CN201142474Y

CN201142474Y - Electric connector

Info

Publication number: CN201142474Y
Application number: CNU2007201315964U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吴哲峰
Original assignee: Foxconn Kunshan Computer Connector Co Ltd; Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd
Current assignee: Foxconn Kunshan Computer Connector Co Ltd; Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd
Priority date: 2007-12-18
Filing date: 2007-12-18
Publication date: 2008-10-29
Anticipated expiration: 2017-12-18

Abstract

The utility model discloses an electric connector, which comprises an insulating body (1), a conducting terminal (2), a sensing terminal (3), and a shielding shell (4) surrounding the insulating body. The insulating body is provided with a lengthwise clapper (11) extending forwards and, the clapper comprises a first surface and a second surface that are opposite; the conducting terminal comprises a first conducting terminal (21) arranged on the first surface and a second conducting terminal (22) arranged on the second surface; and the sensing terminal at least comprises a first sending terminal (31) for sensing when the first conducting terminal is conducted and a second sensing terminal (32) for sensing when the second conducting terminal is conducted. The two sensing terminals can sense the plug-in conditions of different butting connectors.

Description

Electric connector

[technical field]

The utility model relates to a kind of electric connector, refers to a kind of electric connector with detecting terminal especially.

[background technology]

People's Republic of China's utility model patent No. 200520075381.6 (hereinafter to be referred as No. 381 patents of CN ') and TaiWan, China patent certificate M318233 number (hereinafter to be referred as No. 233 patents of TW ') all disclose the electric connector with a detecting terminal.CN ' the detecting terminal that No. 381 patent disclosed is to be made of movable terminal and fixed terminal, wherein fixed terminal is arranged at a transverse sides of hyoplastron, movable terminal then is provided with by the fixed terminal, and its front end bends out the hyoplastron front end, from its patent drawing, this detecting terminal occupies insulating body than large space, the development of unfavorable present miniaturization.TW ' the detecting terminal that No. 233 patent disclosed only has a movable terminal, structure is simpler, but the circuit board correspondence just can be finished detecting function than complexity relatively, and this terminal only can be finished simple detecting effect, can not adapt to the electric connector that becomes increasingly complex at present, relate in particular to the electric connector of the butt connector of some different agreement/specifications of can pegging graft, can not tell the insertion of different butt connectors certainly.And electric connector as the aforementioned also needs structure will adapt to the needs of miniaturization in the baroque while, so the setting of detecting terminal and structure all need to be provided with meticulously and to arrange to satisfy the demand.

[utility model content]

The purpose of this utility model is to provide and can detects the electric connector with detecting terminal that different butt connectors insert.

The purpose of this utility model is achieved through the following technical solutions: a kind of electric connector, it comprises insulating body, conducting terminal, the shielding casing of detecting terminal and encirclement insulating body, insulating body has a lengthwise hyoplastron that extends forward, described hyoplastron comprises opposite first and second surface, conducting terminal comprises first conducting terminal and second conducting terminal, first conducting terminal is positioned at first surface, second conducting terminal is positioned at the second surface of hyoplastron, the detecting terminal comprises the first detecting terminal and the second detecting terminal at least, when first conducting terminal electrically conducted, the first detecting terminal was finished detecting function; When second conducting terminal electrically conducted, the second detecting terminal was finished detecting function.

Compared to prior art, two couple of the utility model electric connector detecting terminal can detect the insertion of different butt connectors.

As further improvement of the utility model, the movable terminal of first, second detecting terminal is that branch is arranged, and fixed terminal is to be connected together, and a shared pin can be simplified the correspondence setting on the circuit board.

[description of drawings]

Fig. 1 is the stereogram of the utility model electric connector.

Fig. 2 is the stereogram of another angle of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is the three-dimensional exploded view of the utility model electric connector.

Fig. 4 is the three-dimensional exploded view of another angle of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is the stereogram of detecting terminal.

