CN210111083U

CN210111083U - Network connector

Info

Publication number: CN210111083U
Application number: CN201920872172.6U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王�华; 史广星; 张晓明
Original assignee: KUNSHAN 3E ELECTRONICS CO Ltd
Current assignee: KUNSHAN 3E ELECTRONICS CO Ltd
Priority date: 2019-06-11
Filing date: 2019-06-11
Publication date: 2020-02-21
Anticipated expiration: 2029-06-11

Abstract

The utility model discloses a network connector, it includes insulator, conductive terminal and LED lamp, run through around insulator is equipped with insulator's fixed slot and being located the barricade of fixed slot, the LED lamp certainly the insulator front end is inserted the fixed slot, the LED lamp includes the lamp body, follows the connecting portion that the lamp body extends backward the connecting portion of lamp body, follow the connection portion rear end is buckled the extension downwards bend the portion of bending and is located the terminal lamp base of the portion of bending, connecting portion be equipped with to support backward support in the arch of barricade, the portion of bending sets up in insulator's rear end, and the LED lamp is assembled portably, and stability is good, avoids the LED lamp to take place to become flexible, ensures the result of use.

Description

Network connector

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a network connector especially relates to a network connector who assembles LED lamp.

Background

The connector belongs to a connecting part for exchanging electric signals, data signals or control signals and the like among various electronic components, and common connectors such as a USB connector, a network connector, a radio frequency connector and the like. The network connector is mainly an RJ45 connector, and an RJ45 connector is commonly used in electronic devices such as computers, switches, routers and the like.

The current network connectors are all provided with LED lamps as indicating lamps for indicating various states of signal connection and the like, so that a user can intuitively judge the working condition of the network connector according to light. The LED lamp has two assembling modes: the lamp body of the LED lamp is embedded in the insulating body, the lamp foot of the LED lamp extends out of the insulating body and is electrically connected with an external circuit board in a welding mode, for example, the network connector disclosed in the patent CN204809453U, the whole LED lamp is horizontal, the LED lamp comprises the lamp body and a horizontal lamp foot extending backwards from the lamp body, the LED lamp is inserted backwards into a mounting groove fixed in the insulating body, a retaining wall leaning against the lamp body forwards is arranged in the mounting groove and limits the LED lamp to move backwards, for example, the network connector disclosed in the patent CN206451895U, the upper surface of the insulating body is provided with a groove and a retaining wall positioned in the groove, the LED lamp comprises the lamp body and a right-angle lamp foot extending backwards from the lamp body, the LED lamp is assembled downwards in the groove, the retaining wall leans against the lamp body forwards and limits the LED; the lamp body of the LED lamp is embedded in the insulating body, and the lamp foot of the LED lamp is welded with the built-in PCB and is in conduction connection with the external circuit board through the built-in PCB. The stability of the two assembling modes is poor, and the LED lamp is easy to loosen, so that the using effect is influenced; the built-in PCB increases the production cost.

Therefore, it is necessary to design a new network connector to solve the above technical problems.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide a prevent that LED lamp from droing or not hard up network connector.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme: a network connector comprises an insulating body, a conductive terminal and an LED lamp, wherein the front end of the insulating body is provided with a plug hole, and the conductive terminal comprises a contact part positioned in the plug hole and a welding pin extending out of the insulating body; run through the fixing groove of insulator and be located retaining wall in the fixing groove around insulator is equipped with, the LED lamp includes the lamp body, follows connecting portion that the lamp body extends backward and is located the terminal lamp foot of connecting portion, this connecting portion are equipped with the protruding arch of going into the fixing groove the LED lamp certainly the insulator front end inserts behind the fixing groove, this arch support by in the retaining wall, just the connecting portion rear end of LED lamp is buckled downwards has the portion of bending, and this portion of bending sets up the rear end at insulator.

Further improvement: the insulating body is provided with a cover plate positioned at the top of the holding groove so as to limit the upward movement of the LED lamp.

Further improvement: the rear end of the insulating body is provided with a positioning groove for accommodating the bending part.

Further improvement: the holding grooves comprise a first holding groove and a second holding groove which are positioned at the left end and the right end of the insulating body, and the LED lamps comprise a first LED lamp and a second LED lamp which are respectively arranged in the first holding groove and the second holding groove; the LED lamp comprises a lamp body, a first LED lamp body, a second LED lamp body, a first LED lamp body and a second LED lamp body, wherein the lamp body comprises the first lamp body and the second lamp body; the second LED lamp is composed of the second lamp body, the second connecting part and the second lamp foot.

