CN210607701U

CN210607701U - Flexible soft board electric connector

Info

Publication number: CN210607701U
Application number: CN201921789986.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘飞; 吴永发; 姚宏江; 方志宏
Original assignee: Drapho Electronics Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Drapho Electronics Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2019-10-23
Filing date: 2019-10-23
Publication date: 2020-05-22
Anticipated expiration: 2029-10-23

Abstract

The utility model provides a flexible soft board electric connector, including insulator, with insulator complex upset lid and install the terminal in insulator, insulator is equipped with diapire, end wall and back wall, the diapire with form the slot that holds flexible soft board between the upset lid, the upset lid is equipped with the pivotal axis, the end wall is equipped with and holds the fixed slot of pivotal axis, be equipped with in the fixed slot and press the mounting on the pivotal axis. Compared with the prior art, the utility model discloses a set up the metal mounting at insulator both ends, utilize the mounting to fix the pivotal axis of upset lid, improved the intensity and the reliability of relation of connection greatly for the operation is easier with extracting inserting of flexible soft board, and the metal mounting adopts the punching press to make moreover, and easily processing and volume are frivolous, intensity is better.

Description

Flexible soft board electric connector

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an electric connection field especially relates to a flexible soft board electric connector.

Background

With the trend of miniaturization and lightness of consumer electronic products such as notebook computers, tablet computers, mobile phones and the like, the requirements on the design and manufacturing process of parts of the consumer electronic products are higher and higher, and as the products are lighter and thinner, the internal space of the consumer electronic products becomes very narrow, so that the requirement that the internal parts of the consumer electronic products are required to adopt a dense layout is met, the volume of each electronic part is smaller and thinner, and the consumer electronic products are also brought with the problems in operation and use. An FPC (flexible printed circuit) electrical connector is a common small connector, and includes an insulating body, a terminal fixed in the insulating body, and a flip cover, where the existing flip cover is pivotally engaged with the terminal, that is, a groove for accommodating a pivot shaft of the flip cover is provided on the terminal, and the pivot shaft of the flip cover can rotate in the groove to press or release the FPC. However, with the development of miniaturization and lightness of products, the structure also has some disadvantages, because the terminal itself has a small volume, and cannot provide a groove with a large size to accommodate the pivot shaft, the pivot shaft must be designed to be in a small size, and this will inevitably reduce the strength of the pivot shaft greatly, and there is a risk of shaft breakage during the turning operation, thereby affecting the reliability of the turning operation.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model provides a technical problem provide a flexible soft board electric connector to improve the not good problem of upset operation reliability among the prior art.

In order to solve the technical problem, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme: the utility model provides a flexible soft board electric connector, includes insulator, with insulator complex flip cover and install the terminal in insulator, insulator is equipped with diapire, end wall and back wall, the diapire with form the slot that holds flexible soft board between the flip cover, the flip cover is equipped with the pivotal axis, the end wall is equipped with holds the fixed slot of pivotal axis, be equipped with in the fixed slot and press the mounting on the pivotal axis.

Further, the fixed slot is the L type, and it is equipped with horizontal groove and vertical groove, vertical groove sets up and vertical inslot is equipped with the supporting part that upwards stretches, the both sides of supporting part are formed with the clearance.

Furthermore, the fixing piece is provided with a mounting arm mounted in the transverse groove and a stop arm pressed downwards on the pivot shaft, and the stop arm integrally extends from the front end of the mounting arm.

Furthermore, the stop arm is in an inverted U shape, and two side edges of the stop arm are clamped in the gap.

Further, the pivot shaft is arranged on the supporting part and limited between the supporting part and the stop arm by the stop arm.

Furthermore, the fixing piece is further provided with a welding arm which extends out of the end wall from the rear end of the mounting arm, and the welding arm is sheet-shaped.

Furthermore, the tail end of the stop arm is also provided with a clamping part which protrudes inwards, and the clamping part is clamped into the insulating body to realize fixation.

Furthermore, the flip cover is further provided with a tabular main body part and a metal limiting part embedded in the main body part, the main body part is provided with a pair of through holes, and the metal limiting part is exposed in the through holes.

