JP2007141614A - Electronic circuit element connection means - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic circuit element connection means excelling in miniaturization and height reduction, and allowing a card-like electronic circuit element to be simply attached and detached in a single operation. <P>SOLUTION: This electronic circuit element connection means includes a bottom wall, a front end wall formed at a front end of the bottom wall, a first side wall and a second side wall formed at both left and right side ends of the bottom wall, a button arranged movably in the forward and backward directions between the first side wall and the second side wall at the rear end of the bottom wall, and a button stopper spring for urging the button frontward. A plurality of contacts are arranged on the bottom wall; the front end wall is provided with at least one stopper member and an inclined surface tilting downward toward the front side and a horizontal step part continuing to the inclined surface are formed on the front surface of the button. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a connector such as a card connector or an IC socket that electrically connects an electronic circuit element such as an IC card or an IC package to an electronic device such as a mobile phone or a camera and mechanically fixes it, In particular, the present invention relates to an electronic circuit element connector that can fix an electronic circuit element to a connector with one touch or release the electronic circuit element from the connector.

  In an electronic device such as a mobile phone or a camera, various functions are expanded by mounting an electronic circuit element such as an IC card or IC package with a built-in CPU or memory IC.

  In a connector such as a card connector or IC socket for detachably attaching an electronic circuit element such as an IC card and an IC package including an LGA package and a BGA package to an electronic device, the electronic circuit element and the electronic A plurality of contacts for electrically connecting the devices are arranged in the connector. The contact is connected at one end to various signal processing circuits and power supply circuits on the electronic device side to which the connection tool is attached, and at the other end, a plurality of contacts are formed on the front or back surface of the electronic circuit element to be attached to the connection tool. Contact with external contacts.

  As this type of connection tool, as shown in Patent Documents 1 and 2, there is known a connection tool for mounting an electronic circuit element obliquely from above.

  The connection tool disclosed in Patent Document 1 includes a base having a contact and a cover that is rotatable on the base and holds an IC card. The cover is fixed or released to the base with one touch through a lock mechanism using a heart cam.

  Patent Document 2 discloses a connector with a cover omitted, in which a card can be directly fixed to or released from a housing.

JP-A-11-224724 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-242972

  Since the connector disclosed in Patent Document 1 includes a cover and a mechanism for locking the cover, the structure is complicated, the number of parts is large, and the connector itself is downsized due to downsizing of electronic devices and IC cards. It is difficult to reduce the height and height.

  The connection tool disclosed in Patent Document 2 is excellent in downsizing and low-profile connection because the cover is omitted and the IC card is directly attached to the connection tool. However, the IC card itself must be operated with a fingertip, which is difficult.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic circuit element connector that is excellent in miniaturization and low profile and that can be easily attached and detached with one touch of a card-like electronic circuit element.

  In order to achieve the above object, an electronic circuit element connector for connecting an electronic circuit element according to the present invention to an electronic device includes a bottom wall, a front end wall formed at a front end of the bottom wall, and left and right sides of the bottom wall. A first side wall and a second side wall formed at both end portions, a button provided at the rear end portion of the bottom wall so as to be movable in the front-rear direction between the first side wall and the second side wall; And a button pressing spring for urging the button forward, a plurality of contacts are disposed on the bottom wall, and at least one card pressing member is provided on the front end wall. Further, an inclined surface inclined downward toward the front and a horizontal step portion following the inclined surface are formed.

  In the electronic circuit element connector according to the present invention, a first guide groove and a second guide groove are further formed on the first side wall and the second side wall, respectively. The portion further includes a first protrusion and a second protrusion, and the first protrusion is fitted into the first guide groove, and the second protrusion is fitted into the second guide groove. In addition, it is preferable to guide the movement of the button in the front-rear direction.

  Furthermore, in the electronic circuit element connector according to the present invention, the button pressing spring may be attached to the first side wall and the second side wall so as to restrict rearward movement of the button. The left and right sides of the bottom wall may be attached.

  Further, in the electronic circuit element connector according to the present invention, a pair of engaging members facing each other may be provided on each of the first side wall and the second side wall.

