CN211789796U

CN211789796U - FFC connector

Info

Publication number: CN211789796U
Application number: CN202020661767.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 侯旺桂; 胡安青; 赵春阳
Original assignee: Shenzhen Dingduan Xingye Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Dingduan Xingye Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-04-27
Filing date: 2020-04-27
Publication date: 2020-10-27
Anticipated expiration: 2030-04-27

Abstract

The utility model discloses a FFC connector, include: the connector comprises a connector, wherein an insertion groove is formed in the connector, a first clamping block is arranged on the inner surface of the insertion groove, and a guide surface and a first clamping surface are sequentially arranged on the first clamping block along a first direction; the FFC comprises an FFC body, wherein a first end of the FFC body can be inserted into the insertion groove along the first direction, a second clamping block is arranged on the side edge of the FFC body, a second clamping surface is arranged on the second clamping block, the second clamping block can slide along the guide surface, the first clamping surface can abut against the second clamping surface, and therefore acting force in the same direction as the first direction is given to the second clamping surface. The utility model discloses can simply realize fast that FFC is fixed with being connected of connector, reduction in production cost.

Description

FFC connector

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of the connector and specifically relates to a FFC connector is related to.

Background

The FFC (flexible Flat Cable) is a novel data cable formed by laminating a PET (polyethylene terephthalate) insulating material and an extremely thin tinned Flat copper wire, has the advantages of softness, random bending and folding, thin thickness, small volume, simple connection, convenience in disassembly and easiness in solving the problem of electromagnetic shielding, and is widely applied to various electronic products.

Traditional FFC connector, FFC is complicated with the connection structure of connector, and the part that uses is many, and the equipment is troublesome, and manufacturing cost is high, and competitiveness is not strong in the market.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model discloses aim at solving one of the technical problem that exists among the prior art at least. Therefore, the utility model provides a FFC connector can realize simply fast that FFC is fixed with being connected of connector, reduction in production cost.

An embodiment of the utility model provides a FFC connector, include: the connector comprises a connector, wherein an insertion groove is formed in the connector, a first clamping block is arranged on the inner surface of the insertion groove, and a guide surface and a first clamping surface are sequentially arranged on the first clamping block along a first direction; the FFC comprises an FFC body, wherein a first end of the FFC body can be inserted into the insertion groove along the first direction, a second clamping block is arranged on the side edge of the FFC body, a second clamping surface is arranged on the second clamping block, the second clamping block can slide along the guide surface, the first clamping surface can abut against the second clamping surface, and therefore acting force in the same direction as the first direction is given to the second clamping surface.

The utility model discloses FFC connector has following beneficial effect at least: the FFC connector comprises a connecting head and is characterized in that an inserting groove is formed in the connecting head, the first end of the FFC is inserted into the inserting groove, a first clamping block is arranged on the inner surface of the inserting groove, a guide surface and a first clamping surface are sequentially arranged on the first clamping block along a first direction, a second clamping block is arranged on the side edge of the FFC, and a second clamping surface is arranged on the second clamping block.

According to the utility model discloses a FFC connector of other embodiments, the inserting groove is provided with the opening, the inserting groove is kept away from open-ended one end is provided with the locating surface, FFC first end can with the locating surface supports and holds.

According to the utility model discloses a FFC connector of other embodiments, the guide face is the inclined plane, the inclined plane court the opening setting of inserting groove, perhaps, the guide face is the cambered surface.

According to the utility model discloses a FFC connector of other embodiments, two sides of FFC are provided with one respectively the second fixture block, the inserting groove the internal surface is provided with two first fixture block, two the position and two of first fixture block the position one-to-one of second fixture block.

According to the utility model discloses a FFC connector of other embodiments still includes the ground connection shell, ground connection shell detachably fixes on the connector, be provided with relative first internal surface and second internal surface on the inserting groove, first fixture block sets up on the first internal surface, be provided with on the second internal surface and dodge the hole, be provided with the shell fragment on the ground connection shell, the shell fragment passes after dodging the hole, extend to in the inserting groove.

According to other embodiments of the FFC connector of the present invention, the grounding shell is fixed to the connector.

According to the utility model discloses a FFC connector of other embodiments, the shell fragment is provided with two and more.

Drawings

Figure 1 is an isometric view of a first embodiment FFC connector;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the FFC connector of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the FFC connector of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along section A-A of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a top view of the FFC connector of FIG. 1;

fig. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line B-B in fig. 5.

