Electric connector with a lock member on an elastically displaceable lock arm
To allow a signal transmission medium inserted in a connector main body to be held and disengaged excellently with a simple structure, the structure is such that a lock member holding a signal transmission medium inserted in the connector main body is provided to a part of an elastically-displaceable lock arm member extending like a cantilever from a rocking fulcrum and disposed at one end of the connector main body on a rising side to excellently maintain a state of holding the signal transmission medium by the lock member with an elastic action of the lock arm member, a release operation from the lock member is easily performed with a relatively small operation force, and a load transmitted from the lock member to the lock arm member when the signal transmission medium is inserted or withdrawn is received at the end of the connector main body on the rising side to reduce direct load on a circuit wiring board side.
1. An electric connector electrically connecting a signal transmission medium to a circuit wiring board, the electric connector comprising:
a connector main body to be mounted on a surface of the circuit wiring board via a board connection leg part soldered to the circuit wiring board;
an insertion opening provided at one end of the connector main body so as to allow the signal transmission medium to be inserted in the connector main body; and
a lock member holding an insertion state of the signal transmission medium by being engaged in a part of the signal transmission medium inserted from the insertion opening in the connector main body, wherein
the lock member is provided to a part of an elastically-displaceable lock arm member extending like a cantilever from a rocking fulcrum disposed at the one end of the connector main body, and
the electric connector is configured so that the lock member is engaged in the signal transmission medium with an elastic force of the lock arm member.
2. The electric connector according to claim 1 , wherein
the connector main body is provided with a lock release mechanism disengaging the lock member from the signal transmission medium,
the lock release mechanism has a lock release arm member rocking in a plane approximately orthogonal to a rocking plane of the lock arm member, and
is configured to rock the lock arm member with the rocking of the lock release arm member to release the lock member from the signal transmission medium.
3. The electric connector according to claim 2 , wherein
the connector main body is mounted so as to rise from the surface of the circuit wiring board,
the lock arm member extends so as to fall from an end of the connector main body on a rising side toward the circuit wiring board,
the lock release arm member is formed so as to integrally extend like a cantilever from a wall of an insulating housing configuring the connector main body, and
the lock release arm member extends in a direction of a plane approximately parallel to the circuit wiring board.
4. The electric connector according to claim 3 , wherein
the lock release arm member is additionally provided with a release operation part adding a rocking force to the lock release arm member, and
the release operation part is disposed so as to protrude outward from the connector main body.
5. The electric connector according to claim 4 , wherein
the insulating housing is provided with a lock release movement regulating member regulating a moving range of the lock release arm member or the release operation part.