JP2018022601A - Connector device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a connector device in which a plate-like member accommodating part is provided in a housing and which is formed by arranging a plurality of contacts, the connector device being able to avoid inconvenience such as distortion of a contact even when undesired external force acts on a wiring plate-like member inserted into the plate-like member accommodating part.SOLUTION: A protective member (30) is disposed between adjacent two of a plurality of contacts while having a pair of projecting pieces (32, 33) sandwiching a flexible printed wire board inserted, through an opening portion (15a), into a plate-like member accommodating part (15) between first and second flat plate-like parts (13; 14) opposite each other in a housing (12). The projecting piece (33) of the protective member (30) is disposed near the second flat plate-like part (14) of the housing (12). The free-end face portion (33a) of the projecting piece (33) projects toward the outer side of the opening portion (15a) from the end part of the contact part (23c) side of the contact with the flexible printed wire board.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

  In the invention described in the claims of the present application, a contact terminal provided on a wiring plate-like member such as a flexible printed wiring board (FPC) or a flat cable (FFC) is a solid printed wiring board or the like. In order to be in a state of being electrically connected to the wiring board, a housing provided with a plate-like member receiving portion for partially containing the wiring plate-like member, and a board arranged and arranged in the housing and connected to the wiring board It is related with the connector apparatus provided with the some contact which press-contacts to the contact terminal part in the wiring-plate-shaped member inserted in the shaped member accommodating part.

  Wiring plate members such as flexible printed wiring boards and flat cables mounted on various electronic devices are electrically connected to the wiring board where various electrical components are mounted. In many cases, this is performed by using a connector device that has been fixed and fixed. A connector device used for attaching such a wiring board member to a wiring board is connected to a contact terminal portion provided on the wiring board member while being connected to a wiring part provided on the wiring board. The contact terminal portion of the wiring plate-like member is electrically connected to the wiring portion of the wiring board through the contact.

  In a connector device used for attaching a wiring plate-like member, such as a flexible printed wiring board, to the wiring substrate, which has been conventionally proposed, for example, a plate-like member housing that partially accommodates the wiring plate-like member A housing formed of an insulating material that is disposed on the wiring board and connected to the wiring section that is arranged in the housing and provided on the wiring board, and is inserted into the plate-shaped member housing portion A plurality of contacts corresponding to the plurality of contact terminal portions provided on the wiring board-like member, and the housing is provided so as to be rotatable with respect to the housing. Actuators are provided that displace respective portions of the plurality of contacts when being moved, thereby pressing the plurality of contacts to the plurality of contact terminal portions, respectively.

  In such a connector device, the actuator has an elongated shape that extends along the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts, and is provided with a cam portion and an operation portion, and is engaged with each of the plurality of contacts in the cam portion. Then, when the operation portion is operated, it is rotated with respect to the housing. Each of the plurality of contacts is formed of a conductive elastic material, and is connected to the first beam portion by a first beam portion and a connecting portion attached to the housing, for example, and can be elastically displaced. And an overall H-shape. The first beam portion is provided with a connection portion that is electrically connected to a wiring portion such as a printed wiring portion in the wiring board on which the housing is disposed, and the second beam portion has a plate shape. The contact portion that presses and contacts the contact terminal portion of the wiring plate member inserted into the member housing portion is provided, and is elastically displaced by the cam portion of the actuator.

  When the wiring plate-like member is inserted into the plate-like member housing portion of the housing arranged on the wiring board, the actuator is rotated in a predetermined direction, so that the actuator is connected to the second contact in each of the plurality of contacts. The beam portion is elastically displaced, and the contact portion of the second beam portion is brought into a pressing contact state with respect to a corresponding one of the plurality of contact terminal portions provided on the wiring plate member. Further, the actuator is in the state in which the contact portion of the second beam portion in each of the plurality of contacts is in press contact with the corresponding one of the plurality of contact terminal portions provided on the wiring plate member. When the actuator is rotated in a direction opposite to the predetermined direction, the actuator causes the contact portion of the second beam portion in each of the plurality of contacts to be out of the plurality of contact terminal portions provided on the wiring plate-like member. Release from the pressed contact state with the corresponding one.

  In such a conventionally proposed connector device, the projection dimension (thickness dimension) of the entire wiring board when the housing is arranged on the wiring board is reduced (so-called low profile). Insertion of the wiring plate member into the plate member housing portion in the housing is performed appropriately, and then the pressing contact of the contact portion of the contact portion in the second beam portion with respect to the plurality of contact terminal portions is provided. It is desired to obtain a state that is surely performed.

  Therefore, as described above, a housing provided with a plate-shaped member accommodating portion, a plurality of contacts each having first and second beam portions and a connecting portion for connecting them, and a housing A connector device including an actuator that is rotatable with respect to each other, wherein each of the plurality of contacts is brought into contact with the second beam portion due to elastic displacement of the second beam portion caused by the rotation of the actuator. In order to increase the amount of displacement of the portion, the wiring plate-like member is properly inserted into the plate-like member receiving portion in the housing, and the second beam portion thereafter is formed. In order to obtain a state in which the pressing contact with respect to the contact terminal portion provided on the wiring plate member of the contact portion is surely performed has been proposed ( In example, see Patent Document 1.).

  The connector device (connector (10)) described in Patent Document 1 includes a housing (31) provided with a plate-shaped member accommodating portion and mounted on a substrate, and a plurality of arrays arranged in the housing. Each of the contacts (first terminal (41) and second terminal (51)) is formed, for example, by stamping a metal plate to form the first beam portion (lower arm portion (43; 53)). ), A second beam portion (upper arm portion (44; 54)) and a connecting portion (45; 55) for connecting the first beam portion and the second beam portion to form an H-shape as a whole The first beam portion is attached to the housing, and the second beam portion is supported by the connecting portion and can be displaced. The connector device described in Patent Document 1 includes an actuator (11) that is rotatably attached to a housing and engages with a plurality of contacts, and each of the plurality of contacts has a first one. The two beam parts are elastically displaced by the rotation of the actuator, and the contact part (contact part (44a; 54a)) provided at the tip part is displaced to insert the board into the plate-like member housing part. Contact the member (flat cable (71)).

