CN101286610B - Connector of multiple slots and electronic device using the same - Google Patents

Connector of multiple slots and electronic device using the same Download PDF

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CN101286610B
CN101286610B CN2008101251073A CN200810125107A CN101286610B CN 101286610 B CN101286610 B CN 101286610B CN 2008101251073 A CN2008101251073 A CN 2008101251073A CN 200810125107 A CN200810125107 A CN 200810125107A CN 101286610 B CN101286610 B CN 101286610B
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The invention relates to a multi-slot connector which comprises a shell and a conductive structure. The shell is provided with a first slot, a second slot and an opening. The conductive structure is arranged in the shell and provided with a first elastic terminal, a second elastic terminal and a pair of elastic clamping pieces, wherein, the first elastic terminal is corresponding to the first slot, the second elastic terminal is corresponding to the second slot and the elastic clamping pieces are corresponding to the opening. The multi-slot connector can be arranged on an electronic device so that the control circuit board of the electronic device can be electrically connected to a light source by the multi-slot connector.

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Connector of multiple slots and the electronic installation of using it
[technical field]
The invention relates to a kind of connector; Particularly about a kind of connector of multiple slots, it is applicable to the electronic building brick or the control circuit board of different size.
[background technology]
In most electronic installation, all can electrically connect usually between the different electronic modules by connector, therefore for suitable big of the demand of connector, make that the market of connector is very active.The kind and the pattern of connector are various, to satisfy the design requirement of different product.Connector also comprises except general common supply socket and plug: the I/O in the computer Related product (I/O) connector, communication connector (for example RJ45 and RJ11 etc.) and USB connector etc.In addition, distinguish according to occupation mode, connector can be divided into line to plate (wireto PCB), plate to plate (PCB to PCB), with Line To Line types such as (wire to wire).At this, " plate " is meant printed circuit board (PCB) (printed circuit board; PCB) or similar structures.
At present, most connector is only applicable to the electronic building brick or the control circuit board of single specification, and can't be applicable to the electronic building brick or the control circuit board of different size.For the electronic building brick or the control circuit board of other specification, manufacturer must change existing connector in the product usually voluntarily, or sets up the connector of other specification, so be not the manufacturing process that is very beneficial for existing product.
[summary of the invention]
The invention relates to a kind of connector of multiple slots and the electronic installation of using this kind connector.By the setting of connector of multiple slots, make to have more elasticity when installing electronic building brick or control circuit board in the electronic installation.
The present invention proposes a kind of connector of multiple slots, and it comprises housing and conductive structure.Housing has first slot, second slot and opening.Conductive structure is arranged in the housing, and has first flexible terminal, second flexible terminal and a pair of elastic clip.First flexible terminal is corresponding to first slot, and second flexible terminal is corresponding to second slot, and this then is corresponding to opening to elastic clip.
The present invention proposes a kind of electronic installation in addition, and it comprises backboard, control circuit board, light source and above-mentioned connector of multiple slots.Backboard has first side, second side and a through hole; Wherein, connector of multiple slots is to be arranged in the through hole.Control circuit board is arranged on first side of backboard.Light source is arranged on second side of backboard.Control circuit board electrically connects by first slot and its first flexible terminal of connector of multiple slots, and light source then is by the opening of connector of multiple slots and this elastic clip to be electrically connected.
For foregoing of the present invention can be become apparent, preferred embodiment cited below particularly, and cooperate appended graphicly, be described in detail below:
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Figure 1A is the stereogram of the preferred embodiment of connector of multiple slots of the present invention.
Figure 1B is the front view of connector of multiple slots shown in Figure 1A.
Fig. 1 C is the end view of connector of multiple slots shown in Figure 1A.
Fig. 2 A is for using the stereogram of the electronic installation of connector of multiple slots shown in Figure 1A.
Fig. 2 B is the partial enlarged drawing of electronic installation shown in Fig. 2 A.
Fig. 3 is the stereogram of surface-mount circuit board.
