JP2017027699A - Connector device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a connector device configured so that a wiring plate-like member is inserted into a housing, which can effectively suppress a portion, arranged outside the housing, of the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing from being nudged.SOLUTION: A housing 15 is provided with: a guiding portion 26 which protrudes from a plate-like member insertion portion 16 to the outside of the housing 15, and provides guidance to a flexible-print wiring substrate 13 to be inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion 16; and a pair of plate-like member locking portions 27 that protrude respectively from two positions sandwiching the plate-like member insertion portion 16 to the outside of the housing 15, and have groove portions 27a, which are engaged with one of a pair of side edge parts in the flexible-print wiring substrate 13, formed respectively therein, where a part, arranged outside the housing 15, of the flexible-print wiring substrate 13 inserted into the housing 15, is locked by the groove portions 27a.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

  The invention described in the claims of the present application is provided on a wiring plate-like member on which a wiring plate-like member such as a flexible printed wiring board (FPC) or a flexible flat cable (FFC) is mounted. The present invention relates to a connector device including a contact that is contact-connected to a connection terminal provided on a mounted wiring board member so that the connected terminal is electrically connected to another wiring board.

  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 the connection terminal portion provided on the wiring board member, and the contact The connection terminal portion provided on the wiring plate-like member is electrically connected to the terminal in the wiring portion 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 printed wiring board, to a main wiring board is provided with an insertion portion into which the wiring plate-like member is inserted. A housing formed of an insulating material is disposed on the main wiring board, and is arranged in the housing and connected to wiring terminals provided on the main wiring board, and the wiring plate-like member is connected to the housing through the insertion portion. When inserted, it is provided with a plurality of contacts which are respectively contact-connected to a plurality of connection terminal portions provided on the wiring plate member. In addition, in the connector device used for attaching the wiring plate-like member conventionally proposed to the main wiring board, in addition to the housing and the plurality of contacts as described above, a shielding effect against external electromagnetic noise is provided. In order to obtain, a conductive shell arranged to cover the housing partially or entirely and connected to a ground terminal provided on the main wiring board, and further provided to be rotatable with respect to the housing. The contact portions of the plurality of contacts are displaced when engaged with each of the contacts of the plurality of contacts, and thereby the plurality of contacts are respectively connected to the plurality of connection terminal portions provided on the wiring board member. Some actuators include a contact-connected state or a state in which they are released from contact connection with a plurality of connection terminal portions.

  In such a conventionally proposed connector device, for example, a wiring plate-like member to be a flexible printed wiring board 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 connection terminal portions in the wiring plate member inserted in the housing, respectively, the wiring plate member is placed in an electrical connection state with the main wiring board. Insertion of the wiring plate member into the housing through the insertion portion provided in the housing must be performed so that the wiring plate member is disposed at an appropriate position in the housing with an appropriate posture. 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 connection terminal portions of the wiring board-like member inserted in the housing, it is inserted into the housing. The wiring plate-like member inserted through the part is required to take an attitude and a position for arranging the plurality of connection terminal parts at positions corresponding to the plurality of contacts in the housing.

  Therefore, a connector device having a housing provided with an insertion portion into which a wiring plate-like member is inserted as described above, and having a plurality of contacts arranged in the housing, which is inserted into the housing through the insertion portion. In the housing, there is provided a movement guide means for the wiring board member to be inserted into the housing through the insertion portion of the wiring board member so that the wiring board member has an appropriate posture in the housing. Conventionally proposed is an attempt to be arranged at an appropriate position (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  The connector device disclosed in Patent Document 1 includes a housing (connector body (10)) made of a synthetic resin molded product in which a plurality of contacts (terminals (30)) are arranged and arranged. A guide groove (10b) extends from the insertion portion toward the rear in the housing on the inner surface of each of the insertion portion (insertion port (10a)) and the pair of side wall portions facing each other across the internal space connected thereto. It is formed as. The guide groove (10b) constitutes a movement guide means for the wiring board member (flexible circuit (1)) inserted into the housing through the insertion portion.

  Under such circumstances, when the wiring plate member is inserted into the housing through the insertion portion, both ends of the wiring plate member in the width direction, that is, the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts are formed on the pair of side wall portions of the housing, respectively. The guide groove (10b) is engaged with the guide groove (10b) and guided by the guide groove (10b). The wiring plate-like member inserted into the insertion portion is guided by the pair of guide grooves (10b) at both ends in the width direction, and the leading end in the insertion direction is at the rear end of the guide groove (10b). The contact portions (32a) of a plurality of contacts are pressed into contact with a plurality of connection terminal portions (signal conductors) provided in a portion of the wiring plate-like member arranged in the housing until they contact each other. To do.

