JP2018181770A - Connector - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the number of components.SOLUTION: A connector comprises an insulator 60 and a shell 100. The insulator 60 includes: a first surface 65 and a second surface 66 that are positioned in parallel on a flat surface in which a fitting direction and a width direction of the connector are extended back on to back; a third surface 72 exposed in a direction where is perpendicular to and reverse to the fitting direction. The shell 100 includes: a fitting plate part 101 and an upper plate part 102 which are communicated while having a vertical plate surface each other. A ground plate contact part 106 is provided onto the upper plate part 102. A back-up plate is contacted to the first surface 65 in the insulator 60. At least one part of a portion having a ground plate 54 can be mounted by folding a wiring material 50 so as to be contacted to the third surface 72. Further, the shell 100 can be mounted so that the fitting plate part 101 is contacted to the second surface 66. The upper plate part 102 is contacted to the portion contacted to the third surface 72 of the wiring material 50 from the side opposite to the third surface 72, and the ground plate contact part 106 is contacted to the ground plate 54.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a connector used to connect a flexible sheet-like wiring member to a connection partner.

  FIGS. 17 and 18 show the configuration of a plug described in Patent Document 1 as a conventional example of this type of connector, and FIG. 17 shows a receptacle to be a connection partner together with the plug. A flexible sheet-like wiring member made of flexible flat cable (FFC) or flexible printed circuit (FPC) is referred to as a connecting member in Patent Document 1 and in FIGS. 17 and 18, 10 is from FPC or FFC. Connection member.

  As shown in FIG. 17, when the three orthogonal directions are the first direction A1, the second direction A2, and the third direction A3, the connecting member 10 is formed in advance so that the first direction (fitting Mating direction) a first portion 11 extending to A1 and connected to the other end of the connection, a second portion 12 extending in a second direction (longitudinal direction) A2, and the first portion 11 and the second portion 12 And a bent portion 13 formed to be curved.

  A large number of signal conductors 14 are arranged and exposed in the third direction (width direction) A3 on the outer surface of the first portion 11, and these signal conductors 14 are bent from the first portion 11 Through to the second part 12. A reinforcing plate 15 is attached to the inner surface of the first portion 11. The second portion 12 has a ground conductor 16 on its inner side.

  The receptacle 20 is mounted on the substrate 21, and the receptacle housing 22 has a large number of signal contacts and at least one ground contact assembled, although they are hidden in FIG. 17 and can not be seen in detail. The signal contacts of the signal contacts are arranged in the upper part of the fitting hole 23 of the receptacle housing 22, and the ground contacts of the ground contact are arranged in the lower part of the fitting hole 23.

  The plug 30 includes a connecting member 10, and a base 31 and a cover 32 which cooperate with each other to sandwich the connecting member 10 from both sides.

  The base 31 has a plate-shaped first receiving portion 33 expanded in the first direction A1 and the third direction A3, and a plate-shaped second receiving portion expanded in the second direction A2 and the third direction A3. And 34. The first receiving portion 33 faces the first portion 11 of the connecting member 10, and the second receiving portion 34 faces the second portion 12 of the connecting member 10. The connecting member 10 is disposed along one side of the base 31, and a conductive base ground 35 is provided on the opposite side of the base 31. The first receiving portion 33 includes a first protecting portion 36 which covers and protects the edge of the first portion 11 of the connecting member 10, and a second protecting portion 37 which covers and protects the end of the base ground 35. Is provided.

  The cover 32 has a first pressing portion 38 for pressing the first portion 11 of the connecting member 10 and a second pressing portion 39 for pressing the second portion 12 of the connecting member 10. A large number of signal conductors 14 of the connection member 10 are exposed to the outside between the first pressing portion 38 and the first protection portion 36.

  The plug 30 is formed with a fitting portion 41 constituted by a part of the connection member 10, a part of the base 31 and a part of the base ground 35.

  When connecting the plug 30 to the receptacle 20, the fitting portion 41 is fitted in the fitting hole 23. The contact portion constituted by the signal conductor 14 contacts the signal contact of the receptacle 20, and the base ground 35 contacts the ground contact of the receptacle 20.

  The base 31 is provided with a pair of locking mechanisms 42 at both ends in the third direction A3 of the first receiving portion 33, and the locking mechanisms 42 together with the fitting portion 41 when connecting the plug 30 to the receptacle 20. 20 are inserted into the fitting holes 23 and engage with the receptacle housing 22 in the first direction A1. As a result, the connection between the receptacle 20 and the plug 30 is locked. The lock mechanism 42 is unlocked by operating from the operation hole 43 of the base 31.

