Connector member and connector
Provided are a connector member and a connector that are easy to assemble and capable of adjusting of misalignment or inclination of a fitting axis. In the connector, a first connector member having a first housing is fitted with a second connector member having a second housing and a supporting member supporting the second housing. The first housing includes a guide pin, the second housing includes a guide-pin guiding part, and the guide-pin guiding part includes a guide hole. The second housing has a pair of shaft pins. The supporting member has a support claw for holding each of the shaft pins. When the guide pin is inserted into the guide hole, the guide pin presses the guide hole to cause the shaft pin to move with the shaft pins being held by the support claw, thereby the second housing being moved, enabling the fitting.
1. A connector member having a housing that contains at least one contact, and a supporting member that has a cylindrical shape and configured to support the housing inside, the connector member comprising:
a pair of shaft pins included in the housing and formed at positions opposed to each other on the supporting member side;
a support claw included in the supporting member and configured to support each of the shaft pins, the support claw being elastically deformable;
a pair of claw pieces that form the support claw;
a holding part included in the support claw and configured to hold each of the shaft pins at each of portions opposed to each other at end parts of the claw pieces;
a recessed portion formed on the holding part and configured to be fitted with each of the shaft pins; and
holding projection parts protruding on both ends of the recessed portion, wherein
the housing is movable in an extending direction of the shaft pin, and rotatable about the shaft pins as an axis, while each of the shaft pins is held by the holding part.
2. The connector member according to claim 1 , wherein the housing has a pair of elastic supporting members that are formed at positions opposed to each other on the supporting member side and orthogonal to the shaft pins, and are elastically deformable,
the supporting member has a supporting part configured to support each of the elastic supporting members,
each of the elastic supporting members is formed of an oval spring body having a curved surface portion that has a curved surface shape and is supported by the supporting part of the supporting member, and
the supporting part of the supporting member is formed with a curved-surface concave portion capable of being fitted with the curved surface portion of each of the elastic supporting members.
3. A connector in which a first connector member having a first housing that contains at least one first contact is fitted with
a second connector member having a second housing that contains at least one second contact configured to be contacted with the first contact, and a supporting member that has a cylindrical shape and is configured to support the second housing inside, the connector comprising:
a guide pin formed in the first housing and extended to a side to be fitted to the second housing;
a guide-pin guiding part formed inside the second housing and configured to be inserted with the guide pin;
a guide hole formed in the guide-pin guiding part on a side to be inserted with the guide pin, and configured to guide the guide pin to the guide-pin guiding part;
a pair of shaft pins included in the second housing and formed at positions opposed to each other on the supporting member side; and
a support claw included in the supporting member and configured by a pair of claw pieces that hold each of the shaft pins, the support claw being elastically deformable, wherein
when the guide pin is inserted into the guide hole, the guide pin presses the guide hole to cause the shaft pin to move in an extending direction of the shaft pins while each of the shaft pins is held by the support claw, so that the second housing is moved, and the first connector member can be fitted with the second connector member.
4. The connector according to claim 3 , wherein, at portions opposed to each other at end sides of the claw pieces of the support claw, there are formed recessed portion into which each of the shaft pins is fitted, and a holding part configured by holding projection parts protruding on both ends of the recessed portion.
5. The connector according to claim 3 , wherein the second housing has a pair of elastic supporting members that are formed at positions opposed to each other on the supporting member side and orthogonal to the shaft pins, and are elastically deformable,
the supporting member has a supporting part configured to support each of the elastic supporting members, and
when the guide pin is inserted into the guide hole, the guide pin presses the guide hole to cause the elastic supporting members to elastically deforms, and cause the shaft pins to rotate about the holding part as an axis.
6. The connector according to claim 5 , wherein each of the elastic supporting members is formed of an oval spring body having a curved surface portion that has a curved surface shape and is supported by the supporting part of the supporting member, and
the supporting part of the supporting member is formed with a curved-surface concave portion capable of being fitted with the curved surface portion of each of the elastic supporting members.
7. The connector according to claim 6 , wherein, in the curved-surface concave portion of the supporting part, a side to be fitted with the first connector is closed, and there is provided an abutting part against which the curved surface portion of each of the elastic supporting members of the second housing abuts.
8. The connector according to claim 3 , wherein, in the guide pin, a cross section orthogonal to an extending direction is formed into a cross shape, and a tapered portion is formed in which a tip side to be inserted into the guide hole is chamfered,
the guide-pin guiding part is formed into a shape corresponding to a shape of the guide pin, and
the guide hole is formed into a chamfered conical shape.
9. The connector according to claim 3 , wherein the guide-pin guiding part is formed with a lock piece capable of repeatedly moving, and a lock projection that is formed to protrude on the lock piece,
the guide pin is formed with a lock part to be engaged with the lock projection,
when the first connector and the second connector are fitted, the lock projection of the guide-pin guiding part is engaged to a lock part of the guide pin to fix the first connector and the second connector are, and
moving a lock piece causes the lock projection to move and disengage from the lock part.