CN217641880U

CN217641880U - Connector and electronic device

Info

Publication number: CN217641880U
Application number: CN202221435538.1U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 冯国良; 辜国栋; 崔超
Original assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Priority date: 2022-06-08
Filing date: 2022-06-08
Publication date: 2022-10-21
Anticipated expiration: 2032-06-08
Also published as: WO2023236498A1

Abstract

The application discloses a connector and an electronic device. The connector includes a base, a terminal group, and a barrier. The terminal group is arranged on the base body and comprises a GND terminal and a VBUS terminal which are arranged at intervals. The separation fence is arranged between the GND terminal and the VBUS terminal, and protrudes out of the outer surface of the GND terminal and/or the VBUS terminal along the thickness direction of the base body. In the connector and the electronic device of application embodiment, the jube can effectively obstruct the flow between GND terminal and VBUS terminal after outside liquid gets into the connector to can avoid GND terminal and VBUS terminal because the short circuit that the feed liquor produced, thereby avoid the connector to take place electrolytic corrosion and guarantee that the connector can normally work.

Description

Connector and electronic device

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of connectors, and in particular, to a connector and an electronic device.

Background

The Type-C is a connecting interface of the USB interface, can be inserted without dividing the front side and the back side, and supports the functions of charging, data transmission, display output and the like of the USB standard. In the related art, a connector includes an insulating main body and a terminal group, and a short-circuit condition is liable to occur when a liquid accumulation enters the two terminal groups.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The application discloses a connector and an electronic device.

The connector provided by the embodiment of the application comprises a base body, a terminal group and a partition. The terminal group is arranged on the base body and comprises a GND terminal and a VBUS terminal which are arranged at intervals. The partition is arranged between the GND terminal and the VBUS terminal, and protrudes out of the outer surface of the GND terminal and/or the VBUS terminal along the thickness direction of the base body.

The electronic device provided by the embodiment of the application comprises the connector.

In the connector and the electronic device of application embodiment, the jube can effectively obstruct the flow between GND terminal and VBUS terminal after outside liquid gets into the connector to can avoid GND terminal and VBUS terminal because the short circuit that the feed liquor produced, thereby avoid the connector to take place electrolytic corrosion and guarantee that the connector can normally work.

Additional aspects and advantages of the present application will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the present application.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present application will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a connector according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic top view of a connector according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic front view of a connector according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is another schematic structural view of a connector according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Description of the main element symbols:

connector 100, base 10, terminal group 20, GND terminal 21, VBUS terminal 22, signal terminal 23, barrier 30, and electronic device 1000.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present application, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are illustrative and are only for the purpose of explaining the present application and are not to be construed as limiting the present application.

In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the terms "length," "width," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the present application and simplicity in description, but do not indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must be in a particular orientation, constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present application.

In the description of the present application, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the term "connected" is to be interpreted broadly, e.g. as a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; may be mechanically connected, may be electrically connected or may be in communication with each other; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art as appropriate.

The terms "first" and "second" in this application are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. In the description of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

The following disclosure provides many different embodiments or examples for implementing different features of the application. In order to simplify the disclosure of the present application, specific example components and arrangements are described below. Of course, they are merely examples and are not intended to limit the present application. Moreover, the present application may repeat reference numerals and/or letters in the various examples, such repetition is for the purpose of simplicity and clarity and does not in itself dictate a relationship between the various embodiments and/or configurations discussed. In addition, examples of various specific processes and materials are provided herein, but one of ordinary skill in the art may recognize applications of other processes and/or use of other materials.

Referring to fig. 1, a connector 100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a base 10, a terminal set 20, and a partition 30. The terminal group 20 is disposed on the base 10, and the terminal group 20 includes a GND terminal 21 and a VBUS terminal 22, and the GND terminal 21 and the VBUS terminal 22 are disposed at intervals. The partition 30 is provided between the GND terminal 21 and the VBUS terminal 22, and the partition 30 protrudes from the outer surface of the GND terminal 21 and/or the VBUS terminal 22 in the thickness direction Z of the base 10.

So, the flowing between GND terminal 21 and VBUS terminal 22 behind jube 30 can the effective separation external liquid entering connector 100 to can avoid GND terminal 21 and VBUS terminal 22 because the short circuit that the feed liquor produced, thereby avoid connector 100 to take place the electrolytic corrosion and guarantee that connector 100 can normally work.

