JPH10270222A - Electric component with connector - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide electric components with a connector which can be easily connected electrically with the main body of equipment by means of the connector incorporated in the components and, at the same time, in which the connector can be incorporated and secured easily. SOLUTION: A substrate 14 mounted with terminal sections 20 is housed in a frame body 12 and secured by means of a mount 15 attached to the opened section 12e of the frame body 12. Then an opening 15h and a tongue pieces 15g faced to the opening 15h are installed to the mount 15. In addition, a connector 16 (23) connected to the terminal sections 20 of the substrate 14 is led out through the opening 15h, and the tongue pieces 15g are locked to the main body of the connector 16 (23).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electrical component with a connector, and more particularly, to an electrical component with a connector in which a connector is easily and reliably connected to an electrical component such as a variable resistor, a switch or an encoder.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, electrical connection between an electric component incorporated in an electric or electronic device and a device main body is achieved by directly soldering terminals of the electric component to a printed circuit board provided on the device main body in advance. .

However, with respect to small devices, for example, a variable resistor (linear position sensor) used for detecting the lens position of a camera, etc., since the space for incorporating the variable resistor is limited, the camera body is not provided. Cannot be directly soldered to the printed circuit board, and it is necessary to route between the variable resistor and the printed circuit board by a lead wire.

That is, as a connection structure using the lead wires, the other ends of a plurality of lead wires, one ends of which are previously soldered to a printed circuit board of a camera body, are respectively connected to the ends of terminals of a variable resistor. Are soldered one by one. Alternatively, since the above soldering operation is complicated, as shown in FIG.
A small substrate 3 having conductive patterns (not shown) corresponding to the number of terminals 2 of the variable resistor 1 formed on the front surface or the back surface is used.
The terminal 5 of the male connector 4 is soldered to one end of the small substrate 3, and the variable resistor 1 is connected to the other end of the small substrate 3.
Terminal 2 is soldered 6. Next, the variable resistor 1 to which the small substrate 3 is connected is attached to a predetermined portion of a camera body (not shown). Then, by connecting the female connector 7 of the lead wire connected to the printed circuit board of the camera body to the male connector 4, the variable resistor 1 and the camera body are connected via the conductive pattern of the small circuit board 3. And play an electrical connection.

[0005]

The conventional small substrate 3
Requires a soldering process of the small board 3 and each of the male connector 4 and the variable resistor 1.
This leads to an increase in the number of assembly steps and an increase in the number of soldering points, thereby deteriorating the reliability of electrical connection. Further, there is a problem that the number of components of the small substrate 3 itself increases.

The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and a connector is incorporated in an electric component itself such as a variable resistor to facilitate electrical connection with a device main body, and the connector is easily incorporated. An object of the present invention is to provide an electrical component with a connector that can be securely held.

[0007]

According to the present invention, there is provided an electric component with a connector in which a substrate provided with terminals is housed in a frame, and the substrate is held by a mounting plate attached to an open portion of the frame.
A hole portion and a tongue piece facing the hole portion are provided on the mounting plate, and a connector connected to a terminal portion of the substrate is led out of the hole portion to the outside, and the tongue piece is connected to the connector body. It is stopped.

Further, according to the present invention, the conductive terminal of the connector is connected by press-fitting to the terminal portion of the board exposed in the hole of the mounting plate.

The present invention also provides a mounting plate made of a metal plate, wherein the mounting plate comprises a flat plate portion for holding the substrate, a pair of arms provided with the tongue pieces, and a wall provided at an end of the arm. Consisting of
The wall portions abut each other and are engaged by an engagement portion, and the hole portion is formed by the arm portion and the wall portion.

Further, according to the present invention, the arm portion is bent by a first bent portion to rise from the surface of the flat plate portion, and the end portion of the arm portion is bent by a second bent portion to form the wall portion. And the wall is projected in a direction crossing the plane of the flat plate.