  Under such circumstances, each of the first beam portions of the plurality of contacts has a connection range portion (46) having a predetermined range including a connection point with the connection portion therein, and the connection portion is a portion around them. It is formed to be narrower than that. Here, “narrow” for the connection range means that the dimension (width) in the direction from the first beam portion to the second beam portion of the connection range is small, and the connection range portion is connected. “Narrow” for the part means that the dimension (width) in the direction along the direction in which each of the first beam part and the second beam part of the connecting part extends is small.

  As described above, the connection range portion and the connection portion in the first beam portion of each of the plurality of contacts are formed so as to be narrower than the surrounding portions, thereby the connection range portion and the connection portion. The part is made to be a part having lower rigidity than the surrounding part thereof, and therefore, when the second beam part is elastically displaced by the rotation of the actuator, the connection range part and the coupling part are elastically deformed. And the amount of displacement of the contact portion in the second beam portion accompanying the elastic displacement of the second beam portion caused by the rotation of the actuator is increased.

  As a result, the distance between the first beam portion and the second beam portion in each of the plurality of contacts arranged in the housing is relatively small, thereby reducing the height of the connector device. In addition, the insertion of the wiring plate-like member into the plate-like member accommodating portion in the housing is appropriately performed without being obstructed by the contact portion in the second beam portion, and the wiring plate shape of the contact portion in the second beam portion thereafter It is expected that a state where the pressing contact state with respect to the plurality of contact terminal portions provided on the member is reliably performed can be realized.

JP 2007-265851 A

  As described above, the connection range portion and the connection portion in each first beam portion of the plurality of contacts arranged in the housing are formed so as to be narrower than the surrounding portions. In the conventional connector device, when the wiring plate member is inserted into the plate member housing portion provided in the housing, the wiring plate member or the plate member that is in the process of being inserted into the plate member housing portion An attempt is made to displace the portion in the direction away from the substrate on which the housing is mounted on the portion of the wiring plate member inserted into the housing portion and partially accommodated in the plate-like member housing portion. When an external force is applied, there is a situation in which the portion of the wiring plate-like member arranged outside the housing warps or bends away from the board on which the housing is mounted. It is. And the part arranged outside the housing in such a warped or bent wiring plate-like member comes into contact with the tip part provided with the contact part in the second beam part of each of the plurality of contacts, A pressing force in a direction from the first beam portion toward the second beam portion is applied to the tip portion.

  In this way, the contact to which the pressing force in the direction from the first beam portion toward the second beam portion from the portion disposed outside the housing in the wiring plate-like member is applied to the distal end portion of the second beam portion is Undesirable deformation due to the pressing force will occur. At that time, in the contact, the connection range portion and the connection portion in the first beam portion are formed so as to be narrower than the surrounding portions, and the rigidity is lowered. As a result, undesired deformation due to the pressing force applied to the distal end portion of the second beam portion may cause plastic deformation beyond the elastic deformation range in the contact. And when a contact produces such an undesirable deformation | transformation, the state which the contact part provided in each 2nd beam part of a some contact will contact | abut to the wiring board-shaped member inserted in the plate-shaped member accommodating part. Inconveniently, it cannot be obtained properly.

  In view of such a point, the invention described in the claims of the present application is provided with a plate-shaped member housing portion that is used, for example, for mounting a wiring plate-shaped member such as a flexible printed circuit board to the wiring substrate. A housing that is fixed to the wiring board, arranged in the housing, provided on the wiring board and a contact portion that contacts the contact terminal portion of the wiring plate-like member inserted into the plate-like member housing portion. A connector device having a plurality of contacts each having a connection portion connected to the connection terminal portion, wherein the wiring plate-like member is properly inserted into the plate-like member housing portion. In addition, the pressing contact with the contact terminal portion provided on the wiring plate-like member of the contact portion of each of the plurality of contacts is reliably performed, and the plate-like member is accommodated in the housing. The wiring plate member that is in the process of being inserted into, or the portion of the wiring plate member that is inserted into the plate member housing portion and partially accommodated in the plate member housing portion is disposed outside the housing. Even when an external force is applied to displace the wiring board in a direction away from the wiring board on which the housing is arranged, the portion of the wiring plate-like member arranged outside the housing applies a pressing force to each of the plurality of contacts. There is provided a device capable of reliably avoiding a situation in which an undesired deformation caused by the contact is caused by the contact.

  The 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) includes first and second flat plate-like portions opposed to each other. A plate-shaped member accommodating portion is provided between the respective end surface portions of the first and second flat plate-shaped portions to form an opening portion of the plate-shaped member accommodating portion, and the first flat plate-shaped portion is mounted on the wiring board component. A housing that is arranged in contact with or close to the surface, and each is arranged on the second flat plate portion side between the first and second flat plate portions, and is plate-shaped through the opening. The wiring plate-like member inserted into the member housing portion has a contact portion that contacts the contact terminal portion and a connection portion that is connected to a connection terminal portion provided on a component mounting surface of the wiring board. Configured with a plurality of contacts arranged in an array And an array of a plurality of contacts among the plurality of contacts, having a pair of projecting pieces facing each other across the thickness direction of the wiring plate member inserted into the plate member accommodating portion through the opening portion A protective member disposed between two adjacent ones in the direction is provided, and one of the pair of projecting pieces of the protective member is disposed adjacent to the second flat plate-shaped portion of the housing, and the pair of projecting pieces One free end surface portion of each of the portions protrudes outward from the opening portion of the plate-shaped member accommodating portion from the end portion on the contact portion side of each of the plurality of contacts.

