JPH0878107A - Combination fitting type printed circuit board connector - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a printed circuit board connector in which a single kind of male connector serves both as a horizontal fitting type and a vertical fitting type. CONSTITUTION: This connector is constituted of a male connector 2 to be fitted to a printed circuit board 1 and a female connector 3 connected to a connection wire 17 and fittingly connected to the male connector 2. The male connector 2 is provided with a horizontal fitting port 6 and a vertical fitting port 7 respectively on one face side and an upper face side to allow fitting of the female connector 3 from both in the horizontal direction X and the vertical direction Y.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention has two mating insertion ports on the side of a mail connector attached to a printed circuit board.
The present invention relates to a dual-use mounting type printed circuit board connector in which a female connector can be connected to the fitting insertion port both horizontally and vertically.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the case of a general printed circuit board connector, two types of products have been prepared in which a male connector attached to the printed circuit board is provided with a fitting insertion port either horizontally or vertically. Therefore, either the horizontal mounting type or the vertical mounting type is selected and used according to the application.

[0003]

However, when the two types of products of the horizontal mounting type and the vertical mounting type prepared in advance are used properly in this way, ordering work such as procurement of parts, supply of parts, manufacturing facilities, etc. The inventory management and production management of the product became complicated, and as a result, the cost reduction and the productivity improvement were hindered. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a connector for a printed circuit board having a structure of a mail connector which is used both as a horizontal mounting type and a vertical mounting type in order to solve the problems of the prior art.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In a dual-use type connector for a printed circuit board according to the present invention which solves the above-mentioned problems, a mail connector mounted on the printed circuit board and a connection electric wire are connected and fitted and connected to the mail connector. The above-mentioned mail connector in the printed circuit board connector constituted by the female connector is provided with a horizontal fitting port and a vertical fitting port on one side surface and an upper surface side of the outer periphery, respectively, and the female connector is arranged in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction. It is possible to fit from either. Further, in another combined mounting type printed circuit board connector according to the present invention, a mail contact having a flat contact plate is accommodated in a vertical standing state in the housing of the mail connector, and the contact plate is connected to the female contact. The connector is extended along the horizontal direction and the vertical direction, and the lower end of the contact plate is provided with a lead terminal mounted on the printed circuit board so as to project from the housing. The male connector accommodates a hawk-shaped female contact in the housing, and when the female connector is connected to the horizontal fitting port or the vertical fitting port, the female contact presses the contact plate under pressure.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A printed circuit board connector (hereinafter referred to as a connector) according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the embodiments shown in FIGS. This connector includes a mail connector 2 attached to the printed circuit board 1 and a horizontal direction X or a vertical direction Y with respect to the mail connector 2.
The female connector 3 is selectively fitted and connected from either direction.

The mail connector 2 has a rectangular frame-shaped mail housing 4 and a plurality of mail connectors 4 corresponding to the number of poles accommodated in the mail housing 4 (in this embodiment, there are two poles.
It is composed of (5) mail contacts 5. In the mail housing 4, a horizontal fitting opening 6 opening on one side of the outer periphery and a vertical fitting opening 7 opening on the upper surface are respectively formed in a rectangular shape, and the bottom surface side is different from the mail contact 5 described above. Insert holes 8 and 8 are formed. As shown in FIG. 2, the mail contact 5 has two lead terminals 11 and 11 projectingly formed from a leg portion 10 of a contact plate 9 formed by a rectangular plate-shaped piece.
The upper edge and one side edge are tapered insertion edge 9
a and 9b. Email contact 5 above
Fits the insertion end edge 9a into a V-shaped groove formed in a notch shape along the horizontal fitting opening 6, and at the same time, inserts the leg portion 10 into the insertion hole 8.
Is fitted into the mail housing 4 in such a manner that the lead terminals 11 and 11 are projected from the insertion hole 8 to the outside.

