JP2014179300A - Connector device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a connector device with a wiring plate-like member to be inserted into a housing, that can reduce thickness dimension of the housing by limiting a space to be formed in the housing, thereby, can effectively reduce thickness and height of the connector device.SOLUTION: An engaging member 17 that locks with and releases the locking of a flexible printed circuit board 14 (wiring plate-like member) inserted into a housing 11 is formed with an abutting and pressing part 30 where the wiring plate-like member is partly pressed and deformed, locking part 31 that locks the wiring plate-like member, and an operation part that deforms by receiving moving operation. When the moving operation is applied on the operation part under the wiring plate-like member being locked by the locking part, the abutting and pressing part presses and deforms a part where an engagement part is formed in the wiring plate-like member in a first direction, and the locking part moves to a second direction opposite to the first direction and releases the engagement with the engagement part in the wiring plate-like member.

Description

  The invention described in the scope of claims of the present application is based on a mounted wiring board-like shape on which a wiring board-like member such as a flexible printed wiring board (FPC) or a flexible flat cable (FFC) is attached. The present invention relates to a connector device that includes a contact that is contact-connected to a contact terminal portion provided on a member and an engagement member that engages and disengages the mounted wiring board member.

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

  A connector device that has been conventionally proposed, for example, used for mounting a wiring plate-like member, which is a flexible flat cable, to a main wiring board, is supposed to form an insertion part into which the wiring plate-like member is inserted. For example, a housing formed of an insulating material is provided on the wiring board. The connector device having a housing formed of an insulating material is arranged and arranged in the housing and connected to a wiring terminal provided on the main wiring board, and the wiring plate member is connected to the housing through the insertion portion. In order to obtain a shielding effect against electromagnetic noise from the outside, and a plurality of contacts corresponding respectively to the plurality of contact terminal portions provided on the wiring board member when inserted, the housing is partially or entirely In many cases, it is provided with a conductive shell that is arranged as a cover and is connected to a ground terminal provided on the main wiring board.

  In such a conventional connector device, when the wiring plate member is inserted into the housing through the insertion portion, a plurality of contacts provided in the housing are automatically provided in the inserted wiring plate member. The plurality of contact terminal portions are connected in contact with each other. Therefore, the wiring board member is placed in an electrically connected state with the main wiring board only by properly inserting the wiring board member into the housing through the insertion portion.

  In such a conventionally proposed connector device, for example, a wiring plate-like member, which is a flexible flat cable, is inserted into a housing arranged on the main wiring board through an insertion portion, and is arranged in the housing. When the plurality of contacts are contact-connected to the plurality of contact terminal portions of the wiring plate member inserted into the housing, respectively, the wiring plate member is placed in electrical connection with the main wiring board. A situation in which the plate-like member is undesirably removed from the housing must be avoided. 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 contact terminal portions in the wiring board member inserted into the housing, It is necessary that the wiring board-like member inserted through can maintain its state stably and does not cause an undesired removal from the housing.

  Therefore, as described above, the connector device has a housing formed of an insulating material, and includes a plurality of contacts arranged and arranged in the housing and a conductive shell partially or entirely covering the housing. And a locking means that engages with the wiring plate member inserted through the insertion portion into the housing and is involved in preventing undesired removal of the wiring plate member from the housing. Conventionally, a connector device has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  The connector device (connector) disclosed in Patent Document 1 includes a housing (8) disposed on a board on which the connector device (connector) is mounted, and a conductive shell made of metal covering the housing (8). Arrangement direction (direction of the plurality of contacts (terminal fitting (7)) arranged in the housing in the lower shield shell (10) constituting the (upper shield shell (9) and lower shield shell (10)) At both ends of (Y1)), a pair of locking means (lock portion (22)) extending from them into the housing is provided. The locking portion (22) constituting the locking means is engaged with a holding portion (23) held by the housing and a locking recess (6) provided in the wiring plate member (flat cable (2)). The locking plate (24a) provided with a locking projection (24a) for locking the wiring plate member is connected to the holding portion and the locking plate and elastically deformed to connect the locking plate to the wiring plate shape. An elastic connecting plate (25) that displaces in the thickness direction of the member (thickness direction (Y3)) is provided in the housing, and is further extended from the elastic connecting plate toward the outside of the housing. An operation unit (26) is provided.

  Then, when the wiring plate member is inserted into the housing so as to be parallel to the surface of the substrate on which the housing is arranged, the lower surface of the wiring plate member is inserted into the locking protrusion provided on the locking plate in the housing. Then, the locking projection is once pushed down below the wiring plate member, thereby elastically deforming the elastic connecting plate and displacing the locking plate downward in the thickness direction of the wiring plate member. Subsequently, when the wiring plate-like member is further moved into the housing, the locking projection provided on the locking plate is detached from the lower surface of the wiring plate-like member within the housing, and is provided on the wiring plate-like member. The position corresponding to the locking recess is taken, whereby the elastic connecting plate is restored and the locking plate is displaced upward in the thickness direction of the wiring plate member, and accordingly, the locking projection engages with the locking recess. Then, the wiring plate member is locked. As a result, the wiring plate member is placed in a state in which undesired removal from the housing is prevented.

  Thereafter, the operating portion extended from the elastic connecting plate is pressed downward while the locking projection engages with the locking recess provided on the wiring plate-shaped member to lock the wiring plate-shaped member. Then, in the housing, the elastic connecting plate is elastically deformed to displace the locking plate downward in the thickness direction of the wiring plate-like member. When pushed down, the engagement with the locking recess provided in the wiring board member is released, and the wiring board member is released from the locking state. As a result, the wiring plate member can be removed from the housing. That is, by pressing down the operation portion extended from the elastic connecting plate, the wiring plate member inserted into the housing can be released from the locked state by the locking protrusion provided on the locking plate. It will be possible.

JP2013-4392A (paragraphs 0033-0045, FIGS. 7-9, 12, 13)

  The main wiring of the wiring plate-like member provided with the locking means involved in preventing undesired removal from the housing of the wiring plate-like member such as the flexible flat cable inserted into the housing as described above In a connector device that has been conventionally proposed as a connector device used for mounting on a board, the wiring plate member is inserted into the housing so as to be parallel to the surface of the board on which the housing is arranged, and is locked. Immediately before being placed under the locked state by the locking projection provided on the locking plate in the lock portion that constitutes the means, the wiring plate member inserted into the housing is further used as the locking plate in the lock portion. When the operation part extended from the elastic coupling plate in the lock part is pressed downward to release the locked state by the provided locking projection, the lock part is moved into the lock part in the housing. Locking projection provided on the locking plate kick is pushed downward of the flat circuit member to a position where it does not engage in the locking recess provided on the flat circuit member.