  An electronic circuit element connector according to the present invention directly places a card-like electronic circuit element such as an IC card in a card housing space formed by a bottom wall, a front end wall, a first side wall and a second side wall, and a button. Since it is configured so that it can be mounted from above, the number of parts is reduced by the amount of the omission of a cover, an upper wall, and the like, and the connector itself is excellent in size reduction and height reduction.

  In addition, the electronic circuit element can be easily attached to the connector simply by hooking one end of the electronic circuit element on the card pressing member and pressing the other end downward. Furthermore, the electronic circuit element can be easily removed from the connector by simply retracting the button, as the electronic circuit element is inclined by hooking one end of the electronic circuit element on the holding member. .

  Further, as described above, since the electronic circuit elements can be easily mounted and removed, an extra space for mounting and removing is not required, and the entire electronic device can be downsized.

  Hereinafter, the electronic circuit element connector according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5. FIG. 1 is a schematic top view of a card connector as a first embodiment according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view for explaining the assembly of the button and button pressing spring of the card connector of FIG. FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a card connector for explaining a state in which an IC card as an electronic circuit element is attached to the card connector of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3A is a view when the IC card is inserted into the card connector. (B) shows when the IC card is pushed in from the upper surface, and (c) shows when the IC card is attached to the card connector. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part for explaining a state of movement of a button when the IC card is mounted on the card connector of FIG. 1, and (a) is when the IC card is inserted into the card connector. (B) is just before the IC card is pushed from the top and the button is moved, (c) is when the IC card is completely pushed into the card connector by moving the button and (d) is the IC Indicates when the card is inserted into the card connector. FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view showing a state where a card connector having an IC card as an electronic circuit element is loaded in a mobile phone. FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view of an IC socket as a second embodiment according to the present invention. FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the IC socket shown in FIG.

  In the following description of the present specification, “left” and “right” respectively represent the left side and the right side in FIG. 1, and “front” or “terminal” represents the lower side in FIG. "Or" proximal end "represents the upper side in FIG.

(First embodiment)
The electronic circuit element connector in this embodiment is shown in FIG. The electronic circuit element connector in this embodiment is a card connector 10 to which an IC card 60 as an electronic circuit element is attached.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the card connector 10 in the present embodiment is installed in the device main body 81 of an electronic device 80 such as a mobile phone so that the IC card 60 can be replaced. Reference numeral 82 denotes a sliding lid.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the card connector 10 roughly includes a plurality of contacts 30, a button 40, and a button pressing spring 50.

  The card connector 10 includes a bottom wall 12, a first side wall 14 and a second side wall 15 extending upward from left and right ends of the bottom wall 12, and a front end wall 16 extending upward from the front end of the bottom wall 12. And a card accommodating space for accommodating the IC card 60 (see FIGS. 3A to 3C) with these walls 12, 14, 15, 16 and the button 40 provided at the rear end of the bottom wall 12. Forming.

  A plurality of long holes 13 penetrating the bottom wall 12 are formed in parallel on the bottom wall 12 corresponding to the external contacts of the IC card 60 to be mounted. In the present embodiment, the long holes 13 are formed in two rows in parallel on the distal end side and the proximal end side of the bottom wall 12. Each of the plurality of contacts 30 is disposed in each elongated hole 13. The contact 30 disposed in the base end side long hole 13 is fixed and supported to the card connector 10 via a fixing groove 22 (see FIG. 2) formed in the bottom wall 12.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a first guide member 17 having a slope portion 17 a that covers the bottom wall 12 and corresponds to the cutout portion 61 of the IC card 60 is provided in the card receiving space behind the first side wall 14. It is formed to project toward. The first guide member 17 is formed integrally with the first side wall 14 and the bottom wall 12. The inclined portion 17 a of the first guide member 17 is located on the terminal side of the first guide member 17, is inclined with respect to the first side wall 14, and is perpendicular to the bottom wall 12. Since the inclined portion 17a of the first guide member 17 and the cutout portion 61 of the IC card 60 are engaged, erroneous insertion of the IC card 60 is prevented. The upper surface on the base end side of the first guide member 17 guides the movement of the button 40 described later.

