JP3806124B2 - Adapter for card - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a card adapter for connecting a small card or the like mounted on a card mounting unit to a card connector device.

  As this type of prior art, there are those shown in Patent Documents 1-5. These prior arts have a plurality of external connection portions that are arranged in parallel with each other and connected to the card connector device, and also have a card mounting portion in which a card is mounted inside a case constituting the main body. The card is connected to the card connector device in a state where the card is mounted in the mounting portion. As a result, signals can be transmitted and received between the card and the card connector device.

In the card connector device described above, a standard card having a shape and size larger than that of a card attached to the card adapter can be attached. Therefore, the conventional card adapter described above is set to have a shape and size substantially equivalent to those of a standard card. In addition, the standard card described above includes a plurality of external connection portions connected to the card connector device, but a plurality of specific external connection portions of the plurality of external connection portions are short-circuited to each other. It is decided in the standard.
JP 2000-40131 A Japanese Patent No. 3250986 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-305662 JP 2002-157056 A JP 2003-150912 A

  In each of the conventional card adapters, no consideration has been given to short-circuiting a plurality of specific external connection portions among a plurality of external connection portions.

  Since the plurality of external connection portions of the card adapter are arranged side by side on the same plane, when short-circuiting a plurality of specific external connection portions of the plurality of external connection portions, short-circuiting A configuration is conceivable in which a conductive member that straddles at least one external connection portion that is not to be prepared is prepared, and this conductive member is connected to each of a plurality of specific external connection portions.

  However, when arranging the conductive members separately provided in this way, the number of parts is increased, and an assembling work for connecting the conductive members to each of the specific external connection portions is required. Therefore, there is a problem that the manufacturing cost becomes high due to the time required for assembling work.

  The present invention has been made from the above-described actual state of the prior art, and its purpose is for a card that can short-circuit a plurality of specific external connection parts without increasing the number of parts and without affecting the man-hours for assembly. To provide an adapter.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has a plurality of external connection portions arranged side by side, and ends positioned on the rear end side of each of a plurality of specific external connection portions sandwiching at least one external connection portion A short-circuit portion for short-circuiting the edge portion is provided , and the short-circuit portion is bent upward or downward .

As described above, the present invention is provided with a short-circuit portion at the edge portion located on the rear end side of each of the plurality of specific external connection portions, and such a short-circuit portion is a process of producing the external connection portion. At the same time, it can be formed integrally with the specific external connection portion. Therefore, a plurality of specific external connection portions can be short-circuited by the short-circuit portion formed at the end edge portion without increasing the number of components and without affecting the assembling man-hours. Moreover, since the short-circuit part is bent upward or downward, the depth dimension can be set short.

  Further, in the present invention, in the above invention, the length from the predetermined reference line extending in parallel to the rear end portion of the case to each end edge portion of the specific external connection portion is set differently, and the short circuit It is characterized in that a bent part is formed in the part. The present invention configured as described above absorbs the deformation of the short-circuited portion caused by the relationship between the different length dimensions and the short-circuited portion connecting the plurality of specific external connection portions formed by bending by the deformation of the bent portion. Can be made.

Since the present invention includes a short-circuit portion that short-circuits the end edge portion located on the rear end portion side of each of the plurality of specific external connection portions, the number of components is not increased, and the assembly work man-hour is not affected. The plurality of specific external connection portions can be short- circuited by the short-circuit portion formed at the end edge portion, and the manufacturing cost can be suppressed. In addition, since the short-circuit portion is bent upward or downward, the depth dimension can be set short, and the depth dimension can be reduced.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the card adapter according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a view showing an embodiment of a card adapter according to the present invention. FIG. 1 (a) is a plan view showing a configuration seen through a part of an upper case member, FIG. 1 (b) is a front view, and FIG. (A) It is the principal part enlarged view seen from the A direction of a figure. 2A and 2B are views showing a lower case member provided in the present embodiment, wherein FIG. 2A is a plan view, FIG. 2B is a front view showing the vicinity of the front end, FIG. 3 is a rear view of the present embodiment, and FIG. These are a top view which shows the preparation process of the external connection part with which this embodiment is equipped, and a figure which shows the small card | curd used for this embodiment.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1A, a case 1 forming a main body is composed of an upper case member 2 and a lower case member 3, and these upper case member 2 and lower case member 3. And, for example, a plurality of fused portions 4 are provided in the fitted portion, and the fused portions 4 are fused and integrally formed. In a space between the upper case member 2 and the lower case member 3, a card mounting portion 1a to which a card, for example, a small card 5 shown in FIG. 4 is mounted, is formed. Although not shown, a plurality of external connection portions are exposed on the back surface of the small card 5.

