JP5096305B2 - Connector fixture - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a connector fixing tool, and more particularly to a connector fixing tool for fixing a connector for electrically connecting cables together with a cable to an apparatus side mounting portion such as a housing or a substrate.

  As a connector fixing tool for fixing a connector for connecting cables (wire cables) in an electric device or the like to a device side mounting portion such as a casing or substrate of the electric device, for example, a connector disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2 Fixtures are known.

  The connector fixing tool disclosed in Patent Document 1 has a first locking portion for locking the connector in the mounting direction, a second locking portion for locking the connector in the removal direction, and the connector. The connector is securely fixed by being provided with a third locking portion that locks in the direction perpendicular to the direction and the removal direction and a fourth locking portion that locks the connector in the mounting direction, and is applied to the connector By distributing the force in the mounting direction to the first and fourth locking portions, the force is prevented from concentrating on the first locking portion and the third locking portion is prevented from being deformed. I am doing so.

  The connector fixing device described in Patent Document 2 is for preventing the male connector and the female connector not having a retaining structure from being detached, and is arranged substantially in parallel along the side portion of one connector. And a pair of engaging pieces which are provided to protrude forward in the fitting direction of the one connector and engage and disengage in the fitting direction of the other connector, and the pair of engaging pieces. And an urging member that engages with the other connector.

  In addition, a connector cover (see, for example, Patent Document 3) that covers and protects the connector and the connection portion of the cable, and a cable fixing tool (for example, Patent Document 4) that fixes the cable are also known.

JP-A-7-226265 JP 2000-173713 A JP 2007-018894 A JP 2003-224377 A

  As described above, since the conventional connector fixing tool simply fixes only the connector, an external force is applied to the cable when the electric device is moved or the cable is deformed and routed during wiring. For this reason, bending stress or tensile stress is generated in the electric wire part pulled out from the cable and connected to the connector, and if such stress is repeatedly generated, the electric wire may be broken due to metal fatigue or the connector pin may be in poor contact. was there.

  Therefore, when it is necessary to fix the cable, it is necessary to prepare and fix the cable fixing tool separately. However, if it does so, two types of fixing tools will be needed, and the problem that a number of parts, an installation man-hour, etc. will arise will arise.

  In the structure where the connector and the cable are fixed and held by the connector cover, it is necessary to prepare many types of dedicated connector covers that match the size and shape of the connector and the diameter of the cable. There was a problem.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described conventional problems. The object of the present invention is to fix both the connector and the cable, and even if an external force is applied to the cable or the connector, the cable is pulled out from the cable. It is an object of the present invention to provide a connector fixing tool in which no bending stress or tensile stress is generated in the electric wire portion connected to the connector, and the disconnection of the electric wire and the contact failure of the pin of the connector are prevented. It is another object of the present invention to provide a connector fixture having versatility that can be used even when the size, shape and cable diameter of the connector are different.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention integrally includes a connector fixing portion and a pair of cable fixing portions and main body mounting fixing portions located at both ends of the connector fixing portion. A band regulator for regulating the movement of the binding band for fixing the connector to the lower surface is provided, and the cable fixing portion is located above the connector fixing portion. It is composed of projecting protrusions, a cable fixing surface is formed on the upper surface thereof, and an insertion hole through which a binding band for fixing the cable is inserted is provided below the cable fixing surface.

  Further, in the present invention, in the above invention, extending portions for separating the cable fixing portion from the connector mounting surface are integrally provided at both ends of the connector fixing portion.

  Furthermore, the present invention is the mounting piece according to the above invention, wherein the fixing portion for mounting the main body is integrally projected at a position shifted in the width direction from the center line in the width direction at a side edge of the extension portion or the cable fixing portion. It is equipped with.

  In the present invention, since the connector fixing portion and the cable fixing portion are provided, the connector and the cable can be fixed by one fixing tool and a commercially available binding band, so that an inexpensive connector fixing tool is provided. it can. Moreover, even if the size and shape of the connector and the diameter of the cable are different, it can be handled with one type of connector fixing tool, so that the construction cost can be reduced. The band regulator of the connector fixing part regulates the movement of the binding band. The insertion hole of the cable fixing portion constitutes a binding band attachment portion.

  The upper space of the extending portion provided at both ends of the connector fixing portion forms a wiring routing space for the electric wire portion that is drawn from the cable and connected to the connector.

