JP5967364B2 - 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 that includes a contact that is contact-connected to a provided contact terminal portion, and further includes a locking member that locks and unlocks a mounted wiring board member and a locking release member.

  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 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. When the wiring board member is inserted into the housing through the insertion portion, the plurality of wiring boards provided in the wiring board are arranged and arranged in the housing and connected to the wiring terminals provided on the main wiring board. A plurality of contacts corresponding to the 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 electrically connected 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. The plurality of contacts are contact-connected to the plurality of contact terminal portions of the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing, respectively, so that the wiring plate-like member is placed in electrical communication 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 (113)) provided on a wiring plate member (flat cable (101)) inserted into the housing through the insertion portion (insertion port (33)). ) Is provided as a locking means for locking the wiring plate-like member. In addition, a pair of locking release means (latching release portion (21)) is provided on both sides of the housing in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts as a displacement of the cable holding portion that each forms the locking means. ing. The latch release portion constituting each lock release means includes an operation portion (23) protruding from the housing to the outside, and the cable holding portion is displaced by operating the operation portion. It is burned.

  In such a connector device disclosed in Patent Document 1, when a flat cable forming a wiring plate member is inserted into the housing through the insertion portion, a pair of engagement members provided on both sides of the housing in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts. Each of the cable holding portions constituting the stopping means engages the engaging portion with the engaging portion provided on the wiring plate member, and locks the wiring plate member. As a result, the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing is locked by the locking means formed by the cable holding portion, and the undesired removal from the housing is prevented.

  After that, a pair of locking release means provided on both sides of the housing in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts is operated, for example, as a pressing operation on the operation part provided in the latch release part forming each of them. Is added, and thereby the cable holding portion constituting the locking means is displaced, the latching portion of the cable holding portion does not engage with the engaging portion provided on the wiring plate member, The state where the locking means locks the wiring plate member is released. As a result, the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing can be removed from the housing.

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

  To the main wiring board of the wiring plate-like member provided with the 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 conventional connector device used for the attachment of a plurality of contacts, a pair of locking means are provided on both sides in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts in the housing arranged on the main wiring board, respectively. In addition, 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.

  In addition, when releasing the locking by the pair of locking means 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 having a housing provided with a member insertion portion and a plurality of contacts arranged and arranged in the housing, the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts in the housing as provided in a conventionally proposed connector device It is not necessary to provide a pair of locking means and a pair of unlocking means respectively provided on both side portions, thereby making it possible to reduce the manufacturing cost by simplifying the configuration and reducing the number of parts. In order to prevent undesired removal of the wiring plate member inserted into the housing through the plate member insertion portion from the housing. The release of the engagement and locking of, provide what will be done reliably and easily.

  A connector device according to any one of claims 1 to 10 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 provided in the housing. When the wiring plate-like member is inserted into the housing through the plate-like member insertion portion, the engagement state for engaging with the wiring plate-like member and the unlocking state for releasing the engagement are selectively taken. The locking member is configured to include a locking member, and a locking release member that is provided in the housing and causes the locking member that is locked to take the locking released state. The locking member is arranged in the central portion of the housing in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts, and is provided with a base portion fixed to the housing, an elastic arm portion extending from the base portion, and an elastic arm portion, and the wiring inserted into the housing An engagement locking portion that locks the wiring plate-like member in an engaged state with the engagement portion in the plate-like member, and an unlocking member is an array of a plurality of contacts in the housing When the engagement locking portion is swung while being engaged with the engagement portion of the wiring board member, the engagement member is engaged with the locking member. The engagement locking portion is displaced by displacing the elastic arm portion, and the engagement locking portion is released from the engaged state. The central portion in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts in the housing is a portion sandwiched between both ends in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts in the housing, and includes the center in the strict sense and the periphery thereof.

  In particular, in the connector device according to the present invention described in claim 7 in the claims of the present application, the locking member is bent so that the elastic belt-like plate material forms an S-shaped longitudinal section. It is formed so as to include a portion that forms a base and an elastic arm portion, and an engagement locking portion is provided at one end portion and an external connection portion is provided at the other end portion.

  Further, in the connector device according to the present invention described in claim 8 in the scope of claims of the present application, the locking release member is formed integrally with the housing.

  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 being contact-connected to a plurality of contact terminal portions in the wiring plate-like member, a locking member provided in the housing locks the inserted wiring plate-like member in the housing to lock the wiring plate-like member. The state is taken and undesired removal of the inserted wiring board member from the housing is prevented. At that time, the locking member captures the engagement state with the engagement portion of the wiring plate member inserted into the housing by the engagement locking portion provided on the elastic arm portion extending from the base portion fixed to the housing. Then, the wiring plate member is locked.

  Then, when the locking release member arranged to swing in the housing is pressed and swung, for example, when the locking member is locked to the wiring plate member, However, the locking member is brought into an unlocked state in which the locking with respect to the wiring plate-like member is released, and the wiring plate-like member inserted into the housing can be pulled out from the housing. At that time, the latch release member that has been swung is engaged with the lock member to displace the elastic arm portion, thereby displacing the engagement lock portion provided in the elastic arm portion, and the engagement. The locking portion is released from the engaged state with the wiring plate member. Specifically, the displacement of the elastic arm portion of the locking member by the rocking unlocking member is specifically, for example, when the locking releasing member directly presses the elastic arm portion, or the locking is released. This is brought about by pressing a pressure receiving portion provided as a member extending from the elastic arm portion.

  For example, as in the case of the connector device according to the present invention described in claim 7 in the claims of the present application, the locking member is bent so that the elastic belt-like plate material forms an S-shaped longitudinal section. The base portion and the elastic arm portion are included. The engagement locking portion is provided at one end portion, and the external connection portion is provided at the other end portion.

