JP2014096216A - Push-in/push-eject type card connector - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a push-in/push-eject type card connector for ensuring an action for inserting or ejecting a card by surely regulating a motion of a slider.SOLUTION: The card connector comprises: a connector body 20 including a contact which is brought into contact with a terminal of an accommodated card; a connector cover 10 which covers the connector body; and an eject device 50 for ejecting the accommodated card from the card connector and including a slider 30 which is movable in an inserting/ejecting direction of the card, and an energizing part 40 for energizing the slider in the ejecting direction of the card. The slider has a protrusion. In the connector cover, an opening is formed into which the protrusion is movable. An edge in a length direction forming the opening regulates a moving direction of the protrusion in the inserting/ejecting direction of the card. A part of the edge in the length direction is an inclined edge which is inclined to be made closer to the connector body towards the inserting direction of the card.

Description

  The present invention relates to a push-in / push-eject type card connector.

  Conventionally, a memory card such as a micro SD card or an IC card such as a SIM card (hereinafter collectively referred to as a card) is used to read / write data from / to a circuit on a board built in an electronic device. The card connector to be installed is widespread. The card connector is attached to a substrate of an electronic device, for example.

  This type of card connector is provided with a terminal for electrically connecting the card and the circuit of the board. When the card is inserted, the terminal of the card connector electrically connects the terminal of the card and the circuit of the board.

  Some push-in / push-eject type card connectors include an eject mechanism for removing a card. The eject mechanism includes a slider that holds the card and moves in the card insertion / removal direction when the card is inserted or removed.

  Such a push-in / push-eject type card connector has a boss on the upper surface of the slider, and the boss is inserted into an opening formed in the shield cover. The movement of the boss is guided by the opening of the shield cover, thereby restricting the movement of the slider in the card insertion / removal direction (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In addition, there is a push-in / push-eject type card connector in which another boss is provided on the lower surface of the slider, and the boss is fitted in a concave groove of the housing. Thus, the boss is guided by the groove, and the movement of the slider is restricted in the card insertion / removal direction.

  Thus, in the push-in / push-eject type card connector, the boss and the slider move in the card insertion / removal direction, whereby the card is inserted into and removed from the card connector.

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  In the above type push-in / push-eject type card connector, the height of the boss protruding from the upper surface of the slider corresponds to the plate thickness of the shield cover, and the boss has a size corresponding to the plate thickness forming the opening. It is guided by being hooked on the side of the wall.

  In the push-in / push-eject type card connector of the above type, the height of the boss protruding from the slider mask corresponds to the depth of the groove smaller than the thickness of the housing, and the boss is smaller than the thickness. It is guided by being caught on the side surface in the depth direction of the groove.

  In this way, the boss is guided by being caught on the side surface of the opening having a size corresponding to the plate thickness of the shield cover or the side surface in the depth direction of the groove smaller than the plate thickness of the housing. When it is bent or distorted, there are cases where the number of hooked parts is smaller and the boss may be removed from the opening or groove, and it may be difficult to regulate the movement of the slider.

  Further, when the thickness of the shield cover or the housing is reduced in order to reduce the weight of the card connector, the tendency that the boss is easily detached from the opening or the groove becomes stronger.

  Further, the eject mechanism includes an urging device such as a spring coil for urging the slider in the direction of ejecting the card, and this urging device gives a rotational moment to the slider when the card is inserted or removed. For this reason, the boss is more easily detached from the opening of the shield cover and the groove of the housing.

  As a result, the conventional card connector may not be able to smoothly insert or remove the card.

  The present invention has been made to solve such problems, and even if the thickness of the shield cover or the housing is small or a rotational moment is generated in the slider, the movement of the slider can be reliably controlled. It is an object of the present invention to provide a push-in / push-eject type card connector that can reliably insert and remove cards.

  In order to achieve the above object, a card connector according to the present invention is a card connector in which a card is removably accommodated, and a connector main body having a contact point that contacts a terminal of the accommodated card, A connector cover that covers a connector main body, an ejecting device for taking out the stored card from the card connector, the slider being movable in the card insertion / removal direction, and the slider in the direction in which the card is taken out An ejecting device including an urging portion for urging, wherein the slider has a projecting portion, an opening is formed in the connector cover so that the projecting portion can move, and the longitudinal direction forming the opening is formed. The edge portion regulates the moving direction of the protruding portion in the card insertion / extraction direction, and the card is inserted into a part of the edge portion in the longitudinal direction. Characterized in that an inclined edge that is inclined so as to approach to the connector main body toward the direction.

