CN210129578U - Electric connection structure reaches on-vehicle LTE antenna that contains it - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides an electric connection structure, including main PCB board, PCB board antenna, metal terminal and insulating support. The main PCB is arranged in a first direction and is provided with a first side and a second side; the PCB antenna is arranged on the first side of the main PCB along a second direction, the second direction is vertical to the first direction, and the PCB antenna is not in contact with the main PCB; the metal terminal is welded on the first side of the main PCB and extends along the second direction, and is provided with a first end and a second end which are clamped on two sides of the PCB antenna and used for communicating the PCB antenna with the main PCB; the insulating support is fixed with the main PCB and clamped outside the metal terminal along a first direction. The electric connection structure is more stable, the PCB antenna is not easy to incline when in use, the quality of finished products is good, and the production efficiency is high. The utility model also provides a vehicle antenna, this vehicle antenna contain above-mentioned electric connection structure, and wherein the PCB board antenna is the LTE antenna.

Description

Electric connection structure reaches on-vehicle LTE antenna that contains it

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a vehicle antenna field especially relates to an electric connection structure and contain its vehicle antenna.

Background

Currently, an assembly method of the LTE antenna is to vertically mount a PCB antenna used as the LTE antenna on a main PCB, and as shown in fig. 1, a contact of the LTE antenna is welded on the main PCB by selective welding to fix a position of the LTE antenna and realize connection of LTE antenna signals. However, in the assembly mode, the contact position of the LTE antenna and the main PCB is relatively small, and the LTE antenna is easy to tilt, so that the following disadvantages need to be overcome, firstly, in order to keep the LTE antenna perpendicular to the main PCB, a special clamp is needed to clamp the LTE antenna before welding, and the process is complex; the second selective welding has higher production cost and more welding quality problems, and is not beneficial to mass production.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to solve the above problem, a first aspect of the present invention provides an electrical connection structure, including main PCB board, LTE antenna, metal terminal and insulating support. The main PCB is arranged in a first direction, namely the direction in which the main PCB is arranged is defined as the first direction, and the main PCB is provided with a first side and a second side, namely two surfaces of the main PCB are respectively the first side and the second side; the PCB antenna is arranged on the first side of the main PCB along a second direction, wherein the second direction is a direction perpendicular to the first direction, and the PCB antenna is not in contact with the main PCB; the metal terminal is welded on the first side of the main PCB and extends along the second direction, and is provided with a first end and a second end which are clamped on two sides of the PCB antenna and used for communicating the PCB antenna with the main PCB; the insulating support is fixed with the main PCB and clamped outside the metal terminal along the first direction. Compared with the LTE antenna in the prior art shown in figure 1, the technical scheme has the advantages that the structure is more stable, the LTE antenna is not easy to incline when in use, the quality of a finished product is good, and the production efficiency is high.

Further, the first end and the second end of the metal terminal are protruded in the first direction. By using the technical scheme, the metal terminal can more tightly clamp the LTE antenna, so that the LTE antenna keeps the structure and the relative position.

Further, the insulating support is fixed on the main PCB through screws. The technical scheme realizes that the insulating bracket is simply and firmly connected with the main PCB.

Furthermore, the screws sequentially penetrate through the main PCB and the insulating support from the second side, the connecting structure of the technical scheme is simple, and the number of the mounted workpieces is small.

Further, the outer side of the metal terminal is fixedly connected with the insulating support. With this solution, the metal terminals extend in the second direction on the one hand, and their relative positions in the first direction are defined by the insulating support on the other hand.

Further, the insulating support is a plastic support.

Further, the metal terminals are soldered to the main PCB board through an SMT (surface mount technology) process to reduce the process cost of producing the electrical connection structure.

The utility model discloses an on the other hand lies in providing an on-vehicle LTE antenna, this on-vehicle LTE antenna contain above-mentioned arbitrary technical scheme electric connection structure, wherein the PCB board antenna is the LTE antenna. The vehicle-mounted antenna is low in cost, convenient to manufacture, high in yield and durable.

