JP2007012574A - Connector assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To control effectively generation of looseness of an electrical component such as a camera module in a comparatively simple construction, at a time of connecting with other electrical components such as a printed circuit board. <P>SOLUTION: At least two contact components (40) are placed in a housing (37) facing each other and each of them is pushed to contact a connecting terminal fixed in an electrical component when the electrical component is inserted into a direction from a opening part (32) to an end face part (38), and while the contact components are pushed to contact a connecting terminal made of an elastic conductive material and fixed with the electrical component, a pushing pressure will be applied on the electrical component in an opposite direction at an angle α bigger than 0° and smaller than 90° to its inserting direction. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The invention described in the claims of the present application relates to a connector device for bringing an electrical component such as a camera module or the like into a state of being electrically connected to another electrical component such as a wiring board.

  A relatively small camera module mounted on an electronic device such as a camera-equipped mobile phone is mounted on a printed wiring board using a socket-type connector device in which the camera module is entirely inserted. It is done. The socket type connector device not only electrically connects the camera module and the printed wiring board, but also serves to mechanically position the camera module on the printed wiring board.

  A conventionally proposed camera module and a socket-type connector device used for attaching the camera module to a printed wiring board are, for example, shown in FIG. In the conventional example shown in FIG. 5, the socket type connector device 12 having the opening 11 is fixed on the printed wiring board 10, and the camera module 13 is engaged with the socket type connector device 12 through the opening 11. As a result, the camera module 13 is attached to the printed wiring board 10.

  The camera module 13 includes a base portion 14 formed in a rectangular trapezoidal shape and a lens built-in portion 15 disposed thereon, and a plurality of connection terminal portions 16 are arranged on the bottom surface of the base portion 14. Yes. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6, the socket type connector device 12 forms a rectangular opening 11 that forms a rectangular opening 11 corresponding to the outer dimension of the base portion 14 of the camera module 13. A housing 17 is provided. A plurality of contact members 19 are connected to the bottom surface portion 18 of the housing 17 when the camera module 13 is inserted into the housing 17 through the opening portion 11 and a plurality of connections arranged on the bottom surface of the base portion 14 of the camera module 13. The terminals 16 are arranged at positions corresponding to the terminal portions 16.

  Each of the plurality of contact members 19 is formed of an elastic conductive material, and one end portion thereof forms a soldered connection portion 20 that faces the outside of the housing 17. As shown in FIG. 5, the soldering connection portion 20 is connected to the printed wiring 21 disposed on the printed wiring board 10 by soldering while the socket type connector device 12 is fixed on the printed wiring board 10. .

  Under such circumstances, when the camera module 13 is attached to the printed wiring board 10 via the socket type connector device 12 fixed on the printed wiring board 10, first, as shown in FIG. The camera module 13 is positioned above the opening 11 formed by the housing 17 in the socket-type connector device 12 fixed on the substrate 10 with the bottom surface of the base portion 14 facing the socket-type connector device 12. It is said. Subsequently, the camera module 13 is lowered toward the socket-type connector device 12, and as shown in FIG. 8, the base portion 14 of the camera module 13 passes through the opening 11 and the housing 17 in the socket-type connector device 12. Inserted inside. In the camera module 13, the plurality of contact members 19 arranged on the bottom surface portion 18 of the housing 17 in the socket-type connector device 12 are pressed against the plurality of connection terminal portions 16 arranged on the bottom surface of the base portion 14. It is assumed that the position where it comes into contact is taken. The camera module 13 that is in a state where the contact member 19 is in press contact with the connection terminal portion 16 is maintained in that state by a locking means (not shown). It is assumed that it is attached to.

  As described above, when the camera module 13 is attached to the printed wiring board 10, the contact members 19 in the socket type connector device 12 are pressed and connected by being formed of an elastic conductive material. Through the terminal portion 16, a pressing force is applied to the camera module 13 upward, that is, in a direction opposite to the insertion direction of the socket type connector device 12 into the housing 17.

