JP5344285B2 - Connector device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a connector device which is used for mounting a flat wiring member on the other wiring substrate while effectively actualizing a wholly low profile and a narrow pitch between a plurality of contacts and surely avoiding troubles resulting therefrom. <P>SOLUTION: The connector device includes the contact 20 having a fixed arm part 22, a movable arm part 23 and a connection part 24 and arranged in an insulating housing 12, and an actuator 40 for thrusting a connection terminal part 15 of the flat wiring member being inserted into the insulating housing 12, against the contact 20 with the movable arm part 23 to thrust a contact connection terminal of the connection terminal part 15 in contact with a protruded contact portion 25 of the fixed arm part 22. On the fixed arm part 22 of the contact 20, a protruded portion 26 is provided for abutting another portion than a wiring pattern portion including the contact connection terminal of the connection terminal part 15 inserted into the insulating housing 12. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  In the invention described in the claims of the present application, a connection terminal provided on a flat wiring member such as a flexible printed wiring board (FPC) or a flexible flat cable (FFC) is used as another wiring board or the like. The present invention relates to a connector device that is electrically connected to other electrical components.

  A relatively small flexible printed wiring board or a flat wiring member such as a flexible flat cable mounted on an electronic device such as a cellular phone is attached to the main printed wiring board on which various electrical components are mounted. In many cases, this is performed using a connector device that is electrically connected and fixed to a printed wiring board. Such a connector device has a conductive contact that contacts a connection terminal portion provided on a flat wiring member such as a flexible printed wiring board or a flexible flat cable, and the flat wiring through the contact. The connection terminal portion provided on the member is electrically connected to the printed wiring portion provided on the main printed wiring board.

  Conventionally proposed connector devices used for mounting a flat printed wiring board such as a flexible printed wiring board or a flexible flat cable to a main printed wiring board include, for example, a wiring member insertion into which a connecting terminal portion of the flat wiring member is inserted. An insulating housing provided with a portion is provided. And in such a connector device, it is arranged and arranged in the insulating housing, and when the connecting terminal portion of the flat wiring member is inserted into the insulating housing through the wiring member insertion portion, it is arranged in the connecting terminal portion. A plurality of contacts that respectively correspond to the plurality of contact connection terminals and a plurality of contacts that are provided so as to be rotatable with respect to the insulating housing and engage with each of the plurality of contacts to be rotated. And an actuator common to a plurality of contacts for displacing the movable part.

  Each of the plurality of contacts is formed of a conductive elastic plate-like material, and includes a fixed portion that is a portion fixed to the insulating housing and a movable portion that is connected to the fixed portion via the connecting portion. The fixed portion is electrically connected to a printed wiring portion provided on the main printed wiring board, and the movable portion is displaced according to the turning operation of the actuator.

  In such a connector device, when the connecting terminal portion of the flat wiring member is inserted into the insulating housing through the wiring member insertion portion, when the actuator is rotated in a predetermined direction, the actuator has a plurality of contacts. Each of the movable parts is displaced so that the movable part is brought into a state of pressing the connection terminal part of the flat wiring member inserted into the insulating housing, whereby a plurality of contacts are connected to the flat wiring member. The plurality of contact connection terminals arranged in the connection terminal portion are pressed and contacted respectively. Further, when the actuator is rotated in a direction opposite to the above-described predetermined direction while the plurality of contacts are in press contact with the plurality of contact connection terminals arranged on the connection terminal portion of the flat wiring member, respectively. The actuator displaces the movable part in each of the plurality of contacts, causing the movable part to not press the connection terminal part of the flat wiring member inserted into the insulating housing, thereby the plurality of contacts. Is released from the state of pressing and contacting the plurality of contact connection terminals arranged on the connection terminal portion of the flat wiring member (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In the connector device as disclosed in Patent Document 1, for example, each of the plurality of contacts is a plate-like member having an overall “H” shape. In such a plate-like member having an “H” shape, one of the pair of arm portions interconnected by the connecting portion is a fixed arm portion constituting the fixed portion, and the other is a movable portion constituting the movable portion. It is an arm part. When the connection terminal portion of the flat wiring member is inserted into the insulating housing through the wiring member insertion portion, the connection terminal portion of the flat wiring member is arranged between the fixed arm portion and the movable arm portion of each of the plurality of contacts. Is done. Then, the actuator is rotated to displace the movable arm portion in each of the plurality of contacts, and the state where the movable arm portion presses the connection terminal portion of the flat wiring member and is clamped between the fixed arm portion. Accordingly, the plurality of contacts are pressed into contact with the plurality of contact connection terminals arranged on the connection terminal portion of the flat wiring member, respectively.

  And in the connector apparatus shown by patent document 1, the trial which enables the narrowing of the pitch about a some contact is made | formed in order to aim at size reduction of the whole. Under such an attempt, a plurality of contacts are configured by alternately arranging contacts (14) and contacts (142) having different shapes.

  When the connection terminal portion of the flat wiring member (FPC 40) is inserted into the insulating housing (housing 12) through the wiring member insertion portion (fitting port 18), the movable arm portion and the fixed arm portion of each contact (14) In the flat wiring member (FPC 40) in which the protruding portion for holding the connecting terminal portion is provided (contact portion 22), that is, the connecting terminal portion of the flat wiring member (FPC 40) in each contact (14). And a projecting portion for holding the connection terminal portion of the flat wiring member (FPC 40) between the movable arm portion and the fixed arm portion of each contact (142). The contact connection terminals arranged on the connection terminal portion of the flat wiring member (FPC 40) in each portion (contact portion 22), that is, each contact (142) And a portion including a protrusion that pressure contact, in the insertion direction of the connection terminal portions of the insulating housing flat wiring member (FPC 40) for (the housing 12), are made different positions taken and not Tonariawa each other.

