JP3023905B2 - Connector device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a connector device for making an electrical connection, and more particularly to a connector device for connecting two output units to a connection terminal of an external output having a pair of two output units. The present invention relates to a connector device for outputting the obtained two inputs to the outside in pairs.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 6, a conventional connector device 1a has a conductive member 3 having two input portions 6a and 11a.
a is fixed to the insulation holding member 8a at the input portion 11a by a nut, and the output pin 2a is connected to the insulation holding member 4a.
The two insulating holding members 4a and 8a are held at predetermined intervals by screwing the plate member 9a. Further, the input portion 6a is connected to the output pin 2a via the conductive wire 30a, and the input portion 11a is nut-fixed with a washer (not shown) for pulling out the conductive wire, and the conductive wire 25a extending below the bottom surface of the insulating holding member 4a. And a lead wire washer therefor. The connection between the input portion 6a and the conductor 30a, the connection between the conductor 30a and the output pin 2a, and the connection between the lead wire washer and the conductor 25a are performed by soldering.

[0003]

A conventional connector device 1
a holds and fixes the conductive member 3a to the insulating holding member 8a by tightening a nut, and holds and fixes the output pin 2a to the insulating holding member 4a at a predetermined position.
a, and the conductor 30a and the conductor 30a and the output pin 2a are soldered, respectively, and the wire lead washer on the input portion 11a side and the conductor 25a held in a predetermined state are soldered. Insulation holding members 4a, 8
There is a problem that the assembling work is complicated because the configuration is such that the assembly is performed by screwing the screws to a.

In particular, the input section 6a and the output section 11a are assembled in a state where they are connected by conducting wires 30a and 25a, respectively. The soldering of the connection between the portion 30a and the conductor 30a, the soldering of the connection between the conductor 30a and the output pin 2a, and the soldering of the washer for withdrawing the conductor and the conductor 25a are performed in a narrower space. Was more serious. Also, the complexity of the assembling work, particularly, the connection between the input section 6a and the conductor 30a,
It is conceivable that a large space is taken so that the work of soldering the connection between the a and the output pin 2a and the connection between the washer for leading the lead wire and the lead wire 25a can be easily performed. However, if a large space is taken, the whole device becomes large, and there is a problem that it is not practical.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and even if it has a plurality of input units and output units, the assembling work is simple and the whole apparatus can be kept compact. It is an object to provide a connector device.

[0006]

According to the present invention, a connecting pin and a conductive member capable of receiving an external input are integrated in an insulating state, and the integrated connecting pin and the conductive member are held by a holding member made of an insulating material. Connector device.

[0007] The detailed configuration is such that a conductive connection pin and the connection pin are held in a conductive state, and when engaged with an external output terminal having two output terminals, one of the two output terminals is engaged. A conductive member provided with a first conductive portion that allows the connecting pin to be in a conductive state, and a second conductive portion that is kept insulated from the first conductive portion and can be in a conductive state with the other output end. And a through hole made of an insulating material, through which the connection pin can be inserted, is opened, and the connection pin held in a predetermined state with respect to the conductive member is kept inserted in the through hole. A holding member capable of fixedly holding the conductive member, and in a state where the conductive member integrated with the connection pin is fixedly held in the holding member, the conductive member is connected to the second conductive portion of the conductive member and disposed in a conductive state, External output terminal to its second conductive part Output extraction means capable of outputting retrieves input from a connector apparatus configured provided with.

That is, in the connector device of the present invention, when the conductive member holds the connection pin in an insulated state, it forms two conductive portions, and the holding means fixedly holds the integrated connection pin and the conductive member.

