CN101304130A

CN101304130A - Card connector and card connector assembly

Info

Publication number: CN101304130A
Application number: CNA2007100225931A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 丁建仁
Original assignee: Foxconn Kunshan Computer Connector Co Ltd; Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd
Current assignee: Foxconn Kunshan Computer Connector Co Ltd; Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd
Priority date: 2007-05-11
Filing date: 2007-05-11
Publication date: 2008-11-12
Anticipated expiration: 2027-05-11
Also published as: CN101304130B

Abstract

The invention relates to a card connector, which is used for containing two electronic cards with different configurations; the card connector comprises a metal shell body and a card withdrawing mechanism; wherein, the metal shell body determines a guiding space and contains a guiding part to guide the insertion of a chosen card, the guiding part extends inside the guiding space along a particular direction which is intercrossed with the inserting direction of the card, and the card withdrawing mechanism is used for moving the chosen card towards an opposite direction to the card inserting direction; the card withdrawing mechanism comprises: a withdrawing component which is jointed with the chosen card and moves together with the chosen card; an operating component which is used for moving the withdrawing component towards the withdrawing direction; and a rotatory component, which is provided with a rotatory center and can rotate around the rotatory center to transmit the operation of the operating component to the withdrawing component; the rotaroty center is arranged outside the guiding space.

Description

Card connector and card connector assembly

[technical field]

The present invention especially comprises the first stacked card connector and the card connector assembly of second card connector about a kind of card connector and card connector assembly.

[background technology]

The known PC electronic cards of being formulated by PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card InternationalAssociation) has been widely used on the portable electronic devices or other electronic product of mobile computer, with as extended function or provide and connect other interface of peripheral device.And based on the lightening designer trends of various electronic products, and consider the convenience that electronic cards is carried, PCMCIA in autumn in 2003 formulated a kind of than existing PC electronic cards specification gentlier, thinner, and be easier to carry, the electronic cards that can meet hot-swappable Express Card specification simultaneously, and it is general L-shaped and Breadth Maximum is 54mm (Express Card/54) to draw up outward appearance, and outward appearance is general rectangular and width is the electronic cards of the Express Card specification of two kinds of specifications of 34mm (Express Card/34).Therefore, promptly must be provided with the electronic card coupler of pegging graft on the corresponding electronic product for the electronic cards of this kind Express Card specification.

Common card connector please be joined the United States Patent (USP) US 7,090 of on August 15th, 2006 bulletin, and 537B1 number, it has disclosed a kind of card connector, comprises L shaped shell, and this shell forms guide space and in order to accommodate a leader; One trip mechanism is in order to withdraw from the selected card in the card connector.Wherein, this trip mechanism comprises: one withdraws from member, moves with it with selected clamping merging; One control member withdraws from member in order to mobile this and shifts out direction towards card; And a rotating member, described rotating member has pivot and can be sent in order to the operation with control member around pivot rotation and withdraws from member, and this rotating member is arranged in the guide space.So, after Express Card/54 inserted guide space, it was stacked with rotating member, and one side is unfavorable for the lightening of card connector; On the other hand, the rotating member of metal material and Express Card/54 friction, easily scratch Express Card/54 surface; Again, in the card insertion process, the card front end may damage the stable installation of rotating member because of user's improper operation and the rotating member collision in the guide space.

Another common card connector please be joined laid-open U.S. Patents US2006/024757A1 number on November 2nd, 2006, and the rotating member of its trip mechanism is arranged on the body, and the one end directly engages card and moves with it.So, the end path that rotating member and clamping are closed is a circular arc, reach move back the card state before, one of this rotating member end start scope is bigger, is unfavorable for withdrawing from real time of card.In addition, an end of rotating member is flat, in moving back the card process, easily forms slide mark at the card front end.On January 1st, 2006, the novel patent of TaiWan, China of bulletin also disclosed similar trip mechanism M285088 number.

So, be necessary to design a kind of new card connector and card connection and play assembly and solve the problems referred to above.

[summary of the invention]

The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of simple in structure, easy to assembly, and effective conserve space and prevent the card connector and the card connector assembly of device failure.

For achieving the above object, the following technical scheme of the present invention: a kind of card connector, in order to accommodate two kinds of electronic cards of different configurations, it comprises: a metal shell, this metal shell is determined a guide space and contains to be used to guide selected a kind of leader that blocks insertion, extend in guide space with the specific direction that card insertion direction intersects on this leader edge, and be used for to shift out the trip mechanism that direction move selected card opposite with card insertion direction, described trip mechanism comprises: merge and selected card moves withdraws from member with selected clamping; Be used for moving and withdrawing from operation member to shifting out direction; And rotating member, described rotating member has pivot and can be sent to the operation with control member around pivot rotation and withdraws from member, and pivot is arranged at outside the guide space.

