TWM581316U - 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 present invention is a technical field of connectors, and more particularly, a floating bus bar connection assembly capable of smoothly mounting a bus bar to a connector.

Traditionally, during the assembly process of the flexible cable and the main plate, sloshing is apt to occur, resulting in damage to the connector structure or electrical characteristics.

In view of this, the present invention proposes a floating busbar connection assembly for solving 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 having a flexible cable and a motherboard having a connector.

The second object of the present invention is based on the aforementioned floating busbar connection assembly, which is mainly applied to a thin electronic product, in particular, a flexible cable having a bend or a corner.

The third object of the present invention is to provide a frame body, a plate body and an elastic member according to the floating bus bar connection assembly. The elastic body is disposed between the frame body and the plate body, and the frame body is fixed on the plate metal piece, so that the frame body is fixed on the plate metal piece. The plate body has elasticity through the elastic member.

The fourth object of the present invention is to limit the movement of the plate body in a certain direction or a certain plane by the limiting groove and the limiting member according to the floating bus bar connecting assembly.

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

The sixth object of the present invention is to provide a female connector (which may also be a male connector) having an upper width greater than a lower width (for example, a bell mouth structure) according to the aforementioned floating busbar connection assembly, and a male connection inserted into the flexible cable. Parts (which can also be female connectors) can be easily combined.

To achieve the above and other objects, the present invention provides a floating busbar connection assembly for connecting a circuit board having a flexible cable and a motherboard. The floating busbar connection assembly includes a connecting portion and a joint portion. The connecting portion comprises a frame body, a plate body and an elastic member. The frame surrounds the plate body and the elastic body. The plate body is connected to the frame through the elastic member. Forming a T-shaped limiting slot on the edge of the frame to provide a first accommodating space and the plate body forming a T-shaped cover body to provide a second accommodating space, and opening the opening on the side of the T-shaped cover body For the soft cable to insert. The joint portion includes a first connecting member, a stopping member and a limiting member. The first connecting member connects the stopper and the limiting member. The first connector is for connecting the first flexible board. The limiting member is disposed at two ends of the first connecting member. The stopper is disposed between the first connecting member and the limiting member. The connecting portion is engaged with the joint portion, so that the first connecting member is disposed in the second receiving space and the limiting member is disposed in the first receiving space. According to an external force, the plate-restricted position member, the stopper member and the T-shaped limit groove are restricted to move in a plane.

Compared with the prior art, the floating busbar connection assembly provided by the present invention can stably assemble a bent or bent flexible cable during assembly, especially for a thinned electronic product.

2‧‧‧First board

22‧‧‧First soft cable

4‧‧‧second board

44‧‧‧Second flexible cable

6‧‧‧ motherboard

10‧‧‧Floating busbar connection assembly

12‧‧‧Connecting Department

121‧‧‧ frame

122‧‧‧ board

124‧‧‧T-shaped cover

1242‧‧‧ openings

126‧‧‧Flexible parts

128‧‧‧T type limit slot

1210‧‧‧ card fasteners

14‧‧‧Combination Department

142‧‧‧First connector

144‧‧‧Limited parts

146‧‧‧stops

16‧‧‧Second connection

SP‧‧‧Second space

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

Figure 2 is a side elevational view showing the joint engaging joint of Figure 1 of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a top plan view showing the joint engaging joint of Figure 1 of the present invention.

4 is a top plan view showing the floating busbar connection assembly of FIG. 1 of the present invention engaging the second connector.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing the connection of the floating bus bar connection component of the present invention to a circuit board and a main board.

In order to fully understand the purpose, features and effects of the present work, a detailed description of the present work will be made by the following specific embodiments and with the accompanying drawings, as explained below.

