JPH08171960A - Connector - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To prevent a connector to be mounted so that an IC card, memory card, etc., can be ejected from being stolen during mounting the IC card, etc. CONSTITUTION: A connector 1 is provided with an eject mechanism of a card type electronic device 9 having an insulator 11 holding a pin contact 2 in line, a guide frame 12, and an ejector 4. And, a lock member 5 is provided at the tip end of the ejector 4, its lock part 51 is engaged with the tip end of the card type electronic device 9 making it impossible to remove the lock member 5 when a key 6 is removed, actuation of the ejector 4 is impeded, the key 6 is moved rotatively after the key 6 is inserted, engagement with the card type electronic device 9 is released, and operation of the ejector 4 is made possible.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to connectors, and more particularly to I
The present invention relates to a connector of a card type electronic device such as a C card or a memory card, which has a lock mechanism in an eject mechanism section.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a connector of a type for a card type electronic device such as an IC card or a memory card, which has a lock mechanism in an eject mechanism, for example, the type shown in FIGS. is there. This connector 8
Is a frame body 82 made of an electrically insulating material, and the frame body 8
2, a lever 83 rotatably attached to the frame 82, an ejector 84 provided on the frame 82 so as to be able to move forward and backward, and a lock member 85 for locking the operation of the ejector 84. Further, a large number of conductive pin contacts 86 are fixedly held on one end side of the frame body 82. The frame body 82 is
As shown in FIG. 7, it is composed of a guide frame 82a and a contact frame 82b, and has a hollow portion 87 into which the card type electronic device 9 such as an IC card or a memory card can be inserted and removed. In the figure, reference numeral 88 is an insertion port of the card type electronic device 9.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional connector, even when the ejector 84 is locked and the card type electronic device 9 such as an IC card or a memory card is held in the connector, As long as the ejector 84 is unlocked by operating the lock member 85, the IC card or memory card can be freely removed from the connector. Therefore, if the IC card or the memory card is left loaded in the connector, the IC card or the memory card may be stolen.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a connector for loading an IC card, a memory card or the like so that the IC card or the like can be ejected, and the connector is not stolen when the IC card or the like is loaded.

[0005]

According to the present invention, a card type electronic device is received and connected to the card type electronic device, and an eject mechanism for ejecting the card type electronic device and the eject mechanism are locked. A connector including a lock mechanism, wherein the lock mechanism can be locked by a key.

[0006]

In the connector of the present invention, since the eject mechanism for ejecting the card type electronic device is provided with the lock mechanism that can be locked by the key, the card type electronic device is loaded in the connector and the eject mechanism is locked. When the lock mechanism is locked and the key is removed from the lock mechanism, the eject mechanism of the card-type electronic device is locked and cannot be removed from the connector, and the lock mechanism is locked. Therefore, the lock mechanism cannot be operated. On the other hand, if the key is inserted into the lock mechanism, the lock mechanism is unlocked, the eject mechanism can be unlocked, and the eject operation can be performed.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the connector of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a main part of the connector shown in FIG.

The connector 1 of this embodiment includes a large number of pin contacts 2 for connecting to a card-type electronic device 9 such as an IC card or a memory card, and an insulator 11 for holding the pin contacts 2 in an aligned state. It has a guide frame 12 for guiding the card type electronic device 9 in the connecting direction. The connector 1 of this embodiment can be loaded with card-type electronic devices 9 in two upper and lower stages.

On the front side of the insulator 11, receiving spaces 13 for receiving the insertion side end portions of the card type electronic device 9 are formed in two steps, and the receiving spaces 13 are connected to the connection sides of the pin contacts 2, respectively. The end is located. A rotary shaft 15 and a lever 3 rotatably attached to the rotary shaft 15 are provided at both ends on the rear side of the insulator 11 (only one is shown in the drawing). .

A pair of guide frames 12 are provided in parallel to each other on the insulator 11 in parallel with each other, and guide grooves 18 for guiding the card type electronic device 9 at the time of inserting / removing the card type electronic device 9 are provided on upper and lower sides, respectively. It is formed in steps. Ejectors 4 are provided on the sides of the guide frame 12 so as to be movable back and forth in the insertion / removal direction. One of the ejectors 4 has an upper guide groove 1
8 and the other ejector 4 is provided along the lower guide groove 18. When the ejector 4 moves forward and backward, the lever 3 rotates about the rotation shaft 15 as a rotation center, and ejects the connected card type electronic device 9.

A lock member 5 is provided on the tip side of the ejector 4.
The locking member 5 is provided with a locking portion 51 that closes the opening of the guide groove 18 in the locked state. In addition, the lock member 5 is formed with a space portion 53 having a substantially square cross section, and in this space portion 53,
A key 6 described later is inserted.

