JP2015060633A5

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Publication number: JP2015060633A5
Application number: JP2013191691A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2013-09-17
Publication date: 2015-05-07
Anticipated expiration: 2033-09-17

Description

本発明は、後者の開放形式のコネクタに関しているのが、この開放形式のものとして、特許文献１に開示されているコネクタが知られている。特許文献１のコネクタにあっては、端子の接触部が配列されている範囲及びその周辺を含めてハウジングが上方に向けた開放域として形成されており、平型導体（フレキシブル配線基板）の対応する側の接続部分が上方から上記接触部上に載置できるようになっている。上記開放域は、平型導体が延びる方向にも開放されていて、この開放域に近接した位置でハウジングに回動可能な蓋部材が支持されている。蓋部材は、金属板を屈曲して作られており、ハウジングの側面に形成された短円柱状の回転軸に対して、蓋部材の側壁部に形成された略円形の軸受部分が嵌合していて、該回転軸まわりに回動案内支持されている。この蓋部材は、開放域へ載置された平型導体を端子の接触部へ圧する閉位置まで回動操作される。 The present invention relates to the latter open type connector. As this open type connector, the connector disclosed in Patent Document 1 is known. In the connector of Patent Document 1, the housing is formed as an open area facing upwards including the area where the contact portions of the terminals are arranged and the periphery thereof, and is compatible with a flat conductor (flexible wiring board). The connecting portion on the side to be mounted can be placed on the contact portion from above. The open area is also opened in the direction in which the flat conductor extends, and a lid member that can be rotated by the housing is supported at a position close to the open area. The lid member is made by bending a metal plate, and a substantially circular bearing portion formed on the side wall portion of the lid member is fitted to a short cylindrical rotation shaft formed on the side surface of the housing. In addition, the rotary guide is supported around the rotation shaft. The lid member is rotated to a closed position where the flat conductor placed in the open area is pressed against the contact portion of the terminal.

上述の課題は、次の第一発明そして第二発明によって解決することができる。
＜第一発明＞
本発明に係る平型導体用電気コネクタは、平型導体との接触接続のための端子の接触部を上方に向け露呈して、ハウジングにより該端子がコネクタ幅方向に配列保持されているコネクタ本体と、該コネクタ本体により開位置から閉位置まで回動自在に支持されていて開位置にあるときに上記接触部上に上方から載置された平型導体を該接触部に対して押圧する閉位置まで回動操作を受ける回動部材とを有し、回動部材が金属板の加工により作られている。 The above-described problems can be solved by the following first and second inventions.
<First invention>
An electrical connector for a flat conductor according to the present invention is a connector body in which a contact portion of a terminal for contact connection with a flat conductor is exposed upward, and the terminals are arranged and held in the connector width direction by a housing And the connector body is rotatably supported from the open position to the closed position, and when in the open position, closes the flat conductor placed on the contact portion from above against the contact portion. A rotating member that receives a rotating operation to a position, and the rotating member is made by processing a metal plate.

本発明において、回動部材は、上述のように一部材とせずとも、互いに別となる二部材として形成することもできる。この形態では、回動部材は、互いに別部材として形成された案内板部材と該案内板部材により案内されて、回動部材が閉位置にあるときの上記案内板部材に対して前後方向に相対移動可能な可動板部材とを有し、案内板部材は、閉位置にて端子の接触部に対して近い順に内板部と規制板部が設けられていて、規制板部もしくは内板部に被支承部が形成され、可動板部材が上記案内板部材の内板部と規制板部との間で可動に案内されており、上記可動板部材は、被ロック部が被支承部よりも後方の側面に延出していて該幅方向に弾性を有する弾性腕部の端部に設けられていると共に該弾性腕部に向け押込操作力を受ける操作部が設けられ、コネクタ本体のロック部が上記被ロック部に対して上下方向で干渉する位置に設けられていて、回動部材の閉位置へ向けた下方への移動で、被ロック部とロック部との当接時に上記弾性腕部が弾性変形することにより被ロック部がロック部を乗り越えて該ロック部と係止するロック状態となり、上記可動板部材の弾性腕部と、案内板部材またはハウジングとは、可動板部材の操作部が押込操作力を受けたときに、上記弾性腕部にコネクタ幅方向外方の弾性力をもたらすように、押込操作方向に対して傾いた当接部位を形成しており、上記弾性腕部の弾性変形により被ロック部がコネクタ幅方向に変位してロック部から外れてロック解除位置にくることとなる。 In the present invention, the rotating member may be formed as two members that are different from each other, instead of being a single member as described above. In this embodiment, the rotating member is guided by the guide plate member formed as a separate member and the guide plate member, and is relative to the guide plate member in the front-rear direction when the rotating member is in the closed position. The guide plate member is provided with an inner plate portion and a restriction plate portion in the order closer to the contact portion of the terminal in the closed position, and the restriction plate portion or the inner plate portion is provided with the movable plate member. A supported portion is formed, and the movable plate member is movably guided between the inner plate portion and the restricting plate portion of the guide plate member, and the movable plate member has a locked portion behind the supported portion. An elastic arm portion extending in the lateral direction and having elasticity in the width direction, and an operation portion for receiving a pushing operation force toward the elastic arm portion is provided. The rotating member is provided at a position where it interferes with the locked part in the vertical direction. In the downward movement toward the closed position, locks the elastic arm portion during contact between the locking portion and the lock portion are locked portion is engaged with the lock portion rides over the locking portion by elastic deformation The elastic arm portion of the movable plate member and the guide plate member or the housing are in the state, and when the operation portion of the movable plate member receives a pushing operation force, the elastic force portion outward in the connector width direction is applied to the elastic arm portion. So that the locked portion is displaced in the connector width direction due to the elastic deformation of the elastic arm portion, and is disengaged from the lock portion to the unlocked position. Will come.

