JP2013229251A - Substrate connector - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a substrate connector in which there is no need of a troublesome soldering operation for a circuit board, there is no risk for damaging a terminal fitting due to collision or prying during connection, and the terminal fitting connected to a cable from an external apparatus can be simply conducted and connected to a contact pattern on the circuit board.SOLUTION: The substrate connector comprises: a terminal fitting 30 on which a contact section 32a brought into contact with a contact pattern on a surface of a circuit board 10 projects at a tip of a fitting body; a connector body 4 housing and holding the terminal fitting 30 so that the contact section 32a projects from a body tip face 4a; a substrate support base 5 elastically supporting the circuit board 10 so that it can be displaced in its pressurizing direction when over a predetermined pressing force is applied to a surface of the circuit board 10; and a connector receiving member 6 mounted to the substrate support base 5 and locked with the connector body 4 so that the contact section 32a of the terminal fitting 30 is pressurized to the contact pattern. The contact section 32a is brought into pressure contact with the contact pattern, so as to conduct and connect the terminal fitting 30 and the contact pattern.

Description

  The present invention relates to a board connector for conductively connecting a terminal fitting connected to a cable from an external device to a contact pattern arranged at a predetermined arrangement pitch on a circuit board.

  FIG. 14 shows a conventional example of a board connector. This board connector 100 is disclosed in Patent Document 1 below.

  The board connector 100 includes a resin connector housing 110 placed on the circuit board 200 and a plurality of needle-shaped male terminal fittings 120 embedded in the connector housing 110.

  One end 121 of each male terminal fitting 120 is located in the connector housing 110. The other end 122 of the male terminal fitting 120 extends from the rear end of the connector housing 110, is then bent toward the circuit board 200, and is inserted into the through hole 201 formed in the circuit board 200.

  The other end 122 of the male terminal fitting 120 inserted into the through hole 201 is electrically connected to the contact pattern on the circuit board 200 by being soldered to the contact pattern formed in the through hole 201. Also, the board connector 100 is fixed to the circuit board 200 by soldering each male terminal fitting 120 to the contact pattern.

  Although not shown, the board connector 100 is fitted and connected to a device-side connector connected to a cable from an external device. The device-side connector is configured to house and hold a female terminal fitting that fits into one end 121 of the male terminal fitting 120.

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  However, the board connector 100 described above has a problem in that it takes a troublesome soldering operation when the board connector 100 is attached to the circuit board 200.

  Further, in order to electrically connect a cable from an external device to the contact pattern of the circuit board 200, the device-side connector is fitted to the board connector 100, and the terminal fittings held by each connector are fitted to each other. Although it is necessary, when fitting the male and female terminal fittings, there is a possibility that the terminal fittings may be damaged due to the collision or twisting between the terminals.

  Therefore, the purpose of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned problems, and it does not require troublesome soldering work to the circuit board, and there is no risk of causing damage to the terminal fitting due to collision or twisting at the time of connection, It is an object of the present invention to provide a board connector that can easily connect a terminal fitting connected to a cable from an external device to a contact pattern on a circuit board.

The above-described object of the present invention is achieved by the following configuration.
(1) A board connector for conductively connecting a terminal fitting connected to a cable from an external device to a contact pattern arranged at a predetermined arrangement pitch on the surface of a circuit board,
The terminal fitting provided with a contact portion that is brought into contact with the contact pattern protruding from the tip of the fitting body;
A connector main body that accommodates and holds the terminal fittings in an arrangement pitch corresponding to the arrangement pitch of the contact pattern and so that the contact portion protrudes from the front end surface of the main body;
When a predetermined pressing force acts on the surface of the circuit board, a board support base that elastically supports the circuit board so that the circuit board can be displaced in the pressing direction;
A connector receiving member that is attached to the board support and that locks the connector body so that a contact portion of the terminal fitting received and held in the connector body is pressed against a contact pattern of the circuit board;
With
A board connector characterized in that the terminal fitting is conductively connected to the contact pattern by engaging the connector main body with the connector receiving member and pressing and contacting the contact portion with the contact pattern.

  (2) The substrate according to (1), wherein the terminal fitting includes a contact urging spring that elastically supports the contact portion so as to be displaceable in a direction opposite to a direction in which the contact pattern is pressed. connector.

