CN214754374U

CN214754374U - Connector and electronic equipment

Info

Publication number: CN214754374U
Application number: CN202120491521.7U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 童文杰; 朱志辉
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-03-08
Filing date: 2021-03-08
Publication date: 2021-11-16
Anticipated expiration: 2031-03-08

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a connector and an electronic apparatus, the connector including: the tongue piece is arranged on the inner side of the plastic shell along a first direction, the tongue piece extends out of the first opening and the second opening, and the connecting piece is embedded and connected with the plastic shell and the tongue piece in a second direction; the plastic shell can be dismantled at first opening part and be connected with waterproof end cover, and waterproof end cover has the third opening that exposes the tongue piece, and the axial of first direction with first opening, second direction and first direction are perpendicular. Adopt the plastic shell as the grafting frame of connector in this disclosure, fix the tongue piece in the plastic shell through the connecting piece, the tongue piece is located the inside of plastic shell, and waterproof end cover is connected to on the plastic shell, and when the connector setting in electronic equipment, the plastic shell can effectively increase electronic equipment's antenna headroom region.

Description

Connector and electronic equipment

Technical Field

The disclosure relates to the technical field of terminals, in particular to a connector and electronic equipment.

Background

Currently, electronic devices are usually provided with one or more functional interfaces, for example, a charging interface, an earphone interface, or a transmission interface, and each interface may be connected to an external device through a data line, so as to further implement a corresponding function of the electronic device. The convex metal casing of present function interface is fixed through laser welding between with the tongue piece, and waterproof circle links to each other with the iron casing, and the length that causes the iron casing is longer, and the iron casing occupies the headroom region in the electronic equipment to can influence antenna performance. Electronic devices such as mobile phones are increasingly required to have 5G communication performance as daily electronic products to be carried around.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of the above-mentioned drawbacks and deficiencies of the prior art, a connector and an electronic device are provided.

In a first aspect, the present disclosure provides a connector comprising: the tongue piece is arranged on the inner side of the plastic shell along a first direction, the tongue piece extends out of the first opening and the second opening, and the connecting piece penetrates through the plastic shell and is embedded into the tongue piece in a second direction; the plastic shell is in first opening part can be dismantled and be connected with waterproof end cover, waterproof end cover has and exposes the third opening of tongue piece, wherein, first direction with first open-ended axial, the second direction with first direction is perpendicular.

In some possible embodiments, the tongue includes a contact portion, an insulating portion, and a welding portion connected in series along the first direction, the contact portion protruding out of the first opening, the welding portion protruding out of the second opening;

the connecting piece is provided with a positioning part embedded into the tongue piece, the plastic shell is provided with a through groove corresponding to the positioning part, the insulating part is provided with a groove corresponding to the positioning part, and the positioning part penetrates through the corresponding through groove and extends into the corresponding groove.

In some possible embodiments, an orthographic projection of the contact portion in the first direction and an orthographic projection of the welding portion in the first direction are both located within an orthographic projection of the insulating portion in the first direction, a first step portion is formed between the contact portion and the insulating portion, and a second step portion is formed between the welding portion and the insulating portion;

the inner side of the plastic shell is provided with an annular bulge perpendicular to the first direction; in the first direction, the annular protrusion abuts against the first step portion, or the annular protrusion abuts against the second step portion.

In some possible embodiments, the connecting member includes a first metal shell and a second metal shell that are disposed in a butt joint manner along the second direction, the first metal shell includes a first main body portion, the second metal shell includes a second main body portion, and the first main body portion and/or the main body portion is connected with the positioning portion.

In some possible embodiments, the plastic shell has a recess on an outer side thereof, and the first metal shell and the second metal shell are embedded in the recess.

In some possible embodiments, the through-slot is disposed within the recess.

In some possible embodiments, at least two first ear plates are connected to the first metal shell, and at least two second ear plates are connected to the second metal shell; in the second direction, the first ear plate and the second ear plate are superposed in a one-to-one correspondence manner, and the first ear plate and the second ear plate are provided with matched ear holes.

