TWI625013B - Dual-purpose connector plug and USB cable with dual-purpose connector plug - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses a dual-purpose connection plug and a USB connection cable having a dual-purpose connection plug, comprising: a dual-purpose connection plug, a casing group and a connection line, the dual-purpose connection plugs respectively disposed on opposite sides of a substrate The first conductive terminal group and the second conductive terminal group enable the single connection plug to have an interface specification conforming to the Lightning protocol and the Micro USB communication protocol. Therefore, as long as the user inserts the corresponding surface into the connection port of the electronic device, it can be easily used, and it is not necessary to carry another connection wire of different interface specifications, and no additional adapter is needed, and no adapter is easily lost. Disadvantages, to achieve the purpose of improving the convenience of use.

Description

Dual-purpose connector plug and USB cable with dual-purpose connector plug

The present invention relates to a dual-purpose connection plug and a USB connection cable having a dual-purpose connection plug, and more particularly to a dual-purpose connection plug capable of providing two interface specifications at the same time and a USB connection cable having a dual-purpose connection plug.

With the evolution of technology, today's portable electronic devices are constantly being enhanced and lightened, such as smart phones, tablet computers and other electronic devices, which are widely used.

However, since the electronic devices have various brands, the specifications of the connection terminals of the data transmission line/charging connection line are also different. For example, the currently widely used operating system is the iOS system developed by Apple and Google. (Android) developed by the company (Android), the two camps in the transmission agreement settings are different, followed by the use of the connection terminal specifications are different, Apple uses the The interface specifications of the Lightning protocol (as shown in Figure 1A), while the electronic devices produced by the various manufacturers of the Android system use the interface specifications conforming to the Micro USB protocol (as shown in Figure 1B).

Therefore, when the user wants to transmit or charge data to an electronic device using a Lightning interface specification, it is necessary to prepare a connection line that conforms to the interface specification of the Lightning protocol; likewise, the user wants When transferring or charging data using an electronic device of the Micro USB interface specification, it is necessary to prepare a cable that conforms to the interface specifications of the Micro USB protocol. When the user wants to carry only one cable, an additional adapter must be prepared.

Therefore, the conventional connection lines all have different interface specifications, and the external adapters must be connected or directly carried by the user. It is quite inconvenient, and the user carries the iOS system at the same time. Electronic devices and electronic devices using the Android system have become the norm, and even more so, electronic devices between friends and relatives are more likely to include both types of electronic devices (often in the case where they cannot be borrowed to the relatives and friends), The connection line is inconvenient in the current use.

One of the objects of the present invention is to enable a user to apply a different type of communication protocol with a single connection line without carrying two types of connecting wires or adapters.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a user with ease of use in transmission lines.

To achieve the above and other objects, the present invention provides a USB connection cable having a dual-purpose connection plug, comprising: a dual-purpose connection plug, a housing set, and a connection line. The dual-purpose connection plug has a accommodating area formed by a metal casing, and the accommodating area includes: a substrate; the first conductive terminal group is disposed on one side of the substrate, the first conductive The terminal group conforms to the interface specification of the Micro USB communication protocol; and the second conductive terminal group is disposed on the opposite surface of the surface of the substrate, and the second conductive terminal group conforms to the interface specification of the Lightning protocol. The front portion of the metal casing has a recess exposing the conductive contact portion of the second conductive terminal group. The outer casing wraps the rear section of the dual purpose connection plug. One end of the connection line is wrapped in the outer casing group, and the other end is a USB connection plug conforming to the USB communication protocol.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the substrate is disposed on a lower side of the accommodating area, and the first conductive terminal group is disposed in a space formed between the metal casing and the substrate on an upper side of the accommodating area. The first set of conductive terminals extends into the set of outer casings.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the second outer conductive terminal group is disposed on the surface of the metal casing having the recess, and the second conductive terminal group is partially embedded in the substrate, and the second conductive terminal group is The conductive contact portion is exposed outside the substrate.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the substrate is formed with a stop portion on both sides of the port of the front portion of the metal casing, and the two stopper portions are formed between the metal casing and the substrate to meet the Micro The connection of the connection terminal portion of a Micro USB socket of the interface specification of the USB protocol, the connection terminal portion being electrically connected to the first conductive terminal group.

In an embodiment of the invention, the first conductive terminal set has five conductive terminals.

In an embodiment of the invention, the second conductive terminal set has eight conductive terminals.

In order to achieve the above and other objects, the present invention provides a dual-purpose connection plug having a receiving area formed by a metal casing, the receiving area comprising: a substrate; and a first conductive terminal set The first conductive terminal group conforms to the interface specification of the Micro USB communication protocol on one side of the substrate; and the second conductive terminal group is disposed on the opposite surface of the surface of the substrate, the second conductive terminal group The interface specification conforms to the Lightning protocol, wherein the front portion of the metal casing has a recess exposing the conductive contact portion of the second conductive terminal group.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the substrate is disposed on a lower side of the accommodating region, and the first conductive terminal group is disposed in a space formed between the metal casing and the substrate on an upper side of the accommodating region.