  The mounting piece of the fixing part for mounting the main body protrudes at a position shifted in the width direction from the center line in the width direction at the side edge of the extension part or the cable fixing part. When fixing by means, the fixing means and the connector or cable do not interfere with each other, and the attachment of the connector fixing tool is facilitated.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on embodiments shown in the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a connector fixing device according to the present invention, and shows a state just before the connector and cable are fixed with a binding band. FIG. 3 is an external perspective view of the connector fixing tool, FIG. 4 is a plan view of the connector fixing tool, FIG. 5 is a front view of the connector fixing tool, and FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the connector fixing tool. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 4, FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a state in which the connector fixing tool is fixed to the board with a stopper, and FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the connector fixing tool fixed to the board with a set screw. FIG. 10 is an external perspective view showing a state in which the connector fixture is fixed to the apparatus-side mounting portion by a binding band.

  1 to 7, 1 is a connector fixing tool, 2 is a substrate as a device side mounting portion to which the connector fixing tool 1 is attached, 3A and 3B are cables, 4A and 4B are from one end of each cable 3A and 3B. Male and female connectors attached to the exposed wire portions 5A and 5B, respectively. These connectors 4A and 4B are connected to each other and fixed to the connector fixture 1 together with the cables 3A and 3B.

  Here, in the form of use shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 8, as the fixing means for fixing the connector fixture 1 to the substrate 2, two commercially available fasteners 6 are used. As a fixing means for fixing the connectors 4A, 4B and the cables 3A, 3B to the fixture 1, an example is shown in which binding bands (cable bands) 9A, 9B, 9C that are widely marketed are used.

  1 to 7, the connector fixture 1 is integrally formed by molding a synthetic resin, and fixes a main body (main body portion) 1 </ b> A and the main body portion 1 </ b> A to the mounting surface 2 a of the substrate 2. And a fixing portion 20 for mounting the main body. The main body portion 1A includes a connector fixing portion 11 and a pair of cable fixing portions 12 and 12 each consisting of a substantially box-shaped protrusion projecting upward at both longitudinal ends of the connector fixing portion 11. Has been.

  The connector fixing portion 11 is formed in a flat plate shape that is long in the axial direction of the cables 3A and 3B, the center portion forms the mounting portions 11A of the connectors 4A and 4B, and the cable fixing portions 12 are mounted on both sides thereof. Extending portions 11B and 11B that are spaced apart from 11A by a required distance are integrally provided. In other words, the connector fixing portion 11 includes a placement portion 11A and a pair of extension portions 11B and 11B extending on both sides of the placement portion 11A, and the outer edges of the extension portions 11B and 11B. The cable fixing portions 12 and 12 are integrally projected.

  In the mounting portion 11A of the connector fixing portion 11, the upper surface forms the connector mounting surface 14 on which the connectors 4A and 4B are mounted, and the lower surface is the lower surface of the extending portions 11B and 11B and the lower surfaces of the cable fixing portions 12 and 12. By being positioned higher, when the connector fixture 1 is attached to the substrate 2, it is separated from the attachment surface 2a, so that there is a gap between the attachment surface 2a of the substrate 2 and the lower surface 15 of the mounting portion 11A. An insertion space 16 is formed through which the binding band 9A for fixing the connector is inserted. In addition, a plurality of band regulators 17 for restricting movement of the binding band 9A in the width direction are provided on the lower surface 15 of the mounting portion 11A at intervals substantially equal to the width of the binding band 9A in the longitudinal direction of the connector fixing portion 11. It is suspended in parallel. In addition, although the band restrictor 17 was formed in the continuous protrusion, since it is for controlling the loose movement of the binding band 9A, the band restrictor 17 is not limited to the continuous protrusion but may be a plurality of protrusions. .

  The extending portions 11B and 11B are each formed in a flat plate shape, but the upper surface is formed one step lower than the connector mounting surface 14 of the mounting portion 11A, and the lower surface is in contact with the mounting surface 2a of the substrate 2. Yes. The upper spaces of these extending portions 11B and 11B are respectively connected to the wiring routing spaces 18 (FIG. 5) of the electric wire portions 5A and 5B that are stripped from the insulation coating of the cables 3A and 3B and connected to the connectors 4A and 4B, respectively. Forming.

