JPH0629061U - connector - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To improve the workability of inserting the connector. [Structure] The step portion 40 is integrally formed on the reinforcing plate 26 of the male connector 22. The step portions 40 are formed on both end portions in the width direction of the reinforcing plate 26, and when the male connector 22 is inserted into the insertion hole 32 of the female connector 23, the step portion 40 abuts on the end surface of the opening portion 33 of the insertion hole 32. Insertion part 29 inserted in 32
Is set to the depth of the insertion hole 32. [Effect] Looking at the state of contact between the step and the end face of the opening,
Since the arrangement state of the conductor and the contact can be grasped, the connection state of the connector can be grasped from the outside, and the workability of inserting the connector can be improved.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a connector used for a wiring path of an electronic device, and relates to a connector for inserting a male connector made of a tape wire into a female connector for electrical connection.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 A conventional connector of this type will be described with reference to FIGS. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 1 is a connector, and the connector 1 is composed of a male connector 2 and a female connector 3 into which the male connector 2 is inserted and connected to the male connector 2.

The male connector 2 is composed of a tape electric wire 6 and a reinforcing plate 8 for fixing the conductor 7 protruding from the tape electric wire 6. As shown in FIG. 4, the tape electric wire 6 is composed of a plurality of conductors 7 arranged in parallel and an insulating coating portion 9 respectively covering the conductors 7. The reinforcing plate 8 is fixed to the end portion of the insulating coating portion 9 and supports the conductors 7 protruding from the insulating coating portion 9 in a parallel state. The female connector 3 comprises a case 5 and a contact 4 which contacts the conductor 7 of the male connector 2 when the male connector 2 is inserted into the case 5.

When the male connector 2 and the female connector 2 are connected to each other, the connector 1 includes a reinforcing plate 8 of the male connector 2 and conductors 7 protruding in parallel from the insulating coating portion 9 in the female connector. The contacts 4 of 3 are clamped respectively. The male connector 2 and the female connector 3 are electrically connected by the contacts 4 coming into contact with the conductors 7, respectively.

[0005]

However, in this connector 1, as shown in FIG. 5, the male connector 2 may be inserted obliquely with respect to the female connector 3. In such a case, a part of the conductor 7 of the male connector 2 may not be connected to the contact 4 of the female connector 3, and it is possible to judge from the appearance whether or not the contact 4 and the conductor 7 are connected. Have difficulty. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the conductors 7 of the male connector 2 may not be sufficiently inserted into the contacts 4 of the female connector 3. In such a case, the conductors 7 of the male connector 2 are not securely sandwiched by the contacts 4 of the female connector 3, and there is a risk that some of the paralleled conductors 7 will be removed from the contacts 4.

The present invention effectively solves the above-mentioned problems, and provides a connector capable of surely inserting a male connector into a female connector and reliably performing electrical connection between the male connector and the female connector. With the goal.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The connector according to claim 1, wherein a conductor is formed by fixing a reinforcing plate along the conductor to a tape electric wire in which a plurality of conductors are protruded in parallel from an insulating coating, and the reinforcing plate. In a connector composed of a female connector in which contacts are arranged in an insertion hole to be inserted, the reinforcing plate of the male connector may include a male connector when the male connector is inserted into the insertion hole of the female connector. Steps are formed at both ends in the width direction of the insertion hole, the steps being in contact with the end surface of the opening of the insertion hole, and the dimension of the protruding portion inserted from the step of the reinforcing plate into the insertion hole is the depth of the insertion hole. It is characterized in that it is set to

[0008]

[Action]

 In the connector according to claim 1, when the male connector is inserted into the insertion hole of the female connector, the step portion of the reinforcing plate is brought into contact with the end face of the opening portion of the insertion hole, and the reinforcing plate has the width direction. Is prevented from moving in the plane, and the conductor is prevented from moving in the plane in which the conductor is arranged. At this time, the portion of the reinforcing plate projecting from the step portion contacts the bottom portion of the insertion hole.

[0009]

【Example】

 An embodiment of the connector of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, reference numeral 21 is a connector, which is basically composed of a male connector 22 and a female connector 23 into which the male connector 22 is inserted and which is connected to the male connector 22. .