Further, in the present invention, the open end of the wall portion is bent by a third bent portion so as to project in the surface direction of the flat plate portion.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of an electric component with a connector according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a variable resistor 11 with a connector in which the present invention is applied to a slide type variable resistor. The variable resistor 11 with a connector includes a frame 12, a slider receiver 13, and a slider. Piece 17,
It comprises an insulating substrate 14, a mounting plate 15, and a male connector 16.

The frame body 12 comprises an upper surface portion 12a and a pair of side surface portions 12b by bending a flat metal plate, and a long elongated hole 12c is formed at the center of the upper surface portion 12a.
Are provided, and a plurality of claws 12 are provided at an end of the side portion 12b.
d is formed, and an opening 12e is formed between the pair of side plates 12b.
It has become.

The slider receiver 13 has a lever 13b integrally projecting from the surface of a base 13a made of mold resin.
A slider piece 17 made of a conductor is fixed to the back surface of the base 13a. On the surface of the insulating substrate 14, a resistor layer 18 and a conductor layer 19 are formed in a strip shape by printing or the like. One end of each of the layers 18 and 19 has an eyelet terminal 20 which is a terminal portion provided on the insulating substrate 14. It is conducting. The eyelet terminal 20 is inserted into a through hole provided at one end of both layers 18 and 19 of the insulating substrate 14, and has a cylindrical portion having a hole 20a formed therein, and a flange provided at one end of the cylindrical portion. The cylindrical portion of the eyelet terminal 20 is inserted into the insulating substrate 14, and the other end of the cylindrical portion is caulked and fixed to the insulating substrate 14.

The mounting plate 15 is formed by bending a single substantially rectangular flat metal plate.
a and the flat portion 1 extending in the longitudinal direction from the flat portion 15a.
5a, and a pair of arms 15b standing upright to be orthogonal to the plane of 5a. The ends of the arms 15b are further bent in the directions facing each other and perpendicular to the surface of the arms 15b to form a wall 15c, and the tips of the walls 15c abut each other. The butted portion is engaged by an engaging portion 15f including a concave portion 15d and a convex portion 15e. In the middle of the arm 15b, the arm 15b
A tongue piece 15g protruding in the same plane direction as the face is provided, and the tongue piece 15g is provided at one end side of the flat plate portion 15a with an arm portion 15b.
And a hole 15h formed by the wall portion 15c. The flat plate portion 15a is formed with a fixing hole 15i for fixing the device body, a plurality of through holes 15j into which the claws 12d of the frame 12 are inserted, and a cutout 15k. A through hole 151 is also provided at the center of 15g.

The mounting plate 15 is assembled by mounting the mounting plate 1 shown in FIG.
As shown in a development view of FIG. 5, first, a pair of arms 15b provided on the flat plate portion 15a is bent upright at a first bent portion 15m to be upright with respect to the surface of the flat plate portion 15a.
Next, the wall 15c provided at the end of the arm 15b is
Is bent at a bent portion 15n so as to be orthogonal to the surface of the arm portion 15b, and the ends of the wall portion 15c abut against each other and are engaged by the engaging portion 15f to be assembled. In addition, the order of bending may be such that the wall portion 15c is set first, and then the pair of arm portions 15b is bent.

The connector 16 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG.
6a, a plurality of linear terminals 2 are inserted through through holes (not shown).
1 is press-fitted, and the terminal 21 is vertically protruded from the base 16a. The terminal 21 protruding from the upper surface of the base 16a is connected to the resistor layer 18 and the conductor layer 19 of the insulating substrate 14 for conduction. The terminal 21a, which protrudes from the lower surface of the base portion 16a, is a connection terminal 21b to which a female connector (not shown), which is a general counterpart, is connected. Three directions around the connection terminal 21b are surrounded by three side walls 16b integrally projecting from the base portion 16a. A slit 16c and a hole 16d are formed in the side wall 16b located at the center.
c is a guide groove for connecting the female connector, and
The hole 16d is engaged with the projection of the female connector to prevent the two connectors from coming off. Further, the base 1
A tapered projection 16e is formed on the opposite side surface of 6a, and the projection 16e is engaged with a through hole 151 provided in a tongue piece 15g of the mounting plate 15. The terminals 21 may be integrally embedded in the base portion 16a by insert molding instead of press fitting.

