JPH09213443A - Hinge type connector and electronic equipment having hinge type connector - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent contact with a terminal pin from the outside of a connector. SOLUTION: A hinge type connector 1A is provided with a one side connector 20 and an another side connector 40 connected to this connector 20 so as to be swung around a swinging axis C. A plurality of one side terminal pins 30 are buried in a one side holder 21 of the connector 20 and another side terminal pins 50 corresponding to the terminal pins 30 are held in the other side holder 41 of the connector 40. The tip part 31 of the terminal pin 30 and the tip part 51 of the terminal pin 50 maintain contact with each other in positions roughly corresponding to the swinging axis C. For the holder 41, the surface of the holder 21 side forms a cylindrical surface 43 brought close to a surface 23 opposite the holder 21. A plurality of slits 44 extended in a direction orthogonal to the swinging axis C are formed in the cylindrical surface 43 of the holder 41 correspondingly to the terminal pin 30.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hinge type connector for connecting two members to each other so that they can be electrically connected to each other and can swing, and a main body and a lid connected to each other by such a hinge type connector. The present invention relates to an electronic device such as a notebook personal computer having a body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 12 shows an example of a conventional electronic device (for example, a notebook personal computer or a word processor) provided with a hinged connector. FIG.
2, the electronic device includes an electronic device main body 2, a lid body 3 corresponding to the main body 2, and a hinge-type connector 100 for connecting the lid body 3 to the main body 2 in an openable and closable manner. . Among these, the electronic device main body 2 has a box 4 and a keyboard 5 provided on the upper surface of the box 4. On the other hand, the lid body 3 has a box body 6 and a liquid crystal display device 7 provided on a surface of the box body 6 corresponding to the keyboard 5 side.

Next, FIGS. 13 to 15 are enlarged views of the hinge type connector 100. FIG.
15, the hinge type connector 100 includes a one-side connector 80 and an other-side connector 90 that is connected to the one-side connector 80 so as to be swingable around a swing axis C. The one-side connector 80 includes a one-side holder 81 made of an insulating material, and a plurality of metal one-side terminal pins 30 embedded in a row in the one-side holder 81 at intervals. There is. In addition, the other side connector 90
Has another side holder 91 made of an insulating material and a plurality of metal other side terminal pins 50 arranged inside the other side holder 91 so as to correspond to the one side terminal pins 30.

A pair of side plates 22 are formed on both side ends of the one-side holder 81, and a pair of side plates 22 are formed on both side ends of the other-side holder 91 so as to overlap with inner surfaces of a pair of side plates 42 of the one-side holder 91. Is formed on the side plate 82. The pair of side plates 22, 82 are connected to each other at a position corresponding to the swing axis C.

As shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, the one-side terminal pin 30 has an upper end portion (tip portion) 31 slightly protruding from an upper portion of the one-side holder 81, and a lower end portion (base end portion) thereof.
32 projects from the bottom of the one-side holder 81. Also,
The other-side terminal pin 50 has a lower end portion (tip portion) 51 slightly protruding from a lower end portion of the other-side holder 91, and an upper end portion (base end portion) 52 of the other-side terminal pin 50 formed in an upper portion of the other-side holder 91. It projects into 45. The tip end portion 31 of the one-side terminal pin 30 and the tip end portion 51 of the other-side terminal pin 50 are elastically maintained in contact with each other at a position substantially corresponding to the swing axis C.

Next, as shown in FIG. 15, a printed circuit board 8 is disposed inside the box body 4 of the electronic equipment main body 2, and a connector is attached to a portion corresponding to the one side connector 80 on the box body 4. A hole 9 is formed. This connector mounting hole 9
The lower portion of the one-side holder 81 of the one-side connector 80 is inserted and the base end portions 32 of the one-side terminal pins 30 are soldered to the board circuit 8 inside the box 4. On the other hand, the printed circuit board 12 of the liquid crystal display device 7 is arranged inside the box 6 of the lid 3. Further, a connector portion 11 having a terminal body 14 soldered to the board circuit 12 and a holder portion 13 covering the terminal body 14 is provided at a portion corresponding to the other side connector 90 of the box body 6 in a protruding manner. Has been done. Then, the connector portion 11 of the lid body 3 is inserted into the recess 45 of the other-side connector 90, and the base end portion 52 of the other-side terminal pin 50 of the other-side connector 90 and the terminal body 14 of the connector portion 11 are connected. It is supposed to be done.