Furthermore, the metal limiting part protrudes into the slot through the through hole in a downward inclined manner so as to clamp the flexible soft board.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model discloses a set up the metal mounting at insulator both ends, utilize the mounting to fix the pivotal axis of upset lid, improved the intensity and the reliability of relation of connection greatly for the operation is easier with extracting inserting of flexible soft board, and the metal mounting adopts the punching press to make moreover, and easily processing and volume are frivolous, intensity is better.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the flexible printed circuit board electrical connector of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective combination view of the flexible printed circuit board electrical connector of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the flexible printed circuit board electrical connector according to the present invention inserted into the flexible printed circuit board.

Fig. 4 is a side view of the flexible printed circuit board electrical connector of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the fixing member of the flexible printed circuit board electrical connector of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a top view of the flexible printed circuit electric connector according to the present invention inserted into the flexible printed circuit board.

Detailed Description

Referring to fig. 1 to 6, the present invention provides a flexible printed circuit board electrical connector, which includes an insulation body 10, a flip cover 20 engaged with the insulation body 10, a terminal 30 installed in the insulation body 10, and a fixing member 40 fixed at two ends of the insulation body 10, wherein the flip cover 20 is used for flipping to insert the flexible printed circuit board 200, the terminal 30 is used for electrically contacting the flexible printed circuit board 200, and the fixing member 40 is used for welding the electrical connector on a circuit board to achieve a fixing effect. The foregoing respective components are specifically described below.

Insulator 10 is lengthwise shape, and it is equipped with the diapire 11 of horizontal extension, from the vertical both ends of diapire 11 a pair of end wall 12 that upwards projects and the back wall 13 of connecting two end walls 12, a plurality of terminal grooves 110 have been seted up on the diapire 11 for hold terminal 30, and diapire 11 with the relative setting of internal surface of flip lid 20, work as flip lid 20 install to back on insulator 10, diapire 11 with directly formed between the flip lid 20 and supplied flexible soft board 200 male slot 14, in addition, diapire 11 still is equipped with a pair of flat portion 15 that is located a plurality of terminal grooves 110 both ends. The top surface of the end wall 12 is higher than the bottom wall 11, the end wall 12 is provided with front end surfaces 120 located at two sides of the insertion slot 14, the end wall 12 is further provided with a fixing slot 18 for installing the fixing member 40, the fixing slot 18 is L-shaped and is provided with a horizontal slot 181 extending horizontally and a vertical slot 182 extending vertically, the horizontal slot 181 extends horizontally and backwards from the bottom of the vertical slot 182, i.e. extends along the insertion direction of the flexible soft board 200, the vertical slot 182 extends upwards to penetrate through the top surface of the end wall 12 to form an upward open slot, the vertical slot 182 is further provided with a supporting portion 183 for supporting two ends of the flip cover 20, as shown in fig. 4, the supporting portion 183 extends vertically and upwards from the bottom of the vertical slot 182 and is lower than the top surface of the end wall 12, the supporting portion 183 is located at the front end of the horizontal slot 181 but is located at the rear side of the front end surface 120 of the end wall 12, gaps 184 for holding the fixing member 40 are formed at the left and right sides of the supporting portion 183.

The flip cover 20 is provided with a flat main body portion 21, a pivot shaft 22 protruding outward from two ends of the main body portion 21, and a limiting member 23 embedded in the main body portion 21, wherein the main body portion 21 is provided with a pair of through holes 24, the through holes 24 penetrate through the top surface and the bottom surface of the main body portion 21, the through holes 24 correspond to the pair of flat portions 15 on the bottom wall 11 one by one, and the bottom wall can be observed through the through holes 24. The pivot shaft 22 is disposed adjacent to the through hole 24 and outside the through hole 24, the pivot shaft 22 is accommodated in the vertical groove 182 and is disposed on the supporting portion 183, and the pivot shaft is limited by the fixing member 40 and cannot be separated from the vertical groove 182. The limiting member 23 is a metal stamping, and as shown in fig. 6, is provided with a base (not shown) embedded in the main body 21 and a limiting arm 25 extending forward from the base, wherein the limiting arm 25 is exposed in the through hole 24 and extends obliquely downward into the slot 14 for limiting and matching with the notch 201 of the flexible soft board 200 in the slot 14, and it is noted that the extending direction of the limiting arm 25 is opposite to the inserting direction of the flexible soft board 200.