  When the connector device according to the present invention configured as described above is actually used, the housing has a state in which the first flat plate portion is in contact with or close to the component mounting surface of the wiring board. It is assumed that it is arranged on the wiring board. And in the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention, the protection member distribute | arranged between two adjacent in the sequence direction of the some contact of the some contacts arranged in the housing is provided. The protective member has a pair of projecting pieces opposed to each other across the thickness direction of the wiring plate member inserted into the plate-shaped member accommodating portion through the opening, and of the pair of projecting pieces Is disposed adjacent to the second flat plate-like portion of the housing, and one free end surface portion of the pair of projecting piece portions is a plate-like member accommodating portion from the end portion on the contact portion side of each of the plurality of contacts. It protrudes to the outer side of the opening portion.

  Further, the protective member has, for example, one free end surface portion of the pair of projecting piece portions on the outer side of the opening portion of the plate-shaped member accommodating portion from the end surface portion of the second flat plate-shaped portion of the housing. A connecting member that forms a portion that interconnects a protruding portion and a pair of protruding piece portions, and engages with a notch portion provided in a wiring plate-like member inserted into the plate-like member accommodating portion through the opening portion. The thickness dimension in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts is the same as the thickness dimension in the arrangement direction of each of the plurality of contacts.

  Further, for example, a plurality of protective members are arranged along the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts.

  In the connector device according to the present invention, as described above, the protective member disposed between two adjacent ones in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts arranged in the housing is arranged through the opening portion. A pair of projecting pieces opposed to each other across the thickness direction of the wiring plate member inserted into the member-containing member, and one of the pair of projecting pieces is a second of the housing Since it is arranged close to the flat plate-like portion, its free end surface portion protrudes outward from the opening portion of the plate-like member housing portion from the contact portion side end portion of each of the plurality of contacts. In the wiring plate-like member being inserted into the plate-like member accommodating portion provided in the housing, or the wiring plate-like member inserted into the plate-like member accommodating portion and partially accommodated in the plate-like member accommodating portion An external force acts to displace the part in a direction away from the board on which the housing is mounted, and the housing is mounted on the part of the wiring board member that is disposed outside the housing. Even if a situation in which warpage or bending in a direction away from the printed circuit board is caused is brought about, a portion of the wiring board member that has undergone such warping or bending is in contact with each of a plurality of contacts. A pair of protrusions in the protective member that abut on one free end surface portion of the pair of protruding pieces in the protective member that protrude outward from the opening of the plate-like member housing portion from the end on the portion side A pressing force is applied to one of the pieces, but it does not come into contact with the tip portion provided with the contact portion of each of the plurality of contacts. As a result, the portion of the wiring plate-like member that has warped or bent is disposed outside the housing and abuts against the tip portion provided with the contact portion of each of the plurality of contacts to exert a pressing force on the contact, A situation that causes undesired deformation does not occur.

  Therefore, according to the connector device according to the present invention, the wiring plate-like member is properly inserted into the plate-like member accommodating portion in the housing, and is provided on the wiring plate-like member at the contact portion in each of the plurality of contacts. In addition, a state where the contact with the contact terminal portion is reliably performed can be obtained, and the wiring plate-like member provided in the housing and being inserted into the plate-like member accommodating portion or the plate-like member accommodating portion is inserted. An external force acting to displace the portion in the direction away from the wiring board on which the housing is disposed acts on the portion of the wiring plate-shaped member partially accommodated in the plate-shaped member accommodating portion. Even in this case, the portion of the wiring plate-like member arranged outside the housing applies a pressing force to each of the plurality of contacts, so that the contact is adjusted to such a pressing force. Undesirably deformed due to this, and the state where the contact portions provided on each of the plurality of contacts abut on the wiring plate-like member inserted into the plate-like member accommodating portion cannot be obtained properly. It can be avoided 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 attached. It is a top view which shows an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a front view which shows an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is sectional drawing including the cross section of the 1st contact in an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is sectional drawing including the cross section of the 2nd contact in an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is sectional drawing including the cross section of the protection member in an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view with which it uses for description of the protection member with which an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention is equipped. It is a side view with which it uses for description of the protection member with which an example of the connector apparatus concerning this invention is equipped. It is a perspective view which shows an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention with the wiring board with which it was attached, 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 a top view which shows the state by which the flexible printed wiring board was mounted | worn by an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention, and the actuator shall take the 2nd stationary position. It is sectional drawing which shows the XII-XII line | wire cross section in FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the XIII-XIII line cross section in FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the XIV-XIV line cross section in FIG.

  The form for implementing this invention is demonstrated with the Example about this invention described below.

  FIG. 1 shows an example of a connector device according to the present invention together with a wiring board to which it is attached, and FIGS. 2 (plan view) and 3 (front view) show an example of a connector device according to the present invention.

  1 to 3, a connector device 10 that is an example of a connector device according to the present invention is formed of an insulating material such as a synthetic resin, and is formed on a wiring board 11 that is, for example, a solid printed wiring board in an electronic device or the like. A fixed housing 12 is provided. The housing 12 has first and second flat plate-like portions 13 and 14 that face each other. For example, flexible printed wiring is provided between the first flat plate-like portion 13 and the second flat plate-like portion 14. A plate-shaped member accommodating portion 15 (shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 to be described later) that partially accommodates a wiring plate-shaped member serving as a substrate is provided. The end surface portion 13 a of the first flat plate portion 13 and the end surface portion 14 a of the second flat plate portion 14 form an opening portion 15 a of the plate member accommodating portion 15. When the housing 12 is fixed to the wiring board 11, the first flat plate portion 13 in the housing 12 is disposed in contact with or close to the component mounting surface 11 a of the wiring board 11. When the housing 12 is fixed to the wiring board 11, the entire connector device 10 is attached to the wiring board 11.

  The housing 12 includes a plurality of first contacts 16 and a plurality of second contacts 17 each formed by stamping an elastic conductive plate material, most of which are along the longitudinal direction of the housing 12. They are arranged and arranged alternately. The arrangement direction of the plurality of first contacts 16 and the plurality of second contacts 17 (hereinafter referred to as contact arrangement direction) is the same as the longitudinal direction of the housing 12.