  Under such circumstances, conventionally proposed contact members, such as the contact member 19 shown in FIGS. 5 to 8, are formed in various specific shapes, and are in press contact with each other. The position according to the position of the connection terminal part on the camera module side is assumed. As an example of the contact member having a specific shape different from the shape of the contact member 19 shown in FIGS. 5 to 8, the contact member is formed in an arc shape to support the camera module so as to be in a floating state. An example is one in which a pressing force in the direction opposite to the insertion direction of the camera module into the socket-type connector device is applied via the connection terminal portion (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Moreover, as an example of the contact member arranged at a position different from the position of the contact member 19 shown in FIGS. 5 to 8, the connection terminal portion on the camera module side faces the side surface portion of the camera module. The pressing force is arranged at a position facing the side surface portion of the camera module, and is applied to the camera module through the connection terminal portion in the lateral direction, that is, in the direction orthogonal to the insertion direction of the camera module into the socket type connector device. (For example, refer to Patent Document 2).

JP 2001-188155 A (page 3, FIG. 3) JP 2004-63391 A (page 4, FIGS. 2 and 3)

  Among the socket type connector devices used for mounting the camera module and its printed wiring board as described above, in the conventionally proposed socket type connector device, each of a plurality of contact members is inserted into the housing. Via a connection terminal provided on the camera module, a pressing force in a direction opposite to the direction in which the camera module is inserted into the housing, or a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the camera module is inserted into the housing is pressed. Apply pressure. Accordingly, the plurality of contact members are inserted into the housing of the camera module in the housing and the camera module is maintained by the locking means in a state where the contact member is pressed into contact with the connection terminal portion. In the case of applying a pressing force in the opposite direction, the displacement of the camera module in the insertion direction into the housing against the pressing force can be prevented, and the locking means is inserted into the camera module housing. The camera module is prevented from being displaced in the direction opposite to the insertion direction, and is inserted into the housing so that the contact member is pressed into contact with the connection terminal portion. When the contact member of the camera acts on a pressing force in a direction perpendicular to the direction of insertion of the camera module into the housing, The, it becomes possible to prevent the direction of displacement perpendicular to the direction of insertion into the camera module against the person pressing pressure housing.

  However, in such a socket type connector device proposed in the past, the contact member is inserted into the housing and maintained in a state where the contact member comes into press contact with the connection terminal portion provided on the housing. In the case where a pressing force in a direction opposite to the direction in which the camera module is inserted into the housing is applied to the camera module, the camera module is prevented from being displaced in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the camera module is inserted into the housing. The camera module housing against the camera module which cannot be inserted into the housing and is maintained by the locking means in a state where the contact member is pressed into contact with the connection terminal provided on the housing. In the case of a device that exerts a pressing force in a direction perpendicular to the insertion direction, the camera It is impossible to prevent the opposite direction of the displacement direction of insertion and that of the housing for the module.

  Therefore, in the conventionally proposed socket-type connector device, the camera that is inserted into the housing and maintained by the locking means in a state where the contact member comes into press contact with the connection terminal portion provided on the housing. The module is allowed to be displaced in a direction perpendicular to the direction of insertion into the housing, or in the direction of insertion into the housing and in the direction opposite thereto, so-called rattling in the housing is caused. End up. Such rattling in the housing of the camera module is particularly applicable to a mobile phone, for example, when the camera module is attached to a printed wiring board by a socket type connector device. When various movements, vibrations, shocks, and the like are applied, they are frequently generated on a relatively large scale. As a result, the displacement of the connection terminal portion provided in the camera module with respect to the contact member provided in the housing, the wear of the connection terminal portion provided in the camera module or the contact member provided in the housing, and the like occur. There is a possibility that inconvenience such as poor electrical connection between the camera module and the printed wiring board may be caused.

  The suppression of rattling in the housing of the camera module that causes such inconvenience can be achieved by providing the socket type connector device with a complicated configuration including a fixing means, a regulating means, and the like. Conceivable. However, providing a socket-type connector device with a complicated configuration leads to various disadvantages such as an increase in the number of parts, an increase in the number of manufacturing steps, an increase in cost, and a deterioration in usability. Therefore, there is a demand for a socket type connector device that can suppress rattling in the housing of the camera module with a simple configuration. However, such a socket type connector device has not been found in the past.

