JP4514803B2 - Flat conductor electrical connector - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an electrical connector for a flat conductor.

As this type of electrical connector, for example, a connector disclosed in Patent Document 1 is known. This connector is used by being fitted and connected to a mating connector in a state where a flat conductor having flexibility is connected. The connector housing is formed with a cable insertion hole penetrating from one end surface of the housing to the opposite other end surface, and the flat conductor is inserted from the inlet opening of the one end surface, and the connecting portion on the tip side of the flat conductor Protrudes from the outlet opening on the other end surface. The inlet opening is formed in a slit shape on the flat one end surface, and a plate-like fitting portion is formed to extend from the lower edge of the outlet opening to the outlet opening. The connecting portion of the flat conductor protrudes from the outlet opening and is positioned on the surface of the fitting portion. When the connector is used, the fitting portion is fitted into the fitting recess of the mating connector, and the connecting portion is electrically connected to the terminal of the mating connector.
Utility Model Registration No. 3135164

  However, in the connector of Patent Document 1, one end surface of the housing is a flat surface, and it is not easy to insert a flat conductor into a narrow slit-shaped entrance opening formed on the flat surface. Since the flat conductor is usually very thin, the entrance opening into which the flat conductor is inserted is also very thin, and the flat conductor is deflected in the longitudinal direction so that the tip of the flat conductor slides on the flat end face. However, it is difficult to bring it to the position of the inlet opening. Further, when the flat conductor is wide, it bends in the width direction, and even if it enters the inlet opening at one side end in the width direction, the other end is bent. Often come off the entrance opening.

  In view of such circumstances, the present invention provides an electrical connector for a flat conductor that can be easily inserted from an insertion port of a housing even if the flat conductor has flexibility. Let it be an issue.

Flat electrical connector according to the present invention includes a housing body flat conductor connecting portion is provided on the front end side is inserted from the front end side, pressing part presses the top surface of the inserted flat conductive and a pressing member provided, for the housing body of the mating connector on the side of the front lateral insertion opening for the insertion of the flat conductive on the side of the rear lateral is then opposed to the intermediate wall fitting The fitting portion is formed, the insertion port and the fitting portion are communicated, and the connecting portion of the inserted flat conductor enters the fitting portion and can contact the mating connector.

In such an electrical connector for a flat conductor, in the present invention , the housing body has a rear upper wall extending rearward from the intermediate wall, and the rear edge of the rear upper wall is the upper edge of the opening edge of the insertion opening of the housing body. forming a, the upper end of the opening periphery the lower edge and the side edge located on the side of the front side, which forms a single plane bottom surface of the insertion port and the fitting portion causes continuous, the insertion The opening is characterized by tapering the dimension in at least one of the width direction and the thickness direction of the flat conductor toward the front, thereby enabling the press-fitting insertion of the flat conductor .

In the present invention having such a configuration, upon opening of the pressing member is placed on the upper surface of the lower edge of the insertion opening of the front end portion of the flat conductive. The periphery of the opening of the insertion opening is located on the side of the front side of the housing main body than the lower edge and the side edges upper edge, i.e. the upper surface which is opened upward at the side of the lower edge is formed, the the front end portion of the flat conductive can be placed from above facilitates over the top surface. Thereafter, so as to be guided to the opening peripheral edge inserted into the intact insertion inlet leads to the front end in the insertion opening. When the flat conductors are inserted into a predetermined position to the insertion opening, receiving connections formed in front end portions of the flat type conductors having a lower surface which is continuous to the lower surface of the insertion inlet through the insertion inlet Project into the recess. Thereafter, the presser member is brought to the presser position to fix the position of the flat conductor and to prevent the flat conductor from coming off.
In the present invention, the insertion port has a dimension in at least one of the width direction and the thickness direction of the flat conductor tapered forward, so that the flat conductor can be press-fitted and inserted. As it is formed, automatic positioning in the width direction or thickness direction is performed as the insertion of the flat conductor proceeds, and at the end of insertion, not only the positioning but also the function of holding the flat conductor is obtained. . The press-fitting insertion is preferably performed only at the back of the insertion port. If it is press-fitted and inserted too far from the front, the insertion resistance increases, and smooth insertion may not be possible.

