CN208385657U - Electric connector - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model is a kind of electric connector, including insulator and is configured at multiple terminals of insulator.An at least terminal in these terminals has first segment and a pair of of second segment, and second segment extends from the first segment structure and bifurcated.In the plane that terminal is located in, the orthographic projection of second segment in the plane misses one another without overlapping.

Description

Electric connector

Technical field

The utility model system is about a kind of electric connector.

Background technique

Universal serial bus (Universal Serial Bus, abbreviation USB) is used to be commonly public, and with USB2.0 transmission standard is developed to now as the faster USB3.0 transmission standard of transmission speed.Existing USB Type-C electric connector External form, structure, termination contact mode, numbers of terminals, the distance (Pitch) of each terminal, each terminal distribution (Pin Assignment), all completely different with current USB electric connector.In general, current USB Type-C socket is electrically connected Device includes the complex elastic terminal of setting in the insulator and plural plate terminal, and insulator exterior is covered with outer iron-clad etc. again Structure.

So either whichever unavoidably because of user's misoperation or misplugs other connectors in use, and makes It is impaired at aforementioned terminal or insulator.When damaged, socket connector often needs to disassemble single unit system therewith, such as socket is connected Connect device to unload from motherboard, further can be replaced or be repaired, also therefore cause cumbersome and maintenance cost compared with High situation.

Furthermore existing known USB Type-C electric connector for socket need to be fabricated to multiple insulator portions embedded with terminal in advance After part, assembling will be mutually stacked with ground strip, another dielectric member embedded with terminal, even it need to be again by aforementioned components into shape (molding) technique is formed, complex process and terminal need to arrange in pairs or groups with different stamping dies, processing procedure complexity and precision prescribed It is higher, therefore it is easy to produce higher fraction defective, and therefore influence capacity efficiency and cost.

Summary of the invention

The utility model provides a kind of electric connector, has simplified structure and configuration, and has both and prevent improper operation Possibility.

The electric connector of the utility model including insulator and is configured at multiple terminals of insulator.These terminals Foundation at least within has first segment and a pair of of second segment.Second segment extends from the first segment structure and bifurcated.It is sat in these terminals In the plane fallen, the orthographic projection of second segment in the plane misses one another without being overlapped.

In some embodiments, an above-mentioned at least terminal is power supply terminal or an above-mentioned at least terminal is ground terminal, or Above-mentioned at least one end attached bag includes supply terminal and ground terminal.

In some embodiments, above-mentioned first segment is located at plane, and second segment is located at the upper and lower opposite side of plane and puts down Row is in plane, and second segment offsets one from another along the orientation of these terminals.

In some embodiments, above-mentioned first segment is located in insulator, and second segment exposes insulator respectively.

In some embodiments, an above-mentioned at least terminal also has third section, and each second segment is connected to first segment and third Between section, third section is located at plane.

In some embodiments, above-mentioned electric connector further includes an at least earthing member, is configured at insulator and position upper State the side at least within of terminal.

In some embodiments, above-mentioned electric connector is electric connector for socket, further includes circuit board, has multiple connect Pad, an adjacent at least terminal and earthing member are welded in same connection pad.

In some embodiments, above-mentioned earthing member has the 4th section and the 5th section, and the 5th section is located at plane and from insulation The side of body exposes, and the 4th section is located above above-mentioned first segment.

In some embodiments, the 5th section of above-mentioned orthographic projection in the plane and the pair of second segment be in the plane Wherein an orthographic projection is overlapped.

In some embodiments, above-mentioned adjacent earthing member and an at least terminal form integral structure, and the pair of the Two sections miss one another with the orthographic projection of earthing member in the plane without Chong Die.

In some embodiments, above-mentioned electric connector is electric connector for socket, to be docked with plug connector, plug Electric connector has multiple terminal couples.When plug connector butt-joint socket electric connector, with an above-mentioned at least terminal pair The terminal couple connect is connected to the part of second segment along the orientation structure of above-mentioned terminal.

In some embodiments, the orthographic projection of above-mentioned terminal couple in the plane is with above-mentioned a pair of of second segment in plane On orthographic projection adjoiner be symmetrical centre.

