CN111180926A - Electric connector, electric connector assembly and electric assembly - Google Patents

Electric connector, electric connector assembly and electric assembly Download PDF

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CN111180926A
CN111180926A CN201811342248.0A CN201811342248A CN111180926A CN 111180926 A CN111180926 A CN 111180926A CN 201811342248 A CN201811342248 A CN 201811342248A CN 111180926 A CN111180926 A CN 111180926A
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范定兵
师明
张巍
付小智
江洪涛
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/02—Contact members
    • H01R13/20—Pins, blades, or sockets shaped, or provided with separate member, to retain co-operating parts together
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/70—Coupling devices
    • H01R12/71—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/712—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures co-operating with the surface of the printed circuit or with a coupling device exclusively provided on the surface of the printed circuit
    • H01R12/716—Coupling device provided on the PCB
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/02—Contact members
    • H01R13/15—Pins, blades or sockets having separate spring member for producing or increasing contact pressure
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/627—Snap or like fastening
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/629—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances

Abstract

An electrical connector, an electrical connector assembly and an electrical assembly are provided, the electrical connector of the electrical connector assembly and the electrical assembly comprising: an insulating housing, at least one installation portion and at least one connecting terminal, the insulating housing includes: the mounting mechanism is coupled to the mounting portions, respectively, to mount the electrical connector on the circuit board.

Description

Electric connector, electric connector assembly and electric assembly
Technical Field
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an electrical connector, and more particularly, to an electrical connector, an electrical connector assembly, and an electrical assembly suitable for connecting wires.
Background
In electrical equipment such as a projector lamp, two wires are typically connected to a plug connector and a receptacle connector, respectively, in order to facilitate electrical connection of the two wires. The electrical connection of the two wires is realized through the mutual matching between the plug connector and the socket connector.
Both of the existing plug connector and the socket connector include a housing and a connection terminal mounted in the housing. Typically, it is necessary to secure the receptacle connector to a mounting bracket, such as a circuit board. Depending on the actual situation, the receptacle connector needs to be Mounted on the mounting frame using Surface Mount Technology (SMT) or Dual In-line package (DIP) Technology. However, for the projector lamp, due to the specific structure of the projector lamp, it is generally necessary to horizontally mount the socket connector on the side of the circuit board facing the light source, which makes the area of the circuit board occupied by the electrical connector assembly larger, and furthermore, it is necessary to extend the cable connected with the plug connector to the base of the projector lamp through the outside of the circuit board and to pass out from the base to connect with an external power source, and thus it is necessary to leave a space for the cable to pass through between the projector lamp housing and the circuit board, which makes the structure of the projector lamp less compact and increases the length of the cable.
Disclosure of Invention
The technical problem that this disclosure solves lies in providing an electric connector, electric connector subassembly and electric subassembly, can reduce the area of the circuit board that electric connector subassembly occupy, shorten the length of cable simultaneously.
According to an embodiment of one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an electrical connector including:
an insulating housing comprising:
a main body portion which penetrates through a mounting hole provided on the circuit board from a first surface of the circuit board in an insertion direction and partially protrudes from a second surface of the circuit board, and on an outer side surface of which two opposing mounting surfaces are formed, an
At least one mounting part respectively arranged on the mounting surfaces;
at least one connection terminal, one end of which extends into the insulating housing, the other end of which is electrically connected with an electrical contact located on the second surface of the circuit board; and
at least one mounting mechanism respectively coupled with the mounting parts to mount the electrical connector on the circuit board.
According to the electric connector of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a containing portion suitable for receiving an inserting portion of a mating connector is arranged in the main body portion, an opening of the containing portion is located on one side where the first surface of the circuit board is located, a plurality of through holes are formed in a bottom wall of the containing portion, and the connecting terminals respectively penetrate through the through holes and extend into the containing portion.
According to the electrical connector of one embodiment of the present disclosure, the mounting surface is formed on two opposing extension walls extending from the main body portion in the insertion direction, a groove is provided between the two extension walls, and a portion of the insulating housing between the groove and the accommodating portion forms a bottom wall of the accommodating portion.
