JP3349110B2 - Connector connection device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a connector connecting device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been a demand for attaching a connector to an edge portion of a printed circuit board in order to reduce the size of an apparatus.

FIGS. 5 and 6 are cross-sectional views of a conventional connector connecting device. FIG. 5 shows a state where a cable connector and a printed circuit board are detached, and FIG. 6 shows a state where the cable connector and the printed circuit board are fitted. FIG.

[0004] The connector connection device is a printed circuit board 110.
, A slider 130, a frame 140, a cable connector 160, an angle portion 170, and an insulator 180.

The angle portion 170 is substantially triangular, and a plurality of pins 171 are arranged on two sides of the angle portion 170 at right angles.

The pins 171 arranged on the two sides are connected by a circuit pattern 172.

The pins 171 on one of the two sides are connected to the circuit pattern on the printed circuit board 110 by driving.

[0008] The pins 171 on the other side of the two sides are driven into the insulator 180 and are aligned by the insulator 180.

A cable connector 160 having a cable 161 is held in the frame 140 in advance.

A slider 130 is provided on the frame 140.
Is provided. The slider 130 has a guide groove 131 extending in a direction inclined with respect to a direction perpendicular to the paper surface.
The boss 132 of the cable connector 160 is engaged with the guide groove 131. Therefore, when the slider 130 is moved in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the paper, the cable connector 160 moves left and right (the direction of arrow a).

When the cable connector 160 and the printed circuit board 110 are connected from the detached state shown in FIG. 5, the insulator 180 is inserted into the frame 140, and the slider 130 is moved in a direction perpendicular to the plane of FIG. To fit the cable connector 160 and the pin 171 (see FIG. 6).

[0012]

However, a pin 17 is provided between the cable connector 160 and the printed circuit board 110.
1 and a fitting portion between the cable connector 160 and the pin 171. Therefore, the cable connector 160 and the printed circuit board 110 are connected via a plurality of contact portions (having portions and fitting portions). Therefore, there is a problem that a signal transmission characteristic determined by a characteristic impedance of a high-frequency signal or a high-speed signal is deteriorated.

The cable connector 160 and the pin 17
At the time of fitting / removing with the cable 1, the cable 161 is bent and a load is applied to the cable 161. Therefore, there is a problem that the cable 161 is disconnected.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its object is to connect and disconnect a cable connector and a board without applying a load to a cable, and to deteriorate a high-frequency signal transmission characteristic. It is an object of the present invention to provide a connector connection device capable of preventing the occurrence of a connector.

[0015]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a holding member for holding a substrate,
Holds a cable connector that is connected / disconnected at right angles to the board, and connects the holding member to the connector.
A frame accommodated movably in the detaching direction , a connector connected to the frame, a slider slidably supported in a direction perpendicular to the detaching direction, and a sliding operation of the slider connecting the connector to the holding member. A substrate elevating means for converting the operation into an elevating operation along the detaching direction.

When the slider is inserted, the board is moved upward by the holding member, and the circuit pattern of the board contacts the contact portion of the connector, and the cable of the connector and the circuit pattern of the board are brought into conduction. Also, when the slider is pulled out, the board is moved downward by the holding member, the circuit pattern of the board is separated from the contact portion of the connector,
The cable of the connector and the circuit pattern of the board become non-conductive. At this time, only the substrate moves up and down, and no load is applied to the cable. Further, the connector and the board are connected via one contact portion.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the connector connection device according to the first aspect, the cable connector is connected to the board via a socket connector.

When the slider is inserted, the printed board rises, the socket connector and the cable connector are fitted, and when the slider is pulled out, the board descends and the socket connector comes off the cable connector.

The invention described in claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1 or 2
In the connector connection device according to the above, in the frame,
A positioning pin is provided which can be engaged with a positioning hole formed in the substrate.

When the slider is urged, the positioning pins engage with the positioning holes immediately before the socket connector and the cable connector are fitted, and the socket connector and the cable connector are aligned.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the connector connection device according to any one of the first to third aspects, a reinforcing plate is provided on a non-connection surface of the substrate.

When the socket connector and the cable connector are fitted and disengaged, a load is applied to the board. However, since the strength of the board is enhanced by the reinforcing plate, deformation is prevented, and the position of the socket connector and the cable connector is prevented. The deviation is smaller.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the connector connection device according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the board lifting / lowering means is provided on a pin provided on the holding member and on the slider. A crank-shaped guide groove in which the pin is slidably engaged, a hole provided in the holding member, parallel to a connector connecting / disconnecting direction, and provided upright in the frame to engage with the hole. And a guide pin to be used.