このようにして回動部材が二部材で形成されると、両部材は互いに設計の自由度が向上する。ロック時、ロック解除時の動作原理は上述の一部材のときと同じであるが、弾性変位の方向が、一部材のときは前後方向であったのに対し、コネクタ幅方向となる。
＜第二発明＞
本発明に係る平型導体用電気コネクタも、第一発明と同様に、平型導体との接触接続のための端子の接触部を上方に向け露呈して、ハウジングにより該端子がコネクタ幅方向に配列保持されているコネクタ本体と、該コネクタ本体により開位置から閉位置まで回動自在に支持されていて開位置にあるときに上記接触部上に上方から載置された平型導体を該接触部に対して押圧する閉位置まで回動操作を受ける回動部材とを有し、回動部材が金属板の加工により作られている平型導体用に関する。
かかる平型導体用電気コネクタにおいて、本発明では、回動部材が平型導体の長手方向での該回動部材の一方の端部位置に回動軸としての被支承部を、そしてコネクタ本体が該被支承部の回動支承のための支承部を有していると共に、回動部材とコネクタ本体が回動部材の閉位置にて互いに係止し合う被ロック部とロック部とをそれぞれ有しており、
回動部材は、閉位置にて端子の接触部に対して近い順に内板部と外板部を有し、外板部は内板部に対して前後方向に移動可能であり、外板部は、平型導体の長手方向での該回動部材の他方の端部位置に被ロック部が設けられ、外板部を前後方向に操作することで被ロック部の係止状態が解除されることを特徴としている。
本発明において、支承部は、コネクタ幅方向と直交するコネクタ本体の面に孔状に形成されており、被支承部は、コネクタ幅方向に突出して延びるように設けられていて、上記支承部に突入して、該支承部に支持されているようにすることができる。
また、本発明において、回動部材は、互いに別部材として形成された案内板部材と該案内板部材により案内されて、回動部材が閉位置にあるときの上記案内板部材に対して前後方向に相対移動可能な可動板部材とを有し、案内板部材は、閉位置にて端子の接触部に対して近い順に内板部と規制板部が設けられていて、規制板部もしくは内板部に被支承部が形成され、可動板部材が上記案内板部材の内板部と規制板部との間で可動に案内されており、上記可動板部材は、下方へ向けて延びる腕部に被ロック部が設けられていると共に、前後方向で該腕部側に向けた押込操作力を受ける操作部が設けられ、コネクタ本体のロック部が上記被ロック部に対して上下方向で干渉する位置に設けられていて、回動部材の閉位置へ向けた下方への移動で、被ロック部とロック部との当接時に被ロック部がロック部を乗り越えて該ロック部と係止するロック状態となり、上記操作部が押込操作力を受けたときに、被ロック部がロック部から外れてロック解除位置にくるようにすることができる。
When the rotating member is formed of two members in this way, the degree of freedom of design of both members is improved. The operating principle at the time of locking and unlocking is the same as that of the above-mentioned one member, but the direction of elastic displacement is the front-back direction when it is one member, whereas it is the connector width direction.
<Second invention>
Similarly to the first invention, the flat conductor electric connector according to the present invention exposes the contact portion of the terminal for contact connection with the flat conductor upward, and the terminal is arranged in the connector width direction by the housing. A connector body held in an array and a flat conductor placed on the contact portion from above when the connector body is rotatably supported by the connector body from the open position to the closed position. And a rotating member that receives a rotating operation to a closed position that presses against the part, and the rotating member is made by processing a metal plate.
In such an electrical connector for a flat conductor, in the present invention, the rotating member has a supported portion as a rotating shaft at one end position of the rotating member in the longitudinal direction of the flat conductor, and the connector body In addition to having a support portion for rotating the supported portion, the rotation member and the connector main body each have a locked portion and a lock portion that engage with each other at the closed position of the rotation member. And
The rotating member has an inner plate portion and an outer plate portion in the order closer to the contact portion of the terminal in the closed position, and the outer plate portion is movable in the front-rear direction with respect to the inner plate portion. Is provided with a locked portion at the other end position of the rotating member in the longitudinal direction of the flat conductor, and the locked state of the locked portion is released by operating the outer plate portion in the front-rear direction. It is characterized by that.
In the present invention, the support portion is formed in a hole shape on the surface of the connector body orthogonal to the connector width direction, and the supported portion is provided so as to protrude and extend in the connector width direction. It can rush and be supported by the support.
Also, in the present invention, the rotating member is guided by the guide plate member formed as a separate member and the guide plate member, and the longitudinal direction with respect to the guide plate member when the rotating member is in the closed position. The guide plate member is provided with an inner plate portion and a restriction plate portion in the order closer to the contact portion of the terminal in the closed position, and the restriction plate portion or the inner plate. A supported portion is formed on the movable portion, and the movable plate member is movably guided between the inner plate portion and the regulating plate portion of the guide plate member, and the movable plate member is attached to an arm portion extending downward. Position where a locked part is provided and an operating part that receives a pressing operation force toward the arm part in the front-rear direction is provided, and the lock part of the connector body interferes with the locked part in the vertical direction In the downward movement toward the closed position of the rotating member, When the lock part comes into contact with the lock part, the locked part gets over the lock part and is locked with the lock part. It can come off and come to the unlock position.

