TWI824285B - Electrical connector - Google Patents

Abstract

An electrical connector that can be used with circuit material. The provided electrical connector has a pressing cover capable of pressing the circuit material, so that the circuit material is forced to be electrically connected to the electrical connector by the pressing cover. The pressing cover is provided with a metal reinforcement for providing structural reinforcement, so as to avoid that the structural strength of the pressing cover is insufficient to press the circuit material. In addition, the electrical connector provided by the present application has sidewall terminals that can be clamped to the pressing cover, so that the electrical connector can be prevented from being separated from the matched circuit material when the electrical connector is impacted by an external force.

Description

electrical connector

The present application relates to an electrical connector, and more specifically, to an electrical connector that can be used with circuit materials.

Press, when the electrical connector is used, it will be electrically connected to the circuit material to transmit electrical signals or power signals. Generally speaking, the electrical connector will generate interference force (also called mating force) by contact with the circuit material. ) to maintain fit with circuit materials.

However, as electronic products develop in the direction of thinning, the overall height of the circuit materials used inside the electronic products and the electrical connectors used with them are constantly required to be reduced. In this way, circuit materials and the electrical connectors used with them often suffer from insufficient mating force due to insufficient contact area (that is, insufficient interference height), causing the circuit materials to easily separate from the electrical connectors used when they are impacted by external forces. It affects the normal operation of electronic products and even causes damage to electronic products.

Based on the foregoing, how to provide an electrical connector to solve various problems in the use of electrical connectors in electronic products has become an urgent issue for those in the technical field.

In view of the above shortcomings of the prior art, the present invention provides an electrical connector for use with a circuit material. The circuit material has at least one circuit material side contact structure. The electrical connector includes: an insulating base body ; At least one side wall terminal, the side wall terminal is arranged on the side wall of the insulating base body, and has a side wall terminal side switch structure and a side wall terminal side snap-in structure, wherein the side wall terminal side switch structure is elastically deformable, so that The shape of the side wall terminal side switch structure can be an open shape or a closed shape; at least one conductive terminal, the conductive terminal is embedded in the insulating base body, and has a conductive terminal side overlapping structure in contact with a conductive terminal side Structure; and a gland, the gland has a gland insulator and a metal reinforcement, the metal reinforcement is embedded in the gland insulator to provide structural reinforcement to the gland insulator, the gland insulation system has A gland insulator side overlapping structure and a gland insulator side pressing structure, the metal reinforcing member has a metal reinforcing member side snap-in structure; wherein, the gland insulator side overlapping structure is rotatably overlapped with the The conductive terminal side overlapping structure allows the gland to rotate to a pressing position or a non-pressing position by rotating the insulator side overlapping structure of the gland relative to the conductive terminal side overlapping structure; when the gland is in the When in the pressing position, the gland insulator side pressing structure presses the circuit material to force the circuit material to be close to the conductive terminal side contact structure, so that the circuit material side contact structure electrically contacts the conductive terminal side contact structure , so that the circuit material is electrically connected to the electrical connector. At this time, if the shape of the side wall terminal side switch structure is the closed shape, the side wall terminal side snap-in structure can snap into the metal reinforcing member side snap-in structure The connection structure is used to limit the rotation range of the gland in order to maintain the state of the circuit material being electrically connected to the electrical connector; when the shape of the side wall terminal side switch structure is the open shape, the side wall terminal side snap-in structure is The clamping structure on the side of the metal reinforcing member can be released. At this time, if the gland is in the pressed position, the gland can be rotated to the unpressed position, so that the pressing structure on the insulator side of the gland can be released from the circuit material. By pressing the component, the circuit material can leave the contact structure on the conductive terminal side, so as to release the circuit material from being electrically connected to the electrical connector. Optionally, for the aforementioned electrical connector, the side wall terminal side switch structure has a force applying mechanism, and the force applying mechanism is exposed on the insulating base body to provide force to force the side wall terminal side switch structure to be elastic. Deformation.

Optionally, for the aforementioned electrical connector, the side wall terminal side snap-in structure is a snap-hole structure.

Optionally, for the aforementioned electrical connector, the side wall terminal also has a side wall terminal side plug-in structure, and the side wall terminal side plug-in structure is used to plug in the insulating base body to provide positioning for the side wall terminal.