(3) The connector receiving member has a shaft support portion that rotatably supports a connecting shaft portion provided on one side surface of the connector main body, and a rotation using the shaft support portion of the connector main body as a fulcrum. When the contact portion of the terminal fitting received and held in the connector main body by operation is pressed against the contact pattern, it engages with an engagement portion provided on the other side surface opposite to the one side surface of the connector main body. And a main body locking portion for fixing the connector main body,
The board connector according to the above (1) or (2), characterized by comprising:

  According to the configuration of (1) above, the conductive connection between the terminal fitting connected to the cable from the external device and the contact pattern on the circuit board is obtained by coupling the connector body to the connector receiving member on the circuit board, This is realized by abutting the contact portion of the terminal fitting accommodated and held in the connector body against the surface of the circuit board. Therefore, when the cable from the external device is conductively connected to the contact pattern of the circuit board, a troublesome soldering operation to the circuit board is unnecessary.

  Moreover, the conductive connection between the terminal fitting connected to the cable from the external device and the contact pattern on the circuit board is made by contact with each other. Since there is no male / female fitting, there is no risk of damage to the terminal fitting due to collision or twisting during connection.

  Therefore, the terminal fitting connected to the cable from the external device can be easily connected to the contact pattern on the circuit board.

  According to the configuration of (1) above, the circuit board to which the contact portion of the terminal metal is pressed and contacted is elastically supported by the board support so that it can be displaced in the pressing direction by the terminal metal. Therefore, for example, even if there is variation in the protruding amount of the contact portion of the terminal metal fitting due to assembly errors, the pressing force acting on the contact pattern can be suppressed to a predetermined value or less due to the displacement of the circuit board. It is possible to prevent the circuit board from being bent due to excessive pressing, and it is possible to prevent the conductive connection between the terminal fitting and the contact pattern from becoming unstable due to the bending of the circuit board.

  According to the configuration of (2) above, the contact portion of the terminal fitting is elastically supported by the contact biasing spring so as to be displaceable in the direction opposite to the direction in which the contact pattern is pressed. For this reason, even if there is a variation in the amount of protrusion between the multiple terminal fittings housed and held in the connector body due to the effects of dimensional errors or assembly errors in the connector body or terminal fitting, the amount of protrusion in each terminal fitting This variation is absorbed by the elastic displacement of the contact portion, and any of the terminal fittings can be equally pressed against the contact pattern.

  That is, all the contact portions of the plurality of terminal fittings can be conductively connected to the contact pattern with substantially the same pressing contact force, and the connection reliability between the contact pattern and the terminal fitting can be improved.

  According to the configuration of (3) above, the connector main body is coupled to the connector receiving member after the connecting shaft portion on one side of the connector main body is locked to the shaft supporting portion of the connector receiving member, and then the shaft support The connector main body is rotated with the portion as a rotation fulcrum, and the engaging portion on the other side of the connector main body is engaged with the main body locking portion of the connector receiving member. The joining operation can be facilitated.

  According to the board connector of the present invention, the conductive connection between the terminal fitting connected to the cable from the external device and the contact pattern on the circuit board is obtained by coupling the connector body to the connector receiving member on the circuit board. This is realized by abutting the contact portion of the terminal fitting accommodated and held in the main body against the surface of the circuit board. Therefore, when the cable from the external device is conductively connected to the contact pattern of the circuit board, a troublesome soldering operation to the circuit board is unnecessary.

  Moreover, the conductive connection between the terminal fitting connected to the cable from the external device and the contact pattern on the circuit board is made by contact with each other. Since there is no male / female fitting, there is no risk of damage to the terminal fitting due to collision or twisting during connection.

  Therefore, the terminal fitting connected to the cable from the external device can be easily connected to the contact pattern on the circuit board.

  Further, according to the board connector of the present invention, the circuit board to which the contact portion of the terminal metal is pressed and contacted is elastically supported by the board support so as to be displaceable in the pressing direction by the terminal metal. Therefore, for example, even if there is variation in the protruding amount of the contact portion of the terminal metal fitting due to assembly errors, the pressing force acting on the contact pattern can be suppressed to a predetermined value or less due to the displacement of the circuit board. It is possible to prevent the circuit board from being bent due to excessive pressing, and it is possible to prevent the conductive connection between the terminal fitting and the contact pattern from becoming unstable due to the bending of the circuit board.

