JP2001126815A - Connector - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a connector enhance contact reliability and workability. SOLUTION: A connector 21 to be electrically connected with a mating connector 22 comprises a connector main body 24 having a plurality of connection terminals 23 and a housing case 25 receiving the connector main body 24. Also, the connector 21 is provide with an aligning mechanism permitting the connector main body 24 to be movable within the housing case 25 in a direction orthogonal to the axis of the housing case 25, that is, up-and-down, right-and-left, and diagonal directions. The aligning mechanism comprises a plurality of leaf springs 50 and rails 40.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a connector having a connector main body having a connection terminal and a housing case for accommodating the connector main body, wherein the connector main body is aligned corresponding to a connection partner.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A connector of this type will be described with reference to FIGS. In FIG.
Is formed as a center cluster module which is mounted substantially at the center of an instrument panel P provided in a vehicle such as an automobile.
Various control circuits and the like are accommodated in the case 1 of the electrical module A. A printed wiring board 2 is mounted on the back of the case 1.

[0003] In FIG. 9, a plurality of switches 3 connected to a control circuit and the like in the case 1 and a display unit 4 for displaying operating states of equipment and various information are provided on a front surface 1 a of the case 1. Is provided.

The back wall 1b of the case 1 is provided with two positioning holes 5 as shown in FIG. Also,
At the four corners of the back wall 1 b of the case 1, a plurality of clamps 7 that respectively engage with the module housing portions 6 (see FIG. 8) of the instrument panel P are protruded.

The printed wiring board 2 has through holes 8 at positions corresponding to the positioning holes 5 of the case 1. A plurality of contact terminals 9 connected to the circuit of the printed wiring board 2 and the control circuit in the case 1 are arranged in parallel between the through holes 8.

[0008] The instrument panel P is formed of a synthetic resin material. As shown in FIG. 8, a frame-shaped module accommodating portion 6 for accommodating the electrical module A is formed in a substantially central portion thereof. Have been.

[0007] At four corners of the peripheral wall 6a of the module accommodating portion 6, a plurality of locking holes 1 for fixing the electrical module A are provided.
0 is provided. In FIG. 11, a box-shaped housing case 1 is provided on the back wall 6b of the module housing portion 6.
1 are provided integrally. The housing case 11
This is one of the components of the connector. Housing case 1
The opening 1 is formed so as to face in the direction of coupling with the electrical module A.

A plurality of elastic pieces 12 made of a thin metal plate or a synthetic resin plate are provided on the bottom wall 11a and the top wall 11b of the housing case 11, respectively.
It is attached toward the inside. The plurality of elastic pieces 12
Is designed to support a connector body 13 as shown in FIG. 12 movably from above and below as shown in FIG.

In FIG. 12, a connector body 13 is one of the components of the connector, and has a plurality of terminal receiving chambers 15 in a housing 14. The terminal accommodation room 15
Inside, a connection terminal 17 to which a branch wire 16 of a wire harness (not shown) arranged on an instrument panel P (see FIG. 8) is inserted is inserted. The connection terminal 17
It is configured to be connected to the interview terminal 9 of the electrical module A on the other side.

Positioning pins 1 each having a tapered portion 18a are provided at the left and right ends of a front wall 14a of the housing 14.
8 and 18 are provided. Support holes 19 are provided at both ends of the rear wall 14b of the housing 14.

In FIG. 14, support holes 19, 19 have:
Springs 20, 20 (only one shown) are fitted. A spring 2 is attached to the back wall 11c of the housing case 11.
By abutting one ends of 0 and 20 (only one is shown), the connector main body 13 is urged in the direction of coupling with the electrical module A, and is supported in that state.

Above and below the rear wall 14b of the housing 14,
Locking projections 14c, 14c are provided. Locking projection 1
The distal end 12a of the elastic piece 12 is brought into contact with 4c, 14c to prevent the housing 14 urged by the spring 20 from coming off.

In the above configuration, when the electrical module A is pushed toward the connector body 13, the electrical module A contacts the electrical contact portion 17 a of the connection terminal 17 inserted into the terminal accommodating chamber 15 of the connector body 13 (see FIG. 12). Contact with the surface contact terminal 9 of the printed wiring board 2.

