JP5896229B2 - 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. A contact that is contact-connected to the provided contact terminal portion, a state that engages with the mounted wiring board member and locks the wiring board member, and a state that releases the locking of the wiring board member; It is related with the connector apparatus provided with the engagement locking means which takes this selectively.

  Wiring plate-like members such as flexible printed wiring boards and flexible flat cables that are mounted on various electronic devices are connected to the main wiring board on 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 connecting the wiring board member to the main wiring board has conductive contacts that are contact-connected to the contact terminal portions provided on the wiring board member, and the contacts 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.

  Various connector devices that have been proposed in the past, for example, used for connection of a wiring board member, which is a flexible printed wiring board, to a main wiring board, usually form an insertion part into which the wiring board member is inserted. For example, a housing formed of an insulating material is disposed on the main wiring board. And when such a connector device is arranged and arranged in the housing and connected to a wiring terminal provided on the main wiring board, and the wiring board member is inserted into the housing through the insertion portion, the wiring board A plurality of contacts corresponding to the plurality of contact terminal portions provided on the shaped member, and an actuator provided to be rotatable with respect to the housing. Not a few.

  The actuator provided in the conventional connector device is engaged with each of the plurality of contacts and is displaced into the housing through the insertion portion by inserting the plurality of contacts by displacing the operation portion of each of the plurality of contacts. A contact plate connected to a plurality of contact terminal portions provided on the wiring board member, or a state where the contact connection with a plurality of contact terminal portions is released, or a housing through an insertion portion A state where a plurality of contact terminal portions provided on the wiring plate-like member are contacted and connected to a plurality of contacts by pressing the wiring plate-like member when abutting and rotating the inserted wiring plate-like member. Or by releasing the pressure on the wiring board member and connecting the plurality of contact terminal portions provided on the wiring board member with the plurality of contacts. It is intended to put in a state of being released from the touch connection. Then, the plurality of contacts and the plurality of contact terminal portions provided on the wiring plate-like member are connected in contact with each other, whereby the wiring plate-like member is placed in an electrically connected state with the main wiring board.

  In such a conventionally proposed connector device, for example, a wiring plate-like member, which is a flexible printed wiring board, is provided on the main wiring board with an actuator provided so as to be rotatable with respect to the housing. The plurality of contacts arranged in the housing through the plug-in portion are contact-connected to the plurality of contact terminal portions in the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing, whereby the wiring plate-like member Is placed in an electrically connected state with the main wiring board, it is necessary to avoid a situation in which the wiring plate member is undesirably removed from the housing. 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, the connector device includes a housing and includes a plurality of contacts and an actuator that is rotatable with respect to the housing, and the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing through the insertion portion. There has conventionally been proposed an engagement locking means that engages and locks the wiring plate member to prevent undesired removal of the wiring plate member from the housing (for example, Patent Document 1). And Patent Document 2).

  In the connector device (electrical connector for circuit board) shown in Patent Document 1, a pair of metal members (lock metal fittings) are arranged at both ends of the housing (40) in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts (terminals (10; 20)). (30)) are attached to each metal member, and each metal member is connected to a housing in a wiring plate member (flat conductor (F)) inserted through the insertion portion (receiving space (insertion groove) (45)). Engagement locking means (upper arm portion (31) and lock portion (35)) are formed to engage the mating portion (locked portion (F2)) to lock the wiring plate member. . An actuator (movable member (60)) provided so as to be rotatable with respect to the housing is engaged with the metal member.

  Then, when the wiring plate-like member is inserted into the housing, when the actuator is rotated from the position where it is raised relative to the housing to the position where it is depressed relative to the housing, the cam portion (65) provided in the actuator. By this action, the engagement locking means formed on the metal member is displaced toward the wiring plate member inserted into the housing, and engages with the engaging portion of the wiring plate member. Thereby, the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing is locked by the engagement locking means, and undesired removal from the housing is prevented.

  After that, when the actuator is rotated from the position lying down with respect to the housing to the position raised with respect to the housing, the engagement locking means formed on the metal member by the action of the cam portion provided on the actuator However, it is displaced in the direction of detachment from the wiring plate member inserted into the housing, and the engagement with the wiring plate member is released. As a result, the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing is released from the state of being locked by the engagement locking means, and is put in a state where it can be removed from the housing.

  Patent Document 2 also discloses a housing (40), a plurality of contacts (terminals (10; 20)), an actuator (movable member (60)), and wiring similar to those disclosed in Patent Document 1 described above. A connector device (circuit board) having a metal member (lock fitting (30)) formed with engagement locking means (upper arm portion (31) and lock portion (35)) for a plate-like member (flat conductor (F)) Electrical connector).

