JP2010251222A - Card connector - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To insert a tray easily into a connector body at a regular position. <P>SOLUTION: The card connector is provided with a tray to house a card and a connector body which is mounted to a substrate and into which the tray is inserted. A guide rail and a guide groove which are insertion-engaged with each other and extend along the insertion direction of the tray to the connector body are provided on the mutually-opposed faces of the tray and the connector body located in parallel with the surface of the card when housed in the tray. A position correction means which corrects the position of the tray to the connector body with an insertion end and an insertion end receiving part in contact with each other so that the guide rail and the guide groove may be engaged with each other when the tray is inserted into the connector body is provided at the insertion end of the tray into the connector body and the insertion end receiving part located in the connector body. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a card connector, and more particularly to a card connector that is mounted on a substrate and into which a tray containing a card is inserted.

  In recent years, an electronic device such as a mobile phone is mounted with a card connector so that a small card such as a memory card can be mounted. As shown in Patent Document 1, this card connector includes a connector main body mounted on a substrate in an electronic device, and a tray inserted into the connector main body. And a card | curd can be mounted | worn with an electronic device by accommodating a card | curd in a tray and inserting in a connector main body.

  Here, the configuration of the card connector will be described with reference to FIGS. First, FIG. 1 shows a connector body 101 constituting a card connector. As shown in this figure, the connector main body 101 has a box-like shape having terminals 113 of the soldering portion 114 arranged on one end side and an opening 113 having an opening on the other end side opposite thereto. Then, a tray 102 (see FIG. 3) in which cards are stored is inserted into the connector main body 101 from the opening 113 toward the soldering portion 114. Hereinafter, the configuration of the connector main body 101 and the tray 102 constituting the card connector will be described in more detail.

  FIG. 2 is a view showing a state where the connector shell 112 covering the upper surface of the connector main body 101 is removed, and shows the insulator 111 constituting the inner bottom surface. The insulator 111 is provided with a connector side terminal 115 in contact with a card side terminal (not shown) of a card stored in the tray 102 at the center. As shown in FIG. 2, the connector side terminal 115 is provided so as to project obliquely from the bottom surface of the connector main body 101 so as to protrude to the inner side of the connector main body 101, that is, the upper side where the tray 102 to be accommodated is located.

  Further, as shown in the plan view of FIG. 3A and the cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 3B, the tray 102 has a substantially rectangular flat plate shape, and a recess 121 (indentation) in which a card is accommodated. ) Is formed. The tray 102 insertion end side is bifurcated to form two branch portions 122 and 123, and the central portion is cut off. When the card is accommodated in the recess 121, the card-side terminal provided on the back surface of the card is positioned in the cut portion. Therefore, by inserting the tray 102 containing the card from the opening 113 of the connector main body 101, the card side terminal (not shown) of the card is exposed from the cut portion of the tray 102. It contacts the side terminal 115.

  In addition, since the tray 102 inserted into the connector main body 101 is held so as not to easily come out in the connector main body 101, as shown in FIG. It is sandwiched between beams 112a and 112b. When the tray 102 receives a load received from the spring-like pressing beams 112a and 112b, the back side of the tray does not deform so that the tray 102 itself, particularly the insertion end side where the tray 102 is bifurcated, is not deformed. Projection-shaped guide rails 124a and 124b as shown in the cross-sectional view of FIG. 3B are formed on the back surface side of the concave portion in which the card is accommodated. Corresponding to the guide rails 124a and 124b, guide grooves 116a and 116b into which the guide rails 124a and 124b of the tray 102 are fitted are formed on the connector body 101 side.

  In the card connector described above, the card is usually stored in the tray 102, and the card and the tray 102 are integrated and inserted into the connector main body 101. However, since it is an end user that puts the card into the tray 102, when assembling and shipping an apparatus such as an electronic device, it is necessary to insert only the tray 102 into the connector main body 101 without the card. .