  Accordingly, in the housing in which the wiring plate member is inserted, the wiring plate member is moved to a position where the locking protrusion provided on the locking plate in the lock portion does not engage with the locking recess provided on the wiring plate member. It is necessary that a space sufficient to be pushed down is formed below the wiring plate member. Then, in the housing, in order to incorporate a space below the inserted wiring plate-like member, the dimension in the thickness direction of the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing, that is, the substrate on which the housing is arranged is arranged. The thickness dimension, which is a dimension perpendicular to the surface, is required to correspond to the downward movement of the locking projection provided on the locking plate in the lock portion to the lower side of the wiring plate member. .

  Such a requirement for the thickness of the housing hinders a reduction in thickness or height of a connector device including the housing, and the connector device mounted on the board can be sufficiently reduced in size and thickness. It will be difficult to maintain.

  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 mounting a wiring plate-like member such as a flexible printed wiring board or a flexible flat cable to other wiring boards. A housing provided with a member insertion portion, a plurality of contacts arranged and arranged in the housing, and a wiring plate member inserted into the housing through the insertion portion to engage the wiring plate member from the housing. A connector device having a locking means involved in preventing desired removal, which can limit the space to be formed in the housing and reduce the thickness of the housing, thereby reducing the thickness or Provided can effectively reduce the height.

  The connector device according to the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 10 in the claims of the present application (hereinafter referred to as the present invention) is provided with a plate-like member insertion portion on the wiring board. A plurality of contacts on the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing through the plate-like member insertion portion, arranged in the housing, arranged in the housing and connected to the wiring terminals provided on the wiring board. A plurality of contacts that are contact-connected to the terminal portion, and a locking state that is provided in the housing and that engages and locks the wiring plate-like member when the wiring plate-like member is inserted into the housing through the plate-like member insertion portion. An engagement member that selectively takes an unlocking state for releasing the engagement locking, and a base portion fixed to the housing and a movable portion extending therefrom A contact pressing portion that contacts the wiring plate member inserted into the housing and partially presses and displaces the wiring plate member, and a direction in which the wiring plate member is inserted into the housing. A protrusion having an inclined surface that is inclined along the engaging portion, engaging with an engaging portion of the wiring plate member inserted into the housing and locking the wiring plate member, and receiving a movement operation An operation part for displacing the movable part is formed, and when the moving part is applied to the operation part with the locking part locking the wiring plate member, the contact pressing part is formed in the wiring board shape. It moves in the first direction along the thickness direction of the member and presses and displaces a portion in the vicinity of the engaging portion in the wiring plate member in the first direction, and the locking portion is opposite to the first direction. Move in the second direction to release the engagement with the engaging portion of the wiring plate member Are those characterized by and.

  In particular, in the connector device according to the present invention described in claim 6 of the present application, the contact pressing portion in the movable portion of the engaging member is extended from the operation portion in the movable portion. The engaging portion of the movable member of the engaging member is formed at the free end of the elastic cantilever plate, and the engaging portion of the engaging member is formed at the free end of the second elastic cantilever plate extending from the operating portion of the movable portion. Is done.

  Further, in the connector device according to the present invention described in claim 8 in the claims of the present application, the first elastic cantilever plate in which the contact pressing portion is formed at the free end portion and the free end thereof. When the second elastic cantilever plate having the engaging portion formed at the end portion extends in the same direction from the operation portion of the movable portion of the engaging member, and the operation portion is moved. The first elastic cantilever plate contacts the housing portion and moves the contact pressing portion in the first direction along the thickness direction of the wiring plate member, and the second elastic cantilever plate is the first. The locking portion is moved in the second direction by displacing in the second direction opposite to the direction.

  In the connector device according to the present invention as described above, when the wiring plate-like member is inserted into the housing arranged on the wiring board through the plate-like member insertion portion provided in the housing, a plurality of arrangements are arranged in the housing. The contact member is connected to a plurality of contact terminal portions of the wiring board member into which the contact is inserted, and the engaging member provided in the housing engages and locks the inserted wiring board member in the housing. Undesirably removing the wiring plate member from the housing is prevented. Then, when a predetermined operation is applied to the engagement member with the engagement member engaging and locking the wiring plate member, the engagement member engaging and locking the wiring plate member in the housing The engagement locking with respect to the wiring plate member is released, and the wiring plate member can be removed from the housing.

  The engaging member provided in the housing has a base portion fixed to the housing and a movable portion extending therefrom. The movable portion is in contact with the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing to partially press and displace the wiring plate-like member, and along the insertion direction of the wiring plate-like member into the housing. A protrusion having an inclined surface that is inclined and engaging with an engaging portion of the wiring plate member inserted into the housing to lock the wiring plate member, and movable by receiving a moving operation And an operation part for displacing the part.

  Under such circumstances, when the wiring plate-like member is inserted into the housing through the plate-like member insertion portion provided therein, the distal end portion of the wiring plate-like member is in the movable portion of the engaging member in the housing. Proceeding in contact with the inclined surface of the locking portion, the locking portion is pushed and moved in the second direction described above, and is displaced along the inclined surface of the locking portion in the first direction described above. Get over the part. As a result, the engaging portion engages with the engaging portion of the wiring plate-like member to lock the wiring plate-like member, and the engagement locking by the engaging member with respect to the inserted wiring plate-like member is performed. State is obtained.

  Thereafter, when a movement operation is applied to the operation portion with the locking portion being in a locked state with respect to the wiring plate-like member, the contact pressing portion moves in the first direction described above, and the wiring plate-like member is moved. The portion in which the engaging portion is formed is pressed and displaced in the above-mentioned second direction, and the engaging portion moves in the above-mentioned second direction to release the engagement with the engaging portion of the wiring plate member. To do. Thereby, the state where the engagement locking by the engaging member with respect to the inserted wiring board member is released is obtained.

  In addition, the engaging member is, for example, a contact pressing portion in the movable portion, as in the case of the connector device according to the invention described in claim 6 in the claims of the present application, the operation portion in the movable portion. The first elastic cantilever plate extending from the free end portion of the first elastic cantilever plate, and the locking portion of the movable portion is formed at the free end portion of the second elastic cantilever plate extending from the operation portion of the movable portion. It is supposed to be.

  Furthermore, in the connector device according to the present invention described in claim 8 in the claims of the present application, the contact pressing portion in the movable portion of the engaging member is extended from the operation portion in the movable portion. The first elastic cantilever plate is formed at the free end portion of the elastic cantilever plate, and the engaging portion of the movable portion is formed at the free end portion of the second elastic cantilever plate extending from the operation portion of the movable portion. When the plate and the second elastic cantilever plate are extended in the same direction from the operation portion, when the movement operation is applied to the operation portion, the first elastic cantilever plate contacts the housing portion. The abutting and pressing portion is moved in the first direction, and the second elastic cantilever plate is displaced in the second direction and the locking portion is moved in the second direction.

