JPH0443564B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION A. Object of the Invention [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a mounting structure of a flexible printed circuit board for a camera.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, in cameras, especially single-lens reflex cameras,
In order to effectively utilize the small space inside the camera, the electrical circuit wiring is mounted on the top of the camera body base plate (aluminum die-cast body, etc., hereinafter referred to as the camera body). It was being installed.

However, as cameras in recent years have become highly electronic and multi-functional, the scale of circuit implementation has become larger, and various switches and sensors have become scattered throughout the camera. Flexible wiring for wiring mounting is no longer sufficient to cover only the top surface of the camera body, and is now being extended to the top, bottom, and side surfaces of the camera body.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

In this case, a series of flexible parts mounted on the top, bottom, sides, etc. of the camera body is used.
Folding and assembling a large piece of expandable flexible material into the top, bottom, and side surfaces of the camera body is not easy to work with, and this poses significant constraints on the process and cost.

Therefore, we configured the flexible cable as multiple split pieces for each flexible mounting surface such as the top, bottom, and side surfaces of the camera body, assembled them onto the corresponding surfaces of the camera body, and interconnected each split flexible cable to form a whole. A method of connecting a series of wires is often adopted.

Figure 6 shows an example of this, in which a first divided flexible cable 1 is arranged on the upper surface of a camera body (not shown) across the pentaprism part.
, a second split flexible cable 2 disposed on the same lower surface, and a third split flexible cable 3 disposed on the same side surface, and each of these split flexible cables 1, 2, 3 to the corresponding surface of the camera body, connect the circuit terminal parts 1a and 3a of the first and third split flexible boards 1 and 3 to each other on the top side of the camera body, and then attach the second and third split flexible boards 2 to each other. , 3 are connected to each other on the lower surface side of the camera body, and the circuits of the first to third split flexible printed circuit boards 1, 2, and 3 are interconnected as a whole.

However, in this method, the connection processing points between the divided flexible boards are two, 1a, 3a, and 3a, as in the above example.
2a, 3b, or more, each requiring an independent connection structure. Whether the connection is made by soldering or by using a rubber connector, a positioning and fixing structure for the split flexible terminals to be connected to each other is formed at the two connection points 1a, 3a, 2a, 3b, or more. workability/
Problems remain in terms of cost, etc. In addition, in the case of the above example, a part of the circuit on the first split flexible board 1 side and a part of the circuit on the second split flexible board 2 side are connected to the third split flexible board 3 disposed on the side surface of the camera body. It is also necessary to form a relay wiring pattern for direct connection, and for this purpose, the third split flexible
This also results in a reduction in the packaging density of circuits that should originally be included in the device.

The present invention similarly configures the flexible cable as a plurality of divided pieces for each surface such as the top, bottom, and side surfaces of the camera body, and processes them for mounting on the camera, but all of the above problems are solved. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a rational mounting structure of a flexible printed circuit board for a camera.

B. Structure of the Invention [Means for Solving Problems] The present invention provides a flexible printed circuit board to be mounted on a camera body, a first divided flexible printed circuit board disposed on the upper surface of the camera body, and a first divided flexible printed circuit board disposed on the lower surface of the camera body. The camera body is divided into a second divided flexible printed circuit board and a third divided flexible printed circuit board arranged on at least one of the plurality of side surfaces. 3. Forming overhanging extension pieces that can be bent, and electrically connecting a part of each overhanging extension piece to a surface recessed from the front surface of the camera body in the vicinity of the side of the lens attachment section on the front surface of the camera body; The main idea is a mounting structure for a flexible printed circuit board for a camera, which is characterized by a wire-connected divided flexible printed circuit board, and improves mounting workability, increases circuit mounting density, and makes the camera itself smaller. , etc. can be achieved.

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 is a layout diagram of an example of a flexible mounting structure for a camera according to the present invention.

1 is a first split flexible cable disposed on the top surface of the camera body across the pentaprism part, 2 is a second split flexible cable disposed on the bottom surface of the same, and 3 is disposed on the same side surface. This is the third split flexible. The base material of the flexible cable is an insulating film (or sheet) such as polyimide, and the required conductive pattern circuit (copper pattern) is placed on the front or back side or both sides.
is formed and the necessary electrical circuit parts are installed, but these are omitted from the figure.

Moreover, each of the first to third split flexible cables 1, 2,
3 is provided with protruding extension pieces 1c, 2c, and 3c that can be bent toward the surface in the lateral vicinity of the lens mount on the front surface of the camera body.