JP 2006-351426 A

  On the other hand, in recent years, along with miniaturization of information processing apparatuses, the miniaturization of card connectors themselves, in particular, the reduction in height has been promoted. Then, the opening part of the connector main body 101 becomes small, and insertion of the tray 102 becomes difficult. As a result, as shown in FIG. 4, when the tray 102 is inserted into the connector main body 101 at an angle with respect to the insertion direction, the guide rails 124a and 124b of the tray 102 and the guide grooves 116A and 116B of the connector main body 101 indicated by dotted lines. Are not fitted to each other. In the example of FIG. 4, for example, the lower guide rail 124b is in the guide groove 116b, but the upper guide rail 124a is not in the guide groove 116a and is shifted.

  When the tray 102 is further inserted in this state, since the holding beams 112a and 112b shown in FIG. 1 hold the tray 102, the plan view of FIG. As shown in the cross-sectional view along line CC of B). That is, although the lower guide rail 124b is fitted in the guide groove 116b, the upper guide rail 124a is pressed to the center side by the pressing beam 112a, so that it is difficult to return while being displaced from the guide groove 116b.

  In the state described above, the side wall of the tray 102 floats with respect to the insulator 111 by the protruding height of the guide rail 124 a and may come into contact with the connector shell 112. Then, since the tray 102 is sandwiched between the insulator 111 and the connector shell 112 (see FIG. 1), the guide rail 124a becomes difficult to return to the normal position. When the tray 102 is further pushed into the connector main body 101 to the end, the tray 102 is inserted with deformation as shown in FIG. 6, and the tray 102 is distorted. As a result, the recess 121 for accommodating the card also has a shape different from the outer shape of the card, which causes a problem that the end user cannot insert the card.

  Here, if you notice that the guide rail has shifted with respect to the guide groove, the tray 102 will be pulled out and inserted again, but there is no guarantee that the guide rail will fit by re-insertion. If you don't try inserting a card, you won't know if the tray is in the correct position.

  As described above, there is a problem in that it is difficult to insert the tray into a proper position in the card connector in which the tray for storing the card is inserted into the connector main body.

  For this reason, an object of the present invention is to solve the difficulty of inserting the tray into a proper position with respect to the connector main body, which is the above-described problem.

In order to achieve such an object, a card connector according to one embodiment of the present invention is provided.
A tray for housing the card; and a connector main body mounted on the substrate and into which the tray is inserted.
Then, the tray and the connector main body, which are positioned in parallel with the surface of the card when received in the tray, are fitted to each other on the mutually opposing surfaces, along the insertion direction of the tray with respect to the connector main body. The guide rail and the guide groove are provided.
Furthermore, when the tray is inserted into the connector main body, the guide rail and the guide groove are mutually connected to the insertion end of the tray with respect to the connector main body and the insertion end receiving portion located inside the connector main body. The insertion end and the insertion end receiving portion are in contact with each other so as to be fitted to each other, and position correction means for correcting the position of the tray with respect to the connector body is provided.

  According to the present invention configured as described above, the tray can be easily inserted at a regular position with respect to the connector main body, and the operability for the user can be improved.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the connector main body which comprises the card connector relevant to this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the connector main body disclosed in FIG. 1, and is a figure which shows a structure when it removes and the connector shell which covers an upper surface in FIG. It is a figure which shows the structure of the tray which comprises the card connector relevant to this invention. It is a figure which shows a mode when the tray disclosed in FIG. 3 is inserted in the connector main body disclosed in FIG. It is a figure which shows a mode when the tray disclosed in FIG. 3 is inserted in the connector main body disclosed in FIG. It is a figure which shows a mode when the tray disclosed in FIG. 3 is inserted in the connector main body disclosed in FIG. It is a figure which shows the structure of the connector main body which comprises the card connector in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the connector main body disclosed in FIG. 7, and is a figure which shows a structure when it removes and the connector shell which covers an upper surface in FIG. It is a figure which shows the structure of the tray which comprises the card connector in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows a mode when a card | curd is accommodated in the tray disclosed in FIG. It is a figure which shows the structure of the tray disclosed in FIG. 9, and shows a top view, sectional drawing, and a lower surface. It is a figure which shows a mode when the tray disclosed in FIG. 9 is inserted in the connector main body disclosed in FIG. It is a figure which shows a mode when the tray disclosed in FIG. 9 is inserted in the connector main body disclosed in FIG. It is a figure which shows a mode when the tray disclosed in FIG. 9 is inserted in the connector main body disclosed in FIG. It is a figure which shows a mode when the tray disclosed in FIG. 9 is inserted in the connector main body disclosed in FIG. It is a figure which shows the structure of the connector main body in Embodiment 2 of this invention.

