JP2011028994A - Card edge connector and method for assembling the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a card edge connector with an electronic substrate whose physical size is suppressed from being increased, and to provide a method for assembling the same. <P>SOLUTION: The card edge connector is provided for electrically connecting a plurality of contact electrodes which are formed on the same flat surface at the end of the electronic substrate to a plurality of harnesses which are drawn to the outside when the electronic substrate is inserted at its end therein. Each relay terminal for electrically connecting a terminal to the contact electrode consists of a terminal contact portion extending from the housing face of a housing holding the electronic substrate and the terminal to the terminal of the harness, a connection portion connected to the end on the housing face side of the terminal contact portion and extending from a connection portion to the terminal contact portion along the housing face to an electronic substrate insertion hole, and an electrode contact portion protruded into the electronic substrate insertion hole while being connected to the end on the electronic substrate insertion hole side of the connection portion. The electrode contact portion is shaped to be bent at least once each in the inserting direction of the electronic substrate and in the opposite direction to the inserting direction. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a card edge connector and an assembling method thereof.

  Conventionally, for example, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, a card edge connector in which connector terminals are multi-staged in a direction perpendicular to the surface of a substrate has been proposed. In the card edge connector disclosed in Patent Document 1, a multilayer substrate in which a plurality of substrates are stacked is adopted as a substrate, and an end portion of the inner layer substrate is extended outward from an end portion of the outermost layer substrate. A plurality of terminals are arranged at each of the end portions of the outermost substrate and the end portion of the outermost layer substrate. In this manner, a step corresponding to the thickness of the substrate is provided between the inner card edge portion formed by the end portion of the inner layer substrate and the outer card edge portion formed by the end portion of the outermost layer substrate. By using this step, the height of the connector terminal connected to the terminal of each card edge portion is made different so that the connector terminal is multi-staged in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-86366

  By the way, in the card edge connector shown in Patent Document 1, a step is provided in the card edge portion using the thickness of one substrate (outermost layer substrate), so that the height of the step can be sufficiently secured. Have difficulty. For this reason, it is necessary to use a connector terminal having a shape that fits in a slight height, and the connector terminals are provided close to each other.

  Accordingly, the present applicant has devised a card edge connector in which a sufficient interval is secured and the connector terminals are multi-staged in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the electronic board, and an assembling method thereof (Japanese Patent Application No. 2008-015471). . The card edge connector includes a housing having an electronic board insertion hole into which an end of the electronic board is inserted, a first contact conductor that contacts a top contact terminal located at the top of the electronic board in the insertion direction, and a top contact terminal. A second contact conductor that is in contact with the inner contact terminal located on the inner side of the substrate, and a height that is separated from the surface of the electronic substrate relative to the first contact conductor in a direction perpendicular to the plane on which the contact terminal of the electronic substrate is formed. And an auxiliary contact conductor disposed in the housing, and a connecting portion for connecting the auxiliary contact conductor and the second contact conductor.

  Thus, even in the configuration in which the leading contact terminal and the inner contact terminal are formed along the insertion direction, the auxiliary contact conductor is disposed at a height that is more distant from the surface of the electronic substrate than the first contact conductor. Therefore, the card edge connector previously filed by the present applicant is a card in which the first contact conductor corresponding to the connector terminal and the auxiliary contact conductor are multi-staged in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the electronic board with a sufficient interval. It is an edge connector.

  The contact pressure between the contact terminal and the contact conductor is inversely proportional to the length of the elastically deformed portion of the contact conductor, and is proportional to the elastic deformation stroke. Therefore, when the length of the elastically deforming portion of the contact conductor is short, the displacement of the contact pressure with respect to the elastic deformation stroke is large, and conversely, when the length of the contact conductor is long, the contact pressure with respect to the elastic deformation stroke is large. The displacement becomes smaller. In order to ensure the reliability of the electrical connection between the contact terminal and the contact conductor, it is necessary to keep the contact pressure within a predetermined range, and the contact pressure is determined while absorbing the processing tolerance of the electronic board, the housing, the contact terminal, etc. In order to keep the range, the length of the elastically deformed portion of the contact conductor must be increased. The length in which the electronic substrate is inserted into the electronic substrate insertion hole depends on the length of the elastically deformed portion of the contact conductor. Therefore, in order to maintain the contact pressure between the contact terminal and the contact conductor within a predetermined range, it is necessary to increase the length of the elastically deformed portion of the contact conductor. As a result, the electronic board is inserted into the electronic board insertion hole. The length to be lengthened. By the way, in a region to be inserted into the electronic substrate insertion hole in the electronic substrate, an electronic element cannot be disposed because the gap between the electronic substrate and the electronic substrate insertion hole is small. Therefore, in order to maintain the contact pressure between the contact terminal and the contact conductor within a predetermined range, the electronic board insertion hole becomes longer, and the area of the electronic board inserted into the electronic board insertion hole also increases. There was a problem that the physique increased.

  Then, in view of the said problem, this invention aims at providing the card edge connector by which the increase in the physique of an electronic substrate was suppressed, and its assembly method.

  In order to achieve the above-described object, the invention according to claim 1 includes a plurality of contact electrodes formed on the same plane of the end portion of the electronic substrate by inserting the end portion of the electronic substrate; A card edge connector for electrical connection with a plurality of drawn-out harnesses, a housing having an electronic board insertion hole into which an end of the electronic board is inserted, and a terminal disposed in the housing and connected to the harness And a relay terminal having one end in contact with the contact electrode of the electronic board and the other end in contact with the terminal of the harness, the relay terminal being a housing surface on which the electronic board insertion hole is formed To the terminal connected to the harness in the housing, and the end of the terminal contact portion on the housing surface side, and the electronic substrate along the housing surface from the connecting portion with the terminal contact portion A connecting portion extending to the insertion hole, and an electrode contact portion protruding into the electronic substrate insertion hole while being connected to the end portion of the connecting portion on the electronic substrate insertion hole side, and the electrode contact portion is inserted into the electronic substrate It is characterized in that it is bent at least once in the direction and the direction opposite to the insertion direction.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the electrode contact portion is bent at least once in the insertion direction of the electronic substrate and in the direction opposite to the insertion direction. According to this, even when the length of the electrode contact portion in the insertion direction is shorter than the configuration in which the electrode contact portion is bent only once in the insertion direction, the contact pressure between the contact electrode and the electrode contact portion is within a predetermined range. Can be held. Thereby, since it can suppress that the length of an electronic substrate insertion hole becomes long, the area | region inserted in the electronic substrate insertion hole in an electronic substrate becomes small, and the increase in the physique of an electronic substrate is suppressed.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, the plurality of contact electrodes formed on the same plane of the end portion of the electronic substrate are more than the first contact electrode located at the head in the insertion direction of the electronic substrate and the first contact electrode. A second contact electrode located on the inner side of the electronic substrate, and the terminal connected to the harness is spaced a predetermined distance from the plane in a direction perpendicular to the plane on which the plurality of contact electrodes of the electronic substrate are formed. And a second terminal disposed at a position further away from the first terminal from the plane of the electronic substrate. The relay terminal includes the first contact electrode and the second contact. A first relay terminal that electrically connects one of the electrodes and the first terminal; a second relay terminal that electrically connects the other of the first contact electrode and the second contact electrode and the second terminal; The structure which has is good.

  According to this, in the direction perpendicular to the plane on which the plurality of contact electrodes of the electronic substrate are formed (hereinafter referred to as the height direction), the second terminal is separated from the plane of the electronic substrate than the first terminal. Since the first terminal and the second terminal are arranged at the positions, the card edge connector is multi-staged in the height direction with a sufficient interval. Since the first terminal and the second terminal are configured to be electrically connected to the contact electrode via the first and second relay terminals, the card edge connector according to claim 2 has a structure. Unlike the card edge connector in which two different types of terminals are connected to the harness, one type of terminal having the same structure can be connected to the harness, so that the card edge connector can reduce the manufacturing cost. Yes.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, the first contact electrode and the second contact electrode are the same at the end of the electronic substrate so as to be aligned in a direction perpendicular to the insertion direction of the end of the electronic substrate along the plane of the electronic substrate. A plurality of first contact electrodes and a plurality of second contact electrodes are formed on a plane, and the first contact electrode and the second contact electrode are shifted in a direction perpendicular to the insertion direction so as not to be aligned in the insertion direction. The structure formed in the position is preferable.

  In the following, for the sake of convenience, the operation and effect of the invention according to claim 3 will be described by taking as an example the case where the first relay terminal is connected to the first contact electrode and the second relay terminal is connected to the second contact electrode. .

