CN110932002B

CN110932002B - Electric connector and butting connector thereof

Info

Publication number: CN110932002B
Application number: CN201811001987.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 庄顺荣
Original assignee: Foxconn Kunshan Computer Connector Co Ltd; Foxconn Interconnect Technology Ltd
Current assignee: Foxconn Kunshan Computer Connector Co Ltd; Foxconn Interconnect Technology Ltd
Priority date: 2018-08-30
Filing date: 2018-08-30
Publication date: 2021-10-26
Anticipated expiration: 2038-08-30
Also published as: TWI821380B; CN110932002A; TW202013824A

Abstract

The utility model provides an electric connector and butt-joint connector thereof, electric connector include along longitudinal extension's insulator, accept in insulator's conductive terminal and enclose and locate insulator's shielding casing, insulator includes the base, certainly the base upwards protrudes out the tongue and enclose locate the week side of tongue and with form the rampart of annular slot between the tongue, conductive terminal including set up in two rows of conductive terminals of the relative both sides of tongue, shield the casing set up in the rampart, electric connector still including set up in the tongue be located shield between two rows of conductive terminals, the shield certainly shield casing integrative extension forms. By the one-piece design of the shielding piece and the shielding shell, the electric connector is convenient to manufacture and low in manufacturing cost.

Description

Electric connector and butting connector thereof

[ technical field ] A method for producing a semiconductor device

The present invention relates to an electrical connector and a mating connector thereof, and more particularly, to a board-to-board connector.

[ background of the invention ]

The chinese utility model No. CN201072831Y discloses a board-to-board electric connector, the electric connector includes insulator, accept in insulator's two rows of conductive terminals and set up in a plurality of shielding pieces outside the insulator, insulator includes the base, the setting that stretches out suddenly from the base tongue of two rows of conductive terminals and enclose the rampart that sets up in the tongue periphery and form annular slot between the tongue. However, the two rows of conductive terminals of the electrical connector have a large signal interference problem.

Accordingly, there is a need for an improved electrical connector to overcome this drawback.

[ summary of the invention ]

The invention aims to provide an electric connector and a butting connector thereof, wherein the electric connector is reliable in shielding effect and convenient to manufacture.

The purpose of the invention is realized by the following technical scheme: the utility model provides an electric connector, electric connector include along longitudinal extension's insulator, accept in insulator's conductive terminal and enclose to locate insulator's the casing that shields, insulator includes the base, certainly the base upwards stretches out the tongue and encloses to locate the week side of tongue and with form the rampart of annular slot between the tongue, conductive terminal including set up in two rows of conductive terminals of the relative both sides of tongue, shield the casing set up in the rampart, electric connector still including set up in the tongue be located shield between two rows of conductive terminals, the shield certainly shield the integrative extension of casing forms.

Furthermore, the annular wall comprises a pair of longitudinally extending side walls and a pair of end walls connected with the side walls, the shielding shell is integrally formed on the insulating body, the shielding shell comprises a first long wall and a second long wall which are respectively arranged on the side walls, the longitudinal two ends of the first long wall are respectively bent to form a first half short wall positioned at the upper ends of the end walls, the longitudinal two ends of the second long wall are respectively bent to form a second half short wall positioned at the upper ends of the end walls, a spacing groove is formed between the first half short wall and the second half short wall positioned on the same end wall at intervals, and the longitudinal two ends of the shielding piece are arranged between the spacing grooves.

Furthermore, the bottom edges of the two longitudinal sides of the first long wall and the second long wall are integrally connected through a bottom wall, and the two bottom walls are integrally bent upwards to form the shielding piece.

Furthermore, the opposite sides of the two first half short walls are respectively bent downwards to form first downward-folded sections, the opposite sides of the two second half short walls are respectively bent downwards to form second downward-folded sections, and the longitudinal two ends of the shielding piece are located between the first downward-folded sections and the second downward-folded sections which are arranged on the same end wall.

Furthermore, the two first half short walls are bent downwards at the opposite side of the first downward folding section to form a third downward folding section, and the two second half short walls are bent downwards at the opposite side of the second downward folding section to form a fourth downward folding section.

Furthermore, the top edges of the first long wall and the second long wall are respectively bent downwards at two longitudinal sides of each row of the conductive terminals to form a pair of buckling parts exposed in the annular slot.

