JP5854272B2 - Connector device - Google Patents

Description

  The invention described in the claims of the present application is based on the fact that a wiring board member such as a flexible printed wiring board (FPC) or a flexible flat cable (FFC) is attached. The present invention relates to a connector device including a contact that is contact-connected to a provided contact terminal portion, and a locking portion that locks and unlocks a mounted wiring board member and a locking release portion.

  Wiring plate members such as flexible printed wiring boards and flexible flat cables that are mounted on various electronic devices are attached to the main wiring board to which various electrical components are attached. It is often performed by using a connector device that is fixedly connected by a mechanical connection. The connector device used for attaching the wiring board member to the main wiring board has a conductive contact that is contact-connected to a contact terminal portion provided on the wiring board member, and the contact Then, the contact terminal portion provided on the wiring plate-like member is electrically connected to the wiring terminal provided on the main wiring board.

  A connector device that has been conventionally proposed, for example, used for mounting a wiring plate-like member, which is a flexible printed wiring board, to a main wiring substrate is supposed to form an insertion portion into which the wiring plate-like member is inserted. For example, a housing formed of an insulating material is provided on the wiring board. And when the wiring board member is inserted into the housing through the insertion portion, the wiring board member is arranged and arranged in the housing and connected to the wiring terminal provided on the main wiring board. A plurality of contacts corresponding to the plurality of contact terminal portions are provided.

  In such a conventional connector device, when the wiring plate-like member is inserted into the housing through the insertion portion, the plurality of contacts provided in the housing are automatically provided on the wiring plate-like member inserted. The wiring plate-like member is brought into an electrical connection state with the main wiring board only by being connected in contact with the plurality of contact terminal portions and only being properly inserted into the housing through the insertion portion.

  In such a conventionally proposed connector device, for example, a wiring plate-like member to be a flexible printed wiring board is inserted into a housing arranged on the main wiring board through an insertion portion, and arranged on the housing. When the plurality of contacts are contact-connected to the plurality of contact terminal portions of the wiring plate member inserted into the housing, respectively, the wiring plate member is placed in electrical connection with the main wiring board. A situation where the plate-like member is undesirably detached from the housing must be avoided. 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 contact 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, as described above, it has a housing arranged on the main wiring board, belongs to the connector device having a plurality of contacts arranged on the housing, and is a wiring board shape inserted into the housing through the insertion portion Conventionally, there has been proposed a connector device that includes a locking means that engages with a member and is involved in preventing undesired removal of the wiring plate member from the housing (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In the connector device (connector (1)) shown in Patent Document 1, both side portions (16 of the arrangement direction of a plurality of contacts (first terminal (51) and second terminal (61)) in the housing (11) are arranged. ) Are attached with a pair of mounting brackets (nail (81)). Each mounting reinforcing bracket has an engagement portion (ear portion) provided on a wiring plate member (flat cable (101)) inserted through the insertion portion (insertion port (33)) into the housing (11). A cable holding portion (83) having a latching portion (83c) engaged with (113)) is provided as a locking means for locking the wiring plate member. In addition, a pair of locking release means (latching release portions (21)) are provided on both side portions (16) in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts in the housing (11), and the cable holding portions ( 83) is provided as a displacement. The latch release portion (21) constituting each lock release means includes an operation portion (23) protruding from the housing (11) to the outside, and the operation portion (23) is operated to operate the cable. The holding portion (83) is placed in a displaced state.

  In such a connector device shown in Patent Document 1, when the wiring plate member is inserted into the housing (11) through the insertion portion, it is provided on both side portions (16) in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts in the housing (11). Each of the cable holding portions (83) constituting the pair of locking means engages the engaging portion provided on the wiring plate member to lock the wiring plate member. . Thereby, the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing (11) is locked by the locking means formed by the cable holding portion (83), so that undesired removal from the housing (11) is prevented. I'm left.

  Thereafter, a pair of locking release means provided on both side portions (16) in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts in the housing (11) is an operation portion provided in the latch release portion (21) forming each of them ( 23), for example, when an operation that is a pressing operation is added to thereby displace the cable holding portion (83) forming the locking means, the hooking portion of the cable holding portion (83) (83c) is not engaged with the engaging portion provided on the wiring board member, and the state where the locking means has locked the wiring board member is released. As a result, the wiring plate member inserted into the housing (11) can be removed from the housing (11).

JP 2010-33978 A (pages 8 to 12, FIGS. 8 to 21)

  As described above, the wiring plate-like member to the main wiring board is provided with the locking means involved in preventing undesired detachment of the wiring plate-like member such as the flexible printed wiring board inserted into the housing from the housing. In a connector device that has been conventionally proposed as a mounting device, a pair of locking means are provided on both sides in the arrangement direction of a plurality of contacts in a housing arranged on the main wiring board, in addition to the above. Thus, a pair of locking release means is provided. Moreover, each locking means and each locking release means are configured with individual members. Therefore, an increase in the number of parts constituting the connector device and a complicated configuration of the connector device are imitated, which are factors that increase the manufacturing cost of the connector device.

  Further, when releasing the locking by the pair of locking members with respect to the wiring plate member inserted into the housing through the insertion portion, a pair of unlocking provided respectively on both sides in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts in the housing It is necessary to operate the means at the same time, so that the unlocking of the wiring plate member is inferior in operability.

  Furthermore, an unequal force is exerted on the pair of locking means on the wiring plate-like members locked by the pair of locking means respectively provided on both sides in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts in the housing. When the “pull out” pulling force is applied, the locking holding force for one wiring board member of the pair of locking means is weakened, and the wiring board member is undesirably detached from the housing. There is a fear.