As described above, the hinge type connector 100 is
While connecting the lid 3 to the main body 2 so as to be openable and closable,
By maintaining the contact between the tip end portions 51 of the other side terminal pins 50 and the corresponding tip end portions 31 of the one side terminal pins 30, a predetermined distance between the substrate circuit 8 of the main body 2 and the substrate circuit 12 of the lid body 3 is maintained. You can keep the electrical connection of.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 13 to 15, a slanted notch 82 is formed on the front side of the one-side holder 81 so that the lid 3 can be closed with respect to the main body 2. The other side holder 91 is formed with a sloped cutout portion 82 corresponding to the cutout portion 82. As shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 15, the notches 82 and 93 connect the lid body 3 to the main body 2.
When closed, the notches 82 and 93 are formed so as to substantially overlap each other. That is, each notch 82,
Each of the reference numerals 93 has a sloped shape that approaches the tip end portion 31 of the one side terminal pin 30 and the tip end portion 51 of the other side terminal pin 50. Further, the tip portion 51 of the other side terminal pin 50,
A gap is provided between the one-side holder 81 and the other-side holder 91 at the contact portion between the corresponding one-side terminal pin 30 and the tip portion 31 of the corresponding one-side terminal pin 30 (FIG. 14). reference).

[0009]

The electronic device provided with the conventional hinge type connector as described above has the following problems. That is, as shown by the solid line in FIGS. 13 and 15, in the state where the lid body 3 is opened with respect to the main body 2, the above-mentioned gap between the one-side holder 81 and the other-side holder 91, and the cutout portion. Due to the presence of 82, 93, the tip portions 31, 51 of the other side terminal pin 50 and the one side terminal pin 30 are
It is exposed directly to the front. For this reason, metal products such as a pen tip and office clips used around electronic devices such as a notebook personal computer may be used as the terminal pins 3.
There is a possibility that the tip portions 31 and 51 of 0 and 50 may come into contact with each other to cause a short circuit.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides a hinge-type connector and an electronic device including the hinge-type connector capable of preventing contact with a terminal pin from the outside of the connector. The main purpose is to do.

[0011]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
In a hinge-type connector including one side connector and another side connector swingably connected to the one side connector about a swing axis, the one side connector is made of an insulating material, and the swing axis line is provided. And one side holder formed with a facing surface that is parallel to the one side holder, and a plurality of one side holders that are planted in a row on the facing surface of the one side holder at intervals from each other and have their tips substantially corresponding to the swing axis. The other-side connector has a terminal pin, and the other-side connector is made of an insulating material, and the one-side terminal is disposed inside the other-side holder so as to correspond to the one-side terminal pin and the tip portions thereof respectively correspond to the one-side terminal. The other-side holder has a plurality of other-side terminal pins that maintain contact with the tip end of the pin, and the other-side holder has a substantially cylindrical cylindrical surface whose surface on the one-side holder side is close to the facing surface of the one-side holder. On the cylindrical surface of the other side holder. And a plurality of slits extending in a direction perpendicular to said pivot axis in response to said one terminal pin is formed.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the other-side holder has a substantially cylindrical cylindrical surface whose surface on the one-side holder side is close to the facing surface of the one-side holder. The gap between the holder and the one-side holder is kept extremely small. Further, since a plurality of slits extending in the direction orthogonal to the swing axis line are formed on the cylindrical surface of the other side holder in correspondence with the one side terminal pin, the swing of the other side connector with respect to the one side connector is prevented. Instead, the plurality of one-side terminal pins can be kept housed in the slits of the corresponding other-side holder.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, an electronic device main body is provided.
A lid body corresponding to the electronic device body, and the hinge type connector according to claim 1, wherein one of the one side connector and the other side connector of the hinge type connector is connected to the electronic device body. One of the other is an electronic device, which is connected to the lid.