  In view of such points, the invention described in the claims of the present application is, for example, formed as a socket-type connector device that is used to make a camera module electrically connected to a printed wiring board. A connector device for electrically connecting one electrical component to another second electrical component, through which, for example, a second electrical component that is a printed wiring board is electrically connected For example, a first electrical component connected as a camera module, for example, can be effectively suppressed with a relatively simple configuration from occurrence of backlash due to displacement in a specific direction.

  A connector device according to the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 7 in the claims of the present application (hereinafter referred to as the present invention) has an opening and an end face portion facing the opening. At least two of the housing and the end surface side of the housing are arranged at positions facing each other, and each is provided in the electric component when the electric component is inserted into the housing with an insertion direction from the opening to the end surface. A plurality of contact members each having a contact member that presses and contacts the connected terminal portion, and a movable engagement portion that is provided on the opening side of the housing and locks an electrical component inserted into the housing. Each of these is formed of an elastic conductive material and pressed against a connection terminal portion provided on the electrical component, so that the electrical component is opposed to the direction opposite to the insertion direction described above. 0 ° <alpha <configured by those exerting a pressing force in a direction which forms an angle alpha that satisfies 90 ° Te.

  Each of the plurality of contact members has, for example, a specific shape having a belt-like portion that extends while inclining with respect to the insertion direction of the electrical component and elastically contacts the connection terminal portion provided in the electrical component. Is done.

  In the connector device according to the present invention configured as described above, the electric component inserted in the housing through the opening portion with the insertion direction from the opening portion toward the end surface portion is provided on the opening portion side of the housing. Each of the plurality of contact members provided on the end surface portion side of the housing is locked by the joint portion in a state of being in press contact with the connection terminal portion provided in the electric component. Then, each of the plurality of contact members formed of the elastic conductive material is in contact with the electrical component locked by the movable engagement portion while being in press contact with the connection terminal portion provided in the electrical component. A pressing force is applied in a direction that forms an angle α satisfying 0 ° <α <90 ° with respect to the direction opposite to the direction in which the housing is inserted into the housing.

  The pressing force in a direction that forms an angle α satisfying 0 ° <α <90 ° with respect to a direction opposite to the direction in which the electric component is inserted into the housing, which each of the contact members acts on the electric component, Vector decomposition is performed into a component force in a direction opposite to the direction in which the electric component is inserted into the housing and a component force orthogonal thereto, that is, a component force in the direction orthogonal to the direction in which the electric component is inserted into the housing. Therefore, each of the plurality of contact members provided on the end surface portion side of the housing is inserted into the electrical component locked by the movable engagement portion provided on the opening side of the housing. A pressing force in a direction opposite to the direction and a pressing force in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the electric component is inserted into the housing are applied.

  Under such circumstances, the two contact members arranged at positions facing each other on the end face side of the housing act on the electrical components, respectively, in a direction perpendicular to the insertion direction of the two electrical components into the housing. The pressing force is in a direction opposite to each other. That is, these two pressing forces push one electrical component from opposite directions, thereby preventing displacement in a direction perpendicular to the insertion direction of the electrical component into the housing.

  Further, each of the plurality of contact members acts on the electrical component locked by the movable engagement portion provided on the opening side of the housing, and is in a direction opposite to the insertion direction of the electrical component into the housing. The pressing force presses the electric component against the movable engagement portion, thereby preventing displacement of the electric component in the insertion direction into the housing and in a direction opposite to the insertion direction into the housing.

  Therefore, in the connector device according to the present invention, the plurality of contact members and the movable engagement portions, each of which has a relatively simple configuration, are connected to each other with the plurality of contact members provided on the electrical component. The displacement of the electrical component in the insertion direction into the housing and the displacement in the direction opposite to the insertion direction into the housing and the displacement in the direction perpendicular to the insertion direction into the housing under the pressure contact with the terminal portion Any of these will be hindered.

