JP2010055798A - Printing board and connector connecting structure - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printing board and connector connecting structure which is easy to assemble, is smaller and lighter, and which establishes high-reliabilty connecting condition. <P>SOLUTION: The connecting structure comprises a printing board 11, having a recessed portions formed on both sides of a terminal array part 19; an adapter 13 mounted on the printing board 11 to encircle the terminal array part 19; and a connector 15; whose housing 45 is fitted at its front end to the adapter 13. Adapter positioning cutouts 25 are formed outside the two recessed portions of the printing board 11, and protruded portions 43 are formed on a board fixing part 29 of the adapter 13 so as to be fitted to the cutouts 25. The adapter 13 is fixed to a predetermined position on the printing board 11, with the protruded portions 43 fitted to the cutouts 25. In the adapter 13, a terminal array part holding rib 35 is formed for holding the terminal array part 19 of the printing board at both sides. In the housing 45 of the connector, a cut 55 is formed in which the terminal array part holding rib 35 is placed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a connection structure between a circuit conductor of a printed circuit board and a connector attached to an end of an electric wire or the like.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a connection structure between a printed circuit board and a connector. In this connection structure, the printed circuit board is provided with a terminal arrangement part in which terminal parts of a plurality of circuit conductors are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the sides on a part of the periphery, and terminals of the circuit conductors are provided on both sides of the terminal arrangement part. This is a structure in which two recessed portions are formed in the same direction as the portion. On the other hand, the connector has a structure in which a plurality of contacts are incorporated in a housing having an insertion port for the terminal arrangement portion. When the connector is attached to the terminal array portion of the printed circuit board, the terminal portion of the printed circuit board contacts with the contacts in the connector, and the printed circuit board and the connector are electrically connected. In this connection structure, the connector corresponds to a so-called card edge connector, and the terminal array portion of the printed circuit board corresponds to the card edge portion.

  In Patent Document 2, a standby connector is mounted on a part of the periphery of a printed circuit board, and a mating connector attached to an end of an electric wire or the like is connected to the standby connector so that the printed circuit board and the mating connector are connected. A structure for electrically connecting the two is disclosed.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-60082 JP 2006-164757 A

  However, since the connection structure disclosed in Patent Document 1 does not have a means for accurately positioning and fixing the printed circuit board and the connector, the connector may be displaced laterally with respect to the printed circuit board or may be swung vertically. Therefore, it is difficult to obtain a highly reliable connection state because the terminal portion on the printed circuit board side and the contact on the connector side are likely to be displaced or separated from each other. Also, the connector is easily pulled out.

  In addition, the connection structure disclosed in Patent Document 2 can obtain a highly reliable connection state, but requires a standby connector in which a large number of connection terminals are incorporated in the housing, which only increases costs. In addition, soldering work is required to mount the standby connector on the printed circuit board, and assembly is troublesome. Further, in order to reduce the size and weight, there are problems that the board-occupying area of the standby connector is large, and that the standby connector has a large number of connection terminals, so that it is difficult to reduce the weight.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a connection structure between a printed circuit board and a connector, which can obtain a highly reliable connection state and is easy to assemble and can be reduced in size and weight.

The connection structure between the printed circuit board and the connector according to the present invention is as follows.
A terminal array portion in which terminal portions of a plurality of circuit conductors are arrayed in a direction perpendicular to the side is formed in a part of the periphery, and two recessed portions are formed on both sides of the terminal array portion in parallel with the terminal portion. A printed circuit board,
An adapter attached to the printed circuit board so as to surround the terminal arrangement portion between the two recessed portions and to open outward,
The adapter includes a housing having a front end fitted therein, and a connector in which a plurality of contacts that contact each terminal portion of the printed circuit board are incorporated. Item 1).

And the connection structure between the printed circuit board and the connector according to the present invention is as follows.
A notch or hole for adapter positioning is formed outside at least one of the two recessed portions of the printed circuit board, and a convex portion that fits into the notch or hole is formed in the board fixing portion of the adapter. The adapter is positioned and fixed at a predetermined position of the printed circuit board by fitting the convex part into the notch or hole of the printed circuit board,
In the adapter, a terminal arrangement portion holding rib for holding the terminal arrangement portion of the printed board from both sides is formed in the same direction as the terminal portion of the printed board, and the terminal arrangement portion holding rib is provided in the housing of the connector. A slit is formed,
(Claim 2).

