CN213753131U

CN213753131U - Electric connector and conductive terminal thereof

Info

Publication number: CN213753131U
Application number: CN202022129194.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 蔡宗明; 万振; 肖大庭
Original assignee: Dongguan CCP Contact Probes Co Ltd
Current assignee: Dongguan CCP Contact Probes Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-09-24
Filing date: 2020-09-24
Publication date: 2021-07-20
Anticipated expiration: 2030-09-24

Abstract

The utility model discloses a conductive terminal, it includes the base member, buckles from the first end of base member and extends the connector that forms, buckles from the extending direction opposite direction of the second end of base member and extends the contact that forms, contact and base member interval arrangement, connector and contact are located same one side of the length direction's of base member extension line, and the contact is the syntropy with the connector and extends and arrange. The utility model discloses a conductive terminal has compact structure's advantage. In addition, the utility model also discloses an electric connector.

Description

Electric connector and conductive terminal thereof

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an electric connector technical field especially relates to an electric connector and conductive terminal thereof.

Background

Electrical connectors are generally used for transmitting electric current or electrical signals, and are widely used in various electronic devices (e.g., computers, tablet computers, smart phones, etc.). Electrical connectors generally include conductive terminals and an insulative carrier for holding the conductive terminals. One end of the conductive terminal is electrically connected with the circuit board, and the other end of the conductive terminal can be electrically contacted with the electric element so as to complete the electrical connection between the electric element and the circuit board.

As electronic products gradually tend to be thinned, increasingly higher requirements are put on the product performance, volume and service life of the internal electric connector. The volume of the electric connector is required to be smaller on the premise of keeping the performance, the volume and the service life of the product unchanged. At present, the volume and thickness of the electrical connector are mainly limited by the structure of the conductive terminal, however, the current conductive terminal lacks a reasonable and compact design, which results in that the electrical connector cannot be made thinner.

Therefore, a conductive terminal with a compact structure and a slim and light electrical connector are needed to overcome the above-mentioned drawbacks.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide a compact structure's conductive terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an electrical connector with a light and thin structure.

In order to achieve the above object, the utility model discloses a conductive terminal includes the base member, certainly the first end of base member is buckled and is extended the connector that forms, certainly the extending direction opposite direction of the second end of base member is buckled and is extended the contact that forms, the contact with base member interval arrangement, the connector with the contact is located same one side of the length direction's of base member extension line, just the contact with the connector is syntropy and extends the arrangement.

Preferably, the contact with the base member is just to arranging, the contact is relative the base member is the slope of keeping away from gradually and arranges, the contact is relative the inclination of base member is less than 90.

Preferably, the contact with form the semi-annular body of buckling between the base member, the width that the semi-annular body of buckling is greater than the contact reaches the width of base member.

Preferably, the second end of the base body of the present invention is arranged to extend toward the slope of the side where the contact body is located.

Preferably, the present invention provides the projection of the conductive terminal in the length direction, wherein the connector is located between the contact body and the base body.

Preferably, contact, connector and base member are the level and arrange, the connector is located the extension line of contact with between the extension line of base member.

Preferably, the free end of the connector is equipped with first contact structure toward the evagination, the free end of the contact body is equipped with second contact structure toward the evagination.

Preferably, the both sides of the tip of the free end of connector respectively locate first card and put the breach, keep away from on the connector the both sides of connector free end are equipped with the second card and put the breach.

The utility model discloses an electric connector includes insulator and establishes and locates in at least one foretell conductive terminal in the insulator, insulator has seted up the confession conductive terminal installs fixed mounting groove, conductive terminal install in the mounting groove, the connector be used for with first component electric connection, the contact be used for with second component electric connection.

Preferably, insulator is including the installation body and bottom plate, the bottom plate install in the bottom of installation body, the mounting groove is including having seted up the first cell body of installation body bottom reaches first cell body is in the bottom of installation body continues to extend and toward the inside of installation body continues to enlarge and the second cell body that forms, the connector install in first cell body, the contact with the base member install in the second cell body.

Preferably, the top of the installation body forms first top surface structure and second top surface structure of cascaded arrangement, first top surface structure with second top surface structure follows the extending direction of mounting groove is arranged and is arranged, second top surface structure is located the top of first top surface structure, the installation body is in second top surface structure epirelief is equipped with the boss structure that a plurality of interval arrangements were arranged, the second cell body extends to enlarge to in the boss structure.

