TW512379B - Relay assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a relay assembly device which is designed to make a socket long-lived by improving the strength of a contact on the side of a socket. The relay assembly comprises: a relay body 10, a socket 20 which accepts the relay body 10. The relay body 10 has elastic female contacts 13, 14 and 15. The socket 20 has male contacts 24, 25 and 23, which contact with the female contacts 13, 14 and 15. A relay assembly device 1 covers the relay body 10 and owns a cover member 30 which is engaged with the relay body 10. A cover member 30 has a latch hook 36 which is engaged with the socket 20.

Description

512379

[Detailed description of the invention] [Technical category to which the invention belongs] The present invention relates to a connector assembly having at least a connector body and a socket capable of accommodating the connector body. [Known Technology] Conventionally, such a connector assembly is, for example, a conventional article disclosed in FIG. 5 (please refer to Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-1 0 2 8 26). ⑽ The connector assembly 1 0 0 is composed of the connector body 1 1 〇 and the socket 1 20 containing the connector body 1 1 0 '' Here, the socket 1 2 0 is in a slightly rectangular shape 丨 2 1 A pair of supporting walls 丨 2 2 are formed on the upper surface in a plan view, and are arranged in a slightly sloping shape in a plan view. A pair of support receiving recesses 1 2 3 are partitioned between the pair of supporting walls 1 2 2. Further, a contact portion 1 2 4 is provided on the opposite side of each of the two supporting portions i 1 2 2 'part 1 2 2 a to connect the external connection portion 1 2 5. The sockets 1 to 20 are mounted on a supporting rail (not shown) or a circuit board (not shown). ^ On the one hand, the connector body 11 〇 has a slightly rectangular shape that can be received in the socket-shaped receiving recesses 1 2 3 of the socket 1 2 0, and notches are formed in the four corners of the connector body in the vertical direction. Notch section 1 1 1. A terminal portion 1 1 2 is provided on the side surface of the notch portion 丨 i 1 so as to contact the contact portion 1 2 4 of the socket 1 2 0. According to this, the connector assembly 1 00 ′ is pressed into the connector body 1 1 3 of the connector accommodating recess 1 2 3 of the socket 1 2 0 installed on the support rail or the circuit board, and the contact portion is made by 1 2 4 is in contact with the terminal portion 1 12 and electrically connects the socket 1 2 0 and the connector body 1 1 0. Moreover, the connector body 丨 丨 〇

One Touch is installed and removed relative to socket 120. Therefore, after receiving 512379 V. Description of the invention (2)-Replacement of the relay 1 10 can be easily implemented. [Problems to be Solved by Invention]

However, on the connector assembly used for high-frequency use in the IC test, the connector body frequently malfunctions. Therefore, in order to implement replacement, the connector body is frequently inserted and removed with respect to the socket system. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5 and 7 of the conventional art, the connector body 100, which is easy to perform the replacement operation of the connector body 110, can be used as a connector assembly & for high frequency use such as IC test. I. However, on the connector assembly i 0 0 shown in FIG. 5, is either of the terminal part 12 on the side of the connector body 1 12 and the contact part 124 on the side of the socket 丨 20 $? Those with flexibility are not clear. In the following, the connector assembly 1 Q 〇 shown in FIG. 5 is described, so that the contact part 1 2 4 provided on the socket 1 2 0 side has elasticity and the terminal part 1 1 2 on the connector body 1 1 0 side. This is a problem in a case where a terminal-like terminal having high rigidity is used. When the connector body 1 1 0 is frequently plugged and unplugged with respect to the socket 1 2 0, the connector-shaped terminal portion 1 1 2 provided on the connector body 1 1 0 is repeatedly and frequently contacted or non-contacted. The elastic contact portion 12 2 on the socket 1 2 0 side. On the one hand, the contact portion 1 2 4 having elasticity is lower in strength than the connector-shaped terminal portion 1 1 2 having high rigidity, so the connector-shaped terminal portion 1 1 2 provided on the connector body 1 1 〇 side When the contact portion 12 on the socket 120 side is repeatedly and frequently contacted or non-contacted repeatedly, the contact portion 12 may be damaged. In this case, the socket 1 2 0 with the damaged contact portion 1 2 4 will be discarded, which will cause a great cost loss. Also, a socket 1 2 0 having a damaged contact portion 1 2 4

