JP2019096456A - Chain terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a chain terminal for which a material for forming the chain terminal can be reduced and the cost can be reduced.SOLUTION: A chain terminal 1 includes a straight coupling portion 3, a plurality of terminals 5 formed in a straight line and arranged to be inclined with respect to the length direction of the coupling portion 3, and a plurality of connecting portions 7 that extend from one side in the width direction of the coupling portion 3 toward the plurality of terminals 5 in a direction orthogonal to the length direction of the coupling portion 3 and are integrally formed with a terminal 5.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to chain terminals. In particular, the present invention relates to a chain terminal in which a plurality of terminals are integrally connected via a connecting portion.

  Conventionally, as a chain terminal, one having a connecting portion formed in a linear shape and a plurality of terminals formed in a linear shape and arranged in a direction orthogonal to the length direction of the connecting portion is known. (See, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In this chain terminal, a plurality of inter-terminal connection portions disposed between the plurality of terminals, extending in a direction orthogonal to the length direction of the connection portion from one side in the width direction of the connection portion toward the plurality of terminals; A plurality of projecting end portions integrally provided across the plurality of terminals and the plurality of inter-terminal connection portions are provided.

  In such a chain terminal, the plurality of terminals are integrally connected to the connection portion via the plurality of inter-terminal connection portions and the plurality of projecting end portions.

JP, 2016-51667, A

  However, in a chain terminal like the above-mentioned patent document 1, since a plurality of terminals are arranged in a direction orthogonal to the length direction of the connecting portion, the length in the width direction of the connecting portion and the length of the terminals are matched. The material width for forming the chain terminal of more than the required length is required, and the cost is increased.

  Then, this invention can reduce the material for shape | molding a chain terminal, and it aims at provision of the chain terminal which can be reduced in cost.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a connecting portion formed in a straight line shape, a plurality of terminals formed in a straight line shape and arranged to be inclined with respect to the length direction of the connecting portion, and And a plurality of connecting portions extending from one side toward the plurality of terminals in a direction orthogonal to the length direction of the connecting portion and integrally formed with the terminals. .

  In this chain terminal, since the plurality of terminals are arranged to be inclined with respect to the length direction of the connecting portion, the chain terminal having the terminals arranged in the direction orthogonal to the length direction of the connecting portion is formed The terminals can be arranged with a material width shorter than the material width for reducing the material.

  Further, since the plurality of terminals are integrally formed with the plurality of connecting portions extending in the direction orthogonal to the length direction of the connecting portion from one side in the width direction of the connecting portion toward the plurality of terminals, The plurality of terminals can be integrally connected via the connection portion.

  Therefore, in such a chain terminal, the material for forming the chain terminal can be reduced, and the cost can be reduced.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the chain terminal according to claim 1, characterized in that an auxiliary connecting portion is provided integrally with the adjacent terminals, between the adjacent terminals.

  In this chain terminal, since the auxiliary connection portion is provided integrally with the adjacent terminals between the adjacent terminals, the plurality of terminals can be stably and integrally connected by the auxiliary connection portion.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the material for shape | molding a chain terminal can be reduced and it is effective in the ability to provide the chain terminal which can be reduced in cost.

It is a front view when the terminal of the chain terminal concerning embodiment of this invention is arrange | positioned at a housing and a board | substrate. It is a sectional view when a terminal of a chain terminal concerning an embodiment of the invention is arranged at a housing. It is a front view of a chain terminal concerning an embodiment of the invention. It is a front view of the chain terminal as a comparative example.

  The chain terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

  The chain terminal 1 according to the present embodiment includes a connecting portion 3 formed in a straight line, and a plurality of terminals 5 formed in a straight line and inclined with respect to the length direction of the connecting portion 3 and connected. It has a plurality of connecting portions 7 that extend from one side in the width direction of the portion 3 toward the plurality of terminals 5 in the direction orthogonal to the length direction of the connecting portion 3 and are integrally formed with the terminals 5.

  Moreover, between the adjacent terminals 5 and 5, the auxiliary connection part 9 is provided integrally with the adjacent terminals 5 and 5.

  First, an example of a structure to which the terminal 5 separated from the chain terminal 1 is applied will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the terminals 5 are accommodated in a housing 13 disposed on the surface of a substrate 11 which is a circuit board on which electronic components (not shown) and the like are mounted.

  The housing 13 can be fitted with a mating housing (not shown) for housing a mating terminal (not shown), and by mating the housing 13 with the mating housing, the mating terminal and the terminal 5 are electrically connected. Connected.