Optionally, for the aforementioned electrical connector, the metal reinforcing member extends on the long side of the gland insulator to provide structural reinforcement to the long side of the gland insulator.

Optionally, for the aforementioned electrical connector, the metal reinforcing member is composed of a metal plate, and also has at least one bending structure that provides structural reinforcement.

Optionally, for the aforementioned electrical connector, the bending structure extends on the long side of the gland insulator.

Optionally, for the aforementioned electrical connector, the insulating seat system has an insulating seat side plug-in structure. When the gland is in the non-pressed position, the insulating seat side plug-in structure is connected to the insulating base body. The top is exposed to provide the circuit material for plugging and unplugging on the insulating base. When the gland is in the pressing position, the gland covers at least a part of the plug-in structure on the side of the insulating base to facilitate access to the insulating base. A stop is provided for the circuit material to be inserted and removed from the insulating base body.

Optionally, for the aforementioned electrical connector, the insulating base system has a limiting structure, and the limiting structure provides limiting for the circuit material to limit the movement of the circuit material on the insulating base. Scope.

Optionally, for the aforementioned electrical connector, the conductive terminal side overlap structure is provided with a C-shaped clamping mechanism, and the C-type clamping mechanism is provided to clamp the gland insulator side overlap structure to achieve the above The side overlap structure of the gland insulator is rotatably overlapped.

Optionally, for the aforementioned electrical connector, the conductive terminals are two staggered conductive terminals, and the opening directions of the C-shaped clamping mechanisms of the two conductive terminals are respectively a first direction and a second direction. direction, the first direction is different from the second direction.

Compared with the prior art, the electrical connector of the present application can be used with circuit materials. The provided electrical connector has a gland that can provide pressure on the circuit materials so that the circuit materials are forced to electrically connect to each other through the gland. connector. The gland has metal reinforcing parts used to provide structural reinforcement to prevent the structural strength of the cover from being insufficient to press the circuit material. In addition, the electrical connector provided by the present application has side wall terminals that can be snapped onto the press cover, thereby preventing the electrical connector from being separated from the circuit materials used together when it is impacted by external forces.

1: Electrical connector

11: Insulation base body

111: Plug-in and pull-out structure on the side of the insulating base

112:Limiting structure

12: Side wall terminal

121: Side wall terminal side switch structure

1211:Forcing mechanism

122: Side wall terminal side snap-in structure

123: Side wall terminal side plug-in structure

13:Conductive terminal

131: Conductive terminal side overlap structure

1311, 1311’: C-type clamping mechanism

132: Conductive terminal side contact structure

14: Capping

141:Gland insulator

1411: Gland insulator side overlap structure

1412: Gland insulator side pressing structure

142:Metal reinforcements

1421: Metal reinforcement side snap-in structure

1422: Bending structure

2: Circuit materials

21: Circuit material side contact structure

P1: Press position

P2: non-pressing position

D1: first direction

D2: second direction

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the state in which the electrical connector of the present invention is used with circuit materials.

Figure 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the component shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the component shown in Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a partially exploded view of the component shown in Figure 1 from a first perspective.

Figure 5 is a partially exploded view of the component shown in Figure 1 from a second perspective.

Figure 6 is an enlarged view of the side wall terminal shown in Figure 1.

Figure 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the component shown in Figure 1.

Figure 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the component shown in Figure 1.

Figure 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the component shown in Figure 1.

Figure 10 is a schematic diagram of the component assembly of the electrical connector of the present invention.

Figure 11 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the component shown in Figure 10.

Figure 12 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the component shown in Figure 10.

Figure 13 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the component shown in Figure 10.

Figure 14 is a schematic diagram of the component assembly of the electrical connector of the present invention.

Figure 15 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the component shown in Figure 14.

Figure 16 is a schematic diagram of the components shown in Figure 15 being used with circuit materials.

Figure 17 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the component shown in Figure 14.

Figure 18 is a schematic diagram of the components shown in Figure 17 being used with circuit materials.

Figure 19 is a schematic diagram of the component assembly of the electrical connector of the present invention.

