JP2006127610A - Electronic device system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily replace a connector to which an electronic device is connected. <P>SOLUTION: A connector 10 is connected to the connection part 103 of a substrate 8a to be freely detached by a flexible board 102. As an electronic camera is frequently connected to the connector 10, a contact terminal is greatly worn. However, by removing the flexible board 102 from the connection part 103 of the board 8a, the connector 10 is easily replaced. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic device apparatus having a connector connected to an electronic device.

  2. Description of the Related Art A cradle device is known in which an electronic camera is placed and connectors are connected to each other so that power can be supplied or the electronic camera can be connected to a personal computer or the like.

For example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-333403 discloses an electronic camera that is placed on a cradle in a posture different from that during normal use. In the cradle on which the electronic camera is placed, a cradle connector that is electrically connected to an external device connection connector provided on the electronic camera is provided at the bottom of the camera mounting portion.
JP 2003-333403 A

  However, in the electronic camera disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-333403, the terminal contact side of the cradle connector provided at the bottom of the camera mounting portion is exposed facing upward. Therefore, when the electronic camera is not connected, the cradle connector is exposed. For this reason, it is unsuitable for carrying, and when carrying, there is a possibility that some object hits the exposed cradle connector and breaks. In addition, since an electronic camera is frequently inserted into and removed from the cradle connector, the cradle connector terminal contact is heavily consumed. Further, the terminal contacts of the exposed cradle connector are easily contaminated with dust or the like, and the contact terminals may be contaminated to cause poor conduction.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device apparatus in which a connector to which the electronic device is connected can be easily replaced.

The electronic device of the present invention is
A circuit board having signal processing means for processing data and a recording / reproducing apparatus for recording / reproducing the data, disposed in the internal space of the exterior member formed by the upper plate and the lower plate;
A connector main body to which an electronic device placed on the upper plate is connected;
And a connector connecting means for detachably connecting the connector body to the circuit board.

  According to the present invention, there is an effect that a connector to which an electronic device is connected can be easily replaced.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 to FIG. 12 relate to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a camera mounting device with a lid portion closed, and FIG. 2 is a camera mounting device with a lid portion open and a connector portion exposed. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a connector and an HDD disposed in an internal space constituted by an upper plate and a lower plate of the camera mounting device, and FIG. 4 is a connector attached to the upper plate of the camera mounting device. 5 is a diagram showing the upper surface of the substrate, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the lower surface of the substrate, FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the side of the substrate, FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining the arrangement of the substrate, and FIG. FIG. 10 is a second diagram illustrating the operation of the camera mounting device, FIG. 11 is a third diagram illustrating the operation of the camera mounting device, and FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the camera mounting device. It is the 4th figure to do.

  As shown in FIG. 1, an openable / closable lid 4 is provided on an upper plate 3 of an exterior member 2 that constitutes, for example, a camera mounting apparatus 1 that is an electronic apparatus apparatus of the present embodiment. The lid 4 changes from a closed state shown in the figure to an open state shown in FIG. 2 by pressing the switch terminal 5.

  Reference numeral 6 denotes a lower plate constituting the exterior member 2. Reference numeral 7 denotes a selection switch. This selection switch 7 is movable to the LED lamp 7a side or the LED lamp 7b side as indicated by an arrow A. Then, by moving the selection switch 7 to the LED lamp 7a side, for example, the LED lamp 7a is turned on.

  For example, when the LED lamp 7a is turned on, for example, an electronic camera (not shown) as an electronic device is placed at a predetermined position on the upper plate 3, and the display in the electronic camera is set to the copy mode. The image data of the electronic camera is transferred to the HDD described later. On the other hand, when the selection switch 7 is moved to the LED lamp 7b side, for example, when the stored image data in the electronic camera is requested from a connected personal computer (hereinafter abbreviated as PC), the electronic switch Image data stored in the camera is transferred to the PC.

  As shown by the arrow B in FIG. 2, the lid 4 is configured to rotate. When the lid 4 is moved to the open position shown in FIG. 2, the contact terminals of the connector main body 11 constituting the camera device side connector (hereinafter abbreviated as “connector”) 10 in the opening 3 a formed in the upper plate 3. An exposed state (not shown) is directed upward.

  Reference numeral 12 denotes a connector body protective cover (hereinafter abbreviated as a protective cover) that prevents contact terminals of the connector body 11 constituting the connector 10 from being exposed. As shown by arrow C, the protective cover 12 slides and moves in the vertical direction in the figure. Specifically, for example, the electronic camera moves in a state where it is placed on the upper plate.