Claims

A connector main body in which the contact portion of the terminal for contact connection with the flat conductor is exposed upward, the terminal is arranged and held in the connector width direction by the housing, and from the open position to the closed position by the connector main body A rotating member that is rotatably supported and receives a rotating operation to a closed position that presses the flat conductor placed on the contact portion from above when it is in the open position; In a flat conductor electrical connector having a rotating member made by processing a metal plate,
One of the rotating member and the connector body has a supported portion as a rotating shaft, and the other has a supporting portion for rotating the supported portion, and the rotating member and the connector main body rotate. Each has a locked portion and a locking portion that are locked to each other at the closed position of the member,
The supported part is provided so as to protrude and extend in the connector width direction as a flat plate piece,
The support portion is formed in a hole shape on a surface orthogonal to the connector width direction, intersects one end of two inner edges in the radial direction and is opposite to the one end with respect to a straight line connecting the other ends. An inner edge is formed by the two radial inner edges and the bulging inner edge,
When the supported part is inserted into the supported part and the rotating member is in the closed position, the plate surface of the flat plate piece of the supported part is along the substantially straight radial inner edge of the supported part. An electrical connector for a flat conductor characterized by being supported in a different posture.

The supported part has one side edge of the two side edges forming the front and rear edges of the supported part when the rotating member is in the closed position with the extending direction of the flat conductor as the front-rear direction. 2. The electrical connector for a flat conductor according to claim 1, wherein after the primary rotation with the position close to the inner peripheral edge of the part as a fulcrum, the fulcrum can be switched to the other side edge to perform secondary rotation in the same direction. .

3. The flat conductor according to claim 1, wherein the inner peripheral edge of the support portion has two radial inner edges of equal length, and a bulging inner edge connecting the two radial inner edges is an arc. Electrical connector.

The connector main body has a metal plate fixing bracket attached to the sides of the housing at both ends in the connector width direction, and the fixing bracket is provided with a support portion and a lock portion. Electrical connector for flat conductors.

The rotating member has an inner plate portion and an outer plate portion in the order close to the contact portion of the terminal in the closed position, and is supported at the front end portion located on one side of the inner plate portion in the longitudinal direction of the flat conductor. The outer plate portion is movable in the front-rear direction with respect to the inner plate portion, and the outer plate portion is provided with the locked portion on the side portion behind the supported portion, and the outer plate portion is moved in the front-rear direction. The flat connector electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the locked state of the locked portion is released by operating to.

