 has a width similar to the internal height of the portion of the base portion 12 where the connector protrusion 21 is provided and a length slightly shorter than the inner width of the base portion 12. The sub wiring board 26 is connected to the main wiring board 25 via a flexible lead 28, and the sub wiring board 26 is provided below the connector protrusion 21 provided on the upper surface of the base portion 12. The width direction of the portion 12 (the guide surface 19 of the device guide portion 17
The direction parallel to the width direction) of the base portion 12
Is arranged in an upright posture with respect to the inner bottom surface (the inner surface of the bottom plate 13).

On the other hand, in the base portion 12, on the inner bottom surface thereof, that is, on the inner surface of the bottom plate 13, a pair of left and right sub-holders holding lower edges on both end sides of the sub-wiring board 26 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction. The wiring board receiving portion 29 is provided slightly forward of the front side edge of the connector protruding port 21, and the upper edge sides of both end portions of the sub wiring board 26 are provided on the inner surface of the upper surface plate portion of the base portion 12. A pair of left and right sub-wiring board holding portions 30 that are held so as to be movable in the front-rear direction are provided along the rear side edge of the connector projecting opening 21.

The pair of left and right sub-wiring board receiving portions 29 are formed on the inner surface of the bottom plate 13, respectively.
Is formed by a pair of front and rear projections 29a, 29b that are integrally projected at a distance slightly larger than the plate thickness of
Of these protrusions 29a and 29b, the rear protrusion 29b
The front edge of is formed in a shape that is inclined rearward from the lower end toward the upper end.

Further, the pair of left and right sub-wiring board holding portions 3
Each of the reference numerals 0 is a U-shaped projection integrally provided on the inner surface of the upper surface plate portion of the base portion 12 and having an inner width slightly larger than the plate thickness of the sub wiring board 26.

Sub wiring board holding portion 3 consisting of this U-shaped projection
The front and rear plate portions of 0 are inclined at substantially the same angle as the guide surface 18 of the device guide portion 17 of the base body 11, and the rear plate portion thereof is the sub wiring board. The plate-shaped stopper 31 receives the upper edge of 26 from the rear.

The sub-wiring board 26 has sub-wiring board receiving portions 29 between a pair of front and rear projections 29a and 29b projecting on the inner bottom surface of the base portion 12, respectively, at the lower end edges on both end sides thereof. Sub-wiring board holding portion 3 which is movably inserted in the front-back direction and has U-shaped projections projecting from the inner surface of the upper surface plate portion of the base portion 12 at the upper end sides of both end portions.
0 is movably inserted in the front-rear direction, and is arranged in a standing posture in a state of being inclined rearward from the lower edge to the upper edge with respect to the inner bottom surface of the base portion 12 (the inner surface of the bottom plate 13). ing.

Further, in the base portion 12, the upper edge side of the sub wiring board 26 is made to correspond to the vicinity of the pair of left and right sub wiring board holding portions 30, respectively, and the plate-like stopper (sub wiring board holding portion) is provided. An elastic member 32 that presses the rear side plate portion 30 of 30 is provided.
The lower edge thereof is movably held in the front-rear direction by the sub-wiring board receiving portion 29, and the upper edge side is pressed by the plate-like stopper 31 by the elastic force of the elastic member 32,
It is supported so as to be tiltable in the front-back direction.

The elastic member 32 is in a posture in which the sub-wiring board 26 is in parallel contact with the plate-like stopper 31 when no load is applied to the sub-wiring board 26 from the outside. It suffices to have a very small pressing force to hold it at that level. Therefore, in this embodiment, as the elastic member 32, a lightly loaded coil spring is used. Hereinafter, this elastic member 32 is referred to as a coil spring.

The coil spring 32 has the base portion 12
Is inserted into a cylindrical portion 33 provided so as to project into the base portion 12 on the front plate of the sub-wiring board 26, one end of which is brought into contact with the front surface of the sub wiring board 26, and the other end of which is inserted into the base portion 1.
It is received by the front cover 14 attached to the front surface of the second unit 2, and is sandwiched between them in a compressed state.