Based on above-mentioned, the electric connector of the utility model, configure in multiple terminals of insulator, at least within one end Son is with first segment and a pair of of second segment, and second segment is to extend from the first segment structure and bifurcated.Meanwhile second segment is at these The orthographic projection in plane where terminal is in the presence of the state for missing one another and not overlapping each other.In other words, for having the For the terminal of one section and bifurcated second segment, the possibility for adapting to user plugs orientation, that is, no matter user is with just It inserts or anti-plug operates, can all allow the associated terminal of the electric connector abutted each other that can abut in correspondence with each other, and needn't worry to misplug, And the second segment of first segment and bifurcated is to belong to same terminal, therefore needn't also worry that polarity of electrode error situations occur.

It, only need to be with a sleeve forming in manufacturing process furthermore for the terminal with first segment and bifurcated second segment Mold can be completed, that is to say, that in the manufacturing process of terminal, designer needn't arrange in pairs or groups for the terminal not existed together with difference Molding die.In this way, will effectively simplify the manufacture craft and manufacturing cost of terminal.

In order to make the above-mentioned features and advantages of the utility model more obvious and understandable, special embodiment below, and appended by cooperation Schema is described in detail below.

Detailed description of the invention

Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of a pair of of electric connector according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is the partial component schematic diagram of Fig. 1 wherein electric connector.

Fig. 3 is the explosive view of Fig. 1 wherein electric connector.

Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 is painted the partial schematic diagram of terminal group respectively.

Fig. 6 is painted the partial side view of the electric connector of Fig. 4.

Fig. 7 is to overlook partial component schematic diagram when visual angle is painted electric connector docking.

Fig. 8 is to look up partial component schematic diagram when visual angle is painted electric connector docking.

Fig. 9 is the schematic diagram of the electric connector of another embodiment of the utility model.

Symbol description

100,200,300: electric connector

110,230,310: terminal group

121,122: earthing member

121a: abutting part

130: insulator

131: main body

132: tongue

133: fluting

134: side-facing depressions

140: shell

150: circuit board

151: connection pad group

210,220: grounding elastic slice

A1~A8,312: terminal

B1, B2: connection pad

C1: symmetrical centre

P1, P3: plane

P2: reference line

S1, S1a: first segment

S2, S2a, S2b, S2c: second segment

S21, S22: structural member

S21a, S22a: orthographic projection

S3, S3a: third section

S4: the four section

S5: the five section

T, t/2: size

X-Y-Z: rectangular coordinates.

Specific embodiment

Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of a pair of of electric connector according to an embodiment of the present invention.Fig. 2 is that Fig. 1 wherein one is electrically connected Connect the partial component schematic diagram of device.Fig. 3 is the explosive view of Fig. 1 wherein electric connector.Meanwhile the utility model provides directly simultaneously Angular coordinates X-Y-Z, in favor of carrying out component description.Fig. 1 to Fig. 3 is please referred to, in the present embodiment, electric connector 100, e.g. Electric connector for socket, to be, for example, plug connector with electric connector 200() it docks.Electric connector 100 includes insulator 130, terminal group 110, earthing member 121 and 122, shell 140 and circuit board 150, wherein terminal group 110 is configured at insulator 130, and it is assembled into shell 140 after the two combination, then shell 140 and its interior insulator 130, terminal group 110 are matched again The connection pad group 151 for being placed on circuit board 150, and being welded in terminal group 110 accordingly on circuit board 150, and allow terminal group 110 The effect being electrically connected is completed by connection pad group 151 and circuit board 150.

Referring to FIG. 3, terminal group 110 is divided into multiple terminal A1~A8 by the present embodiment, and it is worth noting that, wherein Terminal A1, A2, A7 have the structure different with terminal A3~A6 from A8.Here, terminal A1, A8 are ground terminal (GND), terminal A2, A7 are power supply terminal (Vbus/PWR), and terminal A3~A6 is, for example, differential signal transmission terminal.It should be noted that this reality With the novel transmission form for being not limiting as terminal A3~A6, therefore in one embodiment, electric connector 110 can be to meet USB2.0 The electric connector of transmission specification.Though in addition, the present embodiment is simultaneously by terminal A1, A2, A7 and A8(ground terminal and power supply terminal) It has been painted identical bifurcation structure, but has not therefore been limited, that is to say, that in the embodiment that other are not painted, electric connector Can only have ground terminal or only power supply terminal has the bifurcation structure.

