CN201450174U - Connector - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a connector comprising a main body, a spacing piece and an active component, wherein the main body comprises an insulating body and a plurality of conductive terminals contained in the insulating body; a driving space is formed in the main body, and is provided with an opening; the spacing piece is fixed on the insulating body to form at least one spacing part; the active component is provided with at least one driving part; the driving part is provided with a proper structure to enable the driving part to easily pass through the opening to enter the driving space before the spacing piece is put in; and the active component can be limited by the spacing part of the spacing piece after the driving part enters the driving space and the spacing piece is arranged on the insulating body to enable the driving part of the active component to be limited in the driving space. The utility model has the advantage of that the active component can be easy to assemble to enter the driving space, and is difficult to retreat from the driving space.

Description

A kind of electric connector

[technical field]

The utility model relates to a kind of electric connector, but refers to a kind of electric connector with start member especially.

[background technology]

FPC (Flexible Printed Circuit) is a kind of flexible printed circuit board, and the FPC electric connector then is a kind of device with described flexible printed circuit board and the electric connection of another circuit board.As shown in Figure 1, general described FPC electric connector generally includes an insulating body a, a plurality of conducting terminal b and a press members c.Offer a plurality of terminal containing slot a1 in the described insulating body a.Described conducting terminal b is contained among the described terminal containing slot a1, and described conducting terminal b is formed with a upper arm b1 and a underarm b2 and one connect together described upper arm b1 with described underarm b2 linking arm b3.Described upper arm b1 one end convexes with a stop block b11 towards the direction of described underarm b2, form an opening b4 between described stop block b11 and the described underarm b2, the common receiving space b5 that forms of described stop block b11 and described upper arm b1, described underarm b2 and described linking arm b3.Described press members c is provided with a cam part c1, and described cam part c1 is positioned at described receiving space b5.There is following disappearance in this described FPC electric connector: before described receiving space b5 that described cam part c1 is packed into, because the wc of projection width of the past described opening b4 direction of described cam part c1 is greater than the width wb of described opening b4, described cam part c1 need compress described stop block b11, force described stop block b11 elasticity to be stepped down, just can be assembled into described receiving space b5, when described conducting terminal b quantity more for a long time, described cam part c1 needs that described stop block b11 is applied the very big power that compresses just can make described stop block b11 elasticity step down, so, increased the difficulty that described cam part c1 is assembled into described receiving space b5, also may cause damage described upper arm b1.If in order to reduce the difficulty that described cam part c1 is assembled into described receiving space b5, and the size design of described stop block b11 is too small, described cam part c1 is subjected to less power just can run out of described receiving space b5 at an easy rate.

Therefore be necessary to design a kind of new electric connector, to overcome above-mentioned defective.

[utility model content]

The purpose of this utility model is to provide a kind of new electric connector, but the start member can be assembled into the driving space easily, is difficult to withdraw from described driving space again.

The electric connector of a kind of form of implementation of the utility model in order to electrically connect a butt joint electronic component, comprising: an insulating body, and it is provided with a plurality of terminal containing slots; A plurality of conducting terminals, correspondence is contained in the described terminal containing slot respectively, each described conducting terminal is formed with a upper arm and a underarm and one connect together described upper arm with described underarm linking arm, side at described linking arm, form one between described upper arm and the described underarm and drive the space, described driving space has an opening, at the opposite side of described linking arm, on described upper arm or described underarm, be formed with a contact site at least; One covers shell, is fixed on the described insulating body, and it is formed with at least one limiting section; An and press members, it has a base portion and at least one drive division, described drive division has suitable structure, described cover shell installing before and described drive division when entering described opening, the described relatively driving of described drive division space has makes its projection width toward described opening direction projection formation be less than or equal to the position of the width of described opening; Described drive division enter described driving space and described cover shell and be installed on the described insulating body after, described limiting section makes the position in the described relatively driving of described drive division space at a limited range, in described limited range, described drive division toward described projection width that described opening direction projection forms all the time greater than the width of described opening; When described drive division rotates to toward width that described projection width that described opening direction projection forms forms between greater than described upper arm and described underarm, the described upper arm of described drive division jack-up, making described upper arm is the fulcrum rotation with described linking arm, described upper arm supports described butt joint electronic component, and described contact site is electrically contacted with described butt joint electronic component.