Further, the shielding shell is integrally formed on the insulating body, and the shielding piece comprises a main body part which is fixed in the tongue part to separate the two rows of conductive terminals and separating parts which are formed by extending from the longitudinal two ends of the main body part and are positioned in the annular slot.

Further, the main body portion includes a protruding portion exposed to an upper surface of the tongue portion, and embedded portions embedded in the tongue portion at both sides of the protruding portion in a longitudinal direction.

The purpose of the invention can be realized by the following technical scheme: the butt connector comprises an insulator extending along the longitudinal direction, a butt terminal accommodated in the insulator and a mounting piece, wherein the insulator comprises a base and a peripheral wall protruding upwards from the periphery of the base, the peripheral wall comprises a pair of longitudinal walls extending along the longitudinal direction and a transverse wall connected with the longitudinal walls, a butt cavity for inserting the tongue part is formed by the longitudinal walls and the transverse walls in a surrounding mode, the butt terminals are arranged on the longitudinal walls in two rows, the mounting piece is arranged on the transverse walls in a pair, and the mounting piece is provided with a pair of clamping arms for clamping the separating part.

Furthermore, the pair of transverse walls are recessed from top to bottom in the transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction to form a separation groove for accommodating the pair of clamping arms.

Further, the mounting member is integrally formed on the insulator, and the mounting member further includes locking portions provided on outer wall surfaces of the longitudinal walls on opposite sides of the clamp arm.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects: the shielding part of the electric connector which separates two rows of conductive terminals integrally extends from the shielding shell, and has convenient manufacture and low manufacture cost.

[ description of the drawings ]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an unmated electrical connector of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of fig. 1 from another perspective.

Fig. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the electrical connector of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is an exploded perspective view of fig. 3 from another perspective.

Fig. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the docking connector of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is an exploded perspective view of fig. 5 from another perspective.

Fig. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along line a-a of fig. 1.

Fig. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the electrical connector mated with the mating connector as shown in fig. 7, taken along the section line.

Fig. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along line B-B of fig. 1.

Fig. 10 is a cross-sectional view of the electrical connector mated with the mating connector as shown in fig. 9.

Fig. 11 is a cross-sectional view taken along line C-C of fig. 1.

The following detailed description will further illustrate the invention in conjunction with the above-described figures.

[ detailed description ] embodiments

Referring to fig. 1 to 11, an electrical connector 100 according to the present invention is used for mating with a mating connector 200, the electrical connector is mounted on a circuit board (not shown), and the mating connector 200 is mounted on a circuit board (not shown). The electrical connector 100 includes an insulative housing 1 extending along a longitudinal direction, a conductive terminal 2 received in the insulative housing 1, and a shielding shell 3 surrounding the insulative housing 1. The mating connector 200 includes an insulator 4 extending in a longitudinal direction, mating terminals 5 mating with the conductive terminals 2, and mounting members 6 mounted at both longitudinal ends of the insulator 4.

The housing 1 of the electrical connector 100 includes a base 11, a tongue 12 protruding upward from the base 11, and a ring wall 13 surrounding the tongue 12 and forming an annular slot 131 with the tongue 12. The conductive terminals 2 include two rows of conductive terminals disposed on opposite sides of the tongue portion 12, and the shielding shell 3 is disposed on the annular wall 13. Preferably, the shielding shell 3 is integrally formed with the annular wall 13.

In order to prevent signal crosstalk between the two rows of conductive terminals 2, the electrical connector 100 further includes a shielding element 30 disposed between the two rows of conductive terminals 2 and on the tongue portion 12, the shielding element 30 is integrally extended from the shielding housing 3, and the shielding element 30 and the shielding housing 3 are integrally designed, so that the production and manufacturing are facilitated and the manufacturing cost is saved. The annular wall 13 includes a pair of longitudinally extending side walls 132 and a pair of end walls 133 connecting the pair of side walls 132. The shielding shell 3 includes a first long wall 31 and a second long wall 32 respectively disposed on the pair of side walls 132, the first long wall 31 is bent at two longitudinal ends thereof to form a first half short wall 33 located at the upper ends of the pair of end walls 133, the second long wall 32 is bent at two longitudinal ends thereof to form a second half short wall 34 located at the upper ends of the pair of end walls 133, and a spacing groove 134 is formed between the first half short wall 33 and the second half short wall 34 located on the same end wall 133 at a spacing. The shield 30 is disposed between the spacing grooves 134 at both longitudinal ends thereof. The bottom edges of the first long wall 31 and the second long wall 32 at both longitudinal sides are integrally connected through a bottom wall 35, the two bottom walls 35 are integrally bent upward to form the shielding element 30, and the first long wall 31, the second long wall 32 and the bottom wall 35 are respectively provided with a welding portion 36 welded to a circuit board (not shown). The shielding case 3 of the present invention is formed by bending a plate-shaped member and is integrally formed with the insulating main body 1.