Fig. 4 is the stereogram of cover plate shown in Fig. 2 A.
Fig. 5 A is the stereogram that electronic installation is equiped with pin insert type circuit board.
Fig. 5 B is the partial enlarged drawing of electronic installation shown in Fig. 5 A.
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Please refer to Figure 1A to Fig. 1 C; Figure 1A is the stereogram of a preferred embodiment of connector of multiple slots of the present invention, and Figure 1B is the front view of connector of multiple slots shown in Figure 1A, and Fig. 1 C then is the end view of connector of multiple slots shown in Figure 1A.Shown in Figure 1A, connector of multiple slots 10 comprises: housing 101 and conductive structure 103.Housing 101 has last slot 105, following slot 107 and opening 109; Wherein, last slot 105 and following slot 107 be all along the y direction extension of housing 101, and 109 of openings are that the bottom surface by housing 101 extends to the side.Shown in Figure 1B and Fig. 1 C, conductive structure 103 is arranged in the housing 101, and has first flexible terminal 111, second flexible terminal 113 and elastic clip 115,117.Corresponding to following slot 107,115,117 of elastic clips are corresponding to opening 109 to first flexible terminal 111 corresponding to last slot 105, the second flexible terminals 113.
Shown in Figure 1A, housing 101 can also comprise flange 119 and rib 121.With preferred implementation, flange 119 is down between slot 107 and the opening 109, and its front side has a trapezoidal front flange 119A, be that trapezoidal front flange 119A protrudes along the x direction, 121 on rib is provided with corresponding to elastic clip 115,117, and the z direction along housing 101 is extended, but not as limit.
In addition, shown in Figure 1B, the width of last slot 105 makes housing 101 have a rectangle or trapezoidal front side wall 123 between last slot 105 and following slot 107 less than the width of following slot 107.Whether yet the width of last slot 105 and following slot 107 in fact also can be designed to identically, or the width that makes slot 105 is greater than the width of slot 107 down, hold bad product to need to have the function of distinguishing slot and determine.
Shown in Figure 1A to Fig. 1 C, conductive structure 103 comprises fixation kit 125, first flexible terminal 111, second flexible terminal 113, elastic clip 115 and 117; Wherein, fixation kit 125 is fixed on the inwall of housing 101, and first flexible terminal 111 and second flexible terminal 113 are connected to a side of fixation kit 125, elastic clip 115 and 117 opposite sides that are connected to fixation kit 125.With preferred implementation, fixation kit 125 can be a L shaped fixation kit, corresponding to last slot 105 and following slot 107, it is then rough corresponding with flange 119 along the part of stretching along the x direction along the z direction along the part of stretching for it, but embodiments of the present invention are not as limit.
First flexible terminal 111 and second flexible terminal 113 are respectively by the fixation kit 125 direction extension of slot 105 and following slot 107 up.With preferred implementation, first flexible terminal 111 is near last slot 105 places, have one and bend from top to bottom and the recessed break 111A that produces, and it is corresponding to the height centre (seeing Figure 1B) of last slot 105; Second flexible terminal 113 bends and the recessed break 113A that produces from bottom to top in have one near following slot 107 places, and it is corresponding to the height centre (seeing Figure 1B) of slot 107 down, but not as limit.Because first flexible terminal 111 is corresponding to last slot 105, and second flexible terminal 113 is corresponding to slot 107 down, and therefore the length of first flexible terminal 111 usually can be greater than the length of second flexible terminal 113; Yet the length of first flexible terminal 111 also can be less than or equal to the length of second flexible terminal 113.
With preferred implementation, elastic clip 115 and 117 can be wavy fixture in the same way a pair of or that be provided with face-to-face (concrete shape is asked for an interview 1A or 1B figure), clamp this object with place, symmetrical both sides at an object, but embodiments of the present invention are not as limit, and the people who is familiar with the common knowledge of the technical field of the invention works as can select difform fixture for use.