Compared to prior art, card connector of the present invention and card connector assembly have following beneficial effect: pivot of the present invention is positioned at outside the guide space, effectively save guide space, avoid the stacked of electronic cards and rotating member, and prevent the improper damage that causes rotating member that electronic cards is inserted.

[description of drawings]

Above and other objects of the present invention, feature and advantage are understood from the description of following preferred embodiment with reference to the accompanying drawings, and the preferred embodiment only provides as the indefiniteness example, among the figure:

Fig. 1 is a card connector assembly schematic perspective view of the present invention.

Fig. 2 (A-D) is first metal shell four sides schematic diagram of card connector assembly of the present invention.

Fig. 3 (A-D) is first body four sides schematic diagram of card connector assembly of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is the schematic perspective view of card connector assembly subelement of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is the perspective exploded view of card connector assembly subelement of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is the schematic perspective view of first and second trip mechanism of card connector assembly of the present invention.

Fig. 7 (A-D) is three schematic diagrames of card connector assembly second metal shell of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is the floor map of second body of card connector assembly of the present invention.

[embodiment]

See also shown in Figure 1ly, most preferred embodiment of the present invention is a kind of card connector assembly 1, in order to be installed on a printed circuit board (PCB) or other electronic building brick to realize the signal interconnection of electric room.Card connector assembly 1 comprises that first card connector 10 reaches second card connector 20 of stacked installation with it, first card connector 10 is provided with one first receiving space 14, in order to accommodate at least one first electronic cards, second card connector 20 is provided with one second receiving space 220, in order to accommodate second electronic cards.In a preferred embodiment, described first electronic cards is Express Card/54 and the ExpressCard/34 that meets Express Card specification, and second electronic cards meets Smart Card specification, and the speed of described first electronic cards transmission is greater than second electronic cards.

Please join Fig. 2 (A-D) to shown in Figure 5, first card connector 10 is installed on second card connector, 20 tops, and first card connector 10 comprises first body 30, be housed in some the first terminals 4 in first body 30, be shielded in first metal shell 11 and first trip mechanism 6 and second trip mechanism 5 in order to respectively first and second electronic cards is withdrawed from respectively on first body 30.

First metal shell 11 is observed from a depression angle, in the form of a substantially rectangular, observes from a main perspective degree, is roughly U-shaped.Certainly, described " overlooking " reaches " main look " only description of the invention for the benefit of, but not to the restriction of invention flesh and blood.The paired the first side wall 13 that first metal shell 11 is provided with first roof 12, is bent to form from first roof 12, and first roof 12 and the first side wall 13 are around first receiving space 14 that forms.Please join Fig. 2 (A-D) and Fig. 3 (A), described first receiving space 14 is divided into the L shaped receiving space 140 that can accommodate Express Card/54 and is positioned at a rectangle receiving space 141 in L shaped receiving space 140 upper right corner (shown in ginseng Fig. 2 (A) dotted line), and L shaped receiving space 140 forms the guide space 142 of guiding Express Card/34 in its lower right corner.First roof 12 is bent to form two in contiguous card insert opening (not label) to first receiving space 14 and is first shell fragment 15 of an acute angle angle with card insertion direction A, is grounded and the fixing function in order to the corresponding metal lamellar body (not shown) on butt first electronic cards; Behind card insertion direction A, be formed with first lug 17 that extends in first receiving space 14 at first shell fragment 15, in order to fixing and guide first electronic cards; Between first lug 17, be formed with first slit 18 corresponding with rectangle receiving space 141 and that extend along card insertion direction A, and be positioned at first through hole 16 of first slit, 18 1 sides.

