CN215266743U

CN215266743U - FPC electric connector

Info

Publication number: CN215266743U
Application number: CN202121429608.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吴永发; 朱芹; 吴祝平; 方志宏
Original assignee: Drapho Electronics Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Drapho Electronics Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-06-26
Filing date: 2021-06-26
Publication date: 2021-12-21
Anticipated expiration: 2031-06-26

Abstract

The utility model provides a FPC electric connector, include insulator, accept in a plurality of terminals in insulator and install the clamp plate on insulator, insulator is equipped with a roof, a diapire and a pair of lateral wall, the roof is equipped with a support the supporting part of clamp plate, the clamp plate be equipped with crimping on FPC internal surface and butt in surface on the supporting part, be formed with a step portion on the surface, step portion with the cooperation of supporting part butt. Compared with the prior art, the utility model discloses an improve the structure of clamp plate, set up a step portion at the surface of clamp plate, utilize this step portion to support and lean on insulator's roof for clamp plate and roof are difficult for taking place the damage at the butt in-process, have increased holistic intensity and connection reliability.

Description

FPC electric connector

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an electric connection field especially relates to a FPC electric connector.

Background

With the development trend of miniaturization and lightness of consumer electronic products such as notebook computers, tablet computers, mobile phones and the like, the requirements on the design and manufacturing process of parts of the consumer electronic products are higher and higher, and as the products are lighter and thinner day by day, the internal space of the consumer electronic products is very narrow, so that the requirement that the internal parts of the consumer electronic products are required to adopt a dense layout is met, the volume of each electronic part is smaller and thinner, and the requirements on the reliability of the manufacturing process and the connection of the consumer electronic products are higher and higher. For the FPC/FFC electrical connector, it is used for plugging FPC or FFC (i.e. flexible cable row or flexible circuit board), the existing design is to use the flip-type pressing plate to open or close, so as to realize the pressing or releasing of FPC, under some application scenarios, the FPC electrical connector is designed to be very light, thin and small, and because the electrical connector is mainly made of insulating plastic, the light, thin and small design will directly affect the strength of the product itself, for example, in the operation process of opening the pressing plate a, the pressing plate a is turned over and then directly pressed on the insulating body, as shown in fig. 1, at this time, the top wall B of the insulating body is used as the supporting surface to support the pressing plate a, which is very easy to cause the breakage of the pressing plate a, affecting the reliability of the product.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model provides a technical problem provide a FPC electric connector to improve and bring damaged problem because of the clamp plate upset among the prior art.

In order to solve the technical problem, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme: the utility model provides a FPC electric connector, includes insulator, accepts in a plurality of terminals in insulator and installs the clamp plate on insulator, insulator is equipped with a roof, a diapire and a pair of lateral wall, the roof is equipped with one and supports the supporting part of clamp plate, the clamp plate be equipped with crimping on FPC internal surface and butt in surface on the supporting part, be formed with a step portion on the surface, step portion with the cooperation of supporting part butt.

Furthermore, the supporting portion is formed at the edge of the front side of the top wall, two ends of the supporting portion are further provided with a positioning portion, and the edge of the supporting portion is provided with an oblique supporting surface abutted to the step portion.

Furthermore, the pressing plate is provided with a main body part, matching parts positioned at two ends of the main body part and matching grooves positioned between the main body part and the matching parts, and a plurality of through holes and pivot shafts positioned in the through holes are formed in the main body part.

Furthermore, the positioning part protrudes forwards from the front side edge of the top wall and exceeds the supporting part, and the positioning part is in limit fit with the matching groove of the pressing plate.

Furthermore, the front side edge of the top wall is also provided with an inclined surface positioned at the rear side of the positioning part, and the inclined surface is formed by obliquely extending from top to bottom and is integrally connected with the side wall.

Further, a plurality of upper side terminal grooves are arranged below the supporting portion of the top wall, the bottom wall is located below the top wall and is provided with a plurality of lower side terminal grooves, and the lower side terminal grooves and the upper side terminal grooves are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence mode in the upper and lower directions.