  Further, the locking release member is formed integrally with the housing as in the case of the connector device according to the present invention described in claim 8 in the claims of the present application.

  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 lock release means or the like is not required, and instead, a lock state for locking the wiring plate member inserted in the housing and a lock for releasing the lock are provided at the central portion of the housing in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts. A locking member that selectively takes the lock release state and a lock release member that causes the lock member that takes the lock state to take the lock release state are arranged. It is sufficient that one of these locking members and unlocking members is provided. 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.

  And the latching member which latches with respect to the wiring board-shaped member inserted in the housing and cancels | releases latching was provided in the base part fixed to a housing, the elastic arm part extended from a base part, and an elastic arm part The engagement locking portion engages with the engagement portion of the wiring plate member inserted into the housing through the plate member insertion portion and locks the wiring plate member. In addition, an unlocking member that allows the locking member that locks the wiring plate member inserted into the housing to take the unlocking state can swing with respect to the housing. When being moved, the engagement locking portion is displaced by engaging the locking member and displacing the elastic arm portion to release the engagement locking portion from the engaged state. Therefore, the connector device according to the present invention has a configuration in which each of the locking member and the locking release member can be obtained easily and easily.

  In such a connector device according to the present invention, the wiring plate-like member can be locked by the locking member only by inserting the wiring plate-like member into the housing through the plate-like member insertion portion provided on the housing. At the same time, release of the locking by the locking member with respect to the wiring plate member can be performed by, for example, pressing and swinging the locking release member provided on the housing so as to be swingable. Therefore, it is possible to perform locking and unlocking by the locking member with respect to the wiring plate member by an extremely simple operation, and for such operation, the locking member or the locking can be performed. It is not necessary to provide a special space around the release member.

  In particular, in the connector device according to the present invention described in claim 7 in the claims of the present application, the locking member is bent so that the elastic belt-like plate material forms an S-shaped longitudinal section. It is formed as a part including a base and an elastic arm part, and an engagement locking part is provided at one end and an external connection part is provided at the other end. The operation of engaging the engagement portion in the wiring plate-like member to lock the wiring plate-like member, and the operation of causing the engagement locking portion to release the engagement with the engagement portion in the wiring plate-like member, It can be carried out very reliably with an elastic force.

  Furthermore, in the connector device according to the present invention as set forth in claim 8 of the present application, since the unlocking member is formed integrally with the housing, it has a very simple configuration. Is provided so as to be swingable.

It is a top view which shows the 1st example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a front view which shows the 1st example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a rear view which shows the 1st example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the IV-IV sectional view in FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the latching member with which the 1st example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention is provided. It is a side view which shows the securing member with which the 1st example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention is provided. It is a front view which shows the latching member with which the 1st example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention is provided. It is a fragmentary perspective view which shows the flexible printed wiring board with which the 1st example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention is mounted | worn. It is a perspective view shown with the part of the flexible printed wiring board with which the 1st example of the connector apparatus concerning this invention is mounted | worn. It is sectional drawing shown with the part of the flexible printed wiring board with which the 1st example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention is mounted | worn. It is sectional drawing which shows the state which has a flexible printed wiring board in the middle of insertion with respect to the 1st example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a fragmentary perspective view including the partial cross section which shows the state which the latching member with which the 1st example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention is equipped latched the flexible printed wiring board. It is a fragmentary sectional view which shows the state which the latching member with which the 1st example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention is equipped latched the flexible printed wiring board. It is a fragmentary perspective view including the partial cross section which shows the state which the latching member with which the 1st example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention is equipped with the latching with respect to a flexible printed wiring board was cancelled | released. It is a fragmentary sectional view in the state where the latching member with which the 1st example of the connector device concerning the present invention is equipped with the flexible printed wiring board was canceled. It is a perspective view which shows the securing member with which the 2nd example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention is provided. It is a side view which shows the securing member with which the 2nd example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention is provided. It is a front view which shows the securing member with which the 2nd example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention is provided. It is sectional drawing shown with the part of the flexible printed wiring board with which the 2nd example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention is mounted | worn. It is a fragmentary perspective view including the partial cross section which shows the state which the latching member with which the 2nd example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention is equipped latched the flexible printed wiring board. It is a fragmentary sectional view which shows the state which the latching member with which the 2nd example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention is equipped latched the flexible printed wiring board. It is a fragmentary perspective view containing the partial cross section which shows the state which the latching member with which the 2nd example of the connector apparatus which concerns on this invention is equipped with the flexible printed wiring board was cancelled | released. It is a fragmentary sectional view in the state where the latching member with which the 2nd example of the connector device concerning the present invention was equipped with the flexible printed circuit board was canceled.

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

  FIG. 1 (plan view), FIG. 2 (front view), and FIG. 3 (rear view) show a first example of a connector device according to the present invention.

  1 to 3, a connector device 10 constituting a first 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.

  In actual use, the housing 11 is disposed on and attached to the wiring board, whereby the entire connector device 10 is fixed to the wiring board. At that time, one of the pair of opposing outer surface portions sandwiched between the front-side end surface portion 11a provided with the plate-like member insertion portion 12 in the housing 11 and the back-side end surface portion 11b faces the wiring board. The outer surface is in contact with the other and the other is released. In the following, the portion having one outer surface portion of the housing that contacts the wiring board is referred to as a bottom plate portion 11c, and the portion having the other outer surface portion of the housing opposite thereto is referred to as a top plate portion 11d. Then, for example, a flexible printed wiring board is inserted into the housing 11 as a wiring plate-like member through a plate-like member insertion portion 12 provided on the front side end face portion 11a, and a part of the board is a plate in the housing 11 It is accommodated in the shaped member accommodating space.

  In the housing 11, a plurality of contacts 13, each of which is formed of an elastic conductive material and most of which is arranged inside the housing 11, are arranged along the longitudinal direction of the housing 11 (left-right direction toward the front). Has been provided. The plurality of contacts 13 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-like member. The signal contact terminal portion and the ground connection portion may be used as a signal contact and a ground contact.

