JP4750811B2 - Cable connector - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a cable connector.

As an example of an FPC connector, a so-called Non-ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) type connector that requires an insertion force when an FPC is inserted into the connector is known.
Non-ZIF type FPC connectors generally have a structure that inserts and holds an FPC in a single operation, and the distance between a pair of contact pieces of the contact is set slightly narrower than the thickness of the FPC. When the FPC is inserted, a predetermined contact pressure is applied from the pair of contact pieces to the FPC, and the FPC and the contact are connected. However, since the FPC inserted only by the contact pressure of the contact piece is held, if an unintentional strong external force in the pulling direction is applied to the FPC, the FPC will unexpectedly come out of the connector.
On the other hand, the ZIF type FPC connector (with no insertion resistance between the FPC and the contact when the FPC is inserted) that has an actuator, contacts the contact piece with the FPC by operating the actuator in the locking direction. Since the pressure can be increased, it is possible to effectively prevent the FPC from unexpectedly coming out of the connector.
JP 2006-228453 A

  However, in order to connect an FPC to an FPC connector having an actuator, two operations are required: <1> inserting the FPC into the connector (insulator) and <2> operating the actuator in the locking direction. Therefore, the FPC connector having an actuator has a problem that the connection work with the FPC must be performed with both hands, and the working efficiency is not improved.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a cable connector that can be reliably connected and locked with a cable in one operation and that can reliably prevent the connected cable from coming out unexpectedly.

The cable connector of the present invention is capable of inserting / removing a cable having a locked portion, and is connected to the ceiling portion and the bottom plate portion facing both surfaces of the inserted cable, and both sides of the ceiling portion and the bottom plate portion. An inner wall having an insertion recess for receiving the vicinity of both side edges of the cable, a pair of outer walls spaced from the inner wall on both sides and facing the both side surfaces of the cable, and mounted on a circuit board. An insulator, a contact supported by the insulator in a state of being electrically connected to the circuit board, a pair of rotation support portions entering the space between the inner wall and the outer wall facing each other, and the rotation support portion formed had the locked portion and disengageable locking pawl, and a lock position where the lock pawl faces the insertion and removal direction of the locked portion and the cable, the lock pawl from the cable A lock member retreated serial ceiling portion side as rotatable between an unlocked position not opposed to the insertion and removal direction of the locking portion and the cable supported in the insulator, one end fixed to the insulator or the insulator and fixed to the fixed member, for supporting the portion facing the said insulator of said locking member at the other end, the locking member and a coil spring for rotationally urged toward the lock position, the lock pawl, the The lock member positioned at the lock position is rotated to the unlock position by being pressed by the cable inserted into the insulator, and the lock claw is orthogonal to the insertion / removal direction of the locked portion and the cable. When it is no longer facing the direction, the cable is not in contact with the cable and the lock member rotates to the lock position. Is characterized in that a pressed portion of volume.

It is preferable to fix a metal shell member covering the contact to the insulator.
In this case, a rotary shaft is formed on the insulator, and the lock member connects the pair of rotary support portions rotatably supported on the rotary shaft and the pair of rotary support portions, and sandwiches the shell member. It is preferable to include a substrate portion located on the opposite side of the insulator.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a connector according to the present invention is capable of inserting and removing a cable having a locked part, and has a ceiling part and a bottom plate part respectively opposed to both sides of the inserted cable, and both sides of the ceiling part and the bottom plate part. An inner wall having an insertion recess for receiving the vicinity of both side edges of the cable and projecting the both side edges outward, and spaced apart from the inner wall on both sides, from the inner wall of the cable A pair of outer walls opposed to both side surfaces of the protruding side edges and mounted on the circuit board; and a contact supported on the insulator in a state of being electrically connected to the circuit board; A pair of rotation support portions that enter a space between the inner wall and the outer wall facing each other, and a lock claw that can be engaged with and disengaged from the locked portion formed on the rotation support portion, Between the locked position facing the locked part and the cable insertion / removal direction, and the unlocked position where the lock claw is retracted from the cable to the ceiling side so that the locked part does not face the cable insertion / removal direction A lock member that is supported by the insulator so as to be rotatable, and one end of the lock member that is fixed to the insulator or a fixing member that is fixed to the insulator, and the other end of the lock member that supports the opposite portion of the lock member to the insulator. A coil spring that rotates and urges toward the lock position, and the lock claw is pressed by the cable inserted into the insulator to cause the lock member positioned at the lock position to move to the unlock position. And the locking claw should not face the locked part and the direction perpendicular to the cable insertion / removal direction. The cable and the locking member becomes a non-contact manner when it is characterized in that it is a pressed portion to allow the rotation to the locking position.