  In this way, the wiring board member is inserted into the housing through the insertion portion while both ends in the width direction are guided by the pair of guide grooves (10b) formed in the housing, whereby the wiring board is obtained. When inserting the wiring member into the housing through the insertion portion, it can be expected that the wiring board member is disposed at an appropriate position in the housing with an appropriate posture.

JP 2014-22214 A

  A connector device used for mounting a wiring plate-like member such as a flexible printed wiring board to a main wiring board as described above, comprising movement guide means for the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing through the insertion portion. In the connector device that has been proposed as a conventional device, when the insertion of the wiring plate-like member into the housing through the insertion portion is completed, the entire wiring plate-like member is not disposed inside the housing. In this state, a part or most of the wiring plate member is disposed outside the housing. That is, a part or most of the wiring plate-like member that has been inserted into the housing through the insertion portion is projected outside the housing from the insertion portion and is disposed outside the housing.

  Then, when the wiring board member is inserted into the housing and used for actual use, the connector device is a portion of the wiring board member that has been inserted into the housing through the insertion portion and arranged outside the housing ( Hereinafter, the housing protruding portion) is often placed in a state where an external force is applied to cause a deformation movement (hereinafter referred to as turning) that displaces the housing in the thickness direction. Then, when an external force is applied to cause the outer protruding portion of the wiring plate member that has been inserted into the housing through the inserting portion to bend, the outer protruding portion of the housing uses the inserting portion of the housing as a fulcrum. Will cause a cry.

  In this way, when the protruding portion outside the housing in the wiring board-like member that has been inserted into the housing through the insertion portion causes a bend using the insertion portion in the housing as a fulcrum, the influence of the displacement is caused by the insertion portion through the insertion portion. Appropriate pressing contact of a plurality of contacts with a plurality of connection terminal portions provided on a portion of the wiring board-shaped member that has been inserted into the housing and disposed in the housing. There is a risk that it will not be performed. That is, if the protruding portion outside the housing of the wiring plate-like member that has been inserted into the housing through the insertion portion is caused to bend using the insertion portion of the housing as a fulcrum, the electrical connection between the wiring plate-like member and the connector device is caused. As a result, the connection of the wiring plate member to the main wiring board on which the connector device is arranged is hindered.

  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 connector device comprising a housing provided with a member insertion portion and a plurality of contacts arranged and arranged in the housing, wherein the wiring plate-like member is inserted into the housing through the plate-like member insertion portion, and the plurality of contacts Is connected to and connected to a plurality of connection terminal portions in the wiring plate member, and is inserted into the housing through the plate member insertion portion when the wiring board member is inserted into the housing. Provided is a device capable of effectively suppressing the wobbling using a plate-like member insertion portion in a housing as a fulcrum.

  A connector device according to the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 5 in the claims of the present application (hereinafter referred to as the present invention) is provided with a plate-like member insertion portion and is a component of a wiring board. When the wiring plate-like member is inserted into the housing through the plate-like member insertion portion, the housing arranged on the mounting surface and connected to the wiring terminals arranged and arranged in the housing and provided on the wiring board, And a plurality of contacts that are contact-connected to a plurality of connection terminal portions arranged and arranged on the wiring plate-like member, and the housing passes through the plate-like member insertion portion of the wiring plate-like member from the plate-like member insertion portion. Projecting in a direction opposite to the direction of insertion into the plate member and facing one of a pair of surfaces facing each other in the thickness direction of the wiring plate member inserted into the plate member insertion portion. The guide portion for guiding the wiring plate member inserted into the plate member insertion portion, and the insertion direction of the wiring plate member from the two positions sandwiching the plate member insertion portion in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts are Grooves each projecting in the opposite direction and each engaging with one of a pair of side edges in the arrangement direction of the plurality of connection terminal portions of the wiring plate-like member are formed by the groove portions. A pair of plate-like member locking portions that lock portions of the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing that are arranged outside the housing are provided.