Drawings

The following detailed description of embodiments of the present invention will be made with reference to the accompanying drawings:

fig. 1 is an electrical connection structure for an LTE antenna in the prior art;

fig. 2 is a front view of an electrical connection structure according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a side view of the electrical connection structure of the embodiment shown in fig. 2.

Description of the component numbering

10 main PCB board

11 first side

12 second side

20 PCB board antenna

30 metal terminal

31 first end

32 second end

40 insulating support

50 screw

Detailed Description

The following description is provided for illustrative embodiments of the present invention, and other advantages and effects of the present invention will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art from the disclosure herein. While the invention will be described in conjunction with the preferred embodiments, it is not intended that features of the invention be limited to only those embodiments. On the contrary, the intention of implementing the novel features described in connection with the embodiments is to cover other alternatives or modifications which may be extended based on the claims of the present invention. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. The invention may be practiced without these particulars. Furthermore, some of the specific details are omitted from the description so as not to obscure or obscure the present invention. It should be noted that, in the present invention, the embodiments and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

In the description of the present embodiment, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings or orientations or positional relationships that the products of the present invention are usually placed in when used, and are only for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or the element to which the present invention is directed must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

The terms "first," "second," and the like are used solely to distinguish one from another and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

As shown in fig. 2, the electrical connection structure of the present invention includes a main PCB 10, a PCB antenna 20, a metal terminal 30 and an insulating support 40. The main PCB 10 is disposed in a first direction, that is, the present application defines the disposed direction of the main PCB 10 as the first direction, and in the present application, the first direction is a horizontal direction. The main PCB board 10 has a first side 11 and a second side 12, i.e. the two surfaces of the main PCB board 10 are the first side and the second side, respectively. The PCB antenna 20 is disposed on the first side 11 of the main PCB 10 along a second direction, which is a direction perpendicular to the first direction, in this embodiment, the second direction is a vertical direction perpendicular to the horizontal direction, and the PCB antenna 20 is not in contact with the main PCB 10. The metal terminal 30 is soldered on the first side 11 of the main PCB 10 (i.e. the upper surface of the main PCB 10 in fig. 2) and extends along a second direction, i.e. a vertical direction, the metal terminal 30 has a first end 31 and a second end 32, and the first end 31 and the second end 32 are clamped on two sides of the PCB antenna 20 for conducting the PCB antenna 20 with the main PCB 10; the insulating support 40 is fixed to the main PCB 10 and clamped to the outside of the metal terminal 30 in the first direction. The first end 31 and the second end 32 in this application are arranged in mirror symmetry, and the structures of the two are identical in mirror image.

According to the utility model provides an electric connection structure, PCB board antenna 20 need not additionally to use anchor clamps in process of production, and only need insert PCB board antenna 20 and establish between metal terminal 30 to realize switching on of PCB board antenna 20 and main PCB board 10 by metal terminal 30. Compared with the structure of the traditional PCB antenna 20 shown in FIG. 1, the structure is more stable, the PCB antenna 20 is not easy to incline when in use, the quality of the finished product is good, and the production efficiency is high.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2, the first end 31 and the second end 32 of the metal terminal 30 protrude toward each other in the first direction. Generally, the metal structure has a certain elasticity, and when the PCB board antenna 20 is inserted between the first end 31 and the second end 32, the metal terminal 30 is slightly deformed to adapt to the shape and position of the PCB board antenna 20 and is press-fixed therein, so that the metal terminal 30 can more tightly hold the PCB board antenna 20, and the PCB board antenna 20 can maintain its structure and relative position.

Further, the connection manner of the insulating support 40 and the main PCB 10 can be any manner that can enable the two to be fixedly connected without affecting the function thereof, such as screwing, pasting, etc. As shown in fig. 2 and 3, in an embodiment of the present invention, the insulating support 40 is fixed on the main PCB 10 by screws 50, and the connection structure is simple and firm. The utility model discloses a screw 50 sets up at the edge of insulating support 40, and four tip of insulating support 40 all are equipped with screw 50 promptly.