  In the connector device according to the present invention, as described above, the wiring plate member is inserted into the housing through the plate member insertion portion provided in the housing, and the engagement locking by the engagement member is performed. When this is done, the portion of the wiring plate member in which the engaging portion is formed is displaced in the first direction along the thickness direction of the wiring plate member, and the engaging portion of the movable portion of the engaging member is moved. Is pushed and moved in the second direction opposite to the first direction, and then the locking portion engages with the engaging portion of the wiring board member to lock the wiring board member. In addition, when the engagement locking by the engagement member with respect to the wiring plate member is performed, the operation of the movable portion of the engagement member to release the engagement locking by the engagement member with respect to the wiring plate member. When a moving operation is applied to the portion, the portion of the wiring plate member where the engaging portion is formed is pressed and displaced in the first direction, and the engaging portion of the engaging portion of the engaging member is moved in the second direction. To release the engagement with the engaging portion of the wiring plate-like member.

  Therefore, both when the wiring plate-like member is placed in a state where the engagement locking by the engaging member is performed and when the engagement locking by the engaging member is released The portion in which the engaging portion is formed is displaced in the first direction along the thickness direction of the wiring plate-like member, and the engaging portion in the movable portion of the engaging member is the second opposite to the first direction. Will move in the direction of. At this time, since the first direction and the second direction are opposite to each other along the thickness direction of the wiring plate member, the thickness direction of the housing is arranged on the wiring board and into which the wiring plate member is inserted. The directions are opposite to each other.

  Therefore, whether the wiring plate-like member is placed in a state where the engagement locking by the engagement member is performed or in a state where the engagement locking by the engagement member is released, it is necessary for that. The movement of the engaging portion of the engaging member to be moved in the second direction, that is, the movement of the housing in the thickness direction is such that the portion of the wiring plate member where the engaging portion is formed is in the second direction. Is displaced in the opposite first direction, so that, for example, the portion of the wiring plate-like member where the engaging portion is formed does not move in the first direction. Things will be enough. Along with this, in the housing, it is formed on the second direction side from the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing, which is formed so as to allow movement of the engaging portion of the movable portion of the engaging member in the second direction. A relatively small space is sufficient, and the thickness dimension of the housing can be reduced.

  As a result, the connector device according to the present invention can be provided with a housing having a reduced thickness dimension, and the overall size and thickness can be effectively reduced.

  In particular, in the connector device according to the present invention described in claim 6 of the present application, the engaging member has a relatively simple configuration, and the abutting pressing portion and the locking portion in the movable portion thereof. It is assumed that each part can accurately perform a function required for each part.

  Furthermore, in the connector device according to the present invention as set forth in claim 8 in the claims of the present application, the abutting pressing portion and the locking portion in the movable portion of the engaging member are respectively in opposite directions. It is possible to move smoothly and reliably in the first direction and the second direction.

1 is a perspective view showing an example of a connector device according to the present invention together with a flexible printed wiring board in a state where it is attached to the connector device. It is a perspective view which shows an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention with the flexible printed wiring board with which it was mounted | worn. It is a top view which shows an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention with the flexible printed wiring board with which it was mounted | worn. It is a front view which shows an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention with the flexible printed wiring board with which it was mounted | worn. It is a perspective view which shows the state by which the flexible printed wiring board was mounted | worn with an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention which has the housing distribute | arranged on the wiring board. It is a perspective view which shows the engaging member with which an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention is provided. It is a perspective view which shows the engaging member with which an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention is provided. It is a fragmentary perspective view which shows the state with which the engaging member shown by FIG. 6 was attached to the housing with which an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention is provided. It is a fragmentary perspective view which removes a part of housing and shows the state attached to the housing with which the engaging member shown by FIG. 6 is equipped with an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention. FIG. 7 is a partial perspective view showing a state in which the engaging member shown in FIG. 6 is attached to a housing included in an example of the connector device according to the present invention, and a moving operation is applied to the operating portion of the movable portion of the engaging member. The engagement member shown in FIG. 6 is attached to a housing included in an example of the connector device according to the present invention, and a part of the housing is removed from a state in which a movement operation is applied to the operation portion of the movable portion of the engagement member. It is a fragmentary perspective view shown. It is sectional drawing which shows the XII-XII sectional view in FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the part of the XIII-XIII line cross section in FIG. It is a fragmentary sectional view which shows the state by which the flexible printed wiring board with which the example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention was mounted | worn was latched by the engagement member with which an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention was equipped. The partial cross section which shows the state where the movement operation was added to the operation part in the movable part of the engaging member with which an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention is equipped with the flexible printed wiring board mounted in the example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention FIG. Sectional drawing which shows the state in which movement operation was added to the operation part in the movable part of the engaging member with which an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention is equipped with the flexible printed wiring board mounted in an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention It is.

  The mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the following embodiments of the present invention.

  FIG. 1 shows an example of a connector device according to the present invention together with a flexible printed wiring board in a state in which it is attached thereto.

  In FIG. 1, a connector device 10 which is an example of a connector device according to the present invention includes a housing 11 formed of an insulating material such as synthetic resin. The housing 11 is provided with a plate-like member insertion portion 12 at the front end surface portion thereof, and the plate-like member accommodation space extends from the plate-like member insertion portion 12 to the inside of the housing 11.

  For example, the housing 11 is arranged on a wiring board 13 shown in FIG. 5 described later, and the entire connector device 10 is attached to the wiring board 13 in this state. At that time, one of the pair of opposing outer surface portions sandwiched between the front end surface portion and the rear end surface portion facing the housing 11 is an outer surface portion that contacts the wiring board 13 and the other is released. Part. In the following, one outer surface portion of the housing 11 that is in contact with the wiring board 13 is referred to as a lower outer surface portion 11a, and the other outer surface portion of the housing that faces it is referred to as an upper outer surface portion 11b. Then, for example, a flexible printed wiring board 14 is inserted into the housing 11 and mounted on the connector device 10 as a wiring plate-like member through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 provided on the front side end surface portion.

