JP5846429B2 - Connector device - Google Patents

Description

  In the invention described in the claims of the present application, a connection terminal provided on a wiring plate member such as a flexible printed wiring board (FPC) or a flexible flat cable (FFC) is a solid wiring board or the like. In order to be electrically connected to another wiring board, it is attached to the other wiring board and used as a wiring board member inserted therein, and engages with the inserted wiring board member so as to prevent its separation. The present invention relates to a connector device that includes a contact means that is contact-connected to a connection terminal portion of a latching means and an inserted wiring plate-like member.

  Wiring plate-like members such as relatively small flexible printed wiring boards and flexible flat cables mounted on various electronic devices are electrically connected to the solid wiring board to which various electric components are attached. In many cases, a connector device that is fixed by electrical connection is used. A connector device used for electrical connection of such a wiring board member to a solid wiring board has conductive contacts that are contact-connected to connection terminal portions provided on the wiring board member, and The connection terminal portion provided on the wiring plate-like member is electrically connected to the wiring portion provided on the solid wiring substrate through the contact.

  For example, a connector device used for electrical connection with a solid wiring board of a wiring board-like member that is conventionally proposed as a flexible printed wiring board is provided with an insertion portion into which the wiring board-like member is inserted. And a housing formed of an insulating material, for example, which is disposed on the solid wiring board. For example, when the wiring board member is inserted into the housing through the insertion portion, the plurality of wiring terminal members respectively correspond to the plurality of connection terminal portions provided on the wiring board member. In order to contribute to adjusting the characteristic impedance of a plurality of contacts and a plurality of contacts, and in order to further prevent electromagnetic noise from outside, that is, to obtain a shielding effect against electromagnetic noise from outside, the housing is partially or A conductive shell that is arranged as an overall covering and is connected to a ground terminal provided on the solid wiring board, is rotatable with respect to the housing, and is engaged with each of a plurality of contacts. When rotated, a plurality of contacts are connected to a plurality of connection terminal portions, respectively. There is provided an actuator to assume a state of being released from the contacting of a plurality of connection terminal portions. Under such circumstances, the plurality of contacts are in contact with and connected to the plurality of connection terminal portions provided on the wiring plate member, respectively, so that the wiring plate member is electrically connected to the solid wiring substrate. Put in condition.

  Further, the connector device used for the electrical connection of the wiring board-like member conventionally proposed with the solid wiring board has a housing as described above, and includes a plurality of contacts and a conductive shell as described above. However, when the wiring board member is inserted into the housing through the insertion portion, a plurality of actuators provided in the housing are automatically provided. Some of them are contact-connected to a plurality of connection terminal portions provided on a wiring board member into which contacts are inserted. In such a case, the wiring plate member is placed in an electrically connected state with the solid wiring board only by properly inserting the wiring plate member into the housing through the insertion portion.

  In such a connector device that has been proposed in the past, for example, a flexible printed wiring, in either case of an actuator that is provided so as to be rotatable with respect to the housing, or an actuator that does not have such an actuator. A wiring board member to be a board is inserted into a housing arranged on a solid wiring board through an insertion portion, and a plurality of contacts arranged on the housing are connected to a plurality of connection terminals in the wiring board member inserted into the housing. Therefore, it is not avoided that the wiring plate-like member is undesirably removed from the housing when the wiring plate-like member is electrically connected to the solid wiring board. must not. As a matter of course, in order for the plurality of contacts arranged in the housing to be properly contacted and connected to the plurality of connection terminal portions in the wiring board member inserted into the housing, It is necessary that the wiring board-like member inserted through can maintain its state stably and does not cause an undesired removal from the housing.

  Therefore, it belongs to a connector device having a housing and having a plurality of contacts, a conductive shell, and an actuator that can be rotated with respect to the housing as described above. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been proposed a connector device provided with a locking means that engages with an inserted wiring board member to prevent undesired removal of the wiring board member from the housing (for example, Patent Document 1). reference.). Also, as described above, it belongs to a connector device that has a housing and includes a plurality of contacts and a conductive shell, but does not include an actuator that is rotatable with respect to the housing. In addition, a connector device having a locking means for engaging with a wiring plate member inserted into the housing through the insertion portion and preventing undesired removal of the wiring plate member from the housing has also been proposed. (For example, refer to Patent Document 2).

  In the connector device disclosed in Patent Document 1, locking means (lock portion 11c) that can be displaced like a seesaw is formed in a part of the conductive shell (shield plate 11). The stopping means is provided with a locking end portion (claw portion 11d) bent toward the inside of the conductive shell. And a latching means is displaced according to the rotation operation of the actuator (actuator 9) made rotatable with respect to a housing (housing 3).

  Under such circumstances, when the rotation operation in the first direction of the actuator is performed after the wiring plate member (FPC 21) is inserted into the receiving space (FPC receiving space 34) in the housing, A plurality of contacts (first contact 5, second contact 6) arranged in the actuator are displaced by cams (cam portions 92, 93) formed in the actuator, and a plurality of contacts in the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing The connection board portion is contact-connected to each other, and the latching means is displaced by a cam (cam portion 94) formed on the actuator, and the latching end portion provided on it is inserted into the housing. It engages with the engaging part (notch 21a) provided in the shaped member. As a result, the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing is locked by the locking means so that undesired removal from the housing is prevented.

  Thereafter, the engaging end provided on the engaging means is engaged with the engaging portion provided on the wiring board member inserted into the housing, and the first direction opposite to the first direction of the actuator is obtained. When the rotation operation in the direction 2 is performed, the cam (cam portion 94) formed on the actuator is engaged with the engagement means provided on the wiring plate-like member at the engagement end portion provided on the engagement means. It is allowed to take a state of releasing the engagement with the part. Thereby, the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing is placed in a state where it can be removed from the housing.

  In the connector device shown in Patent Document 2, the housing (housing main body 2) is provided with a conductive shell (shell 4) provided so as to be rotatable with respect to the housing (housing main body 2). Further, a leaf spring-like locking means (foot 46) is formed on a part of the conductive shell, and a locking protrusion (locking protrusion 44) directed to the inside of the conductive shell at the tip of the locking means. ) Is provided.

  Such a conductive shell that can be rotated with respect to the housing has a wiring board-like member (FPC) in a position where the whole is in close proximity to the housing, and is in a position lying down with respect to the housing. When inserted into the housing through the insertion portion (insertion port 21), a plurality of contacts (contacts 3 (upper contact 31, lower contact 32)) arranged in the housing are connected to the wiring plate member inserted into the housing. The locking projections provided on the locking means are contact-connected to the plurality of connection terminal portions, respectively, and the engagement portions (FPC locking holes FPC2) provided on the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing. Engage. As a result, the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing is locked by the locking means so that undesired removal from the housing is prevented.

  After that, the engaging projection provided on the engaging means is engaged with the engaging portion provided on the wiring board member inserted into the housing, and the conductive property is made rotatable with respect to the housing. When the shell is rotated to take the raised position with respect to the housing, the locking means formed on the conductive shell is also displaced along with the conductive shell, and the locking projection provided on the locking means The engagement with the engagement portion provided on the shaped member is released. Thereby, the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing is placed in a state where it can be removed from the housing.

