CN218632691U - Connector with conductive plastic part and metal plate and terminal assembly structure thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a have connector and terminal subassembly structure of conductive plastic portion and metal sheet concurrently, wherein, terminal subassembly in this connector contains a base main part, two conductive plastic portions, a metal sheet, many signal terminals and many ground terminal, in addition, be equipped with each this conductive plastic portion in this base main part, and this metal sheet can be in between each this conductive plastic portion, these signal terminals and these ground terminal have still been laid to this base main part, so, through components such as these conductive plastic portions and metal sheet, can make the connector that has this terminal subassembly, when carrying out high frequency and high-speed transmission, have more stable performance.

Description

Connector with conductive plastic part and metal plate and terminal assembly structure thereof

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a connector, in particular to terminal subassembly that uses in connector, wherein be equipped with two conductive plastic parts and a metal sheet, and this metal sheet can be in the terminal subassembly between these two conductive plastic parts.

Background

With the progress of communication technology and electronic technology, electronic devices with various functions, such as: portable power devices for mobile phones to supply power continuously, mobile phones capable of allowing people to communicate at both ends of the world, walkmans capable of satisfying people to listen to music anytime and anywhere, personal computers (Personal computers) capable of assisting people to process various things, and the like, have become indispensable tools in modern people's life and work.

In addition, in order to receive electronic signals and power from the outside, various electronic devices (e.g., smart phones, tablet computers, desktop computers, notebook computers, digital cameras, etc.) usually have to configure a signal Connector on the body of each electronic device, generally speaking, the signal Connector (Connector) generally refers to all connecting elements and accessories thereof applied to the electronic signals and power, and is a bridge for all signals, the quality of which affects the reliability of current and signal transmission and is closely related to the operation of the electronic device.

For example, the connector is used as an important communication bridge between a plurality of electronic devices, and the influence on the quality and Speed of the transmission signal is increasingly emphasized, taking data transmission as an example, the maximum transmission Speed of USB1.0 is 12Mbps in the early stage, and the maximum transmission Speed of USB 2.0 is 480Mbps, and then the transmission Speed is further increased to 5Gbps in USB 3.0 (Super Speed USB), even the transmission Speed is directly increased to 10Gbps by USB3.1gen 2, so as to meet the requirement of people on high-Speed transmission. However, under the situation that electronic devices are designed mainly by "being light, thin, short and small" in the current industry, the distance between the terminals is close to each other, so that the shielding effect provided by the original grounding structure is not perfect enough, and therefore, how to improve the connector structure is a major subject of the present invention.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of this, the utility model provides a have the connector of conductive plastic portion and metal sheet concurrently and terminal subassembly structure thereof, through the utility model discloses, can provide the better experience of use of user.

One of the objectives of the present invention is to provide a terminal assembly with both conductive plastic part and metal plate, which is applied to a connector, and comprises a base main body, two conductive plastic parts, a metal plate, a plurality of signal terminals and a plurality of ground terminals, wherein the base main body is made of insulating material; each conductive plastic part can be positioned in the base main body; the metal plate can be positioned between the conductive plastic parts and is contacted with the conductive plastic parts; the signal terminals can be arranged on the base main body, and at least one signal contact part of each signal terminal is exposed out of the base main body; the grounding terminals can be arranged on the base main body, and at least one grounding contact part of each grounding terminal is exposed out of the base main body, so that the connector with the terminal component can have more stable performance when high-frequency and high-speed transmission is carried out through the conductive plastic parts, the metal plates and other elements.

Optionally, at least one of the ground terminals can be in contact with one of the conductive plastic parts.

Optionally, at least one protrusion is disposed on an outer edge of the base main body, and at least partial regions of a signal relay portion of each signal terminal and a ground relay portion of each ground terminal can be located in the protrusion.

Optionally, a side surface of the base main body corresponding to the docking direction of the terminal assembly, and a side surface of the two conductive plastic parts corresponding to the docking direction of the terminal assembly, are all maintained at the same level.

Optionally, the base main body is adjacent to the other side surface of the base main body corresponding to the butt joint direction of the terminal assembly, and is provided with a first guide inclined surface.

Optionally, the conductive plastic part is adjacent to the other side surface of the conductive plastic part corresponding to the butt joint direction of the terminal assembly, and is provided with a second guide inclined surface.

Optionally, the surface of each of the outward protruding portions of the base main body is provided with at least one first base limiting portion protruding outward, the insulating body is provided with at least one first body limiting portion, and the first base limiting portion abuts against the corresponding first body limiting portion when the base main body is assembled to the insulating body.

Optionally, the base body includes two insulating members, the outer side of each insulating member is provided with the signal terminals and the ground terminals, and the inner side of each insulating member abuts against the corresponding conductive plastic part, so that each conductive plastic part is located between the insulating members.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a connector with both conductive plastic part and metal plate, which comprises an insulating body and a housing, wherein the insulating body is provided with a terminal assembly, and an assembly space is provided in the housing, and the assembly space can be used for positioning the insulating body.

