JP3240349B2 - Connector mounting structure - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a connector mounting structure in which a groove of a fitting portion provided on a connector is fitted into a cutout recess on a housing side.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Hitherto, there has been known a connector mounting structure in which a groove of a fitting portion provided in a connector such as a jack is fitted into a cutout recess provided in a housing of an electronic device or the like. Is shown in FIG.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 30 denotes a housing.
The housing 30 has a rectangular notch recess 31. On the other hand, reference numeral 32 denotes a jack type connector in which a terminal member having an outer terminal portion 34o and an inner terminal portion 34i is arranged on the center side, and a groove portion 35 fitted on the cutout recess 31 is provided on the outer peripheral side. A part 36 is provided. Thus, the connector 32 can be attached to the housing 30 by fitting the groove 35 into the cutout recess 31. Also,
The housing 30 and the connector 32 can be combined in different types.

[0004]

However, the above-described conventional connector mounting structure has the following problems.

First, if the connector is simply attached to the housing, the object can be achieved. However, after the electronic components are incorporated in the housing, an insulating material such as synthetic resin or silicon rubber is poured. In such a case, the insulating material may leak to the outside through the gap between the cutout recess and the groove.

Second, there is a possibility that the feeling of finish and quality may be impaired, for example, the connector may be loosely attached to the housing.

The present invention has been made to solve the problems existing in the prior art, and it is possible to reliably prevent leakage to the outside when an insulating material is poured into a housing and to prevent rattling. It is an object of the present invention to provide a connector mounting structure capable of dramatically improving the finished feeling and quality.

[0008]

The present invention is particularly applicable to the construction of a connector mounting structure X in which the groove 3 of the fitting portion 4 provided in the connector C is fitted into the notch recess on the housing H side. A pocket-shaped connector supporting portion 6 having a parallel plate portion 7 facing the housing outer surface 5 is integrally formed on a housing outer surface 5 including a cutout concave portion (first notch concave portion) 2 provided in the housing H; The parallel plate portion 7 is provided with a second cutout recess 8 in which the groove 3 of the fitting portion 4 of the connector C is fitted, and the parallel plate portion 7 and the housing outer surface such that the inner end surface 9 of the connector C contacts the housing outer surface 5. 5, the connector C is integrally formed with a support cover 10 for covering the connector support 6.

In this case, according to the most preferred embodiment, it is desirable that the tip of the cover 10 for the supporting portion abuts on the outer surface 5 of the housing.

[0010]

According to the connector mounting structure X of the present invention,
The connector C is supported by a pocket-shaped connector support portion 6 provided substantially integrally with the housing H,
A part of the fitting portion 4 of the connector C is
And the housing is fitted between the housing outer surfaces 5. As a result, a total of four layers on the housing H side and the connector C side overlap at the fitting portion of the mounting structure X, so that the contact area is dramatically increased and the adhesion is improved. Therefore, when the insulating material is poured into the housing H, leakage to the outside is reliably prevented and rattling is prevented.

In addition, since the connector C is integrally formed with the support cover 10 for covering the connector support 6 and the tip of the support cover 10 is brought into contact with the housing outer surface 5, the contact area is further increased. In addition to the enlargement and the improvement of the adhesion, the stress in the direction perpendicular to the plane to the parallel plate portion 7 is dispersed, so that the mounting strength is increased.

[0012]

Next, preferred embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

First, the configuration of a housing and a connector used for a connector mounting structure X according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

In the figure, C is a connector. As shown in FIG. 4, the connector C is an integrally molded plastic product having terminal pins 11 inserted therein. Reference numeral 12 denotes a connector main body. Both ends of the terminal pin 11 protrude in a direction perpendicular to both end surfaces of the connector main body 12, and one of them is the outer terminal portion 1
1o, and the other becomes the inner terminal portion 11i. Further, on the outer end surface of the connector main body 12, a cover portion 13 for a terminal portion having a rectangular cross section surrounding the outer terminal portion 11o is integrally provided.
Further, the connector body 12 is provided with a fitting portion 4. The fitting portion 4 includes an outer flange portion 14 provided on the outer end surface side of the connector main body 12 and an inner flange portion 15 provided on the inner end surface 9 side, and the groove portion 3 is provided between the outer flange portion 14 and the inner flange portion 15.
Is provided. On the other hand, a support cover 10 covering the connector support 6 described later is integrally formed around the outer flange 14, and the tip of the cover 10 is brought into contact with the housing outer surface 5 described later.