  In the connector device according to the present invention as described above, in the housing, from the plate-like member insertion portion provided on the housing, outward of the housing, in a direction opposite to the insertion direction of the wiring plate-like member into the housing. A pair of projecting guide portions and a pair projecting in the direction opposite to the insertion direction of the wiring plate-like member into the housing from two locations sandwiching the plate-like member insertion portion in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts. A plate-like member locking portion is provided. The guide portion is in contact with one of the pair of surfaces facing each other in the thickness direction of the wiring plate-like member inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion, and guides the wiring plate-like member. Each of the plate-like member locking portions is formed with a groove portion that is to be engaged with one of a pair of side edge portions in the arrangement direction of the plurality of connection terminal portions of the wiring plate-like member, A portion of the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing that is disposed outside the housing is locked by the groove.

  Under such circumstances, when a wiring board member such as a flexible printed wiring board or a flexible flat cable is attached to the connector device according to the present invention, the wiring board member is provided in the housing. The guide member is inserted into a plate-like member insertion portion provided in the housing in a state of being guided by the guide portion, and then inserted into the housing through the plate-like member insertion portion. When the insertion of the wiring plate-like member into the housing is completed, the plurality of contacts arranged in the housing are contact-connected to the plurality of connection terminal portions arranged in the wiring plate-like member, and the wiring plate-like member And the connector device are electrically connected, whereby the wiring plate member and the wiring board on which the housing is disposed on the component mounting surface are electrically coupled, and a pair of plate members provided in the housing A pair of groove portions respectively formed in the locking portion engages with a pair of side edge portions in the arrangement direction of the plurality of connection terminal portions of the wiring plate-like member, whereby the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing A portion disposed outside the housing is locked.

  More specifically, the engagement of the groove formed in the plate-like member locking portion with the side edge of the wiring plate-like member forms, for example, the step at the side edge of the wiring plate-like member. This is done by engaging the guided portion.

  According to the connector device of the present invention, as described above, when the insertion of the wiring plate member into the housing through the plate member insertion portion is completed, the plate member insertion portion is arranged in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts in the housing. A pair of groove portions respectively formed in a pair of plate-like member engaging portions protruding from the two sandwiched portions to the outside of the housing are a pair of side edge portions in the arrangement direction of the plurality of connection terminal portions of the wiring plate-like member. The portion of the wiring plate member inserted into the housing is thereby locked, so that the portion of the wiring plate member inserted into the housing is locked. In other words, it is possible to effectively suppress the bending of the wiring plate-like member with the plate-like member insertion portion in the housing about the protruding portion outside the housing as a fulcrum. As a result, the influence of the displacement caused by the wrinkle about the protruding portion outside the housing in the wiring plate member with the plate-like member insertion portion in the housing as a fulcrum is arranged in the housing in the wiring plate-like member that has been inserted into the housing As a result, the electrical connection between the wiring plate-like member and the connector device is not properly performed, and the mounting of the wiring plate-like member to the wiring board on which the connector device is arranged is hindered. The situation can be avoided.

  In addition, the engagement of the groove formed in the plate-like member locking portion with the side edge of the wiring plate-like member is such that the groove forms a step at the side edge of the wiring plate-like member. When it is performed by engaging the portion, the locking of the protruding portion outside the housing in the wiring plate-shaped member by the groove formed in the plate-shaped member locking portion can be performed more reliably.

It is a perspective view which shows an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention with the wiring board to which it was fixed, and the flexible printed wiring board with which it is 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 is mounted | worn. It is sectional drawing which shows the III-III line cross section in FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the state by which the flexible printed wiring board was inserted in the plate-shaped member insertion part in an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a fragmentary perspective view which expands and shows the inside of the dashed-dotted line frame A in FIG. 4 in the state which abbreviate | omitted the wiring board. It is a perspective view which shows the state which insertion of the flexible printed wiring board in the housing in an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention was completed. It is a partially broken top view which shows the state which insertion of the flexible printed wiring board in the housing in an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention was completed. FIG. 8 is a partial plan view showing an enlargement of a dashed-dotted line frame B in FIG. 7. It is sectional drawing which shows the IX-IX line cross section in FIG.

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

  FIG. 1 (perspective view) shows a connector device 10 which is an example of a connector device according to the present invention, together with a wiring substrate 12 to which the connector device 10 is fixed and a flexible printed wiring substrate 13 which is a wiring plate member attached thereto, FIG. 2 (plan view) shows the connector device 10 together with the flexible printed wiring board 13 attached thereto, and FIG. 3 (cross-sectional view) shows a cross section taken along line III-III in FIG.

