JP2013045541A - Connector device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a connector device in which a wiring platy member is inserted in a housing, which can reduce a manufacturing cost and thickness dimensions thereof, and can certainly carry out locking for preventing undesired slipping-off from the housing of the wiring platy member and release of the locking.SOLUTION: A connector device includes: a housing 11 provided with a platy member insertion portion 12, and in which a plurality of contacts are aligned; and a shell member 14 for covering the housing. While locking means 20A formed on the shell member 14 locks a flexible printed wiring board 40 inserted in the housing through the platy member insertion portion, an operating portion 32 of lock releasing means 30 integrally provided with the housing is pressed in a direction (a P direction) in an insertion direction through the platy member insertion portion of the flexible printed wiring board to the housing, thereby making the locking means 20A release the locking of the flexible printed wiring board.

Description

  The invention described in the claims of the present application is based on the fact that a wiring board member such as a flexible printed wiring board (FPC) or a flexible flat cable (FFC) is attached. Contacts arranged to be connected to the connecting terminal provided are arranged and locked to prevent the attached wiring board member from being pulled out and released from being locked to the wiring board member. The present invention relates to a connector device provided with a lock release portion.

  Wiring plate members such as flexible printed wiring boards and flexible flat cables that are mounted on various electronic devices are connected to the main wiring board on which various electrical components are attached. It is often performed by using a connector device that is fixedly connected by a mechanical connection. The connector device used for connecting the wiring board member to the main wiring board has a conductive contact that is contact-connected to a connection terminal portion provided on the wiring board member, and the contact The connection terminal portion provided on the wiring plate-like member is electrically connected to the wiring terminal provided on the main wiring board.

  Conventionally proposed connector devices, for example, used for connection of a wiring board-like member to be a flexible printed wiring board with a main wiring board are provided with an insertion part into which the wiring board-like member is inserted. The housing is disposed on the main wiring board, for example, formed of an insulating material. When the wiring board member is inserted into the housing through the insertion portion, the plurality of wiring boards are arranged and arranged in the housing and connected to the wiring terminals provided on the main wiring board. In order to prevent external electromagnetic wave noise, that is, to provide a shielding effect against external electromagnetic noise, the housing is partially or entirely covered. A conductive shell connected to a grounding terminal provided on the main wiring board, and provided rotatably with respect to the housing, and engages with each of the plurality of contacts to rotate the plurality of contacts. Displacement of the actuating part in each of the contacts, whereby a plurality of contacts are connected in contact with a plurality of signal connection terminal parts, Or, it is an actuator to assume a state of being released from the contacting of a plurality of signal connecting terminal portion is provided. The plurality of contacts are brought into contact with and connected to the plurality of connection terminal portions provided on the wiring plate-like member, whereby the wiring plate-like member is brought into an electrically connected state with the main wiring board.

  Further, the connector device used for connecting the wiring board-like member conventionally proposed with the main wiring board has a housing as described above, and includes a plurality of contacts and a conductive shell as described above. However, when the wiring board member is inserted into the housing through the insertion portion, a plurality of contacts provided in the housing are automatically provided. Some of them are contact-connected to a plurality of connection terminal portions provided on the inserted wiring board member. In such a case, the wiring plate-like member is placed in an electrically connected state with the main wiring board only by properly inserting the wiring plate-like member into the housing through the insertion portion.

  In such a connector device that has been proposed in the past, for example, a flexible printed wiring, in either case of an actuator that is provided so as to be rotatable with respect to the housing, or an actuator that does not have such an actuator. A wiring board member to be a board is inserted into a housing arranged on the main wiring board through an insertion portion, and a plurality of contacts arranged in the housing are connected to the wiring board member inserted in the housing. When the wiring plate-like member is brought into electrical connection with the main wiring board, the situation where the wiring plate-like member is undesirably removed from the housing is not avoided. must not. As a matter of course, in order for the plurality of contacts arranged in the housing to be properly contacted and connected to the plurality of connection terminal portions of the wiring board-like member inserted into the housing, it is inserted into the housing. It is required that the wiring plate-like member inserted through the part can stably maintain the state and does not cause an undesired removal from the housing.

  Therefore, it belongs to a connector device having a housing as described above and provided with a plurality of contacts, a conductive shell, and an actuator that is rotatable with respect to the housing. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been proposed a connector device provided with a locking means that engages with an inserted wiring board member to prevent undesired removal of the wiring board member from the housing (for example, Patent Document 1). reference.). Further, as described above, it has a housing and includes a plurality of contacts and a conductive shell, but belongs to a connector device that does not include an actuator that is rotatable with respect to the housing, There has also been proposed a connector device provided with a locking means that engages with a wiring plate member inserted through the insertion portion into the housing and prevents undesired removal of the wiring plate member from the housing ( For example, see Patent Document 2 and Patent Document 3.)

  In the connector device disclosed in Patent Document 1, locking means (lock portion 11c) that can be displaced like a seesaw is formed on a part of the conductive shell (shield plate 11). The stopping means is provided with a locking end (claw portion 11d) bent toward the inside of the conductive shell. The locking means is displaced according to the turning operation of the actuator (actuator 9) that can be turned with respect to the housing (housing 3).

  Under such circumstances, after the wiring plate member (FPC21) is inserted into the receiving space (FPC receiving space 34) in the housing, if the actuator is turned in the first direction, A plurality of contacts (first contact 5 and second contact 6) arranged in the actuator are displaced by cams (cam portions 92 and 93) formed in the actuator, and a plurality of contacts in the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing A wiring board-like structure in which the locking means is displaced by a cam (cam portion 94) formed on the actuator, and the locking end portion provided on the locking terminal is inserted into the housing. The engaging portion (notch 21a) provided on the member is engaged. Thereby, undesired removal of the wiring plate member inserted into the housing from the housing is prevented.

  Thereafter, the second end opposite to the first direction of the actuator is obtained with the engaging end provided on the engaging means engaging with the engaging portion provided on the wiring board member inserted into the housing. When the turning operation in the direction is performed, the cam (cam portion 94) formed on the actuator is engaged with the engaging means provided on the wiring plate-like member at the engaging end provided on the engaging means. It is allowed to take the state of releasing the engagement with. As a result, the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing can be removed from the housing.

  Further, in the connector device disclosed in Patent Document 2, a conductive shell (shell 4) is provided in a housing (housing main body 2) so as to be rotatable with respect to the housing (housing main body 2). Then, a leaf spring-like locking means (foot 46) is formed on a part of the conductive shell, and a locking protrusion (locking protrusion 44) directed to the inside of the conductive shell at the tip of the locking means. ) Is provided.

