JP2006331762A - Connector - Google Patents

Abstract

【Task】
Providing connection connectors that can be manufactured at low cost with reduced equipment costs.
[Solution]
A pair of connector components that are connected to each other when the plug portion 28 and the socket portion 30 are fitted to each other and the contact piece 21 of the plug portion contact 15 and the contact piece 26 of the socket portion contact 16 are elastically contacted with each other. In the connection connector 10 composed of 13, 13, one connector component 13 includes a housing 14 in which a plug portion 28 and a socket portion 30 are arranged side by side, and the other connector component 13 is a socket of a mating connector component. The plug portion 28 is disposed at a position where the plug portion 28 is fitted into the portion 30, the socket portion 30 is disposed at a position where the plug portion 28 of the mating connector component 13 is fitted, and the housing is symmetrical with the housing 14 of the mating connector component 13 14, and both connector constituent bodies 13, 13 both have a housing 14 having the same shape and a plug part contour. DOO 15 and socket portion contact 16 was used.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a connection connector mainly used for board-to-board connection.

  Conventionally, a board-to-board connection is performed by connecting a connector structure (plug) disposed on one board and a connector structure (socket) disposed on the other board (for example, , See Patent Document 1).

  As shown in FIG. 4, one connector component (plug) 1 includes a housing having a convex plug portion 2 and a plurality of plugs having elastic contact pieces 4 a held by the housing and protruding from the side surface of the plug portion 2. And the other connector component (socket) 5 includes a socket housing 7 having a plug portion insertion groove 6 opened on the mating connector component 1 side, and a plug portion supported by the housing 7. A plurality of socket part contacts 8, 8... Having fixed contact pieces 8a exposed on the inner surface of the insertion groove 6 are provided.

The two connector constituents 1 and 5 are connected by inserting the plug portion 2 into the plug portion insertion groove 6 and the elastic contact piece 4a protruding from the side surface of the plug portion elastically contacting the fixed contact piece 8a. It is like that.
JP 2000-294315 A

  However, in the conventional technology as described above, since the shape of the contact held by the plug and the socket is different, the shapes of the housings of the plug and the socket are also different, and different molding dies for molding the housing are required. Since an automatic assembling machine for assembling is required for each, there is a problem that the equipment cost is high and the production cost is high.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-described problems of the prior art, it is an object of the present invention to provide a connection connector that can be manufactured at low cost with reduced equipment costs.

  In order to solve the conventional problems as described above and achieve the intended object, the invention according to claim 1 is provided with a convex plug portion in which a contact piece of a plug portion contact is arranged on a side portion, and the plug portion. A plug portion insertion groove into which the contact portion of the socket portion contact is disposed inside the plug portion insertion groove, and the contact portion of the plug portion contact and the socket portion contact In the connection connector comprising a pair of connector components that are connected to each other by elastic contact with the contact piece, the one connector component includes a housing in which the plug portion and the socket portion are arranged side by side. The other connector structure has a plug portion disposed at a position corresponding to the socket portion of the mating connector structure, and corresponds to the plug portion of the mating connector structure. A socket part is arranged at a position, and includes a housing symmetrically arranged with the housing of the mating connector structure, and both connector structures use the housing, the plug part contact, and the socket part contact, both having the same shape, Connection in which the plug portion of the one connector component and the socket portion of the mating connector component are fitted, and the socket portion of the one connector component and the plug portion of the mating connector component are fitted It is a connector.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect, the plug portion contact includes a fixed contact piece held along a side surface of the plug portion, and the socket portion contact includes the plug portion insertion groove. An elastic contact piece protruding inward and elastically contacting the fixed contact piece is provided.

  The connection connector according to the present invention has a convex plug portion in which a contact piece of a plug portion contact is arranged on a side portion, a plug portion insertion groove into which the plug portion is inserted, and an inner portion of the plug portion insertion groove. A pair of connector configurations in which a socket part in which contact pieces of the socket part contact are arranged are fitted to each other, and the contact part of the plug part contact and the contact piece of the socket part contact are elastically contacted to each other. In the connecting connector comprising a body, the one connector component includes a housing in which the plug portion and the socket portion are arranged side by side, and the other connector component corresponds to the socket portion of the mating connector component. A plug portion is disposed at a position, and a socket portion is disposed at a position corresponding to the plug portion of the mating connector structure, and the mating connector structure A housing symmetrically arranged with the housing, and both the connector components use the same shape of the housing, the plug contact and the socket contact, and the plug portion of the one connector component and the mating connector component In order to attach the contact to the housing molding die and the housing by fitting the socket portion of the one connector component and the plug portion of the mating connector component together It is possible to unify the automatic machines for assembly, reduce equipment costs, and reduce production costs.