  In view of such a point, the invention described in the scope of claims of the present application is a plate-like member used for mounting a wiring plate-like member such as a flexible printed wiring board or a flexible flat cable to other wiring boards. A connector device comprising a housing provided with a member insertion portion and a plurality of contacts arranged and arranged on the housing, and a pair of locking means and a pair of engagement members as provided in a conventionally proposed connector device Wiring inserted into the housing through the plate-like member insertion portion without the need to provide stop release means, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost by simplifying the configuration and reducing the number of parts. Provided to be able to reliably and easily perform locking to prevent undesired removal from the housing to the plate-like member and release of the locking That.

  The connector device according to the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 9 in the claims of the present application (hereinafter referred to as the present invention) is provided with a plate-like member insertion portion on the wiring board. When the wiring plate member is inserted into the housing through the plate member insertion portion, the housing is arranged and arranged in the housing and is connected to the wiring terminal provided on the wiring board. A plurality of contacts that are contact-connected to a plurality of contact terminal portions in the wiring plate-like member and a housing, and when the wiring plate-like member is inserted into the housing through the plate-like member insertion portion, the contact with the wiring plate-like member An engagement member that selectively takes a locking state for stopping and a locking release state for releasing locking is provided. The engaging member is disposed at a central portion in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts in the housing, and is fixed to the housing, the first movable arm portion extending from the base portion, and the first movable arm portion extending from the base portion. And a second movable arm portion opposed to the first movable arm portion, and the first movable arm portion is engaged with an engagement portion in a wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing through the plate-like member insertion portion. A locking portion for locking the shaped member is formed, and the second movable arm portion is in contact with the first movable arm portion in response to an operation portion facing the outside of the housing and an operation on the operation portion. And an unlocking portion for releasing the locking of the wiring plate member by the locking portion. The central portion of the housing in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts is a portion sandwiched between both ends of the housing in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts, and includes the center in the strict sense and the periphery thereof.

  In particular, in the connector device according to the present invention as set forth in claim 2 of the present application, the engaging member is made of a metal material, and extends from the base portion to the outside of the housing. And a soldering portion to be soldered to a conductor portion.

  Further, in the connector device according to the present invention described in claim 3 in the claims of the present application, each of the first and second movable arm portions has elasticity, and the elastic displacement with respect to the housing. Is possible.

  In the connector device according to the present invention as described above, when the wiring plate-like member is inserted into the housing arranged on the wiring board through the plate-like member insertion portion provided in the housing, a plurality of arrangements are arranged in the housing. Are connected to a plurality of contact terminal portions of the inserted wiring board member, and the engaging member provided in the housing locks the inserted wiring board member in the housing. The locked state with respect to the wiring board member is taken, and undesired removal of the inserted wiring board member from the housing is prevented. Then, when a predetermined operation is applied to the engaging member while the engaging member is locked to the wiring plate member, the engaging member that has locked the wiring plate member is connected to the wiring member in the housing. The locked state with respect to the plate member is released, and the inserted wiring plate member can be removed from the housing.

  Under such circumstances, when the engaging member is engaged with the wiring plate member, the engaging portion formed on the first movable arm portion of the engaging member is engaged with the wiring plate member. The state which engages with a part and latches a wiring-plate-like member is taken. Further, when the engaging member releases the locked state with respect to the wiring plate-like member, the second movable arm portion of the engaging member is in a state where the locking portion locks the wiring plate-like member. A predetermined operation is applied to the operation portion formed on the first movable arm portion, and accordingly, the unlocking portion formed on the second movable arm portion is displaced while being in contact with the first movable arm portion. The locking part is released from the locking to the wiring plate member.

  The engaging member is made of a metal material, for example, as in the case of the connector device according to the present invention described in claim 2 in the claims of the present application, and extends from the base portion to the outside of the housing. Thus, it has a soldering portion to be soldered to a conductor portion provided on the wiring board.

  Each of the first and second movable arm portions in the engaging member has elasticity as in the case of the connector device according to the present invention described in claim 3 in the claims of the present application, for example. Therefore, the elastic displacement with respect to the housing is possible.

  In the connector device according to the present invention, as described above, in order to prevent undesired removal from the housing with respect to the wiring plate member inserted through the plate member insertion portion provided in the housing. For example, a pair of locking means and a pair of engagements provided on both side portions of the housing in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts are used to release the locking to enable the locking and the removal from the housing. A circuit board-like member inserted into the housing at the center portion in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts in the housing, that is, the portion including the center in the strict sense and the periphery thereof, instead of the stop releasing means or the like. An engaging member is provided that selectively takes a locking state in which locking is performed and a locking release state in which locking is released. Moreover, the engaging member is a single member that functions as both a locking means and a locking release means. Therefore, according to the connector device of the present invention, it is possible to reduce the manufacturing cost by simplifying the configuration and reducing the number of parts. The locking for preventing the member from undesirably withdrawing from the housing and the unlocking can be surely and easily performed.

  In addition, an engaging member for locking and releasing the locking with respect to the wiring plate member inserted into the housing extends from the base fixed to the housing and the first movable arm and the base extending from the base. A second movable arm portion facing the first movable arm portion, and an engagement portion in the wiring plate member inserted into the housing through the plate member insertion portion into the first movable arm portion. A locking portion that engages and locks the wiring plate member is formed, and an operation portion that faces the outside of the housing and a first movable arm according to an operation on the operation portion are formed on the second movable arm portion The connector device according to the present invention includes a locking portion and a locking release portion that is displaced while being in contact with the portion and is released from the locking portion to release the locking to the wiring plate member. Simple and easy to obtain, with the locking release part formed integrally. It will have a configuration capable.

  In such a connector device according to the present invention, the engaging member in the engaging member with respect to the wiring plate-like member can be obtained simply by inserting the wiring plate-like member into the housing through the plate-like member inserting portion provided therein. At the same time, for example, a pressing operation can be performed on the operating portion of the engaging member facing the outside of the housing. Therefore, it is possible to perform locking and unlocking by the engaging member with respect to the wiring plate-like member by a very simple operation, and for such an operation. There is no need to provide extra space around the engagement member.