The electric connector of the another kind of form of implementation of the utility model, comprise: a main body, described main body comprises an insulating body and is contained in the interior a plurality of conducting terminals of described insulating body, be formed with one in the described main body and drive the space, described driving space has an opening, and the width of described opening is less than the width in described driving space; One locating part, it is fixed on the described insulating body, and is formed with at least one limiting section; A but and start member, it has a base portion and at least one drive division, described drive division has suitable structure, before the installing of described locating part and described drive division when entering described opening, the described relatively main body of described drive division has makes it be less than or equal to the position of the width of described opening toward the projection width that described opening direction projection forms, after described drive division enters described driving space and described locating part and is installed on the described insulating body, described limiting section makes the position of the described relatively main body of described drive division at a limited range, in described limited range, described drive division toward described projection width that described opening direction projection forms all the time greater than the width of described opening.

The electric connector of another form of implementation of the utility model electric connector, comprise: a main body, described main body comprises an insulating body and is contained in the interior a plurality of conducting terminals of described insulating body that be formed with one in the described main body and drive the space, described driving space has an opening; One locating part, it is fixed on the described insulating body, and is formed with at least one limiting section; A but and start member, it has a base portion and at least one drive division, described drive division has suitable structure, make it before described locating part is packed into, can be easy to enter described driving space by described opening, after described drive division enters described driving space and described locating part and is installed on the described insulating body, but the described limiting section of described locating part can limit described start member, but the described drive division of described start member is limited in the described driving space.

The benefit that the utility model electric connector is had is: but when the described drive division of described start member (press members) is assembled into described opening, because described drive division is less than or equal to the width of described opening toward the projection width of described opening direction, therefore described drive division can be packed in the described driving space at an easy rate, pack into after described driving space and described locating part (covering shell) be installed on the described insulating body at described drive division, the described limiting section of described locating part (covering shell) limits the position of the described relatively main body of described drive division at a limited range, in described limited range, but the described drive division that makes described start member (press members) toward second projection width that described opening direction projection forms all the time greater than the width of described opening, so, described drive division is difficult to withdraw from described driving space again.

[description of drawings]

Fig. 1 is the section plan of existing FPC electric connector;

Fig. 2 is the utility model electric connector three-dimensional exploded view;

Fig. 3 the utility model electric connector three-dimensional combination figure;

Fig. 4 for shown in Figure 3 along the A-A direction but press members is unkitted fashionable cutaway view;

Cutaway view when Fig. 5 is press members shown in Figure 4 assembling;

Fig. 6 is the cutaway view after press members shown in Figure 4 is assembled into;

Fig. 7 covers shell to be assembled in three-dimensional cutaway view on the insulating body;

Fig. 8 is an end view shown in Figure 7;

Fig. 9 is the cutaway view along the B-B direction shown in Figure 7;

Figure 10 is the cutaway view behind the insertion FPC shown in Figure 8.

The drawing reference numeral of background technology:

Insulating body a terminal containing slot a1 conducting terminal b

Upper arm b1 underarm b2 linking arm b3

Stop block b11 opening b4 receiving space b5

Press members c cam part c1

The drawing reference numeral of embodiment:

Cover shell 1 substrate 11 front end faces 111

Rear end face 112 limiting sections 12 holding parts 13

Button is held hole 131 insulating bodies, 2 matrixes 21

Front end 211 rear ends 212 receiving spaces 22

Gear portion 23 blocks, 24 terminal containing slots 25

Fixing piece 251 blocked blocks 26 conducting terminals 3

Contact site 312 on upper arm 31 movable parts 311

Underarm 32 weld parts 321 stop blocks 322

323 times contact sites of boss, 324 holding divisions 325

Linking arm 33 openings 34 drive space 35

Press members 4 base portions 41 are worn groove 411

Drive division 412 upper surfaces 4121 lower surfaces 4122

Operating portion 42 supports 43 FPC5 of position portion

[embodiment]

Below in conjunction with the drawings and specific embodiments a kind of electric connector of the utility model is described further.

