CN101882733B

CN101882733B - Electric connector

Info

Publication number: CN101882733B
Application number: CN200910302109A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 蔡赐庆
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: 2009-05-06
Filing date: 2009-05-06
Publication date: 2012-10-03
Anticipated expiration: 2029-05-06
Also published as: CN101882733A

Abstract

The invention relates to an electric connector which comprises a plug and a socket, wherein the plug comprises a first insulation body and an equilateral polygon frame opening installed on the first insulation body; the socket comprises a second insulation body and an equilateral polygon splicing block that protrudes out of the second insulation body bulge and corresponds to the frame opening; the first insulation body and the second insulation body are respectively assembled with a first electrode conductive terminal and a plurality of second electrode conductive terminals, wherein the first electrode conductive terminal is positioned in the center of an inscribed circle of the frame opening and the splicing block; the first insulation body or the second insulation body is internally provided with second electrode conductive terminals with quantity being not less than the edge quantity of the equilateral polygon, the second electrode conductive terminals are respectively positioned in corners adjacent to the equilateral polygon correspondingly, and the other insulation body is internally provided with at least two second electrode conductive terminals which are respectively positioned at two corners most far away from the equilateral polygon; and the distances from the second electrode conductive terminals to the first electrode conductive terminal are equal.

Description

Electric connector

[technical field]

The invention relates to a kind of electric connector, relate in particular to a kind of electric power connecting electric connector.

[background technology]

High-endization of electronic product now, intellectuality, variation are followed and mode of operation that to be the consumer adopted when using electronic product reaches the most succinct.The United States Patent (USP) US7311526 patent announcement of Apple a kind of electric power connecting electric connector; On the plug and socket of this electric connector magnet is installed; First conducting terminal on the plug is positioned at the middle part, and the second conducting terminal symmetry arrangement is in the both sides of first conducting terminal; Butt joint conducting terminal on the socket is corresponding with first, second conducting terminal, need not the fool proof design, and is right; Have magnet on the plug of this connector; Because plug is exposed at the outside of electronic product, often has other iron object to be adsorbed down on the plug, makes troubles to the consumer.Moreover the design of the polygon electric power connecting electric connector of nowadays selling on the market all has fool proof to design or have the plug or the socket of fool proof mark; And the numbers of terminals in the electric connector is many, and therefore, the production cost of this type electric connector is high; Mentality of designing is complicated, and the consumer uses also inconvenient.

Given this, be necessary to provide a kind of novel electric connector to solve plug and the inconvenient and high problem of electric connector manufacturing cost of socket grafting.

[summary of the invention]

Therefore, the present invention's technical problem that will solve is plug and socket peg graft inconvenient and the high problem of electric connector manufacturing cost.

Electric connector of the present invention comprises plug and the socket that connects with this plug, and plug comprises first insulating body, and is installed in the regular polygon frame mouth on this first insulating body; Socket comprise protrude out on second insulating body, this second insulating body be sheathed in the frame mouth and with the corresponding regular polygon grafting of frame mouth piece; On this first insulating body and second insulating body, be assembled with first utmost point conducting terminal and several second utmost point conducting terminals respectively, wherein, first utmost point conducting terminal is positioned at the circle centre position of frame mouth and grafting piece inscribed circle; Be assembled with number in one of them the insulating body of first and second insulating body and be no less than half the said second utmost point conducting terminal of regular polygon limit number, lay respectively in the adjacent and corresponding angle of number of regular polygon; At least be assembled with two these second utmost point conducting terminals in the other end insulating body corresponding with it; Said two these second utmost point conducting terminals lay respectively at regular polygon distance mutually in two angles farthest, each second utmost point conducting terminal in said first insulating body in the distance of corresponding first utmost point conducting terminal and second insulating body each second utmost point conducting terminal to corresponding first utmost point conducting terminal apart from correspondent equal.

Compared with prior art, the plug of electric connector of the present invention is equipped with the grafting piece that chase and socket be provided with and cooperates, and chase is corresponding regular polygon with the grafting piece, need not error-proof structure during the grafting of assurance plug and socket; Moreover; The number of second conducting terminal only needs only need guarantee wherein have two to get final product on a diagonal with cornerwise number number the same, the 4th conducting terminal, has reduced the cost of material greatly, reduces by the second, the 4th conducting terminal quantity is installed; Improved production efficiency; It is thus clear that the present invention has effectively solved plug and the inconvenient and high problem of electric connector manufacturing cost of socket grafting, has satisfied consumer demand.

[description of drawings]

Fig. 1 is the stereogram of electric connector of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the sketch map that the plug of electric connector of the present invention docks with socket;

Fig. 3 is the three-dimensional exploded view of the plug of electric connector of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is the three-dimensional exploded view of the socket of electric connector of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is the front view of the plug of electric connector of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is the front view of the socket of electric connector of the present invention;

Fig. 7 is the cross-sectional schematic of electric connector of the present invention;

Fig. 8 is the sketch map that the second embodiment plug of electric connector of the present invention docks with socket;

Front view when Fig. 9 is positive triangle for the frame mouth of the plug of electric connector of the present invention;

Front view when Figure 10 is positive triangle for the grafting piece of the socket of electric connector of the present invention;

Front view when Figure 11 is regular pentagon for the frame mouth of the plug of electric connector of the present invention;

Front view when Figure 12 is regular pentagon for the grafting piece of the socket of electric connector of the present invention;

Front view when Figure 13 is regular hexagon for the frame mouth of the plug of electric connector of the present invention;

Front view when Figure 14 is regular hexagon for the grafting piece of the socket of electric connector of the present invention.

