JP2006228703A - Connector assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a connector where even when the substrate side connector is installed at a place where the metallic panel is not provided, the potential of a latch fitting surely becomes frame ground in a state with the cable connector connected. <P>SOLUTION: The latching fitting 43A has a recessed part 43Aa, and the recessed part 43Aa has a bottom part 43Ab. In a state with the cable connector 11A connected to a substrate side connector 40A, a hook part 30a at the tip of a latch claw member 30 is locked to the recessed part 43Aa of the latching fitting 43, and the tip of the hook part 30a contacts the bottom part 43Ab of the recessed part Aa, and the latch claw member 30 and latching fitting 43 are electrically conducted, thereby the potential of the latching fitting 43 becomes frame ground. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a connector device, and more particularly to a connector device including a cable connector and a board-side connector to which the cable connector is connected.

  As a data transmission method, a normal transmission method using one electric wire for each data, and two signals paired for each data, a + signal to be transmitted and this + signal are There is a balanced transmission system in which signals of equal and opposite directions are transmitted simultaneously. The balanced transmission system has an advantage that it is less susceptible to noise than a normal transmission system, and is being adopted in many cases.

  1A and 1B schematically show a conventional balanced transmission connector device 10. The connector device 10 includes a cable connector 11 and a board side connector 40 to which the cable connector 11 is connected. The cable connector 11 includes a contact assembly 14 in which a plurality of contacts 13 are incorporated side by side in an electrically insulating main body 12 and incorporated in a shield cover assembly 15 made of metal. This is a configuration in which 20 extends. The plurality of contacts 13 include a pair of signal contacts and a ground, and the signal contacts and the ground are alternately arranged. The cable 20 has a configuration in which a plurality of paired electric wires 21 are bundled, and the bundle is surrounded by a shield braid 22. Each pair of electric wires 21 electrically connects the contacts of the contact assembly 12. A portion 23 processed so that the shield braid 22 at the end of the cable 20 is exposed to the surface is fixed to the shield cover assembly 15. The potential of the shield knitting wire 22 is the frame ground. The cable 20 extends from the back surface of the cable connector 11. The shield cover assembly 15 is formed by combining a first cover 16 and a second cover 17.

  A latch claw member 30 is assembled to the shield cover assembly 15 by fitting the U-shaped portion of the base portion thereof to a part of the shield cover assembly 15 on both sides thereof. FIG. 3 shows one latch pawl member 30. Further, the shield cover assembly 15 is assembled so that the pull tab 35 protrudes rearward.

  The board-side connector 40 includes contacts 42 arranged side by side in an electrically insulating block body 41 composed of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped portion 41a and a protruding portion 41b protruding forward therefrom. The latch fitting 43 is insert-molded and fixed, a part of the latch fitting 43 protrudes forward from the block body 41, and the protruding portion 41 b of the block body 41 is covered by the shield member 44. In addition, a metal plate gasket 45 and a metal lock member 46 are provided. The plurality of contacts 42 includes a pair of signal contacts and a ground, and the signal contacts and the ground are alternately arranged. Further, in order to ensure the strength, the latch metal fitting 43 is made of metal.

  The board-side connector 40 is mounted on a printed circuit board 50 in the device, and is fixed to a metal panel 51 of the device by a lock member 46. The gasket 45 and the metal panel 51 are pressed against each other. The tip portion 40a protrudes from the opening of the metal panel 51 of the device.

  The cable connector 11 is fitted so that the distal end side of the shield cover assembly 15 surrounds the distal end portion 40 a of the board side connector 40, and the contact assembly 14 is located inside the distal end portion 40 a of the board side connector 40. The contact 13 is brought into contact with the corresponding contact 42, and the hook portion 30 a at the tip of the latch claw member 30 is locked to the opening 43 a through which the latch metal fitting 43 passes as shown in FIG. 2. Then, the board side connector 40 is connected.