  A first guide groove 26 a (see FIG. 2) is formed at the rear base end portion of the first side wall 14 and opens toward the base end direction and the second side wall 15. A first protrusion 46a of a button 40, which will be described later, is fitted in the first guide groove 26a, and guides the movement of the button 40 in the front-rear direction. The bottom surface of the first guide groove 26 a is preferably formed flush with the top surface of the first guide member 17. A first attachment groove 19 a that supports a button pressing spring 50 described later is further formed at the rear base end portion of the first side wall 14. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the first mounting groove 19a has a portion 19a2 parallel to the guide groove 26a and a portion 19a1 orthogonal to the guide groove 26a, and is formed in a substantially L shape. ing. The shape of the mounting groove 19a is not limited to this. For example, as in the second embodiment shown in FIG. 6, only the portion 19a1 orthogonal to the first guide groove 26a may be used. .

  A second guide groove 26b and a second attachment groove 19b that are paired with the first guide groove 26a and the first attachment groove 19a of the first sidewall 14 are formed at the rear base end portion of the second sidewall 15. Has been. A second guide member 27 having a shape in which a part including the inclined portion 17a of the first guide member 17 is removed is formed behind the second side wall 15.

  The inclined portion 17 a for preventing erroneous insertion may be formed at the front end portion of the second side wall 15. Accordingly, the first guide member 17 and the second guide member 27 can be omitted, and in this case, the button 40 is guided by the bottom wall 12.

  On the upper surface of the front end wall 16, a pair of card pressing members 18, 18 as pressing members are provided in parallel to each other. Each card holding metal fitting 18 is bent into a substantially L shape at the end side, and is formed into a tip end portion 18a, a horizontal portion 18b, and a bent vertical portion 18c. The vertical portion 18 c of the card presser fitting 18 is press-fitted into the third mounting groove 11 a provided in the front end wall 16, whereby the card presser fitting 18 is fixed to the front end wall 16. The horizontal portion 18b on the base end side is fitted into the recess 11b provided on the upper surface of the front end wall 16 so that the upper surface of the horizontal portion 18b is flush with the upper surface of the front end wall 16. The proximal end portion 18a protrudes toward the accommodation space. It is preferable that the tip end portion 18a of the card presser bracket 18 is a free end and can be deformed in the vertical direction, and further inclined obliquely upward toward the rear.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of fixing holes 24 penetrating in the front-rear direction are formed in the lower portion of the front end wall 16 so as to correspond to the distal long holes 13 formed in the bottom wall 12. The fixing portion 24 is press-fitted with a fixing portion of the contact 30 disposed in the distal long hole 13, whereby the contact 30 is fixed and supported on the card connector 10.

  As described above, the plurality of contacts 30 are disposed in the long hole 13 formed in the bottom wall 12, and are fixed and supported to the card connector 10 via the fixing groove 22 and the fixing hole 24.

  Each of the contacts 30 is soldered to an external contact of the contact portion 31 that electrically contacts the external contact of the IC card 60, the elastic deformation portion 32, a fixing portion (not shown), and the electronic device 80 (see FIG. 5). The terminal part 34 to be connected is included. Each contact 30 has its fixing portion fixed to the fixing groove 22 and the fixing groove so that the contact portion 31 and the elastic deformation portion 32 of the contact 30 are disposed in the long hole 13 and the terminal portion 33 protrudes in the front-rear direction of the card connector 10. By being press-fitted into the hole 24, the card connector 10 is fixed and supported. The contact portion 31 of the contact 30 is disposed so as to protrude upward from the upper surface of the bottom wall 12 of the card connector 10.

  The button 40 is installed on the proximal end side of the card connector 10 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction between the first side wall 14 and the second side wall 15, so as to hold the IC card 60 to be attached to the card connector 10. Function.

