Connector for electrically connecting a module substrate and a main substrate

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12039384-B2
Application number	US-202318218924-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 6, 2023
Priority date	Aug 16, 2022
Publication date	Jul 16, 2024
Grant date	Jul 16, 2024

Abstract

A connector electrically connecting a module substrate and a main substrate includes: a housing mounted on the main substrate; contacts held on the housing and including contact parts and connection parts connected to the main substrate; a frame including side board parts sandwiching a flat board part and the main substrate, the side board parts forming one of a cam groove and a projection; and a slider having opposite side portions forming the other of the cam groove and the projection, forming an insertion space between the slider and the housing upon the projection's insertion into the cam groove and the slider's attachment to the frame, pressing the module substrate against the contact parts upon the slider sliding in the module substrate's insertion direction, sandwiching main substrate, the housing and the module substrate between the slider and the flat board part.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A connector for electrically connecting a module substrate and a main substrate, the module substrate comprising a plurality of electrodes arrayed lengthwise and breadthwise on one surface of the module substrate, the connector comprising:
a flattened housing being mounted on the main substrate;
a plurality of contacts being arrayed and held on the flattened housing so as to correspond to the electrodes of the module substrate, the contacts comprising contact parts protruding from an opposing surface of a main substrate mount surface of the flattened housing and connection parts being connected to the electrodes of the main substrate;
a frame comprising a flat board part positioned on the opposite side of the main substrate to the housing mount surface and a pair of side board parts standing from the flat board part to sandwich the flattened housing mounting portion of the main substrate, and in which one of a cam groove and a projection constituting a cam mechanism is formed on the pair of side board parts; and
a slider comprising a tabular shape, the other of the cam groove and the projection constituting the cam mechanism being formed at a pair of opposite side portions of the slider, the slider forming an insertion space for the module substrate between the slider and the flattened housing mounted on the main substrate when the projection is inserted into the cam groove and the slider is attached to the frame, wherein
the slider comprises a structure in which when the slider slides in the same direction as a direction of insertion of the module substrate into the insertion space, the slider is displaced in a direction in which the module substrate inserted into the insertion space is pressed against the contact parts by the cam mechanism, and the main substrate, the flattened housing and the module substrate are sandwiched between the slider and the flat board part.

2. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein
guide parts are provided at the pair of opposite side portions of the slider, the guide parts being capable of supporting both width-directional side edge parts of the one surface of the module substrate that is inserted into the insertion space and guiding the insertion of the module substrate into the insertion space.

3. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein
all the contact parts extend in the direction of the insertion.

4. The connector according to claim 2 , wherein
all the contact parts extend in the direction of the insertion.

5. The connector according to claim 3 , wherein
the contacts comprise spring parts that are bent in a U-shape, and the contact parts are positioned at free end sides of the spring parts.

6. The connector according to claim 1 , further comprising a plate comprising a tabular shape, and protrusion parts at four corner parts, wherein:
the plate is contained between the pair of side board parts, such that the two protrusion parts positioned forward are positioned on cutouts formed at front ends of the pair of side board parts and the two protrusion parts positioned rearward are positioned on support parts formed so as to protrude rearward at rear ends of the pair of opposite side portions of the slider; and
the slider presses the module substrate against the contact parts through the plate.

7. The connector according to claim 2 , further comprising a plate comprising a tabular shape, and protrusion parts at four corner parts, wherein:
the plate is contained between the pair of side board parts, such that the two protrusion parts positioned forward are positioned on cutouts formed at front ends of the pair of side board parts and the two protrusion parts positioned rearward are positioned on support parts formed so as to protrude rearward at rear ends of the pair of opposite side portions of the slider; and
the slider presses the module substrate against the contact parts through the plate.

8. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein
a stopper against which the module substrate inserted into the insertion space abuts is provided on the flat board part of the frame.

9. The connector according to claim 2 , wherein
a stopper against which the module substrate inserted into the insertion space abuts is provided on the flat board part of the frame.

10. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein:
the module substrate comprises a cutout at a front end in the direction of the insertion; and
a convex part that is fit into the cutout and by which a positioning of the module substrate in a width direction is performed is formed on the flattened housing or the frame.

11. The connector according to claim 2 , wherein:
the module substrate includes a cutout at a front end in the direction of the insertion; and
a convex part that is fit into the cutout and by which a positioning of the module substrate in a width direction is performed is formed on the flattened housing or the frame.

Assignees

• Japan Aviation Electronics Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Hashiguchi Osamu

Classifications

• H01R13/62911

  U-shaped sliding element · CPC title

• H01R12/89

  acting manually by moving connector housing parts linearly, e.g. slider · CPC title

• H01R12/716

  Coupling device provided on the PCB · CPC title

• H01R12/714

  with contacts abutting directly the printed circuit; Button contacts therefore provided on the printed circuit · CPC title

• H01R12/73

  connecting to other rigid printed circuits or like structures · CPC title