First body 30, observe from a depression angle, roughly be L shaped, it comprises first base portion 31, one-body molded and be positioned at first pedestal 33 on its right side with first base portion 31, and be positioned at the guide portion 34 of first pedestal, 33 downsides, along with the vertical direction of card insertion direction A, first base portion 31 and first pedestal, 33 overall widths and first metal shell, 11 width are about equally.First base portion 31 comprises main part 38, is positioned at the support arm 39 of main part 38 1 sides, autonomous body 38 extends to form the tongue piece 32 that is positioned at a side with support arm 39, and extends through main part 38 and tongue piece 32 and accommodate the plurality of terminals accepting groove (not label) of the first terminal 4.First pedestal 33 is roughly rectangular, long than first base portion 31 at card insertion direction A, its one side relative with first roof 12 is provided with first projection 36, extends and at first guide groove 35 in first protruding 36 left sides, and between first guide groove 35 and tongue piece 32 and also along the first discharge conduit 37 of card insertion direction A extension along card insertion direction A.Described first projection 36 along on the card insertion direction A between tongue piece 32 and guide portion 34 and contiguous guide portion 34.For avoiding increasing the integral thickness of first card connector 10, first projection, 36 set planes are low compared to first pedestal, 33 other parts.Please join Fig. 5, the another side of first pedestal 33 is provided with compares the peripheral first low cavity 332, be provided with in first cavity 332 first shrinkage pool 331 and along card insertion direction extend and second guide groove, 330, the first shrinkage pools 331 that are positioned at the first shrinkage pool inboard along card insertion direction A also between tongue piece 32 and guide portion 34 and contiguous guide portion 34.Guide portion 34 is from extending towards card insert opening of being provided with first shrinkage pool 331, form stepped with the one side that is provided with first projection 36, this guide portion 34 is roughly triangular in shape, its leader is a hypotenuse, extend in guide space 142 with the specific direction that card insertion direction A intersects on this hypotenuse edge, in order to the insertion of guiding Express Card/34.

Please join shown in Figure 6ly, first and

second trip mechanism

6,5 is the push-down trip mechanism, in order to shift out first and second electronic cards that direction B will select and shift out in first and

second card connector

10,20 to opposite with card insertion direction A.First and

second trip mechanism

6,5 comprise respectively first and second withdraw from

member

63,53, in order to moving first and

second control member

66,56 that first and second withdraws from

member

63,53 to shifting out direction B, and first and second rotating member 62,52.First and second rotating

member

62,52 is provided with pivot, and can be sent to first and second with the operation with first and

second control member

66,56 around pivot rotation and withdraw from member 63,53.Wherein, first and second withdraws from

member

63,53 1 ends and is provided with first and second holding section 630,530, so that the first end of first and second rotating

member

62,52 621,521 engages, the other end is vertically installed with the first push and block portion 631,531, first and second electronic cards of choosing in order to release.The second end 620,520 of first and second rotating

member

62,52 extends into third and fourth holding section 610,510 of first and

second control member

66,56 1 ends, is formed with first and second banking stop 623,523 that first and second hole 624,524 reaches around first and second hole 624,524 peripheries between these rotating

member

62,52 two ends.In this preferred embodiment, described first and second hole 624,524 is or/and first and second banking stop 623,523 can be considered the pivot of first and second rotating member 62,52.First and

second control member

66,56 of the present invention, can only be provided with as United States Patent (USP) US 7,090, first ejection rod 3 that 537B defines for No. 1, also can comprise first and second sliding

bar

61,51, first and

second action button

60,50 as diagram of the present invention, and inner first and

second holding parts

64,54 that the Push-Push configuration is set, its operation principle and operating process are that industry is known.In brief, by pushing first and

second action button

60,50, can drive first sliding

bar

61,51 and move along card insertion direction A.First and second withdraws from

member

63,53 differences and is that second second holding section 530 of withdrawing from member 53 is bent to form convex shape, and first holding section 630 is to establish the hole in one.

Each the first terminal 4 comprises and extends into terminal containing slot and protrude out the outer so that contact site 40 that corresponding contact with first electronic cards electrically connects of tongue piece 32, protrude out the outer so that afterbody 42 that combines with a circuit board or other device of first body 30, and connects the connecting portion 41 of contact site 40 and afterbody 43.

Please join Fig. 1 and in conjunction with Fig. 7 and Fig. 8, second card connector 20 is positioned at first card connector, 10 belows, comprise second body 22, be installed on second terminal group 23 on second body 22, and be shielded in second metal shell 21 on second body 22.Described first card connector 10 be laminated on second metal shell 21 and mat its separate first receiving space 14 and second receiving space 220.

Second metal shell 21 is roughly rectangular, comprises second roof 210, a pair of second sidewall 211 that extends to form from second roof, 210 both sides, reaches mat second roof 210, second sidewall 211 around second receiving space 220 that forms.Second roof 210 is formed with and the roughly suitable opening 212 of second terminal group, 23 configurations at a relative end with card insert opening, is provided with second slit 213 that the second push and block portion 531 that can hold extends into second receiving space 220 in opening 212 1 sides.

It is provided with the recess 221 of accommodating second terminal group 23 second body 22, and some second terminals 24 in described second terminal group 23 protrude into second receiving space 220 and electrically connect with the contact with second electronic cards, realizes signal interconnection between distinct device.