  In the case where the first contact electrode and the second contact electrode are aligned in the insertion direction, the first relay terminal and the second relay terminal are aligned in the insertion direction. Therefore, when the electronic board is inserted into the electronic board insertion hole, the second relay terminal and the first contact electrode are temporarily connected, and current may flow through an unintended current path. On the other hand, in the invention described in claim 3, the first contact electrode and the second contact electrode are formed at positions shifted in a direction orthogonal to the insertion direction so as not to be aligned in the insertion direction. Therefore, when the electronic board is inserted into the electronic board insertion hole, the second relay terminal and the first contact electrode are prevented from being temporarily connected, and no current flows through an unintended current path.

  The insertion direction range in which the electrode contact portion of the first relay terminal is disposed in the electronic board insertion hole is the insertion range in which the electrode contact portion of the second relay terminal is disposed in the electronic board insertion hole. A configuration in which at least a part overlaps the range of directions is preferable. The electrode contact portion functions to hold the contact pressure with the contact electrode within a predetermined range by elastically deforming itself when the electronic substrate is inserted into the electronic substrate insertion hole. Therefore, in order to maintain the contact pressure between the contact electrode and the electrode contact portion within a predetermined range, it is necessary to increase the length of each electrode contact portion in the insertion direction, and the electronic substrate insertion hole becomes longer. In particular, when the electrode contact portion of the first relay terminal and the electrode contact portion of the second relay terminal are arranged in the insertion direction, the electrode contact portion of the first relay terminal and the electrode of the second relay terminal In order to avoid contact with the contact portion, the range of the insertion direction in which the electrode contact portion of the first relay terminal is disposed in the electronic substrate insertion hole and the electrode contact portion of the second relay terminal are disposed in the electronic substrate insertion hole Since the range in the insertion direction needs to be separated in the insertion direction, the length of the electronic board insertion hole is further increased by the distance. When the length of the electronic board insertion hole is increased, the area of the electronic board inserted into the electronic board insertion hole is increased. An electronic element cannot be disposed in a region of the electronic substrate inserted into the electronic substrate insertion hole because the gap between the electronic substrate and the electronic substrate insertion hole is small. Therefore, when the electronic board insertion hole becomes long, there arises a problem that the size of the electronic board increases.

  By the way, in invention of Claim 3, a 1st contact electrode and a 2nd contact electrode are formed in the position which shifted | deviated to the direction orthogonal to an insertion direction so that it may not align with an insertion direction on an electronic substrate. For this reason, the 1st relay terminal and 2nd relay terminal which are respectively contacted with the 1st and 2nd contact electrodes are also shifted and arranged in the direction orthogonal to the insertion direction. Therefore, in the invention described in claim 3, as described in claim 4, the range in the insertion direction in which the electrode contact portion of the first relay terminal is arranged in the electronic board insertion hole is the electrode of the second relay terminal. It is possible to employ a configuration in which the contact portion is at least partially overlapped with the range in the insertion direction in which the contact portion is disposed in the electronic substrate insertion hole. According to this, since the length of the electronic board insertion hole can be shortened, an increase in the size of the electronic board can be avoided.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, a plurality of contact electrodes are formed on both the front and back surfaces of the electronic substrate, and the first contact electrode and the second contact electrode are orthogonal to the insertion direction so as not to be aligned in the insertion direction. The first contact electrode formed on the front surface and the second contact electrode formed on the back surface are arranged along the insertion direction so as to be aligned with the insertion direction, The second contact electrode formed on the back surface and the first contact electrode formed on the back surface are arranged along the insertion direction so as to be aligned with the insertion direction, and the contact electrode formed on the surface of the electronic substrate One end of the contact relay terminal is in a state before the electronic board is inserted into the electronic board insertion hole, across a center line corresponding to an intermediate position between the front surface and the back surface of the electronic substrate, and from the front surface to the back surface of the electronic substrate. The contact electrode is formed on the back side of the electronic board. And one end of a relay terminal for contacting in a state before the electronic board on the electronic board insertion hole is inserted, across the center line, configuration which extends toward the surface from the back surface of the electronic substrate is preferred.

  The first contact electrode formed on the front surface and the first contact electrode formed on the back surface are arranged so as to face each other in the direction perpendicular to the plane on which the plurality of contact electrodes of the electronic substrate are formed. Consider a configuration in which the second contact electrode formed is opposed to the second contact electrode formed on the back surface. In the case of this configuration, in the state before the electronic board is inserted into the electronic board insertion hole, it is formed on one end of the relay terminal (hereinafter referred to as a surface relay terminal) that contacts the contact electrode formed on the front surface and on the rear surface. One end of the relay terminal (hereinafter referred to as a back surface relay terminal) that contacts the contact electrode is opposed to each other. Therefore, while avoiding contact between one end of the front surface relay terminal and one end of the back surface relay terminal, a distance for elastically deforming the front surface relay terminal and one end of the back surface relay terminal (a predetermined distance between the front surface relay terminal and the contact electrode). It is necessary to secure a contact pressure and a distance for obtaining a predetermined contact pressure between the back surface relay terminal and the contact electrode. In order to satisfy the above conditions, one end of the front surface relay terminal is arranged between the front surface of the electronic substrate and a center line corresponding to an intermediate position between the front surface and the back surface, and one end of the back surface relay terminal is connected to the center line. There is a problem that the robustness with respect to the placement tolerance of the relay terminal is low. In addition, since the distance for elastic deformation of the front surface relay terminal and the back surface relay terminal can be ensured only about half the thickness of the electronic board at the maximum, sufficient contact pressure cannot be ensured, and relay is performed. There is a problem that the robustness with respect to the electrical connection between the terminal and the contact electrode is low. If the robustness with respect to the electrical connection between the relay terminal and the contact electrode is low, there is a risk that an electrical connection failure will occur between the relay terminal and the contact electrode.

  On the other hand, in the invention according to claim 5, the first contact electrode formed on the front surface and the second contact electrode formed on the back surface are arranged along the insertion direction so as to be aligned with the insertion direction. The second contact electrode formed on the front surface and the first contact electrode formed on the back surface are arranged along the insertion direction so as to be aligned with the insertion direction. Thereby, since the end of a surface relay terminal and the end of a back surface relay terminal are spaced apart in an insertion direction, it can avoid that the end of a surface relay terminal and the end of a back surface relay terminal contact each other. In the invention according to claim 5, before the electronic substrate is inserted into the electronic substrate insertion hole, one end of the front surface relay terminal extends from the front surface to the back surface across the center line in the height direction. One end of the back surface relay terminal extends from the back surface to the front surface across the center line in the height direction. Thereby, since the distance for elastic deformation of the front surface relay terminal and the back surface relay terminal can be ensured to be more than half the thickness of the electronic substrate, the contact pressure can be sufficiently ensured. As described above, the card edge connector according to claim 7 is improved in the robustness with respect to the arrangement tolerance of the relay terminal and the robustness with respect to the electrical connection between the relay terminal and the contact electrode. It is possible to avoid a general connection failure.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the plurality of contact electrodes are formed on both the front and back surfaces of the electronic substrate, and are formed on the relay terminals that are in contact with the contact electrodes formed on the surface of the electronic substrate, and on the back surface of the electronic substrate. One electrode contact portion of the relay terminal that is in contact with the contact electrode formed has a shape bent once in the insertion direction with a connection portion with the connection portion as a fulcrum, and the other electrode contact portion is connected to the connection portion. The connection part is bent once in the insertion direction, and the folded part is bent once in the direction opposite to the insertion direction of the electronic board, and the electronic board is inserted into the electronic board insertion hole. In the state before being applied, in the electrode contact portion bent once in the insertion direction, the part from the connection site to the contact site in contact with the contact electrode, once in the insertion direction and in the direction opposite to the insertion direction Bent In the electrode contact portion of the shape, and the portion from the folded portion to a contact portion in contact with the contact electrode, forms a linear shape, respectively, configuration and are substantially parallel to each other is preferable.

  In this way, a portion forming the linear shape of the electrode contact portion bent once in the insertion direction and a portion forming the linear shape of the electrode contact portion bent once in the insertion direction and the direction opposite to the insertion direction. Are substantially parallel to each other, so that the respective electrode contact portions can be arranged at close positions, and the arrangement region of the electrode contact portions in the electronic substrate insertion hole can be reduced.

  As described in claim 7, the first terminal and the second terminal are a cylindrical main body part and a contact point provided inside the main body part and contacting one end of the relay terminal with a predetermined contact pressure by elastic deformation. A female terminal having a portion can be employed.

  According to this, since the female terminal in which the contact part is provided inside the main body part is adopted as the terminal of the harness, the terminal of the harness is different from the male terminal in which the contact part protrudes from the main body part. When inserting into the terminal insertion hole of the housing, the contact portion does not have to be housed in the main body portion. Therefore, the terminal of the harness can be easily inserted into the terminal insertion hole.