  In the housing 11, a plurality of contacts 15 each formed of an elastic conductive material are arranged and arranged along the longitudinal direction (left-right direction) of the housing 11. The plurality of contacts 15 are provided as signal contacts that are contact-connected to the plurality of contact terminal portions 16 arranged and arranged on the flexible printed wiring board 14 forming the wiring plate-like member. It may be used as a signal contact and a ground contact that are contact-connected to a plurality of signal connection terminal portions and a ground connection portion. As shown in FIG. 3 to be described later, one end portion of each of the plurality of contacts 15 forms a connection terminal portion 15a that protrudes from the rear end surface portion of the housing 11 to the outside. The portion 15a is connected to a wiring terminal provided on a wiring board on which the housing 11 is disposed at the rear side end surface portion of the housing 11, for example, by soldering. Then, the plurality of contacts 15 are pressed and inserted into the inside of the housing 11 from the rear end surface side of the housing 11 and fixed, for example.

  When the flexible printed wiring board 14 is inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12, the plurality of contacts 15 respectively contact the plurality of contact terminal portions 16 in the flexible printed wiring board 14 inserted into the housing 11. Connected. Thereby, the plurality of contact terminal portions 16 in the flexible printed wiring board 14 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 15. Is done.

  Further, the connector device 10 is formed of, for example, a metal material provided at both ends of the housing 11 in the longitudinal direction, that is, at a pair of ends sandwiching the plate-like member insertion portion 12 in the longitudinal direction of the housing 11. A pair of engaging members 17 and 18 are provided. When the flexible printed wiring board 14 is inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12, the engaging members 17 and 18 are engaged and locked with the flexible printed wiring board 14. Most of each is disposed in the housing notches 19 and 20 formed in the housing 11 for selectively taking the unlocked state of releasing the lock.

  The flexible printed wiring board 14 constituting the wiring plate-like member is provided with notch engaging portions 21 and 22 at a pair of side edge portions sandwiching the plurality of contact terminal portions 16 arranged in the arrangement direction. . And the flexible printed wiring board 14 has the state in which the surface on which the plurality of contact terminal portions 16 are arranged faces the upper outer surface portion 11b side in the housing 11, and the plate-like member insertion portion 12 provided in the housing 11 therein. Plugged through. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 2 (perspective view), FIG. 3 (plan view), and FIG. 4 (front view), the state where the flexible printed wiring board 14 constituting the wiring plate member is attached to the connector device 10 is shown. can get.

  As shown in FIGS. 2, 3 and 4, the housing 11 into which the flexible printed wiring board 14 is inserted through the plate member insertion portion 12 is arranged and fixed on the wiring board 13 as shown in FIG. Thereby, the entire connector device 10 including the housing 11 is attached to the wiring board 13. The flexible printed wiring board 14 is inserted into the housing 11 arranged on the wiring board 13 through the plate-like member inserting portion 12 by using the flexible printed wiring board 14 on the surface on which the plurality of contact terminal portions 16 are arranged. 11 is performed in such a manner that it is substantially parallel to the surface of the wiring board 13 on which the housing 11 is disposed, facing the upper outer surface portion 11b side. Thereby, the thickness direction of the flexible printed wiring board 14 inserted into the housing 11 is substantially orthogonal to the surface of the wiring board 13 on which the housing 11 is disposed, and the lower outer surface portion 11a and the upper outer surface portion 11b of the housing 11 are arranged. It is assumed that it coincides with the thickness direction of the housing 11 which is a direction penetrating both.

  The engaging member 17 is formed by punching and bending an elastic metal plate, for example, and is fixed to the housing 11 in the vicinity of the housing notch 19 formed in the housing 11 as shown in FIG. It has a base portion 25 and a movable portion 27 extending from the base portion 25 through an elastic folding portion 26. The base 25 extends from the front end surface portion of the housing 11 to the outside thereof, and as shown in FIG. 5, on the front end surface portion side of the housing 11 on the surface on which the housing 11 of the wiring board 13 is disposed. A soldering portion 28 to be soldered to the provided conductor portion 13a is provided. The soldering portion 28 is soldered to the conductor portion 13a of the wiring board 13 and thereby contributes to the firm fixation of the housing 11 disposed thereon with respect to the wiring board 13. The movable portion 27 is arranged in a housing cutout portion 19 formed in the housing 11, and the movable portion 27 abuts on the flexible printed wiring board 14 inserted in the housing 11. The flexible printed wiring board is engaged with a contact pressing portion 30 that partially presses and displaces the flexible printed wiring board 14 and a notch engaging portion 21 provided in the flexible printed wiring board 14 inserted into the housing 11. 14 is formed, and an operation portion 32 that displaces the movable portion 27 by receiving a moving operation is formed.

  The contact pressing portion 30 in the movable portion 27 is formed at the free end portion of the elastic cantilever plate 33 extending from the operation portion 32 in the movable portion 27, and the locking portion 31 in the movable portion 27 is the movable portion 27. Are formed at the free end of the elastic cantilever plate 34 extending from the operation portion 32, and form a protrusion having an inclined surface 31a inclined along the insertion direction of the flexible printed wiring board 14 into the housing 11. . The protrusion formed by the locking portion 31 protrudes toward the upper outer surface portion 11 b of the housing 11, and the inclined surface 31 a of the protrusion is inclined upward along the insertion direction of the flexible printed wiring board 14 into the housing 11. It is supposed to be. The elastic cantilever plate 33 and the elastic cantilever plate 34 extend from the operation portion 32 of the movable portion 27 in the same direction with a direction away from the base portion 25.

  Similarly, the engaging member 18 is formed by punching and bending an elastic metal plate material, for example, and as shown in FIG. 7, the engaging member 18 is formed in the housing 11 in the vicinity of the housing notch 20 formed in the housing 11. It has a fixed base portion 35 and a movable portion 37 extending from the base portion 35 through an elastic folding portion 36. The base portion 35 extends from the front end surface portion of the housing 11 to the outside, and as shown in FIG. 5, on the front end surface portion side of the housing 11 on the surface on which the housing 11 of the wiring board 13 is disposed. A soldering portion 38 to be soldered to the provided conductor portion 13a is provided. The soldering portion 38 is also soldered to the conductor portion 13a of the wiring board 13, thereby contributing to the firm fixation of the housing 11 disposed thereon to the wiring board 13. The movable portion 37 is arranged in the housing cutout portion 20 formed in the housing 11, and the movable portion 37 contacts the flexible printed wiring board 14 inserted into the housing 11. The flexible printed wiring board 14 is engaged with a contact pressing portion 40 that partially presses and displaces the flexible printed wiring board 14 and a notch engaging portion 22 provided in the flexible printed wiring board 14 inserted into the housing 11. 14 is formed, and an operation portion 42 that displaces the movable portion 37 by receiving a moving operation is formed.