  Reference numeral 13 denotes a first connector mounting member (hereinafter referred to as a first mounting member) constituting the connector 10. The first placement member 13 is provided with a pair of positioning convex portions 13a. A guide hole provided in the vicinity of the external device connection connector of the electronic camera or cradle (not shown) is engaged with the positioning convex portion 13a. The positioning convex portion 13a is formed with a screw disposing hole 13b in which a fixing screw (reference numeral 17 described later) is disposed.

  With reference to FIG. 3, the structure of the camera mounting apparatus 1 is demonstrated concretely.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the exterior member 2 of the camera mounting device 1 includes an upper plate 3 and a lower plate 6. In an internal space formed by the upper plate 3 and the lower plate 6, for example, a hard disk drive (hereinafter referred to as HDD) 8, which is a recording / reproducing device integrally provided with a substrate 8 a, and the HDD 8 are held. A fixing sheet metal member, a first mounting member 13 constituting the connector 10, a connector main body 11 having a protective cover 12, a second connector mounting member (hereinafter abbreviated as a second mounting member) 15, and a connector 10 A connector installation frame 16 or the like that is rotatably held is disposed.

  The upper plate 3 is formed with an opening 3 a that is closed by the lid 4 and a through hole 3 b in which the switch terminal 5 is disposed. The switch terminal 5 is substantially T-shaped, and is provided with an action portion 5a that slides a connecting terminal (reference numeral 24 in FIG. 3), which will be described later, in a predetermined direction against an urging force of the connecting terminal 24. Yes.

  The lid 4 is formed so as to close the opening 3a without any substantial gap. On both side portions of the lid 4, convex portions 4 a serving as support portions described later are provided. One convex portion 4a is integrally provided with a lid gear 21 formed with a predetermined number of teeth, for example.

  A flange 11c that divides the connector main body 11 into a distal end side portion 11a and a proximal end side portion 11b is provided at a substantially central portion of the connector main body 11 having the protective cover 12.

  The first mounting member 13 is a flat and hard resin member. A square hole 13c in which the protective cover 12 is slidably disposed is formed in a substantially central portion of the first placement member 13. The pair of positioning convex portions 13 a are formed on one surface side of the first placement member 13.

  The second placement member 15 is formed of a hard resin member. In addition, columnar rotation holding portions 15 b are provided on both side portions of the second placement member 15, respectively. On the distal end side of one rotation holding portion 15b, a convex portion 15c on which an urging torsion coil spring 18 is disposed is provided, and the other rotation holding portion 15b has a predetermined number of teeth. A gear 22 is integrally provided. Further, the second mounting member 15 is provided with a female screw portion (not shown) facing the screw arrangement hole 13b and a concave portion (not shown) in which the flange 11c is arranged.

  Accordingly, the square hole 13 c of the first mounting member 13 is inserted and disposed in the distal end side portion 11 a of the connector main body 11, while the second mounting member 15 is disposed in the proximal end side portion 11 b of the connector main body 11. In this arrangement state, the fixing screw 17 is inserted into the screw disposing hole 13 b of the first mounting member 13, and the fixing screw 17 is screwed into the female screw portion provided in the second mounting member 15. As a result, the connector main body 11 is sandwiched and held between the first mounting member 13 and the second mounting member 15 to form the connector 10 shown in FIG.

  The connector installation frame 16 is made of a hard resin member and has a substantially concave shape. The connector 10 is disposed in the recess 16 a provided in the connector installation frame 16. The connector installation frame 16 is provided with a pair of first support recesses 16b and 16c in which a rotation holding portion 15b provided on the second mounting member 15 constituting the connector 10 is rotatably disposed. Yes. The shaft portion of the connector side gear 22 is rotatably provided in the first support recess 16c.

  A shaft portion 16d in which a transmission gear 23 formed with a predetermined number of teeth is rotatably disposed at a predetermined position on the side of the connector installation frame 16 near the first support recess 16c, and the switch terminal 5 There is provided a connecting terminal installation portion 16e in which a frame portion (reference numeral 24a in the figure), which will be described later, constituting the connecting terminal 24 that is slid and moved is arranged. An opening 16f is formed in the connecting terminal installation portion 16e.

  Further, the connector installation frame 16 is provided with a pair of second support recesses 16g in which the protrusions 4a provided on the lid 4 are rotatably disposed.

  The connecting terminal 24 is provided with a frame portion 24a and an urging portion 24b. The frame portion 24a is disposed in the connection terminal installation portion 16e. An opening 24c is formed in the frame portion 24a, and the action portion 5a of the switch terminal 5 is disposed in the opening 24c through the opening 16f. The urging portion 24 b has a predetermined urging force that urges and arranges the connection terminal 24 at a predetermined position of the connection terminal installation portion 16 e formed in the connector installation frame 16.

