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CN102607823B - Front retainer floats pick-up unit - Google Patents

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CN102607823B
CN102607823B CN201110251217.6A CN201110251217A CN102607823B CN 102607823 B CN102607823 B CN 102607823B CN 201110251217 A CN201110251217 A CN 201110251217A CN 102607823 B CN102607823 B CN 102607823B
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The invention provides a kind of front retainer and float pick-up unit, can suppress more reliably to omit floating of front retainer.Front retainer floats pick-up unit (20) to be possessed: inspection portion (22), can abut relative to the front retainer (16) of connector shell (12) on front side of the closure of connector (10); Inspection portion support (40), inspection portion (22) supporting is moved for detecting between position and retreating position in normal condition, this normal condition detects the position that position can abut with retainer before normal mounting (16), and this retreating position detects the position of keeping out of the way position from normal condition; Inspection portion force application part (50), detects position force to inspection portion (22) towards normal condition.Float detector switch (60) inspection portion (22) be in normal condition detect position state under maintain on-state, inspection portion (22) to compare normal condition detect position by retreating position side move time, switch to off-state.

Description

Front retainer floats pick-up unit
Technical field
The present invention relates to and float to what be arranged on retainer before on connector shell the device detected.
Background technology
General connector is formed as the structure containing metal terminal in resinous connector shell.As the structure for being bearing in by terminal in the cavity of connector shell on certain position, there is the structure using lance shape element and retainer.Lance shape element is the part be integrally formed with connector shell, is configured to by engaging with this terminal to inserted terminals in cavity.And retainer is configured to install relative to connector shell, under the state being installed on connector shell, abutting with lance shape element with the opposition side of the locking part of terminal from lance shape element.By this retainer, the locking of lance shape element and terminal can be suppressed to remove, and more reliably terminal is bearing in certain position.
As above-mentioned retainer, have the retainer of the type of closure installed in front on connector shell from connector, the retainer of this type is also referred to as front retainer.
When lance shape element and terminal normally do not engage, front retainer normally cannot be installed on connector shell, and front retainer becomes the state of floating from connector shell sometimes.As the device floated detecting retainer before this kind, such as, expect a kind ofly being provided with the device being exported the switch of connection signal when current retainer is in float state by carrying out pressing operation.In said device, when retainer is in the state by normal mounting, outputting cutting break signal can be continued from switch.On the other hand, when current retainer is in float state, connector is carried out pressing operation and is exported connection signal from switch.Further, by exporting connection signal, and floating of front retainer is detected.
But, in said apparatus, even if the state that can not export connection signal from switch in unfavorable condition because of switch or distribution etc., be also taken as the state processing that front retainer does not float, and likely can omit floating of front retainer.
Summary of the invention
Therefore, the object of the invention is to can suppress more reliably to omit floating of front retainer.
In order to solve above-mentioned problem, the front retainer of the first form floats pick-up unit and detects floating of front retainer to connector, described front retainer from the installed in front of the closure of described connector on connector shell, described front retainer floats pick-up unit to be possessed: inspection portion, can abut on front side of described closure relative to the described front retainer of the described connector shell be configured in the inspection position of regulation; Inspection portion support, the supporting of described inspection portion is moved for detecting between position and retreating position in normal condition, it is the position that described inspection portion can abut in the described front retainer of described connector shell with normal mounting that this normal condition detects position, and this retreating position is the position that described inspection portion is kept out of the way from described normal condition detection position; Inspection portion force application part, detects position force to described inspection portion towards described normal condition; And float detector switch, under described inspection portion is in the state that described normal condition detects position, maintains on-state, compares described normal condition in described inspection portion and detect position when moving to described retreating position side, switch to off-state.
Second form retainer before the first form floats based on pick-up unit, described inspection portion support is provided with can support described connector shell in described inspection position lay recess, under the state of laying recess described in being placed at described connector shell, described inspection portion is supported to and can abuts with the described front retainer of described connector shell.
3rd form retainer before the second form floats based on pick-up unit, also possesses and lays state detecting section, and this is laid state detecting section and described connector shell is laid to laying of recess detect to described.
4th form retainer before the first form floats based on pick-up unit, also possess connector and lay portion, this connector portion of laying have can lay described connector shell lay recess, portion laid by described connector and described inspection portion support is configured to relatively to carry out close to separate mobile, and by described connector lay portion and described inspection portion support relative to carrying out close to moving, and described connector shell is bearing in described inspection position.
5th form retainer before the 4th form floats based on pick-up unit, also possess and check moment test section, this inspection moment test section lays detecting close to movement of the described connector shell of laying recess described in portion and described inspection portion support to being placed in described connector.
6th form in the first to the 5th form before arbitrary form retainer float based on pick-up unit, recess is formed at the peripheral part of described inspection portion, also possesses detection piece, this detection piece detects position by described inspection portion from described normal condition and can move in described recess to the movement of described retreating position side and be exerted a force in described recess, described in float detector switch and switch to off-state to the movement in described recess from on-state by described detection piece.
[invention effect]
According to the first form, when before connector shell, retainer floats, inspection portion is detected position from normal condition and is moved to retreating position side.Thus, float detector switch and switch to off-state from on-state, therefore by this floating of retainer before can detecting to the switching of off-state.And when not exporting connection signal when the unfavorable condition because floating detector switch or its distribution etc., whether no matter, whether retainer floats, all continuing to export cut-off signal from floating detector switch, retainer before confirming can be impelled to float.Therefore, it is possible to suppress more reliably to omit floating of front retainer.
According to the second form, laying recess by being placed in by connector shell, can easily make inspection portion abut relative to front retainer.