The connection structure between the printed circuit board and the connector according to the present invention is as follows.
A notch or hole for adapter positioning is formed outside at least one of the two recessed portions of the printed circuit board, and a convex portion that fits into the notch or hole is formed in the board fixing portion of the adapter. The adapter is positioned and fixed at a predetermined position of the printed circuit board by fitting the convex part into the notch or hole of the printed circuit board,
In the adapter, the edge in the height direction is in contact with one surface of the terminal array portion of the printed circuit board, and the edge in the height direction is spaced from the other surface of the terminal array portion. The guide ribs facing each other are formed in the same direction as the terminal portion of the printed circuit board,
The connector housing is formed with notches into which the terminal arrangement portion clamping ribs are inserted, and guide grooves into which the guide ribs are inserted, and the groove bottom portion of the guide grooves includes the edge of the guide rib and the other of the terminal arrangement portions. The terminal array part supporting intervening part that supports the other surface of the terminal array part by entering between
(Claim 3).

  In the connection structure of the present invention, the adapter and the connector housing are engaged with each other when the terminal portion of the printed circuit board and the contact of the connector are brought into contact with each other when the front end side of the housing is fitted to the adapter. It is preferable to have a pull-out preventing portion that prevents the connector from being pulled out from the adapter.

  In the connection structure of the present invention, the two notches or holes for positioning the adapter formed outside the two recessed portions of the printed board are formed asymmetrically with respect to the central axis of the terminal array portion of the printed board. (Claim 5).

  According to the invention of claim 1, since the adapter for positioning the connector is fixed to the terminal array portion of the printed circuit board and the connector of this adapter is fitted, the connector is connected to the terminal array portion of the printed circuit board. Therefore, it can be accurately fitted.

  Further, in the case of the invention of claim 2, since the terminal arrangement part of the printed circuit board is sandwiched from both sides by the terminal arrangement part holding rib formed in the adapter, the warp and distortion of the terminal arrangement part are prevented. It is possible to hold the terminal array portion in a flat state at a predetermined position in the adapter. Furthermore, when the connector is fitted to the adapter, the terminal arrangement holding pin formed in the adapter is inserted into the notch formed in the connector housing, so that the connector is guided by the adapter to ensure the terminal arrangement of the printed circuit board. The contact of the connector can be brought into contact with the terminal portion of the printed circuit board. In addition, since the terminal arrangement part is prevented from warping and distortion by the terminal arrangement part clamping rib, the contact state between the terminal part of the printed circuit board and the contact of the connector can be kept stable, and the electrical connection is highly reliable. The state can be obtained.

  Further, in the case of the invention of claim 3, the terminal arrangement portion holding rib formed in the adapter abuts on one surface of the terminal arrangement portion of the printed circuit board, and the guide rib formed in the adapter and the connector housing Since the formed terminal arrangement part supporting interposition part supports the other surface of the terminal arrangement part, it is possible to prevent warping and distortion of the terminal arrangement part, and to place the terminal arrangement part at a predetermined position in the adapter. In a flat state. Further, when the connector is fitted to the adapter, the connector arrangement guide is securely guided by the adapter because the notch and the guide groove formed in the adapter housing are inserted into the notch and the guide groove formed in the adapter, respectively. The terminal arrangement part of the printed circuit board is inserted into the terminal part, and the contact of the connector can be brought into contact with the terminal part of the printed circuit board. Also, since the terminal array part is sandwiched between the terminal array part sandwiching rib and the terminal array part supporting intervening part to prevent warping and distortion, the contact state between the terminal part of the printed circuit board and the contact of the connector is kept stable. And a highly reliable electrical connection state can be obtained.

  Furthermore, according to any one of claims 1 to 3, since the adapter fixed to the printed circuit board does not need to incorporate a contact terminal, it can be made smaller and lighter than a conventional standby connector. In addition, it can be easily fixed to the printed circuit board by screwing or the like.

  According to the invention of claim 4, when an external force is applied to the connector connected to the terminal arrangement portion, the connector can be prevented from being pulled out.

  Further, according to the invention of claim 5, since the adapter cannot be attached to the printed circuit board unless it is oriented correctly, it is possible to prevent the adapter from being assembled incorrectly.