Optionally, the insulating body is provided with a socket, and an accommodating space is arranged in the insulating body, the accommodating space is communicated with the socket and can be used for positioning the terminal assembly therein.

To make the understanding and understanding of the objects, technical features and functions of the present invention more clear, the embodiments of the present invention are shown in the drawings, and the following detailed descriptions are given:

drawings

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

fig. 2 is an exploded schematic view of the connector of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a perspective view of a terminal assembly of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a front exploded schematic view of a terminal assembly of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a rear exploded view of the terminal assembly of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic perspective view of the signal terminal of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic perspective view of the ground terminal of the present invention; and

fig. 8 is a partial cross-sectional view of the connector of the present invention.

In the above figures, the reference numerals have the following meanings in detail:

1-an insulating body;

10-a containment space;

11-a socket;

12-a first body limiting part;

13-a second body limiting part;

a 2-terminal assembly;

21-a base body;

210-a groove;

211-an insulator;

212-assembly of columns;

214-an external protrusion;

215-a first base limiting part;

216-a second base retention portion;

217-a first guide ramp;

22-a conductive plastic part;

221-contact block;

222-a second guide ramp;

23-a metal plate;

230-assembly holes;

24-signal terminals;

241-signal contact;

242-signal relay section;

243-signal weld;

25-a ground terminal;

251-a ground contact;

252-a ground relay;

253-ground weld;

3-a shell;

30-an assembly space; and

a C-connector.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical contents and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the embodiments of the present invention disclosed in the present invention are further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Those skilled in the art can appreciate the advantages and effects of the invention from the disclosure of the present disclosure, and that the invention may be practiced or carried out in other different embodiments, and that various modifications and changes may be made in the details of the present disclosure based on the different views and applications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure. It should be noted that the drawings of the present invention are merely schematic illustrations, and are not drawn to actual dimensions. Furthermore, the meaning of "a", "an", and "the" of the present invention includes plural reference unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In addition, the following embodiments will further explain the related art of the present invention in detail, but the disclosure is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

It will be understood that terms used herein generally have their ordinary meaning in the art, and in case of conflict, any definitions set forth herein will control. Since the same thing can be expressed in many ways, alternative words and synonyms can be used for any term discussed or recited herein, and there is no particular limitation on whether a term is set forth or discussed herein, and the use of one or more synonyms does not exclude other synonyms. The embodiments used anywhere in the specification of the present invention, including the use of any term, are illustrative only and do not limit the scope or meaning of the invention or any term in any way. Likewise, the invention is not limited to the various embodiments disclosed in the specification. Although the terms first, second, third and the like may be used herein to describe various elements, each element should not be limited by the foregoing terms, which are primarily used to distinguish one element from another, should not impose any substantial limitation on any element, and should not limit the order in which various elements are assembled or arranged in actual use. In addition, directional terms such as "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", and the like, which refer to the embodiments, are directions only referring to the drawings. Therefore, the directional terminology used is intended to be in the nature of words of description rather than of limitation. In addition, the term "or" as used herein should be taken to include any one or combination of more of the associated listed items as the case may be.

The utility model relates to a have connector and terminal subassembly structure of conductive plastic portion and metal sheet concurrently, in an embodiment, combine shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, this connector C can be for fixing to the board end connector type on the circuit board, nevertheless not so limit the utility model discloses in other embodiments, can adjust this connector C's type and outward appearance according to actual demand, as long as it has the terminal subassembly structure as explained later. In addition, in the embodiment, the connector C includes an insulating body 1, a terminal assembly 2 and a housing 3, and for convenience of description, the upper side of fig. 1 is taken as the top side direction of the component, the lower side of fig. 1 is taken as the bottom side direction of the component, the lower left of fig. 1 is taken as the left side direction of the component, the upper right of fig. 1 is taken as the right side direction of the component, the upper left of fig. 1 is taken as the rear side direction of the component, and the lower right of fig. 1 is taken as the front side direction of the component.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, a socket 11 is formed on the top side of the insulating body 1, an accommodating space 10 is formed therein, and the accommodating space 10 is communicated with the socket 11, so that the terminal assembly 2 can be located in the accommodating space 10, and thus when the connector C is mated with another connector, the terminal of the other connector can extend into the accommodating space 10 through the socket 11 and contact with various terminals on the terminal assembly 2. In addition, the housing 3 can be made of metal material, and an assembly space 30 is disposed therein, and the insulation body 1 can be accommodated in the assembly space 30, so as to achieve the effects of electromagnetic interference (EMI) prevention, grounding, insulation body 1 protection, and the like through the effect of the housing 3. In addition, in other embodiments of the present invention, the appearance of the housing 3 is not limited to the form depicted in fig. 1.