512379 5. Description of the invention (3) Because it is installed on the circuit board, the removal of the socket 120 from the circuit board is mostly accompanied by solder removal, so it will take a lot of procedures. In addition, on the connector assembly 100 shown in FIG. 5, the connector body 1 1 0 is held on the socket 1 2 0 only by friction with the connector receiving recess 1 2 3, so it cannot be confirmed. The ground may be detached from the socket 120 due to the impact of dropping and the like.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object thereof is to provide a connector assembly that can increase the strength of a contact on the socket side to achieve the purpose of prolonging the life of the socket, and the number of socket replacements can be changed. Extremely reduced. Another object of the present invention is to provide a connector assembly which can securely hold the connector body on the socket and can be easily replaced at the same time. 〔Method of solving problems〕

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the present invention, the first item in the scope of application for a patent is related to a connector assembly, which is provided with a connector body and a socket accommodating the connector body. The foregoing connector system has elastic female contacts. And the socket has a male contact for contacting the female contact. Here, the so-called "female contact" refers to a flexible box-shaped contactor capable of receiving contact with the counterpart's male contact, or an elastic sheet contactor capable of contacting the counterpart's male contact. . In addition, the term "male contact" refers to a flat connector or sheet-shaped contactor having higher rigidity than the aforementioned female contact.

Page 6 512379 5. Description of the invention (4) In the present invention, the second item of the scope of patent application is related to a connector assembly, which is provided with a connector body, a socket accommodating the connector body, and covering the foregoing connector. The cover body is engaged with the cover element of the connector body, and the cover element is provided with a locking claw for engaging the socket. In addition, in the present invention, the third item of the patent application is related to the connector assembly, which is the second invention of the second patent application. The cover element is formed in a slightly box shape, and has a top wall. The front end of the wall extends to the front wall below, the rear wall extends from the rear end of the top wall to the rear wall below, and the pair of side walls extends from both ends of the top wall to the bottom. The locking claw is formed on the side wall, the front wall, or The lower edge to the upper edge of the rear wall extend to a pair of cut-in portions near the top wall. [Explanation of symbols] 1 Connector assembly 10 Connector body 13 Contact (female contact) 14 Contact for solenoid excitation (female contact) 15 Contact for grounding (female contact) 20 Socket 23 Second Contact (male contact) 24 First contact (male contact) 25 Second contact (male contact) 30 Cover element 31 Top wall 32 Front wall

Page 7 512379 V. Description of the invention (5) 33 Back wall 34 Side wall 3 5 Cut-in portion 3 6 Locking claw [Implementation mode of the invention] The following describes the embodiment mode of the present invention with reference to the drawings. Figure 1 is a perspective view of the exploded state of the connector body, socket, and cover element constituting the connector assembly according to the present invention; and Figure 2 discloses the socket, where: (A) is a top view, (B) is a front view, ( C) is the bottom view, (D) is the left side view,

(E) is a right side view. Figure 3 is a perspective view of the connector body before it is installed in the socket covered by the cover element. Figure 4 is a perspective view of the connector body in the assembled state. As shown in FIG. 1, the connector assembly 1 is provided with a connector body 10, a socket 20 for housing the connector body 10, and a cover element 30 for covering the connector body 10.

Among them, the connector body 10 is provided with a housing 11 having a cylindrical portion 1 1 a extending in the longitudinal direction and a pair of square portions 1 1 b provided at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical portion 1 1 a. The housing 1 1 is an article formed by molding an insulating resin. The housing 1 1 has switch terminals 1 2 at both ends of a switch (not shown) which is driven by the excitation of a solenoid (not shown) (only Reveal its side). In addition, on the outer surfaces of the two square portions 1 1 b of the housing 1 1 in the longitudinal direction, a pair of contact heads 1 3 (only one contact head 1 is shown) connected to the switch terminal 12 through a connecting portion 1 3 a is provided. 3). In addition, on the outside surfaces in the longitudinal direction of the two square portions 1 1 b, a metal pipe body (which is not shown in the figure) is connected to the switch which covers the connector body 10 in the ground.