According to the electric connector of an embodiment of the present disclosure, the outer side of the bottom wall is provided with a reinforcing protrusion, and the reinforcing protrusion is located between two adjacent through holes.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the connection terminal includes:
a terminal body portion connected to the bottom wall of the housing portion and configured to extend through the through hole in the bottom wall of the housing portion;
an insertion portion integrally connected to a first side of the terminal body portion and extending into the receiving portion of the insulative housing to electrically contact a mating terminal of the mating connector; and
and a bent portion integrally connected to a second side of the terminal body portion opposite to the first side and bent toward an upper portion of the terminal body portion, a free end of the bent portion forming a bonding surface electrically contacting with an electrical contact on the circuit board.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, at least one side of the main body is provided with at least one laterally protruding stop.
According to the electric connector of an embodiment of the present disclosure, the main body portion is provided with at least one elastic sheet.
According to the electric connector of one embodiment of the present disclosure, the connection terminal is formed by punching a plate material.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the mounting portion includes:
and one end of the connecting part is connected to the mounting surface.
According to the electric connector of an embodiment of the present disclosure, the mounting portion further includes: a holding portion radially outwardly protruding from the other end of the connecting portion.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the mounting mechanism includes:
a fitting mounting part coupled to the connection part; and
a fixing portion connected with the fitting mounting portion and configured to be connectable to the circuit board.
According to the electric connector of an embodiment of this disclosure, the fixed part include with cooperation installation department vertically surface mounting portion, surface mounting portion can adopt surface mounting technique to install on the circuit board.
According to the electric connector of an embodiment of the present disclosure, the fixing portion includes at least one insertion portion extending from the fitting mounting portion, the insertion portion being insertable into an insertion hole of a circuit board.
According to the electric connector of an embodiment of the present disclosure, the end of the insertion part is provided with a laterally protruding blocking part.
According to the electric connector of an embodiment of the present disclosure, the fitting installation part is provided with a combination groove with a lateral opening, and the combination groove is hung on the connection part.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the coupling groove is provided with at least one protrusion.
According to the electrical connector of one embodiment of the present disclosure, the mounting surface is located on an outer side surface of the main body portion that protrudes out of the second surface of the circuit board, and the fixing portion extends in a direction opposite to the insertion direction.
According to the electrical connector of one embodiment of the present disclosure, the mounting surface is located on an outer side surface of the main body portion on the same side as the first surface of the circuit board, and the fixing portion extends in the same direction as the insertion direction.
According to an embodiment of the electrical connector of the present disclosure, a coupling groove is formed on at least one of the mounting surfaces to couple a coupling portion of the mating connector.
According to an embodiment of another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a connector assembly including:
an electrical connector as described above; and
a mating connector coupled to the electrical connector.
According to an embodiment of yet another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an electrical assembly including:
an electrical connector as described above; and
and the circuit board is provided with a mounting hole for the electric connector to pass through.
An electrical connector according to one embodiment of the present disclosure further includes a mating connector coupled to the electrical connector.
According to the electrical connector, the electrical connector assembly and the electrical assembly of the various embodiments of the present disclosure, the electrical connector of the electrical assembly can be vertically mounted on the circuit board by passing the main body portion of the insulative housing from the first surface of the circuit board through the mounting hole provided on the circuit board and partially protruding from the second surface of the circuit board in the insertion direction and using the mounting mechanism, which reduces the area of the circuit board occupied by the electrical connector and the mating connector combined therewith; in addition, the cable can be directly led out from the plug connector, the wire passing from the outside of the circuit board is avoided, the length of the cable is shortened, and therefore devices such as a projection lamp and the like adopting the electric connector assembly can be more compact.
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The present disclosure will be described in further detail with reference to the attached drawing figures, wherein:
fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating an electrical connector according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure mounted on a circuit board;
fig. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the electrical connector and the mating connector shown in fig. 1 mounted on a circuit board;
fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a connector assembly with a cable connected to a mating connector in the connector assembly mounted on a circuit board according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view illustrating an insulative housing according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;
fig. 5 is a perspective schematic view illustrating an electrical connector according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;
fig. 6 is a schematic perspective view illustrating a connection terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;
fig. 7 is a perspective view illustrating the circuit board shown in fig. 1;
FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing a mounting portion on the insulating housing;
FIG. 9 is a schematic perspective view illustrating a mounting mechanism of an electrical connector according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;
fig. 10 is a schematic perspective view illustrating an electrical connector and a mating connector according to another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure when mounted on a circuit board;
fig. 11 is a schematic perspective view illustrating an electrical connector and a mating connector according to still another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure when mounted on a circuit board;
FIG. 12 is a perspective view illustrating the mounting mechanism shown in FIG. 1.