Please refer to Fig. 2 to shown in Figure 10, a kind of electric connector of the utility model embodiment, comprise: a locating part (in the present embodiment, described locating part is for covering shell 1) but, a main body and a start member (in the present embodiment, but described start member is a press members 4).Wherein, described main body comprises an insulating body 2 and is contained in a plurality of conducting terminals 3 in the described insulating body 2.

Please refer to shown in Figure 2, the described shell 1 that covers, it is formed with a substrate 11, described substrate 11 is formed with a front end face 111 and a rear end face 112, described rear end face 112 both sides form a limiting section 12 respectively, and described limiting section 12 protrudes described rear end face 112, in other embodiments, described limiting section 12 can not protrude described rear end face 112, and direct and described rear end face 112 is concordant.Described substrate 11 both sides also bend respectively and extend to form a holding part 13, offer a button on the described holding part 13 and hold hole 131.Certainly, also can describedly cover shell 1 as described locating part, but with other part as described locating part, or establish in addition a described locating part separately.

Please refer to Fig. 2 and shown in Figure 4, described insulating body 2 is formed with a matrix 21, described matrix 21 is formed with a front end 211 and a rear end 212, and described front end 211 is concaved with a receiving space 22 and is formed with a gear portion 23, and the both sides of described rear end 212 are formed with a block 24 respectively.But the distance between the two described blocks 24 is greater than the width of described start member 4.Offer a plurality of terminal containing slots 25 in the described matrix 21 and run through described front end 211 and described rear end 212, described terminal containing slot 25 communicates with described receiving space 22, is formed with a fixing piece 251 in described terminal containing slot 25.The both sides of described matrix 21 also are formed with a blocked block 26 respectively.

Please refer to shown in Figure 2, described conducting terminal 3 is formed with a upper arm 31 and forms a movable part 311 with a underarm 32 and linking arm 33. described upper arm 31 1 ends that described upper arm 31 is connected together with described underarm 32, the end that the other end forms contact site 312. described underarms 32 on is formed with a weld part 321, described weld part 321 is positioned at the same side with described movable part 311, described weld part 321 convexes with a stop block 322 towards the direction of described movable part 311, form an opening 34 between described stop block 322 and the described upper arm 31, the width W 1 of described opening 34 convexes with a boss 323 towards described upper arm 31 less than upper surface to the width W 2. described underarms 32 between the lower surface of described movable part 311 of described weld part 321 near being positioned at described linking arm 33 rear ends, described boss 323 and described movable part 311, it is certain that described weld part 321 and the 322 common formation one of described stop block drive space 35., in the middle of other embodiment, described driving space 35 also can be formed or described insulating body 2 is interior forms separately jointly by described conducting terminal 3 and described insulating body 2. and the other end of described underarm 32 is formed with contact site 324, described down contact site 324 is positioned at the same side with the described contact site 312 of going up, and described underarm 32 convexes with a holding division 325. near the position that is positioned at described linking arm 33 front ends towards the direction of described upper arm 31

Please refer to Fig. 2 and shown in Figure 4, described press members 4, it is formed with a base portion 41, the upper end of described base portion 41 forms an operating portion 42, in the present embodiment, described operating portion 42 protrudes the front end face of described base portion 41, and in other embodiments, described operating portion 42 can be concordant with the front end face of described base portion 41.Offer a plurality of spaced grooves 411 of wearing on the bottom of described base portion 41 and run through described base portion 41 front/rear ends.Each described wearing is equipped with a drive division 412 in the groove 411, described drive division 412 has a upper surface 4121 and a lower surface 4122, described upper surface 4121 and described lower surface 4122 are parallel to each other, and (described upper surface 4121 and described lower surface 4122 can not be parallel to each other yet, but it is in a certain angle, but easier processing is parallel to each other, size is more stable), form the minimum widith W3 of described drive division 412 between described upper surface 4121 and the described lower surface 4122, described minimum widith W3 is less than or equal to the width W 1 of described opening 34.Form its Breadth Maximum W4 between the front and back end of described drive division 412, described Breadth Maximum W4 greater than the upper surface of described weld part 321 to the width W 2 that forms between the lower surface of described movable part 311.The both sides of described base portion 41 front ends also are concaved with one respectively and support position portion 43, and in other embodiments, the described position portion 43 that supports also can be arranged with, and direct both sides by described base portion 41 front ends form.Certainly, the described position portion 43 that supports also can not be located at both sides, and is located at middle section, can easier design but be provided in a side of both sides, and structure is also more intense.

