CN101997191B - Electric connector - Google Patents

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CN101997191B
CN101997191B CN200910305728.4A CN200910305728A CN101997191B CN 101997191 B CN101997191 B CN 101997191B CN 200910305728 A CN200910305728 A CN 200910305728A CN 101997191 B CN101997191 B CN 101997191B
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张志成
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Foxconn Kunshan Computer Connector Co Ltd
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd
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An electric connector is installed on an external circuit board and comprises an insulating body and a light-emitting module and a light guide part which are installed in the insulating body, wherein the insulating body is provided with a plurality of butt joint spaces for insertion and butt joint of butt joint connectors; the light-emitting module comprises a locating part and a pair of light-emitters housed in the locating part; the locating part is installed behind the part between adjacent butt joint spaces in the horizontal direction; and one end of the light guide part guides the light emitted by the light-emitters. Through such design, the electric connector has smaller overall length, thus reducing the space occupied by the connector on the external circuit board or the external device, and besides, the light guide part is closer to the light-emitters of the light-emitting module, thus reducing the length of the light guide part. The electric connector has simple structure and the cost of the connector is saved.

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Electric connector
[technical field]
The present invention relates to a kind of electric connector, relate in particular to the structure of the display unit of this electric connector.
[background technology]
U.S. Patent Bulletin discloses a kind of electric connector No. US7367851, this electric connector comprises an insulating body, is contained in the some light guides in insulating body and is installed in the illuminating module of insulating body rear end side by side, described illuminating module further comprises a bearing part and luminous element, described bearing part has be set up in parallel some to accepting groove, and luminous element comprises that illuminating part and self-luminous piece one end extend conduction stitch.Described luminous element is contained in accepting groove, the below that conduction stitch extends bearing part, and the end of light guide extends the rear end of insulating body and is matched with on illuminating part.This kind of electric connector is assembled in illuminating module the rear end of insulating body, simple in structure, easy to assembly, and still, this kind is arranged so that the entire length of connector is larger, and the space that takies client's plate or external equipment is larger.Therefore, need to provide a kind of simple in structure, can the less client's of taking plate or the electric connector in external equipment space.
[summary of the invention]
Technical problem to be solved by this invention is: providing that a kind of simple in structure, length is less can the less client's of taking plate or the electric connector in external equipment space.
Technical problem to be solved by this invention passes to lower technical scheme and realizes: a kind of electric connector, be used for being mounted to a external circuit board, this electric connector comprises insulating body, is installed on illuminating module and light guide in insulating body, described insulating body is provided with the multiple docking space that can insert for butt connector docking, illuminating module comprises keeper and is contained in a pair of luminous element in keeper, this keeper is installed on the rear between the docking space that horizontal direction is adjacent, the light that one end guiding illuminating part of light guide sends.
Compared to prior art, electric connector of the present invention is arranged at illuminating module between adjacent docking space, has reduced the length of electric connector, has reduced connector and has accounted for the space on the external circuit board or external device (ED).
In addition, light guide to the distance of the illuminating part of illuminating module diminishes, thereby has reduced the length of light guide, and simple in structure, and has saved the cost of connector.
[brief description of the drawings]
Fig. 1 is the assembling stereogram of electric connector according to the invention.
Fig. 2 is the explosive view of electric connector shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is the explosive view of another angle of electric connector shown in Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is the stereogram of the insulating body of electric connector shown in Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is the illuminating module of electric connector and the figure that coordinates of light guide.
Fig. 6 is the exploded view of illuminating module and light guide.
[embodiment]
For meeting a kind of electric connector 100 of invention, this electric connector 100 is for being installed on the external circuit board 200 or an external equipment as shown in Figures 1 to 6.Described electric connector 100 comprises insulating body 1, is arranged on some docking modules 3, illuminating module 5 and light guide 7 on insulating body 1.
Described insulating body 1 is provided with the pair of sidewalls 15 of diapire 13, connection roof 11 and the diapire 13 of roof 11, setting contrary to roof 11, and this insulating body 1 is also provided with front end face 17.Described insulating body 1 is provided with some in order to accommodate the docking space 19 of butt connector (not shown), between adjacent docking space 19, is provided with spaced walls 12.Described insulating body 1 is provided with and accommodates the first through hole 111 near sidewall 15 places at roof 11, roof 11 places between adjacent docking space 19 are that the both sides of spaced walls 12 are provided with the second through hole 113, diapire 13 places in docking space 19 are provided with third through-hole 115, and described first, second, third through hole 111,113,115 all runs through insulating body 1 backward from front end face 17.Described roof 11 is also provided with the opening 117 connecting in the second through hole 113.
