CN110492272B

CN110492272B - Electrical connector

Info

Publication number: CN110492272B
Application number: CN201810462501.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王友史; 黄宝民; 郑砚丰; 黄奕达; 李武晟; 凌正南; 廖文能
Original assignee: Acer Inc
Current assignee: Acer Inc
Priority date: 2018-05-15
Filing date: 2018-05-15
Publication date: 2020-10-16
Anticipated expiration: 2038-05-15
Also published as: CN110492272A

Abstract

The invention provides an electric connector which is suitable for an electronic device. The electrical connector includes a body, a plurality of terminals, and an electrical connector. The body is suitable for being configured in the electronic device and is provided with at least one accommodating area which is positioned at least one of the top outside the body and the bottom outside the body. The terminal is arranged in the body, and the external electric connector is suitable for being butted to the body along the first shaft to electrically connect the terminal. One end of the electric connecting piece is positioned in the containing area and electrically connected with the terminal, and the other end of the electric connecting piece is moved away from the containing area along a second shaft and electrically connected with the electronic device, wherein the first shaft is different from the second shaft.

Description

Electrical connector

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the art of electrical connectors.

Background

An electrical connector is a connecting device for connecting wires, circuit boards and other electronic components by electrical transmission, and is widely used in various electronic devices, such as computers, notebook computers, mobile phones, etc. Generally, connectors are designed for various types or specifications of lines, so that only one type of line can be connected to one connector. According to the multi-functional requirements of electronic products, a single electronic device needs to have multiple transmission lines, so that a plurality of electrical connectors are usually installed in the current electronic devices.

However, in the process of manufacturing the electronic device, each electrical connector needs to be soldered to the circuit board, which results in a long manufacturing time of the electronic product. More importantly, in response to the trend of light, thin, small and small electronic devices, the connectors on these electronic devices are also exposed to insufficient space, and how to overcome the above problems becomes a subject to be considered and solved by those skilled in the art.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention provides an electric connector, which changes the wiring mode required by an electric connector and reduces the space occupied by the electric connector in an electronic device.

The electric connector is suitable for electronic devices. The electrical connector includes a body, a plurality of terminals, and an electrical connector. The body is suitable for being configured in the electronic device and is provided with at least one accommodating area which is positioned at least one of the top outside the body and the bottom outside the body. The terminal is arranged in the body, and the external electric connector is suitable for being butted to the body along the first shaft to electrically connect the terminal. One end of the electric connecting piece is positioned in the containing area and electrically connected with the terminal, and the other end of the electric connecting piece is moved away from the containing area along a second shaft and electrically connected with the electronic device, wherein the first shaft is different from the second shaft.

Based on the above, at least one of the top and the bottom of the electrical connector outside the body is provided with the accommodating area, when the electrical connector is electrically connected between the electronic device and the terminal of the electrical connector, one end of the electrical connector is located in the accommodating area and electrically connected with the terminal, the other end of the electrical connector is moved away from the accommodating area along the second axis, the external connector is butted to the body of the electrical connector along the first axis, and the first axis is different from the second axis. Therefore, the electric connector changes the routing direction of the electric connector on the body of the electric connector, effectively shortens the size of the electric connector along the first axis, further reduces the space occupied by the electric connector in the electronic device, and improves the applicability of the electric connector.

In order to make the aforementioned and other features and advantages of the invention more comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.

Drawings

Fig. 1 and fig. 2 are schematic views of an electrical connector according to an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 3 is an exploded view of a portion of the components of the electrical connector.

Fig. 4 is a schematic view of a portion of the components of the electrical connector.

Description of the symbols:

10: electronic device

20: external electrical connector

100: electrical connector

110: body

112: grounding area

120: terminal with a terminal body

130A, 130B: electrical connector

131. 132: ground part

140: shielding piece

141: local part

142: convex hull

200: casing (CN)

300: control module

400: input module

R1, R2: accommodating area

S1: top part

S2: bottom part

S3: front side

S4: rear side

S5: side of

X1: first shaft

X2: second shaft

X3: third shaft

Detailed Description

Fig. 1 and fig. 2 are schematic views of an electrical connector according to an embodiment of the invention, respectively, and the electrical connector is shown in different views. Fig. 3 is an exploded view of a portion of the components of the electrical connector. Referring to fig. 1 to fig. 3, the electrical connector 100 of the present embodiment is suitable for an electronic device 10, where the electronic device 10 is a notebook computer, but is not limited thereto, and the electrical connector 100 is, for example, a socket electrical connector disposed in the electronic device 10. The electrical connector 100 includes a body 110, a plurality of terminals 120 and

electrical connectors

130A and 130B, the body 110 is adapted to be disposed in a housing 200 of the electronic device 10 and partially exposes the housing 200, and the terminals 120 are disposed in the body 110. The

electrical connectors

130A, 130B are, for example, electrical wires, coaxial cables or Flexible Printed Circuit (FPC), which are electrically connected between the terminals 120 and a control module 300 (for example, a motherboard of a notebook computer) of the electronic device 10. The external electrical connector 20 is adapted to be coupled to the body 110 to electrically connect with the electronic device 10 through the terminals 120 and the

electrical connectors

130A and 130B.