  1 to 3, the connector device 10 includes a housing 15 formed of an insulating material such as synthetic resin. The housing 15 is disposed so as to be fixed to the component mounting surface 12 a of the wiring board 12, whereby the entire connector device 10 is fixed to the wiring board 12. At that time, one of a pair of opposing end surface portions sandwiched between the front side portion and the back side portion facing the housing 15 is an end surface portion that contacts the wiring board 12 and the other end surface portion is released. Is done. In the following, one end surface portion of the housing 15 that contacts the component mounting surface 12a of the wiring board 12 is referred to as a lower end surface portion, and the other end surface portion of the housing 15 facing the upper end surface portion is referred to as an upper end surface portion. The upper end surface side is referred to as the lower side and the upper side, respectively, the direction from the lower end surface portion toward the upper end surface portion is referred to as the upward direction, and the direction toward the upper end surface portion or the lower end surface portion is referred to as the downward direction.

  The housing 15 is provided with a plate-like member insertion portion 16 on the front side portion thereof, and a plate-like member accommodation space 17 extends from the plate-like member insertion portion 16 to the inside of the housing 15. Then, the flexible printed wiring board 13 is inserted into the housing 15 as a wiring plate-like member through the plate-like member insertion portion 16, and a part thereof is accommodated in the plate-like member accommodation space 17. The flexible printed wiring board 13 inserted into the housing 15 through the plate-like member insertion portion 16 has a leading end portion 18 provided in the housing 15 and contacts the positioning portion 19 that divides the innermost portion of the plate-like member accommodation space 17. The contact is made and the insertion into the housing 15 is completed.

  In the flexible printed wiring board 13, a plurality of connection terminal portions each formed in, for example, a thin strip shape on the downward surface facing the component mounting surface 12a of the wiring board 12 in FIG. Ts (shown in FIG. 9 to be described later) are arranged and provided, and a ground connection portion Te is provided on the surface facing upward in FIG. Then, one end portion of the connection portion 13a in which the region where the plurality of connection terminal portions Ts are arranged and provided and the region where the ground connection portion Te is provided is opposed to each other is the flexible printed wiring board 13. A tip 18 is formed. In addition, a pair of guided portions 21 each forming a stepped portion 20 is formed on a pair of side edge portions facing each other across a plurality of connection terminal portions Ts arranged and arranged in the connection portion 13 a of the flexible printed wiring board 13. A pair of engaging portions 22 each of which forms a notch is formed.

  Each of the pair of engaging portions 22 is formed in a portion belonging to the connecting portion 13a at the side edge portion of the flexible printed wiring board 13, and each of the pair of guided portions 21 each forming a stepped portion 20 is formed. The flexible printed wiring board 13 is formed in a portion belonging to the main body portion 13b connected to the connection portion 13a in the side edge portion. In other words, a pair of engaging portions 22 are formed at a pair of side edges of the connection portion 13 a of the flexible printed wiring board 13, respectively, and a pair of side edges of the main body portion 13 b connected to the connection portion 13 a of the flexible printed wiring board 13. A pair of guided portions 21 is formed in each portion.

  In addition to the plate-like member insertion portion 16, the housing 15 has a plurality of contacts 25 each formed of an elastic conductive material along the longitudinal direction of the housing 15 (left and right direction when viewed from the front side portion side). Are arranged and arranged. The plurality of contacts 25 are provided so as to be contact-connected to the plurality of connection terminal portions Ts in the flexible printed wiring board 13 inserted into the housing 15. For example, the plurality of connection terminal portions Ts in the flexible printed wiring board 13 are provided. It is used as a signal contact that is contact-connected to the signal connection terminal portion formed by.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, each of the plurality of contacts 25 includes a connection terminal portion 25 a led out from the rear side portion of the housing 15, and a plate-like member accommodating space 17 inside the housing 15. And the contact terminal portion 25a is connected to a wiring terminal provided on the component mounting surface 12a of the wiring board 12 on which the housing 15 is disposed, and is also in contact with the pressing contact portion 25b. The portion 25b is in press contact with a corresponding one of the plurality of connection terminal portions Ts arranged in a part of the flexible printed wiring board 13 accommodated in the plate-like member accommodation space 17. Thereby, a plurality of connection terminal portions Ts in a part of the flexible printed wiring board 13 inserted into the housing 15 through the plate-like member insertion part 16 are connected to the wiring board 12 on which the housing 15 is arranged via the plurality of contacts 25. It is connected to a wiring terminal provided on the component mounting surface 12a. The plurality of contacts 25 are, for example, pressed and inserted into the housing 15 from the back side portion side of the housing 15.