The male connector 22 includes a tape electric wire 25 and a reinforcing plate 26 fixed to an end of the tape electric wire 25. In the tape electric wire 25, as shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of conductors 24 are arranged in parallel, each of the conductors 24 is covered with an insulating coating portion 28, and the end of the insulating coating portion 28 extends to the end of the conductor 24. The part is protruding. The reinforcing plate 26 is fixed to an end portion of the insulating coating portion 28, and is integrally formed of an exposed portion 27 exposed to the outside and an insertion portion 29 inserted into the female connector 23.

The exposed portion 27 of the reinforcing plate 20 is formed in a strip shape extending in the width direction of the tape electric wire 25, is fixed to an end portion of the insulating coating portion 28, and is projected from both end portions of the insulating coating portion 28. ing. The insertion portion 29 is formed by fixing the end portions of the conductors 24 in the parallel state, has a rectangular outer shape, and is formed so as to project from one side surface of the central portion of the exposed portion 27. They are formed to have substantially the same length. The length of the insertion portion 29 in the insertion direction of the insertion portion 29 with respect to the female connector 23 is set to be the same as the depth of the insertion hole 32 described later. At the connecting portion between the exposed portion 27 and the insertion portion 29, a step portion 40 is provided. The step portion 40 is formed so as to project outward from both end portions of the insertion portion 29, and is formed in a direction orthogonal to the extending direction of the conductor 24 of the tape electric wire 28.

The female connector 23 is composed of a case 30 and a plurality of contacts 31 arranged side by side in the case 30. The case 30 is formed with an insertion hole 32 into which the conductor 24 is inserted together with the insertion portion 29 of the reinforcing plate 26 and an opening portion 33 that opens the insertion hole 32 outward. The opening 33 is formed to have a smaller cross-sectional area than the insertion hole 32, a length slightly larger than the longitudinal direction of the insertion portion 29, and a length shorter than the longitudinal direction of the exposed portion 27. On the other hand, the contacts 31 are arranged in parallel in the insertion holes 32 of the case 30 at the positions where the conductors 24 are inserted.

In the connector 21, the conductors 24 of the male connector 22 and the insertion portions 29 of the reinforcing plate 26 fixed to these conductors 24 are inserted into the openings 33 of the female connector 23. Then, the reinforcing plate 26 and the conductor 24 are inserted into the insertion hole 32, and the conductor 24 is connected to each contact 31 in the insertion hole 32.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the step portions 40 of the reinforcing plate 26 of the male connector 22 are respectively brought into contact with the longitudinal end faces of the openings 33 of the female connector 23, so that the reinforcing plate 26 is attached to the female connector 23. The conductor 24 is prevented from moving, and the conductor 24 is prevented from moving within the plane in which the conductor 24 is arranged. At this time, the insertion portion 29 protruding from the step portion 40 of the reinforcing plate 26 comes into contact with the bottom portion of the insertion hole 32, and the entire insertion portion 29 of the reinforcing plate 26 is inserted into the insertion hole 32. In this way, the male connector 22 is arranged at an appropriate position with respect to the female connector 23.

According to such a connector 21, when the male connector 22 is inserted into the insertion hole 32 of the female connector 23, the opening 33 of the insertion hole 32 is formed in the reinforcing plate 26 of the male connector 22. Since the step portions 40 that come into contact with the end faces are formed at both ends in the width direction, the step portions 40 of the reinforcing plate 26 are brought into contact with the end faces between the insertion holes 32, respectively, and the reinforcing plate 26 is provided in the width direction. The conductor 24 is prevented from moving in the plane, and the conductor 24 is prevented from moving in the plane in which the conductor 24 is arranged. Therefore, by observing the contact state between the step portion 40 of the reinforcing plate 26 and the end surface of the opening 33, the arrangement state of the conductor 24 and the contact 31 can be grasped, so that the male connector 22 is different from the female connector 23. When one of the step portions 40 is not sufficiently abutted against the end surface of the opening 33 when it is inserted obliquely, the step portion 40 is brought into close contact with the end surface of the opening portion 33, so that the conductor of the male connector 22 is 24 can be reliably connected to the contact 31 of the female connector 23. Therefore, the inserting direction of the male connector 22 can be grasped from the outside, and the oblique insertion of the male connector 22 can be prevented, so that the insertion workability of the male connector 22 can be improved.