Then, each of the protruding extension pieces 1c, 2c, and 3c of the first to third split flexible boards 1, 2, and 3 mounted on the corresponding surface of the camera body is bent toward the front surface of the camera body, respectively. etc. 1c, 2c, 3
Connect and fix the circuit terminals of each terminal part c using an appropriate means at one place on the front face of the camera body, and connect the circuits of the first to third split flexible boards 1, 2, and 3 as a whole. It is a state and something to be done.

FIGS. 2 to 4 show an example of a structure (connection part) for connecting and fixing the terminal parts of each of the split flexible projecting extension pieces 1c, 2c, and 3c on the front surface of the camera body.

In Fig. 2, 4 is a camera body, 5, 5 are a pair of positioning pins installed vertically at predetermined positions on the front surface of the camera body, and 6, 6 are external positions of the pair of upper and lower positioning pins 5, 5. A pair of dowels with screw holes are provided, 7 is a holding metal fitting made of a rigid body such as an iron plate, 8 is a set screw for the metal fitting, and 9 and 10 are two rubber connectors, first and second.

Each of the projecting extension pieces 1c, 2c, 3c of each of the first to third divided flexible boards 1, 2, and 3, the first and second
The rubber connectors 9, 10 and the presser fitting 7 are provided with small positioning holes a into which the pair of positioning pins 5, 5 fit, respectively.

1d and 1e (FIG. 3) are groups of conductive pattern terminals respectively provided on both sides of the front and back sides of the end portion of the first split flexible projecting extension piece 1c.

Reference numeral 2d designates a group of conductive pattern terminals provided on the back side of the terminal portion of the second split flexible extension extension piece 2c, which is a group of conductive pattern terminals provided on the back side of the terminal part of the second split flexible extension extension piece 1
This corresponds to the conductive pattern electron group 1d provided on the surface side of the terminal portion of c.

3d is a group of conductive pattern terminals provided on the front surface side of the end portion of the third divided flexible extending extension piece 3c;
This corresponds to the conductive pattern terminal group 1e provided on the back side of the terminal portion c.

The rubber connectors 9 and 10 are members that have elasticity in the thickness direction, and when a pressing force is applied in the thickness direction, have conductivity only in the thickness direction, and maintain insulation in the other direction. A type constructed by embedding conductive fibers 9b such as metal wires or carbon wires in the thickness direction of an elastic insulator base 9a,
Figure b shows an elastic insulator base 9 made of silicone rubber, etc.
An enlarged perspective view of a portion of a type configured by alternately arranging a portion a and a carbon-containing conductive layer 9b portion is shown.

First, the end portion of the third split flexible extending extension piece 3c is fitted into the small positioning holes a, a formed therein with respect to the pair of upper and lower positioning pins 5, 5 on the front surface of the camera body. Then, in the same manner, the first rubber connector 9 → the end of the first split flexible overhang extension piece 1c → the second rubber connector 10 → the end of the second split flexible overhang extension piece 2c → the presser foot. The metal fittings 7 are fitted with the small positioning holes a, a formed therein to the positioning pins 5, 5, and the members 3c, 9,
1c, 10, 2c, and 7 are all superimposed on each other and positioned and locked.

Next, the upper and lower screw insertion holes 7a, 7 of the presser metal fitting 7
Insert the screws 8 and 8 into the dowels 6 and 6 on the front side of the camera body, respectively, and sufficiently tighten the presser metal fitting 7 against the front side of the camera body to secure the presser metal fitting 7 and the camera. Overlapping members 3c, 9, 1c, 10,
2c are held pressed together.

In the case of this example, the protruding height dimension α (Fig. 3) of the dowels 6, 6 with screw holes is
10, 2c is set to be suitably smaller than the overall thickness dimension in the non-pressure state, and screw screws 8, 8 until the back side of the presser fitting is received by the protruding tip surface of the dowels 6, 6 with screw holes. By sufficiently screwing the overlapping members 3c, 9, 1c, 10,
2c is held between the presser metal fitting 7 and the front part of the camera body while being sufficiently pressed against each other.

FIG. 3 shows an enlarged vertical cross-sectional view of the connecting portion with the screws 8, 8 fully screwed in. However, for convenience, conductive pattern terminal groups 1d, 1e, 2d, 3d
The thickness is greatly exaggerated.

