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• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
  • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
  • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
  • H01R13/629—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances
  • H01R13/631—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances for engagement only
  • H01R13/6315—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances for engagement only allowing relative movement between coupling parts, e.g. floating connection
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
  • H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
  • H01R12/70—Coupling devices
  • H01R12/71—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
  • H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
  • H01R12/70—Coupling devices
  • H01R12/7005—Guiding, mounting, polarizing or locking means; Extractors
  • H01R12/7011—Locking or fixing a connector to a PCB
  • H01R12/7017—Snap means
  • H01R12/7023—Snap means integral with the coupling device
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
  • H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
  • H01R12/70—Coupling devices
  • H01R12/71—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
  • H01R12/712—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures co-operating with the surface of the printed circuit or with a coupling device exclusively provided on the surface of the printed circuit
  • H01R12/716—Coupling device provided on the PCB

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a movable connector having a floating structure capable of absorbing a displacement with respect to a mating connector, and a contact therefor, which is an electrical connector mounted in an H-connection.
• a plurality of substrates S are housed in a housing in a state of being connected via a connector.
• a pair of H3 ⁇ 4l pairs is linked via two or more connectors: ⁇ , etc., where the position of the connector pair inevitably occurs between a pair of 1HH3 ⁇ 4I pairs: ⁇ . If the connector is misaligned, stress will be applied to each connector. If the connector is used as it is, the connector leads (solder-attached part) may be peeled off from the wiring board, resulting in poor conduction. Leads to.
• the movable connector has a fixed housing that is fixed on the contrary, and a movable housing that is mounted in a movable state (floating state) with respect to the fixed housing.
• the fixed housing has a report, for example, and the movable housing is loosely fitted in the fixed housing.
• the movable housing is attached to the fixed housing via several connections for electrical connection; the elastic deformation of the contacts allows the movable housing to be displaced with respect to the fixed housing. The misalignment with the side connector is absorbed.
• the contact is provided with a lead portion for soldering to the wiring opposite to the wiring in the fixed housing. By soldering the lead portion to the contact, the electrical connection between the contact and the contact is made. In order to prevent the concentration of stress on the lead, it is usually necessary to fix the fixed housing in place! A metal tab is provided so that the metal tab is soldered to the wiring si. Efficiency has also been reduced with the miniaturization of electrons such as ⁇ . Therefore, miniaturization of connectors is indispensable for mounting a large number of electric and electronic components on the mounting surface with a limited area on the small wiring si.
• An object of the present invention is to provide a movable connector contact and a movable connector using the same, which can reduce the size of the connector while ensuring a sufficient change of the movable nozzle.
• the contact for a movable connector may have a fixed housing (10) fixed to the wiring and a movable housing (20) displaceably coupled to the fixed housing.
• the contact (30) to be attached to the connector, which is connected to the movable housing and connected to the movable housing (3 ⁇ 432), and the fixed housing side connected to the fixed housing (! 3).
• a lead portion (34) provided on the fixed housing side for soldering to a wiring arrangement.
• the connecting portion of the snake has two or more peaks.
• the movable connector according to the present invention includes a fixed housing fixed to the arrangement, a movable housing displaceable with respect to the fixed housing and the housing, and a movable housing displaced relative to the fixed housing and the housing. Connect as possible, and connect with the other party Includes the above-mentioned contact for electrically connecting between the wiring and the wiring.
• the movable housing side ⁇ and the fixed housing side! And ⁇ are connected via a meandering connection (preferably having two or more peaks), so even if the clearance between the movable housing and the fixed housing is small, the connection Can be made sufficiently long. This makes it possible to secure a sufficient amount of displacement of the movable housing while reducing the clearance to reduce the size of the movable connector, thereby facilitating the absorption of the displacement between the movable connector and the mating connector.
• the connecting portion of the meandering is a single mountain
• the height of the mountain must be considerably high in order to secure a considerable amount of deflection, and the connecting portion protrudes greatly from the housing.
• the contact exposure is increased. Therefore, if the connection part of ⁇ is formed with two or more peaks, a considerable amount of deflection can be secured even if the height of the peak is low, the contact does not protrude greatly from the housing, and the exposure of the contact is reduced. .
• FIG. 1A is a plan view of a movable connector according to an embodiment of the present invention
• FIG. 1B is a front view thereof
• FIG. 1C is a bottom view thereof
• FIG. d) is the right side view.
• FIG. 2 is a partial view of the movable connector.