Embodiment 1 FIGS. 1 to 4 show an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 11 is a printed circuit board, 13 is an adapter fixed at a predetermined position of the printed circuit board 11, and 15 is a connector guided by the adapter 13 and connected to the printed circuit board 11.

  The printed circuit board 11 has a terminal array portion 19 in which terminal portions 17 of a plurality of circuit conductors are arrayed in a direction perpendicular to the sides in a part of the periphery. Two recessed portions 21 are formed in parallel with the portion 17. Further, one screw insertion hole 23 and one notch 25 are formed on the outside of the two recessed portions 21 of the printed board 11, respectively. The screw insertion hole 23 is formed at a symmetric position with respect to the central axis of the terminal arrangement portion 19, but the notch 25 is formed at an asymmetric position with respect to the central axis of the terminal arrangement portion 19. The terminal array portion 19 of the printed circuit board 11 has substantially the same structure as a card edge portion inserted into a normal card edge connector.

  The adapter 13 is made of a plastic molded body, and includes a frame body 27 formed so as to surround the upper, lower, left, and right sides of the terminal array portion 19 of the printed circuit board 11, and a board fixing portion 29 protruding from both side walls of the frame body 27. have. A back wall 31 is provided on the back surface of the frame body 27, and a slot 33 into which the terminal array portion 19 is inserted is formed on the back wall 31 (see FIGS. 3A and 3D). . In addition, inside the frame body 27, terminal array portion holding ribs 35 that sandwich the terminal array portion 19 from both sides are formed in the same direction as the terminal portions 17 of the printed circuit board 11. The terminal arrangement portion holding rib 35 is provided so as to hold the terminal arrangement portion 19 at a plurality of locations in the width direction (two locations in the figure). Further, a reverse concave ridge 37 is formed in the middle portion in the width direction of the upper surface wall of the frame body 27, and a connector disconnection prevention ridge 39 is formed downward on the front end edge of the reverse concave ridge 37 ( (See FIGS. 3A and 3D). On the other hand, on the board fixing portion 29 of the adapter 13, a screw hole 41 is formed at a position corresponding to the screw insertion hole 23 of the printed board 11, and a positioning projection 43 is formed at a position corresponding to the notch 25.

  It is desirable that the opening height of the slot 33 is larger than the thickness of the printed circuit board 11. By increasing the opening height of the slot 33, the terminal array portion 19 of the printed circuit board 11 can be easily inserted into the slot 33, and assembly can be performed more easily.

  The connector 15 has a housing 45 whose front end is fitted to the adapter 13, and a plurality of contacts 47 that are in contact with the terminal portions 17 of the printed circuit board 11 are incorporated in the housing 45. The housing 45 is provided with locking portions for preventing the contacts 47 from coming off, and the housing 45 is further assembled with secondary locking members 49 of the contacts 47 (see FIG. 2). An electric wire is crimped to the rear end of each contact 47, but the illustration is omitted. Further, an elastic tongue piece 51 is formed at the intermediate portion in the width direction of the upper surface of the housing 45 so as to be folded back from the front end side to the rear end side. 53 is formed. Further, the housing 45 is formed with a notch 55 into which the terminal arrangement portion holding rib 35 of the adapter 13 is inserted when the distal end side of the connector 15 is fitted to the adapter 13. The connector 15 has substantially the same structure as a normal card edge connector except that an elastic tongue piece 51 and a cut 55 are formed.

  The above is the structure of the printed circuit board 11, the adapter 13, and the connector 15. The adapter 13 inserts both side walls of the frame body 27 into the recessed portions 21 of the printed circuit board 11 (thereby inserting the terminal array portions 19 of the printed circuit board 11 into the slots 33 of the back wall 31). In addition, the positioning projection 43 is fitted into the notch 25. As a result, the adapter 13 is positioned at a predetermined position on the printed circuit board 11 and the terminal array holding pin 35 is in a state of sandwiching the terminal array section 19. In this state, the substrate fixing section 29 is screwed with the screw 57. Secure to. As a result, the adapter 13 is fixed to the correct position of the printed circuit board 11 with the opening facing outward, and the terminal array portion 19 is held flat by the terminal array portion sandwiching rib 35. Thereafter, when the connector 15 is inserted into the adapter 13, both side walls of the housing 45 enter the recessed portions 21 of the printed circuit board 11, and the terminal arrangement portion holding ribs 35 enter into the notches 55 of the housing 45, thereby connecting the contacts in the connector 15. The terminal portion 17 of the printed circuit board 11 can be reliably brought into contact.