Please refer to Fig. 2 A and Fig. 2 B, Fig. 2 A is a stereogram of using the electronic installation of connector of multiple slots shown in Figure 1A, and Fig. 2 B is the partial enlarged drawing of Fig. 2 A electronic installation.Electronic installation 200 comprises: backboard 201, control circuit board 203, light source 205 and a plurality of connector of multiple slots 10.Backboard 201 has a plurality of through hole 201A (seeing Fig. 2 B), and it can ccontaining connector of multiple slots 10.Control circuit board 203 is arranged at a side of backboard 201, and 205 opposite sides that are arranged at backboard 201 of light source, control circuit board 203 are to electrically connect by connector of multiple slots 10 with light source 205.
Electronic installation 200 can be a display unit, on backboard 201 and light source 205 display panels (not illustrating) can be set.Light source 205 can provide display panels required backlight, and it can be cold cathode fluorescent lamp, light-emitting diode or other kind of light source.Shown in Fig. 2 B, with preferred implementation, the light source 205 of present embodiment is a fluorescent tube, at first insert fluorescent tube in the opening 109 of connector of multiple slots 10 along the z direction, then fluorescent tube can be along the front end of elastic clip 115 and 117 wave moulding, and after elastic clip 115 and 117 was strutted slightly, the clamping area that falls into elastic clip 115 and 117 wave moulding stage casings again was fixing, electrically connecting with elastic clip 115 and 117, but not as limit.
With preferred implementation, as shown in Figure 3, control circuit board 203 can be a surface-mount circuit board, but not as limit.At this, surface-mount circuit board is meant electronic building brick 209 and circuit (not illustrating) is directly attached or are produced on the surperficial 203A of control circuit board 203.Electronic building brick 209 on the control circuit board 203 can be transformer or other electronic building brick such as resistance, electric capacity of control light source 205.Plate edge place at control circuit board 203 generally includes a plurality of contacting pads 211, in order to the last slot 105 that is inserted in connector of multiple slots 10 or down in the slot 107, with housing 101 in first flexible terminal 111 or second flexible terminal 113 electrically connect.For control circuit board 203 is pegged graft easily, the height of last slot 105 or following slot 107 need be slightly larger than the thickness of slab of control circuit board 203 approximately.With preferred implementation, the height of last slot 105 or following slot 107 is about 1.4 to 2.0 millimeters (mm), the thickness of slab of control circuit board 203 then is about 1.3 to 1.9 millimeters (mm), but embodiments of the present invention are not as limit, the people who is familiar with the common knowledge of the technical field of the invention works as can adopt different size relationships, to reach specific purpose.
Because all electronic building bricks and circuit all are arranged on the surperficial 203A on the control circuit board 203, when assembly control circuit plate 203, with preferred implementation, can be with the surperficial 203A of control circuit board 203 backboard 201 dorsad, also being about to surperficial 203A is disposed between electronic building brick 209 and the backboard 201, and contacting pad 211 is plugged in the following slot 107 of housing 101, shown in Fig. 2 B, but not as limit.Thus, just can effectively save the volume of electronic installation 200.At this moment, the recessed break 113A of second flexible terminal 113 (seeing Fig. 1 C) at following slot 107 places just can be resisted against on the contacting pad 211, to reach the purpose that control circuit board 203 and light source 205 electrically connect, control circuit board 203 thereby can pass through connector of multiple slots 10 drives also control light source 205.
When control circuit board 203 is inserted in down slot 107, can gapped existence between control circuit board 203 and the backboard 201.For SMD LED surface-mount device LED control circuit board 203, the preferable distance between itself and the backboard 201 is about 2 to 6 millimeters (mm).Please refer to Fig. 2 B,, can between backboard 201 and control circuit board 203, dispose a plurality of projections 213 with preferred implementation, keeping the distance of backboard 201 and control circuit board 203, but not as limit.Projection 213 in the present embodiment is one-body molded with backboard 201, and it can directly be formed on backboard 201 by impact style; Yet, can also form projection 213 and backboard 201 by alternate manner.