In some possible embodiments, the contact portion passes through the third opening, the contact portion being in interference fit with the third opening.

In some possible embodiments, at the second opening, a waterproof colloid is filled between the inner surface of the plastic shell and the welding part.

In a second aspect, the present disclosure provides an electronic device including the above connector.

Compared with the prior art, adopt the plastic casing as the grafting frame of connector in this disclosure, fix the tongue piece in the plastic casing through the connecting piece, the tongue piece is located the inside of plastic casing, and waterproof end cover is connected to on the plastic casing, and when the connector setting in electronic equipment, the plastic casing can effectively increase electronic equipment's antenna headroom region.

Drawings

Other features, objects and advantages of the disclosure will become more apparent upon reading of the following detailed description of non-limiting embodiments thereof, made with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a connector provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A in FIG. 1;

fig. 3 is an exploded schematic view of a connector provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

The present disclosure is described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the relevant invention and are not limiting of the invention. It should be noted that, for convenience of description, only the portions related to the present invention are shown in the drawings.

It should be noted that, in the present disclosure, the embodiments and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict. The present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with embodiments.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the present disclosure provides a connector 100 including: the tongue piece comprises a tongue piece 1, a hollow plastic shell 2 and a connecting piece 3, wherein the plastic shell 2 is provided with a first opening 21 and a second opening (not shown) which are oppositely arranged, the tongue piece 1 is arranged on the inner side of the plastic shell 2 along a first direction (reference sign B in figure 2), the tongue piece 1 extends out of the first opening 21 and the second opening, and the connecting piece 3 penetrates through the plastic shell 2 and is embedded into the tongue piece 1 in a second direction (reference sign C in figure 2); the plastic shell 2 is detachably connected with a waterproof end cover 4 at the first opening 21, the waterproof end cover 4 has a third opening (not shown) exposing the tongue piece 1, wherein the first direction B is the same as the axial direction of the first opening 21, and the second direction C is perpendicular to the first direction.

In this embodiment, the plastic housing 2 has a first end face (not shown) and a second end face 22 opposite to each other along the first direction B, the second opening is disposed on the second end face 22, the second opening is disposed opposite to the first opening, and the axial direction of the second opening is the same as the axial direction of the first opening. Inside plastic casing 2 is arranged in to tongue piece 1, plastic casing 2 and tongue piece 1 are connected to connecting piece 3, connecting piece 3 stretches into the inside of plastic casing 2 and inserts the inside of tongue piece 1, plastic casing 2 and the cooperation of connecting piece 3 are in order to play the effect that restriction tongue piece 1 removed on the first direction, waterproof end cover 4 links to each other with plastic casing 2, when this connector was applied to electronic equipment, the design of plastic casing 2 can effectively increase the antenna headroom region.

Further, the tongue 1 includes a contact portion 11, an insulating portion 12 and a soldering portion 13 connected in sequence along a first direction, the contact portion 11 extends out of the first opening 21, the soldering portion 13 extends out of the second opening, the contact portion 11 has a conductive terminal, and the soldering portion 13 has a plurality of pins;

the connecting piece 3 is provided with a positioning part 33 embedded into the tongue piece 1, the plastic shell 2 is provided with a through groove corresponding to the positioning part 33, the insulating part 12 is provided with a groove corresponding to the positioning part 33, and the positioning part 33 penetrates through the corresponding through groove and extends into the corresponding groove.

The positioning part 33 of the connecting piece 3 extends into the plastic shell 2 and the insulating part 12 of the tongue piece 1, and can limit the tongue piece 1 to move relative to the plastic shell 2 in the first direction.

Furthermore, an orthographic projection of the contact part 11 in the first direction and an orthographic projection of the welding part 13 in the first direction are both located in an orthographic projection of the insulating part 12 in the first direction, a first step part is formed between the contact part 11 and the insulating part 12, and a second step part is formed between the welding part 13 and the insulating part 12;

perpendicular to the first direction, the inner side of the plastic shell 2 is provided with an annular bulge 23; in the first direction, the annular projection 23 abuts the first step portion, or the annular projection abuts the second step portion.