When the pressing of the electrical module A is continued and the clamp 7 is fitted into the locking hole 10, the electric module A shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 4, the electrical module A is fixed to the peripheral wall 6 a of the module housing 6.

Since the connector main body 13 is movably supported by the elastic pieces 12, the position of the connector main body 13 can be maintained at a fixed position between the electrical module A and the connector main body 13 even if the connector main body 13 is slightly displaced in the vertical direction. Adjusted automatically (centered).

[0016]

In the above-mentioned prior art, the connector body 13 is movably supported by the elastic piece 12, but the distal end 1 of the elastic piece 12 is not supported.
Since only 2a is in contact with the connector body 13, the following problem has occurred.

That is, since the elastic piece 12 is in a state in which the tip end 12a is in line contact with the housing 14 of the connector body 13, the elastic piece 12 is not in a state sufficient to support the housing 14. Before the electrical module A is mounted, there is a possibility that the connector main body 13 may move unnecessarily around the line contact portion as a fulcrum.

From this, there is a possibility that the contact reliability between the connection terminal 17 and the surface contact terminal 9 is adversely affected.

On the other hand, although the connector body 13 is allowed to move up and down and back and forth by the elastic pieces 12 and the springs 20, the following problems have occurred.

In other words, the connector main body 13 cannot smoothly move with respect to the deviation in the left-right direction and the diagonal direction (combined direction of up, down, left and right) or cannot move. Was one of the causes of the decrease in workability.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a connector having improved contact reliability and workability.

[0022]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a connector comprising: a connector body having a connection terminal; and a housing case accommodating the connector body. And a plurality of leaf springs provided on one of the connector body and the housing case, and a plurality of rails formed on the other of the one and slidingly contacting the leaf spring, and the leaf spring and the The present invention is further characterized by further comprising an alignment mechanism for allowing movement of the connector main body in the housing case with the rail in a direction orthogonal to the axis of the housing case.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the connector according to the first aspect, each of the leaf springs is provided so as to protrude from an inner surface of the housing case, and the rail connects the connector main body. It is characterized in that two walls formed on the outer surface of the housing and adjacent to the corners of the housing are sandwiched between the two leaf springs via the rail.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the connector according to the first or second aspect, a guide is formed on the connector main body and extends along the axis to guide a connection partner. It is characterized by.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the connector according to any one of the first to third aspects.
The connection terminal has an elastic contact portion that is elastically deformable in the axial direction.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the connector according to the fourth aspect, the elastic contact portion is formed in a pantograph shape by a surface contact portion and elastic deformation portions continuous with both ends of the surface contact portion. It is characterized by being formed.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a connector includes a connector body having connection terminals, a housing case, and an alignment mechanism. The centering mechanism allows the movement of the connector body in the housing case in a direction orthogonal to the axis of the housing case. By providing such a centering mechanism, the position of the connector main body is centered in accordance with the shift even when the shift occurs in the vertical, horizontal, and oblique directions. The relative position with respect to the connection partner is secured. The centering mechanism has a leaf spring and a rail, and the leaf spring is guided by the rail while slidingly contacting the rail, so that the centering of the connector body is performed in a stable state. The connector body is urged by the leaf spring, and the position of the connector body in the initial state is always at a position where the urging force of the leaf spring is stable. Thereby, even if the connection is repeated, the position of the connector main body at the time of connection is always the same. Since the leaf spring is guided by the rail, there is no possibility of unnecessary movement in the initial state. When the leaf spring is provided on the housing case, the rail is formed on the connector body. Conversely, when a leaf spring is provided on the connector body, the rail is formed on the housing case. In any case, the operation of the centering mechanism is established. The configuration of the connector does not have many components and does not have a complicated structure as compared with the related art.