Backboard 201 can have a plurality of hole 201B that lock, and control circuit board 203 also can have and a plurality ofly locks hole 203B, and locks hole 201B and lock the corresponding each other setting of hole 203B.Locking assembly (for example: screw, latch etc.) (not illustrating) can lock among hole 201B and the 203B in order to lock, and control circuit board 203 is fixed on the backboard 201.With preferred implementation, lock hole 201B and can be positioned on the projection 213, but not as limit.In addition, control circuit board 203 can be provided with a plurality of location hole 203C, also can be provided with a plurality of positioning convex point 213A on the projection 213, and the location hole 203C on itself and the control circuit board 203 in correspondence with each other, so that after control circuit board 203 is accurately positioned on the backboard 201 earlier, fixing control circuit board 203 again.In like manner, control circuit board 203 also can be provided with a plurality of positioning convex points, also can be provided with a plurality of location holes on the projection 213, and the positioning convex point on itself and the control circuit board 203 in correspondence with each other.
In preferred embodiment, as shown in Figure 4, electronic installation 200 can comprise cover plate 207, and it covers on the control circuit board 203, in order to protection control circuit board 203.Cover plate 207 has a plurality of radiating opening 207A; With preferred implementation, these radiating openings 207A is corresponding to the electronic building brick on the control circuit board 203 209, directly the heat loss of electronic building brick 209 being gone out, but not as limit.Cover plate 207 also can have a plurality of hole 207B that lock, its corresponding to backboard 201 lock hole 201B (seeing Fig. 2 B) and control circuit board 203 lock hole 203B, by locking the effect of assembly, cover plate 207 is fixed on the backboard 201.
In the above-described embodiments, be to be that a surface-mount circuit board explains with control circuit board 203, right the present invention is not as qualification.Please refer to Fig. 5 A and Fig. 5 B, Fig. 5 A is the stereogram that electronic installation is equiped with a pin insert type circuit board, and Fig. 5 B is the partial enlarged drawing of Fig. 5 A electronic installation.Pin insert type control circuit board is that the pin of its electronic building brick is inserted in the perforation of control circuit board 203 ', and be fixed on the opposite side of control circuit board 203 ' by scolder, thereby strengthened the height of control circuit board 203 ' bottom space, make need between control circuit board 203 ' and the backboard 201 big between every, directly contact with backboard 201 with the pin of avoiding electronic building brick.Shown in Fig. 5 B, because last slot 105 is bigger with the distance of backboard 201, control circuit board 203 ' is to be inserted in the slot 105, and the better spacing of 201 of itself and backboards is about 5 to 15 millimeters (mm).
The connector of multiple slots 10 of present embodiment has last slot 105 and following slot 107 simultaneously, thereby when it is applied on the electronic installation, and the circuit board of applicable variety classes, specification or structure allows the cooperation on the assembly have more elasticity.Though present embodiment be two slots long under the above weak point as an illustration, yet embodiments of the present invention are not limited to specific slot width, the slot that it can be long weak point down or has same widths, the slot of different in width designs, and in fact can be used as the purposes of identification or fool proof.In addition, the slot number also can be more than two, and the people who is familiar with the common knowledge of the technical field of the invention works as and can select the circuit board kind, specification, quantity or the structure that are suitable for according to specific order.
In the above embodiment of the present invention, connector of multiple slots is the slot that does not wait by height on the connector of multiple slots with the electronic installation of using this kind connector, make electronic installation only need single kind of connector can install the control circuit board or the electronic building brick of variety classes, specification or structure smoothly, for example: control circuit board such as SMD LED surface-mount device LED, pin insert type or be applicable to electronic building brick of SMD LED surface-mount device LED, pin insert type etc., so that electronic installation has more customized characteristic.Connector of multiple slots is by conductive structure, and with different electronic building brick between electrically connect, and because the structure of conductive structure is not only simple, it is made easily simultaneously, material cost is also low, is fit to very much manufacture in a large number.