  With the configuration of the present invention, even if the thickness of the shield cover or housing is small or a rotational moment is generated in the slider, the movement of the slider can be reliably controlled, and the card insertion and removal operations are ensured. A push-in / push-eject type card connector can be provided.

  The card connector which concerns on this invention WHEREIN: The edge part of the said connector cover of the back side of the said card insertion direction of the said card connector may be cut | disconnected among the edge parts of the said connector cover which forms the said opening part.

  With this configuration, the card connector according to the present invention can reliably restrict the movement of the slider by hooking the inclined edge portion to the lower position portion of the protruding portion.

  In the card connector according to the present invention, the slider includes an arm portion that holds an end portion of the card at a tip in a direction in which the card is inserted, and the protruding portion is formed on the arm portion, The inclined edge is inserted into the first position in the opening where the protrusion is disposed when the card is received, and the card is inserted to the innermost part of the card connector. Sometimes formed by a portion between the projecting portion and a second position in the opening, and the inclined edge extends from the first position to the second position as the connector. You may incline so that a main-body part may be approached.

  With this configuration, the card connector according to the present invention can prevent the hooking between the inclined edge portion and the protruding portion from coming off even if a large rotational moment acts on the protruding portion.

  In the card connector according to the present invention, the card may not be inserted between the first position and the second position in the opening in the card connector.

  With this configuration, the card connector according to the present invention can surely regulate the movement of the slider by preventing the inclined edge from interfering with the inserted card.

  In the card connector according to the present invention, the inclined edge portion may contact the upper surface of the arm portion when the protruding portion moves from the first position to the second position.

  With this configuration, the card connector according to the present invention can reliably restrict the movement of the slider by hooking the inclined edge portion to the lower position portion of the protruding portion.

  In the card connector according to the present invention, the edge of the connector cover on the back side in the card insertion direction of the card connector is separated from the edge of the connector cover that forms the opening, and the inclined The edge portion is composed of a strip formed by forming a cutout portion at a predetermined distance from the opening and the opening on the connector cover, and the strip is It is inclined so as to approach the connector main body as it goes in the insertion direction.

  With this configuration, the card connector according to the present invention can reliably restrict the movement of the slider by hooking the inclined edge portion to the lower position portion of the protruding portion.

  In the card connector according to the present invention, a wall portion is formed on the back side of the connector main body portion in the direction in which the card connector card is inserted, and the card connector card is inserted from the wall portion. The card connector is assembled by sliding the connector cover on the connector main body while sliding toward the insertion opening, and when the connector cover is superimposed on the connector main body, the inclined edge portion is , When climbing on the back wall portion of the connector main body portion in the direction in which the card connector card is inserted, and when the connector cover overlaps the connector main body portion, the inclined edge portion It returns to the inclined shape so as to get over and approach the connector main body, so that the inclined edge portion becomes the connector cover. There may be functioning as a detachment prevention device for preventing from being removed from the connector body portion.

  With this configuration, the card connector according to the present invention can be easily assembled.

  According to the present invention, even if the thickness of the shield cover or the housing is small or a rotational moment is generated in the slider, the movement of the slider can be reliably controlled, and the card insertion / removal operation is ensured. A push-in / push-eject type card connector can be provided.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a push-in / push-eject type card connector according to an embodiment of the present invention, (a) is a perspective view of a card connector in a state where a card is not inserted, and (b) is It is a perspective view of the card connector which shows the state which inserted the card | curd to the position which contacts a slider. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a push-in / push-eject type card connector according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a slider according to an example of a push-in / push-eject type card connector according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a plan view of a housing of a push-in / push-eject type card connector according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a part of the card connector with the shield cover removed in a state where the card is inserted into the push-in / push-eject type card connector according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the card is inserted into the push-in / push-eject type card connector according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 until it contacts the slider, and FIG. It is a top view of a part of card connector which cut | disconnected the card connector in the position of a line | wire, (b) is sectional drawing of the card connector seen from the AA line. It is sectional drawing which shows the state which pushed the card | curd into the push-in / push-eject type card connector based on embodiment of this invention of FIG. 1 to the back, (a) is the AA line shown in FIG. It is a top view of a part of card connector which cut | disconnected the card connector in the position, (b) is sectional drawing of the card connector seen from the AA line. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the card is accommodated in the lock position in the push-in / push-eject type card connector according to the embodiment of the present invention of FIG. 1, and FIG. It is a top view of a part of card connector which cut | disconnected the card connector in the position, (b) is sectional drawing of the card connector seen from the AA line.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a push-in / push-eject type card connector 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1A shows the card connector 1 in a state in which no card is inserted.