• FIG. 3 (a) is a side view showing a use state of the movable connector
• FIG. 3 (b) is a transverse sectional view showing the use state similarly.
• FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1 (b).
• Figure 5 is a perspective view of the connection.
• FIG. 6 (a) is a plan view of an integrally molded product of the fixed and movable nosings
• FIG. 6 (b) is a front view thereof
• FIG. 6 (c) is a bottom view thereof
• FIG. (d) is on the right FIG.
• FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the manufacturing process of the movable connector described above.
• FIG. 1A is a plan view of a movable connector according to an embodiment of the present invention
• FIG. 1B is a front view thereof
• FIG. 1C is a bottom view thereof
• FIG. d) is the right side view
• FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view of the movable connector
• FIG. 3 (a) is a side view showing a use state
• FIG. 3 (b) is a cross-sectional view showing the use state.
• Fig. 1 (a) shows a plan view looking down on the mounting surface of this wiring fiber (the surface on which the awakening connector is mounted) when the movable connector is mounted on a distribution fiber.
• the mounting surface side the lower side in FIG.
• the wakeable connector is shown larger than it actually is, but the actual dimensions of this movable connector are about 6 mm wide, 12 mm long, and 3 mm high. It is about a millimeter.
• the movable connector 100 is soldered on the mounting surface 1 a of the first wiring board 1 for connection between the first threading counter 1 and the second counter pin 2. Used by being implemented.
• the mating connector 5 is mounted by soldering on the mounting surface 2a of the second circuit board 2.
• the second connector j and the magic connector 100! By doing so, the electrical connection between the first and second distributions 1 and 2 is established. At that time, the displacement between the movable connector 100 and the mating connector 5 is absorbed by the movable connector 100. ,.
• the movable connector 100 is composed of a fixed housing 10 of W
• the fixed housing 10 includes a plurality of electrical connections 30 provided so as to be bridged with the housing 20, and reinforced housings 40 provided at both ends of the fixed housing 10.
• the movable housing 20 is provided with a predetermined clearance from the fixed housing and the housing 10, and is provided in the fixed housing 10 in a two-dimensional direction along the mounting surface of the movable housing 10. Is possible. That is, the contact 30 Due to the elastic deformation, the relative displacement of the movable housing 20 with respect to the fixed housing 10 is allowed.
• a pair of long sides along both sides of the movable housing 20 serve as a contact fixed portion 11.
• a plurality of contacts 30 are fixed to the contact fixing portion 11 at equal intervals from each other in a posture intersecting with the contact fixing portion 11.
• Each of the pair of contact fixing portions 11 has a reinforcing tab fixing portion 13 to which the reinforcing tab 40 is coupled.
• the pair of contact fixing portions 11 are separated, and a pair of reinforcing tabs 40 are fixed so as to bridge both ends of the pair of contact fixing portions 11.
• a retaining projection 26 protruding from both end surfaces of the movable housing 20 is located below the reinforcing tab 40.
• the retaining projection 26 comes into contact with the lower part of the reinforcing sleeve 40 at the time of the other party's connector evening 5 to regulate the movement of the movable nosing 20. As a result, it is possible to prevent external force from being applied to the contact 30.
• FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1 (b).
• FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the contact 30.
• the contact 30 is made by punching out a ⁇ iS plate, and is used for connecting the fixed housing side connecting portion 31 for connection with the fixed housing 10 and the movable housing 20 with the movable housing 20.
• the movable housing is provided with a snake connecting portion 33 connecting the movable housing side connection
• the fixed housing side! ⁇ 3 ⁇ 4 3 1 extends vertically in a direction substantially perpendicular to the mounting surface of the wiring, and forms a press-fitting piece that is press-fitted into the press-fitting hole 12 of the fixed housing 10.
• a lead surface 34 extending in the line B ⁇ is provided continuously with the mounting surface of the wiring. This lead portion 34 is soldered to the land on the mounting surface of the wiring.
• the movable housing 20 is directed toward the movable housing 20 (ie, toward the inside of the fixed housing 10 of the frame I dog). )
• the connecting part 3 is provided continuously.
• the connecting portion 33 has a serpentine dog meandering up and down along a plane orthogonal to the mounting surface of the St arrangement, and has two peak portions 33a and 33b, and these two peak portions.
• Department It has one valley 33c formed between 33a and 33b.
• ⁇ 3 ⁇ 432 2 is connected from the inner side of connecting part 33 to the upper part, which is substantially perpendicular to the mounting surface for transposition, and is press-fitted into press-fitting hole 23 of movable housing 20.