Please refer to Fig. 4 to shown in Figure 10, the utility model electric connector assembling mode is:

(1) please refer to shown in Figure 4, with the described conducting terminal 3 described terminal containing slot 25 of packing into from the described rear end 212 of described insulating body 2.The described upward contact site 312 and the described contact site 324 down of described conducting terminal 3 are positioned at described receiving space 22.Described holding division 325 on the described conducting terminal 3 is interfered the described fixing piece 251 that snaps in the described terminal containing slot 25, and described conducting terminal 3 is immobilizated in the described terminal containing slot 25.

(2) with the described drive division 412 of described press members 4 along the direction of arrow shown in Figure 4 described driving space 35 of packing into.The described relatively insulating body 2 of the described base portion 41 of described press members 4 has one first state, its described cover shell 1 installing before when described drive division 412 is assembled into described opening 34, described base portion 41 and described insulating body 2 approximate vertical.As shown in Figure 5, because described drive division 412 is toward first W5 of projection width of described opening 34 direction projections formation (in the present embodiment, described first W5 of projection width equals the minimum widith W3 of described drive division 412, among other embodiment, described first W5 of projection width can be greater than the minimum widith W3 of described drive division 412) be less than or equal to the width W 1 of described opening 34, therefore described drive division 412 can be packed in the described driving space 35 at an easy rate.After described drive division 412 was packed described driving space 35 into, as shown in Figure 6, the described movable part 311 of described upper arm 31 penetrated the described groove 411 of wearing of described press members 4.As shown in Figure 3, the described base portion 41 of described press members 4 is between the described block 24 of described insulating body 2 both sides, be formed with a gap between described block 24 and the described base portion 41, described gap is enough little, to prevent described base portion 41 when side direction is subjected to bigger power, exceedingly cause described conducting terminal 3 permanent deformations toward the both sides positioning.

(3) as shown in Figure 7, cover shell 1 installing and be fixed on the described insulating body 2 described.When described cover shell 1 and be installed on the described insulating body 2 after, as Fig. 8 and shown in Figure 9, the described described limiting section 12 that covers shell 1 limits the position in the described relatively driving of described drive division 412 space 35 at a limited range, in described limited range, second W6 of projection width that described drive division 412 past described opening 34 direction projections form is all the time greater than the width W 1 of described opening 34, and therefore described drive division 412 can not withdraw from described driving space 35.Top at described limited range, the described relatively insulating body 2 of the described base portion 41 of described press members 4 has one second state, described base portion 41 is an acute angle with described insulating body 2, and the described described limiting section 12 that covers shell 1 both sides supports the described position portion 43 that supports that described base portion 41 both sides of press members 4 are stated in the residence respectively; In the terminal of described limited range, the described relatively insulating body 2 of the described base portion 41 of described press members 4 has a third state, described body 41 and described insulating body 2 coplanes or parallel.The described gear portion 23 of described insulating body 2 front ends is positioned at described front of covering the described rear end face 112 of shell 1,, withdraws from toward the place ahead when described limiting section 12 is subjected to bigger power in order to block.As shown in Figure 3, the described described button that covers shell 1 both sides is held the described blocked block 26 that hole 131 is held in described insulating body 2 both sides respectively, and the described shell 1 that covers is fixed on the described insulating body 2.

So far, finished the assembling of described electric connector.