  The plug portion contact includes a fixed contact piece held along the side surface of the plug portion, and the socket contact protrudes into the plug portion insertion groove and elastically contacts the fixed contact piece. By providing the contact piece, deformation due to contact of the elastic contact piece can be prevented.

  Next, the connection connector according to the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 1 shows an example of a connection connector according to the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 10 denotes a connection connector, and reference numerals 11 and 12 denote printed wiring boards.

  The connection connector 10 includes a pair of connector constituent bodies 13 and 13 that are detachably connected to each other, and the two connector constituent bodies 13 and 13 are configured identically.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the connector structure 13 includes two types of housings: a synthetic resin housing 14, plug part contacts 15, 15... And socket part contacts 16, 16. The housing 14 and the contacts 15 and 16 are formed in the same shape so that both of the connector components 13 and 13 can be used in common.

  That is, the housing 14 constituting both the connector constituents 13 and 13 is formed by the same molding die so that the operation of attaching the contacts 15 and 16 to the housing 14 can be performed by one automatic assembly machine. It has become.

  The plug part contact 15 is formed by punching a conductive plate into a predetermined shape and bending it. The plug contact 15 is bent from the vertical plate-like attachment piece 17 and the lower edge of the attachment piece 17 and protrudes outward. Terminal piece 18, connecting piece 19 that is bent from the edge of the mounting piece 17 opposite to the terminal piece 18, and longitudinally bent downward from the edge of the connecting piece 19 that is opposite to the mounting piece 17. And a flat fixed contact piece 20.

  The attachment piece 17, the connection piece 19, and the fixed contact piece 20 are formed to have substantially the same width and are arranged in an inverted U shape. Further, the terminal piece 18 is formed narrower than the mounting piece 17.

  The socket part contact 16 is formed by punching a conductive plate into a predetermined shape and bending it, and is bent outwardly from the vertically flat mounting piece 21 and the lower edge of the mounting piece 21. The terminal piece 22, the connecting piece 24 bent from the upper edge of the mounting piece 21 through the bent portion 23, the elastic support piece 25 bent from the lower edge of the connecting piece 24, and the connecting piece of the elastic support piece 25 And an elastic contact piece 26 that is bent upward from an edge on the opposite side to 24.

  The terminal piece 22, the connecting piece 24, the elastic support piece 25, and the elastic contact piece 26 are formed to be narrower than the attachment piece 21.

  Further, a contact portion 27 bent in an arc shape is formed at the end of the elastic contact piece 26 opposite to the support piece 25.

  The housing 14 is provided with a convex plug portion 28 and a socket portion 30 having a plug portion insertion groove 29 opened on the mating connector component side. The plug portion 28 and the socket portion 30 are arranged in parallel and connected to each other. It is formed integrally with the part 31.

  The plug portion 28 is formed in an elongated convex shape, and a plurality of contact holding portions are formed at intervals in the longitudinal direction, and the plug portion contact 15 is disposed in the contact holding portion so that the fixed contact piece 20 is exposed to the side surface. It is inserted in.

  In addition, side walls 33 are integrally formed at both ends of the plug portion 28 so as to hold fixing metal fittings 32 that are fixed to the fixing pattern of the substrate by soldering or the like.

  The contact holding portion includes a vertical fixed contact piece holding groove 34 formed on the side surface of the socket portion 30 of the plug portion 28, and a vertical direction formed on the side surface opposite to the fixed contact piece holding groove 34 of the plug portion 28. An attachment piece holding groove 35 and a connecting piece holding groove 36 communicating between the upper ends of both grooves 34 and 35 are provided.

  On both side edges of the lower end portion of the mounting piece holding groove 34, fitting grooves 37, 37 into which both side edges of the mounting piece of the plug part contact 15 are fitted are formed, and both side edges of the mounting piece 17 of the plug part contact 15 are fitted. The plug portion contact 15 is fixed to the plug portion 28 by fitting into the mating grooves 37 and 37.

  The tip of the fixed contact piece 20 is inserted into the fixed contact piece holding groove 34 and the insertion hole 38 continuously arranged, and is held in a state exposed to the fixed contact piece holding groove 34.

  Further, a terminal piece 18 is disposed on the bottom surface of the housing 14, and this terminal piece 18 is connected to a terminal pattern formed on the substrate 11 (12).

  The socket part 30 includes a bottom plate 39, a pair of long walls 40 and 41 arranged parallel to each other on the bottom plate 39, and a pair of short walls 42 and 42 arranged on both ends of the long wall 41, Plug portion insertion grooves 29 are formed in the inner portions of the long walls 40 and 41 and the short walls 42 and 42.