Moreover, since the lock claw also serves as the pressed portion, the structure of the lock member can be simplified.

Furthermore, it is possible to continuously apply a rotational biasing force to the lock member while effectively utilizing the space between the insulator and the lock member.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to effectively prevent external noise from entering the contact or leakage from the contact to the outside.
Furthermore, even if a worker who is charged with static electricity touches the lock member when inserting or removing the cable, the static electricity flows not to the contact but to the shell member side, so an electronic component connected to the circuit board (for example, IC chip and capacitor) can be prevented from being overvoltaged. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the electronic component connected to the circuit board from being electrostatically damaged by the static electricity of the operator.

According to the invention of claim 3 , the lock member is exposed even when the contact is covered with the shell member as in the invention of claim 2 . Therefore, the operation of the lock member when removing the cable can be performed very easily, and incomplete insertion of the cable can be confirmed (prevented) by visually recognizing the position of the lock member.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, front and rear, left and right, and up and down directions are based on the directions of arrows in the figure.
The cable connector of the present embodiment is an FPC connector 10 that can be mounted on, for example, a circuit board CB (see FIGS. 13 and 14) in a car navigation system or audio equipment mounted on an automobile. The FPC connector 10 includes an insulator 20, a front contact 40F, a rear contact 40R, a shell member 50, a metal fitting 58, a lock member 60, and a compression coil spring (rotation biasing means) S as large components.
The insulator 20 is obtained by injection molding an insulating and heat-resistant synthetic resin material. As shown in the drawing, a locking projection 22 projects from the front part of the upper surface of the pair of outer walls 21 forming the left and right sides of the insulator 20. A spring recess 23 is provided at the rear of the outer wall 21, and a circular spring support recess 24 is provided at the bottom of the spring recess 23. As shown in the figure, the left and right spring recesses 23 contain compression coil springs S having vertical axes, and the lower ends of the compression coil springs S are fitted and fixed to the left and right spring support recesses 24, respectively. It is.
A metal fitting recess 25 extending rearward is formed in the lower end portion of the front surface of the outer wall 21. A side bottom plate 26 extends from the lower end of the left and right outer walls 21 toward the center of the insulator 20, and an inner wall 27 extends upward from the inner ends of the left and right side bottom plates 26. . As shown in FIG. 9, an insertion concave portion 27 a extending rearward is formed at the lower front end portion of the inner wall 27, so that there is a gap between the front portion of the inner wall 27 and the side bottom plate portion 26. To do. Between the left outer wall 21 and the left inner wall 27, and between the right outer wall 21 and the right inner wall 27, a substantially cylindrical rotating shaft 28 extending in the left-right direction is integrally provided. The rotating shafts 28 are coaxial with each other.
The bottom portions of the left and right inner walls 27 are connected to each other by a central bottom plate portion 30. On the other hand, the upper ends of the left and right inner walls 27 are connected to each other by a ceiling portion 31 located behind the central bottom plate portion 30, and the front end of the upper surface of the ceiling portion 31 extends in the left-right direction. Article 32 protrudes. As shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 5, 15, and 22, a total of 79 partition plates 33 that are L-shaped in side view are arranged in the left-right direction between the central bottom plate portion 30 and the ceiling portion 31. The space between the adjacent partition plates 33 and between the partition plates 33 at both left and right end portions and the left and right inner walls 27 is a total of 80 contact storage spaces 34. Further, as shown in FIGS. 15 and 22, a total of 80 contact insertion grooves 35 communicating with the corresponding contact storage spaces 34 are arranged in the rear end surface of the ceiling portion 31 so as to be arranged in the left-right direction.