According to the present invention, the operation of housing the connector main body in the housing case becomes easy. In addition, the connector body can move smoothly with respect to the oblique displacement. That is, with regard to the work, the housing work of the connector body is easier when provided on the side where the plurality of leaf springs are housed than when provided on the side where the plurality of leaf springs are housed. As for the movable, the leaf spring acts on the corner of the housing of the connector body, so if the leaf spring acts on the corner diagonally from the corner, the displacement in the oblique direction can be prevented. It becomes possible to correspond. By holding two adjacent walls at the corners between the two leaf springs, the urging force of the leaf spring acts on each wall. As a result, the connector main body can smoothly move even when the connector is displaced in the vertical and horizontal directions.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the connection partner is guided by the guide. In addition, the alignment of the connector body is performed simultaneously with the guidance of the connection partner. The guide ensures that the relative position with respect to the connection partner is ensured.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to cope with a deviation in the front-rear direction with respect to the vertical, horizontal, and oblique directions.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, even when the elastic contact portion is elastically deformed in the axial direction, it is possible to secure a sufficient contact area with the connection partner.

[0032]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the connector of the present invention. 2 shows a housing, FIG. 3 shows a connection terminal, FIG. 4 shows a housing case, FIG. 5 is a plan view of a connector, FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the connector, and FIG. 2 is a plan view of the connector of FIG.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 21 denotes a connector, and a mating connector 2 provided in units and the like.
2 are electrically connected.

The connector 21 includes a connector main body 24 having a plurality of connection terminals 23, and a housing case 25 for accommodating the connector main body 24.
Further, the connector 21 further includes a centering mechanism that allows the movement of the connector main body 24 in the housing case 25 in a direction orthogonal to an axis (not shown, described later) of the housing case 25, that is, in the up, down, left, right, and oblique directions. Have.

Hereinafter, the above components will be described in detail. The connector main body 24 includes the plurality of (four, not limited to, the number of) connection terminals 23 and the connection terminals 2.
3 is provided.

The housing 26 is formed of a synthetic resin material into a rectangular box shape, and as shown in FIG. 2A or 2B, an upper wall 27 and a lower wall 28 and a peripheral wall 29 interposed therebetween. And The housing 26 is formed hollow.

The upper wall 27 is formed in a substantially rectangular shape, and has four open portions 30 and four guides 31 similarly.
Six flanges 32 are formed. These are arranged and formed at axially symmetric positions with respect to the longitudinal axis L1 and the axis L2 orthogonal to the axis L1.

In forming the housing 26,
The upper wall 27 can be divided into other parts. Since the method of forming the housing 26 is a matter of design,
It can be formed by an appropriate method.

The open portion 30 is a rectangular opening extending along the axis L2, and a taper 33 with respect to the connection terminal 23 (see FIG. 1) is formed at an end in the extending direction. . The taper 33 is formed on the lower wall 28 side of the end. The length and width of the opening 30 are determined by the connection terminal 2
3 (see FIG. 1) is set to a size that allows a part of it to protrude from the upper wall 27.

The guides 31 are circular through holes, and are respectively formed near the four corners 34 of the housing 26. The guide 31 is formed inside the peripheral wall 29. The size (diameter) of the guide 31 is determined by a guide pin 5 described later of the mating connector 22 (see FIG. 1).
9 (see FIG. 1) is slightly larger than the outside diameter (diameter).

The flange 32 is formed so as to project outside the peripheral wall 29. The protruding height of the flange 32 is high enough to guide a leaf spring 50 (see FIG. 4) described later. The flange 32 is provided near the four corners 34 of the housing 26 and two sides 3 along the axis L1.
It is formed except for each middle of 5, 35. The flange 32 along the axis L2 is formed almost entirely in the direction of the axis L2.

The lower wall 28 has the same outer shape as the upper wall 27, and has the same flanges 36 as the six flanges 32 described above.
(Only a part is shown) and four attachment portions 37 (see FIG. 6) for the connection terminals 23 (see FIG. 1).

The peripheral wall 29 is composed of long wall portions 38, 38 formed so as to coincide with the sides 35, 35, and short wall portions 39, 39 (only one is shown, the same applies hereinafter). . The height of the long wall portions 38, 38 and the short wall portions 39, 39, that is, the central axis L3 at the position where the axis L1 and the axis L2 intersect.
The height in the direction along the plane is a leaf spring 50 (see FIG. 4) described later.
Is formed slightly larger than the width of. In addition, long wall part 3
The outer surfaces of the short-wall portions 8 and 38 and the short wall portions 39 and 39 are formed flat so that a leaf spring 50 (see FIG. 4) described later is brought into sliding contact.

