JP2006202565A - Connector socket for electronic component - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a connector socket enabling to assemble a small electronic component, such as a CCD camera module for a cellular phone in a correct direction. <P>SOLUTION: A positioning projection is projectingly provided in a camera housing in one body, an adaptor having a rectangular frame of which each side has a notch formed therein to engage with the positioning projection is put on the socket housing, a coupling and shielding metal fitting is fitted to a side plate of the socket housing to lock with a locking projection for coupling the adaptor to the socket housing, an electronic component is aligned with the socket housing by the positioning projection and the positioning notch, and then covered with a cover, and an engaging spring strip cut and raised from the inside of the cover is engaged with the couple and shield metal fitting for assembling. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a connector socket for an electronic component for mounting a small electronic component having a mounting direction such as a CCD camera module for a mobile phone in the correct direction.

As shown in FIG. 5, a CCD camera module 11 for a mobile phone, which is a small electronic component, has a cylindrical light receiving portion 18 integrated with a very small cubic camera housing 17 having a side of about 6 mm. It is mounted on a telephone or the like (Patent Document 1).
The socket 10 for connecting the camera module 11 to a PC board or the like when the camera module 11 is mounted on a mobile phone has a square box shape with an opening on the top surface of about 7 mm, and is formed on the bottom plate portion of the fitting recess 16. A plurality of leaf spring-like contacts 14 are provided, and as shown in FIG. 4, the vertical portions of the contacts 14 are fixed in contact with the inner wall of the socket housing 19. A fitting groove 24 and a locking projection 25 are formed on each side plate of the socket housing 19, and a shield metal fitting 13 that also serves as a reinforcement is fitted. The locking hole 23 of the shield metal fitting 13 is the locking protrusion 25. It is locked to. In the socket 10 configured as described above, the exposed portion of the bottom surface of the contact 14 is soldered and electrically connected to the wiring portion of the PC board 35 and is mechanically fixed.

When the portion of the camera housing 17 of the camera module 11 is fitted into the socket 10 attached to the PC board 35 from above, a terminal (not shown) provided on the bottom surface of the camera housing 17 and the contact 14 of the socket 10 are connected. Connecting. Further, when the cover 12 is put on the camera module 11, the light receiving portion 18 protrudes from the protrusion hole 15, and the presser protrusion 31 of the cover 12 engages with the press notch 28 of the camera module 11 and presses from above. Then, the locking spring piece 30 of the cover 12 is locked in the locking hole 23 of the shield metal 13, and the assembly is completed.
JP 2002-6378 A

The problem to be solved is that the socket 10 has a cubical recess 16 and a contact 14 that is symmetrical in any of the four directions. Depending on the type of the electronic component 11, the socket 10 may be attached in either direction. It is configured. However, since the camera module 11 such as a CCD camera has a direction to be attached, there is a possibility that the camera module 11 may be attached in the wrong direction. Conventionally, the camera module 11 and the socket 10 are marked for alignment. And assembled. Since it can be inserted even with a mark, there is still a problem that a mounting error still occurs.

Therefore, it is conceivable to process the socket housing 19 so that the camera module 11 is assembled only in a predetermined direction. The socket housing 19 has a side of about 7 mm and a thickness of 0.mm. In addition to being less than 9 mm, a groove for fitting the vertical part of the contact 14 is formed, so the thickness of the part to be processed is about 0.2 mm. There is a fear. Therefore, it is desirable that the camera module 11 be assembled only in a predetermined direction without processing the socket 10 as much as possible.
Moreover, it is desired that the socket 10 can be used not only with a mounting direction but also with an electronic component that does not have a mounting direction.
The present invention provides a connector socket for electronic components that can be used in two types, in which small electronic components such as a CCD camera module for mobile phones can be mounted in the correct orientation and can also be mounted on electronic components that have no mounting direction. It is for the purpose.