[embodiment]

Please referring to figs. 1 through shown in Figure 7; A kind of electric connector 100; Comprise plug 200 and the socket 300 that connects with this plug 200; Be assembled in first utmost point conducting terminal and several second utmost point conducting terminals in plug 200 and the socket 300, wherein first utmost point conducting terminal comprises that first conducting terminal 23 and the 3rd conducting terminal 32, the second utmost point conducting terminals comprise second conducting terminal 24 and the 4th conducting terminal 33.

Plug 200 comprises first insulating body 21; First conducting terminal 23 and the end of second conducting terminal, 24, the first conducting terminals 23 and second conducting terminal 24 that are assembled on first insulating body 21 are hemispheric contact 231; Be installed on the frame mouth 22 on first insulating body 21, frame mouth 22 is a regular polygon; Be assembled in the spring 25 that is connected to second conducting terminal, 24 contacts, 231 relative ends in first insulating body 21.

Socket 300 comprises second insulating body 31; Protrude out on second insulating body 31 and be enclosed within the frame mouth 22 the grafting piece 310 that should be regular polygon with frame mouth 22 relatively; Be assembled in the 3rd conducting terminal 32 and the 4th conducting terminal 33, the three conducting terminals 32 and the 4th conducting terminal 33 1 ends on second insulating body 31 for can accommodate the joint 321 that contact 231 is domed; Be sheathed on the magnet 34 in grafting piece 310 outsides, the frame mouth 22 of magnet 34 absorption plugs 200, firm plug 200 well docks with socket 300; Coat the housing 35 of second insulating body 31 and magnet 34, prevent that magnet 34 breaks away from socket 300.

Wherein, first conducting terminal 23 is positioned at the circle centre position of frame mouth 22 inscribed circles; The 3rd conducting terminal 32 is positioned at the circle centre position of grafting piece 310 inscribed circles, when first conducting terminal 23 docks with socket 300 at plug 200, inserts in the joint 321 of the 3rd conducting terminal 32 and connects with the 3rd conducting terminal 32; Second conducting terminal 24 is positioned on the line in summit and the circle of contact center of circle of 22 jiaos in frame mouth, and its number is no less than the half the of frame mouth 22 limit numbers, and several this second conducting terminal 24 to be positioned at first conducting terminal 23 be on the same circle in the center of circle; The 4th conducting terminal 33 is positioned on the line in summit and the circle of contact center of circle of 310 jiaos of grafting pieces; Its number is no less than two; Be positioned at distance at a distance of farthest two angles, and several the 4th conducting terminals 33 to be positioned at the 3rd conducting terminal 32 be on the same circle in the center of circle; Have at least one the 4th conducting terminal 33 to contact with second conducting terminal 24.

The first, the 3rd, the 4th conducting

terminal

23,32,33 is fixed in first, second

insulating body

21,31; Second conducting terminal 24 is assembled in first insulating body 21; Itself and contact 231 relative ends are against on the spring 25; In first insulating body 21, slide along the grafting direction, second conducting terminal 24 is provided with step 232 and prevents that spring 25 from ejecting first insulating body 21 with second conducting terminal 24.

When plug 200 inserts socket 300; Magnet 34 absorption frame mouths 22 on the socket 300 are set on the grafting piece 310; Simultaneously; First conducting terminal 23 and the 3rd conducting terminal 32 connect, and the contact of first conducting terminal 23 extend in the joint 321 of the 3rd conducting terminal 32, and this structure prevents to radially move after plug 200 from inserting socket 300; Second conducting terminal 24 connects with corresponding the 4th conducting terminal 33 under the compressing of spring 25; If not having the 4th conducting terminal 33, the second under the compressing of grafting piece 310, to compress spring 25 to conducting terminal on the corresponding socket 300 of second conducting terminal 24 withdraws in first insulating body 21.

Above-mentioned execution mode; Be to be that example is done concrete elaboration with the square, right, in these type electric connector 100 fields; Extremely shown in Figure 14 with reference to Fig. 9; Triangle, pentagon and only need satisfy following condition greater than the regular polygon on five limits and can reach the object of the invention, promptly when the limit of frame mouth 22 number was even number, second utmost point conducting terminal was positioned on the diagonal of these frame mouth 22 incenters; When the limit of frame mouth 22 number was odd number, second utmost point conducting terminal was positioned on the line of angle and frame mouth incenter of this frame mouth 22; Second utmost point conducting terminal number guarantees to being no less than the half the of polygon limit number.