  In a state where the cable connector 11 is connected to the board-side connector 40, the shield braid 22 and the latch fitting 43 have the following path, shield braid 22, shield cover assembly 15, shield member 44, and metal panel 51. The latch member 43 is electrically connected via the lock member 46, and the potential of the latch fitting 43 is the frame ground.

In addition, the return after pulling the pull tab 35 is performed by the elastic force of the latching claw member 30 itself being pushed back so as to push back the pull tab 35 via the inclined portion 30b of the latch claw member 30. It has become.
JP 2003-217715 A

  In recent years, usage patterns of the board-side connector 40 have been diversified, and the board-side connector 40 may be attached to a place where the metal panel 51 is not provided.

  In this case, the above-described path using the potential of the latch metal fitting 43 as the frame ground is cut off, and the path using the potential of the latch metal fitting 43 as the frame ground is limited to the path via the latch claw member 30 exclusively. End up. However, as shown in FIG. 2, the hook portion 30 a of the latch claw member 30 is fitted in the opening 43 a, but is not necessarily in contact with the latch metal fitting 43. Therefore, the latch metal fitting 43 may be in a floating state with respect to the frame ground. In such a state, the latch metal fitting 43 is charged with static electricity, and in some cases, the charged static electricity is discharged, which may adversely affect the balanced transmission of signals.

  In particular, in FIG. 3, when the angle θ becomes small, the return force of the pull tab 35 becomes insufficient only by the elastic force of the talatch claw member 30 itself, and the pull tab 35 may not be returned smoothly. there were.

  Then, an object of this invention is to provide the connector apparatus made | formed in view of said point.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a cable connector from which a cable extends,
It consists of a board-side connector mounted on a printed circuit board,
The cable has an electric wire with a shield mesh wire, and in use, the potential of the shield mesh wire is a frame ground.
The cable connector includes a metal cover and a metal latch claw member attached to the cover, and the latch claw member is electrically connected to the shield mesh wire through the metal cover. It is a conductive configuration,
The board-side connector is made of metal and has a latch fitting fixed to an electrically insulating block body,
The board-side connector is made of metal and has a latch fitting fixed to an electrically insulating block body,
In the connector device in which the latch claw member is locked to the latch metal fitting and the cable connector is connected to the board-side connector.
The latch claw member and the latch metal fitting are always in contact with each other in a state where the hook part at the tip of the latch claw member is fitted and locked to the latch part of the latch metal fitting. The claw member and the latch metal fitting are electrically connected to each other, and the potential of the latch metal fitting is used as a frame ground.

  According to the present invention, even when the board-side connector is attached to a place where the metal panel is not provided, the potential of the latch fitting of the board-side connector is set to the frame ground while the cable connector is connected to the board-side connector. It is possible to prevent static electricity from being charged in the latch metal. Therefore, it is possible to prevent noise from being applied to the signal transmitted by charging the latch fitting and spark discharge.

  Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  4A and 4B schematically show a connector device 10A for balanced transmission. The connector device 10A includes a cable connector 11A and a board-side connector 40A to which the cable connector 11A is connected. The cable connector 11A and the board-side connector 40A are the same as the cable connector 11 and the board-side connector 40 shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B except for a part thereof, and the corresponding parts are denoted by the same reference numerals. The description thereof is omitted. X1-X2 is the width direction of the cable connector 11A, Z1-Z2 is the height direction, and Y1-Y2 is the direction of connector insertion / extraction.

  The connector device 10A has a configuration in which the latch metal fitting 43A is surely at the frame ground potential in a state where the cable connector 11A is connected to the board-side connector 40A, and static electricity does not occur in the latch metal fitting 43A. It is as.

  As shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 5, the latch fitting 43A is different from the latch fitting 43, and has a recess 43Aa instead of the opening 43a. The recess 43Aa has a bottom 43Ab.