  The terminal 5 housed in the housing 13 is electrically fixed to the substrate 11 by fixing the housing 13 on the substrate 11 via the fixing portion (not shown) in a state housed in the housing 13. Connected

  The terminal 5 is provided with a main body portion 15, a terminal connection portion 17, a substrate connection portion 19, and a press-fit portion 21 by subjecting a single plate material made of a conductive material to pressing or bending. .

  The main body portion 15 is formed in a rod-like shape, and is bent in an L shape at the bending portion 23.

  The terminal connection portion 17 is formed in a tab shape on one end side of the main body portion 15 and is accommodated inside the housing 13.

  The terminal connection portion 17 is inserted into the connection portion (not shown) of the female counterpart terminal by fitting the housing 13 to the counterpart housing, and the terminal 5 and the counterpart terminal are electrically connected.

  The substrate connection portion 19 is provided on the other end side of the main body portion 15, exposed to the outside of the housing 13, and bent toward the substrate 11 by bending the bending portion 23 of the main body portion 15.

  The board connection portion 19 is a hole provided in a conductor portion (not shown) constituting a circuit of the substrate 11 by arranging the housing 13 on the substrate 11 in a state where the terminal 5 is assembled to the housing 13 The terminal 5 and the substrate 11 are electrically connected by soldering which is inserted into the portion 25 and heats the solder paste applied to the substrate 11.

  The press-fit portions 21 are projections which are provided at two places (four places in total) on both sides in the width direction of the main body portion 15 between the terminal connection portion 17 of the main body portion 15 and the substrate connection portion 19.

  The press-fit portion 21 is press-fit into a hole 29 provided in the wall 27 of the housing 13 to fix the terminal 5 to the housing 13.

  In the vicinity of the press-fit portion 21, the stoppers 31, 31 are respectively provided on both sides in the width direction of the main body portion 15. When the press-fit portion 21 is press-fit into the hole portion 29, the stoppers 31, 31 By abutting, the press-fit position of the press-fit portion 21 is regulated.

  Such a terminal 5 is a chain terminal 1 in which a plurality of terminals 5 are integrally connected via the connecting portion 3 before being assembled to the housing 13.

  Hereinafter, the details of the chain terminal 1 will be described.

  The chain terminal 1 is formed by pressing a single plate material made of a conductive material to form the connecting portion 3, the plurality of terminals 5, the plurality of connecting portions 7, and the plurality of auxiliary connecting portions 9. It is formed.

  The connection portion 3 is disposed on the side of the substrate connection portion 19 of the plurality of terminals 5 and is formed in a linear plate shape as one continuous member across the substrate connection portions 19 of the plurality of terminals 5.

  When the plurality of terminals 5 are transported to the connection portion 3, the plurality of connection portions 7 and the auxiliary connection portion 9 are cut when the terminal connection portions 17 of the plurality of terminals 5 and the substrate connection portion 19 are processed. When necessary, a plurality of pilot holes 35 serving as a reference are provided.

  The connecting portion 3 is generally cut to make the plurality of terminals 5 independent of the chain terminal 1 before assembling the terminals 5 into the housing 13.

  The plurality of terminals 5 are arranged such that the main body portion 15 formed in a linear shape before being bent at the bending portion 23 is inclined with respect to the length direction of the connecting portion 3 and each becomes parallel ing.

  By disposing the plurality of terminals 5 in an inclined manner with respect to the length direction of the connecting portion 3 as described above, the material width W for molding the chain terminal 1 can be shortened.

  The plurality of connecting portions 7 are one member which is continuous from the one side in the width direction of the connecting portion 3 to each of the plurality of terminals 5 in the direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the connecting portion 3, that is, in the width direction of the connecting portion 3 And are integrally formed on each of the plurality of terminals 5.

  Since the plurality of terminals 5 are inclined with respect to the length direction of the connecting portion 3 in the plurality of connecting portions 7, direct connection is possible without inter-terminal connecting portion integrally provided with the connecting portion 3. It can be integrally formed with the terminal 5.

  For this reason, the structure for connecting the several terminal 5 to the connection part 3 can be simplified, shaping | molding of the chain terminal 1 by press work can be facilitated, and cost reduction can be carried out.

  The plurality of connecting portions 7 are arranged along the side surface of the main body portion 15 of the plurality of terminals 5 in order to make the plurality of terminals 5 independent from the chain terminals 1 before assembling the terminals 5 into the housing 13. And cut entirely.

  The plurality of auxiliary connection parts 9 are formed in a plate shape in the vicinity of the press-fit part 21 of the terminal 5 between the adjacent terminals 5 and 5, and the main body parts 15 and 15 of the terminals 5 and 5 whose both ends in the length direction are adjacent Is integrally formed on the side surface in the width direction.