  When the connector is used, the mating connector is received in the fitting portion, and a connection target portion, for example, a terminal of the mating connector is electrically connected to the connection portion of the flat conductor.

  In the present invention, the pressing member is attached to the housing main body so as to be rotatable at a position above the insertion port, and the flat conductor can be pressed by rotating downward. By doing so, the pressing operation or release operation of the pressing member can be performed very easily because it is only necessary to rotate the pressing member.

  In the present invention, the housing body has a window portion formed on the bottom wall, and an elastic piece made by cutting and raising a part of the shield plate attached to the lower surface of the bottom wall passes through the window portion, The contact portion formed on the distal end side of the elastic piece is located at the position where it protrudes into the insertion port, and can be brought into contact with the shield surface on the lower surface of the inserted flat conductor. By attaching the shield plate, the connector can have a shield function. In this shield plate, the contact portion of the elastic piece comes into contact with the shield surface at the lower surface of the flat conductor, and takes a ground.

  It is preferable that the contact portion formed on the elastic piece of the shield plate is positioned so as to be shifted from the pressing portion of the pressing member in the insertion direction of the flat conductor. In this way, the upper surface of the flat conductor is pressed by the holding member and the lower surface is pressed by the elastic piece to prevent the flat conductor from being pulled out. In this case, the flat conductor is flexible at the distance between the holding portion and the contact portion. Since the large force from the pressing member is not directly applied to the elastic piece due to the property, plastic deformation and damage of the elastic piece can be avoided.

Elastic piece of the shield plate, it is preferable that a tapered surface edge closest to the side of the way of the housing body is moved away from the flat conductive as toward the side of the lateral after the. In the process of inserting the flat conductor into the insertion port, the tip of the flat conductor is guided on the taper surface, so that the insertion can be smoothed and sufficient contact pressure at the contact portion is obtained. Therefore, even if the amount of elastic displacement at the contact portion of the elastic piece is large, insertion is not hindered.

  In the present invention, the elastic piece of the shield plate can be formed to extend in the width direction of the flat conductor. The connector is desirably small in the longitudinal direction of the flat conductor to be connected. However, in the width direction of the flat conductor, it is necessarily larger than the width dimension of the flat conductor. Therefore, the dimension of the flat conductor having a large number of core wires and a large width can be effectively used as a connector. In such a case, the elastic piece is formed so as to extend in the width direction, and an elastic piece that is sufficiently long within a given dimension is obtained without increasing the size of the connector. In such a case, the elastic piece may be formed to extend from two locations in the width direction of the flat conductor.

The present invention, as described above, since the allowed position on the side of the lateral before other edge to out on the edge of the opening peripheral edge of the insertion port formed on the side of the way of the housing body, the upper surface of the lower edge been opened, can be inserted after placing the front end portion of the flat conductive to the top surface, it becomes very easy positioning of the insertion opening of the flat conductive, inserted tasks into the connector of the flat conductor Improve the efficiency of

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the connector and the flat conductor as viewed from the rear side immediately before the flat conductor is inserted into the connector of this embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a state in which the holding member is still open immediately after the insertion. FIG. 6 is a perspective view seen from the front side in a state where the pressing operation is not performed with respect to the flat conductor (hereinafter, this state is referred to as an open state, and that position is referred to as an open position). FIG. 3 is a perspective view seen from below showing only the connector in the same state as FIG. 5 is a view of the connector from the rear in the state of FIG. 1 with the presser member in the open position, FIG. 6 is a view of the connector from the front, and FIG. 7 is a view of the connector with the presser member in the closed position. It is the figure seen from the rear part side.