According to the 3rd form, by described connector shell to described lay recess lay after state under, suitably can confirm whether front retainer floats.
According to the 4th form, described connector lay portion and described inspection portion supporting part from state under, easily connector shell can be placed in and lay recess.
According to the 5th form, under the described connector shell laying described in portion and lay in the recess state close to described inspection portion support laid by described connector, suitably can confirm whether front retainer floats.
According to the 6th form, by described detection piece to the movement in described recess, described in float detector switch and switch to off-state from on-state, even if therefore when front retainer float little, also can detect this and float.
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Fig. 1 represents that the front retainer of the first embodiment floats the exploded perspective view of pick-up unit.
Fig. 2 represents that this front retainer floats the schematic side view of pick-up unit.
Fig. 3 represents that this front retainer floats the schematic side view of the sandwiched parts of pick-up unit.
Fig. 4 represents that this front retainer floats the concise and to the point front view of pick-up unit.
Fig. 5 represents that this front retainer floats the key diagram of the inner structure of pick-up unit.
Fig. 6 is the key diagram of the action representing detection piece.
Fig. 7 is the circuit diagram representing the electrical connections floating detector switch and lay state detecting section.
Fig. 8 represents that the front retainer of the first embodiment floats the key diagram of the action of pick-up unit.
Fig. 9 represents that this front retainer floats the key diagram of the action of pick-up unit.
Figure 10 represents that this front retainer floats the key diagram of the action of pick-up unit.
Figure 11 represents that this front retainer floats the key diagram of the action of pick-up unit.
Figure 12 represents that the front retainer of the second embodiment floats the brief description figure of pick-up unit.
Figure 13 represents that this front retainer floats the brief description figure of pick-up unit.
Figure 14 represents that this front retainer floats the key diagram of the action of pick-up unit.
Figure 15 represents that this front retainer floats the key diagram of the action of pick-up unit.
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10 connectors
12 connector shells
Retainer before 16
20, retainer floats pick-up unit before 120
22,122 inspection portions
26 recesses
28 detection pieces
40,140 inspection portion supports
43 lay recess
50,150 inspection portion force application parts
60,160 float detector switch
62 bar sheets
80 lay state detecting section
Portion laid by 170 connectors
172 lay recess
180 check moment test section
Embodiment
[the first embodiment]
Below, float pick-up unit to retainer before the first embodiment to be described.Fig. 1 represents that the front retainer of the first embodiment floats the exploded perspective view of pick-up unit 20, Fig. 2 represents that this front retainer floats the schematic side view of pick-up unit 20, Fig. 3 represents that this front retainer floats the schematic side view of the sandwiched parts 30 of pick-up unit 20, Fig. 4 represents that this front retainer floats the concise and to the point front view of pick-up unit 20, and Fig. 5 represents that this front retainer floats the key diagram of the inner structure of pick-up unit 20.
This front retainer floats pick-up unit 20 for floating to what be arranged on retainer 16 before on connector 10 the device detected.
At this, connector 10 is connectors of the general structure of front retainer type.That is, connector 10 possesses connector shell 12, terminal 14, front retainer 16 (with reference to Fig. 2).Connector shell 12 is formed by resin etc., is formed with terminal accommodating portion 12b in the external shell 12a of square tube shape, in this terminal accommodating portion 12b, be formed with multiple terminal accommodating room (also referred to as cavity).And be formed with the lance shape element that can engage with the terminal 14 being housed in terminal accommodating indoor on connector shell 12, by the terminal 14 be connected with the end of electric wire 15 is inserted into terminal accommodating indoor, and described lance shape element can engage with terminal 14.And the opposition side part of the part engaged with terminal 14 in this lance shape element is exposed to the periphery of terminal accommodating portion 12b.And the mode that front retainer 16 is configured to cover terminal resettlement section 12b with (side, left of Fig. 2) on front side of the closure from connector 10 is installed on terminal accommodating portion 12b.Further, by front retainer 16 being normally installed to the depths of terminal accommodating portion 12b, and this front retainer 16 is abutted with the opposition side part being locked to the part of terminal 14 in lance shape element.Thus, lance shape element distortion outward can be suppressed, thus suppress the locking of lance shape element and terminal to be removed.
In addition, above-mentioned front retainer 16 is formed the inserting hole can inserted for the external terminal of the other side's connector, when being connected with the other side's side-connector by this connector 10, the external terminal of the other side side is inserted by front retainer 16 on the terminal 14 that is connected in terminal accommodating portion 12b.
Before this kind retainer type connector 10 in, such as, when causing lance shape element and terminal 14 normally not to engage because of reasons such as the insertion of terminal 14 are not enough, front retainer 16 interferes with lance shape element, can produce not the state of the front retainer of press-in completely, that is, the state that before producing, retainer 16 floats.Retainer floats pick-up unit 20 and is configured to for floating to retainer before this kind 16 device detected before this.
Front retainer floats pick-up unit 20 to be possessed inspection portion 22, inspection portion support 40, inspection portion force application part 50, floats detector switch 60.
Inspection portion 22 is configured to abut on front side of the closure of connector 10 relative to retainer 16 before the connector shell 12 be configured on the inspection position of regulation.More specifically, inspection portion 22 is formed as the strip member that formed by resin etc.The abutting part 24 of the leading section of inspection portion 22 is formed as being inserted into the size in above-mentioned connector shell 12, at this, is formed as the size roughly the same with the front portion of front retainer 16 and shape.Further, by the abutting part 24 of inspection portion 22 being pressed into the front of front retainer 16, and position in their length direction, inspection portion 22 can be determined according to the position of this front retainer 16.