  FIGS. 19 and 20 show the assembly of the plug 30, and the connecting member 10 is mounted between the pair of wall portions 44 provided at both ends of the base 31 in the third direction A3. When attaching the connecting member 10, the pair of ears 17 provided on the first portion 11 of the connecting member 10 is formed at a position along the outer surface of the first receiving portion 33 of the pair of wall portions 44. It is inserted into a pair of ear guides 45 consisting of grooves which are Thereby, the first portion 11 of the connecting member 10 faces the outer surface of the first receiving portion 33 of the base 31, and the second portion 12 of the connecting member 10 is on the upper surface of the second receiving portion 34 of the base 31. opposite.

  A pair of guide grooves 46 extending in the first direction A1 following the ear guides 45 and a pair of cover attachment portions 47 formed adjacent to the guide grooves 46 extend on the pair of wall portions 44 of the base 31 following the ear guides 45. It is provided.

  A cover 32 is also mounted between the pair of wall portions 44. Guide protrusions 48 and engaging portions 49 are provided at both ends in the third direction A3 of the cover 32. When the cover 32 is attached, the guide protrusions 48 are inserted into the guide grooves 46, and the first The mounting is guided while sliding in the direction A1. When the cover 32 is attached to the base 31 to a position where the cover 32 abuts on the connecting member 10, the engaging portion 49 engages with the cover attaching portion 47 in the first direction A1, and the detachment of the cover 32 from the base 31 is prevented. Be done.

  In the assembled state, the end of the guide projection 48 abuts on the edge of the ear 17 of the connecting member 10 in the first direction A1. For this reason, at the time of the fitting operation, both end portions of the cover 32 push the pair of ear portions 17 of the connection member 10 and directly exert a force on the connection member 10 in the fitting direction. The spring 35 a provided in the base ground 35 penetrates the base 31 and is in pressure contact with the ground conductor 16 of the connection member 10.

JP, 2013-51111, A

  As described above, Patent Document 1 describes the plug 30 as a connector for directly connecting a flexible sheet-like wiring member to a connection partner, and the plug 30 is a wiring member (connection member 10). In addition to the base 31 and the cover 32 sandwiching from both sides, and the base ground 35 as a component, that is, having three components.

  On the other hand, although the lock mechanism 42 with the receptacle 20 which is the connection partner is integrally formed on the base 31, such a resin lock mechanism 42 can not obtain sufficient strength when, for example, the connector is miniaturized. Problems such as can occur. One possible solution to this problem is to use, for example, a locking mechanism as a separate part and to use a metal material. In this case, the number of parts is increased, and the connector is configured by four parts. Become.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a connector which can be configured with a smaller number of parts than the conventional configuration example in view of such a situation and accordingly can be configured inexpensively.

  According to the invention of claim 1, the sheet-like wiring material having flexibility, the conductor pattern is exposed on one surface of one end in the longitudinal direction, and the reinforcing plate is formed on the other surface of the one end. A connector for connecting a wiring member to a connection partner, further comprising a ground plate comprising a conductor at a location apart from the end edge of the one end along the longitudinal direction on the other surface, from the insulator and the conductor First and second surfaces, which are two surfaces located back to back, parallel to a plane in which both the connector fitting direction and the width direction orthogonal to the connector direction stretch. And a third plate which is a surface perpendicular to the fitting direction and exposed in the direction opposite to the fitting direction of the connector, wherein the shell has a plate face perpendicular to each other and the fitting plate portion and the upper plate portion And the upper plate portion The wiring member is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction such that a lead plate contact portion is provided, the reinforcing plate abuts against the first surface on the insulator, and at least a part of the portion provided with the ground plate abuts against the third surface The fitting plate portion is in contact with the second surface and the upper plate portion is in contact with the third surface of the wiring member in the insulator on which the wiring member is mounted. The shell can be mounted such that the contact portion abuts from the opposite side to the third surface and the ground plate contact portion contacts the ground plate.

  In the invention of claim 2, in the invention of claim 1, the upper plate portion protrudes from the upper plate portion to the outside in the width direction and then extends in the fitting direction, and the tip projects to the outside in the width direction The lock mechanism is integrally formed with a lock portion to be locked to the connection partner, and the lock portion can be displaced inward in the width direction when the shell is mounted on the insulator It is assumed that the button is integrally formed.

  In the invention of claim 3, according to the invention of claim 1 or 2, the wiring member is provided with the latch portion on both sides in the width direction at the side edge portion of the upper plate portion opposite to the side continuing to the fitting plate portion. An anti-slip portion is formed, the insulator is provided with a latch portion to be engaged with the latch portion, and when the shell is attached to the insulator, the wiring material anti-roll portion is the insulator due to the engagement of the latch portion to the latch portion. It is fixed against.