As shown in fig. 2 and fig. 3, in this embodiment, the tongue piece 1 enters the plastic shell 2 from the side where the second opening is located until the annular protrusion 23 abuts against the first step portion between the contact portion 11 and the insulating portion 12, the annular protrusion 23 assists in defining the position of the tongue piece 1 relative to the plastic shell 2 in the first direction, so that the through groove on the plastic shell is aligned with the groove on the tongue piece, and the connecting member can accurately extend into the corresponding through groove and the groove.

Further, the connecting member 3 includes a first metal shell and a second metal shell that are butted to each other along the second direction, the first metal shell includes a first main body portion 31, the second metal shell includes a second main body portion 32, and the first main body portion 31 and/or the second main body portion 32 are connected with a positioning portion 33. In this embodiment, the connecting member 3 is a metal shell formed by butting a first metal shell and a second metal shell, and the plastic shell is protected and supported by the metal shell.

For example, the first metal case has the positioning portion 33, or the second metal case has the positioning portion 33, or both the first metal case and the second metal case have the positioning portions 33. This embodiment preferably has the first metal shell and the second metal shell each having a positioning portion 33, so that a firm connection between the plastic shell 2 and the tongue 1 is achieved by the connecting member 3.

Further, the plastic shell 2 has a recess on the outer side, and the first main body 31 and the second main body 32 are embedded in the recess. So design, can form good spacing to first metal casing, second metal casing on first direction and second direction, prevent first metal casing, the skew of second metal casing, effectively ensure the inside of location portion 33 embedding plastic shell and tongue piece on first metal casing and/or the second metal casing, improve the reliability of connecting between plastic shell and the tongue piece.

Referring to fig. 3, the outer side of the plastic shell 2 is provided with a recessed portion, the recessed portion is provided with a through groove, the tongue piece 1 is provided with a groove corresponding to the through groove, the through groove on the plastic shell 2 and the groove corresponding to the tongue piece 1 form a positioning groove 24 (namely, a stop groove), the first metal shell and the second metal shell are both provided with positioning portions 33 (namely, stop members), the tongue piece 1 is moved leftwards and inserted into the plastic shell 2, the annular bulge 23 inside the plastic shell 2 limits the tongue piece 1 to move rightwards, the positioning portions 33 on the connecting piece 3 formed by butting the first metal shell and the second metal shell are inserted into the positioning groove 24 inside the plastic shell 2, and the tongue piece 1 is limited to move rightwards, so that the plastic shell 2 and the connecting piece 3 are matched to play a role in limiting the movement of the tongue piece 1.

In addition, the tongue piece 1 can also be inserted into the plastic shell 2 by moving rightwards, the annular bulge 23 in the plastic shell 2 limits the tongue piece 1 to move leftwards, the positioning part 33 on the connecting piece 3 formed by butting the first metal shell and the second metal shell is inserted into the positioning groove 24 in the plastic shell 2, and the tongue piece 1 is limited to move rightwards, so that the plastic shell 2 and the connecting piece 3 are matched to play a role in limiting the movement of the tongue piece 1.

Furthermore, the through groove on the plastic shell 2 is arranged in the concave part, so that the positioning part of the first metal shell and/or the positioning part of the second metal shell can be conveniently inserted into the corresponding through groove.

Further, at least two first ear plates are connected to the first metal shell 31, and at least two second ear plates are connected to the second metal shell 32; in the second direction, the first ear plate and the second ear plate are correspondingly superposed one by one, and the first ear plate and the second ear plate are provided with matched ear holes.

The ear hole of the first ear plate of the first metal shell 31 and the ear hole of the second ear plate of the second metal shell 32 may be screw holes, and the connector may be connected to the electronic device by a screw connection member (e.g., a screw).

