CN201178159Y

CN201178159Y - Electric connector

Info

Publication number: CN201178159Y
Application number: CNU2008200314831U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 沈国健; 张驰
Original assignee: Foxconn Kunshan Computer Connector Co Ltd; Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd
Current assignee: Foxconn Kunshan Computer Connector Co Ltd; Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd
Priority date: 2008-02-01
Filing date: 2008-02-01
Publication date: 2009-01-07
Anticipated expiration: 2018-02-01

Abstract

The utility model discloses an electric connector, which is used for connecting a flexible printed circuit board inserted in the electric connector along an X direction; the electric connector includes an insulating body, a plurality of terminals which are arranged along a Y direction and held on the insulating body, and a plug piece which moves relative to the insulating body between the opening position and the closing position thereof; the insulating body is provided with a butt joint surface, a butt joint space and two end side walls; the plug piece comprises an extrusion part accommodated in the butt joint space and a clasping arm clasped on the insulating body; a slide guide chute which is communicated with the butt joint surface is arranged on the side walls of the insulating body; a guide slipper which protrudes into the slide guide chute is arranged on the clasping arm of the plug piece; when the plug piece moves to the closing position, the extrusion part of the plug piece moves along the X direction and meanwhile moves along a Z direction close to the contact parts of the terminals; when the plug piece moves to the opening position, a slot in which the flexible printed circuit board can be inserted is enlarged relatively, thereby facilitating the smooth insertion of the flexible printed circuit board.

Description

Electric connector

[technical field]

The utility model relates to a kind of electric connector, relates in particular to a kind of electric connector in order to be connected with flexible printed circuit board.

[background technology]

Seeing also Chinese utility model patent announces No. 2453561, it discloses a kind of electric connector that can be used for connecting flexible printed circuit board, this electric connector includes insulator, be immobilizated in the insulator several terminals and with respect to insulating body open, the plug of motion mutually between the make position.The lateral wall that described insulator has the docking section and links to each other with this docking section be formed with the resettlement section between this lateral wall and the docking section, and this lateral wall offers location notch; Plug has the button gripping arm, and this button gripping arm end outside convexes with the projection that can be contained in above-mentioned location notch, and this button gripping arm is to be positioned at above-mentioned resettlement section.

When plug was positioned at open position, insulator has can be for the insertion mouth of flexible printed circuit board insertion, and when plug was positioned at make position, this plug extruding flexible printed circuit board electrically contacted with terminal.Yet, the plug of this existing electric connector open, when moving between the make position, along butt joint direction moving linearly; In addition, existing electric connector is generally pressed the development trend design of low-profile, the insertion mouth that insulator forms is less, thereby when flexible printed circuit board inserts, because of inserting the spatial limitation of porch, flexible printed circuit board may contact on the terminal, the inconvenience when causing this flexible printed circuit board to insert.

Therefore, necessary existing electric connector is improved, to overcome defective of the prior art.

[utility model content]

Technical problem to be solved in the utility model is to provide a kind of electric connector that makes things convenient for flexible printed circuit board to insert.

In order to address the above problem, the utility model electric connector adopts following technical scheme: a kind of electric connector, it is used to connect along first direction and inserts flexible printed circuit board in the electric connector, and this electric connector comprises: insulating body, along the plug of arranging perpendicular to the second direction of first direction and being immobilizated in the several terminals on the insulating body and being held on the insulating body and moving between open position and make position with respect to insulating body; Described insulating body has interface, runs through the butt joint space and the two ends sidewall of interface; Each terminal has the contact site that protrudes in the butt joint space; Described plug have the butt joint of being contained in the space press section and be held in button gripping arm on the insulating body; The sidewall of described insulating body is provided with the slide guide skewed slot that connects interface, and the button gripping arm of plug is provided with the slider guide that protrudes in the slide guide skewed slot, when make position was moved, the press section of this plug moved and draws close to the contact site of terminal on perpendicular to the third direction of first, second direction simultaneously along first direction.

Compared with prior art, the utility model electric connector has following beneficial effect: the slide guide skewed slot that runs through the insulating body interface by setting, described plug can move up in first party along the slide guide skewed slot, and move upward third party simultaneously perpendicular to first, second direction, can make the utility model electric connector form relatively large insertion mouth, thereby help the smooth insertion of flexible printed circuit board.

[description of drawings]

Fig. 1 is the three-dimensional exploded view of the utility model electric connector.