  According to the invention of claim 4, according to the invention of claim 1 or 2, the insulator is provided with the wiring material wrap preventing bar extending in the width direction, and when the wiring material is mounted on the insulator, the wiring material wrap prevention bar is the wiring material On the other hand, the wiring material is positioned on the opposite side to the side where the third surface is located to prevent the displacement of the wiring material in the direction away from the third surface.

  According to the invention of claim 5, when the shell is attached to the insulator to which the wiring material is attached, the two shoulders formed on the reinforcing plate are oriented in the direction of the engagement according to the invention of any of claims 1 to 4 It is assumed that two wiring material retaining portions to be pressed are formed in the fitting plate portion.

  According to the present invention, the connector for directly connecting the wiring member to the connection partner can be constituted by two parts, the insulator and the shell, and therefore the number of parts can be reduced compared to the conventional connector, Connector can be configured inexpensively.

A is a perspective view seen from the front showing a first embodiment of a connector according to the present invention mounted with a wiring member, and B is a perspective view seen from the rear of the connector shown in A. FIG. A is a plan view of the connector shown in FIG. 1, B is a front view thereof, C is a side view thereof, and D is an enlarged sectional view thereof. A is a perspective view of the insulator in FIG. 1, B is the perspective view which turned A over. 3A is a plan view of the insulator shown in FIG. 3, FIG. 3B is a bottom view thereof, FIG. A is a perspective view of the shell in FIG. 1, and B is a perspective view of A overturned. A is a plan view of the wiring member, B is a side view thereof, and C is a bottom view thereof. A is a plan view of a state in which the wiring member shown in FIG. 6 is folded, B is a side view thereof, and C is a perspective view thereof. A is a perspective view showing a state in which the wiring member is attached to the insulator, and B is a cross-sectional view thereof. A is a perspective view showing a state in which the shell is attached to the insulator on which the wiring member is attached, and B is a cross-sectional view thereof. A is a side view showing a connected state of the connector on which the wiring member shown in FIG. 1 is mounted and the substrate side connector, and B is a cross-sectional view thereof. The perspective view which shows the 2nd Example of the connector by this invention which mounted | worn the wiring material. A is a plan view of the connector shown in FIG. 11, B is a front view thereof, and C is a side view thereof. A is a perspective view of the insulator in FIG. 11, B is the perspective view which turned A over. A is a plan view of the insulator shown in FIG. 13, B is a front view thereof, and C is an enlarged sectional view thereof. A is a perspective view of the shell in FIG. 11, B is the perspective view which turned A over. A is a side view showing a connected state of the connector on which the wiring member shown in FIG. 11 is mounted and the substrate side connector, and B is a cross sectional view thereof. The perspective view which shows the state before the conventional example of a connector, and a receptacle connection. FIG. 18 is a cross-sectional view of the connector (plug) shown in FIG. 17; FIG. 18 is a view for explaining the assembly of the connector (plug) shown in FIG. 17; FIG. 18 is a view for explaining the assembly of the connector (plug) shown in FIG. 17;

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described by way of example with reference to the drawings.

  FIGS. 1 and 2 show the first embodiment of the connector according to the present invention in which the wiring member is mounted. In the figures, 50 indicates a flexible sheet-like wiring member, and 200 indicates the wiring member. Indicates a connector. The wiring member 50 is FFC in this example. The wiring member 50 is a long object, and although it is elongated in practice, the dimension in the longitudinal direction is limited, that is, the length is omitted. In the following, three orthogonal directions are defined as an X direction, a Y direction, and a Z direction, and a longitudinal direction (elongation direction) of the wiring member 50 which protrudes from the connector 200 and extends is an X direction Will be described as Y direction, and the fitting direction (height direction) of the connector 200 as Z direction.

  The connector 200 is composed of two parts, an insulator 60 and a shell 100 in this example. 3 to 5 show the details of the insulator 60 and the shell 100. First, the configurations of the insulator 60 and the shell 100 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The insulator 60 has a shape as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 and is roughly divided into a rectangular block portion 61 elongated in the Y direction, a front plate portion 62 located in the X direction forward of the block portion 61, and these block portions 61 and a pair of arm portions 63 positioned at both ends of the front plate portion 62 in the Y direction.

  The front plate portion 62 is located forward of the block portion 61 and protrudes downward in the Z direction (fitting direction) from the block portion 61, and further downward in the Z direction at both ends of the portion projecting downward. A pair of columnar parts 64 which protrude to the bottom are provided.

  The front and back surfaces of the front plate portion 62 in the X direction are parallel to a plane in which the Y and Z directions extend, that is, parallel to the YZ plane, and the surfaces positioned back to back are referred to as a first surface 65 and a second surface 66. Do. The second surface 66 is located on the opposite side to the block portion 61, and the first surface 65 is the inner wall surface of the slit 67 formed between the front plate portion 62 and the block portion 61 as shown in FIG. 4C. And its extension.