  As described in claim 8, a configuration in which a collective seal member in which the seal members of all the harnesses are connected is provided in a portion where the plurality of harnesses are pulled out from the housing. According to this, since it is sufficient that the seal member is installed in the housing in advance and each harness is assembled so as to penetrate the through hole of the collective seal member together with the terminal, it is not necessary to attach the seal member individually to each harness. The cost can be reduced and the space for attaching the seal member individually can be omitted, so that the size can be reduced.

  According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, in the electrode contact portion, when the electronic substrate end portion is inserted, the connection angle between the connection portion and the electrode contact portion at the corner portion between the housing surface and the wall surface of the electronic substrate insertion hole is deformed. The contact electrode is caused to generate a contact pressure and contact with the contact electrode, and a configuration is formed on the wall surface of the electronic board insertion hole with a convex portion that supports the electrode contact portion so that the connection angle is constant. good.

  According to this, compared with the structure in which the convex part is not formed in the wall surface which comprises an electronic substrate insertion hole, a connection angle can be stabilized. When the coupling angle is stabilized, the contact between the electrode contact portion and the contact electrode is stabilized, so that it is possible to avoid a connection failure between the electrode contact portion and the contact electrode.

  Since the operational effect of the invention described in claim 10 is the same as that of the invention described in claim 1, the description thereof is omitted.

  As described in claim 11, a tab for applying pressure to the terminal contact portion in the press-fitting step is formed at the end of the terminal contact portion on the housing surface side. It is preferable to perform the removal process to remove.

  When the tab is not formed in the terminal contact portion, in the press-fitting process, the pressure is directly applied to the end portion of the terminal contact portion on the housing surface side, so that the terminal contact portion may be deformed. When the terminal contact portion is deformed, there is a possibility that poor electrical connection occurs between the terminal contact portion and the contact portion, and between the electrode contact portion and the contact electrode. On the other hand, in the invention described in claim 11, a tab for applying pressure to the terminal contact portion is formed in the terminal contact portion in the press-fitting step. Thereby, a deformation | transformation of a terminal contact part is suppressed and it is suppressed that a poor electrical connection arises in a terminal contact part and a contact part, and an electrode contact part and a contact electrode.

  As described in claim 12, a tapered burr portion is formed at a portion of the terminal contact portion arranged in the pore, and a projection fitted into the burr portion is formed on a wall surface constituting the pore. The structure in which the part is formed is preferable. This strengthens the mechanical connection between the terminal contact portion and the housing. Accordingly, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of poor electrical connection between the terminal contact portion and the contact portion, and the electrode contact portion and the contact electrode due to a change in the attachment position between the terminal contact portion and the housing.

  The operational effects of the invention according to claim 13 are the same as the operational effects of the invention according to claim 1, and therefore the description thereof is omitted.

  Since the operational effect of the invention described in claim 14 is the same as that of the invention described in claim 8, the description is omitted.

It is sectional drawing for demonstrating the arrangement position in the housing of the relay terminal of the card edge connector which concerns on 1st Embodiment. The exploded sectional view which meets the II-II line of Drawing 1 is shown. The exploded sectional view which meets the III-III line of Drawing 1 is shown. It is a top view for demonstrating arrangement | positioning of the contact electrode in an electronic substrate. It is an expanded sectional view for explaining a convex part, (a) shows a convex part which supports the 1st relay terminal, and (b) shows a convex part which supports the 2nd relay terminal. It is sectional drawing for demonstrating the assembly method of a card edge connector. It is sectional drawing for demonstrating the assembly method of a card edge connector. It is a figure for demonstrating a relay terminal, (a) is a top view, (b) shows a side view. It is a top view for demonstrating arrangement | positioning of the contact electrode which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is sectional drawing for demonstrating the arrangement position in the housing of the relay terminal of the card edge connector which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is sectional drawing which follows the XI-XI line of FIG. It is sectional drawing which follows the XII-XII line | wire of FIG. It is sectional drawing for demonstrating the modification of a card edge connector. It is sectional drawing for demonstrating the modification of a card edge connector. It is sectional drawing for demonstrating the modification of a relay terminal. It is a top view for demonstrating the modification of arrangement | positioning of the contact electrode in an electronic substrate.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view for explaining an arrangement position of a relay terminal of a card edge connector according to the first embodiment in a housing. FIG. 2 is an exploded cross-sectional view taken along the line II-II in FIG. FIG. 3 is an exploded cross-sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG. FIG. 4 is a plan view for explaining the arrangement of the contact electrodes on the electronic substrate. FIG. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view for explaining the convex portion, where (a) shows the convex portion that supports the first relay terminal, and (b) shows the convex portion that supports the second relay terminal. 6 and 7 are cross-sectional views for explaining a method of assembling the card edge connector. 8A and 8B are diagrams for explaining the relay terminal, where FIG. 8A is a plan view and FIG. 8B is a side view.

  In the following, along the front surface and the back surface of the electronic substrate, the direction along the direction in which the electronic substrate is inserted into the electronic substrate insertion hole is the insertion direction, and along the front surface and the back surface of the electronic substrate, the direction orthogonal to the insertion direction. The horizontal direction and the direction perpendicular to the front surface and the back surface of the electronic substrate are indicated as the height direction.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the card edge connector 100 includes a terminal 13 connected to an end of the harness 10, and a housing 50 that holds the harness 10 and the electronic board 30 and electrically connects them. . In the present embodiment, the case 70 that houses the electronic board 30 is attached and fixed to the card edge connector 100 by being assembled with the housing 50.

  The harness 10 includes a metal wire 11 and a covering portion 12 that covers the metal wire 11. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the terminal 13 is electrically and mechanically connected to the end of the harness 10, and is electrically connected to the contact electrode 32 of the electronic substrate 30 via a relay terminal 58 described later. Connected to.

  The terminal 13 has a first terminal 13a disposed at a predetermined distance from the front surface 30a of the electronic substrate 30 or its back surface 30b in the height direction, and the first terminal 13a disposed from the front surface 30a of the electronic substrate 30 or its back surface 30b. And a second terminal 13b disposed at a position further away from the first terminal 13a. Each of the terminals 13a and 13b includes a coupling portion 14 coupled to the covering portion 12 of the harness 10 by caulking or the like, a cylindrical main body portion 15 extending from the coupling portion 14, and a contact portion provided inside the main body portion 15. 16 is a female terminal. The contact portion 16 can be elastically deformed, and when the relay terminal 58 is inserted into the main body portion 15, the contact portion 16 is brought into contact with a predetermined contact pressure due to elastic deformation and functions to ensure electrical connection. In the main body 15, the metal wire 11 of the harness 10 is electrically and mechanically connected by caulking or the like.

  The electronic substrate 30 includes an electronic element (not shown) and a wiring pattern (not shown) electrically connected to the electronic element. As shown in FIG. 4, contact electrodes 32 corresponding to the terminal terminals of the wiring pattern described above are formed on the front surface 30 a of the end portion 31 inserted into the housing 50 and the back surface 30 b of the electronic substrate 30. The contact electrode 32 includes a first contact electrode 32a located at the head in the insertion direction of the electronic substrate 30, and a second contact electrode 32b formed at a position farther from the end 31 than the first contact electrode 32a. Have. The contact electrode 32 is formed on each of the front surface 30a and the back surface 30b of the electronic substrate 30, has a rectangular shape along the insertion direction in the longitudinal direction, and is inserted as compared with the case where the contact electrodes 32a and 32b are each in a square shape. The connection region between the contact electrode 32 and the relay terminal 58 along the direction is increased.

  The first contact electrode 32a and the second contact electrode 32b are formed at positions shifted laterally so as not to be aligned in the insertion direction. As a result, the first contact electrode 32a and the second contact electrode 32b are laterally formed. Are arranged alternately. At this time, the interval between the first contact electrodes 32a adjacent to each other in the horizontal direction is such that when the electronic substrate 30 is inserted into the electronic substrate insertion hole 51, the relay terminal 58 that contacts the second contact electrode 32b (second contact). One end of the relay terminal 58b) is set so as not to contact the first contact electrode 32a. And the 1st contact electrode 32a formed in the surface 30a and the 1st contact electrode 32a formed in the back surface 30b are arrange | positioned in the position which opposes via the electronic substrate 30, and the 2nd formed in the surface 30a. The contact electrode 32 b and the second contact electrode 32 b formed on the back surface 30 b are disposed at positions facing each other with the electronic substrate 30 interposed therebetween. That is, the contact electrode 32 is formed on the front surface 30a and the back surface 30b so that the projection position of the contact electrode 32 formed on one surface onto the other surface coincides with the formation position of the contact electrode 32 formed on the other surface. 32 is arranged.