  In particular, in the connector device according to the present invention described in claim 2 in the claims of the present application, the engaging member is made of a metal material, and in addition to the first and second movable arm portions. And a soldering portion extending from the base fixed to the housing to the outside of the housing, and the soldering portion is soldered to a conductor portion provided on a wiring board on which the housing is disposed. Thereby, the soldering part soldered to the conductor part provided in the wiring board contributes to the firm fixation of the housing arranged on it with respect to the wiring board.

  Further, in the connector device according to the present invention as set forth in claim 3 of the present application, each of the first and second movable arm portions of the engaging member has elasticity and the housing. Since the elastic displacement with respect to the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing by the engaging portion formed on the first movable arm portion is more reliably performed, The displacement for releasing the locking of the operation portion and the locking release portion formed on the movable arm portion with respect to the wiring plate member by the locking portion is more reliably performed.

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. It is sectional drawing which shows the VII-VII line cross section in FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the engaging member with which an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention is provided. It is a top view which shows the engaging member with which an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention is provided. It is a bottom view which shows the engaging member with which an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention is provided. It is sectional drawing which shows the XI-XI line cross section in FIG. It is a perspective view which shows an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention with the flexible printed wiring board with which it is mounted | worn. It is a perspective view which shows an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention with the flexible printed wiring board with which it was mounted | worn. It is sectional drawing which shows the state by which insertion of the flexible printed wiring board with respect to an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention was started. It is sectional drawing which shows the state which has a flexible printed wiring board in the middle of insertion with respect to an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the state which the insertion of the flexible printed wiring board with respect to an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention was completed. It is sectional drawing which shows the state which the engagement member with which an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention is equipped with the flexible printed wiring board with which the example of the connector apparatus was mounted | worn was cancelled | released. It is sectional drawing which shows the state which has a flexible printed wiring board in the middle of extraction with respect to an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the state just before completion of extraction of the flexible printed wiring board from an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention.

  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 back side), FIG. 3 (plan view), FIG. 4 (front view) and FIG. 5 (bottom view) relate to the present invention. An example of a connector apparatus is shown.

  1 to 5, a connector device 10 that is an example of a connector device according to the present invention includes a housing 11 formed of an insulating material such as synthetic resin. The housing 11 is provided with a plate-like member insertion portion 12 on the front side end surface portion, and a plate-like member accommodation space extends from the plate-like member insertion portion 12 to the inside of the housing 11.

  The housing 11 is arranged on a wiring board 39 (shown in FIGS. 12, 13, etc.), whereby the whole connector device 10 is fixed to the wiring board 39. At that time, one of the pair of opposing outer surface portions sandwiched between the front end surface portion and the rear end surface portion facing the housing 11 is an outer surface portion that contacts the wiring board 39 and the other is released. Part. In the following, a portion having one outer surface portion of the housing 11 that contacts the wiring board 39 is referred to as a bottom plate portion 11a, and a portion having the other outer surface portion of the housing 11 facing the same is referred to as a top plate portion 11b. Then, for example, a flexible printed wiring board is inserted into the housing 11 as a wiring plate-like member through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 provided on the front side end surface portion.

  In the housing 11, a plurality of first contacts 13 and a plurality of second contacts 14 each formed of an elastic conductive material are arranged in the longitudinal direction of the housing 11 (left and right direction toward the front). Along each other, they are alternately arranged. The plurality of first contacts 13 and the plurality of second contacts 14 are provided as signal contacts that are contact-connected to a plurality of contact terminal portions arranged and arranged on a flexible printed wiring board forming a wiring plate member. However, they may be used as signal and ground contacts that are contact-connected to a plurality of signal contact terminal portions and ground connection portions in other flexible printed wiring boards.

  Each of the plurality of first contacts 13 is formed of a conductive material having elasticity, and as shown in FIG. 6 showing a cross section taken along line VI-VI in FIG. A movable cantilever beam portion 16 that is bent and extends from the fixed portion 15 is provided. The fixed portion 15 is formed with a connection terminal portion 15a facing the outside of the housing 11 on the front end surface side of the housing 11, and the connection terminal portion 15a is provided on the wiring board 39 on which the housing 11 is arranged. For example, it is connected to the wiring terminal by soldering. Further, the movable cantilever beam portion 16 has a contact portion 16 a formed at the tip thereof, and the contact portion 16 a extends from the plate-like member insertion portion 12 to the inside of the housing 11. It is supposed to be located inside. Each of the plurality of first contacts 13 is pressed and inserted into the housing 11 from the front end surface side of the housing 11 shown in FIG.

  Each of the plurality of second contacts 14 is also formed of an elastic conductive material, and is fixed to the housing 11 as shown in FIG. 7 showing a cross section taken along line VII-VII in FIG. 18 and a movable cantilever beam portion 19 that bends and extends from the fixed portion 18. The fixing portion 18 is formed with a connection terminal portion 18a facing the outside of the housing 11 on the rear side end surface portion side of the housing 11, and the connection terminal portion 18a is provided on the wiring board 39 on which the housing 11 is arranged. For example, it is connected to the wiring terminal by soldering. Further, the movable cantilever beam portion 19 has a contact portion 19 a formed at the tip thereof, and the contact portion 19 a extends from the plate-like member insertion portion 12 to the inside of the housing 11. It is supposed to be located inside. Each of the plurality of second contacts 14 is, for example, pressed and inserted into the housing 11 from the rear side end face side of the housing 11 shown in FIG.

