JP2016100191A - Guide device for connector - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To guide the insertion-side connector of a structure in the direction in which it can be inserted into a mating connector when the structure is fixed to the housing of a component.SOLUTION: By engaging an engagement piece 39a of a separation preventing part 39 and a target engagement piece 56, a guide device 1 is held in an inclining position in which a connector hold member 3 is moved downward with respect to a fixing member 5. While a position where interference by a housing 21 is easily avoided is maintained by separating the basal end side of a female connector 11 and a fixing member 5 from the housing 21, the insertion-side end of a female connector 11 is brought close to an insertion opening, not shown, of a male connector 23. Then, by disengaging the engagement piece 39a and disengagement piece 56, the position of the connector hold member 3 is changed to the position in which the female connector 11 can be inserted into the male connector 23. The female connector 11 of a signal line 10 is inserted into the male connector 23 of an actuator 20, and the fixing member 5 supporting the connector hold member 3 holding the female connector 11 is fixed to the housing 21.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

  The present invention relates to a connector guide device that guides an insertion side connector to be inserted into a mating connector into a position in which the connector can be inserted into the mating connector.

  When inserting and inserting the connector to the mating connector side, align the center position with the mating connector in the plane orthogonal to the moving direction, and guide the connectors to the relative positional relationship that can be inserted into the mating connector. It is necessary to. As a mechanism for such a guide, various configurations for aligning connectors have been conventionally proposed (for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2).

  Among these, the alignment structure of Patent Document 1 is such that the guide mechanism provided in the fixed mating connector moves the insertion connector in a plane direction perpendicular to the insertion direction, and the insertion connector is moved relative to the mating connector. To align. In addition, the alignment structure of Patent Document 2 is such that the alignment mechanism that supports the mating connector moves the mating connector in a plane direction perpendicular to the insertion direction in accordance with the position of the insertion side connector. The connector is aligned with the insertion side connector.

JP 2002-237353 A JP 2006-140093 A

  By the way, for example, a signal line for transmitting an electrical signal may be connected by a connector to an actuator that operates by an electrical signal for control. In this case, the connector provided in the housing of the actuator is often oriented to insert the signal line connector along the surface of the housing in order to suppress the amount of protrusion from the housing.

  When the signal line connector is inserted into the actuator connector in such a direction, the insertion end of the signal line connector needs to face the opening of the actuator connector. However, it is not easy to move the signal line connector close to the actuator housing and then move the signal line connector to the actuator connector side so that the insertion side end faces the opening because the housing and the signal line connector easily interfere with each other. Therefore, it is reasonable to bring the connector of the signal line close to the housing of the actuator and at the same time close to the connector so that the insertion side end faces the opening.

  In this case, the connector of the signal line when approaching the connector of the actuator is inclined with respect to the surface of the housing, and does not coincide with the direction that can be inserted into the connector of the actuator. Therefore, when the signal line connector is brought close to the opening of the actuator connector, it is necessary to change the direction of the signal line connector to the direction along the surface of the housing so that the signal line connector can be inserted into the actuator connector.

  In particular, when the signal line connector is provided in a structure attached to the housing of the actuator, the signal line connector is inserted into the actuator connector simultaneously with the attachment of the structure to the housing. For this reason, when attaching a structure to the actuator housing, attach the structure to the housing in the same movement as the signal line connector when the structure is inserted into the actuator connector. It must be placed in a position where

  On the other hand, the alignment mechanism as in Patent Documents 1 and 2 described above changes the direction of the signal line connector close to the opening of the actuator connector, or the structure having the signal line connector is changed to the housing of the actuator. Does not have a guide function for disposing at an appropriate relative position.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is an apparatus that can be applied to, for example, a case where connectors are connected between an actuator and a structure attached to a casing thereof. An object of the present invention is to provide a connector guide device capable of guiding an insertion connector of a structure in a direction in which the connector can be inserted into a mating connector of the casing when the structure is fixed to the casing.