  Further, in the fixed arm portion of each contact (14), a connection terminal portion (connection portion 24) electrically connected to the printed wiring portion provided on the main printed wiring board, and in the fixed arm portion of each contact (142) The connection terminal portion (connection portion 24) electrically connected to the printed wiring portion provided on the main printed wiring board is inserted into the connection terminal portion of the flat wiring member (FPC 40) into the insulating housing (housing 12). The directions are different from each other and are not adjacent to each other.

  As described above, a portion provided with a protruding portion that press-contacts each of the contact connection terminals arranged on the connection terminal portion of the flat wiring member (FPC 40) in each contact (14), and a flat shape in each contact (142). The portions provided with the protruding portions that are in press contact with the plurality of contact connection terminals disposed on the connection terminal portion of the wiring member (FPC 40) are disposed at positions that are not adjacent to each other, and the contacts (14) are fixed. A connection terminal portion (connection portion 24) electrically connected to a printed wiring portion provided on the main printed wiring board in the arm portion, and a printing provided on the main printed wiring substrate in the fixed arm portion of each contact (142). The connection terminal portion (connection portion 24) that is electrically connected to the wiring portion is arranged at a position that is not adjacent to each other. Tact (142) is as capable of narrowing the pitch.

JP 2004-71160 A (pages 5 to 8, FIGS. 1 to 6)

  For connector devices used to attach flat wiring members such as flexible printed wiring boards or flexible flat cables to the main printed wiring board, the protruding height on the main printed wiring board when mounted on the main printed wiring board in the future In other words, the above-described conventional contact device described above is required to further reduce the overall height, that is, to further reduce the overall height and further reduce the pitch of a plurality of contacts arranged. Such further reduction in height and further narrowing of the pitch of a plurality of contacts are accompanied by the following disadvantages.

  First, when the overall height is further reduced, each of the fixed arm portion constituting the fixed portion and the movable arm portion constituting the movable portion in each contact, which is a plate-like member having an overall “H” shape, is provided. The protrusion length of the protrusion part which clamps the connecting terminal part of the provided flat wiring member inserted in the insulating housing will be reduced. For this reason, the clearance between the fixed arm portion of each contact other than the protruding portion of the movable arm portion and the connection terminal portion of the flat wiring member inserted into the insulating housing is reduced, and the fixed arm portion or the movable arm is reduced. There is a great risk that the portions other than the protruding portion of the portion will undesirably come into contact with the wiring pattern portion including the contact connection terminal in the connection terminal portion of the flat wiring member, for example, causing a short circuit between the plurality of wiring patterns. End up.

  Further, when the connecting terminal portion of the flat wiring member is inserted into the insulating housing, the contact connecting terminal arranged in the connecting terminal portion of the flat wiring member inserted into the insulating housing and the fixed arm in each corresponding contact In some cases, a slight positional deviation may occur between the movable portion and the movable arm portion. When further narrowing of the pitch for the plurality of contacts is achieved, the pitch of the plurality of contact connection terminals arranged on the connection terminal portion of the flat wiring member is also reduced. The fixed arm portion or the movable arm due to the minute positional deviation between the contact connection terminal arranged in the connection terminal portion of the flat wiring member and the fixed arm portion or the movable arm portion in each contact corresponding thereto. The part other than the protruding part of the part is adjacent to the contact connection terminal adjacent to the contact connection terminal corresponding to the fixed arm part or the movable arm part, or adjacent to the contact connection terminal corresponding to the fixed arm part or the movable arm part. The risk of undesirably pressing contact with both of the contact connection terminals is also increased.

  In view of such points, the invention described in the claims of the present application includes a wiring member insertion portion used for mounting a flat wiring member such as a flexible printed wiring board or a flexible flat cable to another wiring board. An insulating housing provided, a plurality of contacts arranged and arranged in the insulating housing, and a pivotable wiring member that engages with the plurality of contacts provided to be rotatable with respect to the insulating housing. A connector device comprising: an actuator that presses and contacts a plurality of contacts with a plurality of contact connection terminals provided on a flat wiring member when being rotated while being inserted into an insulating housing through an insertion portion; , Inconvenience caused by low overall profile and narrow pitch for multiple contacts In Moto reliably avoided, to provide what will be able to achieve effectively.

The connector device according to the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 6 in the claims of the present application (hereinafter referred to as the present invention) includes an insulating housing provided with a wiring member insertion portion, Are formed to have a fixed arm portion and a movable arm portion facing each other and a connecting portion for interconnecting them, and are arranged in an insulating housing, and each of the fixed arm portion and the movable arm portion passes through the wiring member insertion portion. A plurality of contacts disposed at positions sandwiching a flat wiring member inserted into the insulating housing, and provided so as to be rotatable with respect to the insulating housing, and engaged with each of the plurality of contacts to thereby form a flat wiring member. Is inserted into the insulating housing through the wiring member insertion portion, and the flat wiring member inserted into each of the plurality of contacts is moved by the movable arm portion. Pressure, the contact connection terminals provided on the flat wiring member comprises an actuator to assume a state that is pressed in contact with the projecting contact portion which kicked set to a fixed arm portion, each or one plurality of contact The projecting contact portion is provided at a portion facing the one end portion of the movable arm portion and spaced from the connecting portion in the fixed arm portion, and the wiring member is inserted into a portion in the vicinity of the connecting portion in the fixed arm portion. and it abuts against the portion other than the wiring pattern portion comprising a contact connection terminals in tabular wiring device inserted in the insulating housing through the parts, portions excluding the protruding contact portion of the fixed arm portion wiring pattern part in the plate-like wiring members And a protruding portion that forms a convex bulging portion that forms a clearance .