Further improvement: the second holding groove is internally provided with a second partition wall in a protruding mode so as to divide the second holding groove into at least a left holding groove and a right holding groove which are not in the same size, and the protrusion of the second LED lamp at least protrudes into the left holding groove or the right holding groove.

Further improvement: the second connecting parts are arranged in a pair, each second connecting part is provided with a bulge and a second lamp pin positioned at the tail end, and the bulges are different in size and respectively protrude into the left fixing groove and the right fixing groove.

Further improvement: the first connecting parts are arranged in three ways and respectively extend out of the first lamp body, and each first connecting part is provided with a bulge and a first lamp pin positioned at the tail end; a pair of first partition walls are convexly extended in the first fixing groove and arranged between the bulges.

Further improvement: the retaining wall is provided with a second retaining wall positioned in the second retaining groove, and the second retaining wall is connected to the rear end of the second partition wall.

Further improvement: the retaining wall is provided with a first retaining wall positioned in the first retaining groove, and the first retaining wall is connected to the rear end of the first partition wall.

Further improvement: the first retaining wall and the second retaining wall are respectively provided with a blocking surface which is abutted against the protrusion towards the front, and the blocking surface is a vertical plane.

In the network connector, the insulating body is provided with a fixing groove penetrating through the insulating body and a retaining wall positioned in the fixing groove, the connecting part is provided with a bulge protruding into the fixing groove, and after the LED lamp is inserted into the fixing groove from the front end of the insulating body, the rear end of the connecting part of the LED lamp is bent downwards and forms a bent part abutting against the rear end of the insulating body; the LED lamp is fixed in the fixing groove of the insulating body in a front-back clamping mode, so that the LED lamp is limited to move forwards, the stability of the LED lamp is good, the phenomenon that the LED lamp is easy to loosen is improved, the LED lamp is easy and convenient to assemble, and meanwhile, the production cost is reduced.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the network connector of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the network connector according to another angle of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the network connector of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken along a-a of fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a rear view of the network connector of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken along the direction B-B of fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the network connector of the present invention, without showing the metal shell.

Fig. 8 is an exploded perspective view of the network connector of the present invention.

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the LED lamp of the network connector of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Referring to fig. 1 to 9, the present invention discloses a network connector 100, which is an RJ45 socket connector for being mounted on an external circuit board (not shown) for plugging and unplugging a network plug. The network connector 100 includes an insulating body 10, a plurality of conductive terminals 20, LED lamps and a metal housing 50 for accommodating the insulating body 10, wherein the conductive terminals 20 and the LED lamps are respectively accommodated in the insulating body 10, in this embodiment, the LED lamps include a first LED lamp 30 and a second LED lamp 40, and the first and second LED lamps have different structures and can transmit different signals.

The insulating body 10 includes a top wall 11, a bottom wall 12 opposite to the top wall 11, two opposite side walls 13, and a plug hole 14 located between the top wall 11, the bottom wall 12, and the two side walls 13, wherein the plug hole 14 is used for plugging and unplugging a network plug.

The LED lamp comprises a lamp body, a connecting part and a lamp foot, wherein the connecting part extends backwards from the lamp body, the lamp foot is positioned at the tail end of the connecting part, the connecting part is provided with a bulge which protrudes into the fixing groove, after the LED lamp is inserted into the fixing groove from the front end of the insulating body, the bulge abuts against the retaining wall, the rear end of the connecting part of the LED lamp is downwards bent to form a bent part, and the bent part is arranged in a positioning groove at the rear end of the insulating body; this LED lamp is with the mode of disect insertion equipment, is favorable to the equipment simple and convenient, and through fixing the LED in the fixing slot of insulator with the mode of centre gripping around the LED, the arch can prevent that the LED lamp from moving backward, and kink restriction LED lamp moves forward, avoids the LED lamp to take place to become flexible, ensures the result of use, has reduced manufacturing cost simultaneously.