  The present invention has been briefly described above. Further, the details of the present invention will be further clarified by reading through a mode for carrying out the invention described below (hereinafter referred to as “embodiment”) with reference to the accompanying drawings. .

It is a disassembled perspective view of one Embodiment of the board | substrate connector which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view of the terminal metal fitting shown in FIG. It is a disassembled perspective view of the terminal metal fitting shown in FIG. It is the perspective view seen from the other side surface side of the connector main body shown in FIG. It is an enlarged view of the principal part of a connector main part which shows the latching structure of the terminal metal fitting in the terminal accommodation hole of the connector main body of one Embodiment. It is a side view of the state where the connecting shaft part on one side of the connector body of one embodiment is locked to the shaft support part on one side of the connector receiving member. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the connector receiving member and connector main body which were shown in FIG. It is an enlarged view of the A section of FIG. It is an enlarged view of the B section of FIG. It is a side view of the state which the coupling | bonding of the connector main body and connector receiving member of one Embodiment was completed. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the connector main body and the connector receiving member shown in FIG. It is an enlarged view of the C section of FIG. It is an enlarged view of the D section of FIG. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the conventional board connector.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a board connector according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  1 to 13 show one embodiment of a board connector according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the board connector according to one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram of the terminal fitting shown in FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the terminal fitting shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 4 is a perspective view seen from the other side of the connector main body shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 is a terminal housing of the connector main body according to one embodiment. FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of the main part of the connector main body showing the terminal metal locking structure in the hole, and FIG. FIG. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view of the connector receiving member and the connector main body shown in FIG. 6, FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of portion A in FIG. 7, and FIG. 9 is a portion in B portion of FIG. FIG. 10 is an enlarged view, FIG. 10 is a side view showing a state in which the connector main body and the connector receiving member of the embodiment are completely connected, and FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the connector body and the connector receiving member shown in FIG. 10, FIG. 12 is an enlarged view of a C portion of FIG. 11, FIG. 13 is an enlarged view of a D portion in FIG. 11.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the board connector 1 according to this embodiment has a plurality of contact patterns 11 arranged at a predetermined arrangement pitch on one surface of a circuit board 10 and a cable (not shown) from an external device. It is a connector for conducting and connecting a plurality of connected terminal fittings 30.

  A circuit board 10 to which the board connector 1 of the present embodiment is connected is a multilayer circuit board, and a circuit pattern and an electronic circuit are formed in an intermediate layer.

  A terminal fitting 30 connected to a cable from an external device is a press-formed product of a metal plate, and as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a fitting main body 31, a contact member 32, and a contact biasing spring 33 are provided. I have.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the metal fitting body 31 includes, in order from the rear end side, a covering fixing piece 31 a that is crimped to a cable covering portion, a conductor crimping piece 31 b that is crimped to a cable conductor, and a conductor crimping A rectangular tube-shaped box portion 31c integrally formed on the tip end side of the piece 31b.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the box portion 31c has a contact retaining portion 31d bent at the front end and a spring receiving piece 31e bent at the rear end. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a positioning piece 31f is cut and raised on one side wall of the box portion 31c.

  The contact retaining portion 31d is formed so as to be bent up and down at the tip of the box portion 31c so as to narrow the opening of the square tube.

  The spring receiving piece 31e is bent at the rear end of the box portion 31c so as to close the opening at the rear end of the square tube.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the positioning piece 31 f of the box portion 31 c contacts the positioning step 41 a in the terminal receiving hole 41 when the terminal fitting 30 is inserted into the terminal receiving hole 41 of the connector main body 4 described later. In contact with each other, positioning in the insertion direction is achieved.

  The contact member 32 has a round bar-like contact portion 32a to be brought into contact with the contact pattern 11, a spring receiving shaft portion 32b, and a retaining member formed between the contact portion 32a and the spring receiving shaft portion 32b. And a collar portion 32c.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the contact member 32 is slidably accommodated in the box portion 31c. The contact member 32 is prevented from coming off from the box portion 31c by abutting the collar portion 32c from the inner side of the box portion 31c to the contact drop-off preventing portion 31d.

  The contact urging spring 33 is a compression coil spring and is accommodated in the box portion 31c as shown in FIG. The contact urging spring 33 in the box portion 31c has one end abutting against the spring receiving piece 31e and the other end abutting against the flange portion 32c, thereby urging the contact member 32 toward the distal end side of the box portion 31c. .