JP 2011-181206 A (paragraphs 0033, 0049 to 0054, FIGS. 3, 8, 9, 12) Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2011-181207 (paragraphs 0028, 0044 to 0049, FIGS. 3, 8, 9, 12)

  The main wiring of the wiring plate-like member having the engagement locking means involved in preventing undesired removal of the wiring plate-like member such as the flexible printed wiring board inserted into the housing from the housing as described above In the case of a connector device that has been proposed as a connector device used for connection with a board, the engagement state of the wiring plate member inserted into the housing by the engagement locking means is rotatable with respect to the housing. The rotation operation of the actuator is performed in conjunction with the rotation operation of the actuator, and the rotation operation of the actuator is performed after the wiring plate member is inserted into the housing. Therefore, when placing the wiring board member inserted into the housing in a state where the wiring board member is locked by the engagement locking means to prevent undesired removal from the housing, first, the wiring board member is used. Is then inserted into the housing, and then a two-step operation is required to rotate the actuator that is rotatable relative to the housing.

  The fact that such a two-step operation is required means that workability is not good depending on the mounting state of the connector device on the main wiring board and the mounting state of the electronic components around the connector device on the main wiring board. There is an inconvenience that a troublesome operation has to be performed, and further, there is a possibility that the two-stage operation becomes uncertain.

  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 connection with another wiring board such as a flexible printed wiring board or a flexible flat cable. A connector device comprising a housing provided with a member insertion portion, a plurality of contacts arranged and arranged in the housing, and an engagement locking means for locking and unlocking the wiring plate member. The state in which the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing is prevented from being undesirably removed from the housing by the engaging and locking means is first inserted into the housing and then rotated relative to the housing. Without the need for a two-step operation of rotating the actuator, it is possible to reliably obtain the operation by simply inserting the wiring board member into the housing. Furthermore, by providing a simple and easy operation to the engagement locking means, it is possible to place the wiring plate member inserted into the housing in a state where it can be properly removed from the housing. To do.

  A connector device according to any one of claims 1 to 7 in the claims of the present application (hereinafter referred to as the present invention) includes a housing provided with a plate-like member insertion portion, a housing A plurality of contacts that are contact-connected to a plurality of contact terminal portions of the wiring plate-like member when the wiring plate-like member is inserted into the housing through the plate-like member insertion portion, and the housing. The wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing through the plate-like member insertion portion is moved along the insertion direction of the wiring plate-like member into the housing, and the engagement connection state with the wiring plate-like member is established. A movable engaging member to be taken, and a latch that is disposed in the housing so as to be rotatable and displaceable, and engages and engages with the movable engaging member that is in an engagement connection state with the wiring plate-like member. Configured with a locking member, the taking and unlocked position to release the engagement locking for location and movable engaging member selectively. When the locking member takes the locking position, the wiring plate-like member maintains the state where the plurality of contacts are contact-connected to the plurality of contact terminal portions, and when the locking member takes the locking release position, the movable engagement member Is moved along the direction in which the wiring plate member is pulled out from the housing together with the wiring plate member, and the engagement connection state with the wiring plate member can be released. Under such circumstances, the movable engagement member and the locking member form an engagement locking means for the wiring plate member.

  In particular, in the connector device according to the present invention described in claim 6 of the present application, an operation in which the locking member is subjected to an operation of causing the locking member to cause rotational displacement with respect to the housing. And an engagement portion that engages with an engagement receiving portion provided on the movable engagement member and takes a state of locking the movable engagement member. When the above-described operation is applied to the operation portion while engaging with the provided engagement receiving portion, the engagement portion releases the engagement with the engagement receiving portion provided on the movable engagement member. It is said.

  In the connector device according to the present invention as described above, when the wiring plate-like member is inserted into the housing through the plate-like member insertion portion, a plurality of contacts arranged in the housing are inserted. In addition to the contact terminals connected to the plurality of contact terminal portions of the wiring plate member, a movable engagement member arranged so as to be movable with respect to the housing is connected with the wiring plate member in the insertion direction of the wiring plate member into the housing. The engaging member connected to the wiring plate-like member is moved along, and the locking member arranged in the housing so as to be able to be rotationally displaced is in a movable engagement state in which it is engaged and connected to the wiring plate-like member. A locking position for engaging and locking the joint member is taken. As a result, the wiring plate member inserted into the housing is locked by the movable engagement member and the locking member forming the engagement locking means, and is prevented from being undesirably removed from the housing. It is burned.

  In addition, when the wiring plate member is locked by the movable engagement member and the locking member that form the engagement locking means, the locking member releases the locking engagement with the movable engaging member. Thus, the movable engagement member can move along with the wiring plate member along the direction in which the wiring plate member is extracted from the housing, and the engagement connection state with the wiring plate member can be released. The As a result, the wiring plate-like member is released from the locking by the movable engaging member and the locking member, and can be properly removed from the housing.