In order to achieve the above object, the connector guide device of the present invention according to claim 1 comprises:
The mating connector provided on the surface of the housing of the component is attached to the inserting connector inserted from the direction along the housing, and the mating connector of the inserting connector is attached to the inserting connector. A connector holding member in which a support portion having an engagement piece at the tip is extended at a portion located on the side opposite to the insertion side with respect to the connector;
In the engaged state in which the engagement piece is engaged with the engagement piece, and the engagement piece is engaged with the engagement piece. The connector holding member is supported so as not to move in the extending direction in an inclined posture moved in an offset direction intersecting with the extending direction of the support portion, and the engagement of the engaging piece with the engaged piece is released. In the disengaged state, the connector holding member can be moved in the extending direction in a posture other than the inclined posture in which the insertion-side connector is inserted into the mating connector. A supporting member to support;
It is characterized by providing.

  According to the connector guide device of the present invention described in claim 1, the connector holding member is attached to the connector holding member in the engaged state in which the engaging piece of the support portion of the connector holding member is engaged with the engaged piece of the fixing member. The inserted connector thus made cannot move in the extending direction of the support portion with respect to the fixing member. In addition, the connector holding member and the insertion-side connector attached thereto are inclined with respect to the fixed member moved in the offset direction intersecting the extending direction of the support portion.

  Therefore, when the insertion-side connector is brought close to the mating connector and the insertion-side end of the insertion-side connector faces the opening of the mating connector, the engagement piece and the engagement piece are brought into the engaged state so that the connector holding member or the insertion The side connector can be inclined and the fixing member can be separated from the housing of the component to avoid interference with the housing.

  Then, when the insertion side end of the insertion side connector faces the opening of the mating connector, the engagement piece and the engagement piece are disengaged to be in the disengagement state, and the inclined connector holding member or the insertion member is inserted. The side connector is moved in the offset direction with respect to the fixing member so that the support portion extends in a direction along the casing. As a result, the posture of the insertion-side connector attached to the connector holding member changes to a posture that can be inserted into the mating connector.

  Therefore, the connector holding member and the fixing member are brought close to each other in the extending direction of the support portion in this posture, and further, the connector holding member and the fixing member are inserted into the opening of the mating connector by moving them together with the insertion side connector along the housing The insertion side connector facing the side end can be inserted into the mating connector, and the fixing member can be attached to the housing.

  Thus, when the structure (fixing member) is fixed to the housing of the component, the insertion connector on the structure side can be guided in a direction that can be inserted into the mating connector of the housing.

  Note that the insertion-side connector and the connector holding member may be separate, and the insertion-side connector and the connector holding member may be configured integrally.

  The connector guide device of the present invention described in claim 2 is the connector guide device of the present invention described in claim 1, wherein the fixing member is the extension of the connector holding member in the disengaged state. Accumulated tolerance obtained by integrating the maximum allowable dimension error of the insertion-side connector with respect to the connector holding member and the maximum allowable dimension error of the fixing member with respect to the housing by movement in the direction of the connector. The distance between the connector holding member in the extending direction is changed within a range of dimensions greater than the value.

  According to the connector guide device of the present invention described in claim 2, in the connector guide device of the present invention described in claim 1, the insertion side connector is attached to the connector holding member and the fixing member is attached to the housing. When there is a dimensional error, there is a possibility that all the dimensional errors are accumulated in the same direction.

  For example, when all of the dimensional errors described above occur in the extending direction of the support portion, with the insertion side connector attached to the mating connector and the fixing member attached to the housing, the distance between the connector holding member and the fixing member is It changes from the normal interval by the integrated tolerance value obtained by integrating the maximum allowable range of each dimension error. When such an interval change occurs, for example, it becomes difficult to simultaneously insert the insertion-side connector into the mating connector and attach the fixing member to the component housing.