  Such a conductive shell that can be rotated with respect to the housing has a wiring board-like member (FPC) in a position where the whole is in close proximity to the housing, and is in a position lying down with respect to the housing. When inserted into the housing through the insertion portion (insertion port 21), a plurality of contacts (contacts 3 (upper contact 31, lower contact 32)) arranged in the housing become a plurality of wiring plate-like members inserted into the housing. The contact projections are respectively connected to the connection terminal portions, and the engagement protrusions provided on the engagement means engage with the engagement portions (FPC engagement holes FPC2) provided on the wiring plate member inserted into the housing. . Thereby, undesired removal of the wiring plate member inserted into the housing from the housing is prevented.

  After that, the conductive shell that is rotatable with respect to the housing when the locking projection provided on the locking means is engaged with the engaging portion provided on the wiring plate member inserted into the housing. However, when it is rotated to take the raised position with respect to the housing, the locking means formed on the conductive shell is also displaced along with the conductive shell, and the locking projection provided on the conductive shell The engagement with the engaging portion provided on the member is released. As a result, the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing can be removed from the housing.

  In the case of a conventional connector device in which the locking means is displaced in accordance with the turning operation of the actuator that is turnable with respect to the housing, such as that shown in Patent Document 1, It is necessary to provide an actuator that can be rotated in this manner, which causes an increase in the manufacturing cost of the connector device. In addition, in order to cause the locking means to be locked or unlocked with respect to the wiring plate-like member, an operation of rotating the actuator with respect to the housing is indispensable. It is necessary to provide a desired space around the connector device. Furthermore, the conductive shell covers only the upper surface of the housing (the other surface facing the surface facing the main wiring board) and the side end surface in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts, and is resistant to electromagnetic noise from the outside. There is a possibility that it is difficult to effectively obtain a shielding effect.

  Further, in the case of a conventional connector device provided with a conductive shell that is rotatable with respect to a housing, such as that shown in Patent Document 2, and a locking means is formed on a part of the conductive shell. Since the conductive shell is rotatable with respect to the housing, the conductive shell cannot be used for fixing the connector device to the main wiring board. It is necessary to provide a member (hold-down member) for fixing to the connector, and this increases the manufacturing cost of the connector device. Further, even in such a connector device, the conductive shell covers only the upper surface of the housing (the other surface facing the surface that contacts the main wiring board) and the side end surfaces in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts. Therefore, it may be difficult to effectively obtain a shielding effect against electromagnetic noise from the outside.

  On the other hand, in the connector device disclosed in Patent Document 3, the conductive shell (14) arranged to partially cover the outer surface of the housing (11) extends into the housing, There is formed a locking means (locking portion (20)) for locking the flexible printed wiring board (40) which is a wiring plate-like member inserted through the plate-like member insertion portion (12) provided on the wiring member. ing. Further, the housing is formed integrally with the housing so as to be movable. One end of the housing protrudes outward from the conductive shell, and the other end engages with the locking means. Part (30)).

  The locking means engages with the engaging portions (43, 44) of the wiring plate member inserted into the housing to lock the wiring plate member, and the locking portion can be displaced. And an elastic arm portion (22) for supporting, and the other end portion of the unlocking means is engaged with the elastic arm portion.

  One end portion of the unlocking means is a conductive shell that covers the upper surface of the housing from the inside of the housing on the upper surface side of the housing (the surface facing the lower surface that faces the main wiring board to which the connector device is fixed). It protrudes to the outside.

  Then, when the wiring plate member is inserted into the housing through the plate member insertion portion, the locking portion in the locking means engages with the engaging portion in the wiring plate member, and the wiring plate member is locked. Thereby, undesired removal of the wiring plate member inserted into the housing from the housing is prevented.

  After that, when one end of the unlocking means protruding from the upper surface side of the housing to the outside of the conductive shell is directed into the housing, that is, pressed toward the lower surface of the housing, the locking is released. The other end portion of the means engages with the elastic arm portion of the locking means to displace the elastic arm portion, and accordingly, the locking portion supported by the elastic arm portion has a wiring board shape. The member is displaced to a position where the engagement with the engaging portion is released. As a result, the engaging portion formed in the engaging means is released from the engagement with the engaging portion of the wiring plate-like member, and the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing can be removed from the housing. .

  A locking means such as that shown in Patent Document 3 is formed in the conductive shell so as to extend into the housing and lock the wiring plate member, and is formed integrally with the housing. According to the conventional connector device provided with the unlocking means that can be moved in such a manner, an actuator that can be rotated with respect to the housing, such as the one disclosed in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, is provided. A conventional connector device in which a locking means is formed on a part of the shell, or a conductive shell that is rotatable with respect to the housing, such as that disclosed in Patent Document 2 described above, is provided. In the conventional connector device in which the locking means is formed on a part of the conductive shell, the inconveniences and problems respectively associated with it are solved.

JP 2008-52993 A (paragraphs 0016, 0017, 0033 to 0043, FIGS. 1, 5 and 6) JP 2008-192574 A (paragraphs 0026, 0027, 0031 to 0034, FIGS. 1 to 6) JP 2011-40246 A (pages 11-16, FIGS. 5-11, 15-17)

  A connector device used to attach a wiring plate-like member such as a flexible printed wiring board to a main wiring board as described above, and is a wiring that extends into a conductive shell and then into the housing and is inserted into the housing In the conventional connector device in which the locking means for locking the plate-like member is formed, and the housing is provided with unlocking means formed integrally with the housing so as to be movable. One end portion of the unlocking means formed integrally therewith protrudes from the upper surface side of the housing to the outside, and when releasing the locking to the wiring plate member by the locking means, the housing A pressing operation toward the lower surface of the housing, in other words, penetrates the upper and lower surfaces of the housing at one end of the unlocking means protruding outward from the upper surface side of the housing Direction, i.e., is required to apply a pressing operation in the thickness direction. For this reason, it is difficult to sufficiently reduce the dimension of the connector device in the thickness direction including the one end of the unlocking means, which hinders the thinning of various electronic components attached to the main wiring board. There is a risk.

  Further, in the above-described conventional connector device, the thickness with respect to the one end portion of the locking release means for releasing the locking of the wiring plate-like member by the locking means while it is fixed to the main wiring board. Since the pressing operation in the direction is required, it is necessary to secure a space for the pressing operation in the thickness direction of the apparatus with respect to the one end portion of the locking release means. Therefore, the connector device cannot be used under a situation where a necessary space in the thickness direction cannot be obtained outside when fixed to the main wiring board.

  In view of such a point, the invention described in the scope of claims of the present application is a plate-like member used for connection with another wiring board such as a flexible printed wiring board or a flexible flat cable. A connector device comprising a housing provided with a member insertion portion, a plurality of contacts arranged and arranged on the housing, and a shell member partially covering the housing, the connector device being rotatable with respect to the housing In addition, there is no need for an actuator to be rotated, and the conductive shell need not be rotatable with respect to the housing, thereby reducing the number of components and reducing the manufacturing cost. The dimension in the direction can be sufficiently reduced, and the space for the pressing operation in the thickness direction can be reduced while being fixed to another wiring board. Without the need for maintenance, it is possible to reliably engage and release the latch to prevent undesired removal from the housing with respect to the wiring plate member inserted into the housing through the plate member insertion portion. Provide what will be.