In this embodiment, the front cover 1 is
Although the inner surface of 4 is the receiving surface of the coil spring 32,
It is also possible to integrally project a pin-shaped projection that is inserted into the cylindrical portion 33 on the inner surface of the front cover 14, and receive the coil spring 32 at the tip of the projection.

The device connecting connector 22 is
The wiring board connection ends (not shown) of the plurality of terminals 24 are soldered to the wiring on the sub wiring board 26 so that the device side connector 43 is inserted and removed in the front surface of the sub wiring board 26. The central axis 22a is parallel to the substrate surface of the sub-wiring board 26, and when the rear surface of the sub-wiring board 26 comes into contact with the plate-like stopper 31 in parallel, the guide projection 20 lowers the lower end. The front end of the device connecting connector is fixed so as to face the front end of the device side connector 43 of the small-sized information device 40 which is pressed down on the guide surface 18 and lowered and lowered.

That is, the device connecting connector 22
Is fixed to the front surface of the sub-wiring board 26 supported in the base portion 12 so as to be tiltable in the front-rear direction, and the connector tip end is integrally formed with the sub-wiring board 26 so that the guide surface 18 of the device guide portion 17 is provided. It is provided so as to be tilted in the direction of approaching and separating.

The lower edge of the sub-wiring board 26 corresponds to both sides of the equipment-connecting connector 22 fixed to the front surface of the sub-wiring board 26, and the base end of the equipment-connecting connector 22 is provided. Is provided with a notch portion 26a higher than the height of the sub-wiring board 26 on the inner bottom surface of the base portion 12 of the base body 11 (on the inner surface of the bottom plate 13). , The device connection connector 2
A convex portion that supports the base end of 2 movably in the front-back direction (hereinafter,
A connector support convex portion) 34 is integrally projected.

The connection table 10 supports the above-mentioned small-sized information device 40 by connecting the device-side connector 43 to the device-connecting connector 22, and the small-sized information device 40 is manually operated. The device side connector 43
With the back side and both side surfaces facing downward,
Is guided by the guide surface 18 and the guide wall 19 and is lowered from above, and the device side connector 43 is inserted and connected to the device connecting connector 22 to connect the connection table 1
Supported by 0.

In this case, the small-sized information device 40 has the guide projection engaging grooves 47 provided on both side surfaces of the lower end thereof on the guide projection 20 provided near the lower end of the guide wall 19 of the device guide portion 17. By engaging them, the guide projection 2
0 to force the device backside to the device guide portion 17
Since the small information device 40 is guided so as to be pressed against the guide surface 18 of the device, the small information device 40 has a normal posture in which the back face of the device contacts the guide face 18 in parallel, and the upper end side of the back face of the device is away from the guide face 18. Even in a raised posture,
The tip end position of the device side connector 43 with respect to the guide surface 18 is lowered and lowered while maintaining a substantially constant position.

On the other hand, the device connecting connector 22 provided in the base portion 12 of the connection base 10 so as to be tiltable with the tip end protruding above the base portion 12 is urged by the elastic force of the coil spring 32. This device connection connector 22
Is held in a posture facing the tip of the device-side connector 43 of the small-sized information device 40 in which the back surface of the lower end is pressed against the guide surface 18 and lowered.

Therefore, even when the small-sized information device 40 is lowered and lowered in a normal posture in which the back surface of the small-sized information device 40 is in parallel contact with the guide surface 18, the small-sized information device 40 has the back surface having the upper end side of the guide surface. The tip of the device-side connector 43 of the small-sized information device 40 can be engaged with the tip of the device-connecting connector 22 even when the device is lowered from the position 18 and lowered.

The device connection connector 22 is
Since the tip of the device-side connector 43 is provided so as to be tiltable in a direction in which the device-side connector 43 comes into contact with and separates from the guide surface 30, the small-sized information device 40 is also lowered and lowered in the regular posture. Even when the device 40 is lowered and lowered with the upper end side of the rear surface thereof lifted from the guide surface 30, the engagement of the device-side connector 43 with the device connection connector 22 accompanying the lowering and descending is followed. The device connecting connector 22 tilts so that the central axis line 22a thereof coincides with the central axis line 43a of the device side connector 43.