  Most of each of the plurality of first contacts 16 is housed inside the housing 12, but as shown in FIG. 2, one end is the first flat plate-like portion in the housing 12. A connecting portion 16a is formed by projecting to the outside from the rear side edge portion facing the front side edge portion formed by the end surface portion 13a of 13 and the end surface portion 14a of the second flat plate portion 14. Each of the plurality of second contacts 17 is mostly housed in the housing 12, but as shown in FIG. 2, one end is a front side edge of the housing 12. A connecting portion 17a is formed protruding from the portion to the outside.

  As shown in FIG. 4 showing a cross section of the connector device 10, the first contact 16 is a member having an “E” shape as a whole. In the first contact 16 having such an “E” shape, the beam portion 22 of the pair of beam portions 22 and 23 interconnected by the coupling portion 21 is the first flat plate in the housing 12. The beam portion 23 is supported by the connecting portion 21 and is disposed close to the second flat plate portion 14 side of the housing 12 so as to be movable with respect to the beam portion 22.

  In the beam portion 22, a connection portion 16 a is formed at one end thereof, and a portion in the vicinity of the connection portion 16 a is an actuator engagement portion 22 a that engages with an actuator described later. The state where the beam portion 22 is attached to the first flat plate portion 13 in the housing 12 is obtained by engaging the notch portion 13 b formed in the first flat plate portion 13 in the housing 12 with the portion 16 a. . On the other hand, in the beam portion 23, a portion of the beam portion 22 that faces the actuator engaging portion 22 a is an actuator engaging portion 23 a that engages with the actuator, and an end that is the other end portion of the beam portion 22. A contact portion 23c that comes into contact with the connection terminal portion of the wiring plate member is formed at the end portion 23b facing the portion 22b. An end portion 23b which is an end portion on the contact portion 23c side of the beam portion 23 forms a tip portion of the first contact 16, and is located inside the end surface portion 14a of the second flat plate portion 14 in the housing 12 (housing 12). A space formed between the beam portion 22 and the beam portion 23 forms a part of the plate-like member accommodating portion 15 provided in the housing 12.

  The second contact 17 is also a member having an “E” shape as a whole, as shown in FIG. In the second contact 17 having such an “E” shape, the beam portion 26 of the pair of beam portions 26 and 27 interconnected by the connecting portion 25 is the first flat plate in the housing 12. The beam portion 27 is supported by the connecting portion 25 and is arranged close to the second flat plate portion 14 side of the housing 12 so as to be movable with respect to the beam portion 26.

  In the beam portion 26, a connection portion 17 a is formed at one end thereof, and the other end portion is an actuator engagement portion 26 a that engages with the actuator, and the connection portion 17 a is connected to the housing 12. By engaging with the notch portion 13 c formed in the first flat plate portion 13, a state where the beam portion 26 is attached to the first flat plate portion 13 in the housing 12 is obtained. On the other hand, in the beam portion 27, one end portion of the beam portion 26 facing the actuator engaging portion 26a is an actuator engaging portion 27a with which the actuator is engaged, and from the connecting portion 17a in the beam portion 26. A contact portion 27c that comes into contact with the connection terminal portion of the wiring board member is formed at the end portion 27b facing the portion close to the actuator engagement portion 26a side. An end portion 27b which is an end portion on the contact portion 27c side of the beam portion 27 forms a tip portion of the second contact 17, and is located inside the end surface portion 14a of the second flat plate portion 14 in the housing 12 (housing 12). A space formed between the beam portion 26 and the beam portion 27 constitutes a part of the plate-like member accommodating portion 15 provided in the housing 12.

  Under such circumstances, the contact portion 23c in each of the plurality of first contacts 16 and the contact portion 27c in each of the plurality of second contacts 17 are respectively connected to the first flat plate-like portion 13 in the housing 12 and the first contact portions 27c. The second flat plate portion 14 between the two flat plate portions 14 and abutting on the connection terminal portion of the wiring plate member inserted into the plate member receiving portion 15 through the opening 15a; Will be.

  In the housing 12, two of the plurality of first contacts 16, which are two adjacent in the contact arrangement direction among the plurality of first contacts 16 and the plurality of second contacts 17 arranged in the arrangement. A protective member 30 is provided between the two adjacent 16A and 16B. 1 to 3 show a state in which two protection members 30 are arranged at predetermined intervals in the arrangement of the plurality of first contacts 16 and the plurality of second contacts 17. .

  Each of the two protection members 30 is formed, for example, by punching a metal plate material to form a plate-like member as a whole, and is shown in FIG. 7 (perspective view) and FIG. 8 (side view). As shown, the base 31, the pair of projecting pieces 32 and 33 extending from the base 31, and the press-fit protrusion 34 projecting from the base 31 are provided. A part of the base 31 forms a coupling engagement portion 31 a that interconnects the pair of protruding piece portions 32 and 33. And the protection member 30 which comprises such a plate-shaped member is selected so that the thickness dimension t shown by FIG. 7 may become the same as the thickness dimension in each contact arrangement direction of the some 2nd contact 17, for example. . That is, the thickness dimension t in the contact arrangement direction of the protection member 30 is the same as the thickness dimension in the contact arrangement direction of each of the plurality of second contacts 17.

  When the protective member 30 is provided on the housing 12, as shown in FIG. 6, which shows a cross section of the connector device 10, the base portion 31 includes the first flat plate portion 13 and the second flat plate portion of the housing 12. 14, the press-fitting protrusion 34 is press-fitted into the internal fixing part 35 of the housing 12, and the entire protection member 30 is fixed to the housing 12. Of the pair of projecting piece portions 32 and 33, the projecting piece portion 32 is engaged with a notch 13 c formed in the first flat plate-like portion 13 of the housing 12, and the pair of projecting piece portions 32. The protruding piece portion 33 of the first and second portions 33 is disposed in the vicinity of the second flat plate-like portion 14 in the housing 12. The space formed between the projecting piece 32 and the projecting piece 33 forms a part of the plate-like member accommodating portion 15 provided in the housing 12, and the projecting piece 32 and the projecting piece 33 are The wiring plate-like members inserted into the plate-like member accommodating portion 15 through the opening portion 15a are sandwiched in the thickness direction so as to face each other.