<Embodiment 1>
A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 8 are diagrams showing the configuration of the connector body, and FIGS. 9 to 11 are diagrams showing the configuration of the tray. 12 to 15 are views showing an operation when the tray is inserted into the connector main body.

[Constitution]
The card connector in the present embodiment is mounted on an electronic device such as a mobile phone, and is a card connector that allows a small card such as a memory card to be attached. The card connector includes a connector main body 1 mounted on a board in the electronic device, and a tray 2 inserted into the connector main body 1. Hereinafter, the configuration of the connector body 1 and the tray 2 will be described in detail.

  First, the configuration of the connector main body 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, the connector body 1 has a plate shape having a predetermined thickness, and is formed in a box shape having a hollow inside. Specifically, the connector main body 1 includes an insulator 11 that forms a bottom surface portion, and a connector shell 12 that covers the top surface. By crimping and fixing the connector shell 12 formed of a sheet metal to the insulator 11, It becomes the shape of the connector main body 1 shown in FIG. In addition, presser beams 12 a and 12 b that sandwich the tray 2 are formed on both side surfaces of the connector shell 12.

  An opening 13 is formed on one end side of the connector body 1, and a soldering section 14 on which terminals connected to a substrate (not shown) are arranged on the other end side. It has. A cavity covered with the insulator 11, the connector shell 12, and the side wall is formed from the opening 13 to the soldering portion 14, and has a cylindrical shape. The tray 2 is inserted into the cavity of the connector body 1 from the opening 13 described above. And the said soldering part 14 of the other end side is hold | maintained and fixed to the insulator 11 by insert molding, or is hold | maintained and fixed by press injection.

  Here, the internal configuration of the connector body 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 shows a top view of the connector body 1 shown in FIG. 7 with the connector shell 12 forming the top surface removed, that is, the bottom surface of the connector body 1 constituted by the insulator 11. As shown in this figure, the insulator 11 has a connector side terminal 15 in contact with a card PAD portion 31 (card side terminal) (see FIG. 10) of the card 3 stored in the tray 2 as will be described later. Is provided. The connector-side terminal 15 protrudes from the bottom surface of the connector main body 1 to the inner side of the connector main body 1, that is, the upper side where the accommodated tray 2 is located, and extends obliquely upward.

  Also, on the surface of the insulator 11, two guide grooves 16a and 16b having a predetermined groove depth and groove width that fit into guide rails 24a and 24b formed to protrude from the lower surface of the tray 2 as will be described later. Is formed. The surface of the insulator 11 is a surface facing the back surface of the tray 2 inserted into the connector main body 1 and is a surface located in parallel with the surface of the card accommodated in the tray 2. These guide grooves 16a and 16b are each formed in a straight line shape near the side wall from the opening 13 to the other end side.