  Each of the plurality of contacts 13 is formed by bending an elastic conductive plate, and as shown in FIG. 4 showing a cross section taken along line IV-IV in FIG. 2, the front side end surface portion 11a of the housing 11 is formed. Bending from the fixed portion 13a fixed to the vicinity and the movable cantilever beam portion 13b extending from the fixed portion 13a to the plate-like member accommodating space in the housing 11 and from the fixed portion 13a to the outside of the front end surface portion 11a of the housing 11. And a connecting terminal portion 13c extending. The movable cantilever beam portion 13b forms a contact portion 13d that abuts against a contact terminal portion in a flexible printed wiring board whose free end portion forms a wiring plate member. The connection terminal portion 13c protruding to the outside of the housing 11 on the front end surface portion 11a side of the housing 11 is connected to a circuit terminal portion on the wiring board on which the housing 11 is disposed, for example, by soldering.

  Thereby, the flexible printed wiring board constituting the wiring plate-like member is inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12, and the contact portion 13 d of each of the plurality of contacts 13 is in the flexible printed wiring board inserted into the housing 11. When contacting the corresponding contact terminal portion, the plurality of contacts 13 are in contact with and connected to the plurality of contact terminal portions in the flexible printed wiring board, respectively, and the plurality of contacts in the flexible printed wiring board inserted into the housing 11 are connected. The contact terminal portion is electrically connected to the circuit terminal portion of the wiring board on which the housing 11 is disposed via the plurality of contacts 13.

  In addition, the connector device 10 includes a locking member 15 and a locking release member 16 arranged in the longitudinal direction of the housing 11, that is, in the central portion of the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts 13 (hereinafter referred to as contact arrangement direction). It has. 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 arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts 13, and includes the center in the strict sense and the periphery thereof. And when the flexible printed wiring board which comprises a wiring plate-shaped member is inserted in the housing 11 through the plate-shaped member insertion part 12, the locking member 15 is the locking state which latches with respect to a flexible printed wiring board, and its locking The lock release member 16 is provided on the lock member 15 that is locked with the flexible printed circuit board. It is provided as a thing to make a cancellation | release state take.

  The locking member 15 is formed of, for example, a metal material, and is attached to the central portion of the housing 11 in the contact arrangement direction. The locking member 15 is formed on the top plate portion 11d of the housing 11 in the central portion of the housing 11 in the contact arrangement direction. It faces the outside of the housing 11 through the rectangular through hole 17. On the other hand, the unlocking member 16 is formed integrally with the top plate portion 11d of the housing 11 at the center portion in the contact arrangement direction of the housing 11, and a pair of arm-like portions 18 and a pair extending from the top plate portion 11d. And an operating portion 19 for interconnecting the respective distal end portions of the arm-shaped portion 18. The operation part 19 protrudes outside the top plate part 11 d of the housing 11. The pair of arm portions 18 and the operation portion 19 in such an unlocking member 16 form a rectangular through hole 17 surrounded by them.

  The entire locking release member 16 can be elastically swung with respect to the housing 11. For example, when the operation part 19 in the unlocking member 16 is pressed in the direction from the top plate part 11 d side of the housing 11 toward the bottom plate part 11 c side, the entire unlocking member 16 is formed by the pair of arm-like parts 18. When the connection portion of each housing 11 with the top plate portion 11d is a virtual support shaft portion, the housing 11 is elastically oscillated toward the bottom plate portion 11c side, and then the lock on the operation portion 19 is released. The entire member 16 is elastically restored to the original position.

  As shown in FIG. 5 (perspective view), FIG. 6 (side view), and FIG. 7 (front view), the locking member 15 is, for example, a longitudinal cross section in which an elastic strip-like plate material that is an elongated metal plate material And includes a base 20 fixed to the housing 11 and an elastic arm 21 that bends and extends from the base 20 and includes one end thereof, which will be described later. In this manner, a pair of engagement locking portions 22 for locking the flexible printed wiring board by engaging with the engagement portions in the flexible printed wiring board are provided, and an external connection portion 23 is provided at the other end. It has been. Under such circumstances, the pair of engagement locking portions 22 are provided at the free end portion of the elastic arm portion 21 that is bent and extends from the base portion 20, and the external connection portion 23 is elastic from the base portion 20. The arm portion 21 extends to the opposite side.

  Then, when the locking member 15 is attached to the central portion of the housing 11 in the contact arrangement direction, the base portion 20 is connected to the bottom plate portion 11c of the housing 11 as shown in FIG. An external connection portion 23 that is fixed to a portion on the rear side end surface portion 11b side and extends from the base portion 20 protrudes from the rear side end surface portion 11b of the housing 11 to the outside of the housing 11, and is mounted on the wiring board on which the housing 11 is disposed. It solders to the provided conductor part. Thereby, the external connection part 23 soldered to the conductor part provided in the wiring board contributes to the firm fixation of the housing 11 distribute | arranged on it with respect to a wiring board. The elastic arm portion 21 that is bent and extends from the base portion 20 has its free end directed toward the front end surface portion 11a of the housing 11, and a pair of engagements provided at the free end portion of the elastic arm portion 21. The mating / locking portion 22 is arranged in the contact arrangement direction, and takes the engagement state with the engagement portion in the flexible printed wiring board inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12. Lock the board.