  On the other hand, in the connector guide device according to the second aspect of the present invention, the connector holding member is supported with respect to the fixed member in the disengaged state in which the engaging piece and the engaged piece are disengaged. By moving in the extending direction of the part, the distance between the two changes within a dimension range equal to or greater than the integrated tolerance value. For this reason, by the movement in the extending direction of the support portion of the connector holding member with respect to the fixing member, the positional relationship is such that the insertion side connector can be inserted into the mating connector and the fixing member can be attached to the component housing at the same time. It can be maintained between the connector holding member and the fixing member in the extending direction of the support portion.

  Furthermore, the connector guide device of the present invention described in claim 3 is the connector guide device of the present invention described in claim 1 or 2, wherein the connector holding member in a state of being attached to the insertion-side connector. A positioning piece that extends to a portion located on the insertion side, is positioned on the insertion opening of the mating connector in the offset direction, and is engaged with the mating connector and attached to the connector holding member. It is further provided with the feature.

  According to the connector guide device of the present invention described in claim 3, in the connector guide device of the present invention described in claim 1 or 2, the positioning piece of the inclined connector holding member is locked to the mating connector. By doing so, the insertion-side end of the insertion-side connector attached to the connector holding member can easily face the opening of the mating connector.

  According to the present invention, when the structure is fixed to the housing of the component, the insertion-side connector provided on the structure is aligned with the housing that can be inserted into the mating connector provided on the surface of the housing. Can be guided in the direction.

It is sectional drawing which shows schematic structure of the guide apparatus of the connector which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. FIGS. 2A and 2B illustrate an operation of aligning an insertion side connector with an insertion opening of a mating connector provided on an actuator using the guide device of FIG. 1, and FIG. It is a perspective view of the guide apparatus of FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the state which separated the connector holding member of the guide apparatus of FIG. 1 most from the fixing member. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the engaging piece of the support portion of the connector holding member is engaged with the engaged piece inside the fixing member and the connector holding member is inclined with respect to the fixing member from the state of FIG. 4. 5 shows the operation of aligning the insertion side connector attached to the connector holding member with respect to the insertion opening of the mating connector, using the guide device of FIG. 5 in which the connector holding member is inclined, (a) is a side view. , (B) is a plan view. By changing the connector holding member from the inclined position of FIG. 5 to the horizontal position of FIG. 4, the connector holding member is changed into a direction in which the connector can be inserted into the mating connector after the insertion side connector aligned with the insertion opening of the mating connector is changed. It is a side view which shows the state which started inserting the insertion side connector attached to the other party connector. It is a side view which shows the state which finished inserting the insertion side connector hold | maintained at the connector holding member of the guide apparatus changed to the horizontal attitude | position of FIG. 4 in the other party connector. FIG. 5 is a side view showing a state in which the fixing member is fixed to the actuator by being closest to the horizontal connector holding member of FIG. 4 after the insertion side connector has been inserted into the mating connector.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The guide device 1 of this embodiment shown in FIG. 1 can insert a female connector 11 (corresponding to an insertion side connector in the claims) attached to the tip of a signal line 10 for supplying a control signal into an insertion destination connector. It is a guide to the posture.

  Here, the connector into which the female connector 11 is inserted in this embodiment is a male connector 23 of an actuator 20 (corresponding to a component in the claims) such as a solenoid shown in FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b). Equivalent to the other connector). The male connector 23 is provided in the cylindrical casing 21 of the actuator 20 in order to receive a control signal of the actuator 20.

  In addition, the insertion direction of the female connector 11 with respect to the male connector 23 is a direction along the surface of the housing 21 (see FIG. 5) so that the protruding amount from the housing 21 is as small as possible with the female connector 11 inserted into the male connector 23. 2 (a) in the left-right direction). Accordingly, an opening (insertion opening, not shown) for inserting the female connector 11 of the male connector 23 is provided at the right end of the male connector 23 in FIG. The female connector 11 shown in FIG. 1 is inserted into the male connector 23 in the longitudinal direction (left-right direction in FIG. 1).