  A total of 40 front contacts 40F and rear contacts 40R are made of a progressive metal mold (stamping) made of copper alloy with spring elasticity (for example, phosphor bronze, beryllium copper, titanium copper) or a corson copper alloy thin plate into the shape shown in the figure. ), And after the base is formed by nickel plating on the surface, gold plating is applied. As shown in the drawing, the front contact 40F and the rear contact 40R are substantially parallel to the upper arm 41 and the lower arm 42 (the lower arm 42 of the front contact 40F is slightly longer than the lower arm 42 of the rear contact 40R). And a tail portion 43, and a contact projection 44 projects upward from the front end of the lower arm 42. As shown in the figure, the front contacts 40F and the rear contacts 40R are inserted from the rear of the insulator 20 into the contact storage spaces 34 of the insulator 20 so that the front contacts 40F and the rear contacts 40R are alternately adjacent to each other. When the front contacts 40F and the rear contacts 40R are inserted into the corresponding contact storage spaces 34, as shown in FIGS. 15 and 22, the upper arms 41 of the front contacts 40F and the rear contacts 40R correspond to the corresponding contact insertion grooves 35. Fit and fix to. Further, the lower arm 42 is spaced upward from the central bottom plate portion 30, and the tail portion 43 protrudes rearward of the central bottom plate portion 30. Further, as shown in FIGS. 13 and 17, the front end of the lower arm 42 of the front contact 40F is positioned slightly forward of the front end of the lower arm 42 of the rear contact 40R. In such an arrangement, when the FPC 70 is inserted, insertion resistance is generated in a stepwise manner between the contact protrusions 44 of the front contact 40F and the rear contact 40R and the FPC 70 (since strong insertion resistance does not occur all at once). The workability of inserting the FPC 70 can be improved.

The shell member 50 that is a member that covers the upper portion of the insulator 20 is formed of metal (copper alloy or stainless steel), and has a flat board portion 51 and a pair of side walls that protrude downward from the left and right ends of the board portion 51. Part 52, tail part 53 extending rearward from the rear ends of left and right side wall parts 52, and rear wall part 54 extending downward from the rear edge part of substrate part 51. A notch 55 is recessed in the front edge portion of the substrate portion 51, and FPC escape grooves 56 extending rearward are formed in the front edge portions of the left and right side wall portions 52.
In order to attach the shell member 50 to the insulator 20, the left and right side wall portions 52 are inserted into the gap between the left and right outer walls 21 and the inner wall 27 from the rear of the insulator 20. Then, the substrate portion 51 covers the upper surface of the ceiling portion 31, the notch 55 of the substrate portion 51 engages with the engagement protrusion 32 of the ceiling portion 31, and the rear wall portion 54 covers the rear end surface of the insulator 20. Further, the tail portions 53 of the left and right side wall portions 52 are located on the same plane as the tail portions 43 of the front contact 40F and the rear contact 40R.
The material of the pair of left and right metal fittings 58 is the same as that of the front contact 40F and the rear contact 40R, and the front end portion thereof is a tail portion 59 that is positioned one step lower than the rear portion. The left and right metal fittings 58 are fixed to the insulator 20 by inserting the rear portions thereof into the left and right metal fitting recesses 25 formed in the insulator 20. When the metal fitting 58 is fixed to the insulator 20 in this way, the tail portions 59 of the left and right metal fittings 58 are located on the same plane as the tail portions 43 of the front contact 40F and the rear contact 40R.

