CN212810615U - FFC/FPC connector, battery pack and vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an FFC/FPC connector, a battery pack, and a vehicle, the FFC/FPC connector including a connector body and a shorting module detachably mounted thereon; the short circuit module comprises a short circuit part and an inserting part which are connected with each other, the short circuit part comprises a plurality of short circuit terminals which are arranged at intervals along the length direction of the connector body, and at least two short circuit terminals are in short circuit and are used for being correspondingly and electrically connected with a plurality of conductive terminals of the FFC/FPC line row connected to the connector body; the plug part is used for being plugged in the electric element connected with the connector body. In the technical scheme, the conductive terminals of the FFC/FPC line row do not need to be pressed, the requirement of multi-loop short circuit can be realized by arranging the short circuit module, the structure is simple, and the manufacturing cost is low; in addition, the conductive terminal does not need to be pressed, the size of the end part of the FFC/FPC wire row is effectively reduced, and the compact design of the FFC/FPC connector is facilitated.

Description

FFC/FPC connector, battery pack and vehicle

Technical Field

The disclosure relates to the technical field of vehicles, in particular to an FFC/FPC connector, a battery pack and a vehicle.

Background

With the increasing global energy crisis and the rising oil price, new energy automobiles are receiving more and more social attention, and the development of new energy automobiles becomes one of the main directions of the development of automobile industry in recent years, especially electric automobiles.

The FFC/FPC wiring harness is needed to be connected between electrical parts in a power battery pack of an electric automobile, wherein the FFC refers to a flexible flat cable, the FPC refers to a flexible circuit board, and a connector is designed between the FFC/FPC wiring harness end and the electrical parts. Because the needs of electric piece circuit wiring can be to the return circuit short circuit in order to supply power or signal acquisition, the function of multiloop short circuit can't be realized to current connector, often carries out the crimping with a plurality of terminals that many return circuits of pencil correspond, and then makes the electricity between the terminal after the crimping and the electric piece be connected, but this kind carries out the mode that the crimping realized multiloop short circuit to the pencil, often need design the pencil of multiple different crimping types, and manufacturing cost is high.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide an FFC/FPC connector, a battery pack, and a vehicle, wherein the FFC/FPC connector can realize multi-loop short circuit of an FFC/FPC harness and an electrical component, and can effectively reduce manufacturing cost.

In order to achieve the above object, in a first aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an FFC/FPC connector including a connector body and a shorting block detachably mounted to the connector body; the short-circuit module comprises a short-circuit part and an inserting part which are connected with each other, the short-circuit part comprises a plurality of short-circuit terminals which are arranged at intervals along the length direction of the connector body, and at least two short-circuit terminals are in short circuit and are used for being correspondingly and electrically connected with a plurality of conductive terminals of an FFC/FPC (flexible flat cable/flexible printed circuit) line row connected to the connector body; the inserting part is used for being inserted into the electric element connected with the connector body.

Optionally, a plurality of slots arranged at intervals and extending along the length direction of the connector body are formed in the connector body, and the short-circuit terminal of the short-circuit module is used for being inserted into the slots.

Optionally, the shorting terminal is configured as an L-shaped terminal, the L-shaped terminal includes a first portion and a second portion connected to each other, the first portion extends in a vertical direction, the second portion extends in a horizontal direction, an end of the first portion away from the second portion is used for being connected with the inserting portion, and a surface of the second portion extending in the horizontal direction is used for being abutted against the conductive terminal.

Optionally, the short-circuit portion is followed length direction interval sets gradually first short circuit terminal, second short circuit terminal, third short circuit terminal and fourth short circuit terminal, first short circuit terminal with the short circuit of fourth short circuit terminal, second short circuit terminal with the short circuit of third short circuit terminal.

Optionally, the short-circuit portion is followed length direction interval sets gradually first short circuit terminal, second short circuit terminal, third short circuit terminal and fourth short circuit terminal, first short circuit terminal with third short circuit terminal short circuit, second short circuit terminal with fourth short circuit terminal short circuit.