The following describes the technical content of the present application through specific embodiments. Those familiar with this technology can easily understand other advantages and effects of the present application from the content disclosed in this specification. The present application can also be implemented or applied through other different specific embodiments. Various modifications and changes may be made to various details in this specification based on different viewpoints and applications without departing from the spirit of this application.

For the technical ideas of this application, please refer to the disclosures in Figures 1 to 19.

The electrical connector 1 of the present application is used with a circuit material 2. The circuit material 2 is, for example, a circuit board, a flexible circuit board or a flexible cable. The circuit material 2 has at least one side of the circuit material. Contact structure 21. As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 , the electrical connector 1 of the present application includes: an insulating base 11 , at least one side wall terminal 12 , at least one conductive terminal 13 and a gland 14 .

The insulating base body 11 can be used to carry circuit materials 2. Preferably, the insulating base body 11 has a limiting structure 112, such as a concave and convex structure, so as to limit the circuit material 2 through the limiting structure 112. The movement range of the circuit material 2 on the insulating base body 11 is limited.

As shown in Figure 11, the side wall terminal 12 can optionally be provided with a side wall terminal side plug-in structure 123. The side wall terminal side plug-in structure 123 is used to plug in the insulating base body 11, so as to connect with the insulating base body 11. Interference fit provides positioning for the side wall terminals 12 , and the side wall terminals 12 are provided on the side walls of the insulating base 11 . However, this is not a limitation. The side wall terminals 12 can be positioned using other non-plug grounding methods (such as elastic clamping). on the insulating base body 11. As shown in Figure 6, the side wall terminal 12 has a side wall terminal side switch structure 121 and a side wall terminal side snap-in structure 122. The side wall terminal side switch structure 121 can be an elastic structure composed of metal bending and can be elastically deformed. The shape of the side wall terminal side switch structure 121 can be an open shape as shown in FIG. 8 or a closed shape as shown in FIG. 9 .

Preferably, the side wall terminal side switch structure 121 has a force applying mechanism 1211 exposed on the insulating base 11 . The force applying mechanism 1211 can provide force to force the side wall terminal side switch structure 121 to elastically deform. The side wall terminal side clamping structure 122 is, for example, a clamping hole structure for clamping the pressing cover 14 .

As shown in FIG. 10 , the conductive terminal 13 is embedded in the insulating base 11 and has a conductive terminal side overlapping structure 131 and a conductive terminal side contact structure 132 . As shown in Figures 1 to 3, the conductive terminal side overlapping structure 131 has a C-shaped clamping mechanism 1311, so as to provide a clamping gland insulator side overlapping structure 1411 through the C-shaped clamping mechanism 1311, so as to achieve The gland insulator side overlap structure 1411 is rotatably overlapped. Preferably, the conductive terminals 13 are two conductive terminals 13 arranged in a staggered manner. The opening directions of the C-shaped clamping mechanisms 1311 and 1311' of the two conductive terminals 13 are respectively the first direction D1 and the second direction D2. Wherein, the first direction D1 is different from the second direction D2 to prevent the gland insulator side overlapping structure 1411 from being separated from the conductive terminal side overlapping structure 131 in the first direction D1 or the second direction D2, that is, the gland insulation The movement of the body-side overlapping structure 1411 in the first direction D1 will be stopped by the C-shaped clamping mechanism 1311' whose opening direction is in the second direction D2. Similarly, the movement of the gland-side overlapping structure 1411 in the second direction D2 The movement on D2 will be stopped by the C-shaped clamping mechanism 1311 whose opening direction is the first direction D1.

The pressing cover 14 is used to press the circuit material 2 . As shown in Figure 5, the gland 14 has a gland insulator 141 and a metal reinforcing member 142. The metal reinforcing member 142 is embedded in the gland insulator 141 to use the material strength of the metal material to strengthen the gland insulator 141. Structural reinforcement is provided to prevent the structural strength of the gland insulator 141 from being insufficient to press the circuit material 2 .