  The card connector 1 is attached to a board (not shown) built in an electronic device such as a mobile phone, for example, and when a card is inserted from the insertion slot of the card connector 1 shown on the left side of FIG. Signals are transmitted and received between the card and the board of the electronic device.

  FIG. 1B shows a state where the card C is inserted into the card connector 1 from the insertion port of the card connector 1 shown on the left side of FIG. The card C is inserted to a position where it contacts a slider 30 of an eject mechanism 50 (see FIG. 2) described later.

  When the card C is pushed from that position to a position where the eject mechanism 50 (see FIG. 2) is locked, a terminal (not shown) provided on the lower surface of the card C shown in FIG. The card C comes into contact with the terminal 23 (FIG. 2) of the connector 1, and the card C is electrically connected to the circuit of the substrate of the electronic device (not shown) via the terminal 23.

  Here, the card C may be any type such as a micro SIM card or a nano SIM card, but the card C depends on the difference in card dimensions and the difference between the position of the card terminal and the position of the terminal 23 of the card connector 1. May be placed in a predetermined tray, and the tray may be inserted into the card connector 1.

  FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the card connector 1 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the card connector 1 includes a shield cover 10 and a housing 20.

  The housing 20 includes a plurality of terminals 23, a plurality of mounting portions 26, an ejection mechanism 50, and a card insertion confirmation switch 22.

  The pair of terminals 23 and the mounting portion 26 protruding in opposite directions are integrally formed, for example, by punching from one thin metal plate. The mounting part 26 is soldered to a terminal of a board (not shown). As a result, the terminal 23 is electrically connected to a circuit on a substrate (not shown) via the mounting portion 26.

  For this reason, when the card C is inserted into the card connector 1 and a predetermined terminal of the card C comes into contact with the terminal 23, the card C is electrically connected to a circuit on the board (not shown) via the mounting portion 26. The

  The card insertion confirmation switch 22 detects whether or not the card C has been inserted to an appropriate position of the card connector 1, and is turned on when the card C has been inserted to an appropriate position (lock position) of the card connector 1. Thus, the card C can be accessed from the circuit on the board of the electronic device.

  The eject mechanism 50 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 in addition to FIG. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the slider 30 of the ejection mechanism 50, and FIG. 4 is a plan view of the housing 20.

  The eject mechanism 50 includes an L-shaped slider 30, a coil spring 40 that functions as an urging device, a guide pin 41 having a rotating end and a moving end, and a predetermined path for moving the moving end of the guide pin 41. The pin guide groove 42 is formed.

  The slider 30 includes an arm part 31, a boss 32, a connecting part 33, a head part 34, and a protruding part 35. The arm portion 31 is configured to hold the distal end portion on the insertion side of the card C when the card C is inserted into the card connector 1.

  The boss 32 is a protruding portion that protrudes from the upper surface 31 a of the arm portion 31 with a height t, and can move within the opening 11 formed in the shield cover 10. The height t of the boss 32 is roughly smaller than the plate thickness of the shield cover 10.

  An inclined surface 31 b is formed on the upper surface 31 a adjacent to the boss 32. The inclined surface 31b is formed so as to descend along the direction in which the card is inserted.

  As will be described in detail later, when the boss 32 moves to a predetermined position in the opening 11, the inclined surface 31 b is formed by a part of the edge forming the opening 11 of the shield cover 10 and is inclined. The edge 13 contacts. Thereby, the inclined edge 13 is caught at a lower position of the boss 32, and the boss 32 is less likely to be detached from the inclined edge 13.

  The connecting portion 33 is arranged in the longitudinal direction in the insertion / extraction direction of the card C, and connects the arm portion 31 and the head portion 34.

  The head part 34 has a protrusion part 35. The protrusion 35 is inserted into one end of the coil spring 40 that is freely movable, and prevents the coil spring 40 from being detached from the head portion 34. In addition, a hole is formed in the head portion 34, and a rotating end portion of the guide pin 41 is rotatably inserted into the hole.