Optionally, the shorting module is an integrally formed structure.

Optionally, the shorting terminal is made of copper and plated with a tin layer on an outer surface.

In a second aspect of the present disclosure, a battery pack is provided, which includes the FFC/FPC connector.

In a third aspect of the present disclosure, a vehicle is provided, which includes the battery pack.

In the technical scheme, the short-circuit module is arranged on the connector body, the short-circuit terminals arranged at a plurality of intervals are arranged on the short-circuit module, the short-circuit terminals are electrically connected with the conductive terminals on the FFC/FPC line row after being in short circuit, so that a plurality of loops in the FFC/FPC line row can be in short circuit, and further the electrical connection with the electrical elements is realized through the insertion part on the short-circuit module. In addition, the size of the end part of the FFC/FPC wire row can be effectively reduced without crimping the conductive terminals, the corresponding increase of the size of the connector is avoided, and the compact design of the FFC/FPC connector is facilitated.

Additional features and advantages of the disclosure will be set forth in the detailed description which follows.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the disclosure and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the disclosure and together with the description serve to explain the disclosure without limiting the disclosure. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an FFC/FPC connector according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a first short-circuit manner of short-circuit terminals in a short-circuit module of an FFC/FPC connector according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, where the number of the short-circuit terminals is N, where N is a natural number and is not greater than the number of conductive terminals in an FFC/FPC line bank;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a second short-circuit manner of the short-circuit terminals in the short-circuit module of the FFC/FPC connector according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, where the number of the short-circuit terminals is N, where N is a natural number and is not greater than the number of the conductive terminals in the FFC/FPC line bank;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a third shorting manner of shorting terminals in a shorting module of an FFC/FPC connector according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, where the number of shorting terminals is four;

fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a fourth shorting manner of shorting terminals in a shorting module of an FFC/FPC connector according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, where the number of shorting terminals is four.

Description of the reference numerals

1 connector body 11 socket

2 short-circuit module 21 short-circuit part

211 shorting terminal 212 first shorting terminal

213 second shorted terminal 214 third shorted terminal

215 fourth shorting terminal 22 mating part

10 FFC/FPC line row 101 conductive terminal

102 a first conductive terminal 103 a second conductive terminal

104 third conductive terminal 105 fourth conductive terminal

Detailed Description

The following detailed description of specific embodiments of the present disclosure is provided in connection with the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating the present disclosure, are given by way of illustration and explanation only, not limitation.

In the present disclosure, where the contrary is not stated, directional words such as "inner and outer" are used to refer to the inner and outer of the contours of a particular structure; defining L as the length direction of the connector body, and referring to FIG. 1 in particular; in addition, terms such as "first, second, third, and fourth" are used merely to distinguish one element from another, and are not sequential or significant; in addition, it should be explained that "FFC" appearing hereinafter refers to a flexible flat cable, and "FPC" refers to a flexible circuit board.

As shown in fig. 1, the present disclosure provides an FFC/FPC connector including a connector body 1 and a shorting module 2, the shorting module 2 being detachably mounted to the connector body 1. The shorting module 2 comprises a shorting part 21 and a plugging part 22 which are connected to each other, and here, the interconnecting of the shorting part 21 and the plugging part 22 means both the structural interconnection and the electrical connection of the shorting part and the plugging part. The short-circuit part 21 comprises a plurality of short-circuit terminals 211 arranged at intervals along the length direction of the connector body 1, and at least two short-circuit terminals 211 are in short circuit and used for being correspondingly and electrically connected with a plurality of conductive terminals 101 of the FFC/FPC line bank 10 connected to the connector body 1; the mating part 22 is used for mating with an electrical component (not shown) connected to the connector body 1.