  The extension portions 11B and 11B are integrally provided with the main body mounting fixing portions 20 respectively. The main body mounting fixing portion 20 includes a mounting piece 21 having a semicircular shape in plan view and projecting from the side edges in the width direction of the extending portions 11B and 11B and the side edges opposite to each other. Is inserted in the insertion hole 22 (FIG. 3), and the stopper 6 is inserted into the insertion hole 22 and the insertion hole 23 (FIG. 8) provided in the substrate 2 to be locked in the insertion hole 23. Thus, the connector fixture 1 is detachably fixed to the substrate 2. The reason why the mounting piece 21 protrudes from the side edge in the width direction of the extending portion 11B is that the mounting piece 21 is shifted in the width direction from the center line L (FIG. 4) in the width direction of the connector fixing tool 1 to stop the mounting piece 21. This is to prevent the stopper 6 from hitting the electric wire portions 5A and 5B of the connectors 4A and 4B and the cables 3A and 3B when the 6 is inserted into the insertion holes 22 and 23. In this case, in the present embodiment, the example in which the two attachment pieces 21 are respectively provided on the opposite side edges in the width direction of the extending portions 11B and 11B has been shown. Depending on the size of the fixture 1, a total of four attachment pieces 21 may be provided in a protruding manner, one on each side edge of each extending portion 11 </ b> B, 11 </ b> B.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the cable fixing portion 12 includes a pair of left and right side wall plates 12A, 12B facing each other in parallel with a predetermined distance in the longitudinal direction of the connector fixing tool 1, and the side wall plates 12A, 12B. A pair of front and rear connecting pieces 12C and 12D that connect the upper ends to each other and a bottom plate 12E that connects the lower ends of the side wall plates 12A and 12B are formed as box-shaped projections having a trapezoidal shape in a side view. Central portions of the upper surfaces of the side wall plates 12A and 12B form a cable fixing surface 30 for fixing the end of the cable 3A (3B). The cable fixing surface 30 is a portion between the pair of front and rear connecting pieces 12C and 12D, and is formed of a V-shaped surface. Thus, the cable 3A (3B) is positioned, and the axis line of the cable fixing surface 30 is It is made to coincide with the center line L (FIG. 4). On the lower side of the cable fixing surface 30, an insertion hole 31 through which the cable fixing binding band 9 </ b> B is inserted is provided. The insertion hole 31 is formed by a hole surrounded by the side wall plates 12A and 12B, the connecting pieces 12C and 12D, and the bottom plate 12E, so that it is opened before and after the connector fixing tool 1.

  When fixing the cables 3A and 3B and the connectors 4A and 4B in the connector fixture 1 having such a structure, the connector fixture 1 is first fixed to the substrate 2 as a first method. That is, the connector fixture 1 is placed on the mounting surface 2 a of the board 2, and the insertion hole 22 of the mounting piece 21 is made to coincide with the insertion hole 23 provided in the board 2. Then, the stopper 6 is fixed to the mounting surface 2 a of the substrate 2 by inserting the stopper 6 into the insertion holes 22 and 23 and engaging with the insertion hole 23.

  In this case, it is also possible to use a set screw instead of the stop 6. In this case, as shown in FIG. 9, the set screw 40 is similarly inserted into the insertion hole 22 of the connector fixture 1 and provided on the substrate 2. The connector fixing tool 1 may be fixed to the substrate 2 by screwing into the screw hole provided in the frame to which the substrate 2 is fixed after being inserted into the screw hole or the insertion hole of the substrate 2.

  Moreover, it is also possible to fix with a rivet or a binding band instead of the fastener 6 and the set screw 40. When fixing using a rivet, the rivet may be inserted into the insertion holes 22 and 23 of the connector fixing tool 1 and the substrate 2 in the same manner as the fixing tool 6 and the set screw 40 and the tip thereof may be caulked.

  When fixing using a binding band, as shown in FIG. 10, it is suitable when the apparatus side mounting portion to which the connector fixing tool 1 is mounted is a fixing member 41 made of a rod shape or a mold material. At this time, the binding band 9 </ b> C may be inserted into the insertion hole 31 of each cable fixing portion 12 to bind the cable fixing portion 12 to the fixing member 41.

  When the attachment of the connector fixture 1 to the apparatus-side attachment portion is completed, the cables 3A and 3B and the connectors 4A and 4B are fixed to the connector fixture 1. That is, when fixing the cables 3A and 3B, as shown in FIG. 1, the ends of the cables 3A and 3B are placed on the cable fixing surfaces 30 (FIG. 3) of the cable fixing portions 12, and the binding bands 9B are fixed to the cables. After being inserted into the insertion hole 31 of the portion 12, the binding band 9B is pressed against the outer peripheral surfaces of the cables 3A and 3B to bind to the cable fixing portion 12 as shown in FIG.