  Under such circumstances, the locking member causes a rotational displacement of the locking member with respect to the housing as in the case of the connector device according to the present invention described in claim 6 of the present application. And an engaging portion that engages with an engagement receiving portion provided on the movable engaging member to lock the movable engaging member. Then, when the above-described operation is applied to the operation portion while the engagement portion is engaged with the engagement receiving portion provided on the movable engagement member, the engagement portion is provided on the movable engagement member. The engagement with the receiving part is released.

  According to the connector device of the present invention, as described above, the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing through the plate-like member insertion portion provided therein is engaged with the movable engagement member forming the engagement locking means. For example, the wiring plate-like member is first inserted into the housing, and then the actuator that is rotatable with respect to the housing is rotated. Without requiring a two-step operation such as making it possible, it is possible to reliably obtain the operation by simply inserting the wiring plate member into the housing. At that time, the movable engagement member moves along with the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing along the insertion direction of the wiring plate-like member into the housing, and automatically engages and connects with the wiring plate-like member. Since the locking member is rotationally displaced with respect to the housing, the locking position for automatically engaging and locking the movable engaging member placed in the engaged and connected state with the wiring plate member is automatically taken. The locking of the wiring plate-like member by the movable engaging member and the locking member is extremely easy and smooth.

  Further, when releasing the locking of the wiring plate member by the movable engaging member and the locking member forming the engagement locking means, and the wiring plate member can be removed from the housing, for example, As in the case of the connector device according to the present invention as set forth in claim 6 of the present application, it is possible to move the locking member only by applying an operation for causing the locking member to rotate relative to the housing. The engagement locking with the engagement member is released, and the movable engagement member is moved together with the wiring plate member along the direction in which the wiring plate member is extracted from the housing, and is engaged with the wiring plate member. It can be assumed to cancel. Therefore, by applying a simple and easy operation to the engagement locking means, the wiring plate member inserted into the housing can be put in a state where it can be properly removed from the housing.

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 top 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 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 a rear view which shows an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a side view which shows an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the VIII-VIII line cross section in FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the movable engagement member with which an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention is provided alone. It is a perspective view which shows the locking member with which an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention is provided alone. It is a perspective view which shows the locking member with which an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention is provided alone. It is sectional drawing which shows the state just before a flexible printed wiring board is inserted in the housing with which an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention is provided. The flexible printed wiring board is inserted into a housing provided in an example of the connector device according to the present invention, and the movable engagement member provided in the exemplary connector device according to the present invention is in an engaged and connected state with the flexible printed wiring board. It is sectional drawing shown. Sectional drawing which shows the state which the insertion of the flexible printed wiring board to the housing with which an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention is completed, and the latching member with which an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention has latched the movable engagement member It is. Sectional drawing which shows the state by which the flexible printed wiring board was inserted in the housing with which an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention was inserted, and the contact with which an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention was contact-connected to the contact terminal part in a flexible printed wiring board It is. It is sectional drawing which shows the state which the latching member with which an example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention was equipped with the latching with respect to a movable engagement member was cancelled | released.

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

    FIG. 1 (perspective view) and FIG. 2 (plan view) show an example of a connector device according to the present invention together with a flexible printed wiring board attached to the connector device, and FIG. 3 (plan view), FIG. 4 (front view), FIG. 5 (bottom view), FIG. 6 (back view), and FIG. 7 (side view) show an example of the connector device according to the present invention.

  1 to 7, a connector device 10 constituting an example of a connector device according to the present invention includes a housing 11 formed of an insulating material such as a synthetic resin. The housing 11 is provided with a plate-like member insertion portion 12 on the front side end surface portion 11 a thereof, 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 disposed on, for example, a main wiring board (not shown), whereby the whole connector device 10 is attached to the main wiring board. At that time, one of the pair of opposed flat plate portions sandwiched between the front side end surface portion 11a and the back side end surface portion 11b facing the housing 11 is a flat plate portion contacting the main wiring board, and the other is the other. It is set as the flat part facing it. In the following, one flat plate portion of the housing that is in contact with the main wiring board is referred to as a lower flat plate portion 11c, and the other flat plate portion of the housing that faces it is referred to as an upper flat plate portion 11d. And the flexible printed wiring board 13 is inserted in the housing 11 as what comprises a wiring plate-shaped member through the plate-shaped member insertion part 12 provided in the front side end surface part 11a, for example.