Therefore, according to this connection base 10, even when the upper end of the rear surface of the small-sized information device 40 is lowered and lowered in a posture in which the upper end side of the device guide portion 17 is lifted from the guide surface 18, the device-side connector 43 can be connected to the device connection connector 22 without difficulty.

That is, FIG. 5 shows the small-sized information device 40.
The device connecting connector 2 when the back surface of the device is lowered and lowered in a normal posture with the back surface thereof in parallel contact with the guide surface 18.
2 shows a state in which the device side connector 43 is connected.

In this way, the small-sized information device 40 in the regular posture
When the device connector 22 is lowered and lowered, as shown in FIG. 5A, the device-side connector 43 has the central axis line 43a aligned with the central axis line 22a of the device-connector connector 22. And is inserted into the device connecting connector 22 without difficulty as shown in FIG. 5B.

Further, FIG. 6 shows that the small-sized information device 40 is
The device connecting connector 22 when the upper end of the back surface is lowered and lowered while being lifted from the guide surface 18.
Shows a state in which the device side connector 43 is connected.

When the small information device 40 is lowered and lowered in such an attitude, as shown in FIG. 6A, the device-side connector 43 has a central axis 43a whose central axis 43a is the central axis of the device connecting connector 22. 22a is engaged with the device connecting connector 22 in a state of being inclined with respect to 22a.

Therefore, after the tip of the device side connector 43 is engaged with the tip of the device connecting connector 22,
Further, as the small-sized information device 40 is lowered and lowered, a force is applied to the device connection connector 22 and the device-side connector 43 in a direction obliquely displaced with respect to the central axes 22a and 43a. Thus, the device connecting connector 22 tilts while compressing the coil spring 32, and the posture is changed so that the central axis line 22a of the device connecting connector 22 coincides with the central axis line 43a of the device side connector 43.

Therefore, even when the small-sized information device 40 is lowered and lowered with the upper end of the rear surface thereof raised from the guide surface 18, the device-side connector 43 is connected to the central axis 43a of the device connection connector 22. In the state where the central axis lines 22a of the above are aligned, they can be inserted and connected to the device connecting connector 22 as shown in FIG. 6B.

The device-side connector 43 is inserted into the device-connecting connector 22 for connection, and the connection base 1 is connected.
When the small information device 40 supported by 0 is released from the small information device 40, the back surface of the small information device 40 comes into contact with the guide surface 18 in parallel with its own weight as shown in FIG. 5B. It becomes a state.

Therefore, according to this connection stand 10, even when the small-sized information device 40 is lowered and lowered while the upper end side of the rear surface thereof is lifted from the guide surface 18 of the device guide portion 17, the device-side connector 43 can be connected to the device connection connector 22 without difficulty.

The device connecting connector 22 is fixed to the front surface of the sub wiring board 26, and the lower edge of the sub wiring board 26 is a sub wiring provided on the inner bottom surface of the base portion 12. The base end of the device connection connector 22 is provided on the inner bottom surface of the base portion 12 while being inserted into the board receiving portion 29 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction and supported on the inner bottom surface of the base portion 12. Connector support protrusion 3
Since it is movably supported in the front-rear direction by 4, it is possible that the device connection connector 22 does not sink into the base portion 12 when the small information device 40 is supported by the connection base 10 as described above. Absent.

The small information device 40 supported by the connection table 10 is taken out from the connection table 10 after exchanging information with a personal computer (not shown) and charging the small information device 40. Also at this time, since the device connection connector 22 tilts as described above, even when the small-sized information device 40 is lifted with the upper end side of the back surface thereof lifted from the guide surface 18 of the device guide portion 17, The device-side connector 43 can be pulled out of the device-connecting connector 22 without difficulty.

