JPH1154874A - Electrical connector - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electrical connector for which sufficient margin for electrical connection is ensured to improve the assembling workability, while its projection from the case of a wiring member is decreased and wiring is made compact. SOLUTION: A 1st printed circuit board is provided to the inside of a case 1, and a 2nd printed circuit board 3 is provided to the outside of the case 1, and the 1st printed circuit board is connected electrically to the 2nd printed circuit board 3 with a wiring member 4 made of an EPC. The wiring member 4 is wired from the printed circuit board 3 toward an electrical connection section 5 of the other printed circuit board which is provided in the vicinity of the ridge of the case 1 along the ridge of the case 1, and an electrical connection section is provided to a termination section 8 of the wiring member 4, to be coupled with the electrical connection section 5 of the other printed circuit board.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wiring board provided inside a case and a wiring board provided outside the case.
The present invention relates to an electric connection device for making an electric connection via a PC.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, an instrument case for a vehicle contains various instruments such as a speedometer, a tachometer, and a fuel gauge, or operating states of various devices of the vehicle, for example, various kinds of alarms such as a direction indication display and a fuel remaining amount. An alarm display device, etc., that informs the driver of the device intensively is housed and arranged.Electrical equipment and night lighting lamps, etc., housed in these instrument cases are supplied with power from an on-board battery via an electric cable. ing. In this case, a wiring board on which a predetermined conductive pattern is printed and formed is provided outside the instrument case, or a wiring board is housed inside the instrument case, and the wiring board outside the case and the electric cable are connected to each other. It is electrically connected, the wiring board outside the case and the wiring board inside the case are electrically connected, and further, the wiring board inside the case is electrically connected to the various electric devices, the lighting lamps and the like. .

In this case, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, a wiring board B provided inside the case A and a wiring board C provided outside the case A are disposed parallel to each other at a predetermined distance. For example, an electric connection portion D made of a connector is provided on a wiring board B inside a case A, and a tongue-shaped wiring member integrally formed from an edge of a wiring board C made of an FPC provided outside the case A E is provided. The wiring member E is formed by being integrally drawn out from the wiring board C outside the case A made of the FPC toward the outer peripheral direction of the case A, and the terminal end portion F of the wiring member E is used as an electric joint G on the FPC side. The electrical connection is made by inserting the connector into an electrical connection portion D formed of the connector corresponding to the opening H formed on the back surface of the case A.

[0004]

According to this configuration, after the wiring board B inside the case A and the wiring board C outside the case A are attached, a part of the FPC which is the wiring board C outside the case A is mounted. The electrical connection can be easily performed simply by connecting the electrical connection portion G of the terminal portion F of the wiring member E made up of the connector to the electrical connection portion D made of a connector provided on the wiring board B inside the case A. However, in general, this connection work is manually performed, and if the wiring member E is formed long so as to have a sufficient length in order to improve the assembling workability, the end portion of the wiring member E is grasped. Although the connection to the electrical connection portion composed of the connector becomes easy, if this margin is increased, the wiring member E with respect to the outer shape of the case A is not provided.
Will protrude outward, and in the assembled state, an extra slack portion I will be exposed. Since the slack portion I projects outward from the case A, the slack portion I may be used, for example, at the time of subsequent assembling work or shipping.
And the electric coupling portion G of the terminal portion F of the FPC may be detached from the electric connection portion. Conventionally, it has been proposed to protect the slack portion I by covering it with a separately provided cover or the like (not shown), but this increases the number of parts and causes an increase in cost.

For this reason, in order to suppress the slack portion I and suppress the amount of the case A protruding outward, it is conceivable to form the extra portion short. However, there is a problem that the electric coupling portion G is difficult to grasp and work is difficult.

In particular, a connector which is an electrical connection portion D of a wiring board B inside the case A, and a wiring board C outside the case A
In particular, when the base end J of the wiring member E is arranged close to the wiring member E, this connection work becomes difficult.

The wiring board C outside the case A is made of an FPC. Since the FPC is formed of a sheet-like material, the wiring member E is partially formed on the outer periphery in order to have a margin. When a part protruding in the direction occurs,
There is also a problem that a large number of parts are wasted because a large amount of space is wasted.