  In particular, in the connector device according to the present invention described in claim 2 of the claims of the present application, the connector device is provided at a portion in the vicinity of the connecting portion in the fixed arm portion of each or a part of the plurality of contacts. The protruding portions are arranged along the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts.

  Furthermore, in the connector device according to the present invention as set forth in claim 3 in the claims of the present application, the plurality of contacts include the first group and the second group, and belong to the first group. The protruding contact portion provided in the fixed arm portion in each of the contacts and the protruding contact portion provided in the fixed arm portion in each of the contacts belonging to the second group pass through the wiring member insertion portion of the flat wiring member. The positions in the insertion direction into the insulating housing are different from each other.

In the connector device according to the present invention configured as described above, the flat wiring member is inserted into the insulating housing through the wiring member insertion portion, and the fixed arm portion and the movable arm portion of each of the plurality of contacts are used. When a rotation operation is performed to rotate the actuator with respect to the insulating housing in a state where the actuator is sandwiched, the actuator is inserted into each of the plurality of contacts with which the actuator is engaged. The state-like wiring member is pressed by the movable arm portion, and the contact connection terminal provided on the flat plate-like wiring member is brought into a state of being pressed and contacted with the protruding contact portion provided on the fixed arm portion. At this time, in the flat wiring member inserted into the insulating housing, the projecting portion forming the convex bulge portion provided in the vicinity of the connecting portion in the fixed arm portion of each or some of the plurality of contacts in contact with the portion other than the wiring pattern portion comprising a contact connection terminals, thereby forming a predetermined clearance between the wiring pattern portion in part a planar wiring member other than the protruding contact portion of the fixed arm portion.

  As a result, when the movable arm portion of each contact presses the flat wiring member by the actuator, the protrusion provided at the portion near the coupling portion in the fixed arm portion of each or a part of the plurality of contacts The flat arm member is provided with a predetermined clearance between the flat arm member and a portion other than the projecting contact portion provided in the fixed arm portion apart from the connecting portion. The contact connection terminal is in a state of being surely pressed and contacted with the protruding contact portion provided on the fixed arm portion.

  And in the case of the connector device according to the present invention described in claim 2 in the claims of the present application, the protrusion provided on the fixed arm portion of each or a part of the plurality of contacts has a plurality of By arranging and arranging the contacts along the arrangement direction of the contacts, the contact of the plurality of protrusions with the portion other than the wiring pattern portion including the contact connection terminal in the flat wiring member inserted into the insulating housing is more Surely done.

  Furthermore, in the case of the connector device according to the present invention described in claim 3 in the claims of the present application, a protruding contact portion provided on the fixed arm portion in each of the contacts belonging to the first group, The protruding contact portions provided on the fixed arm portion of each of the contacts belonging to the two groups differ from each other in the insertion direction into the insulating housing through the wiring member insertion portion of the flat wiring member. Accordingly, for example, when the contacts belonging to the first group and the contacts belonging to the second group are alternately arranged, the flat wiring provided on the fixed arm portion in each of the contacts belonging to the first group Protruding contact portions where the contact connection terminals in the member are in press contact, and protruding contact portions provided in the fixed arm portions of the contacts belonging to the second group, and the contact connection terminals in the flat wiring member are in press contact, It will be arranged in the position which does not adjoin, and the pitch about a plurality of contacts can be made still smaller.

In the connector device according to the present invention as described above, in order to further reduce the overall height of the connector device, the contact device is provided in a portion separated from the connecting portion in the fixed arm portion in each contact, and in the flat wiring member. Even if the protruding contact portion where the contact connection terminal is pressed and contacted is reduced in the protruding length, it is provided in the vicinity of the connecting portion in the fixed arm portion of each or some of the plurality of contacts. A predetermined clearance is formed between the portion of the fixed arm portion of each contact excluding the protruding contact portion and the wiring pattern portion including the contact connection terminal in the flat wiring member inserted into the insulating housing by the protrusion. The wiring pattern in which the fixed arm portion of each contact excluding the protruding contact portion includes the contact connection terminal in the flat wiring member. Contact undesirably down unit, for example, a short circuit between the plurality of wiring patterns a situation in which the raw Ji is, can be reliably avoided.

In addition, in the connector device according to the present invention, even if the pitch of the plurality of contacts is further reduced, the vicinity of the connecting portion in the fixed arm portion of each or some of the plurality of contacts With the protrusions provided in the portions, a predetermined gap is provided between a portion other than the protruding contact portion of the fixed arm portion of each contact and the wiring pattern portion including the contact connection terminal of the flat wiring member inserted into the insulating housing. Since the clearance is formed, it is caused by the minute positional deviation between the contact connection terminal in the flat wiring member and the fixed arm portion in each corresponding contact, which is generated when the flat wiring member is inserted into the insulating housing. The portion of the fixed arm portion excluding the protruding contact portion is adjacent to the contact connection terminal corresponding to the fixed arm portion. It is possible to reliably avoid a situation in which the contact connection terminal corresponding to the fixed arm portion or both of the contact connection terminal corresponding to the fixed arm portion and the contact connection terminal adjacent thereto are undesirably pressed. it can.