Further, the body 110 has at least one accommodating area located at least one of a top portion outside the body 110 and a bottom portion outside the body 110. In the embodiment, the top portion S1 outside the body 110 and the bottom portion S2 outside the body 110 both have the receiving areas R1 and R2 for illustration, but the configuration of the receiving areas is not limited thereto, and in other embodiments not shown, the receiving areas may be disposed only on the top portion of the body or only on the bottom portion of the body. In the present embodiment, the receiving region R1 at the top S1 can be regarded as being located right above the terminal 120, and the receiving region R2 at the bottom S2 can be regarded as being located right below the terminal 120, so that the terminal 120 located inside the body 110 is substantially located between the receiving regions R1 and R2.

Furthermore, the embodiment also shows a pair of

electrical connectors

130A, 130B corresponding to the receiving areas R1, R2, here, taking the electrical connector 130A as an example, one end of the electrical connector 130A is located in the receiving area R1, and the other end of the electrical connector 130A is separated from the receiving area R1 and extends and is electrically connected to the control module 300 of the electronic device 10, so that the terminal 120 is electrically connected to the control module 300 through the

electrical connectors

130A, 130B. Similarly, in other embodiments not shown, a single electrical connector may correspond to a single receiving area.

It is noted that, for the electrical connector 100, the external electrical connector 20 is butted to the body 110 along the first axis X1 to achieve the effect of electrically connecting the terminals 120, and in order to effectively change the external dimensions of the electrical connector 100 to adapt to the internal space of the housing 200 of the electronic device 10, one ends of the

electrical connectors

130A, 130B of the present embodiment are respectively disposed in the accommodating regions R1, R2 and welded with the terminals 120, and meanwhile, the other ends of the

electrical connectors

130A, 130B respectively extend along the second axis X2 and move away from the accommodating regions R1, R2, wherein the first axis X1 is different from the second axis X2. In other words, the

electrical connectors

130A, 130B of the present embodiment change the wiring manner of the electrical connector 100 in the prior art, that is, the

electrical connectors

130A, 130B are moved out of the accommodating regions R1, R2 from the side S5 of the body 110, in addition to the accommodating regions R1, R2 serving as the electrical connection (welding) points between the

electrical connectors

130A, 130B and the terminals 120. As a result, the length of the electrical connector 100 along the first axis X1 can be effectively shortened.

Further, the body 110 has a front side S3 and a rear side S4 opposite to each other, the external electrical connector 20 is inserted into the body 110 from the front side S3 along the first axis X1, that is, the front side S3, the accommodating regions R1, R2 and the rear side S4 are arranged along the first axis X1, compared with the front side S3, the accommodating regions R1, R2 and the rear side S4, the side S5 is not located on the first axis X1, but located on the second axis X2, and the first axis X1 of the embodiment is substantially orthogonal to the second axis X2.

Moreover, the electrical connector 100 further includes a shielding member 140 assembled to the rear side S4 of the body 110, and the shielding member 140 is made of a metal, for example, to provide a shielding effect for electromagnetic noise generated by the terminal 120 or the

electrical connectors

130A and 130B. Referring to fig. 1 again, in the present embodiment, the electronic device 10 further has an input module 400, such as a keyboard, which is disposed on the housing 200 and partially located at the rear side S4 of the body 110 and adjacent to the shielding member 140. In other words, in the layout of the components in the electronic device 10, the input module 400 obviously occupies the space of the electrical connector 100 on the rear side S4, and therefore, if the

electrical connectors

130A and 130B are wired on the rear side S4 by the prior art, interference will occur with the input module 400, and both of them have to be dislocated along the third axis X3 (corresponding to the thickness direction of the chassis 200, i.e., the first axis X1, the second axis X2 and the third axis X3 are substantially orthogonal to each other), so that the electrical connector 100 and the input module 400 can be simultaneously disposed on the chassis 200. Once this occurs, the thickness of the chassis 200 is significantly increased, which is not conducive to a slim design. Accordingly, in the present embodiment, the

electrical connectors

130A and 130B are welded to the terminals 120 in the accommodating regions R1 and R2, and then the

electrical connectors

130A and 130B extend out through the side S5 of the body 110, and thus bypass the input module 400 and are electrically connected to the control module 300. Thus, the possibility of increasing the thickness of the housing 200 can be avoided, and the housing 200 can maintain its light and thin appearance.