As shown in figure 10, when the described relatively insulating body 2 of described press members 4 has second state, a butt joint electronic component (in the present embodiment, described butt joint electronic component is a FPC5) is inserted described receiving space 22; Operate the described operating portion 42 of described press members 4, described press members 4 is rotated towards the described third state, rotate thereby drive described drive division 412; When rotate to described drive division 412 toward the 3rd W7 of projection width of described opening 34 direction projections greater than the upper surface of described weld part 321 during to the width W 2 between the lower surface of described movable part 311, the described movable part 311 of the described upper arm 31 of described drive division 412 jack-up, described upper arm 31 is the fulcrum rotation with described linking arm 33, described upper arm 31 described goes up contact site 312 and is rotated down and supports the residence and state FPC5, make described FPC5 be held in the described contact site 312 and described down between the contact site 324 of going up of described conducting terminal 3, and go up contact site 312 or described contact site down 324 electrically connects (in the middle of other embodiment with described, the upper and lower surface of docking electronic component 5 as described all is provided with contact mat, and 324 of described upward contact site 312 and described contact sites down electrically connect with the described described contact mat that docks electronic component 5 upper and lower surfaces respectively); Be further rotated described press members 4 again, make the described relatively insulating body 2 of described press members 4 be in the described third state, described FPC5 installation.

The benefit that the utility model electric connector is had is:

(1) but when the described drive division 412 of described start member 4 is assembled into described opening 34, because first W5 of projection width that described drive division 412 forms toward described opening 34 direction projections is less than or equal to the width W 1 of described opening 34, described drive division 412 need not compress described stop block 322, therefore described drive division 412 can be packed in the described driving space 35 at an easy rate, thereby also can not cause damage to described conducting terminal 3.

(2) but after the described drive division 412 of described start member 4 is packed described driving space 35 into, the described shell 1 that covers is installed on the described insulating body 2, the described described limiting section 12 that covers shell 1 limits the position in the described relatively driving of described drive division 412 space 35 at a limited range, in described limited range, second W6 of projection width that described drive division 412 forms toward described opening 34 direction projections is all the time greater than the width W 1 of described opening 34, so, described drive division 412 is difficult to withdraw from described driving space 35 again.

(3) because the described shell 1 that covers is to be formed by the metallic plate integrated punching, can bear bigger pressure, when even but described start member 4 is subjected to bigger power, but the described described limiting section 12 that covers shell 1 still can support the residence and state the described to position portion 43 of start member 4, but guarantees that the described drive division 412 of described start member 4 can not withdraw from described driving space 35.

(4) the described shell 1 that covers itself has anti-electromagnetic interference effect again, so the shell 1 that covers in this creation has been realized double effects.

Claims (17)

1. an electric connector in order to electrically connect a butt joint electronic component, is characterized in that, comprising:

One insulating body, it is provided with a plurality of terminal containing slots;

A plurality of conducting terminals, correspondence is contained in the described terminal containing slot respectively, each described conducting terminal is formed with a upper arm and a underarm and one connect together described upper arm with described underarm linking arm, side at described linking arm, form one between described upper arm and the described underarm and drive the space, described driving space has an opening, at the opposite side of described linking arm, on described upper arm or described underarm, be formed with a contact site at least;

One covers shell, is fixed on the described insulating body, and it is formed with at least one limiting section; And

One press members, it has a base portion and at least one drive division, described drive division has suitable structure, described cover shell installing before and described drive division when entering described opening, the described relatively driving of described drive division space has makes its projection width toward described opening direction projection formation be less than or equal to the position of the width of described opening; Described drive division enter described driving space and described cover shell and be installed on the described insulating body after, described limiting section makes the position in the described relatively driving of described drive division space at a limited range, in described limited range, described drive division toward projection width that described opening direction projection forms all the time greater than the width of described opening; When described drive division rotates to toward width that projection width that described opening direction projection forms forms between greater than described upper arm and described underarm, the described upper arm of described drive division jack-up, making described upper arm is the fulcrum rotation with described linking arm, described upper arm supports described butt joint electronic component, and described contact site is electrically contacted with described butt joint electronic component.

2. electric connector as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: described underarm convexes with a stop block towards the direction of described upper arm, form described opening between described stop block and the described upper arm, the width that the width of described opening extremely forms between the described underarm less than described upper arm.

3. electric connector as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that: described underarm convexes with a boss towards described upper arm near being positioned at described linking arm, the common described driving space that forms of described boss and described upper arm, described underarm and described stop block.

4. the described electric connector of claim 1, it is characterized in that: described drive division has a upper surface and a lower surface, form a minimum widith between described upper surface and the described lower surface, described cover shell installing before and described drive division when entering described opening, the described relatively driving of described drive division space has, and to make its projection width toward described opening direction projection formation be described minimum widith.

