JP-2026074540-A - Slot-in connector

Abstract

[Problem] To provide a slot-in connector that allows for easy attachment and detachment of the connector while the adapter is attached to the connection destination. [Solution] A slot-in connector including a connector unit and an adapter, wherein the connector unit includes a connector, an illuminating member, a light guide member, a substrate, a case, and a cable. The connector is mounted on the substrate and includes an insertion hole opening in a first direction. The substrate includes a light source. The illuminating member illuminates the area around the insertion hole. The case includes a main body and a first latch. The main body includes an internal space and a first opening that exposes the illuminating member to the outside of the case. The first latch includes a first protrusion. One end of the cable is electrically connected to the substrate and the other end is led out to the outside of the case. The adapter includes a housing space, a second opening that exposes the illuminating member to the outside of the adapter, a first notch opening in a second direction, and a first engaging portion that engages with the first protrusion. [Selection Diagram] Figure 5

Inventors

• 丸山 拡希
• 森下 達也
• 高橋 由太翔

Assignees

• ホシデン株式会社

Dates

Publication Date

20260507

Application Date

20241021

Claims (7)

1. A slot-in connector including a connector unit and an adapter, The connector unit includes a connector, an illuminating member, a light guide member, a substrate, a case, and a cable. The connector is mounted on the substrate and includes an insertion hole that opens in a first direction into which the mating connector of the connector to be connected is at least partially inserted. The first direction is the insertion/removal direction for connecting and disconnecting the connector and the mating connector. The substrate includes a light source unit, The illuminating member illuminates the area around the insertion hole with light incident on by the light guide member that guides the light emitted from the light source unit. The aforementioned case includes a main body and a first latch portion. The main body includes an internal space that at least partially houses the connector, the light-illuminating member, the light-guiding member, the substrate, and the cable, and a first opening that at least partially exposes the light-illuminating member to the outside of the case. The first latch portion is provided on one side of the main body in the second direction and is elastically displaced toward the other side in the second direction. The first latch portion includes a first protrusion that projects to one side in the second direction, The second direction is a direction approximately perpendicular to the first direction, The cable has one end electrically connected to the circuit board and the other end extended to the outside of the case. The adapter is a slot-in connector comprising a housing space for housing the connector unit at least partially, a second opening for exposing the illuminating member at least partially to the outside of the adapter, a first notch opening in the second direction and for exposing the first latch portion at least partially to the outside of the adapter, and a first engaging portion on one side of the first notch in the first direction that engages with the first protrusion.
2. A slot-in connector according to claim 1, The adapter is a slot-in connector that includes a second notch that is positioned opposite the first notch in the second direction and opens in the second direction.
3. A slot-in connector according to claim 2, The case includes a second latch portion provided on the other side of the main body in the second direction, which is elastically displaced toward one side in the second direction and is positioned opposite to the first latch portion. The second latch portion includes a second protrusion that projects to the other side in the second direction, The second notch exposes the second latch portion to the outside of the adapter, at least partially. The adapter is a slot-in connector that includes a second engaging portion that engages with the second protrusion on one side of the second notch in the first direction.
4. A slot-in connector according to claim 1, The third direction is defined as a direction substantially perpendicular to the first and second directions. A slot-in connector in which the length of the portion of the main body housed in the housing space in the first direction is longer than the length in the second direction and the length in the third direction.
5. A slot-in connector according to claim 1, The illuminating member has an illuminating base, The illumination base includes an illumination through-hole that penetrates in the first direction and fits around the insertion hole of the connector, and an illumination surface that is positioned around the insertion hole on one side in the first direction. The second opening is a slot-in connector that exposes the illuminated surface to one side in the first direction.
6. A slot-in connector according to claim 1, The illuminating member includes a flange portion on the other side of the illuminating member in the first direction, movement toward one side in the first direction is restricted by the light guide member, and movement toward the other side in the first direction is restricted by the substrate. The light guide member includes a light guide through-hole that penetrates in the first direction and fits onto the light illuminating member, and movement in one direction in the first direction is restricted by the case, and movement in the other direction in the first direction is restricted by the flange portion. The main body includes a restrictive wall erected on the side of the internal space from at least one of the surfaces in the second direction or the third direction which is substantially perpendicular to the first and second directions that partition the internal space, The substrate is restricted from moving to one side in the first direction by the illuminating member. The connector is a slot-in connector whose movement in the first direction to the other side is restricted by the restricting wall.
7. A slot-in connector according to claim 1, The light guide member is positioned close to the light source and includes an incident portion into which light emitted from the light source is incident. The incident portion is positioned such that, when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the mounting surface of the substrate, it at least partially overlaps with the light source portion. The case includes a shielding wall erected on the side of the first direction that partitions the internal space, on the side of the internal space. The shielding wall is a slot-in connector positioned between the light source unit and the incident unit and the light illuminating member when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the mounting surface of the substrate.

