CN105633729A

CN105633729A - Plug connector

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Publication number: CN105633729A
Application number: CN201610036292.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 郑志丕; 杨竣杰; 黄子耀
Original assignee: Foxconn Kunshan Computer Connector Co Ltd
Current assignee: Foxconn Kunshan Computer Connector Co Ltd
Priority date: 2015-04-29
Filing date: 2016-01-20
Publication date: 2016-06-01
Anticipated expiration: 2036-01-20
Also published as: TWI568095B; CN105633729B; TW201640751A; CN205543486U

Abstract

Provided is a plug connector which comprises an insulating body, an upper terminal module, and a lower terminal module. The upper terminal module comprises an upper insulator and an upper terminal injection molded on the upper insulator. The lower terminal module comprises a lower insulator and a lower terminal injection molded on the lower insulator. The upper and lower insulators are installed together and then are assembled into the insulating body to form a cable placing platform at the rear end of a receiving chamber. The upper and lower terminals comprise contact portions arranged on the two opposite sides of the receiving chamber and foot portions embedded into the upper and lower insulators. An upper power terminal in the upper terminal module and the foot portion of an upper connection terminal are exposed to the lower surface of the upper insulator. A lower power terminal in the lower terminal module and the foot portion of a lower connection terminal are exposed to the upper surface of the upper insulator. After the upper and lower insulator are assembled, the upper and lower power terminals are abutted against and the upper and lower grounding terminals are abutted against. Compared with a product in the prior art, the plug connector is simple in assembly manner and simplified in terminal foot portions, and facilitates cable soldering.

Description

Pin connector

[technical field]

The present invention relates to a kind of pin connector.

[background technology]

On August 11st, 2014, USB association discloses a kind of novel electric connector, its pin connector positive and negative both direction can insert corresponding socket connector, and this socket connector can transmit USB2.0 and USB3.1 signal, this adapter called after USBTypeC adapter. According to the news that current industry is reported, this electric connector is follow-up bigger development potentiality, in coupled system manufacturer of each adapter manufacturer active development. The USBTypeC pin connector being connected with cable has the full needle construction of transmission USB3.0 or 3.1, also there is the scarce needle construction of transmission USB2.0, this scarce needle construction is that four pairs of differential pair terminals in full needle construction are extracted or are not provided with, USB2.0TypeC pin connector generally still remains with the terminal of 12 or 11, number of terminals is more, requiring over sub-circuit board and be transferred to cable, relative cost is higher.

It is therefore desirable to develop a kind of novel pin connector.

[summary of the invention]

The technical problem to be solved is in that to provide a kind of pin connector, is connected simple between its connection-peg with cable, less costly.

For solving above-mentioned technical problem, the present invention can adopt the following technical scheme that a kind of pin connector, and it includes insulating body, upper terminal module and lower terminal module; Described insulating body is provided with the host cavity run through forward, and described upper terminal module includes upper insulator and the injection mo(u)lding upper terminal at upper insulator; Described lower terminal module includes lower insulator and the injection mo(u)lding lower terminal at lower insulator; Upper and lower insulator is assembled into described insulating body after being installed together, and forms a cable placement platform being positioned at host cavity rear end; Cable placement platform has the first relative placed side and the second placed side; Described upper and lower end attached bag is drawn together the contact site of the opposite sides being arranged in host cavity and is embedded in the foot portion of upper and lower insulator; Described upper terminal module includes power source terminal and upper ground terminal, the exposed lower surface at upper insulator of foot of described power source terminal and upper pin terminal, lower terminal module includes lower power supply terminal and lower ground terminal, the exposed upper surface at lower insulator of foot of described lower power supply terminal and lower ground terminal; After upper and lower insulator assembles, described upper and lower power supply terminal is against each other and completes to be electrically connected, and upper and lower ground terminal is against each other and completes to be electrically connected.

Compared with prior art, the assembling mode of pin connector of the present invention is simple and simplifies terminal foot, facilitates the welding of cable.

Further, the pin of described upper and lower ground terminal and upper and lower power supply terminal is embedded in cable placement platform; Side at corresponding upper and lower ground terminal is provided with slit, and the side at upper and lower power supply terminal is also provided with slit, and described slit can insert solder with the connection between the upper and lower ground terminal of reinforcement of weld and upper and lower power supply terminal.

Further, one of them foot of described upper and lower power supply terminal is exposed forms a power pin for connecting power cable in the first placed side, and one of them foot of described upper and lower ground terminal is exposed forms a ground connection pin for connecting ground cable in the first placed side.

