JP6483038B2 - Connector device having cable connector and mounting connector, and connector used therefor - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a connector device having a connector to which a cable can be attached and a mountable connector, and a connector used therefor.

  Patent Document 1 discloses an example of an electrical connector device among such connector devices. This connector device includes a pair of a first connector and a second connector that can be fitted to each other. The first connector has a first housing and a first terminal provided on the first housing. The second connector has a second housing provided with a recess for installing the first housing, and a second terminal that is provided in the second housing and can be electrically connected to the first terminal.

  The first housing is used for a cable connector attached to one end of the cable. The second housing can be used by being fixed to a mounting surface such as a mounting substrate.

  In this connector device, two operations are required to fit the first connector and the second connector. As a first operation, first, it is necessary to insert the first connector into the recess of the second connector. This first operation is performed by moving the first connector in a direction perpendicular to the recess. Next, as a second operation, it is necessary to move the first connector in the horizontal direction with respect to the second connector in order to lock the first connector in the recess. Through this second operation, the convex portion projecting outward on the outer peripheral surface of the first connector slides to the lower side of the convex portion projecting inward on the inner peripheral surface of the concave portion. The connector and the second connector are locked.

JP2013-26159A

In the above-described conventional configuration, in order to fit the first connector and the second connector, two operations of a movement operation in the vertical direction and a movement operation in the horizontal direction are necessary, and therefore the installation work is very complicated. For example, it was difficult to automate using a robot.
Further, since the lock is structured in the front-rear direction of the connector, particularly here in the rear (opposite side to the cable attachment side), the apparatus is large in the front-rear direction.
The present invention has been made to solve such problems in the prior art, and a connector device that can simultaneously realize both vertical movement and horizontal movement in one operation. The main purpose is to provide.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a connector device that can lock the first connector and the second connector through such movement. Furthermore, after the first connector and the second connector have been installed, the rear end side of the cable connected to the first connector is lifted and the first connector is inadvertently moved in the removal direction. However, it aims at providing the connector apparatus which can be set as the structure which blocks | prevents extraction of a 1st connector effectively. Furthermore, it aims at miniaturizing an apparatus.

A connector device according to one aspect of the present invention is a connector device having a first connector and a second connector, wherein the first connector has a first housing, and one side of the outer peripheral surface of the first housing. The second connector has a mountable second housing, and the inner peripheral surface of the second housing has the first connector connected to the second connector. An outer periphery of the first housing that faces at least a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the first housing other than the one side when the connector is attached to the inner surface of the second housing. At least a part of the surface is provided with an inclined surface that is inclined along the extending direction of the cable from one end side to the other end side of the cable toward the mounting surface. In the process of attaching the first connector to the second connector by colliding with at least a part of the second housing, the first connector is connected to the second connector from the one end side to the other end side of the cable. It is characterized by moving along the extending direction of the cable.
According to the present invention as described above, there is provided a connector device capable of simultaneously realizing both movement in the vertical direction and movement in the horizontal direction by one operation of pressing the first connector against the second connector. Is done.
Here, the inclined surface of the first housing may be provided on a side of the outer peripheral surface of the first housing facing the one side, and the inclined surface of the first housing The outer peripheral surface of one housing may be provided on a wall surface located between the one side and the side facing the one side.

In the connector device according to the aspect described above, at least a part of the outer peripheral surface of the first housing facing the inner peripheral surface of the second housing, and one end of the cable along the extending direction of the cable toward the mounting surface Other inclined surfaces that are inclined from the side to the other end side are provided,
Correspondingly, at least part of the inner peripheral surface of the second housing facing the outer peripheral surface of the first housing, one end side of the cable along the extending direction of the cable toward the mounting surface Another inclined surface inclined from the other end side to the other end side is provided, and the other inclined surface of the second housing is at least when the first connector is completely attached to the second connector. You may protrude toward the one end side from the other end side of the said cable so that it may have an overlap part in the extension direction of the said cable between other inclined surfaces.
By adopting such a configuration, for example, even when the other end of the cable connected to the first connector is lifted and the first connector is inadvertently moved in the direction of extraction from the recess, The inclined surface of the housing and the inclined surface of the housing of the second connector can collide to effectively prevent the first connector from being pulled out.

