WO2006018876A1 - 電子機器および電子機器用筐体 - Google Patents
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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
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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
- H01R43/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors
- H01R43/26—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for engaging or disengaging the two parts of a coupling device
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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
- H01R33/00—Coupling devices specially adapted for supporting apparatus and having one part acting as a holder providing support and electrical connection via a counterpart which is structurally associated with the apparatus, e.g. lamp holders; Separate parts thereof
- H01R33/74—Devices having four or more poles, e.g. holders for compact fluorescent lamps
- H01R33/76—Holders with sockets, clips, or analogous contacts adapted for axially-sliding engagement with parallely-arranged pins, blades, or analogous contacts on counterpart, e.g. electronic tube socket
- H01R33/7664—Holders with sockets, clips, or analogous contacts adapted for axially-sliding engagement with parallely-arranged pins, blades, or analogous contacts on counterpart, e.g. electronic tube socket having additional guiding, adapting, shielding, anti-vibration or mounting means
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- the present invention relates to an electronic device such as a notebook personal computer, for example.
- the present invention relates to an electronic device including a female connector that receives a male connector.
- a rectangular opening for receiving a rectangular parallelepiped plug is defined in the casing of the electronic device.
- the tip of the connector that is, the pin electrode
- the casing is divided into four guide surfaces in the vertical and horizontal directions along a space that tapers toward the opening.
- a receiving hole for receiving a pin electrode that is, an electrode is formed at the tip of the plug.
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 02-284370
- Patent Document 2 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-26111
- the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device and a housing for an electronic device that can reliably incorporate a male connector into a female connector.
- a housing a female connector housed in the housing and receiving a male connector, and a circular receiver partitioned into the housing and receiving a male connector.
- an electronic device comprising: a slot; and a guide member that defines a circular opening that receives the tip of the male connector and that partitions a guide surface along a space that tapers toward the receiving loca opening. .
- the male connector is guided from the receiving port to the opening by the function of the guide surface. A male connector is received in the opening.
- the male connector is inserted into the female connector.
- the opening is formed in a circular shape, even if the male connector is guided to the opening in an inclined posture, the male connector cannot enter the opening deeply. Therefore, the male connector can be inserted into the female connector only in a prescribed posture according to the posture of the female connector. In this way, the male connector can be reliably guided to the female connector. Damage to male and female connectors is reliably avoided.
- the guide member may be integrated into the housing.
- the female connector only needs to have a receiving cylindrical portion that is disposed in the opening and receives the tip of the male connector.
- the female connector can slide into the receiving cylinder in the opening.
- the female connector is smoothly coupled to the female connector.
- these female connectors accept the cylindrical tip of a male connector. Even if the male connector is guided to the receiving cylinder in an inclined position, the male connector cannot penetrate deeply into the receiving cylinder. Therefore, the male connector can be inserted into the female connector only in a prescribed posture according to the posture of the female connector. In this way, the male connector can be reliably guided to the female connector. Damage to male and female connectors is reliably avoided.
- the space only needs to be drawn by a bus that curves outward from the bus of the truncated cone virtually divided between the receiving port and the opening.
- the pressing force applied to the tip force guide surface of the male connector is distributed in the direction toward the inside of the housing and the tangential direction of the bus bar curved outward from the bus bar of the truncated cone.
- the direction pressing force inside the housing is weakened.
- the moving speed of the male connector can be set smaller as the direction from the receiving port to the opening. Collisions due to large forces between the tip of the male connector and the tip of the female connector are avoided. Damage to male and female connectors can be avoided.
- the inner diameter of the receiving port may be set to be not less than three times the outer diameter of the tip of the male connector.
- the receiving port may be formed on the top surface of the pedestal formed in the housing. In this way, the user of the electronic device does not look into the receiving port, and the position of the base, that is, the position of the receiving port. You can easily find the device by hand.
- the male connector can be inserted into the receiving port or female connector relatively easily.