Each docking module 3 comprises and is parallel to the internal circuit board 31 that the external circuit board 200 arranges, and is welded in some docking terminals 33 of internal circuit board 31 two opposite sides and is arranged at the coil module 35 of internal circuit board 31 belows.
Described illuminating module 5 further comprises the first illuminating module 51, the second illuminating module 53 and the 3rd illuminating module 55.The first illuminating module 51 comprises a retaining piece 511 and the first luminous element 512, the first luminous element 512 further comprises the first illuminating part 513 and extended the first conduction stitch 515 and the second conduction stitch 516, the first conduction stitch 515 and the second conduction stitch 516 are immobilizated in retaining piece 511 and can be electrically connected with the external circuit board 200 from first illuminating part 513 one end.The second illuminating module 53 comprises positioning piece 531 and the second luminous element 532, and these second illuminating module 53 pack forward insulating body 1 into from the rear end of insulating body 1.Described keeper 531 is provided with and is parallel to support portion 5311 that the external circuit board 200 arranges and the flat part 5313 perpendicular to support portion 5311, and described support portion 5311 width is in the horizontal direction greater than flat part 5313.Support portion 5311 is concaved with a pair of accepting groove 533 downwards, and each accepting groove 533 is further concaved with a pair of through hole (not shown) downwards from its bottom, and these through holes (not shown) connect flat part 5313.Described accepting groove 533 is set up in parallel along the direction of insertion of butt connector (not shown), and a pair of through hole (not shown) in each accepting groove 531 is also set up in parallel and arranges point-blank along the direction of insertion of butt connector.The 3rd conduction stitch 535 that the second luminous element 532 further comprises the second illuminating part 534 and extend horizontally away from the second illuminating part 534, conduction stitch 535 is provided with weld part 536.The second illuminating part 534 and the 3rd conduction stitch 535 are housed in the accepting groove 533 of keeper 534, and the weld part 536 of the 3rd conduction stitch 535 extends keeper 531 and can be electrically connected on the external circuit board, all the 3rd conduction stitch 535 are straight line and arrange in the direction of insertion of butt connector (not shown).The 3rd 55 of illuminating module are only luminous element, and these grade in an imperial examination three luminous elements 55 comprise the 3rd illuminating part 551 and extended a pair of the 4th conduction stitch 553 arranged side by side from the 3rd illuminating part 551 one end.
The second light guide 71 that described light guide 7 comprises the first light guide 73 and is set up in parallel in the horizontal direction with the first light guide 73.The first light guide 73 and a pair of the 3rd illuminating part 551 are in same perpendicular, this first light guide 73 has the first main part 731, be arranged at the first light acceptance division 733 of first main part 731 one end and the first display part 735 of the other end, described the first light acceptance division 733 is perpendicular to horizontal plane to the outstanding horizontal plane of downward-extension, and the first main part 731 is provided with the first projection 737.The second light guide 71 has the second main part 711, be arranged at the second light acceptance division 713 of second main part 711 one end and the second display part 715 of the other end, described the second light acceptance division 713 is the protuberance that the second main part 711 is outwards vertically bent to form from horizontal plane, this protuberance 713 (the second light acceptance division) is given prominence to horizontal plane perpendicular to horizontal plane to downward-extension again, and described the second main part 711 is provided with the second projection 717.