The lock member 60 is formed by injection-molding a heat-resistant synthetic resin material, and includes a substrate portion 61 that extends in the left-right direction, a rotation support portion 62 that extends slightly downward from the left and right ends of the lower surface of the substrate portion 61, and a substrate portion. And locking projections 63 projecting downward on the left and right sides of the lower surface of 61. At the rear end portion of the substrate portion 61, there is formed an operating protrusion 64 that protrudes upward compared to the front portion. Furthermore, as shown in FIGS. 10, 15, and 22, the rear half of the lower surface of the substrate portion 61 is an inclined surface 65 that is positioned upward from the front end toward the rear end. A lock claw (pressed portion) 66 whose front surface is an inclined surface protrudes from the front end portion of the lower surface of the left and right rotation support portions 62, and is substantially circular at the center portion of the lower surface of the rotation support portion 62. Is provided with a recess 67 for rotation support. Further, a retaining recess 68 is provided at the front end portions of the left and right sides of the lower surface of the substrate portion 61.
In the lock member 60 having such a structure, the left and right rotation support portions 62 are inserted into the gaps between the left and right outer walls 21 and the inner wall 27, and the left and right rotation support recesses 67 are rotated about the left and right rotation shafts 28, respectively. The left and right locking projections 63 are fitted to the upper ends of the left and right compression coil springs S, and the left and right retaining recesses 68 are brought into contact with the left and right locking projections 22 of the insulator 20. Is attached to the insulator 20. Then, since the compression coil spring S supports the rear portion of the lock member 60, the lock member 60 is located at the lock position shown in FIGS. 11, 13 to 15, and FIGS. 19 to 22. When the lock member 60 is located at the lock position, the compression coil spring S is slightly compressed from the free state, and therefore, the lock member 60 has a state shown in FIGS. 13 to 15, 17, 18, and 20 to 20. 22 counterclockwise rotational urging forces are applied.
The lock member 60 can rotate in the clockwise direction in FIGS. 13 to 15, 17, 18, and 20 to 22 against the rotational biasing force of the compression coil spring S from the locked position, and rotates in the clockwise direction. As a result, it is located at the unlock position shown in FIGS. The clockwise rotation of the lock member 60 is restricted by the lower end surface 69 (see FIGS. 13, 17, and 20) of the rear portion of the lock member 60 coming into contact with the upper surface of the side bottom plate portion 26.

  The FPC connector 10 having such a structure is placed on the upper surface of a circuit board CB (see FIGS. 13 and 14) having a rectangular shape in plan view, and the tail portions 43 of the front contacts 40F and the rear contacts 40R are connected to the circuit board. By soldering to the circuit pattern on the CB and soldering the tail portion 53 of the shell member 50 and the tail portion 59 of the metal fitting 58 to the ground pattern on the circuit board CB, the FPC connector 10 is connected to the circuit board CB. Can be mounted on the top surface.