  Each of the plurality of first contacts 13 and each of the plurality of second contacts 14 as described above includes a contact portion 16a formed at the distal end portion of the movable cantilever beam portion 16 in the first contact 13, and a first contact. The contact portion 19a formed at the distal end portion of the movable cantilever beam portion 19 of the second contact 14 has a different position in the insertion direction of the flexible printed wiring board constituting the wiring plate-like member with respect to the housing 11 in the housing 11. It is said that. That is, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the contact portion 16 a in the first contact 13 is more on the front side of the housing 11 in which the plate-like member insertion portion 12 is provided than the contact portion 19 a in the second contact 14. It is arranged at a position close to the end face.

  And when the flexible printed wiring board which comprises a wiring board-shaped member is inserted in the housing 11 through the plate-shaped member insertion part 12, the contact part 16a in the 1st contact 13 is in the flexible printed wiring board inserted in the housing 11. A contact with the corresponding contact terminal portion, whereby the plurality of first contacts 13 are contact-connected to the corresponding plurality of first contact terminal portions on the flexible printed circuit board, respectively, and the contact at the second contact 14 The portion 19a contacts the corresponding contact terminal portion in the flexible printed wiring board inserted into the housing 11, so that the plurality of second contacts 14 correspond to the plurality of second contact terminal portions in the flexible printed wiring board. Are connected to each other. As a result, the plurality of contact terminal portions in the flexible printed wiring board inserted into the housing 11 are connected to the wiring board 39 on which the housing 11 is arranged via the plurality of first contacts 13 and the plurality of second contacts 14. It is connected to the provided wiring terminal.

  The connector device 10 is arranged in the longitudinal direction of the housing 11, that is, in the central portion of the arrangement direction of the plurality of first contacts 13 and the plurality of second contacts 14 (hereinafter referred to as contact arrangement direction). For example, the engaging member 20 is integrally formed of a metal material. When the flexible printed wiring board forming the wiring plate-like member is inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12, the engaging member 20 is engaged with the flexible printed wiring board, and the engagement is released. It is provided for selectively taking the unlocking state to be performed. The central portion of the housing 11 in the contact arrangement direction is a portion sandwiched between both ends of the housing 11 in the contact arrangement direction, and includes the center in the strict sense and the periphery thereof.

  8 (perspective view), FIG. 9 (plan view), and FIG. 10 (bottom view) show the engagement member 20 as a single unit. The engagement member 20 shown in FIGS. 8 to 10 is formed by punching and bending an elastic metal plate material, for example, and has a base 21 fixed to the housing 11 and a first elastic member extending from the base 21. It has a movable arm portion 22 and a second movable arm portion 23 extending from the base portion 21 and having elasticity facing the first movable arm portion 22.

  The base portion 21 has a soldering portion 24 that extends from the base portion 21 to the outside of the housing 11 when the engaging member 20 is attached to the housing 11. The soldering portion 24 is fixed to the wiring board 39 by being soldered to a conductor portion provided on the wiring board 39 on which the housing 11 is disposed, with the engaging member 20 attached to the housing 11.

  The first movable arm portion 22 is formed with a locking portion 25 that engages with the engaging portion of the flexible printed wiring board inserted into the housing 11 at the distal end portion of the first movable arm portion 22 and locks the flexible printed wiring board. Has been. Further, the first movable arm portion 22 has a narrow width portion 26 having a width dimension smaller than the width dimension of the locking portion 25 in the direction of the contact arrangement direction when the engagement member 20 is attached to the housing 11. Is formed, and the locking portion 25 is supported by the narrow portion 26. Thereby, the latching | locking part 25 shall have a pair of edge part 25a which pinches | interposes the narrow part 26 in the direction used as a contact arrangement direction as an edge part by the side of the narrow part 26.

  The locking portion 25 has an inclined surface 25b that is inclined upward along the insertion direction of the flexible printed wiring board through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 to the housing 11 when the engagement member 20 is attached to the housing 11. Have. When the flexible printed wiring board is inserted into the housing 11 through the plate member insertion portion 12, the inclined surface 25b formed by the locking portion 25 passes over the locking portion 25 at the tip of the flexible printed wiring board that abuts on the inclined surface 25b. I will guide you.

  Further, the first movable arm portion 22 is formed with a U-shaped through hole 27 at a portion on the base portion 21 side, whereby the first movable arm portion 22 and the second movable arm portion 23 In the mutually opposing direction, elastic displacement is easily performed with the entire base portion 21 of the first movable arm portion 22 including the locking portion 25 as a fulcrum portion.

  The second movable arm portion 23 is supported by a pair of folded bent portions 28 connected to the base portion 21 and the pair of folded bent portions 28, and when the engaging member 20 is attached to the housing 11, An operating portion 29 that faces the outside and an unlocking portion 30 that is bent and extends from the operating portion 29 are formed.

  The second movable arm portion 23 is configured to take a posture facing the first movable arm portion 22 with a predetermined interval due to the presence of the pair of folded bent portions 28. With each of the folded bent portions 28 as a fulcrum portion, when the pressing operation in the direction toward the first movable arm portion 22 is applied to the operation portion 29, for example, the elastic displacement is performed so as to approach the first movable arm portion 22. When the pressing operation is no longer applied to the operation unit 29, the swinging is performed so as to be elastically displaced so as to be separated from the first movable arm unit 22. Then, for example, when a pressing operation in a direction toward the first movable arm portion 22 is applied to the operation portion 29, the second movable arm portion 23 is elastically displaced so as to approach the first movable arm portion 22. The unlocking portion 30 that is bent and extends from the operation portion 29 is formed on the first movable arm portion 22 according to the operation on the operation portion 29, for example, the locking portion formed on the first movable arm portion 22. Displacement while abutting at position 25. Accordingly, when the locking portion 25 is displaced and the locking portion 25 is engaged with the engaging portion of the flexible printed wiring board inserted into the housing 11 to lock the flexible printed wiring board, the locking portion 25 25 to release the lock on the flexible printed circuit board.