  The housing 11 is provided with a plurality of contacts 14, each formed of an elastic conductive material, arranged and arranged along the longitudinal direction of the housing 11 (hereinafter referred to as the housing longitudinal direction). The plurality of contacts 14 are provided as signal contacts that are contact-connected to the plurality of contact terminal portions 15 arranged and arranged on the flexible printed wiring board 13 constituting the wiring plate-like member. It may be used as a signal contact and a ground contact that are contact-connected to a plurality of signal connection terminal portions and a ground connection portion.

  As shown in FIG. 8 showing a cross section taken along line VIII-VIII in FIGS. 2 to 7 and FIG. 4 and FIG. 15 to be described later, each of the plurality of contacts 14 is arranged on the rear side end surface portion 11 b side of the housing 11. A fixed portion 16 fixed to the housing 11, a lower beam portion 17 and an upper beam portion 18 extending in pairs from the fixed portion 16 to the inside of the housing 11 toward the front end surface portion 11 a of the housing 11, The connecting terminal portion 19 extends from the portion 16 to the outside of the rear side end surface portion 11 b of the housing 11.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the lower beam portion 17 of the contact 14 is one of a plurality of grooves 20 formed by being arranged in the housing longitudinal direction on the inner surface side portion of the lower flat plate portion 11 c in the housing 11. It is arranged in. The plurality of grooves 20 are each in a direction perpendicular to both the front-side end surface portion 11a and the back-side end surface portion 11b of the housing 11, that is, the insertion direction of the flexible printed wiring board 13 into the housing 11 and the flexible printed wiring board 13. A parallel groove that extends along the direction of extraction from the housing 11 is formed. The upper beam portion 18 of the contact 14 has a contact portion 18a formed at the tip portion thereof. The connection terminal portion 19 of the contact 14 is connected to a wiring terminal provided on the main wiring board on which the housing 11 is disposed, for example, by soldering. The plurality of contacts 14 are, for example, pressed and inserted into the housing 11 from the back surface side end surface portion 11 b side of the housing 11 toward the plate member insertion portion 12.

  Under such circumstances, the flexible printed wiring board 13 inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 corresponds to the plurality of contacts 14 in which the plurality of contact terminal portions 15 are arranged in the housing 11. Place in position. And the contact part 18a formed in the front-end | tip part of the upper beam part 18 in each of the some contact 14 respond | corresponds among the some contact terminal parts 15 in the flexible printed wiring board 13 inserted in the housing 11. FIG. Touch connected. As a result, the plurality of contact terminal portions 15 in the flexible printed wiring board 13 inserted into the housing 11 are coupled to the wiring terminals provided on the main wiring board on which the housing 11 is disposed, via the plurality of contacts 14. .

  Each connector device 10 is arranged so as to be movable with respect to the housing 11, and when the flexible printed wiring board 13 is inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12, flexible printing is performed together with the flexible printed wiring board 13. A pair of movable engagement members 21 are provided that move along the insertion direction of the wiring board 13 into the housing 11 and are engaged with the flexible printed wiring board 13. The pair of movable engagement members 21 are provided at both ends of the housing 11 in the longitudinal direction of the housing with the plurality of contacts 14 arranged in the housing 11 interposed therebetween.

  Further, each of the connector devices 10 is disposed in the housing 11 so as to be able to be rotationally displaced, and the movable engagement member is placed in an engaged and connected state with the flexible printed wiring board 13 inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12. A pair of locking members 22 are provided, which selectively take a locking position for engaging and locking the combined member 21 and a locking release position for releasing the engaging and locking of the movable engaging member 21. ing. The pair of locking members 22 are also provided at both ends of the housing in the longitudinal direction of the housing 11 across the plurality of contacts 14 arranged in an array, and are disposed at one of the ends of the housing 11 in the longitudinal direction of the housing. One of the pair of movable engaging members 21 provided and one of the pair of locking members 22 form a pair, and are provided on the other of the both ends of the housing 11 in the longitudinal direction of the housing. The other of the pair of movable engaging members 21 and the other of the pair of locking members 22 form another set.

  Each of the pair of movable engagement members 21 and each of the pair of locking members 22 corresponding thereto forms engagement locking means for the flexible printed wiring board.

  As shown in FIG. 9, each of the pair of movable engagement members 21 is provided with a main body portion 23 movably arranged in the housing 11, and the main body portion 23 is provided with a plate-like member inserted into the housing 11. The flexible printed wiring board 13 inserted through the section 12 is in contact with the plate-like member receiving portion 24, the state in which the flexible printed wiring board 13 in contact with the plate-like member receiving portion 24 is locked, and the locking is released. A movable locking portion 25 that selectively takes a state of being engaged, and an engagement receiving portion 26 that receives engagement locking by the locking member 22.