  Further, on the other end side of the insulator 11, that is, on the soldering portion 14 side, two correction walls 17 a and 18 a (receiving portion side taper portion) protruding above the insulator 11 are provided. Specifically, the correction walls 17a and 18a are adjacent to both sides of the soldering portion 14 provided at the center of the other end of the insulator 11, that is, between the soldering portion 14 and the guide grooves 16a and 16b. Are provided respectively. The correction walls 17a and 18a have wall surfaces 17b and 18b formed perpendicular to the surface of the insulator 11, and the wall surfaces 17b and 18b are formed in the longitudinal direction of the respective guide grooves 16a and 16b, that is, the tray 2 is provided. It is formed obliquely with respect to the insertion direction. In particular, as shown in FIG. 8, the wall surfaces 17 b and 18 b of the respective correction walls 17 a and 18 a are formed so as to approach the side portion direction of the insulator 11 as they go to the other end side. The wall surfaces 17b and 18b of the correction walls 17a and 17b serve as contact surfaces that contact the inclined walls 22b and 23b of the pyramid portions 22a and 23a provided on the tray 2 described later.

  Next, the configuration of the tray 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 to 11. As shown in FIG. 9, the tray 2 has a substantially rectangular flat plate shape, and a substantially rectangular recessed portion 21 in which a card (not shown) is accommodated is formed in the central portion. As shown in the top view of FIG. 11A, the tray 2 has two branches bifurcated into one end side, that is, the insertion end side which is the distal end side inserted into the connector body 1 described above. Parts 22 and 23. Specifically, the branch portions 22 and 23 are connected to the side opposite to the insertion end, and are divided into two forks from the connection location, and the central portion of the tray 2 itself is cut in the insertion direction to the insertion end. Thus, it is formed in a substantially U shape. In addition, as shown in FIG. 10, the substantially rectangular card 3 is accommodated in the concave portion 21 described above. At this time, the concave portion 21 is provided on the back surface of the card 3, that is, on the mounting surface side in the concave portion 21. The card PAD unit 31 is exposed on the bottom surface side of the tray 2.

  Moreover, as shown in the bottom view of FIG. 11 (B) which is AA sectional view of FIG. 11 (A) and the bottom view of FIG. Guide rails 24a and 24b projecting to the back side are formed. That is, two guide rails 24 a and 24 b are formed on the back surface of the tray 2 along the longitudinal direction of the branch portions 22 and 23, that is, the insertion direction of the tray 2, corresponding to the branch portions 22 and 23. Yes. And the width and protrusion height of each guide rail 24a, 24b are the groove width and groove depth of the said guide groove 16a, 16b so that it can fit in the guide groove 16a, 16b formed in the insulator 11 mentioned above. Correspondingly formed.

  Further, as shown in the top view of the tray 2 in FIG. 11A, a pyramid having a part of a pyramid is formed on the distal end side of each branching portion 22, 23 of the tray 2, that is, on the insertion end side with respect to the connector body 1. Portions 22a and 23a (insertion end side taper portions) are provided. The pyramid portions 22a and 23a are formed so that the cross-sectional shape gradually becomes narrower toward the distal end side (insertion end side) of each branching portion 22 and 23. Therefore, the mutually opposing surfaces of the branch portions 22 and 23 indicated by reference numerals 22b and 23b, that is, the surfaces facing the center side of the tray 2 are formed along the direction perpendicular to the bottom surface of the tray 2. In addition, inclined surfaces 22b and 23b that are inclined with respect to the insertion direction of the tray 2 are formed. Specifically, as illustrated in FIG. 11A, the inclined surfaces 22 b and 23 b of the tray 2 are inclined with respect to the insertion direction so as to spread from the center of the tray 2 toward the side.

  And each inclined surface 22b, 23b of each said branch part 22,23 turns into a contact surface contact | abutted with the wall surfaces 17b, 18b of the correction walls 17a, 18a provided in the insulator 11 of the connector main body 1 mentioned above. At this time, the inclination angles of the inclined surfaces 22 b and 23 b are substantially the same as the inclination angles of the wall surfaces 17 b and 18 b of the correction walls 17 a and 18 a provided in the insulator 11. When the tray 2 is inserted into the connector main body 1, the inclined surfaces 22 b and 23 b of the tray 2 and the wall surfaces 17 b and 18 b of the connector main body 1 come into contact with each other so that the wall surfaces 17 b and 18 b are connected to the branch portions 22 and 23. These pyramid portions 22a and 23a function to be pushed out to the side of the connector body 1, and the tray 2 can be corrected to an appropriate position with respect to the connector body 1. That is, the above-described pyramid portions 22a and 23a (inclined surfaces 23b and 23b) and the correction walls 17a and 18a (wall surfaces 17b and 18b) are in contact with each other to correct the position of the tray 2 with respect to the connector body 1. Functions as a means.