Specifically, the contact portions of the GND terminal 21 and the VBUS terminal 22 of the terminal module may be exposed on the base body 10 for contact with the mating male socket. The base body 10 and the barriers 30 may be made of an insulating material, such as plastic. In other embodiments, the partition 30 can be mounted on the base 10 by means of bonding or clipping, and the connection between the base 10 and the partition 30 is not limited. In some embodiments, the base 10 may have a plurality of grooves formed thereon at intervals, and the GND terminal 21 and the VBUS terminal 22 may be inserted and fixed in the grooves.

The GND terminal 21 and the VBUS terminal 22 may be made of a high-conductivity material to ensure the safety and stability of the connector 100 during operation. In one embodiment, the base 10 and the partition 30 may be formed by integral molding.

In some embodiments, the partition 30 may protrude from the outer surfaces of the GND terminal 21 and the VBUS terminal 22. In some embodiments, the barriers 30 may protrude from the outer surface of the GND terminal 21. In some embodiments, the spacers 30 protrude from the outer surface of the VBUS terminal 22. The barrier 30 protrudes from the outer surface of the GND terminal 21 and/or the VBUS terminal 22, so that the barrier can better block the flow of external liquid between the GND terminal and the VBUS terminal after entering the connector.

Referring to fig. 1, in some embodiments, the number of the GND terminals 21 is two, and the two GND terminals 21 are respectively disposed on two opposite sides of the VBUS terminal 22. In this way, the external power source can be connected to the connector 100 through the docking male socket, and the electronic device 1000 can be charged under the action of the two GND terminals 21 and the VBUS terminal 22.

In one embodiment, one GND terminal 21 is provided at a first end of the base 10 in the width direction X, the other GND terminal 21 is provided at a second end of the base 10 in the width direction X, and the VBUS terminal 22 is provided between the two GND terminals 21.

Referring to fig. 1, in some embodiments, the number of VBUS terminals 22 is one, the number of barriers 30 is two, and a barrier 30 is disposed between each GND terminal 21 and VBUS terminal 22. Thus, the two barriers 30 can effectively block the liquid from flowing between the two GND terminals 21 and the VBUS terminal 22 after entering the connector 100, and the GND terminal 21 and the VBUS terminal 22 are prevented from being short-circuited.

In certain embodiments, the spacer 30 abuts the VBUS terminal 22. Thus, the partition 30 can effectively prevent the VBUS terminal 22 from contacting with contaminants, and prevent the VBUS terminal 22 from being corroded after being contaminated.

Specifically, the contact of the contaminants with the VBUS terminal 22 may also increase the contact resistance of the VBUS terminal 22, and when the electronic device 1000 is charged by using the connector 100, the increase of the contact resistance of the VBUS terminal 22 may cause a large amount of heat to be generated when current flows through the VBUS terminal 22, which may cause the connector 100 to be easily burnt due to a large amount of heat generation for a long time. Therefore, the partition 30 can block the contact between the contaminants and the VBUS terminal 22, thereby ensuring the safety of the connector 100 and prolonging the service life of the connector 100.

In one embodiment, the number of the barriers 30 is two, and two barriers 30 are disposed adjacent to the VBUS terminal 22 along the width direction X of the substrate 10, and the barriers 30 can not only block the flow between the GND terminal 21 and the VBUS terminal 22 after external liquid enters the connector 100 to prevent the GND terminal 21 and the VBUS terminal 22 from short-circuiting due to the liquid entering, but also effectively prevent other contaminants from contacting the VBUS terminal 22, thereby improving the corrosion resistance of the VBUS terminal 22 and prolonging the service life of the connector 100.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, in some embodiments, the distance D between the GND terminal 21 and the VBUS terminal 22 is greater than 1.2mm. Thus, after the liquid or the foreign matter enters the connector 100, the distance D between the GND terminal 21 and the VBUS terminal 22 is large, so that the GND terminal 21 and the VBUS terminal 22 can be prevented from being short-circuited. Specifically, the distance D between the GND terminal 21 and the VBUS terminal 22 may be 1.25mm, 1.3mm, 1.36mm, 1.4mm, 1.6mm, 2mm, or the like, which is not limited herein. Preferably, the VBUS terminal 22 is 2mm apart.