  As shown in detail in FIG. 2, the button 40 has a rectangular shape that is elongated in the left-right direction, and roughly includes a top surface 41, a bottom surface 49, a front surface 43, a rear surface 47, and left and right side surfaces 46, 46. Contains.

  The front end 41 of the top surface 41 of the button 40 is formed as an inclined surface 42 that is inclined downward toward the front. In the present embodiment, the inclined surface 42 is not formed above the first guide member 17 to which the cutout portion 61 of the IC card 60 corresponds. The inclined surface 42 protrudes forward from the front surface 43 and is connected to the front surface 43 via a horizontal stepped portion 43a. The horizontal stepped portion 43a and the front surface 43 form a storage space in which the tip of the IC card 60 is stored. When the IC card 60 is mounted, the horizontal step portion 43a works to suppress the tip of the IC card 60 (see FIG. 3D). Therefore, it is preferable that the horizontal step portion 43a and the front surface 43 intersect at a right angle.

  An arcuate concave surface 44 is formed at a substantially central portion above the rear surface 47 of the button 40 so as to facilitate the incorporation of a contact convex portion 51 of a button pressing spring 50 described later. A substantially arc-shaped contact surface 45 with which the contact convex portion 51 of the button pressing spring 50 contacts is formed below the circle improving concave surface 44 of the rear surface 16. The contact surface 45 is formed wider than the arcuate concave surface 44. Therefore, in this embodiment, the radius of curvature of the contact surface 45 is larger than the radius of curvature of the arcuate concave surface 44. Further, the depth of the contact surface 45 is larger than the depth of the arcuate concave surface 44. The concave surface 44 and the contact surface 45 do not necessarily have an arc shape, and may have any shape as long as they are concave.

  The bottom surface 49 of the button 40 generally moves in contact with the top surface of the bottom wall 12. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the bottom surface 49 of the button 40 has a step slightly above the bottom surface 49 on both the left and right sides of the bottom surface 49, that is, in the vicinity of the left and right side walls 46, 46. A first guiding bottom surface 48a and a second guiding bottom surface 48b are formed. The first guide bottom surface 48a and the second guide bottom surface 48b are respectively projected from the first side wall 14 and the second side wall 15 of the card connector 10 toward the IC card accommodation section. 17 and the second guide member 27 move in contact with the upper surface.

  On the left and right side surfaces 46, 46 of the button 40, a first protrusion 46a and a second protrusion 46b are formed. The first protrusion 46a and the second protrusion 46b are, as described above, the first guide groove 26a and the second guide groove 26b formed in the first side wall 14 and the second side wall 15, respectively. It fits in and guides the movement of the button 40 in the front-rear direction.

  The button pressing spring 50 is a member that acts to urge the button 40 forward, that is, to the forward movement position. When the button pressing spring 50 is incorporated in the card connector 10, the button pressing spring 50 restricts the backward movement of the button 40, that is, the retracted position.

  In this embodiment, the button pressing spring 50 has a substantially M-shape as shown in FIG. The button pressing spring 50 is generally located at the center, the contact protrusion 51 protruding forward, and the first elastic deformation part 52a and the second elastic deformation part 52b positioned on the left and right of the corresponding contact protrusion 51. , And a first mounting portion 53a and a second mounting portion 53b located at both left and right ends.

  The first attachment portion 53a and the second attachment portion 53b are bent at substantially right angles, and the first attachment groove 19a and the second attachment groove 19a formed on the first sidewall and the second sidewall 15 of the card connector 10, respectively. Is fitted into the mounting groove 19b. The first mounting portion 53a and the second mounting portion 53b have a plurality of press-fitting protrusions 54, and are in press-fitting holes (not shown) formed in the first mounting groove 19a and the second mounting groove 19b. It is preferably press-fitted and fixed to the card connector 10.

  The attachment and removal of the IC card 60 to / from the card connector 10 having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS.

  As shown in FIG. 4A, when the IC card 60 is not attached to the card connector 10, the button 40 is advanced in the distal direction by the urging force of the button pressing spring 50. That is, the button 40 is in the forward movement position.