Fig. 2 is the three-dimensional combination figure of the utility model electric connector shown in Figure 1, and has showed the situation that plug is shown in an open position.

Fig. 3 is the three-dimensional combination figure that the plug of the utility model electric connector shown in Figure 2 is in the close position, and has showed the situation that is inserted with flexible printed circuit board.

Fig. 4 is the cutaway view of the utility model electric connector shown in Figure 2 along the A-A direction.

Fig. 5 is the cutaway view of the utility model electric connector shown in Figure 2 along the B-B direction.

Fig. 6 is the cutaway view of the utility model electric connector shown in Figure 3 along the C-C direction.

[embodiment]

See also Figure 1 and Figure 2, the utility model electric connector 100 is a kind of electric connectors that are used to connect flexible printed circuit board 200, this flexible printed circuit board is in inserting electric connector 100 along directions X (being first direction), and described electric connector 100 includes insulating body 1, be immobilizated in the several terminals 2 on the insulating body 1 and be held in plug 3 on the insulating body 1.

See also Fig. 1, Fig. 2 and shown in Figure 3, described insulating body 1 has along extend the lengthwise main part 11 of setting and the elastic arm 12 that extend at autonomous body lengthwise two ends perpendicular to the Y direction (being second direction) of directions X, this main part has an interface 110 and runs through the butt joint space 111 of interface, to accommodate grafting flexible printed circuit board 200; The main part 11 of described insulating body has the two ends sidewall 114 around longitudinally side wall 113 that forms the butt joint space and connection sidewall, and this sidewall 114 is oppositely arranged with elastic arm 12.

See also shown in Figure 4, be provided with the several terminals accepting groove 112 that extends along the butt joint direction in the described butt joint space 111, described terminal 2 is arranged and is immobilizated in the insulating body accepting groove 112 along the Y direction, and terminal 2 has the holding parts 21 that is immobilizated in the insulating body 1, first contact site 22 in holding parts extends into the butt joint space, second contact site 23 and extend the weld part 24 of insulating body, also convex with in the above-mentioned butt joint space and the relative boss portion 115 of terminal first contact site 22, and the distance between first contact site of this boss portion and terminal is less than the thickness of flexible printed circuit board 200, thereby but is formed with the gap of this flexible printed circuit board 200 of clamping.

Please consult Fig. 2, Fig. 3 and shown in Figure 4 again, described plug 3 is being opened, is being moved between the make position with respect to insulating body 1.When plug was shown in an open position, insulating body was formed with and can inserts the insertion mouth 101 in butt joint spaces 111 for flexible printed circuit board 200, and when plug is in the close position, and electrically contacted between described flexible printed circuit board 200 and the terminal 2.

See also Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Fig. 4 and shown in Figure 5, the button gripping arm 33 that described plug 3 has the lengthwise crossbeam 31 that extends along the Y direction, extends and can be contained in the press section 32 in the butt joint space 111 and extend from crossbeam lengthwise two ends from crossbeam, this button gripping arm can be contained in the space of the main part 11 of insulating body and elastic arm 12 formation.The sidewall 114 of described insulating body is provided with the slide guide skewed slot 116 that runs through interface 110, and this slide guide skewed slot has the two sides 102 that the extension of being parallel to each other is provided with, and the button gripping arm 33 of described plug is provided with the slider guide 331 that protrudes in the slide guide skewed slot 116; In the present embodiment, the slide guide skewed slot includes three sections, another parallel-segment 105 that is respectively the parallel-segment 103 that runs through interface, the segmental arc 104 that connects this parallel-segment and extends from this segmental arc.The elastic arm 12 relative with sidewall 114 is provided with conduit 117 and is formed with hook part 118 in this conduit near an end of interface 110, the button gripping arm 33 of plug is provided with the projection 332 that holds mutually with this hook part, and this projection and slider guide 331 are positioned at the both sides of above-mentioned button gripping arm; In the present embodiment, slide guide skewed slot 116 is that sidewall 114 outsides of autonomous body 11 are arranged with and extend to form, and this slide guide skewed slot runs through on the insulating body rear end face 120 relative with interface 110, makes simple and helps the moulding of insulating body.