  Step portions 68 and 69 that are one step higher in the X direction than the second surface 66 are provided at the lower end of the second surface 66 in the Z direction and at both ends in the Y direction. A raised shoulder 71 is provided.

  The upper end of the front plate portion 62 in the Z direction is lower than the upper surface of the block portion 61. The upper surface of the block portion 61 is a surface perpendicular to the Z direction and exposed upward in the Z direction (opposite to the fitting direction), and this surface is referred to as a third surface 72.

  A protrusion 73 which is one step higher in the Z direction is formed at the upper end in the Z direction at the central portion of the front plate 62 in the Y direction, and the inner surface of the protrusion 73, that is, the surface on the slit 67 side is an inclined surface 74. ing. The surface of the block 61 facing the slit 67 is retracted in the X direction so that the width (interval) of the slit 67 becomes wider on the upper side in the Z direction, and the projecting portion of the front plate 62 in this retracted portion A pressing portion 75 is formed at a position facing the position 73 so as to maintain the width of the slit 67. The surface from the pressing portion 75 to the third surface 72 is an inclined surface 76.

  Recesses 77 are respectively formed on the upper surface of the pair of arms 63 in the Z direction, and holes 79 penetrating in the X direction are respectively formed in the front portion 78 sandwiching the recess 77 in the X direction. The lock release button 82 is formed projecting and extended respectively.

  The lock release button 82 slightly protrudes from the rear portion 81 in the Y direction, and then a spring portion 83 extended forward in the X direction, a button portion 84 provided at the tip of the spring portion 83, and a button portion 84 The distal end of the extension portion 85 is accommodated in the hole 79 of the front portion 78 so as to be displaceable in the Y direction.

  Holes 86 penetrating in the Z direction are respectively formed on the inner sides of the pair of rear portions 81, and a latch portion 87 made of a protrusion is formed on the inner wall surface of the hole 86 as shown in FIG. 4D. ing. A cutout 88 is formed on the upper surface in the Z direction of the pair of rear portions 81 following the hole 86 and on the inner side in the Y direction of the hole 86. Further, two holes 89 are formed at both ends of the third surface 72 in the Y direction. Furthermore, slits 91 are respectively formed on the bottom surfaces of the pair of concave portions 77, and the slits 91 are formed to extend to the columnar portions 64.

  The insulator 60 having the above configuration is made of resin, and a liquid crystal polymer, for example, is used as the resin material.

  The shell 100 is made of a metal plate, is a conductor, and has a shape as shown in FIG. The shell 100 includes a rectangular fitting plate portion 101 and a rectangular upper plate portion 102. The fitting plate portion 101 is parallel to the YZ plane, and the upper plate portion 102 is parallel to the XY plane. The plywood part 101 and the upper plate part 102 are connected with the mutually perpendicular plate surfaces.

  At the side edge portion of the upper plate portion 102 at the rear end side in the X direction (opposite to the side connected to the fitting plate portion 101), a wiring material curl prevention portion 103 which is raised by one step in the Z direction is formed. At both ends in the Y direction of the wiring material wrap preventing portion 103, latch portions 104 which are bent and extended so as to face downward in the Z direction are respectively formed. At the tips of the pair of latch portions 104, cut and raised pieces 105 which are cut and raised inward to each other are formed.

  The upper plate portion 102 is further provided with a pair of ground plate contact portions 106 and a pair of lock mechanisms 107. The ground plate contact portion 106 is formed by being cut and raised near both ends of the upper plate portion 102 in the Y direction, and the ground plate contact portion 106 is formed by a cut and raised piece projecting downward in the Z direction.

  The lock mechanisms 107 are formed on both ends of the upper plate portion 102 in the Y direction. The lock mechanism 107 protrudes outward in the Y direction of the upper plate portion 102, and then is bent downward to form a U shape on the lower side in the Z direction, and downward from the tip of the U shape 108 in the Z direction. And a locking portion 110 formed on the tip of the locking piece 109 so as to project outward in the Y direction. In order to obtain the required elasticity in the U-shaped portion 108, a window 111 is formed, and at the base end of the U-shaped portion 108, a press-fit piece 112 projecting downward in the Z direction is formed. Further, the press-fit piece 113 is also projected downward in the Z direction so that the press-fit piece 112 and the press-fit piece 112 are located on the same line in the X direction also at the end edge of the upper plate portion 102 located between the U-shaped portion 108 and the latch portion 104 Each is formed.

  At both ends of the fitting plate portion 101 in the Y direction, there are formed wiring material retaining portions 114 which are bent and extended so as to face the side where the lock mechanism 107 in the X direction is positioned. Further, press-in protrusions 115 projecting in the Y direction are formed below the wiring material retaining portion 114 at both ends in the Y direction of the fitting plate portion 101.