Next, the assembling of the variable resistor with connector 11 composed of the above-mentioned components will be described with reference to FIGS.
This will be described with reference to FIG. The frame 12 is moved to its upper surface 12
The jig is fixed to the jig in the opposite direction so that a is lower, and the open portion 12e of the frame body 12 faces upward. Next, the slider receiver 13
Is inserted into the long hole 12c of the frame 12, and the slider receiver 13 is placed in the frame 12 so that the slider piece 17 faces upward. Next, the insulating substrate 14 is placed on the side surface 12b of the frame 12 so that the resistor layer 18 and the like of the insulating substrate 14 face downward, and the opening 12e of the frame 12 is covered with the insulating substrate 14. At this time, the slider piece 1 of the slider receiver 13
7 is brought into contact with the resistor layer 18 of the insulating substrate 14 and the like.

Next, the mounting plate 15 formed by bending the pair of arms 15b and the wall 15c is placed on the insulating substrate 14 so that the arms 15b cover a part of the side surface 12b of the frame 12. The claw 12d of the frame 12 is inserted into the through hole 15j and the notch 15k of the flat plate portion 15a of the mounting plate 15, and the claw 12d is caulked with a jig to form the insulating substrate 14.
The frame 12 and the mounting plate 15 are fixed to each other with the. At this time,
The eyelet terminals 20 of the insulating substrate 14 are located in the holes 15h of the mounting plate 15, so that the eyelet terminals 20 are exposed from the holes 15h.

Finally, the conductive terminal 21 of the connector 16
a is press-fitted into the hole 20a of the eyelet terminal 20 of the insulating substrate 14 exposed in the hole portion 15h of the mounting plate 15 until the upper surface of the substrate portion 16a comes into contact with the insulating substrate 14 to make it electrically conductive. At this time, the base part 16a of the connector 16 is inserted into the hole part 15h while the projection 16e of the base part 16a expands the tongue piece 15g of the mounting plate 15 against its elasticity. By fitting the connector 16 by fitting it into the through hole 151 of the tongue piece 15g, the assembly of the variable resistor 11 with connector is completed.

Although the connector 16 has been described as a male connector, it is needless to say that a female connector can be applied. The terminal 21 of the connector 16 may have various shapes such as an ellipse, a square, a triangle, and a polygon other than a round shape. If the hole 20a of the eyelet terminal 20 has a round shape, a square terminal may be used. 21 has more stable electrical connection by press-fitting.

The variable resistor with connector 11 is incorporated in a device such as a camera, and has a fixing hole 15i of the mounting plate 15.
Is fixed to the device body. The electrical connection with the equipment main body can be easily made by simply connecting the female connector conducted to the printed circuit board of the equipment main body to the male connector 16 of the variable resistor 11. As for the detection of the lens position of the camera and the like, the lever piece 13 protruding from the frame 12 of the variable resistor 11 is driven so that the slider piece 17 is connected to the resistor layer 19 on the insulating substrate 14.
And the like, and the amount of movement of the lever 13b can be detected as a change in resistance value.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of a variable resistor 22 with connector according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
It is composed of a frame 12, a slider receiver 13, an insulating substrate 14, a mounting plate 15, and a male connector 23. The structure of the mounting plate 15 and the connector 23 is particularly characteristic. The structures of the moving element receiver 13 and the insulating substrate 14 are the same as those of the first embodiment, and therefore the description is omitted.