  The housing 50 is for electrically connecting the terminal 13 and the contact electrode 32 via a relay terminal 58 described later while holding the harness 10 and the electronic substrate 30. The housing 50 is formed by injection molding of resin, and the housing 50 is formed with an electronic board insertion hole 51 for inserting the electronic board 30 and a terminal insertion hole 52 for inserting the terminal 13 of the harness 10. Has been. A relay terminal 58 that electrically connects the terminal 13 and the contact electrode 32 is provided in the housing 50 so that one end protrudes into the electronic board insertion hole 51 and the other end protrudes into the terminal insertion hole 52.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the electronic substrate insertion hole 51 includes a first insertion hole 51 a in which the formation region of the first contact electrode 32 a in the electronic substrate 30 is disposed and a formation region of the second contact electrode 32 b. Second insertion hole 51b. The first insertion hole 51a is a region sandwiched between first inner wall surfaces 53a having an upper surface and a lower surface, and the second insertion hole 51b is a region sandwiched between second inner wall surfaces 53b having an upper surface and a lower surface. is there. The first inner wall surface 53a and the second inner wall surface 53b are connected to each other through a first housing surface 54a that is a housing surface that is substantially perpendicular to the insertion direction of the electronic substrate 30 and in which the first insertion hole 51a is formed. As a result, the first inner wall surface 53a and the first housing surface 54a form a corner 55a. The corner portion 55a is in contact with a connection portion between the electrode contact portion 61 and the connection portion 60 in a first relay terminal 58a described later. Similarly, an electrode contact at a corner 55b formed by the second inner wall surface 53b and a second housing surface 54b, which is a housing surface on which the second insertion hole 51b is formed, and a second relay terminal 58b described later. The connection part of the part 61 and the connection part 60 contacts. The inner wall surfaces 53a and 53b correspond to the wall surfaces of the electronic board insertion hole described in the claims. The facing distance between the front surface 30a of the electronic substrate 30 and the first inner wall surface 53a is equal to the facing distance between the back surface 30b and the first inner wall surface 53a, and the facing distance between the surface 30a and the second inner wall surface 53b; The facing distance between the back surface 30b and the second inner wall surface 53b is equal. Further, the second inner wall surface 53b and the first housing surface 54a form a corner portion of approximately 90 degrees.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the terminal insertion hole 52 secures a space for arranging a space for arranging the first relay terminal 58 a from the front surface 30 a of the electronic substrate 30 or its back surface 30 b in the height direction. The first terminal insertion hole 52a formed at a position separated by a predetermined distance, and the second terminal formed at a position further away from the first terminal insertion hole 52a from the front surface 30a of the electronic substrate 30 or its back surface 30b. And an insertion hole 52b. The first terminal 13a is inserted into the first terminal insertion hole 52a, and the second terminal 13b is inserted into the second terminal insertion hole 52b. The third inner wall surface 56 constituting the terminal insertion hole 52 is formed with a protrusion (not shown) that fits into a hole (not shown) formed in the body portion 15 of the terminal 13. A collective seal member 64 is provided which is connected to a seal member that closes a gap in a portion where the harness 10 is pulled out from the housing 50, which will be described later.

  The relay terminal 58 is formed by punching and bending a single metal plate, and electrically connects the first contact electrode 32a and the first terminal 13a formed on the front surface 30a and the back surface 30b. It has the 1st relay terminal 58a to connect, and the 2nd relay terminal 58b which electrically connects the 2nd contact electrode 32b and the 2nd terminal 13b which were formed in the surface 30a and the back surface 30b. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the first relay terminals 58 a and the second relay terminals 58 b are alternately arranged at predetermined intervals in the lateral direction. The first terminals 13a and the second terminals 13b having different positions are alternately arranged in the horizontal direction. The range of the insertion direction in which the electrode contact portion 61 of the first relay terminal 58a is disposed in the electronic substrate insertion hole 51 is the insertion direction in which the electrode contact portion 61 of the second relay terminal 58b is disposed in the electronic substrate insertion hole 51. At least partially overlaps the range.

  The first relay terminal 58a includes a terminal contact portion 59 extending from the first housing surface 54a to the first terminal 13a (first terminal insertion hole 52a) in the housing 50, and the terminal contact portion 59 on the first housing surface 54a side. The first connecting portion 60 is connected to the end portion, extends from the connecting portion with the terminal contact portion 59 to the corner portion 55a along the first housing surface 54a, and is connected to the end portion of the connecting portion 60 on the corner portion 55a side. And an electrode contact portion 61 protruding into the one insertion hole 51a. The second relay terminal 58b includes a terminal contact portion 59 extending from the second housing surface 54b to the second terminal 13b (second terminal insertion hole 52b) in the housing 50, and the terminal contact portion 59 on the second housing surface 54b side. The connecting portion 60 is connected to the end portion, extends from the connecting portion with the terminal contact portion 59 to the corner portion 55b along the second housing surface 54b, and is connected to the end portion of the connecting portion 60 on the corner portion 55b side. 2 and an electrode contact portion 61 protruding into the insertion hole 51b. The electrode contact portion 61 corresponds to one end of the relay terminal described in the claims, and the terminal contact portion 59 corresponds to the other end of the relay terminal described in the claims.

  The electrode contact portion 61 of the second relay terminal 58b has a shape that is bent once in a direction in which the electronic substrate 30 is inserted into the electronic substrate insertion hole 51 and a direction opposite to the direction. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the electrode contact portion 61 of the second relay terminal 58b is bent once in the insertion direction with the connection portion with the connection portion 60 as a fulcrum, and the electronic substrate 30 with the folded portion as a fulcrum. It is shaped to be bent once in the direction opposite to the insertion direction.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the connection angle between the terminal contact portion 59 and the connection portion 60 is substantially a right angle, and the terminal contact portion 59 and the connection portion 60 are connected in an L shape. An end portion of the terminal contact portion 59 on the terminal insertion hole 52 side is inserted into the body portion 15 of the terminal 13 and is in contact with and electrically connected to the contact portion 16.

  The connection angle between the electrode contact portion 61 and the connection portion 60 is an obtuse angle, and the electrode contact portion 61 and the connection portion 60 are connected in a dogleg shape. The ends protruding into the insertion holes 51a and 51b of the electrode contact portion 61 are in contact with and electrically connected to the contact electrodes 32a and 32b.

  When the electronic substrate 30 is inserted into the electronic substrate insertion hole 51, the electrode contact portion 61 is deformed so that the connection angle with the connection portion 60 approaches from the obtuse angle to a right angle by the pressure at which the electronic substrate 30 is inserted. The part 61 itself is also elastically deformed, thereby generating a contact pressure with respect to the contact electrode 32 and fulfilling a function of contacting the contact electrode 32. As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the end portion of the electrode contact portion 61 protruding into the insertion holes 51a and 51b is curved so as to be convex with respect to the center line CL. The apex 62 is in contact with the contact electrode 32 of the electronic substrate 30. In the present embodiment, the vertices 62 of the two first relay terminals 58a face each other, and the vertices 62 of the two second relay terminals 58b face each other. The apex 62 corresponds to the contact portion described in the claims.

  As shown in FIG. 5A, the connecting portion between the electrode contact portion 61 and the connecting portion 60 in the first relay terminal 58a is in contact with the corner portion 55a. As shown in FIG. A connection portion between the electrode contact portion 61 and the connecting portion 60 in the relay terminal 58b is in contact with the corner portion 55b. The inner wall surfaces 53a and 53b are provided with the electrode contact portion 61 so that the connection angle between the electrode contact portion 61 and the connection portion 60 is constant when the electronic substrate 30 is inserted into the electronic substrate insertion hole 51. The convex part 63 to support is formed. When a pressure for inserting the electronic substrate 30 is applied to the electrode contact portion 61 when the electronic substrate 30 is inserted into the electronic substrate insertion hole 51, the electrode contact portion 61 is connected to the electronic substrate 30 in the electrode contact portion 61. The contact part is bent in the insertion direction, with the contact part as a force point and the contact part between the linear part of the electrode contact part 61 and the convex part 63 as a fulcrum. Thus, the electrode contact portion 61 is not a contact position between the corner portion 55 and the connection portion between the electrode contact portion 61 having a curved shape and the connection portion 60 and the corner portion 55, but the linear portion of the electrode contact portion 61 and the convex portion 63. Bending in the insertion direction with the contact position as a fulcrum.