The housing 26 has four rails 40 according to the above configuration. That is, the long wall portion 38,
38, flange 32 and flange 36, and short wall 39
Rails 40, 4 are provided on two walls (adjacent two walls) sandwiching the corner 34 by the flange 39, the flange 32, and the flange 36, respectively.
Will have zero. Since the two walls are shared with the wall sandwiching the other corner 34, the two walls have four rails 40. The rail 40 is a part constituting the centering mechanism described in the claims.

The connection terminal 23 is formed by bending a strip-shaped metal plate having conductivity.
As shown in (a) or (b), it is provided with an attached portion 41 and a pantograph-shaped elastic contact portion 42. The elastic contact portion 42 is configured to be elastically deformable in the directions of the central axis L3 and a central axis L6 (see FIG. 4) described later.

In the present embodiment, the attached portion 41 is formed in a substantially L-shape when viewed from the front.
4 and a hook 45.

The connecting portion 43 is connected to the lower wall 28 (see FIG. 2).
And a lead wire 61 (see FIG. 6) to be described later is electrically connected.

The upright wall portion 44 is a portion to be inserted into the attachment portion 37 (see FIG. 6), and is connected to the connection portion 43. The upright wall portion 44 is formed so as to stand upright at a right angle to the connection portion 43.

The hook portion 45 is a portion for holding the lower wall 28 (see FIG. 2) with the connection portion 43. The hook 45 is connected to the upright wall 44. Also,
It is parallel to the connection part 43 and formed sufficiently short.

The elastic contact portions 42 are elastically deformable portions 46 and 47.
And a surface contact portion 48 coupled therebetween.

One end of the elastic deformation portion 46 has a hook 45
Has been coupled to. The other end is connected to the surface contact portion 48. Furthermore, the elastic deformation part 46 is bent in a zigzag manner. In this embodiment, the hook 4
5 extends toward a continuous portion between the surface contact portion 48 and the elastically deformable portion 47, and is bent twice therefrom to be coupled to the surface contact portion 48.

One end of the elastic deformation portion 47 is connected to the surface contact portion 48. The other end slides on the inner surface of the lower wall 28 (see FIG. 2). Furthermore,
The elastic deformation portion 47 is formed in a zigzag manner, similarly to the elastic deformation portion 46. The portion of the lower wall 28 (see FIG. 2) that slides on the inner surface is bent parallel to the surface contact portion 48.

The surface contact portion 48 is formed in a rectangular shape, and occupies most of the connection terminal 23 exposed from the open portion 30 (see FIG. 2) in plan view. Further, the surface contact portion 48 is formed flat so that a sufficient contact area can be obtained.

Although the elastic contact portion 42 is formed in a pantograph shape in the present embodiment, the shape is not limited to this. It may be formed in a cantilever piece having a rectangular shape in plan view and having elasticity (in order to secure a contact area, it is preferable to form the elastic contact portion 42 as in the present embodiment).

The height from the connection portion 43 of the connection terminal 23 to the surface contact portion 48 is appropriately set according to the configuration of the housing 26 (see FIG. 2).

The housing case 25 is shown in FIG.
Or, as shown in (b), a case body 49 and a plurality of leaf springs 50 are provided. The housing case 25 is configured to support the connector body 24 (see FIG. 1) to be accommodated by a plurality of leaf springs 50.
The plurality of leaf springs 50 constitute a part of the centering mechanism described in the claims.

The case body 49 is formed of a synthetic resin material into a rectangular shape, and has a bottom wall 51 and a peripheral wall 52 erected on the periphery of the bottom wall 51. Also, as a matter of course, the case body 49 is connected to the connector body 24 (see FIG. 1).
It is formed larger than.

The bottom wall 51 has a substantially rectangular outer shape. An opening 53 is formed in the bottom wall 51. The four corners 54 of the bottom wall 51 are chamfered.