[Operation]
Next, the operation of the card connector described above, that is, the operation when the tray 2 is inserted into the connector main body 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. For convenience of explanation, FIGS. 12 to 15 illustrate the connector body 12 with the connector shell 12 removed.

  First, when the tray 2 that does not contain the card is inserted from the opening 13 of the connector body 1, the tray 2 is inserted obliquely with respect to the insertion direction as shown in FIG. Think. At this time, the positions of the guide rails 24a and 24b of the tray 2 and the guide grooves 16a and 16b of the connector main body 1 are shifted, but the operator pushes the tray 2 as it is without feeling resistance. There is. Then, as shown in FIG. 13, the guide rail 24a and the guide groove 16a are detached without being fitted to each other, and the tray 2 remains in a deformed state.

  Thereafter, when the operator pushes the tray 2 to the back, the pyramid portion 22a at the tip of the tray 2 and the correction wall 17a of the connector body 1 approach each other, and eventually the pyramid portion 22a of the tray 2 as shown in FIG. The inclined surface 22b and the wall surface 17b of the correction wall 17a of the connector body 1 are in contact with each other. When the tray 2 is further pushed into the connector main body 1, the position of the pyramid portion 22 a of the tray 2 is corrected along the wall surface 17 b of the correction wall 17 a of the connector main body 1. That is, as shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, the pyramid portion 22 a located at the tip end portion of the one branch portion 22 of the tray 2 is located on the side wall 17 b of the correction wall 17 a of the connector body 1. The position is corrected so as to spread in this direction, and the position of the pyramid portion 22a returns to the normal position.

  As a result, the guide rail 24a on the one branch portion 22 side of the tray 2 and the corresponding guide groove 16b of the connector main body 1 are fitted to each other. The other branch 23 side of the tray 2 is inserted as it is because the guide rail 24b and the guide groove 16b are fitted to each other from the time when the tray 2 is inserted. Eventually, the tray 2 is inserted at a proper position with respect to the connector main body 1.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, even if the tray 2 is inserted with the position shifted with respect to the connector main body 1, it is automatically registered by pushing it as it is without being conscious of the operator. It is corrected to the position. Therefore, the operator can easily insert the tray 2 at a normal position with respect to the connector main body 1, and the operability can be improved.

  Here, in the above description, it has been described that the pyramid portion and the correction wall have contact surfaces that are inclined with respect to the insertion direction, but the inclined contact surface is necessarily formed. It is not limited. The pyramid portion and the correction wall may have any shape as long as they are in contact with each other and function to correct the position of the tray 2 with respect to the connector body 1.

  Further, in the above description, the case where two pairs of correction walls and pyramid portions corresponding to each other are provided corresponding to the tray 2 configured to be bifurcated, but two pairs are not necessarily provided. There is no need to be. For example, a pyramid part may be provided only for a pair of pyramid parts and a correction wall, that is, one branch part, and only one correction wall may be provided correspondingly. In the above description, the case where the tray 2 is configured to be bifurcated is described. However, the tray 2 is not necessarily limited to being bifurcated.

  Further, in the above description, the guide rail is provided in the tray 2 and the guide groove is provided in the connector main body 1, but conversely, the guide rail is provided in the connector main body 1 and the guide groove is provided in the tray 2. It may be. Moreover, although the case where the two guide rails and the guide groove were provided was illustrated above, one may be sufficient and the number is not limited to the number mentioned above.