  When the electrode contact portion 61 is bent, when the contact position between the connection portion between the electrode contact portion 61 and the connection portion 60 and the corner portion 55 serves as a fulcrum, the corner portion 55 is shown in FIGS. ), Since the microscopic shape is R-shaped, the contact position with the connecting portion is likely to vary. As a result, the change in the connection angle between the electrode contact portion 61 and the connection portion 60 is not stable, and the contact pressure with respect to the contact electrode 32 tends to vary. On the other hand, the fulcrum position when the electrode contact part 61 bends can be stabilized by forming the convex part 63 in inner wall surface 53a, 53b like this embodiment. For this reason, the change of the connection angle of the electrode contact part 61 and the connection part 60 becomes constant, and the contact pressure with respect to the contact electrode 32 can suppress variation.

  When the case 70 is fitted to the housing 50, the housing space for the electronic substrate 30 is closed, and the electronic substrate 30 is housed in an internal space formed by the case 70 and the housing 50. The case 70 has a box shape with an opening, and a groove (not shown) that guides the insertion of the electronic substrate 30 into the case 70 is formed on the inner side surface of the case 70. In addition to the groove portion, a support portion (not shown) for supporting the electronic substrate 30 is formed. The case 70 and the housing 50 are coupled by fitting, and the case 70 and the housing 50 are assembled by inserting the housing 50 into the case 70.

  Next, waterproofing of the card edge connector 100 will be described. When the card edge connector 100 is mounted on a vehicle, it is necessary to prevent moisture from entering the card edge connector 100. Therefore, in the present embodiment, a collective seal member 64 for closing a gap in a portion where the harness 10 is pulled out from the housing 50 is provided on the bottom surface 57 of the housing 50. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the assembly seal member 64 is formed with a plurality of through holes that communicate the terminal insertion hole 52 with the outside, and the terminal 13 is inserted into the terminal insertion hole 52. The collective seal member 64 is disposed around each harness 10 by passing through the through hole of the collective seal member 64 and inserting the terminal 13 into the terminal insertion hole 52. As a result, the above-described gap is closed and moisture can be prevented from entering the terminal insertion hole 52. A sealing member 65 is provided on the fitting surface of the housing 50 inserted into the case 70 over the entire circumference of the fitting surface. This prevents moisture from entering the internal space formed by the housing 50 and the case 70.

  Next, a method for manufacturing the card edge connector 100 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. First, the harness 10, the housing 50, the relay terminal 58, and the case 70 in which the electronic substrate 30 is inserted are prepared. Then, the relay terminal 58 is attached to the housing 50 by press-fitting the terminal contact portion 59 into the pore 66 formed so as to reach the terminal insertion hole 52 from the housing surface 54. The above is the press-fitting process. In addition, a pore 66 is provided at a corner portion of approximately 90 degrees formed by the second inner wall surface 53b and the first housing surface 54a, and the first relay terminal is provided in the pore 66 formed at this corner portion. By press-fitting 58a, the first relay terminal 58a and the second relay terminal 58b are arranged side by side in the insertion direction without being brought into contact with each other.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the shape of the end portion of the terminal contact portion 59 on the terminal insertion hole 52 side is tapered, thereby reducing the resistance when the terminal contact portion 59 is press-fitted into the pore 66. be able to. In addition, a tapered burr portion 67 having a gradually increasing width is formed at a portion of the terminal contact portion 59 disposed in the pore 66. A tab 68 for applying a press-fitting force to the terminal contact portion 59 is formed at the end of the terminal contact portion 59 on the housing surface 54 side. In the press-fitting process described above, the terminal contact portion 59 is press-fitted into the pore 66 by applying a pressure along the press-fitting direction (the direction along the white arrow shown in FIGS. 6 to 8) to the tab 68. A protrusion (not shown) that fits with the burr portion 67 is formed on the wall surface that forms the pore 66, and when the terminal contact portion 59 is completely inserted into the pore 66, the burr 66 The part 67 and the above-described protrusion are fitted. Thereby, the mechanical connection between the terminal contact portion 59 and the housing 50 is strengthened, the mounting position between the terminal contact portion 59 and the housing 50 is changed, and the terminal contact portion 59 and the contact portion 16 and the electrode contact portion 61 are changed. The occurrence of poor electrical connection in the contact electrode 32 is suppressed. At the end of the press-fitting process, the tip of the terminal contact portion 59 of the relay terminal 58 is projected into the terminal insertion hole 52.

  After the press-fitting process is completed, the tab 68 is removed. The above is the removal step.

  After the removal step, the terminal 13 to which the harness 10 is connected is inserted into the terminal insertion hole 52. That is, the terminal 13 is inserted into the terminal insertion hole 52 through the assembly seal member 64. The above is the first insertion step. In the first insertion step, the terminal 13 to which the harness 10 is connected is inserted into the terminal insertion hole 52 so that the terminal 13 passes completely through the through hole of the assembly seal member 64 and the assembly seal member 64 is positioned around the harness 10. insert. As a result, the gap in the portion where the harness 10 is pulled out from the housing 50 is closed. Further, when the terminal 13 is completely inserted into the terminal insertion hole 52, the front end surface of the main body 15 of the terminal 13 is opened, so that the terminal contact portion of the relay terminal 58 previously attached to the housing 50. The front end portion of 59 is introduced into the body portion 15 and comes into contact with the contact portion 16.

  After completion of the first insertion step, the electronic substrate 30 is inserted into the electronic substrate insertion hole 51. That is, the electronic substrate 30 is inserted into the electronic substrate insertion hole 51 while resisting the elastic force of the relay terminal 58 (electrode contact portion 61). As a result, the electronic substrate 30 is sandwiched between the relay terminal 58 that contacts the contact electrode 32 formed on the front surface 30a and the relay terminal 58 that contacts the contact electrode 32 formed on the back surface 30b. 51. In addition, as the electronic board 30 is inserted into the electronic board insertion hole 51, the housing 50 is inserted into the case 70, and the case 70 and the housing 50 are assembled. As a result, the annular seal member 65 is disposed between the housing 50 and the case 70, and the housing 50 and the case 70 close the housing space of the component electronic board 30 in an airtight manner. The above is the second insertion step.

  Through the above steps, the card edge connector 100 according to the present embodiment is assembled. In the above assembly method, the press-fitting process of press-fitting the terminal contact portion 59 into the pore 66 is performed. However, when using the housing 50 in which the relay terminal 58 is provided in the housing 50 by insert molding, the press-fitting process Since the removal step can be omitted, the number of assembly steps of the card edge connector 100 can be reduced. However, since it is expensive to manufacture a mold for insert molding the relay terminal 58, the housing 50 and the relay terminal 58 are prepared separately as described above in order to suppress an increase in manufacturing cost. Then, it is preferable to perform the press-fitting process and the removing process. Even in the case where the relay terminal 58 is provided in the housing 50 by insert molding, the above-described return is provided at a portion of the terminal contact portion 59 disposed in the housing 50 in order to strengthen the connection between the relay terminal 58 and the housing 50. It is preferable that the part 67 is formed.

  In the above assembling method, the removing process is performed immediately after the press-fitting process is completed, but the removing process may be performed after the press-fitting process and the first insertion process are completed. In the above assembling method, the second insertion process is performed after the first insertion process is completed. However, the first insertion process may be performed after the second insertion process is completed.

  Next, the function and effect of the card edge connector 100 and the assembling method according to this embodiment will be described. As described above, the electrode contact portion 61 of the second relay terminal 58b is bent once in the direction in which the electronic substrate 30 is inserted into the electronic substrate insertion hole 51 and in the opposite direction. It has become. Thus, by bending the electrode contact portion 61 twice, the length of the electrode contact portion 61 in the insertion direction is shortened compared to a configuration in which the electrode contact portion 61 is bent only once in the insertion direction. It becomes easy to maintain the contact pressure between the electrode 32 and the electrode contact portion 61 within a predetermined range. Thereby, since the length of the electronic substrate insertion hole 51 can be shortened, the area | region inserted in the electronic substrate insertion hole 51 in the electronic substrate 30 becomes small, and the increase in the physique of the electronic substrate 30 is suppressed.

  The arrangement region in the electronic board insertion hole 51 along the insertion direction in the electrode contact portion 61 of the first relay terminal 58a is arranged in the electronic board insertion hole 51 along the insertion direction in the electrode contact portion 61 of the second relay terminal 58b. Consider a configuration that is not included in the region. In the case of this configuration, in order to avoid contact between the electrode contact portion 61 of the first relay terminal 58a and the electrode contact portion 61 of the second relay terminal 58b, the electrode contact portion 61 of the first relay terminal 58a is inserted into the electronic board. Since the range in the insertion direction arranged in the hole 51 is separated from the range in the insertion direction in which the electrode contact portion 61 of the second relay terminal 58b is arranged in the electronic substrate insertion hole 51, the amount of the separated distance There is a problem that the length of the substrate insertion hole 51 becomes long.