  Similarly, as shown in FIG. 5, in the state where the cable connector 11A is connected to the board-side connector 40A, the hook portion 30a at the tip of the latch claw member 30 is engaged with the recess 43Aa of the latch fitting 43, and the hook The tip of the portion 30a is in contact with the bottom 43Ab of the recess 43Aa by the spring force of the latch claw member 30 itself.

  Therefore, the latch claw member 30 and the latch metal fitting 43 are electrically connected, and the latch metal fitting 43A is electrically connected to the shield knitting wire 22 via the latch claw member 30 and the shield cover assembly 15, and is latched. The potential of the metal fitting 43A is a frame ground.

  For this reason, even when the board-side connector 40A is attached to a place where the metal panel 51 is not provided, the potential of the latch metal fitting 43A is kept in a state where the cable connector 11A is connected to the board-side connector 40A. Since it is a frame ground, static electricity does not occur in the latch fitting 43A. Therefore, there is no problem that the charged static electricity may cause a spark discharge and adversely affect the balanced transmission of signals.

  The cable connector 11A is configured so that the pull tab 35A can be smoothly returned. FIG. 6 shows the cable connector 11 </ b> A upside down and with the second cover 17 removed. The pull tab 35A shown in FIG. 9 is incorporated in the outer surface of the first cover 16A together with the compression coil spring 60, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8A to 8C, and the pulled pull tab 35A is compressed. The coil spring 60 returns to the front by the force of the coil spring 60.

  As shown in FIG. 9, in the substantially U-shaped pull tab 35A, an opening window 35Ab and a support pin portion 35Ac are formed on the arm portions 35Aa on both sides. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 8A and an enlarged view of FIG. 8C, the first cover 16A includes a support portion 16Aa that slidably supports the arm portion 35Aa, A recess 16Ab that supports the compression coil spring 60 is formed.

  The pull tab 35A is attached to the first cover 18A with a belt-like arm portion 35Aa supported by the support portion 16Aa. Further, the compression coil spring 60 is incorporated in the opening window 35Ab and the recess 16Ab with the Y2 side fitted into the support pin portion 35Ac and the Y2 side locked to the end surface 16Ac of the recess 16Ab. . The side plate portion 17a of the second cover 17 covers the arm portion 35Aa and the compression coil spring 60. The compression coil spring 60 is incorporated from the outside with the pull tab 35A attached to the first cover 16A and the second cover 17 not yet attached.

  As shown in FIG. 8B, the pull tab 35 </ b> A is pulled by compressing the compression coil spring 60. The latch claw member 30 is opened outward. When the hand is released from the pull tab 35A, the protrusion of the opening 35Ab mainly serves as a stopper at the end of the recess 16Ab in the Y2 direction mainly by the spring force of the compression coil spring 60, as shown in FIG. It is moved smoothly until it hits 16Ad. Further, since the spring force of the compression coil spring 60 acts within the thickness range of the arm portion 35Aa of the pull tab 35A, the arm portion 35Aa does not warp.

  Here, as shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 8C, the edge portion on the Y2 side of the opening 35Ab of the arm portion 35Aa protrudes to the inside of the pull tab 35A, and is formed thickly on this portion. 35Ac is provided, and the recess 16Ab is formed in the first cover 16A, so that the compression coil spring 60 does not protrude outside the outer surface of the arm portion 35Aa using the inside of the cable connector 11A. Is provided. Therefore, there is no need to increase the size of the cable connector 11A, and the cable connector 11A is the same size as the conventional cable connector 11.

  It is also possible to provide a tension coil spring instead of the compression coil spring 60 and return the pull tab with the tension of the tension coil spring.

  Next, another embodiment will be described in which the latch for the board-side connector is configured to have a frame ground potential.