  The flat conductor P is sandwiched between upper and lower insulating layers, and a plurality of conductors extending in the longitudinal direction of the flat conductor P are arranged at regular intervals in the width direction of the flat conductor P. The insulating layer in the portion (upper left side in FIG. 1) is peeled off, and the connection portion P1 of each conductor is exposed. A reinforcing sheet P2 is attached to the lower surface in the longitudinal direction from the front end to the rear position of the connecting portion P1. In the range in which the reinforcing sheet P2 is provided, the flat conductor P is formed with a substantially rectangular cutout P3 that sunk in the width direction on both side edges in the width direction. The flat conductor P is provided with a shield layer P4 on the lower surface side so as to extend over the rear region of the reinforcing sheet P2 in the longitudinal direction, and further, an insulating coating P5 is formed around the rear. Since the shield layer P4 does not exist at both ends in the width direction of the flat conductor P, it is in a region that cannot be seen in FIG. 1, and can be seen in the cross sections of FIGS. In FIGS. 5 and 8, the flat conductor P shows only the front region of the insulating coating P5, and therefore the insulating coating P5 is not shown.

  The housing main body 10 that receives the front end side of the flat conductor P and puts it in a fixed position is made of an electrically insulating material, and a pressing member 11 that holds the flat conductor P between the flat conductor P and the housing main body 10 includes A housing body 10 is movably attached. In the present embodiment, the pressing member 11 is integrally formed as a single member with the same member as the housing body 10 via a hinge portion 12 having flexibility. The hinge portion 12 is formed as a thin portion at a plurality of locations in the width direction of the flat conductor P (also in the width direction of the connector), and the holding member 11 is formed by using the flexible hinge portion 12 as an axis. 10 can be reciprocally rotated in a direction toward and away from 10.

  The housing body 10 has a receiving recess 13 (fitting portion) as a fitting portion for receiving and fitting the mating connector at the front portion, and an insertion port for inserting the flat conductor P at the rear portion. 14 is formed. The receiving recess 13 opens forward, and the insertion port 14 opens backward. The receiving recess 13 and the insertion port 14 communicate with each other in the housing body 10 and form one continuous space penetrating in the front-rear direction. As seen in FIG. 8, the insertion port 14 and the receiving recess 13 form a surface in which the lower inner surface thereof is continuous, and therefore, with respect to the insertion port 14 having a height corresponding to the thickness of the flat conductor P. The receiving recess 13 for receiving the mating connector extends further upward.

The housing body 10 has an intermediate wall 15 that forms a boundary between a front range in which the receiving recess 13 is present and a rear range in which the insertion port 14 is present in the front-rear direction, and extends forward from the intermediate wall 15. The receiving recess 13 is formed by the front bottom wall 16, the front top wall 17, and the inner surface of the front side wall 18 connecting both ends in the width direction, and the rear bottom wall 19 extending rearward from the intermediate wall 15; The insertion port 14 is formed by the inner surface of the rear side wall 21 rising from the width direction both ends of the rear upper wall 20 and the rear bottom wall 19. A gap is formed between the rear upper wall 20 and the rear side wall 21, and the rear upper wall 20 is not connected to the rear side wall 21, and forms an upper plate portion that extends rearward independently. ing.

  The receiving recess 13 has an inner surface suitable for receiving the mating connector from the front, but the front end edge of the upper surface of the front bottom wall 16 has a height corresponding to the thickness at the front end of the flat conductor P. The protrusions 22 are provided so as to extend in the width direction, and the front end of the inserted flat conductor P abuts on the protrusions 22 to restrict the position in the insertion direction. Yes.

  As shown in FIG. 2, flange portions 13 </ b> A projecting outward are provided at both ends in the width direction of the opening of the receiving recess 13, and tapered fitting guides projecting forward from the flange portion 13 </ b> A. A portion 13B is provided. The fitting guide 13B guides the introduction of the mating connector when mating with the mating connector.