  Thus, the free end surface portion 32 a of the protruding piece portion 32 and the free end surface portion 33 a of the protruding piece portion 33 are both of the opening portion 15 a of the plate-like member accommodating portion 15 provided in the housing 12. It protrudes to the outside. In particular, the free end surface portion 33a of the protruding piece portion 33 includes an end portion 23b on the contact portion 23c side in each of the plurality of first contacts 16 and an end portion 27b on the contact portion 27c side in each of the plurality of second contacts 17. More outwardly of the opening portion 15a of the plate-like member accommodating portion 15, and further outwardly of the opening portion 15a of the plate-like member accommodating portion 15 from the end surface portion 14a of the second flat plate-like portion 14 in the housing 12. It is supposed to take a protruding position. That is, the protruding piece portion 33 in the protective member 30 protrudes from the inside of the housing 12 to the outside of the opening portion 15a of the plate-like member accommodating portion 15, and the free end surface portion 33a is formed in each of the plurality of first contacts 16. The position of the end portion 23b on the contact portion 23c side and the position of the end portion 27b on the contact portion 27c side of each of the plurality of second contacts 17 are further exceeded, and further, the end surface portion of the second flat plate-like portion 14 in the housing 12 The position protruding beyond the position of 14 a to the outer side of the opening portion 15 a of the plate-like member housing portion 15 is taken.

  Each of the two protection members 30 shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3 is a position where the second contact 17 should be originally disposed in the arrangement of the plurality of first contacts 16 and the plurality of second contacts 17. In addition, the second contact 17 is arranged instead of the second contact 17. At this time, since the thickness dimension t of the protection member 30 is selected to be the same as the thickness dimension of the second contact 17, the replacement of the second contact 17 with the protection member 30 is extremely easy. Is called. Note that the number of the protective members 30 is not limited to two, but may be at least one, or three or more may be arranged at predetermined intervals along the contact arrangement direction. Good.

  Further, on the rear edge side of the housing 12, an actuator 40 that extends along the contact arrangement direction, that is, the longitudinal direction of the housing 12, and whose longitudinal direction coincides with the contact arrangement direction, is attached to the housing 12. It is provided so that it can rotate. The actuator 40 can take a position assumed to be raised with respect to the housing 12 as shown in FIGS. 1 to 6 as a first stationary position, and will be described later. As shown in FIGS. 11 to 14, the position that is supposed to be in a state of being depressed with respect to the housing 12 can be taken as the second stationary position, and the first operation is performed by rotating the position. The transition from the stationary position to the second stationary position, or the transition from the second stationary position to the first stationary position is performed.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the actuator 40 arranged to be rotatable with respect to the housing 11 includes a plurality of cam portions 41 that engage with the plurality of first contacts 16 in the housing 12. A plurality of cam portions 42 that are respectively engaged with the plurality of second contacts 17 are provided. As shown in FIG. 6, a cam portion 42 ′ is also provided in a portion of the actuator 40 corresponding to the protection member 30. However, the cam portion 42 ′ does not engage with the protection member 30, and the cam portion 42 ′ It does not play a role as a department.

  Each of the plurality of cam portions 41 is sandwiched between an actuator engaging portion 22a provided in the beam portion 22 and an actuator engaging portion 23a provided in the beam portion 23 in the first contact 16 corresponding thereto, It rotates as the actuator 40 rotates. Each of the plurality of cam portions 42 is sandwiched between an actuator engaging portion 26 a provided in the beam portion 26 and an actuator engaging portion 27 a provided in the beam portion 27 in the second contact 17 corresponding thereto. Therefore, the actuator 40 rotates as the actuator 40 rotates.

  When the actuator 40 assumes the first stationary position as shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, as shown in FIG. 4, the maximum cross-sectional diameter of the cam portion 41 becomes maximum. A portion other than the dimension portion abuts against an actuator engaging portion 22a provided in the beam portion 22 and an actuator engaging portion 23a provided in the beam portion 23 in the corresponding first contact 16, and FIG. As shown in the figure, portions other than the maximum dimension portion where the cross-sectional difference diameter in the cam portion 42 becomes the maximum are provided on the actuator engaging portion 26 a and the beam portion 27 provided in the beam portion 26 in the corresponding second contact 17. It abuts against the provided actuator engaging portion 27a. Under such circumstances, the first contact 16 corresponding to the cam portion 41 has the end portion 22b of the beam portion 22 and the contact portion 23c of the beam portion 23 in the plate-like member accommodating portion 15 in the housing 12. The formed inter-space is maintained to be relatively large. Similarly, the second contact 17 corresponding to the cam portion 42 is closer to the actuator engaging portion 26a side than the connecting portion 17a in the beam portion 26. The distance between the offset portion and the contact portion 27c in the beam portion 27 formed in the plate-like member accommodating portion 15 in the housing 12 is maintained to be relatively large.

  In such a connector device 10, the flexible printed wiring forming the wiring plate-like member shown in FIG. 9 (perspective view) and FIG. 10 (plan view) when the actuator 40 takes the first stationary position. The substrate 50 is inserted into the plate-shaped member accommodating portion 15 provided in the housing 12 through the opening portion 15a and partially accommodated. At that time, before the flexible printed wiring board 50 is inserted into the plate-shaped member accommodating portion 15 through the opening portion 15a, the plate-shaped member accommodated in the housing 12 of the connector device 10 is accommodated as shown in FIG. It is arranged at a position facing the opening 15 a of the portion 15.

  The flexible printed wiring board 50 is provided with a terminal arrangement portion 51, and the terminal arrangement portion 51 includes a plurality of first contact terminal portions 52 and a plurality of second contact terminal portions 53. The portions are alternately arranged so as to form two parallel rows of an array of the plurality of first contact terminal portions 52 and an array of the plurality of second contact terminal portions 53. In such two parallel rows, the arrangement of the plurality of first contact terminal portions 52 is positioned inside the terminal arrangement portion 51 from the arrangement of the plurality of second contact terminal portions 53. . When the flexible printed wiring board 50 is arranged at a position facing the opening portion 15 a of the plate-like member housing portion 15 provided in the housing 12 of the connector device 10, the terminal arrangement portion 51 in the flexible printed wiring board 50 is arranged. However, it takes the position which goes to the opening part 15a in the housing 12. FIG.

