TWI697157B - Floating busbar connection assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a floating busbar connection assembly for connecting a first circuit board and a second circuit board, wherein the circuit board has a flexible cable. The floating busbar connection assembly includes a connecting portion and a joint portion. A plate body of the connecting portion is connected to a frame through an elastic member, and an edge of the frame of the connecting portion forms a T-shaped limiting groove to provide a first receiving space and the plate body forms a T-shaped cover body to provide a second receiving space. An opening is opened on the side of the T-shaped cover for the first flexible cable to be inserted. The joint portion includes a first connecting member, a stopping member and a limiting member. When the connecting portion engages the joint portion, the first connecting member is disposed in the second receiving space and the limiting member is disposed in the first receiving space.

Description

Floating busbar connection assembly

The invention is a technical field of connectors, in particular to a floating type busbar connection assembly capable of smoothly installing a busbar on a connector.

Traditionally, during the assembly process of the flexible cable and the main board, it is easy to shake, which leads to damage to the connector structure or electrical characteristics during installation.

In view of this, the present invention proposes a floating busbar connection assembly, which is used to solve the defects caused by the conventional connector.

The first object of the present invention is to provide a floating busbar connection assembly capable of stably connecting a circuit board with a flexible cable and a main board with a connector.

The second object of the present invention is based on the aforementioned floating busbar connection assembly, which is mainly applied to thin electronic products, especially flexible cables with bends or corners.

The third object of the present invention is based on the aforementioned floating busbar connection assembly, which includes a frame body, a plate body and an elastic member, the elastic body is disposed between the frame body and the plate body, and the frame body is fixed to the sheet metal member, so that The plate body has elasticity through the elastic member.

The fourth object of the present invention is that according to the aforementioned floating busbar connection assembly, the limiting body and the limiting member can limit the movement of the board in a certain direction or a certain plane.

The fifth object of the present invention is based on the aforementioned floating busbar connection assembly, in The edge of the frame is bent at an angle to strengthen the strength of the plate.

The sixth object of the present invention is to provide a female connector (also a male connector) with an upper width greater than the lower width (such as a bell mouth structure) according to the aforementioned floating busbar connection assembly, to allow male connection of a flexible cable Components (also female connectors) can be easily combined.

In order to achieve the above object and other objects, the present invention provides a floating bus connection component to connect a circuit board with a flexible cable and a main board. The floating busbar connection assembly includes a connection portion and a coupling portion. The connecting part includes a frame body, a plate body and an elastic member. The frame surrounds the board and the elastic body. The plate body is connected to the frame body through an elastic member. A T-shaped limiting groove is formed on the edge of the frame to provide a first accommodating space and a T-shaped cover is formed on the plate to provide a second accommodating space, and an opening is formed on the side of the T-shaped cover For the insertion of flexible cables. The coupling part includes a first connecting piece, a stop piece and a limiting piece. The first connecting piece connects the stop piece and the limiting piece. The first connector is used to connect the first flexible board. The limiting member is disposed at both ends of the first connecting member. The stopper is disposed between the first connecting member and the limiting member. Wherein, the connecting portion engages the connecting portion, so that the first connecting member is disposed in the second accommodating space and the limiting member is disposed in the first accommodating space. According to an external force, the board body is restricted to move by a plane by the restriction member, the stopper and the T-shaped restriction groove.

Compared with the conventional technology, the floating busbar connection assembly provided by the present invention can provide a bent or curved flexible cable for stable assembly during the assembly process, especially for thin electronic products.

2‧‧‧ First circuit board

22‧‧‧The first flexible cable

4‧‧‧ Second circuit board

44‧‧‧The second flexible cable

6‧‧‧ Motherboard

10‧‧‧Floating bus connection assembly

12‧‧‧Connect

121‧‧‧Frame

122‧‧‧Board

124‧‧‧T-shaped cover

1242‧‧‧ opening

126‧‧‧Elastic parts

128‧‧‧T-shaped limit slot

1210‧‧‧Snap fastener

14‧‧‧Joint

142‧‧‧First connector

144‧‧‧Limiting parts

146‧‧‧stop

16‧‧‧Second connector

SP‧‧‧Second storage space

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a floating busbar connection assembly according to a first embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic side view illustrating the joint portion of FIG. 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view illustrating the joint portion of FIG. 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic top view illustrating the floating bus bar connecting assembly of FIG. 1 engaging the second connecting member of the present invention.

5 is a schematic diagram illustrating the connection of the floating bus connection assembly of the present invention applied to a circuit board and a motherboard.

In order to fully understand the purpose, features and effects of the present invention, the following specific embodiments and the accompanying drawings are used to make a detailed description of the present invention, as described below.