  The movable locking portion 25 of the movable engagement member 21 includes a movable arm-shaped portion 27 extending from the main body portion 23 and an engaging projection portion that is provided on the movable arm-shaped portion 27 and engages with the flexible printed wiring board 13. 28, and the movable arm 27 is exposed to the outside of the housing 11 through a notch 29 formed in the upper flat plate 11 d of the housing 11. The engagement protrusion portion 28 is in a state of engaging with one of a pair of notch engagement portions 30 provided on the flexible printed wiring board 13 inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12. A state in which the movable locking portion 25 of the movable engagement member 21 locks the flexible printed wiring board 13 when the engaging projection portion 28 engages with the notch engaging portion 30 provided on the flexible printed wiring board 13. Smelled. In addition, the engagement receiving portion 26 in the movable engagement member 21 is formed with an inclined surface 26 a that is in contact with and engaging with the locking member 22 at the rear side end portion thereof.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the main body portion 23 of each of the pair of movable engagement members 21 is arranged on the inner surface side portion of the lower flat plate-like portion 11 c in the housing 11 on the front side end surface portion 11 a and the rear side end surface portion 11 b. Are arranged in a groove 31 formed so as to extend in a direction orthogonal to both, that is, a direction in which the flexible printed wiring board 13 is inserted into the housing 11 and a direction in which the flexible printed wiring board 13 is extracted from the housing 11. It can be guided by 31 and can move. As a result, the movable engagement member 21 can move along the insertion direction of the flexible printed wiring board 13 into the housing 11 and move along the removal direction of the flexible printed wiring board 13 from the housing 11. .

  The portions of the lower flat plate-like portion 11 c of the housing 11 that form both end portions of the groove 31 are in the direction in which the main body portion 23 of the movable engagement member 21 disposed in the groove 31 is inserted into the housing 11 of the flexible printed wiring board 13. A movement restricting portion 32 that restricts the movement along the groove 31 and a movement restricting portion 33 that restricts the movement of the main body portion 23 of the movable engagement member 21 disposed in the groove 31 along the direction in which the flexible printed wiring board 13 is extracted from the housing 11. Is forming. Thereby, the main body part 23 of the movable engagement member 21 arranged in the groove 31 can be moved between the movement restricting part 32 and the movement restricting part 33 while being guided by the groove 31. The movement restricting portions 32 and 33 move the movable engagement member 21 having the main body portion 23 arranged in the groove 31 along the insertion direction of the flexible printed wiring board 13 into the housing 11 and the flexible printed wiring board 13. The movement range of the movable engagement member 21 is determined by restricting the movement of the movable engagement member 21 from the housing 11.

  Each of the pair of locking members 22 is arranged in a notch 35 formed over both the rear side end surface portion 11b and the upper flat plate portion 11d of the housing 11. Each of the pair of locking members 22 includes an operation portion 36 that forms a flat plate-like portion to which an operation of causing the locking member 22 to rotate and move relative to the housing 11 is applied, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11. And an engagement portion 37 that engages with an engagement receiving portion 26 provided on the movable engagement member 21 to lock the movable engagement member 21. The engaging portion 37 is formed with an inclined surface 37a in which the inclined surface 26a formed on the engagement receiving portion 26 of the movable engaging member 21 is brought into engagement contact.

  In the operation portion 36 of each locking member 22, a pair of rotating shafts 38 respectively inserted into a pair of bearing holes provided in the notch portion 35 in the housing 11 are in a direction along the longitudinal direction of the housing. It is provided as a protrusion. As a result, the locking member 22 disposed in the notch 35 formed in the upper flat plate-shaped portion 11 d of the housing 11 so as to be able to be rotationally displaced in the housing 11 is connected to the locking member 22 in the operating portion 36. When an operation that causes a rotational displacement with respect to is performed, a pair of rotational shafts 38 that are provided in the operation portion 36 and are respectively inserted into a pair of bearing holes provided in the notch portion 35 of the housing 11 are rotated. As a center, it is rotated in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the housing to selectively take a locking position and a locking release position.

  Further, the engaging portion 37 of each locking member 22 is engaged and connected with the flexible printed wiring board 13 inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 when the locking member 22 takes the locking position. The movable engagement member 21 is engaged with the engagement receiving portion 26 to lock the movable engagement member 21, and the flexible printed wiring board 13 inserted into the housing 11 is arranged in a plurality on the flexible printed wiring board 13. When the plurality of contacts 14 arranged and arranged in the housing 11 are kept in contact with the contact terminal portion 15 and the locking member 22 is in the unlocking position, the plate-like member insertion portion is inserted into the housing 11. The movable engagement member 21 is released from the engagement with the engagement receiving portion 26 of the movable engagement member 21 placed in the engagement connection state with the flexible printed wiring board 13 inserted through the flexible print wiring board 13. Eggplant and be capable of releasing the engagement connection status between the flexible printed wiring board 13 moves along the direction draw from its housing 11 with Le printed wiring board 13.

