CN111146608A

CN111146608A - Electronic equipment and connector thereof

Info

Publication number: CN111146608A
Application number: CN202010032656.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张丹丹; 刘森; 裴敏琴; 曹伟; 胡海
Original assignee: Hefei Lianbao Information Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hefei Lianbao Information Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-01-13
Filing date: 2020-01-13
Publication date: 2020-05-12

Abstract

The invention discloses an electronic device and a connector thereof, wherein the connector is used for electrically connecting memory particles in the electronic device and comprises a base, a cover plate and a tray; the base is connected with the cover plate to set an accommodating space, the tray is used for detachably and electrically mounting the memory particles, and the tray is detachably accommodated in the accommodating space. The connector includes a base, a cover plate, and a tray. The connector can realize the space compression of the Z axis of the electronic equipment, reduce the thickness of the whole machine, and meanwhile, can replace memory particles in a state of not disassembling the machine, thereby improving the convenience of the use of the connector.

Description

Electronic equipment and connector thereof

Technical Field

The present invention relates to electronic device technologies, and in particular, to an electronic device and a connector thereof.

Background

With the development of science and technology, a notebook computer as a portable computer device has been widely used in the life of people, and at present, the notebook computer is developing towards high capacity, high speed, and light weight.

At present, for the requirement of thickness on an ultrathin notebook, an on board RAM (Random access memory) is used, and the RAM in a BGA (Ball Grid Array) packaging mode is directly welded on a PCB mainboard, so that a later user has no way to operate when wanting to upgrade the memory.

At present, the on board memory cannot be replaced, and generally, electronic devices capable of replacing the on board memory are all Double Data Rate (DDR) card slot type connectors. The DDR card slot type connector requires a larger Z-axis space, which makes many thin and light computers unable to use the connector, and the memory needs to be disassembled, which brings inconvenience to users.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention provides an electronic device and a connector thereof, which are used for improving the convenience of using the connector of the electronic device.

In order to achieve the technical purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

according to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a connector for an electronic device, for electrically connecting memory particles to the electronic device, the connector comprising a base, a cover plate and a tray; the base is connected with the cover plate to set an accommodating space, the tray is used for detachably and electrically mounting the memory particles, and the tray is detachably accommodated in the accommodating space.

Preferably, the cover plate is elastically installed on the base along a first direction, the tray is elastically installed on the cover plate along a second direction, and the first direction and the second direction form a set angle;

the base is provided with a first limiting part and a second limiting part, the tray is provided with a third limiting part and a fourth limiting part, and the cover plate can drive the tray to contact with or separate from the base along a first direction; when the tray is in contact with the base, the first limiting part is matched with the third limiting part and used for limiting the relative position of the tray in the first direction, and the second limiting part is matched with the fourth limiting part and used for limiting the relative position of the tray in the second direction; the first limiting part can elastically return along a third direction to relieve the limitation of the tray in the first direction, and the third direction forms a set angle with the plane where the first direction and the second direction are located; when the first direction limit of the tray is released, the tray can elastically return along the first direction, and the tray elastically returns to a set position along the first direction, the second limit part and the fourth limit part can release the limit to the second direction of the tray, and the tray can continuously elastically return along the second direction;

still be equipped with the draw-in groove that is used for installing the memory granule on the tray, one side that is close to of base still has the pinhole pin foot that is used for being connected with the pin needle of memory granule.

Preferably, the first direction is a direction perpendicular to the top surface of the tray, the second direction is a width direction of the tray, and the third direction is a length direction of the tray; the top surface of the tray extends out of two sides along the third direction to form a third limiting part, and the first limiting part is an elastic clamping hook capable of elastically returning along the third direction; under the state that the tray is contacted with the base, the elastic clamping hook is pressed above the protruding part to limit the relative position of the tray in the first direction.

Preferably, the second limiting part is a limiting boss, the fourth limiting part is a limiting groove, and the tray is clamped with the limiting groove in a state that the base is in contact with the limiting boss so as to limit the relative position of the tray in the second direction.