  A connector device according to an invention described in any one of claims 1 to 4 in the claims of the present application (hereinafter referred to as the present invention) includes a housing provided with a plate-like member insertion portion, a housing A plurality of contacts that are contact-connected to a plurality of connection terminal portions in the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing when the wiring plate-like member is inserted into the housing through the plate-like member insertion portion; Both ends in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts in the housing, arranged so as to cover most or part of the surface of the part other than the part provided with the plate-like member insertion part and the peripheral part of the insertion part located around the part. A pair of members for locking the wiring plate member inserted into the housing through the plate member insertion portion inside the portion. And a lock member provided integrally with the housing and operated to unlock the lock member with respect to the wiring plate member. Each includes a locking portion that engages and locks the wiring plate member, and an elastic support portion that supports the locking portion, and the unlocking means is a portion around the insertion portion of the housing. A pair of contacts that extend from one side to the other side of both ends in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts and that can be displaced, and a pair that extends from the operation portions and engages with the elastic support portions of the pair of locking means, respectively. And a pair of connecting portions for connecting the operating portion to both ends in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts in the peripheral portion of the insertion portion of the housing, and the operating portion of the wiring plate-like member with respect to the housing Board Each of the pair of pressing portions presses the elastic support portion and displaces it with the locking portion when being displaced by being pressed in a direction along the insertion direction through the member insertion portion. .

  In particular, in the connector device according to the present invention described in claim 2 in the claims of the present application, each of the pair of connecting portions in the unlocking means includes a plurality of contacts around the insertion portion of the housing. It bends from the end in the arrangement direction and extends so as to be elastically displaceable toward the inside of the housing, and is connected to a portion in the vicinity of the pressing portion in the operation portion of the unlocking means. When a pressing operation is performed in a direction along the insertion direction through the plate-like member insertion portion of the wiring plate-like member, an elastic displacement is generated, and the elastic support portion in each of the pair of locking means is pressed to each of the pair of pressing portions. Then, the state of displacement with the locking portion is taken.

  In the connector device according to the present invention as described above, when the wiring plate-like member is inserted into the housing through the plate-like member insertion portion, a plurality of contacts arranged in the housing are inserted. While being contact-connected to a plurality of connection terminal portions in the wiring plate-like member, a pair of locking means formed on the shell member locks the inserted wiring plate-like member in the housing. The pair of locking means is locked to the wiring plate member by the locking portions supported by the elastic support portions of the pair of locking means engaging and locking the wiring plate member. This prevents undesired removal of the wiring plate member from the housing.

  An arrangement of a plurality of contacts around the insertion portion of the housing in the unlocking means formed integrally with the housing, with the locking portions in each of the pair of locking means locking the wiring plate member. The operation portion that is extended and displaceable from one side of both ends of the direction to the other side is displaced by being pressed in a direction along the insertion direction through the plate-like member insertion portion of the wiring plate-like member with respect to the housing. If it does, each of a pair of press part extended from an operation part will press the elastic support part in each of a pair of locking means, and will displace it with the latching | locking part which it supports. As a result, the locking portions in each of the pair of locking means release the engagement with the wiring plate member and release the locking to the wiring plate member, so that the wiring plate member can be properly removed from the housing.

  Under such circumstances, each of the pair of connecting portions in the lock release means is a housing as in the case of the connector device according to the present invention described in claim 2 in the claims of the present application. The portion around the insertion portion is bent from the end in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts and extends toward the inside of the housing so as to be elastically displaceable, and is connected to a portion in the vicinity of the pressing portion in the operation portion of the unlocking means. The When the operation portion in the unlocking means is pressed in the direction along the insertion direction through the plate-like member insertion portion of the wiring plate-like member with respect to the housing, each of the pair of connection portions causes elastic displacement, Each of the pressing portions is in a state in which the elastic support portion in each of the pair of locking means is pressed and displaced together with the locking portion.

  In the connector device according to the present invention, as described above, a shell member that partially covers the surface of the housing with respect to the wiring plate member inserted through the plate-like member insertion portion provided in the housing is formed. For example, an actuator that can be rotated with respect to the housing may be provided in order to release the lock by the lock means and release the lock by the lock means by the lock release means provided integrally with the housing. In addition, the shell member does not need to be rotatable with respect to the housing, and the shell member fixed to the housing can be used for fixing the connector device to the wiring board. Thus, it is unnecessary to separately provide a member for fixing the connector device to the wiring board. As a result, the connector device according to the present invention can effectively reduce the manufacturing cost by reducing the number of parts.

  Further, the wiring plate-like member can be locked to the wiring plate-like member by the locking means formed on the shell member only by inserting the wiring plate-like member into the housing through the plate-like member inserting portion provided on the housing. The operation of releasing the locking of the wiring plate member by the operation from one end to the other in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts in the peripheral portion of the insertion portion in the housing in the unlocking means provided integrally with the housing Can be performed simply by pressing the portion in the direction along the insertion direction of the wiring plate-like member through the plate-like member insertion portion with respect to the housing, so that the locking means can be locked to the wiring plate-like member by an extremely simple operation. It can be canceled.

  Under such circumstances, the operation portion of the unlocking means provided integrally with the housing extends from one end to the other end in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts in the peripheral portion of the insertion portion in the housing. Thus, for example, it does not protrude from the housing to the outside in the thickness direction of the connector device, and therefore does not affect the dimension of the connector device in the thickness direction. Therefore, the connector device according to the present invention can sufficiently reduce the dimension in the thickness direction.

  Further, according to the connector device of the present invention, when releasing the locking to the wiring plate member by the locking means, the operation part in the unlocking means is inserted through the plate member insertion part of the wiring plate member to the housing. It is sufficient to perform the pressing operation in the direction along the direction, for example, the operation of pressing the operation part in the unlocking means in the thickness direction of the connector device is unnecessary, so the surface is partially surrounded by the shell member. Prevents undesired removal of the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing through the plate-like member insertion portion from the housing without requiring an operation space in the thickness direction of the connector device outside the housing. It is possible to reliably perform locking and release of the locking.