[embodiment]

Please refer to shown in Fig. 1,2, the utility model electric connector 100 mainly comprises insulating body 1, signal conducting terminal 2, detecting terminal 3 and surrounds the shielding casing 4 of insulating body.This electric connector 100 is the pin connectors that can patch USB (USB, Universal Serial Bus) or serial advanced technology connection different sizes such as (ESATA, ExternalSerial Advanced Technology Attachment).The upper and lower surface of insulating body 1 extended hyoplastron 11 is respectively equipped with two kinds of different terminals, and the sidewall of insulating body is provided with two can detect the detecting terminal 3 that different pin connectors insert.To describe this electric connector structure in detail below.

Please refer to shown in Fig. 3,4, insulating body 1 comprises that a upright rear wall 12 reaches from the rear wall two ends the extended two side 13 of one forward, hyoplastron 11 roughly extends forward from the centre position of rear wall, the inner surface of two side is provided with the groove of some opening surfaces to hyoplastron, form first, second and third step-like wall 131,132,133, top, the diapire of insulating body then connect.The bottom surface of rear wall 12 is extended reference column 14 downwards, and rear surface then extends back location division 15.Conducting terminal 2 comprises that first conducting terminal 21 and second conducting terminal, 22, the first conducting terminals 2 comprise tabular contact site 211 and welding foot 212, and it is to be positioned at the more shallow the first terminal accepting groove that the hyoplastron upper surface forms; Ginseng Fig. 4, second conducting terminal 22 comprises the elastic contact part 221 and the welding foot 222 of bending, it is second terminal containing slot that is positioned at the hyoplastron lower surface.One metal ribs 5 is installed in the groove 112 that the hyoplastron both ends of the surface are provided with, and can strengthen the intensity of hyoplastron.

Ginseng Fig. 4, insulating body one sidewall offers first, second accepting groove 134 that is arranged in parallel towards hyoplastron 11 on second wall 132 near first wall 131 of diapire and contiguous first wall 131,135, these accepting grooves run through rear surface 12 backward, two accepting grooves that are positioned on the rear wall are communicated with by a slit that slightly tilts 136, and detecting terminal 3 is contained in these accepting grooves and the slit.Ginseng Fig. 5, detecting terminal 3 comprises fixed terminal 31, time fixed terminal 32 and movable terminal 33, and fixed terminal is relative movable terminal, and the pin connector that movable terminal can be docked is actuated and is contacted fixed terminal.Last fixed terminal 31 comprises that the fixed part 311 with hangnail, the contact site 312 that extends forward from fixed part reach the pin 313 that bends extension from fixed part 311 backward, and the end of contact site 312 slightly bends; The following fixed terminal 32 and second movable terminal are similar, also have fixed part 321, contact site 322 and pin 323; Following fixed terminal 32 is positioned at the below of fixed terminal.Movable terminal 33 comprises two fixed parts 331,332 and respectively from extended forward upper and lower two elastic contact parts of fixed part, promptly go up contact site 333, following contact site 334, one fixed part 331 extends back pin 335, certainly this pin also can extend from another fixed part 332, the front end of each elastic contact part convexes with pressure section 337, but the front end of the contact site 312,322 of its upper and lower fixed terminal of butt when being actuated.Two fixed parts 331,332 are offset certain distance on the metallic plate face, an inclination connecting portion 336 connects two said fixing portions 311.Following fixed terminal 32 forms the first detecting terminal with the following contact site 334 of movable terminal, and last fixed terminal 31 forms the second detecting terminal with the last contact site 333 of movable terminal.Certainly, it is to be connected in one that the utility model also can be arranged to fixing detecting terminal, movably detects terminal and separates.