In the present invention, "a" or "an" is used to describe the units, elements and components described herein. This is just for convenience of explanation, and provides a general meaning to the scope of the present invention. Therefore, unless clearly stated otherwise, such description should be understood to include one, at least one, and the singular also includes the plural.

In the present invention, the terms "including", "including", "having", "containing" or any other similar terms are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. For example, an element, structure, product, or device containing multiple elements is not limited to the elements listed here, but may include those not specifically listed but which are generally inherent to the element, structure, product, or device. Other requirements. In addition, unless expressly stated to the contrary, the term "or" refers to an inclusive "or" rather than an exclusive "or".

Please refer to FIG. 1, which is a schematic structural diagram of a floating bus connection assembly according to a first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the floating bus connection assembly 10 connects a first circuit board 2 having a first flexible cable 22, a second circuit board 4 having a second flexible cable 44 and a main board 6, as described above The first circuit board 2, the second circuit board 4 and the main board 6 can refer to FIG. 5.

Returning to FIG. 1, the floating busbar connection assembly 10 includes a connection portion 12 and a coupling portion 14. It is worth noting that, in this embodiment, the connecting portion 12 and the coupling portion 14 are implementations of separate components. In another embodiment, the connecting portion 12 and the coupling portion 14 may be an integrated implementation.

The connecting portion 12 includes a frame 121, a plate 122 and an elastic member 126. In this embodiment, the frame 121, the plate 122, and the elastic member 126 can be cut from the plate 122 by means of laser engraving, CNC processing, or the like.

The frame 121 surrounds the plate 122 and the elastic body 126. In this embodiment, the shape of the frame 121 is described by taking a rectangle as an example. In other embodiments, the shape of the frame 121 may also be a square or other shapes. The material of the frame 121 may be metal or non-metal.

Furthermore, a T-shaped limiting groove 128 is formed at the edge of the frame 121, and the T-shaped limiting groove 128 forms a first accommodating space. In this embodiment, the inner edge of the short side of the frame 121 is taken as an example at the center, and it can be adjusted according to the actual application.

The plate 122 is connected to the frame 121 through the elastic member 126. The shape of the plate body 122 is described by taking an inverted T-shaped structure as an example. In other embodiments, the shape of the plate body 122 is not limited to the T-shaped structure. Category. In this embodiment, the protruding portion of the plate body 122 is defined as a T-shaped cover 124, and the T-shaped cover 124 forms a second accommodating space SP for setting the coupling portion 14. In this embodiment, the T-shaped cover 124 is formed in the central portion of the plate 122 to correspond to the position of the T-shaped limiting groove 128. In other embodiments, it can be adjusted according to the actual application, not only corresponding to the T-shaped limiting slot 128 but also offset. In addition, the number of elastic members 126 such as springs, springs, elastic arms, etc., except for the four in this embodiment, in other embodiments, may be less or more For four. In addition, the elastic member 126 in this embodiment is an S-shaped structure for generating elastic force.

In this embodiment, the edge of the frame 121 is bent at an angle to enhance the strength of the connecting portion 12.

Furthermore, openings 1242 are respectively formed on the two sides of the T-shaped cover 124 to allow the first flexible cable 22 and the second flexible cable 44 to be inserted separately.

The coupling portion 14 includes a first connecting member 142, a limiting member 144 and a stopper 146. The limiter 144 and the stopper 146 are respectively disposed at the two ends of the first connecting member 142, and the limiter 144 and the stopper 146 are connected to the first connecting member 142. In this embodiment, the first connector 142 is described by taking the male terminal as an example. In other embodiments, the male terminal may be replaced with a female terminal. The first connecting member 142 can connect the first flexible cable 22 and the second flexible cable 44 separately, and refer to FIG. 5. Furthermore, the stopper 146 is disposed between the first connecting member 142 and the limiting member 144. In addition, the outer edge of the stopper 146 is greater than or equal to the outer edge of the T-shaped limiting groove 128.

It is worth noting that the shape or size of the aforementioned limiting member 144 and the shape or size of the T-shaped limiting groove 128 determine the direction in which the coupling portion 14 moves in the second accommodating space SP; and, the stopper 146 and the T-shaped The limiting groove 128 determines the depth to which the coupling portion 14 moves in the first accommodating space.

When the connecting portion 12 is joined to the joint portion 14, reference may be made to FIGS. 2 and 3, which is a schematic side view illustrating the joint joining portion of FIG. 1 of the present invention; and, FIG. 3 is a view illustrating FIG. 1 of the present invention. A schematic plan view of the connection portion joining the connection portion. The first connecting member 142 is disposed in the second accommodating space SP and the limiting member 144 is disposed in the first accommodating space. According to the application of an external force (not shown), the plate body 122 moves on the XY plane due to the restriction of the stopper 144, the stopper 146 and the T-shaped stopper 128.