Preferably, the cover plate is installed on the base through a first elastic return piece, and the first elastic return piece can elastically return in the first direction.

Preferably, the first elastic return member is a spring having a set shape.

Preferably, the cover plate is provided with an accommodating part along a second direction, the tray is detachably inserted into the accommodating part along the second direction, a second elastic return piece is arranged at the bottom of the accommodating part along the second direction, and the second elastic return piece can elastically return in the second direction.

Preferably, the second elastic return element is an elastic arm arranged in the accommodating part.

Preferably, the connector further includes a plurality of selection switches of the memory granules, and each of the selection switches is used for being electrically connected to the CPU on the motherboard to control the corresponding memory granules to be disconnected or connected to the CPU.

According to another aspect of the technical solution of the present invention, an electronic device is provided, which includes a notebook main body, and further includes a connector and a sealing member of the electronic device, wherein the notebook main body is provided with a slot, and the connector is inserted into the slot of the notebook main body and electrically connected to a main board of the notebook main body; the sealing piece is detachably plugged at the inserting groove to seal the inserting groove.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:

according to the connector of the electronic equipment, the accommodating space for accommodating the tray is defined by the base and the cover plate, the tray can be accommodated in the accommodating space in a normal use state, and the memory particles electrically mounted on the tray are electrically connected with the electronic equipment; when the memory particles need to be replaced, the tray can be detached from the accommodating space, and then the memory particles need to be replaced are detached and replaced with new memory particles. The connector can realize the space compression of the Z axis of the electronic equipment, reduce the thickness of the whole machine, and meanwhile, can replace memory particles in a state of not disassembling the machine, thereby improving the convenience of the use of the connector.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a connector of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the exploded structure of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the base of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the structure of the tray of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the cover plate of FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a connector of an electronic device on a computer motherboard according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the drawings, each reference numeral denotes:

1. a base; 11. a first limiting part; 12. a second limiting part; 13. a pin hole pin;

2. a cover plate; 21. an accommodating portion; 22. a second elastic return member;

3. a tray; 31. a third limiting part; 32. a fourth limiting part; 33. a card slot;

4. a first elastic return member;

5. a selector switch;

10. storing particles;

20. a main board;

30、CPU；

100. a connector;

200. a notebook main body; 201. and (4) a slot.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, features and advantages of the present invention more obvious and understandable, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The first embodiment is as follows:

referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2, a connector 100 for an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a base 1, a cover 2, and a tray 3. The connector 100 is used to electrically connect the memory particle 10 to an electronic device.

The base 1 is connected with the cover plate 2 to define an accommodating space (not labeled), the tray 3 is used for detachably and electrically mounting the memory particles 10, and the tray 3 is detachably accommodated in the accommodating space.

In this embodiment, the memory particles 10 are first detachably mounted on the tray 3, and then the tray 3 with the memory particles 10 is integrally and detachably mounted in the accommodating space formed by the base 1 and the cover 2. Therefore, when the memory particles 10 need to be replaced, the tray 3 can be detached from the accommodating space, and then the memory particles 10 need to be replaced can be taken down from the tray 3 and replaced with new memory particles 10. The connector 100 can be used for realizing space compression of the Z axis of the electronic equipment, reducing the thickness of the whole machine, and meanwhile, the memory particles 10 can be replaced under the state of not disassembling the machine, so that the convenience of the use of the connector is improved.

In the above embodiment, preferably, the cover 2 is elastically mounted on the base 1 in a first direction, and the tray 3 is elastically mounted on the cover 2 in a second direction, the first direction and the second direction forming a set angle.