  The HDD 8 can record data transferred from an electronic camera (not shown) connected to the connector main body 11.

  With reference to FIG. 4, attachment to the upper plate 3 such as the lid 4, the connector 10, and the connector installation frame 16 will be described.

  The HDD 8 integrally provided with the substrate 8 a shown in FIG. 3, the fixing metal plate member that holds the HDD 8, the connector 10, and the connector installation frame 16 that rotatably holds the connector 10 are attached to the upper plate 3.

  As shown in FIG. 4, first, the lid 4 is attached to the opening 3 a of the upper plate 3 via the rotation fulcrum shaft member 25 with the inner surface 3 c of the upper plate 3 facing upward in the drawing.

  Next, in order to attach the connector installation frame 16 provided with the connector 10 to the upper plate 3, the connector installation frame 16, the switch terminal 5, the connector 10, the torsion coil spring 18, the transmission gear 23, the connection terminal 24, and the E ring 26. Prepare etc.

  And the rotation holding part 15b provided in the 2nd mounting member 15 which comprises the connector 10 in the 1st support recessed parts 16b and 16c provided in the connector installation frame 16 is arrange | positioned. As a result, the connector 10 is rotatably disposed in the recess 16 a of the connector installation frame 16.

  Next, the transmission gear 23 is disposed on the shaft portion 16 d of the connector installation frame 16. At this time, the transmission gear 23 and the connector side gear 22 provided in the rotation holding portion 15b are brought into meshing state. Thereafter, the E-ring 26 is fitted into a circumferential groove (not shown) formed at the tip of the shaft portion 16d. Thus, the transmission gear 23 that meshes with the connector-side gear 22 is rotatably disposed on the shaft portion 16d.

  Next, the connector installation frame 16 is installed at a predetermined position on the upper plate 3 in a state where the frame 24 a of the connection terminal 24 is disposed in the connection terminal installation unit 16 e of the connector installation frame 16. At this time, the convex portion 4a is arranged in the second support concave portion 16g provided in the connector installation frame 16, and the pair of fastening screw mounting portions 16h provided in the connector installation frame 16 is replaced with a pair of connectors having female screws. It arrange | positions on the fastening part 3d.

  Then, a fastening screw (not shown) is disposed in the through hole 16i of the fastening screw mounting portion 16h, and the fastening screw is screwed into the female screw of the connector fastening portion 3d. As a result, the connector installation frame 16 is fixed to the upper plate 3.

  At this time, the contact terminal side of the connector main body 11 constituting the connector 10 is set in the lateral direction so that the lid gear 21 and the transmission gear 23 are engaged with each other. Thus, the power transmission mechanism, which is an interlocking operation mechanism, includes the lid gear 21, the transmission gear 23, and the connector side gear 22. This power transmission mechanism is a gear transmission mechanism including a so-called gear train, and the opening / closing operation of the lid body 4 is interlocked with the rotational operation by the urging force of the second mounting member 15 constituting the connector 10. The rotating operation of the second mounting member 15 constituting the connector 10 is interlocked with the manual opening / closing operation of the lid body 4.

  The shaft portion 16d on which the transmission gear 23 constituting the gear transmission mechanism is provided is provided with a damper function portion with a silicon gel agent interposed, which appropriately sets the opening speed of the lid 4. Thus, when the closed lid 4 changes to the open state, the lid 4 performs an opening operation in a desired state.

  Thereafter, the action portion 5a of the switch terminal 5 is inserted and disposed in the through hole 3b from the front side of the upper plate 3. Further, the torsion coil spring 18 is disposed on the convex portion 15c, and one end of the torsion coil spring 18 is hooked on the protrusion. At this time, the action part 5a is hooked and arranged near the opening 16f. As a result, the connector main body 11 held by the mounting members 13 and 15 constituting the connector 10 is held in a posture in which the contact terminal side is directed laterally as shown in the figure by the urging force of the torsion coil spring 18. The

  Next, the HDD 8 and the fixing sheet metal member are fixed at predetermined positions on the upper plate 3. As a result, the attachment of the connector 10 and the HDD 8 to the upper plate 3 is completed.

  Finally, the lower plate 6 is fixed to the upper plate 3 integrally. Thus, the camera mounting apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1 is configured.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the substrate 8a is provided with a notch portion 100 for avoiding the rotation of the second mounting member 15. As shown in FIG. 6, the back surface of the substrate 8a on which the HDD 8 is provided. The IC group 101 constituting various circuits for signal processing to the HDD 8 is arranged. The connector 10 is provided with a flexible substrate 102 (see FIG. 2), and a connection portion 103 connected to the flexible substrate 102 is provided in the vicinity of the notch 100 on the surface of the substrate 8a on which the IC group 101 is disposed. It has been.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7, a plurality of communication connectors 104 such as USB, a power supply terminal 105, and a power switch 106 are provided on the side surface of the substrate 8a.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the substrate 8 a is disposed on the lower plate 6 with the HDD 8 as an upper surface and a shield plate 121 made of a metal member and an insulating sheet 122 made of an insulating member.