  Thus, according to the connector device according to the present invention, it is possible to reliably avoid the disadvantage caused by the reduction in the overall height and the reduction in the pitch of the plurality of contacts. Can be achieved.

  BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the embodiments of the present invention described below.

  FIG. 1 shows an example of a connector device according to the present invention together with a portion of a flexible printed wiring board that is a flat wiring member inserted therein.

  In FIG. 1, a connector device 10 constituting an example of a connector device according to the present invention is fixed to a wiring board 11. The connector device 10 includes an insulating housing 12 formed of an insulating material such as synthetic resin. The insulating housing 12 is provided with a wiring member insertion portion 13. For example, the connection terminal portion 15 of the flexible printed wiring board 14 forming a flat wiring member is inserted into the insulating housing 12 through the wiring member insertion portion 13.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the connecting terminal portion 15 of the flexible printed wiring board 14 inserted into the insulating housing 12 through the wiring member insertion portion 13 faces the wiring substrate 11 when inserted into the insulating housing 12. A wiring pattern portion including a plurality of contact connection terminals 16 and a plurality of contact connection terminals 17 is provided on the surface (hereinafter referred to as the lower surface). The plurality of contact connection terminals 16 are arranged at a predetermined pitch along the edge portion 18 of the connection terminal portion 15 of the flexible printed wiring board 14, and the plurality of contact connection terminals 17 are a plurality of contact connection terminals 17. In the vicinity of the connection terminals 16, they are arranged with a predetermined pitch in the same direction as the arrangement direction of the plurality of contact connection terminals 16.

  The plurality of contact connection terminals 17 that are arranged in the same manner as the plurality of contact connection terminals 16 that are arranged are the connection terminal portions 15 of the flexible printed wiring board 14 on the lower surface of the connection terminal portions 15 of the flexible printed wiring board 14. A plurality of contact connection terminals arranged at different positions in the insertion and extraction directions (the direction indicated by the arrow S in FIGS. 1 and 2, hereinafter referred to as the S direction) with respect to the insulating housing 12. Reference numeral 16 denotes a position closer to the end edge portion 18 of the connection terminal portion 15 of the flexible printed wiring board 14 than the plurality of contact connection terminals 17 arranged and arranged. Each of the plurality of contact connection terminals 17 has a corresponding position between two adjacent ones of the plurality of contact connection terminals 16, and is generally in contact with the contact connection terminal 16. The connection terminals 17 are in a state where they can be said to be alternately arranged at different positions in the S direction.

  Under such circumstances, each contact connection terminal 16 has a width in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contact connection terminals 16 larger than the interval between the other contact connection terminals 16 adjacent to each other. The contact connection terminals 17 are arranged so as to be sandwiched between wiring patterns connected to the respective contact connection terminals 16, so that the width of the contact connection terminals 17 in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contact connection terminals 17 is adjacent to each other. The distance between the contact connecting terminal 17 and the other contact connecting terminal 17 is slightly smaller. In the connection terminal portion 15 of the flexible printed wiring board 14, the pitch of the plurality of contact connection terminals 16 and 17 is narrowed as described above.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of contacts 20 and 21 are alternately arranged in the insulating housing 12 of the connector device 10. The plurality of contacts 20 and 21 arranged alternately are each extended in a direction along the S direction, and the connection terminal portion 15 of the flexible printed wiring board 14 is connected to the insulating housing 12 through the wiring member insertion portion 13. When it is inserted, the position corresponding to the plurality of contact connection terminals 16 and 17 arranged on the lower surface of the connection terminal portion 15 of the inserted flexible printed wiring board 14 is taken.

Each of the plurality of contacts 20 is a plate-like member formed entirely of a conductive material having elasticity as shown in FIG. 3 showing a cross section taken along line III-III in FIG. It is said that. Each contact 20 has a fixed arm portion 22 and a movable arm portion 23 which are arranged to face each other as shown in FIG. 3 and are connected to each other by a connecting portion 24, thereby forming an “H” shape as a whole. Is formed. One end portion 22a of the fixed arm portion 22 is connected to a wiring portion (not shown) provided on the wiring substrate 11 to which the connector device 10 is fixed. The fixed arm portion 22 has its end portion 22a positioned at the position of the wiring member insertion portion 13 provided in the insulating housing 12, whereas the movable arm portion 23 is one of the wiring member insertion portion 13 side. The end 23 a is placed at a position in the insulating housing 12 that is separated from the wiring member insertion portion 13.