Preferably, the metal reinforcement 142 extends on the long side of the gland insulator 141 (the long side is the side with a longer span on the gland insulator 141) to provide structural reinforcement to the long side of the gland insulator 141. To prevent the long side of the gland insulator 141 from being deformed due to force, thereby preventing the circuit material 2 from being effectively pressed. What's more, the metal reinforcing member 142 is composed of a metal plate, and the metal plate can be bent to form a bent structure 1422 to provide structural reinforcement. As shown in FIG. 14 , the bending structure 1422 extends on the long side of the gland insulator 141 . In this way, the purpose of avoiding force deformation of the long side of the gland insulator 141 can also be achieved.

In this application, as shown in FIG. 4 , the gland insulator 141 has a gland insulator-side overlapping structure 1411 and a gland insulator-side pressing structure 1412 , and the metal reinforcement 142 has a metal reinforcement-side snapping structure 1421 . The gland insulator side overlapping structure 1411 is rotatably overlapped with the conductive terminal side overlapping structure 131, so that the gland 14 can rotate relative to the conductive terminal side overlapping structure 131 through the gland insulator side overlapping structure 1411. And rotate to the pressing position P1 as shown in Figures 2 to 3 or the non-pressing position P2 as shown in Figures 16 to 18.

It should be noted that, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 3 , when the gland 14 is located at the pressing position P1, the gland insulator side pressing structure 1412 presses the circuit material 2 to force the circuit material 2 to approach the conductive terminal side. The contact structure 132 allows the circuit material side contact structure 21 to electrically contact the conductive terminal side contact structure. 132, allowing the circuit material 2 to be electrically connected to the electrical connector 1. At this time, if the shape of the side wall terminal side switch structure 121 is a closed shape, the side wall terminal side snap-in structure 122 can snap into the metal reinforcing member side snap-in structure 1421 as shown in FIG. 8 to utilize the material strength of the metal material. , limiting the rotation range of the gland 14 in order to maintain the state of the circuit material 2 being electrically connected to the electrical connector 1 .

Furthermore, when the shape of the side wall terminal side switch structure 121 is an open shape, the side wall terminal side snap-in structure 122 as shown in Figure 9 can release the snap-in metal reinforcement side snap-in structure 1421. At this time, if the gland 14 As shown in Figures 2 to 3, it is in the pressing position P1. Then the gland 14 can be forced to rotate to the non-pressing position P2 as shown in Figures 16 to 18, so that the pressure structure 1412 on the insulator side of the gland can be released from the circuit material. 2, the circuit material 2 can leave the conductive terminal side contact structure 132, so as to release the circuit material 2 from being electrically connected to the electrical connector 1.

In addition, as shown in Figure 14, the insulating base body 11 can optionally be provided with an insulating base body side plug-in and pull-out structure 111. When the gland 14 is in the non-pressing position P2, the insulating base body side plug-in and pull-out structure 111 is attached to the insulating base body 11 The top is exposed to provide the circuit material 2 for plugging and unplugging on the insulating base 11. As shown in Figure 19, when the gland 14 is at the pressing position P1, the gland 14 covers at least part of the plug-in structure 111 on the side of the insulating base. A part is provided to provide a stop for the insertion and extraction of the circuit material 2 on the insulating base body 11 .

To sum up, the present application provides an electrical connector that can be used with circuit materials. The provided electrical connector has a gland that can provide pressure on the circuit materials, so that the circuit materials are forced to electrically contact through the gland. Connect the electrical connector. The gland has metal reinforcing parts used to provide structural reinforcement to prevent the structural strength of the cover from being insufficient to press the circuit material. In addition, the electrical connector provided by the present application has side wall terminals that can be snapped onto the press cover, thereby preventing the electrical connector from being separated from the circuit materials used together when it is impacted by external forces.