Because of the corresponding arrangement relationship between the electrical connector 100 and the input module 400, the shielding member 140 is disposed behind the rear side S4 of the body 110, and can also shield the input module 400 and the

electrical connectors

130A and 130B (and the terminals 120), so that the terminals 120 and the

electrical connectors

130A and 130B are located on the same side of the shielding member 140.

In addition, fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a part of components of the electrical connector, and the shielding member 140 is broken to identify the corresponding relationship between the shielding member 140 and the

electrical connectors

130A and 130B. Referring to fig. 3 and fig. 4, a part of the shielding member 140 extends from the rear side S4 to the top portion S1 or the bottom portion S2 to electrically connect at least one grounding portion of the

electrical connectors

130A and 130B. Further, in the present embodiment, the shielding element 140 has a portion 141 extending to the top portion S1, and the portion 141 is further formed with a convex-convex hull 142 (convex-convex) electrically connected to at least one grounding portion of the electrical connector 130A, i.e. electrically connected to the grounding wire, so that the electrical connector 130A has a common grounding electrical state. Similarly, it can be easily understood that the shielding element 140 can also have a part extending to the bottom S2 and electrically connected to the ground wire of the electrical connector 130B through the structural feature of the convex hull, so as to achieve the effect of common grounding.

Further, referring to fig. 4, the terminals 120 (only a portion of the exposed body 110 is shown as an example) of the present embodiment are arranged along the second axis X2 and extend along the first axis X1, and the electrical connector 130A (130B is also not described in detail) is further divided into a first section C1 and a second section C2, wherein the first section C1 extends along the first axis X1 to electrically connect the terminals 120, and the second section C2 extends from the first section C1 along the second axis X2 and moves out of the accommodating region R1.

In addition, the outer surface of the body 110 is made of metal, so as to define the grounding region 112, when the plurality of wires of the

electrical connectors

130A and 130B are disposed in the accommodating regions R1 and R2, at least one grounding portion (the grounding portions 131 and 132 are shown as an example) of the

electrical connectors

130A and 130B is soldered to the grounding region 112 of the body 110, so that the

electrical connectors

130A and 130B are grounded.

In summary, in the above embodiments of the invention, the electrical connector is provided with the receiving area at least one of the top and the bottom outside the body, when the electrical connector is electrically connected between the electronic device and the terminal of the electrical connector, one end of the electrical connector is located in the receiving area and electrically connected to the terminal, and the other end of the electrical connector is moved away from the receiving area along the second axis, and the external connector is butted to the body of the electrical connector along the first axis, and the first axis is different from the second axis.

Furthermore, since the input module is disposed at the rear side of the electrical connector, in order to keep the housing of the electronic device light and thin, the rear space of the electrical connector is occupied by the input module and cannot be configured with the electrical connector, so that the electrical connector changes the routing direction of the electrical connector on the body of the electrical connector, thereby effectively shortening the dimension of the electrical connector along the first axis, further reducing the space occupied by the electrical connector in the electronic device, and improving the applicability of the electrical connector.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the above embodiments, it should be understood that various changes and modifications can be made therein by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims

1. An electrical connector adapted for use with an electronic device, the electrical connector comprising:

the body is suitable for being configured in the electronic device and provided with at least one accommodating area, and the accommodating area is positioned at least one of the top outside the body and the bottom outside the body;

a plurality of terminals disposed in the body, an external electrical connector adapted to mate with the body along a first axis to electrically connect the plurality of terminals;

one end of the electric connecting piece is positioned in the accommodating area and is electrically connected with the plurality of terminals, and the other end of the electric connecting piece is moved away from the accommodating area along a second shaft and is electrically connected with the electronic device, wherein the first shaft is different from the second shaft; and

a shielding member assembled to the body to shield electromagnetic noise generated by the plurality of terminals or the electrical connector, wherein the body has a front side and a rear side opposite to each other, the external electrical connector is butted to the body from the front side, the shielding member is located at the rear side, and the front side, the accommodating area and the rear side are arranged along the first axis,

wherein the electronic device has an input module, a part of the input module being located at the rear side adjacent to the shield.

2. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein a portion of the shield extends from the rear side to the top or the bottom of the body to electrically connect to at least one ground of the electrical connector.

3. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the shield has at least one convex hull that electrically abuts at least one grounding portion of the electrical connector.

4. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the plurality of terminals are on the same side of the shield as the electrical connector.

5. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the plurality of terminals are arranged along the second axis and extend along the first axis, the electrical connector having a first section and a second section, the first section extending along the first axis to electrically connect the plurality of terminals, the second section extending from the first section along the second axis and moving out of the receiving area.

6. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the first axis is orthogonal to the second axis.

7. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the body has a grounding region, and at least one grounding portion of the electrical connector is soldered to the grounding region.