Detailed Description
While the present disclosure will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings, which contain preferred embodiments of the disclosure, it should be understood before this description that one of ordinary skill in the art can modify the disclosure described herein while obtaining the technical effects of the present disclosure. Therefore, it should be understood that the foregoing description is a broad disclosure directed to persons of ordinary skill in the art, and that there is no intent to limit the exemplary embodiments described in this disclosure.
According to the general inventive concept of the present disclosure, there is provided an electrical connector including: an insulating housing, at least one connection terminal and at least one mounting mechanism. An insulating housing includes a main body portion which passes through a mounting hole provided in a circuit board from a first surface of the circuit board in an insertion direction and partially protrudes from a second surface of the circuit board, and two opposing mounting surfaces are formed on an outer side surface of the main body portion. At least one mounting portion is respectively provided on the mounting surfaces. One end of at least one connection terminal extends into the insulating housing, and the other end of the connection terminal is electrically connected with an electrical contact located on the second surface of the circuit board. At least one mounting mechanism is coupled to the mounting portions, respectively, to mount the electrical connector on a circuit board.
According to another general inventive concept of the present disclosure, there is provided an electrical connector assembly including an electrical connector and a mating connector combined with the electrical connector.
According to still another general inventive concept of the present disclosure, there is provided an electrical assembly including a circuit board and an electrical connector, the circuit board having a mounting hole through which the electrical connector passes.
Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view illustrating an electrical connector according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure mounted on a circuit board; fig. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the electrical connector and the mating connector shown in fig. 1 mounted on a circuit board; fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a connector assembly with a cable connected to a mating connector in the connector assembly mounted on a circuit board according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
As shown in fig. 1-3, an electrical connector 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes, for example, a receptacle connector mounted on a circuit board 200. The electrical connector 100 is combined with a mating connector (e.g., a plug connector) 400 electrically connected to the cable 300 so that the cable 300 supplies power to or transmits electrical signals to a circuit disposed on the circuit board 200. The electrical connector 100 of the disclosed embodiment includes: an insulating housing 10, for example made of a plastic material, at least one (2 shown in the figure) connection terminal 3, for example made of a copper or stainless steel material, and at least one (2 shown in the figure) mounting mechanism 4, for example made of a copper or stainless steel material.
FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view illustrating an insulative housing according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure; fig. 5 is a perspective schematic view illustrating an electrical connector according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure; fig. 6 is a schematic perspective view illustrating a connection terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure; fig. 7 is a perspective view showing the circuit board shown in fig. 1; FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing a mounting portion on the insulating housing; fig. 9 is a perspective view illustrating a mounting mechanism of an electrical connector according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
As shown in fig. 1-9, in one embodiment, the electrical connector includes an insulative housing 10, the insulative housing 10 including: one main body portion 1 and two mounting portions 2. The main body portion 1 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and partially protrudes from a second surface of the circuit board 200 in the insertion direction from a first surface of the circuit board 200 through a mounting hole 201 provided on the circuit board 200, and an outer side surface of the main body portion 1 forms two opposing mounting surfaces 11. The two mounting portions 2 are respectively provided on the mounting surface 11. One ends of the two connection terminals 3 extend into the insulating housing 10, and the other ends of the connection terminals 3 are electrically connected with electrical contacts located on the second surface of the circuit board 200. Two mounting mechanisms 4 are respectively combined with the mounting parts 2 to mount the electrical connector 100 on the circuit board 200.
As shown in fig. 1 to 5, in an exemplary embodiment, the main body portion 1 is provided therein with an accommodating portion 12 adapted to receive an insertion portion of the mating connector 400, an opening of the accommodating portion 12 is located at a side where the first surface of the circuit board 200 is located, a bottom wall of the accommodating portion 12 is provided with a plurality of through holes through which the connection terminals 3 respectively extend into the accommodating portion 12 to be electrically connected with mating terminals of the mating connector 400 extending into the accommodating portion 12.