It is the perspective view seen from the front side which shows an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is the perspective view seen from the back side which shows an example of the connector apparatus concerning this invention. It is a top view which shows an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a front view which shows an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the VV line cross section in FIG. It is a fragmentary perspective view which shows a part of shell member with which an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention is equipped. It is sectional drawing which shows the VII-VII line cross section in FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the VIII-VIII line cross section in FIG. It is a fragmentary perspective view including the partial cross section which shows the mutual arrangement | positioning relationship of the locking means with which it was provided in an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention, and a lock release means. It is sectional drawing which shows the mutual arrangement | positioning relationship of the locking means and the lock release means with which it was provided in an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the flexible printed wiring board inserted in an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a fragmentary perspective view including the partial cross section which shows the state by which the flexible printed wiring board was inserted in an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a fragmentary perspective view including the partial cross section which shows the state where insertion of the flexible printed wiring board with respect to an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention was started. It is a fragmentary perspective view including the partial cross section which shows the state which has a flexible printed wiring board in the middle of insertion with respect to an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention. The insertion of the flexible printed wiring board to the example of the connector device according to the present invention is completed, and includes a partial cross section showing a state in which the flexible printed wiring board is locked by the locking portion of the locking means provided in the example. It is a fragmentary perspective view. One example showing a state in which a pressing operation is applied to the operation portion of the unlocking means provided in the example when the flexible printed wiring board is locked by the locking portion of the locking means in the example of the connector device according to the present invention. It is a fragmentary perspective view including a partial cross section.

  The form for implementing this invention is demonstrated with the Example about this invention described below.

  1 (perspective view seen from the front side), FIG. 2 (perspective view seen from the back side), FIG. 3 (plan view) and FIG. 4 (front view) show an example of the connector device according to the present invention.

  1 to 4, a connector device 10 that is an example of a connector device according to the present invention includes a housing 11 formed of an insulating material such as a synthetic resin. As shown in FIG. 4, the housing 11 is provided with a plate-like member insertion portion 12 at the front end surface portion thereof, and a plate-like member receiving space is provided from the plate-like member insertion portion 12 to the inside of the housing 11. It is growing. The front-side end surface portion of the housing 11 includes a portion where the plate-like member insertion portion 12 is provided and a peripheral portion of the insertion portion located around the portion.

  The housing 11 is disposed, for example, on the surface of a wiring board (not shown), whereby the entire connector device 10 is attached to the wiring board. At that time, one of the pair of opposed end surface portions sandwiched between the front end surface portion and the rear end surface portion facing the housing 11 is set as an end surface portion facing the surface of the wiring board, and the other is released. It is an end face part. In the following, one end surface portion of the housing 11 facing the surface of the wiring board is referred to as a lower end surface portion, and the other end surface portion of the housing facing it is referred to as an upper end surface portion. And the flexible printed wiring board mentioned later, for example through the plate-shaped member insertion part 12, is inserted in the housing 11 as what comprises a wiring plate-shaped member.

  The housing 11 has a plurality of contacts 13 each formed of an elastic conductive material, as shown in FIG. 3, in a direction along the surface of the wiring board on which the housing 11 is arranged. Arranged and arranged along the longitudinal direction (direction indicated by arrow L). Hereinafter, the direction indicated by the arrow L is referred to as the L direction. Therefore, the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts 13 is the L direction.

  The plurality of contacts 13 are provided as signal contacts that are contact-connected to the plurality of connection terminal portions in the flexible printed wiring board forming the wiring plate-like member. It may be used as a signal contact and a ground contact that are contact-connected to the connection portion. As shown in FIG. 2, each of the plurality of contacts 13 is provided with a connection terminal portion 13 a at a portion led out from the rear side end surface portion of the housing 11, and the connection terminal portion 13 a 11 is connected to a wiring terminal provided on a wiring board on which 11 is disposed. Then, the plurality of contacts 13 are pressed and inserted into the housing 11 from, for example, the rear side end face portion side of the housing 11 shown in FIG. 2.

  The plurality of contacts 13 are connected to each other in the flexible printed wiring board inserted into the housing 11 when the flexible printed wiring board forming the wiring plate-like member is inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12. Each terminal is contact-connected. Thereby, the plurality of connection terminal portions in the flexible printed wiring board inserted into the housing 11 are electrically connected to the wiring terminals provided on the wiring board on which the housing 11 is arranged via the plurality of contacts 13. .

  Further, the connector device 10 includes a front end surface portion of the housing 11, that is, a portion provided with the plate-like member insertion portion 12 and other portions other than the peripheral portion of the insertion portion, that is, an upper end surface portion, a left end surface portion, a lower portion. A conductive shell member 14 is provided to cover most or a part of the surface of the end face part, the right end face part, and the back side end face part. For example, the shell member 14 is formed by processing and molding a metal plate. The shell member 14 mainly has a shielding effect against external electromagnetic noise in the connector device 10 as a countermeasure against the electromagnetic noise from the outside of the connector device 10. It is provided as the main role of obtaining.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the shell member 14 includes a part of a boundary portion between the front end surface portion of the housing 11 and the rear end surface portion of the upper end surface portion, and a plurality of contacts 13 on the rear end surface portion. The parts to be led out do not cover their surfaces, but the parts other than the part of the boundary between the upper end face part of the housing 11 and the rear side end face part, the left end face part and the right end face part thereof The surface is covered almost entirely. The shell member 14 is provided with a plurality of ground connection terminal portions 14a. Each of the ground connection terminal portions 14a is connected to a ground terminal provided on a wiring board on which the housing 11 is disposed, for example, They are connected by soldering.

  As described above, the conductive shell member 14 substantially entirely covers the surfaces of the housing 11 other than a part of the boundary portion between the upper end surface portion and the rear end surface portion, the left end surface portion, and the right end surface portion. The plurality of ground connection terminal portions 14a provided on the cover and connected thereto are connected to the ground terminals provided on the wiring board by, for example, soldering, so that the connector device 10 can cope with electromagnetic noise from the outside. The shield effect can be effectively obtained, and the shell member 14 can be used for fixing the connector device 10 to the wiring board.

  The shell member 14 is provided with a left back surface portion 15A and a right back surface portion 15B that cover the both end portions of the back surface side end surface portion of the housing 11 at both end portions in the L direction. A belt-like back surface portion 16 that connects the back surface portion 15 </ b> B to each other is provided as being separated from the upper surface portion 17 that covers the surface of the upper end surface portion of the housing 11. Then, as shown in FIG. 5 showing a VV line cross section in FIG. 4, a plurality of grounding contacts 18 are provided from the belt-like back surface portion 16 toward the plate-like member insertion portion 12 to form a housing. 11 extends into. Each of the plurality of grounding contacts 18 is arranged in the housing 11 so as to face one of the plurality of contacts 13, and a flexible printed wiring board forming a wiring plate-like member is inserted into the housing 11 as a plate-like member insertion portion. When inserted through 12, it is contact-connected to a ground connection provided on the wiring plate-like member.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the shell member 14 is a flexible printing in which a wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 is formed on the left front side portion facing the left back portion 15A. Locking means 20A is formed to take a state of locking the wiring board. The locking means 20A extends from the left end portion of the lower surface portion 21 of the shell member 14 covering the surface of the lower end surface portion of the housing 11 to the front end surface portion of the housing 11 and then turns back toward the left rear surface portion 15A. The elastic support part 22A which comprises the extending frame-shaped body, and the latching | locking part 23A supported by the elastic support part 22A so that a displacement is possible are comprised, and the elastic support part 22A and the latching | locking part 23A are shell members. 14 and a single unit.