  Further, the housing 15 has a direction opposite to the insertion direction from the lower part of the plate-like member insertion portion 16 provided on the front side portion thereof to the housing 15 through the plate-like member insertion portion 16 of the flexible printed wiring board 13. Projecting outward of the housing 15 and facing one of a pair of surfaces facing each other in the thickness direction of the flexible printed wiring board 13 inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion 16 with respect to the flexible printed wiring board 13. A guide unit 26 for providing guidance is provided. The guide portion 26 forms a shelf-like portion extending in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts 25 along the component mounting surface 12a of the wiring board 12 with the housing 15 being disposed on the component mounting surface 12a of the wiring substrate 12. Such a shelf-like portion has a guide surface portion inclined from the plate-like member insertion portion 16 toward the outside of the housing 15.

  Further, the housing 15 has a direction opposite to the insertion direction of the flexible printed wiring board 13 into the housing 15 from two locations sandwiching the plate-like member insertion portion 16 in the longitudinal direction of the housing 15 that is the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts 25. Grooves 27a projecting outward from the housing 15 in directions and engaging with one of a pair of side edges in the arrangement direction of the plurality of connection terminal portions Ts of the flexible printed wiring board 13 respectively. A pair of plate-like member locking portions 27 that are formed and lock the portions of the flexible printed wiring board 13 that are inserted into the housing 15 and disposed outside the housing 15 by the groove portions 27a are provided. In the connector device 10 as an example of the connector device according to the present invention, the engagement of the groove portion 27a formed in each of the pair of plate-like member locking portions 27 with the side edge portion of the flexible printed wiring board 13 is performed. Specifically, the groove portion 27a is engaged by engaging with a guided portion 21 that forms a step portion 20 at a side edge portion of the main body portion 13b of the flexible printed wiring board 13.

  In addition, the connector device 10 includes a plate-like member insertion portion 16, a guide portion 26, and a pair of plate-like member locking portions 27 provided in the housing 15 on the front side portion and other portions except for the surrounding portions. A conductive shell 28 is provided that partially covers the surface. The conductive shell 28 is formed by processing and molding a metal plate, and contributes to the characteristic impedance adjustment for the plurality of contacts 25. Furthermore, for the countermeasure against electromagnetic noise from the outside of the connector device 10, That is, the connector device 10 is provided for obtaining a shielding effect against electromagnetic wave noise from the outside.

  In the conductive shell 28, a part of a boundary portion between the front side portion of the housing 15 and the surrounding portion thereof and the back side portion of the upper end surface portion and connection terminal portions 25 a of the plurality of contacts 25 in the back side portion are led out to the outside. However, the surface of the upper portion of the housing 15 other than a part of the boundary with the rear side portion, the left end portion, and the right end portion is not covered. It covers almost the whole. The conductive shell 28 is provided with a plurality of ground connection terminal portions 28a. Each of the ground connection portions 28a is provided on the component mounting surface 12a of the wiring board 12 on which the housing 15 is disposed. For example, it is connected to the ground terminal by soldering.

  In this way, the conductive shell 28 substantially covers the entire surface of the housing 15 other than a part of the boundary portion with the rear side portion of the upper end surface portion, the left end portion, and the right end portion, The plurality of ground connection terminal portions 28a provided are connected to the ground terminals provided on the component mounting surface 12a of the wiring board 12 by soldering, for example, so that a plurality of ground connection terminal portions 28a are connected from the conductive shell 28. The distance to each of the contacts 25 becomes relatively small and becomes substantially equal, and the contribution of the conductive shell 28 to the characteristic impedance adjustment of the plurality of contacts 25 is increased. As a result, the conductive shell 28 can be used to fix the connector device 10 to the wiring board 12. It will be. The characteristic impedance adjustment of the plurality of contacts 25 is to match the characteristic impedance of the plurality of contacts 25 with the characteristic impedance of the plurality of connection terminal portions Ts in the flexible printed wiring board 13 to which the plurality of contacts 25 are contact-connected. Adjustment.