First, as shown in an exploded view of FIG. 6, the mounting plate 15 is assembled by bending a pair of arms 15b provided on a flat plate portion 15a of a flat metal plate at a first bent portion 15m. Stand upright. Next, the wall 1 provided at the end of the arm 15b
5c is bent by the second bent portion 15n so as to be orthogonal to the respective surfaces of the arm portion 15b and the flat plate portion 15a, and one end of the wall portion 15c is abutted against each other to form an engagement formed of a concave portion 15d and a convex portion 15e. Engage by the portion 15f. Up to this point, the third embodiment is the same as the first embodiment except that the open end 15p side of the wall portion 15c engaged with each other is bent by a third bent portion 15q to form the flat plate portion 15a. And project outward so as to be on the same plane. The order of the above-mentioned bending is as follows. First, the open end 15p of the wall 15c is bent by the third bent portion 15q, and then the second The wall portion 15c may be bent by the bent portion 15n, and finally, the pair of arm portions 15b may be bent by the first bent portion 15m. Accordingly, the mounting plate 15 has a hole 15h formed at one end thereof by the pair of arms 15b and the wall 15c, and a tongue piece 15g provided in the middle of the arm 15b is formed by the hole 15h. Facing. A plurality of fixing holes 15i, through holes 15j and notches 15k of the flat plate portion 15a, and a through hole 151 at the center of the tongue piece 15g are formed in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

Next, the connector 23 is shown in FIG.
As shown in (b), the base portion 23a is made of mold resin.
A V-groove 23b is formed integrally on one surface, and a side wall 23c surrounding the three directions is integrally formed on the other opposite surface, and a through-hole penetrating from the V-groove 23b to the inside of the side wall 23c is formed in the base portion 23a (FIG. (Not shown), and a plurality of terminals 21 bent in a hook shape are press-fitted into the through holes.
The terminal 21 protruding upward along the V-shaped groove 23b of the base portion 23a becomes a conductive terminal 21a for conducting with the resistor layer 18 and the conductor layer 19 of the insulating substrate 14, and
The terminal 21 protruding into the side wall 23c is a connection terminal 21b to which a female connector (not shown) is connected. The direction in which the connection terminals 21b protrude is the surface direction of the flat plate portion 15a of the mounting plate 15. Also,
As described in the first embodiment, the base 2
Tapered projections 23e are formed on the opposite side surfaces of the mounting plate 15a, and are engaged with through holes 151 provided in the tongue piece 15g of the mounting plate 15, and the inner wall surface is provided on the side wall 23c located at the center. A guide groove 23c for guiding the female connector is provided on the side.
Holes 23d are formed to prevent the connector from coming off.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 8 (a) and 8 (b), the assembling of the variable resistor 22 with the connector having the above-described structure is performed in the same manner as described above, with the opening 12e facing upward. The slider receiver 13 and the insulating substrate 14 are sequentially incorporated into the body 12, and then the mounting plate 15 is put on the insulating substrate 14, and the claws 12 d of the frame body 12 are swaged to form the insulating substrate 1.
The frame 12 and the mounting plate 15 are fixed to each other with the intermediary of the frame 4. Finally, the connector 23 is connected to the projection 23d of the base 23a.
Is inserted into the hole 15h while spreading against the elasticity of the tongue piece 15g of the mounting plate 15, and the conductive terminal 21a is inserted into the hole 20a of the eyelet terminal 20 of the insulating substrate 14 exposed in the hole 15h. Press-fit. At this time, the open end 15p of the wall 15c of the mounting plate 15 is bent so that the flat plate 15a is bent.
The connector 2 is projected outward on the same plane as
3 is assembled such that the central side wall 23c just overlaps. Fixing and electrical connection of the assembled variable resistor with connector to the device main body are the same as those in the first embodiment described above, but the connector 23 has its board portion 23a on the surface of the insulating board 14. At the same time, the central side wall 23c is also in contact with the plate surface of the engaging portion 15f of the mounting plate 15, thereby suppressing the inclination of the connector 23 in the vertical direction.

Although the embodiment of the electric component with connector of the present invention has been described using a slide type variable resistor, a rotary type variable resistor, an electric switch or an electric switch for switching an electric signal are used. Of course, the present invention can be applied to electric components such as an encoder for obtaining a pulse signal.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention, a substrate provided with a terminal portion is housed in a frame, and the substrate is held by a mounting plate made of a metal plate mounted on an open portion of the frame. A hole portion and a tongue piece facing the hole portion are provided on the mounting plate, and a connector connected to a terminal portion of the substrate is led out of the hole portion to the outside, and the tongue piece is connected to the connector body. It is an electrical component with a stopped connector, and the connector connected to the terminal portion of the board is securely held by the tongue of the mounting plate, so that no load is applied to the board against vibration of the connector, etc.
Also, there is a remarkable effect that the connector can be reliably prevented from coming off. Further, the electrical connection between the electrical component and the device main body after the electrical component has been incorporated into the device can be achieved by coupling the connectors together, so that the conventional soldering work is not required and the workability can be improved.