JP 2008-52993 A (paragraphs 0016, 0017, 0033 to 0043, FIGS. 1, 5, and 6) JP 2008-192574 A (paragraphs 0026, 0027, 0031 to 0034, FIGS. 1 to 6)

  A connector device used for electrical connection with another wiring board such as a solid wiring board of a wiring board member such as a flexible printed wiring board as described above, wherein the wiring board member inserted into the housing In a connector device that has been conventionally proposed as having a locking means for preventing undesired removal from the housing, the actuator can be rotated with respect to the housing. A conductive shell that can be displaced according to the position or that can be rotated with respect to the housing is provided, and a locking means is formed on a part of the conductive shell.

  In the case of such a conventional connector device in which the locking means is displaced in accordance with the rotation operation of the actuator that is rotatable with respect to the housing, the locking means and the actuator are separately provided. It is required to be provided as a separate member formed, which causes an obstacle to the overall miniaturization of the connector device and an increase in the number of constituent members, and increases the manufacturing cost. In addition, in order to cause the locking means to be locked or unlocked with respect to the wiring plate-like member, an operation of rotating the actuator with respect to the housing is indispensable. It is necessary to provide a desired space around the connector device.

  Further, in the case of a conventional connector device in which a conductive shell that is rotatable with respect to the housing is provided and a locking means is formed on a part of the conductive shell, the conductive shell is attached to the housing. Therefore, the conductive shell cannot be used for fixing the connector device to the solid wiring board or the like, and a separate member (hold) for fixing the connector device to the solid wiring board or the like. It is necessary to provide a down member), which leads to an obstacle to the overall miniaturization of the connector device and an increase in the number of constituent members, and increases the manufacturing cost.

  In view of such a point, the invention described in the claims of the present application is used for electrical connection with another wiring board of a wiring plate-like member such as a flexible printed wiring board or a flexible flat cable. A connector device comprising a housing provided with a plate-like member insertion portion and arranged on another wiring board, a plurality of contacts arranged and arranged on the housing, and a shell member partially or entirely covering the housing Thus, the wiring board-like member inserted into the housing can be reliably prevented from being undesirably removed from the housing with a structure capable of reducing the overall size and reducing the number of constituent members. It can be selectively placed in the locked state and in a state where it can be released from the locked state and intentionally removed from the housing. Operation for placing the state of being released the plate-like member from the locking state, to provide what will be sufficient in a very simple and easy operation.

The connector device according to the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 8 in the claims of the present application (hereinafter referred to as the present invention) is provided with a plate-like member insertion portion and arranged on the wiring board. Arranged in the housing with contact portions arranged in the housing and connection portions connected to the wiring terminals on the wiring board, and the wiring plate member is inserted into the plate member insertion portion. A plurality of contacts whose contact portions are contact-connected to the connection terminal portions of the wiring plate-like member, and a plate-like shape that partially or entirely covers the housing and protrudes outward of the housing to reach the plate-like member insertion portion. A locking portion and a locking portion that have an insertion port forming portion that forms a member insertion port, take a locking state with respect to the wiring plate member inserted through the plate member insertion port and inserted into the plate member insertion portion The releasing member is operated so as to release the locked state is formed and a shell member which is formed integrally. The engaging portion extends from the insertion port forming portion to the plate member insertion portion of the housing toward the plate member insertion portion of the housing, and the movable elastic member that locks the wiring plate member inserted into the plate member insertion portion. A locking release part is provided at the end of the movable operation part, and a movable operation part that forms a part of the insertion port forming part and extends along the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts. When the movable elastic locking piece is engaged with the movable elastic locking piece and the movable elastic locking piece locks the wiring plate-like member, the movable operation part is displaced according to the operation. to cause elastic displacement away from the flat circuit member to the movable elastic locking pieces are configured as having a movable engaging portion to release the engagement with respect to the flat circuit device by the movable resilient locking pieces, further The movable elastic locking piece is a movable operating part of the unlocking part. An engagement receiving portion that engages with the movable engagement portion of the unlocking portion that is displaced according to the operation applied to is provided, and is movable by the engagement receiving portion with which the movable engagement portion is engaged. The operation part is maintained in a displaced state by an operation applied to the movable operation part.

  In the connector device according to the present invention as described above, the wiring plate-like member provided with a plurality of connection terminal portions is inserted through the plate-like member insertion port in the shell member and is inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion of the housing. When inserted, the plurality of contact portions respectively provided in the plurality of contacts arranged in the housing are contact-connected to the plurality of connection terminal portions in the wiring plate-like member inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion. A movable elastic locking piece extending from the insertion opening forming portion of the shell member to the plate member insertion portion of the housing, which constitutes the locking portion integrally formed with the shell member, The wiring plate-like member inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion is engaged, and the locked state with respect to the wiring plate-like member is taken. As a result, the wiring plate members inserted into the plate member insertion portions of the housing are locked by the locking portions to prevent undesired removal from the housing, and are arranged in the housing. The state in which the plurality of contact portions provided in each of the plurality of contacts are contact-connected to the plurality of connection terminal portions in the wiring plate member is stably maintained.

  Thereafter, a movable operation part that forms a part of the insertion opening forming part of the shell member and extends along the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts, which constitutes a locking release part formed integrally with the shell member together with the locking part In addition, for example, when an operation for displacing it into the plate-like member insertion port in the shell member is added, a movable engagement portion that is provided at the end of the movable operation portion and engages the movable elastic locking piece, It is displaced according to the operation applied to the movable operation part, causing the movable elastic locking piece to be elastically displaced in the direction away from the wiring plate-like member, and thereby the movable elastic locking piece with respect to the wiring plate-like member. Release the locked state. As a result, a state is obtained in which the wiring plate member can be intentionally removed from the plate member insertion portion of the housing.

  More specifically, the function or role of each part in the connector device according to the present invention is fulfilled as follows, for example.

In the connector device according to the present invention, the movable elastic locking piece constituting the locking portion formed integrally with the shell member is displaced according to the operation applied to the movable operation portion of the locking release portion. An engagement receiving portion that engages with the movable engagement portion of the unlocking portion is provided. When the movable engagement portion engages with the engagement reception portion, the movable operation portion is added thereto. It is maintained in the displaced state by the operation. Further, the movable elastic locking piece is inserted through the plate-like member insertion port in the shell member and inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion of the housing, for example, as described in claim 2 in the claims of the present application. is engaged with the engaging portion provided on the flat circuit device, is intended to lock the flat circuit device, in addition to the Re its, for example, claim 3 in the claims of the present application When the wiring plate-like member inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion of the housing is removed from the plate-like member insertion portion, the edge portion of the wiring plate-like member separates from the wiring plate-like member. By being elastically displaced in the direction, the engagement receiving portion is disengaged from the movable engagement portion.