Second placed side of described cable placement platform is exposed an additional power terminals pin; Described upper terminal module also includes an inspection terminal, and described additional power terminals pin is positioned at the side of described inspection terminal pin; Described additional power terminals pin and inspection terminal pin are connected to each other by a resistance.

Further, described pin connector includes the metal latch fastener being clamped between upper and lower end submodule group, described metal latch fastener has the pair of catches arm and foot that extend into docking chamber, the end of lock catch arm is had the snap close head laterally protruding into host cavity toward each other by this, and described pin is connected to ground terminal or the foot of lower ground terminal.

Further, the upper and lower surface of described upper and lower end submodule group has recessed groove, and the foot of described snap close piece is contained in recessed groove.

Further, described upper terminal module includes a pair power source terminal, and power source terminal is laterally connected by this by one first bridge portion, and described lower terminal module includes a pair time power supply terminal, and this pair time power supply terminal is laterally connected by one second bridge portion.

Further, described pin connector includes signal terminal adjacent one another are a pair, and the foot of described signal terminal is exposed forms a pair signal terminal pin for being connected with signal cable in the first placed side of cable placement platform; The pair of signal terminal pin is between one ground terminal pin and one power supply terminal pin.

Further, the lower surface of described upper terminal module has fixing hole, and the upper surface of lower terminal module has the fixing post inserting fixing hole.

The present invention can also adopt another kind of technical scheme: a kind of pin connector, and it includes connection-peg, row's upper terminal of being contained in connection-peg and row's lower terminal; Described connection-peg is provided with the host cavity run through forward, and described upper terminal and lower terminal include the contact site being arranged in host cavity opposite sides; The rear end of described connection-peg is provided with cable placement platform, described cable placement platform has the first relative placed side and the second placed side, described upper terminal and lower terminal have the pin extending to described cable placement platform, wherein the first placed side is exposed a pair signal terminal pin, a power supply terminal pin and a ground terminal pin, and wherein said power supply terminal pin and ground terminal pin lay respectively at the both sides of a pair signal terminal pin; Described second placed side is at least exposed an inspection terminal pin for being connected with resistance.

Compared with prior art, pin connector of the present invention simplifies terminal foot, facilitates the welding of cable.

[accompanying drawing explanation]

Fig. 1 is the axonometric chart of pin connector of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is the axonometric chart of Fig. 1 decomposed.

Fig. 3 is the axonometric chart of another angle of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is Fig. 3 axonometric chart decomposed further.

Fig. 5 is the three-dimensional exploded view of Fig. 2 connection-peg.

Fig. 6 is the axonometric chart of the decomposed of Terminals Die group combination in Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is the axonometric chart of another angle of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is Fig. 6 axonometric chart decomposed further.

Fig. 9 is the axonometric chart of another angle of Fig. 8.

Figure 10 is Fig. 8 axonometric chart decomposed further.

Figure 11 is the axonometric chart of upper and lower terminal and snap close piece in Fig. 5.

Figure 12 is the axonometric chart of another angle of Figure 11.

Figure 13 is the front view of Figure 12.

Figure 14 is the Fig. 4 profile along dotted line A-A.

Figure 15 is Fig. 1 axonometric chart making exploded further.

Following detailed description of the invention will further illustrate the present invention in conjunction with above-mentioned accompanying drawing.

[detailed description of the invention]

Fig. 1-15 shows the pin connector 700 of the present invention, and the present embodiment advocates the priority of the 4th embodiment (indicate, described U.S. Patent application the 4th embodiment on April 29th, 2015 first at U. S. application) of U.S. Patent application the 14/698th, 876. Shown in ginseng Fig. 1-4, the front end of the pin connector 700 of the present embodiment has connection-peg 700a, rear end is connected to cable 800, connection-peg is provided with the host cavity 704 run through forward, it is contained in row's upper terminal in connection-peg to arrange the contact site of lower terminal with one to be arranged to diagonal symmetrical, so, pin connector of the present invention positive and negative both direction can insert corresponding socket connector. The rear end of described connection-peg 700a is provided with cable placement platform 739, cable placement platform has the first relative placed side 7391 and the second placed side 7392, described upper terminal and lower terminal have the pin extending to described cable placement platform, such pin is exposed in first, second placed side, being used for welding mutually with the heart yearn of cable, concrete arrangement mode will be described in detail below. In specific embodiment, in conjunction with Fig. 5, described pin connector 700 includes insulating body 702, is closely coated on the metal shell 701 of insulating body outer surface, insulating body is provided with the described host cavity 704 run through forward, host cavity is in order to house the docking hyoplastron (not shown) of respective socket adapter, and insulating body is respectively arranged with plural terminals groove 706 in the both sides of host cavity 704 vertical direction. A pair elastic plate 710 is arranged on insulating body, and the elastic arm 712 being provided with then extends into host cavity 704. One heat insulating lamella 714 is fixed on the lateral surface of insulating body, is used for be isolated from each other between terminal and metal shell. One terminal module combination 720 is provided with described upper and lower row's terminal and installs the connection-peg 700a described in being formed into above-mentioned insulating body 704.