Further, in the connector device of the above aspect, a locking projection protruding outward is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the first housing facing the inner peripheral surface of the second housing. When the first connector is placed on the second connector on the inner peripheral surface of the second housing facing the outer peripheral surface of the first housing, the inner portion is more inward than the protrusion of the first housing. A protruding mounting portion for the locking protrusion is provided, and the first connector is connected to the second connector through the collision from one end side of the cable to the other end side of the cable. Before moving along the extending direction, the first housing has a contact between the locking projection and the mounting portion, a terminal provided on the first housing, and a terminal provided on the second housing. Through the second contact You may position with a predetermined attitude | position with respect to uzing.
With this configuration, the user can position the first connector in a stable state with respect to the second connector before actually attaching the first connector to the second connector.

In the connector device of the above aspect, the first connector is engaged with the second connector by the locking projection provided on the first housing getting over the mounting portion provided on the second housing. It may be stopped.
With such a configuration, the first connector and the second connector can be locked to each other through one operation of pressing the first connector against the second connector.

  Furthermore, in the connector device of the above aspect, the outer peripheral surface of the first housing is substantially rectangular in a top view, and the locking projection of the first housing is opposed to the one side of the first housing. Provided on the outer peripheral surface of each of the left and right sides facing each other, and the upper mounting portion of the second housing is between the one side of the second housing and the opposite side. It may be provided on the inner peripheral surfaces on the left and right sides facing each other.

Furthermore, in the connector device according to the aspect described above, it is preferable that a guide surface for guiding the first housing toward the mounting surface is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the second housing.
Thereby, a 1st housing part can be smoothly guided toward the bottom part of a recessed part.

  Furthermore, in the connector device according to the aspect described above, the second connector may be a board-mounted connector.

  Furthermore, in the connector device according to the aspect described above, at least a part of the outer peripheral surface of the first housing facing the inner peripheral surface of the second housing, the one end side of the cable from the other end side toward the other mounting side. In place of or in addition to providing an inclined surface inclined along the cable extending direction, the mounting is performed on at least a part of the inner peripheral surface of the second housing facing the outer peripheral surface of the first housing. An inclined surface that is inclined from one end side to the other end side of the cable along the extending direction of the cable as it goes to the surface is provided, and the inclined surface provided on at least a part of the inner peripheral surface of the second housing is By causing the first connector to collide with at least a part of the first housing, the first connector is connected to the second connector in the process of attaching the first connector to the second connector. It may be moved along the extending direction of the cable from one end to the other end of the cable to the other.

Furthermore, in the connector device of the above aspect, the first housing is provided with a fixing bracket for fixing the first connector to the mounting surface, and a part of the fixing bracket is a fixed portion with the mounting surface. Rather, it may extend to the other inclined surface side of the first housing.
Thereby, the force with respect to extraction of the 1st connector from the 2nd connector can be strengthened, and extraction can be prevented more effectively.
Moreover, according to the other aspect of this invention, the 1st connector or 2nd connector used for the said connector apparatus is provided.

According to the present invention, there is provided a connector device that can simultaneously realize both movement in the vertical direction and movement in the horizontal direction by one operation.
Moreover, the connector apparatus which can lock a 1st connector and a 2nd connector mutually through such a movement is provided. Furthermore, a connector device that can effectively prevent inadvertent extraction of the first connector is provided. In addition, the apparatus is downsized.

It is a perspective view of the connector apparatus of this invention. It is a top view of the connector apparatus of this invention. It is a back perspective view of a cable connector. It is a back perspective view of a board connector. It is a top view of a board connector. It is sectional drawing of FIG. It is a perspective view of a fixture. It is a figure which shows the state of the cable connector and board | substrate connector before attachment. It is CC sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is a figure which shows the state of the cable connector and board | substrate connector in the middle of attachment. It is the DD sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is a figure which shows the state of a cable connector and a board | substrate connector at the time of completion of attachment. It is the EE sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the effect of this invention. It is the upper perspective view which showed the state at the time of canceling | releasing attachment. It is the elements on larger scale which show a modification.