  In the board 8a, data stored in the HDD 8 is signal-processed by the IC group 101 on the back surface of the board 8a via the ATAPI connector 131 of the HDD 8, and transmitted to the communication connector 104 such as a USB.

  The insulating sheet 122 is formed by adhering the back surface of the sheet member 140 with the unevenness formed on the surface in a state where the adhesive 141 is overlapped.

  The operation of this embodiment configured as described above will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the connector 10 is disposed in the cutout portion 100 of the substrate 8 a that avoids the rotation operation of the second mounting member 15. With this arrangement, the camera mounting device 1 can be configured to be thin. The notch 100 is formed in a shape that avoids the rotation space of the connector 10.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the connector 10 is detachably connected to the connection portion 103 of the substrate 8 a by the flexible substrate 102.

  As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, when the connector 10 is rotated, the lid body 4 is rotated in conjunction with the connector 10 so that the connector 10 can be rotated within the notch 100 of the substrate 8a without any obstacle. Can do. Since the connector 10 is frequently connected to an electronic camera, the contact terminals are consumed heavily. In this embodiment, the connector 10 can be easily replaced by removing the flexible substrate 102 from the connection portion 103 of the substrate 8a. .

  In this embodiment, since the connector 10 is configured to be rotatable, the connector 10 is configured to be detachable from the substrate 8a via the flexible substrate 102. However, the connector 10 is configured as disclosed in JP-A-2003-333403. Even in the fixed configuration, the connector 10 can be detachably configured by connecting the connector 10 to the substrate 8a via the connection portion 103.

  In the present embodiment, the camera mounting apparatus 1 for connecting an electronic camera, which is an example of an electronic apparatus, has been described as an example of the electronic apparatus apparatus. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the electronic apparatus is a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a camera. In the case of a mobile phone without a camera, a mobile phone with a camera, an audio player, a photo viewer with audio, an electronic camera, a cradle attached to these, etc., this embodiment is applicable even to an electronic device connected to these electronic devices. Needless to say, this is applicable.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

The figure which shows the camera mounting apparatus with the cover part closed state which concerns on Example 1 of this invention. The figure which shows the camera mounting apparatus of the state which the connector part exposed with the cover part opened The figure explaining the connector and HDD arrange | positioned in the internal space comprised by the upper board and lower board of a camera mounting apparatus The figure explaining the connector attached to the upper board of a camera mounting device Diagram showing the top surface of the board Diagram showing the bottom of the board Diagram showing the side of the board Diagram explaining board layout 1st figure explaining the effect | action of a camera mounting apparatus 2nd figure explaining an effect | action of a camera mounting apparatus 3rd figure explaining the effect | action of a camera mounting apparatus 4th figure explaining the effect | action of a camera mounting apparatus

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Camera mounting apparatus 3 ... Upper plate 4 ... Cover body 10 ... Connector 11 ... Connector main body 13 ... 1st connector mounting member (1st mounting member)
15 ... 2nd connector mounting member (2nd mounting member)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 16 ... Connector installation frame 100 ... Notch part 101 ... IC group 102 ... Flexible board 103 ... Connection part 104 ... Communication connector 105 ... Power supply terminal 106 ... Power switch 121 ... Shield plate 122 ... Insulating sheet Agent Patent attorney Susumu Ito

Claims (7)

A circuit board having signal processing means for processing data and a recording / reproducing apparatus for recording / reproducing the data, disposed in the internal space of the exterior member formed by the upper plate and the lower plate;
A connector main body to which an electronic device placed on the upper plate is connected;
An electronic device apparatus comprising: a connector connecting means for detachably connecting the connector body to the circuit board. The electronic device mounting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a connector mounting member that rotatably holds the connector main body with respect to the upper plate. The electronic device apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the circuit board includes a cutout portion formed by cutting out a rotation space of the connector mounting member. The electronic device apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the connector main body is connected to the connector connecting means via a flexible substrate. The electronic device apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recording / reproducing apparatus is a disk drive apparatus. The electronic device apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the disk drive device is an optical disk device or a magnetic disk device. The electronic device is one of a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a mobile phone without a camera, a mobile phone with a camera, an audio player, a photo viewer with audio, an electronic camera, and a cradle attached thereto. The electronic device apparatus according to claim 1.

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