JP2011237183A - Inspection tool - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inspection tool having contact release means that allows removal of a contact in a vertical direction at mounting/removal of an FPC with a connector, specifically a B to B connector, installed therein, in which the B to B connector of the FPC to be mounted onto each of inspection objects can be removed without twist or the like so that the connector itself can be prevented from being damaged and at the same time the inspection tool is configured to serve as a guide at mounting/removal.SOLUTION: The inspection tool comprises an inspection substrate on which a connector is mounted and an inspection contact provided on a front end side of the inspection substrate. The inspection tool further comprises contact release means that pushes up a to-be-inspected contact inserted to the inspection contact in a vertical direction so as to release the to-be-inspected contact coupled to the inspection contact.

Description

  The present invention relates to an inspection jig, and more particularly, in an inspection jig for inspecting an electronic device having a BtoB connector interposed therein, the FPC (Flexible Printed Circuits) can be easily and quickly removed from the BtoB connector. Therefore, the present invention relates to an inspection jig having means for removing a BtoB connector attached to an FPC in a vertical direction.

  As a conventional inspection jig, particularly as an inspection jig for inspecting an electronic device having a BtoB connector interposed therein, a male contact 14 of an FPC 13 is mounted on a female contact 12 attached to an inspection substrate 11 as shown in FIG. Then, after the inspection is finished, the mounted FPC 13 is picked and removed by pulling it upward.

JP 2001-12310 A

However, in the inspection jig described in the prior art, when removing and removing the FPC on which the BtoB connector is mounted from the inspection jig, the BtoB connector must be grasped and pulled upward, etc. In particular, there is a problem that when the connector is pulled out, the contacts are twisted or twisted to damage the connector itself.
Therefore, there is a problem to be solved in order not to damage the contact when the connector used in the inspection jig is inserted or removed.

  In order to solve the above problems, the inspection jig of the present invention is configured as follows.

(1) The inspection jig is an inspection jig provided with an inspection board to which a connector is attached, and an inspection contact provided on the front end side of the inspection board, and contacts the object to be inserted into the inspection contact. Contact release means for releasing the contact mounted on the inspection contact by pushing up in the vertical direction is provided.
(2) The contact release means attaches the contact of the object to the inspection contact from the upper surface of the connector guide portion provided with a contact engaging window that faces the inspection contact attached to the inspection board. The inspection jig according to (1), wherein the contact of the object is removed by lifting the connector guide portion in a vertical direction when the connector is removed.

  The inspection jig according to the present invention has a structure provided with contact release means that can remove a contact in a vertical direction when attaching and detaching a connector, in particular, an FPC equipped with a BtoB connector. The FPC BtoB connector to be attached can be removed without causing any squeezing, etc. In addition to preventing damage to the connector itself, it also has a structure that also serves as a guide when attaching and detaching, so attachment and detachment are smooth This can be done and time loss can be reduced.

It is a perspective view of the inspection jig concerning the present invention. It is the perspective view which looked at the inspection jig concerning the present invention from the guide part side. It is a perspective view of the inspection jig equipped with FPC concerning the present invention. It is sectional drawing which shows a mode that FPC of the inspection jig concerning this invention was mounted | worn. It is sectional drawing which shows a mode that FPC of the inspection jig concerning this invention was removed. It is a perspective view of the inspection jig of a prior art.

  An embodiment of an inspection jig according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, 4, and 5, the inspection jig according to the present invention has a connector 15 attached to the rear end portion of the inspection substrate 11 and a BtoB female contact 12 attached to the front end portion. The contact release means for removing the contact of the FPC having the BtoB male contact at the position is provided.

  The contact release means pulls out the BtoB male contact 14 of the FPC 13 connected to the BtoB female contact 12 which is an inspection contact attached to the inspection board in the vertical direction, and is formed in a substantially U-shape. A pedestal 17 on which the contact release portion 16 is rotatably mounted, and a contact engagement window 19 that is cut to a size so that the female contact 12 can be faced, and the FPC 13 is provided around the contact engagement window 19. The connector guide portion 18 also serves as a positioning and guide for the male contact 14 provided on the distal end side.

  The contact release portion 16 is provided with a shaft hole through which the rotation shaft is inserted at a substantially central position, a spring engagement portion 22 for engaging the return spring 21 on the rear end side, and a connector guide portion 18 on the front end side. It has a structure.

  The connector guide portion 18 has a structure in which a contact engagement window 19 for allowing the female contact 12 to face is provided at a substantially central position, the periphery of which is covered with a flat mounting portion, and the depth and both sides are covered with walls. The depth wall and the walls on both sides are tapered so that the FPC 13 can be easily attached.

  The contact engagement window 19 is opened to a size that can accommodate the rectangular female contact 12, and is configured to be chamfered in the four open sides.

  In the inspection jig provided with the contact release means having such a structure, as shown in FIG. 4 in particular, when the FPC 13 is mounted, the female contacted so that the male contact 14 of the FPC 13 is placed on the connector guide portion 18. The mold contact 12 is attached.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 5 in particular, after the inspection of the mounted FPC 13 is completed, in order to remove the FPC 13, the location where the return spring 21 of the contact release portion 16 is mounted is pushed to center the shaft. And the connector guide 18 is pushed up in the vertical direction. Then, the male contact 14 of the FPC 13 is pushed upward in the vertical direction and the state where it is attached to the female contact 12 is removed.

  When attaching / detaching a connector, especially an FPC equipped with a BtoB connector, the contact release means that can remove the contact in the vertical direction is provided, so that the FPC's BtoB connector attached to each inspection object can be twisted. In addition to being able to prevent the connector itself from being damaged in advance, it is possible to provide an inspection jig having a structure that also serves as a guide for attachment and detachment.

11 Inspection board 12 Female contact 13 FPC
14 Male contact 15 Connector 16 Contact release part 17 Base 18 Connector guide part 19 Contact engagement window 21 Return spring 22 Spring engagement part

Claims (2)

An inspection board with a connector attached thereto;
An inspection contact provided on the front end side of the inspection substrate;
An inspection jig comprising:
An inspection jig comprising contact release means for releasing a contact mounted on the inspection contact by pushing up a contact of an object to be inserted into the inspection contact in a vertical direction.   The contact release means attaches the contact of the object to the inspection contact from the upper surface of the connector guide portion provided with the contact engagement window that faces the inspection contact attached to the inspection board, and removes it. The inspection jig according to claim 1, wherein the contact of the object is removed by lifting the connector guide portion vertically.

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