  The contact pressing portion 40 in the movable portion 37 is formed at the free end portion of the elastic cantilever plate 43 extending from the operation portion 42 in the movable portion 37, and the locking portion 41 in the movable portion 37 is the movable portion 37. Is formed at the free end of the elastic cantilever plate 44 extending from the operation portion 42, and has a protrusion having an inclined surface 41a inclined along the insertion direction of the flexible printed wiring board 14 into the housing 11. . The protrusion formed by the locking portion 41 protrudes toward the upper outer surface portion 11b of the housing 11, and the inclined surface 41a of the protrusion is inclined upward along the insertion direction of the flexible printed wiring board 14 into the housing 11. It is supposed to be. The elastic cantilever plate 43 and the elastic cantilever plate 44 extend in the same direction with a direction away from the base portion 35 from the operation portion 42 of the movable portion 37.

  In the engaging member 17 attached to one of the pair of end portions in the longitudinal direction of the housing 11, when no movement operation is applied to the operation portion 32 of the movable portion 27, FIGS. 11 is removed, the elastic cantilever plate 33 having a free end portion on which the contact pressing portion 30 is formed in the movable portion 27 is formed in the housing 11. An elastic cantilever plate 34 that has a position close to the inner surface of the portion forming the lower outer surface portion 11a and has a free end portion on which the locking portion 31 of the movable portion 27 is formed is a lower outer surface portion of the housing 11. The position corresponding to the through-hole 11c formed in the part which forms 11a is taken. The elastic cantilever plate 33 and the elastic cantilever plate 34 are adjacent to each other with the same position in the thickness direction of the housing 11.

  On the other hand, when a movement operation is applied to the operation portion 32 in the movable portion 27, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 (the portion forming the upper outer surface portion 11b of the housing 11 is removed), An elastic cantilever plate 33 having a free end portion in which the contact pressing portion 30 in the movable portion 27 is formed is moved in a direction toward the lower outer surface portion 11 a in the housing 11 to form the lower outer surface portion 11 a in the housing 11. In the direction away from the lower outer surface portion 11a in the housing 11, that is, the direction toward the upper outer surface portion 11b in the housing 11. Move to. At the same time, the elastic cantilever plate 34 having a free end portion in which the locking portion 31 of the movable portion 27 is formed is connected to the housing 11 through a through hole 11c formed in a portion of the housing 11 forming the lower outer surface portion 11a. Is moved in a direction toward the lower outer surface portion 11 a, and accordingly, the locking portion 31 formed on the free end portion is moved in a direction toward the lower outer surface portion 11 a in the housing 11.

  Although not shown in the drawing, even in the engagement member 18 attached to the other of the pair of end portions in the longitudinal direction of the housing 11, as in the case of the engagement member 17, the movable portion thereof When the movement operation is not applied to the operation portion 42 in 37, the elastic cantilever plate 43 having the free end portion in which the contact pressing portion 40 in the movable portion 37 is formed forms the lower outer surface portion 11 a in the housing 11. An elastic cantilever plate 44 that has a position close to the inner surface of the portion and has a free end portion on which the locking portion 41 of the movable portion 37 is formed is formed in a portion of the housing 11 that forms the lower outer surface portion 11a. Take a position corresponding to the through hole. The elastic cantilever plate 43 and the elastic cantilever plate 44 are adjacent to each other with the same position in the thickness direction of the housing 11.

  On the other hand, when a movement operation is applied to the operation portion 42 in the movable portion 37, the elastic cantilever plate 43 having a free end portion in which the contact pressing portion 40 in the movable portion 37 is formed is formed on the lower outer surface of the housing 11. It is moved in the direction toward the portion 11 a and abuts against the inner surface of the portion forming the lower outer surface portion 11 a of the housing 11, so that the abutting pressing portion 40 formed at the free end thereof is moved downward in the housing 11. It is moved in a direction away from the outer surface portion 11 a, that is, a direction toward the upper outer surface portion 11 b in the housing 11. At the same time, an elastic cantilever plate 44 having a free end portion in which a locking portion 41 in the movable portion 37 is formed is formed in the housing 11 through a through hole formed in a portion forming the lower outer surface portion 11 a in the housing 11. It is moved in the direction toward the lower outer surface portion 11 a, and accordingly, the locking portion 41 formed at the free end portion is moved in the direction toward the lower outer surface portion 11 a in the housing 11.

  Each of the plurality of contacts 15 arranged in the housing 11 of the connector device 10 includes, for example, a fixing portion 51 fixed to the housing 11 as shown in FIG. 12 showing a cross section taken along line XII-XII in FIG. And a bent arm portion 52 extending from the fixed portion 51 toward the plate-like member insertion portion 12 provided in the housing 11. A connection terminal portion 15 a extends from the fixed portion 51 to the outside of the housing 11, and a contact portion 53 is formed at the distal end portion of the bending arm portion 52. When the flexible printed wiring board 14 is inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12, the contact portion 53 formed at the distal end portion of the bent arm portion 52 in the contact 15 is inserted into the housing 11. The wiring board 14 is contact-connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of contact terminal portions 16.

  When the flexible printed wiring board 14 is inserted into the housing 11 through the plate member insertion portion 12, the longitudinal direction of the housing 11 is shown in FIG. 13 partially showing a cross section taken along line XIII-XIII in FIG. In one of the pair of end portions, a contact pressing portion 30 formed at the free end portion of the elastic cantilever plate 33 extending from the operation portion 32 in the movable portion 27 of the locking member 17 attached thereto is provided in the housing 11. It is assumed to be located between the inner surface of the portion forming the lower outer surface portion 11a and the portion 55 formed with the notch engaging portion 21 in the flexible printed wiring board 14 inserted. Similarly, the other of the pair of end portions in the longitudinal direction of the housing 11 is formed at the free end portion of the elastic cantilever plate 43 extending from the operation portion 42 of the movable portion 37 of the locking member 18 attached thereto. The contact pressing portion 40 is located between the inner surface of the portion forming the lower outer surface portion 11a of the housing 11 and the portion where the notch engaging portion 22 is formed in the flexible printed wiring board 14 inserted. .

  In addition, when the flexible printed wiring board 14 is inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12, it is attached to one of the pair of end portions in the longitudinal direction of the housing 11 as shown in FIG. The flexible printed wiring board 14 in which the locking portion 31 formed at the free end of the elastic cantilever plate 34 extending from the operation portion 32 of the movable portion 27 of the locking member 17 is inserted through the plate-like member insertion portion 12. The flexible printed wiring board 14 is locked by engaging with the notch engaging portion 21 in FIG. Similarly, the other end of the pair of end portions in the longitudinal direction of the housing 11 is also formed on the free end portion of the elastic cantilever plate 44 extending from the operation portion 42 of the movable portion 37 of the locking member 18 attached thereto. The stop portion 41 engages with the notch engaging portion 22 in the flexible printed wiring board 14 inserted through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 to lock the flexible printed wiring board 14.