In sum, though the present invention discloses as above with preferred embodiment, so it is not in order to limit the present invention.Any have a technical field of the invention know the knowledgeable usually, without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, when being used for a variety of modifications and variations.Therefore, protection scope of the present invention is as the criterion when looking accompanying the claim person of defining.

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1. connector of multiple slots comprises:
One housing has one first slot, one second slot and an opening, and this second slot is between this first slot and this opening; And
One conductive structure is arranged in this housing, have one first flexible terminal be fixed on the inwall of this housing corresponding to this second slot, a fixation kit corresponding to this first slot, one second flexible terminal and a pair of elastic clip corresponding to this opening;
Wherein, this first flexible terminal and this second flexible terminal are connected in a side of this fixation kit, and this then is connected in the opposite side of this fixation kit to elastic clip.
2. connector of multiple slots according to claim 1 is characterized in that the width of this first slot is less than the width of this second slot.
3. connector of multiple slots according to claim 1 is characterized in that, this housing has a trapezoidal front side wall in addition, between this first slot and this second slot.
4. connector of multiple slots according to claim 1 is characterized in that the length of this first flexible terminal is greater than the length of this second flexible terminal.
5. connector of multiple slots according to claim 1 is characterized in that, this is face-to-face setting to elastic clip.
6. connector of multiple slots according to claim 1 is characterized in that, this is a pair of wavy fixture to elastic clip.
7. connector of multiple slots according to claim 1 is characterized in that this housing has a flange in addition, between this second slot and this opening.
8. connector of multiple slots according to claim 7 is characterized in that, this flange has a trapezoidal front flange in addition.
9. connector of multiple slots according to claim 1 is characterized in that this housing has a rib in addition, corresponding to this to elastic clip.
10. electronic installation comprises:
One backboard has one first side, one second side and a plurality of through hole;
One control circuit board is arranged on this first side;
One light source is arranged on this second side; And
One connector of multiple slots is arranged in this through hole, comprises:
One housing has a plurality of slots and an opening; And
One conductive structure, be arranged in this housing, have a flexible terminal be fixed on the inwall of this housing corresponding to the slot in those slots, a fixation kit and a pair of elastic clip corresponding to this opening, this flexible terminal is connected in a side of this fixation kit, and this then is connected in the opposite side of this fixation kit to elastic clip;
Wherein, this control circuit board electrically connects with this flexible terminal by this slot, and this light source electrically connects elastic clip with this by this opening.
11. electronic installation according to claim 10 is characterized in that, other comprises a projection, is configured between this backboard and this control circuit board.
12. electronic installation according to claim 11 is characterized in that, this control circuit board has one first and locks the hole, and this projection has one second and locks the hole and first lock the hole corresponding to this.
13. electronic installation according to claim 11 is characterized in that, this control circuit board has a location hole, and this projection has a location salient point corresponding to this location hole.
14. electronic installation according to claim 10 is characterized in that, this control circuit board is a surface-mount circuit board.
15. electronic installation according to claim 14 is characterized in that, the spacing between this surface-mount circuit board and this backboard is about 2 to 6 millimeters (mm).
16. electronic installation according to claim 10 is characterized in that, this control circuit board is a pin insert type circuit board.
17. electronic installation according to claim 16 is characterized in that, the spacing between this pin insert type circuit board and this backboard is about 5 to 15 millimeters (mm).
18. electronic installation according to claim 10 is characterized in that, this control circuit board has a contact mat, is positioned at this housing, and electrically connects with this flexible terminal.
19. electronic installation according to claim 10 is characterized in that, this light source is a fluorescent tube, and by this to the elastic clip clamping.
20. electronic installation according to claim 10 is characterized in that, the height of this slot is about 1.4 to 2.0 millimeters (mm).
21. electronic installation according to claim 10 is characterized in that, other comprises a cover plate, covers on this control circuit board.
22. electronic installation according to claim 21 is characterized in that, this cover plate has a plurality of radiating openings.
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