  The moving end of the guide pin 41 is inserted into the pin guide groove 42, and the distal end of the moving end is pressed against the bottom surface of the pin guide groove 42. A predetermined step is formed on the bottom surface of the pin guide groove 42 so that the distal end portion of the moving end portion of the guide pin 41 cannot be moved backward when moving along the route of the pin guide groove 42. ing.

  As a result, the distal end portion of the moving end portion of the guide pin 41 advances along a predetermined path, and the arm portion 31 can move from the stop position before the card is inserted to the lock position with this advancement.

  One end of the coil spring 40 is in contact with the head portion 34 as described above, and the other end is held by the innermost wall portion of the housing 20.

  An outline of the movement of the eject mechanism 50 will be described.

  When the card C is attached to the card connector 1, when the card C is inserted into the insertion slot of the card connector 1, the leading end in the insertion direction of the card C contacts the arm portion 31 of the slider 30.

  When the card C is not in contact with the arm portion 31 of the slider 30, the moving end portion of the guide pin 41 is at the original position of the pin guide groove 42.

  When the card C is further pushed after the distal end portion on the insertion side of the card C comes into contact with the arm portion 31 of the slider 30, the distal end portion in the insertion direction of the card C moves the arm portion 31 toward the back side of the card connector 1. Push forward.

  As a result, the coil spring 40 of the ejection mechanism 50 is pushed from the head portion 34 and contracts.

  Further, as the arm portion 31 is moved to the back side of the card connector 1, the head portion 34 is moved, and the moving end portion of the guide pin 41 is moved from the original position of the pin guide groove 42 to the pin guide groove 42. The movement starts along a predetermined route.

  When the moving end portion of the guide pin 41 reaches the first stop position of one end portion of the pin guide groove 42 and the movement of the guide pin 41 is stopped, the arm portion 31 moves to the innermost side of the card connector 1. Stopped in position.

  At that time, when the force for inserting the card C is loosened, the head portion 34 is pushed back by the biasing force in the direction in which the coil spring 40 extends, and at the same time, the arm portion 31 is moved together with the card C in the card C removal direction. .

  As the head portion 34 moves back, the moving end of the guide pin 41 advances along the path of the pin guide groove 42, and the moving end is stopped at the holding position of the pin guide groove 42.

  When the moving end portion of the guide pin 41 is held at the holding position, the arm portion 31 is held at a position (referred to as a “lock position”) slightly returned from the innermost position of the card connector 1 in the removal direction. It will be.

  Next, when the card C is pulled out from the card connector 1, when the card C is pushed in the insertion direction of the card C, the moving end of the guide pin 41 further advances the path of the pin guide groove 42 from the holding position. The second stop position is different from the first stop position.

  At this time, the arm portion 31 is moved to the innermost position of the card connector 1 and stopped at that position.

  Then, when the force for pushing the card C is loosened, the head portion 34 is pushed back by the urging force in the direction in which the coil spring 40 extends, and at the same time, the arm portion 31 and the card C are moved in the card C removal direction.

  Along with the return movement of the head portion 34, the path through which the moving end portion of the guide pin 41 passes when the moving end portion of the guide pin 41 is inserted from the second stop position of the pin guide groove 42 when the card C is inserted. It returns to the original position of the pin guide groove 42 through a different path and stops at that position.

  When the movement of the guide pin 41 stops, the movement of the arm portion 31 is stopped. This position where the arm portion 31 is stopped is the same as the position of the arm portion 31 when the card C is not inserted into the card connector 1.

  At that position, as shown in FIG. 1B, the card C is in a state of slightly protruding from the insertion slot of the card connector 1. When the protruding portion from the card connector 1 is grasped and pulled out, the card C is taken out from the card connector 1.

  When the card C is again inserted into the insertion slot of the card connector 1, the ejection mechanism 50 repeats the same operation as described above.

  Returning to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the description will be continued. The shield cover 10 functions to cover the housing 20 and protect the card C accommodated in the housing 20. The shield cover 10 includes an opening 11 on which the boss 32 formed on the upper surface 31a of the slider 30 of the eject mechanism 50 can move, and an inclined edge 13 for enhancing the effect of catching the boss 32. Is formed.

  Since the inclined edge portion 13 is made of the plate material of the shield cover 10, it is flexible and elastic.

  The opening 11 is generally formed by two opposing edges in the longitudinal direction. These two edges restrict the movement of the boss 32 that moves within the opening 11. Since the longitudinal direction thereof coincides with the direction in which the card C is inserted and removed, the movement of the boss 32 is restricted in the direction in which the card C is inserted and removed.