In this work, the use of "a" or "an" is used to describe the elements, elements and components described herein. This is for convenience only and provides general meaning for the scope of this creation. Therefore, unless expressly stated otherwise, the description is to be construed as a

In this creation, the terms "including", "including", "having", "containing" or any other similar terms are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. For example, an element, structure, article, or device that comprises a plurality of elements is not limited to such elements as listed herein, but may include those not specifically listed but which are generally inherent in the element, structure, article, or device. Other requirements. In addition, the term "or" is used to mean an inclusive "or" rather than an exclusive "or" unless expressly stated to the contrary.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a schematic structural view of a floating bus bar connection assembly according to a first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the floating busbar connection assembly 10 is connected to a first circuit board 2 having a first flexible cable 22, a second circuit board 4 having a second flexible cable 44, and a motherboard 6, the foregoing The first circuit board 2, the second circuit board 4 and the main board 6 can be referred to FIG.

Returning to FIG. 1, the floating busbar connection assembly 10 includes a connecting portion 12 and a joint portion 14. It should be noted that in the embodiment, the connecting portion 12 and the joint portion 14 are implementations of the separate assembly. In another embodiment, the connecting portion 12 and the joint portion 14 may be integrally formed.

The connecting portion 12 includes a frame 121, a plate 122 and an elastic member 126. In this embodiment, the frame body 121, the plate body 122 and the elastic member 126 can be cut out from the plate body 122 by means of lightning blasting, CNC machining or the like.

The frame 121 surrounds the plate body 122 and the elastic body 126. In the present embodiment, the shape of the frame 121 is exemplified by a rectangle. In other embodiments, the shape of the frame 121 may be a square or other shape. The material of the frame 121 can be metal or non-metal.

Furthermore, the edge of the frame 121 forms a T-shaped limiting slot 128, and the T-shaped limiting slot 128 forms a first receiving space. In the present embodiment, the short side inner edge of the frame 121 and the central portion are taken as an example, and adjustment can be made according to actual application conditions.

The plate body 122 is coupled to the frame body 121 via the elastic member 126. The shape of the plate body 122 is exemplified by an inverted T-shaped structure. In other embodiments, the shape of the plate body 122 is not limited to the T-shaped structure, as long as the plate body 122 can form a receiving space of the combined joint portion 14, which belongs to the present creation. The scope. In the embodiment, the protruding portion of the plate body 122 is defined as a T-shaped cover body 124, and the T-shaped cover body 124 forms a second accommodating space SP to provide the joint portion 14. In the present embodiment, the T-shaped cover 124 is formed at a central portion of the plate body 122 for corresponding to the position of the T-shaped limiting groove 128. In other embodiments, the adjustment may be performed according to actual application conditions, and not only necessarily corresponding to the T-type limiting slot 128, but also may be offset. In addition, the elastic member 126 such as a spring, a spring piece, a resilient arm or the like, the number of the elastic members 126 may be less than or less than the number of the elastic members 126 in the other embodiments. In 4th. In addition, the elastic member 126 in this embodiment is an S-shaped structure for generating an elastic force.

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

Furthermore, openings 1242 are respectively formed on both sides of the T-shaped cover 124, so that the first flexible cable 22 and the second flexible cable 44 can be inserted separately.

The joint portion 14 includes a first connecting member 142 , a limiting member 144 and a stopping member 146 . The limiting member 144 and the stopping member 146 are respectively disposed at two ends of the first connecting member 142, and the limiting member 144 and the stopping member 146 are connected to the first connecting member 142. In the embodiment, the first connecting member 142 is exemplified by a male terminal. In other embodiments, the male terminal may also be replaced with a female terminal. The first connecting member 142 can respectively connect the first flexible cable 22 and the second flexible cable 44, and can 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 should be noted that the shape or size of the limiting member 144 and the shape or size of the T-shaped limiting slot 128 determine the direction in which the joint portion 14 moves in the second housing space SP; and the stoppers 146 and T-shaped The limiting groove 128 determines the depth at which the joint 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 of the joint portion of the joint portion of FIG. 1 of the present invention; and FIG. 3 is a view of FIG. A schematic top view of the joint engaging joint. The first connecting member 142 is disposed in the second receiving space SP and the limiting member 144 is disposed in the first receiving space. According to the application of an external force (not shown), the plate body 122 restricts the movement of the position member 144, the stopper member 146 and the T-shaped limit groove 128 in the XY plane.