  A latch claw member 30B shown in FIG. 10A has a hook part 30Ba and a spring part 30Bb which is longer than the hook part 30Ba and protrudes from the tip of the hook part 30Ba at the tip. As shown in FIG. 10B, the hook portion 30Ba is fitted in the concave portion 43Aa of the latch fitting 43A, and the tip of the spring portion 30Bb is in contact with the bottom portion 43Ab of the concave portion 43Aa. Accordingly, the latch claw member 30B and the latch metal fitting 43A are electrically connected, and the latch metal fitting 43A is always set to the frame ground potential via the latch claw member 30B.

  A latch claw member 30C shown in FIG. 11A has a hook portion 30Ca. The hook portion 30Ca has a tip portion 30Cb and a base portion 30Cc. The width W1 of the distal end portion 30Ba is smaller than the width W10 of the opening 43a of the latch fitting 43, and the width W1 of the base portion 30Cc is larger than the width W10.

  As shown in FIG. 11B, in the state where the tip portion 30Cb is fitted in the opening 43a, the base portion 30Cc is always in contact with the latch fitting 43, and the latch claw member 30C and the latch fitting 43 are connected to each other. The latch metal fitting 43 is always set to the frame ground potential.

  A latch claw member 30D shown in FIG. 12A has a hook portion 30Da. The hook portion 30Da has a tapered shape in which the end 30Dd on both sides in the width direction is gradually narrowed toward the tip, and the width W3 of the tip portion 30Db is the width W10 of the opening 43a of the latch fitting 43. The width W4 of the base portion 30Dc is larger than the width W10. When viewed from the tip portion 30Db, both ends 30Dd have a tapered shape whose width gradually increases toward the base portion 30Dc.

  As shown in FIG. 12B, in a state where the tip portion 30Db is fitted in the opening 43a, both ends 30Dd are always in contact with the edge of the opening 43a in the latch fitting 43, so that the latch claw member 30D. And the latch metal fitting 43 are electrically connected, and the latch metal fitting 43 is always set to the frame ground potential.

  FIG. 13 shows the connector device 100. The connector device 100 includes a cable connector 101 and a board-side connector 120 to which the connector 100 is connected.

  The board-side connector 120 has a latch claw portion 121, and the cable connector 101 has a locking opening 102 and a latch release mechanism 103. The latch release mechanism 102 is configured to push the latch claw 121 engaged with the locking opening 102 through the opening 102 to release the latch.

  The board-side connector 120 has a shell 122 formed by bending a metal plate, and latch claw portions 121 are formed on both side surfaces of the shell 122. The latch claw portion 121 has a hook portion 121 a facing the inside of the shell 122 at the tip. Since the latch claw portion 121 is not an independent component, the connector device 100 can be reduced in the number of components.

  The cable connector 101 includes a connector main body 106 covered with a shield member 105, a substantially Y1 side half of the connector main body 106 is covered with a housing 107, a cable 108 extends from the Y1 side, and the connector The main body 106 has a latch release mechanism 103 inside. In addition, a window 105a is provided in a portion of the side surface of the connector body 106 in the window 107a of the housing 107.

  The latch release mechanism 103 has a configuration in which the latch release member 110 shown in FIG. 14 is incorporated so as to be slidable in the Y2 direction, as schematically shown in FIG. The latch release member 110 includes arm portions 111 on both sides and a connecting bar portion 112 that connects the arm portions 111 and has a substantially U shape. The arm part 111 has a block part 113 at the tip and an operation part 114 at the base part. The block portion 113 has an inclined portion 113a at the tip.

  As shown in FIGS. 13 and 15A, the block portion 113 is fitted in the locking opening 102, and the operation portion 114 protrudes from the window 105a. The latch release member 110 is normally located on the Y1 side as shown in FIG.

  The cable connector 101 is inserted into the board-side connector 120 in the Y2 direction from the state shown in FIG. 15A, and as shown in FIG. 15B, the hook portion 121a of the latch claw portion 121 is placed in the locking opening 102. Are connected to the board-side connector 120.