  The locking portion 23A of the locking means 20A forms a protrusion that rises from the elastic support portion 22A toward the upper surface portion 17 of the shell member 14, and the end surface portion of the flexible printed wiring board that forms the wiring plate member is formed. An inclined surface 24A that rises and slopes along the direction of insertion into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 is formed. Then, the locking portion 23A is engaged with the engaging portion provided on the flexible printed wiring board constituting the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member inserting portion 12. In combination, the flexible printed circuit board is locked. As a result, a state is obtained in which the locking means 20A is engaged with the flexible printed wiring board constituting the wiring plate member.

  As shown in FIG. 7 showing a cross-section taken along line VII-VII in FIG. 4, the locking portion 23A of the locking means 20A at the left end portion of the housing 11 is in the portion forming the inclined surface 24A in the housing 11. The uppermost part is close to a part of the housing 11, and the end part 25 </ b> A on the plate-like member insertion part 12 side provided in the housing 11 is a part where the plate-like member insertion part 12 in the housing 11 is provided. The position that will be close to is taken.

  Further, on the left side surface portion 26 </ b> A of the shell member 14 that covers the left end surface portion of the housing 11, an insertion engaging projection portion 27 </ b> A that is inserted into a slit provided in a portion that forms the front side end surface portion of the housing 11 is formed. .

  Although not shown, in the shell member 14, the locking means 20 </ b> A formed on the portion facing the left back surface portion 15 </ b> A of the shell member 14 is also formed on the portion facing the right back surface portion 15 </ b> B. Locking means 20B configured similarly is formed. The locking means 20B formed on the portion of the shell member 14 facing the right back surface portion 15B is also folded once after extending from the right end portion of the lower surface portion 21 of the shell member 14 toward the front end surface portion of the housing 11. The elastic support part 22B which comprises the frame-shaped body extended toward the right back surface part 15B, and the latching | locking part 23B supported by the elastic support part 22B so that a displacement is possible are comprised, and latching is carried out with the elastic support part 22B. The part 23 </ b> B is formed integrally with the shell member 14.

  At the right end portion of the housing 11, the locking portion 23B of the locking means 20B forms a protrusion rising from the elastic support portion 22B toward the upper surface portion 17 of the shell member 14, and the end surface portion is connected to the wiring portion. An inclined surface 24B that rises and inclines along the insertion direction into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 of the flexible printed wiring board constituting the plate-like member is formed. The engaging portion 23B is engaged with the engaging portion provided on the flexible printed wiring board constituting the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member inserting portion 12 at the portion forming the inclined surface 24B. In combination, the flexible printed circuit board is locked. As a result, a state is obtained in which the locking means 20B is engaged with the flexible printed wiring board constituting the wiring plate-like member.

  The locking portion 20B of the locking means 20B is a plate provided in the housing 11 in the housing 11 while the uppermost portion of the portion forming the inclined surface 24B is close to a part of the housing 11. The end portion 25 </ b> B on the side of the member-like member insertion portion 12 is positioned so as to be close to the portion of the housing 11 where the plate-like member insertion portion 12 is provided.

  In addition, a plug engaging protrusion 27 </ b> B that is inserted into a slit provided in a portion that forms the front side end surface portion of the housing 11 is formed on the right side surface portion 26 </ b> B of the shell member 14 that covers the right end surface portion of the housing 11. .

  On the other hand, the housing 11 is integrally provided with a lock release means 30, and the lock release means 30 is provided with a plate-like member insertion portion in each of the lock means 20 </ b> A and 20 </ b> B integrally formed with the shell member 14. An operation for releasing the locking of the flexible printed wiring board constituting the wiring plate member inserted into the housing 11 through 12 is added as necessary.

  The unlocking means 30 extends in a state of projecting from the one end of the left end 31A and the right end 31B, which are both ends in the L direction, in the peripheral portion of the insertion portion of the housing 11 to the front end face side from the other side. And an operating portion 32 that can be displaced, and connecting portions 33A and 33B that connect the operating portion 32 to the left end portion 31A and the right end portion 31B in the peripheral portion of the insertion portion of the housing 11, respectively. In such an unlocking means 30, the operation portion 32 extending in the L direction from one side of the left end portion 31 </ b> A and the right end portion 31 </ b> B around the insertion portion of the housing 11 to the other side of the housing 11. It is supported so as to be displaceable by the connecting portions 33A and 33B extending from the left end portion 31A and the right end portion 31B in the peripheral portion of the insertion portion.

  In the unlocking means 30, as shown in FIG. 8 showing a cross section taken along line VIII-VIII in FIG. 4, it is a part of an edge portion disposed in the housing 11 in the operation portion 32 extending in the L direction. A pressing portion 34A extends from a portion corresponding to the locking means 20A integrally formed with the shell member 14. As shown in FIG. 9, the pressing portion 34 </ b> A is passed through the elastic support portion 22 </ b> A of the locking unit 20 </ b> A from above through the plate-like member insertion portion of the flexible printed wiring board that forms the wiring plate-like member with respect to the housing 11. In the direction along the insertion direction (the direction indicated by the arrow P in FIG. 7, hereinafter referred to as the P direction), the abutment is made in line with the locking portion 23A. Further, the connecting portion 33A that supports the operating portion 32 is bent from the left end portion 31A around the insertion portion of the housing 11 corresponding to the locking means 20A, and is bent upward and inclined toward the inside of the housing 11 so as to be elastically displaceable. The operation portion 32 is connected to a portion in the vicinity of the pressing portion 34A.

  Although not shown, from the portion corresponding to the locking means 20B integrally formed with the shell member 14, which is a part of the edge portion disposed in the housing 11 in the operation portion 32 extending in the L direction. The pressing portion 34B extends. The pressing portion 34B is in contact with the elastic support portion 22B of the locking means 20B from above so as to be aligned with the locking portion 23B in the P direction. Further, the connecting portion 33B that supports the operation portion 32 is bent from the right end portion 31B around the insertion portion of the housing 11 corresponding to the locking means 20B, and is bent upward and inclined toward the inside of the housing 11 so as to be elastically displaceable. The operation portion 32 is connected to a portion in the vicinity of the pressing portion 34B.