The terminal 30 is mounted on the bottom wall 11 of the insulating body 10, extends in a long strip shape, and is provided with a leg portion 31 and a contact arm 32 extending from the leg portion 31 to the rear wall 13 of the insulating body, as shown in fig. 3, the contact arm 32 extends into the slot 14 from front to back, and the leg portion 31 protrudes out of the insulating body 10 forward and is located below the notch of the slot 14; the contact arm 32 is formed with a contact convex part 33 tilted upwards at the end, the surface of the contact convex part 33 is a slope 34 extending upwards in an inclined way, the slope 34 gradually climbs upwards from front to back, so that the flexible soft board 200 can be inserted into the slot 14 smoothly from front to back without jacking up the contact arm 32 of the terminal to damage and deform the contact arm. It can be seen that the extending direction of the contact arm 32 is the same as the inserting direction of the flexible board 200, which can effectively avoid the problem of damage to the terminal 30.

The fixing member 40 is provided with a horizontally extending mounting arm 41, an inner fixing arm 42 protruding inwards from the inner side edge of the mounting arm 41, a welding arm 43 protruding outwards from the outer side edge of the mounting arm 41, and a stopping arm 44 extending from the front end of the mounting arm 41, wherein the mounting arm 41 is accommodated in the transverse groove 181, the fixing arm 42 is used for interfering with the end wall 12 of the insulating body 10 to realize fixed connection with each other, the welding arm 43 is used for welding with a circuit board (not shown), the stopping arm 44 is in an inverted U shape, is accommodated in the vertical groove 182 and is located right above the supporting portion 183, so that the pivot shaft 22 is located between the stopping arm 44 and the supporting portion 183, thereby well limiting the pivot shaft 22 and preventing the pivot shaft from upwards displacing. In addition, the end of the U-shaped stopping arm 44 is further provided with an inwardly protruding retaining portion 45, and the retaining portion 45 extends inwardly to cooperate with the end wall 12 of the insulating body 10, so as to prevent the U-shaped stopping arm 44 from loosening and further affecting the rotation of the pivot shaft 22.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention in any way, and those skilled in the art can make many variations and modifications of the technical solution of the present invention without departing from the scope of the technical solution of the present invention.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a flexible soft board electric connector, includes insulator, with insulator complex flip cover and installs the terminal in insulator, insulator is equipped with diapire, end wall and back wall, the diapire with form the slot that holds flexible soft board between the flip cover, its characterized in that, the flip cover is equipped with the pivotal axis, the end wall is equipped with holds the fixed slot of pivotal axis, be equipped with in the fixed slot and press the mounting on the pivotal axis.

2. The flexible board electrical connector of claim 1, wherein: the fixed slot is the L type, and it is equipped with transverse groove and vertical groove, vertical groove sets up and vertical inslot is equipped with the supporting part that upwards stretches, the both sides of supporting part are formed with the clearance.

3. The flexible board electrical connector of claim 2, wherein: the fixing piece is provided with a mounting arm mounted in the transverse groove and a stop arm pressed downwards on the pivot shaft, and the stop arm is formed by integrally extending the front end of the mounting arm.

4. The flexible board electrical connector of claim 3, wherein: the stop arm is in an inverted U shape, and two side edges of the stop arm are clamped in the gap.

5. The flexible board electrical connector of claim 4, wherein: the pivot shaft is arranged on the supporting part and limited between the supporting part and the stop arm by the limit of the stop arm.

6. The flexible board electrical connector of claim 5, wherein: the fixing piece is further provided with a welding arm extending outwards from the rear end of the mounting arm to the end wall, and the welding arm is sheet-shaped.

7. The flexible printed circuit electrical connector of claim 6, wherein: the tail end of the stop arm is further provided with a clamping part protruding inwards, and the clamping part is clamped into the insulating body to realize fixation.

8. The flexible printed circuit electrical connector of any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein: the turnover cover is further provided with a tabular main body part and a metal limiting part embedded in the main body part, the main body part is provided with a pair of through holes, and the metal limiting part is exposed in the through holes.

9. The flexible board electrical connector of claim 8, wherein: the metal limiting part protrudes into the slot through the through hole in a downward inclined mode so as to clamp the flexible soft board.