The device connecting connector 22 is fixed to the front surface of the sub wiring board 26, and the upper edge of the sub wiring board 26 is provided on the inner surface of the top plate portion of the base portion 12. Since it is inserted in the sub-wiring board holding portion 30 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction, when the small information device 40 is taken out from the connection base 10, the device connection connector 22 is inserted from the connector protruding port 21 to the base. It does not get out of the section 12.

As described above, when the small information equipment 40 is supported on the connection base 10 and when the small information equipment 40 is taken out from the connection base 10, the inclination angle of the back surface of the equipment with respect to the guide surface 18 is the above. Small information device 4
The guide protrusion engaging groove 47 on the 0 side and the guide protrusion 2 on the connection base 10 side
Although it depends on the gap between the sliding surface with 0 and the length of the guide protrusion 20, the angle is about 4 ° to 5 ° at the maximum, so that the device connecting connector 22 is attached to the guide surface 18. On the other hand, it is sufficient to be able to tilt forward by an angle of inclination of about 10 °.

Moreover, the connection base 10 of this embodiment has the main wiring board 25 in the base portion 12 of the base body 11 and the sub-wiring board 26 connected to the main wiring board 25 via the flexible leads 28. And the sub wiring board 26
Is arranged below the connector protrusion 21 provided on the upper surface of the base portion 12 along the width direction of the base portion 12 in a standing posture with respect to the inner bottom surface of the base portion 12. , The lower edge of the base portion 12
The sub-wiring board receiving portion 29 provided on the inner bottom surface of the connector movably holds the upper edge side in the base portion 12 by the elastic force of the coil spring 32. The auxiliary wiring board 26 has a structure in which the device connection connector 22 is fixed to the front surface of the sub-wiring board 26 by pressing the stopper 31 provided along the sub-wiring board 26 so as to be tiltable in the front-back direction. 26 can be used to support the device connecting connector 22, and the device connecting connector 22 can be freely tilted without prescribing the tilt center thereof at a single point, and various small information devices 40 can be supported. It is possible to respond to posture changes.

Further, in the above embodiment, the stopper 3
1 is a plate-like stopper that is inclined at substantially the same angle as the guide surface 18 of the device guide portion 17, and the device connection connector 22 is provided on the front surface of the sub wiring board 26 and on the rear surface of the sub wiring board 26. The tip of the device-side connector 43 of the small-sized information device 40 in which the back surface of the lower end portion is pressed against the guide surface 18 by the guide projection 20 and is lowered when the contact surface is parallel to the plate-like stopper 31. Since the ends of the device connecting connector 22 are fixed to each other, the device connecting connector 22 is fixed to the device connecting connector 22 when a load is not applied from the outside.
The tip of 2 can be held in a posture facing the tip of the device-side connector 43 of the small-sized information device 40 which is lowered and lowered from above.

In the above embodiment, the sub wiring board 2 is used.
A coil spring 32 is used as an elastic member that presses 6 against the stopper 31, and the coil spring 32 is attached to the base body 1
1 is inserted into a cylindrical portion 33 provided on the front plate of the base portion 12 so as to project into the base portion 12, one end of which is brought into contact with the front surface of the sub wiring board 26, and the other end thereof is Since the front cover 14 mounted on the front surface of the base portion 12 receives and holds the coil spring 32 between them in a compressed state, the coil spring 32 is inserted into the tubular portion 33 from the front surface side of the base portion 12. By inserting and then mounting the front cover 14 on the front surface of the base portion 12, the sub-wiring board 26 can be pressed by the coil spring 32, thus facilitating the assembly of the connection base 10. be able to.

Further, in this embodiment, the base portion 1
On the inner bottom surface of 2, there is provided a connector supporting convex portion 34 for movably supporting the base end of the device connecting connector 22 fixed to the front surface of the sub-wiring board 26 in the front-back direction. It is possible to prevent a large load from being applied to the fixing portion of the device-side connector 43 to the sub wiring board 26 when the small-sized information device 40 is supported by the device 10.