  Similarly, when fixing the connectors 4A and 4B, the connectors 4A and 4B are mounted on the connector mounting surface 14 (FIG. 3) of the connector fixing portion 11 as shown in FIG. Then, the binding band 9A is inserted into the lower space 16 of the mounting portion 11A and guided above the connectors 4A and 4B, and the binding band 9A is pressed against the upper surface of the connection portion of the connectors 4A and 4B as shown in FIG. It binds to the part 11A.

  As a second method, the cables 3A and 3B and the connectors 4A and 4B are first fixed to the connector fixing tool 1 and then the connector fixing tool 1 is fixed to the substrate 2 or the like.

  As described above, in the present invention, the connectors 4A and 4B and the cables 3A and 3B can be fixed by the single connector fixing tool 1, so that the number of parts, the number of assembly steps, and the like can be reduced. Further, since the cables 3A and 3B and the connectors 4A and 4B are fixed, even if an external force is applied to the cables 3A and 3B and the connectors 4A and 4B, they are stripped from the cables 3A and 3B and connected to the connectors 4A and 4B. Bending stress and tensile stress are not generated in the electric wire portions 5A and 5B, and the disconnection of the electric wire and the contact failure of the connector pins can be reliably prevented.

In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the connectors 4A and 4B are fixed to the connector fixing portion 11 by the single binding band 9A is shown. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It may be fixed by the binding band 9A.
In addition, the attachment piece 21 of the main body attachment fixing portion 20 is not limited to the side edge of the extending portion 11B, and the connector fixing device 1 is attached to one side edge of the cable fixing portion 12 as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. It may be provided so as to protrude from the center line L in the width direction.
Further, after the cables 3A and 3B and the connectors 4A and 4B are fixed to the connector fixture 1 as indicated by a two-dot chain line 50 in FIG. 2, the cables 3A and 3B and the connectors 4A and 4B are covered with a cover. Moreover, the appearance of the appearance can be improved by using such a cover.

It is an external appearance perspective view which shows the state just before fixing the connector and cable which show the use aspect of the connector fixing tool which concerns on this invention with a binding band. It is an external appearance perspective view which similarly shows the state which fixed the connector and the cable with the binding band. It is an external appearance perspective view of the fixing tool for connectors. It is a top view of the fixing tool for connectors. It is a front view of the fixture for connectors. It is a bottom view of the fixture for connectors. It is the sectional view on the AA line of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows a mode when the fixing tool for connectors is fixed to a board | substrate with a stopper. It is an external appearance perspective view which shows a mode when the fixing tool for connectors is fixed to a board | substrate with a set screw. It is an external appearance perspective view which shows the state which fixed the fixing tool for connectors to the apparatus side attaching part with the binding band.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Connector fixing tool, 1A ... Main body, 2 ... Board | substrate, 3A, 3B ... Cable, 4A, 4B ... Connector, 5A, 5B ... Electric wire part, 6 ... Stopper, 9A-9C ... Binding band, 11 ... Connector fixation 11A ... Placement portion, 11B ... Extension portion, 12 ... Cable fixing portion, 14 ... Connector placement surface, 17 ... Band restrictor, 20 ... Fixing portion for body mounting, 21 ... Mounting piece, 22 ... Insertion hole 30 ... Cable fixing surface, 31 ... Insertion hole.

Claims (3)

It has a connector fixing part, a pair of cable fixing parts located at both ends of the connector fixing part, and a fixing part for mounting the body,
The connector fixing part is formed in a flat plate shape, a connector mounting surface is formed on the upper surface, and a band regulator that restricts movement of the binding band for fixing the connector on the lower surface is provided,
The cable fixing portion includes a protrusion protruding upward from the connector fixing portion, a cable fixing surface is formed on an upper surface thereof, and a binding band for fixing the cable is inserted below the cable fixing surface. A connector fixture provided with an insertion hole. The connector fixture according to claim 1,
A connector fixing tool in which extending portions for separating the cable fixing portion from the connector mounting surface are integrally provided at both ends of the connector fixing portion. The connector fixture according to claim 2,
The main body mounting fixing portion is a connector fixing tool including a mounting piece integrally protruding at a position shifted in the width direction from the center line in the width direction at a side edge of the extension portion or the cable fixing portion.

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