  When disconnecting the cable connector 101 from the board-side connector 120, the operator first performs an operation of moving in the Y2 direction by sandwiching the operation portions 114 on both sides with a hand, and then performing an operation of grasping the cable connector 101 and pulling in the Y2 direction. To do. When a gloved operator operates the above operation, the above operation has better operability than the pull tab pull operation.

  As shown in FIG. 15C, the latch release member 110 is moved in the Y2 direction by the operation of moving the operation portion 114 in the Y2 direction, and the inclined portion 113a of the block portion 113 connects the hook portion 121a to the locking opening 102. Pushed out, the latch is released. By pulling the cable connector 101 in the Y2 direction, the cable connector 101 is pulled out from the board-side connector 120 as shown in FIG.

  The connector device 100 configured as described above has good EMI (Electron magnetic interference) / ESD (Electro-static discharge) characteristics by providing the latch claw portion 121 on the shell 122 of the board-side connector 120.

  In addition, it is also possible to provide the pull tab 35 instead of the latch release member 110 described above, and push the pull tab 35 to push the hook portion 121a of the latch claw portion 121 out of the locking opening. is there.

  FIG. 16 is an exploded view of the cable connector 11E in the balanced transmission connector device according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. The Y2 direction is the tip direction of the cable connector 11E. Illustrations of contacts, substrates, cables, etc. are omitted. The cable connector 11E is connected to the board side connector 40A shown in FIG. Further, the cable connector 11E is configured so that the pull tab 35E can be smoothly restored without the aid of the compression coil spring 60 in FIG. FIG. 17 shows an assembled state of the latch claw member 30 and the pull tab 35E on the X2 side of the first cover 16E. FIG. 18 shows an enlarged view of the first cover 16E. FIGS. 19A and 19B are enlarged views of the tip end portion of the pull tab 35E. FIG. 19C is a cross-sectional view taken along the XY plane including the line CC in FIG. 19A.

  As shown in FIG. 16, the cable connector 11E has a configuration in which the latch claw member 30 and the pull tab 35E are incorporated in the first cover 16E, and the second cover 17E is covered thereon.

  The pull tab 35E is substantially U-shaped, and is formed at the tip of the arm portions 35Ea on both sides, as shown in FIGS. 19A to 19C, inside the arm portions 35Ea on both sides (FIGS. 19A to 19D). C), a main body portion 35Ed projecting in the X1 direction), an opening 35Ee, and projecting portions 35Ef and 35Eg projecting in the Z1 and Z2 directions.

  As shown in FIG. 18, the first cover 16E has an X2 direction on the side of the X2 side of the side surface 16Ee on the X2 side that is closer to the Y2 direction than the Y2 direction end of the groove-like support portion 16Ea that supports the arm portion 35Ea. A protrusion 16Ef protruding in a chevron is formed. The protruding portion 16Ef has an inclined surface portion 16Eg as a guide portion that is displaced in the X2 direction as it is displaced in the Y1 direction on the distal end side (Y2 direction side) of the cable connector 11E. The first cover 16E has an opening 16Eh at a location adjacent to the protrusion 16Ef. Similarly to the above, the inclined surface portion and the opening are formed on the side surface of the first cover 16E on the X1 side. The second cover 17E has an opening 17Eh corresponding to the opening 16Eh.

  Next, a state where the latch claw member 30 and the pull tab 35E are incorporated in the first cover 16E will be described.

  FIG. 20A shows an enlarged view of the vicinity of the protrusion 16Ef of the cable connector 11E. FIG. 21A shows an enlarged view of the portion of the protrusion 35Ef and the opening 16Eh.

  As shown in FIGS. 17 and 20A, the pull tab 35E has the arm portion 35Ea fitted into the support portion 16Ea and incorporated in the first cover 16E, and the main body portion 35Ed is Y2 more than the projection portion 16Ef. It is located on the side and is in contact with the side surface 16Ee. The latch claw member 30 has a U-shaped portion on the Y1 end side fitted and fixed to the slit portion of the first cover 16E, extends in the Y2 direction, and is midway along the arm portion 35Ea of the pull tab 35E. Through the opening 35Ee, protrudes to the X2 side from the arm 35Ea, and further extends in the Y2 direction. Therefore, the main body portion 35Ed is located between the latch claw member 30 and the side surface 16Ee of the first cover 16E.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 21A, the protrusion 35Ef is fitted in the opening 16Eh. The protrusion 35Eg is fitted in the opening 17Eh of the second cover 17.