Further, according to the present invention, since the conductive terminals of the connector are press-fitted to the terminal portions of the board exposed in the holes of the mounting plate, soldering work is not required, and the mounting of the connector is not required. Is extremely simple.

Further, according to the present invention, the mounting plate made of a metal plate includes a flat plate portion for holding the substrate, a pair of arm portions provided with the tongue pieces, and a wall portion provided at an end of the arm portion. Consisting of
The wall portions abut each other and are engaged by an engagement portion, and the hole portion is formed by the arm portion and the wall portion, and ends of a pair of arm portions are engaged by the engagement portion. As a result, the tongue piece and the connector body can be reliably locked without rattling.

Further, according to the present invention, the arm portion is bent by a first bent portion to rise from the surface of the flat plate portion, and the end portion of the arm portion is bent by a second bent portion to form the wall portion. The wall portion is projected in a direction intersecting the plane of the flat plate portion.The mounting plate can be easily formed by bending a single metal plate, and the mounting direction of the connector is The direction can be perpendicular to the plane of the flat portion of the plate.

Further, since the open end of the wall portion is projected in the surface direction of the flat plate portion by a third bent portion,
The lead-out direction of the connector can be set to the direction of the plane of the flat plate portion, and the lead-out direction of the connector can be easily changed depending on whether or not the open end of the wall is bent.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an electric component with a connector according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a developed view of the mounting plate according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 relates to the connector according to the first embodiment of the present invention;
(A) is the front view, (b) is the bottom view.

FIG. 4A is a front view of the electrical component with a connector according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4B is a bottom view thereof.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view showing an electric component with a connector according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a development view of a mounting plate according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 relates to a connector according to a second embodiment of the present invention;
(A) is a bottom view, and (b) is a side view.

FIG. 8A is a front view and FIG. 8B is a bottom view of the electrical component with a connector according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a conventional electrical connection between an electric component and a device body.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11, 22 Electrical component with connector 12 Frame 12e Open portion 14 Insulating substrate 15 Mounting plate 15a Flat plate portion 15b Arm portion 15c Wall portion 15f Engaging portion 15g Tongue piece 15h Void portion 15m First bent portion 15n Second Folded portion 15q Third bent portion 15p Open end 16,23 Connector 21 Terminal 21a Conductive terminal

Claims (5)

[Claims] A substrate provided with a terminal portion is housed in a frame body,
The board is held by a mounting plate attached to an open portion of the frame, a hole is provided in the mounting plate, and a tongue piece facing the hole is provided, and a connector connected to a terminal of the substrate is provided. An electrical component with a connector, wherein the electrical component is led out from a hole portion and the tongue piece is locked to the connector body. 2. The electrical component with a connector according to claim 1, wherein the conductive terminal of the connector is press-fitted to a terminal of the board exposed in the hole of the mounting plate. 3. The mounting plate made of a metal plate, a flat plate portion holding the substrate, a pair of arm portions provided with the tongue pieces,
A wall provided at an end of said arm, wherein said wall is abutted against each other and engaged by an engaging portion, and said hole is formed by said arm and said wall. Item 2. An electrical component with a connector according to Item 1. 4. The arm portion is bent by a first bent portion to rise from the surface of the flat plate portion, and a second end portion is provided at an end of the arm portion.
4. The electrical component with a connector according to claim 3, wherein the wall portion is provided by being bent by the bent portion, and the wall portion is protruded in a direction intersecting the surface of the flat plate portion. 5. The electrical component with a connector according to claim 4, wherein the open end of the wall is bent by a third bent portion so as to project in the surface direction of the flat plate.