Accordingly, the movable elastic locking piece constituting the locking portion is inserted through the plate-shaped member insertion port in the shell member and is engaged with the wiring plate-shaped member inserted into the plate-shaped member insertion portion of the housing. When an operation for displacing the movable operation part of the unlocking part is applied to the unlocking part, the wiring board shape released from the locked state by the movable elastic locking piece is accompanied by such an operation. Until the member is removed from the plate-like member insertion portion of the housing, the movable operation portion is maintained in a state of being displaced by the operation applied thereto, and the movable elastic locking piece is brought into the locked state with respect to the wiring plate-like member. It is put in the position to release. As a result, a state in which the wiring plate-like member can be properly removed from the plate-like member insertion portion of the housing with a margin can be obtained, and when the wiring plate-like member is removed from the plate-like member insertion portion of the housing, it is movable. Since the movable engagement portion provided at the end of the operation portion is released from the engagement with the engagement receiving portion provided in the movable elastic locking piece, the movable operation portion is, for example, in the claims of the present application. As in the fourth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to return to the original state before the operation is applied by its own elasticity.

Furthermore, the movable elastic locking piece constituting the locking portion is, for example, a wiring board shape inserted into the plate-like member insertion port of the shell member, as described in claim 5 in the claims of the present application. There is provided an inclined surface portion that abuts on the end edge portion of the member and is elastically displaced by the end edge portion in a direction away from the wiring plate member. Thereby, the movable elastic locking piece does not interfere with the wiring plate member when the wiring plate member is inserted into the plate member insertion portion of the shell member and inserted into the plate member insertion portion of the housing. Is done.

The movable engaging portion of the unlocking portion is, for example, a movable elastic locking piece that constitutes a locking portion that locks the wiring plate-like member as described in claim 6 in the claims of the present application. Is moved in a direction perpendicular to the insertion direction of the wiring plate member into the plate-like member insertion port in accordance with the displacement of the movable operation portion of the unlocking portion. An inclined surface portion is provided that causes an elastic displacement away from the member. As a result, the operation of causing the elastic displacement away from the wiring plate member to the movable elastic locking piece by the movable engaging portion to be displaced is performed very smoothly. Further, the movable engagement portion of the unlocking portion is subjected to an operation for displacing the movable operation portion of the unlocking portion, for example, as described in claim 7 in the claims of the present application. When not being provided, an engagement end surface portion that abuts and engages in a direction along the insertion direction of the wiring plate-like member into the plate-like member insertion opening is provided at a portion of the movable elastic locking piece constituting the locking portion. Yes. Thereby, the locking by the movable elastic locking piece constituting the locking portion for the wiring plate-like member inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion of the housing is more firmly performed.

Furthermore, in the connector device according to the present invention, for example, each of the movable engaging portions of the locking portion and the unlocking portion is like the one described in claim 8 in the claims of the present application, The shell member is provided at each of both ends in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts. As a result, locking by the movable elastic locking piece constituting the locking portion for the wiring plate-like member inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion of the housing is more reliably and firmly performed.

  In the connector device according to the present invention, as described above, a wiring plate-like member such as a flexible printed wiring board or a flexible flat plate-like cable is inserted through a plate-like member insertion port in the shell member, and the plate-like member of the housing is inserted. When inserted into the insertion portion, the plurality of contact portions provided in each of the plurality of contacts arranged in the housing are contact-connected to the plurality of connection terminal portions of the wiring plate-like member inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion, respectively. At the same time, the movable elastic locking piece constituting the locking portion formed integrally with the shell member is engaged with the wiring plate-shaped member inserted into the plate-shaped member insertion portion, and the wiring plate-shaped The locked state with respect to the member is taken. As a result, the wiring plate-like member inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion of the housing can be kept in a state where it is locked by the movable elastic locking piece to prevent undesired removal from the housing. It is possible to stably maintain a state in which the plurality of contacts arranged in an array are electrically connected to the plurality of connection terminal portions of the wiring plate-like member inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion.

  The wiring plate-like member inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion of the housing is integrated with the shell member together with the locking portion when the wiring plate-like member is locked by the movable elastic locking piece constituting the locking portion. For example, when an operation for displacing the movable operation portion of the unlocking portion formed in the plate into the plate member insertion port in the shell member is performed, the movable elastic portion is provided at the end of the movable operation portion. The movable engagement portion that engages with the piece is displaced according to the operation applied to the movable operation portion, causing the movable elastic locking piece to move away from the wiring plate member, and the movable elastic locking piece Release the locking to the wiring plate member. As a result, the operation is performed on the movable operation portion of the locking release portion, and the wiring plate-like member inserted through the plate-like member insertion portion of the shell member and inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion of the housing constitutes the locking portion. It can release | release from the latching state by a movable elastic latching piece, and can be in the state which can be extracted intentionally from the plate-shaped member insertion part of a housing.

  Therefore, according to the connector device of the present invention, the locking portion and the locking release portion are integrally formed on the shell member, so that the overall size can be reduced and the number of constituent members can be reduced. The wiring plate-like member inserted through the plate-like member insertion portion of the shell member and inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion of the housing with a structure capable of reducing the cost can be surely prevented from undesired removal from the housing. The locked state and the released state from the locked state and the state in which the intentional removal from the plate-like member insertion portion of the housing is possible can be selectively taken.

  Further, when the latch release portion formed integrally with the shell member is released from the latch state with respect to the wiring plate member inserted into the plate member insertion portion of the housing, the shell member is inserted. Manipulating the movable operation part of the unlocking part that forms a part of the mouth forming part and extends along the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts, for example, into the plate member insertion port in the shell member It is only necessary to displace the operation of the movable operation part at that time, for example, it is extremely simple to press, and the movable operation part extends along the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts. Therefore, it can be performed very easily. That is, the operation for putting the wiring plate-like member in the released state from the locked state by the locking portion is extremely simple and easy.

It is the perspective view seen from the front side which shows an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is the perspective view seen from the back side which shows an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a top view which shows an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a front view which shows an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a bottom view which shows an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the VI-VI line cross section in FIG. FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged perspective view showing a part of a shell member shown in a one-dot chain line circle A in FIG. It is a perspective view which shows an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention, and the flexible printed wiring board inserted and engaged with it. It is a perspective view which shows the state by which the flexible printed wiring board was inserted and engaged with an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the state by which the flexible printed wiring board was inserted and engaged with an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention. FIG. 11 is a partially enlarged perspective view showing the inside of a one-dot chain line rectangular frame B in FIG. 10 in an enlarged manner. It is a perspective view which shows the state by which operation was added to the movable operation part of a latch release part, while the flexible printed wiring board was inserted and engaged with an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention. FIG. 13 is a partially enlarged perspective view showing the inside of a one-dot chain line rectangular frame C in FIG. 12 in an enlarged manner. It is a perspective view which shows the state from which a flexible printed wiring board is extracted from an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a partial expansion perspective view which expands and shows the inside of the dashed-dotted line rectangular frame D in FIG.

  The mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the following embodiments of the present invention.