In the above technical scheme, the short-circuit module 2 is arranged on the connector body 1, the short-circuit terminals 211 arranged at a plurality of intervals are arranged on the short-circuit module 2, and after the short-circuit terminals 211 are short-circuited, the short-circuit terminals are electrically connected with the conductive terminals 101 on the FFC/FPC line bank 10, so that a plurality of loops in the FFC/FPC line bank 10 can be short-circuited, and further, the short-circuit terminals are electrically connected with the electrical elements through the insertion connection parts 22 on the short-circuit module 2. That is, the conductive terminal 101 of the FFC/FPC line bank 10 does not need to be crimped, the need of multi-loop short circuit can be realized by arranging the short circuit module 2, and the structure is simple and the manufacturing cost is low; in addition, the size of the end part of the FFC/FPC wire row 10 can be effectively reduced without pressing the conductive terminal 101, the corresponding increase of the size of the connector is avoided, and the compact design of the FFC/FPC connector is facilitated.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1, the connector body 1 is formed with a plurality of slots 11 extending along a length direction thereof at intervals, and the shorting terminal 211 of the shorting module 2 is configured to be inserted into the slots 11. Thereby achieving the connection between the shorting module 2 and the connector body 1. Connect stable while also be convenient for operating personnel's dismouting.

In another embodiment, a first mounting hole (not shown) may be formed in the connector body 1, a second mounting hole (not shown) may be formed in the shorting module 2, and a bolt (not shown) of a bolt and nut assembly (not shown) may be inserted through the first and second mounting holes to be fastened to a nut, thereby mounting the shorting module 2 to the connector body 1. The shorting module 2 and the connector body 1 may be detachably connected by any suitable method, which is not limited in this disclosure.

In one embodiment, the shorting terminal 211 may be configured as an L-shaped terminal (not shown) including a first portion and a second portion connected to each other, the first portion extending in a vertical direction, the second portion extending in a horizontal direction, an end of the first portion remote from the second portion for connecting with the insertion part 22, and a surface of the second portion extending in the horizontal direction for abutting with the conductive terminal 101. The short-circuit terminal 211 is designed to be in an L shape, so that the short-circuit terminal 211 is convenient to abut against the conductive terminal 101; in addition, by abutting the surface of the second portion extending in the horizontal direction against the conductive terminal 101, the area of contact can be effectively increased, the effect of electrical connection can be improved, and the occurrence of poor electrical contact can be avoided.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 and 4, the first shorting terminal 212, the second shorting terminal 213, the third shorting terminal 214, and the fourth shorting terminal 215 are sequentially disposed at intervals along the length direction of the shorting portion 21, the first shorting terminal 212 and the fourth shorting terminal 215 are shorted, and the second shorting terminal 213 and the third shorting terminal 214 are shorted. Correspondingly, the FFC/FPC line bank 10 is sequentially provided with a first conductive terminal 102, a second conductive terminal 103, a third conductive terminal 104 and a fourth conductive terminal 105 along the length direction. The first shorting terminal 212 is configured to abut against the first conductive terminal 102 to achieve electrical connection, the second shorting terminal 213 is configured to abut against the second conductive terminal 103 to achieve electrical connection, the third shorting terminal 214 is configured to abut against the third conductive terminal 104 to achieve electrical connection, and the fourth shorting terminal 215 is configured to abut against the fourth conductive terminal 105 to achieve electrical connection. That is, the short-circuit module 2 with four short-circuit terminals 211 can be configured to realize the short-circuit between the loop of the first conductive terminal 102 and the loop of the fourth conductive terminal 105, and the short-circuit between the loop of the second conductive terminal 103 and the loop of the third conductive terminal 104. The short-circuited loop can be a short circuit for realizing a power supply loop or a short circuit for realizing a signal acquisition loop, and the short circuit is not limited by the disclosure.