Further, the contact part 11 penetrates through the third opening, and the contact part 11 is in interference fit with the third opening, so that the waterproof end cover 4 is ensured to have a good waterproof effect.

Further, at the second opening part, it has anti hydrocolloid 5 to fill between the internal surface of plastic shell 2 and weld part 13, connects plastic shell and tongue piece through preventing further plastic envelope of hydrocolloid 5 on the basis that the connecting piece is connected plastic shell and tongue piece, improves the stability of being connected between plastic shell and the tongue piece to improve the waterproof performance of connector.

Further, the connector 100 may include a USB connection fitting, for example, a type-a connector, a type-b connector, a type-c connector, etc., which the present disclosure does not limit.

The connector 100 can be applied to an electronic device 200 shown in fig. 4, the electronic device 200 includes a motherboard and the connector 100 described in any of the above embodiments, and the connector 100 can be electrically connected to the motherboard to implement a corresponding function of the electronic device 200 through the connector 100. As shown in fig. 4, the connector 100 may be located at the bottom of the electronic device 200 (i.e., the end of the electronic device facing the ground when the user holds the electronic device in a normal state) to serve as a charging interface, an earphone interface, a data transmission interface, etc. of the electronic device 200; the electronic device 200 may include a mobile phone, a tablet computer, an e-reader, etc., which is not limited by this disclosure.

The orientations and positional relationships indicated as "leftward", "rightward", and the like in the present disclosure are based on the orientations and positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of describing the present disclosure and for simplification of description, but do not indicate or imply that the indicated devices or elements must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present disclosure.

The foregoing description is only exemplary of the preferred embodiments of the disclosure and is illustrative of the principles of the technology employed. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the scope of the present disclosure is not limited to the specific combination of the above-mentioned features, but also covers other embodiments formed by any combination of the above-mentioned features or their equivalents without departing from the spirit of the present disclosure. For example, the above features and (but not limited to) the features disclosed in this disclosure having similar functions are replaced with each other to form the technical solution.

Claims

1. A connector, comprising: the tongue piece is arranged on the inner side of the plastic shell along a first direction, the tongue piece extends out of the first opening and the second opening, and the connecting piece penetrates through the plastic shell and is embedded into the tongue piece in a second direction; the plastic shell is in first opening part can be dismantled and be connected with waterproof end cover, waterproof end cover has and exposes the third opening of tongue piece, wherein, first direction with first open-ended axial, the second direction with first direction is perpendicular.

2. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the tongue piece includes a contact portion, an insulating portion, and a welding portion connected in this order in the first direction, the contact portion protruding out of the first opening, the welding portion protruding out of the second opening;

3. The connector according to claim 2, wherein an orthographic projection of the contact portion in the first direction and an orthographic projection of the soldering portion in the first direction are both located within an orthographic projection of the insulating portion in the first direction, a first step portion is formed between the contact portion and the insulating portion, and a second step portion is formed between the soldering portion and the insulating portion;

4. The connector according to claim 2, wherein the connecting member comprises a first metal shell and a second metal shell which are butted with each other along the second direction, the first metal shell comprises a first main body portion, the second metal shell comprises a second main body portion, and the first main body portion and/or the main body portion is connected with the positioning portion.

5. The connector of claim 4, wherein a recess is formed on the outer side of the plastic shell, and the first main body portion and the main body portion are embedded in the recess.

6. The connector of claim 5, wherein the through slot is disposed within the recess.

7. The connector of claim 4, wherein at least two first ear plates are connected to the first metal shell and at least two second ear plates are connected to the second metal shell; in the second direction, the first ear plate and the second ear plate are superposed in a one-to-one correspondence manner, and the first ear plate and the second ear plate are provided with matched ear holes.

8. The connector of claim 3, wherein the contact portion passes through the third opening, the contact portion being in interference fit with the third opening.

9. The connector according to claim 3, wherein a waterproof colloid is filled between the inner surface of the plastic shell and the welding portion at the second opening.

10. An electronic device comprising a connector according to any one of claims 1-9.