  1 (perspective view seen from the front side), FIG. 2 (perspective view seen from the rear side), FIG. 3 (plan view), FIG. 4 (front view), FIG. 5 (bottom view) and FIG. ) Shows an example of a connector device according to the present invention.

  1 to 6 show a connector device 10 as an example of a connector device according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 shows the front of the connector device 10. In the following, the upper side, the lower side, the left side, and the right side of the connector device 10 shown in FIG. 4 are referred to as the upper, lower, left, and right, or the upper, lower, left, and right sides, respectively. .

  A connector device 10 shown in FIGS. 1 to 6 includes a housing 11 formed of an insulating material such as a synthetic resin. The housing 11 includes a front-side end surface portion 11a and a back-side end surface that form end-face portions on the opposite sides. It has a portion 11b. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, the housing 11 has a plate-like member insertion portion 12 that opens at the front end surface portion 11a. The rear end surface portion extends from the front end surface portion 11a to the inside of the housing 11. It is provided so as to spread toward 11b.

  The housing 11 is disposed, for example, on a wiring board (not shown) with the bottom surface portion 11c shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 as a lower portion facing each other, whereby the entire connector device 10 is attached to the wiring board. It is assumed that And the flexible printed wiring board mentioned later is inserted in the plate-shaped member insertion part 12 as what comprises a wiring plate-shaped member, for example.

  The housing 11 is provided with a plurality of contacts 13, each formed of an elastic conductive material, arranged and arranged along the longitudinal direction (left-right direction) of the housing 11. Each of the plurality of contacts 13 includes a contact portion 13a disposed in the housing 11, as shown in FIG. 6 showing a cross-section taken along line VI-VI in FIGS. 4 and 4, and FIGS. As shown, the housing 11 includes a connecting portion 13b led out from the rear-side end surface portion 11b of the housing 11. And the contact part 13a is an upper part facing the bottom face part 11c in the housing 11 in the connection terminal part in the flexible printed wiring board which comprises the wiring board-like member inserted in the plate-like member insertion part 12 provided in the housing 11. The contact portion 13b is contacted and contacted from the upper surface portion 11d side, and the connection portion 13b is connected to a signal terminal portion provided on the wiring board on which the housing 11 is disposed, for example, by soldering. Thereby, a plurality of connection terminal portions in the flexible printed wiring board inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion 12 are connected to a signal terminal portion provided on the wiring substrate on which the housing 11 is arranged via a plurality of contacts 13. Is done.

  In addition, the connector device 10 includes a portion of the front end surface portion 11a of the housing 11 where the plate-like member insertion portion 12 is opened and its peripheral portion, a large portion of the rear surface end surface portion 11b, a part of the bottom surface portion 11c and the upper surface portion 11d. A shell member 14 is provided to cover the remaining portion excluding. That is, the shell member 14 partially covers the housing 11, and most of the left end surface portion and the right end surface portion of the housing 11 are covered by the shell member 14. The shell member 14 is configured as a conductive member formed by processing a metal plate having elasticity, and contributes to characteristic impedance adjustment for the plurality of contacts 13. In order to prevent electromagnetic wave noise, that is, to obtain a shielding effect against external electromagnetic noise in the connector device 10. The shell member 14 may cover the housing 11 as a whole.

  The shell member 14 includes an upper portion 15 that covers most of the upper surface portion 11d of the housing 11, a lower portion 16 that engages with the bottom surface portion 11c of the housing 11, a right end portion 17 that covers most of the right end surface portion of the housing 11, and It has a left end portion 18 that covers most of the left end surface portion of the housing 11, and a front portion that is arranged on the front side of the connector device 10 and a rear portion that is arranged on the back side of the connector device 10. Forms an opening. In particular, the front part of the shell member 14 protrudes outward from the front side end surface part 11 a of the housing 11, and reaches the plate-like member insertion part 12 that opens at the front side end surface part 11 a of the housing 11. The insertion port forming part 21 is formed. A flexible printed wiring board constituting a wiring plate member inserted into the plate member insertion portion 12 provided in the housing 11 is inserted into the plate member insertion port 20. That is, the flexible printed wiring board constituting the wiring plate member is inserted through the plate member insertion port 20 and inserted into the plate member insertion portion 12 provided in the housing 11.

  The insertion opening forming portion 21 in the shell member 14 includes a lower front side edge portion 22 extending from the lower portion 16, an upper front side edge portion 23 extending from the upper portion 15 and facing the lower front side edge portion 22, and a right end portion. 17 includes a right front side end 24 continuous to 17 and a left front side end 25 continuous to the left end portion 18. The lower front-side edge 22 has a flat plate shape, and the upper front-side edge 23 facing the lower front-side edge 23 extends along the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts 13, that is, the longitudinal direction (left-right direction) of the housing 11. It extends to form a movable operation portion that is movable in the vertical direction with respect to the upper portion 15 of the shell member 14. In the following, the upper front side edge 23 that forms part of the insertion port forming portion 21 is referred to as a movable operation portion 23.

  A portion of the shell member 14 shown in the dashed-dotted line circle A in FIG. 1 is partially cut away and enlarged, as shown in FIG. 7, the right front side constituting the insertion port forming portion 21 in the shell member 14. At the end portion 24, a locking portion that takes a locking state with respect to a flexible printed wiring board that forms a wiring plate-like member that is inserted through the plate-like member insertion port 20 and is inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion 12 provided in the housing 11. 30 is provided. The locking portion 30 extends from the right front end 24 to the plate member insertion portion 12 of the housing 11 and forms a wiring plate member inserted into the plate member insertion portion 12. The movable elastic locking piece 31 is configured to lock the flexible printed wiring board, and the movable elastic locking piece 31 is an end of the flexible printed wiring board forming the wiring plate-like member inserted into the plate-like member insertion port 20. An inclined surface portion 32 is formed which abuts on the edge portion and is elastically displaced by the end edge portion in a direction away from the flexible printed circuit board.

  Further, the movable elastic locking piece 31 is provided with an engagement receiving portion 33 having a rectangular through hole, and a step portion 34 is provided at an upper portion thereof. The engagement receiving portion 33 and the stepped portion 34 are engaged with a movable engagement portion of an unlocking portion described later.

  Further, the wiring board that is also inserted into the left front side end portion 25 that constitutes the insertion port forming portion 21 in the shell member 14 through the plate member insertion port 20 and is inserted into the plate member insertion portion 12 provided in the housing 11. A locking portion 35 is provided that is locked with respect to the flexible printed wiring board that forms the shape member. The locking portion 35 extends from the left front side end portion 25 in the plate-like member insertion port 20 toward the plate-like member insertion portion 12 of the housing 11 and constitutes a wiring plate-like member inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion 12. The movable elastic locking piece 36 is configured to lock the flexible printed wiring board, and the movable elastic locking piece 36 is an end of the flexible printed wiring board forming the wiring plate-like member inserted into the plate-like member insertion port 20. An inclined surface portion 37 is formed which abuts on the edge portion and is elastically displaced by the end edge portion in a direction away from the flexible printed circuit board.