According to the second aspect of the invention, it is possible to provide an electronic device in which the lid is connected to the main body by the hinge-type connector according to the first aspect so as to be openable and closable.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, an electronic device main body is provided.
It has a lid body corresponding to this electronic equipment body, and the hinge type connector according to claim 1, one side connector of the hinge type connector is connected to the electronic equipment body, and the other side connector of the hinge type connector is The lid body is connected to the lid body such that the lid body can be opened and closed within a predetermined angle range with respect to the electronic device body, and the plurality of slits formed on the cylindrical surface of the other side holder have the lid body described above. A portion corresponding to an upper side of the lid body in a closed state with respect to the main body is closed within a range in which the lid body can be opened and closed while avoiding interference with the one-side terminal pin. It is an electronic device.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the plurality of slits formed on the cylindrical surface of the other holder has a portion corresponding to the upper side of the lid body when the lid body is closed with respect to the main body. Since the lid is closed to the extent that it can be opened and closed while avoiding interference with the one-side terminal pin, when the lid is closed with respect to the main body, from the portion corresponding to the upper side of the lid of the slit. It is possible to prevent dust and dirt from entering the slit.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic device main body,
A lid body corresponding to the electronic device main body, one side connector,
In an electronic device including a hinge-type connector having the other-side connector swingably coupled to the one-side connector, one of the one-side connector and the other-side connector of the hinge-type connector is The one side connector or the other side connector of the hinge connector is connected to the electronic device body and the other is connected to the lid body, and is detachable from the electronic device body or the lid body. It is characterized by

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the one side connector or the other side connector of the hinge type connector is attachable to and detachable from the main body of the electronic device or the lid body. It can be separated from the body.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the second to fourth aspects, the lid is provided with a liquid crystal display device.

[0020]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 11, the same components as those of the conventional example shown in FIGS.

1 to 6 are views showing an embodiment of an electronic device provided with a hinge type connector according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, an electronic device (for example, a notebook personal computer or a word processor) is an electronic device main body 2
And a lid 3 corresponding to the main body 2, and a hinge-type connector 1A for connecting the lid 3 to the main body 2 in an openable and closable manner. Among these, the electronic device main body 2 has a box 4 and a keyboard 5 provided on the upper surface of the box 4. On the other hand, the lid 3 includes a box 6 and this box 6
And a liquid crystal display device 7 provided on a surface corresponding to the keyboard 5 side.

Next, the hinge type connector 1A will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4, the hinge-type connector 1A includes the one-side connector 20.
And a connector 40 on the other side, which is connected to the connector 20 on one side so as to be swingable about a swing axis C (see FIGS. 3 and 4). As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the one-side connector 20 includes a one-side holder 21 made of an insulating material such as plastic, and a plurality of metal members attached in a line to the one-side holder 21 at intervals. And one side terminal pin (fixed pin) 30. In addition, the other side connector 40
Is the other side holder 41 made of an insulating material such as plastic.
And a plurality of metal other-side terminal pins (spring pins) 50 arranged corresponding to the one-side terminal pins 30 inside the other-side holder 41.

The one side holder 21 has a pair of side surface plates 22 formed at both end portions thereof (see FIGS. 2 and 3), and the pair of side surface plates 22 is parallel to the swing axis C. A facing surface 23 forming a flat surface is formed (see FIG. 4). The surface of the other side holder 41 on the side of the one side holder 20 has the facing surface 23 of the one side holder 20 with the swing axis C as the axis.
To form a cylindrical cylindrical surface 43 (see FIG. 4). A plurality of slits 44 corresponding to each one side terminal pin 30 and extending in a direction orthogonal to the swing axis C are formed on the cylindrical surface 43 of the other side holder 41. FIG.
As shown by the solid line in FIG. 4, the slit 44 extends from the position corresponding to the lower end of the cylindrical surface 43 to the swing axis C when the other connector 40 is perpendicular to the one connector 20. It extends to a position slightly higher than the height of. The width t (see FIG. 3) of the slit 44 is slightly larger than the diameter of the one-sided terminal pin 30. For example, when the one-sided terminal pin 30 has a diameter of 0.5 mm, The width t is about 0.7 mm.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the one-side holder 2
One pair of side plates 22 and the cylindrical surface 43 of the other side holder 41
Both ends of the portion are connected by a pair of screws S at a position corresponding to the swing axis C. In addition, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the tip (upper end) 31 of the one-side terminal pin 30 projects from the facing surface 23 of the upper portion of the one-side holder 21, and the base end (lower end) thereof. 32 projects from the bottom of the one-side holder 21. Further, the other end terminal pin 50 has a tip portion (lower end portion) 51 of the other side holder 41.
It projects into the slit 44. Also, the other side holder 4
A concave portion 45 is formed on the side opposite to the cylindrical surface 43 of the No. 1 corresponding to the other side terminal pin 50, and a base end portion (upper end portion) 52 of the other side terminal pin 50 projects into the concave portion 45. There is. The tip end portion 31 of the one-side terminal pin 30 and the tip end portion 51 of the other-side terminal pin 50 come into contact with each other at a position substantially corresponding to the swing axis C.