  The contact portion 32 a of the contact member 32 is urged by the contact urging spring 33 in a direction protruding from the tip of the metal fitting body 31 (direction in which the contact pattern 11 is pressed). As shown in FIG. 2, the contact portion 32 a of the contact member 32 is maintained in a state of protruding from the tip of the box portion 31 c by the biasing force of the contact biasing spring 33. Furthermore, the contact portion 32 a of the contact member 32 is elastically supported by the urging force of the contact urging spring 33 so that it can be displaced in the direction opposite to the direction in which the contact pattern 11 is pressed.

  The board connector 1 of this embodiment is provided with the connector main body 4, the board | substrate support stand 5, and the connector receiving member 6 as shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the connector main body 4 includes a plurality of terminal accommodating holes 41, a connecting shaft portion 42, and an engaging portion 43.

  The terminal accommodating hole 41 is a hole into which the terminal fitting 30 is inserted and mounted, and is formed so as to penetrate from the rear end toward the front end. The terminal accommodating holes 41 accommodate and hold the plurality of terminal fittings 30 at an arrangement pitch corresponding to the arrangement pitch of the contact pattern 11. As shown in FIG. 5, each terminal accommodating hole 41 is provided with a positioning step 41a for positioning the terminal fitting 30 and a retaining lance 41b.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the positioning step 41a regulates the movement of the terminal fitting 30 toward the distal end side by contact with the positioning piece 31f of the terminal fitting 30, and the contact portion 32a of the terminal fitting 30 is connected to the connector main body. 4 is positioned so as to protrude from the front end surface 4a of the main body 4 by a predetermined length.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the retaining lance 41 b engages with a step at the rear end of the box portion 31 c of the terminal fitting 30 to prevent the terminal fitting 30 from coming off.

  The connecting shaft portion 42 and the engaging portion 43 are means for connecting the connector body 4 to the connector receiving member 6.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the connecting shaft portion 42 is provided on one side of the connector body 4. The connecting shaft portion 42 is a shaft that is rotatably engaged with a shaft support portion 63 provided on one side of the connector receiving member 6 described later. The connector body 4 is coupled to the connector receiving member 6 so that one side surface thereof is freely rotatable by engaging the connecting shaft portion 42 with the shaft support portion 63.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the engaging portion 43 is a protrusion provided on the other side surface of the connector main body 4. The other side surface of the connector main body 4 equipped with the engaging portion 43 is a side surface opposite to one side surface of the connector main body 4 equipped with the connecting shaft portion 42.

  The substrate support 5 is a box-shaped housing whose upper surface is open, and includes a bottom wall portion 5a and a peripheral wall portion 5b erected around the bottom wall portion 5a. The substrate support 5 accommodates the circuit board 10. As shown in FIG. 1, the substrate support 5 is provided with spring support holes 51 at the four corners of the bottom. A substrate support spring 52 is disposed in each spring support hole 51. In the case of this embodiment, the board | substrate support spring 52 is a compression coil spring. The substrate support spring 52 supports the bottom surface of the circuit board 10 accommodated in the substrate support 5. When a predetermined pressing force or more acts on the surface of the circuit board 10, the board support spring 52 elastically supports the circuit board 10 so that the circuit board 10 can be displaced in the pressing direction.

  That is, the substrate support 5 of the present embodiment allows the circuit board 10 to be displaced via the board support spring 52 so that the circuit board 10 can be displaced in the pressing direction when a predetermined pressing force acts on the surface of the circuit board 10. Elastic support.

  The connector receiving member 6 is attached to the board support 5 so as to cover the open part of the board support 5. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the connector receiving member 6 includes a support base connecting portion 61 that is abutted against the upper surface of the peripheral wall portion 5 b of the substrate support base 5, and a cylindrical portion 62 into which the connector main body 4 can be fitted. The shaft support part 63 equipped on one side of the support base connecting part 61 and the main body locking part 64 equipped on the other side of the support base connecting part 61 are provided. One side surface of the support base connecting portion 61 provided with the shaft support portion 63 and the other side surface of the connector receiving member 6 provided with the main body locking portion 64 are opposite side surfaces.

  The support base connecting portion 61 is coupled to the abutted peripheral wall portion 5b by a known coupling technique such as adhesion by an adhesive, adhesion by thermal fusion, or coupling by engagement of a locking projection. , Integrated with the substrate support 5.