  When the locking member 15 is attached to the central portion of the housing 11 in the contact arrangement direction, the operation portion 19 of the locking release member 16 formed integrally with the top plate portion 11d of the housing 11 is engaged. The elastic arm portion 21 that is bent from the base portion 20 of the stop member 15 and extends toward the front-side end surface portion 11a of the housing 11 is disposed at a position close to the end portion on the back-side end surface portion 11b side of the housing 11. The

  FIG. 8 shows a flexible printed wiring board 30 that forms a wiring plate-like member to be attached to the connector device 10.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the flexible printed wiring board 30 has a flat plate portion 30a in which a plurality of contact terminal portions 31 each formed of a conductive material are arranged and arranged. An engaging portion 32 that forms a through hole is formed in the central portion of the flat terminal portion 30a of the flexible printed wiring board 30 in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contact terminal portions 31 (hereinafter referred to as the terminal arrangement direction). ing. Further, a portion of the flexible printed wiring board 30 other than the flat plate portion 30 a and connected to the plurality of contact terminal portions 31 is covered with an insulating film 33.

  Such a flexible printed wiring board 30 is inserted into the housing 11 of the connector device 10 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12, and in this case, the surface on which the plurality of contact terminal portions 31 in the flat plate-like portion 30 a are arranged. Is placed in a state of facing the inner surface of the bottom plate portion 11 c of the housing 11. When the flexible printed wiring board 30 is inserted into the housing 11, the flat plate portion 30a is housed in the plate member housing space inside the housing 11, and a plurality of contact terminal portions arranged in the flat plate portion 30a are arranged. Each of the contact portions 13 d of the plurality of contacts 13 arranged in the housing 11 is in contact with each of 31 from the bottom plate portion 11 c side of the housing 11. Thereby, the plurality of contacts 13 arranged in the housing 11 are contact-connected to the plurality of contact terminal portions 31 arranged in the flat plate portion 30 a of the flexible printed wiring board 30.

  When the flexible printed wiring board 30 is inserted into the housing 11 of the connector device 10 through the plate member insertion portion 12, first, the flexible printed wiring board 30 is disposed at the position shown in FIGS. At this time, the flexible printed wiring board 30 has a plurality of contact terminals in the flat plate portion 30a with respect to the housing 11 of the connector device 10 arranged on the wiring board 40 (shown by virtual lines in FIG. 9). The surface on which the portions 31 are arranged is placed so as to face the surface on which the housing 11 of the wiring board 40 is disposed. As clearly shown in FIG. It is made to oppose the plate-shaped member insertion part 12 provided in the front side end surface part 11a.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 11, the flexible printed wiring board 30 has a plate-like portion 30 a in which a plurality of contact terminal portions 31 are arranged and formed and an engaging portion 32 is formed as a front side portion. 10 is inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 provided on the front-side end surface portion 11 a of the housing 11, and the flat plate-like portion 30 a enters the plate-like member accommodation space inside the housing 11. In this case, the pair of engagement locking portions 22 provided in the elastic arm portion 21 provided in the locking member 15 disposed in the housing 11 is positioned in the plate-like member accommodating space, and is flexible. The printed circuit board 30 is placed on the flat plate portion 30a. At this time, the elastic arm portion 21 provided with the pair of engagement locking portions 22 in the locking member 15 is formed into a rectangular transparent plate formed on the top plate portion 11 d of the housing 11 with the pair of engagement locking portions 22. It is displaced toward the outside of the housing 11 through the hole 17.

  Subsequently, the flexible printed wiring board 30 is further inserted into the housing 11 of the connector device 10, and the flat plate-like portion 30 a of the flexible printed wiring board 30 is set at a predetermined position in the plate-like member accommodating space inside the housing 11. 12 and FIG. 13, the pair of engagement locking portions 22 provided on the elastic arm portion 21 provided in the locking member 15 disposed in the housing 11 is replaced with the flexible printed wiring board 30. From the state of riding on the flat plate-like portion 30a, the state shifts to the state of engaging with the engaging portion 32 formed on the flat plate-like portion 30a of the flexible printed wiring board 30. The engagement of the pair of engagement locking portions 22 with the engagement portion 32 is performed by the elastic arm portion 21 provided with the pair of engagement locking portions 22 in the locking member 15 being the top plate portion of the housing 11. This is performed by returning from the position displaced toward the outside of the housing 11 through the rectangular through-hole 17 formed in 11d to its original position by its own elasticity.

  In this manner, the pair of engagement locking portions 22 in the locking member 15 that is engaged with the engagement portions 32 formed on the flat plate-like portion 30a of the flexible printed wiring board 30 are The substrate 30 is locked. As a result, a state is obtained in which the flexible printed wiring board 30 inserted into the housing 11 is locked by the locking member 15 disposed in the central portion of the housing 11 in the contact arrangement direction, and the housing of the flexible printed wiring board 30 is obtained. Undesirable withdrawal from 11 is prevented. In other words, the flexible printed wiring board 30 is only inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 and is locked by the engaging member 15 to prevent undesired removal from the housing 11. Will be.

  When the flexible printed wiring board 30 completes the insertion through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 into the housing 11 and takes the normal insertion position, the plurality of contacts 13 arranged in the housing 11 are arranged in the respective positions. The contact portions 13d are elastically brought into contact with the plurality of contact terminal portions 31 disposed on the flat plate-like portion 30a of the flexible printed wiring board 30 inserted into the housing 11, and are contact-connected to the plurality of contact terminal portions 31, respectively. Put in condition. Thereby, the plurality of contact terminal portions 31 in the flexible printed wiring board 30 inserted into the housing 11 are electrically connected to the circuit terminals provided on the wiring board 40 provided with the housing 11 via the plurality of contacts 13. Connected. Such a state can be obtained simply by properly inserting the flexible printed wiring board 30 into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12.

