Connector device using lid member, and lid member
Provided are: a connector device using a lid member having a simple structure and reliably held on a connector; and the lid member. The connector device includes a connector having a metal shell forming at least part of a fitting space in which a partner connector is fitted, and a resin lid member provided detachably from the fitting space. The lid member includes an insertion portion to be inserted into the fitting space along the direction of fitting the partner connector into the fitting space, and a closing portion configured to close an opening of the fitting space when the insertion portion is inserted into the fitting space. The insertion portion includes an elastic piece extending from the closing portion. The elastic piece includes a protruding portion biased to an inner wall of the shell when the insertion portion is inserted into the fitting space and protruding in a biasing direction. A dent portion dented in the biasing direction β 1 is formed at the inner wall. The protruding portion is fitted in the dent portion when the insertion portion is inserted into the fitting space.
1. A connector device comprising:
a connector including a metal shell defining at least part of a fitting space in which a partner connector is fitted; and
a resin lid member provided detachably from the fitting space,
wherein the lid member includes
an insertion portion to be inserted into the fitting space along a direction of fitting between the fitting space and the partner connector, and
a closing portion configured to close an opening of the fitting space when the insertion portion is inserted into the fitting space,
the insertion portion includes an elastic piece extending from the closing portion,
the elastic piece includes a protruding portion biased to an inner wall of the shell when the insertion portion is inserted into the fitting space and protruding in a biasing direction,
a dent portion dented in the biasing direction is formed at the inner wall,
the protruding portion is fitted in the dent portion when the insertion portion is inserted into the fitting space, and
the dent portion is a through-hole penetrating the shell and is formed in such a manner that the shell in a plate shape is punched out from an inner wall side.
2. The connector device according to claim 1 , wherein
the dent portion has an edge contacting the protruding portion when the protruding portion is fitted in the dent portion and formed by the inner wall of the shell.
3. The connector device according to claim 2 , wherein
the edge includes two edges formed, in a direction along the fitting direction, corresponding to the protruding portion fitted in the dent portion.
4. The connector device according to claim 3 , wherein
of the protruding portion contacting the two edges, at least a portion positioned between the two edges has a symmetrical shape in the direction along the fitting direction.
5. The connector device according to claim 1 , wherein
the elastic piece includes at least a pair of elastic pieces, and
the pair of elastic pieces is arranged at opposing positions on the inner wall in an in-plane direction perpendicular to the fitting direction.
6. The connector device according to claim 1 , wherein
the inner wall has a substantially rectangular shape in the in-plane direction perpendicular to the fitting direction.
7. The connector device according to claim 1 , wherein
the lid member has a bisymmetrical shape.
8. The connector device according to claim 1 , wherein
the insertion portion includes a guide portion extending from the closing portion, and
the guide portion guides, at a peripheral surface thereof, the insertion portion along the inner wall when the insertion portion is inserted into the fitting space.
9. The connector device according to claim 1 , wherein
a principal surface of a top surface of the closing portion is flat.
10. A lid member used for the connector device according to claim 1 .
11. A connector device comprising:
a connector including a metal shell defining at least part of a fitting space in which a partner connector is fitted; and
a resin lid member provided detachably from the fitting space,
wherein the lid member includes
an insertion portion to be inserted into the fitting space along a direction of fitting between the fitting space and the partner connector,
an outer surface of the insertion portion is in direct contact with an inner surface of the shell, and
a closing portion configured to close an opening of the fitting space when the insertion portion is inserted into the fitting space,
the insertion portion includes an elastic piece extending from the closing portion,
the elastic piece includes a protruding portion biased to the inner surface of the shell when the insertion portion is inserted into the fitting space and protruding in a biasing direction,
a dent portion dented in the biasing direction is formed at the inner surface of the shell, and
the protruding portion is fitted in the dent portion when the insertion portion is inserted into the fitting space.
12. The connector device according to claim 11 , wherein
the dent portion has an edge contacting the protruding portion when the protruding portion is fitted in the dent portion and formed by the inner surface of the shell.
13. The connector device according to claim 12 , wherein
the edge includes two edges formed, in a direction along the fitting direction, corresponding to the protruding portion fitted in the dent portion.
14. The connector device according to claim 13 , wherein
of the protruding portion contacting the two edges, at least a portion positioned between the two edges has a symmetrical shape in the direction along the fitting direction.
15. The connector device according to claim 11 , wherein
the elastic piece includes at least a pair of elastic pieces, and
the pair of elastic pieces is arranged at opposing positions on the inner surface in an in-plane direction perpendicular to the fitting direction.
16. The connector device according to claim 11 , wherein
the inner surface has a substantially rectangular shape in the in-plane direction perpendicular to the fitting direction.
17. The connector device according to claim 11 , wherein
the lid member has a bisymmetrical shape.
18. The connector device according to claim 11 , wherein
the insertion portion includes a guide portion extending from the closing portion, and
the guide portion guides, at a peripheral surface thereof, the insertion portion along the inner surface when the insertion portion is inserted into the fitting space.
19. The connector device according to claim 11 , wherein
a principal surface of a top surface of the closing portion is flat.
20. A lid member used for the connector device according to claim 11 .