The opening 53 is formed such that its edge is equidistant from the axis L4 along the longitudinal direction. Axis L
It is also formed so as to be equidistant with respect to an axis L5 orthogonal to 4.

The opening 53 is connected to a lead wire 61 (see FIG. 6) described later which is connected to the connection terminal 23 (see FIG. 3).
Is formed in such a size that can be derived. Further, the connector main body 24 (see FIG. 1) is formed so as not to fall down (having a surface with which the lower wall 28 (see FIG. 2) can slide).

The peripheral wall 52 has two long wall portions 55, 55 parallel to the axis L4 and two short wall portions 56, 56 parallel to the axis L5.
And corner wall portions 57 corresponding to the four corner portions 54 of the bottom wall 51. These heights, axis L4 and axis L5
The height in the direction along the central axis L6 at the position where the two intersect with the upper wall 27 (see FIG. 2) when the connector body 24 (see FIG. 1) is accommodated, or the upper wall 27 (see FIG. 2). 2) is formed so as to protrude.

The central axis L6 corresponds to the axis of the housing case 25 described in the claims. The center axis L6 coincides with the center axis L3 (see FIG. 2) of the housing 26 (see FIG. 2) after the assembly of the connector 21 (see FIG. 1) and before the connection with the mating connector 22. It has become.

The leaf spring 50 is formed of a synthetic resin or a metal plate in the shape of a strip with its distal end curved, and has flexibility. Further, two leaf springs 50 are disposed on the corner wall 57 in such a manner that the tips are separated from each other. The two leaf springs 50 are paired, and sandwich two adjacent walls of the housing 26 (see FIG. 2). The two leaf springs 50 are adapted to be guided by the rails 40, 40 (see FIG. 2).

By bending the distal end side of the leaf spring 50, there is an advantage that the work of clamping two adjacent walls of the housing 26 (see FIG. 2) during assembly is facilitated.
Further, there is an advantage that the sliding contact with the rail 40 becomes smooth.

After the leaf spring 50 is formed in advance as a separate body, the housing case 25 can be formed by two-color molding or the like.
Since the housing case 25 can be formed at one time by using many slide dies, the housing case 2
5 is formed by an appropriate method.

If the housing case 25 is disposed on the back wall 6b (see FIG. 11) of the module accommodating portion 6 as in the conventional example, the mating connector 22 (see FIG. 1) can be used. A (see FIG. 8). (Electrical module A (see FIG. 8) is called a center cluster module, but is not limited to this. Other modules such as a meter module and a cluster module are also provided.) The present invention is also applicable to an electrical module mounted on a site, and is not limited to a vehicle.)

The mating connector 22 has four surface contact terminals 58 and guide pins 59 as shown in FIG. The surface contact terminals 58 are formed of a metal plate having a conductive property, and are provided in a line at the same pitch as the pitch at which the connection terminals 23 are provided. The guide pin 59 is integrally formed with a housing 60 made of a synthetic resin, and a tip portion is formed in a tapered shape. Guide pin 59
Are formed corresponding to the arrangement positions of the guides 31.

Next, the assembly of the connector 21 will be briefly described (see any one of FIGS. 1, 5 and 6). First, a step of fixing the connection terminals 23 to the housing 26 and assembling the connector main body 24 is performed.

The connection terminal 23 is fixed by inserting the attached portion 41 into the attachment portion 37 of the lower wall 28. A lead wire 61 previously inserted into the housing case 25 is connected to the connection portion 43 of the mounted portion 41 (see FIG. 3) by soldering or the like. Connection terminal 23 is housing 26
, The elastic contact portion 42 of the connection terminal 23 protrudes from the open portion 30 of the upper wall 27.

When the connector main body 24 is assembled, the process proceeds to the next step. In the next step, an operation of housing the connector main body 24 in the housing case 25 is performed.

That is, when the pair of leaf springs 50, 50 are opened so as to separate them from each other and the connector body 24 is housed in the housing case 25, the leaf springs 50 are guided by the corresponding rails 40, and the connector The main body 24 is movable within the housing case 25 in the direction orthogonal to the central axis L6, and a series of assembly is completed.