The other terminal pin 50 is shown in FIG. 6 (a).
As shown in FIG. 5, a cylindrical main body 53, and a tip side slider (tip portion) 51 and a base end side slider (base end) which are slidably held at both ends of the body 53, respectively. Part) 52. A coil spring 54 for urging the tip side slider 51 and the base end side slider 52 toward both ends of the body 53 is housed inside the body 53. And, since the other side terminal pin 50 has such a structure,
The tip portion 51 of the other side terminal pin 50 elastically maintains contact with the tip portion 31 of the one side terminal pin 30. As shown in FIG. 6B, the one side movable type other side having the base end side fixed pin 56 in place of the base end side slider 52 of the other side terminal pin 50 shown in FIG. 6A. The terminal pin 55 may be used.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4, the electronic device body 2
A printed circuit board 8 is arranged inside the box body 4, and a connector mounting hole 9 corresponding to the lower portion of the one side holder 21 is formed in a portion corresponding to the one side connector 20 on the upper side of the box body 4. . The lower portion of the one-side holder 21 of the one-side connector 20 is inserted into the connector mounting hole 9, and the base end portion 32 of each one-side terminal pin 30 is soldered to the board circuit 8.
5 has been done.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the box 6 of the lid 3 is
A printed circuit board 12 of the liquid crystal display device 7 is arranged inside. Further, a hole 10 is formed in a portion corresponding to the other side connector 40 of the box body 6, and a connector 11 protruding outward from the hole 10 is provided. The base portion of the connector portion 11 is the circuit board 1
Metal terminal body 14 soldered to 2
And an insulator 13 that covers the tip end side of the terminal body 14 and has an outer shape corresponding to the recess 45 of the other side holder 41. Then, the connector portion 11 of the lid body 3 is inserted into the recess 45 of the other-side connector 40, and the base end portion 52 of the other-side terminal pin 50 of the other-side connector 40 and the tip portion of the terminal body 14 of the connector portion 11 are inserted. And 15 are connected.

As described above, the hinge-type connector 1A connects the lid 3 to the main body 2 in an openable and closable manner, and connects the tip portions 51 of the plurality of other side terminal pins 50 to the corresponding one side terminal pins 30. By maintaining contact with the tip portion 31, it is possible to maintain a predetermined electrical connection between the substrate circuit 8 of the main body 2 and the substrate circuit 12 of the lid 3 (see FIG. 5). In FIG. 4, for example, by making the other-side connector 40 swingable with respect to the one-side connector 20 within an angle range of α = 135 °, from the state in which the lid body 3 is closed with respect to the main body 2, It can be opened up to a state where α = 135 ° with respect to the main body 2.

Next, the operation of this embodiment having such a configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. According to the present embodiment, the other-side holder 41 has a cylindrical surface 43 on the side of the one-side holder 21 that is close to the facing surface 23 of the one-side holder 21, and thus the other-side holder 41.
The gap between the and one-side holder 21 is kept extremely small. Further, since the plurality of slits 44 extending in the direction orthogonal to the swing axis C corresponding to the one side terminal pin 30 are formed on the cylindrical surface 43 of the other side holder 41, the one side connector of the other side connector 40. It is possible to maintain the state in which the plurality of one-side terminal pins 30 are housed in the slits 44 of the corresponding other-side holder 41 without hindering the swinging with respect to 20. The tip portion 51 of the other-side terminal pin 50 also protrudes in the center of the slit 44 corresponding to the one-side terminal pin 30. Therefore, it is possible to effectively prevent the metal products from coming into contact with the tip portions 51 of the one-side terminal pin 30 and the other-side terminal pin 50 from the outside, and at least the metal having a width larger than the width t of the slit 44. Product contact can be completely prevented.

Next, an improved example of the hinge type connector 1A of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. Figure 7
[Fig. 8] is a perspective view showing a hinge-type connector 1B of the present modification from the side opposite to the hinge-type connector 1A shown in Fig. 2, and Fig. 8 is a view also showing a cross-section corresponding to Fig. 4. 7 and 8, the other side holder 61 that constitutes the other side connector 60 of the hinge type connector 1B is similar to the other side holder 41 of the hinge type connector 1A shown in FIG.
The surface on the side of the one side holder 20 forms a cylindrical surface 43 having a cylindrical shape with the swing axis C as an axis and being close to the facing surface 23 of the one side holder 20 (see FIG. 8). Then, on the cylindrical surface 43 of the other side holder 61, a plurality of slits 64 corresponding to each one side terminal pin 30 and extending in a direction orthogonal to the swing axis C are formed.
Is also the same as the other side holder 41 of the hinge type connector 1A.