Further, the shielding member 30 includes a main body 301 held in the tongue 12 to separate the two rows of conductive terminals 2, and separating portions 302 extending from two longitudinal ends of the main body 301 and located in the annular slot 131. The main body 301 includes a protruding portion 3011 exposed to the upper surface 121 of the tongue 12 and embedded portions 3012 embedded in the tongue 12 at both sides of the protruding portion 3011 in the longitudinal direction, so that the shield 30 can be effectively limited in the longitudinal direction. The longitudinal ends of the partition 302 further extend to form extension portions 303 embedded in the end walls 133, and the extension portions 303 are disposed between the spacing grooves 134. The partition 302 is provided with a protruding piece 3021 higher than the upper end of the body 301, and the upper end of the protruding piece 3021 is approximately flush with the upper surface 121 of the tongue 12, so that the tongue 12 can be matched to guide the insertion of the mating connector 200 together.

The opposite sides of the two first half short walls 33 of the shielding shell 3 are respectively bent downward to form a first downward folded section 331, the opposite sides of the two second half short walls 34 are respectively bent downward to form a second downward folded section 341, and the longitudinal two ends of the shielding element 30 are located between the first downward folded section 331 and the second downward folded section 341 which are arranged on the same end wall 133. The two first half short walls 33 are bent downward to form a third downward folded section 332 at the opposite side of the first downward folded section 331, and the two second half short walls 34 are bent downward to form a fourth downward folded section 342 at the opposite side of the second downward folded section 341. The top edges of the first long wall 31 and the second long wall 32 are respectively bent downward at two longitudinal sides of each row of conductive terminals 2 to form a pair of buckling parts 37 exposed in the annular slot 131.

The insulator 4 of the mating connector 200 includes a base 41 and a peripheral wall 42 protruding upward from the periphery of the base 41 and received in the annular slot 131 in a mating manner, the peripheral wall 42 includes a pair of longitudinal walls 421 extending in the longitudinal direction and a transverse wall 422 connecting the pair of longitudinal walls 421, and a mating cavity 423 for inserting the tongue 12 is formed by the pair of longitudinal walls 421 and the pair of transverse walls 422. The butt terminals 5 are arranged in two rows on the pair of longitudinal walls 421, the mounting member 6 is a pair of mounting members arranged on the pair of transverse walls 422, the mounting member 6 has an end portion 61 attached to the outer wall surface of the transverse wall 422 and a locking portion 62 connected to the end portion 61 and attached to the outer wall surface of the longitudinal wall 421, and the bottom portions of the end portion 61 and the locking portion 62 are bent outward to form a welding portion 63 welded to a circuit board (not shown). Each of the mounting members 6 is provided with a pair of holding arms 64 holding the partition portion 302, the holding arms 64 being provided on opposite sides of the locking portion 62. The docking connector 200 clamps the shielding member 30 of the shielding shell 3 by the clamping arm 61 to achieve grounding, without an additional housing (not shown). Specifically, the pair of transverse walls 422 are recessed from top to bottom in a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction to form a partition groove 4221 for accommodating the pair of holding arms 64, the partition groove 4221 further penetrates the base 41 downward, and the partition groove 4221 and the abutting cavity 423 are communicated in the longitudinal direction. The locking portion 37 of the electrical connector 100 is provided with a notch 371, and the locking portion 62 of the mating connector 200 is provided with a protrusion 621 which is in locking fit with the notch 371. When the electrical connector 100 is mated with the mating connector 200, the protrusion 621 snaps into the notch 371 to prevent the connectors from being released.