Accordingly, the dual-purpose connection plug of the present invention and the USB connection cable having the dual-purpose connection plug provide an improvement of the connection line on the connector, and can be applied to the interface specifications of the two communication protocols, as long as the user inserts the corresponding surface. The connection of the electronic device can be easily used, and it is not necessary to carry another connection wire of different interface specifications, and there is no need to purchase an additional adapter, and there is no disadvantage that the adapter is easily lost, thereby improving the convenience of use.

100‧‧‧Shell group

110‧‧‧Double-purpose connector plug

111‧‧‧Metal casing

112‧‧‧Substrate

114‧‧‧First conductive terminal set

114a‧‧‧Extension

1140‧‧‧Bend

1141‧‧‧Electrical coupling

116‧‧‧Second conductive terminal set

1160‧‧‧Folding

1161‧‧‧Electrical coupling

118‧‧‧stop

120‧‧‧Extension of the conductive terminal set

121‧‧‧Insulated casing

200‧‧‧ boards

210‧‧‧ welding hole corresponding to the first conductive terminal group

212‧‧‧Protection elements corresponding to the first conductive terminal set

222‧‧‧protective element corresponding to the second conductive terminal set

220‧‧‧ welding hole corresponding to the second conductive terminal group

300‧‧‧Connecting line

310‧‧‧USB plug connector

[Fig. 1A] is a schematic diagram of a connection plug that is conventionally compatible with the Lightning protocol.

[Fig. 1B] is a schematic diagram of a conventional connection plug conforming to the Micro USB communication protocol.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a USB connection cable having a dual-purpose connection plug according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view of the dual-purpose connection plug in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4A is a schematic view of a USB cable having a dual-purpose connection plug according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4B is a schematic view of the USB cable having the dual-purpose connection plug in a bottom view of the embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a dual-purpose connection plug in an embodiment of the present invention.

In order to fully understand the objects, features and advantages of the present invention, the present invention will be described in detail by the following specific embodiments and the accompanying drawings. Please refer to FIG. 2, FIG. 3 and FIG. 5 at the same time. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a USB connection cable with a dual-purpose connection plug according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3 is a dual-purpose connection according to an embodiment of the present invention. Front view of the plug; Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view of the dual purpose connector plug in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 3 and FIG. 5, a USB cable having a dual-purpose connection plug 110 includes a dual-purpose connection plug 110, a housing group 100, and a connection line 300. The dual-purpose connection plug 110 has a accommodating area formed by the metal casing 111. The accommodating area is provided with a substrate 112, a first conductive terminal group 114 and a second conductive terminal group 116.

The first conductive terminal group 114 extends from the front portion to the rear portion of the dual-purpose connector plug 110 to the insulative housing 121 in the housing group 100. The insulative housing 121 is provided with an extension portion 120 of the conductive terminal group, and the first conductive terminal group The extension portion 114a extends rearward and has a bent portion 1140, and the electrical coupling portion 1141 at the bottom end of the bent portion 1140 is coupled to the circuit board 200 in the outer casing group 100. The coupling manner is, for example, a soldering method to couple the ends of the first conductive terminal groups 114 with the corresponding solder holes 210.

The second conductive terminal group 116 is partially embedded in the substrate 112. The conductive contact portion of the second conductive terminal group 116 is exposed outside the substrate 112. The conductive contact portion of the second conductive terminal group 116 is connected to the electronic device. The portion of the electrical contact in the connection that is electrically contacted. The second conductive terminal group 116 also extends into the insulating housing 121 in the outer casing group 100, and the conductive terminal is guided to the circuit board 200 by the bent portion 1160 to electrically connect the bottom end of the bent portion 1160. 1161 is coupled to circuit board 200 within housing pack 100. The coupling is performed, for example, by soldering to couple the ends of the second conductive terminal set 116 with the corresponding solder holes 220.

The first conductive terminal group 114 is disposed on one surface of the substrate 112, and the first conductive terminal group conforms to the interface specification of the Micro USB communication protocol; the second conductive terminal group 116 is disposed on the opposite side of the surface of the substrate 112. The second conductive terminal set 116 conforms to the interface specification of the Lightning protocol.

The outer casing group 100 covers the rear portion of the dual-purpose connection plug 110 and accommodates a portion of the first conductive terminal set 114 and the second conductive terminal set 116 extending, and the electrical circuit board 200 and the electrical connection with the connecting wire 300 Coupling part. Generally, the circuit board 200 can be further configured with a protection component corresponding to the interface specification of the communication protocol, such as a protection component that avoids excessive current, avoids short circuit, and avoids reverse current, as shown in FIG. 2, corresponding to the first conductive terminal. The protection element 212 of the group 114 and the protection element 222 corresponding to the second set of conductive terminals 116.