In this embodiment, the first shorting terminal 212 is shorted with the fourth shorting terminal 215, and the second shorting terminal 213 is shorted with the third shorting terminal 214, so that two adjacent loops corresponding to the conductive terminal 101 on the FFC/FPC line bank 10 can be shorted, and two non-adjacent loops corresponding to the conductive terminal 101 on the FFC/FPC line bank 10 can be shorted.

In another embodiment, referring to fig. 1 and 5, the shorting portion 21 may be provided with a first shorting terminal 212, a second shorting terminal 213, a third shorting terminal 214, and a fourth shorting terminal 215 at intervals in sequence along the length direction, the first shorting terminal 212 may be shorted with the third shorting terminal 214, and the second shorting terminal 213 may be shorted with the fourth shorting terminal 215. Correspondingly, the FFC/FPC line bank 10 is sequentially provided with a first conductive terminal 102, a second conductive terminal 103, a third conductive terminal 104 and a fourth conductive terminal 105 along the length direction. The first shorting terminal 212 is configured to abut against the first conductive terminal 102 for electrical connection, the second shorting terminal 213 is configured to abut against the second conductive terminal 103 for electrical connection, the third shorting terminal 214 is configured to abut against the third conductive terminal 104 for electrical connection, and the fourth shorting terminal 215 is configured to abut against the fourth conductive terminal 105 for electrical connection. That is, the short-circuit module 2 with four short-circuit terminals 211 can be configured to realize the short-circuit between the loop of the first conductive terminal 102 and the loop of the third conductive terminal 104, and the short-circuit between the loop of the second conductive terminal 103 and the loop of the fourth conductive terminal 105.

In this embodiment, the short circuit of the two conductive terminals 101 with one conductive terminal 101 disposed between them in the FFC/FPC line bank 10 can be achieved by short-circuiting the first short-circuit terminal 212 with the third short-circuit terminal 214 and the second short-circuit terminal 213 with the fourth short-circuit terminal 215.

Referring to fig. 2, N short-circuit terminals 211 may be disposed on the short-circuit module 2, where N is a natural number and is not greater than the number of the conductive terminals 101 of the FFC/FPC line bank 10, the N short-circuit terminals 211 are all short-circuited, and the N short-circuit terminals 211 are used to be correspondingly abutted against the N conductive terminals 101 of the FFC/FPC line bank 10 one by one to achieve electrical connection, so as to short-circuit N loops corresponding to the N conductive terminals 101 in the FFC/FPC line bank 10. In this embodiment, the N short-circuit terminals 211 on the short-circuit module 2 are all short-circuited, so that the loops corresponding to the N conductive terminals 101 sequentially arranged in the FFC/FPC line bank 10 can be short-circuited.

Referring to fig. 3, N shorting terminals 211 may be disposed on the shorting module 2, where N is an even number and is not greater than the number of the conductive terminals 101 of the FFC/FPC line bank 10, and every two adjacent shorting terminals 211 in the N shorting terminals 211 are shorted, for example, from one end of the shorting module 2 in the length direction toward the other end, a first shorting terminal is shorted with a second shorting terminal, a third shorting terminal is shorted with a fourth shorting terminal, and an N-1 th shorting terminal is shorted with an nth shorting terminal. In this embodiment, by short-circuiting every two adjacent short-circuiting terminals 211 in the short-circuiting module 2, the loops corresponding to every two adjacent conductive terminals 101 in the N conductive terminals 101 in the FFC/FPC line bank 10 can be short-circuited.

Optionally, the thickness of the short-circuit terminal 211 is 0.1mm to 10mm, so that the problem that the short-circuit terminal 211 is broken due to insufficient structural strength caused by too thin thickness is avoided; the increase of the overall thickness of the FFC/FPC connector caused by the over-thick thickness of the short-circuit terminal 211 can be avoided, and the miniaturization and light and thin design of the FFC/FPC connector are not facilitated.

Optionally, the shorting terminal 211 is made of copper and the outer surface of the shorting terminal is plated with a tin layer, so that on one hand, the conductivity of the shorting terminal 211 can be effectively improved; on the other hand, the short-circuit terminal 211 can be prevented from being corroded, and the service life of the short-circuit terminal 211 is prolonged.