For example, the shielding element 30 may be formed by bending the first half short wall 33 or the second half short wall 34 downward integrally, or the bottom wall 35 may be provided as a two-piece structure with the first half short wall 33 and the second half short wall 34, while the first half short wall 33 and the second half short wall 34 are provided as an integrally connected structure, and the shielding element 30 is formed by bending the first half short wall 33 and the second half short wall 34 downward integrally connected. Therefore, any equivalent changes to the technical solution of the present invention which can be made by a person skilled in the art by reading the description of the present invention are covered by the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. The utility model provides an electric connector, electric connector include along longitudinal extension's insulator, accept in insulator's conductive terminal and enclose and locate insulator's shielding casing, insulator includes the base, certainly the base upwards protruding tongue and enclose locate the week side of tongue and with form the rampart of annular slot between the tongue, conductive terminal including set up in two rows of conductive terminal of the relative both sides of tongue, shield the casing set up in the rampart, its characterized in that: the electric connector also comprises a shielding piece which is arranged between the two rows of conductive terminals and arranged on the tongue part, and the shielding piece is integrally formed by extending from the shielding shell.

2. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein: the annular wall comprises a pair of longitudinally extending side walls and a pair of end walls connected with the side walls, the shielding shell is integrally formed on the insulating body, the shielding shell comprises a first long wall and a second long wall which are arranged on the side walls respectively, the longitudinal two ends of the first long wall are bent to form first half short walls located at the upper ends of the end walls respectively, the longitudinal two ends of the second long wall are bent to form second half short walls located at the upper ends of the end walls respectively, spacing grooves are formed between the first half short walls and the second half short walls located on the same end wall at intervals, and the longitudinal two ends of the shielding piece are arranged between the spacing grooves.

3. The electrical connector of claim 2, wherein: the bottom edges of the longitudinal two sides of the first long wall and the second long wall are integrally connected through a bottom wall, and the two bottom walls are integrally bent upwards to form the shielding piece.

4. The electrical connector of claim 2, wherein: the opposite sides of the two first half short walls are respectively bent downwards to form a first downward-folded section, the opposite sides of the two second half short walls are respectively bent downwards to form a second downward-folded section, and the longitudinal two ends of the shielding piece are positioned between the first downward-folded section and the second downward-folded section which are arranged on the same end wall.

5. The electrical connector of claim 4, wherein: the two first half short walls are bent downwards at the opposite side of the first downward folding section to form a third downward folding section, and the two second half short walls are bent downwards at the opposite side of the second downward folding section to form a fourth downward folding section.

6. The electrical connector of claim 2, wherein: the top edges of the first long wall and the second long wall are respectively bent downwards at the two longitudinal sides of each row of the conductive terminals to form a pair of buckling parts exposed in the annular slot.

7. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein: the shielding shell is integrally formed on the insulating body, and the shielding piece comprises a main body part which is fixedly held in the tongue part to separate the two rows of conductive terminals and separating parts which are formed by extending from the longitudinal two ends of the main body part and are positioned in the annular slot.

8. The electrical connector of claim 7, wherein: the main body includes a protruding portion exposed to an upper surface of the tongue, and embedded portions embedded in the tongue at both sides of the protruding portion in a longitudinal direction.

9. A mating connector for mating with the electrical connector of claim 7, wherein: the butt connector comprises an insulator extending along the longitudinal direction, butt terminals accommodated in the insulator and a mounting piece, wherein the insulator comprises a base and a peripheral wall protruding upwards from the periphery of the base, the peripheral wall comprises a pair of longitudinal walls extending longitudinally and a transverse wall connected with the longitudinal walls, a butt cavity for inserting the tongue part is formed by the longitudinal walls and the transverse walls in a surrounding mode, the butt terminals are arranged on the longitudinal walls in two rows, the mounting piece is arranged on the transverse wall in a pair, and the mounting piece is provided with a pair of clamping arms for clamping the separating part.

10. The docking connector of claim 9, wherein: the pair of transverse walls are recessed from top to bottom in the transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction to form a separation groove for accommodating the pair of clamping arms.

11. The docking connector of claim 9, wherein: the mounting piece is integrally formed on the insulator, and the mounting piece further comprises locking portions which are arranged on the opposite sides of the clamping arms and located on the outer wall surfaces of the longitudinal walls.