That is, when supporting the small information device 40 on the connection stand 10 as described above, the small information device 40 is lowered in the process of inserting and connecting the device side connector 43 to the device connecting connector 22. Since the descending force is absorbed by the relative movement of the device connecting connector 22 and the device side connector 43 in the inserting direction, the fixing part (soldering part) of the device connecting connector 22 to the sub wiring board 26 is absorbed. However, if the small-sized information device 40 is further lowered and lowered even after the device-side connector 43 is completely inserted and connected to the device-connecting connector 22, its lowering and lowering force is increased. , The fixed portion of the device connecting connector 22 with respect to the sub wiring board 26 is concentrated and added.

However, in the above embodiment, the base portion 1
On the inner bottom surface of 2, the connector support convex portion 34 that supports the base end of the device connection connector 22 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction is provided. The lowering force of the small-sized information device 40 after being inserted and connected to the sub-wiring board 26 can be received by the convex portion 34 through the device-connecting connector 22. Make sure that the fixed part of 22 is not overloaded,
It is possible to prevent the device connection connector 22 from falling off from the sub wiring board 26.

However, the device connecting connector 22 is
In addition to soldering to the sub-wiring board 26, a fixing means such as a screw is also used, so that the sub-wiring board 26
The fixing portion 34 may be fixed with high strength with respect to the base portion via the sub-wiring substrate 26 by omitting the convex portion 34 and applying the lowering / falling force to the device connecting connector 22. You may make it receive on the inner bottom face of 12.

In this case, in the device connecting connector 22, the central axis 22a of the connector 22 is connected to the sub wiring board 2.
Since it is fixed to the front surface of the sub-wiring board 26 in parallel with the board surface of No. 6, the lowering and descending force applied to the sub-wiring board 26 is a force in the direction along the board surface. The sub wiring board 26 is not warped and deformed by the lowering and descending force applied to the connector 22.

In addition, from the connection stand 10 to the small information device 4
When 0 is taken out, the lifting force of the small-sized information device 40 is received by the upper surface plate portion of the base portion 12 through the device connection connector 22 and the sub wiring board 26.
At this time, it is absorbed by the relative movement of the device connecting connector 22 and the device side connector 43 in the extraction direction, and when the device side connector 43 is completely extracted from the device connecting connector 22, Since the lifting force applied to the device connecting connector 22 becomes zero, a large load for dropping the device connecting connector 22 from the sub wiring substrate 26 is applied to the fixing portion of the device connecting connector 22 with respect to the sub wiring substrate 26. This is not the case.

In the above embodiment, the device guide section 17
Guide the lower end of the small information device 40 lowered from above to the inner side surface near the lower end of the guide wall 19 on both sides of the guide wall 19 so that the back surface of the lower end is pressed against the guide surface 18 of the device guide portion 17. By providing the guide protrusion 20,
Although the small information device 40 is forcibly guided so as to press the back surface of the device against the guide surface 18 of the device guide portion 17, the guide protrusion 20 is omitted and the small information device 40 is manually operated. Thus, the tip end position of the device-side connector 43 with respect to the guide surface 18 may be lowered and lowered while maintaining a substantially constant position.

[0080]

The connection stand for the small-sized information equipment according to the present invention is an equipment guide portion comprising a guide surface on the base portion, which is inclined rearward from the lower end to the upper end, and guide walls formed on both sides thereof. Is provided, and a connector for device connection is provided in the base portion of the base body in which a connector protrusion opening is provided at a portion of the upper surface of the base portion on the front side of the guide surface. By projecting from the mouth onto the base portion, the tip end portion is provided so as to be tiltable in the direction in which it comes into contact with and separates from the guide surface, and this device connection connector is provided by the elastic force of the elastic member provided in the base portion, The tip of the connector of the small-sized information device is lowered from above by guiding the device-side connector downward and the back surface and both side faces of the guide surface and the guide wall. Since the small information device is lowered and lowered with the upper end side of its rear surface lifted from the device guide section, the device side connector can be easily connected to the device because Can be connected to the connector.