  The shell 100 having the above configuration is formed of, for example, a stainless steel material. The shell 100 is plated with Sn on the entire surface.

  Next, the configuration of the wiring member 50 made of FFC will be described with reference to FIG. As in FIGS. 1 and 2, in FIG. 6 as well as in each of the drawings described below, the wiring members 50 are shown with their lengths omitted.

  The wiring member 50 has a large number of conductor patterns 51 inside, and the conductor patterns 51 are exposed on one surface of one end portion in the longitudinal direction (X direction). The exposed portion of the conductor pattern 51 is plated with Au. A reinforcing plate 52 is attached to the other surface of one end of the wiring member 50. Further, a ground plate 54 made of a conductor is attached to a portion of the surface to which the reinforcing plate 52 is attached and which is separated in the X direction from the edge 53 of one end.

  The required unevenness is formed at both ends in the width direction (Y direction) of the wiring member 50, that is, the width in the Y direction of the wiring member 50 is sequentially changed, and the reinforcing plate 52 and the ground plate 54 are such The changing width and the width of the wiring member 50 are matched, and the wiring member 50 is provided in the entire area in the Y direction.

  When reference is made to the width of the end edge 53 of the one end portion of the wiring member 50, the notches 55, 56, 57 and the convex portion 58 are sequentially formed in the X direction on both sides in the width direction of the wiring member 50. The wiring material 50 is slightly wider at a position slightly ahead of the portion 58.

  The notch 55 is positioned at the corner of the reinforcing plate 52, whereby the pair of shoulders 59 is formed on the reinforcing plate 52, and the edge 53 side of the shoulder 59 is slightly wider. Further, the two notches 56 and 57 and the convex portion 58 are provided at the position where the ground plate 54 is located.

  In the configuration as described above, for example, PET (polyethylene terephthalate) is used for the reinforcing plate 52, and for the ground plate 54, for example, a Cu plate subjected to Sn plating is used.

  The wiring member 50 is vertically bent at a fold (a fold in the Y direction) orthogonal to the X direction, and mounted on the connector 100. FIG. 7 shows a state in which the wiring member 50 is bent, and the wiring member 50 is bent between the reinforcing plate 52 and the ground plate 54. The wiring member 50 is bent so that the reinforcing plate 52 and the ground plate 54 are positioned outside the bending.

  The wiring member 50 bent as shown in FIG. 7 is attached to the insulator 60. The wiring material 50 is inserted with its edge 53 positioned in the slit 67 of the insulator 60, and at this time, the wiring material 50 is guided by the inclined surfaces 74, 76 and inserted into the slit 67. FIG. 8 shows a state in which the wiring member 50 is mounted on the insulator 60, and the reinforcing plate 52 provided on the wiring member 50 abuts on the first surface 65 of the insulator 60 as shown in FIG. 8B. At least a part of the portion provided with the ground plate 54 abuts on the third surface 72.

  At a portion of the wiring member 50 located along the first surface 65, the Y-direction central portion has a length in the Z direction which is held in the + X direction by the holding portion 75 of the insulator 60, and both ends in the Y direction The portion is also held and held by the insulator 60, whereby the floating of the tip of the wiring member 50 in the X direction is well prevented. In addition, as shown to FIG. 8A, a pair of convex part 58 currently formed in the wiring material 50 is located in the notch 88 of the insulator 60, and is positioned.

  Next, the shell 100 is attached. FIG. 9A shows a state in which the shell 100 is press-fit and attached to the insulator 60 to which the wiring member 50 is attached, which is the same view as FIG. 1A and shows the assembled state of the connector 200.

  A total of four notches 56 and 57 of the wiring member 50 are aligned with a total of four holes 89 formed in the third surface 72 of the insulator 60, and a total of four press-fit pieces 112 and 113 of the shell 100 are The upper plate portion 102 of the shell 100 is shown in FIG. 2D from the opposite side to the third surface 72 at a portion where the upper plate portion 102 of the shell 100 abuts against the third surface 72. It abuts. A pair of ground plate contact portions 106 formed in the upper plate portion 102 contacts the ground plate 54 of the wiring member 50.

  The fitting plate portion 101 of the shell 100 is in contact with the second surface 66 of the insulator 60, and the press-in protrusions 115 formed to project at both ends in the Y direction are press-fit at the step portions 69 located at both ends in the Y direction of the second surface 66 It becomes a state. Further, as shown in FIG. 9B by the two wiring material retaining portions 114 formed on both ends of the fitting plate portion 101 in the Y direction, the pair of shoulder portions 59 formed on the reinforcing plate 52 is pressed downward in the Z direction. Thus, the wiring member 50 is prevented from coming off.