  The male connector 23 is attached to the housing 21 by a fixing portion 23a on the side opposite to the insertion opening of the female connector 11 (the left end side of the male connector 23 in FIG. 2A). The male connector 23 attached to the housing 21 is disposed as close as possible to the surface of the housing 21 in order to reduce the protruding amount of the male connector 23 from the housing 21 as much as possible. For this reason, when the female connector 11 is inserted into the male connector 23 with the insertion side end of the female connector 11 facing the insertion opening of the male connector 23, it is necessary to bring the female connector 11 close to the housing 21.

  However, the female connector 11 of the signal line 10 is moved closer to the housing 21 of the actuator 20 and then the female connector 11 is moved to the male connector 23 side of the actuator 20 in the longitudinal direction (left and right direction in FIG. 1). It is not easy to make the insertion side end face the insertion opening of the male connector 23 because the housing 21 and the female connector 11 easily interfere with each other. Rather, it is reasonable to bring the female connector 11 closer to the male connector 23 while approaching the housing 21 of the actuator 20 so that the insertion side end of the female connector 11 faces the insertion opening of the male connector 23.

  Therefore, the guide device 1 of the present embodiment is configured to guide the operation of bringing the female connector 11 close to the housing 21 and simultaneously approaching the insertion opening of the male connector 23.

  As shown in the perspective view of FIG. 3, the guide device 1 includes a connector holding member 3 that holds the female connector 11 of the signal line 10, and a connector holding member 3 that supports the connector holding member 3 and inserts the female connector 11 into the male connector 23. And a fixing member 5 attached to the casing 21 of the actuator 20.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the connector holding member 3 covers the holding portion 31 that holds the proximal end side (signal line 10 side) of the female connector 11 and the upper half of the female connector 11 that is connected to the holding portion 31. The cover part 33 has a guide piece part 35 (corresponding to a positioning piece in the claims) that extends from the cover part 33 and is disposed above the tip of the female connector 11.

  The female connector 11 held by the holding portion 31 is positioned in a holding state with respect to the holding portion 31 by the locking protrusion 11 a of the female connector 11 being locked in the locking hole 31 a of the holding portion 31. The cover portion 33 extends from the holding portion 31 along the insertion direction of the female connector 11 with respect to the male connector 23 (left-right direction in FIG. 1).

  Further, the connector holding member 3 includes a support portion 37 that is connected to the holding portion 31 and extends to the opposite side of the cover portion 33, and a retaining portion 39 provided at the tip of the support portion 37 (of the support portion in the claims). Equivalent to the tip).

  The holding portion 31 and the cover portion 33 are formed by a pair of side pieces that sandwich the female connector 11 from both the left and right sides. And in the holding | maintenance part 31, the lower ends of both side pieces are connected by the bottom plate, and in the cover part 33, the upper ends of both side pieces are connected by the top plate. Further, the guide piece portion 35 is formed continuously with the top plate of the cover portion 33.

  Further, the support portion 37 and the retaining portion 39 are formed with a through hole 37a that penetrates the support portion 37 and the retaining portion 39 along the insertion direction of the female connector 11 with respect to the male connector 23 (left and right direction in FIG. 1). The signal line 10 is inserted through the through hole 37a. Incidentally, in FIG. 2B, in consideration of the visibility of the female connector 11, the holding portion 31 is cut out at an intermediate portion in the vertical direction, and the cover portion 33 and the guide piece portion 35 are not shown.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the fixing member 5 has a lower case 51 whose upper part is opened, and an upper case 52 that closes an open part of the lower case 51. By these lower case 51 and upper case 53, A space 53 is formed inside the fixing member 5. On one side surface of the fixing member 5, an opening 54 is formed which is constituted by the lower case 51 and the upper case 52 and communicates with the space 53, and on the other side surface of the fixing member 5 facing this, An opening 55 configured by the lower case 51 and communicating with the space 53 is formed.