Inspection portion support 40 is configured to above-mentioned inspection portion 22 to support as moving.At this, inspection portion support 40 is formed and can lays recess 43 at the inspection position support connector housing 12 of regulation, thus above-mentioned inspection portion 22 is supported carry out advance and retreat movement for detecting between position and retreating position in normal condition towards retainer 16 before laying by this connector shell 12 that recess 43 supports.It should be noted that, it is laying under the state being supported with connector shell 12 in recess 43 that normal condition detects position, the position that inspection portion 22 can abut from the front side of retainer 16 before normal mounting is on connector shell 12 with it.And retreating position detects the position that (in front of the installation direction of in other words, front retainer 16 side) keeps out of the way on front side of the closure of connector 10, position than this normal condition.That is, described normal condition detects position and retreating position is relative to as described later at the relative position laying the connector shell 12 on the inspection position being supported in regulation in recess 43.
More specifically, inspection portion support 40 is the parts formed by resin etc., possesses support body portion, inspection portion 42, the side plate 46 of side, the side plate 47 of opposite side, backplate 48.Be fixed with above-mentioned side plate 46,47 in the both sides in support body portion, inspection portion 42 by screw threads for fastening etc., be fixed with backplate 48 in the rear side in support body portion, inspection portion 42 by screw threads for fastening etc.This inspection portion support 40 is fixed on by bracket 40B etc. on manufacturing installation of the wire harness comprising connector 10 etc.
An interarea in this support body portion, inspection portion 42 is formed and lays recess 43, be formed with guide recess 44 in the inboard that this lays recess 43.
Lay the shape that recess 43 is formed as corresponding with the outer peripheral face of connector shell 12, from its open side, connector shell 12 is pressed into certain attitude.
In addition, be formed with the gap 41 (with reference to Fig. 1) of slit-shaped at the sidepiece (in this case a sidepiece of upside) laying recess 43 and guide recess 44, in this gap 41, be provided with the locking plate 70 connector shell 12 being held in anticreep shape.Locking plate 70 is rectangular bar-like members, and its length direction pars intermedia supports as swinging via axle portion 71 in gap 41.In locking plate 70 than axle portion 71 by lay recess 43 part on be formed with the teat 72 that can engage with the jut 12c of the peripheral part of connector shell 12.It should be noted that, jut 12c grades in maintaining the jut of this connector 10 with the locking of the connection of the connector of the other side side.Teat 72 is formed as height dimension and becomes large teat shape from the front of locking plate 70 gradually towards depth side.And, locking plate 70 is supported to and can carries out attitude change between locking attitude and releasing attitude, this locking attitude is the attitude that teat 72 is engaged with the jut 12c being configured in the connector shell 12 laid in recess 43, and this releasing attitude makes teat 72 from the attitude of the jut 12c of connector shell 12 movement outward.And, be configured with between the rearward end and support body portion, inspection portion 42 of locking plate 70 locking plate 70 to the locking plate force application part 76 locking attitude side and exert a force.As locking plate force application part 76, in addition to spiral springs, leaf spring, torsion coil spring etc. can also be used.And, be pressed into by connector shell 12 when laying in recess 43, the jut 12c of connector shell 12 and the teat 72 of locking plate 70 carry out sliding contact, thus locking plate 70 is altered to releasing attitude from locking attitude, when jut 12c crosses teat 72, locking plate 70 is altered to locking attitude.Thus, the teat 72 of locking plate 70 engages with the jut 12c phase of connector shell 12, and connector shell 12 is supported to anticreep state laying in recess 43.It should be noted that, in this condition, connector shell 12 is exerted a force by the foreign side of laying recess 43 because of the force of sandwiched parts 30.Therefore, connector shell 12, after being pressed into and laying in recess 43, under the state that teat and jut 12c engage into anticreep, is exerted a force laterally, thus is supported on certain inspection position.It should be noted that, although be not necessary, but preferably arrange and abut receiving portion 43a and under the state being configured with connector shell 12 in described inspection position, the leading section of this connector shell 12 abutted with the face of the direction of insertion towards connector shell 12 abutted in receiving portion 43a laying the boundary member of recess 43 with guide recess 44.Further, be placed in by connector shell 12 under the state of laying in recess 43, inspection portion 22 abuts from the front side of retainer 16 before connector shell 12 with front retainer 16.
It should be noted that, the leading section of locking plate 70 extends from the foreign side to support body portion, inspection portion 42 in gap 41, by the leading section of this locking plate 70 is lifted upward, and the teat 72 of the sheet 70 that unlocks and the locking state of the jut 12c of connector shell 12, thus connector shell 12 is taken off from laying recess 43.
Guide recess 44 is formed as and the above-mentioned inboard continuous print hole shape laying recess 43.In this guide recess 44, above-mentioned inspection portion 22 is supported as moving.
At this, inspection portion 22 is supported as moving via sandwiched parts 30 by guide recess 44.
That is, sandwiched parts 30 are the parts of the bulk formed by resin etc., and being configured in above-mentioned guide recess 44 can be mobile along the bearing of trend of this guide recess 44 (the advance and retreat direction of inspection portion 22).Under the state that sandwiched parts 30 move to guide recess 44 side, a part for sandwiched parts 30 is configured in guide recess 44, and abuts with the leading section being configured in the connector shell 12 laid in recess 43.Further, during towards the inspection position press-in connector shell 12 of the regulation of laying in recess 43, by abutting of connector shell 12 and sandwiched parts 30, and sandwiched parts 30 are pressed in guide recess 44.And, under the state that sandwiched parts 30 are configured in guide recess 44, the bar portion 31 extended to the rear side of sandwiched parts 30 is inserted in the hole 48h of backplate 48, and is arranged on the sandwiched parts force application parts 32 such as the volute spring in this bar portion 31 and is configured between sandwiched parts 30 and backplate 48 with compressive state sandwiched.Further, all the time sandwiched parts 30 are exerted a force towards laying recess 43 by this sandwiched parts force application part 32.It should be noted that, as sandwiched parts force application part 32, except above-mentioned volute spring, the various parts such as leaf spring, torsion coil spring can also be used.