Furthermore, the terminal is provided with an upper contact arm, a lower contact arm and a welding pin, wherein the upper contact arm and the lower contact arm are vertically arranged and are respectively accommodated in the upper terminal groove and the lower terminal groove.

Furthermore, the front end of the upper side contact arm is also provided with a pivoting groove for accommodating a pivoting shaft of the pressing plate.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model discloses an improve the structure of clamp plate, set up a step portion at the surface of clamp plate, utilize this step portion to support and lean on insulator's roof for clamp plate and roof are difficult for taking place the damage at the butt in-process, have increased holistic intensity and connection reliability.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a side view illustrating a state in which a pressing plate of an FPC electrical connector is opened in the related art.

Fig. 2 is an exploded view of the FPC connector of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic view of the FPC connector when the pressing plate is closed.

Fig. 4 is a schematic view of the FPC electrical connector when the pressing plate is opened.

Fig. 5 is a partial view of the pressing plate of the FPC connector of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a schematic side view of the FPC connector in the state where the pressing plate is opened.

Detailed Description

Referring to fig. 2 to 6, the present invention provides an FPC electrical connector, which includes an insulating body 10, a plurality of terminals 20 housed in the insulating body 10, a metal fixing member 30 fixed at two ends of the insulating body 10, and a pressing plate 40 installed on the insulating body 10, wherein the insulating body 10 is used for inserting the FPC, so that the FPC is electrically contacted with the terminals 20, and the pressing plate 40 is opened or closed by turning operation to compress or release the FPC. The specific structure and function of each of the aforementioned components are described in detail below.

The insulating body 10 is provided with a top wall 11, a bottom wall 12 and a pair of side walls 13, a space for inserting the FPC is formed between the top wall 11, the bottom wall 12 and the side walls 13, wherein the width of the top wall 11 in the front-back direction is smaller than that of the bottom wall 12, a support part 14 and positioning parts 15 located at two ends of the support part 14 are arranged at the front side edge of the top wall 11, an inclined support surface 141 is arranged at the edge of the support part 14 for supporting or abutting against the pressing plate 40, a plurality of upper terminal grooves 142 are arranged below the support part 14, the positioning part 15 is formed by protruding forwards from the front side edge of the top wall 11 and protrudes forwards beyond the support part 14, the positioning part 15 is used for matching with the pressing plate 40, so that the pressing plate 40 is better combined with the insulating body 10 for limiting, it should be noted that the front side edge of the top wall 11 is also provided with an inclined surface 16 located at the back side of the positioning part 15, the inclined surface 16 is formed by extending obliquely from top to bottom and is integrally connected to the side wall 13. The bottom wall 12 is located below the top wall 11 and is provided with a plurality of lower side terminal grooves 121, the lower side terminal grooves 121 and the upper side terminal grooves 142 are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence manner in the up-down direction and used for accommodating the terminals 20, a pair of limiting convex portions 122 are further arranged at the front side edge of the bottom wall 12, the pair of limiting convex portions 122 are located on two sides of the plurality of lower side terminal grooves 121, and the limiting convex portions 122 protrude from the upper surface of the bottom wall 12. The side wall 13 is provided with a fixing groove 17 for receiving the metal holder 30, and the fixing groove 17 extends in a front-rear direction such that the metal holder 30 can be inserted into the fixing groove 17 from front to rear.

The terminals 20 are arranged in a straight line and are arranged at equal intervals, each terminal 20 is provided with an upper side contact arm 21, a lower side contact arm 22 and a welding pin 23, the upper side contact arm 21 and the lower side contact arm 22 are arranged up and down and are respectively accommodated in the upper side terminal groove 142 and the lower side terminal groove 121 for respectively clamping the upper side and the lower side of the FPC to realize electrical contact, the welding pin 23 extends out from the rear end of the lower side contact arm 22 to extend out of the insulating body 10 for welding to a circuit board (not shown), wherein the front end of the upper side contact arm 21 is further provided with a pivoting groove 24 for accommodating a pivoting shaft 45 of the pressing plate 40.