Accordingly, the present invention secures a sufficient margin for electrical connection while improving the workability of assembly by reducing the amount of protrusion of the wiring member from the case and performing compact wiring. It is an object of the present invention to provide an electrical connection device capable of performing the following.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a first wiring board provided inside a case,
A second wiring board provided outside the case;
The first wiring board and the second wiring board are
Electrical connection by a wiring member consisting of
The wiring member is routed along the edge of the case from the one wiring substrate to the electrical connection portion of the other wiring substrate provided near the edge of the case, and is disposed. An electric connection portion for coupling to an electric connection portion of the other wiring board is provided at a termination portion.

The wiring member extends from the base end of the wiring member to the terminal end in a direction substantially parallel to a side peripheral wall surface of an edge of the case.

[0011] Further, the base end of the wiring member and the electrical connection portion are arranged at different positions in a direction parallel to a side peripheral wall surface of an edge of the case.

A housing is provided on a side peripheral wall surface of the case, and the wiring member is housed in the housing.

[0013] The at least one wiring board may be F
The wiring member is formed integrally as a part of the wiring board made of PC and the FPC.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An insulating case made of, for example, synthetic resin for housing electric devices such as a speedometer, a tachometer, a fuel gauge, and a thermometer is provided, and a first wiring board is provided in the case. A second wiring board for supplying electric power to the first wiring board is provided outside the case. In this case, the second wiring board is made of a flexible FPC, is provided along the shape of the back surface of the case, and is integrally connected to the first wiring board from the FPC as the second wiring board. Wiring members are drawn out.
The first wiring board is fixedly provided with an electrical connection portion including a connector, and the electrical connection portion is provided at a position close to an edge of the case. The wiring member is inserted into an electrical connection portion of the first wiring board, which is formed by a connector, so that the first wiring board and the second wiring board are connected to each other by FPC.
Are electrically connected by a wiring member made of

In the present invention, the wiring member is routed along the edge of the case from the one wiring substrate to the electrical connection portion of the other wiring substrate provided near the edge of the case. More specifically, an integrated tongue-shaped wiring member is formed by extending from the FPC from a second wiring substrate provided outside the case, and this wiring member is formed of the wiring member. By extending from the base end to the end in a direction substantially parallel to the side peripheral wall surface of the edge of the case, the end of the FPC is routed toward the connector of the first wiring board. To form. That is, the base end of the wiring member pulled out from the second wiring board and the connector of the first wiring board are displaced from each other in a direction parallel to the side peripheral wall surface of the edge of the case. It is to be arranged.

With this arrangement, the wiring member is provided with a marginal portion for facilitating the connection operation, not in a direction protruding to the outer periphery, but in a direction along the peripheral wall at the edge of the case. The wiring member does not protrude largely toward the outer periphery with respect to the case.

Further, at this time, a storage portion composed of a double wall is provided on a side peripheral wall surface of the case where the wiring member is provided, and the wiring member is stored in the storage portion by bending the wiring member at an edge of the case. Accordingly, the wiring member is routed so as to bypass the side peripheral wall surface of the case, and the wiring member can be further compactly routed and disposed with respect to the case.

[0018]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3 show a first embodiment of the present invention.

A case 1 made of an insulating material such as a synthetic resin for housing electric devices (not shown) such as a speedometer, a tachometer, a fuel gauge, and a thermometer is provided, and a first wiring board 2 is provided in the case 1. The first wiring board 2 is formed of a hard printed board on which a predetermined circuit pattern is formed, and various electric devices and circuit components (not shown) are arranged on the board and are electrically connected. Outside the case 1, a second wiring board 3 on which a circuit pattern for supplying power to the first wiring board 2 is formed.

In this case, the second wiring board 3 is made of a flexible printed board, that is, an FPC (flexible printed board), is provided along the shape of the back surface of the case 1, and is provided along the second wiring board 3. Member 4 for electrically connecting to first wiring board 2 integrally from FPC
Is formed.

The first wiring board 2 is provided with an electrical connection portion 5 comprising a connector, which is provided at a position close to the edge of the case 1 and whose upper end is connected to the case. 1 is provided so as to be inserted into the opening 6 formed.

The wiring member 4 is pulled out of the second wiring board 3 and is connected to the electrical connecting portion 5 of the first wiring board 2 which is a connector.
The first wiring board 2 and the second wiring board 3 are connected to each other by inserting the
The electrical connection is made by the wiring member 4 which is a part of the PC.