  Under such circumstances, as shown in FIG. 7, the operation portion 32 of the unlocking means 30 has its end portion 32a abutting on the end portion 11a of the housing 11 in the P direction. The position is restricted in the P direction. Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the upper end surface portion 32 b is in contact with the inner surface 17 a of the upper surface portion 17 of the shell member 14, that is, from the lower end surface portion to the upper end surface portion of the housing 11. Subject to position restrictions in the direction of heading.

  In the unlocking means 30 configured in this way, as shown in FIG. 10, a pressing operation of pressing in the P direction on the edge portion disposed outside the housing 11 in the operating portion 32 extending in the L direction. Is applied, the connecting portion 33A is elastically displaced, causing the operating portion 32 to be displaced downward, that is, in a direction toward the lower surface portion 21 of the shell member 14. Thereby, the pressing portion 34A presses the elastic support portion 22A of the locking means 20A toward the lower surface portion 21 of the shell member 14 and displaces it downward together with the locking portion 23A.

  After that, when the pressing operation is no longer applied to the edge portion disposed outside the housing 11 in the operation portion 32, the connecting portion 33A returns to the original position due to elastic deformation, and accordingly, the operation portion 32 and The pressing portion 34A is also returned to the original position.

  In such a case, even when the pressing operation in the P direction applied to the end edge portion arranged outside the housing 11 in the operation portion 32 is excessive, the end portion 32a of the operation portion 32 is not the end of the housing 11 in the P direction. Abutting on the part 11a, the operation part 32 is subjected to position restriction in the P direction, thereby avoiding an undesired deformation or breakage in the unlocking means 30. Further, when a pressing operation in the downward direction, that is, a pressing operation in a direction from the upper end surface portion to the lower end surface portion in the housing 11 is applied to the end edge portion disposed outside the housing 11 in the operation portion 32 due to an erroneous operation. In addition, the upper end surface portion 32b of the operation portion 32 comes into contact with the inner surface 17a of the upper surface portion 17 of the shell member 14, and the operation portion 32 is subjected to position restriction in the direction from the lower end surface portion to the upper end surface portion of the housing 11. The situation in which the unlocking means 30 is undesirably deformed or damaged is avoided.

  FIG. 11 shows a flexible printed wiring board 40 that is an example of a flexible printed wiring board that forms a wiring plate-like member and is inserted into the housing 11 of the connector device 10 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12. FIG. 11 shows the back surface of the flexible printed wiring board 40.

  On the back surface of the flexible printed wiring board 40 shown in FIG. 11, a plurality of connection terminal portions 41 each formed in a thin strip shape are arranged and arranged at one end thereof. Also, on the front side surface of such a flexible printed wiring board 40, for example, at one end portion facing the substrate body across one end portion provided with a plurality of connection terminal portions 41 arranged on the back side surface, The ground connection part 42 (FIGS. 13 to 15) is arranged. The flexible printed wiring board 40 having the front side surface and the back side surface has an engaging portion on a pair of side edge portions opposed to each other with a plurality of connection terminal portions 41 arranged on the back side surface interposed therebetween. 43A and an engaging portion 43B are formed, respectively, and a portion on the tip side of the engaging portion 43A on one of the pair of side edge portions is a tip flat plate portion 44A, and an engagement on the other of the pair of side edge portions A portion on the tip side from the portion 43B is a tip flat plate portion 44B.

  The pair of engaging portions 43A and 43B each form a notch, but instead of these notches, a pair of engagement portions respectively disposed on a pair of side edge portions of the flexible printed wiring board 40. A hole may be formed. In the flexible printed wiring board 40, a plurality of connection terminal portions 41 arranged on the back surface, a ground connection portion 42 disposed on the front surface, and a pair of engagement portions 43A and 43B or a pair of The remaining portions are covered with the cover film 45 except for the portions where the engagement holes are formed.

  FIG. 12 shows a state where the flexible printed wiring board 40 shown in FIG. 11 is inserted into the housing 11 in the connector device 10 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12. In FIG. 12, in the flexible printed wiring board 40, the ground connection portion 42 is provided and the front surface covered with the cover film 45 is the upper surface.

  When the flexible printed wiring board 40 is properly inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12, a portion forming the inclined surface 24A of the locking portion 23A in the locking means 20A is formed on the flexible printed wiring board 40. The portion that forms the inclined surface 24B of the locking portion 23B of the locking means 20B engages with the engaging portion 43B formed on the flexible printed wiring board 40, and engages with the formed engaging portion 43A. The printed wiring board 40 is placed in a state of being locked by the locking means 20A and 20B. Thereby, undesired removal of the flexible printed wiring board 40 from the housing 11 is prevented.

  When the flexible printed wiring board 40 is inserted into the housing 11 in the connector device 10 through the plate member insertion portion 12 and the state shown in FIG. 12 is taken, first, the housing in the connector device 10 is shown in FIG. 11, the flat plate portion 44A on the distal end side of the engaging portion 43A of the flexible printed wiring board 40 inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 is inclined to the locking portion 23A of the locking means 20A. The flexible printed wiring inserted into the housing 11 through the plate member insertion portion 12 at the right end portion of the housing 11 in the connector device 10, while proceeding toward the portion forming the surface 24 </ b> A. The tip side of the engagement portion 43B of the substrate 40 Distal plate portion 44B is, the state proceeds is taken towards the portion forming the inclined surface 24B of the locking portion 23B of the locking means 20B.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 14, the portion of the locking means 20 </ b> A that forms the inclined surface 24 </ b> A of the locking portion 20 </ b> A at the left end portion of the housing 11 in the connector device 10 is inserted into the housing 11. From the lower surface portion 21 side of the shell member 14, the flat plate portion 44 </ b> A on the distal end side of the engaging portion 43 </ b> A in the flexible printed wiring board 40 inserted through is contacted. At that time, the locking portion 23A is pressed toward the lower surface portion 21 of the shell member 14 by the tip flat plate portion 44A of the flexible printed wiring board 40, and the shell member is accompanied by elastic deformation of the elastic support portion 22A of the locking means 20A. 14 is moved to a position approaching the lower surface portion 21 of 14.

  Although not shown, the portion of the locking means 20B that forms the inclined surface 24B of the locking portion 23B at the right end portion of the housing 11 in the connector device 10 passes through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 in the housing 11. The flexible printed wiring board 40 inserted is brought into contact with the distal flat plate portion 44B on the distal end side from the engaging portion 43B from the lower surface portion 21 side of the shell member 14. At that time, the locking portion 23B is pressed toward the lower surface portion 21 of the shell member 14 by the tip flat plate portion 44B of the flexible printed wiring board 40, and the shell member is accompanied by elastic deformation of the elastic support portion 22B of the locking means 20B. 14 is moved to a position approaching the lower surface portion 21 of 14.