1: Electrical connector

11: Insulation base body

111: Plug-in and pull-out structure on the side of the insulating base

12: Side wall terminal

13:Conductive terminal

14: Capping

141:Gland insulator

1411: Gland insulator side overlap structure

1412: Gland insulator side pressing structure

142:Metal reinforcements

1421: Metal reinforcement side snap-in structure

1422: Bending structure

2: Circuit materials

21: Circuit material side contact structure

Claims (9)

An electrical connector for use with a circuit material. The circuit material has at least one side contact structure of the circuit material. The electrical connector includes: an insulating base body; at least one side wall terminal, and the side wall terminal is provided with On the side wall of the insulating base body, there is a side wall terminal side switch structure and a side wall terminal side snap-in structure, wherein the side wall terminal side switch structure is elastically deformable, so that the shape of the side wall terminal side switch structure can be a An open shape or a closed shape; a plurality of conductive terminals, each conductive terminal is embedded in the insulating base body, and each conductive terminal has a conductive terminal side overlapping structure and a conductive terminal side contact structure; and a press Cover, the gland has a gland insulator and a metal reinforcement, the metal reinforcement is embedded in the gland insulator to provide structural reinforcement to the gland insulator, the gland insulation system has a gland insulator side The overlapping structure and a gland insulator side pressing structure, the metal reinforcing member has a metal reinforcing member side snapping structure; wherein, the gland insulator side overlapping structure is rotatably overlapping the conductive terminal side overlapping structure The structure allows the gland to rotate to a pressing position or a non-pressing position by rotating the insulator side overlap structure of the gland relative to the conductive terminal side overlap structure; when the gland is located in the pressing position, the gland The cover insulator side pressing structure presses the circuit material to force the circuit material to be close to the conductive terminal side contact structure, so that the circuit material side contact structure electrically contacts the conductive terminal side contact structure, so that the circuit The material is electrically connected to the electrical connector. At this time, if the shape of the side wall terminal side switch structure is the closed shape, the side wall terminal side snap-in structure can snap into the metal reinforcement side snap-in structure to limit The rotation range of the gland is such that the circuit material is electrically connected to the electrical connector; and When the shape of the side wall terminal side switch structure is an open shape, the side wall terminal side snap-in structure can unlock the metal reinforcement side snap-in structure. At this time, if the gland is in the pressing position, the side wall terminal side snap-in structure can be unlocked. The gland can be rotated to the unpressed position in order to release the pressing structure on the insulator side of the gland from pressing the circuit material, so that the circuit material can leave the contact structure on the conductive terminal side to release the electrical connection of the circuit material. The state of the electrical connector; wherein the plurality of conductive terminals are separated and arranged along the long side of the gland insulator, and the conductive terminal side overlap structure of the plurality of conductive terminals has a C-shaped clamping mechanism, When the conductive terminal side overlapping structure of the plurality of conductive terminals is overlapped with the gland insulator side overlapping structure, the gland insulator side overlapping structure is clamped to provide structural reinforcement to the long side of the gland insulator. The plurality of conductive terminals include two conductive terminals arranged in a staggered manner. The opening directions of the C-shaped clamping mechanisms of the two conductive terminals are respectively a first direction and a second direction. The first direction and the second direction Differently, the movement of the gland insulator side overlapping structure in the first direction is blocked by the C-shaped clamping mechanism whose opening direction is the second direction, and the gland insulator side overlapping structure is in The movement in the second direction will be blocked by the C-shaped clamping mechanism whose opening direction is the first direction. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the side wall terminal side switch structure has a force applying mechanism, and the force applying mechanism is exposed on the insulating base body to provide force to force the side wall terminal side switch structure. Elastic deformation. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the side wall terminal side snap-in structure is a snap-hole structure. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the side wall terminal also has a side wall terminal side plug-in structure, and the side wall terminal side plug-in structure is used to plug into the insulating base body to provide positioning for the side wall terminal. . The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the metal reinforcing member extends on the long side of the gland insulator to provide structural reinforcement to the long side of the gland insulator. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the metal reinforcing member is composed of a metal plate and also has at least one bending structure to provide structural reinforcement. The electrical connector of claim 6, wherein the bending structure extends on the long side of the gland insulator. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the insulating seat system has an insulating seat body-side plug-in and pull-out structure, and when the gland is in the non-pressed position, the insulating seat body-side plug-in and pull-out structure is connected to the insulating seat. The body is exposed to provide the circuit material for plugging and unplugging on the insulating base body. When the gland is in the pressing position, the gland covers at least a part of the plug-in structure on the side of the insulating base body, so that A stop is provided for the circuit material to be inserted and removed from the insulating base body. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the insulating base system has a limiting structure, and the limiting structure provides limiting for the circuit material to limit the circuit material on the insulating base body. Movement range.

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