  Under such circumstances, when the flexible printed wiring board 13 is inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12, first, as shown in FIGS. The tip edge portion of the terminal arrangement portion 40 in which the plurality of contact terminal portions 15 are arranged is arranged at a position facing the plate-like member insertion portion 12 provided on the front side end surface portion 11 a of the housing 11. The flexible printed wiring board 13 is in a state in which the plurality of contact terminal portions 15 arranged in the terminal arrangement portion 40 take positions corresponding to the plurality of contacts 14 arranged in the housing 11 of the connector device 10. It is burned.

  At this time, each of the pair of movable engagement members 21 in the housing 11 of the connector device 10 is shown in FIG. 12 showing one of the pair of movable engagement members 21. The main body portion 23 disposed in the groove 31 formed on the inner surface side portion of the 11c is position-regulated with its front-side end abutting against the movement restricting portion 33, and the movable arm possessed by the movable locking portion 25 The shaped portion 27 and the engaging projection portion 28 are located in a notch 29 formed in the upper flat plate-like portion 11 d of the housing 11.

  Thereafter, the flexible printed wiring board 13 is inserted into the housing 11 of the connector device 10 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 provided on the front-side end surface portion 11a. At that time, the front end edge portion of the terminal array portion 40 in the flexible printed wiring board 13 abuts and engages with the plate-like member receiving portion 24 in the movable engagement member 21 in the housing 11, thereby moving the movable engagement. The member 21 moves along the insertion direction of the flexible printed wiring board 13 together with the flexible printed wiring board 13 inserted into the housing 11. As the movable engagement member 21 moves, the movable arm portion 27 of the movable engagement portion 25 of the movable engagement member 21 comes into contact with the inner surface side portion of the upper flat plate portion 11d of the housing 11 and engages. Together with the protruding portion 28, the movable engaging member 21 is oscillated and displaced in a direction approaching the main body 23. As a result, as shown in FIG. 13, the engagement protrusion portion 28 of the movable engagement portion 25 of the movable engagement member 21 has the tip edge portion of the terminal arrangement portion 40 received by the plate-shaped member receiving member of the movable engagement member 21. It engages with the notch engaging portion 30 in the flexible printed wiring board 13 that is in contact with and engaged with the portion 24.

  In this case, as shown in FIG. 13, the inclined surface 26 a formed on the engagement receiving portion 26 of the movable engaging member 21 is changed to the inclined surface 37 a formed on the engaging portion 37 of the locking member 21. The engaging portion 37 of the locking member 21 provided with the inclined surface 37 a is pressed in the insertion direction of the flexible printed wiring board 13 as the flexible printed wiring board 13 is inserted into the housing 11. As a result, the engaging portion 21 is engaged with the pair of rotation shafts 38 provided in the operation portion 36 and inserted into the pair of bearing holes respectively provided in the notches 35 in the housing 11 as the rotation center. The part 37 is rotated so as to be moved in a direction away from the lower flat plate-like part 11 c of the housing 11.

Subsequently, the movable engagement member 21 further moves along the insertion direction of the flexible printed wiring board 13 together with the flexible printed wiring board 13 inserted into the housing 11, and thereafter, as shown in FIG. The main body 23 is placed in a state in which the position of the main body portion 23 is regulated by bringing the rear side end thereof into contact with the movement regulating portion 32 in the housing 11. As described above, when the main body portion 23 of the movable engagement member 21 is in a state where the position of the main body portion 23 is restricted by the movement restriction portion 32, the tip edge portion of the terminal array portion 40 is used as the plate-like member receiving portion 24 in the movable engagement member 21. The flexible printed wiring board 13 brought into abutment engagement with the housing 11 is completely inserted into the housing 11, and the flexible printed wiring board 13 takes a predetermined insertion position with respect to the housing 11.

  At this time, the engaging portion 37 of the locking member 22 is engaged with the inclined surface 37a provided on the engaging member 37 from the state where the inclined surface 26a formed on the engaging receiving portion 26 of the movable engaging member 21 is in contact with and engaged. The receiving part 26 moves to a state where it passes through the engaging part 37 and engages with the engaging receiving part 26 in the movable engaging member 21. As a result, the locking member 22 engages and locks the movable engagement member 21 that is in an engagement connection state with the flexible printed wiring board 13 inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12. The flexible printed wiring board 13 inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 is set in a predetermined insertion position with respect to the housing 11 by the movable engagement member 21 and the locking member 22. It is put in the locked state in order to maintain.