  Next, when the flexible printed wiring board 40 is further inserted into the housing 11, as shown in FIG. 15, at the left end of the housing 11 in the connector device 10, the locking portion 23 </ b> A in the locking means 20 </ b> A is inclined. The portion forming the surface 24A is disengaged from the tip flat plate portion 44A of the flexible printed wiring board 40 and moved away from the lower surface portion 21 of the shell member 14 by the elastic restoration of the elastic support portion 22A in the locking means 20A (original position). It is displaced and engages with the engaging portion 43 </ b> A in the flexible printed wiring board 40 to lock the flexible printed wiring board 40.

  Although not shown, the portion forming the inclined surface 24B of the locking portion 23B in the locking means 20B at the right end portion of the housing 11 in the connector device 10 is the tip flat plate portion 44B in the flexible printed circuit board 40. And is displaced to a position (original position) away from the lower surface portion 21 of the shell member 14 by elastic recovery of the elastic support portion 22B in the lock means 20B, and is engaged with the engagement portion 43B in the flexible printed circuit board 40. Then, the flexible printed wiring board 40 is locked.

  At this time, the flexible printed wiring board 40 has completed the insertion through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 into the housing 11, has taken the regular insertion position shown in FIG. 12, and is a pair formed on the shell member 14. The locking means 20 </ b> A and 20 </ b> B are engaged to prevent undesired removal from the housing 11. In other words, the flexible printed wiring board 40 can be undesirably removed from the housing 11 by the pair of locking means 20A and 20B formed on the shell member 14 only by being properly inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12. You will be in a state of being blocked.

  In this way, when the flexible printed wiring board 40 completes the insertion through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 into the housing 11 and takes the normal insertion position, the flexible printed wiring board 40 takes the housing from the belt-like back portion 16 of the shell member 14. A plurality of grounding contacts 18 extending into 11 are elastically abutted from the upper surface portion 17 side of the shell member 14 to the ground connection portion 42 disposed on the front surface of the flexible printed wiring board 40 inserted into the housing 11. Touch connected. As a result, the ground connection portion 42 in the flexible printed wiring board 40 inserted into the housing 11 is electrically connected to the ground terminal provided on the wiring board on which the housing 11 is disposed via the plurality of grounding contacts 18. Is done.

  At the same time, the plurality of contacts 13 arranged and arranged in the housing 11 are connected to the shell members 14 on the plurality of connection terminal portions 41 arranged and arranged on the back surface of the flexible printed wiring board 40 inserted into the housing 11. Are in contact with each other by elastic contact from the lower surface portion 21 side. Thereby, the plurality of connection terminal portions 41 in the flexible printed wiring board 40 inserted into the housing 11 are electrically connected to the wiring terminals provided on the wiring board on which the housing 11 is arranged via the plurality of contacts 13. Is done.

  After that, when a pressing operation for pressing it in the P direction is applied to the end edge portion arranged outside the housing 11 of the operation portion 32 extending in the L direction in the unlocking means 30 provided integrally with the housing 11, At the left end portion of the housing 11 in the connector device 10, the connecting portion 33 </ b> A in the unlocking means 30 is elastically displaced, and the pressing portion 34 </ b> A extending from the operating portion 32 is directed downward, that is, toward the lower surface portion 21 of the shell member 14. The pressing portion 34 </ b> A presses the elastic support portion 22 </ b> A in the locking unit 20 </ b> A toward the lower surface portion 21 of the shell member 14. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 16, the elastic support portion 22A of the locking means 20A is elastically displaced downward together with the locking portion 23A, and the portion forming the inclined surface 24A of the locking portion 23A is flexible printing. The engagement with the engaging portion 43 </ b> A in the wiring board 40 is stopped, and the locking with respect to the flexible printed wiring board 40 is released. At this time, the connecting portion 33A is displaced from the left end portion 31A of the housing 11 toward the inside of the housing 11 from the upward inclined state to the substantially horizontal or small downward inclined state, but the pressing portion 34A is the elastic support portion 22A in the locking means 20A. Since the position aligned with the locking portion 23A is pressed in the P direction, the downward elastic displacement of the locking portion 23A is efficiently performed.

  At the same time, the pressing operation of pressing the operation portion 32 outside the housing 11 of the lock release means 30 in the P direction is applied to the right end portion of the housing 11 in the connector device 10. The connecting portion 33B of the unlocking means 30 is elastically displaced, and the operating portion 32 is caused to displace the pressing portion 34B extending therefrom downward, that is, in the direction toward the lower surface portion 21 of the shell member 14, and the pressing portion 34B presses the elastic support portion 22B of the lock means 20B toward the lower surface portion 21 of the shell member 14. Thereby, although not shown, the elastic support portion 22B of the locking means 20B is elastically displaced downward together with the locking portion 23B, and the portion forming the inclined surface 24B of the locking portion 23B is flexible printing. The engagement with the engaging portion 43B of the wiring board 40 is stopped, and the locking with respect to the flexible printed wiring board 40 is released. At this time, the connecting portion 33B is displaced from the rising end state toward the inside of the housing 11 from the right end portion 31B of the housing 11 to a substantially horizontal or small downward tilting state, but the pressing portion 34B is an elastic support portion 22B in the locking means 20B. Since the position aligned with the locking portion 23B in the P direction is pressed, the elastic displacement of the locking portion 23B downward is efficiently performed.

  As a result, the flexible printed wiring board 40 inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 is released from being locked by the pair of locking means 20A and 20B formed on the shell member 14, and is appropriately removed from the housing 11. It is put in a state where it can be removed.

  When the pressing operation is no longer applied to the end edge portion of the operation release portion 32 of the unlocking means 30 arranged outside the housing 11, each of the connecting portions 33 </ b> A and 33 </ b> B of the lock release means 30 undergoes elastic restoring deformation. Returning to the original position, the operation part 32 and the pressing parts 34A and 34B are also returned to the original position.

  When the pair of engaging portions 43A and 43B in the flexible printed wiring board 40 form a pair of engaging holes instead of the pair of notches, the flexible printed wiring is the same as described above. The locking by the locking means 20A and 20B to the substrate 40 and the locking by the locking means 20A and 20B using the unlocking means 30A and 30B are released.

  When the connector device 10 as described above is used and the flexible printed wiring board 40 forming the wiring plate member is inserted into the housing 11 in the connector device 10, the flexible printed wiring board 40 is attached to the housing 11 in the connector device 10. A plurality of connection terminal portions 41 in the flexible printed wiring board 40 inserted into the housing 11 simply by being inserted through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 are provided on the wiring board on which the housing 11 is arranged via a plurality of contacts 13. In addition, the ground connection portion 42 of the flexible printed wiring board 40 is electrically connected to the ground terminal provided on the wiring board on which the housing 11 is arranged via the grounding contacts 18. A flexible cable connected to the housing 11 while being electrically connected. Bull printed wiring board 40, there can be obtained a state is locked properly engaged by a pair of locking means 20A and 20B which are integrally formed with the shell member 14.