Preferably, the utility model discloses a structural first pair of interface of having seted up with first cell body intercommunication of first top surface, boss structure's top seted up with the second of second cell body intercommunication is to the interface, the free end of connector is located in the first pair of interface, the free end of contact is located in the second is to the interface.

Preferably, the second top surface structure is each boss structure's side seted up a plurality ofly respectively with the combination through-hole of mounting groove intercommunication, seted up the combination hole on the connector, install the combination through-hole on the conductive terminal in the mounting groove and be just to arranging with the combination hole, conductive terminal and installation body are fixed through injecting glue in combination through-hole and combination hole and veneer.

Preferably, the first top surface structure of the present invention is provided with a separation projection between two adjacent first pair of connectors.

Preferably, the utility model discloses a the installation body down extend in the first pair of interface and have first joining in marriage the card structure, the installation body down extend in the first cell body and have the second to join in marriage the card structure.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model discloses a conductive terminal includes the base member, buckles from the first end of base member and extends the connector that forms, buckles from the extending direction opposite direction of the second end of base member and extends the contact that forms, and contact and base member interval arrangement, connector and contact are located same one side of the length direction's of base member extension line, and the contact is the syntropy with the connector and extends the arrangement. So, the connector is located the same one side of the extension line of the length direction of base member with the contact for the base member respectively is nearer with connector and contact, also is nearer between connector and the contact moreover, effectively reduces conductive terminal's structural height, lets more reasonable compact of conductive terminal overall arrangement. Because the contact body and the substrate are at a certain distance, the contact body has a certain pressing buffer space, so that the contact body is not deformed by overlarge stress, and the contact body also has a certain elastic performance, so that the contact body and the second element can be in close electrical contact, and the stability and reliability of circuit/signal transmission are ensured.

Understandably, because the utility model discloses an electric connector includes insulator and locates the conductive terminal in the insulator in the mounting groove, highly obtains under the prerequisite of optimizing at conductive terminal's structure, insulator can have better design space to let more frivolous that insulator physical stamina was done, make more frivolous that electric connector's structure can be done.

Drawings

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

Fig. 2 is a schematic perspective exploded view of the electrical connector of fig. 1 with the substrate removed from the mounting body.

Fig. 3 is a schematic perspective exploded view of the electrical connector of fig. 2 with the conductive terminals removed from the mounting body.

Fig. 4 is a schematic perspective view of the conductive terminal of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a schematic perspective view of the conductive terminal of fig. 4 at another angle.

Fig. 6 is a front view of the conductive terminal of fig. 4

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a mounting body in the electrical connector shown in fig. 1.

Fig. 8 is a schematic perspective view of the mounting body of fig. 7 at another angle.