  The plurality of auxiliary connection portions 9 hold the state in which the plurality of terminals 5 are connected together with the connection portion 3 and improve the rigidity of the chain terminal 1.

  Such a plurality of auxiliary connection portions 9 have predetermined lengths from both sides in the width direction of the main body portion 15 of the terminal 5 in order to make the plurality of terminals 5 independent from the chain terminal 1 before assembling the terminals 5 into the housing 13 It is cut from the main body 15 leaving a part so as to have a thickness.

  The auxiliary connecting portion 9 left in this way abuts against the wall portion 27 of the housing 13 when the press-fit portion 21 of the terminal 5 is press-fit into the housing 13, and a stopper 31 which regulates the press-fit position of the press-fit portion 21. Become.

  By making the auxiliary connection portion 9 function as the stopper 31 as described above, the arrangement position of the terminal 5 with respect to the housing 13 can be regulated without increasing the number of parts.

  Here, as a comparison, a chain terminal 101 in which a plurality of terminals 5 are arranged in a direction orthogonal to the length direction of the connecting portion 3, that is, the width direction of the connecting portion 3, is shown in FIG.

  In this chain terminal 101, an inter-terminal connecting portion 103 is formed parallel to the main body portion 15 of the terminal 5 from the connecting portion 3 to the plurality of terminals 5, and a plurality of the plurality of terminals 5 and a plurality of inter-terminal connecting portions 103 are provided. Are integrally connected via the connecting portion 105 of

  In the vicinity of the press-fit portion 21 of the terminal 5, a plurality of auxiliary connection portions 107 integrally formed with the plurality of terminals 5 are provided.

  In such a chain terminal 101, since the plurality of terminals 5 are arranged in the direction orthogonal to the length direction of the connecting portion 3, the material width W1 for forming the chain terminal 101 is at least the width of the connecting portion 3. It is necessary to have at least the combined length of the length of the terminal 5 and the length of the terminal 5.

  Further, in the chain terminal 101, the connecting portion 3 and the substrate connecting portion 19 can not be integrally formed in order to provide the substrate connecting portion 19 of the terminal 5, and a plurality of the connecting portions 3 are connected. The inter-terminal connecting portion 103 and the plurality of connecting portions 105 are required, and the shape is complicated.

  On the other hand, in the chain terminal 1, as shown in FIG. 3, since the plurality of terminals 5 are arranged to be inclined with respect to the length direction of the connecting portion 3, a material for forming the chain terminal 1 The width W can be shortened by the amount by which the terminal 5 is inclined.

  Further, in the chain terminal 1, since the plurality of terminals 5 are arranged to be inclined with respect to the length direction of the connecting portion 3, the connecting portion 3 does not have the inter-terminal connecting portion 103 (see FIG. 4). The plurality of terminals 5 can be connected to the connecting portion 3 only by the plurality of connecting portions 7, and the shape can be simplified.

  In such a chain terminal 1, since the plurality of terminals 5 are arranged to be inclined with respect to the length direction of the connecting portion 3, the terminals 5 arranged in the direction orthogonal to the length direction of the connecting portion 3 The terminals 5 can be disposed with a material width W shorter than the material width for forming the chain terminal having the " "

  Further, the plurality of terminals 5 are integrally formed with the plurality of connecting portions 7 extending in the direction orthogonal to the length direction of the connecting portion 3 from one side in the width direction of the connecting portion 3 toward the plurality of terminals 5 Thus, the plurality of terminals 5 can be integrally coupled via the coupling portion 3.

  Therefore, in such a chain terminal 1, the material for forming the chain terminal 1 can be reduced, and the cost can be reduced.

  Further, since the auxiliary connecting portion 9 is provided integrally with the adjacent terminals 5 and 5 between the adjacent terminals 5 and 5, the plurality of terminals 5 are stably and integrally connected by the auxiliary connecting portion 9 be able to.

  In addition, in the chain terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention, the auxiliary connection portion is provided in the vicinity of the press-in portion in order to use it as a stopper for restricting the press-fit position of the press-in portion. It may be provided at any position between adjacent terminals.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Chain terminal 3 ... Connection part 5 ... Terminal 7 ... Connection part 9 ... Auxiliary connection part

Claims (2)

A straight connection portion,
A plurality of terminals formed in a straight line and arranged to be inclined with respect to the length direction of the connecting portion;
A plurality of connecting portions extending from one side in the width direction of the connecting portion toward the plurality of terminals in a direction orthogonal to the length direction of the connecting portion and integrally formed with the terminals;
A chain terminal characterized by having: The chain terminal according to claim 1, wherein
Between the said adjacent terminals, the auxiliary | assistant connection part is provided integrally with the said adjacent terminal, The chain terminal characterized by the above-mentioned.

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