  Further, the movable elastic locking piece 36 is provided with an engagement receiving portion 38 having a rectangular through hole, and a step portion 39 is provided at an upper portion thereof. The engagement receiving portion 38 and the stepped portion 39 are engaged with a movable engagement portion of an unlocking portion described later.

  A part of the insertion port forming portion 21 in the shell member 14, which extends along the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts 13, that is, the longitudinal direction (left-right direction) of the housing 11, with respect to the upper portion 15 of the shell member 14. The movable operation portion 23 that is movable in the vertical direction is connected to the upper portion 15 of the shell member 14 as having elasticity, and can be displaced in the vertical direction using the interconnection portion with the upper portion 15 as a fixed portion. It is said that. Then, if necessary, the movable operation portion 23 is displaced downward by applying a downward pressing force, and when the pressing operation is not applied thereafter, the movable operation portion 23 is restored to its original state by its own elasticity. Return.

  Such a movable operation part 23 is engaged with a movable elastic locking piece 31 constituting a locking part 30 and a movable elastic locking piece 36 constituting a locking part 35 at both left and right ends thereof. Movable engagement portions 40 and 41 are provided.

  The movable engagement portion 40 is provided with an inclined surface portion that abuts and engages with the movable elastic locking piece 31 constituting the locking portion 30. The inclined surface portion of the movable engagement portion 40 is a wiring plate member. When the movable operation portion 23 is displaced downwardly with the upper end portion of the movable elastic locking piece 31 that has locked the flexible printed wiring board that holds The movable elastic locking piece 31 is caused to be elastically separated from the flexible printed circuit board. Further, the movable engagement portion 40 is provided with an engagement end surface portion that comes into contact with and engages with a step portion 34 provided on the movable elastic locking piece 31 constituting the locking portion 30. Is a movable elastic member in a direction along the insertion direction of the flexible printed wiring board constituting the wiring plate-like member to the plate-like member insertion port 20 when a pressing operation for displacing the movable operation portion 23 downward is not applied. It abuts on a stepped portion 34 provided on the stop piece 31.

  Similarly, the movable engagement portion 41 is provided with an inclined surface portion that abuts and engages with the movable elastic locking piece 36 that constitutes the locking portion 35, and the inclined surface portion of the movable engagement portion 41 is wired. When the movable operation portion 23 is displaced downward with the upper end portion of the movable elastic locking piece 36 that is engaged with the flexible printed wiring board constituting the plate-like member being displaced downward, The slanting surface portion causes the movable elastic locking piece 36 to be elastically displaced away from the flexible printed wiring board. Further, the movable engagement portion 41 is provided with an engagement end surface portion that comes into contact with and engages with a step portion 39 provided on the movable elastic locking piece 36 constituting the locking portion 35. Is a movable elastic member in a direction along the insertion direction of the flexible printed wiring board constituting the wiring plate-like member to the plate-like member insertion port 20 when a pressing operation for displacing the movable operation portion 23 downward is not applied. It abuts on a step 39 provided on the stop piece 36.

  Such movable operation portion 23 and movable engagement portions 40 and 41 provided at both ends in the left-right direction are inserted through the plate-like member insertion port 20 and are provided in the plate-like member insertion portion 12 provided in the housing 11. The latch release part 45 which cancels | releases the latching state of the latching | locking part 30 and 35 with respect to the flexible printed wiring board which comprises the wiring board-shaped member inserted in is comprised in the shell member 14 with the latching | locking parts 30 and 35 Has been. Therefore, the locking portions 30 and 35 and the locking release portion 45 are integrally formed on the shell member 14. Note that a plurality of board attachment portions 46 that are attached and fixed to the wiring board on which the housing 11 is disposed are provided at the right front side end 24 and the left front side end 25 of the shell member 14. The board attaching portion 46 serves to apply a ground potential from the wiring board to the shell member 14 and is used to attach the connector device 10 to the wiring board.

  FIG. 8 shows a flexible printed wiring board constituting a wiring plate-like member inserted into a connector-like member insertion portion 12 provided in the housing 11 by being inserted through the plate-like member insertion port 20 in the connector device 10 and the connector device 10. The flexible printed wiring board 50 which is an example is shown.

  A plurality of connection terminal portions 51, each of which is formed in a strip shape at one end thereof, are provided on one of a pair of mutually facing surfaces of the flexible printed wiring board 50 shown in FIG. Although not shown, a flat plate-like ground connection portion is provided on the other of the pair of mutually facing surfaces. Further, the flexible printed wiring board 50 is formed with notch engaging portions 53 and 54 at a pair of side edge portions facing each other across the plurality of connecting terminal portions 51 arranged in an array. A portion on the front end side of the notch engaging portion 53 in the substrate 50 is an end edge portion 56, and a portion in the flexible printed wiring board 50 on the front end side of the notch engaging portion 54 is an end edge portion 57. ing. And in the flexible printed wiring board 50, the part provided with the some connection terminal part 51 and the ground connection part, the part in which the pair of notch engagement parts 53 and 54 were formed, and the edge parts 56 and 57 were provided. The remaining portions are covered with the cover film 55.

  9 and 10 show that the flexible printed wiring board 50 shown in FIG. 8 is inserted into the connector device 10 through the plate-like member insertion port 20 formed by the insertion port forming portion 21, and the plate-like member insertion portion of the housing 11 is inserted. 12 shows a state of being inserted. The flexible printed wiring board 50 to be inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion 12 has a plate surface provided with a plurality of arranged connection terminal portions 51 facing upward, that is, an upper portion 15 of the shell member 14. It is supposed to be directed to the side. In the connector device 10, when the flexible printed wiring board 50 is properly inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion 12, a portion of the flexible printed wiring board 50 in which the plurality of connection terminal portions 51 are arranged and arranged. The front end edge portion is made parallel to the rear side end surface portion 11 b of the housing 11.

  As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, when the flexible printed wiring board 50 is inserted into the plate member insertion portion 12 provided in the housing 11 of the connector device 10, first, the connector device 10 is The pressing operation is not applied to the movable operation part 23 of the latch release part 45 in that, and the movable elastic latch piece 31 and the latch part 35 which comprise the latch part 30 are comprised, as FIG. 8 shows. Each of the movable elastic locking pieces 36 is placed in a state of being located in the plate-like member insertion port 20 formed by the insertion port forming part 21.

  Next, the flexible printed wiring board 50 is inserted into the housing 11 by being inserted through the plate-like member insertion opening 20 with the leading edge of the portion where the plurality of connection terminal portions 51 are arranged and arranged at the head. It is inserted into the insertion part 12. At that time, an edge 57 formed on the flexible printed wiring board 50 on the tip side from the notch engaging portion 54 is inclined by the movable elastic locking piece 36 constituting the locking portion 35 in the connector device 10. Abutting against the surface portion 37, the movable elastic locking piece 36 is displaced in a direction approaching the left front side end portion 25 with the interconnection portion with the left front side end portion 25 of the shell member 14 as a fixed portion, and thereafter The edge portion 57 passes through the inclined surface portion 37 formed by the movable elastic locking piece 36 and reaches the position when the insertion into the plate-like member insertion portion 12 of the flexible printed wiring board 50 is completed. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 11 which shows the inside of the one-dot chain line rectangular frame B in FIG. 10 in an enlarged manner, the movable elastic locking piece 36 is mutually elastic with the left front side end portion 25 of the shell member 14. Using the connecting portion as a fixed portion, the displacement is restored to the original position in a direction away from the left front side end portion 25, and the tip portion 36a is engaged with the notch engaging portion 54 in the flexible printed wiring board 50.