As shown in FIG. 3, the substrate 112 is disposed on the lower side of the accommodating area, and the first conductive terminal group 114 is disposed in a space formed between the metal casing 111 and the substrate 112 on the upper side of the accommodating area. The first conductive terminal set 114 extends into the outer casing set 300 (as shown in FIG. 5). The substrate 112 is formed with a stopper portion 118 on both sides of the port of the front portion of the metal casing 111. The two stopper portions 118 are formed between the metal casing 111 and the substrate 112 to conform to the Micro USB communication protocol. The insertion space of the connection terminal portion of a Micro USB socket of the interface specification (that is, the connection terminal portion in the electronic device connection port is inserted into the space), and the connection terminal portion is electrically connected to the first conductive terminal group 114 . In an embodiment of the invention, the first conductive terminal set 114 has five conductive terminals.

4A and FIG. 4B, FIG. 4A is a schematic view of a USB cable having a dual-purpose connection plug according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4B is a dual use according to an embodiment of the present invention; A schematic view of the USB cable connecting the plugs from a bottom view. The front portion of the metal casing 111 has a recess that exposes the conductive contact portion of the second conductive terminal group 116. The metal casing The second conductive terminal group 116 is partially embedded in the substrate 112, and the second conductive terminal group 116 is partially embedded in the substrate 112 (corresponding to FIG. 5), and the second conductive terminal group 116 is The conductive contact portion is exposed outside the substrate 112. In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention, the second conductive terminal group 116 has eight conductive terminals.

In summary, the dual-purpose connection plug and the USB connection cable having the dual-purpose connection plug disclosed in the present invention can be easily used as long as the user inserts the corresponding surface into the connection port of the electronic device, and does not need to carry another different one. The connector of the interface specification does not require additional purchase of adapters, and there is no disadvantage that the adapters are easily lost, so as to improve the convenience of use.

The invention has been described above in terms of the preferred embodiments, and it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. It should be noted that variations and permutations equivalent to those of the embodiments are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention is defined by the scope of the patent application.

Claims (8)

A USB cable with a dual-purpose connector plug, comprising: a dual-purpose connector plug having a receiving area formed by a metal casing, the receiving area comprising: a substrate; a first conductive terminal group, The first conductive terminal group is disposed on one side of the substrate, the first conductive terminal group conforms to the interface specification of the Micro USB communication protocol; and the second conductive terminal group is disposed on the opposite surface of the surface of the substrate, the second conductive terminal The assembly is in accordance with an interface specification of a Lightning protocol, wherein a front portion of the metal casing has a recess exposing a conductive contact portion of the second conductive terminal group, and the metal casing has a surface on which the recess is disposed The second conductive terminal group is partially embedded in the substrate, and the conductive contact portion of the second conductive terminal group is exposed outside the substrate; and a housing group is wrapped around the dual-purpose connector plug The rear section; and a connecting line, one end is wrapped in the outer casing group, and the other end is a USB connecting plug conforming to the USB communication protocol. The USB cable of claim 1, wherein the substrate is disposed on a lower side of the accommodating area, and the first conductive portion is disposed in a space formed between the metal case and the substrate on an upper side of the accommodating area. a terminal set, the first set of conductive terminals and extending into the outer casing group. The USB cable of claim 1, wherein the substrate is formed with a stop on each side of the port of the front portion of the metal casing, and the two stops are formed between the metal casing and the substrate. A Micro for the interface specification of the Micro USB protocol The connection of the connection terminal portion of the USB socket is electrically connected to the first conductive terminal group. The USB cable of claim 1, wherein the first conductive terminal group has five conductive terminals. The USB cable of claim 1, wherein the second conductive terminal group has eight conductive terminals. A dual-purpose connector plug having a receiving area formed by a metal housing, the receiving area comprising: a substrate; a first conductive terminal set disposed on one side of the substrate, the first conductive terminal The group conforms to the interface specification of the Micro USB communication protocol; and the second conductive terminal group is disposed on the opposite side of the surface of the substrate, and the second conductive terminal group conforms to the interface specification of the Lightning protocol, wherein The front side of the metal casing has a recess exposing the conductive contact portion of the second conductive terminal group, and the second outer conductive terminal group is disposed on the surface of the metal casing having the recess. Partially embedded in the substrate, the conductive contact portion of the second conductive terminal group is exposed outside the substrate. The dual-purpose connection plug according to claim 6, wherein the substrate is disposed on a lower side of the accommodating area, and the first space is formed in a space between the metal case and the substrate on an upper side of the accommodating area. Conductive terminal set. The dual-purpose connection plug according to any one of claims 6 to 7, wherein the first conductive terminal group has five conductive terminals, and the second conductive terminal group has eight conductive terminals.