Because slide guide skewed slot 116 runs through insulating body interface 110, excessive deformation in the time of can preventing to detain gripping arm 33 these slide guide skewed slots of insertion; Described slide guide skewed slot 116 is not interconnected with docking space 111, further the intensity of reinforced insulation body sidewall 114.In addition, the projection 332 of button gripping arm slides along conduit 117, can guide plug and open, moving between the make position, and when plug is shown in an open position, described projection 332 holds mutually with hook part 118, can prevent oneself accidental on the body 1 that insulate of plug 3.

See also Fig. 4 to shown in Figure 6, when plug 3 self-closing positions when open position moves, this slider guide 331 slides to interface 110 along slide guide skewed slot 116, press section 32 moves, also goes up motion in the Z direction (being third direction) perpendicular to directions X, Y direction simultaneously along directions X simultaneously, when plug 3 arrives open position, insert mouthful 101 relative changes greatly, thereby help the smooth insertion of this flexible printed circuit board 200.When flexible printed circuit board inserts, because of butt joint is provided with the boss portion 115 relative with the first terminal contact site 22 in the space 111, this flexible printed circuit board 200 pushing tows first contact site 22 elastic deformation in accepting groove 112, and this first contact site 22 and boss portion 115 common these flexible printed circuit boards of clamping, make it pre-aligned in butt joint space 111, reliably electrically contact with flexible printed circuit board thereby help conducting terminal.

When plug 3 from open position when make position is moved, the slider guide 331 of described plug slides from slide guide skewed slot 116, because of the press section 32 of this plug along directions X move and simultaneously on the Z direction contact site to terminal draw close, when arriving make position, the press section 32 extruding flexible printed circuit boards 200 of plug make first,

second contact site

22,23 of terminal electrically be contacted with the both side surface of this flexible printed circuit board respectively.

The foregoing description is the better embodiment of the utility model electric connector.Certainly, the utility model also can adopt other execution mode, such as:

Also own elasticity arm 22, main part sidewall 114 are arranged with formation respectively for described slide guide skewed slot 116, hook part 118, and slide guide skewed slot and hook part are oppositely arranged, the button gripping arm both sides of plug are respectively equipped with slider guide, the projection that matches with this slide guide skewed slot, hook part, or the like.

Claims

1. electric connector, it is used to connect along first direction and inserts flexible printed circuit board in the electric connector, and this electric connector comprises: insulating body, along the plug of arranging perpendicular to the second direction of first direction and being immobilizated in the several terminals on the insulating body and being held on the insulating body and moving between open position and make position with respect to insulating body; Described insulating body has interface, runs through the butt joint space and the two ends sidewall of interface; Each terminal has the contact site that protrudes in the butt joint space; Described plug have the butt joint of being contained in the space press section and be held in button gripping arm on the insulating body;

It is characterized in that: the sidewall of described insulating body is provided with the slide guide skewed slot that connects interface, and the button gripping arm of plug is provided with the slider guide that protrudes in the slide guide skewed slot, when make position was moved, the press section of this plug moved and draws close to the contact site of terminal on perpendicular to the third direction of first, second direction simultaneously along first direction.

2. electric connector as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described slide guide skewed slot has two sides, and these two sides are parallel to each other to extend and are provided with.

3. electric connector as claimed in claim 1 or 2 is characterized in that: described insulating body has the elastic arm relative with sidewall, and this elastic arm is provided with the hook part, and the button gripping arm of plug is provided with the projection that holds mutually with the hook part.

4. electric connector as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described slide guide skewed slot is by the parallel-segment that runs through interface, connects the segmental arc of this parallel-segment and another parallel-segment of extending from this segmental arc constitutes.

5. as claim 1 or 4 described electric connectors, it is characterized in that: described insulating body has the rear end face relative with interface, and the slide guide skewed slot runs through this rear end face.

6. electric connector as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that: described elastic arm is provided with the conduit of accommodating projection, and an end of the close interface of this conduit is formed with above-mentioned hook part.

7. electric connector as claimed in claim 1 or 2 is characterized in that: described butt joint space and slide guide skewed slot are not interconnected.

8. electric connector as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: described termination contact portion includes first, second contact site, be provided with the boss portion that is oppositely arranged with first contact site in the butt joint space of insulating body, and the distance between this boss portion and first contact site is less than the thickness of flexible printed circuit board.

9. electric connector as claimed in claim 1 or 2, it is characterized in that: described plug also has the lengthwise crossbeam that extends along second direction, above-mentioned button gripping arm is to extend and be positioned at the lengthwise two ends of press section from this crossbeam, and described slider guide is to be positioned at the both sides of detaining gripping arm with projection.