It need to illustrate again, terminal group 110 is seated X-Y plane by the present embodiment, and terminal A1~A8 of terminal group 110 is It is arranged evenly along X-axis, and each terminal is considered as extending towards positive Y direction, while positive Y direction is also electric connector 100 Abutting direction.In other words, in the present embodiment, the orientation (transverse direction) of terminal A1~A8, which is considered as, is orthogonal to electric connector 100 abutting direction (being plugged to electric connector 200), and the X-Y plane that terminal group 110 is located is formed accordingly.

As shown in Figure 2 and Figure 3, there is insulator 130 main body 131, tongue 132 and multiple fluting 133(Fig. 3 only to indicate One), tongue 132 from main body 131 extend, and slot 133 be located at tongue 132 upper and lower surfaces, terminal group 110 be suitable for at Type means (such as embedment is projected, insert molding) are embedded in insulator 130.Herein using reference line P2 as boundary, terminal For terminal A1~A8 of group 11 during along the extension of positive Y direction, the part more than reference line P2 exposes insulator 130, The part insulated body 130 for being less than reference line P2 coats.

Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 is painted the partial schematic diagram of terminal group respectively, and wherein Fig. 5 can be considered further is put with another visual angle The part of big Fig. 4, and Fig. 4 is separately additionally provided end of the dismantling of terminal and plane schematically as description with bifurcation structure in right side The reference of son.Please also refer to Fig. 3 to Fig. 5, herein by taking terminal A1 as an example, remaining terminal A2, A7 and A8 there is identical structure and It does not repeat.In the present embodiment, terminal A1 further divides into first segment S1 and a pair of of second segment S2, and second segment S2 be from First segment S1 extends towards positive Y direction structure and bifurcated.As terminal group 110 is combined with insulator 130, the first of terminal A1 Section S1 is covered by insulator 130, and second segment S2 exposes insulation from the upper and lower surfaces of tongue 132 via fluting 133 Body 130, and along terminal A1~A8 towards during the extension of positive Y direction, the structure crotch be located at insulator 130 it It is interior.Furthermore the one end of terminal A1~A8 far from tongue 132 can expose from main body 131, with corresponding with the connection pad 151 of circuit board 150 And weld together.

In Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, for the corresponding relationship for clearly describing first segment S1 Yu second segment S2, therefore offer terminal group 110 The plane P1 being located is referred to as description, and the exploded pictorial on the right side of the Fig. 4 that arranges in pairs or groups.Here, second segment S2 is split as structure Part S21 and structural member S22.Plane P1 is parallel to X-Y plane and by passing through between a pair of of second segment S2.Meanwhile plane P1 Condition needed for meeting the orientation and abutting direction previously with regard to terminal A1~A8.In this way, from the second segment S2 of Fig. 4 with The exploded pictorial of plane P1 just can understand learn, in these terminals A1~A8 have bifurcation structure person, using plane P1 as With reference to when, the orthographic projection S21a of structural member S21, S22 on plane P1 with S22a is missed one another without Chong Die.

In other words, for terminal A1, first segment S1 is positioned essentially at plane P1, and second segment S2 is substantially upper Plane P1 upper and lower opposite side and be parallel to plane P1, wherein structural member S21 is considered as in the top of plane P1, structural member S22 It is considered as in the lower section of plane P1.Accordingly, structural member S21, S22 all generates structure bifurcated from first segment S1 along positive Y direction, together When also offset one from another along the orientation of terminal A1~A8 (laterally, i.e. X axis).

In addition, the terminal A1 of the present embodiment also has third section S3, it is located at plane P1, and the pair of second segment S2 is respectively It is connected between first segment S1 and third section S3.In other words, in positive Y direction, terminal A1 is in advance from first segment S1 structure Bifurcated is a pair of second segment S2 and then integrates at third section S3.This measure allows terminal A1 to have preferable structural strength, Namely being formed in cohesive process with insulator 130, first segment S1 and third section S3 can be all covered by insulator 130, And reaches the situation for avoiding second segment S2 from sticking up insulator 130 out and occur.

Based on above-mentioned, electric connector 100 is since its ground terminal and/or power supply terminal have above-mentioned bifurcation structure, also It is same root terminal by having the structure setting for going to upper and lower mirror image relative to plane P1, therefore electric connector 100 and 200 In docking operation, the positive and negative influence different to slotting mode just not will receive, that is, needn't worry to misplug the end for leading to electric connector Son is impaired.