Detailed Description

The conception and the resulting technical effects of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the following embodiments, so that the objects, features and effects of the present invention can be fully understood. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments, and other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without inventive labor based on the embodiments of the present invention all belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, if an orientation description is referred to, for example, the directions or positional relationships indicated by "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", etc. are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, only for convenience of description and simplification of description, but not for indicating or implying that the indicated device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, if a feature is referred to as being "disposed", "fixed", "connected", or "mounted" on another feature, it can be directly disposed, fixed, or connected to the other feature or indirectly disposed, fixed, connected, or mounted on the other feature. In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, if "a plurality" is referred to, it means one or more, if "a plurality" is referred to, it means two or more, if "greater than", "less than" or "more than" is referred to, it is understood that the number is not included, and if "more than", "less than" or "within" is referred to, it is understood that the number is included. If reference is made to "first" or "second", this should be understood to distinguish between features and not to indicate or imply relative importance or to implicitly indicate the number of indicated features or to implicitly indicate the precedence of the indicated features.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, fig. 1 is an isometric view of an FFC connector of a first embodiment, and fig. 2 is an exploded view of the FFC connector of fig. 1. The FFC connector of this embodiment includes FFC100, pothook 200, connector 300 and ground shell 400, and wherein, connector 300 is the plastics material, and through injection moulding, connector 300 plays fixed and insulating effect to FFC100, and after FFC100 was fixed on connector 300, connector 300 was fixed to public seat connector again to realize being connected of FFC100 and public seat connector. The grounding shell 400 is detachably fixed on the connector 300, and the grounding shell 400 is used for realizing grounding of the FFC100, and the grounding shell 400 is convenient to install and detach by being detachably connected. The hook 200 is disposed on the connector 300 for fixing the connector 300 to the male connector.

Specifically, referring to fig. 2-6, fig. 3 is a rear view of the FFC connector of fig. 1, fig. 4 is a sectional view taken along a-a section of fig. 3, fig. 5 is a top view of the FFC connector of fig. 1, and fig. 6 is a sectional view taken along B-B section of fig. 5. In order to fix the FFC100 on the connector 300 simply and quickly, the connector 300 is provided with an insertion groove 320, the rear end of the insertion groove 320 is provided with an opening, so that the FFC100 can enter the insertion groove 320 from the opening conveniently, and one end of the insertion groove 320, which is far away from the opening, is provided with a positioning surface 323 (refer to fig. 4). The first inner surface 321 of the insertion groove 320 is provided with a first latch 350 (the upper surface of the insertion groove 320 is the first inner surface 321, see fig. 6), the first latch 350 is sequentially provided with a guide surface 351 and a first latching surface 352 along a first direction (the first direction is a direction from the back to the front), wherein the guide surface 351 is an inclined surface facing the opening of the insertion groove 320, and the first latching surface 352 is a vertical surface. The side of the FFC100 is provided with a second latch 110, the rear end of the second latch 110 is provided with a second latching surface 111 (refer to fig. 2), and the second latching surface 111 is also a vertical surface.

Therefore, during the process that the first end of the FFC100 is inserted into the inserting groove 320 along the first direction (the front end of the FFC100 is the first end), the second latch 110 first approaches the first latch 350, and then the second latch 110 slides along the guide surface 351. After the second latch 110 slides over the guide surface 351, the second latching surface 111 is overlapped and abutted with the first latching surface 352, and the first latching surface 352 provides an acting force in the first direction to the second latching surface 111, that is, the first latching surface 352 provides a forward acting force to the second latching surface 111; in addition, the first end of the FFC100 can also abut against the positioning surface 323, and the positioning surface 323 gives a backward acting force to the FFC100, that is, the FFC100 is limited by the first retaining surface 352 and the positioning surface 323 at the same time, and cannot move forward and backward, thereby realizing the fixed connection between the FFC100 and the connector 300.

In the process of connecting and fixing the FFC100 and the connector 300, other parts are not needed, the FFC100 can be fixed after the FFC100 is simply inserted into the insertion groove 320 of the connector 300, the connecting and fixing structure is simple, the assembly time is short, and the production cost is low.

In this embodiment, two second blocks 110 are respectively disposed on two side edges of the FFC100, and two first blocks 350 are correspondingly disposed on the first inner surface 321 of the insertion groove 320, so that the connection between the FFC100 and the connector 300 is more stable by disposing the two first blocks 350 and the two second blocks 110.

In another embodiment, two or three second latches 110 may be respectively disposed on two sides of the FFC100, and the first inner surface 321 of the insertion groove 320 has a corresponding number of first latches 350, so that the connection between the FFC100 and the connector 300 is more stable by disposing more first latches 350 and second latches 110.

In another embodiment, the first holding surface 352 and the second holding surface 111 can be both configured as inclined surfaces, that is, the included angle between the first holding surface 352 and the first inner surface 321 is an acute angle, and the included angle between the second holding surface 111 and the upper surface of the FFC100 is also an acute angle, at this time, the first holding surface 352 and the second holding surface 111 can also be supported, and the first holding surface 352 also provides a forward acting force to the second holding surface 111.

In another embodiment, the guiding surface 351 may be a curved surface, which may also provide a good guiding function.