The hinge-type connector 1B of the present modification is characterized in that a plurality of slits 64 are provided when the lid 3 is closed with respect to the electronic equipment body 2 (the other side connector 60 is shown by a solid line in FIG. 8). The portions of the lid body 3 corresponding to the upper side 3a are closed by the rib bodies 62, respectively. As shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG.
The plurality of slits 64 are closed within a range in which the lid 3 can be opened and closed while avoiding the interference between the other holder 61 and the one terminal pin 30. According to this refinement,
In the state where the lid body 3 is closed with respect to the main body 2, the portion of the slit 64 corresponding to the upper side of the lid body 3 is covered with the rib body 62, so that from this portion
It is possible to prevent dust and dirt from entering the area.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In the present embodiment shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the same components as those of the above-described embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 6 are designated by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In FIG. 9, the electronic device body 2 and the lid 3 are connected by a hinge type connector 1C. Spring pins 75 corresponding to the respective one-side terminal pins 72 of the one-side connector 70 of the hinge-type connector 1C are soldered 79 to the board circuit 8 of the main body 2. The spring pin 75 includes a cylindrical main body 76 and the main body 76.
Has a slider 77 held slidably in the axial direction. In addition, inside the main body 76 of the spring pin 75, the coil spring 7 for urging the slider 7 upward is provided.
8 are stored. On the other hand, in the one-sided connector 70 of the hinge type connector 1C, an insertion hole 74 corresponding to each spring pin 75 is formed in the bottom portion of the one-side holder 71, and one side terminal pin (fixed pin) is formed in each insertion hole 74. ) 72 has a base end (lower end) 73 protruding.

Next, as shown in FIG. 10, the one-sided connector 70 of the hinge type connector 1C is attachable / detachable to / from the connector mounting hole 9 formed in the box 4 of the electronic device body 2. Then, as shown in FIG.
When 0 is inserted into the connector mounting hole 9 of the electronic device body 2, the corresponding spring pin 75 upper part is inserted into each insertion hole 74 of the one-side holder 71, and each one-side terminal pin 72 is attached.
The corresponding slider 77 of the spring pin 75 is brought into pressure contact with the base end portion 73 of the.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment having such a configuration will be described. According to the present embodiment, the one-sided connector 70 of the hinge-type connector 1C includes the electronic device main body 2
Since it is attachable / detachable to / from the connector mounting hole 9 of the electronic device, the lid 3 of the electronic device can be separated from the main body 2 together with the hinge-type connector 1C.

Next, referring to FIG. 11, an application example of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 11 shows a state in which the lid body 3 is separated from the electronic device main body 2, corresponding to FIG. 10. In FIG. 11, reference numeral 17 is a cable connector having a connector portion 18 connectable to the one-side connector 70 of the hinge-type connector 1C and a cable 19 having one end 19a connected to the connector portion 18. is there. The other end 19b of the cable connector 17 can be connected to the electronic device body 2. That is, the electronic device main body 2 and the lid body 3 separated from the main body 2 can be electrically connected by the cable connector 17.

According to this application example, the main body 2 and the lid body 3 of the electronic device can be separated and used by changing the positional relationship between the two. That is, for example, the electronic device main body 2
With the lid placed on a desk or the like, the lid 3 can be placed on the user's knee or the like, and the liquid crystal display device 7 of the lid 3 can be operated with the touch pen P. Further, depending on the type of electronic device, it is possible to operate the lid 3 independently without connecting the cable connector 17 to the main body 2.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the case where the one side connectors 20 and 70 are connected to the electronic device main body 2 and the other side connectors 40 and 60 are connected to the lid 3 has been described. In addition, the one side connectors 20, 70 may be connected to the lid body 3, and the other side connectors 40, 60 may be connected to the main body 2.

[0039]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the other side holder has a substantially cylindrical cylindrical surface whose one side holder side surface is close to the facing surface of the one side holder. The gap between the side holder and the one side holder is kept extremely small.
Further, since a plurality of slits extending in the direction orthogonal to the swing axis line are formed on the cylindrical surface of the other side holder in correspondence with the one side terminal pin, the swing of the other side connector with respect to the one side connector is prevented. Instead, the plurality of one-side terminal pins can be kept housed in the slits of the corresponding other-side holder. Therefore, it is possible to effectively prevent the metal products from coming into contact with the one-side terminal pin and the other-side terminal pin from the outside.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the one side connector or the other side connector of the hinge type connector is detachable from the main body of the electronic device or the lid body. And can be separated.
Therefore, the degree of freedom in handling the electronic device can be improved by separating the main body and the lid of the electronic device and changing the positional relationship between them, or by using one of them alone.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of an electronic device including a hinge-type connector according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view showing a hinge-type connector of the electronic device shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an elevation view of the hinge-type connector shown in FIG. 2 (in a state where the other side connector is perpendicular to the one side connector).