  As shown in FIG. 11 showing a cross section taken along line XI-XI in FIGS. 5 and 4, a through hole 35 is formed in the center portion of the bottom plate portion 11 a of the housing 11 in the contact arrangement direction. When the engaging member 20 is attached to the housing 11, the first movable arm portion 22 of the engaging member 20 includes the locking portion 25, the narrow width portion 26, and the through hole 27 formed thereon. The first movable arm portion 22 is arranged at a position corresponding to the through hole 35 formed in the bottom plate portion 11a of the housing 11 so that the first movable arm portion 22 passes through the through hole 35 as an elastic displacement having the base portion 21 as a fulcrum portion. It is possible to perform displacement toward the wiring board 39 on which the housing 11 is disposed.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 and 11, a through hole 36 is formed in the center portion of the top plate portion 11 b of the housing 11 in the contact arrangement direction, and the through hole 36 in the center portion is further formed. A concave portion 37 is formed in the outer surface portion that is the periphery. When the engagement member 20 is attached to the housing 11, the operation portion 29 formed on the second movable arm portion 23 of the engagement member 20 and the unlocking portion 30 that is bent and extends from the operation portion 29. Is disposed at a position corresponding to the through hole 36 formed in the top plate portion 11 b of the housing 11. As a result, the operation portion 29 formed on the second movable arm portion 23 and the unlocking portion 30 that is bent and extended from the operation portion 29 serve as an elastic displacement with each of the pair of folded bent portions 28 as fulcrum portions. The first movable arm portion 22 can be displaced through the through hole 36.

  The operation portion 29 formed on the second movable arm portion 23 of the engaging member 20 and facing the outside of the housing 11 has a recess 37 formed around the through hole 36 when no operation is applied thereto. It is assumed that it is located inside, so that it does not protrude from the outer surface portion of the top plate portion 11 b of the housing 11.

  As described above, when the engaging member 20 is attached to the housing 11, the first movable arm portion 22 corresponds to the through hole 35 formed in the center portion of the bottom plate portion 11 a of the housing 11 in the contact arrangement direction. And a through hole 36 formed in the center portion of the top plate portion 11b of the housing 11 in the contact arrangement direction. The base portion 21 is fixed to the bottom plate portion 11 a of the housing 11.

  When a pressing operation in a direction from the top plate portion 11b of the housing 11 toward the bottom plate portion 11a is applied to the operation portion 29 formed on the second movable arm portion 23, the second movable arm portion 23 is formed. The locking release portion 30 and the locking portion 25 formed on the first movable arm portion 22 are formed on the bottom plate portion 11 a of the housing 11 from the through hole 36 formed on the top plate portion 11 b of the housing 11. It is displaced along the direction toward the through hole 35.

  FIG. 12 shows a connector device 10 in which a housing 11 to which an engagement member 20 is attached is arranged with a bottom plate portion 11 a in contact with a wiring board 39 and fixed to the wiring board 39, and wiring to be attached to the connector device 10. The flexible printed wiring board 40 which comprises a plate-shaped member is shown.

  The flexible printed wiring board 40 includes a flat plate-like portion 40a in which a plurality of first contact terminal portions 41 and a plurality of second contact terminal portions 42, each of which is formed of a conductive material, are alternately arranged. Have. The cutout hole 43 and the cutout hole 43 are flexible at the central portion of the flat plate portion 40a of the flexible printed wiring board 40 in the arrangement direction of the first and second contact terminal portions 41 and 42 (hereinafter referred to as the terminal arrangement direction). A cut-out path 44 communicating with the outside of the printed wiring board 40 is formed.

  Each of the plurality of first contact terminal portions 41 corresponds to one of the plurality of first contacts 13 arranged on the housing 11 when the flexible printed wiring board 40 is inserted into the housing 11 of the connector device 10. The contact portion 16a has a wide front end portion 41a to be pressed and contacted, and each of the plurality of second contact terminal portions 42 is provided when the flexible printed wiring board 40 is inserted into the housing 11 of the connector device 10. A contact portion 19a of a corresponding one of the plurality of second contacts 14 arranged in the housing 11 has a wide end portion 42a to which the contact portion 19a is pressed.

  And the wide front-end | tip part 41a of the 1st contact terminal part 41 and the wide front-end | tip part 42a of the 2nd contact terminal part 42 shall differ in the position of the insertion direction of the flexible printed wiring board 40 with respect to the housing 11. FIG. ing. That is, the edge portion of the wide contact portion 42 a of the second contact terminal portion 42 extends in the terminal arrangement direction of the flat plate portion 40 a of the flexible printed wiring board 40 than the wide tip portion 41 a of the first contact terminal portion 41. It is arranged in the position close to. As a result, each of the plurality of wide tip portions 41a and 42a has a relatively small width dimension in the terminal arrangement direction, with the mutual distance between the plurality of first and second contact terminal portions 41 and 42 being relatively small. It is supposed to be large.

  The cutout hole 43 and the cutout path 44 formed in the flat plate portion 40a are engaged with the first and second movable arm portions 22 and 23 included in the engagement member 20 of the connector device 10 in the flexible printed wiring board 40. An engaging portion is formed. A portion of the cutout hole 43 that sandwiches one end of the cutout passage 44 forms a pair of engagement end surface portions 45, and the pair of engagement end surface portions 45 are connected to the flexible printed wiring board 40 by the connector device. When the engaging member 20 is inserted into the housing 11 and is locked by the engaging member 20 of the connector device 10, a pair of edges of the engaging portion 25 formed on the first movable arm portion 22 of the engaging member 20 is provided. The portions 25a are engaged with each other.