Page 8 512379 V. Description of the invention (6) The contact for ground use is provided with a snap-in 16 (only showing the part of the contacting metal plate for contact excitation of the tube magnet 1) 3. The square part of the spiral 1 1 b is shown on its outer surface) One pair of grounding contacts 15 (only one connection is shown 15) ° Engagement of the cover element 30 described later on the front and back surfaces of the two square parts lib A pair of engaging portions of the portion 39 protrudes from the engaging protrusions on the front surfaces of the two square portions lib. 16) Here, the contacts provided on the housing 1 1 3, the screw heads 14 and the ground contact 1 5 is formed by punching and bending the added items, and the contact heads 2 4, 2 5, ^ of the socket 20 are formed by elastic sheet contactors. Each of the contact exciting contacts 14 and the ground contact 5 is a cantilever shape extending from the outer side surfaces in the two longitudinal directions to the lower side, and the contact surfaces are formed to be convex outwards. In addition, the socket 20 protrudes a pair of opposite side walls 2 1 b at both ends in the length direction of the plate-like portion 218 extending in the length direction, and a housing having a partition connector receiving recess 27 between the pair of side walls 21 b. twenty one. The case 21 is formed by molding an insulating resin. Further, the connector accommodating recess 27 is a cylindrical accommodating recess 27a provided with a cylindrical portion 1 1 a that can accommodate the casing 11 of the connector body 10 side, and two square portions that can accommodate the housing 11 lib is provided at one pair of square-shaped receiving recesses 2 7 b on both sides of the cylindrical receiving recesses 2 7 a. In addition, the inner sides of the two side walls 2 1 b are penetrating and extending in the up-down direction and are respectively provided with the contact heads 1 that are provided on the housing 11 when the connector body 10 is accommodated. 3. Contacts for solenoid excitation. The three contact receiving grooves 22b, 22c, 22a of the head 14 and the ground contact 15 are provided. The first contact heads 2 which are in contact with the contact heads 1 3, the second contact heads 2 which are in contact with the solenoid excitation contact heads 14 and the contacts are pressed into the contact receiving grooves 22b, 22c, and 22a, respectively. For grounding contacts 1 5

^ 79. The third contact 23 of the invention description (7). Furthermore, on the outer side surfaces of the two side walls 21b, a pair of engaging projections 26 for engaging one of the engaging windows 37 of the cover element 30 described later is provided. Here, the first contact 24, the second contact 25, and the third contact 23 provided in the housing 21 are provided with one of the contact receiving grooves 2 2b, 22c, and 22a that is press-fitted. The contact portions 24a, 25a, and 23a are connected to the substrate connection portions 2 4 b and 2 5 b on the circuit board (not shown) by soldering bent outward from the contact portions 24 a, 2 5 a, and 2 3 a. , 2 3 b. The first contact 24, the second contact 25, and the second contact 23 are formed by punching and bending a metal plate, respectively. Each of the contact portions 2 4 a, 2 5 a, and 2 3 a is composed of a flat plate 7 head-shaped contactor with high rigidity, and is pressed into the top surface of the side wall 2 1 b from the lower surface side of the casing 2 . 1、1 甲 主 Cover the connector body 10 and cover element 3 of the connector body 丨. It is processed by stamping and bending: 1 plate 0: magnetic: 盍, formed into a slightly box shape with 7 = extending in the length direction, the wall 33 after the 仏 extension, and the length direction d from the top wall 31 :: One pair of side walls 34. Therefore, the cover element 30 is below: two: the square extension is open, which can cover the connector from the upper side. The front wall 32 and the rear wall of the body element 30 can be engaged. The engaging protrusion provided on the connector body 10 is formed at 39. (Only shown is a pair of engaging portions formed on the front wall 32 of the cover member 30. The engaging portion 39 includes an engaging protrusion.丨 / Up ^ Card a part 39). Each of 39a and the engagement protrusions are engaged with the engagement protrusions below the lower surface of the engagement protrusions 16. The upper and lower engagement portions 39a and 39b sandwich the engagement protrusions.