When the slider is inserted into the frame or the slider is removed from the frame, the holding member moves up and down along the guide pin by the pin slidably engaged with the guide groove of the slider, and is held by the holding member. The board moves in the connector connection / disconnection direction.

[0025]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a state before a socket connector and a cable connector of a connector connecting device according to an embodiment of the present invention are fitted together, and FIG. 2A is II-II of FIG.
FIG. 2B is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the socket connector, FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a state after the socket connector and the cable connector of the connector connection device according to the embodiment of the present invention have been fitted, FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line IV-IV in FIG.

This connector connection device includes a printed board (board) 10, a rail (holding member) 20, a guide pin 21, a slider 30, and a slider guide frame 4.
0, a cable connector frame 50, and a cable connector 60.

A circuit pattern (not shown) is formed on the upper surface of the printed board 10, and three rows of socket connectors 11 are provided. Socket connector 1
Reference numeral 1 denotes a so-called ZIF (ZeroIn) in which a receptacle for receiving the cable connector 60 is tapered so that the pin contact 62 of the cable connector 60 can be smoothly inserted.
service Force) type.

Lower surface (non-connection surface) of this printed circuit board 10
A stiffener (reinforcing plate) 12 is fixed to the socket connector 11 by the adhesive.
The strength of the printed circuit board 10 below is increased.

The printed circuit board 10 has positioning holes 13
Is formed. Both sides of the printed circuit board 10 in the width direction (the left-right direction in FIG. 2) are held by rails 20 having a C-shaped cross section. The printed board 10 is movable along the rail 20.

The rail 20 has a hole 2 extending in the connecting / disconnecting direction of the socket connector 11 (vertical direction in FIGS. 1 and 2).
2 are provided.

The guide pin 21 is inserted into the hole 22. The guide pin 21 is the slider guide frame 4
0, and stands upright on the bottom surface of the slider guide frame 40.

Therefore, the rail 20 can move only in the vertical direction along the guide pin 21.

The rail 20 has a columnar boss (pin) 23 projecting outward in the width direction (to the left in FIG. 2).

The boss 23 is engaged with a guide groove 31 formed on the slider 30 and extending in the left-right direction of FIG. The guide groove 31 has a horizontal portion 31a and a horizontal portion 3 having different heights.
A substantially crank shape is formed by the inclined portion 31c connecting between 1b.

The guide pins 21, the holes 22, the bosses 23 and the guide grooves 31 constitute a substrate elevating mechanism (substrate elevating means).

The slider 30 is a slider guide frame 4
0 so that the slider guide frame 40
Slides along the side wall of.

The cable connector frame 50 is mounted so as to be orthogonal to the slider guide frame 40. The slider guide frame 40 and the cable connector frame 50 constitute the frame described in the claims.

A cable connector 60 is housed in the cable connector frame 50, and is locked in the cable connector frame 50 by a lance 63.

A positioning pin 51 which can be engaged with the positioning hole 13 of the printed circuit board 10 is provided on the lower surface of the cable connector frame 50.

Each cable connector 60 is connected to a pin contact 62 to which contact pressure has been applied in advance. The pin contact 62 faces the socket connector 11 of the printed circuit board 10.

This connector connection device operates as follows.

Printed circuit board 10 and cable connector 60
When connecting the slider 3 from the detached state shown in FIG.
0 is inserted into the slider guide frame 40, and the slider 30 is moved to the left.

When the slider 30 is the slider guide frame 4
As the guide groove 31 is inserted into the boss 23,
Along the horizontal portion 31a from the inclined portion 31c, the horizontal portion 31b
Move to.

Therefore, the boss 23 is lifted by the guide groove 31, the rail 20 on which the boss 23 is formed rises along the guide pin 21, and the printed circuit board 10 held by the rail 20 simultaneously rises.

After the positioning pins 51 are engaged with the positioning holes 13 of the printed circuit board 10 and the socket connector 11 and the cable connector 60 are aligned, the socket connector 11 is fitted into the cable connector 60 (FIG. 3).
And FIG. 4).

As a result, the contact 11a of the socket connector 11 is
2 and the circuit pattern of the printed circuit board 10 and the cable 61 are connected.

The printed circuit board 10 is connected to the cable connector 60.
When the slider 30 is removed from the slider guide frame 40 from the fitted state shown in FIG. 3, the slider 30 is moved rightward.

When the slider 30 is the slider guide frame 4
0, the guide groove 31 becomes boss 2
3 along the horizontal portion 31b to the inclined portion 31c, the horizontal portion 31
Move to a.