  A connector device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Here, the electrical connector device will be described as an example, but of course, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the electrical connector device.

  FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of the connector device 10 of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof. Although not apparent from the drawings, the connector device 10 may have a longest width of about 10 mm and a height of about 1 to 3 mm, for example. The connector device 10 includes a set of a connector 20 and a connector 60. The connector 20 and the connector 60 are attached mainly by bringing the connector 20 close to the connector 60 in the direction of the arrow “α” with the surfaces thereof kept parallel (as will be described later, “Attaching” includes, for example, “fitting”). Each of the connectors 20 and 60 has a symmetrical shape. FIG. 1 shows a state before the connector 20 is attached to the connector 60, and FIG. 2 shows a state after the attachment.

  The connector 20 may be configured as a cable connector attached to one end of the cable. For example, six cables 1 can be attached to the cable connector 20. As the cable, an electric cable, an optical cable, and other various cables can be used. Here, the electric cable 1 is shown as an example.

  The connector 60 can be configured as a board connector 60 that can be mounted on a mounting surface, for example, the surface 2A of the electronic board 2. Although the substrate 2 in FIG. 1 is shown to be relatively small, in practice, it may be considered that the substrate 2 greatly extends around the connector 60. The main part of the electric cable 1 is always disposed on or above the substrate 2 in the entire process before and after the attachment of the cable connector 20 and the substrate connector 60.

  FIG. 3 shows a rear perspective view of the cable connector 20. The cable connector 20 includes a housing 21 and a terminal fitting 27 that forms a terminal 22.

  The housing 21 has a flat and substantially box shape as a whole, and mainly includes a main body portion 26 and a lifting portion 23 provided on the front side thereof. For example, the outer peripheral surface 34 of the housing 21 may have a substantially rectangular shape when viewed from above. One end of the cable 1 is fixed to a terminal fitting 27, and the terminal fitting 27 is locked to the housing 21 using a lance 24 provided on the upper surface 21 </ b> A of the housing 21. On the wall surface on the rear side (one side) 33 of the outer peripheral surface 34 of the housing 21, an extraction portion 25 for extracting the other end 1 </ b> A of the cable 1 to the outside of the housing 21 is provided.

  The front side 31 of the outer peripheral surface 34, in other words, the wall surface of the side 31 facing the rear side 33 is mainly constituted by the lifting portion 23. The front surface of the lifting portion 23 has three main surfaces having different inclination angles, that is, an inclined surface 41A positioned substantially at the center and a relatively small slightly rounded surface 41B positioned above the inclined surface 41A. And a relatively large vertical surface 41C located below the inclined surface 41A.

  The inclined surface 41A located in the center extends in the extending direction “β” of the cable 1 from the one end side (the side where the housing 21 is provided when viewed from the cable 1) to the other end side 1A toward the mounting surface 2A. It is comprised so that it may incline along. The surfaces 41B and 41C that sandwich the inclined surface 41A from the upper and lower sides are not necessarily rounded surfaces or vertical surfaces. For example, they may be inclined and incorporated into a part of the inclined surface 41A.

  Out of the outer peripheral surface 34 of the housing 21, a lock protrusion 52 projecting sideways is provided on the outer peripheral surface 34 of each of the left and right sides 35 positioned between and opposed to the front side 31 and the rear side 33. When the cable connector 20 is attached to the board connector 60, the lock protrusion 52 fits into the guide groove 92 on the board connector 60 side. The locking protrusion 52 has, for example, a substantially trapezoidal shape when viewed from the side. The rear side of the trapezoid is formed as an inclined surface 43 that is inclined from one end side of the cable 1 to the other end side 1A along the extending direction “β” of the cable 1 toward the mounting surface 2A. On the other hand, the front side of the trapezoid is formed as a surface 44 extending perpendicular to the mounting surface 2A. By using the vertical surface 44, there is an advantage that when the cable connector 20 is attached to the board connector 60, the attachment state of the lock projection 52 and the guide groove 92 can be visually observed from above. However, it is not necessarily required to be a vertical surface, and an inclined surface similar to the inclined surface 43 may be used. This point will be described later.