  When the flexible printed wiring board 50 is inserted through the plate-like member insertion port 20, the inclined surface portion 37 formed by the movable elastic locking piece 36 with which the edge 57 of the flexible printed wiring board 50 abuts is formed on the flexible printed wiring board 50. It plays the role of guiding and does not hinder the insertion of the flexible printed wiring board 50.

  The engaging end surface portion of the movable engaging portion 41 provided at the end of the movable operation portion 23 of the locking release portion 45 is a step portion provided in the movable elastic locking piece 36 constituting the locking portion 35. 39 in contact with the plate-like member insertion port 20 in the direction along the insertion direction of the flexible printed wiring board 50. Thereby, the state in which the distal end portion 36a of the movable elastic locking piece 36 is engaged with the notch engaging portion 54 in the flexible printed wiring board 50 is stably maintained.

  Further, in such a case, the end edge portion 56 which is on the front end side from the notch engaging portion 53 formed in the flexible printed wiring board 50 is a movable elastic locking piece constituting the locking portion 30 in the connector device 10. 31 is in contact with the inclined surface portion 32 formed by 31, and the movable elastic locking piece 31 is close to the right front side end portion 24 with the interconnecting portion with the right front side end portion 24 of the shell member 14 as a fixed portion. After that, the end edge portion 56 passes through the inclined surface portion 32 formed by the movable elastic locking piece 31 and reaches the position when the insertion to the plate-like member insertion portion 12 of the flexible printed wiring board 50 is completed. Thereby, the movable elastic locking piece 31 is returned to its original position in a direction away from the right front side end portion 24 by using the interconnection portion with the right front side end portion 24 of the shell member 14 as a fixed portion. Then, the distal end portion is engaged with the notch engaging portion 53 in the flexible printed wiring board 50.

  When the flexible printed wiring board 50 is inserted through the plate-like member insertion port 20, the inclined surface portion 32 formed by the movable elastic locking piece 31 with which the edge 56 of the flexible printed wiring board 50 abuts is also formed on the flexible printed wiring board 50. It plays the role of guiding and does not hinder the insertion of the flexible printed wiring board 50.

  Then, the engagement end surface portion of the movable engagement portion 40 provided at the end of the movable operation portion 23 of the lock release portion 45 is a step portion provided in the movable elastic locking piece 31 constituting the locking portion 30. 34 in contact with the plate-like member insertion port 20 in the direction along the insertion direction of the flexible printed wiring board 50. Thereby, the state in which the distal end portion of the movable elastic locking piece 31 is engaged with the notch engaging portion 53 in the flexible printed wiring board 50 is stably maintained.

  9 and 10, the flexible printed wiring board 50 is inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion 12 provided in the housing 11 of the connector device 10 as described above. In the connector device 10, the movable elastic locking piece 31 constituting the locking portion 30 and the movable elastic locking piece 36 constituting the locking portion 35 are connected to the distal end portion of the movable elastic locking piece 31 in the flexible printed circuit board 50. The flexible printed wiring board 50 is locked by engaging with the notch engaging portion 53 and engaging the distal end portion 36 a of the movable elastic locking piece 36 with the notch engaging portion 54 of the flexible printed wiring board 50. . Thereby, the flexible printed wiring board 50 inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion 12 provided in the housing 11 is placed in a state in which undesired removal from the housing 11 is prevented. The distal end portion of the movable elastic locking piece 31 constituting the locking portion 30 engages with the notch engaging portion 53 in the flexible printed circuit board 50, and the movable elastic locking piece constituting the locking portion 35. When the distal end portion 36 a of 36 engages with the notch engaging portion 54 in the flexible printed wiring board 50, the flexible printed wiring board 50 is inserted through the plate-like member insertion port 20 and inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion 12. Since the resistance force that is received in the process is drastically reduced, an operator who inserts the flexible printed wiring board 50 through the plate-like member insertion port 20 and inserts it into the plate-like member insertion portion 12 can obtain a predetermined click feeling. become.

  The flexible printed wiring board 50 inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion 12 provided in the housing 11 includes a movable elastic locking piece 31 constituting the locking portion 30 and a movable elastic locking piece 36 constituting the locking portion 35. If the contact portion 13a of each of the plurality of contacts 13 arranged in the housing 11 is in the locked state, the plate surface provided with the plurality of connection terminal portions 51 in the housing 11 is provided. It contacts from the upper part 15 side of the shell member 14 and is contact-connected to the corresponding one of the plurality of connection terminal portions 51 in the flexible printed wiring board 50 that is directed upward and inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion 12. The Thereby, the plurality of connection terminal portions 51 in the flexible printed wiring board 50 inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion 12 are provided via the plurality of contacts 13 on the wiring board on which the housing 11 is arranged. Connected to

  At this time, the lower portion 16 of the shell member 14 contacts and is connected to the ground connection portion of the flexible printed wiring board 50 inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion 12. As a result, the ground connection portion of the flexible printed wiring board 50 inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion 12 is connected to the ground potential portion provided on the wiring board on which the housing 11 is disposed via the shell member 14. .

  After that, as shown in FIG. 12, the movable elastic locking piece 31 constituting the locking portion 30 and the movable elastic locking piece 36 constituting the locking portion 35 are in a locked state with respect to the flexible printed circuit board 50. Under the circumstances, it is inserted into the movable operation portion 23 of the unlocking portion 45 forming a part of the insertion port forming portion 21 of the shell member 14 so as to intersect the longitudinal direction, that is, the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts 13. When a pressing operation is applied to the inner side of the plate-shaped member insertion opening 20 formed by the mouth forming portion 21, that is, when a pressing operation is applied to the downward direction, the entire movable operation portion 23 becomes an upper portion of the shell member 14. As shown in FIG. As the movable operation portion 23 is displaced, the movable engagement portions 40 and 41 provided at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the movable operation portion 23 are also displaced downward.