  The inclined edge portion 13 is formed on a part of the edge portion on the side close to the position where the ejection mechanism 50 is provided, out of the two edge portions in the longitudinal direction forming the opening portion 11.

  Specifically, the inclined edge 13 is formed near the upper right end face of the front longitudinal edge of the two opposing longitudinal edges of the opening 11 shown in FIG. Has been. That is, the inclined edge 13 is moved from the position where the boss 32 is held in the opening 11 (hereinafter referred to as “first position”) when the arm portion 31 of the slider 30 is in the locked position. The edge part which forms the opening part 11 to the position (henceforth "2nd position") where the boss | hub 32 is hold | maintained in the opening part 11 when the arm part 31 exists in the innermost position of the card connector 1 It is.

  In the “first position”, since the moving end of the guide pin 41 of the eject mechanism 50 is held at the lock position of the pin guide groove 42, the urging force of the coil spring 40 is applied to the pin guide groove 42. It acts on the wall surface forming the lock position, and does not act on the boss 32 via the connecting portion 33 and the arm portion 31.

  Therefore, in this specification, when the action of the urging force of the coil spring 40 is mentioned, the “first position” is an opening corresponding to the position of the path before and after the lock position of the pin guide groove 42. The positions of the front and rear bosses 32 in the vicinity of the “first position” in the portion 11 are also included.

  The inclined edge portion 13 is inclined so as to approach the housing 20 from the “first position” to the “second position”. In other words, the inclined edge portion 13 is inclined from the position of the plane where the shield cover 10 is located toward the inside of the card connector 1.

  The card C is not inserted at a position where the inclined edge portion 13 is formed. For this reason, even if the inclined edge portion 13 is inclined toward the inside of the card connector 1, the inclined portion does not interfere with the card C.

  Further, a notch 12 is formed on the opposite side of the opening 11 so as to sandwich the inclined edge 13. As a result, the inclined edge 13 has a strip shape.

  The notch 12 is formed at a position closer to the ejection mechanism 50 than the opening 11. Further, the length of the notch 12 in the longitudinal direction is shorter than the opening 11. By providing the notch 12, the process of inclining the inclined edge 13 is facilitated.

  Here, the inclined edge portion 13 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8.

  FIG. 7 is a view showing a state in which the card C is pushed into the card connector 1 to the innermost position of the card connector 1. 7A is a plan view of a part of the card connector 1 in which the card connector 1 is cut at the position of the AA line shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 7B is viewed from the AA line. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the card connector 1. FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the arm portion 31 of the slider 30 is pushed to the farthest position of the card connector 1. The position of the arm part 31 is a position immediately before the arm part 31 is held at the lock position, or a position immediately after the arm part 31 is released from the lock position.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a boss 32 is formed on the upper surface 31 a of the arm portion 31 of the slider 30, and an inclined surface 31 b is formed adjacent to the boss 32. FIG. 7A shows a state where the inclined edge 13 is on the inclined surface 31 b adjacent to the boss 32. FIG. 7B shows a state in which the lower surface of the inclined edge portion 13 is in contact with the inclined surface 31 b adjacent to the boss 32.

  As described above, the inclined edge portion 13 forms the edge portion of the opening 11 from the “first position” to the “second position”.

  In FIG. 7B, the boss 32 is in the “second position”, and the inclined edge portion 13 is in a position that covers both the upper surface 31 a and the inclined surface 31 b in the plane of the arm portion 31.

  As a result, the lower surface of the inclined edge portion 13 is in contact with the upper surface 31a of the plane of the arm portion 31, and the downward inclination of the inclined edge portion 13 is lifted by the upper surface 31a, but the inclined surface is above the inclined surface 31b. The end of the edge 13 on the right side in the drawing is inclined downward from the shield cover 10.

  As a result, as shown in FIG. 7B, when the boss 32 is in the “second position”, the inclined edge portion 13 can be engaged with a lower portion of the protruding portion of the boss 32. it can.

  FIG. 8 is a view showing a state in which the card C is held at the lock position of the arm portion 31 in the card connector 1. 8A is a plan view of a part of the card connector 1 in which the card connector 1 is cut at the position of the AA line shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 8B is viewed from the AA line. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the card connector 1. FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the arm portion 31 of the slider 30 is held in the locked position. The position of the arm portion 31 is a position where the arm portion 31 is stopped after the arm portion 31 of the slider 30 is pushed to the deepest position of the card connector 1 as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 8A shows a state where the inclined edge 13 is on the inclined surface 31 b adjacent to the boss 32. FIG. 8B shows a state where the lower surface of the inclined edge portion 13 is in contact with the inclined surface 31 b adjacent to the boss 32.