  Of the outer circumferential surface 34 of the housing 21, the outer circumferential surface 34 of each of the left and right sides 35 located between and opposed to the front side 31 and the rear side 33, for example, a side projecting to the front side of the locking projection 52. A stop projection 51 is provided. Although not particularly illustrated, the locking projection 51 may be provided at a position closer to the rear side 33 than the lock projection 52 or on the front side 31. The locking projection 51 is sufficient if it protrudes outward from the outer peripheral surface 34 of the housing 21. In addition, it is preferable to provide a taper 41 </ b> D at the edge on the bottom side of the housing 21 in order to make the installation in the installation space 64 smooth.

  4 is a rear perspective view of the connector 60, FIG. 5 is a plan view of the connector 60, FIG. 6A is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 5, and FIG. -B line sectional drawing is shown, respectively. The board connector 60 includes a housing 61, terminals 62 provided in the housing 61 and electrically connected to the cable 2, and a fixing bracket 63 for fixing the cable connector 20 to the mounting surface 2A.

  The housing 61 may have, for example, a substantially “U” shape when viewed from above, and in this case, includes a linear base portion 61A and a pair of linear arm portions 61B extending from both ends of the base portion 61A. The Although it is arbitrary, you may have further the baseplate 78 which connects 61 A of base parts, and the arm part 61B.

  A space formed inside the “U” is used as an installation space 64 in which the housing 21 of the cable connector 20 is installed. At least a part of the inner peripheral surface 74 of the housing 61 constituting the installation space 64 is mutually connected to at least a part other than the outer peripheral surface 34 of the housing 21, for example, the rear side 33 of the housing 21 provided with the cable 25 extraction portion 25. When the cable connector 20 is attached to the board connector 60 in a complementary shape, in other words, when the housing 21 of the cable connector 20 is installed in the installation space 64, it faces the inner peripheral surface 74 of the housing 61. It is supposed to be.

  On the inner peripheral surface 74 of the housing 61 of the board connector 60, guide surfaces 68A to 68C for guiding the housing 21 of the cable connector 20 toward the mounting surface 2A are provided.

  A vertical surface 82 is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the base 61A that can face the outer peripheral surface 34 of the housing 21 of the cable connector 20 following the guide surface 68C. Further, at the boundary between the base portion 61A and the arm portion 61B, the inclined surface 81 further corresponds to the lifting portion 23 of the cable connector 20, and the corresponding portion of the arm portion 61B behind the inclined surface 81 includes Relief portions 65A and 65B that allow the side protrusions 23A and 23B of the lifting portion 23 to escape outward are provided.

  The inclined surface 81 is inclined from one end side of the cable 1 to the other end side 1A along the extending direction β of the cable 1 toward the mounting surface 2A, similarly to the inclined surface 41A provided in the housing 21. By providing the inclined surface 81, it is possible to prevent a collision between the inclined surface 41A of the housing 21 and the housing 61 when the cable connector 20 is attached to the board connector 60. Note that the inclined surface 81 can be configured to intentionally collide with the housing 21. This point will be described later.

  Corresponding to the lock projection 52 of the cable connector 20, a guide groove 92 is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the arm portion 61 </ b> B that can face the outer peripheral surface 34 of the housing 21 of the cable connector 20. The guide groove 92 has, for example, a substantially parallelogram in side view. The rear side is inclined from the one end side of the cable 1 to the other end side 1 </ b> A along the extending direction “β” of the cable 1 toward the mounting surface 2 </ b> A corresponding to the inclined surface 43 of the lock protrusion 52. In other words, the inclined surface 83 is formed so as to protrude from the other end 1 </ b> A of the cable 1 toward the one end. Similarly, the front side is also formed as an inclined surface 84 that inclines from one end side of the cable 1 to the other end side 1A along the extending direction “β” of the cable 1 toward the mounting surface 2A. Vertical surfaces 83A and 84A are provided above the inclined surfaces 83 and 84 in order to stably position the cable connector 20 on the board connector 60 before the cable connector 20 is actually attached to the board connector 60. It has been.