  The U-shaped portions 108 of the pair of lock mechanisms 107 formed in the shell 100 are located in the recess 77 of the insulator 60, and the locking piece 109 is inserted into the slit 91. The locking portion 110 formed at the tip of the locking piece 109 protrudes outward in the Y direction from the columnar portion 64 of the insulator 60 as shown in FIG. 1B.

  Further, the pair of latch portions 104 of the shell 100 is inserted into the hole 86 of the arm portion 63 of the insulator 60, and the cut-and-raised pieces 105 formed in the latch portion 104 are engaged with the latch receiving portion 87. As a result, the wiring material wrapping prevention portion 103 is fixed to the insulator 60.

  FIG. 10 shows a state in which the connector 200 having the wiring member 50 attached thereto is engaged with and connected in the Z direction to the connection-side board-side connector 400 mounted on the board 300 in this manner. In the case 200, the locking portion 110 of the locking piece 109 of the pair of locking mechanisms 107 is locked to the substrate-side connector 400, whereby the state of being connected to the substrate-side connector 400 is locked.

  As shown in FIG. 10B, the signal contacts 410 of the board side connector 400 contact the conductor patterns 51 of the wiring member 50, and the ground contacts 420 contact the fitting plate portion 101 of the shell 100.

  The locked state of the connector 200 with respect to the board-side connector 400 can be released by pressing the button portions 84 of the pair of lock release buttons 82 integrally formed on the insulator 60 toward each other. By pressing, the lock portion 110 of the lock mechanism 107 of the shell 100 is displaced inward in the Y direction, and the lock with the substrate-side connector 400 is released.

  As mentioned above, although the 1st Example of the connector by this invention was described, according to the connector 200 mentioned above, the following effects can be acquired.

  (1) The metal shell 100 is provided with the ground plate contact portion 106 in contact with the ground plate 54 of the wiring member 50, and the fitting plate portion 101 of the shell 100 is in contact with the ground contact 420 of the board side connector 400 In other words, since the ground plate 54 and the ground contact 420 are electrically connected via the shell 100, the base ground 35, which is a separate metallic part provided in the conventional connector, can be eliminated. it can. As a result, the connector 200 can be configured with two parts, the insulator 60 and the shell 100, and the number of parts can be reduced compared to the conventional example.

  (2) Since the lock mechanism 107 for the substrate-side connector 400 is formed on the metal shell 100, sufficient strength can be obtained, and the connector can be miniaturized.

  (3) The wiring member 50 is held off by the wiring member holding portion 114 provided in the shell 100, and one end of the wiring member 50 where the conductor pattern 51 is exposed is the wiring member holding portion 114 and the front plate of the insulator 60 It becomes a state where it is sandwiched between the step portion 71 at the lower end in the Z direction of the portion 62 and is positioned well.

  (4) Since the tip (edge 53) of the wiring member 50 is protected by the step portion 71, the tip of the wiring member 50 is not damaged when the connector 200 is fitted to the substrate-side connector 400.

  (5) A structure in which the wiring material wrapping prevention part 103 is provided in the shell 100, and a force generated when the wiring material 50 is scraped is received by the latch part 104 fixed to the insulator 60 at both ends of the wiring material wrapping prevention part 103 Because of this, it is possible to prevent the wiring member 50 from being separated from the insulator 60 due to bending.

  (6) In the wiring material 50, a shield material is disposed in a direction opposite to the edge 53 from the ground plate 54, and there is a mode in which only both sides or one side is covered by the shield material. Although the thickness is increased, since the wiring material wrap prevention portion 103 is positioned at a position one step higher than the upper plate portion 102, the wiring material 50 can be mounted without any problem even if the wiring material 50 becomes thick. In this example, the thickness of the wiring member 50 can be permitted below the broken line a shown in FIG.

  Although the ground plate 54 is separated from the reinforcing plate 52 in the wiring member 50 as shown in FIG. 6C, the ground plate 54 may be partially overlapped with the reinforcing plate 52. In this case, a fold is formed in the area of the ground plate 54, and the wiring material 50 is bent by 90 degrees together with the ground plate 54.

  Hereinafter, a second embodiment of the connector according to the present invention shown in FIGS. 11 to 16 will be described.

  11 and 12 show a state in which the wiring material is attached to the connector as in FIGS. 1 and 2. FIGS. 13 to 15 show details of insulator 60 'and shell 100' in connector 500 shown in FIG. Is shown. Further, FIG. 16 shows a state in which the connector 500 is fitted and connected to the board-side connector 400, as in FIG. The same reference numerals are given to parts corresponding to the configuration of the first embodiment, and the detailed description will be omitted.