  As shown in FIG. 13, the flexible printed wiring board 40 has a front end face on the housing 11 of the connector device 10, with the housing 11 of the connector device 10 disposed on the wiring board 39 with the engaging member 20. It is assumed that it is inserted through the plate-like member insertion part 12 provided in the part.

  When the flexible printed wiring board 40 is inserted into the housing 11 of the connector device 10 as described above, first, as shown in FIG. The edge portion is disposed at a position facing the plate member insertion portion 12 provided on the front end surface portion of the housing 11 with the terminal arrangement direction being along the contact arrangement direction.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 14, the flexible printed wiring board 40 has a flat plate shape in which the first and second contact terminal portions 41 and 42 are arranged and the cutout holes 43 and cutout paths 44 are formed. With the portion 40 a as a front side portion, the plate member insertion space 12 provided in the housing 11 of the connector device 10 is inserted into the plate member storage space in the housing 11. In this case, the locking portion 25 formed on the first movable arm portion 22 provided in the engagement member 20 in the connector device 10 accommodates the plate-like member with the inclined surface 25b facing the plate-like member insertion portion 12 side. It is supposed to be located in space. Further, at this time, the unlocking portion 30 formed on the second movable arm portion 23 provided in the engagement member 20 in the connector device 10 is opposed to the locking portion 25 in the housing 11. .

  Subsequently, when the flexible printed wiring board 40 is further inserted into the plate-like member accommodating space in the housing 11, the portion sandwiching the cutout path 44 at the edge portion extending in the terminal arrangement direction of the flat plate-like portion 40 a of the flexible printed wiring board 40. However, the locking portion 25 is brought into contact with the inclined surface 25b of the locking portion 25 formed in the first movable arm portion 22 included in the engaging member 20, so that the locking portion 25 is formed on the bottom plate portion 11a of the housing 11. It is elastically displaced toward the wiring board 39 through the hole 35. As a result, as shown in FIG. 15, the locking portion 25 has a position close to the wiring board 39 that comes into contact with the portion sandwiching the cut-out path 44 in the flat plate portion 40 a of the flexible printed wiring board 40 from the wiring board 39 side. Thus, further insertion of the flexible printed wiring board 40 into the plate-like member accommodation space in the housing 11 is not hindered. Moreover, the latch release | release part 30 which opposes the latching | locking part 25 also takes the position which does not prevent the further insertion to the plate-shaped member accommodation space in the housing 11 of the flexible printed wiring board 40. FIG.

  After that, when the flexible printed wiring board 40 reaches a proper position in the plate-like member accommodating space in the housing 11 and the insertion into the housing 11 is completed, as shown in FIG. The plate portion 40a of the printed wiring board 40 is removed from the portion sandwiching the cut-out path 44 and returns to the original position from the position close to the wiring substrate 39 due to its elasticity, and is engaged with the cut-out hole 43 formed in the plate-like portion 40a. Match. At this time, the pair of end edge portions 25 a sandwiching the narrow width portion 26 of the first movable arm portion 22 included in the locking portion 25 sandwiches one end of the cutout path 44 connected to the cutout hole 43. The flexible printed wiring board 40 is locked by engaging with the engaging end face portions 45 respectively. Thereby, the state in which the flexible printed wiring board 40 inserted into the housing 11 by the locking portion 25 is locked is obtained.

  Thus, when the state in which the flexible printed wiring board 40 inserted into the housing 11 is locked by the locking portion 25 is obtained, the flexible printed wiring board 40 reaches a proper position in the housing 11, The locking member 25 is locked by the engaging member 20 having the first movable arm portion 22 in which the locking portion 25 is formed, and an undesired removal from the housing 11 is prevented. In other words, the flexible printed wiring board 40 is only properly inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 and is locked by the engaging member 20 to prevent undesired removal from the housing 11. Will be.

  At this time, the operation portion 29 formed on the second movable arm portion 23 of the engagement member 20 is disposed in the recess 37 formed on the outer surface portion of the top plate portion 11 b of the housing 11, and The position facing the outside of the housing 11 is taken without protruding outside the top plate portion 11b.

  In this way, when the flexible printed wiring board 40 completes the insertion through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 into the housing 11 and takes the normal insertion position, the plurality of second arrangements arranged in the housing 11 are arranged. A plurality of first contacts 13 are arranged on a flat plate portion 40 a of a flexible printed wiring board 40 in which a contact portion 16 a formed at the tip of each movable cantilever beam portion 16 is inserted into the housing 11. The plurality of second contacts 14 arranged in the housing 11 in a state where they are elastically brought into contact with the contact terminal portions 41 and are in contact with and connected to the plurality of first contact terminal portions 41, respectively. A contact portion 19 a formed at the tip of each movable cantilever beam portion 19 is arranged on a flat plate portion 40 a of a flexible printed wiring board 40 inserted into the housing 11. The by respective elastic is abutting on the plurality of second contact terminal 42 is placed in a state of being respectively contacted connected to a plurality of second contact terminal 42. Thereby, the plurality of first and second contact terminal portions 41 and 42 in the flexible printed wiring board 40 inserted into the housing 11 are connected to the housing 11 via the plurality of first and second contacts 13 and 14. The wiring board 39 is connected to a wiring terminal provided on the wiring board 39 provided. Such a state can be obtained simply by properly inserting the flexible printed wiring board 40 into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12.

  Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 17, a pressing operation in a direction from the top plate portion 11 b of the housing 11 to the bottom plate portion 11 a is applied to the operation portion 29 formed on the second movable arm portion 23 of the engagement member 20. Then, the second movable arm portion 23 is displaced in the direction approaching the bottom plate portion 11a of the housing 11 with each of the pair of folded bent portions 28 as fulcrums. Accordingly, the unlocking portion 30 formed on the second movable arm portion 23 contacts the first movable arm portion 22 of the engaging member 20 at, for example, the position of the locking portion 25 formed thereon. Displacement is made along the direction from the through hole 36 formed in the top plate portion 11 b of the housing 11 to the through hole 35 formed in the bottom plate portion 11 a of the housing 11 while being in contact. Thereby, the first movable arm portion 22 in which the locking portion 25 is formed is connected to the wiring substrate 39 through the through hole 35 formed in the bottom plate portion 11a of the housing 11 with the base portion 21 of the engaging member 20 as a fulcrum portion. Displace in the approaching direction.