Next, the connection and disconnection procedure of the FPC (flexible printed circuit board) 70 to the FPC connector 10 and the operation of the FPC connector 10 at the time of connection and disconnection will be described.
As shown in the figure, the rear end portion of the FPC 70 is wider than the other portions and is constituted by a hard rear end hard portion 71 as compared with the other portions, and the left and right end portions of the rear end hard portion 71 are locked. Part 72.
As shown in FIG. 11, the FPC 70 is brought close to the FPC connector 10 from the rear end hard portion 71 side, and the insulator 20 is opened from the opening between the center bottom plate portion 30 of the insulator 20 and the front end portion of the ceiling portion 31 as shown in FIG. Insert inside. Then, a portion slightly inside the outer end portion of the left and right locked portions 72 is fitted into the insertion concave portion 27a of the left and right inner side walls 27, and the outer end portions of the left and right locked portions 72 (to the insertion concave portion 27a). The portion located outside the fitted portion) is located in the gap between the left and right outer walls 21 and the inner wall 27. Note that part of the outer ends of the left and right locked parts 72 are located in the FPC clearance groove 56 of the shell member 50, so that the locked part 72 and the shell member 50 do not interfere with each other.
Therefore, when the FPC 70 is further moved rearward, a portion located between the left and right locked portions 72 of the rear end hard portion 71 is located on the lower surface of the ceiling portion 31 and the lower arms 42 of the front contacts 40F and the rear contacts 40R. Enter the gap between them. Further, since the outer end portions of the left and right locked portions 72 press the front surfaces (inclined surfaces) of the left and right lock claws 66 of the lock member 60, the lock member 60 is resisted against the rotational biasing force of the compression coil spring S. 17 and the unlocked position shown in FIG. When the FPC 70 is further moved rearward in this state, the left and right lock claws 66 ride on the upper surfaces of the left and right locked portions 72 and contact the upper surfaces of the locked portions 72 as shown in FIG.
When the rear end surface of the rear end hard portion 71 comes into contact with the front surface of the rear portion 33a of each partition plate 33 by moving the FPC 70 further rearward (see FIG. 22), the left and right lock claws 66 of the lock member 60 are left and right. 20 (moves forward of the left and right locked portions 72), the rotation force of the compression coil spring S causes the lock member 60 to rotate back to the locked position, as shown in FIG. The rear surface (vertical surface) of the lock claw 66 is positioned immediately before the left and right locked portions 72. Therefore, even if a forward unintended external force is applied to the FPC 70, the FPC 70 does not come out of the FPC connector 10 forward.
Further, even when the FPC 70 is inserted, a rotational biasing force is applied from the compression coil spring S to the lock member 60, so that it is possible to prevent the lock member 60 from unexpectedly rotating to the unlock position due to disturbance such as vibration or impact.
Further, as shown in FIG. 22, the upper surface of the FPC 70 is in contact with the lower surface of the ceiling portion 31, and the conductive portions (not shown) formed on the lower surface of the FPC 70 are the lower arm 42 contact protrusions of the front contacts 40F and the rear contacts 40R. 44, the lower arms 42 are elastically deformed slightly downward compared to the free state. Therefore, the FPC 70 and the circuit board CB are electrically connected through the front contacts 40F and the rear contacts 40R.

  In order to release the connection state between the FPC 70 and the front contacts 40F and the rear contacts 40R, the operator presses the operating protrusion 64 of the lock member 60 downward by hand. Then, the lock member 60 rotates in the unlock position direction against the rotational biasing force of the compression coil spring S. When the lock member 60 is rotated to the unlock position, the lock claw 66 of the lock member 60 is positioned above the FPC 70 as shown in FIG. 17, so that the FPC 70 can be easily pulled forward from the FPC connector 10. When the FPC 70 is pulled out of the FPC connector 10 and then released from the lock member 60, the lock member 60 is rotated back to the locked position by the rotational biasing force of the compression coil spring S. The state automatically returns to the state shown in FIG.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the FPC 70 and the FPC connector 10 can be securely connected and locked by a single operation of pushing the FPC 70 into the insulator 20, and the left and right lock claws of the lock member 60 are connected after the connection. Since 66 is positioned immediately before the left and right locked portions 72 of the FPC 70, it is possible to reliably prevent the FPC 70 from unexpectedly coming out of the FPC connector 10.
Further, when the lock claw 66 gets over the locked portion 72 by pushing the FPC 70 into the insulator 20, the lock member 60 is automatically rotated and returned to the lock position by the rotation biasing force of the compression coil spring S. Can feel a strong click at this time. Therefore, since the operator can easily recognize the incomplete insertion of the FPC 70 visually and with a sense, the operator can surely grasp whether or not the front contact 40F and the rear contact 40R are completely connected to the FPC 70.
Further, if the FPC 70 is forcibly pulled forward with a strong force while the front contact 40F and the rear contact 40R are connected to the FPC 70, a strong forward force is applied from the FPC 70 to the lock member 60. However, since the left and right retaining recesses 68 formed in the lock member 60 engage (contact) with the corresponding locking protrusions 22 of the insulator 20 from the rear, the rotation support recess 67 of the lock member 60 and the rotation shaft 28 are engaged. Is not released and the lock member 60 is not released forward from the insulator 20.