  As shown in FIG. 1 (b), the front end of the case 1 is provided with an insertion slot 6 into which a small card 5 is inserted. As shown in FIG. 2, a card guide 7 for guiding the upper surface of the small card 5 is provided in the vicinity of the insertion slot 6 of the lower case member 3. The upper case member 2 not provided with the card guide 7 is formed with a cutout so as to fit the card guide 7 as shown in FIG. 1A to avoid the card guide 7. An avoidance portion 10 is formed.

  As shown in FIG. 2, for example, the lower case member 3 includes a front wall 8 located on the front end side near the insertion slot 6 of the small card 5 and a rear wall 9 located on the rear end side in the depth direction. The upper case member 2 is formed so as to be positioned between the front wall 8 and the rear wall 9 of the lower case member 3. That is, the upper case member 2 is disposed within the region of the lower case member 3.

  Further, for example, as shown in FIG. 1B, the upper surface of the upper case member 2, the upper surface of the front wall 8, the upper surface of the rear wall 9, and the upper surface of the card guide 7 are the same. It is arranged in a plane.

  In the present embodiment, a plurality of external connection portions connected to connection terminals of a card connector device (not shown) are provided on the rear end portion side where the rear wall 9 is located. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the external connection portion includes the first specific external connection portion 11 and the second specific external connection portion 12 that are short-circuited with each other, and the first specific external connection portion 11 and the second specific external connection portion 12. For example, two other external connection parts 13 and 14 that are not short-circuited between the external connection parts 12 are included. As shown in FIG. 2, the plurality of external connection portions are held by a resin member 16 formed along with the insert molding.

  The first external connection portion 11 and the second external connection portion 12 described above are short-circuited by a short-circuit portion 15 at each end edge portion located on the rear end side of the lower case member 3. From the rear end portion of the case 1, that is, from a predetermined reference line extending in parallel to the rear wall 9 of the lower case member 3 shown in FIG. 2, for example, the end edge 17 of the resin member 16, the end edge portion of the first specific external connection portion 11 The length dimension L1 to reach and the length dimension L2 from the end edge 17 to the end edge part of the second specific external connection part 12 are set differently. For example, the length dimension L1 is set to be longer than the length dimension L2, and when connected to a card connector device (not shown), the corresponding one of the plurality of connection terminals of the card connector device is The first specific external connection unit 11 is considered to be connected earlier than the second specific external connection unit 12.

  As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 1 (c), the short-circuit portion 15 that short-circuits the end edge portion of the first specific external connection portion 11 and the end edge portion of the second specific external connection portion 12 described above, A first rising portion 15a extending in parallel along the rear wall 9 of the lower case member 3 and extending in parallel along the rear wall 9 are separated from the rear wall 9 compared to the first rising portion 15a. 2nd rising part 15b arrange | positioned in the position which followed, and the bending part 15c formed in the boundary part of these 1st rising part 15a and the 2nd rising part 15b are included. The height dimensions of the first rising part 15 a and the second rising part 15 b are both set to be included in the thickness dimension of the case 1.

  In the manufacturing process of the plurality of external connection parts, as shown in FIG. 4, the first external connection part material 21 and the second external connection part material 22 are made up of the first rising part material 25a and the second rising part material. 25b and the short-circuit part material 25 including the bent part material 25c are integrally formed. In such a state, the first specific external connection portion material 21 has the length dimension L1 described above, and the second specific external connection portion material 22 has the length dimension L2 described above, for example, upward. The short circuit part 15 shown in FIG. 2 is formed by bending.

  In the present embodiment configured as described above, when the small card 5 shown in FIG. 4 is inserted from the insertion port 6 of the case 1 shown in FIG. A plurality of exposed external connection portions (not shown) are respectively connected to corresponding ones of the external connection portions of the present embodiment. As described above, when the small card 5 is mounted on the card mounting portion 1a and is mounted on the card connector device (not shown), the small card 5 and the card connector device are connected by relaying the present embodiment. Thus, signals can be transmitted and received between the small card 5 and the card connector device.

  According to the present embodiment configured as described above, when the small card 5 is accidentally twisted when the small card 5 is mounted on the card mounting portion 1a of the case 1, the force of the card of the lower case member 3 is applied. Since the guide 7 receives, the force due to the small card 5 is not transmitted to the fusion part 4 between the upper case member 2 and the lower case member 3. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the case 1 from being damaged due to the fusion of the fusion part 4 being peeled off by the force of this twisting, to realize a strong card mounting structure, and to ensure excellent durability.

  Further, the upper case member 2 is provided with a notch for avoiding the card guide 7 provided on the lower case member 3, that is, an avoiding portion 10. The upper surface of the upper case member 2 and the front wall 8 of the lower case member 3 are formed. Since the upper surface of the rear wall 9, the upper surface of the rear wall 9, and the upper surface of the card guide 7 are arranged in the same plane, the thickness dimension of the case 1 can be reduced and the thickness can be reduced.