Referring to fig. 3, a first limiting portion 11 and a second limiting portion 12 are arranged on the base 1, referring to fig. 4, a third limiting portion 31 and a fourth limiting portion 32 are arranged on the tray 3, and the cover plate 2 can drive the tray 3 to contact or separate from the base 1 along the first direction. Specifically, in a state where the tray 3 is in contact with the base 1 (i.e., a position shown in fig. 1), the first limiting portion 11 is matched with the third limiting portion 31 to limit a relative position of the tray 3 in the first direction, and the second limiting portion 12 is matched with the fourth limiting portion 32 to limit a relative position of the tray 3 in the second direction. The first limiting part 11 can elastically return along a third direction to relieve the limitation of the tray 3 in the first direction, and the third direction forms a set angle with the plane where the first direction and the second direction are located; under the state that tray 3 relieved the first direction spacing, tray 3 can follow first direction elasticity return, just tray 3 is along first direction elasticity return to settlement position department, spacing portion 12 of second and the spacing portion 32 of fourth can relieve spacing to tray 3 second direction, tray 3 can continue to follow second direction elasticity return. Referring to fig. 4, a clamping groove 33 for mounting the memory particle 10 is further disposed on the tray 3, and a pin hole pin 13 for connecting with a pin needle of the memory particle 10 is further disposed on one side of the base 1 close to the tray 3.

In the above embodiment, preferably, the first direction is a direction perpendicular to the top surface of the tray 3, the second direction is a width direction of the tray 3, and the third direction is a length direction of the tray 3. The top surface of the tray 3 extends out of two sides along the third direction to form the third limiting portion 31, and the first limiting portion 11 is an elastic hook capable of elastically returning along the third direction. Under the state that the tray 3 is contacted with the base 1, the elastic hook 11 is pressed above the convex part 31 to limit the relative position of the tray 3 in the first direction. Meanwhile, the second limiting part 12 is a limiting boss, the fourth limiting part 32 is a limiting groove, and the tray 3 is clamped with the limiting groove 32 under the state that the base 1 is in contact with the tray, so that the relative position of the tray 3 in the second direction is limited.

In the above embodiment, preferably, the cover plate 2 is mounted on the base 1 by a first elastic return member 4, and the first elastic return member 4 can elastically return in the first direction. Specifically, the first elastic restoring member 4 is a spring having a set shape. The cover 2 can be elastically returned in a first direction relative to the base 1 by means of the first elastic return means 4.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 5, an accommodating portion 21 is formed in the cover plate 2 along the second direction, the tray 3 is detachably inserted into the accommodating portion 21 along the second direction, a second elastic return member 22 is disposed at the bottom of the accommodating portion 21 along the second direction, the second elastic return member 22 can elastically return in the second direction, and specifically, the second elastic return member 22 is an elastic arm disposed in the accommodating portion 21. The tray 3 can be elastically returned in the second direction with respect to the cover 2 by the second elastic return member 22.

Specifically, when the memory particles 10 need to be installed, the memory particles 10 may be first placed in the clamping grooves 33 of the tray 3, then the tray 3 is first pushed into the accommodating portion 21 along the second direction, and then the cover plate 2 is integrally pressed down along the first direction, so that the cover plate 2 drives the tray 3 to be close to the base 1 until the elastic hooks 11 are pressed above the protruding portions 31, and at this time, the limiting bosses 12 and the limiting grooves 32 are correspondingly engaged with each other, thereby completing installation of the memory particles 10. When memory granule 10 needs to be changed, can follow the third direction and stir gently elasticity pothook 11 to relieve the limiting displacement of elasticity pothook 11 to bellying 31, at this moment, apron 2 can upwards bounce under the effect of first elasticity return 4, after bounceing certain distance, spacing boss 12 and spacing recess 32 phase separation, tray 3 can follow under the effect of second elasticity return 22 pop out certain distance in the portion of holding 21, at this moment, tray 3 does not have any spacing, can take out tray 3 from the portion of holding 21 in, again with memory granule 10 change can.

Example two:

on the basis of the first embodiment, preferably, the number of the clamping grooves 33 is multiple, the clamping grooves 33 are arranged at intervals along the length direction of the tray 3, and one memory particle 10 is placed in each clamping groove 33. Meanwhile, referring to fig. 6, the connector 100 further includes a plurality of memory granule selection switches 5, and each of the selection switches 5 is configured to be electrically connected to the CPU30 on the motherboard 20 to control the corresponding memory granule 10 to be disconnected or connected to the CPU 30.