  On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the first relay terminal 58a and the second relay terminal 58b are alternately arranged in the lateral direction at a predetermined interval, and the electrode contact portion 61 of the first relay terminal 58a is an electron. The range in the insertion direction arranged in the board insertion hole 51 at least partially overlaps the range in the insertion direction in which the electrode contact portion 61 of the second relay terminal 58 b is arranged in the electronic board insertion hole 51. Thereby, since the length of the electronic substrate insertion hole 51 can be shortened, the region inserted into the electronic substrate insertion hole 51 in the electronic substrate 30 is reduced, and the increase in the size of the electronic substrate 30 can be suppressed. it can.

  The contact electrode 32 includes a first contact electrode 32a positioned at the head in the insertion direction of the electronic substrate 30, and a second contact electrode 32b formed at a position farther from the end 31 than the first contact electrode 32a in the insertion direction. Have. And the terminal 13 has the 1st terminal 13a and the 2nd terminal 13b arrange | positioned in the position spaced apart from the electronic substrate 30 rather than the 1st terminal 13a in the height direction. As described above, in the card edge connector 100 and the assembling method thereof according to the present embodiment, the second terminal 13b is arranged at a position farther from the front surface 30a or the back surface 30b than the first terminal 13a in the height direction. As a result, the first terminal 13a and the second terminal 13b are card edge connectors that are multi-staged in the height direction with a sufficient distance therebetween.

  Each of the terminals 13a and 13b is a female terminal having the same structure, and the contact electrode 32 and the terminal 13 are electrically connected via the relay terminal 58. Thereby, the card edge connector 100 and its assembling method according to the present embodiment are different from the card edge connector in which two types of terminals having different structures are connected to the harness, and one type of terminals (female terminals) having the same structure. ) Is connected to the harness, the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

  In particular, as the terminal 13, a female terminal in which the contact portion 16 is provided inside the main body portion 15 is employed. Therefore, since the contact portion 16 is accommodated in the main body portion 15, when the terminal 13 is inserted into the terminal insertion hole 52, the contact portion 16 does not have to be accommodated in the main body portion 15. Compared with the configuration in which the female terminal is inserted into the housing, the terminal 13 can be easily inserted into the terminal insertion hole 52.

  The contact electrode 32 is formed on the front surface 30a and the back surface 30b. According to this, as compared with the configuration in which the contact electrode 32 is formed on one surface of the electronic substrate 30, the connection signal lines of the card edge connector 100 can be increased.

  The contact electrode 32 has a rectangular shape whose longitudinal direction is along the insertion direction. Therefore, compared with the case where the contact electrode 32 has a square shape, the connection region between the contact electrode 32 and the relay terminal 58 along the insertion direction is increased. It is possible to suppress the occurrence of poor electrical connection between the terminal 32 and the relay terminal 58.

  Consider a configuration in which the first contact electrode 32a and the second contact electrode 32b are arranged in the insertion direction, and the first relay terminal 58a and the second relay terminal 58b are arranged in the insertion direction. In the case of this configuration, when the electronic substrate 30 is inserted into the electronic substrate insertion hole 51, the second relay terminal 58b and the first contact electrode 32a are temporarily connected, and current may flow through an unintended current path. is there.

  In contrast, in the present embodiment, the first contact electrode 32a and the second contact electrode 32b are formed at positions shifted laterally so as not to be aligned in the insertion direction. The second relay terminals 58b are alternately arranged in the lateral direction at a predetermined interval so as to contact the first contact electrode 32a and the second contact electrode 32b, respectively. This prevents the electrode contact portion 61 of the second relay terminal 58b and the first contact electrode 32a from being temporarily connected when the electronic substrate 30 is inserted into the electronic substrate insertion hole 51, which is not intended. No current flows in the current path. More specifically, for example, when the card edge connector 100 according to the present embodiment is mounted on a vehicle and the case 70 in which the electronic board 30 is stored is an ECU (Electronic Control Unit), a functional block of the ECU The electronic board 30 is electrically connected to a battery or other ECU mounted on the vehicle via the harness 10. When replacing the ECU in such a configuration, it is assumed that the replacement operator tries to remove the electronic board 30 from the housing 50 in a state where the battery and the harness 10 are electrically connected. Further, in the case of an ECU used in a vehicle, there are those equipped with power storage means such as a capacitor so that the processing in the ECU is not interrupted even when power supply from the battery is temporarily interrupted due to an impact or the like. is there. Therefore, there is a possibility that the electronic substrate 30 is attached to and detached from the housing 50 in a state in which the battery is electrically connected or power is supplied by the power storage means. However, even in such a case, in the present embodiment, the first contact electrode 32a and the second contact electrode 32b are formed at positions shifted in the lateral direction so as not to be aligned in the insertion direction. When 30 is inserted into the electronic board insertion hole 51, it is possible to prevent current from flowing in an unintended current path.

  Here, the first terminals 13a and the second terminals 13b having the same height are arranged in the horizontal direction without alternately arranging the first terminals 13a and the second terminals 13b having different height positions. In this case, in order to secure the necessary number of terminals, there arises a problem that the lateral length of the housing 50 and the electronic substrate 30 becomes long. This is because when only the terminals 13a and 13b having the same height are arranged in the horizontal direction, the adjacent relay terminals 58 are in contact with each other, or the contact electrodes 32 other than the contact electrode 32 to which the relay terminals 58 should be originally contacted. This is because it is necessary to arrange the terminals 13a and 13b and the contact electrode 32 with a sufficient space in the lateral direction in order to reliably prevent contact with the contact.

  On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the first terminals 13a and the second terminals 13b having different height positions are alternately arranged in the horizontal direction. Therefore, the first relay terminal 58a and the second relay terminal 58b in the housing 50 are different in the height direction and in the insertion direction of the contact electrode 32 in contact with the first relay terminal 58a and the second relay terminal 58b in the horizontal direction. It will be adjacent along. For this reason, even if the space | interval of the adjacent 1st relay terminal 58a and the 2nd relay terminal 58b is narrowed, the situation where relay terminals 58 contact or contact electrodes 32 other than the contact electrode 32 which should be contacted Will not occur. For this reason, the increase in the lateral physique of the housing 50 can be suppressed while ensuring the necessary number of terminals.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, 2nd Embodiment of this invention is described based on FIGS. 9-12. FIG. 9 is a plan view for explaining the arrangement of the contact electrodes according to the second embodiment. FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view for explaining an arrangement position in the housing of the relay terminal of the card edge connector according to the second embodiment. 11 is a cross-sectional view taken along line XI-XI in FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view taken along line XII-XII in FIG. In FIG. 9, for convenience, the contact electrode 32 formed on the back surface 30b is indicated by a broken line.

  Since the card edge connector according to the second embodiment is often in common with those according to each of the above-described embodiments, the detailed description of the common parts will be omitted below, and different parts will be described mainly. In addition, the same code | symbol shall be provided to the element same as the element shown to each above-mentioned embodiment.

  In 1st Embodiment, the 1st contact electrode 32a formed in the surface 30a and the 1st contact electrode 32a formed in the back surface 30b are arrange | positioned in the position which opposes via the electronic substrate 30, and form in the surface 30a The example in which the second contact electrode 32b thus formed and the second contact electrode 32b formed on the back surface 30b are arranged to face each other with the electronic substrate 30 therebetween is shown. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 9, the first contact electrodes 32 a and the second contact electrodes 32 b are alternately arranged in the lateral direction on the front surface 30 a and the back surface 30 b of the electronic substrate 30. It is arranged in a zigzag shape. Then, the zigzag pattern of the contact electrodes 32 formed on the front surface 30a and the zigzag pattern of the contact electrodes 32 formed on the back surface 30b are axisymmetric. That is, the first contact electrode 32a formed on the front surface 30a and the second contact electrode 32b formed on the back surface 30b are arranged along the insertion direction so as to be aligned with the insertion direction, and are formed on the front surface 30a. The second contact electrode 32b and the first contact electrode 32a formed on the back surface 30b are arranged along the insertion direction so as to be aligned in the insertion direction.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the first relay terminal 58a and the second relay terminal 58b are arranged side by side in the height direction to form a pair, and the paired first relay terminal 58a and second relay terminal 58b are arranged at predetermined intervals in the horizontal direction. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 11, the first relay terminal 58a connected to the first contact electrode 32a formed on the front surface 30a and the second contact electrode 32b formed on the back surface 30b. The second relay terminal 58b is paired with the second relay terminal 58b and arranged in the height direction, and adjacent to the second relay terminal 58b, as shown in FIG. 12, the second contact terminal 32b is connected to the second contact electrode 32b formed on the surface 30a. The two relay terminals 58b and the first relay terminals 58a connected to the first contact electrodes 32a formed on the back surface 30b make a pair and are arranged in the height direction.