Ginseng Fig. 6 to Figure 14, described terminal module combination 720 includes upper terminal module 722, lower terminal module 724 and a H type metal latch fastener 726. in the vertical direction, snap close piece 726 is clamped between the two by upper and lower end submodule group, described metal latch fastener 726 has the pair of catches arm 7262 and foot 7261 that extend into docking chamber, and the end of lock catch arm is had the snap close head 7263 laterally protruding into host cavity toward each other by this. upper terminal module 722 includes upper insulator 728 and the plural upper terminal 730 being fixed on upper insulator by injection molding forming method one, lower terminal module 724 includes lower insulator 732 and the plural lower terminal 734 being fixed on lower insulator by injection molding forming method one, and a pair fixing post 736 that lower insulator is arranged houses and be fixed on the fixing hole 738 that upper insulator 728 is arranged. upper and lower insulator is assembled into described insulating body 704 after being installed together, and forms a described cable placement platform 739 being positioned at host cavity rear end. lower insulator 732 is further provided with elevated portion 740, elevated portion position between two fixing posts 736, elevated portion 740 is housed in the breach 742 that upper insulator 728 is correspondingly arranged, the special terminal 734 ' of one pair of which is fixed on this elevated portion 740, so, this to the contact site of special terminal then relatively other lower terminal 734 raise and with the contact site of upper terminal in same horizontal plane substantially, special terminal 734 ' is positioned at the relative upper and lower of snap close piece 726 by this with lower terminal. certainly, in other embodiments, special terminal 734 ' can also be arranged to directly and upper insulator injection mo(u)lding by this, so then without arranging elevated portion 740. chat bright at this, the present invention up and down only to referring to relative position relation, the pin connector 700 of horizontal positioned in not being limited to implement. on, after lower terminal module group assembling, be can be seen that by Fig. 2-4, on, the rear end of lower insulator is collectively forming described cable placement platform 739, cable placement platform has the lower surface of the first relative placed side 7391(and lower insulator) and the upper surface of the second placed side 7392(and upper insulator), described upper terminal and lower terminal have exposed first, the pin of the second placed side, first placed side is exposed a pair signal terminal pin, one power supply terminal pin and a ground terminal pin, wherein said power supply terminal pin and ground terminal pin lay respectively at the both sides of a pair signal terminal pin, described second placed side is at least exposed an inspection terminal pin, and such pin welds mutually respectively at the heart yearn of cable. the present invention omits internal circuit board and is directly welded mutually with cable by terminal pin, it is possible to reduce cost. simultaneously it can be seen that the contact site of described upper and lower terminal meets the arrangement of USBTypeC, but the pin being connected with cable is then simplified, no matter material cost, or the cost of bonding wire is all substantially reduced. the simplification process of upper and lower terminal is described below.

Ginseng Fig. 6 to Figure 14, described row's upper terminal 730 includes ground terminal G on a pair, a pair power source terminals P and an inspection terminal CC(CC terminal are used for detecting the applicable situation of this cable, such as it is suitable for the cable plug being connected with main frame, or it is suitable for the cable plug being connected with equipment end), described row's lower terminal 734 includes a pair time ground terminal G, a pair power source terminals P and an electric sign terminal Vconn(Vconn are used for indicating whether cable can transmit the electric sign terminal more than 5A electric current, in the present embodiment, this terminal is vacant situation, and not actually used) and a pair signal terminal (D+, D-). described this to the signal terminal actually above-mentioned a pair special terminal 734 ' being fixed on elevated portion 740, the contact site of this pair signal terminal extends to row's upper terminal place, described signal terminal pin extends to row's lower terminal place, so signal terminal is belonged to upper terminal by actually. the foot of described upper and lower power supply terminal, ground terminal and signal terminal then respectively to indicate T (P), T (G), T (D) distinguish.