As shown in fig. 3 and 4, in an exemplary embodiment, the mounting surface 11 is formed on two opposing extension walls 15 extending from the main body portion 1 in the insertion direction, one end of the insulating housing 10 is provided with a groove 13 between the two extension walls 15, a portion of the insulating housing 10 between the groove 13 and the accommodating portion 12 forms a bottom wall of the accommodating portion 12, and the connection terminal 3 extending from the bottom wall of the accommodating portion 12 is prevented from being accessed by providing the groove 13. Further, the bottom wall of the housing portion 12 is provided with a reinforcing protrusion 14, and the reinforcing protrusion 14 is located between two adjacent through holes, so that the robustness of the insulating housing 10 is improved, and the two connection terminals 3 can be prevented from contacting each other.
As shown in fig. 1, 3, 6 and 7, in an exemplary embodiment, each connection terminal 3 includes: a terminal body portion 31, an insertion portion 32, and a bent portion 33, the terminal body portion 31 being used for connection with the bottom wall of the accommodating portion 12 and being configured to extend through a through hole in the bottom wall. The insertion portion 32 is integrally connected to a first side of the terminal body portion 31 and extends into the accommodating portion 12 of the insulative housing 10 to electrically contact the mating terminal of the mating connector 400. The bent portion 33 is integrally connected to a second side of the terminal body portion 31 opposite to the first side and bent toward an upper portion of the terminal body portion 31, and a free end of the bent portion 33 forms a bonding surface 34 electrically contacting the electrical contact 202 on the circuit board 200. When mounting, it is necessary to first insert the insulating housing 10 through the mounting hole 201 of the circuit board 200 and fix the insulating housing 10 to the circuit board 200 by the mounting mechanism 4, and then insert the connection terminal 3 into the insulating housing 10.
As shown in fig. 6, in an exemplary embodiment, both sides of the terminal body portion 31 of the connection terminal 3 are provided with a plurality of stopper portions 35 protruding laterally to prevent the connection terminal 3 from being separated from the insulating housing 10 when the mating connector 400 is unplugged and inserted. It should be noted that, in some other embodiments of the present disclosure, one or more stopping portions 35 may be disposed on one side of the terminal main body portion 31.
As shown in fig. 6, in an exemplary embodiment, at least one spring piece 36 is provided on the terminal body portion 31, so that the connection terminal 3 can be reliably fixed in the insulating housing 3 when the connection terminal 3 is inserted into the insulating housing 10.
In one embodiment, the connection terminal 3 is formed by punching a plate material of a predetermined shape. That is, the connection terminal 3 is formed by, for example, punching a plate material into a plate having a predetermined shape and then performing a predetermined bending process by pressing.
As shown in fig. 1 and 8, in an exemplary embodiment, the mounting portion 2 includes: one end of the connecting portion 21 is connected to the mounting surface 11. In addition, the mounting portion 2 further includes a holding portion 22 protruding radially outward from the other end of the connecting portion 21. Thus, the holding portion 22 can prevent the attachment mechanism 4 from slipping off the attachment portion 21 when the attachment mechanism 4 is attached to the attachment portion 21.
As shown in fig. 1 and 9, the mounting mechanism 4 includes: a fitting mounting portion 41 coupled to the connecting portion 21 of the mounting portion 2; and a fixing portion connected with the fitting mounting portion 41 and configured to be connectable to the circuit board 200. The fitting mounting portion 41 is provided with a coupling groove 44 opened in a lateral direction, and the coupling groove 44 is hung on the connecting portion 42. By providing the coupling groove 44, the mating attachment portion 41 can be hung on the connecting portion 21 from different directions. The coupling groove 44 is provided with at least one protrusion 45, and the protrusion 45 is coupled to the coupling portion 21 of the mounting portion to prevent the mating mounting portion 41 from being separated from the coupling portion 21.
In the embodiment shown in fig. 9, the fixing portion employs a Surface mount portion 42 perpendicular to the mating mounting portion 41, which can be Mounted on a land of the circuit board 200 with Surface Mount Technology (SMT) to mechanically mount the electrical connector 100 on the circuit board 200.
In the embodiment shown in fig. 1, the mounting surface 11 is located on the outer side surface of the main body portion 1 that protrudes beyond the second surface of the circuit board 200, and the fixing portion of the mounting mechanism 4 extends in the direction opposite to the insertion direction.
Fig. 10 is a schematic perspective view illustrating an electrical connector and a mating connector according to another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure when mounted on a circuit board. In this embodiment, the mounting surface 11 is located on the outer side surface of the main body portion 1 on the same side as the first surface of the circuit board 200, and the fixing portion of the mounting mechanism 4 extends in the same direction as the insertion direction.