  As seen in FIG. 1 when the connector is viewed from the rear, a hook-like locking portion 23 protrudes inward in the width direction on the inner surface side upper portion of the rear side wall 21, and a lock corresponding to the presser member 11 described later. It is designed to engage with the protrusion. In order to enable locking with the locking projection, the rear side wall 21 is formed with a hole 24 that can penetrate in the front-rear direction, and the wall portion where the locking portion 23 is provided is made thinner. Give elasticity. As a result, the locking portion 23 can be elastically displaced when pressed against the lock protrusion, and is locked as a result of the elastic displacement.

  In the rear side wall 21, the distance between the inner surfaces of both front side walls is set to be sufficiently larger than the width dimension of the flat conductor P in the portion below the locking portion 23. Easy to place. Further, a pressing wall 25 that is connected to a lower portion of the rear side wall 21 and hangs upward is provided on the outer side of the rear side wall 21. A locking arm 25A extends forward from the pressing wall 25, and a hook-shaped locking protrusion 25B is provided on the front end side thereof. The lock protrusion 25B is located behind the flange portion 13A as seen in FIGS. The lock projection 25B locks with the mating connector. By pressing the pressing wall 25 inward in the width direction, the lock arm 25A is bent to displace the lock projection 25B, and unlock.

  The rear bottom wall 19 that connects the lower portions of the rear side walls 21 on both sides has a support surface 19A that supports the flat conductor P disposed on the upper surface thereof. The support surface 19A has a step portion 19D slightly submerged from the connecting portion with the rear side wall 21 at both ends in the width direction, and the width dimension of the support surface 19A is slightly larger than the width dimension of the flat conductor P. Yes. At a position above the support surface 19A, that is, above the stepped portion 19D, the distance between the inner surfaces of both rear side walls 21 is sufficiently larger than the width of the flat conductor way P. The introduction of the conductor P is facilitated, and when the flat conductor P is lowered to the support surface 19A after the introduction, the width of the support surface 19A is slightly larger than the width of the flat conductor P. Is brought approximately in place in the width direction.

  The rear bottom wall 19 is formed with a substantially rectangular window portion 26 that can pass therethrough at two positions in the width direction. The window portions 26 are arranged in the width direction and are symmetrically located in the same direction. Further, the rear bottom wall 19 is formed with holes 19 </ b> B that can pass therethrough at both ends in the width direction. The hole 19B is set so that the position and shape of the flat conductor P coincide with those of the notch P3 of the flat conductor P when the flat conductor P is arranged at a predetermined position.

Rear upper wall extending from the intermediate wall 15 to the rear (upper portion) 20 extends rearward while forming a gap between the widthwise ends with the inner surface of the rear side wall 21, the opening of the insertion slot 14 The upper edge 20A that forms the edge is located in front of the rear bottom wall 19 that is the lower edge and the rear end face of the rear side wall 21 that is the side edge. In other words, the rear upper wall 20 is located so as to be sunk forward, and the space above the support surface 19 </ b> A that is the upper surface of the rear bottom wall 19 is an open space by the sunk distance. Therefore, it is easy to arrange the flat conductor P (the tip thereof) on the support surface 19. A tapered surface 20 </ b> C is formed on the lower surface of the rear edge of the rear upper wall 20 in order to smoothly insert the flat conductor P forward. A space between the tapered surface 20C and the support surface 19A functions as an introduction space for introducing a flat conductor. A rib portion 20B is provided on the upper surface of the rear upper wall 20 for reinforcement.

  Next, a holding member 11 which is rotatable between an open position and a closed position with respect to the housing body 10 by the flexible hinge portion 12 and formed integrally with the housing body 10 is provided. FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 show a plate-like shape that hangs upward and extends in the width direction in the open position. The size in the width direction of the pressing member 11 is slightly smaller than the distance between the inner surfaces of both the rear side walls 21 described above. The upper end rear surface of the presser member 11 (the upper and rear surfaces in FIG. 1 are the rear and lower surfaces in the closed position, respectively, so the upper upper rear surface in FIG. 1 is the closed position and the rear end lower surface). A pressing surface 11A that contacts the flat conductor when it is rotated to the right is formed as a pressing portion. In the state of the closed position, the pressing portion 11A is pressed over the range in the width direction of the flat conductor at the rear position of the notch P3.