For example, when the connecting portion 12 engages the coupling portion 14, the first connecting member 142 is provided The second accommodating space SP and the limiting member 144 are accommodated in the first accommodating space. When an external force is applied to cause the plate body 122 to move, the plate body 122 is acted by the elastic member 126, so that the limiting member 144 moves in the first accommodating space. In addition, during the movement of the limiting member 144, when the stopper 146 touches the corresponding T-shaped limiting slot 128 of the first accommodating space, the limiting member 144 is restricted to move only within a range, for example The range of movement refers to the gap d between the T-shaped cover 124 and the T-shaped limiting groove 128. In particular, when the size of the limiting member 144 is close to the inner edge of the first accommodating space, the range of movement will only be limited to, for example, the XY plane.

It is worth noting that the floating busbar connection assembly 10 may further include a fastener 1210 formed on the connection portion 12 so as to be able to fix the connection portion 12 to, for example, the sheet metal member 8 of FIG. 5.

4 together, the motherboard 6 of the floating bus connection assembly 10 further includes a second connector 16 connected to the first connector 142. In this embodiment, the second connector 16 is described by taking the female terminal as an example. In other embodiments, the second connector 16 may also be a male terminal. In another embodiment, reference may also be made to FIG. 4 for an enlarged view of the second connecting end 16, the structure of the second connecting member is a shape with an upper width greater than a lower width, similar to a funnel or bell mouth structure to facilitate the first connection The piece 142 slides into the second connecting piece 16 and is then combined.

The present invention has been disclosed in the above with preferred embodiments, but those skilled in the art should understand that the embodiments are only used to depict the present invention and should not be interpreted as limiting the scope of the present invention. It should be noted that all changes and substitutions equivalent to the embodiments should be included in the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention shall be subject to those defined in the scope of patent application.

10‧‧‧Floating bus connection assembly

12‧‧‧Connect

121‧‧‧Frame

122‧‧‧Board

124‧‧‧T-shaped cover

1242‧‧‧ opening

126‧‧‧Elastic parts

128‧‧‧T-shaped limit slot

1210‧‧‧Snap fastener

14‧‧‧Joint

142‧‧‧First connector

144‧‧‧Limiting parts

146‧‧‧stop

SP‧‧‧Second storage space

Claims (10)

A floating busbar connection assembly connects a circuit board with a flexible cable and a main board. The floating busbar connection assembly includes: a connecting portion, having a frame body, a plate body and an elastic member, the frame body surrounding the plate body and The elastic body, the plate body is connected to the frame body through the elastic member, a T-shaped limiting groove is formed on the edge of the frame body to provide a first accommodating space, and the plate body forms a T-shaped cover body to provide a second accommodating space , And an opening is broken in the side of the T-shaped cover body for the flexible cable to be inserted; and the joint part has a first connector, a stopper and a limiter, the first connector is connected to the stopper And the limiter, the first connector is used to connect the first flexible board, the limiter is disposed at two ends of the first connector, and the stopper is disposed between the first connector and the limiter Between; wherein the connecting portion engages the joint portion, so that the first connecting member is disposed in the second accommodating space and the limiting member is disposed in the first accommodating space, according to an external force, the plate is subject to the limitation The position piece, the stop piece and the T-shaped limiting groove move in a plane. The floating busbar connection assembly as described in item 1 of the patent application scope further includes a fastener, which is formed at the connection portion for fixing the connection portion to the sheet metal part. The floating busbar connection assembly as described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the edge of the frame is bent at an angle. The floating busbar connection assembly as described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the elastic member is a spring, an elastic piece or an elastic arm. The floating busbar connection assembly as described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the elastic member has an S-shaped structure. The floating busbar connection assembly as described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the shape or size of the limiting member and the shape or size of the T-shaped limiting groove determine that the joint moves in the second accommodating space Direction. The floating busbar connection assembly as described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the outer edge of the stopper is not less than the outer edge of the T-shaped limiting groove. The floating busbar connection assembly as described in item 7 of the patent application scope, wherein the stopper and the T-shaped limiting groove determine the depth to which the joint moves in the first accommodating space. The floating busbar connection assembly as described in item 1 of the scope of the patent application further includes a second connector, which is provided on the main board, and the second connector is connected to the first connector. The floating busbar connection assembly as described in item 9 of the patent application scope, wherein the structure of the second connection member is a shape with an upper width greater than a lower width.

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