- a housing main body, a circular receiving port that is partitioned into the housing main body to receive the male connector, and a circular opening that receives the tip of the male connector are partitioned. It is only necessary to provide a casing for an electronic device that includes a guide member that partitions a guide surface along a space that tapers from the receiving port toward the opening.
- the guide member may be integrated with the casing body.
- the space may be drawn by a bus that curves outwardly from the bus of the truncated cone virtually divided between the receiving port and the opening.
- the inner diameter of the receiving port should be set to at least three times the outer diameter of the male connector tip.
- the receiving port may be formed on the top surface of the base formed in the housing.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing an appearance of a specific example of an electronic apparatus, that is, a notebook personal computer (notebook computer).
- FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged perspective view of a notebook computer schematically showing the structure of a power plug receiving port.
- FIG. 3 is a plan view schematically showing the internal space of the main body housing.
- FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged sectional view taken along line 4-4 of FIG.
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing the internal structure of the plug body and the power connector.
- FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view of a notebook personal computer corresponding to FIG. 4 and illustrating a situation where the power plug is inserted into the power connector.
- FIG. 7 is a partial enlarged cross-sectional view of a notebook computer according to a modification of the present invention, corresponding to FIG.
- FIG. 8 is a partial enlarged cross-sectional view of a notebook computer according to another modification of the present invention, corresponding to FIG.
- FIG. 1 shows an electronic apparatus, that is, a notebook personal combination, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the outline of UTA (hereinafter referred to as “notebook PC”) 11 is schematically shown.
- the notebook personal computer 11 includes a main body housing 12 that accommodates a mother board, for example.
- electronic circuit elements such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a memory are mounted on the motherboard.
- CPU Central Processing Unit
- various arithmetic processes are executed based on software programs and data temporarily stored in a memory.
- Software programs and data may be stored in a mass storage device such as a hard disk drive (HDD) that is also stored in the main unit housing 12.
- the main body housing 12 may be molded with a resin material such as polycarbonate.
- Input devices such as a keyboard 13 and a pointing device 14 are incorporated in the main body casing 12. These input devices 13 and 14 allow the user of the notebook computer 11 to input various commands and data to the CPU.
- a pointing device 14 for example, a touch pad may be used.
- a display device 15 is connected to the main body housing 12.
- the display device 15 includes, for example, a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel 16 and a display casing 17 that accommodates a flat display panel.
- the display housing 17 is coupled to the main body housing 12 so as to be rotatable around a rotation shaft 18 set at one end of the main body housing 12. In this way, the display housing 17 can be rotated relative to the main body housing 12. Based on this rotational movement, the display device 15 can be overlaid on the main body casing 12.
- Various texts and graphics can be displayed on the screen of the LCD panel 16 based on the CPU processing and the operation of the input devices 13 and 14.
- a male connector such as a power plug 21 of the AC adapter 19 is inserted into the side wall of the main body housing 12.
- the AC adapter 19 is supplied with an alternating current from an outlet (not shown), for example.
- the AC adapter 19 functions to convert alternating current into direct current.
- the converted direct current is supplied to the notebook computer 11 through the power plug 21.
- a circular receiving port 22 for receiving the power plug 21 is defined on the side wall of the main body housing 12.
- the receiving port 22 is formed on the top surface 23 a of the annular pedestal 23 formed on the side wall of the main body housing 12.
- the rear end of the pedestal 23 is disposed adjacent to the rear end of the side wall of the main body casing 12.
- the front end of a female connector such as a power connector 24 for receiving the power plug 21 faces in the receiving port 22.
- the power connector 24 is connected to the chassis 12 Is housed in.
- a mother board 25 is accommodated in the main body casing 12. On the motherboard 25, the above-described power connector 24 is mounted. When a connection is established between the power plug 21 and the power connector 24, power can be supplied from the outlet to the electronic components, the CPU, and the memory on the motherboard 25.
- a guide member 26 is disposed in the receiving port 22.
- the guide member 26 is fixed to the main body casing 12.
- the guide member 26 may be integrated with the main body casing 12.
- the guide member 26 defines a circular or cylindrical opening 27 that receives the tip of the power connector 24.