  The conductive shell 28 includes, for example, a flexible printed wiring board 13 that extends from a portion partially covering the lower end surface portion of the housing 15 into the housing 15 and is inserted into the housing 15 through the plate member insertion portion 16. A lock portion 29 (shown in FIG. 3) is formed to take a locked state. The lock portion 29 engages with an engagement portion 22 provided on the flexible printed wiring board 13 inserted into the housing 15 through the plate-like member insertion portion 16 to lock the flexible printed wiring board 13.

  In the housing 15, a lock release portion 30 is movably provided at a portion corresponding to the lock portion 29 formed in the conductive shell 28. The unlocking portion 30 can swing in the downward direction and the upward direction with respect to the housing 15, and is provided by a lock portion 29 for the flexible printed wiring board 13 inserted into the housing 15 through the plate-like member insertion portion 16. It is supposed to be operated to release the lock.

  FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of the inside of the one-dot chain line A in FIG. 4 and FIG. 4 with the wiring board 12 omitted, and the flexible printed wiring board 13 shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. The state inserted in the plate-shaped member insertion part 16 provided in the front side part is shown. In such a state, the leading end 18 formed by one end of the connection portion 13a of the flexible printed wiring board 13 is guided by a guide portion 26 that forms a shelf-like portion provided on the front side portion of the housing 15. As a result, the connection portion 13 a whose one end portion forms the tip end portion 18 is inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion 16.

  At this time, the surface of the flexible printed wiring board 13 on which the ground connection portion Te is provided is upward in FIG. 5, and the surface on which the plurality of connection terminal portions Ts are arranged is downward in FIG. In addition, a pair of guided portions 21 formed on a pair of side edge portions in the main body portion 13 b are formed on a pair of plate-like member locking portions 27 provided on the front side portion of the housing 15. The positions corresponding to the pair of grooves 27a are taken. Under such circumstances, as shown in FIG. 5, a groove portion formed in the plate-like member locking portion 27 from the positioning portion 19 provided in the housing 15 and defining the innermost portion of the plate-like member accommodation space 17. The distance L1 to the outer end of 27a is selected to be larger than the distance L2 from the front end portion 18 of the flexible printed wiring board 13 to the stepped portion 20 formed by the guided portion 21.

  Thereafter, the flexible printed wiring board 13 is inserted into the housing 15 through the plate-like member insertion portion 16 until the tip end portion 18 abuts on the positioning portion 19 provided in the housing 15. When the distal end portion 18 comes into contact with the positioning portion 19 provided in the housing 15, the insertion of the flexible printed wiring board 13 into the housing 15 is completed, and FIG. 6 (perspective view) and FIG. The state shown in the plan view) is taken. At this time, the connection portion 13a in which the region in which the plurality of connection terminal portions Ts are arranged in the flexible printed wiring board 13 and the region in which the ground connection portion Te is provided is arranged to face each other. A main body portion 13b which is arranged in a plate-like member accommodation space 17 provided in the inside 15 and continues to the connection portion 13a of the flexible printed wiring board 13 protrudes outward from the plate-like member insertion portion 16 in the housing 15 Is disposed outside the housing 15. That is, the flexible printed wiring board 13 that has been inserted into the housing 15 through the plate-like member insertion portion 16 has the connection portion 13a disposed in the plate-like member accommodation space 17 provided in the housing 15, and the connection portion. The main body portion 13 b connected to 13 a protrudes outward from the plate-like member insertion portion 16 in the housing 15 and is arranged outside the housing 15.

  Under such circumstances, the distance L1 from the positioning portion 19 provided in the housing 15 to the outer end of the groove portion 27a formed in the plate-like member locking portion 27 is set from the front end portion 18 of the flexible printed wiring board 13 to the target. Since the distance L2 to the stepped portion 20 formed by the guide portion 21 is selected, the distal end portion 18 of the flexible printed wiring board 13 through the plate-like member insertion portion 16 comes into contact with the positioning portion 19 and is flexible. When the insertion of the printed wiring board 13 into the housing 15 is completed, the flexible printed wiring board 13 is inserted into the housing 15 from the housing 15 as shown in FIG. A groove portion 27a formed in each of the pair of plate-like member locking portions 27 that protrudes outward from the housing 15 in a direction opposite to the direction is formed by a flange. The main body portion 13b of the flexible printed wiring board 13 is locked by engaging with the guided portions 21 formed on each of the pair of side edges of the main body portion 13b connected to the connection portion 13a of the sibling printed wiring board 13. .