The connector body 24 is vertically moved (in the direction of the axis L5 of the housing case 25), left and right (the housing case 2) by the leaf spring 50 and the rail 40 as an aligning mechanism.
5 is allowed to move in the oblique direction (combined direction of the axes L4 and L5) (in other words, the centering mechanism allows 360 ° movement with respect to the central axis L6). Become).

Further, since the elastic contact portion 42 of the connection terminal 23 is elastically deformed in the direction of the central axis L6, the displacement in the front-rear direction with respect to the connector 21 is also allowed (the elastic contact portion 42 is , 47, a slight deviation in the direction of the axis L5 can be allowed).

Then, the mating connector 2 shown in FIG.
Even if the position related to connection 2 is shifted in the oblique direction,
When the guide pin 59 of the mating connector 22 is guided by the guide 31, the connector main body 24 is aligned in accordance with the deviation (see FIG. 7).

As described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7, the connector 21 improves the contact reliability with the mating connector 22 to be connected and the workability related to the connection. ing.

That is, even if a displacement occurs in the vertical, horizontal, or oblique directions, the position of the connector main body 24 can be adjusted in accordance with the displacement. In addition, the leaf spring 50 is
Is guided along the rail 40 while sliding in contact, the alignment of the connector main body 24 is performed in a stable state, and the contact reliability and workability are improved. Further, the connector main body 24 is urged by the leaf spring 50, and the position of the connector main body 24 in the initial state is always set to
And the connection with the mating connector 22 is repeated, the position of the connector main body 24 at the time of the connection is always the same, and the workability related to the connection is improved. Can be Furthermore, the connector body 24
Does not move unnecessarily in the initial state, thereby improving the contact reliability.

The configuration of the connector 21 is not as many as that of the conventional connector and does not have a complicated structure.

In addition, it goes without saying that the present invention can be variously modified and implemented without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

From the viewpoint of the connector 21, the following 1. ~ 4. It can be characterized as follows. The effect is the same as the effect of the connector 21 described above.

1. A connector body having a connection terminal;
A connector comprising: a housing case accommodating the connector main body; and a centering mechanism for absorbing a position shift, wherein the centering mechanism is provided with an elasticity of the connection terminal elastically deformable in an axial direction of the housing case. A contact portion, and a leaf spring and a rail that allow the connector body to move in the housing case in a direction orthogonal to the axis, and the leaf spring is formed of the connector body or the housing case. A connector, wherein a plurality of rails are provided on any one of the plurality of rails, and a plurality of the rails are formed on the other of the one of the rails so that the leaf springs can slide. 2. The above 1. Wherein each leaf spring of the plurality of leaf springs is provided so as to protrude from an inner surface of the housing case, and each rail of the plurality of rails is formed on an outer surface of a housing constituting the connector main body. And two adjacent leaf walls at corners of the housing are sandwiched by the two leaf springs. 3. The above 1. Or 2. 3. The connector according to claim 1, wherein a guide extending along the axis and guiding a connection partner is formed on the connector main body. 4. The above 1. Or 3 above. The connector according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the elastic contact portion is formed in a pantograph shape by a surface contact portion and elastic deformation portions continuous to both ends of the surface contact portion.

In addition to the above, it is conceivable that the guide is included in the centering mechanism.