Fig. 11 is a schematic perspective view illustrating an electrical connector and a mating connector according to another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure when mounted on a circuit board. FIG. 12 is a perspective view illustrating the mounting mechanism shown in FIG. 11.
In the embodiment shown in fig. 11 and 12, the mounting mechanism 4 comprises: a fitting mounting portion 41 coupled to the connecting portion 21 of the mounting portion 2; and a fixing portion connected with the fitting mounting portion 41 and configured to be connectable to the circuit board 200. The fixing portion includes at least one insertion part 43 extending in parallel from the mating mounting portion 41, and the insertion part 43 can be inserted into an insertion hole of the circuit board 200, thereby mechanically mounting the electrical connector 100 to the circuit board 200. The distal end of the mating part 43 is provided with a laterally protruding stopper 431, and the stopper 431 is engaged with an edge of the insertion hole on the circuit board 200 to prevent the mating part 43 from being detached from the circuit board 200.
Further, in an exemplary embodiment, coupling grooves are formed on both opposite sidewalls of the accommodating part 12 to couple with coupling parts on the outer side surface of the mating connector 400. In the case where the electrical connector 100 is coupled with the mating connector 400, the coupling groove is snap-coupled with the coupling portion, thereby locking the electrical connector 100 and the mating connector 400 together to prevent them from being separated.
According to another aspect of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 2, 3 and 10, an electrical connector assembly is provided, including an electrical connector 100 as described above and a mating connector 400 coupled to the electrical connector 100. When the mating connector 400 is inserted into the receiving portion 12 of the electrical connector 100, the connection terminals 3 of the mating connector 400 abut on the connection terminals of the electrical connector 100, so that the cable 300 electrically connected with the mating connector 400 supplies or transmits electrical signals to a circuit disposed on the circuit board 200.
According to an embodiment of yet another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an electrical assembly comprising a circuit board 200 and an electrical connector 100 as described above. The circuit board 200 is provided with a mounting hole 202 for the power connector assembly to pass through; the electrical connector 100 includes an insulative housing 10, the insulative housing 10 including: one main body portion 1 and two mounting portions 2. The main body portion 1 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and partially protrudes from a second surface of the circuit board 200 in the insertion direction from a first surface of the circuit board 200 through a mounting hole 201 provided on the circuit board 200, and an outer side surface of the main body portion 1 forms two opposing mounting surfaces 11. The two mounting portions 2 are respectively provided on the mounting surface 11. Two connection terminals 3 extend into the insulating housing 10 in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of the circuit board 200, and one end of the connection terminal 3 is electrically connected to an electrical contact located on the second surface of the circuit board 200. Two mounting mechanisms 4 are respectively combined with the mounting parts 2 to mount the electrical connector 100 on the circuit board 200.
In one embodiment, the electrical assembly further includes a mating connector 400 combined with the electrical connector 100, and when the mating connector 400 is inserted into the receiving portion 12 of the electrical connector 100, the connection terminals 3 of the mating connector 400 abut against the connection terminals of the electrical connector 100, so that the cable 300 electrically connected with the mating connector 400 supplies or transmits electrical signals to a circuit disposed on the circuit board 200.
According to the electrical component, the electrical connector assembly and the electrical connector according to the various embodiments of the present disclosure, the electrical connector of the electrical component and the electrical connector assembly can be vertically mounted on the circuit board by passing the main body portion of the insulative housing from the first surface of the circuit board through the mounting hole provided on the circuit board and partially protruding from the second surface of the circuit board in the insertion direction and using the mounting mechanism, which reduces the area of the circuit board occupied by the electrical connector and the mating connector combined therewith; in addition, the cable can be directly led out from the plug connector, the wire passing from the outside of the circuit board is avoided, the length of the cable is shortened, and therefore devices such as a projection lamp and the like adopting the electric connector assembly can be more compact.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the above-described embodiments are exemplary and can be modified by those skilled in the art, and the structures described in the various embodiments can be freely combined without conflict in structure or principle, thereby realizing more various electrical connectors, electrical connector assemblies, and electrical assemblies on the basis of solving the technical problems of the present disclosure.
Having described preferred embodiments of the present disclosure in detail, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the scope and spirit of the appended claims, and the disclosure is not limited to the exemplary embodiments set forth herein.