The fixed arm portion 22 is provided with a protruding contact portion 25 at a portion facing the end portion 23 a of the movable arm portion 23, which is separated from the connecting portion 24, and at a portion near the connecting portion 24. As shown in FIG. 3, a protruding portion 26 that forms a convex bulging portion is provided. The projecting length of the projecting contact portion 25 and the projecting length of the projecting portion 26 are made extremely small as shown in FIG. 3 and substantially the same in order to reduce the overall height of the connector device 10.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4 showing a cross section taken along line IV-IV in FIG. 1, each of the plurality of contacts 21 is formed of an elastic conductive material and has an overall “H” shape. It is made into a member. Each contact 21 includes a fixed arm portion 27 and a movable arm portion 28 which are arranged to face each other as shown in FIG. 4 and are connected to each other by a connecting portion 29, thereby forming an “H” shape as a whole. Is formed. One end portion 27a of the fixed arm portion 27 is connected to a wiring portion (not shown) provided on the wiring board 11 to which the connector device 10 is fixed. What is the end portion 27a? The other end 27 b on the opposite side is placed at a position facing the wiring member insertion portion 13 provided in the insulating housing 12. The movable arm portion 28 has one end portion 28a on the wiring member insertion portion 13 side at a position facing the wiring member insertion portion 13, and the end portion 27b of the fixed arm portion 27 is connected to the end portion 28a. It is the opposite.

Further, the fixed arm portion 27 is provided with a protruding contact portion 30 at a portion included in the end portion 27b that is spaced from the connecting portion 29 and is located at the position facing the wiring member insertion portion 13, and the connecting portion 29 As shown in FIG. 4, a protrusion 31 that forms a convex bulge is provided at a portion near 29. The protruding length of the protruding contact portion 30 and the protruding length of the protruding portion 31 are made extremely small as shown in FIG. 4 and substantially the same in order to reduce the overall height of the connector device 10.

  In this way, the plurality of contacts 20 of the plurality of contacts 20 and 21 arranged alternately are separated from each other by the protruding contact portions 25 provided on the fixed arm portion 22 from the wiring member insertion portion 13. A plurality of contacts 20 and 21 among the plurality of contacts 20 and 21 arranged in a first group, which are arranged at positions in the housing 12, are fixed arm portions. The second contact group 30 is formed so that the protruding contact portion 30 provided at the position 27 faces the wiring member insertion portion 13. In the plurality of contacts 20 and 21, the distance between two adjacent contacts corresponds to the pitch of the plurality of contact connection terminals 16 and 17 provided on the lower surface of the connection terminal portion 15 of the flexible printed wiring board 14 described above. As a whole, it is assumed that the pitch is narrowed as a whole.

  When the connection terminal portion 15 of the flexible printed wiring board 14 is inserted into the insulating housing 12 through the wiring member insertion portion 13, the flexible printing has a lower surface provided with a wiring pattern portion including a plurality of contact connection terminals 16 and 17. The connection terminal portion 15 of the wiring board 14 is disposed between the fixed arm portion 22 or 27 and the movable arm portion 23 or 28 of each of the plurality of contacts 20 and 21 arranged alternately in the insulating housing 12. . At that time, the plurality of contacts 20 and 21 correspond to the plurality of contact connection terminals 16 and 17 provided on the lower surface of the connection terminal portion 15 of the flexible printed wiring board 14, respectively.

  In addition, the connector device 10 is provided with an actuator 40 that is rotatable with respect to the insulating housing 12. The actuator 40 has an elongated shape extending in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts 20 and 21 in the insulating housing 12.

  1, 3, and 4, the actuator 40 is a first raised position with respect to the insulating housing 12 (a position raised with respect to the wiring board 11 to which the connector device 10 is fixed). As shown in FIGS. 5, 6, and 7, which will be described later, the stationary position is a position that is prone to the insulating housing 12 (position that is prone to the wiring board 11 to which the connector device 10 is fixed). A second stationary position is taken. Then, when a rotation operation is applied to the actuator 40, the actuator 40 moves from the first stationary position to the second stationary position or rotates from the second stationary position to the first stationary position. Dynamic transition.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the actuator 40 is provided with a cam portion 41 that engages with the plurality of contacts 20. As shown in FIG. 3, the cam portion 41 has an elliptical cross-sectional shape. Therefore, the cam portion 41 has a maximum dimension portion in which the difference between the opposing end surface portions is maximized. It is assumed that the maximum dimension portion is displaced with the change of the moving position. The cam portion 41 is sandwiched between a part 12A of the insulating housing 12 that has entered the fixed arm portion 22 of each of the plurality of contacts 20 and the movable arm portion 23 of the contact 20, and the movable arm portion 23 It is supposed to be engaged.

  Further, the actuator 40 is also provided with a cam portion 42 that engages with the plurality of contacts 21 as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the cam portion 42 has an elliptical cross-sectional shape. Therefore, the cam portion 42 has a maximum dimension portion extending in the long axis direction in the cross-section, and changes the rotational position of the actuator 40. Along with this, the maximum dimension portion is displaced. The cam portion 42 is sandwiched between the fixed arm portion 27 and the movable arm portion 28 in each of the plurality of contacts 21 and is engaged with both the fixed arm portion 27 and the movable arm portion 28. Yes.

  Under such circumstances, as shown in FIG. 5, the connection terminal portion 15 of the flexible printed wiring board 14 is inserted into the insulating housing 12 along the S direction through the wiring member insertion portion 13. Then, after the connection terminal portion 15 of the flexible printed wiring board 14 is inserted into the insulating housing 12, the actuator 40 is rotated by a rotation operation with respect to the connection terminal portion 15, and as shown in FIG. When moving from the rest position to the second rest position, a plurality of contacts 20 and 21 are provided on the lower surface of the connection terminal portion 15 of the flexible printed wiring board 14 inserted into the insulating housing 12. And 17 are in press contact with each other.