On the other hand, H is a box-shaped plastic housing, which is open at the top. As shown in FIG. 3, a rectangular first notch 2 is formed in the side plate portion Hs of the housing H. On the other hand, housing outer surface 5 in side plate portion Hs including first
, A pocket-shaped connector support portion 6 having a parallel plate portion 7 facing the housing outer surface 5 is integrally formed.
Then, a rectangular second cutout recess 8 cut out from the upper end side is formed in the parallel plate portion 7. The second notch 8 faces the first notch 2 and fits into the groove 3 of the fitting portion 4 of the connector C. In this case, the inner flange portion 15 of the connector C is fitted between the parallel plate portion 7 and the housing outer surface 5, and the distance between the parallel plate portion 7 and the housing outer surface 5 is set so that the inner end surface 9 of the connector C contacts the housing outer surface 5. Select the width.

Next, a connector mounting structure X according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

When the connector C is mounted on the housing H, the groove 3 of the fitting portion 4 of the connector C may be inserted into the second cutout recess 8 provided in the housing H and fitted. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 1, the inner flange portion 15 of the connector C is provided between the parallel plate portion 7 and the housing outer surface 5.
Are accommodated and fitted, and the outer flange portion 14 of the connector C and the support portion cover portion 10 are connected to the connector support portion 6.
Cover. Further, the inner terminal portion 11i faces the inside of the housing H through the first notch concave portion 2.

Therefore, the connector C is substantially supported by the pocket-shaped connector supporting portion 6 provided integrally with the housing H, and at the fitting portion of the mounting structure X, a total of four layers on the housing H side and the connector C side are provided. Overlap. Therefore, the contact area between the connector C and the housing H can be dramatically increased and the adhesion can be improved. For example, as shown in FIG. Can be reliably prevented from leaking to the outside even when the water is poured. Also, rattling of the connector C can be prevented. In addition, the connector C is integrally formed with the support cover 10 that covers the connector support 6, and the tip of the support C is in contact with the housing outer surface 5, so that the contact area is further increased and the adhesion is further improved. The mounting strength can be increased.

Next, a modified embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The embodiment shown in FIG.
i and the direction of the outer terminal portion 11o are the same (parallel), but in the modified embodiment, the direction of the outer terminal portion 11o is changed to the inner terminal portion 1o.
The difference is that it is perpendicular to the direction of 1i. Thereby, the direction of the terminal portion cover 13c is also perpendicular to the terminal portion cover 13 shown in FIG. The other configuration is basically the same as the embodiment shown in FIG. Therefore, in FIG. 5, the same portions as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the configuration is clarified and the detailed description is omitted.

Although the embodiments have been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to such embodiments, and the detailed configuration, shape, quantity, material, etc., do not depart from the gist of the present invention. Can be changed arbitrarily.

[0021]

As described above, the connector mounting structure according to the present invention includes the notch recess provided in the housing when the groove of the fitting portion provided in the connector is fitted to the notch recess on the housing side. On the outer surface of the housing, a pocket-shaped connector support portion having a parallel plate portion facing the outer surface of the housing is integrally formed, and a second notch recess is provided in the parallel plate portion to which the groove of the fitting portion in the connector fits. The distance between the parallel plate portion and the housing outer surface is set so that the inner end surface of the connector is in contact with the housing outer surface, and the connector is integrally formed with a support portion cover portion that covers the connector support portion. It produces such remarkable effects.

The leakage of the insulating material into the housing when the insulating material is poured into the housing can be reliably prevented, and the looseness of the connector with respect to the housing can be prevented, so that the feeling of finish and quality can be dramatically improved.

[0023] The connector is integrally formed with a support cover for covering the connector support, and in the preferred embodiment, the front end of the support cover is brought into contact with the outer surface of the housing, thereby further increasing the contact area. In addition to improving the adhesiveness, the mounting strength can be increased by dispersing the stress in the direction perpendicular to the plane with respect to the parallel plate portion.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional plan view of a connector mounting structure according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional front view of the mounting structure,

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a part of a housing used for the mounting structure.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a connector used in the mounting structure.

FIG. 5 is a plan sectional view of a connector mounting structure according to a modified embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of a conventional connector mounting structure,

[Explanation of symbols]

 X Mounting structure 2 Notch concave part (first notch part) 3 Groove part 4 Fitting part 5 Housing outer surface 6 Connector support part 7 Parallel plate part 8 Second notch concave part 9 Inner end face 10 Support part for supporting part H Housing C connector

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A connector mounting structure in which a groove of a fitting portion provided on a connector is fitted into a notched concave portion on a housing side, the housing including a notched concave portion (first notched concave portion) provided on the housing. On the outer surface, a pocket-shaped connector support portion having a parallel plate portion facing the outer surface of the housing is integrally formed, and the parallel plate portion is provided with a second cutout recess in which the groove portion of the fitting portion in the connector is fitted.
The connector is characterized in that the distance between the parallel plate portion and the housing outer surface is set so that the inner end surface of the connector comes into contact with the housing outer surface, and a support portion cover portion that covers the connector support portion is formed integrally with the connector. Mounting structure. 2. The connector mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the front end of the supporting portion cover abuts on the outer surface of the housing.