  In addition, the locking means 20A and 20B with respect to the flexible printed wiring board 40 are unlocked by the operation portion 32 in the lock releasing means 30 provided integrally with the housing 11 and the flexible printed wiring with respect to the housing 11. Since it can be performed only by pressing in the direction (P direction) along the insertion direction through the plate-like member insertion part 12 of the substrate 40, the locking of the flexible printed wiring board 40 by the locking means 20A and 20B is extremely simple. It can be canceled by operation.

  In such a case, a pair of integrally formed shell members 14 with respect to the flexible printed wiring board 40 inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 provided therein. When locking by the locking means 20A and 20B and releasing of the locking by the locking means 20A and 20B using the unlocking means 30 provided integrally with the housing 11, for example, a rotation with respect to the housing 11 is performed. It is not necessary to provide an actuator that can be moved, and in addition, the shell member 14 does not need to be rotatable with respect to the housing 11, and the shell member 14 fixed to the housing 11 is connected to the connector device. 10 can be used for fixing to the wiring board, and separately for fixing the connector device 10 to the wiring board. It is not necessary with the member. As a result, when the connector device 10 is used, it is possible to effectively reduce the manufacturing cost by reducing the number of parts.

  Under such circumstances, the operation portion 32 of the unlocking means 30 provided integrally with the housing 11 has both ends (left end) in the arrangement direction (L direction) of the plurality of contacts 13 around the insertion portion in the housing 11. 31A and the right end portion 31B) extend from one side to the other, for example, do not protrude from the housing 11 to the outside in the thickness direction of the connector device 10; It does not affect the dimension in the thickness direction. Therefore, the connector device 10 can sufficiently reduce the dimension in the thickness direction.

  Furthermore, according to the connector device 10, when releasing the locking of the flexible printed wiring board 40 by the locking means 20 </ b> A and 20 </ b> B, the operation part 32 in the unlocking means 30 is used as a plate-like member of the flexible printed wiring board 40 with respect to the housing 11. It is only necessary to perform a pressing operation in the direction (P direction) along the insertion direction through the insertion portion 12. For example, an operation of pressing the operation portion 32 in the lock release means 30 in the thickness direction of the connector device 10 is unnecessary. Therefore, it is not necessary to secure an operation space in the thickness direction of the connector device 10 outside the housing 11 whose surface is partially surrounded by the shell member 14, and the plate-like member insertion portion 12 is inserted into the housing 11. C to the inserted flexible printed circuit board 40 The release of the locking and locking to prevent undesired pulled out from Managing 11 can be reliably performed.

  The connector device according to the present invention as described above includes, for example, a housing provided with a plate-like member insertion portion used for connection with another wiring board of a wiring board-like member that is a flexible printed wiring board or the like, A connector device having a plurality of contacts arranged and arranged in a housing and a conductive shell member that partially covers the housing, and can reduce the manufacturing cost by relatively reducing the number of components. Furthermore, the dimension in the thickness direction can be sufficiently reduced, and the plate is attached to the housing without having to secure a space for the pressing operation in the thickness direction while being fixed to another wiring board. To prevent unintentional removal from the housing of the wiring plate member inserted through the insertion member, and to release the engagement As obtain those, but it can be widely applied to various electronic devices.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Connector apparatus, 11 ... Housing, 12 ... Plate member insertion part, 13 ... Contact, 14 ... Shell member, 15A ... Left back part (of shell member 14), 15B ... Right back part (of shell member 14) 16 ... Strip-like back part (of shell member 14) 17 ... Top part of (shell member 14) 18 ... Contact for grounding, 20A , 20B ... locking means, 21 ... lower surface (of the shell member 14), 22A, 22B ... elastic support, 23A, 23B ... locking part, 24A, 24B ... inclined surface, 30 ... unlocking means, 31A ... left end (at the periphery of the insertion portion of the housing 11), 31B ... right end portion (at the periphery of the insertion portion of the housing 11), 32 ... operation portion, 3A, 33B ... connecting part, 34A, 34B ... pressing part, 40 ... flexible printed wiring board, 41 ... connection terminal part, 42 ... ground connection part, 43A, 43B ... Joint part, 44A, 44B ... tip flat plate part, 45 ... cover film

Claims (4)

A housing provided with a plate-like member insertion portion;
A plurality of contacts arranged and arranged in the housing and connected to a plurality of connection terminal portions in the wiring plate-like member when the wiring plate-like member is inserted into the housing through the plate-like member insertion portion;
The housing is arranged so as to cover most or a part of the surface of the other portion excluding the portion where the plate-like member insertion portion is provided in the housing and the insertion portion surrounding portion located around the portion. A shell member formed with a pair of locking means for locking the wiring plate member inserted into the housing through the plate member insertion portion in the both end portions in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts;
Unlocking means provided integrally with the housing and operated to release the locking means from the locking to the wiring plate member;
Comprising
Each of the pair of locking means includes a locking portion that engages with the wiring plate member and locks the wiring plate member, and an elastic support portion that supports the locking portion, The unlocking means extends from one side of the both ends in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts in the peripheral portion of the insertion portion of the housing to the other side, and extends from the operation unit. A pair of pressing portions that respectively engage with the elastic support portions of the pair of locking means, and a pair of connecting portions that respectively connect the operation portion to both ends of the housing in the peripheral direction of the insertion portion in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts. Each of the pair of pressing portions is displaced by a pressing operation in a direction along the insertion direction through the plate-like member insertion portion of the wiring plate-like member with respect to the housing. Above elasticity By pressing the lifting portion connector apparatus characterized by displacing with the locking portion.   Each of the pair of connecting portions in the unlocking means bends from an end portion in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts in the peripheral portion of the insertion portion of the housing and extends toward the inside of the housing so as to be elastically displaceable. The operation part in the unlocking means is pressed in a direction along the insertion direction through the plate-like member insertion portion of the wiring plate-like member with respect to the housing. 2. The connector device according to claim 1, wherein an elastic displacement is generated to cause each of the pair of pressing portions to press the elastic support portion to be displaced with the locking portion. .   The unlocking means is configured such that a part of the operation portion abuts the housing in a direction of insertion through the plate-like member insertion portion of the wiring plate-like member with respect to the housing, so that the plate of the wiring plate-like member with respect to the housing 2. The connector device according to claim 1, wherein the connector device is subjected to position restriction in the insertion direction through the insertion member.   The housing has a first end surface portion facing the wiring board and a second end surface portion facing the first end surface portion, and the plate-like member insertion portion is the first end surface portion. And the second end surface portion, and the unlocking means comes into contact with the shell member, part of the operation portion covering the second end surface portion, from the first end surface portion. The connector device according to claim 1, wherein the connector device is subjected to position restriction in a direction toward the second end surface portion.

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