Fig. 6 is painted the partial side view of the electric connector of Fig. 4.It please also refer to fig. 4 to fig. 6, in the present embodiment, be electrically connected Connect device 100 earthing member 121,122 be arranged respectively at terminal group 110 orientation (X axis) opposite sides, and together with end Subgroup 110 and it is overmolded with insulator 130 together.Furthermore since earthing member 121,122 is the ground terminal with terminal group 110 Sub (terminal A1, A8) is neighbour, therefore the earthing member 121 of the present embodiment is the connection pad that connection pad group 151 is welded in together with terminal A1 On B1, and earthing member 122 is to be welded in together with terminal A8 on the connection pad B2 of connection pad group 151, is able to accordingly on circuit board 150 Connection pad group 151 configuration provide further simplify effect and make electric connector 100 have consistent earthing potential.

On the other hand, earthing member 121,122 and terminal A1, A8 close to and present along the local be overlapped state of X-axis.Herein will Earthing member 121,122 respectively further divides into the 4th section of S4 and the 5th section of S5, wherein the 4th section of S4 is located at first segment S1's Top (the namely top of plane P1), thus the 5th section of S5 on plane P1 orthographic projection and second segment S2 on plane P1 Wherein there is overlapping in an orthographic projection.Meanwhile the 5th section of S5 is located at plane P1 and exposes from the side-facing depressions of insulator 130 134, As shown in Figure 2.

Fig. 7 is to overlook partial component schematic diagram when visual angle is painted electric connector docking.Fig. 8 is to look up visual angle and be painted Partial component schematic diagram when electric connector docks.Please also refer to Fig. 7 and Fig. 8, electric connector 200 have terminal group 230 with Grounding elastic slice 210,220, wherein all terminals of terminal group 230 are arranged between grounding elastic slice 210,220, and terminal group 230 Each terminal be along Z axis present terminal couple configuration mode, when being docked when electric connector 100 and 200, due to earthing member 121 There is the abutting part 121a exposed from side-facing depressions 134, therefore the grounding elastic slice 210 of electric connector 200 at the 5th section of S5 While being accordingly held in side-facing depressions 134, also can structure be connected at the abutting part 121a, and then reach current potential ground connection Effect.Here, its thin portion is no longer described in detail since electric connector 200 meets the technical specification of existing plug connector Structure.

It should be noted that, although the part terminal of electric connector 100 has bifurcation structure, remain to and electric connector herein The relationship that 200 terminal group 230 maintains structure to abut and be electrically connected.Specifically, when 200 butt-jointed electric connector of electric connector When 100, the terminal couple docked with terminal A1, A2, A7, A8 is orientation (laterally, i.e. X axis) knot along terminal A1~A8 Structure is connected to the part of second segment S2, and shown in the partial enlarged view as provided by Fig. 7 and Fig. 8, terminal couple is on plane P1 Orthographic projection is orthographic projection adjoiner using second segment S2 on plane P1 as symmetrical centre.

It further says, the ginseng described herein using bottom view (Fig. 8) with top view (Fig. 7) as corresponding aforementioned orthographic projection It examines, and by taking terminal A1 as an example.For terminal A1, a pair of second segment S2 is adjacent to each other and using symmetrical centre C1 as example Show, when electric connector 100 and 200 is mutually butted, since this to second segment S2 is staggered along X axis, terminal group 230 Actually structure is connected to the part of each second segment S2 to terminal couple respectively, and is wherein preferably configured to second segment S2 along the ruler of X-axis The half of very little t is illustrated dimension t/2.That is, the same terminal couple of terminal group 230 is the (phase that corresponds to each other along Z axis It is in mirror settings for X-Y plane), therefore when this corresponding to dislocation is to second segment S2, the one for being equivalent to terminal couple supports Be connected to a wherein second segment S2(structural member S21) part, terminal couple is another, is connected to another second segment S2(structural member S22 part), and when using termination width (i.e. size of the terminal A1 along X-axis) as module, terminal couple is connected to respectively A half width of second segment S2, herein using terminal A1 in second segment S2 width as size t, and second segment S2 and terminal group 230 Terminal couple abut width be size t/2.