  As described above, the inclined edge portion 13 forms the edge portion of the opening 11 from the “first position” to the “second position”.

  In FIG. 8B, the boss 32 is in the “first position”, and the inclined edge portion 13 is in a position that covers the inclined surface 31 b of the arm portion 31.

  Thereby, since the lower surface of the inclined edge portion 13 is in contact with the inclined surface 31b, the inclined edge portion 13 is inclined further downward than the shield cover 10 along the inclination.

  As a result, as shown in FIG. 8B, when the boss 32 is in the “first position”, the inclined edge portion 13 is engaged with the lower portion of the protrusion of the boss 32. can do.

  Further, as apparent from the above description, when the boss 32 moves in the opening 11 from the position of the boss 32 shown in FIG. 7 to the position of the boss 32 shown in FIG. 8, on the inclined surface 31 b adjacent to the boss 32. Are in contact with at least a portion of the inclined edge 13 inclined downward.

  For this reason, while the boss 32 moves from the position of the boss 32 shown in FIG. 7 to the position of the boss 32 shown in FIG. 8, the inclined edge portion 13 can engage with a lower position portion of the boss 32.

  Next, a situation when a rotational moment is generated in the arm portion 31 of the slider 30 will be described.

  The urging force applied to the arm portion 31 of the eject mechanism 50 is generated when the coil spring 40 contracts. The biasing force of the coil spring 40 increases in direct proportion to the contracted length of the coil spring 40, as is apparent from Hooke's law.

  For this reason, when the arm portion 31 of the slider 30 is pushed to the deepest position of the card connector 1, the urging force of the coil spring 40 becomes the largest. Further, the position where the arm portion 31 is held at the lock position is close to the innermost position of the card connector 1, so that even when the arm portion 31 is located before and after the lock position, the coil The biasing force of the spring 40 is large.

  As described above, when the urging force of the coil spring 40 is large, a large rotational moment is applied to the arm portion 31 as will be described later, thereby increasing the tendency of the boss 32 to be detached from the opening portion 11.

  As will be described in detail below, the inclined edge portion 13 is effective in the card connector of the present invention from the viewpoint of making it difficult for the boss 32 to come off the opening portion 11 even when such a rotational moment is generated.

  FIG. 2 shows the card C with a virtual line. In the card C, the leading end portion on the card C insertion side is in contact with the arm portion 31 of the ejection mechanism 50, but the arm portion 31 has not been pushed from the card C yet. In this state, the arm portion 31 is in the same original position as when the card C is not inserted.

  FIG. 5 shows a state where the card C is in a position immediately before being pushed into the card connector 1 from the position shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 5, when the card C is pushed in, a force M <b> 1 pushed from the card C is applied to the arm portion 31. On the other hand, when the arm portion 31 is pushed from the card C and moves toward the back side of the card connector 1, the head portion 34 contracts the coil spring 40. At this time, the coil spring 40 applies a force M2 in the extending direction to the head portion 34.

  When the card C is moving toward the back side of the card connector 1, the force M <b> 1 that acts on the arm portion 31 from the card C is greater than the force M <b> 2 that acts on the head portion 34 from the coil spring 40.

  On the other hand, when the card C is moving from the back side of the card connector 1 toward the insertion slot, the force M2 acting on the head portion 34 from the coil spring 40 is greater than the force M1 acting on the arm portion 31 from the card C. Is also great.

  Further, when the arm portion 31 is not in the locked position but is not moving, the force M1 acting on the arm portion 31 from the card C and the force M2 acting on the head portion 34 from the coil spring 40 are equal.

  In any of the above cases, the action line of the force M1 and the action line of the force M2 are located in parallel positions. The connecting portion 33 is disposed at a position parallel to the forces M1 and M2, and connects the end portion of the arm portion 31 and the head portion 34.

  For this reason, in the arm part 31, a rotational moment in the clockwise direction is generated on the paper surface of FIG.

  As a result, the arm portion 31 is tilted clockwise by a certain angle, and the boss 32 is also tilted by the angle at which the arm portion 31 is tilted.

  As a result, only a part of the side surface of the boss 32 is caught on the edge of the opening 11.