The pressing plate 40 is provided with a main body portion 41, matching portions 42 located at two ends of the main body portion 41, and matching grooves 43 located between the main body portion 41 and the matching portions 42, the main body portion 41 is formed with a plurality of through holes 44 and pivot shafts 45 located in the through holes 44, so that the upper side contact arms 21 can pass through the through holes 44 and match with the pivot shafts 45 in the through holes 44, and the matching grooves 43 are used for accommodating the positioning portions 15 to strengthen the mutual limiting between the pressing plate 40 and the insulating body 10. It should be noted that, the inner surface 48 of the pressing plate 40 is pressed against the FPC, the outer surface 46 of the pressing plate 40 is further formed with a step portion 47, the step portion 47 abuts against the supporting portion 14 of the top wall 11, when the pressing plate 40 is in the open state, the step portion 47 abuts against the supporting portion 14, due to the existence of the step portion 47, the contact surface between the pressing plate 40 and the supporting portion 14 becomes larger, a more reliable and firm abutting relationship can be realized between the two, the strength of the pressing plate 40 is increased, and the pressing plate is not easily damaged in the opening and closing operations.

To sum up, the utility model discloses an improve clamp plate 40's structure, set up a step portion 47 at clamp plate 40's surface 46, utilize this step portion 47 to support and lean on insulator 10's roof 11 for clamp plate 40 and roof 11 are difficult for taking place the damage at the butt in-process, have increased holistic intensity and connection reliability.

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

Claims

1. The utility model provides a FPC electric connector, includes insulator, accepts a plurality of terminals in insulator and installs the clamp plate on insulator, insulator is equipped with a roof, a diapire and a pair of lateral wall, the roof is equipped with one and supports the supporting part of clamp plate, its characterized in that: the pressing plate is provided with an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the inner surface is in press connection with the FPC, the outer surface is abutted to the supporting portion, a step portion is formed on the outer surface, and the step portion is in abutted fit with the supporting portion.

2. The FPC electrical connector of claim 1, wherein: the supporting part is formed at the edge of the front side of the top wall, a positioning part is further arranged at two ends of the supporting part, and an inclined supporting surface abutted against the step part is arranged at the edge of the supporting part.

3. The FPC electrical connector of claim 2, wherein: the pressing plate is provided with a main body part, matching parts positioned at two ends of the main body part and matching grooves positioned between the main body part and the matching parts, and a plurality of through holes and pivot shafts positioned in the through holes are formed in the main body part.

4. The FPC electrical connector of claim 3, wherein: the positioning part protrudes forwards from the front side edge of the top wall and exceeds the supporting part, and the positioning part is in limit fit with the matching groove of the pressing plate.

5. The FPC electrical connector of claim 4, wherein: the front side edge of the top wall is also provided with an inclined surface positioned at the rear side of the positioning part, and the inclined surface is formed by obliquely extending from top to bottom and is integrally connected with the side wall.

6. The FPC electrical connector of claim 5, wherein: the supporting part of roof is equipped with a plurality of upside terminal grooves below, the diapire is located the below of roof and be equipped with a plurality of downside terminal grooves, downside terminal groove with upside terminal groove one-to-one sets up in the upper and lower direction.

7. The FPC electrical connector of claim 6, wherein: the terminal is provided with an upper side contact arm, a lower side contact arm and a welding pin, wherein the upper side contact arm and the lower side contact arm are arranged up and down and are respectively accommodated in the upper side terminal groove and the lower side terminal groove.

8. The FPC electrical connector of claim 7, wherein: the front end of the upper side contact arm is also provided with a pivoting groove for accommodating a pivoting shaft of the pressing plate.