Please join Fig. 1 to shown in Figure 8, during assembling, 22 assemblings of second body are accommodated second terminal group, 23, the second metal shells 21 and are shielded in second body 22.Second trip mechanism 5 is assembled on first body 10 from first body, 10 1 sides, second withdraws from member 53 and second rotating member 52 is housed in first cavity 332, second banking stop 523 is contained in first shrinkage pool 331, second holding section 530 is limited in second guide groove 330, second control member 56 is positioned at outside second metal shell 21, and mat second holding parts 54 is fixed on second control member 56 on second card connector 20 with engaging of second sidewall 211.First body 10 that is assembled with second trip mechanism 53 is installed on second metal shell 21, and the second push and block portion 531 extends into second receiving space 220 to engage second electronic cards of inserting wherein from second slit 213.

Please join Fig. 1,4 and in conjunction with shown in Figure 6, first trip mechanism 6 is assembled on first body 10 from first body, 10 opposite sides, first withdraws from member 63 accommodates spacingly in first guide groove 35 and can shift out direction B along card insertion direction A/ and move, and the first push and block portion 631 extends into first and discharges conduit 37 in order to engage first electronic cards inserted and to move along conduit 37 with it.It is set than low degree that first rotating member 62 is assembled to first projection 36, and first projection 36 extends into first hole 624 to limit the pivot of first rotating member 62.

First metal shell 11 is assembled on first body 10, and first base portion 31 is positioned at L shaped receiving space 140, the first pedestals 33 and is positioned at rectangle receiving space 141, and guide portion 34 is positioned at guide space 142.First banking stop 623 of first rotating member 62 extends in first through hole 16, also be beneficial to the restriction pivot, first apical margin (not label) that withdraws from member 63 main parts extends in first slit 18, stablize on the one hand first location of withdrawing from member 63, limit first on the other hand and withdraw from member 63 and shift out direction B with one along card insertion direction A/ and move.First control member 66 is assembled in first metal shell, 11 the first side walls, 13 outer also mat first holding parts 64 and with engaging of the first side wall 13 first control member 66 is fixed on first card connector 20.

Fig. 1 to Fig. 8 be please join, and, 537B1 number, the Express Card/56 of first electronic cards of the present invention and the operation of withdrawing from that Express Card/34 is coupled to first card connector 10 described in conjunction with reference to United States Patent (USP) US 7,090.

At first, suppose that Express Card/56 is inserted into L shaped receiving space 140, be pushed along card insertion direction A that first rotating member 62 is rotated counterclockwise along pivot when pushing first action button, 60, the first sliding bars 61.Then, first withdraws from member 63, and the transmission of mat first rotating member 62 is slided along the direction B that shifts out opposite with card insertion direction A, so that the first push and block portion 631 promotes the front end of ExpressCard/56.As a result, Express Card/56 ejects from first card connector 10.Because of pivot is positioned at outside the guide space 142, the Express Card/56 and first rotating member 62 can be not stacked, help the lightening of conserve space and card connector.In the present embodiment, described pivot is positioned at rectangle receiving space 141, first hole 624 of first projection, 36 and first rotating member 62 of mat first pedestal 33 forms, or first banking stop 623 of first through hole 16 of first metal shell 11 and first rotating member 62 forms.

Secondly, suppose that Express Card/34 is inserted into L shaped receiving space 140, when promoting the front end that first control member, 66, the first push and block portions 631 also promote Express Card/34, its mode is similar to the Express Card/56 of description.As a result, Express Card/34 also ejects from first card connector 10.

Again, suppose that second electronic cards inserts second receiving space 220, be pushed along card insertion direction A that second rotating member 52 is along pivot (joining the 5th figure) rotation clockwise when pushing second action button, 50, the second sliding bars 51.Then, second withdraws from member 53, the transmission of mat second rotating member 62, on the contrary slide along shifting out direction B mutually with card insertion direction A, so that the second push and block portion 531 promotes the front end of second electronic cards.As a result, second electronic cards ejects from second card connector 20.This pivot is positioned at outside the guide space 142, and is located on first pedestal 33 of first card connector 10.In the present embodiment, described pivot also is positioned at rectangle receiving space 141, and second banking stop 523 of first shrinkage pool 331 of mat first pedestal 33 and second rotating member 52 forms.Certainly, the formation of the pivot of this second trip mechanism 5 also can be adopted the pivot generation type of first trip mechanism, and vice versa, such as, the through hole of second roof 210 of second banking stop 523 and second metal shell 21 forms.