Detailed Description

In order to explain technical contents and structural features of the present invention in detail, the following description is made with reference to the embodiments and the accompanying drawings.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3 and 8, an electrical connector 100 of the present invention includes an insulating housing 10 and at least one conductive terminal 20 disposed in the insulating housing 10. The insulating body 10 is formed with a mounting groove 111 for mounting and fixing the conductive terminal 20. The conductive terminals 20 are mounted in the mounting grooves 111. Connector 22 (described in detail below) is used to electrically connect to a first component (e.g., a flexible PCB), and contact 23 (described in detail below) is used to electrically contact a second component (e.g., a keyboard interface). Most of the structure of the conductive terminal 20 is still disposed in the insulating body 10 to protect the conductive terminal 20 from being deformed by impact, so that the conductive terminal 20 has better structural stability. Specifically, the insulating body 10 includes an installation body 11 and a bottom plate 12, the bottom plate 12 is installed at the bottom of the installation body 11, the installation groove 111 includes a first groove 1111 formed at the bottom of the installation body 11 and a second groove 1112 formed by the first groove 1111 extending continuously at the bottom of the installation body 11 and expanding continuously toward the inside of the installation body 11, the connection body 22 is installed in the first groove 1111, and the contact body 23 and the base body 21 (described in detail later) are installed in the second groove 1112. Thus, the mounting groove 111 is a stepped groove, the first groove 1111 is formed with a shallow groove depth, and the second groove 1112 is formed with a deeper groove depth. After the conductive terminal 20 is mounted in the mounting groove 111, the connecting body 22 is supported by the first groove 1111, and the base 21 and the contact 23 are disposed in the second groove 1112, so that the conductive terminal 20 can be stably mounted on the mounting body 11.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3 and 8, the top of the mounting body 11 forms a first top surface structure 112 and a second top surface structure 113 arranged in a stepped manner, the first top surface structure 112 and the second top surface structure 113 are arranged in an array along the extending direction of the mounting groove 111, the second top surface structure 113 is located above the first top surface structure 112, the mounting body 11 is convexly provided with a plurality of boss structures 114 arranged at intervals on the second top surface structure 113, and the second groove 1112 extends and expands into the boss structures 114. The top surface of the installation body 11 is set to be a stepped plane structure, and the boss structures 114 are arranged at intervals, so that the actual material consumption of the installation body 11 can be reduced, and the structure of the installation body 11 is more compact and thinner. Specifically, the first top surface structure 112 is provided with a first pair of interfaces 115 communicated with the first groove 1111, the top of the boss structure 114 is provided with a second pair of interfaces 116 communicated with the second groove 1112, the free end of the connecting body 22 is disposed in the first pair of interfaces 115, and the free end of the contact 23 is disposed in the second pair of interfaces 116. By the first pair of interfaces 115 and the second pair of interfaces 116, the conductive terminals 20 can be electrically connected (contacted) with the first component and the second component conveniently. Preferably, the mounting body 11 is a plastic member, and the mounting body 11 is integrally formed by injection molding or die casting, etc. to facilitate implementation and ensure the good structural performance of the mounting member 13, but is not limited thereto. The mounting body 11 is provided with 3 boss structures 144, and correspondingly, the mounting body 11 is provided with 3 mounting slots 111, but not limited thereto, so that the electrical connector 100 has at least 3 connection transmission paths for circuits or signals. More specifically, the second top structure 113 has a plurality of coupling through holes 117 formed at a side of each boss structure 114 and respectively communicated with the mounting groove 111, the conductive terminal 20 has a coupling hole 24 formed thereon, the coupling through hole 117 of the conductive terminal 20 mounted in the mounting groove 111 is opposite to the coupling hole 24, and the conductive terminal 20 and the mounting body 11 are fixed by gluing through the coupling through hole 117 and the coupling hole 24, so that the conductive terminal 20 is firmly and stably mounted on the mounting body 11. Of course, the mounting body 11 and the conductive terminal 20 may be fixed by other methods, such as screw locking, according to actual requirements, and therefore, the present invention is not limited thereto. In addition, the first top surface structure 112 is provided with a separation convex column 118 between two adjacent first pair of interfaces 115, and the flexible PCB boards can be separated and positioned by the separation convex column 118, so as to prevent crosstalk interference between the flexible PCB boards. The structure of the conductive terminal 20 of the present invention will be further described with reference to fig. 4 to 6.

As shown in fig. 4 to 6, the conductive terminal 20 includes a base 21, a connector 22 bent and extended from a first end of the base 21, and a contact 23 bent and extended from a second end of the base 21 in a direction opposite to the extending direction of the base 21, wherein a gap is formed between the contact 23 and the base 21, the connector 22 and the contact 23 are located on the same side of the extension line of the length direction of the base 21, and the contact 23 and the connector 22 are extended in the same direction. Therefore, the connector 22 and the contact 23 are located on the same side of the extension line of the length direction of the base body 21, so that the base body 21 is close to the connector 22 and the contact 23, and the connector 22 and the contact 23 are close to each other, thereby effectively reducing the structural height of the conductive terminal 20 and enabling the layout of the conductive terminal 20 to be more reasonable and compact. Because the contact 23 and the base 21 are arranged at intervals, the contact 23 has a certain pressing buffer space, so that the contact 23 is not deformed by excessive stress, and the contact 23 also has a certain elastic performance, so that the contact 23 and the second component can be in close electrical contact, and the stability and reliability of circuit/signal transmission are ensured. On the premise that the structure height of the conductive terminal 20 is optimized, the insulating body 10 may have a better design space, so that the insulating body 10 may be thinner and lighter. In addition, because the connecting body 22 is bent relative to the base body 21, the connecting body 22 is disposed in a staggered manner relative to the base body 21, and in order to ensure that the insulating body 10 can be completely contained in the connecting body 22 and the base body 21, the insulating body 10 has a certain thickness, and the thickness enables the insulating body 10 to have sufficient structural strength performance and insulation protection performance, thereby ensuring the use safety of the electrical connector 100. Preferably, the conductive terminal 20 is an integrally formed structure, so as to ensure that the conductive terminal 20 has better structural strength. Preferably, the conductive terminal 20 is made of a metal material with high conductivity, but not limited thereto.