More preferably, the screw 50 penetrates the main PCB 10 and the insulating support 40 in sequence from the second side 12, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the screw 50 is fixed with the insulating support 40 from the lower surface of the main PCB 10, the screw 50 is provided with an external thread, the insulating support 40 is provided with an internal thread matching with the screw, and the screw 50 penetrates the main PCB 10 from the second side 12 and then enters the insulating support 40 to realize the fixing. In another embodiment, if the screw 50 is inserted through the insulating support 40 from the first side 11 and then through the main PCB 10, a nut is positioned at the second side to engage the screw 50.

In any embodiment of the present invention, the outer side of the metal terminal 30 is fixedly connected to the insulating support 40. This configuration allows the metal terminals 30 to extend in the second direction on the one hand, and to be defined by the insulating holders 40 at their relative positions in the first direction on the other hand. Alternatively, the insulating support 40 is a plastic support, which is readily available. Alternatively, the metal terminals 30 are soldered to the main PCB 10 through an SMT (surface mount technology) process, which greatly reduces the process cost for producing the electrical connection structure compared to selective soldering, and has a low requirement for process accuracy.

An exemplary production process of the electrical connection structure of the present application is described below with reference to the embodiments shown in fig. 2 and 3:

(1) the metal terminal 30 is made in a shape having a first end 31 and a second end 32 protruding toward each other;

(2) welding the metal terminal 30 on the main PCB 10 by SMT;

(3) clamping the insulating support 40 outside the metal terminal 30 along a first direction, and fixing the first end 31 and the second end 32 of the metal terminal 30 to the insulating support 40 respectively, wherein the insulating support 40 of the embodiment is a plastic support;

(4) fixing the insulating support 40 with the main PCB 10 using screws 50;

(5) the PCB board antenna 20 is inserted between the metal terminals 30.

The utility model provides an electric connection structure suitably adopts above-mentioned simple and convenient, with low costs assembly process, and the simplification of this kind of technology is brought by the improvement of structure.

Another aspect of the present application is to provide a vehicle LTE antenna (not shown), which includes an electrical connection structure according to any one of the above technical solutions or a combination thereof, wherein the PCB antenna is an LTE antenna. The vehicle-mounted antenna is low in cost, convenient to manufacture, high in yield and durable.

To sum up, the above embodiments provided by the present invention are merely illustrative of the principles and effects of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention. Modifications and variations can be made to the above-described embodiments by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Accordingly, it is intended that all equivalent modifications or changes which may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and technical spirit of the present invention be covered by the claims of the present invention.

Claims (8)

1. An electrical connection structure comprising

A main PCB disposed in a first direction, the main PCB having a first side and a second side;

a PCB antenna disposed on a first side of the main PCB along a second direction, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction, the PCB antenna not being in contact with the main PCB;

the metal terminal is welded on the first side of the main PCB and extends along the second direction, the metal terminal is provided with a first end and a second end, and the first end and the second end are clamped on two sides of the PCB antenna and used for enabling the PCB antenna to be communicated with the main PCB;

and the insulating bracket is fixed with the main PCB and clamped outside the metal terminal along the first direction.

2. The electrical connection structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first end and the second end are protruded toward each other in the first direction.

3. The electrical connection structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the insulating support is fixed to the main PCB by screws.

4. The electrical connection structure as claimed in claim 3, wherein the screw passes through the main PCB board and the insulating bracket in order from the second side.

5. The electrical connection structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein an outer side of the metal terminal is fixedly connected to the insulating holder.

6. The electrical connection structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the insulating support is a plastic support.

7. The electrical connection structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the metal terminal is soldered to the main PCB board by an SMT process.

8. An on-vehicle LTE antenna, on-vehicle LTE antenna contains the electric connection structure of any one of claims 1 ~ 7, wherein the PCB board antenna is LTE antenna.

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