512379 V. Description of the invention (8) It is in a state of not leaving the connector body 10.

In addition, a pair of locking claws 36 having engaging windows 37 that can be engaged with the engaging protrusions 26 provided on the socket 20 are provided on the two side walls 34 of the cover member 30, respectively. By engaging the engaging projections 26 with the engaging windows 37 of the respective locking claws 36, the cover element 30 can be brought into a state where it cannot be disengaged from the socket 20. Each locking claw 36 is formed between a pair of cut-in portions 35 extending from the lower edge of each side wall 34 toward the upper edge to the vicinity of the top wall 31. Therefore, each of the locking claws 36 is formed so as to be able to expand outward by holding its lower end, and can be easily broken and removed from the side wall 34. A lower end of the locking claw 36 is formed with a grip portion 38 which is bent outward and folded back. Next, a method for assembling the connector assembly 1 and a method for mounting the connector assembly 1 on a circuit board will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 3 and 4. In carrying out this operation, first, as shown in FIG. 3, the cover element 30 is covered on the connector body 10 from above, so that the engaging protrusions 16 of the connector body 10 are located on the upper and lower engaging portions 39a, 39b is arranged so that the cover element 30 is not detached from the connector body 10.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4, the cylindrical portion 1 1 a of the connector body 10 is accommodated in the cylindrical portion receiving recess 2 7 a of the socket 20, and the two square portions 1 1 b are from above. It is housed in two square-section receiving recesses 2 7 b while the locking claws 36 of the cover element 30 are located outside the side wall 2 1 b of the socket 20, and the engaging windows 37 of the locking claws 36 are engaged. In the engaging protrusion 26. In this way, the cover element 30 can be prevented from detaching from the socket 20, and therefore, the connector body 10 can be reliably held on the socket 20 by the cover element 30. Therefore, even if the connector body 10 is subjected to a drop or the like, the connector body 10 will not be detached from the socket 20.

Page 11 512379 V. Description of the invention (9) ^ Afterwards / install the socket 20 on the circuit board. At this time, the substrate contact gas b, Mb, and Mb of the first contact 24, the second contact 25, and the third contact 23 are soldered to the circuit board. This completes the assembly of the connector assembly 1 and the installation of the circuit board. During the process of inserting the connector body 10 into the socket 20, the contact surface formed on the outer surface of the contact head 3 provided on the connector body 丨 0 is relative to the contact surface ^ on the socket 〇. The inner surface of the contact part 2 4 a of a contact head 2 4 makes sliding elastic contact, so that the contact head '3 is twisted toward the inside. In the same manner, the contact surface formed on the outer surface of the solenoid excitation contact 14 is in sliding elastic contact with the inner surface of the contact portion 2 5 a of the first contact 25, and the ground contact 15 faces Scratch inside. Thereby, the contact 13, the spiral / magnetism contact 14 and the ground contact 5 are electrically connected to the circuit Η η and fingers or open to connect the connector with the cover body, and the device is broken when the connector is broken Its self-swapping. In addition, the wrench-shaped cover element element 3 0 of the main body 10 is replaced with the unlocking lock body 10 and the base 20 for the main body 10, so that the holding part 38 faces outward and the connector main base 20 is replaced. Remove and remove the socket 20. The locking and engaging state of the body element 30 is pulled up, that is, the connector body 10 is extended, and the user expands the body 1 0. The new one such as the claw 3 6 will be more accessible, and other factors must be replaced. The tool (not shown) of the locking claw 36 of the piece 30 is broken, and it is pulled upwards together to insert with the cover element 30 — when the same is inserted into the device body 10, the cover fixing claw 36 is relative to the socket 2 〇 的 盖 体 30—Removed in the same direction, so the first contact 24 and the second contact 25 on the socket 20 side can be easily fixed.