A key 6 for locking and locking the ejector 4 includes a knob 61 as an operating portion, a main body portion 63 inserted into the above-mentioned space portion 53, and a projection portion 65 protruding from the main body portion 63. have.

At the tip of the ejector 4, as best seen from FIG. 2, there is formed a rotary shaft 41 projecting in the longitudinal direction of the ejector 4. A stopper 42 is formed on the end surface of the rotating shaft 41. A leaf spring portion 43 having flexibility in the longitudinal direction of the ejector 4 is formed on the end surface of the ejector 4, and a protrusion 44 protruding forward is formed on the leaf spring portion 43. .

A shaft hole 56 for rotatably supporting the rotating shaft 41 is formed in the central portion of the rear side wall surface portion which defines the space 53 of the lock member 5, and the upper side of the rear side wall surface portion is formed. A notch 54 is formed at the edge.

The lock member 5 is rotatably attached to the front end surface of the ejector 4 by the E-ring 46 after the rotary shaft 41 is inserted through the shaft hole 56.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which the ejector 4 is locked by the lock member 5 and the lock member 5 is locked. In this state, the locking portion 51 of the lock member 5 is a card type electronic device. It is in a state of being engaged with the front end portion of the device 9. Therefore, in this state, even if the ejector 4 is pushed in, the locking portion 51 of the lock member 5 and the card type electronic device 9 (or the guide frame 12) collide with each other and the ejector 4 cannot move. , The eject operation cannot be performed. Further, at this time, even if an attempt is made to rotate the lock member 5, the protrusion 44 of the ejector 4 is engaged in the notch 54 of the lock member 5 and cannot rotate, and the lock member 5 is in a locked state. Made of As a result, the lock of the ejector 4 cannot be released, and thus the state in which the eject operation is impossible is maintained.

When the card-type electronic device 9 is to be removed, the lock member 5 must first be unlocked. As shown in FIG. 4, the lock member 5 is unlocked by inserting the key 6 into the space 53 of the lock member 5 in the locked state. By doing so, the protrusion 65 of the key 6 passes through the notch 54 of the lock member 5 and pushes the protrusion 44 of the ejector 4 toward the end face side of the ejector 4 against the bias of the leaf spring portion 43. The engagement between the notch 54 of the lock member 5 and the protrusion 44 of the ejector 4 is released, and the lock member 5 is unlocked. After that, when the knob 61 of the key 6 is rotated to the right in the figure, the protrusion 65 of the key 6 moves in the escape portion 45 formed on the tip surface of the ejector 4, and the lock member 5
The engagement between the locking piece 51 and the card-type electronic device 9 is released, and the ejector 4 is unlocked, resulting in the state shown in FIG.

After the ejector 4 is unlocked in this way, when the key 6 is pushed in at the knob 61,
The ejecting force is pushed into the ejector 4, the lever 3 is rotated, and the card-type electronic device 9 is ejected.
Then, if another card-type electronic device 9 is inserted along the guide groove 18 of the connector 1 and then the knob 61 of the key 6 is rotated in the direction opposite to the unlocked state, the state of FIG. 4 is restored,
After that, when the key 6 is removed, the lock member 5 is in the locked state shown in FIG.

The card type electronic device 9 described above is an IC
Although a card and a memory card are representative examples, it goes without saying that the card and the memory card include various card type electronic devices such as a card type hard disk and a card type modem.

[0020]

As described above, according to the connector of the present invention, since it has the lock mechanism that can be locked by the key,
If the lock mechanism is locked by the key after connecting the card type electronic device, the eject mechanism cannot be unlocked, so that the card type electronic device is not stolen when the card type electronic device is loaded, It is also preferable in terms of confidentiality.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a connector of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a main part of the connector shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a main part of the connector shown in FIG. 1 in a locked state.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a main part of the connector shown in FIG. 1 in a state before unlocking.

5 is a perspective view of a main part of the connector shown in FIG. 1 after unlocking.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of an example of a conventional connector.

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of the connector shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Connector 2 Pin Contact 3 Lever 4 Ejector 5 Lock Member 6 Key 11 Insulator 12 Guide Frame 13 Receiving Space 15 Rotating Axis 18 Guide Groove 41 Rotating Axis 42 Stopper 44 Protrusion 51 Locking Part 53 Space 54 Notch 61 Pick 65 Protrusion

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A connector including a eject mechanism for receiving a card type electronic device and connecting to the card type electronic device, ejecting the card type electronic device, and a lock mechanism for locking the eject mechanism. A connector whose mechanism is lockable by a key.