Fig. 9 is the schematic diagram of the electric connector of another embodiment of the utility model, herein by the component of non-terminal with dotted line It is painted, and can clearly recognize the profile for the terminal being painted with solid line.In the terminal group 310 of electric connector 300 comprising at least One terminal is that have bifurcation structure above-mentioned, at this in figure right side provide terminal partial enlarged view, and using plane P3 as Reference data.Identical with previous embodiment to be by taking (ground connection) terminal 312 as an example, terminal 312 equally has the to miss one another Two sections of S2a and S2b, that is, equally extend from first segment S1a structure and bifurcated is a pair of of second segment S2a and S2b, then then at Third section S3a integrates.But unlike previous embodiment, the earthing member of the present embodiment is actually to hold with (ground connection) Integrally formed structure feature is presented in son 312.

That is, earthing member has corresponding second previous paragraph S2a and S2b phase on the extending direction along terminal 312 The second segment S2c of co-extensive, and orthographic projection of these second segments S2a, S2b and S2c on plane P3 is (transverse direction) dislocation each other And do not overlap, but for first segment S1a and third section S3a, it is to share single structure that earthing member, which is with ground terminal,.This Borrow by combining mutually neighbour earthing member and ground terminal, thus can further simplify structure and required manufacture craft and Cost.

In conclusion electric connector passes through its ground terminal or/and power end in the above embodiments of the present invention Son has bifurcation structure, that is, the ground terminal or power supply terminal respectively have common first segment and bifurcated and dislocation Second segment, and second segment can also misplace in addition to along terminal extending direction bifurcated along terminal orientation.In this way, Ground terminal or/and power supply terminal are by upper and lower symmetric design, and the electric connector for keeping electric connector interfaced provides Positive and negative insert can all meet required function, and avoid mispluging the situation generation for causing terminal impaired because of user.

It, only need to be with a sleeve forming in manufacturing process furthermore for the terminal with first segment and bifurcated second segment Mold can be completed, that is to say, that in the manufacturing process of terminal, designer needn't arrange in pairs or groups for the terminal not existed together with difference Molding die.In this way, will effectively simplify the manufacture craft and manufacturing cost of terminal.

Claims (12)

1. a kind of electric connector, it is characterised in that:

One insulator；And

Multiple terminals, are configured at the insulator, and a wherein at least terminal has a first segment and a pair of of second segment, and described second Section extends from first segment structure and bifurcated, and in the plane that the terminal is located, the second segment is in the plane On orthographic projection miss one another without be overlapped.

2. electric connector as described in claim 1, it is characterised in that: an at least terminal be power supply terminal or it is described extremely A few terminal is that ground terminal or at least one end attached bag include supply terminal and ground terminal.

3. electric connector as described in claim 1, it is characterised in that: the first segment is located at the plane, the second segment Upper and lower opposite side and the parallel plane positioned at the plane, and the second segment along these terminals orientation each other It is staggered.

4. electric connector as described in claim 1, it is characterised in that: the first segment is located in the insulator, and described Two sections expose the insulator respectively.

5. electric connector as described in claim 1, it is characterised in that: an at least terminal also has a third section, respectively The second segment is connected between the first segment and the third section, and the third section is located at the plane.

6. electric connector as described in claim 1, it is characterised in that: further include: an at least earthing member is configured at the insulation Body and position is in the side at least within of the terminal.

7. electric connector as claimed in claim 6, it is characterised in that: it is electric connector for socket, further includes circuit board, has Multiple connection pads, an adjacent at least terminal and the earthing member are welded in same connection pad.

8. electric connector as claimed in claim 6, it is characterised in that: the earthing member has the 4th section and the 5th section, described 5th section is located at the plane and exposes from the side of the insulator, and described 4th section is located above the first segment.

9. electric connector as claimed in claim 8, it is characterised in that: described 5th section orthographic projection and institute on the plane State the wherein orthographic projection overlapping of second segment on the plane.

10. electric connector as claimed in claim 6, it is characterised in that: the adjacent earthing member and an at least terminal Integral structure is formed, and the second segment misses one another with the orthographic projection of the earthing member on the plane without Chong Die.

11. electric connector as described in claim 1, it is characterised in that: it is electric connector for socket, to be electrically connected with a plug Device docking is connect, the plug connector has multiple terminal couples, is electrically connected when the plug connector docks the socket When connecing device, the terminal couple docked with an at least terminal is connected to described along the orientation structure of the terminal Two sections of part.

12. electric connector as claimed in claim 11, it is characterised in that: the orthographic projection of the terminal couple on the plane It is using second segment orthographic projection adjoiner on the plane as symmetrical centre.