  Corresponding to the locking projection 51 of the cable connector 20, a recess 91 </ b> A is provided on the inner peripheral surface 74 of the housing 61 of the board connector 60, for example, a corresponding portion of the arm portion 61 </ b> B. When the cable connector 20 is attached to the board connector 60, the locking projection 51 of the cable connector 20 fits into the recess 91A. The recessed portion 91 </ b> A has a substantially rectangular shape in side view corresponding to the locking protrusion 51.

  The protrusion 91 is formed using the recess 91 </ b> A and a guide surface 68 </ b> B provided in the upper portion for guiding the housing 21. The protrusion 91 is formed before the cable connector 20 is actually attached to the board connector 60, in other words, before the locking protrusion 51 of the cable connector 20 is fitted into the recess 91A of the board connector 60. It functions as a mounting portion for positioning the connector 20 with respect to the board connector 60. The mounting portion 91 is provided on the inner peripheral surface 74 of each of the opposite left and right sides 75 located between the front side 71 and the rear side 73 corresponding to the locking projection 51 provided on the housing 21. In addition, the cable connector 20 is provided so as to protrude inward from the locking projection 51 of the housing 21 when the cable connector 20 is placed on the board connector 60.

  A total of six terminals 62 of the board connector 60 are provided, one for each cable 1. Each terminal 62 includes a mounting portion 62A and a standing portion 62B. The mounting portion 62A is connected to a predetermined wiring portion of the substrate 2 by solder or the like. On the other hand, the standing portion 62 </ b> B is a portion that physically contacts the terminal 22 of the cable connector 20. These terminals 62 are integrally formed with the housing 61 together with the fixing bracket 63. Although not particularly illustrated, the bottom surface 21B of the housing 21 is provided with a terminal insertion portion into which the standing portion 62B of the terminal 62 provided on the board connector 60 is inserted.

  7A and 7B are perspective views of the fixing bracket 63. FIG. The fixing fitting 63 includes a base 63A, an extension 63B extending upward and forward from the base 63A, an extension 63C extending laterally from the base 63A, and an extension 63D extending rearward in a state of being continuous with the extension 63C. including. The base 63A is fixed to the mounting surface 2A with solder or the like. The extension part 63B is extended to the inclined surface 43 side of the housing 21 from the base 63A fixed to the mounting surface 2A, and the extension part 63D is connected to the cable 1 from the base 63A fixed to the mounting surface 2A. Is extended to the other end side 1A. With the former configuration, the force against inadvertent extraction of the cable connector 20 from the board connector 60 can be strengthened, and the extraction can be effectively prevented. Further, with the latter configuration, the fixing of the fixing metal fitting 63 to the housing 61 is further strengthened, and when the cable connector 20 is lifted on the rear end side and is inadvertently moved in the extraction direction, the cable connector Extraction can be more securely prevented.

With reference to FIG. 8 thru | or FIG. 13, the attachment operation | movement of the electrical connector apparatus 10 is demonstrated.
8 is a view showing the state of the cable connector 20 and the board connector 60 before mounting, and is a view corresponding to the cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 5, and FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC in FIG. It is. 10 is a view showing the state of the cable connector 20 and the board connector 60 in the middle of attachment, corresponding to the cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 5, and FIG. 11 is the cross-sectional view taken along the line DD of FIG. It is. 12 is a view showing the state of the cable connector 20 and the board connector 60 when the attachment is completed, and is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 5, and FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view taken along line EE in FIG.

  When the state shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 is reached to the state shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the cable connector 20 uses the taper 29 provided on the housing 21 and the guide surface 68 provided on the housing 61 of the board connector 60. Then, it is guided to the installation space 64 of the board connector 60.