FIG. 4 is a view showing a relationship between a hinge-type connector and an electronic device body in a cross section taken along line IV-IV in FIG.

5 is a diagram showing a relationship between a hinge-type connector and a lid of an electronic device in the same cross section as FIG.

6A is a vertical cross-sectional view showing the structure of the other side terminal pin shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, and FIG. 6B is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a modified example of the structure of the other side terminal pin shown in FIG. Face view.

7 is a perspective view showing an improved example of the hinge-type connector shown in FIGS. 2 to 5 from the side opposite to FIG.

8 is a sectional view taken along line VIII-VIII of FIG.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing another embodiment of an electronic apparatus including a hinge-type connector according to the present invention in a cross section similar to FIGS. 4 and 5.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a state in which the hinge type connector and the lid are removed from the electronic device main body in the electronic device shown in FIG.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing an application example of the electronic device shown in FIGS. 9 and 10.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing an example of an electronic device including a conventional hinge-type connector.

13 is an enlarged perspective view showing a hinge type connector of the electronic device shown in FIG.

FIG. 14 is an elevation view of the hinge-type connector shown in FIG. 13 (in a state where the other-side connector is perpendicular to the one-side connector).

15 is a view showing the relationship between the hinge-type connector and the main body and lid of the electronic device in a cross section taken along line XV-XV of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1A, 1B, 1C, 100 Hinge type connector 2 Electronic device body 3 Lid 20, 70, 80 One side connector 21, 71, 81 One side holder 23 Opposing surface 30, 72 One side terminal 31 One side terminal tip 40 , 60, 90 Other side connector 41, 61, 91 Other side holder 43 Cylindrical surface 44, 64 Slit 50, 55 Other side terminal 51 Tip of other side terminal (tip side slider)

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A hinge-type connector comprising a one-side connector and another side connector swingably connected to the one-side connector around a swing axis, wherein the one-side connector is made of an insulating material. And a one-side holder having an opposing surface formed parallel to the swing axis, and the one-side holder is planted in a row in a row on the opposing surface of the one-side holder with the tip end substantially corresponding to the swing axis. And a plurality of one-sided terminal pins, the other-sided connector is provided with the other-sided holder made of an insulating material, the other-sided holder is disposed inside the other-sided holder so as to correspond to the one-sided terminal pin, and the tip portions thereof are respectively arranged. A plurality of other side terminal pins that maintain contact with the tip of the corresponding one side terminal pin, and the other side holder has a surface on the side of the one side holder that is close to a facing surface of the one side holder. It has a cylindrical surface, and the other side The cylindrical surface of the die, a hinged connector, wherein a plurality of slits extending in a direction perpendicular to said pivot axis in response to said one terminal pin is formed. 2. An electronic device main body, a lid body corresponding to the electronic device main body, and the hinge type connector according to claim 1, wherein one of the one side connector and the other side connector of the hinge type connector is provided. One of the electronic devices is connected to the electronic device main body, and the other is connected to the lid body. 3. An electronic device main body, a lid body corresponding to the electronic device main body, and the hinge type connector according to claim 1, wherein one side connector of the hinge type connector is connected to the electronic device main body. The other connector of the hinge-type connector is connected to the lid body so that the lid body can be opened and closed within a predetermined angle range with respect to the electronic device body, and is formed on a cylindrical surface of the other side holder. The plurality of slits is a range in which the portion corresponding to the upper side of the lid body in the state where the lid body is closed with respect to the main body can secure the opening and closing of the lid body while avoiding interference with the one side terminal pin. Electronic device characterized by being blocked by. 4. A hinge-type connector having an electronic device main body, a lid corresponding to the electronic device main body, one side connector, and another side connector swingably connected to the one side connector. , One of the one side connector and the other side connector of the hinge type connector is connected to the electronic device body, the other is connected to the lid body, the one side connector of the hinge type connector Alternatively, the other-side connector is attachable to and detachable from the electronic device main body or the lid body. 5. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the lid is provided with a liquid crystal display device.