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1. An electrical connector, comprising:
an insulating housing comprising:
a main body portion which penetrates through a mounting hole provided on the circuit board from a first surface of the circuit board in an insertion direction and partially protrudes from a second surface of the circuit board, and on an outer side surface of which two opposing mounting surfaces are formed, an
At least one mounting part respectively arranged on the mounting surfaces;
at least one connection terminal, one end of which extends into the insulating housing, the other end of which is electrically connected with an electrical contact located on the second surface of the circuit board; and
at least one mounting mechanism respectively coupled with the mounting parts to mount the electrical connector on the circuit board.
2. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the main body portion has a receiving portion adapted to receive an insertion portion of a mating connector, an opening of the receiving portion is located on a side of the first surface of the circuit board, a bottom wall of the receiving portion has a plurality of through holes, and the connecting terminals extend into the receiving portion through the through holes, respectively.
3. The electrical connector according to claim 2, wherein the mounting surface is formed on two opposing extension walls extending from the main body portion in the insertion direction, a groove is provided between the two extension walls, and a portion of the insulating housing between the groove and the accommodating portion forms a bottom wall of the accommodating portion.
4. The connector according to claim 3, wherein the outer side of the bottom wall is provided with a reinforcing protrusion located between adjacent two of the through holes.
5. The electrical connector of any of claims 2-4, wherein the connection terminal comprises:
a terminal body portion connected to the bottom wall of the housing portion and configured to extend through the through hole in the bottom wall of the housing portion;
an insertion portion integrally connected to a first side of the terminal body portion and extending into the receiving portion of the insulative housing to electrically contact a mating terminal of the mating connector; and
and a bent portion integrally connected to a second side of the terminal body portion opposite to the first side and bent toward an upper portion of the terminal body portion, a free end of the bent portion forming a bonding surface electrically contacting with an electrical contact on the circuit board.
6. The electrical connector of claim 5, wherein at least one side of the main body portion is provided with at least one laterally protruding stop.
7. The electrical connector of claim 5 or 6, wherein the body portion is provided with at least one spring.
8. The electrical connector of any of claims 1-7, wherein the connection terminals are stamped from sheet material.
9. The electrical connector of any of claims 1-8, wherein the mounting portion comprises:
and one end of the connecting part is connected to the mounting surface.
10. The electrical connector of claim 9, wherein the mounting portion further comprises: a holding portion radially outwardly protruding from the other end of the connecting portion.
11. The electrical connector of claim 9 or 10, wherein the mounting mechanism comprises:
a fitting mounting part coupled to the connection part; and
a fixing portion connected with the fitting mounting portion and configured to be connectable to the circuit board.
12. The electrical connector of claim 11, wherein the securing portion comprises a surface mount portion perpendicular to the mating mounting portion, the surface mount portion being mountable to the circuit board using surface mount technology.
13. The electrical connector of claim 11, wherein the securing portion includes at least one mating portion extending from the mating mounting portion, the mating portion being insertable into a receptacle of a circuit board.
14. An electrical connector as in claim 13 wherein the distal end of the mating part is provided with a laterally projecting stop.
15. The electrical connector of claim 11, wherein the mating mounting portion has a laterally open engaging groove formed therein, the engaging groove being hooked on the connecting portion.
16. The electrical connector of claim 13, wherein the engagement slot is provided with at least one protrusion.
17. The electrical connector as recited in any one of claims 11 to 16, wherein the mounting surface is located on an outer side surface of the main body portion that protrudes beyond the second surface of the circuit board, and the fixing portion extends in a direction opposite to the insertion direction.
18. The electrical connector as recited in any one of claims 11 to 16, wherein the mounting surface is located on an outer side surface of the main body portion on the same side as the first surface of the circuit board, and the fixing portion extends in the same direction as the insertion direction.
19. The electrical connector as recited in any one of claims 1 to 18, wherein a coupling groove is formed on at least one of the mounting faces to couple the coupling portion of the mating connector.
20. A connector assembly comprising:
an electrical connector according to any one of claims 1-19; and
a mating connector coupled to the electrical connector.
21. An electrical assembly, comprising:
an electrical connector according to any one of claims 1-19; and
and the circuit board is provided with a mounting hole for the electric connector to pass through.
22. The electrical assembly of claim 21, further comprising a mating connector coupled to the electrical connector.
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