  The electrode contact portions 61 of the first relay terminal 58a connected to the first contact electrode 32a formed on the surface 30a and the second relay terminal 58b connected to the second contact electrode 32b formed on the surface 30a are respectively The center line CL corresponding to an intermediate position between the front surface 30a and the back surface 30b of the electronic substrate 30 is extended to the back surface 30b side of the electronic substrate 30, and is connected to the first contact electrode 32a formed on the back surface 30b. The electrode contact portion 61 of each of the first relay terminal 58a and the second relay terminal 58b connected to the second contact electrode 32b formed on the back surface 30b extends over the center line CL to the surface 30a side of the electronic substrate 30. It is extended. Thereby, the apex 62 of the electrode contact portion 61 extending to the back surface 30b side across the center line CL is disposed below the center line CL, and extends to the front surface 30a side across the center line CL. The apex 62 of the electrode contact portion 61 is disposed above the center line CL.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, in a state before the electronic substrate 30 is inserted into the electronic substrate insertion hole 51, from the connection portion with the connection portion 60 in the electrode contact portion 61 of the first relay terminal 58a. A portion forming a linear shape up to the vertex 62 and a portion forming a linear shape from the folded portion to the vertex 62 in the electrode contact portion 61 of the second relay terminal 58b are substantially parallel.

  Next, the effect of the card edge connector 100 according to the present embodiment will be described. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a configuration is considered in which the apexes 62 of the two first relay terminals 58a and the apexes 62 of the two second relay terminals 58b face each other in the height direction. In the case of this configuration, in a state before the electronic substrate 30 is inserted into the electronic substrate insertion hole 51, the electrode contacts of the opposing relay terminals 58 are avoided while preventing the apexes 62 of the two opposing relay terminals 58 from contacting each other. It is necessary to secure a distance for elastically deforming the portion 61 (a distance for obtaining a contact pressure between the electrode contact portion 61 and the contact electrode 32). In order to satisfy the above conditions, the apex 62 of the relay terminal 58 that contacts the contact electrode 32 formed on the front surface 30a is disposed between the front surface 30a and the center line CL, and the contact electrode formed on the back surface 30b. It is necessary to arrange the apex 62 of the relay terminal 58 in contact with 32 between the center line CL and the back surface 30b, and there is a problem that the robustness with respect to the arrangement tolerance of the relay terminal 58 is low. Further, since the distance for elastic deformation of the electrode contact portions 61 of the two relay terminals 58 facing each other can be secured only about half the thickness of the electronic substrate 30 at the maximum, the contact pressure must be sufficiently secured. There is a problem that the robustness with respect to the electrical connection between the electrode contact portion 61 and the contact electrode 32 is low. If the robustness with respect to the electrical connection between the electrode contact portion 61 and the contact electrode 32 is low, an electrical connection failure may occur between the electrode contact portion 61 and the contact electrode 32.

  In contrast, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the first contact electrode 32a formed on the front surface 30a and the second contact electrode 32b formed on the back surface 30b are arranged in the insertion direction. The second contact electrode 32b formed on the front surface 30a and the first contact electrode 32a formed on the back surface 30b are arranged along the insertion direction so as to be aligned, and along the insertion direction so that they are aligned in the insertion direction. Are arranged. The first relay terminal 58a connected to the first contact electrode 32a formed on the front surface 30a and the second relay terminal 58b connected to the second contact electrode 32b formed on the back surface 30b make a pair. The first relay terminals 58b that are arranged side by side in the height direction and that are connected to the second contact electrodes 32b formed on the front surface 30a and the first contact electrodes 32a that are formed on the back surface 30b. The relay terminals 58a are paired with each other in the height direction. According to this, since the positions of the vertices 62 of the first relay terminal 58a and the second relay terminal 58b forming a pair arranged side by side in the height direction are shifted in the insertion direction and do not face each other, the two relay terminals Even if the positions of the 58 vertices 62 are not strictly set, it is possible to avoid the vertices 62 from contacting each other.

  In the present embodiment, the first relay terminal 58a connected to the first contact electrode 32a formed on the surface 30a and the second relay terminal 58b connected to the second contact electrode 32b formed on the surface 30a. The contact portion 61 extends to the back surface 30b side across the center line CL. Then, the electrode contact portions 61 of the first relay terminal 58a connected to the first contact electrode 32a formed on the back surface 30b and the second relay terminal 58b connected to the second contact electrode 32b formed on the back surface 30b. Is extended to the surface 30a side across the center line CL. Thus, the distance for elastic deformation of the electrode contact portion 61 of the relay terminal 58 can be ensured to be more than half the thickness of the electronic substrate 30, so that the contact pressure can be sufficiently ensured. As described above, in the card edge connector 100 according to the present embodiment, the robustness with respect to the placement tolerance of the relay terminal 58 and the robustness with respect to the electrical connection between the electrode contact portion 61 and the contact electrode 32 are improved. It is possible to avoid a poor electrical connection between the contact electrode 32 and the contact electrode 32.

  Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the connecting portion 60 in the electrode contact portion 61 of the first relay terminal 58a in a state before the electronic substrate 30 is inserted into the electronic substrate insertion hole 51. A portion that forms a straight line shape from the connecting portion to the vertex 62 and a portion that forms a straight shape from the folded portion to the vertex 62 in the electrode contact portion 61 of the second relay terminal 58b are substantially parallel. According to this, since each electrode contact part 61 can be arrange | positioned in the position which adjoined, the arrangement | positioning area | region of the electrode contact part 61 in the electronic substrate insertion hole 51 can be made small.

  In the present embodiment, the relay terminal 58 includes a first relay terminal 58a that electrically connects the first contact electrode 32a formed on the front surface 30a and the back surface 30b and the first terminal 13a, and the front surface 30a and the back surface. The example which has the 2nd relay terminal 58b which electrically connects the 2nd contact electrode 32b formed in 30b and the 2nd terminal 13b was shown. However, as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, for example, a first relay terminal 58a that electrically connects the second contact electrode 32b formed on the front surface 30a and the back surface 30b and the first terminal 13a, and the front surface 30a A relay terminal 58 having a first relay electrode 58a formed on the back surface 30b and a second relay terminal 58b that electrically connects the second terminal 13b may be employed. In this case, the electronic board insertion hole 51 is constituted by the second insertion hole 51b, all the connecting parts 60 are provided on the second housing surface 54b, and the electrode contact part 61 of the first relay terminal 58a is bent twice. It becomes a shape. 13 and 14 are cross-sectional views for explaining a modification of the card edge connector.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 15, in addition to the first relay terminal 58a and the second relay terminal 58b, the relay terminal 58 is provided in the height direction from the front surface 30a of the electronic substrate 30 or the back surface 30b thereof from the second terminal 13b. Further, the third relay terminal 58c may be provided at a further spaced position. According to this, the connection signal line of the card edge connector 100 can be increased as compared with the configuration in which the contact electrode 32 includes the first contact electrode 32a and the second contact electrode 32b. In this case, as shown in FIG. 16, the contact electrode 32 is formed at a position farther from the end 31 than the second contact electrode 32b, in addition to the first contact electrode 32a and the second contact electrode 32b. The third contact electrode 32c is electrically connected to the third relay terminal 58c and the third contact electrode 32c. In the contact electrode 32 shown in FIG. 16, the interval between the two first contact electrodes 32a that are laterally adjacent to each other with the one second contact electrode 32b and the one third contact electrode 32c interposed therebetween is set to be different from the electronic substrate 30. When inserted into the insertion hole 51, the electrode contact portions 61 of the relay terminal 58 that contacts the second contact electrode 32b and the relay terminal 58 that contacts the third contact electrode 32c do not contact the first contact electrode 32a. Is set to The distance between the first contact electrode 32a and the second contact electrode 32b that are laterally adjacent to each other via one third contact electrode 32c is such that when the electronic substrate 30 is inserted into the electronic substrate insertion hole 51, The electrode contact portion 61 of the relay terminal 58 that is in contact with the three-contact electrode 32c is set so as not to contact the first contact electrode 32a and the second contact electrode 32b. In the case of the configuration shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, since both the first relay terminal 58a and the second relay terminal 58b can be press-fitted into the pore 66 opened on the second housing surface 54b, the first housing Compared with the case where the first relay terminal 58a is press-fitted into the pore 66 opened in the surface 54a and the second relay terminal 58b is press-fitted into the pore 66 opened in the second housing surface 54b, the press-fitting process is facilitated. Can do. FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view for explaining a modification of the relay terminal, and FIG. 16 is a plan view for explaining a modification of the arrangement of the contact electrodes on the electronic substrate. In FIG. 16, for convenience, the contact electrode 32 formed on the back surface 30b is indicated by a broken line.