  Thereafter, as shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, the operation portion 19 of the unlocking member 16 formed integrally with the top plate portion 11 d of the housing 11 moves from the top plate portion 11 d side of the housing 11 to the bottom plate portion 11 c side. When pressed in the direction toward the bottom, the entire locking release member 16 uses the connecting portion of the pair of arm portions 18 to the top plate portion 11d of the housing 11 as a virtual support shaft portion. 11c side is elastically swayed, and accordingly, the operation portion 19 uses the end portion of the elastic arm portion 21 of the locking member 15 on the rear side end surface portion 11b side of the housing 11 as the base portion 20 of the locking member 15. Press in the direction you head. At that time, the locking release member 16 that elastically swings toward the bottom plate portion 11c side of the housing 11 is formed in a portion of the housing 11 on the back side end surface portion 11b side and abuts on the operation portion 19 of the locking release member 16. The swinging of the stopper portion 11e is limited. That is, when the unlocking member 16 is elastically swung toward the bottom plate portion 11 c of the housing 11, the housing 11 abuts on the operation portion 19 of the unlocking member 16 to swing the unlocking member 16. The stopper part 11e which restrict | limits is provided.

  As described above, the operation portion 19 of the locking release member 16 faces the end portion of the elastic arm portion 21 of the locking member 15 on the back surface side end surface portion 11 b side of the housing 11 toward the base portion 20 of the locking member 15. By pressing in the direction, the elastic arm portion 21 of the locking member 15 has a free end portion, together with a pair of engagement locking portions 22 provided on the elastic arm portion 21, formed in the top plate portion 11 d of the housing 11. It is elastically displaced toward the outside of the housing 11 through the through hole 17. Accordingly, a pair of engagement locking portions 22 provided at the free end portion of the elastic arm portion 21 of the locking member 15 is formed on the flat plate-shaped portion 30 a of the flexible printed wiring board 30 inserted into the housing 11. The engagement with the engaging portion 32 is released, and the locking with respect to the flexible printed wiring board 30 is stopped.

  As a result, the flexible printed wiring board 30 inserted into the housing 11 is released from the state of being locked by the locking member 15 disposed in the central portion of the housing 11 in the contact arrangement direction, and the housing of the flexible printed wiring board 30 is released. 11 can be extracted. That is, in the flexible printed wiring board 30 that is locked by the locking member 15, the locking by the locking member 15 is released only by pressing the operation portion 19 of the locking releasing member 16. Will be.

  Thereafter, when the pressing of the locking release member 16 against the operating portion 19 is released, the entire locking release member 16 returns to its original position by its own elasticity, and at the same time, the elastic arm portion 21 of the locking member 15 is also moved. It returns to its original position due to its own elasticity.

  In the connector device 10 as described above, the flexible printed wiring board 30 inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 provided therein is prevented from being undesirably removed from the housing 11. In order to perform locking and release of locking for enabling removal from the housing 11, for example, a pair of locking means on both sides of the housing 11 in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts 13 and It is not necessary to provide a pair of locking release means, and instead, the central portion of the housing 11 in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts 13 is locked to the flexible printed wiring board 30 inserted into the housing 11. Engage with the locking member 15 that selectively takes the locked state and the unlocked state that releases the locked state, and the locking member 15 that takes the locked state A locking release member 16 to assume the unlocking state is arranged on the locking member 15 Te. And it is sufficient that each of the locking member 15 and the locking release member 16 is provided. 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. It is possible to reliably and easily perform locking to prevent undesired removal from the housing 11 with respect to 30 and release of the locking.

  A locking member 15 that locks and unlocks the flexible printed wiring board 30 inserted into the housing 11 includes a base 20 fixed to the housing 11 and an elastic arm 21 extending from the base 20. And an engaging portion 32 in the flexible printed circuit board 30 inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12. And the flexible printed wiring board 30 is locked. An unlocking member 16 that engages with the locking member 15 that is locked to the flexible printed wiring board 30 inserted into the housing 11 and causes the locking member 15 to release the locking state is provided on the housing 11. For example, by being pressed and swung, the elastic arm portion 21 of the locking member 15 is pressed to displace the engagement locking portion 22 and the engagement locking portion 22 is displaced. Is released from the engaged state with the flexible printed wiring board 30. Therefore, the connector device 10 has a configuration in which each of the locking member 15 and the locking release member 16 can be obtained easily and easily.

  In such a connector device 10, the flexible printed wiring board 30 is simply inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 provided on the housing 11, and the engaging member 15 is engaged with the flexible printed wiring board 30. At the same time, the locking release member 16 provided on the housing 11 so as to be able to swing is pressed against the flexible printed circuit board 30 by the locking member 15. Therefore, the flexible printed wiring board 30 can be locked and unlocked by the locking member 15 by a very simple operation. Therefore, it is not necessary to provide a special space around the locking member 15 or the locking release member 16.

  Further, in the connector device 10, the locking member 15 is formed so as to include a portion where the elastic band-shaped plate material is bent so as to form an S-shaped longitudinal section to form a base portion 20 and an elastic arm portion 21. Since the engagement locking portion 22 is provided at one end and the external connection portion 23 is provided at the other end, the engagement locking portion 22 causes the engagement portion 32 in the flexible printed wiring board 30 to be connected. The operation of engaging and locking the flexible printed wiring board 30 and the operation of causing the engagement locking portion 22 to release the engagement with the engaging portion 32 of the flexible printed wiring board 30 are extremely accompanied by elastic force. It can be done reliably.

  Further, in the connector device 10, since the locking release member 16 is formed integrally with the housing 11, the connector device 10 is provided so as to be swingable with a very simple configuration.

  16 (perspective view), FIG. 17 (side view), and FIG. 18 (front view) show a locking member 51 provided in a second example of the connector device according to the present invention.

  The connector device 50 (shown in FIGS. 19 to 23 described later) that constitutes a second example of the connector device according to the present invention is the connector described above that constitutes the first example of the connector device according to the present invention. In the apparatus 10, a locking member 51 is provided instead of the locking member 15, and the shape of the portion of the housing 11 on the rear end surface portion 11 b side and the locking releasing member 16 formed integrally with the housing 11 are provided. The shape of the operation unit 19 is slightly changed. In FIGS. 19 to 23, the same components as those of the connector device 10 in the connector device 50 are denoted by the same reference numerals as those of the connector device 10.