In the present embodiment, as shown in Figure 11 to 14, the pair of signal terminal (D+, D-) is terminal independent of each other, each signal terminal includes contact site and foot T (D), exposed the first placed side 7391 at cable placement platform 739 of described foot and formed and be used for connecting the pin of cable, foot is pin. Described upper and lower power supply terminal P is integral with one another to be connected and makes pin, described upper and lower ground terminal G also integral with one another being connected and do the simplification of pin. Two power source terminal 730/P integral with one another being connected and share a foot T (P), two power source terminals are connected together by a first bridge portion 7301 in its back-end, and foot T (P) is then extended by the first lateral forward fold in bridge portion 7301. Two lower power supply terminal 734/P also one are connected and share a foot T (P), and two lower power supply terminals are connected together by a second bridge portion 7341 in its back-end, and foot T (P) is extended anteriorly out by the second bridge portion. Liang Ge foot T (P) of upper and lower power supply terminal then self folds against and four power supply terminals is electrical connected, and is wherein positioned at exposed first placed side 7391 at cable placement platform 739 of foot T (P) of lower row and forms the pin for connecting cable. Upper ground terminal 730/G is pressed on downwards the Liang Ge foot 7261 of snap close piece 726, and lower ground terminal 734/G is then laterally pressed on the Liang Ge foot 7261 of snap close piece 726. So, four grounded terminal is electrically connected, and is wherein positioned at exposed first placed side 7391 at cable placement platform 739 of foot T (G) of lower row and forms the pin for being connected to cable. To sum up, the first placed side 7391 is exposed a pair signal terminal pin, a power supply terminal pin and a ground terminal pin, and described power supply terminal pin and ground terminal pin lay respectively at the both sides of a pair signal terminal pin. Described second placed side 7392 is then exposed an inspection terminal pin (as shown in Fig. 4 label CC) and an additional power terminals pin (as shown in Fig. 4 label P), and described additional power terminals pin is positioned at the side of described inspection terminal pin. This additional power terminals pin is formed in the second placed side by a part for two power source terminals is exposed. It should be noted that, in order to the pin facilitating power-on and power-off source terminal, upper and lower ground terminal and snap close piece is against each other, lower insulator 732 provides a described jig 733 (i.e. the upper surface of lower insulator), this jig 733 be for part foot T (P) in lower terminal, T (G), T (D) fixing, in such foot is generally aligned in the same plane, there is roughly the same thickness in other words; The foot of upper terminal is the exposed lower surface at upper insulator then, and after two insulators fit together, the foot arranging terminal up and down is then against each other, completes lapping one another of upper and lower terminal. Upper and lower terminal 730,734 in this enforcement abuts mainly by foot, but also has part by bridge portion, is not limited in foot portion; So, power source terminal 730/P in described upper terminal module and upper ground terminal 730/G is exposed at upper insulator 728 lower surface, lower power supply terminal 734/P in lower terminal module and the lower ground terminal 734/G exposed upper surface at lower insulator respectively; After upper and lower insulator assembles, upper and lower power supply terminal is against each other and completes to be electrically connected, and upper and lower ground terminal is against each other and completes to be electrically connected. The foot of terminal is embedded in upper and lower insulator, and the solder side of part step is then exposed at cable placement platform, thus forming pin.As shown in Fig. 7 and Figure 14, some slits S is formed at pin T (G), between T (P) side and jig 733, solder can be allowed to insert slit S with the connection between the upper and lower ground terminal of reinforcement of weld or power-on and power-off source terminal, especially the foot of lower terminal, the foot of snap close piece, upper terminal pin weld together when logical superheater. In conjunction with Fig. 8, the upper and lower surface of upper and lower end submodule group has recessed groove 7391,7392, and the foot 7261 of described snap close piece is contained in recessed groove.

In conjunction with Fig. 2 to Fig. 4, one of the present embodiment is characterized by, a power line W (P) in cable 800, an earth lead W (G) and a pair holding wire W (D+), W (D-) are respectively welded at exposed at the pin T (P) of the first placed side 7391 correspondence of cable placement platform 739, T (G), T (D), so can simplify the Welding Problems of cable in manufacture process. In a particular embodiment, exposed second placed side 7392 at cable placement platform 739 of a part of one inspection terminal CC and power supply terminal, the resistance R of one pin type is then welded between inspection terminal CC and power supply terminal P, is used for showing the applicable situation of this pin connector. Aforementioned four heart yearn W (P), W (G), W (D+), W (D-) are then positioned at cable 800. Pair of metal shell 802 is arranged on the rear end of metal shell 701, is used for covering cable 800. One insulation crust 804 is injection-moulded on metal shell 802, and is coated on wherein by cable integratedly, thus forming the complete pin connector being connected to cable.