For example, when the connecting portion 12 engages the joint portion 14, the first connecting member 142 is provided. The second accommodating space SP and the limiting member 144 are disposed in the first accommodating space. When an external force is applied to cause the plate body 122 to actuate, the plate body 122 is subjected to the action of the elastic member 126, so that the limiting member 144 is moved in the first accommodating space. In addition, during the movement of the limiting member 144, when the stopping member 146 touches the corresponding T-shaped limiting slot 128 of the first receiving 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 limit 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 should be noted that the floating bus bar connection assembly 10 may further include a snap member 1210 formed on the connecting portion 12 to enable the connecting portion 12 to be fixed to the sheet metal member 8 of FIG. 5, for example.

Referring to FIG. 4 together, the main board 6 of the floating bus bar connection assembly 10 further includes a second connecting member 16 connected to the first connecting member 142. In the embodiment, the second connecting member 16 is exemplified by a female terminal. In other embodiments, the second connecting member 16 may also be a male terminal. In another embodiment, reference may 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 having an upper width greater than a lower width, similar to a funnel or bell structure to facilitate the first connection. The member 142 slides into the second connector 16 and is coupled.

The present invention has been disclosed in the above preferred embodiments, and it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the embodiments are only used to depict the present invention and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. It should be noted that variations and permutations equivalent to the embodiments are intended to be within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of this creation is subject to the definition of the scope of patent application.

Claims (10)

A floating busbar connecting component is connected to a circuit board having a flexible cable and a main board. The floating busbar connecting component comprises: a connecting portion having a frame body, a plate body and an elastic member, the frame body surrounding the board body The elastic body is connected to the frame through the elastic member, and the edge of the frame forms a T-shaped limiting groove to provide a first accommodating space and the plate body forms a T-shaped cover to provide a second accommodating space. And inserting an opening on the side of the T-shaped cover for inserting the flexible cable; and the joint having a first connecting member, a stopping member and a limiting member, the first connecting member connecting the stopping member And the limiting member, the first connecting member is connected to the first flexible board, the limiting member is disposed at two ends of the first connecting member, the stopping member is disposed at the first connecting member and the limiting member The connecting portion is engaged with the joint portion, such that the first connecting member is disposed in the second receiving space and the limiting member is disposed in the first receiving space, and the plate body is subjected to the limit according to an external force The position member, the stopper and the T-shaped limit groove are moved in a plane. The floating busbar connection assembly of claim 1, further comprising a fastening member formed on the connecting portion for fixing the connecting portion to the sheet metal member. The floating busbar connection assembly of claim 1, wherein the edge of the frame is bent at an angle. The floating busbar connection assembly of claim 1, wherein the elastic member is a spring, a spring or a resilient arm. The floating busbar connection assembly of claim 1, wherein the elastic member is an S-shaped structure. The floating bus bar connection assembly of claim 1, wherein the limit member The shape or size and the shape or size of the T-shaped limiting groove determine the direction in which the joint moves in the second receiving space. The floating busbar connection assembly of claim 1, wherein the outer edge of the stopper is not smaller than an outer edge of the T-shaped limiting groove. The floating busbar connection assembly of claim 7, wherein the stopper and the T-shaped limiting slot determine a depth at which the coupling portion moves in the first receiving space. The floating busbar connection assembly of claim 1, further comprising a second connector for being disposed on the motherboard, the second connector connecting the first connector. The floating busbar connection assembly of claim 9, wherein the second connector has a shape in which an upper width is greater than a lower width.