  Then, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the locking projection 51 provided on the housing 21 of the cable connector 20 and the board connector 60 are brought into contact with each other through the contact of the terminal 22 of the cable connector 20 and the terminal 62 of the board connector 60. The cable connector 20 is positioned with respect to the board connector 60 in a predetermined posture through contact with the mounting portion 91 provided in the housing 61. At this time, the housing 21 is substantially parallel to the substrate 2. Thus, before the cable connector 20 is completely attached to the board connector 60, the housing 21 of the cable connector 20 is positioned in a stable posture with respect to the housing 61 of the board connector 60, thereby performing the subsequent work. It can be stable.

  After that, by applying a force in the direction in which the cable connector 20 is pressed against the board connector 60, the attachment completed state shown in FIGS. 12 and 13 can be changed from the attachment intermediate state shown in FIGS. At this time, the inclined surface 41A provided on the outer peripheral surface 34 of the front side 31 of the housing 21 of the cable connector 20 is a boundary between at least a part of the housing 61 of the board connector 60, for example, the guide surface 68A and the vertical surface 82 of the base 61A. As a result, the cable connector 20 moves with respect to the board connector 60 from the one end side of the cable 1 to the other end side 1A along the extending direction “β” of the cable 1. More specifically, first, the inclined surface 41A contacts the edge 69, and the entire cable connector 20 moves along the inclined surface 41A while maintaining the contact state. In this way, the inclined surface 41 </ b> A serves as a reference surface, and the cable connector 20 moves by rubbing against the edge 69.

  At the same time, the standing portion 62B of the terminal 62 of the board connector 60 is press-fitted into the gap of the contact portion 22A of the terminal 22 of the cable connector 20 so that the terminal 22 and the terminal 62 are completely connected, and the cable The locking protrusion 51 provided on the housing 21 of the connector 20 gets over the mounting portion 91 provided on the housing 61 of the board connector 60, and the cable connector 20 is locked to the board connector 60. When pressing the cable connector 20 against the board connector 60, it is preferable to apply a force near the contact portion between the terminal 22 of the cable connector 20 and the terminal 62 of the board connector 60. By applying a force at such a position, the cable connector 20 is maintained while maintaining the attitude of the cable connector 20 with respect to the board connector 60, in other words, with the housing 21 and the housing 61 maintained in a substantially parallel state. It can be moved relative to the board connector 60.

  At this time, the inclined surface 43 of the lock projection 52 provided on the housing 21 of the cable connector 20 enters below the inclined surface 83 provided on the housing 61 of the board connector 60. As a result, as shown in FIG. 12, at least when the attachment of the cable connector 20 to the board connector 60 is completed, the inclined surface 83 provided on the housing 61 of the board connector 60 is connected to the inclined surface 43 of the lock projection 52. 1 has an overlapping portion “L” in the extending direction “β”. By providing such an overlapping portion “L”, as shown in FIG. 14, for example, the rear end side of the cable 1 connected to the cable connector 20 is lifted, and the cable connector 20 is inadvertently disconnected from the installation space 64. Even when the cable connector 20 is about to be moved, the inclined surface 43 of the housing 21 of the cable connector 20 and the inclined surface 83 of the housing 61 of the board connector 60 are collided to effectively prevent the cable connector 20 from being pulled out. can do.

  When releasing the attachment of the connector 20 and the connector 60, as shown in the upper perspective view of FIG. 15, the side protrusions 23A and 23B protruded to the outside using the escape portions 65A and 65B, for example, The fingers 60 may be picked at the same time and lifted upward so that the connector 60 is inclined upward. By adopting the upward inclined posture, the locked state between the locking projection 51 of the cable connector 20 and the recess 91 </ b> A of the board connector 60 can be released. In addition, in the sense that the force is applied to the housing 21 evenly through the lifting portion 23, it is preferable to form a protruding portion used for lifting not in the side but in the front and apply the force in the front. In this case, the lifting portion must protrude further forward beyond the upper portion of the housing 61 of the board connector 60. As a result, the thickness of the connector increases, and the low profile or miniaturization of the apparatus is seriously damaged. It is. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the protruding portions 23A and 23B are provided on the side rather than the front.