  As shown in FIG. 3A and FIG. 4A, one end of the IC card 60 (the end on the side where the notch 61 is not formed in this embodiment) is inclined to the base end side of the card connector 10. From above, it is hooked between the card presser fittings 18 and 18 arranged in parallel and the bottom wall 12 of the card connector 10.

  Next, the other end of the IC card 60 is lowered toward the button 40 using the tip of the IC card 60 as a fulcrum. As an operation at this time, it is only necessary to put a fingertip on the upper surface of the IC card 60 and push the IC card 60 downward. The other end of the IC card 60 is engaged with the inclined surface 42 of the button, as shown in FIG. When the other end of the IC card 60 is pushed downward further, the other end of the IC card 60 descends along the inclined surface 42 of the button 40, so that the button 40 resists the urging force of the button pressing spring 50. And move backwards.

  As shown in FIG. 4C, when the IC card 60 is pushed down until it reaches the bottom wall 12, the button 40 reaches the retracted position as shown in FIG. 3B. At this time, the button 40 is released from the engagement with the IC card 60 and returned to the original forward position by the urging force of the button pressing spring 50. Thereby, the other end of the IC card 60 is engaged with and held by the horizontal step portion 43 a of the button 40. As a result, the mounting of the IC card 60 to the card connector 10 is completed. At this time, the contact portion 31 of the contact 30 is elastically deformed downward via the elastic deformation portion 32. Thereby, the contact portion 31 of the contact 30 is in electrical contact with the external contact of the IC card 60 with a predetermined contact pressure.

  Conversely, when the IC card 60 is removed from the card connector 10, the button 40 is retracted to the retracted position against the urging force of the button pressing spring 50. Thereby, the other end of the IC card 60 is released from the engagement of the horizontal step portion 43 a of the button 40. At this time, due to the elastic force of the contact 30, the other end of the IC card 60 is pushed upward with one end of the IC card 60 as a fulcrum. As a result, the IC card 60 is inclined as shown in FIG. 3A, and can be easily detached from the card connector 10 by grasping the other end of the IC card 60.

(Second Embodiment)
The electronic circuit element connector in this embodiment is shown in FIG. The electronic circuit element connector in this embodiment is an IC socket 110 to which an IC package 160 as an electronic circuit element is mounted.

  The IC socket 110 in this embodiment has a structure substantially the same as that of the card connector 10 in the first embodiment described above.

  That is, the IC socket 110 includes a plurality of contacts 130 and 130 a, a button 140, and a button pressing spring 150. The IC socket 110 includes a bottom wall 112, first and second side walls 114 and 115 extending upward from left and right ends of the bottom wall 112, and a front end wall extending upward from the front end of the bottom wall 12. 116, and the wall 112, 114, 115, 116 and the button 140 provided at the rear end of the bottom wall 112 form a card accommodation space for accommodating the IC package 160.

  Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described focusing on the configuration different from the first embodiment.

  In this embodiment, a pressing protrusion 118 is integrally formed with the front end wall 116 as a pressing member.

  In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, a plurality of contacts 130 and 130 a are arranged on the bottom wall 112 in parallel in two rows, four rows in total. In order to enable such arrangement of the plurality of contacts 130, 130 a, two parallel rectangular openings 120 are opened in the bottom wall 112. In the present embodiment, a plurality of slits 113 are formed so as to extend in parallel in the front-rear direction along two opening sides facing the front-rear direction of the rectangular opening 120. The contacts 130 are respectively disposed in the slits 113. In this embodiment, the mounting grooves 119 and 119 for supporting and fixing both ends of a button pressing spring 150 (described later) are shown at the rear base end portion of the bottom wall 112 (only one side on the first side wall 114 side is shown in FIG. 6). Is formed so as to be orthogonal to the first guide groove 126a and the second guide groove 126b formed in the first side wall 114 and the second side wall 115, respectively.