In the present invention, the wiring member 4 is routed along the edge of the case 1 from one of the wiring boards toward the electrical connection portion of the other wiring board provided near the edge of the case 1. Specifically, an integrated tongue-shaped wiring member 4 is formed from a second wiring board 3 provided outside the case 1 so as to extend from the FPC.
From the base end 10 to the end 8 of the wiring member 4,
The end portion 8 of the FPC is formed to extend toward the electrical connection portion 5 of the first wiring board 2 by extending in a direction substantially parallel to the side peripheral wall surface 11 at the edge of the case 1. is there. That is, the base end 10 of the wiring member 4 pulled out from the second wiring board 3 and the electrical connection part 5 of the first wiring board 2 are in a direction parallel to the side peripheral wall surface 11 at the edge of the case 1. The wiring member 4 is provided with a marginal portion corresponding to the distance between the two arrangement positions.

By doing so, the wiring member 4 is provided not in the direction of protruding the extra length for facilitating the connection work to the outer periphery but in the direction along the peripheral wall of the edge of the case 1. Therefore, the wiring member 4 does not largely protrude in the outer peripheral direction with respect to the case 1, and a marginal length of the wiring member 4 for facilitating the connection operation while relatively suppressing the size of the outer peripheral direction is generated. Can be.

In general, an FPC is formed by separating a plurality of FPCs from a sheet-like material in a manufacturing process thereof. As in the first embodiment, the wiring member 4 is integrated with one of the wiring boards. In the case where the wiring member 4 is formed by FPC as a part of one of the wiring boards, the amount of protrusion of the wiring member 4 that protrudes outward as a part of the wiring board can be relatively suppressed by applying the present invention. Therefore, the wasted portion of the sheet-like material can be reduced, and the number of wiring boards per unit sheet can be increased, which is effective in reducing the cost from the viewpoint of manufacturing.

Further, in the present invention, the housing portion 12 formed of a double wall
The wiring member 4 is bent and stored at the edge of the case 1 in the storage portion 12 so that the case 1 can be satisfactorily formed even in the portion of the wiring member 4 protruding in the outer peripheral direction of the case 1.
And the wiring member 4 can be
The wiring member 4 can be more compactly wound around the case 1 by being detoured around the side peripheral wall surface 11 and disposed, and the wiring member 4 can be protected by the storage portion 12. be able to.

At this time, a rib 15 is formed around the opening 6 of the case 1 into which the electric connection portion 5 is inserted, and a rib extending from a part of the double wall forming the storage portion 12. A rib 16 is formed to protect the electrical connection portion 5 and the terminal end portion 8 of the wiring member 4 inserted and inserted into the electrical connection portion 5 by the ribs 15 and 16.

FIG. 4 shows a second embodiment of the present invention, in which a first wiring board 2 provided inside a case 1 and a second wiring board 3 provided outside the case 1 are respectively shown. First and second electrical connection portions 1 formed of a hard printed wiring board and having the same connectors as those of the first embodiment in proximity to the edges of the case 1 of each of the wiring boards 2 and 3.
3 and 14 are provided, and F
A wiring member 4 made of PC is provided. In this case, the wiring member 4 is connected to the first or second wiring board 13,
14 are provided separately from each other, and each of the electrical connection portions 13 and 14 is provided.
The electrical junction 9 that exposes the electrical conduction part 7 is provided corresponding to.

According to this configuration, after the first and second wiring boards 2 and 3 are assembled to the case 1,
First, one end of the wiring member 4 made of FPC is inserted and connected to the second electric connection portion 14 of the second wiring board 3 provided outside the above, and the connected one end is connected to the base end of the wiring member 4. As 10, the multi-end side of the wiring member 4 is defined as a terminal end portion 8,
This terminal portion 8 is connected to the first electrical connection portion 1 of the first wiring board 2.
3 and is connected to the first electrical connection portion 13 of the first wiring board 2 with the terminal portion 8 therebetween.

In the second embodiment, the wiring member 4 is connected to the second end of the wiring member 4 on the base end 10 side.
From the second electric connection portion 14 of the wiring board 3 toward the first electric connection portion 13 of the first wiring member 2 which is the end portion 8 side of the wiring member 4, the side peripheral wall surface of the edge of the case 1 For 11,
By wrapping around in a substantially parallel direction, the terminal portion 8 of the FPC is wrapped around toward the first electrical connection portion 13 of the first wiring board 2. That is, the second electric connection portion 14 which is the base end portion 10 of the wiring member 4 pulled out from the second wiring substrate 3 and the first electric connection portion 13 of the first wiring substrate 2 are The wiring members 4 are arranged at positions different from each other in a direction parallel to the side peripheral wall surface 11 of the edge, and a margin corresponding to the distance between the two arrangement positions is formed in the wiring member 4.