  As a result, the flexible printed wiring board 13 that has been inserted into the housing 15 through the plate-like member insertion portion 16 is a portion that protrudes outward from the plate-like member insertion portion 16 and is arranged outside the housing 15. The portion 13 b is locked by a pair of groove portions 27 a respectively formed in a pair of plate-like member locking portions 27 provided in the housing 15, and the housing 15 for the main body portion 13 b of the flexible printed wiring board 13. In this way, the twisting with the plate-like member insertion portion 16 as a fulcrum is effectively suppressed.

  In this way, when the insertion into the housing 15 through the plate-like member insertion portion 16 of the flexible printed wiring board 13 is completed, as shown in FIG. 9 showing a cross section taken along line IX-IX in FIG. In the housing 15, a plurality of contacts 25 arranged in an array are connected to a connection portion 13 a of a flexible printed wiring board 13 whose pressing contact portions 25 b are arranged in the plate-like member housing space 17. A corresponding one of the terminal portions Ts is pressed and brought into contact with the connection terminal portion Ts. As a result, the plurality of connection terminal portions Ts in the flexible printed wiring board 13 are coupled to the wiring terminals provided on the component mounting surface 12 a of the wiring board 12 on which the housing 15 is disposed, via the plurality of contacts 25.

  Along with that, a contact piece 28b provided on the conductive shell 28 disposed so as to partially cover the surface of the housing 15 and extending into the plate-like member accommodating space 17 includes a plate-like member. Press contact is made with the ground connection portion Te disposed on the connection portion 13 a of the flexible printed wiring board 13 disposed in the accommodation space 17. As a result, the ground connection portion Te in the flexible printed wiring board 13 is connected to the ground terminal provided on the component mounting surface 12a of the wiring board 12 on which the housing 15 is disposed, via the conductive shell 28.

  Furthermore, in such a case, the lock portions 29 formed on the conductive shell 28 are formed on the pair of side edge portions in the connection portion 13 a of the flexible printed wiring board 13 disposed in the plate-like member housing space 17. The flexible printed wiring board 13 is locked by engaging with each of the pair of engaging portions 22. Thereby, the situation where the flexible printed wiring board 13 is undesirably removed from the housing 15 is avoided.

  After that, when the flexible printed wiring board 13 is removed from the housing 15, the unlocking portion 30 movably provided at a portion corresponding to the locking portion 29 in the housing 15 is used as a releasing operation for the locking portion 29. An operation to be pushed into the housing 15 is added. As a result, the unlocking portion 30 pushed into the housing 15 abuts and engages with the locking portion 29 to press and displace the locking portion 29, and the locking portion 29 is engaged with the engaging portion 22 in the flexible printed circuit board 13. Release the engagement. As a result, the flexible printed wiring board 13 is released from the locked state by the lock portion 29 and placed in a state where it can be properly removed from the housing 15. When the unlocking operation on the lock unit 29 is no longer applied, the unlocking unit 30 returns to the original state by its own restoring force.

  When the connector device 10 as described above is used by being fixed to the wiring board 12 and the flexible printed wiring board 13 constituting the wiring plate member is attached thereto, the flexible printed wiring board 13 is attached to the connector device 10. The plurality of connection terminal portions Ts of the flexible printed wiring board 13 inserted into the housing 15 are arranged via the plurality of contacts 25 only by being inserted into the housing 15 through the plate-like member insertion portion 16. The ground connection portion Te in the flexible printed wiring board 13 is connected to the ground terminal in the wiring board 12 on which the housing 15 is arranged, via the conductive shell 28, and is connected to the wiring terminal in the wiring board 12. The flexible printed wiring board 13 inserted into the housing 15 is locked. There can be obtained a state is locked properly engaged by the part 29.

  Further, according to the connector device 10, when the insertion of the flexible printed wiring board 13 into the housing 15 through the plate-like member insertion portion 16 is completed, the plate-like member insertion portion 16 is moved in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts 25 in the housing 15. A pair of groove portions 27a respectively formed in the pair of plate-like member locking portions 27 protruding outward from the housing 15 from the sandwiching positions are a pair in the arrangement direction of the plurality of connection terminal portions Ts of the flexible printed wiring board 13. Accordingly, the main body portion 13b, which is a protruding portion outside the housing, disposed on the flexible printed wiring board 13 inserted into the housing 15 is locked. The main body portion 1 which is a protruding portion outside the housing in the flexible printed wiring board 13 inserted into the housing For b, it is possible to effectively suppress the hype that the fulcrum plate member insertion portion 16 in the housing 15. As a result, the influence of the displacement due to the wrinkles around the plate-like member insertion portion 16 in the housing 15 on the protruding portion outside the housing in the flexible printed wiring board 13 is the housing in the flexible printed wiring board 13 that has been inserted into the housing 15. The connection portion 13a which is a portion disposed in the connection portion 13a, and the electrical connection between the plurality of connection terminal portions Ts in the connection portion 13a of the flexible printed wiring board 13 and the plurality of contacts 25 arranged in the housing 15 is appropriate. Therefore, it is possible to avoid a situation in which the flexible printed wiring board 13 is hindered from being attached to the wiring board 12 on which the connector device 10 is arranged.