  The plug portion insertion groove 29 is formed in a shape into which the plug portion 28 can be inserted.

  In one long wall 41, contact holding grooves 43, 43... Are formed on the outer surface of the long wall 41 at intervals in the longitudinal direction, and both side edges of the mounting piece 21 of the socket contact 16 are formed on both side edges of the contact holding groove 43. Fitting grooves 44 and 44 to be fitted are formed.

  Further, a connecting piece holding groove 45 into which the connecting piece 24 is fitted is formed on the inner side surface of the long wall 41 continuously with the contact holding groove 43.

  Further, an avoidance groove 46 is formed from the other long wall 40 to the bottom plate 39 so as to be continuous with the connecting piece holding groove 45.

  When the attachment piece 21 of the socket part contact 16 is attached to the contact holding groove 43, the connecting piece 24 and the elastic contact piece 26 are arranged to face each other across the plug part insertion groove 29, and the contact part 27 of the elastic contact piece 26. Protrudes into the plug portion insertion groove 29.

  Further, by providing the avoidance groove 46, the elastic support piece 25 and the elastic contact piece 26 can be bent.

  Further, a terminal piece 22 is disposed on the bottom surface of the housing 14, and the terminal pieces 22, 22... Are connected to a terminal pattern formed on the substrate 11 (12).

  The two connector constituents 13 and 13 thus configured have the housing 14 of one connector constituent 13 arranged symmetrically with the housing 14 of the counterpart connector constituent 13, that is, the plug portion 28 is the counterpart connector constituent 13. The socket portion 30 is disposed at a position corresponding to the socket portion 30, the socket portion 30 is disposed at a position corresponding to the plug portion 28 of the mating connector constituting body 13, and the plug portion 28 and the socket portion 30 are fitted to each other, The elastic contact piece 26 is in elastic contact with the fixed contact piece 20 exposed on the outer surface of the plug portion 28, and both are electrically connected.

  In the above-described embodiment, the contact piece of the plug contact is fixed and the contact piece of the socket contact is elastically contacted with the contact piece. However, the contact piece of the socket contact is inserted into the plug part. It may be fixed to the inner wall portion of the groove, and the contact piece of the plug portion contact may protrude from the side surface of the plug portion to be brought into elastic contact with the socket portion contact.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the example in which the connection connector according to the present invention is used for the board-to-board connection has been described.

It is sectional drawing which shows an example of the connection connector which concerns on this invention. It is a top view which shows the connector structural member in FIG. It is an AA line expanded sectional view in FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows an example of the conventional connection connector.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Connection connector 11,12 Board | substrate 13 Connector structure 14 Housing 15 Plug part contact 16 Socket part contact 17 Mounting piece 18 Terminal piece 19 Connection piece 20 Fixed contact piece 21 Installation piece 22 Terminal piece 23 Bending part 24 Connection piece 25 Elastic support piece 26 elastic contact piece 27 contact portion 28 plug portion 29 plug portion insertion groove 30 socket portion 31 connection portion 32 fixing bracket 33 side wall 34 fixed contact piece holding groove 35 attachment piece holding groove 36 connection piece holding groove 37 fitting groove 38 insertion hole 39 Bottom plate 40, 41 Long wall 42 Short wall 43 Contact holding groove 44 Fitting groove 45 Connecting piece holding groove 46 Avoidance groove

Claims (2)

It has a convex plug part with the contact piece of the plug part contact arranged on the side part, and a plug part insertion groove into which the plug part is inserted, and the contact part of the socket part contact is placed inside the plug part insertion groove. In the connection connector comprising a pair of connector components that are connected to each other when the arranged socket portions are fitted to each other, and the contact pieces of the plug portion contact and the contact pieces of the socket portion contact are elastically contacted,
The one connector component includes a housing in which the plug portion and the socket portion are arranged side by side, and the other connector component is provided with a plug portion at a position corresponding to the socket portion of the mating connector component. A socket portion is disposed at a position corresponding to the plug portion of the mating connector structure, and includes a housing symmetrically arranged with the housing of the mating connector structure,
In both the connector components, both the housing, the plug contact and the socket contact of the same shape are used, and the plug portion of the one connector component and the socket portion of the mating connector component are fitted, A connection connector characterized in that the socket portion of the one connector component and the plug portion of the mating connector component are fitted.   The plug part contact includes a fixed contact piece held along a side surface of the plug part, and the socket part contact protrudes into the plug part insertion groove and elastically contacts the fixed contact piece. The connection connector according to claim 1, comprising:

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