  Further, since the terminal arrangement portion 19 is prevented from warping or distortion by the terminal arrangement portion holding rib 35, the contact state between the terminal portion 17 of the printed circuit board 11 and the contact of the connector 15 can be kept stable, and the reliability is improved. High electrical connection state can be obtained. Further, when the connector 15 is inserted to the end, the locking protrusion 53 on the elastic tongue 51 is caught by the retaining protrusion edge 39 of the adapter 13, so that it is possible to prevent the connector 15 from being pulled out due to an external force. Moreover, since the notch 25 of the printed circuit board 11 is formed asymmetrically with respect to the central axis of the terminal array portion 19, it is possible to prevent the adapter 13 from being assembled incorrectly.

<Embodiment 2> FIG.5 and FIG.6 shows other Embodiment of this invention. In this embodiment, an adapter positioning hole 59 (instead of the notch 25 of the first embodiment) and a screw insertion hole 23 are formed on the outside of the recessed portion 21 of the printed circuit board 11 (FIG. 6). (See (C)). The holes 59 and the screw insertion holes 23 are formed at positions that are asymmetric with respect to the central axis of the terminal arrangement portion 19. The reason is the same as in the first embodiment. Correspondingly, a positioning projection 43 that fits into the hole 59 and a screw hole 41 are formed in the board fixing portion 29 of the adapter 13. The adapter 13 is positioned at a predetermined position of the printed circuit board 11 by fitting the positioning protrusion 43 into the hole 59 of the printed circuit board 11, and is fixed to the printed circuit board 11 with the screw 57. Since the other configuration is the same as that of the first embodiment, the same parts are denoted by the same reference numerals and the description thereof is omitted. Even with such a configuration, an effect equivalent to that of the first embodiment can be obtained.

<Third Embodiment> FIGS. 7 and 8 show still another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the terminal arrangement portion holding rib 35 whose lower end edge abuts on the upper surface of the terminal arrangement section 19 is formed on the upper side in the adapter 13, and the upper end edge is spaced from the lower surface of the terminal arrangement section 19 on the lower side. A guide rib 61 that is open and opposed is formed. The terminal arrangement portion clamping rib 35 and the guide rib 61 are formed at the same position in the width direction of the terminal arrangement portion 19 in the same direction as the terminal portion 17.

  On the other hand, the housing 45 of the connector 15 is formed with a notch 55 into which the terminal arrangement portion holding rib 35 is inserted, and a guide groove 63 into which the guide rib 61 is inserted, and the groove bottom of the guide groove 63 is formed between the guide rib 61 and the terminal. A terminal array supporting intervening portion 65 that is interposed between the bottom surface of the array portion 19 and supports the bottom surface of the terminal array portion 19 is configured.

  Because of such a configuration, when the connector 15 is fitted to the adapter 13, the terminal array portion 19 is sandwiched between the terminal array portion sandwiching rib 35 and the terminal array portion supporting interposition portion 65 (see FIG. 8). As in the first embodiment, flatness can be maintained.

  The configuration of the portion for positioning and fixing the board fixing portion 29 of the adapter 13 on the printed board 11 is the same as that of the second embodiment.

  Since the configuration other than the above is the same as that of the first embodiment, the same portions are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. Even with such a configuration, an effect equivalent to that of the first embodiment can be obtained.

The perspective view which shows one Embodiment of this invention and shows the state before fitting a connector to an adapter. The disassembled perspective view of embodiment of FIG. In the embodiment of FIG. 1, (A) is a front view, (B) is a bottom view, (C) and (D) are CC lines of (A), respectively, showing a state where the adapter is attached to the printed circuit board. Sectional drawing in the DD line. Sectional drawing in the position equivalent to the EE line | wire of FIG. 3 (A) which shows the state after fitting a connector with the adapter in embodiment of FIG. The other embodiment of this invention is shown and shows the state which attached the adapter to the printed circuit board, (A) is a front view, (B) is a bottom view. 5A is a front view of an adapter, FIG. 5B is a bottom view of the adapter, and FIG. 5C is a bottom view of a printed board used in the embodiment of FIG. 5. FIG. 5 shows still another embodiment of the present invention, in which (A) is a perspective view showing a state before the connector is fitted to the adapter, and (B) is a perspective view of the connector as viewed from the front end face side. Sectional drawing in the position corresponded to CC line of FIG. 3 (A) which shows the state after fitting a connector with the adapter in embodiment of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