Please see the assembling of detecting terminal 3 now in conjunction with Fig. 2,4, the last contact site 333 of last fixed terminal 31 and movable terminal inserts goes up accepting groove 135, the following contact site 334 of following fixed terminal 31 and movable terminal inserts accepting groove 134 down, because of movable terminal 33 is one-body molded, 336 of its medium dip connecting portions are contained in the slit 133, and movable terminal closes on the accepting groove outside, promptly near hyoplastron, on the longitudinally of hyoplastron, first wall 131 is than the close hyoplastron of second wall; On the vertical direction of vertical hyoplastron longitudinally, away from hyoplastron, the 3rd wall is thinner because of wall thickness than second wall for first wall 131, and the detecting terminal is not set.Please join shown in Figure 1ly, the last contact site 333 of movable terminal is positioned at the top of second contact site 334.Shielding casing 4 surrounds insulating body 1 back and forms receiving space, when the USB plug connector inserts, first conducting terminal of the corresponding conducting terminal contact hyoplastron upper surface of USB plug connector, and be positioned at the inboard of first wall 131, this pin connector can push down contact site 333 and move to contact corresponding following fixed terminal 32 to side, finishes detecting function; When the ESATA pin connector inserted, ESATA pin connector broad was positioned at second, third wall corresponding groove, can promote contact site 333 and move to side, realized the detecting effect, wherein descended contact site 334 not to be touched.

See also Fig. 3, shielding casing 4 is to be formed by a sheet metal, the sidewall of encirclement insulating body 1 and top, diapire, and the roof of shielding casing and the sidewall of insulating body and rear wall form aforementioned receiving space.The top of shielding casing, diapire are respectively equipped with the elastic arm 42 that extends to receiving space, to reach fixing and ground connection effect to pin connector, the front-end edge of top, diapire bends laterally, and punching press has butt sheet 43, and this butt sheet 43 can contact in casings such as computers.The both sides of shielding casing are extended with pin 44 downwards, and the two side also is provided with lug, in assembling during shielding casing, this lug 45 slip over the insulating body sidewall than the shallow slot road, and be pressed on conduit 18 front ends, shielding casing is fixed, and can be prevented that it from moving forward.

Claims

1. electric connector, it comprises insulating body, conducting terminal, the shielding casing of detecting terminal and encirclement insulating body, insulating body has a lengthwise hyoplastron that extends forward, described hyoplastron is provided with opposite first and second surface, conducting terminal comprises first conducting terminal and second conducting terminal, first conducting terminal is arranged at the first surface of hyoplastron, second conducting terminal is positioned at the second surface of hyoplastron, the detecting terminal comprises the first detecting terminal and the second detecting terminal at least, it is characterized in that: when first conducting terminal electrically conducted, the first detecting terminal was finished detecting function; When second conducting terminal electrically conducted, the second detecting terminal was finished detecting function.

2. electric connector as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: insulating body is provided with sidewall at the lengthwise two ends of hyoplastron, sidewall and hyoplastron are spaced apart and inner wall surface thereof is stepped, sidewall comprises first wall and second wall, the first detecting terminal is positioned at first wall, and the second detecting terminal is positioned at second wall.

3. electric connector as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that: first conducting terminal is the USB terminal, and second conducting terminal is the ESATA terminal, and on the longitudinally of hyoplastron, first wall is than the close hyoplastron of second wall.

4. electric connector as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that: on the vertical direction of the longitudinally of vertical hyoplastron, first wall is than the close hyoplastron of second wall.

5. electric connector as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that: sidewall further be not provided with the detecting terminal the 3rd wall, the 3rd wall on the longitudinally of hyoplastron than first, second wall away from hyoplastron.

6. as each described electric connector in the claim 1 to 5, it is characterized in that: first, second detecting terminal comprises a movable terminal and the fixed terminal that cooperates with movable terminal respectively.

7. electric connector as claimed in claim 6, it is characterized in that: the fixed terminal of first, second detecting terminal is that branch is arranged, the movable terminal of first, second detecting terminal is to be connected in one, perhaps the fixed terminal of first, second detecting terminal is to be connected in one, and movable terminal is that branch is arranged.

8. electric connector as claimed in claim 7, it is characterized in that: movable terminal comprises that two fixed parts, the contact site that extends forward respectively from two fixed parts reach a pin that extends back from one of them fixed part, connected by a junction between two fixed parts, two contact sites cooperate with corresponding fixed terminal respectively.

9. electric connector as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that: the two contact sites skew certain distance of movable terminal, it is skewed that connecting portion is, and be fixed in the slit corresponding on the insulating body.

10. as each described electric connector in the claim 1 to 5, it is characterized in that: shielding casing surrounds insulating body, and forms the roof and the diapire of electric connector.