  In the first embodiment, the shell 100 is provided with a mechanism for preventing the wiring member 50 from turning around, but in the second embodiment, the insulator 60 'has a mechanism for preventing the wiring member 50 from turning around. It has become.

  The insulator 60 'is configured as shown in FIGS. The difference from the insulator 60 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 is that the pair of arm portions 63 does not have the holes 86 in which the latched portions 87 are provided inside, and the wiring material anti-overlay bar 92 straddles the pair of arm portions 63. It is at a point that is stretched in the Y direction.

  The wiring material wrapping prevention bar 92 is located behind the block portion 61, and the lower surface of the wiring material wrapping prevention bar 92 is located at a position higher than the height of the top surface of the block part 61 in the Z direction.

  On the other hand, the shell 100 'is configured as shown in FIG. The difference from the shell 100 shown in FIG. 5 is that the wiring material wrap prevention portion 103 and the latch portions 104 formed at both ends thereof are not provided.

  In a connector 500 including such an insulator 60 'and a shell 100', the wiring member 50 is mounted under the wiring material wrap preventing bar 92 and mounted on the insulator 60 'as shown in FIGS. The wiring material bending prevention bar 92 is located on the opposite side of the wiring material 50 from the side where the third surface 72 of the insulator 60 ′ is located. Thereby, even if the wiring member 50 is twisted, the displacement in the direction away from the third surface 72 is prevented by the wiring member winding preventing bar 92.

  Also in the connector 500 of the second embodiment, the same effect as that of the connector 200 of the first embodiment described above can be obtained. Although it can be said that the connector 500 of the second embodiment is superior in terms of the strength against bending of the wiring member 50, the height of the connector 500 in the Z direction is equivalent to the presence of the wiring member preventing bar 92. Since the height is increased, the configuration of the connector 200 of the first embodiment is preferable in terms of reducing the height.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 connecting member 11 first portion 12 second portion 13 bent portion 14 signal conductor 15 reinforcing plate 16 ground conductor 17 ear portion 20 receptacle 21 substrate 22 receptacle housing 23 fitting hole 30 plug 31 base 32 cover 33 1 receiving portion 34 second receiving portion 35 base ground 35 a spring 36 first protecting portion 37 second protecting portion 38 first pressing portion 39 second pressing portion 41 fitting portion 42 locking mechanism 43 operation hole 44 Wall 45 Ear guide 46 Guide groove 47 Cover mounting portion 48 Guide projection 49 Engage portion 50 Wiring material 51 Conductor pattern 52 Reinforcement plate 53 Edge 54 Ground plate 55 to 57 Notch 58 Convex part 59 Shoulder 60, 60 ' Insulator 61 block portion 62 front plate portion 63 arm portion 64 columnar portion 65 first surface 66 second surface 67 slit 68, 69 step portion 71 step portion 72 third surface 73 projecting portion 74 inclined surface 75 pressing portion 76 inclined surface 77 recessed portion 78 front portion 79 hole 81 rear portion 82 lock release button 83 spring portion 84 button portion 85 extension portion 86 hole 87 latch Part 88 Notch 89 Hole 91 Slit 92 Wiring material prevention bar 100, 100 'Shell 101 Fitting plate part 102 Upper plate part 103 Wiring material prevention part 104 Latch part 105 Cut and raised piece 106 Ground plate contact part 107 Locking mechanism 108 U J-shaped part 109 Locking piece 110 Locking part 111 Window 112, 113 Press-fit piece 114 Wiring material retaining part 115 Press-fit projection 200 Connector 300 Substrate 400 Substrate side connector 410 Signal contact 420 Ground contact 500 connector

According to the invention of claim 1, the sheet-like wiring material having flexibility, the conductor pattern is exposed on one surface of one end in the longitudinal direction, and the reinforcing plate is formed on the other surface of the one end. The ground plate further comprises a ground plate made of a conductor at a position apart from the end edge of the one end along the longitudinal direction in the other surface, and the ground plate is separated or partially overlapped with the reinforcing plate in the longitudinal direction connectors for connecting the Tei Ru wiring member to the connection partner, and a shell consisting of insulator and conductor, the orthogonal three directions X direction, Y direction, and Z direction, the longitudinal direction of the connector X direction, the connector width when the direction of the Y-direction, the fitting direction of the connector and the Z direction, insulator protrudes an elongated block section in the Y direction, the Z direction downward from the block unit while located in the X direction in front of the block portion And a front plate portion having a portion, the block portion and between the front plate portion slit the one end of the wiring member is inserted is formed, plate portions fitted shell continuous with mutually perpendicular plate surface And an upper plate portion, the upper plate portion is provided with a ground plate contact portion, and the inner wall surface and the extension surface of the slit formed of the surface of the front plate portion perpendicular to the X direction in the insulator are When the front surface of the front plate portion opposite to the first surface is a second surface, and the upper surface of the block portion perpendicular to the Z direction is a third surface, the reinforcing plate is the insulator. The wiring material can be bent vertically at a fold perpendicular to the longitudinal direction so as to be in contact with one surface and at least a part of a portion provided with a ground plate abuts the third surface, On insulator fitted with wiring material The fitting plate portion abuts on the second surface, and the portion where the upper plate portion abuts on the third surface of the wiring member abuts from the opposite side to the third surface and the ground plate contact portion contacts the ground plate It is assumed that the shell can be attached as