Further, since the top surface, the rear surface, and the side surface of the insulator 20 are covered with the shell member 50, external noise enters the front contacts 40F and the rear contacts 40R, and the noises of the front contacts 40F and the rear contacts 40R are exposed to the outside. Leakage can be effectively prevented.
Further, even if an electrostatically charged operator touches the lock member 60 when the FPC 70 is inserted or removed, the insulator 20 and the shell member 50 that covers each contact are disposed under the lock member 60. Flows to the shell member 50 side instead of the front contact 40F and the rear contact 40R and falls to the ground pattern (ground circuit) formed on the circuit board CB. Therefore, it is possible to prevent an overvoltage from being applied to an electronic component (for example, an IC chip or a capacitor) connected to the circuit board CB, thereby preventing electrostatic breakdown of the electronic device due to static electricity. That is, it is possible to achieve both excellent workability and electrical characteristics of the FPC 70.

Further, before the FPC connector 10 is mounted on the FPC 70, the FPC connector 10 is housed in the housing recess 82 of the embossed tape 81 wound around the reel device 80 shown in FIGS. Tape 83 is affixed. In order to take out the FPC connector 10 from the housing recess 82, first, the upper surface cover tape 83 is peeled off from the upper surface of the embossed tape 81, and the suction means 84 (see FIG. Although a suction force is exerted on the FPC connector 10, a wide flat surface (suction surface) can be secured on the upper surface of the lock member 60, so that the FPC connector 10 of this embodiment can be reliably sucked by the suction means 84.
In order to allow the suction means 84 to suck the FPC connector 10 in a stable state, the spring force of the compression coil spring S is set to be stronger than the suction force by the suction means 84, and the suction means 84 to the lock member 60 ( It is preferable to prevent the lock member 60 from rotating from the locked position even when a suction force is applied to the FPC connector 10).

As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated based on the said embodiment, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, It can implement, giving various deformation | transformation.
For example, the connection object may be a cable other than the FPC, for example, a flexible flat cable (FFC).
Further, in this embodiment, the lock claw 66 of the lock member 60 is positioned immediately before the locked portion 72 of the FPC 70 to prevent the FPC 70 from being unintentionally pulled out. However, a through hole or a recess is formed on the upper surface of the FPC 70. The lock claw 66 may be engaged with the through hole or the recess (in this case, the portion located immediately before the through hole or the recess of the FPC 70 becomes the locked portion).
Further, a protruding member (a pressed portion) is formed on the lock member 60 as a member separate from the lock claw 66, and the lock member 60 is rotated to the unlock position by pressing the protruding member with a cable. Good.
Furthermore, another form of urging means such as a tension coil spring may be used as the rotation urging means. In this case, the tension coil spring is positioned in front of the rotary shaft 28, the lower end portion of the tension spring is fixed to the insulator 20 side, and the upper end portion is fixed to the lock member 60 side.
Moreover, you may fix to the fixing member (for example, metal fitting 58) which fixed the lower end part of the compression coil spring S and the tension spring to the insulator 20.