Page 12 512379 V. Description of the Invention (ίο) The flat contact of the third contact 2 3 is a contactor. In addition, each lock is provided on the front wall 32 and further, each lock is released from its lower edge to the lower edge of each side wall 34 of the engaging projection. [Effects of Invention According to the present invention, the system of the present invention is provided with the aforementioned female contact phase, and the contact is very flexible, and the female contact is very low in strength. Therefore, the number of times of replacement can be reduced as much as possible, and the frequency life of the IC test is reduced. The present invention has a cover element, and the cover connector body can withstand the impact contact part 2 4 a, 2 5 a, 2 3 a is not limited to the configuration of the contactor, it can also be a laminar claw 3 6 although it is provided on each side wall 3 4 of the locking element 30, and on the rear wall 3 3 Yes. The fixed claw 3 6 is not limited to a pair of cut-in portions 3 5 that extend from the upper edge to the vicinity of the top wall 3 1 if it is an engaging item that easily rises to 2 6 when the connector body 10 is replaced. ] Please request the connector assembly of the first scope of the patent, which is connected with a flexible female contact, and the socket is provided with a male contact that can be contacted. Therefore, the height of the socket is set, and even if the connection is repeated, The elastic contact and non-contact of the device body side, and the possibility of damage can also reduce the socket ground for the purpose of extending the life of the socket. Therefore, when the connector assembly is used in the connector assembly used, the purpose of the long cost of the socket can be used. In the patent application, the connector assembly of item 2 of the connector assembly is a connector assembly that engages the aforementioned connector body. The cover element has locking claws for engaging with the socket, so the cover element is firmly held on the socket. Therefore, the aforementioned connector body will not fall off from the socket.

Page 13 512379 V. Description of the invention (11) In addition, when the connection socket is replaced, pull it up and it can be replaced by itself. In addition, the present invention is an adapter body that can be claw-to-socket when the application is formed to have a top extending downward from the rear end of the top wall and formed from the side to the top wall main body. At this time, the pair of locking claws of the cover element can be released, and only the connector body and the cover element can be removed from the upper seat together. Therefore, the connector body can be easily implemented. In the invention of item 2 of the combined patent, the cover element wall, the front wall extending downward from the front end of the top wall, the rear wall extending downward, and a pair of side walls extending from both ends of the top wall are formed. In addition, the lower edge of the locking claw wall, the front wall, or the rear wall is directed between a pair of cut-in portions near the upper edge. Therefore, the locking claw can be easily broken during replacement and connection, and the locked state can be easily released.

Page 14 512379 Brief description of the drawings. Figure 1 is an exploded perspective view of the connector body, socket and cover element constituting the connector assembly of the present invention. Figure 2 shows the socket, where: (A) is a top view, (B) is a front view, (C) is a bottom view, (D) is a left side view, and (E) is a right side view. Figure 3 is a perspective view of the connector body before it is installed in the socket covered by the cover element. Figure 4 is a perspective view of the connector body in an assembled state. β Figure 5 is an exploded perspective view of a conventional connector assembly. .

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Claims (1)

512379 VI. Scope of patent application 1. A connector assembly having a connector body and a socket accommodating the connector body, wherein the aforementioned connector system is provided with a flexible female contact, and the aforementioned socket is provided with a The aforementioned female contact is used as a male contact. 2. —A connector assembly having a connector body, a socket accommodating the connector body, and a cover member covering the connector body and engaging the connector body, and the cover member has The locking claw for the socket is engaged. 3. For the connector assembly of item 2 in the scope of patent application, the aforementioned cover element is formed in a slightly box shape with a top wall, extending from the front end of the top wall to the front wall below, and extending from the rear end of the top wall. A rear wall to the lower side, and a pair of side walls extending from both ends of the top wall to the lower side, the locking claws are formed on the side wall, the front wall, or the lower edge to the upper edge of the rear wall to extend to the top wall A nearby pair cut into the department. Page 16