Description

This disclosure relates to a slot-in connector. Patent Document 1 describes a cable repeater with a fixing device for connecting internal and external components of a device. The cable repeater in Patent Document 1 comprises an extension cable for connecting internal and external components of the device, and a fixing board for attaching the connector at the end of the extension cable to the destination. Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 9-330775 A perspective view 1 shows an example of a connector unit U and adapter A according to the embodiment.Perspective view 2 shows an example of a connector unit U and adapter A according to the embodiment.A perspective view 3 shows an example of a connector unit U and adapter A according to the embodiment.A perspective view 4 shows an example of a connector unit U and adapter A according to the embodiment.An exploded perspective view 1 shows an example of a connector unit according to the embodiment.An exploded perspective view 2 shows an example of a connector unit according to the embodiment.An exploded perspective view 3 shows an example of a connector unit according to the embodiment.An exploded perspective view 4 shows an example of a connector unit according to the embodiment.An exploded perspective view 5 shows an example of a connector unit according to the embodiment.An exploded perspective view 6 shows an example of a connector unit according to the embodiment.Cross-sectional view 1 shows an example of a connector unit U according to the embodiment.Cross-sectional view 2 shows an example of a connector unit U according to the embodiment.Cross-sectional view 3 shows an example of a connector unit U according to the embodiment.Perspective view 1 shows an example of a connector unit and adapter according to modified example 1.Perspective view 2 shows an example of a connector unit and adapter according to modified example 1.Perspective view 3 shows an example of a connector unit and adapter according to modified example 1.Perspective view 4 shows an example of a connector unit and adapter according to modified example 1.An exploded perspective view 1 shows an example of a connector unit according to modified example 1.An exploded perspective view 2 shows an example of a connector unit according to modified example 1.Perspective view 1 shows an example of a connector unit and adapter according to modified example 2.Perspective view 2 shows an example of a connector unit and adapter according to modified example 2.Perspective view 3 shows an example of a connector unit and adapter according to modified example 2.Perspective view 4 shows an example of a connector unit and adapter according to modified example 2.An exploded perspective view 1 shows an example of a connector unit according to modified example 2.An exploded perspective view 2 shows an example of a connector unit according to modified example 2. The embodiments of this disclosure will be described in detail below. Components having the same function will be numbered the same, and redundant explanations will be omitted. [Embodiment] The following describes embodiments of the slot-in connector of this disclosure. Note that the components of the slot-in connector of this embodiment can be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other. Furthermore, the materials, shapes, dimensions, number, and arrangement of the components of the slot-in connector in this embodiment and its modifications are merely examples, and can be arbitrarily modified as long as similar functions can be achieved. The slot-in connector according to this embodiment includes a connector unit U and an adapter A. Figures 1-4 are perspective views showing an example of the connector unit U and adapter A according to this embodiment. Figures 5-10 are exploded perspective views showing an example of the connector unit U according to this embodiment. Figures 11-13 are cross-sectional views showing an example of the connector unit U according to this embodiment. Each figure shows coordinate axes indicating the first, second, and third directions. The first direction is the Y direction, the second direction is the Z direction, and the third direction is the X direction. The second direction (Z direction) is approximately perpendicular to the first direction (Y direction), and the third direction (X direction) is approximately perpendicular to both the first direction (Y direction) and the second direction (Z direction). In the following explanation, we will refer to one side of the first direction as the Y1 side, the other side of the first direction as the Y2 side, one side of the second direction as the Z1 side, the other side of the second direction as the Z2 side, one side of the third direction as the X1 side, and the other side of the third direction as the X2 side. The first direction (Y direction) corresponds to the insertion/removal direction for connecting and disconnecting the connector and the m