  Next, an operation when the pull tab 35E is operated will be described.

  When the operator pulls the operation portion 35Ei in the Y1 direction with his / her hand while the cable connector 11E is connected to the board-side connector 40A, the main body portion 35Ed is connected to the projection portion 16Ef as shown in FIG. Riding on the inclined surface portion 16Eg and displacing in the direction of the arrow 150, that is, between Y1 and X2, the latch claw member 30 is pushed in the X2 direction by the main body portion 35Ed and elastically deformed in the X2 direction, The latch claw member 30a is displaced in the X2 direction, and the latch to the board side connector 40A is released.

  When the operation part 35Ei is pulled in the Y1 direction, the main body part 35Ed rides on the inclined surface part 16Eg of the protrusion part 16Ef and is displaced, and the elastic deformation of the latch claw member 30a is efficiently performed. Therefore, the release operation of the latch is performed lightly.

  In the state where the latch is released, the body portion 35Ed is subjected to the force F in the X1 direction by the elastic force of the latch claw member 30, as shown in FIG. Therefore, when the hand is released from the operation portion 35Ei, the main body portion 35Ed slides down the inclined surface portion 16Eg as indicated by the arrow 151 by the force F applied from the latch claw member 30, and returns to the original position.

  Here, since the main body portion 35Ed moves so as to slide down the inclined surface portion 16Eg, the main body portion 35Ed is not caught between the latch claw member 30 and the inclined surface portion 16Eg on the way and does not occur. 35Ed slides down the inclined surface portion 16Eg smoothly to its heel, so that the return operation of moving the pull tab 35E to the original position in the Y2 direction is smoothly performed by the elastic force of the latch claw member 30.

  The maximum movement position of the main body 35Ed in the Y1 direction is determined by the projections 35Ef and 35Eg hitting the Y1 side edges of the openings 16Eh and 17Eh, respectively. This maximum movement position is determined so that the main body 35Ed does not exceed the top of the mountain-shaped protrusion 16Ef. Therefore, even when the operation portion 35Ei is pulled considerably strongly in the Y1 direction, the main body portion 35Ed is guided by the inclined surface portion 16Eg without the main body portion 35Ed passing over the top of the projection portion 16Ef, and the hand from the operation portion 35Ei When released, the pull tab 35E reliably returns.

  FIG. 22 is an exploded view of the cable connector 11EA in the balanced transmission connector device according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention. The cable connector 11EA has a pull tab 35E shown in FIG. 16, and the first cover 16EA and the first cover 17EA are different from the cable connector 11E shown in FIG.

  The first cover 16EA has a configuration in which a slit-shaped oblique guide groove 16EAj is formed as a guide portion instead of the projection portion 16Ef and the opening portion 16Eh. The second cover 17EA has a configuration in which a slit-like oblique guide groove 17EAj is formed as a guide portion instead of the opening portion 16Eh.

  As shown in FIG. 23A, the protrusion 35Ef is fitted in the guide groove 16EAj. The protrusion 35Eg is fitted in the guide groove 17EAj of the second cover 17. As shown in FIG. 24A, the main body portion 35Ed is located between the latch claw member 30 and the side surface 16EAe of the first cover 16EA.

  Next, an operation when the pull tab 35E is operated will be described.