  The cylindrical portion 62 is formed in a rectangular tube shape with which the outer periphery of the distal end of the connector body 4 is fitted.

  The shaft support portion 63 is a notch groove that rotatably supports the connecting shaft portion 42 of the connector body 4.

  As shown in FIG. 6, when the connecting shaft portion 42 of the connector body 4 is fitted into the shaft support portion 63, the connector body 4 is in a state in which one side surface is rotatably supported by the connector receiving member 6.

  The main body locking portion 64 is a concave portion that fixes the other side surface of the connector main body 4 by engaging with the engaging portion 43 provided on the other side surface of the connector main body 4. The main body locking portion 64 is provided on the terminal fitting 30 held and held in the connector main body 4 by a rotation operation (rotation operation in the direction indicated by the arrow R in FIG. 6) with the shaft support portion 63 of the connector main body 4 as a fulcrum. When the contact portion 32a comes into press contact with the contact pattern 11, it engages with the engagement portion 43 of the connector body 4 to fix the connector body 4.

  Even when the connecting shaft portion 42 of the connector body 4 is engaged with the shaft support portion 63 of the connector receiving member 6, the other side surface of the connector body 4 is fitted into the tubular portion 62 as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7. 8, the contact member 32 of the terminal fitting 30 held at a position close to one side of the connector body 4 can contact the contact pattern 11 of the circuit board 10 as shown in FIG. The contact member 32 of the terminal fitting 30 held near the other side surface of the main body 4 is not in contact with the contact pattern 11. Further, in this state, the contact portion 32a is not sufficiently pressed against the contact pattern 11, and the circuit board 10 is not displaced in the pressing direction from the contact portion 32a as shown in FIG.

  The connector body 4 is rotated from the state shown in FIG. 6 in the direction indicated by the arrow R in FIG. 6, and as shown in FIGS. When the main body locking portion 64 of the member 6 is engaged, the connection of the connector main body 4 to the connector receiving member 6 is completed. In this state, the contact portions 32a of all the terminal fittings 30 held by the connector main body 4 are in a state of being pressed against the contact pattern 11 of the circuit board 10 as shown in FIG. In this state, the contact portion 32 a is in press contact with the contact pattern 11 by the urging force from the contact urging spring 33 in a state where the contact urging spring 33 in the terminal fitting 30 is compressed and deformed.

  That is, the connector receiving member 6 in this embodiment locks the connector body 4 so that the contact portions 32a of the terminal fittings 30 accommodated and held in the connector body 4 are pressed against the contact pattern 11 of the circuit board 10. To do.

  Then, when the contact portion 32a is in press contact with the contact pattern 11, the conductive connection between the terminal fitting 30 and the contact pattern 11 is completed.

  In addition, the circuit board 10 in which the plurality of contact portions 32a are in press contact is displaced in the pressing direction by the compressive deformation of the substrate support spring 52, as indicated by an arrow X in FIG. Since the circuit board 10 is displaced in the pressing direction by the compressive deformation of the board support spring 52, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of bending deformation due to an excessive pressing load.

  In the board connector 1 according to the embodiment described above, the conductive connection between the terminal fitting 30 connected to the cable from the external device and the contact pattern 11 on the circuit board 10 is performed by connecting the connector body 4 to the circuit board 10. This is realized by joining the connector receiving member 6 and butting the contact portion 32a of the terminal fitting 30 accommodated and held in the connector main body 4 against the surface of the circuit board 10. Therefore, when the cable from the external device is conductively connected to the contact pattern 11 of the circuit board 10, a troublesome soldering operation to the circuit board 10 is not necessary.

  In addition, the conductive connection between the terminal fitting 30 connected to the cable from the external device and the contact pattern 11 on the circuit board 10 is performed by contact with each other, which causes the occurrence of collision and twisting at the time of connection. Since there is no male / female fitting between the terminal fittings, there is no risk of damage to the terminal fitting 30 due to collision or twisting during connection.

  Therefore, the terminal fitting 30 connected to the cable from the external device can be easily connected to the contact pattern 11 on the circuit board 10.