One aspect of the present invention pivot is positioned at outside the guide space 142, effectively save guide space 142, avoid the stacked of Express Card/56 and first or two rotating

members

62,52, and prevent the improper damage that gives first rotating member 62 that Express Card/56 or Express Card/34 insert.In addition; the operation that this first and second rotating

member

62,52 only transmits first and

second control member

66,56; directly do not engage with first and second electronic cards of inserting; the electronic cards of choosing is withdrawed from first and second operation of withdrawing from

member

63,53 acceptance transmission of mat, and the protection that helps electronic cards reaches well to be withdrawed from.

Claims

1. card connector, in order to accommodate two kinds of electronic cards of different configurations, it comprises:

One metal shell, this metal shell are determined a guide space and contain to be used to guide selected a kind of leader that blocks insertion, and extend in guide space with the specific direction that card insertion direction intersects on this leader edge, and

Be used for to shift out the trip mechanism that direction move selected card opposite with card insertion direction,

Described trip mechanism comprises:

Merge and selected card moves withdraws from member with selected clamping;

Be used for moving and withdrawing from operation member to shifting out direction; With

Rotating member, described rotating member have pivot and can be sent to the operation with control member around pivot rotation and withdraw from member, and pivot is arranged at outside the guide space.

2. card connector as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: the rectangle receiving space that metal shell is determined to accommodate the L shaped receiving space of a selected card and is positioned at L shaped receiving space one side, described pivot is positioned at this rectangle receiving space.

3. card connector as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that: card connector comprises a body, and body comprises base portion and be positioned at a pedestal of base portion one side that pedestal is contained in the rectangle receiving space.

4. card connector as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that: rotating member is provided with and can holds the hole that the projection on the pedestal connects, and forms the pivot of rotating member by this.

5. card connector as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that: protruding set plane is low compared to the other parts of pedestal, and described rotating member is installed on this plane.

6. card connector as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that: rotating member is provided with an extensible limiting section that runs through a through hole of metal shell, forms the pivot of rotating member by this.

7. card connector as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that: pedestal is provided with a guide groove that extends along card insertion direction, withdraws from member and is limited in this guide groove and can moves relative to guide groove.

8. card connector as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that: base portion is provided with a tongue piece that connects with selected card, and along card insertion direction, pivot is between tongue piece and leader.

9. card connector as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that: body comprises one from base extension and the triangle guide portion of described leader is set, and described guide portion is positioned at guide space.

10. card connector as claimed in claim 3, it is characterized in that: withdraw from the end of member and the engaged at end of rotating member, the other end of rotating member engages with control member, the described engaged at end that withdraws from member commentaries on classics member, the other end of rotating member engages with control member, and described the other end of withdrawing from member is provided with can be in order to engage the push and block portion of a selected card.

11. a card connector assembly, it comprises:

First card connector and the second stacked with it card connector;

Described first card connector, in order to be connected to selectively along two kinds of configuration cards that card insertion direction inserts and width differs from one another, it comprises a metal shell, and this metal shell is determined a L shaped receiving space and is positioned at the rectangle receiving space of L shaped receiving space one side breach; And be used for to shift out the trip mechanism that direction move selected card opposite with card insertion direction,

Described trip mechanism comprises:

Merge and selected card moves withdraws from member with selected clamping;

Rotating member, described rotating member have pivot and can be sent to the operation with control member around pivot rotation and withdraw from member, and described pivot is arranged in the rectangle receiving space.

12. card connector assembly as claimed in claim 11, it is characterized in that: L shaped receiving space is determined a guide space, one guide portion that is used to guide narrower card to insert is contained in this guide space, extend in guide space with the specific direction that card insertion direction intersects on this guide portion edge, and described rotating member is positioned at outside the guide space.

13. card connector assembly as claimed in claim 11 is characterized in that: wherein card connector assembly comprises second trip mechanism in order to the card in second card connector is withdrawed from, and described second trip mechanism comprises:

Clamping in the second selected card connector merges with this selected card moves second withdraws from member;

Be used for moving second second control member that withdraws from member to shifting out direction; With

Second rotating member, described second rotating member have second pivot and can be sent to second with the operation with second control member around second pivot rotation and withdraw from member, and second pivot is arranged at the rectangle receiving space.

14. card connector assembly as claimed in claim 13, it is characterized in that: first card connector is provided with and is contained in the base portion in the L shaped receiving space and is contained in the interior pedestal of rectangle receiving space, and the described rotating member and second rotating member lay respectively at the pedestal both sides.

15. card connector assembly as claimed in claim 14 is characterized in that: wherein pedestal is respectively arranged with depressed part in its two sides, to accommodate the rotating member and second rotating member.