The embodiments presented in the figures are explained in detail as follows:

the holding grooves comprise a first holding groove 15 and a second holding groove 16 which are positioned at the left end and the right end of the insulating body, and the LED lamps comprise a first LED lamp 30 and a second LED lamp 40 which are respectively arranged in the first holding groove 15 and the second holding groove 16. The first holding groove 15 and the second holding groove 16 penetrate through the insulating body 10 from front to back, the first holding groove 15 includes a first groove 151 and a first through groove 152 connected from front to back, the second holding groove 16 includes a second groove 161 and a second through groove 162 connected from front to back, the first groove 151 and the second groove 161 are respectively U-shaped, the first through groove 152 and the second through groove 162 are respectively square through holes, the top wall 11 is provided with a first cover plate 153 closing the top of the first through groove 152 and a second cover plate 163 closing the top of the second through groove 162, the first cover plate 153 and the second cover plate 163 are coplanar with the upper surface of the insulating body 10, and the first cover plate 153 and the second cover plate 163 can also be collectively referred to as cover plates to limit the LED lamp from moving upwards, which will be described in detail later.

In the present embodiment, a pair of first partition walls 154 and a first retaining wall 155 connecting the rear sides of the first partition walls are disposed in the first through groove 151 in parallel, but the first partition walls 154 and the first retaining wall 155 can also be understood as being disposed in the first holding groove 15, and as follows, the two first partition walls 154 divide the first through groove 151 into three first through grooves 151 spaced apart from each other in the left and right direction, the two first partition walls 154 extend along the front and rear direction, respectively, and connect the inner bottom wall of the first through groove 151 and the first cover plate 153, and the first retaining wall 155 is thickened relative to the first partition walls, and is L-shaped in the up and down direction to form a convex abutting.

The second through groove 161 is provided with a second partition 164 and a second retaining wall 165 connected with the rear side of the second partition, the second partition 164 divides the second through groove 161 into two second through grooves 161 which are separated from each other left and right, namely a left retaining groove and a right retaining groove which are not large or small, the second retaining wall 165 is thickened relative to the second partition, and is T-shaped in the vertical direction to form a convex abutting.

First barricade 155 and second barricade 165 have the face of blockking towards the place ahead respectively, and the face of blockking is vertical plane for support with first LED lamp 30, second LED lamp 40 and lean on, improve and block face and protruding contact roughness, prevent that the LED lamp slope from installing. The bottom wall 12 is provided with a row of terminal grooves 122 communicated with the plug holes 14, and the terminal grooves 122 are positioned at the bottom of the plug holes 14 and penetrate through the insulating body 10 backwards; the bottom wall 12 has two positioning posts 120 extending downward for being inserted into the circuit board positioning holes.

The rear end surface of the insulating body 10 is provided with a plurality of positioning grooves 171 and positioning walls 172 located between adjacent positioning grooves 171, and each positioning groove 171 and each positioning wall 172 are vertical and penetrate through the insulating body 10 downward. The first holding groove 15 and the second holding groove 16 are vertically connected to the corresponding positioning groove 171.

The conductive terminal 20 includes a horizontal fixing portion 21, a contact portion 22 bent and extended upward and backward from the front end of the fixing portion 21, and a soldering pin 23 bent and extended downward and vertically from the rear end of the fixing portion 21, the fixing portions 21 are fixed in the terminal slots 122 of the insulating body 10 one by one, the contact portion 22 is located in the plugging hole 14 and is used for electrically contacting with the network plug, and the soldering pins 23 are arranged into a front row and a rear row and are located in two vertical planes parallel to each other and are used for being soldered on the circuit board.

The first LED lamp 30 is capable of generating three colors of green, yellow and orange for indicating different operating states of the network connector 100. The first LED lamp 30 includes a first lamp body 31 at the front end, three first connection portions 32 extending backward from the first lamp body 31, and a first lamp pin 34 at the end of the first connection portions 32; when the first LED lamp is inserted into the first holding groove 15 of the insulating body, the first LED lamp is vertically bent downwards from the rear end of the first connecting part 32, and a first bending part 33 for accommodating the positioning groove is formed, wherein the first connecting part 32 is horizontal and is arranged in a row at intervals left and right; the lateral surface of the first connecting portion 32 is provided with a square protrusion 35, in this embodiment, the protrusion 35 on each first connecting portion 32 protrudes toward one side to prevent reverse insertion of the first LED lamp, so that the fool-proof effect is achieved, and the first partition wall is arranged between the protrusions to prevent short circuit while fixing the first LED lamp.