  Thereby, according to the connector device according to the present invention, the connection terminal is inserted into the housing with the insertion direction from the opening portion toward the end face portion, and each of the plurality of contact members is provided in the electric component by the movable engagement portion. Displacement in the direction of insertion into the housing, in the direction opposite to the direction of insertion into the housing, or in a direction perpendicular to the direction of insertion into the housing, with respect to the electrical components that are locked in a state of pressing contact with the part Generation of rattling due to displacement can be effectively suppressed with a relatively simple configuration. As a result, a situation in which a displacement of the connection terminal portion provided in the electrical component with respect to the contact member disposed in the housing, wear of the connection terminal portion provided in the electrical component or the contact member disposed in the housing, or the like occurs. Can be avoided.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with application examples and examples of the present invention described below.

  FIG. 2 shows an application example in which an example of a connector device according to the present invention is a socket-type connector device and is used to electrically connect an electrical component that is a camera module to a printed wiring board.

  In the application example shown in FIG. 2, a socket type connector device 31 constituting an example of a connector device according to the present invention is fixed on a rectangular printed wiring board 30. The socket type connector device 31 has an opening 32. In FIG. 2, the camera module 33, which is an electrical component shown above the socket type connector device 31, is connected to the socket type through the opening 32. The connector device 31 is engaged. Thereby, the camera module 33 is attached to the printed wiring board 30 with being electrically connected.

  The camera module 33 has a base portion 34 formed in a rectangular trapezoidal shape and a lens built-in portion 35 disposed thereon, and a plurality of connection terminal portions 36 are arranged on the bottom surface of the base portion 34. Yes. The plurality of connection terminal portions 36 are arranged at predetermined intervals in each of four locations including one of the four sides in the peripheral edge portion of the bottom surface of the base portion 34 that is rectangular. An electronic circuit portion is built in the base portion 34, and the plurality of connection terminal portions 36 are connected to the electronic circuit portion.

  FIG. 1 shows an enlarged view of an example of a connector device according to the present invention, which constitutes a socket-type connector device 31.

  The socket-type connector device 31 formed by the example shown in FIG. 1 forms a rectangular opening 32 as a whole, which forms a rectangular opening 32 corresponding to the outer dimensions of the base 34 of the camera module 33, which is an electrical component. A housing 37 is provided. The housing 37 has a rectangular end surface portion 38 that faces the opening 32, and side wall portions 39 that are connected to each of the four sides of the rectangular end surface portion 38.

  A plurality of contact members 40 are provided on the end surface 38 side of the housing 37 so that the camera module 33 is inserted in the direction from the opening 32 to the end surface 38 through the opening 32 (hereinafter referred to as the module insertion direction. When the lens is inserted into the housing 37, the plurality of connection terminal portions 36 arranged on the bottom surface of the base portion 34 of the camera module 33 are arranged at positions corresponding to the plurality of connection terminal portions 36, respectively. Specifically, the plurality of contact members 40 are provided on the end surface of the portion including the four side portions including one of the four sides in the peripheral portion of the rectangular end surface portion 38 of the housing 37 and the side wall portion 39 connected thereto. They are arranged along the sides of the portion 38 at a predetermined interval. And the plurality of contact members 40 arranged along one of the two opposing sides in the rectangular end surface portion 38 and the plurality of contact members 40 arranged along the other of the two opposite sides correspond to each other. It is assumed that the positions are opposed to each other.

  Each of the plurality of contact members 40 is formed, for example, as an elastic conductive material made of phosphor bronze to form a bent plate-like body, and a part of the contact member 40 extends obliquely with respect to the module insertion direction. It has a belt-like portion 40 </ b> A that elastically contacts the connection terminal portion 36 disposed on the bottom surface of the base portion 34 of the camera module 33. Further, one end portion of each of the plurality of contact members 40 forms a soldered connection portion 41 that faces the outside of the side wall portion 39 of the housing 37. As shown in FIG. 2, the soldering connection portion 41 is connected to the printed wiring 42 disposed on the printed wiring board 30 by soldering while the socket type connector device 31 is fixed on the printed wiring board 30. .

