Connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10199770-B2
Application number	US-201715827656-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 30, 2017
Priority date	Feb 10, 2017
Publication date	Feb 5, 2019
Grant date	Feb 5, 2019

Abstract

A connector includes a base member having a first surface facing a rear surface of a flexible substrate and a projection projecting from the first surface, and a contact which has a second surface facing a flexible conductor exposed on a front surface of the flexible substrate and a projection accommodating portion disposed in the second surface, the first surface of the base member coming into contact with the rear surface of the flexible substrate and the second surface of the contact coming into contact with the front surface of the flexible substrate, the projection being inserted into the projection accommodating portion with the flexible substrate being sandwiched therebetween, and an inner peripheral surface of the projection accommodating portion coming into contact with the flexible conductor in a direction parallel to the second surface to electrically connect the contact to the flexible conductor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A connector adapted to be mounted on a flexible substrate having a front surface and a rear surface opposite with each other and having a flexible conductor exposed on the front surface, comprising:
a base member having a first surface facing the rear surface of the flexible substrate and a projection formed to project from the first surface; and
a contact which is made of a conductive material and has a second surface facing the flexible conductor exposed on the front surface of the flexible substrate, and a projection accommodating portion in recess form disposed in the second surface,
wherein the contact has a tubular portion and a flange formed at one end of the tubular portion, and
the second surface is formed by the flange and the projection accommodating portion is formed within the tubular portion so as to open toward the second surface,
wherein the first surface of the base member comes into contact with the rear surface of the flexible substrate and the second surface of the contact comes into contact with the front surface of the flexible substrate, the contact is fixed to the base member in a state where the projection of the base member is inserted into the projection accommodating portion of the contact with the flexible substrate being sandwiched therebetween so that the projection of the base member is covered by the flexible substrate, and the flexible conductor of the flexible substrate is pressed against an inner peripheral surface of the projection accommodating portion of the contact by the projection in a direction parallel to the second surface to electrically connect the contact to the flexible conductor.

2. The connector according to claim 1 , further comprising a housing in which a through-hole for contact is formed, the through-hole for contact being penetrated by the tubular portion of the contact and being smaller than the flange,
wherein the contact is fixed to the base member by allowing the tubular portion of the contact to penetrate the through-hole for contact and fixing the housing to the base member so that the flange is pressed against the first surface of the base member.

3. The connector according to claim 2 , wherein the base member has a housing fixing post, the housing fixing post being formed to project from the first surface and being higher than the projection,
the housing has a post accommodating portion in recess form, and
the housing is fixed to the base member by making the housing fixing post accommodated by the post accommodating portion.

4. The connector according to claim 2 , wherein the housing is made of an insulating material.

5. The connector according to claim 2 , wherein the housing has a counter connector accommodating portion configured to accommodate part of a counter connector.

6. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the base member has a contact fixing protrusion formed to project from the first surface near the projection,
the flange of the contact has a through-hole for protrusion, the through-hole for protrusion being penetrated by the contact fixing protrusion, and
the contact is fixed to the base member by deforming a head of the contact fixing protrusion after penetration of the through-hole for protrusion.

7. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the base member is made of an insulating material.

8. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the contact includes a tubular portion of a cylindrical shape, the projection accommodating portion being formed within the tubular portion,
the projection has a columnar shape, and
the projection accommodating portion has an inner diameter whose value is smaller than a value obtained by adding a double of a sum of a thickness of the flexible substrate at a part where the flexible conductor is exposed and a thickness of the flexible conductor to an outer diameter of the projection.

9. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the contact is a plug-type contact.

10. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the contact is a receptacle-type contact.

Assignees

• Japan Aviation Electronics Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Komoto Tetsuya
• Matsunaga Akihiro
• Matsuo Seiya

Classifications

• H01R13/514

  composed as a modular blocks or assembly, i.e. composed of co-operating parts provided with contact members or holding contact members between them · CPC title

• H01R13/02

  Contact members · CPC title

• H01R13/60

  Means for supporting coupling part when not engaged · CPC title

• H01R13/74

  Means for mounting coupling parts in openings of a panel · CPC title

• H01R12/777

  Coupling parts carrying pins, blades or analogous contacts (H01R12/78, H01R12/79 take precedence) · CPC title