In addition, an interarea of sandwiched parts 30 is formed lays in recess 43 outstanding cyclic lug 33 towards above-mentioned.Cyclic lug 33 is formed as being configured in the shape in the annular gap between connector shell 12 and front retainer 16, has the effect guiding inspection portion 22 more accurately towards front retainer 16.
In addition, sandwiched parts 30 are formed in above-mentioned cyclic lug 33 towards its opposition side along the support holes 34 in its moving direction (the advance and retreat direction of inspection portion 22).By this support holes 34, inspection portion 22 is supported as moving between above-mentioned normal condition detection position and retreating position.It should be noted that, as described later, when connector shell 12 is being laid recess 43 internal support when the inspection position of regulation, sandwiched parts 30 are configured to certain position relationship relative to this connector shell 12, in this condition, inspection portion 22 is detected between position and retreating position in normal condition and is moved.Therefore, when considering the relation of sandwiched parts 30 and inspection portion 22, normal condition detects position and retreating position also can be held as the position of inspection portion 22 relative to sandwiched parts 30.
In addition, under the state that inspection portion 22 is configured in support holes 34, the rear portion in inspection portion 22 and utilize screw threads for fastening etc. and be fixed on sandwiched between the bearing part 36 on the back portion of sandwiched parts 30 and be configured with the inspection portion force application parts 50 such as volute spring.Further, position force is detected by this inspection portion force application part 50 pairs of inspection portions 22 towards normal condition.As inspection portion force application part 50, except above-mentioned volute spring, the various parts such as leaf spring, torsion coil spring can also be used.
But, also can omit sandwiched parts 30, and utilize inspection portion support 40 directly to support inspection portion 22 for movement of can retreating.
Float detector switch 60 to be arranged to: above-mentioned inspection portion 22 be in normal condition detect position state under maintain on-state, when inspection portion 22 move to than normal condition detect position by retreating position side time, switch to off-state.
In the present embodiment, especially by adopting following structure, floating of front retainer 16 can be detected more observantly.
That is, the peripheral part in inspection portion 22 forms recess 26.At this, recess 26 is formed as square hole shape, but need not be like this.As long as recess from the planar section of the rear side of inspection portion 22 towards front via the concave shape that end difference is absorbed in.
In addition, arrange detection piece 28, this detection piece 28 detects position in inspection portion 22 from normal condition and can move in recess 26 and be exerted a force by towards recess 26 to the effect of retreating position side movement.
More specifically, detection piece 28 is formed as the parts of the cubic that can be configured in recess 26.And, to be supported inspection portion 22 as the side of support holes 34 of movement being formed with detection piece supporting recess 35 in sandwiched parts 30, detection piece 28 can be configured to can retreat towards recess 26 (with reference to Fig. 5) by this detection piece supporting recess 35.And, under the state that inspection portion 22 is in normal condition detection position, detection piece 28 in detection piece supporting recess 35 is to the side skew rearward of the ratio recess 26 in inspection portion 22, contact with the outer peripheral face of this inspection portion 22, and it is to the movement in recess 26 suppressed (with reference to Fig. 6 (a)).And, when inspection portion 22 is moved from the state being in normal condition detection position to retreating position side, the position of detection piece 28 and the position consistency of recess 26, and this detection piece 28 can move to recess 26 (with reference to Fig. 6 (b)).
In addition, float the switch that detector switch 60 is a kind of types that automatically reset, it only becomes on-state during being pressed, and resets to off-state when removing pressing operation.This floats detector switch 60 and is arranged on sandwiched parts 30, so that exerted a force in recess 26 to detection piece 28 by its reset force.
More specifically, as floating detector switch 60, use general microswitch, wherein, bar sheet 62 extends with lateral attitude in the mode left gradually from the end of an outer peripheral face of the rectangular-shaped main part 61 being built-in with contact.This floats detector switch 60 in the normal state, and inner contact becomes off-state, and when bar sheet 62 is pressed, this pressing force passes to inner contact, and this contact is switched to on-state.
Further, as shown in Fig. 6 (a), under the state that inspection portion 22 is in normal condition detection position, by the detection piece 28 abutted with the outer peripheral face of inspection portion 22, bar sheet 62 is pressed into, and floats the state that detector switch 60 becomes maintenance on-state.In this condition, will reset to the effect of the power of original inclination attitude at bar sheet 62 under, detection piece 28 is exerted a force by towards recess 26.Then, as shown in Fig. 6 (b), inspection portion 22 is moved from the state being in normal condition detection position to retreating position side, when position consistency with recess 26 of detection piece 28, be pressed in recess 26 by detection piece 28 by the acting force of bar sheet 62, bar sheet 62 resets to original lateral attitude.Thus, float detector switch 60 and switch to off-state.
In addition, above-mentioned detection piece 28 resets to the position departed from from recess 26 by following structure.