  Protrusions 27 projecting rearward are provided at both ends in the width direction of the rear surface of the pressing member 11 in FIG. The protrusion 27 is divided into two pieces 27C and 27D by a slit 27A extending in the protruding direction, and the outer peripheral surface of the tip is tapered. Further, the lower surface (lower surface in FIG. 1) of one piece 27C of the projection 27 forms a flat surface parallel to the protruding direction, and the upper surface of the other piece 27D forms a tapered surface. Further, on the inner and outer surfaces in the width direction of the protrusion 27, a protrusion 27B is formed along the edge of the other piece 27D. The pressing member 11 is rotated to the closed position, passes through the notch P3 of the flat conductor P, and is lightly press-fitted into the hole 19B of the rear bottom wall 19. At this time, the protrusion 27B regulates the width direction of the flat conductor P, and the flat conductor P is brought to a substantially predetermined position in the width direction. The slit 27A can be elastically deformed so that one piece 27C divided by the slit 27A narrows the gap of the slit 27A. Further, the presser member 11 is provided with hook-shaped lock projections 11B on both end faces in the width direction.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 3 when the connector is viewed from below, a shield plate 30 made by processing a metal plate is attached to the bottom surface of the housing body 10. The shield plate 30 itself is as shown in FIG. 4 which is a perspective view seen from above, but two substantially rectangular window portions 31A are formed side by side on the flat plate portion 31, and from both side ends. One locking piece 31B and three locking pieces 31C are raised from the rear edge. When these locking pieces 31B and 31C are attached to the bottom surface of the housing body 10, they are pressed into locking grooves 19C and 19D formed corresponding to the lower surface of the rear bottom wall 19 of the housing body 10, respectively. It is fixed (see FIG. 3). An elastic piece 32 is cut and raised from the inner edge of each of the two window portions 31 </ b> A of the flat plate portion 31. The two elastic pieces 32 are opposed to each other and extend in a direction in which the tips approach each other (this direction is also the width direction of the connector) and are inclined upward toward the tip, and a contact portion 32A is formed at the tip. ing. The extending direction of these two elastic pieces 32 coincides with the width direction of the flat conductor P inserted into the connector. The contact portion 32A of the elastic piece 32 forms a tapered surface 32B with the rear edge (lower right edge in FIG. 4) facing downward.

A flat portion 34 is formed to extend from the flat plate portion 31 through an inclined portion 33. The flat portion 34 is located above the flat plate portion 31, and when the shield plate 30 is attached to the housing body 10, the flat plate portion 31 contacts the lower surface of the rear bottom wall 19 of the housing main body 10. The flat portion 34 is in contact with the lower surface of the front bottom wall 16 and covers the lower surface of the housing body 10 as a whole. When the shield plate 30 is attached to the housing body 10, the window 31 </ b> A of the shield plate 30 is positioned so as to coincide with the window 26 of the rear bottom wall 19 of the housing body 10. The contact portion 32A of the elastic piece 32 comes to a position that makes elastic contact with the shield surface formed on the lower surface of the inserted flat conductor P.
Further, in the insertion direction (front-rear direction) of the flat conductor P, the contact portion 32A is located at a position corresponding to the rear upper wall 20 extending rearward from the intermediate wall 15 and of the holding member 11 in the closed position. Since it is located in front of the pressing surface 11A (see FIG. 8B), even if an external force is applied to the flat conductor, the contact portion 32 is not affected by this and is in firm contact.

  The support surface 19A, which is the upper surface of the rear bottom wall 19, the lower surface of the insertion port 14, and the inner surface of the front bottom wall 16 formed in the housing body 10 form a single continuous plane, and the tip of the flat conductor P Is smoothly guided from the support surface 19A through the insertion port 14 to the inner surface of the front bottom wall 16 (see FIG. 8). It is preferable that the insertion port 14 has a tapered portion 14-1 slightly in the width direction or thickness direction of the flat conductor toward the front. By doing so, the position of the flat conductor in the width direction and the thickness direction can be accurately obtained with the insertion of the flat conductor. A holding force is also obtained at the position of the front end side portion P6 of P. Such a tapered portion 14-1 may be formed on the upper surface of the front bottom wall in the receiving recess.