  Further, the terminal arrangement portion 51 in the flexible printed wiring board 50 includes a plurality of adjacent two of the plurality of first contact terminal portions 52 and the plurality of second contact terminal portions 53 arranged in an array. A notch 54 is provided at a position between the adjacent two of the first contact terminal portions 52, 52 </ b> A and 52 </ b> B. In FIG. 9 and FIG. 10, two notch portions 54 are arranged at a predetermined interval in the arrangement of the plurality of first contact terminal portions 52 and the plurality of second contact terminal portions 53. It is shown.

  And the flexible printed wiring board 50 provided with the terminal arrangement | positioning part 51 by which the some 1st contact terminal part 52 and the some 2nd contact terminal part 53 are arranged by arrangement | positioning as mentioned above is the terminal arrangement | positioning part 51. Is inserted into the plate-like member accommodating portion 15 provided in the housing 12 of the connector device 10 through the opening portion 15a. As a result, as shown in FIG. 11, the flexible printed wiring board 50 is inserted into the plate-like member accommodating portion 15 through the opening portion 15a formed in the housing 12, and the terminal arrangement portion 51 is partially connected to the plate-like member. A state of being partially accommodated in the plate-like member accommodating portion 15 with a mode of being located in the accommodating portion 15.

  In this way, when the flexible printed wiring board 50 is partially accommodated in the plate-like member accommodating portion 15 provided in the housing 12, as shown in FIGS. 50 terminal arrangement portions 51 are provided between the protruding piece portions 32 and the protruding piece portions 33 of the two protective members 30 and the beams of the plurality of first contacts 16 in the plate-like member housing portion 15. The portion on the opening portion 15 a side of the beam portion 23 and the portion on the opening portion 15 a side of the beam portion 23, and the portion on the opening portion 15 a side of the beam portion 26 and the beam portion 27 in each of the plurality of second contacts 17. Between the opening portion 15a side. When the terminal arrangement part 51 of the flexible printed wiring board 50 is disposed between the protruding piece part 32 and the protruding piece part 33 of the protective member 30, the connection engaging part 31a of the protective member 30 is connected to the flexible printed wiring board. It engages with a notch portion 54 provided in the 50 terminal arrangement portions 51. Such engagement of the coupling engagement portion 31 a with the notch portion 54 contributes to positioning of the flexible printed wiring board 50 in the contact arrangement direction with respect to the housing 12.

  Thereafter, the actuator 40 is rotated with respect to the housing 12 from the first stationary position to the second stationary position, and takes the second stationary position as shown in FIGS. Then, a plurality of first arrangements arranged in the housing 12 are arranged on the terminal arrangement portion 51 of the flexible printed wiring board 50 that is partially located in the plate-like member accommodating portion 15 provided in the housing 12. The contact 16 and the plurality of second contacts 17 are engaged. The engagement of the plurality of first contacts 16 and the plurality of second contacts 17 with respect to the terminal arrangement portion 51 of the flexible printed wiring board 50 is performed by the plurality of first contacts 16 as shown in FIG. Each of the contact portions 23c provided in the beam portion 23 of each of the plurality of first connection terminal portions 52 (not shown) arranged in the terminal placement portion 51 of the flexible printed wiring board 50 is omitted. As shown in FIG. 14, the contact portions 27 c provided on the beam portions 27 of each of the plurality of second contacts 17 are arranged in the terminal arrangement portion 51 of the flexible printed wiring board 50. This is done by contacting a corresponding one of the plurality of second connection terminal portions 53 (not shown) arranged.

  In such a case, first, the actuator 40 takes the first stationary position, and the terminal arrangement portion 51 of the flexible printed wiring board 50 inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion 15 through the opening portion 15 a formed in the housing 12. In the plate-shaped member accommodating portion 15, between the protruding piece portion 32 and the protruding piece portion 33 in each of the two protection members 30, the opening portion 15 a side of the beam portion 22 in each of the plurality of first contacts 16. And the portion on the opening portion 15a side of the beam portion 23, and the portion on the opening portion 15a side of the beam portion 26 and the portion on the opening portion 15a side of the beam portion 27 in each of the plurality of second contacts 17. And the actuator 40 taking the first stationary position is rotated from the first stationary position to the second stationary position. It is caused to rotate so as to transition, is placed in a state of being facedown relative to the housing 12. Thereby, as the actuator 40 shifts from the first stationary position to the second stationary position, as shown in FIG. 13, each of the plurality of cam portions 41 provided in the actuator 40 has its maximum dimension. 14 is engaged with both the actuator engaging portion 22a provided in the beam portion 22 and the actuator engaging portion 23a provided in the beam portion 23 in the corresponding first contact 16, and is shown in FIG. Thus, each of the plurality of cam portions 42 provided in the actuator 40 is provided in the actuator engaging portion 26a and the beam portion 27 provided in the beam portion 26 in the second contact 17 corresponding to the maximum dimension portion. The actuator engaging portion 27a is engaged.