That is, projecting in the side of detection piece 28 have pin parts 29 outstanding outward.Pin parts 29 are extended to the side in this support body portion, inspection portion 42 (with reference to Fig. 3) by the hole portion 30h of sandwiched parts 30 and the side notch 42h (with reference to Fig. 1) in support body portion, inspection portion 42.And, the work recess 46a that can configure these pin parts 29 is formed at the inside surface of the side plate 46 of side.Work recess 46a is formed as the triangle concave shape broadened gradually towards the installation direction of connector shell 12 (left of Fig. 2), and there is oblique plate 46b, this oblique plate 46b tilts towards the installation direction opposition side (right of Fig. 2) of connector shell 12 to the force direction opposition side (downside of Fig. 2) of detection piece 28.Further, when recess 43 is laid in connector shell 12 press-in and installs, corresponding to this, sandwiched parts 30 and inspection portion 22 are moved towards the installation direction of connector shell 12, therefore sell parts 29 and are configured in the part of the wide cut side of work recess 46a.Thus, become from the state abutted with the outer peripheral face of inspection portion 22 can to enter the state of the mode movement of recess 26 for detection piece 28.And, under the state that detection piece 28 is embedded into recess 26, when from lay recess 43 extract connector shell 12 time, corresponding to this, sandwiched parts 30 and inspection portion 22 are moved towards the installation direction opposition side of connector shell 12, therefore sell parts 29 and carry out sliding contact with the oblique plate 46b of work recess 46a.Thus, pin parts 29 are pressed towards the direction departed from from recess 26 together with detection piece 28, reset to the state that detection piece 28 abuts with the outer peripheral face of inspection portion 22.
In addition, float in pick-up unit 20 at this front retainer, possess to connector shell 12 to lay recess 43 lay detect lay state detecting section 80.
Lay state detecting section 80 to be made up of the microswitch being provided with operating portion 84, this operating portion 84 can carry out the push operation of the sidepiece to the main part 82 being built-in with contact.Operating portion 84 is being configured under the state on the motion track of sandwiched parts 30, this lay state detecting section 80 be fixed in support body portion, inspection portion 42 with the part of laying recess 43 opposite side.Further, under being positioned at the state of laying recess 43 side at sandwiched parts 30, operating portion 84 does not abut with sandwiched parts 30, lays state detecting section 80 and maintains off-state.And, by being placed in the connector shell 12 laid in recess 43, sandwiched parts 30 are pressed against the inboard of laying recess 43, in this condition, operating portion 84 abuts with the peripheral part of sandwiched parts 30 and is pressed into, and lays state detecting section 80 and switches to on-state.Therefore, this is laid state detecting section 80 and switches to on-state from off-state, thus can detect connector shell 12 to laying laying of recess 43.
Such as shown in Fig. 7, above-mentionedly float detector switch 60 and originally lay state detecting section 80 and can be connected in series.And, float detector switch 60 and lay these both sides of state detecting section 80 when becoming on-state, namely, float detector switch 60 when becoming conducting state with the series circuit laying state detecting section 80, front retainer 16 does not float and can process as passed examination, when this circuit does not become conducting state, process as defective.But, also can export the on-off signal floating detector switch 60 and lay state detecting section 80 respectively, carry out front retainer based on these two signal conditions and float detection.
The action of retainer before formation described above being floated to pick-up unit 20 is described.
First, in an initial condition, as shown in Figure 8, sandwiched parts 30 are positioned at and lay recess 43 side.Therefore, lay state detecting section 80 and become off-state.And inspection portion 22 is positioned at normal condition and detects position laying in recess 43, and detection piece 28 abuts with the peripheral part being in normal condition and detecting the inspection portion 22 of position.Therefore, float detector switch 60 and become on-state.
In this condition, as shown in Figure 9, connector shell 12 is pressed into lays in recess 43.So, the cyclic lug 33 of sandwiched parts 30 is inserted in connector shell 12, and an interarea of sandwiched parts 30 abuts at the base end part peripheral of cyclic lug 33 with the leading section of connector shell 12, sandwiched parts 30 overcome the acting force of sandwiched parts force application part 32 and are pressed into by towards the inboard of laying recess 43.And the jut 12c of connector shell 12 and the teat 72 of locking plate 70 carry out sliding contact, overcome the acting force of locking plate force application part 76 and locking plate 70 is altered to latch-release attitude.
Further, connector shell 12 is pressed into completely when laying in recess 43, as shown in Figure 10 or Figure 11, connector shell 12 is pressed into be laid in recess 43, thus jut 12c crosses teat 72, under the acting force of locking plate force application part 76, locking plate 70 changes to locking attitude.Thus, teat 72 engages with the jut 12c phase of connector shell 12, and connector shell 12 is supported to anticreep state laying in recess 43, and connector shell 12 is supported in certain inspection position laying in recess 43.And, by connector shell 12, sandwiched parts 30 are pressed into further towards the inboard of laying recess 43 meanwhile.Further, the operating portion 84 laying state detecting section 80 is pressed into by sandwiched parts 30, thus, lays state detecting section 80 and switches to on-state, and detect laying of connector shell 12.
As mentioned above, connector shell 12 is pressed into when laying in recess 43, if front retainer 16 is in the state of normal mounting, then as shown in Figure 10, with the contact position of an interarea of the front portion of connector shell 12 and sandwiched parts 30 for benchmark, the leading section of front retainer 16 enters into the certain position in ring-shaped protrusion 33.In this condition, the leading section of front retainer 16 abuts with the abutting part 24 of inspection portion 22, and inspection portion 22 maintains normal condition and detects position in sandwiched parts 30.Therefore, detection piece 28 does not enter in recess 26, floats detector switch 60 and maintains on-state.
Therefore, lay state detecting section 80 and switch to on-state, and float detector switch 60 and maintain on-state, thus, confirm front retainer 16 and do not float.