As a modification, the inclined surface 81 provided at the boundary between the base portion 61A and the arm portion 61B constituting the housing 61 is replaced with the cable connector 20 and the board connector 60 in the same manner as the inclined surface 41A provided on the housing 21 of the cable connector 20. In contrast, the cable 1 may be used to move from the one end side of the cable 1 to the other end side 1A along the extending direction “β” of the cable 1. In this case, the housing 21 of the cable connector 20 is changed to a vertical surface along the vertical surface 41C, for example, without providing the inclined surface 41A. When the inclined surface 41A is removed, the edge 31A of the front bottom portion of the side protrusion 23 of the lifting portion 23 collides with the inclined surface 81. As a result, the cable connector 20 is connected to the board connector 60 with respect to the cable. 1 is moved along the extending direction “β” of the cable 1 from one end side to the other end side 1A.
FIG. 16 shows another modification. This figure is a partially enlarged view of only the lock protrusion 52A as seen from the side. As shown in this modified example, the locking protrusion 52A is not a substantially trapezoidal shape in side view as in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 or the like, but a parallelogram in side view similar to the guide groove 92, and its front side Similarly to the rear side, the inclined surface 43A may be inclined from the one end side of the cable 1 to the other end side 1A along the extending direction “β” of the cable 1 toward the mounting surface 2A. Such an inclined surface 43A is caused to collide with a part of the groove portion 92, for example, a part of the inclined surface 84, instead of the inclined surface 43 or together with the inclined surface 43, so that the cable connector 20 is made to the board connector 60. The cable 1 may be moved along the extending direction “β” of the cable 1 from one end side of the cable 1 to the other end side 1A.

  Similarly, the bottom 44 </ b> A of the vertical surface 44 of the lock projection 52 of the cable connector 20 extends from the cable connector 20 to the board connector 60 from one end side of the cable 1 to the other end side 1 </ b> A in the extending direction “β”. It can also be used to move along In this case, the bottom 44A of the cable connector 20 collides with the inclined surface 84 of the board connector 60. As a result, the cable connector 20 is connected to the board connector 60 from the one end side of the cable 1 to the other end side 1A. It is moved along the extending direction “β”. As described above, the cable connector 20 is moved from one end side of the cable 1 to the other end side 1 </ b> A with respect to the board connector 60 by providing the inclined surface at an appropriate position and by combining the inclined surfaces. Can do.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various other modifications are possible. For example, the configuration of the connector device of the present invention is not limited to an electrical connector device, but can be used for an optical connector device. When used in an optical connector device, an optical fiber cable is connected instead of the electric cable 1.
Further, the outer peripheral surface 34 of the housing 21 of the cable connector 20 and the inner peripheral surface 74 of the installation space 64 of the board connector 60 do not necessarily have to be rectangular, and if there is one side and a side facing this, for example, Other shapes such as a circular shape or a square shape in plan view may be used.
Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the housing 61 has a substantially “U” shape when viewed from the top. However, the housing 61 may be surrounded by the entire outer peripheral surface, that is, for example, may have a substantially quadrilateral shape when viewed from the top. Accordingly, the “mounting” mode of the connector 20 and the connector 60 naturally includes a mode such as fitting.
In addition, various modifications are possible without departing from the present invention.

  The present invention can be applied to various connector devices that require two operations, that is, a movement operation in the vertical direction and a movement operation in the horizontal direction at the time of mounting.

2A Mounting surface 10 Connector device 20 Cable connector (first connector)
21 First housing 31 Front side (side facing one side)
33 Rear side (one side)
34 outer peripheral surface 41A inclined surface 43 inclined surface 60 board connector (second connector)
61 Inner peripheral surface of second housing 74

Claims (12)