In this state, the conductive pattern terminal group 3d provided on the front side of the end portion of the third split flexible overhanging extension piece 3c and the conductive pattern terminal group 3d provided on the back side of the end portion of the first split flexible overhanging extension piece 1c. The conductive pattern terminals are aligned with a certain conductive pattern terminal group 1e via the first rubber connector 9, and are made conductive only in the thickness direction based on the compressed state of the first rubber connector 9. The corresponding terminals of groups 3c and 1e are electrically connected to each other. Similarly, a group of conductive pattern terminals 2d is provided on the back side of the end portion of the second split flexible overhang extension piece 2c, and a conductive pattern terminal group 2d is provided on the front side of the end portion of the first split flexible overhang extension piece 1c. The conductive pattern terminal group 1d is matched with the second rubber connector 10, and both terminal groups 2
The respective corresponding terminals d and 1d become electrically conductive through the second rubber connector 10 which is electrically conductive in the thickness direction under pressure.

That is, the electric circuits of the first to third divided flexible boards 1, 2, and 3 are connected directly to each other in series at the one connection portion.

The first and second rubber connectors 9 and 10 are omitted, and the conductive pattern terminal group 1d on the third split flexible cable 3 side, the same terminal group 1e on the first split flexible cable 1 side, and A presser metal fitting 7 that directly connects the conductive pattern terminal group 2d on the second split flexible cable 2 side and the same terminal group 1d on the first split flexible cable 1 side with an elastic pressing material 7b such as silicone rubber or sponge interposed on the back side.
Alternatively, the contact may be brought into a conductive state by pressing the contact.

The overlapping order of fitting and locking each of the protruding extension pieces 1c, 2c, and 3c of the first to third split flexible plates 1, 2, and 3 to the positioning pins 5, 5 on the camera body side is 3c→1c in the above example. The stacking order is not limited to →2c, but may be designed and set in an appropriate stacking order depending on the process, the destination of the wiring to be connected, etc.

The characteristic feature of the embodiment is that each of the projecting extension pieces 1c,
Parts of 2c and 3c are overlapped and electrically connected to a surface recessed from the front surface of the camera body near the side of the lens mounting portion on the front surface of the camera body. The position near the side of the lens attachment part on the front of the camera body is a position where there is no large difference in distance from each of the split flexible boards 1, 2, and 3 arranged on the top, bottom, and side surfaces of the camera body, and where there is no large difference in the distance from the split flexible cables 1, 2, and 3 arranged on the top, bottom, and side surfaces of the camera body, and where there is no large difference in the distance from the split flexible cables 1, 2, and 3 arranged on the top, bottom, and side surfaces of the camera body. It is a good position for sex. or,
Parts of the three overhanging extension pieces 1c, 2c, and 3c overlap, and the rubber connectors 9 and 10 for electrical connection, the presser fitting 7, the elastic pressing member 7b, etc. also overlap, resulting in an increase in thickness. Since the bonding area is a recessed surface from the front surface of the camera body, the thickness at the bonding area does not increase the size of the camera itself.

In the above-described embodiment, the third split flexible cable 3 is arranged on the outer side of the camera body 4, but the same effect can be obtained even if it is arranged on another side, for example, on the inner side near the side of the lens mounting section.

C. Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, since the electrical connection of the three divided flexible boards is made at one place, the workability is good and the packaging density can be increased.

In addition, since the electrical connection position of the three split flexible cables is placed near the side of the lens mounting section on the front of the camera body, there is no large difference in the length of each protruding extension piece of the three split flexible cables. Good joining workability.

In addition, each of the three extended flexible pieces was electrically connected by stacking them on the recessed surface from the front of the camera body, so there was no problem with increasing the size of the camera due to the thickness of the overlapped parts for connection. Does not occur.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a layout diagram of an example of a mounting structure of a plurality of split flexible boards for a camera according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a connecting part, Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of the connecting part, and Fig. 4 a. , FIG. 6B is a structural model diagram of a rubber connector, FIG. 5 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of another connection configuration, and FIG. 6 is a layout diagram of a conventional split flexible mounting structure. 1, 2, and 3 are the first, second, and third split flexible cables,
1c, 2c, 3c are projecting extension pieces provided on each split flexible cable, 4 is the camera body, 5, 5 are positioning pins, 7 is a presser metal fitting, 9, 10 are first and second
rubber connector, 1d, 1e, 2d, 3d are conductive pattern terminal groups.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A flexible printed circuit board to be mounted on a camera body is formed by a first divided flexible printed circuit board disposed on the upper surface of the camera body, a second divided flexible printed circuit board disposed on the lower surface, and at least one of a plurality of side surfaces. a third divided flexible printed circuit board disposed on one side; each divided flexible printed circuit board has an overhanging extension piece that is bent toward the front of the camera body; electrically connected to the surface part recessed from the front surface of the camera body in the vicinity of the side of the lens attachment part on the front surface of the camera body,
A mounting structure of a flexible printed circuit board for a camera, characterized in that two divided flexible printed circuit boards are connected.