On the other hand, connector shell 12 is pressed into when laying in recess 43, suppose the front non-normal mounting of retainer 16 and be in float state, then as shown in figure 11, with the contact position of an interarea of the front portion of connector shell 12 and sandwiched parts 30 for benchmark, the leading section of front retainer 16 enters into the above-mentioned certain position of ratio in cyclic lug 33 by depths.In this condition, the leading section of front retainer 16 abuts with the abutting part 24 of inspection portion 22, and inspection portion 22 is pressed in sandwiched parts 30 detects position by depths than normal condition.Therefore, detection piece 28 enters in recess 26, floats detector switch 60 and switches to off-state.
Therefore, lay state detecting section 80 and switch to on-state, and float detector switch 60 and switch to off-state, thus, confirm front retainer 16 and float.
Float pick-up unit 20 according to retainer before formation described above, when current retainer 16 floats, inspection portion 22 is detected position from normal condition and is moved to retreating position side.Thus, float detector switch 60 and switch to off-state from on-state, therefore by this floating of retainer 16 before can detecting to the switching of off-state.Especially because inspection portion 22 abuts with front retainer 16 on front side of the closure of connector 10, even if therefore when front retainer 16 is configured in external shell 12a, also floating of this front retainer 16 can be detected.And when switching to on-state when the broken string unfavorable condition because floating detector switch 60 or its distribution etc., when not exporting this connection signal, no matter, whether retainer 16 floats, and all continues to export cut-off signal from floating detector switch 60.Therefore, the confirmation impelling front retainer 16 whether to float.Further, when current retainer 16 floats, the unfavorable condition of floating of front retainer 16 is revised etc.And when current retainer 16 floats, suspection is that this front retainer floats pick-up unit 20 and there occurs unfavorable condition, and impels the unfavorable condition confirmation etc. of front retainer being floated to pick-up unit 20 self.Therefore, inhibit more reliably omit the unfavorable condition of floating pick-up unit 20 because of front retainer cause before the floating of retainer 16.
In addition, be placed in by connector shell 12 when laying recess 43, inspection portion 22 abuts with front retainer 16, and corresponding to the installment state of front retainer 16, inspection portion 22 is positioned at normal condition and detects position or move to retreating position side from this position.Therefore, it is possible to make front retainer 16 and inspection portion 22 with more accurately and easily involutory mode abut.
In addition, due to possess to connector shell 12 to lay recess 43 lay detect lay state detecting section 80, therefore connector shell 12 is being placed under the state of laying recess 43, can the suitable moment confirm before retainer 16 whether float.
In addition, move to retreating position side from normal condition detection position owing to being arranged to inspection portion 22, thus detection piece 28 enters in recess 26, float detector switch 60 and switch to off-state, therefore, it is possible to carry out on-off switching than floating the precision that detector switch 60 carries out actuating length self needed for on-off switching sharper.That is, if for being L (mm) to the actuating length floating detector switch 60 and carry out on-off switching.In this case, be supported to inspection portion 22 position of movement and the normal condition deviation setting laying the position of recess 43 detected under position to be M (mm) (with reference to Fig. 6), when detection piece 28 embeds recess 26, more than shift action stroke L (mm).Described deviation M (mm) sets by the size design of the more easy shaped members such as inspection portion 22, sandwiched parts 30, detection piece 28, and its manufacturing accuracy also easily controls better.Therefore, it is possible to set smaller by departure M, and improve its dimensional tolerence than being easier to.Thus, easily on-off switching is carried out with sharper precision to floating detector switch 60.
[the second embodiment]
Float pick-up unit 120 to retainer before the second embodiment to be described.It should be noted that, the connector 10 becoming check object is identical with the connector illustrated in above-mentioned first embodiment.But, in the present embodiment, eliminate the jut 12c of connector shell 12.
Figure 12 represents that the front retainer of the second embodiment floats the brief description figure of pick-up unit 120, and Figure 13 represents to open the brief description figure that this front retainer floats the state of pick-up unit 120.
This front retainer floats pick-up unit 120 to be possessed inspection portion 122, inspection portion support 140, inspection portion force application part 150, floats detector switch 160.
Inspection portion 122 is configured to abut on front side of the closure of connector 10 relative to retainer 16 before the connector shell 12 be configured on the inspection position of regulation.More specifically, inspection portion 122 is the parts formed by resin etc., is to check that main part 124 and side jut 126 connect into the parts of roughly L-shaped.Check that main part 124 is formed as being inserted into the size in connector shell 12, at this, be formed as the size roughly the same with the front portion of front retainer 16 and shape.Further, by checking that the leading section of main part 124 is pressed into the front of front retainer 16, and position in their length direction, inspection portion 122 is determined in the position that can correspond to this front retainer 16.
Inspection portion support 140 is in the same manner as above-mentioned first embodiment, be configured to above-mentioned inspection portion 22 to support and move for detecting between position and retreating position in normal condition, this normal condition detect position can with the normal mounting position that retainer 16 abuts before connector shell 12, this retreating position is from the position of keeping out of the way, this normal condition detection position.
More specifically, inspection portion support 140 is formed as rectangular parallelepiped bulk by resin etc., is formed will checks that main part 124 supports as can the bullport portion 144 of movement from one side's interarea towards the opposing party's interarea.And, the opposing party's interarea side part in bullport portion 144 is formed towards the side recess 145 of side depression.Further, above-mentioned side jut 126 is configured in side recess 145, and inspection main part 124 is configured to movement of can sliding in bullport portion 144, thus inspection portion 122 is supported as moving by inspection portion support 140.