• a plurality of (10 in this example) press-fit holes 12 penetrating the contact fixing portion 11 in the vertical direction are arranged in the pair of contact fixing portions 11 of the fixed housing 10 along the longitudinal direction. It is formed.
• a plurality of (1 in this example) fixed nosing side connection portions 31 of the contacts 30 are press-fitted into the press-fit holes 12 respectively.
• the movable housing 20 is composed of the mating connector 5 having an age (in this ⁇ SB state, external fitting) ⁇ ⁇ 3 ⁇ 4 21, and a movable housing 20 provided below the 3 ⁇ 4 ⁇ 3 ⁇ 421 1. Also has a wide base 22. And, in the width direction of 3 ⁇ 4 ⁇ 3 ⁇ 4 21: In the vicinity of ⁇ , a plurality of press-fit holes 23 vertically penetrating this fitting 3 ⁇ 4 21, two rows along the longitudinal direction (in this example, In each row, 10 pieces are arranged, and a total of 20 pieces are formed. In the plurality of press-fit holes 23, a plurality of (twenty in this example) contacts 30 having movable and housing-side joints 32 are press-fitted, respectively.
• contact receiving grooves 24 for receiving the contact portions 35 of the contacts 30 so as to be displaceable are formed at intervals, and these contact receiving grooves 24 are formed. It is formed along the up-down direction along the contact portion 35.
• a connecting portion housing recess 25 for housing the snake connecting portion 33 of the plurality of contacts 30 is opened to the side and has a movable housing. It is formed so as to communicate with 20 longitudinal directions.
• the configuration of the stiffening tabs 40 is best illustrated in FIG.
• the reinforcing tab 40 is formed by punching and bending a metal plate, and is generally formed as an upwardly convex arch that bridges between a pair of contact fixing portions 11. Is formed. That is, the reinforcing tab 40 is composed of a beam portion 45 that forms the top of the arch dog, a hanging portion 46 that hangs down from both ends of the beam portion 45 toward the mounting surface of the wiring. It has an extension part 47 which is provided continuously from the hanging part 46 to the outside along the mounting surface of the distribution.
• the reinforcing tabs 40 are provided at both ends of the contact fixing portion 11 of the fixed housing 10 with a pair of couplings 41 for fixing to the reinforcing lug fixing portions 13 provided respectively.
• a notch portion 42 formed between the connection g g and H 1 of the pair; a pair of curved portions 43 inwardly curved at both sides along the outer side surface of the contact fixing portion 11; It is provided on the lower edge of the curved portion 43; and has a soldering portion 44 for soldering to the opposite side of the iS.
• the knot 41 is formed by a press-fit piece that is formed so as to hang down from the beam portion 45 toward the mounting surface of the yarn distribution i.
• This connection ⁇ S 1 is provided inside the hanging part 46, and the reinforcing tab 40 is held together with the hanging part 46 so that the reinforcing tab 40 is attached to the reinforcing tab fixing part.
• the reinforcement tab fixing portion 13 has a reinforcement groove accommodation groove 14 for accommodating the reinforcement groove 40.
• the reinforced rib accommodation groove 14 is open toward the hanging part 46, the beam part 45, and! ⁇ 41 of the reinforced rib 40.
• the notch 42 is defined by a pair of connections 41 and a lower edge of the beam 45.
• the retaining projection 26 passes through the notch 42 and has an upper surface. Will face the lower edge of the beam 45.
• lower edge of beam 4 5 Is a contact portion with which the upper surface of the retaining projection 26 comes into contact, and prevents the movable housing 20 from falling off, and also prevents external force from being applied to the contact 30.
• the pair of bending portions 43 are formed by bending the pair of extension portions 47.
• the reinforcing tabs 40 themselves are reinforced by the pair of curved portions 43. Even when the reinforcing tabs 40 are formed in a small size, it is possible to have a sufficient bow.
• the pair of curved portions 43 is formed along the outer side surface of the contact fixing portion 11 and reinforces the contact fixing portion 11.
• Reference numeral 17 denotes a positioning projection for engaging with a positioning hole formed on the opposite side of the arrangement to position the movable connector 100 in the arrangement.
• FIGS. 6 (a), 6 (c) and 6 (d) are views for explaining the manufacturing process of the movable connector. More specifically, FIG. 6 (a) is a plan view of one molded product 50 of the fixed nozzle 10 and the movable nozzle 20 and FIG. 6 (b) is a front view thereof, and FIG. c) is a bottom view, and FIG. 6 (d) is a right side view.