  A support portion 37 of the connector holding member 3 is loosely inserted into one opening 54 of the fixing member 5, and a retaining portion 39 at the tip of the support portion 37 is accommodated in a space 53 of the fixing member 5. Since the support part 37 loosely inserted in the opening 54 can move in the extending direction (insertion direction of the female connector 11), the retaining part 39 moves in the extending direction of the support part 37 in the space 53. can do. The signal line 10 sandwiched between the both side pieces of the retaining portion 39 is drawn to the outside of the fixing member 5 from the other opening 55 of the fixing member 5 on the extension line in the extending direction of the support portion 37. .

  Note that the lower surface of the lower case 51 is open. Thereby, when the fixing member 5 is attached to the cylindrical casing 21, the lower case 51 can be brought into close contact with the surface of the casing 21, which is a curved surface.

  In the space 53 of the fixing member 5, an engaged piece 56 protruding from the arcuate upper surface of the upper case 52 protrudes. As shown in FIG. 2 (b), the engaged piece 56 is projected and retracted in the space 53 (vertical direction in FIG. 1) by the flexible piece 52b inside the slit 52a formed on the upper surface of the upper case 52. It is supported movably. The tip of the engaged piece 56 is disposed at a position where it interferes with an engaging piece 39 a (corresponding to an engaging piece in the claims) of the retaining portion 39 that moves in the space 53 in the extending direction of the support portion 37. Has been.

  Therefore, when the retaining portion 39 is moved in the extending direction of the support portion 37 in the space 53 from the one opening 54 side shown in FIG. 4 to the other opening 55 side shown in FIG. The engaging piece portion 39a contacts the engaged piece 56 as shown in FIG. When the retaining portion 39 is further moved to the other opening 55 side from this state, the engagement piece portion 39a retracts the engaged piece 56 from the space 53 as shown by the imaginary line in FIG. By pushing up (upward in FIG. 1), the flexible piece 52b is bent to the outside of the fixing member 5. The retaining portion 39 is disposed on the opening 55 side with respect to the engaged piece 56.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the connector holding member 3 outside the fixing member 5 in a state where the engaging piece 39 a of the retaining portion 39 is positioned on the one opening 54 side of the engaged piece 56. Is moved downward, the engaging piece 39 a engages with the engaged piece 56. By this engagement, the connector holding member 3 is held in an inclined posture inclined with respect to the fixing member 5 in an offset direction intersecting with the extending direction of the support portion 37.

  In order to insert the female connector 11 of the signal line 10 into the male connector 23 of the actuator 20, the connector holding member 3 is fixed when the insertion side end of the female connector 11 faces an insertion opening (not shown) of the male connector 23. In the state in which the member 5 is inclined as shown in FIG. 5, the female connector 11 is brought close to the housing 21 of the actuator 20 and simultaneously brought close to the male connector 23.

  Thereby, the base end side (signal line 10 side) of the female connector 11 held by the holding portion 31 of the connector holding member 3 is moved away from the housing 21 of the actuator 20 from the insertion side end, and the female connector 11 is moved to the housing. 21 can be made difficult to interfere with.

  2B, a pair of guide pieces 57, 57 project in parallel from both sides of the lower case 51 of the fixing member 5, and when the female connector 11 is brought close to the male connector 23, the male connector The taper surfaces 57a and 57a at the tips of the guide pieces 57 and 57 having a distance corresponding to the width of the fixing portion 23a may be brought into contact with both side surfaces of the fixing portion 23a. Thereby, the female connector 11 can be aligned (aligned) with the male connector 23 in the horizontal direction (vertical direction in FIG. 2B).

  Further, when the female connector 11 is brought close to the male connector 23, the guide piece 35 of the connector holding member 3 may be locked on the insertion side end of the male connector 23 as shown in FIG. Thereby, the female connector 11 can be aligned (aligned) with respect to the male connector 23 in a vertical direction (vertical direction in FIG. 6A) perpendicular to the horizontal direction.