In the invention of claim 1 is the invention of claim 2, the upper plate, is stretched in the Z direction downward after projecting from the upper plate to the Y Direction locking portion which projects in the Y direction Kosoto side tip lock mechanism is locked to the connection partner comprises a are integrally formed, formed when the lock release button which can be displaced the locking portion in the Y direction Mukonai side integrally the shell is attached to the insulator It is supposed to be done.

In the invention of claim 1 or 2 in the invention of claim 3, the upper plate portion of fitting opposite wire material comprising a latch portion in the Y Direction both sides in the edge portion of the side continuous with the plate portion An anti-slip portion is formed, the insulator is provided with a latch portion to be engaged with the latch portion, and when the shell is mounted on the insulator, the wiring material anti-roll portion is the insulator due to engagement of the latch portion to the latch portion It is fixed against.

According to the invention of claim 4, according to the invention of claim 1 or 2, the insulator is provided with the wiring material wrap preventing bar extending in the Y direction, and when the wiring material is mounted on the insulator, the wiring material wrap preventing bar is against the wiring material. The wiring material is positioned on the opposite side to the side where the third surface is located to prevent displacement of the wiring member in a direction away from the third surface.

In the invention of claim 5, when the shell is attached to the insulator to which the wiring material is attached, the two shoulders formed on the reinforcing plate are pressed downward in the Z direction according to the invention of any of claims 1 to 4 Two wiring material retaining portions are formed in the fitting plate.

Claims (5)

A flexible sheet-like wiring member, wherein a conductor pattern is exposed on one surface of one end in the longitudinal direction, a reinforcing plate is provided on the other surface of the one end, and A connector for connecting a wiring member to a connection partner, the wiring member further comprising a ground plate made of a conductor at a location spaced from the end edge of the one end along the longitudinal direction.
And a shell comprising an insulator and a conductor,
Each of the insulators is a first surface and a second surface, which are two surfaces located back to back, parallel to a plane in which the fitting direction of the connector and the width direction orthogonal to the fitting direction stretch. A third surface which is a surface perpendicular to the fitting direction and exposed in a direction opposite to the fitting direction of the connector;
The shell has a fitting plate portion and an upper plate portion which are connected to each other with plate surfaces perpendicular to each other, and the upper plate portion is provided with a ground plate contacting portion,
In the insulator, the wiring material is folded at a fold perpendicular to the longitudinal direction such that the reinforcing plate abuts the first surface and at least a part of the portion provided with the ground plate abuts the third surface. It can be installed by bending vertically
In the insulator on which the wiring member is mounted, the fitting plate portion is in contact with the second surface, and the upper plate portion is in contact with the third surface of the wiring member, opposite to the third surface. A connector characterized in that the shell can be mounted such that the shell abuts from the side and the ground plate contact portion contacts the ground plate. In the connector according to claim 1,
The upper plate portion is provided with a locking portion which protrudes from the upper plate portion to the outside in the width direction and then extends in the fitting direction and protrudes at the tip to the outside in the width direction to the connection partner A lock mechanism to be locked is integrally formed;
A connector characterized in that a lock release button capable of displacing the locking portion inward in the width direction when the shell is mounted is integrally formed on the insulator. In the connector according to claim 1 or 2,
A wiring material wrap preventing portion having latch portions on both sides in the width direction is formed at the side edge portion of the upper plate portion opposite to the side connected to the fitting plate portion,
The insulator is provided with a latched portion engaged with the latch portion,
A connector characterized in that when the shell is attached to the insulator, the wiring material twist prevention portion is fixed to the insulator by the engagement of the latch portion with the latch portion. In the connector according to claim 1 or 2,
The insulator is provided with a wiring material bending prevention bar extending in the width direction,
When the wiring member is mounted on the insulator, the wiring member winding prevention bar is located on the opposite side to the side where the third surface is located with respect to the wiring member, and from the third surface of the wiring member A connector characterized by preventing displacement in the direction of separation. The connector according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
When the shell is mounted on the insulator on which the wiring member is mounted, the two wiring material retaining portions pressing the two shoulders formed on the reinforcing plate in the fitting direction are the fitting plate portions A connector characterized in that it is formed in.

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