The second LED lamp 40 can emit light of only one color, and includes a second lamp body 41 at a front end, a pair of second connecting portions 42 extending rearward from the second lamp body 41, and a second pin 44 at a rear end of the second connecting portions, and when the second LED lamp is inserted into the second holding groove 16 of the insulating body, the second LED lamp is bent vertically downward from a rear end of the second connecting portions 42, and a second bent portion 43 accommodating the positioning groove is formed. The two second connecting parts 42 are horizontal and spaced left and right; second connecting portion 42 lateral surface is equipped with square bulge 45, aligns about the bulge 45 on each second connecting portion 42, and this a pair of protruding variation in size to prevent the reverse grafting of second LED lamp, have and prevent slow-witted effect, and above-mentioned second next door sets up between the arch, when fixed second LED lamp, prevents the short circuit. The first and

second pins

34 and 44 extend downward from the insulating body 10 for being soldered to the circuit board, and are located on the left and right sides of the soldering pin 23 of the conductive terminal 20. Two of the first lamp pins 34 are aligned with the second lamp pin 44 in a row, and are closer to the insertion hole 14 than the welding pins 23 of the conductive terminal 20, the other first lamp pin 34 is closer to the insertion hole 14 than the two first lamp pins 34, and the two first lamp pins 34 are also located on the left and right sides of the other first lamp pin 34.

The metal shell 50 includes a top wall 51, two opposite first side walls 52 bent downward from the left and right ends of the top wall 51, and a front end wall 53 bent downward from the front end of the top wall 51, the top wall 51 covers the upper surface of the top wall 11 of the insulating body 10, the first side walls 52 cover the outer side surfaces of the side walls 11 of the insulating body 10, notches 520 are formed in the front edges of the first side walls 52, second side walls 530 bent rearward and extended are formed at the left and right ends of the front end wall 53, the notches 520 are filled in the second side walls 530, and the first side walls 52 and the second side walls 530 are coplanar. The front end wall 53 covers the front end surface of the insulating body 10, and includes a socket 534, two openings 535, and two resilient sheets 536, the socket 534 is aligned with the socket hole 14 of the insulating body 10 in the front-back direction for the network plug to be inserted, and the two openings 535 are aligned with the first holding groove 15 and the second holding groove 16 in the front-back direction, so that the light of the first LED lamp 30 and the light of the second LED lamp 40 in the first holding groove 15 and the second holding groove 16 can be observed conveniently from the outside. The two spring pieces 536 are aligned left and right, and respectively extend into the insertion hole 14 of the insulation body 10 from the inner edge of the insertion port 534 in a backward tilting manner, so as to press the network plug inserted into the insertion hole 14, thereby preventing the network plug from loosening.

The utility model discloses during the equipment of network connector 100, at first, conductive terminal 20 assembles forward in insulator 10 from the back, and fixed part 21 is fixed in insulator 10 terminal groove 122 one by one, and contact site 22 is located spliced eye 14 for with network plug electric contact, weld foot 23 downwardly extending insulator 10. Secondly, the first LED lamp 40 and the second LED lamp 40 are inserted into the corresponding first holding groove 15 and the second holding groove 16 from front to back until the

protrusions

35 and 45 abut against the first retaining wall 155 and the second retaining wall 165 backwards, so that the first LED lamp 30 and the second LED lamp 40 are prevented from moving backwards, and the first retaining wall 155 and the second retaining wall 165 are in vertical plane contact with the

protrusions

35 and 45; the first lamp body 31 has a front portion located in the first groove 151 and a rear end located in the first through groove 152, and is covered by the first cover plate 153, and the first cover plate 153 limits the first lamp body 31 from moving upward. Then, the first bending portion 33 and the second bending portion 43 are bent downward corresponding to the first connecting portion 32 and the second connecting portion 42, and are accommodated in the positioning groove 171 to limit the forward movement of the first LED lamp 30 and the second LED lamp 40, and the first lamp pin 34 and the second lamp pin 44 extend downward out of the insulation body 10; the first and

second holding grooves

15, 16 and the first and

second LED lamps

30, 40 are provided with protrusions of different structures to form a foolproof structure, i.e. to prevent the first and second LED lamps from being inserted reversely, and simultaneously to prevent the first LED lamp 30 from being erroneously mounted in the second holding groove 16, and the second LED lamp 40 from being erroneously mounted in the first holding groove 15, specifically, because two first partitions 154 are provided in the first holding groove 15 to divide the first through groove 152 into three first through grooves 152 spaced left and right, and one second partition 164 is provided in the second holding groove 16 to divide the second through groove 162 into two second through grooves 162 spaced left and right, the first LED lamp 30 is provided with three first connecting portions 32, and the second LED lamp 40 is provided with two, by such design, the second connecting portion 42 of the second LED lamp 40 cannot be inserted into the first through groove 152, the first connecting portion 32 of the first LED lamp 30 cannot be inserted into the second through groove 162, the fool-proof function is realized. Finally, the insulating body 10, the conductive terminals 20, the first LED lamp 30 and the second LED lamp 40 are organized in the metal housing 50, and the network connector 100 is assembled.