In a second aspect of the present disclosure, a battery pack is provided, which includes the above-described FFC/FPC connector.

In a third aspect of the present disclosure, a vehicle is provided that includes the battery pack described above.

The preferred embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, however, the present disclosure is not limited to the specific details of the above embodiments, and various simple modifications may be made to the technical solution of the present disclosure within the technical idea of the present disclosure, and these simple modifications all belong to the protection scope of the present disclosure.

It should be noted that, in the foregoing embodiments, various features described in the above embodiments may be combined in any suitable manner, and in order to avoid unnecessary repetition, various combinations that are possible in the present disclosure are not described again.

In addition, any combination of various embodiments of the present disclosure may be made, and the same should be considered as the disclosure of the present disclosure, as long as it does not depart from the spirit of the present disclosure.

Claims (10)

1. An FFC/FPC connector, characterized in that, the FFC/FPC connector comprises a connector body (1) and a shorting module (2), the shorting module (2) is detachably mounted to the connector body (1);

the short circuit module (2) comprises a short circuit part (21) and an inserting part (22) which are connected with each other, the short circuit part (21) comprises a plurality of short circuit terminals (211) which are arranged at intervals along the length direction of the connector body (1), and at least two short circuit terminals (211) are in short circuit and are used for being correspondingly and electrically connected with a plurality of conductive terminals (101) of an FFC/FPC (flexible flat cable)/FPC (flexible printed circuit) line bank (10) connected to the connector body (1); the plug-in part (22) is used for being plugged in an electric element connected with the connector body (1).

2. The FFC/FPC connector according to claim 1, wherein the connector body (1) is formed with a plurality of slots (11) extending along a length direction thereof, and the shorting terminal (211) of the shorting module (2) is configured to be inserted into the slots (11).

3. The FFC/FPC connector of claim 1, wherein the shorting terminal (211) is configured as an L-shaped terminal comprising a first portion and a second portion connected to each other, the first portion extending in a vertical direction and the second portion extending in a horizontal direction,

one end of the first part, which is far away from the second part, is used for being connected with the plug-in part (22), and the surface of the second part, which extends along the horizontal direction, is used for being abutted against the conductive terminal (101).

4. The FFC/FPC connector according to any one of claims 1-3, wherein a first shorting terminal (212), a second shorting terminal (213), a third shorting terminal (214), and a fourth shorting terminal (215) are sequentially arranged at intervals along the length direction of the shorting portion (21), the first shorting terminal (212) and the fourth shorting terminal (215) are shorted through the insertion portion (22), and the second shorting terminal (213) and the third shorting terminal (214) are shorted through the insertion portion (22).

5. The FFC/FPC connector according to any one of claims 1-3, wherein a first short-circuit terminal (212), a second short-circuit terminal (213), a third short-circuit terminal (214), and a fourth short-circuit terminal (215) are sequentially arranged at intervals along the length direction of the short-circuit portion (21), the first short-circuit terminal (212) and the third short-circuit terminal (214) are short-circuited through the insertion portion (22), and the second short-circuit terminal (213) and the fourth short-circuit terminal (215) are short-circuited through the insertion portion (22).

6. An FFC/FPC connector according to any of claims 1-3, characterized in that the shorting module (2) is an integrally formed structure.

7. An FFC/FPC connector according to any of claims 1-3, characterized in that the shorting terminal (211) has a thickness between 0.1mm and 10 mm.

8. An FFC/FPC connector according to any of claims 1-3, characterized in that the shorting terminal (211) is made of copper and has its outer surface plated with a tin layer.

9. A battery pack, characterized in that the battery pack comprises the FFC/FPC connector of any one of claims 1-8.

10. A vehicle characterized in that the vehicle comprises the battery pack according to claim 9.

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