The outer plate portion is connected to the inner plate portion via the rear bent portion located at the rear end edge, and is connected to the restriction plate portion via the front bent portion located at the front end edge. While also having a middle plate portion extending between the inner plate portion and the outer plate portion on the front end side to receive the pushing operation force toward the rear,
The restricting plate portion is provided with an elastic portion that can be elastically deformed in the front-rear direction, and the intermediate plate portion is formed on the side surface of the intermediate plate portion behind the supported portion,
The lock part of the connector body is provided at a position where the lock part interferes with the locked part in the vertical direction, and at least one of the locked part and the locked part is moved downward by moving the rotating member toward the closed position Due to the elastic deformation at the time of contact, the locked part gets over the lock part and locks with the lock part,
6. The method according to claim 5, wherein when the operation portion receives a pushing operation force, the middle plate portion moves rearward due to elastic deformation of the elastic portion, and the locked portion comes off the lock portion and comes to the unlock position. The electrical connector for flat conductors as described.

The rotating member is guided by the guide plate member formed as a separate member and the guide plate member, and is movable movable relative to the guide plate member in the front-rear direction when the rotating member is in the closed position. A plate member,
The guide plate member is provided with an inner plate portion and a restriction plate portion in the order closer to the contact portion of the terminal in the closed position, a supported portion is formed on the restriction plate portion or the inner plate portion, and the movable plate member is It is guided movably between the inner plate portion and the regulating plate portion of the guide plate member,
The movable plate member is provided at an end portion of an elastic arm portion having a locked portion extending to a rear side of the supported portion and having elasticity in the width direction, and is pushed toward the elastic arm portion. An operation portion for receiving force is provided, and the lock portion of the connector body is provided at a position where it interferes with the locked portion in the vertical direction. in the locked state of the elastic arm portion during abutment locked portion is engaged with the lock portion rides over the locking portion by elastic deformation of the lock portion and the lock portion,
The elastic arm portion of the movable plate member and the guide plate member or the housing are configured to bring an elastic force outward in the connector width direction to the elastic arm portion when the operation portion of the movable plate member receives a pressing operation force. A contact portion that is inclined with respect to the pushing operation direction, and due to the elastic deformation of the elastic arm portion, the locked portion is displaced in the connector width direction and is released from the locking portion to reach the unlocking position. The electrical connector for flat conductors according to claim 1.

A connector main body in which the contact portion of the terminal for contact connection with the flat conductor is exposed upward, the terminal is arranged and held in the connector width direction by the housing, and from the open position to the closed position by the connector main body A rotating member that is rotatably supported and receives a rotating operation to a closed position that presses the flat conductor placed on the contact portion from above when it is in the open position; In a flat conductor electrical connector having a rotating member made by processing a metal plate,
The rotating member has a supported portion as a rotating shaft at one end position of the rotating member in the longitudinal direction of the flat conductor, and the connector body is a supporting portion for rotating support of the supported portion. And each of the rotating member and the connector main body has a locked portion and a locking portion that are engaged with each other at the closed position of the rotating member,
The rotating member has an inner plate portion and an outer plate portion in the order closer to the contact portion of the terminal in the closed position, and the outer plate portion is movable in the front-rear direction with respect to the inner plate portion. Is provided with a locked portion at the other end position of the rotating member in the longitudinal direction of the flat conductor, and the locked state of the locked portion is released by operating the outer plate portion in the front-rear direction. An electrical connector for a flat conductor.

The support part is formed in a hole shape on the surface of the connector body perpendicular to the connector width direction.
9. The flat conductor electric connector according to claim 8, wherein the supported portion is provided so as to protrude and extend in the connector width direction, and is inserted into the supporting portion and supported by the supporting portion. .

The rotating member is guided by the guide plate member formed as a separate member and the guide plate member, and is movable movable relative to the guide plate member in the front-rear direction when the rotating member is in the closed position. A plate member,
The guide plate member is provided with an inner plate portion and a restriction plate portion in the order closer to the contact portion of the terminal in the closed position, a supported portion is formed on the restriction plate portion or the inner plate portion, and the movable plate member is It is guided movably between the inner plate portion and the regulating plate portion of the guide plate member,
The movable plate member is provided with a locked portion at an arm portion extending downward, and an operation portion for receiving a pushing operation force toward the arm portion side in the front-rear direction. Is provided at a position that interferes with the locked portion in the vertical direction, and when the rotating member is moved downward toward the closed position, the locked portion is not in contact with the locked portion. 9. A locked state in which the lock portion is overcome and locked with the lock portion, and when the operation portion receives a pushing operation force, the locked portion is released from the lock portion and comes to the unlock position. The electrical connector for flat conductors according to claim 9.