A connector device having a first connector and a second connector,
The first connector has a first housing, and one end of a cable can be attached to one side of the outer peripheral surface of the first housing.
The second connector has a second housing that can be mounted, and the inner peripheral surface of the second housing is the first housing other than the one side when the first connector is attached to the second connector. It is designed to confront at least part of the outer peripheral surface of the housing,
At least a part of the outer peripheral surface of the first housing facing the inner peripheral surface of the second housing is inclined along the extending direction of the cable from one end side to the other end side of the cable toward the mounting surface. An inclined surface is provided, and the first connector is attached to the second connector in the process of attaching the first connector to the second connector by colliding the inclined surface with at least a part of the second housing. In contrast, the cable is configured to move from one end side of the cable to the other end side along the extending direction of the cable ,
The first housing has a lifting portion,
The lifting portions are respectively disposed on the opposing sides of the second housing located between the one side and the side facing the one side when the first connector is attached to the second connector. Have side protrusions that protrude,
At least the inclined surface is provided on the outer peripheral surface on the side facing the one side of the side protrusion,
When the first connector is attached to the second connector, the side protrusions are formed on the opposing sides of the second housing located between the one side and the side facing the one side. A connector device, wherein an escape portion is provided, and an inclined surface corresponding to an inclined surface formed on the side protruding portion is provided on the escape portion .   2. The connector device according to claim 1, wherein the inclined surface of the first housing is provided on a side of the outer peripheral surface of the first housing facing the one side.   2. The inclined surface of the first housing is provided on a wall surface located between the one side and a side facing the one side of the outer peripheral surface of the first housing. Connector device. At least part of the outer peripheral surface of the first housing facing the inner peripheral surface of the second housing is inclined from one end side of the cable to the other end side along the extending direction of the cable toward the mounting surface. Other inclined surfaces are provided,
Correspondingly, at least part of the inner peripheral surface of the second housing facing the outer peripheral surface of the first housing, one end side of the cable along the extending direction of the cable toward the mounting surface There is another inclined surface that is inclined from the other end to
The other inclined surface of the second housing overlaps with the other inclined surface of the first housing in the extending direction of the cable at least when the first connector is completely attached to the second connector. The connector device according to claim 3, wherein the connector device protrudes from the other end side to the one end side so as to have the cable. A fixing bracket for fixing the second connector to the mounting surface is provided in the second housing, and a part of the fixing bracket is more than the other portion of the first housing than the fixing portion with the mounting surface. The connector device according to claim 4 , wherein the connector device is extended to the inclined surface side of the connector. A locking projection protruding outward is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the first housing facing the inner peripheral surface of the second housing,
Correspondingly, when the first connector is placed on the second connector on the inner peripheral surface of the second housing facing the outer peripheral surface of the first housing, the locking of the first housing is performed. Projecting inward from the projecting projection, a mounting portion for the locking projection is provided,
Before moving the first connector from the one end side to the other end side of the cable along the extending direction of the cable with respect to the second connector through the collision, the first housing has the locking protrusion. And a contact between the first housing and a terminal provided on the first housing, and a contact between the terminal provided on the second housing and the second housing. The connector device according to any one of 1 to 5 . By it provided in the first housing locking projection rides over a placing part provided on the second housing, the first connector of claim 6 which is engaged with the second connector Connector device. The outer peripheral surface of the first housing is substantially rectangular in top view,
The locking projections of the first housing are provided on the outer peripheral surfaces of the opposing left and right sides located between the one side of the first housing and the side facing the one side. The upper housing part of the second housing is provided on the inner peripheral surfaces of the opposing left and right sides located between the one side of the second housing and the side facing the one side . The connector device according to claim 6 or 7 . Above the inner circumferential surface of the second housing, the connector device according to any one of claims 1 to 8 guiding surface for guiding the first housing toward the mounting surface is provided. The second connector connector device according to any one of claims 1 to 9 which is a connector board mount type. At least part of the outer peripheral surface of the first housing facing the inner peripheral surface of the second housing is inclined along the extending direction of the cable from one end side of the cable toward the other end side toward the mounting surface. In addition to or in addition to providing the inclined surface, the cable extends toward the mounting surface on at least a part of the inner peripheral surface of the second housing facing the outer peripheral surface of the first housing. An inclined surface that is inclined from one end side to the other end side of the cable along the direction is provided,
In the process of attaching the first connector to the second connector, the inclined surface provided on at least a part of the inner peripheral surface of the second housing collides with at least a part of the first housing. connector connector device according to any one of claims 1 to 10 is moved along the extending direction of the cable from one end to the other end of the cable with respect to the second connector. The 1st connector or 2nd connector used for the connector apparatus in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 11 .

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