Further, in the reinforcing plate 26, the dimension of the inserting portion 29 inserted into the inserting hole 32 from the step portion 40 of the reinforcing plate 26 is set to the depth of the inserting hole 32. When the connector 22 is not sufficiently inserted into the female connector 23, the step portions 40 of the reinforcing plate 27 are not abutted on the end surface of the opening 33 of the insertion hole 32. By bringing each of the step portions 40 into contact with the end face, the conductor 24 can be reliably inserted into the insertion hole 32 together with the reinforcing plate 26. Therefore, the insertion depth of the male connector 22 can be grasped from the outside, the insufficient insertion of the male connector 22 can be prevented, and the conductor 24 can be reliably connected to the contact 31, so that the conductor 24 can be removed from the contact 31. It is possible to eliminate the fear and improve the safety of the electrical connection in the connector 21.

[0017]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to the connector of the present invention, the reinforcing plate of the male connector has a step that comes into contact with the end face of the opening of the insertion hole when the male connector is inserted into the insertion hole of the female connector. Since the portions are formed at both ends of the reinforcing plate in the width direction, the step portions of the reinforcing plate are respectively brought into contact with the end faces of the opening of the insertion hole, the reinforcing plate is prevented from moving in the plane in the width direction, and the conductor is The conductor is prevented from moving within the arrangement plane. Therefore, the appearance of the contact between the step of the reinforcing plate and the end face of the opening can be seen to determine the arrangement of the conductor and the contact, so that the male connector is inserted diagonally to the female connector. If one of the steps is not in contact with the end face of the opening, and the step is in contact with the end face of the opening, the conductor of the male connector can be reliably connected to the contact of the female connector. Therefore, the insertion direction of the male connector can be grasped from the outside, and the male connector can be prevented from being inserted obliquely, so that the workability of inserting the connector can be improved.

Further, in the reinforcing plate, since the dimension of the protruding portion to be inserted into the insertion hole from the step portion of the reinforcing plate is set to the depth of the insertion hole, the male connector becomes a female connector. If it is not fully inserted, each step of the reinforcing plate does not come into contact with the end surface of the opening of the insertion hole.It is necessary to grasp this situation from the outside and contact each step of the reinforcing plate with the end surface. Thereby, the conductor can be reliably inserted into the insertion hole together with the reinforcing plate. Therefore, the insertion depth of the male connector can be grasped from the outside, the insufficient insertion of the male connector can be prevented, and the conductor can be reliably connected to the contact, so that the safety of the electrical connection in the connector can be improved. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a connector of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing the male connector of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing a conventional connector.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the male connector of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a connector in which the male connector of FIG. 3 is obliquely inserted into a female connector.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a connector in which the male connector of FIG. 3 is insufficiently inserted into a female connector.

[Explanation of symbols]

21 ... Connector, 22 ... Male connector, 23 ... Female connector, 24 ... Conductor, 25 ... Tape electric wire, 26 ... Reinforcing plate,
28 ... Insulation coating part, 31 ... Contact, 32 ... Insertion hole,
33 ... Opening part, 40 ... Step part.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A plurality of conductors (2) extending from an insulating coating (28).
4) The male connector (22) in which the reinforcing plate (26) is fixed along the conductor (24) to the tape electric wire (25) protruding in parallel, and the conductor together with the reinforcing plate (26). In a connector (21) comprising a female connector (23) having a contact (31) arranged in an insertion hole (32) into which (24) is inserted, a reinforcing plate (of a male connector (22) ( 26), the male connector (22) is inserted into the insertion hole (32) of the female connector (23).
(33) of the insertion hole (32) when inserted into the
A stepped portion (40) that comes into contact with the end face is formed at both ends in the width direction of the reinforcing plate (40), and the size of the protruding portion that is inserted from the stepped portion (40) into the insertion hole (32). Is set to the depth of the insertion hole (32).