5. electric connector as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that: described upper surface and described lower surface are parallel to each other.

6. electric connector as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: the described relatively insulating body of described press members has one first state, its described cover shell installing before and described drive division when entering described opening, described base portion and described insulating body approximate vertical; The described relatively insulating body of described press members has one second state, and the position in the described relatively driving of at this moment described drive division space is positioned at the top of described limited range, and described base portion and described insulating body are an acute angle; The described relatively insulating body of described press members has a third state, the position in the described relatively driving of at this moment described drive division space is positioned at the terminal of described limited range, described contact site electrically contacts with described butt joint electronic component, described base portion and described insulating body coplane or parallel.

7. electric connector as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: the described shell that covers forms described limiting section at an end that is positioned at described press members place, when the position in the described relatively driving of described drive division space was positioned at the top of described limited range, described limiting section supported the residence and states press members.

8. electric connector as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that: described both sides of covering shell form a described limiting section respectively, and described limiting section supports the both sides that the described base portion of press members is stated in the residence respectively.

9. electric connector as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: the corresponding described conducting terminal in the bottom of the described base portion of described press members offers a plurality of spaced front/rear ends that groove runs through described base portion of wearing, and described drive division correspondence respectively is located at described wearing in the groove.

10. electric connector as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: described insulating body is formed with a block respectively in the both sides of the described base portion that is positioned at described press members, has enough little gap between described block and the described base portion, when being subjected to bigger power, described base portion can not be exceedingly toward the both sides positioning in described base portion side.

11. an electric connector is characterized in that, comprising:

One main body, described main body comprise an insulating body and are contained in the interior a plurality of conducting terminals of described insulating body, are formed with a driving space in the described main body, and described driving space has an opening, and the width of described opening is less than the width in described driving space;

One locating part, it is fixed on the described insulating body, and is formed with at least one limiting section; And

A but start member, it has a base portion and at least one drive division, described drive division has suitable structure, before the installing of described locating part and described drive division when entering described opening, the described relatively main body of described drive division has makes it be less than or equal to the position of the width of described opening toward the projection width that described opening direction projection forms, after described drive division enters described driving space and described locating part and is installed on the described insulating body, described limiting section makes the position of the described relatively main body of described drive division at a limited range, in described limited range, described drive division toward projection width that described opening direction projection forms all the time greater than the width of described opening.

12. electric connector as claimed in claim 11, it is characterized in that: described drive division has a upper surface and a lower surface, form a minimum widith between described upper surface and the described lower surface, before the installing of described locating part and described drive division when entering described opening, the described relatively driving of described drive division space has, and to make its projection width toward described opening direction projection formation be described minimum widith.

13. electric connector as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that: described upper surface and described lower surface are parallel to each other.

14. electric connector as claimed in claim 11, it is characterized in that: but described locating part forms described limiting section at an end that is positioned at described start member place, when the position in the described relatively driving of described drive division space is positioned at the top of described limited range,, described limiting section states the start member but supporting the residence.

15. electric connector as claimed in claim 14 is characterized in that: the both sides of described locating part form a described limiting section respectively, but described limiting section supports the both sides that the described base portion of start member is stated in the residence respectively.

16. electric connector as claimed in claim 11, it is characterized in that: but the corresponding described conducting terminal in the bottom of the described base portion of described start member offers a plurality of spaced front/rear ends that groove runs through described base portion of wearing, and described drive division correspondence respectively is located at described wearing in the groove.

17. an electric connector is characterized in that, comprising:

One main body, described main body comprise an insulating body and are contained in the interior a plurality of conducting terminals of described insulating body that be formed with one in the described main body and drive the space, described driving space has an opening;

One locating part, it is fixed on the described insulating body, and is formed with at least one limiting section; And

A but start member, it has a base portion and at least one drive division, described drive division has suitable structure, make it before described locating part is packed into, can be easy to enter described driving space by described opening, after described drive division enters described driving space and described locating part and is installed on the described insulating body, but the described limiting section of described locating part can limit described start member, but the described drive division of described start member is limited in the described driving space.

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