  As described above, each of the plurality of contact members 40 has a relatively simple configuration, but the above-described specific shape is an example, and various specific shapes different from such an example are used. It can be taken.

  Further, one end side is fixed to the side wall portion 39 in the housing 37 and the other end side forms a free end on the opening portion 32 side of the housing 37, that is, on each opening portion 32 side of the four side wall portions 39 in the housing 37. The four elastic plate members 43 are attached. A movable engagement portion 44 is formed at the free end of each of the four elastic plate-like members 43 to lock the camera module 33 when the camera module 33 is inserted into the housing 37. Each of the movable engaging portions 44 protrudes into the housing 37 from the elastic plate-like member 43 on which the movable engaging portion 44 is formed. In such an elastic plate-like member 43, the other end side forming the free end on which the movable engagement portion 44 is formed can move to the inside and outside of the housing 37 with respect to the one end side fixed to the side wall portion 39. It will be a thing.

  As described above, the elastic plate-like member 43 is attached to each of the four side wall portions 39, so that the opening portion 32 formed by the housing 37 specifically includes the side wall portion 39, the elastic plate-like member 43, and the like. It will be formed by. A total of four movable engaging portions 44 formed at the free ends of the four elastic plate-like members 43 are provided on the opening 32 side of the housing 37 and inserted into the housing 37. The module 33 is locked. Each of the four movable engaging portions 44 has a relatively simple configuration.

  Under such circumstances, when the camera module 33 is attached to the printed wiring board 30 in an electrically connected state via the socket type connector device 31 fixed on the printed wiring board 30, first, As shown in FIG. 3, the camera module 33 has a bottom surface of the base portion 34 disposed above the opening 32 formed by the housing 37 in the socket-type connector device 31 fixed on the printed wiring board 30. It shall be located with the state which opposes 31. Subsequently, the camera module 33 is lowered toward the housing 37 of the socket-type connector device 31, and as shown in FIG. 4, the insertion direction from the opening 32 to the end surface 38 through the opening 32, that is, Then, it is inserted into the housing 37 with the module insertion direction.

  The camera module 33 inserted into the housing 37 in the socket-type connector device 31 has a plurality of connection terminal portions 36 arranged on the bottom surface of the base portion 34 and a plurality of arrangements arranged on the end surface portion 38 side of the housing 37. The contact member 40 takes the position shown in FIG. 4 where it comes into pressure contact with each band-like portion 40A. Then, each of the four movable engagement portions 44 provided in the housing 37 with respect to the camera module 33 that takes a position where the contact member 40 is in press contact with the connection terminal portion 36 with the belt-like portion 40A, The camera module 33 is engaged with the base portion 34 from above and inserted into the housing 37 so that the contact member 40 is brought into press contact with the connection terminal portion 36.

  As a result, the camera module 33 inserted into the housing 37 of the socket type connector device 31 is maintained in a state where the contact member 40 is in press contact with the connection terminal portion 36 with the belt-like portion 40A. It is assumed that it is attached to the printed wiring board 30 via 31 in a state of being electrically connected.

  As described above, when the camera module 33 is attached to the printed wiring board 30, each of the plurality of contact members 40 in the socket-type connector device 31 is formed of an elastic conductive material, and is in the module insertion direction. Since the belt-shaped portion 40A extending in an inclined manner is pressed against the connection terminal portion 36 of the camera module 33, the camera module 33 is brought into contact with the camera module 33 via the pressed contact terminal portion 36 with respect to the module insertion direction by 0 ° <α <. A pressing force in the direction of an angle α satisfying 90 ° is applied. For example, regarding the contact members 40a and 40b shown in FIG. 4 that form two sets arranged at positions facing each other among the plurality of contact members 40, the contact member 40a has a belt-like portion. Through the connection terminal portion 36a (one of the plurality of connection terminal portions 36) pressed and contacted with 40A, the camera module 33 is set to 0 ° <α <90 ° with respect to the direction opposite to the module insertion direction. A pressing force Fa (indicated by an arrow in FIG. 4) is applied in a direction that forms an angle α that satisfies the condition, and the contact member 40b is connected to the connection terminal portion 36b (of the plurality of connection terminal portions 36) that is in pressure contact with the belt-shaped portion 40A. The pressure of the camera module 33 in a direction that forms an angle α that satisfies 0 ° <α <90 ° with respect to the direction opposite to the module insertion direction. Fb (indicated by an arrow in FIG. 4) will act.