In the connector device of the present invention, the holding means can fix and hold an arbitrary number of integrated connection pins and the conductive member, and can take out an output of an arbitrary number of pairs. The shape and arrangement of the two conductive portions of the conductive member correspond to the shape and arrangement of the two connection output terminals of the external output terminals and the two connection input terminals of the external input terminal for receiving the output. Should be selected appropriately.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to FIGS. However, the present invention is not limited by this embodiment.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the connector device 1 includes a connection pin 2, a conductive member 3, a holding member 4, and an output take-out means 22. The connector device 1
Are provided with six conductive members 3, that is, six sets of conductive portions. In this embodiment, the configuration of the two external output terminals and the two external input terminals is coaxial.

The connection pin 2 is made of a conductive metal material, and has a round bar shape as shown in FIGS. The connection pin 2 has an E-ring 5 attached to a substantially central portion thereof as a limiter with respect to the conductive member 3 and the holding member 4. or,
The connection pin 2 is formed so as to be tapered in a curved manner so that the tip can be easily inserted.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the conductive member 3 is formed of a metal material as a conductive material, and is formed of a conductive piece 6 as a first conductive portion, a synthetic resin material as an insulating material, and a tubular member. And holding members 7 and 8 for holding the conductive piece 6 therebetween and holding the holding members 7 and 8 made of a metallic material of a conductive material in a round pipe shape, and holding the holding members 7 and 8 in the second conductive portion. It comprises an outer tube 9 and fixing caps 10 and 11 having through-holes opened along the axis, fixed to both ends of the outer tube 9 by caulking, and holding and holding the holding bodies 7 and 8 in the outer tube 9 in a housed state. Have been.

The conductive piece 6 is provided with a holding portion 12 for holding and holding the connection pin 2 in a conductive state, and when the conductive piece 6 is engaged with an external output terminal (not shown) having two output ends. A holding portion 13 that holds one of the two output terminals to be in a conductive state is provided. Therefore, connection pin 2
Can be electrically connected to one of the output terminals via the conductive piece 6.

The holding body 7 has a through hole 14 through which the connection pin 2 can be inserted, and the holding body 8 has a through hole 15 through which an external output terminal is inserted and led into the conductive piece 6. .

The fixing cap 10 is provided with a through hole 14 of the holding body 7.
The fixed cap 11 has a through hole 16 at a position corresponding to the through hole 17, and the fixing cap 11 has a through hole 17 at a position corresponding to the through hole 15.

The holding member 4 is shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 3 and 5
As shown in the figure, it is made of a synthetic resin material that is an insulating material,
A through hole 18 through which the connection pin 2 can be inserted is opened,
The connection member 2 is held in a predetermined state with respect to the conductive member 3, and the conductive member 3 is fixed and held while being inserted into the through hole 18.

That is, the holding member 4 has the conductive member 3
A concave portion 19 for fitting and positioning the fixing cap 10 is formed, and a female screw portion 20 is formed on a side portion. A screw 21 is screwed into the female screw portion 20 to be fitted in the concave portion 19. The structure is such that the positioned conductive member 3 is fixed.

The holding member 4 is formed with a circular recess 29 for determining the position of another external terminal at a predetermined position when an external input is output to another external via the conductive member 3. .

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, when the holding member 4 holds the conductive member 3 integrated with the connection pin 2 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the output take-out means 22 is an outer conductive portion of the conductive member 3. It can be connected to the tube 9 to become a conductive body, and can take out and output an input from the other external output terminal of the conductive member 3.

The output take-out means 22 is formed by winding a steel wire around a wound metal plate by bending the steel wire substantially in the center at two portions, and taking out the center bent portion 23 and both ends 24 as connection ends. A spring 25 and a groove 26 formed in the main body of the holding member 4 to house the connection spring 25 in a crimped state
(See FIGS. 1 and 5), a through hole 27 formed in the main body of the holding member 4 and through which both ends 24 of the connection spring 25 can be inserted in an insulated state, and both ends 24 of the connection spring 25 C-ring 2 for contacting outer tube 9 to make it conductive
8.