  A pair of engaging members 127 and 127 each having a locking claw 128 are disposed in the front-rear direction intermediate portion of each of the left and right first side walls 114 and second side walls 115. The pair of engaging members 127 and 127 are formed to protrude from the bottom wall 112 so as to be elastically deformable. As shown in FIG. 6, the first side wall 114 and the second side wall 115 have a pair of recesses 129 so that the pair of engaging members 127 and 127 can be elastically deformed and opened to the left and right. Is formed. Thereby, a deformation space is formed behind each of the pair of engaging members 127 and 127. The locking claw 128 of each engagement member 127 protrudes from the respective engagement member 126 into the card accommodation space, and includes an inclined surface 128a and a step portion 128b as shown in FIG. The inclined surface 128a of the locking claw 128 can open the pair of engaging members 126 and 126 to the left and right in cooperation with the operation of pushing down the IC package 160 when the IC card 160 is mounted. Further, the step portion 128 b of the locking claw 128 holds the IC package 160 when the IC package 160 is completely attached, and prevents the deformation of the IC package 160 due to the elastic force of the contact 130. When removing the IC card, the pair of engaging members 127 and 127 may be opened to the left and right.

  In this embodiment, the upper ends of the pair of engaging members 127 and 127 are positioned above the upper surfaces of the side walls 114 and 115, but the present invention is not limited to this configuration. For example, the pair of engaging members 126 and 126 may be the same height as the side walls 114 and 115. In short, it is only necessary that the pair of engaging members 126 and 126 can be opened when the IC package 160 is removed. The pair of engaging members 126 and 126 are particularly effective when the IC package 160 is large, and may be omitted when the IC package 160 is small as in the first embodiment.

  As described above, the plurality of contacts 130 and 130a are disposed in the slits 113 provided in the bottom wall 112 in four rows. As shown in FIG. 7, the plurality of contacts 130 and 130a in this embodiment are slightly different in structure from the contacts 130 arranged in the frontmost row and the rearmost row and the contacts 130a arranged in the two inner rows. Is different.

  Each of the contacts 130 arranged in the foremost row and the rearmost row has substantially the same shape as the contact 30 in the first embodiment, and includes the contact portion 131, the elastic deformation portion 132, the fixing portion 133, and the terminal portion 134. Have. The contacts arranged in the foremost row and the rearmost row are respectively press-fitted into the fixing holes 124 and 122 following the slits 113 provided in the bottom wall 112 and fixed to the IC socket 110.

  Each of the contacts 130a arranged in the two inner rows is also the same as the contact 130 arranged in the foremost row and the last row in that it has a contact portion 131a, an elastic deformation portion 132a, a fixing portion 133a, and a terminal portion 134a. It is. However, the contacts 130a arranged in the two inner rows are folded back in a curved shape between the elastic deformation portion 132a and the fixing portion 133a so that the contact portion 131a is located above the fixing portion 133a or the terminal portion 134a. It is. The point which each contact part 131, 131a of the some contact 130, 130a each arrange | positioned at the some slit 113 protrudes upwards from the bottom wall 112 is the same as the 1st embodiment.

  The button 140 in this embodiment also basically has the same configuration as the first embodiment, extends between the first side wall 114 and the second side wall 115, and is configured to be movable in the front-rear direction. Yes. The button 140 is the same as that of the first embodiment in that the button 140 is urged forward by a button pressing spring 150.

  The button 140 in this embodiment is generally a rectangular parallelepiped in the left-right direction, and an operation member 141 a that can drive the button 140 in the front-rear direction is provided on the top surface 141. The button 140 is also provided with a horizontal step 143a from the top surface 141 to the front surface 143 in order to hold the inclined surface 142 and the IC package 160 that are inclined downward in the distal direction, as in the first embodiment. ing. A concave surface 145 with which the contact convex portions 151, 151 of the button pressing spring 150 abut is formed below the rear surface of the button 140.

  The button 140 further has a first protrusion 146a and a second protrusion 146b on both sides. The first protrusion 146a and the second protrusion 146b slide in the front-rear direction on the guide groove 126a formed on the first side wall 114 and the guide groove 126b formed on the second side wall 115, respectively. The button 140 is movably fitted to guide the movement of the button 140 in the front-rear direction.