  The pressing force Fa applied to the camera module 33 by the contact member 40a is in a direction that forms an angle α with respect to a direction (V ′) opposite to the module insertion direction (V), as shown in FIG. Thus, vector decomposition is performed into a component force Fav in a direction (V ′) opposite to the module insertion direction (V) and a component force Fah in a direction (H) orthogonal to the module insertion direction (V). Accordingly, the contact member 40a is orthogonal to the camera module 33 locked by the movable engagement portion 44 provided on the opening 32 side of the housing 37 and the pressing force in the direction opposite to the module insertion direction and the module insertion direction. The pressing force in the direction to be applied is applied.

  Similarly, the pressing force Fb applied to the camera module 33 by the contact member 40b is in a direction that forms an angle α with respect to a direction (V ′) opposite to the module insertion direction (V), as shown in FIG. Therefore, vector decomposition is performed into a component force Fbv in a direction (V ′) opposite to the module insertion direction (V) and a component force Fbh in a direction (H ′) orthogonal to the module insertion direction (V). Therefore, the contact member 40b is orthogonal to the pressing force in the direction opposite to the module insertion direction and the module insertion direction on the camera module 33 locked by the movable engagement portion 44 provided on the opening 32 side of the housing 37. The pressing force in the direction to be applied is applied.

  However, the pressing force (component force Fah in FIG. 4) perpendicular to the module insertion direction that the contact member 40a acts on the camera module 33 and the direction perpendicular to the module insertion direction that the contact member 40b acts on the camera module 33 are shown. The pressing force (component force Fbh in FIG. 4) is in a direction opposite to each other. That is, these two pressing forces (component force Fah and component force Fbh) push the camera module 33 from opposite directions, and thereby the displacement of the camera module 33 in the direction perpendicular to the module insertion direction. Hinder.

  Of the plurality of contact members 40 in the socket-type connector device 31, two pairs arranged at positions facing each other other than the contact members 40 a and 40 b are provided on the opening 32 side of the housing 37. The pressing force applied to the camera module 33 locked by the movable engaging portion 44 is the same as the pressing force applied to the camera module 33 by the contact members 40a and 40b described above. Since the plurality of contact members 40 in the socket-type connector device 31 include two sets arranged at two mutually opposing positions that are substantially orthogonal to each other. The pressing force in the direction perpendicular to the module insertion direction that acts on the camera module 33 locked by the movable engagement portion 44 provided on the opening 32 side of the housing 37 is the module insertion direction of the camera module 33. This prevents displacement in all directions orthogonal to.

  Further, the contact members 40a and 40b described above include a plurality of contact members 40 in the socket-type connector device 31 including the pressing force (Fav and Fbv in FIG. 4) in the direction opposite to the module insertion direction that acts on the camera module 33. Each of these acts on the camera module 33 locked by the movable engagement portion 44 provided on the opening 32 side of the housing 37. The pressing force in the direction opposite to the module insertion direction causes the camera module 33 to move. It works to press against the engaging portion 44. Accordingly, the pressing force in the direction opposite to the module insertion direction that each of the plurality of contact members 40 acts on the camera module 33 causes the displacement of the camera module 33 in the module insertion direction and the displacement in the direction opposite to the module insertion direction. Will be disturbed. The movable engagement portion 44 is formed at the free end of an elastic plate member 43 having one end fixed to the side wall 39 in the housing 37 and the other end forming a free end, and orthogonal to the module insertion direction. Therefore, it has a sufficient resistance against the pressing force in the direction opposite to the module insertion direction.

  Thus, in the socket-type connector device 31, the plurality of contact members 40 and the movable engagement portion 44, each of which has a relatively simple configuration, each of the plurality of contact members 40 is a camera module. 33 is pressed and contacted with the connection terminal portion 36 provided with the belt-like portion 40A, the displacement of the camera module 33 in the module insertion direction and the displacement in the direction opposite to the module insertion direction and the direction orthogonal to the module insertion direction. Any displacement will be hindered.