  The actuator provided in the beam portion 22 of the first contact 16 under the assumption that the terminal arrangement portion 51 of the flexible printed wiring board 50 is partially located in the plate-like member accommodating portion 15 provided in the housing 12. The maximum dimension portion of the cam portion 41 that engages with both the engaging portion 22a and the actuator engaging portion 23a provided in the beam portion 23 is temporarily provided with the terminal arrangement portion 51 of the flexible printed wiring board 50 in the beam portion 23. If it is not accommodated in the plate-shaped member accommodating portion 15, the end portion 22 b of the beam portion 22 and the contact portion 23 c of the beam portion 23 are displaced so as to narrow the mutual interval formed in the plate-shaped member accommodating portion 15. As a result, the beam 23 has a contact portion 23c that is partially accommodated in the plate-like member accommodating portion 15. Placed in contact with state corresponding ones of the first connection terminal 52 a plurality of which are arranged disposed terminal arrangement portion 51 of Kishiburu printed wiring board 50. Similarly, the terminal arrangement portion 51 of the flexible printed wiring board 50 is provided in the beam portion 26 in the second contact 17 under the assumption that the terminal arrangement portion 51 is partially located in the plate-like member accommodating portion 15 provided in the housing 12. The maximum dimension portion of the cam portion 42 that engages both the actuator engaging portion 26 a and the actuator engaging portion 27 a provided in the beam portion 27 is temporarily arranged in the beam portion 27 on the terminal arrangement of the flexible printed wiring board 50. If the portion 51 is not accommodated in the plate-shaped member accommodating portion 15, the portion closer to the actuator engaging portion 26a side than the connecting portion 17a in the beam portion 26 and the contact portion 27c in the beam portion 27 are accommodated in the plate-shaped member accommodation. The stress which will be displaced so that the space | interval which forms in the part 15 may be narrowed acts, and, thereby, the beam part 27 is carried out. The contact portion 27c corresponds to a corresponding one of the plurality of second connection terminal portions 53 arranged in the terminal arrangement portion 51 of the flexible printed wiring board 50 partially accommodated in the plate-like member accommodation portion 15. You are in contact. As a result, the plurality of first connection terminal portions 52 and the plurality of second connection terminal portions 53 arranged in the terminal arrangement portion 51 of the flexible printed wiring board 50 partially accommodated in the plate-like member accommodation portion 15. Are electrically connected to the terminal portions in the wiring portion provided on the component mounting surface 11a of the wiring board 11 on which the housing 12 is disposed, through the corresponding first contacts 16 and the corresponding second contacts 17. Will be.

  As described above, the terminal arrangement portion 51 of the flexible printed wiring board 50 is inserted into the plate-like member accommodating portion 15 provided in the housing 12 and is in a state of being partially located in the plate-like member accommodating portion 15. However, the terminal placement portion 51 of the flexible printed wiring board 50 immediately before such a state is in the process of being inserted into the plate-like member housing portion 15 provided in the housing 12 or the terminals of the flexible printed wiring board 50 Under the condition that the placement portion 51 is inserted into the plate-like member housing portion 15 provided in the housing 12 and partially accommodated, the portion of the flexible printed wiring board 50 that is disposed outside the housing 12 is placed by the housing 12. When an external force is applied to move away from the fixed wiring board 11, the flexible printed wiring board 0 is warped or bent in a direction away from the wiring substrate 11 to which the housing 12 is fixed, in other words, the portion of the housing 12 that is displaced outside the second flat plate portion 14 is deformed. , Will be brought about. In such a case, in the housing 12, the flexible printed wiring board in which each of the two protective members 30 provided on the housing 12 is inserted into the plate-like member accommodating portion 15 through the opening portion 15 a formed in the housing 12. 50. A pair of projecting piece portions 32 and 33 facing each other with 50 terminal arrangement portions 51 sandwiched in the thickness direction, and a projecting piece portion 33 which is one of the pair of projecting piece portions 32 and 33. Is disposed close to the second flat plate-like portion 14 of the housing 12, and the free end surface portion 33a thereof is in contact with the beam portion 23 in each of the plurality of first contacts 16, as shown in FIGS. The end portion 23 b on the side of the portion 23 c and the end portion 27 b on the contact portion 27 c side of the beam portion 27 in each of the plurality of second contacts 17, outward of the opening portion 15 a of the plate-like member housing portion 15. Further, the outer side of the opening portion 15a of the plate-shaped member accommodating portion 15 from the end face portions 14a of the second flat plate-like portion 14 of the housing 12, and is assumed to take the projected position.

  As a result, the flexible printed wiring board 50 in which the terminal arrangement portion 51 is in the process of being inserted into the plate-like member accommodating portion 15 provided in the housing 12, or the portion where the terminal arrangement portion 51 is inserted into the plate-like member accommodating portion 15. The portion of the flexible printed wiring board 50 accommodated in the housing that is warped or bent in the direction away from the wiring board 11 to which the housing 12 is fixed as described above includes a plurality of portions. The plate-shaped member accommodating portion 15 is formed from the end portion 23b on the contact portion 23c side of the beam portion 23 in each of the first contacts 16 and the end portion 27b on the contact portion 27c side of the beam portion 27 in each of the plurality of second contacts 17. A plate-like member from the outer side of the opening portion 15a of the second flat plate-like portion 14a of the second flat plate-like portion 14 of the housing 12. Abuts against the free end surface portion 33a of the protruding piece portion 33, which is one of the pair of protruding piece portions 32 and 33 of the protective member 30, which protrudes outward of the opening portion 15a of the container portion 15, and protects it. A pressing force is applied to the protruding piece portion 33 of the member 30, but the end portion 23 b provided with the contact portion 23 c of the beam portion 23 in each of the plurality of first contacts 16, or the plurality of second contacts 17. There is no contact with the end portion 27b provided with the contact portion 27c of each beam portion 27. As a result, the portion of the flexible printed wiring board 50 that is warped or bent as described above and disposed outside the housing 12 is the tip portion where the contact portions 23c of the plurality of first contacts 16 are provided, or Each of the plurality of second contacts 17 is brought into contact with and exerts a pressing force on the tip portion provided with the contact portion 27c, thereby causing undesired deformation of the first contact 16 or the second contact 17. Things don't happen.

  Such a function and effect of the protective member 30 can be obtained when the housing 12 is provided with one protective member 30 or when three or more protective members 30 are arranged at predetermined intervals along the contact arrangement direction. Even in the case where the two protective members 30 are provided, it is obtained in the same manner as described above.