  In this way, when the flexible printed wiring board 13 inserted into the housing 11 through the plate member insertion portion 12 is locked to maintain a predetermined insertion position with respect to the housing 11, as shown in FIG. 15. Further, each of the plurality of contacts 14 arranged in the housing 11 has a plurality of contacts on the flexible printed wiring board 13 in which the contact portion 18 a formed at the tip portion of the upper beam portion 18 is inserted into the housing 11. The terminal 15 is placed in contact with the corresponding one, and the state is stably maintained. As a result, the contact terminal portion 15 in the flexible printed wiring board 13 inserted into the housing 11 is reliably and stably connected to the wiring terminal provided on the main wiring board on which the housing 11 is disposed, via the contact 14. It will be.

  After that, as shown in FIG. 16, the locking member 22 that takes the locking position for engaging and locking the movable engagement member 21 in the engaged and connected state with the flexible printed wiring board 13. For example, when a pressing operation in a direction from the upper flat plate portion 11d to the lower flat plate portion 11c in the housing 11 is applied to the rear side end portion of the operation portion 36, the locking member 22 is provided in the operation portion 36. The direction in which the engaging portion 37 is separated from the lower flat plate-like portion 11c of the housing 11 with a pair of turning shafts 38 respectively inserted into the pair of bearing holes provided in the notch portion 35 in the housing 11 as the turning center. It is made to turn so that it may move. Thereby, the engaging portion 37 in the locking member 22 releases the engagement with the engagement receiving portion 26 in the movable engaging member 21, and the locking member 22 is brought into an engaged connection state with the flexible printed wiring board 13. The lock release position for releasing the lock on the movable engaging member 21 is taken. As a result, the movable engagement member 21 is placed in a state where the engagement and connection state with the flexible printed wiring board 13 can be released, and the flexible printed wiring board 13 inserted into the housing 11 is properly removed from the housing 11. You can be in a state of getting.

  When the movable engagement member 21 releases the engagement connection state with the flexible printed circuit board 13, the movable engagement member 21 is pulled out from the housing 11 of the flexible printed circuit board 13 together with the flexible printed circuit board 13. Can be moved along. As a result, the movable arm-shaped portion 27 of the movable locking portion 25 of the movable engagement member 21 does not come into contact with the inner surface side portion of the upper flat plate portion 11d of the housing 11, and the upper flat plate portion 11d of the housing 11 The formed notch 29 is oscillated and displaced in the direction away from the main body 23 of the movable engaging member 21 together with the engaging protrusion 28, and the engaging protrusion 28 is provided on the flexible printed wiring board 13. The engagement with the notch engaging portion 30 is released.

  In the above example, the flexible printed wiring board 13 is provided with a pair of notch engaging portions 30, but the flexible printed wiring board 13 is provided with a pair of notched engaging portions 30. Instead of this, a pair of engagement holes may be provided in each of which the engagement protrusion portions 28 of the movable engagement portion 25 of the movable engagement member 21 are engaged. Even in this case, similarly to the above, the movable engagement member 21 and the engagement member 22 are engaged with and released from the flexible printed circuit board 13.

  According to the connector device 10 as described above, the flexible printed wiring board 13 inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 provided on the housing 11 is engaged with the movable engagement member 21 forming the engagement locking means. For example, the flexible printed wiring board is first inserted into the housing, and then the actuator that can be rotated with respect to the housing is locked by the stop member 22 to prevent undesired removal from the housing 11. Without requiring a two-stage operation such as turning, the flexible printed wiring board 13 can be reliably obtained by simply inserting the flexible printed wiring board 13 into the housing 11. At this time, the movable engagement member 21 moves along the insertion direction of the flexible printed wiring board 13 into the housing 11 together with the flexible printed wiring board 13 inserted into the housing 11, and is engaged with the flexible printed wiring board 13. The engaging member 22 is rotated and displaced with respect to the housing 11 to engage with the movable engaging member 21 in the engaged and connected state with the flexible printed wiring board 13. Since the stop position is automatically taken, the flexible printed wiring board 13 is locked very easily and smoothly by the movable engaging member 21 and the locking member 22.

  In addition, the flexible printed wiring board 13 can be removed from the housing 11 by releasing the locking of the flexible printed wiring board 13 by the movable engaging member 21 and the locking member 22 forming the engagement locking means. In order to do this, simply by performing an operation for causing the locking member 22 to rotate relative to the housing 11, the locking member 21 is released from the engagement with the movable engagement member 21, and the movable engagement member 21 is made flexible. The flexible printed wiring board 13 can be moved along the direction in which the flexible printed wiring board 13 is extracted from the housing 11 together with the printed wiring board 13 to release the engagement connection state with the flexible printed wiring board 13. Therefore, the flexible printed wiring board 13 inserted into the housing 11 can be properly removed from the housing 11 by applying a simple and easy operation to the engaging and locking means.