  When the operator pulls the operation portion 35Ei in the Y1 direction with the hand while the cable connector 11E is connected to the board-side connector 40A, as shown in FIG. 23 (B), the projection 35Ef is formed in the guide groove 16EAj. The projection 35Eg is guided and displaced by the guide groove 17EAj, and the main body 35Ed is displaced in the direction of the arrow 160, that is, between Y1 and X2, as shown in FIG. The latch claw member 30 is pushed in the X2 direction by the main body 35Ed and elastically deformed in the X2 direction, and the latch to the board side connector 40A is released. The operation force for pulling the operation unit 35Ei in the Y1 direction is sufficient as compared with the conventional case.

  In this state, the main body 35Ed and the protrusions 35Ef and 35Eg are subjected to the force F in the X1 direction by the elastic force of the latch claw member 30. Therefore, when the hand is released from the operation portion 35Ei, the projections 35Ef and 35Eg are moved along the inclined edges of the guide grooves 16EAj and 17EAj by the force F applied from the latch claw member 30 as shown by the arrow 161, The main body portion 35Ed is smoothly returned to the original position.

  Further, the maximum movement position of the main body portion 35Ed in the Y1 direction is determined by the projections 35Ef and 35Eg hitting the Y1 side edges of the guide grooves 16EAj and 17EAj, respectively.

It is a figure which shows the conventional balanced transmission connector apparatus by making a cable connector and a board | substrate side connector oppose. It is a figure which expands and shows the state of a latch mechanism when a cable connector is connected to the board | substrate side connector. It is a figure which shows a latch claw member. It is a figure which shows the connector apparatus for balanced transmission of Example 1 of this invention by making a cable connector and a board | substrate side connector oppose. It is a figure which expands and shows the state of a latch mechanism when a cable connector is connected to the board | substrate side connector. It is a perspective view which shows the cable connector in the attitude | position which removed the back cover and reversed front and back. It is a figure which takes out and shows a pull tab, a latch claw member, and a compression coil spring from the cable connector of FIG. It is a figure which shows a pull tab, a latch claw member, and a compression coil spring. It is a perspective view which shows a pull tab. It is a figure which shows another latch claw member and a latched state. It is a figure which shows another latch claw member and a latching state. It is a figure which shows another latch claw member and a latching state. It is a figure which shows the connector apparatus of Example 3 of this invention by making a cable connector and a board | substrate side connector face each other. It is a figure which shows a latch release member. It is a figure explaining latch release operation | movement. It is a perspective view which decomposes | disassembles and shows the cable connector of the connector apparatus of Example 4 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the state in which the latch claw member and the pull tab are incorporated in the X2 side of the 1st cover. It is a perspective view which expands and shows a 1st cover. It is a figure which expands and shows the part of the front-end | tip of a pull tab. It is a figure which expands and shows operation | movement of the main-body part when operating a pull tab. It is a figure which expands and shows operation | movement of a projection part when operating a pull tab. It is a perspective view which decomposes | disassembles and shows the cable connector of the connector apparatus of Example 5 of this invention. It is a figure which expands and shows operation | movement of a projection part when operating a pull tab. It is a figure which expands and shows operation | movement of the main-body part when operating a pull tab.

Explanation of symbols

10A balanced transmission connector device 11A cable connector 16Ef protrusion 16Eg inclined surface 16Ej, 17Ej opening 16EAj, 17EAj guide groove 18A first cover 18Ab recess 30 latch claw member 30a hook 30Bb spring 30Cc base part 30Dd Pull tab 35Ab Opening window 35Ac Support pin part 35Ea Arm part 35Ed Main body part 35Ee Opening part 35Ef, 35Eg Protrusion part 40A Substrate side connector 43A Latch fitting 43Aa Recess 43Ab Bottom part 60 Compression coil spring 100 Connector device 101 Cable connector 110 Latch release mechanism Release member 113 Block part 114 Operation part 120 Board side connector 121 Latch claw part 122 Shell

Claims (12)