Above-described embodiment is the better embodiment of the present invention, and not all embodiment, the change of any equivalence that the technical program is taked by those of ordinary skill in the art by reading this specification, the claim being the present invention is contained.

Claims

1. a pin connector, it includes insulating body, upper terminal module and lower terminal module; Described insulating body is provided with the host cavity run through forward, and described upper terminal module includes upper insulator and the injection mo(u)lding upper terminal at upper insulator; Described lower terminal module includes lower insulator and the injection mo(u)lding lower terminal at lower insulator; Upper and lower insulator is assembled into described insulating body after being installed together, and forms a cable placement platform being positioned at host cavity rear end; Cable placement platform has the first relative placed side and the second placed side; Described upper and lower end attached bag is drawn together the contact site of the opposite sides being arranged in host cavity and is embedded in the foot portion of upper and lower insulator; It is characterized in that: described upper terminal module includes power source terminal and upper ground terminal, the exposed lower surface at upper insulator of foot of described power source terminal and upper pin terminal, lower terminal module includes lower power supply terminal and lower ground terminal, the exposed upper surface at lower insulator of foot of described lower power supply terminal and lower ground terminal; After upper and lower insulator assembles, described upper and lower power supply terminal is against each other and completes to be electrically connected, and upper and lower ground terminal is against each other and completes to be electrically connected.

2. pin connector as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that: the pin of described upper and lower ground terminal and upper and lower power supply terminal is embedded in cable placement platform; Side at corresponding upper and lower ground terminal is provided with slit, and the side at upper and lower power supply terminal is also provided with slit, and described slit can insert solder with the connection between the upper and lower ground terminal of reinforcement of weld and upper and lower power supply terminal.

3. pin connector as claimed in claim 1 or 2, it is characterized in that: one of them foot of described upper and lower power supply terminal is exposed forms a power pin for connecting power cable in the first placed side, one of them foot of described upper and lower ground terminal is exposed forms a ground connection pin for connecting ground cable in the first placed side.

4. pin connector as claimed in claim 2, it is characterised in that: the second placed side of described cable placement platform is exposed an additional power terminals pin; Described upper terminal module also includes an inspection terminal, and described additional power terminals pin is positioned at the side of described inspection terminal pin; Described additional power terminals pin and inspection terminal pin are connected to each other by a resistance.

5. pin connector as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: described pin connector includes the metal latch fastener being clamped between upper and lower end submodule group, described metal latch fastener has the pair of catches arm and foot that extend into docking chamber, the end of lock catch arm is had the snap close head laterally protruding into host cavity toward each other by this, and described pin is connected to ground terminal or the foot of lower ground terminal.

6. pin connector as claimed in claim 5, it is characterised in that: the upper and lower surface of described upper and lower end submodule group has recessed groove, and the foot of described snap close piece is contained in recessed groove.

7. pin connector as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: described upper terminal module includes a pair power source terminal, power source terminal is laterally connected by this by one first bridge portion, described lower terminal module includes a pair time power supply terminal, and this pair time power supply terminal is laterally connected by one second bridge portion.

8. pin connector as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: described pin connector includes signal terminal adjacent one another are a pair, the foot of described signal terminal is exposed forms a pair signal terminal pin for being connected with signal cable in the first placed side of cable placement platform; The pair of signal terminal pin is between one ground terminal pin and one power supply terminal pin.

9. pin connector as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that: the lower surface of described upper terminal module has fixing hole, and the upper surface of lower terminal module has the fixing post inserting fixing hole.

10. a pin connector, it includes connection-peg, row's upper terminal of being contained in connection-peg and row's lower terminal; Described connection-peg is provided with the host cavity run through forward, and described upper terminal and lower terminal include the contact site being arranged in host cavity opposite sides; It is characterized in that: the rear end of described connection-peg is provided with cable placement platform, described cable placement platform has the first relative placed side and the second placed side, described upper terminal and lower terminal have the pin extending to described cable placement platform, wherein the first placed side is exposed a pair signal terminal pin, a power supply terminal pin and a ground terminal pin, and wherein said power supply terminal pin and ground terminal pin lay respectively at the both sides of a pair signal terminal pin; Described second placed side is at least exposed an inspection terminal pin for being connected with resistance.