  In this way, the locking portion 31 of the locking member 17 engages with the notch engaging portion 21 of the flexible printed wiring board 14 to lock the flexible printed wiring board 14 and the locking of the locking member 18. When the portion 41 engages with the notch engaging portion 22 in the flexible printed wiring board 14 to lock the flexible printed wiring board 14, the locking members 17 and 18 are attached to the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12. The locked state which performs the engagement locking with respect to the inserted flexible printed wiring board 14 will be taken. Thus, undesired removal of the flexible printed wiring board 14 inserted into the housing 11 from the housing 11 is prevented.

  As described above, when the flexible printed wiring board 14 inserted into the housing 11 is placed under the locked state by the locking members 17 and 18, the flexible printed wiring board 14 is moved through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 to the housing. 11, the distal end portion of the flexible printed wiring board 14 is engaged with the inclined surface 31 a of the engaging portion 31 of the movable portion 27 of the engaging member 17 and the movable portion 37 of the engaging member 18 within the housing 11. It advances in contact with the inclined surface 41a of the portion 41, and the locking portion 31 is moved in a direction toward the lower outer surface portion 11a in the housing 11 through the through hole 11c formed in the portion forming the lower outer surface portion 11a in the housing 11. And an upper outer surface of the housing 11 along the inclined surface 31a of the locking portion 31. At the same time, the engaging portion 41 is moved in the direction toward the lower outer surface portion 11a in the housing 11 through the through hole formed in the portion forming the lower outer surface portion 11a in the housing 11. It is displaced along the inclined surface 41 a of the stop portion 41 in a direction toward the upper outer surface portion 11 b of the housing 11. As a result, the distal end portion of the flexible printed wiring board 14 traveling in the housing 11 gets over the engaging portion 31 in the movable portion 27 of the engaging member 17 and the engaging portion 41 in the movable portion 37 of the engaging member 18. As shown in FIG. 3, the engaging portion 31 of the movable portion 27 of the engaging member 17 engages with the notched engaging portion 21 of the flexible printed wiring board 14 from the lower outer surface portion 11a side of the housing 11, and Although omitted, the engaging portion 41 of the movable portion 37 of the engaging member 18 is engaged with the notched engaging portion 22 of the flexible printed wiring board 14 from the lower outer surface portion 11a side of the housing 11. .

  Thereafter, the locking member 17 is locked to the flexible printed wiring board 14 inserted into the housing 11, and the operation portion 32 of the movable portion 27 of the locking member 17 is connected to the lower outer surface portion of the housing 11. When a moving operation for moving in the direction toward 11a is applied, as shown in FIG. 15, the elastic cantilever plate 33 having the free end portion in which the contact pressing portion 30 in the movable portion 27 is formed is formed in the housing 11. The housing 11 is moved in the direction toward the lower outer surface portion 11a to contact the inner surface of the portion of the housing 11 that forms the lower outer surface portion 11a, whereby the contact pressing portion 30 formed at the free end portion of the housing 11 Is moved away from the lower outer surface portion 11a, that is, in the direction toward the upper outer surface portion 11b of the housing 11. That. As a result, the contact pressing portion 30 that moves in the direction toward the upper outer surface portion 11b of the housing 11 contacts the portion 55 of the flexible printed wiring board 14 where the notch engaging portion 21 is formed. Is moved in a direction toward the upper outer surface portion 11b. In addition, as shown in FIG. 16, an elastic cantilever plate 34 having a free end portion in which a locking portion 31 in the movable portion 27 is formed is formed in a portion forming the lower outer surface portion 11 a in the housing 11. The engaging portion 31 formed at the free end of the housing 11 is moved in the direction toward the lower outer surface portion 11a of the housing 11 in accordance with the movement to the lower outer surface portion 11a of the housing 11 through the formed through hole 11c. Move. Thereby, the engaging portion 31 that moves in the direction toward the lower outer surface portion 11 a in the housing 11 releases the engagement with the notch engaging portion 21 in the flexible printed wiring board 14.

  Similarly, when the locking member 18 is locked to the flexible printed wiring board 14 inserted into the housing 11, the operation portion 42 of the movable portion 37 of the locking member 18 is placed on the lower outer surface of the housing 11. When a moving operation for moving in the direction toward the portion 11a is applied, the elastic cantilever plate 43 having the free end portion in which the contact pressing portion 40 in the movable portion 37 is formed moves in the direction toward the lower outer surface portion 11a in the housing 11. To contact the inner surface of the portion of the housing 11 that forms the lower outer surface portion 11a, whereby the contact pressing portion 40 formed at the free end of the housing 11 is separated from the lower outer surface portion 11a of the housing 11. In the direction toward the upper outer surface portion 11b of the housing 11. As a result, the contact pressing portion 40 that moves in the direction toward the upper outer surface portion 11b of the housing 11 contacts the portion of the flexible printed wiring board 14 in which the notch engaging portion 22 is formed, and this is pressed in the housing 11. It is moved in a direction toward the upper outer surface portion 11b. At the same time, an elastic cantilever plate 44 having a free end portion in which a locking portion 41 in the movable portion 37 is formed is formed in the housing 11 through a through hole formed in a portion forming the lower outer surface portion 11 a in the housing 11. It is moved in the direction toward the lower outer surface portion 11 a, and accordingly, the locking portion 41 formed at the free end portion is moved in the direction toward the lower outer surface portion 11 a in the housing 11. Thereby, the engaging portion 41 that moves in the direction toward the lower outer surface portion 11 a in the housing 11 releases the engagement with the notch engaging portion 22 in the flexible printed wiring board 14.

  In this way, the engaging portion 31 of the movable portion 27 of the engaging member 17 releases the engagement with the notch engaging portion 21 of the flexible printed wiring board 14, and the engaging portion 18 of the engaging member 18 is engaged with the movable portion 37. When the engagement of the portion 41 with the notch engaging portion 22 in the flexible printed wiring board 14 is released, the locked state of the flexible printed wiring board 14 inserted into the housing 11 by the locking members 17 and 18 is released. Thus, the flexible printed wiring board 14 inserted into the housing 11 is placed in a state where it can be intentionally pulled out from the housing 11.

  In the above example, the flexible printed wiring board 14 is provided with a pair of notch engaging portions 21 and 22, but the flexible printed wiring board 14 has a pair of notched engagements. Instead of the portions 21 and 22, a pair of engagement holes may be provided. In such a case as well, in the same manner as described above, the locking portions 31 and 31 of the movable portion 27 of the engagement member 17 and The locking portion 41 of the movable portion 37 of the engaging member 18 is locked and unlocked with respect to the flexible printed wiring board 14.