In some embodiments, the number of VBUS terminals 22 is one, and the width L of the VBUS terminal 22 is greater than 0.6mm. Thus, under the condition that the thickness of the VBUS terminal 22 is not changed, the larger width L of the VBUS terminal 22 can improve the overcurrent capability of the VBUS terminal 22, so that the connector 100 can meet the requirement of high-power charging. Specifically, the width of the VBUS terminal 22 may be 0.65mm, 0.7mm, 0.73mm, 0.8mm, 0.9mm, 1.2mm, etc., without limitation thereto.

In some embodiments, the width L of the VBUS terminal 22 is 1.1mm. In this way, the overcurrent capability of the VBUS terminal 22 can be increased to 20A or more, and thus high-power charging of the connector 100 can be realized.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, in some embodiments, the terminal set 20 may further include a signal terminal 23 disposed between the GND terminal 21 and the VBUS terminal 22. In this way, an external power source can be connected to the connector 100 through the power adapter, and the GND terminal 21, the VBUS terminal 22, and the signal terminal 23 can charge the electronic device 1000.

Specifically, the signal terminals 23 may be made of a conductive material, such as brass or phosphor copper, and the brass or phosphor copper has good conductivity, so that the terminal module has good conductivity. The number of the signal terminals 23 may be plural, a plurality of the signal terminals 23 may be arranged on the base body 10 at intervals, and the plurality of the signal terminals 23 may be located between the GND terminal 21 and the VBUS terminal 22. The signal terminals 23 can be embedded and fixed on the base 10.

Referring to fig. 1, 3 and 4, in some embodiments, along the thickness direction Z of the substrate 10, the substrate 10 includes a first surface 11 and a second surface 12 opposite to each other, the first surface 11 and the second surface 12 are both provided with a terminal set 20, and the terminal set 20 on the first surface 11 and the terminal set 20 on the second surface 12 are arranged in a central symmetry manner. Thus, the mating male socket can be inserted into the connector 100 in the forward and reverse directions by 180 degrees, and the blind insertion of the connector 100 can be realized.

The electronic device 1000 provided in the embodiment of the present application includes the connector 100 of any one of the above embodiments. So, the jube 30 can effectively obstruct the flow between GND terminal 21 and VBUS terminal 22 after external liquid gets into connector 100 to can avoid GND terminal 21 and VBUS terminal 22 because the short circuit that the feed liquor produced, thereby avoid connector 100 to take place the electrolytic corrosion and guarantee that connector 100 can normally work, make electron device 1000 can normally charge through connector 100.

Specifically, the connector 100 may be disposed on the electronic device 1000, a battery may be disposed inside the electronic device 1000 (e.g., a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, etc.), and an external power source may be connected to the connector 100 through a power adapter to charge the battery.

In the description herein, references to the description of the terms "one embodiment," "certain embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present application. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

While embodiments of the present application have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: numerous changes, modifications, substitutions and variations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the application, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A connector, comprising:

a substrate;

the terminal group is arranged on the base body and comprises a GND terminal and a VBUS terminal which are arranged at intervals;

and the partition is arranged between the GND terminal and the VBUS terminal, and protrudes out of the outer surface of the GND terminal and/or the VBUS terminal along the thickness direction of the base body.

2. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the number of the GND terminals is two, and the two GND terminals are respectively provided on opposite sides of the VBUS terminal.

3. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the number of the VBUS terminals is one, the number of the spacers is two, and the spacers are provided between each of the GND terminal and the VBUS terminal.

4. The connector of claim 1, wherein a distance between the GND terminal and the VBUS terminal is greater than 1.2mm.

5. The connector of claim 1, wherein the VBUS terminal is one in number and has a width greater than 0.6mm.

6. The connector of claim 5, wherein the VBUS terminal has a width of 1.1mm.

7. The connector of claim 1, wherein the spacer abuts the VBUS terminal.

8. The connector of claim 1, wherein the terminal set further includes a signal terminal disposed between the GND terminal and the VBUS terminal.

9. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the base body comprises a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other in a thickness direction of the base body, the first surface and the second surface are provided with the terminal group, and the terminal group on the first surface and the terminal group on the second surface are arranged in a central symmetry manner.

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