In the present invention, the socket 10 is used in which the fitting recess 16 is a cube, the contacts 14 are symmetrical in all directions, and depending on the type of the electronic component 11, they can be mounted in either direction. Is done. However, since the electronic module has a direction to be attached to the camera module 11 such as a CCD camera, the cubic camera housing of the CCD camera module, which is an electronic component, is fitted into a rectangular box-shaped socket, and the cover is put on and integrated. When assembling, it must have direction.
Therefore, the camera housing of the camera module is integrally provided with a positioning projection that engages with the positioning notch, and on the socket housing, it has the same shape as this socket housing and is composed of a vertically penetrating frame on one side. Overlay the adapter with the positioning notch, fit the connecting and shielding metal fittings that are bent in a U-shape with the conductive metal plate facing down from above the adapter, and insert the locking holes provided in the connecting and shielding metal fittings into the socket housing It latches on the latching protrusion provided in the side plate. After positioning the electronic parts with respect to the socket housing by the positioning protrusion of the camera module and the positioning notch of the socket housing, the cover is put on, and the locking spring piece cut and raised inside the cover is locked in the locking hole. To achieve the intended purpose.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the positioning protrusion is provided on the housing of the electronic component, the adapter having the positioning notch is overlaid on the housing of the socket, and the electronic component with respect to the socket housing is positioned by the positioning protrusion and the positioning notch. After the alignment, the cover is put on and assembled so that an electronic component having an assembly direction can be assembled in the correct direction simply by adding an adapter. In addition, the adapter can be used for an electronic component having no assembly direction even when the adapter is overlapped, or can be used as a two-type connector socket.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the positioning protrusion is integrally provided on the camera housing of the camera module, the adapter made of the vertically penetrating frame is overlaid on the socket housing, and the positioning notch is formed on one side of the adapter. After positioning the electronic parts with respect to the socket housing by positioning protrusions and positioning notches, the cover was put on and integrated with the cover. Therefore, when the camera module was installed in the socket, the load on the side plate of the socket housing was There is no risk of damage to the side plate of the socket housing.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the positioning protrusion is integrally provided on the camera housing of the camera module, and the adapter having a vertically extending frame and having a positioning notch formed on one side is overlaid on the socket housing. The connecting and shielding metal fitting is fitted from above the adapter, and the engaging hole provided in the connecting and shielding metal fitting is engaged with the engaging protrusion provided on the side plate of the socket, and the positioning housing and the positioning notch are used to After aligning the parts, the cover was put on, and the locking spring piece cut and raised inward on the cover was locked in the locking hole of the connecting and shielding metal fitting. Can be easily connected by connecting and shielding metal fittings. Further, the connecting / shielding metal fitting can also act as a shielding metal fitting.

  The present invention relates to a connector socket of an electronic component in which a camera housing of a camera module, which is an electronic component, is fitted into a rectangular box-shaped socket, and the cover is covered to integrally assemble the camera housing of the camera module. A positioning projection that engages with the notch is integrally projected. On the housing of the socket, an adapter composed of a vertically penetrating frame and having a positioning cutout on one side is overlaid. A connecting and shielding metal fitting in which a conductive metal plate is bent downwardly in a U-shape is fitted from above the adapter, and an engaging hole provided in the connecting and shielding metal fitting is engaged with an engaging projection provided on a side plate of the socket. The electronic housing is positioned with respect to the socket housing by the positioning projection of the camera housing and the positioning notch of the adapter, and then the cover is put on. A latching spring piece cut and raised inside the cover is latched and assembled in the latching hole of the connecting / shielding metal fitting.

An embodiment according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
In these drawings, a case where the electronic component is a CCD camera module mounted on a mobile phone will be described as an example. The shapes of the socket 10, the cover 12, and the shield metal 13 are substantially the same as those of the conventional product.
That is, the socket 10 is used to connect the camera module 11 to the PC board 35 of the mobile phone, has a quadrangular box shape with an open top surface, and a large number of bottom plate portions of the fitting recess 16 of the socket housing 19 are provided. A plurality of leaf spring contacts 14 are provided symmetrically in four directions. As shown in FIG. 2, the vertical portions of the contacts 14 are fixed in contact with the inner wall of the socket housing 19. A fitting groove 24 and a locking projection 25 are formed on the outer side of each side plate of the socket housing 19. A shield metal 13 obtained by bending a conductive metal plate downwardly into a U-shape is fitted into two opposite side plates of the socket housing 19, and an engagement hole 23 of the shield metal 13 is engaged with the engagement protrusion 25. Then, the side plate of the socket housing 19 is reinforced and acts as a shield grounding metal fitting. On the other two side plates of the socket housing 19, a connecting / shielding metal fitting 32 to be described later is fitted. As shown in FIG. 2, the socket 10 configured in this manner is electrically connected and mechanically fixed by soldering the exposed portion of the bottom surface of the contact 14 to the wiring portion of the PC board 35. .

  The cover 12 is formed by folding a conductive metal plate into a rectangular box shape without a bottom so that the camera module 11 is assembled into the socket 10 and can be covered from above. A projecting hole 15 through which the light receiving unit 18 of the camera module 11 projects is formed, and a locking spring piece 30 is formed on the four side plate portions 29 by bending slightly inward, and projects inward. The presser protrusion 31 is formed.

  The camera housing 17 in the camera module 11 is integrally formed with a small rectangular parallelepiped positioning projection 21 on one side. Further, presser cutouts 28 are formed at the four corners of the upper surface of the camera housing 17.

  The adapter 20 is added according to the present invention, and is composed of a quadrangular frame vertically penetrating so as to overlap each side plate of the socket housing 19, and a positioning cut for engaging the positioning projection 21 on one side. The notch 22 is cut out from above, and a fitting groove 34 that coincides with the fitting groove 24 of the socket housing 19 is formed on the other two sides.