  Further, when the terminal arrangement portion 51 of the flexible printed wiring board 50 is inserted into the plate-like member accommodating portion 15 provided in the housing 12 and partially located in the plate-like member accommodating portion 15, the protruding piece portion The connection engaging portion 31 a in the protective member 30 in which the terminal arrangement portion 51 of the flexible printed wiring board 50 is arranged between the protrusion 32 and the protruding piece portion 33 is provided in the terminal arrangement portion 51 of the flexible printed wiring board 50. The external force in the direction along the contact arrangement direction is applied to the terminal arrangement portion 51 of the flexible printed wiring board 50 by engaging with the notch 54 and thereby positioning the flexible printed wiring board 50 with respect to the housing 12 in the contact arrangement direction. Is added to the terminal arrangement portion 51 of the flexible printed wiring board 50, even when Further, each of the plurality of first connection terminal portions 52 and the plurality of second connection terminal portions 53 is displaced from the contact portion 23c in the first contact 16 and the contact portion 27c in the second contact 17 respectively. Displacement or deformation to become is suppressed.

  According to the connector device 10 as an example of the connector device according to the present invention described above, the flexible printed wiring board 50 forming the wiring plate-like member is properly inserted into the plate-like member accommodating portion 15 provided in the housing 12. In addition, the flexible printed wiring board includes the contact portions 23c of the plurality of first contacts 16 arranged in the housing 12 and the contact portions 27c of the plurality of second contacts 17 arranged in the housing 12. 50 can obtain a state in which the contact with the plurality of first contact terminal portions 52 and the plurality of second contact terminal portions 53 arranged in the array 50 is performed reliably, and the plate 12 provided in the housing 12 The flexible printed circuit board 50 in the middle of being inserted into the member accommodating part 15 or the part inserted into the plate-like member accommodating part 15 Even when an external force is applied to the portion of the flexible printed wiring board 50 accommodated outside the housing 12 that is arranged to move away from the wiring board 11 to which the housing 12 is fixed. A portion of the flexible printed wiring board 50 arranged outside the housing 12 applies a pressing force to each of the plurality of first contacts 16 and the plurality of second contacts 17, so that the first contacts 16 and the second contacts 17 are applied. Undesirably deforms due to such pressing force, thereby causing the contact portion 23c in each of the plurality of first contacts 16 and the contact portion 27 in each of the plurality of second contacts 17 to be plate-shaped member accommodating portions. The situation in which the state in contact with the flexible printed wiring board 50 inserted into the terminal 15 cannot be obtained properly It will be able to really avoid.

  The connector device according to the present invention as described above includes a housing provided with a plate-shaped member accommodating portion and fixed to the wiring board, an array arranged in the housing, and each inserted into the plate-shaped member accommodating portion. A connector device comprising a plurality of contacts having a contact portion contacting a contact terminal portion in a wiring plate-like member and a connection portion connected to a connection terminal portion provided on the wiring board, Outside the housing of the wiring plate member provided in the housing and in the middle of being inserted into the plate member housing portion, or the wiring plate member inserted into the plate member housing portion and partially accommodated in the plate member housing portion Even when an external force is applied to the portion arranged on the wiring board member in the direction away from the wiring board on which the housing is arranged, Various electronic devices can be used to reliably avoid a situation in which the contact portion causes a pressing force to act on each of the plurality of contacts and the contact causes undesired deformation caused by the pressing force. Etc., and can be widely applied.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Connector apparatus, 11 ... Wiring board, 11a ... Component mounting surface, 12 ... Housing, 13 ... 1st flat plate-like part, 13a, 14a ... End surface part, 14 * ..Second flat plate portion, 15... Plate member housing portion, 15a... Opening portion, 16... First contact, 16a, 17a. Contact, 21, 25 ... connecting part, 22, 23, 26, 27 ... beam part, 22a, 23a, 26a, 27a ... actuator engaging part, 22b, 23b, 26b, 27b ... End part, 23c, 27c ... contact part, 30 ... protective member, 31 ... base part, 31a ... coupling engagement part, 32, 33 ... projecting piece part, 32a, 33a ... Free end face portion, 34 ... press-fitting projection, DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 40 ... Actuator, 41, 42, 42 '... Cam part, 50 ... Flexible printed wiring board, 51 ... Terminal arrangement part, 52 ... First contact terminal part, 53 ... 2nd contact terminal part, 54 ... Notch part

Claims (5)

A plate-like member accommodating portion is provided between the first and second flat plate-like portions facing each other, and each end surface portion of the first and second flat plate-like portions serves as an opening portion of the plate-like member accommodating portion. A housing formed and disposed so that the first flat plate-like portion is in contact with or close to the component mounting surface of the wiring board;
Each contact terminal in the wiring plate-like member that is arranged on the second flat plate-like portion side between the first and second flat plate-like portions and is inserted into the plate-like member accommodating portion through the opening portion. A plurality of contacts arranged in the housing, the contact portion contacting the portion, and a connection portion connected to the connection terminal portion provided on the component mounting surface of the wiring board,
With
A pair of projecting pieces that are opposed to each other with the wiring plate member inserted into the plate member accommodating portion through the opening in the thickness direction of the wiring plate member; A protective member disposed between two adjacent ones in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts is provided, and one of the pair of protruding piece portions of the protective member is adjacent to the second flat plate-like portion of the housing. One free end surface portion of the pair of protruding piece portions protrudes outward of the opening portion of the plate-shaped member accommodating portion from the end portion on the contact portion side of each of the plurality of contacts. A connector device comprising:   One free end surface portion of the pair of protruding piece portions in the protection member protrudes outward from the end surface portion of the second flat plate-like portion of the housing to the opening portion of the plate-like member accommodating portion. The connector device according to claim 1.   The protective member forms a part for interconnecting the pair of protruding pieces, and engages with a notch provided in the wiring plate member inserted into the plate member accommodating portion through the opening. The connector device according to claim 1, further comprising an engaging portion.   2. The connector device according to claim 1, wherein a thickness dimension of the protective member in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts is the same as a thickness dimension of the plurality of contacts in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts. .   The connector device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the protection members are arranged along an arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts.

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