Inspection portion force application part 150 is arranged to detect position force to above-mentioned inspection portion 122 towards normal condition.At this, in above-mentioned inspection main part 124, form hole portion 124h along its length direction, in this hole portion 124h, configure volute spring as inspection portion force application part 150.And form elongated hole 124ha in the sidewall portion checking the surrounds aperture portion 124h in main part 124, the pin parts 141 more projecting than inspection portion support 140 are outstanding in hole portion 124h by this elongated hole 124ha.Further, the volute spring as inspection portion force application part 150 is configured between the deep of hole portion 124h and pin parts 141 to compress shape sandwiched, thus, detects position force to inspection portion 122 towards normal condition.Certainly, as inspection portion force application part 150, other leaf spring etc. also can be used.
In addition, float detector switch 160 utilize with the inspection main part 124 in side jut 126 give prominence to the face of side opposed position be secured on inspection portion support 140.Float detector switch 160 to be made up of the microswitch being provided with operating portion 164, this operating portion 164 can carry out the push operation of the sidepiece to the main part 162 being built-in with contact.And operating portion 164 is arranged on the position opposed with side jut 126.Further, under inspection portion 122 is in the state that normal condition detects position, utilizes side jut 126 push operation portion 164, and float detector switch 160 and become on-state.And when inspection portion 122 is moved from normal condition detection position to retreating position side, operating portion 164 oneself reset, and floating detector switch 160 becomes off-state.
In addition, in the present embodiment, portion 170 laid by connector also can be set to different parts from above-mentioned inspection portion support 140, this connector lay portion 170 have can lay connector shell 12 lay recess 172.
That is, the certain position on base station 190 arranges this connector and lays portion 170.
Portion 170 laid by connector is the roughly rectangular parallelepiped block parts formed by resin etc., has connector shell 12 to be supported to lay recess 172 for certain attitude.Laying recess 172 is concave shapes corresponding with the peripheral shape of connector shell 12, lays above portion 170 and inspection portion support 140 side opening at connector.Further, connector shell 12 is laid from the top of laying recess 172, and, under this lays state, can by the front portion of retainer 16 before connector shell 12 and above-mentioned inspection portion 122 arranged opposite.
In addition, base station 190 is provided with track 192, above-mentioned inspection portion support 140 is supported to slide along this track 192 and moves.Further, lay side, portion 170 by making inspection portion support 140 to connector and move, and inspection portion 122 is moved to inspection position, can abut with by the front portion of retainer 16 before laying connector shell 12 that recess 172 supports.And, by making inspection portion support 140 move to laying the side left in portion 170 from connector, and can easily make connector shell 12 disengaging lay recess 43.It should be noted that, portion 170 laid by connector also can be the structure of carrying out movement relative to inspection portion support 140.
It should be noted that, on base station 190 and in the rear side of inspection portion support 140, rod unit 194 is supported to and rotates freely.Rod unit 194 is a kind of cam levers, by carrying out swinging operation to this rod unit 194, and can maintain inspection portion support 140 is pressed into the state that side, portion 170 laid by connector.But, also can omit rod unit 194.
In addition, this front retainer floats pick-up unit 120 and possesses inspection moment test section 180, and this inspection moment test section 180 pairs of connector shells 12 detect to laying laying of recess 172.
Check that moment test section 180 has duct member 182 and is supported to the pin member 184 can retreated relative to this duct member 182.Pin member 184 is exerted a force by force application part forward direction such as volute springs.Further, built-in contact is switched to on-state from off-state by carrying out keeping out of the way mobile in duct member 182 by pin member 184.This inspection moment test section 180 is supported as making the leading section of this pin member 184 towards the attitude of laying recess 172 by inspection portion support 140.Further, even if lay state that portion 170 is separated with inspection portion support 140 at connector and under both not to be placed in the state of laying recess 172 close to connector shell 12, check that moment test section 180 maintains off-state yet.On the other hand, be placed under the state of laying in recess 172 at connector shell 12, when make connector lay portion 170 move towards inspection portion support 140 time, the connector shell 12 laid in recess 172 is pressed into the leading section of pin member 184, and this pin member 184 is kept out of the way in duct member 182.Thus, lay state detecting section 80 and switch to on-state from off-state.
It should be noted that, in the same manner as above-mentioned first embodiment, can be connected in series floating detector switch 160 with this inspection moment test section 180, when this series-connection circuit becomes conducting state, front retainer 16 does not float and processes as passed examination.
The action of retainer before formation described above being floated to pick-up unit 120 is described.
First, in an initial condition, as shown in figure 13, portion 170 laid by connector becomes the state left from inspection portion support 140.In this condition, inspection portion 122 becomes the state being positioned at normal condition detection position under the acting force of inspection portion force application part 150.Therefore, the side jut 126 that the operating portion 164 floating detector switch 160 is examined portion 122 is pressed into, and floats detector switch 160 and become on-state.And, check that the pin member 184 of moment test section 180 is not pressed, therefore, check that moment test section 180 becomes off-state.
In this condition, connector shell 12 is placed in and lays in recess 172, then, make inspection portion support 140 lay side, portion 170 to connector by the operation of rod unit 194 etc. and move (with reference to Figure 12).
So as shown in Figure 14 and Figure 15, the connector shell 12 laid in recess 172 will check the leading section press-in of the pin member 184 of moment test section 180.Thus, check that moment test section 180 switches to on-state from off-state, detect laying of connector shell 12.
Now, when current retainer 16 is normal mounting state, as shown in figure 14, inspection portion 122 abuts with the leading section of front retainer 16 in normal condition detection position.Therefore, float detector switch 160 and maintain on-state.Therefore, check that moment test section 180 switches to on-state, and float detector switch 160 and maintain on-state, thus, confirm front retainer 16 and do not float.