• This integrally molded product 50 is made of a movable housing 20, a pair of contact fixing portions 11 arranged along both sides of the movable housing 20, and a pair of discarded housings 60 integrally separated by a resin material. It was done.
• the pair of disposable housings 60 couples both ends of the movable housing 20 and the pair of contact fixing members 1 respectively. More specifically, the disposable housing 60 includes a main body 65 along both end surfaces of the contact fixing portion 11 and an end surface of the pair of contact fixing portions 11 And a pair of fixed housing connecting legs 6 1, 6 2 extending parallel to the surface of the movable housing 20 and an end surface of the movable housing 20 (the surface of the retaining projection 26). And connecting legs 63.
• the fixed housing connecting legs 6 1 and 6 2 are connected to the surface (contactor) (See FIG. 1 (d) and FIG. 2).
• the movable housing ⁇ r leg portion 63 is provided with a disposable housing connecting portion 27 (see FIG. 1 (d)) on the surface of the retaining projection 26 of the movable housing 20 (the surface orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the movable housing 20). ) And Fig. 2 together.
• the waste housing thread portions 27 and 16 are in the same plane (a plane orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the movable housing and the contact fixing portion 11). ). For this reason, the separation between the discarded housing connection l6, 27 and the housing ⁇ legs 61, 62, 63 can be performed collectively using cutting ⁇ .
• FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining i3 ⁇ 4i: rf presentation of the movable connector.
• the reinforcing tabs 40 are press-fitted into the reinforcing tab fixing portions 13 at both ends so as to bridge the pair of contact fixing portions 11, thereby connecting the pair of contact fixing portions 11 (step S 2).
• the discarded housing connection 27 of the movable housing 20 is exposed in the direction of the end face from the arched portion of the reinforcing tab 40, and
• Each of the contact fixing portion 11 and the disposable housing connecting portions 16 and 27 of the movable housing 20 are located on the outer side in the longitudinal direction of the reinforcing tab 40 with respect to each longitudinal direction.
• the plurality of contacts 30 are implanted so as to bridge the contact fixing portion 11 and the movable housing 20 (Step S3).
• the throw-away housing 60 is separated from the contact fixing portion 11 and the movable housing 20 cut off at the throw-away housings 16 and 27 (step S4).
• the movable housing 20 can be displaced relative to the fixed housing 10 within a permissible range due to the clearance between the two and the elastic deformation of the contact 30. 0 is completed.
• the movable housing 20 and the pair of contact fixing portions 11 are integrated with each other via the pair of discarding housings 60, so that the clearance between them is provided. Can be set small so that the size of the movable connector 100 can be reduced.
• the pair of disposal housings 60 joins both ends of the movable housing 20 and the contact fixing portion 11, the amount of the cut residue at the time of the cut is very small, and the cut residue is the contact. It hardly reaches near 30. Since the movable housing 20 and the contact fixing portion 11 are not provided with! ⁇ Except for the disposal housing 60, there is a possibility that defective soldering of the contacts 30 due to the cutting residue may occur. Absent.
• the contact 30 has the connection part 33 of ⁇ , although the clearance between the movable housing 20 and the connection fixing part 11 is minimized, the contact A sufficient amount of deformation can be ensured, and the positional deviation from the mating connector 5 can be well absorbed.
• the contact fixing portions 11 can be formed to be thin. Further miniaturization of the movable connector 100 has been approved.
• the embodiments of the present invention have been described, but the present invention can be made in other forms.
• a pair of contact fixing portions 11, a movable housing 20 and a discarding housing 60 are integrated.
• the reinforcing tab 40 is press-fitted.
• a product may be manufactured in which the reinforcing tabs 40 are inserted.
• the process of Steps S 1 and S 2 in Step 7 may be performed instead.
• the pair of contact fixing portions 11 and the movable housing 20 are combined at the both ends by the disposal housings 60.
• the pair of contact fixing portions 11 and the movable housing 2 0 may be combined with the disposal housing 60 only at the corresponding one end.
• the fixed housing 10 is a pair of separated housings.
• the contact housing 11 has a fixed contact 11
• the pair of contact housings 11 may be separated from each other at a location other than the discard housing 60, and the fixed housing 10 may be formed as a single component. .
• a 20-pin type movable connector provided with 20 contacts 30 has been described.
• the number of pins is only an example, and for example, by increasing the length, 4
• a movable connector having an arbitrary number of pins such as a 0-pin type or an 80-pin type can be configured.

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