Therefore, the boss 23 is pulled down by the guide groove 31, the rail 20 on which the boss 23 is formed is lowered along the guide pin 21, and the printed circuit board 10 held by the rail 20 is simultaneously lowered.

After the socket connector 11 separates from the cable connector 60, the positioning pins 51 separate from the positioning holes 13 of the printed circuit board 10 (see FIGS. 1 and 2).

As a result, the printed circuit board 10 provided with the socket connector 11 can be pulled out from the rail 20.

According to this embodiment, only when the socket connector 11 is fitted to the cable connector 60 and when the socket connector 11 is separated from the cable connector 60, only the printed circuit board 10 moves in the vertical direction. , Cable 6 of cable connector 60
The load at the time of fitting / removing is not applied to 1, and the cable 61 does not bend and break.

The contact portions between the cable connector 60 and the printed circuit board 10 are the pin contacts 62 of the cable connector 60 and the contacts 11 of the socket connector 11.
Since there is only one contact point a with the characteristic impedance and the variation in the characteristic impedance is small, the signal transmission characteristic of a high-frequency signal is improved as compared with a conventional device having a plurality of contact portions.

Further, since the stiffener 12 is fixed to the lower surface of the printed circuit board 10, the strength of the printed circuit board 10 is improved and the deformation of the printed circuit board 10 is prevented.

Further, since the straight type connector connecting device is used, the angle portion required in the conventional right angle type connector connecting device can be eliminated, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

Furthermore, since it is a ZIF type socket connector, damage to contacts and pins can be prevented.

In this embodiment, the printed circuit board 10
Although the socket connector 11 having contacts is provided and the pins 62 are provided on the cable connector 60, the pins may be provided on the printed circuit board 10 and the contacts may be provided on the cable connector 60.

As the contact, for example,
Contact or butt contact.

Further, the pins 62 of the cable connector 60 may be directly pressed against the circuit pattern of the printed circuit board 10 by a spring.

[0061]

As described above, according to the connector connecting device of the first or second aspect of the present invention, only the board moves up and down, and no load is applied to the cable.
The cable does not bend and break. Further, since the connector and the board are connected via one contact portion where the pin contact and the socket connector are in contact with each other, high-frequency transmission characteristics are improved as compared with the conventional configuration having a plurality of contact portions.

According to the connector connecting device of the third aspect, the socket connector and the cable connector can be securely fitted.

According to the connector connecting device of the fourth aspect of the present invention, the displacement between the socket connector and the cable connector is reduced, and the two can be more securely fitted.

According to the connector connecting device of the fifth aspect of the present invention, connection / disconnection between the cable connector and the board can be achieved only by inserting the slider into the frame or detaching the slider from the frame.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a state before a socket connector and a cable connector of a connector connection device according to an embodiment of the present invention are fitted to each other.

FIG. 2A is a sectional view taken along the line II-II of FIG. 1, FIG.
(B) is an enlarged sectional view of the socket connector.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a state after the socket connector and the cable connector of the connector connection device according to the embodiment of the present invention have been fitted.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line IV-IV in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a conventional connector connection device.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of a conventional connector connection device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Printed circuit board (board) 11 Socket connector 12 Stiffener (reinforcement plate) 20 Rail (holding member) 21 Guide pin 22 Hole 23 Boss (pin) 30 Slider 40 Slider guide frame 51 Positioning pin 60 Cable connector

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-10-191534 (JP, A) JP-A-7-192823 (JP, A) JP-A-6-231833 (JP, A) 72296 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Hei 5-30815 (JP, U) (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) H01R 23/00 H01R 13/629

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A holding member for holding a board, and a cable connector which is connected / disconnected at right angles to the board, and the holding member is connected to the connector.
A frame movably accommodated in the detaching direction; a connector connected to the frame so as to be slidable in a direction perpendicular to the detaching direction; and a sliding operation of the slider for connecting the connector of the holding member to the connector. A connector connecting device, comprising: a board elevating unit that converts the operation into an elevating operation along a detaching direction. 2. The connector connection device according to claim 1, wherein the cable connector is connected to the board via a socket connector. 3. The connector connection device according to claim 1, wherein the frame is provided with a positioning pin that can be engaged with a positioning hole formed in the substrate. 4. The connector connection device according to claim 1, wherein a reinforcing plate is provided on a non-connection surface of the substrate. 5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the substrate elevating means is provided on a pin provided on the holding member, a crank-shaped guide groove provided on the slider and slidably engaged with the pin, and provided on the holding member. 5. The device according to claim 1, comprising a hole parallel to the connector connection / removal direction, and a guide pin provided upright on the frame and engaged with the hole.
The connector connection device according to the item.