On the other hand, the non-normal mounting of current retainer 16 and be float state time, as shown in figure 15, inspection portion 122 abuts with the leading section of the front retainer 16 of the state of floating, inspection portion 122 from normal condition detect position move to retreating position side.Thus, float detector switch 160 and switch to off-state from on-state.
Therefore, check that moment test section 180 switches to on-state, and float detector switch 160 and switch to off-state, thus, confirm front retainer 16 and float.
Pick-up unit 120 is floated according to retainer before formation described above, in the same manner as above-mentioned first embodiment, float detector switch 160 and can detect floating of front retainer 16 by switching to off-state from on-state, and can suppress more reliably to omit the unfavorable condition of floating pick-up unit 20 because of front retainer cause before the floating of retainer 16.And, because inspection portion 122 abuts with front retainer 16 on front side of the closure of connector 10, even if therefore when front retainer 16 is configured in external shell 12a, also floating of this front retainer 16 can be detected.
In addition, laying that portion 170 and inspection portion support 140 be configured to due to connector can separate mobile, therefore under the state making both be separated, easily can be placed in by connector shell 12 and lay recess 172.
In addition, moment test section 180 is checked owing to being provided with, and this test section 180 in inspection moment detect be placed in lay connector shell 12 in recess 172 and inspection portion support 140 close to mobile, therefore, it is possible to whether retainer 16 floats before the suitable moment confirms.
This second embodiment, compared with above-mentioned first embodiment, owing to eliminating sandwiched parts 30, detection piece 28 etc., therefore has the advantage of the simplification that can realize structure.
But, in the present embodiment, in the same manner as above-mentioned first embodiment, also can be suitable for detection piece and be moved by moving of inspection portion, thus make to float the structure that detector switch carries out on-off action.
[variation]
It should be noted that, only just can be appropriately combined otherwise conflicting in middle each structures illustrated such as the respective embodiments described above.
As mentioned above to invention has been detailed description, but above-mentioned explanation in whole in just illustrate, do not limit the invention to this.Be understood that and can expect not illustrative multiple variation without departing from the scope of the present invention.

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1. before, retainer floats a pick-up unit, the floating of retainer before detecting connector, and described front retainer is from the installed in front of the closure of described connector on connector shell, and described front retainer floats pick-up unit to be possessed:
Inspection portion, can abut relative to the described front retainer of the described connector shell be configured in the inspection position of regulation on front side of described closure;
Inspection portion support, the supporting of described inspection portion is moved for detecting between position and retreating position in normal condition, it is the position that described inspection portion can abut in the described front retainer of described connector shell with normal mounting that this normal condition detects position, and this retreating position is the position that described inspection portion is kept out of the way from described normal condition detection position;
Inspection portion force application part, detects position force to described inspection portion towards described normal condition; And
Float detector switch, under described inspection portion is in the state that described normal condition detects position, maintains on-state, compares described normal condition in described inspection portion and detect position when moving to described retreating position side, switch to off-state,
What described inspection portion support was provided with the described connector shell of supporting lays recess, guide recess is formed in described inboard of laying recess, described inspection portion is supported as moving via sandwiched parts by described guide recess, described sandwiched parts can abut with the leading section of described connector shell and be configured to move along the bearing of trend of described guide recess in described guide recess, described sandwiched parts are formed lays cyclic lug outstanding in recess towards described, described cyclic lug is formed as being configured in the shape in the annular gap between described connector shell and described front retainer.
2. front retainer according to claim 1 floats pick-up unit, wherein,
Under the state of laying recess described in being placed at described connector shell, described in described inspection position, inspection portion is supported to and can abuts with the described front retainer of described connector shell.
3. front retainer according to claim 2 floats pick-up unit, wherein,
Also possess and lay state detecting section, this is laid state detecting section and described connector shell is laid to laying of recess detect to described.
4. before, retainer floats a pick-up unit, the floating of retainer before detecting connector, and described front retainer is from the installed in front of the closure of described connector on connector shell, and described front retainer floats pick-up unit to be possessed:
Inspection portion, can abut relative to the described front retainer of the described connector shell be configured in the inspection position of regulation on front side of described closure;
Inspection portion support, the supporting of described inspection portion is moved for detecting between position and retreating position in normal condition, it is the position that described inspection portion can abut in the described front retainer of described connector shell with normal mounting that this normal condition detects position, and this retreating position is the position that described inspection portion is kept out of the way from described normal condition detection position;
Inspection portion force application part, detects position force to described inspection portion towards described normal condition; And
Float detector switch, under described inspection portion is in the state that described normal condition detects position, maintains on-state, compares described normal condition in described inspection portion and detect position when moving to described retreating position side, switch to off-state,
Described front retainer floats pick-up unit also to be possessed connector and lays portion, this connector portion of laying have can lay described connector shell lay recess,
The described connector portion of laying is arranged on base station, described base station is provided with track, described inspection portion support is supported to slide along this track and moves, to carry out close to separate mobile relative to the described connector portion of laying, and by described connector lay portion and described inspection portion support relative to close to moving, and described connector shell is bearing in described inspection position
Described front retainer floats pick-up unit and also possesses inspection moment test section, this inspection moment test section has duct member and be supported to the pin member can retreated relative to this duct member, and the close movement that this inspection moment test section to be abutted with the leading section of described connector shell being placed in described connector and laying described connector shell and the described inspection portion support laying recess described in portion by described pin member detects.
5. front retainer according to any one of claim 1 to 4 floats pick-up unit, wherein,
Recess is formed at the peripheral part of described inspection portion,
Also possess detection piece, this detection piece detects position by described inspection portion from described normal condition and can move in described recess to the movement of described retreating position side and be exerted a force in described recess,
Describedly float detector switch and switch to off-state to the movement in described recess from on-state by described detection piece.
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