  The connector of this embodiment configured as described above is used in the following manner.

  (1) First, the presser member 11 is brought to the open position. That is, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the pressing member 11 is positioned so as to hang upward. When the pressing member 11 is brought to the open position, the upper side of the support surface 19A of the rear bottom wall 19 is largely opened at the rear of the insertion port 14, that is, the front portion.

  (2) Next, a flat conductor P to be inserted into the connector is prepared, and the tip portion where the connecting portion P1 is formed is arranged on the support surface 19A, and the flat conductor P is moved forward as it is. Move. While the flat conductor P is supported by the support surface 19A, the connection portion P1 reaches the upper surface of the front bottom wall 16 of the receiving recess 13 through the insertion port 14 (FIGS. 8A and 9A). reference). The front end of the flat conductor P abuts on the protrusion 22 of the front bottom wall 16 and is brought to a normal insertion position.

  (3) After that, the presser member 11 is rotated from the open position to the closed position. When brought into the closed position, the holding surface 11A of the holding member 11 holds the upper surface of the flat conductor P, and the projection 27 passes through the cutout portion P3 of the flat conductor P and the hole of the rear bottom wall 19 of the housing body 10 It enters into 19B, and further, the lock projection 11B engages with the engaging portion 23 (see FIGS. 8B, 9B, and 10). The protruding portion 27 is lightly press-fitted into the hole portion 19 </ b> B to ensure the closed position of the pressing member 11. Since the protrusion 27 penetrates the cutout portion P3 of the flat conductor P in the thickness direction of the flat conductor, the flat conductor P is pulled at the front edge of the cutout portion P3 even when pulled backward. Since it engages with the protrusion 27, it does not come off. In this state, the shield surface on the lower surface of the flat conductor P is in elastic contact with the contact portion 32 </ b> A of the elastic piece 32 of the shield plate 30.

  (4) In this way, the protrusion 27 prevents the flat conductor P from coming off only by rotating the holding member 11 to the closed position. When the flat conductor P is not inserted to the normal position, the flat front surface (the lower surface in the open position) of one piece 27C of the protrusion 27 is the notch P3 when the holding member 11 is rotated to the closed position. Since the front edge of the flat conductor is pushed forward, the flat conductor is automatically brought into the normal position by the holding member 11. Further, even if the distance from the front end of the flat conductor P to the front edge of the notch P3 is somewhat long, the elastic deformation is made possible to narrow the gap of the slit 27A of the locking projection 27. It won't hurt.

  (5) In this way, the connecting portion P1 of the flat conductor P held in the normal position is positioned on the upper surface of the front bottom wall 16 in the receiving recess 13. In this state, as shown in FIG. 8C, when the fitting portion C1 of the mating connector C is received in the receiving recess 13, the contact portion C3 of the terminal C2 of the mating connector C comes into contact with the connecting portion P1. Become.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment and can be changed. In the closed position, the holding member 11 is locked with the housing main body 10 by the lock protrusion provided at the side end. However, the lock protrusion is not only the side end protrusion, but in addition to this, the intermediate portion in the width direction. By providing the intermediate projection on the lock, the lock can be further ensured. This intermediate protrusion is very effective when the connector width is large. In the example shown in FIG. 11A, when the pressing member 11 is in the open position and the hook-shaped intermediate protrusion 11C is provided on the rear surface on the upper end, and the pressing member 11 is brought into the closed position, FIG. As shown in (B), it is locked with the rear end edge of the rear upper wall 20 of the housing body.