  With the displacement of the first movable arm portion 22 in the direction approaching the wiring substrate 39, the locking portion 25 is also moved in the direction approaching the wiring substrate 39 through the through hole 35 formed in the bottom plate portion 11 a of the housing 11. Displace. Thereby, each of the pair of edge portions 25a included in the locking portion 25 releases the engagement with the engagement end surface portion 45 in the cutout hole 43 formed in the flat plate-like portion 40a of the flexible printed wiring board 40, The state where the flexible printed wiring board 40 inserted into the housing 11 is locked by the locking portion 25 is released. That is, the engagement state with respect to the flexible printed wiring board 40 inserted into the housing 11 by the engagement member 20 including the first movable arm portion 22 in which the engagement portion 25 is formed is released. The printed wiring board 40 can be extracted from the housing 11.

  In this case, the locking portion 25 is located in the through hole 35 formed in the bottom plate portion 11a of the housing 11 out of the plate-like member accommodating space in the housing 11, and the locking releasing portion 30 is In the plate member housing space in the housing 11, the housing 11 is located in the cutout hole 43 formed in the flat plate-like portion 40 a of the flexible printed wiring board 40 and the cutout passage 44 connected thereto. As described above, the width dimension in the contact arrangement direction (terminal arrangement direction) of the lock release portion 30 is set so that the lock release portion 30 can be positioned in the cutout passage 44. It is selected to be smaller than the width dimension in the terminal arrangement direction.

  Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 18, the flexible printed wiring board 40 is moved in a direction opposite to the insertion direction with respect to the housing 11, and passes through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 from the housing 11 of the flexible printed wiring board 40. Extraction is performed. At this time, the unlocking portion 30 formed on the second movable arm portion 23 of the engaging member 20 is formed on the flat plate-like portion 40 a of the flexible printed wiring board 40 in the plate-like member housing space in the housing 11. Since it is located in the formed cut-out hole 43 and the cut-out path 44 connected to it, it does not hinder the flexible printed wiring board 40 from being pulled out from the housing 11.

  The flexible printed wiring board 40 is formed in the second movable arm portion 23 of the engaging member 20 in a state where it is extracted from the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 or in the process of being extracted. When the pressing operation in the direction from the top plate portion 11b of the housing 11 toward the bottom plate portion 11a is not applied to the operation portion 29, as shown in FIG. 19, the first movable arm portion 22 and the second movable arm portion 22 of the engagement member 20 are used. The movable arm portions 23 return to their original positions, that is, the positions before the pressing operation is applied to the operation portion 29 due to the elasticity that each of the movable arm portions 23 has. Along with this, the locking portion 25 formed on the first movable arm portion 22 and the locking releasing portion 30 formed on the second movable arm portion 23 also return to their original positions.

  In the connector device 10 as described above, undesired removal from the housing 11 with respect to the flexible printed wiring board 40 constituting the wiring plate member inserted into the housing 11 through the plate member insertion portion 12. For example, a pair of locking means and a pair of locking means provided on both sides of the housing 11 in the contact arrangement direction are used for releasing the locking for preventing the locking and releasing the locking for enabling extraction from the housing 11. The lock release means and the like are not required, and instead, the lock state and the lock are released at the center portion of the housing 11 in the contact arrangement direction to lock the flexible printed wiring board 40 inserted into the housing 11. An engaging member 20 that selectively takes the unlocking state is arranged. Moreover, the engagement member 20 is a single member that functions as both a locking means and a locking release means. Therefore, according to the connector device 10, the flexible printed wiring board inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 can be achieved by reducing the manufacturing cost by simplifying the configuration and reducing the number of parts. Locking to prevent undesired removal of the housing 40 from the housing 11 and release of the locking can be reliably and easily performed.

  In the connector device 10, an engagement member 20 that engages and releases the flexible printed wiring board 40 inserted into the housing 11 extends from a base portion 21 and a base portion 21 that are fixed to the housing 11. It has a first movable arm portion 22 and a second movable arm portion 23 extending from the base portion 21 and facing the first movable arm portion 22, and a plate-like member is inserted into the first movable arm portion 22. A locking portion 25 that locks the flexible printed wiring board 40 by engaging with the engaging portions (the cutout hole 43 and the cutout path 44) in the flexible printed wiring board 40 inserted into the housing 11 through the portion 12 is formed. At the same time, the second movable arm portion 23 comes into contact with the first movable arm portion 22 according to an operation on the operation portion 29 facing the outside of the housing 11 and the operation portion 29. And the unlocking part 30 for releasing the locking of the flexible printed wiring board 40 by the locking part 25 is formed, so that the locking part 25 and the unlocking operation part 30 are integrally formed. It has the structure which was formed and can be obtained easily and easily.

  In such a connector device 10, the engaging member 20 with respect to the flexible printed wiring board 40 can be obtained simply by inserting the flexible printed wiring board 40 into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 provided therein. The operation portion of the engagement member 20 that faces the outside of the housing 11 can be unlocked by the engagement portion 25 and the release of the engagement of the engagement portion 25 with respect to the flexible printed circuit board 40 can be released. 29 can be performed simply by adding an operation that is a pressing operation, for example, the engagement and release of the engagement by the engagement member 20 with respect to the flexible printed wiring board 40 is performed by a very simple operation. In addition, it is not necessary to provide a special space around the engaging member 20 for such an operation.