  2, 11, and 12, the end of the second relay terminal 58 b on the electronic board insertion hole 51 side is located on the opening side of the electronic board insertion hole 51 with respect to the apex 62. In such a configuration, when the center line CL is located between the apex 62 of the second relay terminal 58b and the connecting portion 60, the end of the second relay terminal 58b on the electronic board insertion hole 51 side is connected to the center line CL. It is desirable to arrange it on the connecting part 60 side with a gap in between. In the case of this configuration, when the electronic substrate 30 is inserted along the center line CL, the region between the apex 62 and the end of the second relay terminal 58b on the electronic substrate insertion hole 51 side is in contact with the electronic substrate 30. To do. Therefore, when the electronic substrate 30 is completely inserted, the electrode contact portion 61 of the second relay terminal 58b can be surely pushed into the connecting portion 60 side.

  Similarly, in the case of FIGS. 13 and 14, when the center line CL is located between the vertex 62 of the first relay terminal 58a and the connecting portion 60, the end of the first relay terminal 58a on the electronic board insertion hole 51 side. It is desirable to arrange the portion on the connecting portion 60 side with the center line CL interposed therebetween.

  The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

  In each embodiment, the example which bent the electrode contact part 61 twice was shown. However, the number of times of bending the electrode contact portion 61 is not limited to the above example.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Harness 13 ... Terminal 30 ... Electronic board 32 ... Contact electrode 50 ... Housing 58 ... Relay terminal 64 ... Collective seal member 70 ... Case 100 ... Card Edge connector

Claims (14)

A card edge connector that performs electrical connection between a plurality of contact electrodes formed on the same plane of an end portion of an electronic board and a plurality of harnesses drawn to the outside by inserting the end portion of the electronic board. ,
A housing having an electronic board insertion hole into which an end of the electronic board is inserted;
A terminal disposed in the housing and connected to the harness;
A relay terminal disposed in the housing, having one end in contact with the contact electrode of the electronic substrate and the other end in contact with the terminal of the harness;
The relay terminal is connected to a terminal contact portion extending from the housing surface to a terminal connected to the harness in the housing, and an end portion of the terminal contact portion on the housing surface side, and is connected to the terminal contact portion. A connection portion extending from the portion along the housing surface to the electronic substrate insertion hole, and an electrode contact portion protruding into the electronic substrate insertion hole while being connected to an end portion of the connection portion on the electronic substrate insertion hole side And consists of
The card edge connector, wherein the electrode contact portion is bent at least once in an insertion direction of the electronic board and a direction opposite to the insertion direction. The plurality of contact electrodes formed on the same plane of the end portion of the electronic board includes a first contact electrode located at the head in the insertion direction of the electronic board and a first contact electrode located inside the electronic board from the first contact electrode. 2 contact electrodes,
The terminal connected to the harness includes a first terminal disposed at a predetermined distance from the plane in a direction perpendicular to the plane on which the plurality of contact electrodes of the electronic board are formed, and the electronic board A second terminal disposed at a position further away from the first terminal than the first terminal,
The relay terminal includes a first relay terminal that electrically connects one of the first contact electrode and the second contact electrode and the first terminal, and the first contact electrode and the second contact electrode. The card edge connector according to claim 1, further comprising: a second relay terminal that electrically connects the other terminal to the second terminal.   A plurality of the first contact electrodes and the second contact electrodes are arranged on the same plane of the electronic substrate end portion so as to be aligned in a direction orthogonal to the insertion direction of the electronic substrate end portion along the plane of the electronic substrate. The first contact electrode and a plurality of the second contact electrodes are formed, and the first contact electrode and the second contact electrode are arranged in a direction orthogonal to the insertion direction so as not to be aligned with the insertion direction. The card edge connector according to claim 2, wherein the card edge connector is formed at a shifted position.   The range of the insertion direction in which the electrode contact portion of the first relay terminal is disposed in the electronic substrate insertion hole is the range of the insertion direction in which the electrode contact portion of the second relay terminal is disposed in the electronic substrate insertion hole, The card edge connector according to claim 3, wherein at least a part thereof overlaps. The plurality of contact electrodes are formed on both the front and back surfaces of the electronic substrate,
The first contact electrode formed on the front surface and the second contact electrode formed on the back surface are arranged along the insertion direction so as to be aligned with the insertion direction, and the first contact electrode formed on the front surface is formed. The two contact electrodes and the first contact electrode formed on the back surface are arranged along the insertion direction so as to be aligned with the insertion direction,
One end of the relay terminal that contacts the contact electrode formed on the surface of the electronic substrate is in an intermediate position between the front surface and the back surface of the electronic substrate in a state before the electronic substrate is inserted into the electronic substrate insertion hole. Straddling the corresponding center line, extending from the surface of the electronic substrate toward the back surface,
One end of the relay terminal that contacts the contact electrode formed on the back surface of the electronic substrate is in a state before the electronic substrate is inserted into the electronic substrate insertion hole, across the center line, and from the back surface of the electronic substrate. The card edge connector according to claim 3, wherein the card edge connector extends toward the surface. The plurality of contact electrodes are formed on both the front and back surfaces of the electronic substrate,
One of the electrode contact portions of the relay terminal that contacts the contact electrode formed on the surface of the electronic substrate and the relay terminal that contacts the contact electrode formed on the back surface of the electronic substrate is connected to the connection portion. As a fulcrum, the shape is bent once in the insertion direction, and the other electrode contact portion is bent once in the insertion direction with the connection part with the connection part as a fulcrum, and with the folded part as a fulcrum. The shape is bent once in the direction opposite to the insertion direction of the substrate,
In the state before the electronic substrate is inserted into the electronic substrate insertion hole, a portion from the connecting portion to the contact portion in contact with the contact electrode in the electrode contact portion bent once in the insertion direction, and the insertion direction In the electrode contact portion that is bent once in the direction opposite to the insertion direction, the portion from the folded portion to the contact portion that contacts the contact electrode has a linear shape, and is mutually The card edge connector according to claim 3, wherein the card edge connector is substantially parallel.   The first terminal and the second terminal include a cylindrical main body portion, and a contact portion that is provided inside the main body portion and contacts the electrode contact portion with a predetermined contact pressure by elastic deformation. The card edge connector according to any one of claims 2 to 6, characterized in that   The card edge connector according to claim 7, wherein a collective seal member that connects seal members of all the harnesses is provided at a portion where the plurality of harnesses are pulled out from the housing. In the electrode contact portion, when the electronic substrate end portion is inserted, a connection angle between the connection portion and the electrode contact portion at a corner portion between the housing surface and the wall surface of the electronic substrate insertion hole is deformed, Causing contact pressure to the electrode to contact the contact electrode;
The card according to claim 1, wherein a convex portion that supports the electrode contact portion is formed on a wall surface of the electronic board insertion hole so that the connection angle is constant. Edge connector. A method of assembling the card edge connector according to claim 1,
The housing is an injection-molded resin, and the housing has pores reaching the terminal insertion holes into which the terminals of the harness are inserted from the housing surface,
A press-fitting step of press-fitting the terminal contact portion into the pore so that a part of the terminal contact portion is disposed in the terminal insertion hole;
A first insertion step of inserting a terminal connected to the harness into the terminal insertion hole;
And a second insertion step of inserting the electronic board into the electronic board insertion hole. A tab for applying pressure to the terminal contact portion in the press-fitting step is formed at the end of the terminal contact portion on the housing surface side,
The card edge connector assembling method according to claim 10, wherein a removal step of removing the tab is performed after the press-fitting step. A tapered burr portion is formed at a portion arranged in the pore in the terminal contact portion,
The method of assembling a card edge connector according to claim 10 or 11, wherein a projection that fits with the burr is formed on a wall surface that forms the pore. A method of assembling the card edge connector according to claim 1,
The housing is an injection-molded resin, and the relay terminal is insert-molded in the housing,
A first insertion step of inserting a terminal connected to the harness into the terminal insertion hole;
And a second insertion step of inserting the electronic board into the electronic board insertion hole. The first terminal and the second terminal have a cylindrical main body portion, and a contact portion that is provided inside the main body portion and contacts the electrode contact portion with a predetermined contact pressure by elastic deformation,
A collective seal member connecting all the harness seal members is provided in the housing,
The card according to any one of claims 10 to 13, wherein, in the first insertion step, a terminal connected to the harness is inserted into the terminal insertion hole through the assembly seal member. Edge connector assembly method.

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