In order to prevent the FFC100 from being deformed too much when the second latch 110 slides along the guide surface 351, the FFC100 can move upwards after the second latch 110 slides along the guide surface 351, so as to maintain the abutting state of the first and second

retaining surfaces

352 and 111, an avoiding hole 324 (see fig. 4) is formed on the second inner surface 322 of the inserting groove 320, the grounding shell 400 is detachably fixed on the lower surface of the connecting head 300, a spring plate 420 is arranged on the grounding shell 400, and the spring plate 420 extends into the inserting groove 320 after passing through the avoiding hole 324. Therefore, in the process that the second fixture block 110 slides along the guide surface 351, the FFC100 can press the elastic sheet 420 downwards, so that the elastic sheet 420 bends and deforms downwards; after the second latch 110 slides over the guide surface 351, the resilient sheet 420 returns to its original shape, and lifts the FFC100 upward, so that the first latching surface 352 and the second latching surface 111 are kept in a state of being abutted.

In addition, the elastic pieces 420 also function to ground the FFC 100.

Referring to fig. 2, in order to detachably fix the ground housing 400 and the connector 300, clamping holes 410 are respectively formed on the left side and the right side of the ground housing 400, protrusions 310 are respectively formed on the left end surface and the right end surface of the connector 300, after the ground housing 400 is mounted on the lower surface of the connector 300, the protrusions 310 on the left end surface of the connector 300 squeeze the left side of the ground housing 400, the protrusions 310 on the right end surface of the connector 300 squeeze the right side of the ground housing 400, the protrusions 310 slide into the clamping holes 410, and the ground housing 400 returns to the original shape, so that the fixed state of the ground housing 400 and the connector 300 is maintained. When the grounding shell 400 needs to be detached, the left side and the right side of the grounding shell 400 are opened outwards, so that the grounding shell 400 can be detached.

In another embodiment, the grounding shell 400 can be locked on the connector 300 by screws to realize detachable fixation.

Referring to fig. 2 and 4, in order to realize the connection and fixation of the connector 300 and the male connector, two hooks 200 are provided, and correspondingly, two accommodating grooves 330 are provided on both the left side and the right side of the connector 300, one hook 200 is placed in one accommodating groove 330, and two elastic buttons 340 are also provided on one side of the accommodating groove 330, and two elastic buttons 340 are also provided on the other side of the accommodating groove 330. The hook 200 includes a positioning edge 210 and an elastic edge 220, the positioning edge 210 and the elastic edge 220 are integrally disposed, and can be formed by bending a metal sheet, a hook head 221 is disposed at the front end of the elastic edge 220, after the hook 200 is placed in the receiving groove 330, the positioning edge 210 abuts against the inner wall of the receiving groove 330, the elastic edge 220 abuts against an elastic button 340 of the connector 300, and the hook head 221 extends out from the front end of the receiving groove 330 (refer to fig. 2), therefore, by pressing the elastic button 340, the elastic edge 220 is inwardly bent, so that the hook head 221 can be retracted into the receiving groove 330, and at this time, the connector 300 can be connected with the male connector. Then, the elastic button 340 is released, and the hook 221 protrudes from the front end of the receiving slot 330, so as to clamp the male connector, thereby achieving the fixed connection between the connector 300 and the male connector.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention within the knowledge of those skilled in the art. Furthermore, the embodiments of the present invention and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

Claims

1. An FFC connector, comprising:

the connector comprises a connector, wherein an insertion groove is formed in the connector, a first clamping block is arranged on the inner surface of the insertion groove, and a guide surface and a first clamping surface are sequentially arranged on the first clamping block along a first direction;

the FFC comprises an FFC body, wherein a first end of the FFC body can be inserted into the insertion groove along the first direction, a second clamping block is arranged on the side edge of the FFC body, a second clamping surface is arranged on the second clamping block, the second clamping block can slide along the guide surface, the first clamping surface can abut against the second clamping surface, and therefore acting force in the same direction as the first direction is given to the second clamping surface.

2. The FFC connector of claim 1, wherein the insertion groove is provided with an opening, one end of the insertion groove, which is far away from the opening, is provided with a positioning surface, and the first end of the FFC can abut against the positioning surface.

3. The FFC connector of claim 2, wherein the guide surface is a sloped surface disposed toward an opening of the insertion groove or the guide surface is a curved surface.

4. The FFC connector according to claim 1, wherein one second clamping block is arranged on each of two side edges of the FFC, two first clamping blocks are arranged on the inner surface of the insertion groove, and the positions of the two first clamping blocks correspond to the positions of the two second clamping blocks in a one-to-one manner.

5. The FFC connector according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a grounding shell detachably fixed to the connector, wherein the insertion groove is provided with a first inner surface and a second inner surface which are opposite to each other, the first fixture block is arranged on the first inner surface, the second inner surface is provided with an avoidance hole, the grounding shell is provided with a spring piece, and the spring piece extends into the insertion groove after penetrating through the avoidance hole.

6. The FFC connector of claim 5, wherein the grounding shell is snap fit onto the connector head.

7. The FFC connector of claim 5, wherein the spring plate is provided with two or more.