  Therefore, according to the socket type connector device 31 that is an example of the connector device according to the present invention, the module 37 is inserted into the housing 37 through the opening portion 32 in the module insertion direction, and each of the plurality of contact members 40 is moved by the movable engagement portion 44. About the camera module 33 that is locked with the belt-shaped portion 40A in contact with the connection terminal portion 36, displacement in the module insertion direction, displacement in the direction opposite to the module insertion direction, or displacement in the direction perpendicular to the module insertion direction It is possible to effectively suppress the occurrence of shakiness with a relatively simple configuration. As a result, the displacement of the connection terminal portion 36 provided in the camera module 33 with respect to the contact member 40 provided in the housing 37, the connection terminal portion 36 provided in the camera module 33 or the contact member provided in the housing 37. A situation in which 40 wear or the like occurs can be avoided.

  The above-described socket-type connector device 31 is merely an example of a connector device according to the present invention, and the connector device according to the present invention is different from the above-described example corresponding to electrical components other than the camera module as necessary. It can be configured to take a form.

  In the connector device according to the present invention as described above, the first electrical component such as the camera module is electrically connected to the other second electrical component such as the printed wiring board. In this case, for the first electrical component electrically connected to the second electrical component, the occurrence of rattling due to the displacement in the specific direction is effectively suppressed with a relatively simple configuration. It can be widely applied to mobile phones and other various electronic devices.

It is a perspective view which shows an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an application example in which the example shown in FIG. 1 is used to electrically connect a camera module to a printed wiring board. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view including a partially cutaway side view showing the example shown in FIG. 1 together with a camera module. It is sectional drawing containing the partially broken side view which shows the example shown by FIG. 1 with the camera module inserted in it. It is a perspective view which shows the example in which the connector apparatus proposed conventionally was used in order to electrically connect a camera module to a printed wiring board. It is a perspective view which shows the example (conventional example) of the connector apparatus conventionally proposed. It is sectional drawing containing the partially broken side view which shows the prior art example shown by FIG. 6 with a camera module. It is sectional drawing containing the partially broken side view which shows the prior art example shown by FIG. 6 with the camera module inserted in it.

Explanation of symbols

  30 ... Printed circuit board, 31 ... Socket-type connector device, 32 ... Opening part, 33 ... Camera module, 34 ... Base part, 36 ... Connection terminal part, 37 Housing, 38. .... End face part, 39 ... Side wall part, 40 ... Contact member, 40A ... Band-shaped part, 43 ... Elastic plate member, 44 ... Movable engagement part

Claims (7)

A housing having an opening and an end face facing the opening;
When at least two of the housings are arranged on the end surface side of the housing so as to face each other, and each of the electrical parts is inserted into the housing with the insertion direction from the opening toward the end surface through the opening. A contact member that presses and contacts a connection terminal provided in the electrical component;
A movable engagement portion that is provided on the opening side of the housing and that locks the electrical component inserted into the housing;
With
Each of the plurality of contact members is formed of an elastic conductive material, and is pressed against a connection terminal portion provided on the electrical component, so that the electrical component is zero in a direction opposite to the insertion direction. A connector device that applies a pressing force in a direction that forms an angle α satisfying ° <α <90 °.   2. The connector device according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of contact members has a belt-like portion extending in an inclined manner with respect to the insertion direction and elastically contacting a connection terminal portion provided in the electric component. .   3. The connector device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of contact members form a plurality of sets of two facing each other.   4. The connector device according to claim 3, wherein at least two of the two sets facing each other substantially orthogonally cross each other.   The movable engaging portion prevents displacement of at least the electric component inserted into the housing in a direction opposite to the insertion direction. Connector device.   6. The movable engagement portion is formed at the free end in an elastic member having one end fixed to the housing and a free end formed at the other end. The connector apparatus in any one of.   The connector device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the movable engaging portions are provided.