  Further, the engagement of the groove 27 a formed on the plate-like member locking portion 27 with the side edge of the flexible printed wiring board 13 is such that the groove 27 a is stepped at the side edge of the main body portion 13 b of the flexible printed wiring board 13. 20 is formed by engaging with the guided portion 21 that forms the body 20, so that the body portion which is a protruding portion outside the housing in the flexible printed wiring board 13 by the groove portion 27a formed in the plate-like member locking portion 27 The locking about 13b can be performed more reliably.

  The connector device according to the present invention as described above is provided with a plate-like member insertion portion that is used to attach a wiring plate-like member such as a flexible printed wiring board or a flexible flat cable to another wiring board. A connector device including a housing and a plurality of contacts arranged and arranged in the housing, wherein the wiring plate member is inserted into the housing through the plate member insertion portion, and the plurality of contacts are a plurality of contacts in the wiring plate member. The plate-like member insertion portion in the housing with respect to the protruding portion outside the housing in the wiring plate-like member that has been inserted into the housing through the plate-like member insertion portion when being contact-connected to each of the connection terminal portions for practical use That can be effectively applied to various electronic devices, etc. A.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Connector apparatus, 12 ... Wiring board, 12a ... Component mounting surface, 13 ... Flexible printed wiring board, 15 ... Housing, 16 ... Plate-shaped member insertion part, 17 ...・ Plate-shaped member accommodating space, 18... Tip portion (of flexible printed wiring board 13), 19... Positioning portion, 20... Stepped portion, 21. 25, contact, 25a, contact terminal portion, 25b, pressing contact portion, 26, guide portion, 27, plate-like member locking portion, 27a, groove portion, 28. ..Conductive shell, 28a ... ground connection terminal, 28b ... contact piece, 29 ... lock, 30 ... unlock, Ts ... connection terminal, Te ... Ground connection

Claims (5)

A housing provided with a plate-like member insertion portion and disposed on the component mounting surface of the wiring board;
When the wiring plate-like member is inserted into the housing through the plate-like member insertion portion and arranged in the housing and connected to the wiring terminals provided on the wiring board, A plurality of contacts that are contact-connected to a plurality of connection terminal portions arranged and arranged on the inserted wiring board member;
Comprising
The wiring board that protrudes in a direction opposite to the insertion direction of the wiring plate member from the plate member insertion portion into the housing through the plate member insertion, and is inserted into the plate member insertion portion. A guide part for guiding the wiring plate member in contact with one of a pair of surfaces facing each other in the thickness direction of the wiring plate member, and the plate shape in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts. Projecting in two directions opposite to the insertion direction from two positions sandwiching the member insertion portion, each of which is associated with one of the pair of side edge portions in the arrangement direction of the plurality of connection terminal portions of the wiring board member. A pair of plate-like member locking portions for forming a groove portion to be joined, and for locking a portion of the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing by the groove portion arranged outside the housing; Connector apparatus characterized by provided.   The guide portion forms a shelf-like portion extending in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts along the component mounting surface when the housing is disposed on the component mounting surface of the wiring board. The connector device according to 1.   2. The groove portion formed in the plate-like member engaging portion engages with a guided portion that forms a step portion in the side edge portion of the wiring plate-like member. The connector device as described.   The distance from the positioning portion that contacts the tip of the wiring plate member inserted in the housing to the outer end of the groove formed in the plate member locking portion is the wiring. 4. The connector device according to claim 3, wherein the connector device is selected to be larger than a distance from a front end portion of the plate-like member to a step portion formed by the guided portion.   Arranged so as to partially cover the surface of the other part excluding the part where the plate-like member insertion part and the first and second guide parts are provided in the housing and the surrounding part. The connector device according to claim 1, further comprising a conductive shell connected to the grounded terminal.

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