  The movable engaging portion 41 that is displaced downward is brought into contact with and engaged with the upper end portion of the movable elastic locking piece 36 that holds the flexible printed wiring board 50, and further displaced downward. By doing so, the movable elastic locking piece 36 is caused to be elastically separated from the flexible printed wiring board 50 by the inclined surface portion. Then, as shown in FIG. 13 which shows the inside of the one-dot chain line rectangular frame C in FIG. 12 in an enlarged manner, the movable engagement portion 41 has a movable elastic locking piece 36 which has caused an elastic displacement away from the flexible printed wiring board 50. It engages with an engagement receiving portion 38 that forms a rectangular through-hole provided in and is fixed in position. The movable elastic locking piece 36 that has caused the elastic displacement away from the flexible printed wiring board 50 is disengaged from the engagement with the notch engaging portion 54 of the flexible printed wiring board 50, and the flexible printed wiring board 50. Release the locked state. Similarly, the movable engaging portion 40 that is displaced downward is also brought into contact with and engaged with the upper end portion of the movable elastic locking piece 31 that holds the flexible printed wiring board 50 on the inclined surface portion provided on the movable engaging portion 40. By displacing downward, the movable elastic locking piece 31 is caused to be elastically separated from the flexible printed wiring board 50 by the inclined surface portion. Then, the movable engagement portion 40 engages with an engagement receiving portion 33 that forms a rectangular through hole provided in the movable elastic locking piece 31 that is elastically separated from the flexible printed wiring board 50, thereby Fixed. The movable elastic locking piece 31 that has caused the elastic displacement away from the flexible printed wiring board 50 is disengaged from the engagement with the notch engaging portion 53 of the flexible printed wiring board 50 to the flexible printed wiring board 50. Release the locked state.

  In this manner, the movable engagement portion 41 is engaged with the engagement receiving portion 38 provided on the movable elastic locking piece 36 to be fixed in position, and the movable engagement portion 40 is fixed to the movable elastic locking piece 31. By engaging with the provided engagement receiving portion 33 and fixing the position, the movable operation portion 23 is pressed to maintain the position displaced downward, and the movable elastic locking piece 36 is The movable engaging portion 41 is fixed at a position where an elastic displacement away from the flexible printed wiring board 50 is generated and the locked state with respect to the flexible printed wiring board 50 is released. The joint portion 40 causes an elastic displacement away from the flexible printed wiring board 50 and is fixed at a position where the locked state with respect to the flexible printed wiring board 50 is released. As a result, the flexible printed circuit board 50 is released from the locked state by the movable elastic locking piece 31 constituting the locking portion 30 and the movable elastic locking piece 36 constituting the locking portion 35, and is moved to the housing 11. It is put in a state where it can be properly removed from the provided plate-like member insertion portion 12.

  After that, as shown in FIG. 14, when the flexible printed wiring board 50 is removed from the plate-like member insertion portion 12 provided in the housing 11, an enlarged view of the inside of the one-dot chain line rectangular frame D in FIG. 14. As clearly shown in FIG. 15, the edge 57 of the flexible printed circuit board 50 moves while contacting the movable elastic locking piece 36 forming the locking portion 35, and the movable elastic locking piece 36 is moved to the shell member. 14 is caused to cause an elastic displacement closer to the left front end 25. Accordingly, the engagement receiving portion 38 provided on the movable elastic locking piece 36 releases the engagement with the movable engagement portion 41 of the locking release portion 45. At this time, the edge portion 56 of the flexible printed circuit board 50 moves while abutting on the movable elastic locking piece 31 forming the locking portion 30, so that the movable elastic locking piece 31 moves to the right front of the shell member 14. An elastic displacement closer to the end 24 is produced. As a result, the engagement receiving portion 33 provided on the movable elastic locking piece 31 releases the engagement with the movable engagement portion 40 of the locking release portion 45.

  Thus, the engagement receiving portion 33 provided on the movable elastic locking piece 31 releases the engagement with the movable engagement portion 40, and the engagement receiving portion 38 provided on the movable elastic locking piece 36. When the engagement with the movable engagement portion 41 is released, each of the movable engagement portions 40 and 41 can be moved, and the movable operation portion 23 of the locking release portion 45 in a state where no pressing operation is applied. However, due to its own elasticity, the original state is restored from the state of being displaced downward by the pressing operation.

  After that, when the flexible printed circuit board 50 removed from the plate-shaped member insertion portion 12 provided in the housing 11 is removed through the plate-shaped member insertion port 20, the contact of the edge 56 in the flexible printed circuit board 50 is avoided. The movable elastic locking piece 31 forming the locking portion 30 released from the contact and the movable elastic locking piece 36 forming the locking portion 35 released from the contact of the end edge 57 in the flexible printed wiring board 50. Each returns to its original state due to its elasticity.

  According to the connector device 10 as an example of the connector device according to the present invention as described above, the flexible printed wiring board 50 is inserted through the plate-like member insertion port 20 in the shell member 14 and is provided in the housing 11. When inserted into the member insertion portion 12, a plurality of contact portions 13 a included in each of the plurality of contacts 13 arranged in the housing 11 are arranged in the plurality of flexible printed wiring boards 50 inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion 12. The movable elastic locking pieces 31 and 36 that are respectively connected in contact with the connection terminal portion 51 and constitute the locking portions 30 and 35 integrally formed with the shell member 14 are connected to the plate-like member insertion portion 12. Engage with the inserted flexible printed circuit board 50 to be in a locked state with respect to the flexible printed circuit board 50. As a result, the flexible printed wiring board 50 inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion 12 provided in the housing 11 is locked by the movable elastic locking pieces 31 and 36 to prevent undesired removal from the housing 11. The plurality of contacts 13 arranged in the housing 11 are electrically connected to the plurality of connection terminal portions 51 in the flexible printed wiring board 50 inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion 12, respectively. The stable state can be maintained.

  Further, the flexible printed wiring board 50 inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion 12 provided in the housing 11 is locked by the movable elastic locking pieces 31 and 36 constituting the locking portions 30 and 35, respectively. Then, the movable operation portion 23 of the lock release portion 45 formed integrally with the shell member 14 together with the lock portions 30 and 35 is displaced into the inside of the plate-like member insertion port 20 in the shell member 14. When an operation is applied, the movable engagement portions 40 and 41 provided at both ends of the movable operation portion 23 and engaged with the movable elastic locking pieces 31 and 36 respectively correspond to the operation applied to the movable operation portion 23. To cause the movable elastic locking pieces 31 and 36 to move away from the flexible printed wiring board 50, so that the flexible printed wiring bases by the movable elastic locking pieces 31 and 36 are generated. To release the locked state for 50. Accordingly, the flexible printed wiring inserted through the plate-like member insertion port 20 in the shell member 14 and inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion 12 provided in the housing 11 with the operation on the movable operation portion 23 of the unlocking portion 45. The substrate 50 is released from the locked state by the movable elastic locking pieces 31 and 36 constituting the locking portions 30 and 35, respectively, and is intentionally removed from the plate-like member insertion portion 12 provided in the housing 11. You can be in a state where you can.

  Therefore, according to the connector device 10, the locking portions 30 and 35 and the locking release portion 45 are formed integrally with the shell member 14, so that the overall size can be reduced and the number of components is reduced. The flexible printed wiring board 50 that is inserted through the plate-like member insertion port 20 in the shell member 14 and is inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion 12 provided in the housing 11 has a structure that can reduce the cost. The latching state in which the undesired removal from 11 is surely prevented, and the intentional removal from the plate-like member insertion portion 12 provided in the housing 11 after being released from the latching state are enabled. The state can be selectively taken.