A cable connector in which the cable extends; and
It consists of a board-side connector mounted on a printed circuit board,
The cable has an electric wire with a shield mesh wire, and in use, the potential of the shield mesh wire is a frame ground.
The cable connector includes a metal cover and a metal latch claw member attached to the cover, and the latch claw member is electrically connected to the shield mesh wire through the metal cover. Is connected to
The board-side connector is made of metal and has a latch fitting fixed to an electrically insulating block body,
In the connector device in which the latch claw member is locked to the latch metal fitting and the cable connector is connected to the board-side connector.
The latch claw member and the latch metal fitting are always in contact with each other in a state where the hook part at the tip of the latch claw member is fitted and locked to the latch part of the latch metal fitting. A connector device, characterized in that a pawl member and the latch metal fitting are electrically connected to each other and a potential of the latch metal fitting is used as a frame ground. The connector device according to claim 1,
The latching portion of the latch metal fitting has a shape having a bottom,
A connector device characterized in that a tip of a hook portion at a tip of the latch claw member is in contact with a bottom portion of the locking portion. The connector device according to claim 1,
The latching portion of the latch metal fitting has a shape having a bottom,
The latch claw member has, in addition to the hook portion at the tip, a spring portion protruding from the tip of the hook portion,
The connector device according to claim 1, wherein the spring portion is in contact with the bottom portion of the locking portion in a state where the hook portion of the latch claw member is fitted and locked to the locking portion. The connector device according to claim 1,
The hook portion at the tip of the latch claw member has a shape having a base portion that becomes wider in a step shape, and the hook portion is engaged with and locked to the locking portion of the latch metal fitting, A connector device characterized in that a base portion of a hook portion is in contact with the latch metal fitting. The connector device according to claim 1,
The hook portion at the tip of the latch claw member has a tapered shape that gradually widens from the tip portion toward the base portion,
2. A connector device according to claim 1, wherein both side portions of the hook portion are in contact with an edge of an entrance of the latching portion of the latch metal. The cable connector includes a cable connector extending from a cable and a board-side connector mounted on a printed circuit board. The cable connector is pulled by a latch claw member engaged with the board-side connector and is latched on the cable connector. In the connector device configured to include a pull tab for releasing the latch by the claw member, the cable connector is connected to the board side connector.
The cable connector has a structure in which a coil spring for returning the pulled pull tab is incorporated. The connector device according to claim 6,
The coil spring is a compression coil spring;
The pull tab has an opening window and a support pin portion on a belt-like arm portion,
The compression coil spring has one end side fitted around the support pin part, and is locked to a part of the arm part, and the other end side is locked to a part of the cover. A connector device characterized in that it is configured to be housed inside. In the connector device having a configuration in which the cable is extended and a board-side connector mounted on a printed board, and the cable connector is connected to the board-side connector.
The board-side connector has a shell formed by bending a metal plate, and a latch claw portion is formed on the shell.
The cable connector includes a latching opening with which the latch claw portion is engaged, and a latch release mechanism for releasing the latched state in which the latch claw portion is engaged with the latching opening. A connector device. The connector device according to claim 8, wherein
The latch mechanism of the cable connector is configured to push the latch claw portion out of the locking opening. It consists of a cable connector that the cable extends and a board-side connector that is mounted on the printed circuit board.
The cable connector includes a latch claw member that is engaged with the connector on the other side of the board side connector, and a pull tab that moves the latch claw member in a direction to release the latch when it is pulled. The pull tab has a tip positioned between the latch claw member and the cover,
In the connector device configured to connect the cable connector to the board-side connector,
The cover of the cable connector is configured to have a guide portion that guides a tip portion of the pull tab in a direction away from a side surface of the cover when the pull tab is pulled.
A connector device characterized in that when the pull tab is pulled, a tip portion of the pull tab is guided and displaced by the guide portion to move the latch claw member in a direction to release the latch. . The connector device according to claim 10,
The connector device, wherein the guide portion is an inclined surface portion protruding from a side surface of the cover. The connector device according to claim 10,
The connector device, wherein the guide portion is a groove formed in the cover.

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