When installation, respectively dock module 3 and pack into forward in insulating body 1 from the rear end of insulating body 1,33 extensions of docking terminal are housed in docking space 19 in order to be connected with the terminal (not shown) that docks of butt connector.First, second conduction stitch 515,516 of the first illuminating part 513 and part packs in the first through hole 111,511 of retaining pieces pack 19 rears, docking space of close sidewall 15 into and are positioned at the below of the first through hole 111, first, second conduction stitch 515,516 parts are retained on retaining piece 511, thereby the first luminous element 512 is firmly installed in insulating body 1.The first, the first light guide 73,71 is installed on respectively in the second through hole 113 of spaced walls 12 both sides, keeper 531 is arranged on the rear of spaced walls 12, it is the rear between adjacent docking space 19, now, the second display part 715 of the second light guide 71 extends to the front end face 17 of insulating body 1, the second 713 of light acceptance divisions extension is arranged on the top of keeper 531 and is installed on one of them second illuminating part 534, and the second projection 717 of the second light guide 71 holds and is housed in opening 117; The first display part 735 of the first light guide 73 extends to the front end face 17 of insulating body 1, the first 733 of light acceptance divisions extension is arranged on the top of keeper 531 and is installed on another one the second illuminating part 534, and the first projection 737 correspondences of the first light guide 73 hold and are housed in opening 117; 536 of the weld parts of the 3rd conduction stitch 535 are soldered on the external circuit board 200.Now, the first light acceptance division 733 of the first light guide 73 is arranged at wherein the second illuminating part 534 tops of an accepting groove interior 533, the second light acceptance division 713 of the second light guide 71 and the second main part 733 are on same straight line and be matched with on the second illuminating part 534 in another accepting groove 533, and the first light guide 73 is arranged at the rear end of the second light acceptance division 713 of the second light guide 71 along the installation direction of keeper 531, the first light guide 73 is corresponding to guide this light that the second illuminating part 534 sends with the second illuminating part 534 near insulating body 1 front end, the second light guide 71 extends beyond the first light guide 73 and extends to away from the second illuminating part 534 of insulating body 1 and sentence the light that this second illuminating part 534 of guiding sends in extending end bending in butt connector direction of insertion.The weld part 536 of all the 3rd conduction stitch 535 in keeper 531 is located along the same line along the installation direction of keeper 531.The 3rd illuminating part 551 of the 3rd luminous element 55 and part the 4th conduction stitch 553 are housed in third through-hole 115, and part the 4th 553 of stitch of conduction extend insulating body 1 and are soldered on the external circuit board 200.
Electric connector 100 of the present invention, part is adopted to light guide 71 for the light-emitting device that shows electric connector 100 operating states, 73 with luminous element 532, the mode that keeper 531 cooperatively interacts arranges, and coordinate the illuminating module 5 of formation to be installed on adjacent docking space 19 luminous element 532 and keeper 531 docks between space, not only reduce the length of conduction stitch 535, reduce conduction stitch 535 oversize in easy impaired situation of when assembling, and reduce the entire length of electric connector 100, save connector and accounted for the space on the external circuit board 200 or external device (ED).

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1. an electric connector, be used for being mounted to a external circuit board, this electric connector comprises insulating body, be installed on illuminating module and light guide in insulating body, described insulating body is provided with the multiple docking space that can insert for butt connector docking, described illuminating module comprises keeper and is contained in a pair of luminous element in keeper, this keeper is installed on the rear between the docking space that horizontal direction is adjacent, the photoconduction that light guide sends luminous element causes the front end of described electric connector, it is characterized in that: described keeper is respectively arranged with an accepting groove in the front and back position of butt connector direction of insertion, described a pair of luminous element is equipped with illuminating part and from the extended some conduction stitch in one end of each illuminating part, a pair of described illuminating part is contained in two aforementioned accepting grooves, all conduction stitch all stretch out keeper and can be electrically connected on the external circuit board.
2. electric connector as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that: described all conduction stitch are a linear array in butt connector direction of insertion.
3. electric connector as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: the second light guide that described light guide comprises the first light guide and is set up in parallel in the horizontal direction with the first light guide, described the first light guide with near the corresponding light sending to guide this illuminating part of illuminating part of insulating body, the second light guide extends beyond the first light guide and extends to away from the illuminating part of insulating body and sentences the light that this illuminating part of guiding sends in extending end bending in butt connector direction of insertion.
4. electric connector as claimed in claim 3, is characterized in that: described the first light guide and a pair of illuminating part are in same perpendicular.
5. electric connector as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: the diapire that described insulating body is provided with a roof and is oppositely arranged with roof, described insulating body is also provided with front end face, described roof is concaved with some through holes of accommodating described light guide from front end face, the corresponding each through hole of described roof is also provided with an opening, each light guide is provided with a projection, and in light guide is contained in through hole time, described projection holds and is housed in opening.
6. electric connector as claimed in claim 5, is characterized in that: described adjacent docking is provided with spaced walls between space, and described through hole is arranged at the both sides of spaced walls.
7. electric connector as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: described insulating body is also provided with the pair of sidewalls that connects roof and diapire, roof is also being provided with the first through hole near side-walls, and electric connector is also provided with and is contained in the retaining piece of the first through hole and is retained on a light-emitting device on retaining piece.
8. electric connector as claimed in claim 7, it is characterized in that: described light-emitting device comprises one second illuminating part and the second conduction stitch with the second illuminating part electric connection, aforementioned the second illuminating part is held before being arranged at insulating body, and described the second conduction stitch is connected with retaining piece fixing and can be electrically connected with the external circuit board.
9. electric connector as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: described keeper is provided with one perpendicular to the flat part of the external circuit board and perpendicular to the support portion of flat part, described support portion width is in the horizontal direction greater than flat part, and described accepting groove self-supporting portion is arranged with formation downwards.
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