<Embodiment 2>
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a configuration of an insulator 11 that constitutes the connector main body 1 in the present embodiment. In addition, since the other structure of the card connector in this embodiment is as substantially the same as the structure of Embodiment 1 mentioned above, the detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 16, the guide grooves 16a and 16b of the insulator 11 in this embodiment are different in shape from those described in the first embodiment. In other words, the guide grooves 16a and 16b in the present embodiment are located on the opening 13 side of the connector body 1, and the groove width near the insertion opening into which the tip of the guide rail is inserted is wider than the groove width on the insertion direction side. Is formed. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 16, the groove width in the vicinity of the insertion opening of the guide grooves 16a and 16b is formed so as to gradually increase toward the end of the insertion opening. In particular, the groove width in the vicinity of the insertion opening of the guide grooves 16 a and 16 b is formed wider toward the center side of the insulator 11.

  Thereby, even if each branch part 22 and 23 of tray 2 is a case where it inserts in the connector main body 1 diagonally with respect to the insertion direction, the guide rail provided in tray 2 is made into the guide groove of connector main body 1. 16a and 16b can be guided. Therefore, the guide rail and the guide groove can be easily fitted, and the tray can be further easily inserted into the regular position with respect to the connector main body.

<Embodiment 3>
Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. In this embodiment, an outline of a card connector will be described.

The card connector in this embodiment is
A tray for housing the card; and a connector main body mounted on the substrate and into which the tray is inserted.
Then, the tray and the connector main body, which are positioned in parallel with the surface of the card when received in the tray, are fitted to each other on the mutually opposing surfaces, along the insertion direction of the tray with respect to the connector main body. The guide rail and the guide groove are provided.
Furthermore, when the tray is inserted into the connector main body, the guide rail and the guide groove are mutually connected to the insertion end of the tray with respect to the connector main body and the insertion end receiving portion located inside the connector main body. The insertion end and the insertion end receiving portion are in contact with each other so as to be fitted to each other, and position correction means for correcting the position of the tray with respect to the connector body is provided.

In the above card connector,
The position correcting means includes an insertion end side tapered portion having a contact surface formed at the insertion end of the tray and a receiving portion side taper having a contact surface formed at the insertion end receiving portion of the connector body. Part.
And each said contact surface formed in the said insertion end side taper part and the said receiving part side taper part is formed along a perpendicular | vertical direction with respect to the surface of the said card | curd when accommodated in the said tray. In addition, the connector body of the tray is formed by being inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the insertion direction of the tray with respect to the connector body, and abutting each other when the tray is inserted into the connector body. Correct the position relative to
It has the composition.

In the above card connector,
The insertion end of the tray has branch portions that are bifurcated in the insertion direction with respect to the connector main body, and the guide rail or the guide groove that extends along the insertion direction in the branch portions. Are formed, and the insertion end side taper portion is formed at each insertion end of each branch portion.
And the said connector main body is each said guide groove or each said guide rail which each fits corresponding to each said guide rail or each said guide groove respectively formed in each said branch part of the said tray, The receiving portion side taper portions are respectively formed corresponding to the insertion end side taper portions formed at the insertion ends of the branch portions, respectively.
The structure is taken.

In the above card connector,
The contact surfaces formed on the insertion end taper portion of the tray and the receiving portion side taper portion of the connector main body from the center side of the tray with respect to the insertion direction of the tray with respect to the connector main body. Each is formed inclined to the side,
The structure is taken.

  According to the card connector having the above configuration, the card is first accommodated in the tray, and the tray is inserted into the opening of the connector body from the insertion end. When the tray is continuously inserted toward the insertion end receiving portion located on the back side of the connector main body, the insertion end side having a contact surface formed to be inclined with respect to the insertion direction formed at the insertion end of the tray. The taper portion contacts a receiving portion side taper portion formed on the connector main body having an abutting surface formed to be inclined at the same angle as the insertion end side taper portion. Then, since the contact surfaces that contact each other are inclined at the same angle, the insertion end of the tray is guided to an appropriate position by the receiving portion side taper portion of the connector body, and the position is corrected. In particular, even when the insertion end of the tray is bifurcated, by forming the inclination of the contact surface from the center side of the tray to the side with respect to the insertion direction, Guide each branch to the side. Accordingly, the guide rail and the guide groove provided on the opposing surfaces of the tray and the connector main body are automatically corrected to a position where they are fitted to each other. Therefore, the tray can be easily inserted at a regular position with respect to the connector body, and the operability for the user can be improved.