As shown in fig. 4 to 6, the contact body 23 is disposed opposite to the base body 21, the contact body 23 is disposed at an inclination gradually away from the base body 21, and the inclination angle of the contact body 23 with respect to the base body 21 is smaller than 90 °. The contact body 23 is arranged opposite to the base body 21, so that the width of the conductive terminal 20 is not too large. The contact body 23 is arranged in an inclined way with a gradually increasing distance relative to the base body 21, so that the free end of the contact body 23 is farther away from the base body 21, and the free end of the contact body 23 is ensured to have enough pressing buffer space. Specifically, a semi-annular bent body 25 is formed between the contact body 23 and the base body 21, and the width of the semi-annular bent body 25 is larger than the widths of the contact body 23 and the base body 21. The semi-annular bending body 25 is arranged, so that the contact body 23 has good elastic performance, and the semi-annular bending body 25 is simple in structure and easy to machine and form. The semi-annular bending body 25 is widened, the contact body 23 can bear larger positive impact and cannot yield due to stress impact, the pressing life of the contact body 23 is prolonged, and stable and rapid transmission of current and signals is facilitated. More specifically, the second end of the base 21 is arranged to extend obliquely to the side where the contact 23 is located. Thus, the free end of the contact 23 can be farther away from the first end of the base 21, the free end of the contact 23 has more sufficient pressing space, and by making the contact 23 have better elastic performance, the contact 23 can be more closely electrically contacted with the second component, and the contact 23 can also better play a role in buffering.

As shown in fig. 4 to 6, in the projection of the conductive terminal 20 in the length direction, the connector 22 is located between the contact 23 and the base 21. Specifically, the contact 23, the connection body 22, and the base body 21 are arranged in a hierarchy, and the connection body 22 is located between an extension line of the contact 23 and an extension line of the base body 21. When the contact 23, the connecting body 22 and the base body 21 are arranged in a hierarchical manner, the thickness of the mounting body 11 can be ensured, and the electrical connector 100 can have good insulating performance and structural strength. Meanwhile, the contact body 23 and the base body 21 are spaced enough to ensure a certain pressing space of the contact body 23. More specifically, the free end of the contact body 22 is provided with a first contact structure 26 projecting outwardly, and the free end of the contact body 23 is provided with a second contact structure 27 projecting outwardly. While the first contact structure 26, the second contact structure 27 are provided to facilitate connection (contact) with the first component and the second component. Preferably, the first contact structure 26 and the second contact structure 27 are formed by, but not limited to, stamping the conductive terminal 20. For example, the first contact structure 26 is a bump-shaped contact structure, and the second contact structure 27 is a post-shaped contact structure, but not limited thereto. In order to more reliably and stably mount the conductive terminal 20 in the mounting groove 111, the two sides of the end portion of the free end of the connecting body 22 are respectively provided with a first clamping notch 221, and the two sides of the connecting body 22 far away from the free end of the connecting body 22 are respectively provided with a second clamping notch 222. When the conductive terminal 20 is mounted in the mounting groove 111, the first locking notch 221 and the second locking notch 222 can allow the connector 22 to be stably locked to the mounting body 11, so that the conductive terminal 20 can be stably and reliably mounted to the mounting body 11. To facilitate the engagement of the connector 22, a first engaging structure 1151 extends from the mounting body 11 toward the first pair of connectors 115, a second engaging structure 1113 extends from the mounting body 11 toward the mounting groove 111, the first engaging structure 1151 is disposed in the first engaging notch 221, and the second engaging structure 1113 is disposed in the second engaging notch 222.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model discloses a conductive terminal 20 includes base member 21, buckles from the first end of base member 21 and extends the connector 22 that forms, buckles and extends the contact 23 that forms from the extending direction opposite direction of the second end of base member 21, and contact 23 and base member 21 interval arrangement, connector 22 and contact 23 lie in the same one side of the length direction's of base member 21 extension line, and contact 23 and connector 22 are the syntropy and extend and arrange. Therefore, the connector 22 and the contact 23 are located on the same side of the extension line of the length direction of the base body 21, so that the base body 21 is close to the connector 22 and the contact 23, and the connector 22 and the contact 23 are close to each other, thereby effectively reducing the structural height of the conductive terminal 20 and enabling the layout of the conductive terminal 20 to be more reasonable and compact. Because the contact 23 and the base 21 have a certain gap, the contact 23 has a certain pressing buffer space, so that the contact 23 is not deformed by an excessive stress, and the contact 23 also has a certain elastic performance, so that the contact 23 and the second component can be in close electrical contact, and the stability and reliability of circuit/signal transmission are ensured.