  The main part of the locking member 51 shown in FIGS. 16 to 18 is formed, for example, by bending an elastic belt-like plate material 52, which is an elongated metal plate material, so as to form an S-shaped longitudinal section, A portion of the connector device 50 that forms the base 53 fixed to the housing 11, a portion that forms the elastic arm portion 54 that bends and extends from the base portion 53, and a bending portion that extends from the base 53 in the opposite direction to the elastic arm portion 54. In other words, the front end portion includes a portion where the external connection portion 55 is provided. Then, at the free end of the elastic arm portion 54, a pair of engagement locking portions 56 for locking the flexible printed wiring board in an engaged state with the engaging portion in the flexible printed wiring board as will be described later. Is provided.

  Further, the elastic arm portion 54 in the locking member 51 is provided with a pair of pressure receiving portions 57 each extending from the elastic arm portion 54 and receiving pressure by the locking release member 16 formed integrally with the housing 11. It is said that. The pair of pressure receiving portions 57 oppose each other with the elastic arm portion 54 interposed therebetween.

  When such a locking member 51 is attached to the central portion of the housing 11 in the contact arrangement direction, the base 53 is provided with a slit 11f provided in the bottom plate portion 11c of the housing 11 as shown in FIG. The external connection portion 55 that is press-fitted and fixed from the rear end surface portion 11 b side of the housing 11 and extends from the base portion 53 projects to the outside of the housing 11 on the rear end surface portion 11 b side of the housing 11. It solders to the conductor part provided in the arranged wiring board. Thereby, the external connection part 55 soldered to the conductor part provided in the wiring board contributes to the firm fixation of the housing 11 arranged on the wiring board. The elastic arm portion 54 that is bent and extends from the base portion 53 has its free end directed toward the front end surface portion 11 a of the housing 11, and a pair of engagements provided at the free end portion of the elastic arm portion 54. The mating / locking portion 56 is arranged in the contact arrangement direction, and takes the engaged state with the engaging portion in the flexible printed wiring board inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 to be the flexible printed wiring. Lock the board.

  Furthermore, when the locking member 51 is attached to the housing 11, the pair of pressure receiving portions 57 extending from the elastic arm portion 54 of the locking member 51 face each other with the elastic arm portion 54 interposed therebetween in the contact arrangement direction. Arranged in position. Each of the pair of pressure receiving portions 57 bends and extends from the elastic arm portion 54 toward the rear end surface portion 11b side of the housing 11, and its free end portion extends from the rear end surface portion 11b of the housing 11 to the outside. Protrusively.

  Then, when the locking member 51 is attached to the central portion of the housing 11 in the contact arrangement direction, the pair of arm portions 18 in the locking release member 16 formed integrally with the top plate portion 11d of the housing 11. The free end of each of the pair of pressure receiving portions 57, in which the operation portion 19 that interconnects the respective distal end portions of the locking member 51 bends and extends from the elastic arm portion 54 of the locking member 51 to the outside of the rear end surface portion 11b of the housing 11. It is assumed that the portion is disposed at a position facing the end surface portion 57a formed by the portion.

  In actual use, the connector device 50 provided with such a locking member 51 is also disposed on the wiring board 40 indicated by a virtual line in FIG. 9, for example. For example, the flexible printed wiring board 30 shown in FIG. 8 is inserted into the housing 11 of the connector device 50 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 provided therein. The surface on which the plurality of contact terminal portions 31 are arranged in the shape portion 30 a faces the inner surface of the bottom plate portion 11 c of the housing 11. When the flexible printed wiring board 30 is inserted into the housing 11 of the connector device 50, the flat plate-like portion 30a is accommodated in the plate-like member accommodating space inside the housing 11, and a plurality of arrangements are arranged on the flat plate-like portion 30a. The contact portions 13 d of the plurality of contacts 13 arranged in the housing 11 are in contact with the contact terminal portions 31 from the bottom plate portion 11 c side of the housing 11. As a result, the plurality of contacts 13 arranged in the housing 11 of the connector device 50 are contact-connected to the plurality of contact terminal portions 31 arranged in the flat plate portion 30 a of the flexible printed wiring board 30.

  When the flexible printed wiring board 30 is inserted into the housing 11 of the connector device 50 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12, first, the flexible printed wiring board 30 is arranged at the position shown in FIG. At this time, the flexible printed wiring board 30 has a plurality of contact terminal portions 31 in the flat plate-like portion 30a arranged with respect to the housing 11 of the connector device 50 arranged on the wiring substrate 40 (not shown). The arranged surface is placed in a state of facing the surface of the wiring board 40 on which the housing 11 is arranged, and as shown clearly in FIG. It is made to oppose to the plate-shaped member insertion part 12 provided in 11a.

  Next, the front face of the housing 11 of the connector device 50 is configured so that the flexible printed wiring board 30 has a flat plate portion 30a in which a plurality of contact terminal portions 31 are arranged and arranged and an engaging portion 32 is formed as a front side portion. It is inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion part 12 provided in the part 11a. Accordingly, the flat plate-like portion 30 a of the flexible printed wiring board 30 enters the plate-like member accommodation space inside the housing 11 of the connector device 50.

  Subsequently, the flexible printed wiring board 30 is further inserted into the housing 11 of the connector device 50. When the flat plate-like portion 30a of the flexible printed circuit board 30 reaches a predetermined position in the plate-like member housing space inside the housing 11, as shown in FIGS. A state in which a pair of engagement locking portions 56 provided on the elastic arm portion 54 provided in the arranged locking member 51 engages with the engagement portion 32 formed on the flat plate-like portion 30 a of the flexible printed wiring board 30. Smelled.