  Further, in the connector device 10 that constitutes an example of the connector device according to the present invention described above, the locking portion 31 in the movable portion 27 of the engaging member 17 and the locking portion 41 in the movable portion 37 of the engaging member 18. Each of them has a protrusion that protrudes toward the upper outer surface portion 11b of the housing 11 and has an inclined surface that is inclined upward along the insertion direction of the flexible printed wiring board 14 into the housing 11. When the engagement with the notch engaging portions 21 and 22 provided on the wiring board 14 is released, the housing 11 moves in a direction toward the lower outer surface portion 11a. In the connector device according to the above, each of the locking portion 31 in the movable portion 27 of the engaging member 17 and the locking portion 41 in the movable portion 37 of the engaging member 18. The protrusion 11 protrudes toward the lower outer surface portion 11a of the housing 11 and has an inclined surface that is inclined downward along the insertion direction of the flexible printed wiring board 14 into the housing 11. When the engagement with the provided notch engaging portions 21 and 22 is released, the housing 11 may be configured to move in a direction toward the upper outer surface portion 11b. .

  When the above-described connector device 10 is used and the flexible printed wiring board 14 forming the wiring plate member is inserted into the housing 11 in the connector device 10, the flexible printed wiring board 14 is attached to the housing 11 in the connector device 10. A plurality of contact terminal portions 16 in the flexible printed wiring board 14 inserted into the housing 11 simply by being inserted through the plate-like member insertion part 12 are provided on the wiring board 13 on which the housing 11 is arranged via a plurality of contacts 15. The flexible printed wiring board 14 inserted into the housing 11 is properly engaged and locked by the engaging members 17 and 18, and is electrically connected to the signal terminal portion thus formed. A state in which undesired withdrawal from .

  In the connector device 10, the flexible printed wiring board 14 is inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 provided therein, and the engagement locking by the engagement members 17 and 18 is performed. In the housing 11, the portion of the flexible printed wiring board 14 in which the notch engaging portions 21 and 22 are formed is the upper outer surface portion 11 b of the housing 11 along the thickness direction of the flexible printed wiring board 14. The engaging portion 31 of the movable portion 27 of the engaging member 17 and the engaging portion 41 of the movable portion 37 of the engaging member 18 are pressed and moved in the direction toward the lower outer surface portion 11 a of the housing 11. After that, the locking portions 31 and 41 are placed on the flexible printed wiring board 14. Respectively engage the notch engaging portion 21 and 22 to lock the flexible printed wiring board 14. In addition, in order to release the engagement locking by the engagement members 17 and 18 with respect to the flexible printed wiring board 14 while the engagement locking by the engagement members 17 and 18 with respect to the flexible printed wiring board 14 is performed, When a movement operation is applied to the operation portion 32 of the movable portion 27 of the engagement member 17 and a movement operation is applied to the operation portion 42 of the movable portion 37 of the engagement member 18, the notch engagement in the flexible printed wiring board 14 is performed. The portions where the portions 21 and 22 are formed are displaced in the direction toward the upper outer surface portion 11b of the housing 11, and the locking portion 31 of the movable portion 27 of the engaging member 17 and the movable portion 37 of the engaging member 18 are also included. The locking portion 41 moves in a direction toward the lower outer surface portion 11a of the housing 11, and the flexible printing arrangement is performed. The engagement of the notch engaging portion 21 and 22 in the substrate 14, respectively to release.

  Therefore, either when the flexible printed wiring board 14 is in a state where the engagement locking by the engagement members 17 and 18 is performed or when the engagement locking by the engagement members 17 and 18 is released. The portion of the flexible printed wiring board 14 where the notch engaging portions 21 and 22 are formed is displaced in the direction toward the upper outer surface portion 11b of the housing 11 along the thickness direction of the flexible printed wiring board 14. Thus, the locking portion 31 of the movable portion 27 of the engaging member 17 and the locking portion 41 of the movable portion 37 of the engaging member 18 move in the direction toward the lower outer surface portion 11 a of the housing 11. At this time, the direction toward the upper outer surface portion 11b in the housing 11 and the direction toward the lower outer surface portion 11a in the housing 11 are opposite to each other along the thickness direction of the flexible printed wiring board 14, and thus on the wiring substrate 13. They are arranged in opposite directions along the thickness direction of the housing 11 into which the flexible printed wiring board 14 is inserted.

  Therefore, when the flexible printed wiring board 14 is placed in a state where the engagement locking by the engagement members 17 and 18 is performed and when the engagement locking by the engagement members 17 and 18 is released. In any case, the locking portion 31 of the movable portion 27 of the engagement member 17 and the movement of the locking portion 41 of the movable portion 37 of the engagement member 18 in the direction toward the lower outer surface portion 11a of the housing 11 are required. That is, the movement in the thickness direction of the housing 11 is caused, for example, by the portion of the flexible printed wiring board 14 where the notch engaging portions 21 and 22 are formed being displaced in the direction toward the upper outer surface portion 11b of the housing 11. The portion of the flexible printed wiring board 14 where the notch engaging portions 21 and 22 are formed is the upper outside of the housing 11. It is about half of the movement in the case of not displaced in a direction towards the part 11b, so that requires only one relatively becomes small. Accordingly, in the housing 11, the locking portion 31 of the movable portion 27 of the engaging member 17 and the locking portion 41 of the movable portion 37 of the engaging member 18 are moved in the direction toward the lower outer surface portion 11 a of the housing 11. The space formed on the lower outer surface portion 11a side in the housing 11 from the flexible printed wiring board 14 inserted into the housing to be allowed is relatively small, and the thickness dimension of the housing 11 is sufficient. It can be reduced.

  As a result, the connector device 10 can be provided with the housing 11 having a reduced thickness dimension, and the overall size and thickness can be effectively reduced.

  In particular, the contact pressing portion 30 in the movable portion 27 of the engagement member 17 is formed at the free end portion of the elastic cantilever plate 33 extending from the operation portion 32 in the movable portion 27, and the movable portion 27 of the engagement member 17. Is formed at the free end portion of the elastic cantilever plate 34 extending from the operation portion 32 of the movable portion 27, and the contact pressing portion 40 of the movable portion 37 of the engagement member 18 is movable. An elastic cantilever that is formed at a free end portion of an elastic cantilever plate 43 extending from an operation portion 42 in the portion 37, and a locking portion 41 in the movable portion 37 of the engaging member 18 extends from the operation portion 42 in the movable portion 37. By being formed at the free end of the plate 44, each of the engaging members 17 and 18 has a relatively simple configuration and has a contact pressing portion 30 and a locking portion 31 in the movable portion 27. Beauty, the contact pressing portion 40 and the locking portion 41 of the movable portion 37, and which can accurately fulfill the functions required for each of them.