Please with reference to shown in Figure 8; Another kind of embodiment of the present invention: a kind of electric connector 100; Comprise plug 200 and the socket 300 that connects with this plug 200; Be assembled in first utmost point conducting terminal and several second utmost point conducting terminals in plug 200 and the socket 300, wherein first utmost point conducting terminal comprises that first conducting terminal 23 and the 3rd conducting terminal 32, the second utmost point conducting terminals comprise second conducting terminal 24 and the 4th conducting terminal 33; Plug 200 comprises first insulating body 21, is assembled in first conducting terminal 23 and second conducting terminal 24 on this first insulating body 21, and is installed in the frame mouth 22 on this first insulating body 21; Socket 300 comprises protruding out on second insulating body 31, this second insulating body 31 and is enclosed within the frame mouth 22 with the corresponding grafting piece of frame mouth 22 310, is sheathed on the magnet 34 on this grafting piece 310; And the 3rd conducting terminal 32 and the 4th conducting terminal 33, the first conducting terminals 23 and the 3rd conducting terminal 32 that are assembled on this second insulating body 31 connect.

Frame mouth 22 is a regular polygon with grafting piece 310; First conducting terminal 23 is positioned at the circle centre position of frame mouth 22 inscribed circles; The 3rd conducting terminal 32 is positioned at the circle centre position of grafting piece 310 inscribed circles; Second conducting terminal 24 is positioned on the line in summit and the circle of contact center of circle of 22 jiaos in frame mouth, and its number is no less than two, is positioned at distance at a distance of two angles farthest, and several this second conducting terminal 24 to be positioned at first conducting terminal 23 be on the same circle in the center of circle; The 4th conducting terminal 33 is positioned on the line in summit and the circle of contact center of circle of 310 jiaos of grafting pieces, and its number is no less than the half the of grafting piece 310 limit numbers, and several the 4th conducting terminals 33 to be positioned at the 3rd conducting terminal 32 be on the same circle in the center of circle; Have at least one the 4th conducting terminal 33 to contact with second conducting terminal 24.

See from two kinds of execution modes; Remaining first conducting terminal 23 and the 3rd conducting terminal 32, to be positioned at the center of frame mouth 22 and grafting piece 310 constant; It is on the same circle of center of circle same radius that second conducting terminal 24 and the 4th conducting terminal 33 are arranged in the first and the 3rd conducting terminal 24 respectively; When guaranteeing that plug 200 and socket 300 connect at any angle, always there be a pair of joining to get final product.

Claims

1. an electric connector comprises plug and the socket that connects with this plug, and said plug comprises first insulating body, and is installed in the regular polygon frame mouth on this first insulating body; Said socket comprise protrude out on second insulating body, this second insulating body be sheathed in the said frame mouth and with the corresponding regular polygon grafting of frame mouth piece; On this first insulating body and second insulating body, be assembled with first utmost point conducting terminal and several second utmost point conducting terminals respectively, it is characterized in that: said first utmost point conducting terminal is positioned at the circle centre position of said frame mouth and grafting piece inscribed circle; Be assembled with number in one of them the insulating body of said first and second insulating body and be no less than half the said second utmost point conducting terminal of regular polygon limit number; Lay respectively in the adjacent and corresponding angle of number of regular polygon; At least be assembled with two these second utmost point conducting terminals in the other end insulating body corresponding with it; Said two these second utmost point conducting terminals lay respectively at regular polygon distance mutually in two angles farthest, each second utmost point conducting terminal in said first insulating body in the distance of corresponding first utmost point conducting terminal and second insulating body each second utmost point conducting terminal to corresponding first utmost point conducting terminal apart from correspondent equal.

2. electric connector as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: said first utmost point conducting terminal comprises first conducting terminal that is assembled in first insulating body and the 3rd conducting terminal that is assembled in second insulating body; Said second utmost point conducting terminal comprises second conducting terminal that is assembled in first insulating body and the 4th conducting terminal that is assembled in second insulating body.

3. electric connector as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that: the radius of circle that said second conducting terminal is the center of circle with said first conducting terminal circle that is the center of circle and said the 4th conducting terminal with said the 3rd conducting terminal equates.

4. electric connector as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that: have at least said the 4th conducting terminal to contact with said second conducting terminal.

5. electric connector as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: also be provided with the magnet that is set in the said grafting piece outside on the said socket and be connected with said frame mouth.

6. electric connector as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that: said frame mouth comprises the irony composition.

7. electric connector as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that: an end of said first conducting terminal and second conducting terminal is hemispheric contact; Said the 3rd conducting terminal and the 4th conducting terminal one end are for can accommodate the joint that said contact is domed.

8. electric connector as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that: said plug also comprises and is assembled in the spring that is connected to the relative end of the said second end electric terminal contact in first insulating body.

9. electric connector as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that: said socket also comprises the housing that coats said second insulating body and magnet, prevents that said magnet breaks away from socket.

10. electric connector as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: when the limit number of said frame mouth and grafting piece was even number, said second utmost point conducting terminal was positioned on the diagonal of this frame mouth and grafting piece incenter; When the limit number of said frame mouth and grafting piece was odd number, said second utmost point conducting terminal was positioned on the line of angle and frame mouth and grafting piece incenter of this frame mouth and grafting piece.