The connecting / shielding metal fitting 32 is formed by bending a conductive metal plate downward in a U-shape, connecting the adapter 20 to the socket 10 to connect them, and acting as a ground metal fitting. A locking hole 33 for locking to the locking projection 25 is formed.

In the configuration as described above, the shield metal fitting 13 is previously fitted into the fitting grooves 24 of the opposite side plates of the socket housing 19 from above, and the locking hole 23 and the locking projection 25 are engaged. Yes. The adapter 20 is placed on the socket housing 19 so that the remaining fitting groove 24 of the socket housing 19 and the fitting groove 34 of the adapter 20 coincide with each other, and the fitting groove 34 and the fitting groove 24 are connected and shielded. The metal fitting 32 is fitted from above, and the locking projection 25 is locked in the locking hole 33.
In this way, the socket 10 with the adapter 20 is configured.

  The camera module 11 is fitted from above the adapter 20. At this time, when the positioning notch 22 of the adapter 20 and the positioning projection 21 of the camera module 11 are aligned and fitted, the camera module 11 is fitted in the correct direction and is unambiguous with respect to the contact 14 of the socket 10. Positioned and contacted. Next, when the cover 12 is pushed from above while covering the camera module 11, the light receiving portion 18 protrudes from the protrusion hole 15 and a terminal (not shown) provided on the bottom surface of the camera housing 17 in the camera module 11. The contacts 14 are electrically connected in the correct state. When the cover 12 is further press-fitted, the presser protrusion 31 of the cover 12 engages with the presser cutout 28 of the camera module 11 to press the camera module 11, and two opposing locking spring pieces 30 of the cover 12 are shielded. The other two locking spring pieces 30 are locked in the locking holes 23 of the metal fitting 13 and are locked in the locking holes 33 of the connection / shield metal fitting 32 to complete the assembly.

In the above embodiment, when the shield metal fitting 13 is fitted in advance on the two side plates of the socket housing 19 facing each other, and then the adapter 20 is overlapped with the socket 10 and the connecting and shielding metal fitting 32 is fitted and connected, positioning is performed. The position of the notch 22 was shifted so as not to coincide with the fitting position of the connection / shield fitting 32. However, a portion corresponding to the positioning notch 22 may be cut out in one connection / shield fitting 32.

It is a disassembled perspective view which shows one Example of the connector socket of the electronic component by this invention. FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along line B-B in FIG. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the conventional connector socket. It is a disassembled perspective view of the conventional connector socket.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Socket, 11 ... CCD camera module as an electronic component, 12 ... Cover, 13 ... Shield metal fitting, 14 ... Contact, 15 ... Projection hole, 16 ... Fitting recessed part, 17 ... Camera housing, 18 ... Light receiving part, 19 ... Socket housing, 20 ... adapter, 21 ... positioning projection, 22 ... positioning notch, 23 ... locking hole, 24 ... fitting groove, 25 ... locking projection, 28 ... presser notch, 29 ... side plate, 30 ... engagement Stop spring piece, 31 ... presser projection, 32 ... coupling and shield metal fitting, 33 ... locking hole, 34 ... fitting groove, 35 ... PC board.

Claims (3)

  In a connector socket of an electronic component in which an electronic component is fitted into a socket and covered to cover and integrally assembled, a positioning protrusion is provided on the housing of the electronic component, and the positioning protrusion is engaged on the housing of the socket An electronic component connector socket, wherein an adapter having a positioning notch is overlapped and the electronic component is aligned with the socket housing by positioning the positioning projection and the positioning notch, and then a cover is put on and assembled.   In a connector socket of an electronic component in which a camera housing of a camera module, which is an electronic component, is fitted into a rectangular box-shaped socket, and a cover is covered, the positioning projection is integrally projected on the camera housing. An adapter made of a vertically penetrating frame is overlaid on the socket housing, and a positioning notch for engaging the positioning protrusion on one side of the adapter is formed. The positioning protrusion and the positioning notch are used to attach the positioning protrusion to the socket housing. A connector socket for an electronic component, wherein the electronic component is positioned and then integrally assembled with a cover. In a connector socket of an electronic component in which a camera housing of a camera module, which is an electronic component, is fitted into a rectangular box-shaped socket, and a cover is covered, the positioning projection is integrally projected on the camera housing. On the housing of the socket, an adapter consisting of a frame penetrating vertically and formed with a positioning notch for engaging the positioning projection on one side is overlaid, and a connecting and shielding metal fitting is fitted over the adapter, and this connecting and shielding The locking hole provided on the metal fitting is locked to the locking protrusion provided on the side plate of the socket, and after positioning the electronic component with respect to the socket housing by the positioning protrusion and the positioning notch, a cover is put on the cover. The locking spring piece cut and raised inside is locked in the locking hole of the connecting and shielding metal fitting. Electronic component connector socket, characterized in that as assembled.

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