  In such a case, first, when the actuator 40 assumes the first stationary position, the connection terminal portion 15 of the flexible printed wiring board 14 passes through the wiring member insertion portion 13 in the insulating housing 12, for example, the edge. The portion 18 is inserted until it reaches the vicinity of the connecting portion 24 in each of the plurality of contacts 20 and abuts on the connecting portion 29 in each of the plurality of contacts 21. The connection terminal portions 15 of the flexible printed wiring board 14 inserted into the insulating housing 12 are fixed to the plurality of contacts 20 and 21 arranged alternately in the insulating housing 12, respectively. In addition to being sandwiched between the portion 22 and the movable arm portion 23, the plurality of contacts 21 are located between the fixed arm portion 27 and the movable arm portion 28.

  Subsequently, the actuator 40 taking the first stationary position is rotated so as to shift from the first stationary position to the second stationary position by a rotation operation. As the actuator 40 rotates from the first stationary position to the second stationary position, each of the cam portions 41 and 42 provided on the actuator 40 displaces the maximum dimension portion. The

  At this time, as shown in FIG. 6 showing the VI-VI line cross section in FIG. 5, the cam portion 41 changes the direction of the maximum dimension portion as the actuator 40 rotates, and each of the plurality of contacts 20. The movable arm portion 23 is engaged, and the movable arm portion 23 is displaced. When the cam portion 41 acts on the movable arm portion 23 with the maximum dimension portion, the connecting arm portion 22 of the flexible printed wiring board 14 is connected to the movable arm portion 23 by the end portion 23a. The state of pressing toward the side is taken.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7 showing a section taken along line VII-VII in FIG. 5, the cam portion 42 changes the direction of the maximum dimension portion with the rotation of the actuator 40, and changes each of the plurality of contacts 21. The movable arm portion 28 is engaged, and the movable arm portion 28 is displaced. When the cam portion 42 acts on the movable arm portion 28 with the maximum size portion, the connection terminal portion 15 of the flexible printed wiring board 14 is connected to the movable arm portion 28 by the end portion 28a. The state of pressing toward the side is taken.

  As a result, the contact connection terminal 16 provided on the lower surface of the connection terminal portion 15 of the flexible printed wiring board 14 is brought into a state of being in press contact with the protruding contact 25 provided on the fixed arm portion 22 of the contact 20 corresponding thereto. At the same time, the contact connection terminal 17 provided on the lower surface of the connection terminal portion 15 of the flexible printed wiring board 14 is in a state of being pressed and contacted with the protruding contact 30 provided on the fixed arm portion 27 of the contact 21 corresponding thereto. As a result, the plurality of contact connection terminals 16 and 17 provided on the lower surface of the connection terminal portion 15 of the flexible printed wiring board 14 inserted into the insulating housing 12 are arranged in the insulating housing 12. And 21 are connected in contact with each other, and are connected to a wiring portion provided on the wiring board 11 through a plurality of contacts 20 and 21.

  At this time, the end edge portion 18 is inserted into the insulating housing 12 until it reaches the vicinity of the connecting portion 24 in each of the plurality of contacts 20 and abuts on the connecting portion 29 in each of the plurality of contacts 21. The connection terminal portion 15 of the flexible printed wiring board 14 is provided with a plurality of contacts in the vicinity of the edge portion 18 where the wiring pattern portion including the plurality of contact connection terminals 16 and 17 is not provided on the lower surface thereof. The protrusions 26 provided in the vicinity of the connecting portion 24 in the fixed arm portion 22 in each of the 20 and the protrusions provided in the vicinity of the connecting portion 29 in the fixed arm portion 27 in each of the plurality of contacts 21. The part 31 is placed in a state of being pressed and contacted. Accordingly, a wiring pattern portion including a plurality of contact connection terminals 16 and 17 provided on the lower surface of the connection terminal portion 15 of the flexible printed wiring board 14, and a protruding contact portion in each fixed arm portion 22 of the plurality of contacts 20. A clearance is surely formed between the portion excluding 25 and the portion excluding the protruding contact portion 30 in each fixed arm portion 27 of the plurality of contacts 21.

  As described above, the protrusion 26 provided on the fixed arm portion 22 of each of the plurality of contacts 20 and the protrusion 31 provided on the fixed arm portion 27 of each of the plurality of contacts 21 are inserted into the insulating housing 12. The protruding contact portions 25 of the fixed arm portions 22 of the plurality of contacts 20 are formed on the wiring pattern portion including the plurality of contact connection terminals 16 and 17 provided on the lower surface of the connection terminal portion 15 of the flexible printed wiring board 14. The portion excluding the protruding contact portion 30 in the fixed arm portion 27 of each of the fixed arm portions 27 of the plurality of contacts 21 serves to avoid the occurrence of an undesired contact.

  FIG. 8 shows that the connection terminal portion 15 of the flexible printed wiring board 14 is properly inserted into the insulating housing 12 without causing a positional shift of the plurality of contact connection terminals 16 and 17 with respect to the plurality of contacts 20 and 21. The positional relationship between each contact connection terminal 16 and the fixed arm portion 22 of each contact 20 and the positional relationship between each contact connection terminal 17 and the fixed arm portion 27 of each contact 21 are shown. Under such circumstances, each contact connection terminal 16 and the fixed arm portion 22 of each contact 20 are appropriately positioned so that the contact connection terminal 16 is provided on the fixed arm portion 22. In addition, the contact connection terminals 17 and the fixed arm portions 27 of the contacts 21 are appropriately positioned so that the contact connection terminals 17 are provided on the fixed arm portions 27. 30 is in a state of pressing contact.