  In the board connector 1 according to the embodiment described above, the circuit board 10 to which the contact portion 32a of the terminal fitting 30 is pressed and contacted is elastically supported by the board support base 5 so as to be displaceable in the pressing direction by the terminal fitting 30. Has been. Therefore, for example, even if the protrusion amount of the contact portion 32a of the terminal fitting 30 varies due to an assembly error or the like, the pressing force acting on the contact pattern 11 can be suppressed to a predetermined value or less by the displacement of the circuit board 10. Further, it is possible to prevent the circuit board 10 from being bent due to excessive pressing by the terminal fitting 30, and to prevent the conductive connection between the terminal fitting 30 and the contact pattern 11 from being unstable due to the bending of the circuit board 10. be able to.

  Furthermore, in the board connector 1 according to the embodiment described above, the contact portion 32a of the terminal fitting 30 is elastically supported by the contact biasing spring 33 so as to be displaceable in the direction opposite to the direction in which the contact pattern 11 is pressed. . Therefore, even when there is a variation in the amount of protrusion between the plurality of terminal fittings 30 accommodated and held in the connector body 4 due to the influence of dimensional errors and assembly errors in the connector body 4 and the terminal fittings 30, the respective terminals The variation in the protruding amount of the metal fitting 30 is absorbed by the elastic displacement of the contact portion 32a, and any of the terminal metal fittings 30 can be brought into press contact with the contact pattern 11 equally.

  That is, all the contact portions 32a of the plurality of terminal fittings 30 can be conductively connected to the contact pattern 11 with substantially the same pressing contact force, and the connection reliability between the contact pattern 11 and the terminal fitting 30 is improved. Can do.

  Furthermore, in the board connector 1 according to the embodiment described above, the connector main body 4 is coupled to the connector receiving member 6 by connecting the connecting shaft portion 42 on one side of the connector main body 4 to the shaft supporting portion of the connector receiving member 6. After being locked to 63, the connector main body 4 is rotated using the shaft support portion 63 as a rotation fulcrum, and the engaging portion 43 on the other side of the connector main body 4 is connected to the main body locking portion 64 of the connector receiving member 6. The connector main body 4 and the connector receiving member 6 can be easily joined.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to embodiment mentioned above, A deformation | transformation, improvement, etc. are possible suitably. In addition, the material, shape, dimensions, number, arrangement location, and the like of each component in the above-described embodiment are arbitrary and are not limited as long as the present invention can be achieved.

  For example, the circuit board may be elastically supported by a tension spring disposed on the surface side of the circuit board.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Board | substrate connector 4 Connector main body 4a Main body front end surface 5 Board | substrate support stand 6 Connector receiving member 10 Circuit board 11 Contact pattern 30 Terminal metal fitting 31 Metal fitting main body 32 Contact member 32a Contact part 33 Contact biasing spring 42 Connecting shaft part 43 Engagement part 63 Shaft support portion 64 Main body locking portion

Claims (3)

A board connector for conductively connecting a terminal fitting connected to a cable from an external device to a contact pattern arranged at a predetermined arrangement pitch on the surface of the circuit board,
The terminal fitting provided with a contact portion that is brought into contact with the contact pattern protruding from the tip of the fitting body;
A connector main body that accommodates and holds the terminal fittings in an arrangement pitch corresponding to the arrangement pitch of the contact pattern and so that the contact portion protrudes from the front end surface of the main body;
When a predetermined pressing force acts on the surface of the circuit board, a board support base that elastically supports the circuit board so that the circuit board can be displaced in the pressing direction;
A connector receiving member that is attached to the board support and that locks the connector body so that a contact portion of the terminal fitting received and held in the connector body is pressed against a contact pattern of the circuit board;
With
A board connector characterized in that the terminal fitting is conductively connected to the contact pattern by engaging the connector main body with the connector receiving member and pressing and contacting the contact portion with the contact pattern.   The board connector according to claim 1, wherein the terminal fitting includes a contact urging spring that elastically supports the contact portion so as to be displaceable in a direction opposite to a direction in which the contact pattern is pressed. The connector receiving member includes a shaft support portion that rotatably supports a connecting shaft portion provided on one side of the connector body, and a rotation operation that uses the shaft support portion of the connector body as a fulcrum. When the contact portion of the terminal fitting received and held in the connector main body is in press contact with the contact pattern, it engages with an engagement portion provided on the other side opposite to the one side surface of the connector main body and A body locking portion for fixing the connector body;
The board connector according to claim 1, further comprising:

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