  In this way, the pair of engagement locking portions 56 in the locking member 51 that is engaged with the engagement portion 32 formed on the flat plate-like portion 30a of the flexible printed wiring board 30 thereby allows the flexible printed wiring The substrate 30 is locked. As a result, a state is obtained in which the flexible printed wiring board 30 inserted into the housing 11 of the connector device 50 is locked by the locking member 51 disposed in the center portion of the housing 11 in the contact arrangement direction. Undesirable removal of the substrate 30 from the housing 11 is prevented. That is, the flexible printed wiring board 30 is only inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 and is locked by the engaging member 51 to prevent undesired removal from the housing 11. Will be.

  When the flexible printed wiring board 30 completes the insertion of the connector device 50 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 into the housing 11 and takes the normal insertion position, the plurality of contacts 13 arranged in the housing 11 are arranged. However, each contact portion 13d is elastically brought into contact with each of the plurality of contact terminal portions 31 disposed on the flat plate-like portion 30a of the flexible printed wiring board 30 inserted into the housing 11, so that each of the plurality of contact terminal portions 31 is brought into contact with each other. Place in contact connection. Thereby, the plurality of contact terminal portions 31 in the flexible printed wiring board 30 inserted into the housing 11 are electrically connected to the circuit terminals provided on the wiring board 40 provided with the housing 11 via the plurality of contacts 13. Connected. Such a state can be obtained simply by properly inserting the flexible printed wiring board 30 into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12.

  Thereafter, as shown in FIGS. 22 and 23, the operation portion 19 of the locking release member 16 formed integrally with the top plate portion 11d of the housing 11 is moved from the top plate portion 11d side of the housing 11 to the bottom plate portion 11c side. When pressed in the direction toward the bottom, the entire locking release member 16 uses the connecting portion of the pair of arm portions 18 to the top plate portion 11d of the housing 11 as a virtual support shaft portion. 11c side is elastically swung, and accordingly, the operation portion 19 of the locking release member 16 is engaged with the locking member 51, and the elastic arm portion 54 of the locking member 51 is moved to the base portion of the locking member 51. It is displaced in a direction away from 53. In this case, the operation portion 19 of the locking release member 16 that is pressed in the direction from the top plate portion 11 d side to the bottom plate portion 11 c side of the housing 11 is a pair of pressure receiving portions that extend from the elastic arm portion 54 of the locking member 51. The free end portions of each of the 57 are in contact with the end surface portion 57 a formed, and the free end portions of the pair of pressure receiving portions 57 are pressed in the direction toward the external connection portion 55 extending from the base portion 53 of the locking member 51. That is, the pressure receiving portion 57 of the locking member 51 is placed in a state where it receives a pressure in the direction toward the external connection portion 55 of the locking member 51 by the operation portion 19 of the locking release member 16.

  As described above, the operation portion 19 of the locking release member 16 uses the free end portion of each of the pair of pressure receiving portions 57 extending from the elastic arm portion 54 of the locking member 51 as the external connection portion 55 of the locking member 51. By pressing in the direction toward, each of the pair of pressure receiving portions 57 is displaced in the direction toward the external connection portion 55 of the locking member 51, and accordingly, the elastic arm portion 54 of the locking member 51 is moved to its free end. The part is elastically displaced toward the outside of the housing 11 through the rectangular through hole 17 formed in the top plate part 11 d of the housing 11 together with the pair of engagement locking parts 56 provided on the part. Accordingly, a pair of engagement locking portions 56 provided at the free end portion of the elastic arm portion 54 of the locking member 51 is formed on the flat plate-shaped portion 30 a of the flexible printed wiring board 30 inserted into the housing 11. The engagement with the engaging portion 32 is released, and the locking with respect to the flexible printed wiring board 30 is stopped.

  As a result, the flexible printed wiring board 30 inserted into the housing 11 is released from the state of being locked by the locking member 51 disposed in the central portion of the housing 11 in the contact arrangement direction, and the housing of the flexible printed wiring board 30 is released. 11 can be extracted. That is, in the flexible printed circuit board 30 that is locked by the locking member 51, the locking by the locking member 51 is released only by pressing the operation portion 19 of the locking releasing member 16. Will be.

  Thereafter, when the pressing of the locking release member 16 against the operation portion 19 is released, the entire locking release member 16 returns to its original position by its own elasticity, and at the same time, the elastic arm portion 54 of the locking member 51 also It returns to its original position due to its own elasticity.

  Even in the connector device 50 as described above, the flexible printed wiring board 30 inserted into the housing 11 through the plate member insertion portion 12 provided therein is prevented from being undesirably removed from the housing 11. In order to perform locking and release of locking for enabling removal from the housing 11, for example, a pair of locking means on both sides of the housing 11 in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts 13 and It is not necessary to provide a pair of locking release means, and instead, the central portion of the housing 11 in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts 13 is locked to the flexible printed wiring board 30 inserted into the housing 11. Engage with the locking member 51 that selectively takes the locked state and the unlocked state that releases the locking, and the locking member 51 that locks. A locking release member 16 to assume the unlocking state is arranged on the locking member 51 Te. Further, it is sufficient that one of the locking member 51 and the locking release member 16 is provided. Therefore, according to the connector device 50, the flexible printed wiring board inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 can be achieved by simplifying the configuration and reducing the number of parts. It is possible to reliably and easily perform locking to prevent undesired removal from the housing 11 with respect to 30 and release of the locking.