1 is a perspective view showing a connector in which a presser member is in an open position and a flat conductor inserted into the presser member according to an embodiment of the present invention, as viewed from the rear in a state before insertion of the flat conductor. FIG. It is the perspective view which shows the connector and flat conductor of FIG. 1, Comprising: It is the figure seen from the front in the state after insertion of a flat conductor. It is the perspective view which looked at the connector of Drawing 1 from the lower part. It is the perspective view which looked at the shield board of FIG. 3 from upper direction. It is the rear view which looked at the connector and flat conductor of FIG. 1 from back. It is the front view which looked at the connector and flat type conductor of Drawing 1 from the front. FIG. 2 is a rear view of the connector of FIG. 1 when a presser member is in a closed position. 1A is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the connector of FIG. 1 in the center in the width direction, where FIG. 1A is a state in which a presser member is in an open position, FIG. 1B is a state in which the presser member is in a closed position and before fitting with a mating connector; C) shows the fitting state with the mating connector. 2A and 2B are longitudinal sectional views of the locking projection of the connector shown in FIG. 1, in which FIG. 1A shows a state in which the pressing member is in an open position, and FIG. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the locking projection of the connector of FIG. 1, showing a state in which the pressing member is in a closed position after the flat conductor is inserted. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the connector as other embodiment of this invention, (A) shows the state which has a pressing member in an open position, (B) shows the state which has a pressing member in a closed position, respectively.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Housing main body 30 Shield plate 11 Holding member 32 Elastic piece 13 Fitting part (receiving recessed part) 32A Contact part 14 Insertion opening P Flat conductor 19 Bottom wall (rear bottom wall) P1 Connection part 26 Window part

Claims (8)

Before it comprises a housing body flat conductor connecting portion is provided on the end side is inserted from the front end side, and a pressing member which holding portion is provided for pressurizing the upper surface of the inserted flat conductive, the housing body fitting portion for insertion port and the mating connector on the side of the front lateral face to fit for the insertion of the flat conductive on the side of the rear lateral with respect to the intermediate wall is formed respectively, wherein the insertion opening and the fitting portion is not communicated, the connection portion of the inserted flat conductive in flat conductor electrical connector that enables contact with the mating connector located above the fitting portion, the housing body intermediate wall has a rear upper wall extending rearwardly from the rear edge of the rear portion on the walls forming the upper edge of the opening peripheral edge of the insertion opening of the housing body, the upper end of the opening peripheral edge lower edge and the front of the side edges located in a square the side of, one lower surface of the insertion port and the fitting portion is to continuously And forms a plane, the insertion slot, toward the front, the dimensions of the at least one width direction and the thickness direction of the flat conductive They become tapered, as can the press fit insertion of the flat conductive member An electrical connector for a flat conductor, characterized in that   2. The flat conductor according to claim 1, wherein the presser member is attached to the housing main body so as to be rotatable at a position above the insertion port, and presses the flat conductor by rotating downward. Electrical connector.   The housing body has a window portion formed in the bottom wall, and an elastic piece made by cutting and raising a part of a shield plate attached to the lower surface of the bottom wall penetrates the window portion, and the elastic piece 2. The flat conductor for a flat conductor according to claim 1, wherein a contact portion formed on the distal end side is located at a position where it enters the insertion slot, and can contact a shield surface on the lower surface of the inserted flat conductor. Electrical connector. 4. The electrical connector for a flat conductor according to claim 3 , wherein the contact portion formed on the elastic piece of the shield plate is displaced from the pressing portion of the pressing member in the insertion direction of the flat conductor. Elastic piece of the shield plate in claim 3 or claim 4, that forms a tapered surface edge closest to the side of the way of the housing body is moved away from the flat conductive toward the side of the lateral after the The electrical connector for flat conductors as described. Elastic piece of the shield plate, flat conductive electrical connector according to one of claims 3 to 5 and that are formed to extend in the width direction of the flat conductive. The electrical connector for a flat conductor according to claim 6 , wherein the elastic piece is formed to extend from two locations in the width direction of the flat conductor. 2. The flat conductor electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein a protruding strip portion with which the front end of the flat conductor abuts is formed at the front end portion of the fitting portion so as to protrude from the lower surface of the fitting portion .

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