Therefore, when the external output terminal is brought into a conductive state by the contact of the external output terminal with the fixing cap 11 and / or the outer tube 9 of the conductive member 3, the output taking means 2 is provided.
In the vicinity of the connection pin 2 which is the other external output take-out end, the central bent portion 23
External output can be obtained from The current on the other side, which forms a pair with the current to the external output terminal, is
When it is supplied by contact to the holding portion 13, the connection pin 2 can be taken out through the holding portion 12.

The connector device 1 is configured as described above. Accordingly, the electrical connection between the holding portion 12 of the conductive piece 6 as one input portion from the outside and the connection pin 2 and the fixing piece 11 of the conductive member 3 as the other input portion from the outside.
And / or electrical connection from the outer tube 9 to the central bent portion 23 of the connection spring 25 is performed mechanically and does not require soldering or the like, so that the assembling work can be easily performed. In particular, when there are a plurality of sets of input units and output units,
The assembling work can be performed more easily as compared with the configuration involving the soldering work.

Similarly, the connector device 1 is provided with a mechanical electrical connection between the holding portion 12 of the conductive piece 6 and the connecting pin 2 and a central bent portion 2 of the connecting spring 25 from the fixing cap 11 of the conductive member 3.
Since the mechanical electrical connection reaching 3 does not require a large space by pressing or screwing, it is possible to reduce the size as long as the insulation state of the plurality of conductive members 3 can be ensured, and as a result, Therefore, the entire apparatus can be kept compact.

In this embodiment, the connecting pin 2 is connected to the conductive member 3.
Although the conductive member 3 is fixed to the holding member 4 when the integrated member is held by the holding member 4, the connecting pin 2 may be fixed to the holding member 4. Further, the connecting pin 2 and the conductive member 3 are both
May be fixed.

In this embodiment, the holding member 4 of the conductive member 3
Although fixing is performed by screwing, it may be configured by pinning, screwing to the holding member 4, or caulking.
Further, when the connection pin 2 is fixed to the holding member 4,
Similarly, in addition to the screwing, a configuration such as pinning, screwing to the holding member 4, and caulking may be used.

In this embodiment, the connecting pins 2
Is an array configuration in which three are arranged in two rows, but the array may be arbitrarily determined as desired.

In this embodiment, the conductive piece 6, the holding members 7, 8, the outer tube 9 and the like are formed in target shapes in correspondence with the configuration of the external output terminal and the external input terminal being coaxial.
Although they are arranged concentrically, it is desirable to select them appropriately according to the configuration of the external output terminal and the external input terminal.

[0029]

According to the present invention, there is provided a connector device having two conductive portions, which can easily perform an assembling operation, and can suppress the whole device compact.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a connector device according to an embodiment of the present invention, including a partial cutout.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line II of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a main part of the electric conduction in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view from below of a holding member of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 1 showing a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Connector apparatus 2 Connection pin 3 Conductive member 4 Holding member 6 Conductive piece (first conductive part) 7, 8 Nipping body 9 Outer tube (second conductive part) 10, 11 Fixing cap 20 Female thread part 21 Screw 22 Output take-out Means 25 Connection spring 28 C-ring

Continuation of the front page (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) H01R 17/04 H01R 17/04 501 H01R 31/06

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A connection pin having conductivity, and the connection pin is held in a conductive state, and when engaged with an external output terminal having two output terminals, one of the two output terminals is connected to the connection pin. A first conductive portion that can be brought into a conductive state, and a conductive member provided with a second conductive portion that is kept insulated from the first conductive portion and can be in a conductive state with the other output end, and an insulating material. And a through hole through which the connection pin can be inserted is opened, and the conductive member is fixed in a state where the connection pin held in a predetermined state with respect to the conductive member is kept inserted through the through hole. In a state in which the holding member that can be held and the conductive member integrated with the connection pin in the holding member are fixedly held, the holding member is connected to the second conductive portion of the conductive member, and is disposed in a conductive state. Extract input from external output terminal to conductive part A connector device provided with an output taking-out means capable of outputting the same.