  Then, a locking member 51 that locks and unlocks the flexible printed wiring board 30 inserted into the housing 11 includes a base 53 that is fixed to the housing 11 and an elastic arm portion 54 that extends from the base 53. And an engagement locking portion 56 provided on the elastic arm portion 54 and a pressure receiving portion 57 extending from the elastic arm portion 54, and the engagement locking portion 56 is attached to the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12. The flexible printed wiring board 30 is locked by engaging with the engaging portion 32 of the inserted flexible printed wiring board 30. An unlocking member 16 that engages with a locking member 51 that is locked with respect to the flexible printed wiring board 30 inserted into the housing 11 and causes the locking member 51 to release the locking state. For example, by being pressed and swung, the pressure receiving portion 57 of the locking member 51 is pressed to displace the elastic arm portion 54 and the engagement locking portion 56 provided thereon. Then, the engagement locking portion 56 is released from the engagement state with the flexible printed wiring board 30. Therefore, the connector device 50 has a configuration in which each of the locking member 51 and the locking release member 16 can be obtained easily and easily.

  In such a connector device 50, the flexible printed wiring board 30 is simply inserted into the housing 11 through the plate-like member insertion portion 12 provided on the housing 11, and the engaging member 51 is engaged with the flexible printed wiring board 30. At the same time, the locking release member 16 provided on the housing 11 so as to be able to swing is released by, for example, pressing the locking release of the flexible printed wiring board 30 by the locking member 51. Therefore, the flexible printed circuit board 30 can be locked and unlocked by the locking member 51 by a very simple operation. Therefore, it is not necessary to provide a special space around the locking member 51 or the locking release member 16.

  Further, in the connector device 50, the locking member 51 is a portion that forms a base 53, an elastic arm portion 54, and an external connection portion 55 by bending the elastic belt-like plate material 52 so as to form an S-shaped longitudinal section. Since the engagement locking portion 56 is provided on the elastic arm portion 54 and the pressure receiving portion 57 extends from the elastic arm portion 54, the engagement locking portion 56 is flexible. The operation of engaging the engaging portion 32 in the printed wiring board 30 to lock the flexible printed wiring board 30, and the engagement locking portion 56 releasing the engagement with the engaging portion 32 in the flexible printed wiring board 30 The operation to be performed can be performed very reliably with an elastic force.

  Further, even in the connector device 50, since the latch release member 16 is formed integrally with the housing 11, it is provided as a swingable member with a very simple configuration.

  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 the housing. A plurality of contacts provided in an array, a locking member that selectively takes a locking state and a locking release state with respect to a wiring board member inserted into the housing, and a locking member that takes a locking state. In addition, the connector device includes an unlocking member that causes the latching member to take an unlocked state, and has a simple configuration with a relatively small number of parts, thereby reducing manufacturing costs. In addition, with a simple and easy operation, it is possible to securely lock and release the latch to prevent undesired removal of the wiring board member inserted into the housing from the housing. As obtain those, but it can be widely applied to various electronic devices.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10,50 ... Connector apparatus, 11 ... Housing, 11a ... Front side end surface part, 11b ... Back side end surface part, 11c ... Bottom plate part, 11d ... Top plate part, 11e ..Stopper part, 11f ... Slit, 12 ... Plate-like member insertion part, 13 ... Contact, 13d ... Contact part, 15, 51 ... Locking member, 16 ... Locking Release member, 17 ... rectangular through hole, 18 ... arm-like portion, 19 ... operating portion, 20,53 ... base, 21,54 ... elastic arm portion, 22,56 ... Engagement locking part, 23, 55 ... external connection part, 30 ... flexible printed wiring board, 30a ... flat plate part, 31 ... contact terminal part, 32 ... engagement part, 52 ... Elastic band plate material, 57 ... Pressure receiving part, 57a ... End face Minute

Claims (10)

A housing provided with a plate-like member insertion portion;
A plurality of contacts that are arranged and arranged in the housing, and 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; ,
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 A locking member that selectively takes
An unlocking member provided in the housing and causing the locking member taking the locking state to take the unlocking state;
Comprising
The locking member is disposed at a central portion of the housing in the arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts, and is provided on a base portion fixed to the housing, an elastic arm portion extending from the base portion, and the elastic arm portion. An engagement locking portion that locks the wiring plate-like member in an engaged state with the engagement portion of the wiring plate-like member inserted into the wiring plate-like member, and the locking release member is the housing When the engagement locking portion is swung while being engaged with the engagement portion of the wiring board member, the engagement member is engaged with the locking member. The connector device is characterized in that the engagement locking portion is displaced by displacing the elastic arm portion to release the engagement locking portion from the engagement state.   The housing is characterized in that a stopper portion is provided at the central portion for contacting the lock release member and restricting the lock release member when the lock release member is swung. The connector device according to claim 1. The elastic arm portion in the locking member is characterized in that two of the engagement locking portions are arranged in the arrangement direction of a plurality of contacts at a free end portion of the elastic arm portion. The connector device according to claim 1.   2. The connector device according to claim 1, wherein the elastic arm portion of the locking member is provided with a pressure receiving portion that extends from the elastic arm portion and receives pressure from the locking release member.   5. The connector device according to claim 4, wherein two of the pressure receiving portions are arranged at positions facing each other across the elastic arm portion in the arrangement direction of a plurality of contacts. 6. The elastic arm portion is provided such that two of the engagement locking portions are arranged in the arrangement direction of a plurality of contacts at a free end portion of the elastic arm portion. The connector device as described.   The locking member is formed so that the elastic band-shaped plate is bent to form an S-shaped longitudinal section and includes a portion that forms the base portion and the elastic arm portion, and the engagement locking portion is formed at one end portion. The connector device according to claim 1, wherein an external connection portion is provided at the other end portion.   The connector device according to claim 1, wherein the locking release member is formed integrally with the housing.   The housing has a pair of mutually facing end surface portions, the plate-like member insertion portion is opened in one of the mutually facing end surface portions, and the outside of the locking member from the other of the mutually facing end surface portions. The connector device according to claim 7, wherein the connecting portion protrudes out of the housing.   10. The connector device according to claim 9, wherein each of the plurality of contacts has a connection terminal portion protruding from one of the mutually facing end surface portions of the housing to the outside of the housing.

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