Connector holding device
View Patent ↗A connector holding device includes a body-side connector attached to an apparatus body; a cord-side connector for fitting with the body-side connector, provided on the front end of a cord drawn out opposite to the side fitting with the body-side connector; and a connector holding member for holding the cord-side connector, having an opening formed with its cord side smaller than its side fitting with the body-side connector. The device attaches the connector holding member to the apparatus body in a state where the cord-side connector fits with the body-side connector.
1. A body-side connector attached to an apparatus body and electrically connected to an electric circuit inside the apparatus body;
a cord-side connector for fitting with the body-side connector and provided at a front end of a cord drawn out opposite to a side fitting with the body-side connector;
a connector holding member for holding the cord-side connector, the connector holding member having a flange and an opening formed with a cord side thereof smaller than a side thereof fitting with the body-side connector; and
a guide for allowing the connector holding member to fit thereinto, the guide provided near the body-side connector and having grooves extending in a direction orthogonal to an insertion direction of the cord-side connector into the body-side connector, the flange of the connector holding member configured to slide into the grooves in the direction in which the grooves extend.
2. The connector holding device of claim 1 , wherein the connector holding member has a U-shaped, gutter-formed container for containing the cord-side connector, and a lid connected to the connector holding device with a hinge so as to cover the container.
3. The connector holding device of claim 2 , wherein the lid of the connector holding member has a locking part and is locked with the locking part while covering the container.
4. The connector holding device of claim 2 , wherein the locking part has an elastic part and a ratchet, and the lid is locked by the ratchet engaging a ratchet hole of the connector holding member.
5. The connector holding device of claim 4 , wherein the connector holding member is formed of an elastic body.
6. The connector holding device of claim 3 , wherein the connector holding member is formed of an elastic body.
7. The connector holding device of claim 2 , wherein the connector holding member is formed of an elastic body.
8. The connector holding device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a body attachment having a guide as a part for fitting with the cord-side connector;
an upper clamp and a lower clamp for fixing the body attachment; and
a body-side connector holding part fixed to an apparatus body,
wherein the guide holds the connector holding member, is independent of the body-side connector, and moves synchronously with the connector holding member.
9. The connector holding device of claim 8 , wherein the body attachment makes the body-side connector fit into an opening of the body attachment and holds the body-side connector, and is held to the apparatus body with the upper clamp and the lower clamp.
10. The connector holding device of claim 9 , wherein the upper clamp and the lower clamp clamp the body attachment and fix the body attachment with a screw.
11. The connector holding device of claim 1 , further comprising a body-side connector substrate,
wherein the body-side connector substrate has the body-side connector mounted thereon and is held by the body attachment together with the body-side connector.