11: Printed circuit board 13: Adapter 15: Connector 17: Terminal part 19: Terminal arrangement part 21: Recessed part 23: Screw insertion hole 25: Notch 27: Frame 29: Board fixing part 31: Back wall 33: Slot 35: Terminal arrangement part clamping rib 39: Connector removal prevention protrusion 41: Screw hole 43: Positioning protrusion 45: Housing 47: Contact 51: Elastic tongue 53: Locking protrusion 55: Notch 57: Screw 59: Hole 61: Guide rib 63: Guide groove 65: Interposer for supporting terminal array

Claims (5)

A terminal portion (17) of a plurality of circuit conductors is arranged in a part of the periphery in a direction perpendicular to the side, and two terminals parallel to the terminal portion are provided on both sides of the terminal array portion. A printed circuit board (11) having a recess (21) formed thereon;
An adapter (13) attached to the printed circuit board (11) so as to surround the terminal array portion (19) between the two recessed portions (21) and to open outward;
A connector (15) having a housing (45) whose front end is fitted to the adapter (13), and in which a plurality of contacts (47) contacting each terminal portion (17) of the printed circuit board are incorporated. And
A connection structure between a printed circuit board and a connector. A notch (25) or a hole (59) for positioning the adapter is formed on at least one outer side of the two recessed portions (21) of the printed circuit board (11), and the board fixing portion (29) of the adapter (13) is formed. ) Is formed with a protrusion (43) that fits into the notch or hole, and the adapter (13) can be connected to the notch (25) or hole ( 59) and is fixed at a predetermined position of the printed circuit board (11) by being fitted to it,
In the adapter (13), a terminal arrangement portion holding rib (35) for holding the terminal arrangement portion (19) of the printed board from both sides is formed in the same direction as the terminal portion (17) of the printed board, In the housing (45) of the connector (15), a notch (55) into which the terminal arrangement portion clamping rib (35) is inserted is formed.
The connection structure between a printed circuit board and a connector according to claim 1. A notch (25) or a hole (59) for positioning the adapter is formed on at least one outer side of the two recessed portions (21) of the printed circuit board (11), and the board fixing portion (29) of the adapter (13) is formed. ) Is formed with a protrusion (43) that fits into the notch or hole, and the adapter (13) can be connected to the notch (25) or hole ( 59) and is fixed at a predetermined position of the printed circuit board (11) by being fitted to it,
Inside the adapter (13), there is a terminal arrangement portion holding rib (35) whose edge in the height direction abuts against one surface of the terminal arrangement section (19) of the printed circuit board, and an edge in the height direction. A guide rib (61) facing the other surface of the terminal array part (19) with a gap is formed in the same direction as the terminal part (17) of the printed circuit board,
The housing (45) of the connector (11) is formed with a notch (55) for receiving the terminal arrangement portion holding rib (35) and a guide groove (63) for receiving the guide rib (61). The groove bottom part of the groove (63) is located between the edge of the guide rib (61) and the other surface of the terminal array part (19), and supports the other surface of the terminal array part (19). Constituting the part support interposition part (65),
The connection structure between a printed circuit board and a connector according to claim 1.   The adapter (13) and the connector housing (45) are connected to the terminal (17) of the printed circuit board (11) and the connector (15) by fitting the tip of the housing (45) to the adapter (13) ( 47), the connector is provided with pull-out preventing portions (39) and (53) that engage with each other to prevent the connector (15) from being pulled out from the adapter (13). The connection structure of the printed circuit board and connector in any one of Claims 1-3.   The two notches (25) or holes (59) for positioning the adapter formed on the outside of the two recessed portions (21) of the printed circuit board (11) are the central axis of the terminal array portion (19) of the printed circuit board. The connection structure between the printed circuit board and the connector according to claim 1, wherein the connection structure is formed asymmetrically with respect to the connector.

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