[0082]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a connector includes a connector body having connection terminals, a housing case, and an alignment mechanism, and the alignment mechanism is provided. The contact reliability with the connection partner
Workability related to connection is improved. That is, the alignment mechanism can align the position of the connector main body in accordance with the deviation even when the deviation occurs in the up, down, left, right, and diagonal directions. Thereby, the relative position with respect to the connection partner is secured, and the contact reliability is improved. In addition, the alignment mechanism is configured so that the leaf spring is guided on the rail while sliding on the rail, so that the alignment of the connector body is performed in a stable state, and the contact reliability and workability are improved. Can be. Further, the connector body is urged by the leaf spring, and the position of the connector body in the initial state is always at a position where the urging force of the leaf spring is stable. The position is always the same.
Thereby, the workability related to the connection can be improved. Furthermore, the connector main body does not needlessly move in the initial state, and the contact reliability can be improved. Therefore, there is an effect that a connector with improved contact reliability and workability can be provided. Incidentally, the configuration of the connector is not multi-part compared with the conventional one, and is not a complicated structure.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the leaf springs are provided so as to protrude from the inner surface of the housing case, and the rails are respectively formed on the outer surface of the housing constituting the connector main body. In addition, since the two adjacent walls at the corners of the housing are sandwiched between the two leaf springs via the rail, the operation of housing the connector body in the housing case can be facilitated.
Further, the connector main body can be smoothly moved with respect to the displacement in the oblique direction. Therefore, there is an effect that the contact reliability and the workability can be further improved.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the guide that extends along the axis of the housing case and guides the connection partner is formed in the connector body, it is possible to simultaneously guide the connection partner. The connector body can be aligned. In addition, since the connection partner is guided, the work related to connection can be facilitated. Furthermore, it is possible to ensure the relative position with the connection partner. Therefore, there is an effect that the contact reliability and the workability can be further improved.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the connection terminal has the elastic contact portion which can be elastically deformed in the axial direction of the housing case, the connection terminal can be arranged in the vertical, horizontal, and oblique directions. It is possible to cope with a deviation in the front-back direction. Therefore, there is an effect that the contact reliability can be further improved.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the elastic contact portion of the connection terminal is formed in a pantograph shape by the surface contact portion and the elastic deformation portions continuous at both ends of the surface contact portion. Therefore, even when the elastic contact portion is elastically deformed in the axial direction, a sufficient contact area with the connection partner can be secured. Therefore, there is an effect that the contact reliability can be further improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a connector according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view showing a housing, (a) is a plan view,
(B) is a front view.

FIG. 3 is a view showing connection terminals, (a) is a plan view,
(B) is a front view.

4A and 4B are diagrams showing a housing case, wherein FIG. 4A is a plan view and FIG. 4B is a front view.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the connector.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the connector.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of the connector during alignment.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing an electric component module and an instrument panel for explaining a conventional connector.

9 is a perspective view showing a front part of the electrical module of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing the back of the electrical module of FIG. 8;

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a housing case provided on a rear wall of the module accommodating portion of FIG. 8;

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing a connector main body housed in the housing case of FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the connector main body housed in the housing case of FIG. 11 and the electrical module are connected.

14 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the housing of FIG. 13 is urged via an elastic body.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 21 Connector 22 Mating connector 23 Connection terminal 24 Connector main body 25 Housing case 26 Housing 27 Upper wall 28 Lower wall 29 Peripheral wall 30 Open part 31 Guide 32 Flange 33 Taper 34 Corner 35 Side 36 Flange 37 Attachment 38 Long wall 39 Short wall Part 40 Rail 41 Attached part 42 Elastic contact part 43 Connecting part 44 Standing wall part 45 Hook part 46, 47 Elastic deformation part 48 Surface contact part 49 Case body 50 Leaf spring 51 Bottom wall 52 Peripheral wall 53 Opening 54 Corner 55 Long wall 56 Short wall part 57 Corner wall part 58 Interview terminal 59 Guide pin 60 Housing 61 Lead wire

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A connector comprising: a connector main body having a connection terminal; and a housing case accommodating the connector main body, wherein a plurality of leaf springs are provided on one of the connector main body and the housing case. Having a plurality of rails formed on the other side with respect to the one and slidingly contacting the leaf spring, and moving the connector main body in the housing case with the leaf spring and the rail with respect to an axis of the housing case. A connector further comprising a centering mechanism that allows in the orthogonal direction. 2. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the leaf springs are provided so as to project from an inner surface of the housing case, and the rails are respectively formed on outer surfaces of a housing constituting the connector main body. A connector wherein two adjacent walls of a corner of the housing are sandwiched between the two leaf springs via the rail. 3. The connector according to claim 1, wherein a guide that extends along the axis and guides a connection partner is formed on the connector main body. 4. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the connection terminal has an elastic contact portion that is elastically deformable in the axial direction. 5. The connector according to claim 4, wherein the elastic contact portion is formed in a pantograph shape by a surface contact portion and elastic deformation portions continuous to both ends of the surface contact portion.