Through setting up a plurality of draw-in grooves 33 and making can install a plurality of memory granules 10 simultaneously on the tray 3, the user can go to assemble the memory of different producers according to own needs like this, presses corresponding firm selection switch 5 again, and CPU can read the relevant information of memory granule 10 automatically, further improves the convenience that connector 100 used.

Example three:

referring to fig. 7, an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a notebook main body 200, and further includes a connector 100 and a sealing member (not shown in the figure) of the electronic device, where the notebook main body is provided with a slot 201, and the connector 100 is inserted into the slot 201 of the notebook main body and electrically connected to a main board (not shown in the figure) of the notebook main body 200; the sealing member is detachably plugged at the slot 201 to seal the slot 201.

When the memory particle 10 needs to be replaced, the seal may be disassembled, the tray 3 of the connector 100 is taken out of the notebook body 200, and then the replacement of the memory particle 10 may be performed. The electronic equipment in the embodiment can realize space compression of the Z axis of the electronic equipment, reduce the thickness of the whole machine, and meanwhile, can replace the memory particles 10 in a state of not disassembling the machine, thereby improving the use convenience of the electronic equipment.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Furthermore, various embodiments or examples and features of different embodiments or examples described in this specification can be combined and combined by one skilled in the art without contradiction.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically defined otherwise.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention, and all the changes or substitutions should be covered within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. A connector of electronic equipment is used for electrically connecting memory particles in the electronic equipment and is characterized by comprising a base, a cover plate and a tray; the base is connected with the cover plate to set an accommodating space, the tray is used for detachably and electrically mounting the memory particles, and the tray is detachably accommodated in the accommodating space.

2. The connector of the electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the cover is resiliently mounted to the base in a first direction, and the tray is resiliently mounted to the cover in a second direction, the first direction forming a set angle with the second direction;

3. The connector of the electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the first direction is a direction perpendicular to a top surface of the tray, the second direction is a width direction of the tray, and the third direction is a length direction of the tray; the top surface of the tray extends out of two sides along the third direction to form a third limiting part, and the first limiting part is an elastic clamping hook capable of elastically returning along the third direction; under the state that the tray is contacted with the base, the elastic clamping hook is pressed above the protruding part to limit the relative position of the tray in the first direction.

4. The connector of the electronic device according to claim 3, wherein the second position-limiting portion is a position-limiting boss, the fourth position-limiting portion is a position-limiting groove, and the position-limiting boss and the position-limiting groove are engaged with each other to limit a relative position of the tray in the second direction when the tray is in contact with the base.

5. The connector for an electronic apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the cover is mounted on the base by a first resilient return member that is resiliently returnable in a first direction.

6. The electronic device connector according to claim 5, wherein the first resilient return member is a spring having a set shape.

7. The connector of the electronic device according to claim 3, wherein a receiving portion is formed on the cover plate along the second direction, the tray is detachably inserted into the receiving portion along the second direction, a second elastic return member is disposed at a bottom of the receiving portion along the second direction, and the second elastic return member is capable of elastically returning in the second direction.

8. The connector of the electronic device according to claim 7, wherein the second resilient return member is a resilient arm provided in the accommodating portion.

9. The connector of the electronic device according to claim 8, further comprising a plurality of memory granule selection switches, each of the selection switches being configured to be electrically connected to the CPU on the motherboard to control the corresponding memory granule to be disconnected or connected to the CPU.

10. An electronic device, comprising a notebook main body, characterized by further comprising a connector and a sealing member of the electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the notebook main body is provided with a slot, and the connector is inserted into the slot of the notebook main body and electrically connected with a main board of the notebook main body; the sealing piece is detachably plugged at the inserting groove to seal the inserting groove.