- the outer end of the opening 27 may be defined on the same plane as the front end surface of the power connector 24.
- the front end of the power connector 24 is directed to the outside of the main body housing 12 from the receiving port 22.
- the center of the circle defined by the opening 27 coincides with the center of the circle defined by the receiving port 22.
- the guide member 26 defines a plan inner surface 29 along a space 28 that tapers from the receiving port 22 toward the opening 27.
- the space 28 is depicted by a bus bar 32 that curves outwardly from a frustoconical bus bar 31 that is virtually partitioned between the receiving port 22 and the opening 27.
- the outer end of the guide surface 29 is connected to the receiving port 22.
- the inner end of the guide surface 29 is connected to the outer end of the opening 27.
- the crossing angle between the tangent line that contacts the bus bar 32 at a predetermined contact point and the plane that includes the front end surface of the power connector 24 is set to be smaller as it moves from the receiving port 22 toward the opening 27.
- the power plug 21 includes a resin plug body 33 and a cylindrical electrode portion 34 extending forward from the plug body 33.
- the peripheral edge of the tip is rounded.
- the inner diameter of the receiving port 22 may be set to, for example, three times or more the outer diameter of the tip of the power plug 21, that is, the electrode portion 34. The power plug 21 can be received in the receiving port 22 relatively easily.
- the power connector 24 includes a rectangular parallelepiped connector body 35 and a receiving cylindrical portion 36 extending forward from the connector body 35.
- the receiving cylinder 36 is arranged in the opening 27.
- the outer peripheral surface of the receiving cylindrical portion 36 is opposed to the inner peripheral surface of the opening 27.
- Acceptance The gap between the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical part 36 and the inner peripheral surface of the opening 27 should be reduced as much as possible. Is desired. Such a gap may be set to be smaller than at least the outer diameter of the electrode portion 34 of the power plug 21. However, the outer peripheral surface of the receiving cylindrical portion 36 may uniformly contact the inner peripheral surface of the opening 27.
- the electrode portion 34 of the power plug 21 includes a cylindrical outer conductor 37 and a central conductor 38 disposed in the inner space of the outer conductor 37.
- the outer and center conductors 37, 38 are defined coaxially.
- a resin material is sandwiched between the outer conductor 37 and the center conductor 38.
- the outer conductor 37 and the center conductor 38 are insulated by the action of the resin material.
- a hole 39 is defined in the center conductor 38. The hole 39 extends along the center line of the outer conductor 37.
- the outer conductor 37 is exposed on the outer peripheral surface of the electrode portion 34.
- a pin electrode 42 that is received in the hole 39 of the center conductor 38 and a spring electrode 43 that is in contact with the outer conductor 37 are disposed in the receiving cylindrical portion 36.
- the pin electrode 42 and the spring electrode 43 are individually connected to the mother board 25. For example, soldering is performed for connection.
- the user of the notebook computer 11 inserts the tip of the power plug 21 into the receiving port 22.
- the rear end of the base 23 that forms the receiving port 22 is disposed adjacent to the rear end of the side wall of the main body housing 12. Therefore, the user of the notebook computer 11 can easily find the position of the base 23, that is, the receiving port 22 by hand without looking into the receiving port 22.
- the inner diameter of the receiving port 22 is set to be three times or more the outer diameter of the electrode portion 34 of the power plug 21, the electrode portion 34 of the power plug 21 is relatively easy. Can be accepted into the receiving port 22.
- the tip of the electrode portion 34 is received by the guide surface 29.
- the tip of the electrode portion 34 slides on the guide surface 29. Since the guide surface 29 is drawn with a bus bar 32 curved outward from the bus bar 31 of the truncated cone, the pressing force applied from the electrode 34 to the guide surface 29 is directed to the inside of the main body housing 12 in the direction of the direction and the bus bar 31. Are distributed in the tangential direction. Based on such dispersion of the pressing force, the tip of the electrode part 34 is opened 27, that is, the receiving cylindrical part 36 of the power connector 24. You will be guided to guide plane 29 towards you.