  In such a case, in the conventional card connector, the edge of the opening tends to be caught on the upper part of the side surface of the boss, so the edge of the opening is only caught on a part of the side surface of the boss. Then, the catch was easy to come off, and the movement of the boss could not be properly regulated.

  On the other hand, as described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8, in the card connector 1 according to the present invention, the opening portion 11 includes the inclined edge portion 13 that is inclined toward the inside of the card connector 1.

  In addition, the inclined edge portion 13 includes at least a position where the boss 32 is in the opening 11 when the arm portion 31 is pushed to the deepest position of the card connector 1, and the arm portion 31 locks the card connector 1. The boss 32 is formed at a position between the position within the opening 11.

  Further, the inclined edge 13 can be caught at a lower position of the protruding portion of the boss 32.

  For this reason, when a large rotational moment is generated in the arm portion 31, the inclined edge portion 13 that is inclined toward the inner side of the card connector 1 is caught at the lowest position of the boss 32, so that the inclined edge portion 13 is caught on the boss 32. The region of the protruding portion of the boss 32 can be utilized to the maximum. As a result, the catch between the inclined edge portion 13 and the boss 32 is difficult to come off.

  As described above, the line of force acting on the boss 32 and the line of force applied by the coil spring 40 that exerts a force opposite to that of the boss 32 are greatly separated from each other in a parallel direction. Even if it acts on, the hook between the inclined edge portion 13 and the boss 32 is difficult to come off, so in the present invention, for example, the distance between the protruding portion (boss 32) and the biasing device (coil spring 40) is separated, for example, The present invention can also be applied to a card connector having a configuration in which the arm portion 31 is elongated and the boss 32 is provided at the tip thereof.

  Next, the relationship among the movement of the card C, the position of the arm portion 31 and the action of the inclined edge portion 13 when the card C is attached to the card connector 1 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the card C is inserted into the card connector 1. 6A is a plan view of a part of the card connector 1 in which the card connector 1 is cut at the position of the AA line shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 6B is viewed from the AA line. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the card connector 1. FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 6, when the card C is only inserted into the card connector 1 and the arm part 31 is not pushed by the card C or when the arm part 31 moves a little, the arm part 31 opens. The part 11 is moved, but has not reached the position of the inclined edge 13.

  In such a state, since the urging force of the coil spring 40 has not yet been generated or is small, no rotational moment is generated in the arm portion 31 or has a slight magnitude. For this reason, the force which the boss | hub 32 tries to remove | deviate from the edge part which is not the inclination edge part 13 of the opening part 11 is not large.

  In FIG. 7, the boss 32 is in the “second position”, and the largest rotational moment is generated in the arm portion 31.

  At that position, the inclined edge portion 13 is in a position that covers both the upper surface 31 a and the inclined surface 31 b of the plane of the arm portion 31. For this reason, the inclined edge portion 13 can be engaged with a lower portion of the protruding portion of the boss 32.

  In FIG. 8, the boss 32 is in a position before and after the “first position”, and a large rotational moment is generated in the arm portion 31.

  At that position, the inclined edge portion 13 is in a position covering the inclined surface 31 b of the arm portion 31. For this reason, the inclined edge portion 13 can be engaged with a lower portion of the protruding portion of the boss 32.

  Next, the point that the inclined edge portion 13 functions as a lance will be described after the card connector 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention is assembled.

  As shown in FIG. 2B, a wall portion is formed at the innermost portion of the housing 20 of the card connector 1 in the insertion direction of the card C. When assembling the card connector 1 as shown in FIG. 1A, first, the shield cover 10 and the housing 20 are arranged in parallel in the vertical direction.

  At this time, the end on the insertion port side for inserting the card C of the shield cover 10 is disposed near the wall of the housing 20. From this position, the shield cover 10 is slid on the housing 20 to overlap the shield cover 10 with the housing 20.

  Immediately before the assembly is completed, the inclined edge 13 is inclined downward, so that when the shield cover 10 is slid on the housing 20, the inclined edge 13 is formed on the wall of the housing 20. Get on the top edge.

  Since the inclined edge portion 13 is flexible, the inclined edge portion 13 is lifted upward when riding on the upper end portion of the wall portion. Thereafter, when the inclined edge portion 13 climbs over the upper end portion of the wall portion, the inclined edge portion 13 returns to the original shape by the elastic force. When both are superimposed, the assembly of the card connector 1 as shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1A, the inclined edge portion 13 is inclined toward the inside of the card connector 1 from the planar position of the shield cover 10.