The utility model discloses first LED lamp 30 of network connector 100, second LED lamp 40 inserts first retaining groove 15 from preceding backward, second retaining groove 16 is until protruding respectively with first barricade 155, second barricade 165 supports and leans on, first LED lamp 30, second LED lamp 40 is restricted the backward movement, bend again and form first portion 33 of bending, second portion 43 of bending, realize first portion 33 of bending, second portion 43 of bending is located corresponding constant head tank 171 in, restrict first LED lamp 30, second LED lamp 40 moves forward, the equipment is simple and convenient, and stability is good, avoid first LED lamp 30, second LED lamp 40 takes place to become flexible, ensure the result of use, and the production cost is reduced simultaneously. The first LED lamp and the second LED lamp are fixed in the first fixing groove and the second fixing groove of the insulating body in a front-back clamping mode so as to limit the first LED lamp and the second LED lamp to move forwards, the stability of the first LED lamp and the stability of the second LED lamp are good, the phenomenon that the first LED lamp and the second LED lamp are easy to loosen is improved, the first LED lamp and the second LED lamp are easy and convenient to assemble, and meanwhile, the production cost is reduced.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed for illustrative purposes, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention as disclosed in the accompanying claims.

Claims

1. A network connector comprises an insulating body, a conductive terminal and an LED lamp, wherein the front end of the insulating body is provided with a plug hole, and the conductive terminal comprises a contact part positioned in the plug hole and a welding pin extending out of the insulating body; the method is characterized in that: run through the fixing groove of insulator and be located retaining wall in the fixing groove around insulator is equipped with, the LED lamp includes the lamp body, follows connecting portion that the lamp body extends backward and is located the terminal lamp foot of connecting portion, this connecting portion are equipped with the protruding arch of going into the fixing groove the LED lamp certainly the insulator front end inserts behind the fixing groove, this arch support by in the retaining wall, just the connecting portion rear end of LED lamp is buckled downwards has the portion of bending, and this portion of bending sets up the rear end at insulator.

2. The network connector of claim 1, wherein: the insulating body is provided with a cover plate positioned at the top of the holding groove so as to limit the upward movement of the LED lamp.

3. The network connector of claim 1, wherein: the rear end of the insulating body is provided with a positioning groove for accommodating the bending part.

4. The network connector of claim 1, wherein: the holding grooves comprise a first holding groove and a second holding groove which are positioned at the left end and the right end of the insulating body, and the LED lamps comprise a first LED lamp and a second LED lamp which are respectively arranged in the first holding groove and the second holding groove; the LED lamp comprises a lamp body, a first LED lamp body, a second LED lamp body, a first LED lamp body and a second LED lamp body, wherein the lamp body comprises the first lamp body and the second lamp body; the second LED lamp is composed of the second lamp body, the second connecting part and the second lamp foot.

5. The network connector of claim 4, wherein: the second holding groove is internally provided with a second partition wall in a protruding mode so as to divide the second holding groove into at least a left holding groove and a right holding groove which are not in the same size, and the protrusion of the second LED lamp at least protrudes into the left holding groove or the right holding groove.

6. The network connector of claim 5, wherein: the second connecting parts are arranged in a pair, each second connecting part is provided with a bulge and a second lamp pin positioned at the tail end, and the bulges are different in size and respectively protrude into the left fixing groove and the right fixing groove.

7. The network connector of claim 5, wherein: the first connecting parts are arranged in three ways and respectively extend out of the first lamp body, and each first connecting part is provided with a bulge and a first lamp pin positioned at the tail end; a pair of first partition walls are convexly extended in the first fixing groove and arranged between the bulges.

8. The network connector of claim 7, wherein: the retaining wall is provided with a second retaining wall positioned in the second retaining groove, and the second retaining wall is connected to the rear end of the second partition wall.

9. The network connector of claim 8, wherein: the retaining wall is provided with a first retaining wall positioned in the first retaining groove, and the first retaining wall is connected to the rear end of the first partition wall.

10. The network connector of claim 9, wherein: the first retaining wall and the second retaining wall are respectively provided with a blocking surface which is abutted against the protrusion towards the front, and the blocking surface is a vertical plane.