It is the disassembled perspective view seen from the front of the connector for FPC of one Embodiment of this invention. It is the disassembled perspective view similarly seen from the front of the connector for FPC. It is the disassembled perspective view seen from the back of the connector for FPC of one Embodiment of this invention. It is the disassembled perspective view similarly seen from the back of the connector for FPC. It is the perspective view seen from the front of an insulator. It is a top view of an insulator. It is sectional drawing which follows the VII-VII arrow line of FIG. It is a front view of an insulator. It is sectional drawing which follows the IX-IX arrow line of FIG. It is the perspective view seen from the downward direction of a locking member. It is a perspective view of the connector for FPC in the state before inserting FPC and FPC. It is a top view of the connector for FPC in the state before inserting FPC. It is sectional drawing which follows the XIII-XIII arrow line of FIG. It is sectional drawing which follows the XIV-XIV arrow line of FIG. It is sectional drawing which follows the XV-XV arrow line of FIG. It is a perspective view similar to FIG. 11 which shows the state in which FPC is inserted in the connector for FPC. It is sectional drawing similar to FIG. 13 in the state in which FPC is inserted in the connector for FPC. FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view similar to FIG. 14 in a state where the FPC is being inserted into the FPC connector. It is a perspective view similar to FIG. 11 when insertion of FPC with respect to the connector for FPC is completed. It is sectional drawing similar to FIG. 13 when insertion of FPC with respect to the connector for FPC is completed. It is sectional drawing similar to FIG. 14 when insertion of FPC with respect to the connector for FPC is completed. FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view similar to FIG. 15 when the insertion of the FPC into the FPC connector is completed. It is a perspective view of the reel apparatus which wound the embossing tape for accommodating the connector for FPC of this embodiment. It is a cross-sectional view of the embossed tape when the FPC connector is stored in the storage part of the embossed tape.

Explanation of symbols

10 FPC connector (cable connector)
20 Insulator 21 Outer side wall 22 Locking projection 23 Spring recess 24 Spring support recess 25 Bracket recess 26 Side bottom plate 27 Inner side wall 28 Rotating shaft 30 Center bottom plate 31 Ceiling 32 Engagement protrusion 33 Partition plate 34 Contact storage space 35 Contact insertion groove 40F Front contact 40R Rear contact 41 Upper arm 42 Lower arm 43 Tail 44 Contact protrusion 50 Shell member 51 Substrate 52 Side wall 53 Tail 54 Rear wall 55 Notch 56 FPC escape groove 58 Metal fitting 59 Tail part 60 Locking member 61 Substrate part 62 Rotating support part 63 Locking protrusion 64 Operation protrusion 65 Inclined surface 66 Locking claw (Pressed part)
67 Recessed support recess 68 Retained recess 70 FPC (flexible printed circuit board) (cable)
71 Rigid end hard portion 72 Locked portion 80 Reel device 81 Embossed tape 82 Storage recess 83 Top cover tape 84 Suction means CB Circuit board S Compression coil spring (Rotation biasing means)

Claims (3)

A cable having a locked part can be inserted and removed, the ceiling part and the bottom plate part respectively opposed to both sides of the inserted cable, and both sides of the ceiling part and the bottom plate part are connected to receive the vicinity of both side edges of the cable and An inner wall having an insertion recess for projecting the both side edges outward, and both sides of the cable that are spaced apart from the inner wall and project from the inner wall of the cable. An insulator having a pair of outer walls and mounted on a circuit board;
A contact supported on the insulator in a state of being electrically connected to the circuit board;
A pair of rotation support parts that enter a space between the inner wall and the outer wall facing each other, and a lock claw that can be engaged with and disengaged from the locked part formed on the rotation support part, Between the locked position facing the locked part and the cable insertion / removal direction and the unlocking position where the lock claw is retracted from the cable to the ceiling side and is not opposed to the cable insertion / removal direction. A locking member supported on the insulator as being rotatable;
A coil spring that fixes one end to the insulator or a fixing member that is fixed to the insulator and supports the opposite end of the lock member to the insulator at the other end, and that urges the lock member to rotate toward the lock position; With
When the lock claw is pressed by the cable inserted into the insulator, the lock member positioned at the lock position is rotated to the unlock position, and the lock claw is connected to the locked portion and the cable. A cable connector, wherein the cable connector is a pressed portion that is in non-contact with the cable and allows the lock member to rotate to the lock position when it does not face the direction orthogonal to the insertion / removal direction. The cable connector according to claim 1,
The connector for cables which fixed the metal shell member which covers the said contact to the said insulator. The cable connector according to claim 2, wherein
Forming a rotating shaft on the insulator;
A pair of rotation support portions that are rotatably supported by the rotation shaft on the rotation shaft; and a substrate portion that connects the pair of rotation support portions and is positioned on the opposite side of the insulator with the shell member interposed therebetween. Cable connector provided.

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