  Further, the latch release portion 45 formed integrally with the shell member 14 is locked to the flexible printed wiring board 50 inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion 12 provided on the housing 11 in the lock portions 30 and 35. In releasing the state, the movable operation portion 23 of the locking release portion 45 that forms a part of the insertion port forming portion 21 of the shell member 14 and extends along the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts 13 is operated to move the state. It is only necessary to displace the operation portion 23 to the inside of the plate-like member insertion opening 20 in the shell member 14, and the operation on the movable operation portion 23 at that time is extremely simple and easy to press, and the movable operation Since the portion 23 extends along the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts 13, it can be performed very easily. That is, the operation for placing the flexible printed wiring board 50 in the released state from the locked state by the locking portions 30 and 35 is extremely simple and easy.

  In the above-described embodiment, the contact portion 13 a that contacts the connection terminal portion 51 of the flexible printed wiring board 50 in the contact 13 is the plate-like member insertion portion 12 provided in the housing 11 from the upper portion 15 side of the shell member 14. Since the connecting terminal portion 51 of the flexible printed wiring board 50 is inserted upward into the plate-like member insertion portion 12 because it is disposed so as to protrude inward, the flexible printed wiring board 50 of the contact 13 The contact portion 13a that contacts the connection terminal portion 51 is disposed so as to protrude from the lower portion 16 side of the shell member 14 into the plate-like member insertion portion 12 provided in the housing 11, so that the flexible printed wiring board 50 is connected. It is good also as a structure inserted in the plate-shaped member insertion part 12 facing the terminal part 51 below.

  In the above-described embodiment, the shell member 14 that partially covers the housing 11 is provided. However, the connector device according to the present invention includes a shell member that entirely covers the housing 11. To get.

  The connector device according to the present invention as described above is, for example, a housing provided with a plate-like member insertion portion that is used for electrical connection of a wiring plate-like member, such as a flexible printed wiring board, to another wiring board. And a plurality of contacts arranged and arranged in the housing, and a shell member that partially or wholly covers the housing, the overall size can be reduced and the number of components The wiring board member inserted into the housing has a locking state in which undesired removal from the housing is surely prevented, and is released from the locking state and is released from the housing. It can be selectively placed in a state where it can be intentionally removed, and in addition, when placing the wiring board member in a state released from the locked state As an suffice easily performed operations Te a simple fit, but it can be widely applied to various electronic devices.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Connector apparatus, 11 ... Housing, 11a ... Front side end surface part, 11b ... Back side end surface part, 11c ... Bottom surface part, 11d ... Upper surface part, 12 ... Plate Insertion part, 13 ... contact, 13a ... contact part, 13b ... connection part, 14 ... shell member, 15 ... upper part, 16 ... lower part, 17 ... Right end portion, 18 ... Left end portion, 20 ... Plate member insertion port, 21 ... Insertion port forming portion, 22 ... Lower front side edge, 23 ... Moveable operation portion (upper front) 24) right front side end, 25 ... left front side end, 30, 35 ... locking portion, 31, 36 ... movable elastic locking piece, 32, 37 ... inclined surface part, 33, 38 ... engagement receiving part, 34, 39 ... step part, 4 , 41 ... Movable engagement part, 45 ... Unlocking part, 46 ... Board mounting part, 50 ... Flexible printed circuit board, 51 ... Connection terminal part, 53, 54 ... Notch engaging part, 55 ... Cover film, 56, 57 ... Edge part

Claims (8)

A housing provided with a plate-like member insertion portion and disposed on the wiring board;
Each has a contact portion disposed in the housing and a connection portion connected to a wiring terminal in the wiring board, arranged in the housing, and the wiring plate member is inserted into the plate member insertion portion. A plurality of contacts in which the contact portion is contact-connected to the connection terminal portion in the wiring plate member;
An insertion port forming portion that covers the housing partly or entirely, protrudes outward of the housing and forms a plate member insertion port that reaches the plate member insertion portion, through the plate member insertion port; A locking portion that takes a locking state with respect to the wiring plate-like member inserted and inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion, and a locking release portion that is operated to release the locking state of the locking portion are integrated. A formed shell member;
Comprising
The locking portion extends from the insertion port forming portion to the plate member insertion portion of the housing toward the plate member insertion portion of the housing, and locks the wiring plate member inserted into the plate member insertion portion. Constituted by a movable elastic locking piece
The unlocking portion forms a part of the insertion port forming portion and extends along the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts, and the movable elastic member is provided at an end of the movable operation portion. When an operation for displacing the movable operation part is applied to the movable operation part with the movable elastic engagement piece engaging the wiring plate member with the movable elastic engagement piece engaging the stop piece, the displacement is performed according to the operation. Then, the movable elastic locking piece is configured to have a movable engagement portion that causes elastic displacement away from the wiring plate-like member and releases the locking of the movable elastic locking piece to the wiring plate-like member. And
The movable elastic locking piece is provided with an engagement receiving portion that engages with the movable engagement portion of the unlocking portion that is displaced according to the operation applied to the movable operation portion of the unlocking portion. And the engagement receiving portion engaged with the movable engagement portion maintains the movable operation portion displaced by the operation applied to the movable operation portion.
A connector device.   The movable elastic locking piece engages with an engaging portion provided in a wiring plate member inserted through the plate member insertion port and inserted into the plate member insertion portion, and the wiring plate member The connector device according to claim 1, wherein the connector device is locked. When the wiring plate-like member in which the movable elastic locking piece is inserted into the plate-like member insertion portion of the housing is removed from the plate-like member insertion portion, the edge of the wiring plate-like member causes the wiring board to 2. The connector device according to claim 1 , wherein the engagement receiving portion is disengaged from the movable engagement portion of the locking release portion by being elastically displaced in a direction away from the shaped member . The movable operation portion of the lock release portion is assumed to have elasticity, and the engagement receiving portion provided on the movable elastic lock piece releases the engagement with the movable engagement portion of the lock release portion. 4. The connector device according to claim 3, wherein the connector device returns to its original state from the state displaced by the operation by its own elasticity . An inclination in which the movable elastic locking piece abuts against an edge portion of the wiring plate member inserted into the plate member insertion port and is elastically displaced in a direction away from the wiring plate member by the edge portion. connector apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the surface portion is provided. The movable engagement portion of the unlocking portion is in contact with the movable elastic locking piece that has locked the wiring plate-like member, and the plate-like member is inserted along with the displacement of the movable operation portion of the unlocking portion. The movable elastic locking piece is provided with an inclined surface portion that causes elastic displacement away from the wiring plate-like member by displacing in a direction orthogonal to the direction of insertion of the wiring plate-like member into the mouth. The connector device according to claim 1. When the movable engaging portion of the unlocking portion is not operated to displace the movable operating portion to the movable operating portion of the unlocking portion, the plate-like member is placed on the movable elastic locking piece. The connector device according to claim 6, further comprising an engagement end surface portion that abuts and engages in a direction along the insertion direction of the wiring plate member into the insertion port . The movable engaging portion of each of the locking portion and the locking releasing portion is provided at each of both end portions of the shell member in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts. The connector device according to 1.

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