According to the connection stand of the present invention, the lower end portion of the small information device which is lowered and descended from above is provided on the inner side surfaces near the lower ends of the guide walls on both sides of the device guide portion, and the back surface of the lower end portion is the device. It is desirable to provide a guide protrusion that guides the guide surface to press it against the guide surface. By doing so, the small information device is forcibly guided so that the back surface of the device is pressed against the guide surface. However, the tip of the device-side connector with respect to the guide surface of the small-sized information device may be in a normal position in which the back surface of the small information device is in parallel contact with the guide surface, or in a position in which the upper end side of the back surface is lifted from the guide surface. The position can be lowered and lowered while keeping the position substantially constant, and the tip of the device side connector of the small-sized information device can be engaged with the tip of the device connecting connector.

Further, this connection base is provided in the base portion,
A main wiring board and a sub-wiring board connected to the main wiring board via a flexible lead are provided, and the sub-wiring board is provided below the connector protruding port provided on the upper surface of the base portion. Along the width direction of the base portion, the base portion is arranged in an upright posture with respect to the inner bottom surface of the base portion, and the lower edge of the base portion is provided in the front-back direction by the sub wiring board receiving portion provided on the inner bottom surface of the base portion. The upper edge side is movably held, and the upper edge side is pressed by a stopper provided along the rear side edge of the connector protruding port in the base portion by elastic force to support the upper edge side so as to be tiltable in the front-rear direction. It is desirable that the device connection connector is fixed to the front surface of the wiring board, and by using such a configuration, the device connection connector can be supported by using the sub wiring board. Can together, the device connecting connector, free to tilt without defining the tilting center at one point may correspond to different posture change of said small information appliances.

In this case, the stopper is a plate-shaped stopper that is inclined at substantially the same angle as the guide surface of the device guide portion of the base body, and the device connection connector is provided on the front surface of the sub wiring board. When the rear surface of the sub-wiring board comes into contact with the plate-shaped stopper in parallel, the rear surface and both side surfaces are guided by the guide surface of the device guide portion and the guide wall to be lowered and lowered. It is preferable to fix the tip of the device connector so that the tip of the device connector faces the tip of the side connector, and by doing so, the device connector is connected to the instrument connector when no load is applied from the outside. It is possible to hold the tip of the connector for use facing the tip of the device-side connector of the small-sized information device that is lowered and lowered from above.

Further, in this connection stand, the elastic member for pressing the sub wiring board against the stopper is used as a coil, and the coil spring is provided on the front plate of the base section of the stand body so as to project into the base section. And the other end is brought into contact with the front surface of the sub-wiring board and the other end is received by the front cover mounted on the front surface of the base portion, and in a compressed state between them. It is preferable that the coil spring is sandwiched, and by doing so, the coil spring is inserted into the tubular portion from the front surface side of the base portion, and then the front cover is attached to the front surface of the base portion, Since the sub wiring board 26 can be pressed by the coil spring 32, the assembly of the connection base can be facilitated.

When fixing the device connecting connector to the sub wiring board as described above, the device connecting connector fixed to the front surface of the sub wiring board is provided on the inner bottom surface of the base portion of the base body. It is preferable to provide a convex portion that supports the base end of the connector so as to be movable in the front-rear direction. By doing so, when supporting the small-sized information device on the connection base, a device-side connector for the sub wiring board is provided. It is possible to prevent a large load from being applied to the fixing portion of the device and prevent the device connecting connector from falling off from the sub wiring board.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a connection stand and a small information device supported by the connection stand according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross section of the connection table.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a connection showing a state in which the device side connector is connected to the device connection connector when the small information device is lowered and lowered in a normal posture with the back surface of the small information device in parallel contact with the guide surface of the device guide portion. Enlarged sectional view before and after connection.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a state in which the device-side connector is connected to the device-side connector when the upper end side of the back surface of the small-sized information device is lowered and lowered while being raised from the guide surface; The expanded sectional view after.