In the above card connector,
The groove width near the insertion slot of the guide groove into which the guide rail is inserted by inserting the tray into the connector body is formed wider than the groove width of the other part of the guide groove. The structure is taken.

In the above card connector,
The wide portion of the guide groove in the vicinity of the insertion opening is formed so that the groove width gradually increases toward the end of the insertion opening.

  Thereby, when the tray is inserted into the connector main body, the groove width near the insertion slot of the guide groove is formed wide, so that the guide rail and the guide groove can be easily fitted. Therefore, it becomes easier to insert the tray into the proper position with respect to the connector body, and the operability for the user can be further improved.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used as a card connector for attaching a card such as a memory card to an electronic device such as a mobile phone, and has industrial applicability.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Connector main body 11 Insulator 12 Connector shell 12a, 12b Holding beam 13 Opening part 14 Soldering part 15 Connector side terminal 16a, 16b Guide groove 17a, 18a Straightening wall 17b, 18b Wall surface 2 Tray 21 Recessed part 22, 23 Branch part 22a, 23a Pyramid portions 22b, 23b Inclined surfaces 24a, 24b Guide rail 3 Card 31 Card PAD portion

Claims (6)

A tray that accommodates the card, and a connector body that is mounted on a board and into which the tray is inserted,
The tray and the connector main body, which are positioned parallel to the surface of the card when received in the tray, are fitted to each other and face each other and extend along the insertion direction of the tray with respect to the connector main body. Each has a guide rail and a guide groove,
When the tray is inserted into the connector main body, the guide rail and the guide groove are fitted into the insertion end of the tray with respect to the connector main body and the insertion end receiving portion located inside the connector main body. A position correcting means for correcting the position of the tray with respect to the connector main body with the insertion end and the insertion end receiving portion abutting each other so as to match;
Card connector. The card connector according to claim 1,
The position correcting means includes an insertion end side tapered portion having a contact surface formed at the insertion end of the tray and a receiving portion side taper having a contact surface formed at the insertion end receiving portion of the connector body. Part, and
The contact surfaces formed on the insertion end side taper portion and the receiving portion side taper portion are formed along a direction perpendicular to the surface of the card when received in the tray. In addition, the tray is formed at a predetermined angle with respect to the insertion direction of the tray with respect to the connector body, and the tray is in contact with each other when the tray is inserted into the connector body. To correct,
Card connector. The card connector according to claim 2,
The insertion end of the tray has branch portions that are bifurcated in the insertion direction with respect to the connector main body, and the guide rail or the guide groove extending along the insertion direction in each branch portion. Are formed, and the insertion end side taper portion is formed at each insertion end of each branch portion,
The connector body is formed with the guide grooves or the guide rails that are respectively fitted to the guide rails or the guide grooves respectively formed at the branch portions of the tray. Each receiving portion side taper portion is formed corresponding to each insertion end side taper portion formed at the insertion end of each portion,
Card connector. The card connector according to claim 3,
The contact surfaces formed on the insertion end taper portion of the tray and the receiving portion side taper portion of the connector body are respectively formed from the center side of the tray with respect to the insertion direction of the tray with respect to the connector body. Each is formed inclined to the side,
Card connector. The card connector according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The groove width near the insertion slot of the guide groove into which the guide rail is inserted by inserting the tray into the connector body is formed wider than the groove width of the other part of the guide groove. Card connector. The card connector according to claim 5,
A card connector in which a wide portion in the vicinity of the insertion slot of the guide groove is formed so that the groove width gradually increases toward the end of the insertion slot.

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