  Thus, when the assembly is completed, the tip end portion of the inclined edge portion 13 is located at a position lower than the upper end portion of the innermost wall portion of the housing 20. For this reason, contrary to assembly, even if the shield cover 10 is moved rearward on the housing 20, the tip end portion of the inclined edge portion 13 collides with the innermost wall portion of the housing 20. As a result, the inclined edge 13 prevents the shield cover 10 from being detached from the housing 20.

  In the above embodiment, the inclined edge 13 is inclined toward the inside of the card connector 1 as it goes from the insertion port of the card connector 1 toward the back side. However, the inclined edge 13 may be formed so as to be inclined toward the opening 11 as it goes from the insertion port of the card connector 1 toward the back side. Moreover, in said embodiment, although the inclined edge part 13 was provided in one place of the edge part which forms an opening part, you may provide in several places of an edge part, and those edge parts are card | curd. It may be inclined toward the inside of the card connector 1 as it goes from the insertion port of the connector 1 toward the back side, or may be inclined toward the opening 11.

  As described above, the push-in / push-eject type card connector according to the present invention reliably regulates the movement of the slider even if the shield cover or the housing is thin or a rotational moment is generated in the slider. Therefore, it is possible to provide a push-in / push-eject type card connector that can be inserted into and removed from the card reliably.

1 Card connector 10 Shield cover (connector cover)
11 Opening 12 Notch 13 Inclined Edge 20 Housing (Connector Body)
22 Card insertion confirmation switch 23 Terminal 26 Mounting part 30 Slider 31 Arm part 31a Upper surface 31b Inclined surface 32 Boss (protrusion part)
33 Connecting portion 34 Head portion 35 Protruding portion 40 Coil spring (biasing portion)
41 Guide Pin 42 Pin Guide Groove 50 Ejection Mechanism (Eject Device)

Claims (7)

A card connector in which a card is removably accommodated,
A connector main body having a contact point that contacts a terminal of the stored card;
A connector cover covering the connector main body,
An ejecting device for taking out the stored card from the card connector, comprising: a slider movable in the card insertion / removal direction; and a biasing portion for biasing the slider in the direction in which the card is taken out. An ejection device,
The slider has a protrusion, and an opening is formed in the connector cover so that the protrusion can move. The card connector is characterized in that a part of the edge in the longitudinal direction is an inclined edge that is inclined so as to approach the connector main body as it goes in the direction in which the card is inserted.   The edge part of the said connector cover of the back | inner side of the insertion direction of the said card | curd of the said card | curd connector is cut | disconnected among the edge parts of the said connector cover which forms the said opening part. Card connector. The slider includes an arm portion that holds an end portion of the card at a tip in a direction in which the card is inserted, and the protruding portion is formed on the arm portion,
The inclined edge is inserted to the first position in the opening where the protrusion is disposed when the card is received, and the card is inserted to the innermost part of the card connector. Formed by a portion between the projecting portion and the second position in the opening, and the inclined edge portion moves from the first position to the second position. The card connector according to claim 1, wherein the card connector is inclined so as to approach the connector main body.   4. The card according to claim 1, wherein the card is not inserted between the first position and the second position in the opening in the card connector. 5. Card connector.   5. The device according to claim 1, wherein when the protrusion moves from the first position to the second position, the inclined edge contacts an upper surface of the arm portion. The card connector according to claim 1. Of the edge portions of the connector cover forming the opening, the edge portion of the connector cover on the back side in the card insertion direction of the card connector is cut off,
The inclined edge portion is composed of a strip formed by forming a cutout portion at a predetermined interval from the opening portion and the opening portion in the connector cover,
The card connector according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the strip is inclined so as to approach the connector main body as it goes in a direction in which the card is inserted. . A wall portion is formed on the back side of the connector main body portion in the direction in which the card connector card is inserted, and the connector extends from the wall portion toward the insertion port into which the card connector card is inserted. The card connector is assembled by overlapping the cover while sliding over the connector body,
When the connector cover is overlaid on the connector main body, the inclined edge portion rides on the back wall of the connector main body in the direction in which the card connector card is inserted, and the connector cover is connected to the connector main body. When it is overlapped with a portion, the inclined edge portion returns to a shape inclined so as to get over the wall portion and approach the connector main body portion, whereby the inclined edge portion is connected to the connector cover. The card connector according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the card connector functions as a detachment prevention device that prevents the detachment from the main body.

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