FIG. 7 is a side view of a conventional connection stand.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a state in which a small-sized information device is lowered and lowered on a conventional connection stand in a posture in which an upper end side of a rear surface thereof is lifted from the device guide section.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Connection stand 11 ... Stand body 12 ... Base part 13 ... Bottom plate 14 ... Front cover 14 17 ... Equipment guide section 18 ... Guide surface 19 ... Guide wall 20 ... Induction protrusion 21 ... Connector ejection port 22 ... Connector for device connection 22a ... central axis 25 ... Main wiring board 26 ... Sub wiring board 29 ... Sub wiring board receiving portion 29a, 29b ... Protrusion 30 ... Sub wiring board holding part 31 ... Plate-shaped stopper 32 ... Coil spring (elastic member) 33 ... Cylindrical part 34 ... Connector support protrusion 40 ... Small information device 43 ... Device side connector 43a ... central axis 47 ... Guide projection engagement groove

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A small information device having a plug-in type device connecting connector, and a device side connector connected to the device connecting connector at one end, wherein the device side connector is the device connecting connector. In a connection base that is connected and supported, a device guide portion is provided on a base portion, the device guide portion including a guide surface inclined rearward from a lower end to an upper end, and guide walls formed on both sides thereof. In the base portion of the base body in which the connector protrusion opening is provided on the front side of the guide surface of the upper surface of the device connection connector, the device connection connector, the tip of the connector protruding from the connector protrusion opening on the base portion. The device connecting connector is provided so as to be tiltable in a direction in which the tip portion comes into contact with and separates from the guide surface, and the device connecting connector is provided in the elastic portion of the elastic member Due to the force, the front end faces the front end of the device-side connector of the small-sized information device which is guided downward by the guide surface and the guide walls with the device-side connector facing downward and is lowered from above. A connection stand for small information devices that is held in a posture. 2. The lower end of a small information device which is lowered and lowered from above is pressed against the inner side surfaces near the lower ends of the guide walls on both sides of the device guide, and the back surface of the lower end is pressed against the guide surface of the device guide. The connection stand of the small-sized information device according to claim 1, further comprising a guide protrusion that guides the guide. 3. A main wiring board and a sub-wiring board connected to the main wiring board via a flexible lead are provided in the base portion, and the sub-wiring board is provided on an upper surface of the base portion. It is arranged below the connector protrusion along the widthwise direction of the base portion in a posture in which it stands up against the inner bottom surface of the base portion, and its lower edge is provided on the inner bottom surface of the base portion. It is held so as to be movable in the front-rear direction by the sub-wiring board receiving portion, and the upper edge side is pressed by a stopper provided along the rear side edge of the connector ejection opening in the base portion by the elastic force of the elastic member. The connection base for small-sized information equipment according to claim 1, wherein the connection base is supported so as to be tiltable in the front-rear direction, and an equipment connection connector is fixed to the front surface of the sub wiring board. 4. The stopper is a plate-shaped stopper that is inclined at substantially the same angle as the guide surface of the device guide portion, and the device connection connector has a front surface of the sub wiring board and a back surface of the sub wiring board. When it comes into contact with the plate-shaped stopper in parallel, the back side and both side surfaces are guided by the guide surface of the device guide part and the guide wall to be lowered and lowered, and the device is connected to the tip of the device side connector of the small information device. The connection stand of the small-sized information equipment according to claim 3, wherein the tips of the connector for use are fixed so as to face each other. 5. The elastic member for pressing the sub-wiring board against the stopper is a coil spring, and the coil spring is inserted into a cylindrical portion provided on the front plate of the base portion so as to project into the base portion. , One end of which is brought into contact with the front surface of the sub wiring board, and the other end of which is received by a front cover mounted on the front surface of the base portion, and is sandwiched between them in a compressed state. The connection stand of the small-sized information equipment according to claim 3. 6. A convex portion is provided on the inner bottom surface of the base portion for supporting the base end of the device connecting connector fixed to the front surface of the sub wiring board so as to be movable in the front-rear direction. A connection stand for the small-sized information device according to claim 3.