  The connector device according to the present invention as described above includes a housing provided with a plate-like member insertion portion, a plurality of contacts arranged and arranged in the housing, a housing, and the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing. A connector device having engagement locking means for selectively taking the locked state and the unlocked state with respect to the wiring plate-like member when the wiring is inserted into the housing by the engagement locking means A state in which the undesired removal of the plate member from the housing is prevented can be reliably obtained by simply inserting the wiring plate member into the housing, and the engagement locking means is simple and easy. As a result of various operations, the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing can be properly removed from the housing. Those that can be broadly applied.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Connector apparatus, 11 ... Housing, 11a ... Front side end surface part, 11b ... Back side end surface part, 11c ... Lower flat plate part, 11d ... Upper flat plate part, 12 ... Plate-like member insertion part, 13 ... Flexible printed circuit board, 14 ... Contact, 15 ... Contact terminal part, 16 ... Fixed part (of contact 14), 17 ... Down beam 18, upper beam portion, 18 a, contact portion, 19, connection terminal portion, 20, 31, groove, 21, movable engaging member, 22, locking member, 23... Main body (of the movable engaging member 21) 24... Plate-shaped member receiving part 25... Movable locking part 26. Part 28 ... engagement projection part 29,35 ... notch part 3 ... cutout engaging portions, 32, 33 ... movement restricting portion, 36 ... operation unit, 37 ... engaging portion, 38 ... rotational shaft, 40 ... terminal arrangement portion

Claims (7)

A housing provided with a plate-like member insertion portion;
A plurality of contacts that are arranged and arranged in the housing and that are contact-connected to a plurality of contact terminal portions in the wiring plate-like member when the wiring plate-like member is inserted into the housing through the plate-like member insertion portion; ,
The wiring board is arranged so as to be movable with respect to the housing and moves along the insertion direction of the wiring plate-like member into the housing together with the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing through the plate-like member insertion portion. A movable engagement member that is engaged and connected with the member,
An engaging position for engaging and engaging with the movable engaging member, which is disposed in the housing so as to be capable of rotational displacement and is in an engaged and connected state with the wiring plate member, and engagement with the movable engaging member When selectively taking the lock release position for releasing the lock and taking the lock position, the wiring board member is maintained in a state where the plurality of contacts are contact-connected to the plurality of contact terminal portions, When the unlocking position is taken, the movable engagement member is moved together with the wiring plate-like member along the direction in which the wiring plate-like member is extracted from the housing, and is engaged and connected with the wiring plate-like member. A locking member capable of releasing
A connector device comprising:   The housing restricts the movement of the movable engagement member along the insertion direction of the wiring plate-like member into the housing and the movement of the wiring plate-like member along the extraction direction of the housing from the housing. The connector device according to claim 1, wherein a movement restricting portion that determines a moving range of the combined member is provided.   The movable engagement member is movably disposed in the housing, and a plate provided on the main body and the wiring plate member inserted into the housing through the plate member insertion portion abuts on the plate. A movable member that selectively takes a state of engaging and releasing the state of engagement with the wiring plate member in contact with the plate-shaped member receiver, and the engagement The connector device according to claim 1, further comprising an engagement receiving portion that receives engagement locking by a member.   The movable locking portion engages with the movable arm-like portion extending from the main body portion and the wiring plate-like member provided in the movable arm-like portion and inserted into the housing through the plate-like member insertion portion. 4. The connector device according to claim 3, wherein the movable arm-shaped portion engages with a part of the housing and swings and displaces together with the engaging projection portion. .   When the movable engagement member moves along the insertion direction of the wiring plate member into the housing together with the wiring plate member inserted into the housing through the plate member insertion portion, the movable arm portion is It engages with a part of the housing and swings and displaces together with the engaging projection part, so that the engaging projection part is engaged with the wiring plate member. The connector device according to claim 4.   The engaging member engages with an operating portion where an operation for causing the engaging member to cause a rotational displacement with respect to the housing is applied, and an engagement receiving portion provided on the movable engaging member, and the movable engaging member An engaging portion that locks the member, and the operation is performed on the operating portion when the engaging portion is engaged with an engagement receiving portion provided on the movable engaging member. 2. The connector device according to claim 1, wherein, when added, the engagement portion releases engagement with an engagement receiving portion provided on the movable engagement member.   The connector device according to claim 1, wherein a pair of the movable engagement member and the locking member is provided at each of both end portions of the housing in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts.

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