  In order to facilitate the alignment of the female connector 11 with respect to the male connector 23 in the vertical direction, the guide piece portion 35 is inclined with respect to the top plate of the cover portion 33 with respect to the fixing member 5 of the connector holding member 3. An inclination of an angle (maximum 20 °) obtained by adding a margin of tolerance (maximum 5 °) to an inclination angle (for example, maximum 15 °) is added.

  As shown in FIG. 6A, when the insertion side end of the female connector 11 faces an insertion opening (not shown) of the male connector 23, as shown in FIG. The taper surfaces 57 a and 57 a abut against both side surfaces of the fixing portion 23 a of the male connector 23. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7, the fixing member 5 is lowered so as to be close to the housing 21 of the actuator 20, and the direction of the female connector 11 inclined with respect to the male connector 23 is matched with the insertion direction into the male connector 23. . 6B, similarly to FIG. 2B, in consideration of the visibility of the female connector 11, the holding portion 31 is notched at the middle portion in the vertical direction, and the cover portion 33 and the guide piece portion 35 are removed. The illustration is omitted.

  Subsequently, the fixing member 5 is moved along the surface of the housing 21 to the male connector 23 side while maintaining the engagement of the engaging piece portion 39a with the engaged piece 56, and the female connector 11 is moved to the male connector 23. insert. As shown in FIG. 8, after the female connector 11 is inserted into the male connector 23, the fixing member 5 is moved slightly upward with respect to the connector holding member 3 so as to be separated from the surface of the housing 21.

  In this state, the fixing member 5 is moved along the surface of the housing 21 so as to approach the connector holding member 3, and the retaining portion 39 is moved in the extending direction of the support portion 37 in the space 53. The combined piece 56 is ridden on the engaging piece portion 39a. Therefore, when the engagement piece portion 39a is further moved while the engagement piece 56 is displaced, the engagement of the engagement piece portion 39a with the engagement piece 56 is released. Then, the retaining portion 39 is positioned from the one opening 54 side shown in FIG. 4 to the other opening 55 side shown in FIG. As a result, as shown in FIG. 9, the fixing member 5 moves to the attachment position with respect to the housing 21. Therefore, the fixing member 5 is fixed to the housing 21 by any fixing means.

  In the state shown in FIG. 7, the retaining portion 39 is moved to the other opening 55 side shown in FIG. 1 in the space 53, and the engagement of the engagement piece portion 39a with the engaged piece 56 is released first. Then, the fixing member 5 may be moved together with the connector holding member 3 to the male connector 23 side. In that case, the female connector 11 is inserted into the male connector 23 and simultaneously the movement of the fixing member 5 to the attachment position with respect to the housing 21 is performed.

  Here, a dimensional error occurs in the holding position of the female connector 11 with respect to the connector holding member 3 and the mounting position of the fixing member 5 with respect to the housing 21. Therefore, in the present embodiment, a dimension greater than the dimension obtained by integrating the tolerance (maximum allowable error) of these dimensional errors in the insertion direction of the female connector 11 with respect to the male connector 23 is the extending direction of the support portion 37 of the connector holding member 3. To have.

  For this reason, the female connector 11 can be reliably inserted into the male connector 23 regardless of the size error within the tolerances described above. Further, the positional relationship between the female connector 11 and the fixing member is such that the female connector 11 can be inserted into the male connector 23 and the fixing member 5 can be attached to the housing 21 at the same time, regardless of the size error within the tolerance. 5 can be secured.

  According to the guide device 1 of the present embodiment configured as described above, the connector holding member 3 is moved downward with respect to the fixing member 5 by the engagement of the engagement piece portion 39a of the retaining portion 39 and the engagement piece 56. The guide device 1 is held in the inclined posture of FIG. For this reason, the insertion side end of the female connector 11 is not shown in the figure of the male connector 23 while maintaining the posture in which the proximal end side of the female connector 11 and the fixing member 5 are separated from the housing 21 and can easily avoid interference with the housing 21. Close to the insertion opening.