  On the other hand, FIG. 9 shows that the connection terminal portion 15 of the flexible printed wiring board 14 is positioned in the direction indicated by the arrow X with respect to the plurality of contacts 20 and 21 of the plurality of contact connection terminals 16 and 17 in the insulating housing 12. The positional relationship between each contact connection terminal 16 and the fixed arm portion 22 of each contact 20 and the positional relationship between each contact connection terminal 17 and the fixed arm portion 27 of each contact 21 when inserted with a shift are shown. Under such circumstances, each contact connection terminal 16 and the fixed arm portion 22 of each contact 20 are located at positions where each contact connection terminal 17 and each contact 21 are properly associated with each other. For example, the hatched portion of the contact connection terminal 16 and the fixed arm portion 27 of the contact 21 are placed at positions corresponding to each other, and the hatched portion of the contact connection terminal 17 and the contact 20 are arranged. The fixed arm portion 22 is placed at a position corresponding to each other.

  Accordingly, suppose that the portion of the fixed arm portion 22 of the contact 20 excluding the protruding contact portion 25 and the portion of the fixed arm portion 27 of the contact 21 excluding the protruding contact portion 30 are in contact with the contact connection terminals 16 and 17. A portion of the fixed arm portion 27 of the contact 21 other than the protruding contact portion 30 is undesirably brought into contact with the hatched portion of the contact connection terminal 16, and a portion of the contact connection terminal 17 is hatched. In addition, there arises a disadvantage that a portion of the fixed arm portion 22 of the contact 20 except the protruding contact portion 25 is undesirably contacted.

  However, in actuality, in the connector device 10, the protrusion 26 provided on the fixed arm portion 22 of each contact 20 and the protrusion 31 provided on the fixed arm portion 27 of each contact 21 include the contact connection terminal. The portion of the fixed arm portion 22 of the contact 20 excluding the protruding contact portion 25 and the portion of the fixed arm portion 27 of the contact 21 excluding the protruding contact portion 30 are undesirably in contact with the wiring pattern portion including 16 and 17. 9, even if the misalignment state shown in FIG. 9 occurs, the hatched portion of the contact connection terminal 16 protrudes from the fixed arm portion 27 of the contact 21. The part except the contact part 30 contacts undesirably, and the contact connection terminal 17 is not hatched. Portion in a portion excluding the protruding contact portion 25 of the fixed arm portion 22 of the contacts 20 come into contact undesirably disadvantage is avoided that.

  As described above, according to the connector device 10, the protrusion 26 is provided in the vicinity of the connecting portion 24 in the fixed arm portion 22 in each of the plurality of contacts 20, and the fixed arm in each of the plurality of contacts 21. By providing the protrusion 31 at a portion of the portion 27 in the vicinity of the connecting portion 29, the protruding contact portion 25 and the protrusion 26 provided on the fixed arm portion 22 of each contact 20 and the fixed arm portion 27 of each contact 21 are provided. Flexible printing in which the protruding lengths of the protruding contact portion 30 and the protruding portion 31 provided are made extremely small to reduce the overall height, and the contact connection terminals 16 and 17 have a narrow pitch. In accordance with the connection terminal portion 15 of the wiring board 14, the pitch of the contacts 20 and 21 arranged in an array is reduced. However, the portion excluding the protruding contact portion 25 in the fixed arm portion 22 of each contact 20 or the portion excluding the protruding contact portion 30 in the fixed arm portion 27 of each contact 21 is the lower surface of the connection terminal portion 15 of the flexible printed wiring board 14. It is possible to reliably avoid a situation in which the wiring pattern portion including the contact connection terminals 16 and 17 disposed on the wiring board is undesirably brought into contact with, for example, a short circuit between the plurality of wiring patterns.

  In addition, according to the connector device 10, even when the pitch of the contacts 20 and 21 is further reduced, the protrusions 26 provided on the fixed arm portion 22 of each contact 20 and the contacts 21. The protrusion 31 provided on the fixed arm portion 27 of each contact 20, the portion of the fixed arm portion 22 of each contact 20 excluding the protruding contact portion 25 and the portion of the fixed arm portion 27 of each contact 21 excluding the protruding contact portion 30 and the insulating housing. A predetermined clearance is formed between the wiring pattern portion including the contact connection terminals 16 and 17 disposed on the lower surface of the connection terminal portion 15 of the flexible printed wiring substrate 14 inserted into the flexible printed wiring substrate 14. The contact connection terminal 1 generated when the 14 connection terminal portions 15 are inserted into the insulating housing 12. And a portion of the fixed arm portion 22 other than the protruding contact portion 25 in the fixed arm portion 22 due to a minute positional deviation between the fixed arm portion 22 of the contact 20 and the fixed arm portion 27 of the contact 21 and the fixed arm portion 27 of the contact 21. A portion of the fixed arm portion 27 of the contact 21 excluding the projecting contact portion 30 is the contact connection terminal 17 or 16 adjacent to the corresponding contact connection terminal 16 or 17, or the corresponding contact connection terminal 16 or 17 and the corresponding contact connection terminal 16 or 17 It is possible to reliably avoid a situation in which both the adjacent contact connection terminals 17 and 16 are undesirably pressed and contacted.

