NON-CONTACT CONNECTOR

• US 20130002039A1
• Filed: 12/24/2010
• Published: 01/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Yamaichi Electronics Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Yamaichi Electronics Company Limited
• Inventors: Kusamitsu, Hideki
• Application Number:
  US13/582,586
• Publication Number:
  US 20130002039A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 307/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/22 Capacitive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/24 Inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/48 Transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/77 for interrogation

Abstract

A receiving unit portion and a transmission unit portion are brought close to each other. Then, when upper end surfaces of protrusions (18BD) are brought into contact with a surface of a reception side wiring board (30A) at a given pressure attributed to an elastic force of a flexible wiring board (18B), a gap between an electrode pad (18bi) and an electrode pad (30ai) is limited at a predetermined value by the protrusions (18BD).

Claims

1. A non-contact connector comprising:

a transmission unit portion configured to transmit a supplied group of signals via a transmission chip and a coupling component; and

a receiving unit portion configured to receive the group of signals from the transmission unit portion via a coupling component and a receiving chip,

wherein the coupling component of at least one of the transmission unit portion and the receiving unit portion is formed on a flexible wiring board placed between the transmission chip and the receiving chip, the flexible wiring board connected to one of the transmission chip and the receiving chip, and biased in one direction by elastic means, and

the flexible wiring board is provided with gap limiting means for limiting a gap between the coupling component of the transmission unit portion and the coupling component of the receiving unit portion at a predetermined distance.

2. The non-contact connector according to claim 1, the coupling components of the transmission unit portion and the receiving unit portion are formed on flexible wiring boards each placed between the transmission chip and the receiving chip, the flexible wiring boards connected to one of the transmission chip and the receiving chip, and biased in one direction by the elastic means.

3. The non-contact connector according to claim 1, the elastic means is the flexible wiring board bent into a tubular shape.

4. The non-contact connector according to claim 3,

the flexible wiring board is supported by a board support, and

a gap is formed between the flexible wiring board and a surface of the board support.

5. The non-contact connector according to claim 4, a recess configured to accommodate one of the transmission chip and the receiving chip is formed in the board support.

6. The non-contact connector according to claim 1, the coupling components are electrode pads used in the transmission unit portion and the receiving unit portion of a capacitive coupling type.

7. The non-contact connector according to claim 1, the coupling components are coils used in the transmission unit portion and the receiving unit portion of an electromagnetic induction coupling type.