  Further, in the connector device 20, the engaging member 20 is made of a metal material, and in addition to the first and second movable arm portions 22 and 23, the base portion 21 fixed to the housing 11 to the housing 11. A soldering portion 24 extending to the outside is provided, and the soldering portion 24 is soldered to a conductor portion provided on the wiring board 39 on which the housing 11 is disposed. Thereby, the soldering part 24 soldered to the conductor part provided in the wiring board 39 contributes to the firm fixation of the housing 11 arranged on the wiring board 39.

  Further, in the connector device 10, each of the first and second movable arm portions 22 and 23 in the engaging member 20 has elasticity and can be elastically displaced with respect to the housing 11. Locking to the flexible printed wiring board 40 inserted into the housing 11 by the locking portion 25 formed on the first movable arm portion 22 is more reliably performed, and is also formed on the second movable arm portion 23. The displacement of the operation unit 29 and the lock release unit 30 for releasing the lock on the flexible printed circuit board 40 by the lock unit 25 is more reliably performed.

  The connector device according to the present invention as described above includes, for example, a housing provided with a plate-like member insertion portion, which is used for mounting a wiring plate-like member such as a flexible printed wiring board to the wiring board, and a housing. A plurality of contacts arranged and arranged, and an engagement member that is provided in the housing and selectively takes the locked state and the unlocked state with respect to the wiring plate member when the wiring plate member is inserted into the housing The connector device has a simple configuration with a relatively small number of parts, can reduce the manufacturing cost, and can be easily and easily operated with a plate-like member in the housing. As a latch that can prevent undesired removal from the housing with respect to the wiring plate-like member inserted through the plug-in portion and to release the latch reliably, Those that can be widely applied to various electronic devices.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Connector apparatus, 11 ... Housing, 11a ... Bottom plate part, 11b ... Top plate part, 12 ... Plate member insertion part, 13 ... 1st contact, 14 ... Second contact 16, 19 ... movable cantilever beam portion, 16a, 19a ... contact portion, 20 ... engaging member, 21 ... base, 22 ... first movable arm Part, 23 ... second movable arm part, 24 ... soldering part, 25 ... locking part, 25a ... edge part (of locking part 25), 25b ... inclined surface , 26... Narrow portion, 27, 35, 36... Through hole, 28 .. folded back portion, 29... Operation portion, 30. 40 ... flexible printed circuit board, 40a ... flat plate portion, 41 ... first contact terminal , 42 ... second contact terminal, 43 ... cutout hole, 44 ... notch road, 45 ... engaging end surface

Claims (9)

A housing provided with a plate-like member insertion portion and disposed on the wiring board;
When the wiring board member is inserted into the housing through the plate member insertion portion, the wiring board is arranged and arranged in the housing and connected to a wiring terminal provided on the wiring board. A plurality of contacts that are contact-connected to a plurality of contact terminal portions in the member,
When the wiring plate-like member is provided in the housing and is inserted into the housing through the plate-like member insertion portion, the latched state for latching the wiring plate-like member and the unlocking state for releasing the latching An engagement member that selectively takes
Comprising
The engaging member is disposed at a central portion of the housing in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts, and includes a base portion fixed to the housing, a first movable arm portion extending from the base portion, and extending from the base portion. A second movable arm portion facing the one movable arm portion,
The first movable arm portion is formed with a locking portion that engages with an engaging portion of the wiring plate member inserted into the housing through the plate member insertion portion to lock the wiring plate member. In addition, an operation unit facing the outside of the housing is moved to the second movable arm unit, and the first movable arm unit is displaced in contact with the first movable arm unit according to an operation on the operation unit. The connector apparatus characterized by forming the latch release part which cancels | releases the latch with respect to a wiring board-shaped member.   The engagement member is made of a metal material, and has a soldering portion that extends from the base portion to the outside of the housing and is soldered to a conductor portion provided on the wiring board. Item 2. The connector device according to Item 1.   2. The connector device according to claim 1, wherein each of the first and second movable arm portions has elasticity and can be elastically displaced with respect to the housing.   The first movable arm portion is formed with a narrow width portion having a width dimension smaller than the width dimension of the locking portion in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts, and the locking portion is supported by the narrow width portion. The connector device according to claim 1, wherein the connector device is formed.   The edge portion on the narrow width portion side of the locking portion is in a state of being engaged with a cutout hole forming an engaging portion in the wiring plate member, and the locking releasing portion is operated for the operation portion. 5. The connector device according to claim 4, wherein the connector device is arranged in a cut-out path that communicates the cut-out hole in the wiring plate-like member with the outside of the wiring plate-like member when displaced accordingly.   The locking portion has an inclined surface that rises and slopes along the insertion direction of the wiring plate member through the plate member insertion portion to the housing, and is inserted into the housing through the plate member insertion portion. The connector device according to claim 1, wherein a leading end portion of the wiring plate-like member is in contact with the inclined surface.   A first through hole is formed in a central portion in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts in one of a pair of opposed end surface portions of the housing, and the first movable arm portion corresponds to the first through hole. The second through-hole is formed in the second movable arm portion, the second through-hole is formed in the central portion in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts on the other of the pair of opposed end surface portions of the housing. The connector device according to claim 1, wherein the operation portion and the locking release portion are arranged at positions corresponding to the second through holes.   The operation portion formed on the second movable arm portion is pressed in a direction from one of the pair of opposed end surface portions of the housing toward the other, and the engagement formed on the second movable arm portion. 8. The locking portion formed in the stop releasing portion and the first movable arm portion is displaced along a direction from the second through hole toward the first through hole. The connector device as described. A concave portion is formed in the outer surface portion around the second through hole in the housing, and the operation portion formed in the second movable arm portion is located in the concave portion when not being operated. The connector device according to claim 7.

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