  Further, since the upper case member 2 is disposed between the front wall 8 and the rear wall 9 of the lower case member 3, the longitudinal direction of the lower case member 3 in FIG. The upper case member 2 does not protrude outward from the lower case member 3, and the length of the finished product can be determined when the lower case member 3 is manufactured. Therefore, by producing the lower case member 3 with high accuracy, it is possible to prevent variations in the length of the finished product, which contributes to an improvement in yield.

  Moreover, this embodiment is provided with the short circuit part 15 which short-circuits the edge part of the 1st specific external connection part 11 and the 2nd specific connection part 12 which pinches | interposes two other external connection parts 13 and 14 which are not short-circuited, The short-circuit part 15 can be formed integrally with the first specific external connection part 11 and the second specific external connection part 12 at the same time in the process of producing the external connection part. Accordingly, the first specific external connection portion 11 and the second specific connection portion 12 can be short-circuited by the short-circuit portion 15 without increasing the number of parts and affecting the assembling work man-hours. Can be suppressed.

  In addition, since the short-circuit portion 15 is formed by bending upward from the state shown in FIG. 4, the depth dimension of the case 1 can be set short, and the depth dimension can be reduced.

  Further, since the bent portion 15c is formed in the short-circuit portion 15, as shown in FIG. 2, different length dimensions L1 and L2 from the edge 17 of the resin member 16, and the first specific external connection by bending processing The deformation of the short-circuit portion 15 caused by the relationship with the short-circuit portion 15 connecting the portion 11 and the second specific external connection portion 12 can be absorbed by the deformation of the bent portion 15c. Therefore, as described above, the first rising portion 15a and the second rising portion 15b of the short-circuit portion 15 can be extended in parallel to the rear wall 9 of the lower case member 3, and the external contact portion with respect to the case 1 is stable. An arrangement structure can be secured.

  In the above embodiment, the card guide 7 for guiding the upper surface of the small card 5 is provided in the lower case member 3 of the case 1, but the card guide for guiding the back surface of the small card 5 is provided in the upper case member 2. It can be. In this embodiment, the small card 5 is inserted from the insertion port 6 of the case 1 with the upper surface shown in FIG. 7 is configured to guide the upper surface of the small card 5, but when the rear surface of the small card 5 is inserted, the card guide 7 of the lower case member 3 is connected to the rear surface of the small card 5. Will guide you. Similarly, when the upper case member 2 is provided with a card guide and the small card 5 is inserted with the back side up, the card guide provided on the upper case member 2 guides the upper surface of the small card 5. Will do.

  Further, in the above, the front wall 8 and the rear wall 9 are provided in the lower case member 3, and the upper case member 2 is disposed between the front wall 8 and the rear wall 9, but on the contrary, The upper case member may be provided with a front wall and a rear wall, a lower case member may be disposed between the front wall and the rear wall, and the upper case member and the lower case member may be fitted.

  In the above description, the short-circuit portion 15 is formed by bending upward. However, if there is a dimensional margin in the lower portion, the short-circuit portion 15 may be formed by bending downward.

  In the above description, two other external connection portions 13 and 14 that are not short-circuited are arranged between the first specific external connection portion 11 and the second specific external connection portion 12. One or three or more other external connection parts that are not short-circuited may be arranged between the second specific external connection part 12 and the second specific external connection part 12.

  Further, in the above description, only one set of the first specific external connection unit 11 and the second specific external connection unit 12 is provided, but a plurality of combinations may be provided.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a figure which shows one Embodiment of the adapter for cards of this invention, (a) A figure is a top view which shows the structure which saw through a part of upper case member, (b) A figure is a front view, (c) A figure is (a) FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a main part viewed from the direction A in the figure. It is a figure which shows the lower case member with which this embodiment is equipped, (a) A figure is a top view, (b) A figure is a front view which shows the front-end part vicinity. It is a back view of this embodiment. It is a top view which shows the preparation process of the external connection part with which this embodiment is equipped, and a figure which shows the small card | curd used for this embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Case 1a Card mounting part 2 Upper case member 3 Lower case member 4 Fusion | fusion part 5 Small card 6 Insertion slot 7 Card guide 8 Front wall 9 Rear wall 10 Avoidance part 11 1st specific external connection part 12 2nd specific external connection part 13 Another external connection portion 14 Another external connection portion 15 Short-circuit portion 15a First rising portion 15b Second rising portion 15c Bending portion 16 Resin member 17 Edge 21 First external connection portion material 22 Second external connection portion material 25 Short-circuit Part material 25a First rising part material 25b Second rising part material 25c Bending part material

Claims (2)

A plurality of external connections which are arranged in parallel, with a short-circuit portion for short-circuiting end edge portion located on each of the rear end side of the plurality of specific external connecting portion sandwiching the at least one external connection portion, the short circuit The card adapter is characterized in that the portion is bent upward or downward . In the invention of claim 1 ,
The length from the predetermined reference line extending in parallel to the rear end of the case to the end edge of each of the specific external connection portions is set differently, and the bent portion is formed in the short-circuit portion. Characteristic card adapter.

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