  Further, when the insertion side end of the female connector 11 faces the insertion opening of the male connector 23, the engagement between the engagement piece portion 39a and the engagement piece 56 is released, so that the female connector 11 becomes the male connector 23. The posture of the connector holding member 3 can be easily changed to a posture where it can be inserted. For this reason, when the female connector 11 of the signal line 10 is inserted into the male connector 23 of the actuator 20 and the fixing member 5 supporting the connector holding member 3 holding the female connector 11 is fixed to the housing 21, the female connector 11 can be easily guided in a direction in which it can be inserted into the male connector 23 of the housing 21.

  Further, according to the guide device 1 of the present embodiment, since the guide piece portion 35 is provided on the connector holding member 3, the guide piece portion 35 of the inclined connector holding member 3 is engaged on the insertion side end of the male connector 23. By stopping, the insertion side end of the female connector 11 held by the holding portion 31 of the connector holding member 3 can easily face the insertion opening (not shown) of the male connector 23.

  However, the angle of the guide piece part 35 with respect to the top plate of the cover part 33 is not limited to the angle described in the present embodiment, but is arbitrary. The guide piece 35 is not essential and can be omitted. Furthermore, the dimension is equal to or larger than the dimension obtained by integrating the tolerances of dimensional errors in the holding position of the female connector 11 with respect to the connector holding member 3 and the mounting position of the fixing member 5 with respect to the housing 21 in the insertion direction of the female connector 11 with respect to the male connector 23 Whether or not to give the dimension in the extending direction of the support portion 37 of the connector holding member 3 is arbitrary.

  Moreover, the female connector 11 and the holding part 31 of the connector holding member 3 may be separate from each other, and the female connector 11 and the holding part 31 may be integrally formed.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is extremely useful when applied to a connector guide device that guides a fitting-side connector that is fitted to a mating connector into a posture that can be inserted into the mating connector.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Guide apparatus 3 Connector holding member 5 Fixing member 10 Signal line 11 Female connector (insertion side connector)
20 Actuator (parts)
21 Housing 23 Male connector (mating connector)
23a Fixing part 31 Holding part 33 Cover part 35 Guide piece part (positioning piece)
37 Support part 39 Retaining part (tip of support part)
39a Engagement piece (engagement piece)
51 Lower case 52 Upper case 53 Space 54, 55 Opening 56 Engagement piece 57 Guide piece 57a Tapered surface

Claims (3)

The mating connector provided on the surface of the housing of the component is attached to the inserting connector inserted from the direction along the housing, and the mating connector of the inserting connector is attached to the inserting connector. A connector holding member in which a support portion having an engagement piece at the tip is extended at a portion located on the side opposite to the insertion side with respect to the connector;
In the engaged state in which the engagement piece is engaged with the engagement piece, and the engagement piece is engaged with the engagement piece. The connector holding member is supported so as not to move in the extending direction in an inclined posture moved in an offset direction intersecting with the extending direction of the support portion, and the engagement of the engaging piece with the engaged piece is released. In the disengaged state, the connector holding member can be moved in the extending direction in a posture other than the inclined posture in which the insertion-side connector is inserted into the mating connector. A supporting member to support;
A connector guide device comprising:   The fixing member is moved in the extending direction of the connector holding member in the disengaged state, and a maximum allowable range of attachment dimension error of the insertion-side connector with respect to the connector holding member and the housing with respect to the housing The distance between the fixing member and the connector holding member in the extending direction is changed within a range of a dimension that is equal to or larger than an integrated tolerance value obtained by integrating the maximum allowable dimension error of the fixing member. The connector guide device according to claim 1.   The insertion side connector attached to the connector holding member is attached to the connector holding member that is extended to a portion located on the insertion side of the connector holding member in a state of being attached to the insertion side connector. The connector guide device according to claim 1, further comprising a positioning piece that positions the insertion opening of the mating connector in the offset direction.

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