By doing so, the wiring member 4 is provided not in the direction in which the extra marginal portion for facilitating the connection work protrudes to the outer periphery, but in the direction along the peripheral wall of the edge of the case 1. Therefore, the wiring member 4 does not largely protrude in the outer peripheral direction with respect to the case 1, and a marginal length of the wiring member 4 for facilitating the connection operation while relatively suppressing the size of the outer peripheral direction is generated. Can be.

At this time, a housing portion 12 made of a double wall is provided on the side peripheral wall surface of the case 1 in which the wiring member 4 is disposed,
By folding and storing the wiring member 4 in the housing portion 12 at the edge of the case 1, the wiring member 4 that protrudes in the outer peripheral direction of the case 1 can be satisfactorily brought into close contact with the case 1. The member 4 can be arranged in a more compact manner with respect to the case 1, and the wiring member 4 can be protected by the housing portion 12.

In the above-described embodiment, the electric connection portion 9 of the terminal portion 8 of the wiring member 4 exposes the electric conduction portion 7 of the terminal portion 8 of the FPC. Although the electrical connection is achieved by inserting and fixing the electrical connection portion 5 composed of the connector on the board side, the electrical connection portion 5 on the wiring board side and the electrical connection portion 9 of the terminal portion 8 on the wiring member 4 side are connected. A male and female connector (not shown) may be used, or a conductive terminal (not shown) may be formed on each of them, and both may be fixed with screws. The electrical connection 9 of the wiring member 4 and the electrical connection of the wiring board Various methods may be used for the means for electrical connection with the unit 5.

In the present embodiment, the first wiring board 2 inside the case 1 is described as a hard printed board, and the second wiring board 3 outside the case 1 is described as an FPC. Alternatively, the present invention may be an FPC, both may be a rigid printed circuit board or an FPC, and they may not necessarily be arranged in parallel. Applicable.

In this embodiment, the housing 12 for housing the wiring member 4 on the side wall of the case 1 is formed so as to cover the entire wiring member 4, but the third embodiment shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, the storage portion 12 for holding the wiring member 4 by partially providing a rib may be used. A not-shown protrusion, hook, or the like is formed inside the storage portion 12 to prevent the wiring member 4 from coming out of the storage portion 12 by engaging with the wiring member 4 or pressing the wiring member 4 against the wiring member 4. A structure may be adopted.

[0036]

As described above, according to the present invention, a sufficient margin for electrical connection is ensured while reducing the amount of protrusion of the wiring member from the case and conducting compact wiring. It is possible to provide an electric connection device capable of improving the performance.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a state before connection according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a state after connection according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a state before connection according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a conventional technique.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Case 2 1st wiring board 3 2nd wiring board 4 Wiring member 5 Electrical connection part 6 Opening part 7 Electrical conduction part 8 Termination part 9 Electrical connection part 10 Base end part 11 Side peripheral wall surface 12 Storage part 13 First Electric connection part 14 Second electric connection part 15, 16 Rib

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A first wiring board provided inside a case, and a second wiring board provided outside the case are provided, and the first wiring board and the second wiring board are connected to each other. F
An electrical connection by a wiring member made of a PC, wherein the wiring member is connected to an edge of the case from the one wiring board toward an electrical connection portion of the other wiring board provided near an edge of the case. An electrical connection device, wherein the electrical connection device is provided so as to be routed along a portion, and provided at an end portion of the wiring member for coupling with an electrical connection portion of the other wiring board. 2. The wiring member is formed to extend from a base end of the wiring member to a terminal end in a direction substantially parallel to a side peripheral wall surface of an edge of the case. The electrical connection device according to claim 1. 3. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the base end of the wiring member and the electrical connection portion are disposed at positions different from each other in a direction parallel to a side peripheral wall surface of an edge of the case. The electrical connection device according to claim 1 or 2. 4. A storage portion is provided on a side peripheral wall surface of the case,
The electrical connection device according to claim 1, wherein the wiring member is stored in the storage portion. 5. The FPC according to claim 1, wherein the at least one wiring board is an FPC.
The electrical connection device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the wiring member is formed integrally as a part of the wiring board made of the FPC.