Understandably, because the utility model discloses an electric connector 100 includes insulator 10 and locates conductive terminal 20 in the mounting groove 111 in insulator 10, under the prerequisite that conductive terminal 20's structure height obtained the optimization, insulator 10 can have better design space to let insulator 10 can be more frivolous, make electric connector 100's structure can be more frivolous.

The above disclosure is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the claims of the present invention should not be limited thereby, and all the equivalent changes made in the claims of the present invention are intended to be covered by the present invention.

Claims

1. An electrically conductive terminal, comprising: including the base member, certainly the first end of base member is buckled and is extended the connector that forms, certainly the extending direction opposite direction of the second end of base member is buckled and is extended the contact that forms, the contact with the base member interval arrangement, the connector with the contact is located same one side of the length direction's of base member extension line, just the contact with the connector is the syntropy and extends the arrangement.

2. An electrically conductive terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the contact is in facing arrangement with the base, the contact is in an inclined arrangement with increasing distance from the base, the angle of inclination of the contact with respect to the base being less than 90 °.

3. An electrically conductive terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein a semi-annular fold is formed between the contact body and the base body, the semi-annular fold having a width greater than the width of the contact body and the base body.

4. An electrically conductive terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second end of the base is arranged to extend obliquely to the side on which the contact is located.

5. The conductive terminal of claim 1, wherein the connector is located between the contact body and the base in a lengthwise projection of the conductive terminal.

6. An electrically conductive terminal as claimed in claim 5, wherein the contact body, the connector body and the base body are arranged in a hierarchy, the connector body being located between an extension of the contact body and an extension of the base body.

7. An electrically conductive terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the free end of the contact body is provided with a first contact formation projecting outwardly therefrom, and the free end of the contact body is provided with a second contact formation projecting outwardly therefrom.

8. An electrically conductive terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first latching notches are provided on respective sides of the end portion of the free end of the connector, and the second latching notches are provided on respective sides of the connector remote from the free end of the connector.

9. An electrical connector, comprising an insulating body and at least one conductive terminal disposed in the insulating body, wherein the conductive terminal is as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8, the insulating body is provided with a mounting groove for mounting and fixing the conductive terminal, the conductive terminal is mounted in the mounting groove, the connector is used for electrically connecting or contacting with a first component, and the contact is used for electrically connecting or contacting with a second component.

10. The electrical connector of claim 9, wherein the insulating body comprises an installation body and a bottom plate, the bottom plate is installed at the bottom of the installation body, the installation groove comprises a first groove body provided at the bottom of the installation body and a second groove body formed by the first groove body continuously extending at the bottom of the installation body and continuously expanding toward the inside of the installation body, the connection body is installed in the first groove body, and the contact body and the base body are installed in the second groove body.

11. The electrical connector of claim 10, wherein the top of the mounting body forms a first top surface structure and a second top surface structure arranged in a stepped manner, the first top surface structure and the second top surface structure are arranged in an array along the extending direction of the mounting groove, the second top surface structure is located above the first top surface structure, the mounting body is provided with a plurality of boss structures arranged at intervals on the second top surface structure in a protruding manner, and the second groove extends and expands into the boss structures.

12. The electrical connector of claim 11, wherein the first top structure defines a first pair of ports in communication with the first slot, the top of the boss structure defines a second pair of ports in communication with the second slot, the free end of the connector is disposed in the first pair of ports, and the free end of the contact is disposed in the second pair of ports.

13. The electrical connector of claim 11, wherein the second top structure has a plurality of coupling holes formed at a side of each of the protruding structures, the coupling holes are formed in the connecting body, the coupling holes are disposed opposite to the coupling holes of the conductive terminals mounted in the mounting grooves, and the conductive terminals and the mounting body are glued together by injecting glue into the coupling holes and the coupling holes.

14. The electrical connector of claim 11, wherein said first top surface structure has a separation post disposed between two adjacent first pair of contacts.

15. The electrical connector of claim 12, wherein the mounting body extends into the first mating opening with a first mating structure, and wherein the mounting body extends into the first slot with a second mating structure.