  In the connector device 10 as an example of the connector device according to the present invention as described above, the protrusions 26 are provided on the fixing arm portions 22 of the plurality of contacts 20, and the fixing of the plurality of contacts 21 is performed. Although the arm portion 27 is provided with the protruding portion 31, the connector device according to the present invention is provided with the protruding portion on the fixed arm portion of a part of the plurality of contacts corresponding to the plurality of contacts 20, and A protrusion may be provided on a fixed arm portion of some of the plurality of contacts corresponding to the plurality of contacts 21.

  Further, in the connector device 10 that constitutes an example of the connector device according to the present invention described above, the plurality of contacts 20 and the plurality of contacts 21 are alternately arranged in the insulating housing 12, but the plurality of contacts 20 and The plurality of contacts 21 do not have to be arranged alternately.

  Furthermore, in the connector device 10 that constitutes an example of the connector device according to the present invention described above, each of the plurality of contacts 20 and each of the plurality of contacts 21 have different sizes and shapes. The connector device according to the present invention can be configured such that all of the plurality of contacts corresponding to the plurality of contacts 20 and the plurality of contacts 21 have substantially the same size and shape.

  The connector device according to the present invention as described above is, for example, a plurality of contacts used for mounting a flexible printed wiring board to another wiring board, and a plurality of contacts when they are engaged and rotated. A connector device having an actuator for displacing a movable part in each of them, wherein the overall reduction in height and the narrowing of a plurality of contacts can be reliably avoided. Therefore, it can be effectively applied to various electronic devices and the like.

It is a perspective view which shows an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention with the part of the wiring board to which it was fixed, and the connection terminal part of the flexible printed wiring board inserted in it. It is a top view which shows the wiring pattern part containing the contact connection terminal provided in the connection terminal part of the flexible printed wiring board shown by FIG. It is sectional drawing showing the III-III line cross section in FIG. It is sectional drawing showing the IV-IV line cross section in FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the state by which the connection terminal part of the flexible printed wiring board was inserted in the insulation housing in an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is sectional drawing showing the VI-VI line cross section in FIG. It is sectional drawing showing the VII-VII line cross section in FIG. It is a top view which shows the positional relationship of the several contact connection terminal and the fixed arm part of a some contact in the state in which the connection terminal part of the flexible printed wiring board was inserted in the insulation housing in an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention. . It is a top view which shows the positional relationship of the several contact connection terminal and the fixed arm part of a some contact in the state in which the connection terminal part of the flexible printed wiring board was inserted in the insulation housing in an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention. .

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Connector apparatus, 11 ... Wiring board, 12 ... Insulating housing, 13 ... Wiring member insertion part, 14 ... Flexible printed wiring board, 15 ... Connection terminal part, 16, 17 ... Contact connection terminal, 18 ... Edge part, 20,21 ... Contact, 22,27 ... Fixed arm part, 23,28 ... Moving arm part, 24,29 ... Link Part, 25, 30 ... protruding contact part, 26, 31 ... projection part, 40 ... actuator, 41, 42 ... cam part

Claims (6)

An insulating housing provided with a wiring member insertion portion;
Each are arranged positioned is formed and a connecting portion interconnecting the fixed arm portion and the movable arm portion and the fixed arm portion and the movable arms which face each other in the insulating housing, each of the fixed arm portion And a plurality of contacts disposed at positions where the movable arm portion sandwiches the flat wiring member inserted into the insulating housing through the wiring member insertion portion,
The plurality of contacts provided so as to be rotatable with respect to the insulating housing, engaged with each of the plurality of contacts, and having a flat wiring member inserted into the insulating housing through the wiring member insertion portion. pressing each of the flat wire member is inserted is pressed by the movable arm portion, the contact connection terminals provided on the flat plate-like wiring member, the protruding contact portion which kicked set in the fixed arm portion An actuator that makes the contact state,
Comprising
The protruding contact portion is provided at a portion where each or a part of the plurality of contacts is separated from the coupling portion in the fixed arm portion and faces one end portion of the movable arm portion, and the fixed arm the site in the vicinity of the connecting portion of the part, and abuts on the portion other than the wiring pattern portion comprising the contact connection terminals in the flat wiring member is inserted into the insulating housing through the wiring member insertion section, the A connector device, characterized in that a protruding portion forming a convex bulging portion that forms a clearance is provided between a wiring pattern portion and a portion of the fixed arm portion excluding the protruding contact portion .   The protrusions provided in the vicinity of the connecting portion of the fixed arm portion of each or a part of the plurality of contacts are arranged along the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts. The connector device according to claim 1.   The plurality of contacts include a first group and a second group, a protruding contact portion provided on the fixed arm portion of each of the contacts belonging to the first group, and a contact belonging to the second group And a protruding contact portion provided on the fixed arm portion of each of the first and second fixing members, wherein the positions of the flat wiring members in the insertion direction into the insulating housing through the wiring member insertion portions are different from each other. The connector device according to claim 1.   4. The connector device according to claim 3, wherein one of the plurality of contacts belonging to the first group and one belonging to the second group are alternately arranged.   The actuator engages with the movable arm portion of each of the plurality of contacts and presses the flat wiring member inserted into the insulating housing through the wiring member insertion portion into the movable arm portion. The connector device according to claim 1, further comprising a cam portion to be taken.   The connector according to claim 5, wherein the cam portion is rotated while being engaged with the movable arm portion of each of the plurality of contacts as the actuator rotates with respect to the insulating housing. apparatus.