  Next, in this embodiment, the button pressing spring 150 is substantially W-shaped, and the two abutting convex portions 151 and 151 abut against the concave surface 145 of the button 140 to urge the button 140 forward. is doing. Both end portions of the button pressing spring 150 are supported by a pair of mounting grooves 119 and 119 formed in the bottom wall 112. Both end portions of the button pressing spring 150 may be configured to protrude upward from the bottom wall 112 and restrict the button 140 from retreating.

  Since the mounting of the IC card 160 to the IC socket 110 having the above configuration can be executed in substantially the same manner as in the above embodiment, the description thereof is omitted here. When removing the IC package 160 from the IC socket 110, the pair of engaging members 127 are opened to the left and right, and at the same time, the button 140 is moved backward. As a result, the IC package 160 is disengaged from the locking claws 128 and 128 and the button 140, and is inclined as shown in FIGS. Therefore, the IC package 160 can be easily removed from the IC socket 110.

  As mentioned above, although two embodiments were described in this specification, the present invention is not limited to the configuration of these two embodiments, and the present invention includes a combination of the configurations of these two embodiments. Can include various changes.

1 is a schematic top view of a card connector as a first embodiment according to the present invention. It is a schematic perspective view for demonstrating the assembly of the button of the card connector of FIG. 1, and a button presser spring. It is a schematic perspective view of the card connector for demonstrating mounting | wearing with the IC card as an electronic circuit element in the card connector of FIG. 1, When (a) is inserted in a card connector, (b) (C) shows the time when the IC card is inserted into the card connector. It is a principal part expanded sectional view for demonstrating the mode of the movement of a button when mounting | wearing an IC card with the card connector of FIG. 1, When (a) is inserted in a card connector, (b) (C), when the IC card is moved completely into the card connector (d), when the IC card is completely pushed into the card connector. When it is installed. It is a schematic perspective view which shows the state in which the card connector equipped with the IC card as an electronic circuit element is loaded in the mobile phone. It is a schematic perspective view of the IC socket as a 2nd embodiment concerning the present invention. It is an AA schematic sectional drawing of the IC socket shown by FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Card connector 12 Bottom wall 14 1st side wall 15 2nd side wall 16 Front end wall 17 1st guide member 18 Card pressing metal fitting (pressing member)
27 Second guide member 30, 130 Contact 40, 140 Button 41, 141 Top surface 42, 142 Inclined surface 43, 143 Front surface 45, 154 Concave surface 50, 150 Button pressing spring 51, 151 Abutting convex portion 60, 160 IC card 110 IC socket 118 Card pressing protrusion (pressing member)
127 engaging member

Claims (5)

An electronic circuit element connector for connecting an electronic circuit element to an electronic device,
A bottom wall, a front end wall formed at a front end portion of the bottom wall, a first side wall and a second side wall formed at left and right side end portions of the bottom wall, and a first end portion at a rear end portion of the bottom wall. A button provided movably in the front-rear direction between the side wall and the second side wall, and a button press spring for biasing the button forward,
A plurality of contacts are disposed on the bottom wall,
The front end wall is provided with at least one pressing member,
The electronic circuit element connector according to claim 1, wherein an inclined surface inclined downward toward the front and a horizontal step portion following the inclined surface are formed on the front surface of the button. A first guide groove and a second guide groove are further formed on the first side wall and the second side wall, respectively.
The left and right sides of the button are further formed with a first protrusion and a second protrusion,
The first protrusion is fitted into the first guide groove, and the second protrusion is fitted into the second guide groove to guide movement of the button in the front-rear direction. The electronic circuit element connector according to 1.   3. The electronic circuit element according to claim 1, wherein the button pressing spring is attached to the first side wall and the second side wall so as to restrict rearward movement of the button. 4. Connection tool.   3. The electronic circuit element connector according to claim 1, wherein the button pressing spring is attached to both right and left side portions of the bottom wall so as to restrict rearward movement of the button. 4. 5. The electronic circuit according to claim 1, wherein the first side wall and the second side wall are provided with a pair of opposing engaging members at respective intermediate portions. Element connector.

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