- the tip of the electrode portion 34 is opposed to the tip of the receiving cylindrical portion 36.
- the gap between the outer peripheral surface of the receiving cylindrical portion 36 and the inner peripheral surface of the opening 27 is reduced as much as possible.
- the outer end of the opening 27 is defined on the same plane as the front end surface of the power connector 24. Therefore, the tip of the electrode portion 34 is smoothly guided to the tip of the power connector 24.
- the electrode part 34 is smoothly received in the receiving cylindrical part 36.
- the pin electrode 42 is received in the hole 39 of the central conductor 38. Electrical connection is established between the center conductor 38 and the pin electrode 42.
- the outer conductor 37 contacts the spring electrode 43. An electrical connection is established between the outer conductor 37 and the spring electrode 43.
- an electrical connection is established between the power plug 21 and the power connector 24.
- the power plug 21 can be reliably guided to the power connector 24.
- the intersection angle between the tangent line contacting the bus bar 32 and the plane including the front end surface of the power connector 24 is set gradually smaller from the receiving port 22 to the opening 27 as the force is applied.
- the pressing force applied from the electrode part 34 to the guide surface 29 is distributed in the direction toward the inner part of the main body housing 12 and the tangential direction of the bus bar 31.
- the pressing force directed toward the inside of the main body housing 12 is weakened.
- the moving speed of the electrode part 34 can be set smaller as it moves from the receiving port 22 toward the opening 27. Collisions caused by a large force between the tip of the electrode section 34 and the tip of the power connector 24 are avoided. Damage to the power plug 21 and the power connector 24 can be avoided.
- the opening 27 defined by the guide member 26 is also formed in a cylindrical shape.
- a receiving cylindrical part 36 is arranged in the opening 27.
- the electrode 24 of the power plug 21 is formed in a cylindrical shape. Since the opening 27 and the receiving cylindrical part 36 are formed in a columnar shape in this way, the electrode part 34 can slide into the receiving cylindrical part 36 in the opening 27.
- the electrode part 34 is smoothly coupled to the power connector 24. Even if the electrode part 34 is guided to the opening 27 in an inclined posture, the electrode part 34 cannot enter deep inside the receiving cylindrical part 36. Unless the axial center of the electrode part 34 is defined coaxially with the axial center of the opening 27 or the receiving cylindrical part 36, the electrode part 34 cannot be received by the power connector 24. Thus, the power plug 21 can be reliably guided to the power connector 24. As a result, the electrode section 34 and the pin Damage to the pole 42 is reliably avoided.
- the peripheral edge is rounded. Therefore, for example, even if the distal end surface of the power connector 24 is arranged at a position that protrudes from the outer end of the opening 27 toward the outside of the main body housing 12 and thus protrudes, the electrode portion 34 remains at the distal end of the receiving cylindrical portion 36 Can be overcome relatively easily.
- the electrode portion 34, that is, the power plug 21 can be reliably received by the receiving cylindrical portion 36, that is, the power connector 24.
- the distal end surface of the power connector 24 may be disposed at a position retracted from the outer end of the opening 27 toward the inside of the main housing 12. In this way, a step is formed between the outer end of the opening 27 at the tip of the power connector 24.
- the user of the notebook personal computer 11 can recognize the separation of the electrode portion 34 from the guide surface 31 into the opening 27 based on the step.
- the electrode portion 34 of the power plug 21 can be reliably guided into the receiving cylindrical portion 36 of the power connector 24.
- the outer diameter of the opening 27 may be set smaller than the inner diameter of the receiving cylindrical portion 36.
- the front end surface of the power connector 24 may be disposed at a position further retracted toward the inside of the main body housing 12 of the inner end force of the opening 27.
- the power plug 21 can be reliably guided into the receiving cylindrical portion 36 of the power connector 24.
- the main body casing 12 as described above can be applied to, for example, a desktop computer system computer, a printer, a scanner, and other electronic devices in addition to the notebook computer 11.
- the present invention can be applied to, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a network, a USB connector, and other plugs and connectors in addition to a power supply plug and connector.
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