  Further, an elastic cantilever plate 33 in which the contact pressing portion 30 in the movable portion 27 of the engaging member 17 is formed at the free end, and a locking portion 31 in the movable portion 27 of the engaging member 17 are formed in the free end portion. The elastic cantilever plate 34 extends in the same direction from the operation portion 32, and the elastic cantilever plate 43 in which the contact pressing portion 40 in the movable portion 37 of the engagement member 18 is formed at the free end portion. And the elastic cantilever plate 44 in which the engaging part 41 of the movable part 37 of the engaging member 18 is formed at the free end extends from the operating part 42 in the same direction. Is applied, the elastic cantilever plate 33 comes into contact with the portion of the housing 11 to move the contact pressing portion 30 in the direction toward the upper outer surface portion 11b of the housing 11, and the elastic cantilever plate 34 is attached to the housing 11. Oke When the displacement portion 31 is displaced in the direction toward the lower outer surface portion 11 a to move the locking portion 31 in the direction toward the lower outer surface portion 11 a and the operation portion 42 is moved, the elastic cantilever plate 43 is moved to the housing 11. The contact pressing portion 40 is brought into contact with the portion and moved in the direction toward the upper outer surface portion 11b in the housing 11, and the elastic cantilever plate 44 is displaced in the direction toward the lower outer surface portion 11a in the housing 11 to be engaged with the locking portion 41. Is moved in a direction toward the lower outer surface portion 11a, the contact pressing portion 30 and the locking portion 31 in the movable portion 27 of the engaging member 17, and the contact pressing portion 40 in the movable portion 37 of the engaging member 18 and The locking portion 41 includes a direction toward the upper outer surface portion 11b of the housing 11 and the lower outer surface portion 1 of the housing 11 which are opposite to each other. It becomes able to move smoothly and reliably in a direction to a.

  The connector device according to the present invention as described above includes, for example, a housing provided with a plate-like member insertion portion, which is used for mounting a wiring plate-like member such as a flexible printed wiring board to a main wiring board, and a housing A plurality of contacts arranged and arranged on the housing, and an engagement that is provided on the housing and selectively takes the locked state and the unlocked state with respect to the wiring plate member when the wiring plate member is inserted into the housing. The connector device includes a member, and the space to be formed in the housing can be limited to reduce the thickness of the housing, thereby effectively reducing the thickness or the height of the housing. As a thing, it can be widely applied to various electronic devices.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Connector apparatus, 11 ... Housing, 12 ... Plate member insertion part, 13 ... Wiring board, 14 ... Flexible printed wiring board, 15 ... Contact, 15a ... Connection Terminal part, 16 ... Contact terminal part, 17, 18 ... Engagement member, 19, 20 ... Housing notch part, 21, 22 ... Notch engaging part, 25, 35 ... Base part, 26, 36 ... Elastic folded part, 27, 37 ... Movable part, 28, 38 ... Solder part, 30, 40 ... Contact pressing part, 31, 41 ... Stop part, 31a, 41a ... Inclined surface, 32, 42 ... Operation part, 33, 34, 43, 44 ... Elastic cantilever plate, 51 ... Fixed part, 52 ... Bending arm part 53 ... Contact part

Claims (10)

A housing provided with a plate-like member insertion portion and disposed on the wiring board;
A plurality of contact terminal portions in the wiring plate-like member that are arranged and arranged in the housing and are connected to the wiring terminals provided in the wiring board and inserted into the housing through the plate-like member insertion portion. A plurality of contacts connected in contact with,
When the wiring plate-like member is provided in the housing and is inserted into the housing through the plate-like member insertion portion, the locking state for engaging and locking the wiring plate-like member and the engagement locking are released. An engagement member that selectively takes the unlocked state;
Configured with
The engaging member has a base portion fixed to the housing and a movable portion extending from the base portion, and the movable plate abuts against the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing. A wiring plate shape inserted into the housing, comprising a contact pressing portion that partially presses and displaces the member, and a protrusion having an inclined surface that is inclined along the insertion direction of the wiring plate member into the housing. A locking portion that engages with the engaging portion of the member and locks the wiring plate-like member, and an operation portion that displaces the movable portion by receiving a moving operation;
When the moving operation is applied to the operation portion with the locking portion locking the wiring plate member, the contact pressing portion is a first along the thickness direction of the wiring plate member. The portion of the wiring board member where the engaging portion is formed is pressed and displaced in the first direction, and the locking portion is a second opposite to the first direction. A connector device that moves in a direction to release the engagement with the engaging portion of the wiring plate member.   The connector device according to claim 1, wherein the movable portion of the engaging member extends from the base portion through an elastic folding portion.   The engagement member is formed of a metal material, and has a soldering portion that extends from the base portion to the outside of the housing and is soldered to a conductor portion provided on the wiring board. The connector device according to claim 1.   One end of each of the plurality of contacts protrudes from one of a pair of opposed end surfaces of the housing to the outside of the housing and is soldered to a wiring terminal provided on the wiring board, and the soldering portion of the engaging member 4. The connector device according to claim 3, wherein the connector device is soldered to a conductor portion provided on the wiring board so as to protrude from the other of the pair of opposed end surface portions of the housing to the outside of the housing.   The connector device according to claim 1, wherein the operation portion of the movable portion of the engagement member takes a position facing the outside of the housing.   The contact pressing portion in the movable portion of the engaging member is formed at the free end portion of the first elastic cantilever plate extending from the operation portion in the movable portion, and the engaging member is locked in the movable portion. The connector device according to claim 1, wherein the portion is formed at a free end portion of a second elastic cantilever plate extending from the movable portion.   The connector according to claim 6, wherein the first elastic cantilever plate and the second elastic cantilever plate extend in the same direction from the operation portion of the movable portion of the engagement member. apparatus.   When the moving operation is applied to the operation portion, the first elastic cantilever plate contacts the housing portion to move the contact pressing portion in the first direction, and the second 8. The connector device according to claim 7, wherein the elastic cantilever plate is displaced in the second direction to move the locking portion in the second direction.   When the wiring plate-like member is inserted into the housing through the plate-like member insertion portion, the distal end portion of the wiring plate-like member advances in contact with the inclined surface of the engaging portion of the movable portion of the engaging member. The connector device according to claim 1, wherein the locking portion is moved in the second direction.   The connector device according to claim 1, wherein the engaging member is provided at each of both end portions of the housing in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts.

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