The female connector 3 is formed in a rectangular frame shape into a housing body 12 divided into inner chambers matching the number of poles by a partition wall 16, and integrally formed at the front end side of the housing body 12 at predetermined intervals. A plurality of housing insertion parts 13, 13, 13 and each of these housing insertion parts 1
3 and the plurality of female contacts 15 housed in the housing body 12 and each housing insertion portion 13. The female contact 15 has a connecting wire 1 on the base side.
7 is provided with an electric wire crimping portion 15c for individually sandwiching the core wire, and the distal end side of the electric wire crimping portion 15c is branched into a fork shape to sandwich the flat mail contact 5 from both sides as shown in FIG. Contact portions 15a and 15b are formed. When this female contact 15 is inserted from the housing body 12 side, the contact portions 15a, 15
b is inserted into both of the adjacent housing insertion portions 13 and 13 in a branched state, and the inner end surfaces of the contact portions 15a and 15b are notched slots formed in the inner wall surface of each housing insertion portion 13. It is mounted in a state of protruding toward the insertion fitting groove 14 side via 18.

The mail connector 2 is shown in FIG. 3 and FIG.
As shown in, the lead terminal 11 of the mail contact 5 is inserted into the mounting hole 19 of the printed circuit board 1 and soldered 20.
Then, the printed circuit board 1 is fixed to the printed circuit board 1 and mounted. The female contact 3 is attached to the female connector 3 with the connecting electric wire 17 previously attached to the electric wire crimping portion 15c, and the female contact 15 has the lance 15d.
Are locked by the locking projections 21 formed on the inner wall surface of the female connector 3 and prevented from coming off. In addition, the female connector 3 is provided with an insertion guide protrusion 22 in the central housing insertion portion 13 and a fitting locking protrusion 23 in the left and right housing insertion portions 13, and the female connector 2 has a horizontal guide groove 24 and a vertical guide groove. 25 and the horizontal fitting locking groove 26 and the vertical fitting locking groove 27 are bored, and when the female connector 3 is horizontally fitted, after the insertion guide protrusion 22 is inserted along the horizontal guide groove 24. The fitting locking projection 23 is locked in the horizontal fitting locking groove 26, and the insertion guide projection 2 is inserted when vertically fitting.
The fitting locking projection 23 is locked in the vertical fitting locking groove 27 after the 2 is inserted along the vertical guide groove 25.

When the female connector 3 is fitted horizontally to the mail connector 2, it is inserted into the horizontal fitting port 6 of the mail housing 4 from the horizontal direction X as shown in FIG. Each housing insertion portion 13 is inserted into both sides of the mail contact 5 in the state of being inserted into the groove 14, and the insertion fitting groove 1 is inserted through the notch groove hole 18 formed in the inner wall surface of the housing insertion portion 13.
The female contact 15 is pressed and sandwiched by the contact portions 15a and 15b of the female contact 15 protruding toward the fourth side, and the two connectors 2 and 3 are connected as shown in FIG. When the female connector 3 is vertically fitted, the female housing 4 is inserted from the vertical direction Y as shown in FIG.
When the male contact 5 is inserted into the vertical fitting port 7, the housing insertion portions 13 are inserted into both sides of the mail contact 5 with the mail contact 5 inserted into the insertion fitting groove 14 as in the case of the horizontal fitting. The insertion fitting groove 1 is inserted through a notch groove hole 18 formed in the inner wall surface of the insertion portion 13.
The female contact 15 is pressed and sandwiched by the contact portions 15a and 15b of the female contact 15 protruding toward the 4 side, and the two connectors 2 and 3 are connected as shown in FIG.

As described above, conventionally, two types of mail connectors, that is, a horizontal mounting type and a vertical mounting type are prepared and selectively used according to the application, but this printed circuit board connector also serves as both. All you need is a type of email connector. Further, this mail connector is manufactured according to the radial taping specification as shown in FIG. 5, supplied to the assembly line, and is suitable for being efficiently mounted on a printed circuit board by an automatic or semi-automatic machine. In the taping connector 28 of FIG. 5, a connecting pin 29 extends from the lead terminal 11 of the mail connector 2 having the mail contact 5 mounted in the mail housing 4 having a horizontal fitting hole and a vertical fitting hole. The tip end side of 29 is sandwiched by a mount 31 having a feed hole 30 and an adhesive piece 32, and the lead terminal 11 and the connecting pin 29 are cut from the cutting line C at the time of mounting on a printed board. .

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, but various modifications can be made within the scope of the invention. For example, in the above embodiment, the two-pole connector has been described, but the present invention can be applied to a single-pole connector or a multi-pole connector having two or more poles. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the connection portion of the mail contact 5 is the contact plate 9 made of a rectangular plate-shaped piece, and the female contact made of a fork-shaped contact presses and clamps the contact plate 9. There is also a mode in which is formed by pins or tabs that are bent into an L shape and that has horizontal and vertical portions, and the female contacts are sockets or receptacles into which these pins or tabs are fitted.

[0012]

As is apparent from the above embodiments, the following effects can be expected in the dual-use type printed circuit board connector of the present invention. Depending on the arrangement of the printed circuit board, etc., the female connector may be horizontally or vertically fitted to either the horizontal fitting hole provided on one side of the outer circumference of the mail connector or the vertical fitting hole provided on the upper surface side. You can In this way, by using one type of mail connector for both horizontal mounting type and vertical mounting type, compared to the conventional technology in which two types of products, a horizontal mounting type and a vertical mounting type prepared in advance, are used separately, parts are procured. It is possible to remarkably save labor in ordering work such as the above, supply of parts, inventory control and production control of manufacturing equipment, etc., and it is possible to reduce costs and improve productivity. Further, the above-mentioned mail connector accommodates a mail contact having a flat plate-shaped contact plate in a housing in a vertical standing state, and this contact plate is respectively arranged in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction in which the above-mentioned female connector is fitted. If the lead terminals mounted on the printed circuit board are provided so as to extend from the lower end side of the contact plate and project from the housing, mass production is possible and it is suitable for assembly by automatic insertion. It can be provided as a taping specification mail connector.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a usage state of a dual-use mounting type printed circuit board connector according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view showing a horizontal and vertical fitting state of contacts in a dual-use type printed circuit board connector according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway view of a vertically mounted state of a dual-use type printed circuit board connector according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which (a) is a front view and (b) is a side view.

FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway front view showing a horizontally mounted state of a dual-use type printed circuit board connector according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the mail connector of the dual-use printed circuit board connector according to the embodiment of the present invention, which is a taping connector, and FIG. Show.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Printed Circuit Board 2 Male Connector 3 Female Connector 4 Male Housing 5 Male Contact 6 Horizontal Fitting Port 7 Vertical Fitting Port 8 Insertion Hole 9 Contact Plate 9a Insertion Edge 10 Legs 11 Lead Terminal 12 Housing Body 13 Housing Insertion Part 14 Insertion fitting groove 15 Female contact 15a, 15b Contact part 15c Wire crimping part 15d Lance 16 Partition wall 17 Connection wire 18 Notch groove hole 19 Mounting hole 20 Soldering 21 Locking protrusion 22 Inserting guide protrusion 23 Fitting locking protrusion 24 Horizontal Guide groove 25 Vertical guide groove 26 Horizontal fitting locking part 27 Vertical fitting locking part 28 Taping connector 29 Connecting pin 30 Feed hole 31 Mount 32 Adhesive piece

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A printed circuit board connector comprising a mail connector to be mounted on a printed circuit board and a female connector which is connected to a connecting electric wire to be fitted and connected to the mail connector, wherein the mail connector has an outer periphery. A horizontal connector and a vertical connector are provided on one side surface and an upper surface side, respectively, so that the female connector can be fitted from either the horizontal direction or the vertical direction. . 2. A mail contact provided with a flat contact plate is accommodated in a vertical standing state in a housing of the mail connector, and the contact plate is horizontally and vertically fitted with the female connector. Lead terminals mounted on the printed circuit board are vertically provided on the lower end side of the contact plate while projecting from the housing.
The female connector houses a hawk-shaped female contact in a housing, and when the female connector is connected to the horizontal fitting port or the vertical fitting port, the female contact holds the contact plate under pressure. Dual-use mounting type PCB connector described in.