In addition, as shown in fig. 3, 4 and 5, in the embodiment, the terminal assembly 2 includes a base main body 21, two conductive plastic portions 22, a metal plate 23, a plurality of signal terminals 24 and a plurality of ground terminals 25, wherein the base main body 21 can be composed of two insulating members 211, and the insulating members 211 can be made of insulating material, and in other embodiments of the present invention, the base main body 21 can also be composed of one element or more than three elements, not limited to the form shown in fig. 4 and 5. In addition, each of the insulating members 211 has an outer side surface and an inner side surface opposite to each other, wherein when the terminal assembly 2 is assembled as a whole (as shown in fig. 3), one side of each of the insulating members 211 exposed outside is the outer side surface, and the other side opposite to the outer side surface is the inner side surface, for example, the insulating member 211 near the right position in fig. 4 is the same insulating member 211 near the left side in fig. 5, the insulating member 211 near the left position in fig. 4 is the same insulating member 211 near the right side in fig. 5, and the insulating member 211 near the right position in fig. 4 is the outer side surface thereof near the right-down direction, and the insulating member 211 near the left position is the inner side surface thereof near the right-down direction; in fig. 5, the side of the insulator 211 facing the lower right direction in the right position is the outer side surface thereof, and the side of the insulator 211 facing the lower right direction in the left position is the inner side surface thereof.

Referring to fig. 3, 4, and 5, the two conductive plastic parts 22 are located between the two insulating members 211, and the two conductive plastic parts 22 can be respectively attached to the inner side surfaces of the corresponding insulating members 211, in this embodiment, the insulating member 211 is provided with a plurality of grooves 210, the inner side surface of the conductive plastic part 22 facing the insulating member 211 is provided with a plurality of contact blocks 221, and when the conductive plastic part 22 and the insulating member 211 are combined into a whole, each contact block 221 can be inserted into and positioned in the corresponding groove 210 (but not limited thereto). In addition, the metal plate 23 is located between the two conductive plastic parts 22, and two side surfaces thereof can be respectively contacted with the corresponding conductive plastic parts 22. In this embodiment, the metal plate 23 is formed with a plurality of assembling holes 230, the inner side of each of the insulators 211 is respectively provided with at least one assembling pillar 212 in a protruding manner, and the assembling pillars 212 of different insulators 211 do not correspond to each other. In addition, after the insulating member 211 is assembled with the corresponding conductive plastic part 22, the assembling posts 212 are still exposed, and then the insulating member 211 and the conductive plastic part 22 thereon can be assembled to the metal plate 23 together, and each assembling post 212 can be inserted and positioned into the corresponding assembling hole 230, so that the insulating member 211, the conductive plastic part 22 and the metal plate 23 can be assembled into a whole.

As shown in fig. 1, 5 and 6, the signal terminals 24 can be disposed on the base main body 21, and the signal terminals 24 can include a signal contact portion 241, a signal relay portion 242 and a signal welding portion 243, wherein, when the connector C is connected to another connector, a portion of the signal terminal 24 that can be contacted with a terminal of another connector belongs to the signal contact portion 241; when the connector C is fixed to a circuit board or an electronic wire, the signal soldering portion 243 is a portion where the signal terminal 24 can be soldered to the circuit board or the electronic wire; the signal relay section 242 is defined by a region between the signal contact section 241 and the signal welding section 243. In addition, the signal terminals 24 can be disposed on the outer side of the insulating member 211, and at least the signal contact portion 241 thereof can be exposed to contact with the terminals (e.g., signal terminals) of another connector.

As shown in fig. 1, 5 and 7, the ground terminals 25 can be disposed on the base body 21, and the ground terminals 25 can include a ground contact portion 251, a ground relay portion 252 and a ground soldering portion 253, wherein, when the connector C is connected to another connector, a portion of the ground terminal 25 that can be contacted with a terminal of another connector belongs to the ground contact portion 251; when the connector C is fixed to a circuit board or an electronic wire, a portion of the ground terminal 25 that can be soldered to the circuit board or the electronic wire belongs to the ground soldering portion 253; the region between the ground contact portion 251 and the ground welding portion 253 belongs to the ground relay portion 252. In addition, the grounding terminals 25 can be disposed on the outer side of the insulating member 211, and at least the grounding contact portion 251 thereof can be exposed to contact with the terminal (e.g., grounding terminal) of another connector. In this embodiment, the ground terminals 25 and the signal terminals 24 can be arranged in different numbers mixed with each other without contacting each other. In addition, in this embodiment, the grounding contact portion 251 can contact the contact block 221 exposed out of the groove 210, in other words, the grounding contact portion 251 of the grounding terminal 25 can contact the conductive plastic portion 22, but not limited thereto, it should be noted that in other embodiments of the present invention, the grounding terminal 25 can also not directly contact the conductive plastic portion 22, or not contact the conductive plastic portion 22 at all.

Now, the manufacturing process of some embodiments of the present invention is described, and as shown in fig. 3, fig. 4, and fig. 5, the insulating member 211 can be manufactured by injection molding, in the foregoing process, the insulating member 211 can cover each of the signal terminals 24 and the ground terminal 25, in addition, the conductive plastic part 22 can also be fixed to the insulating member 211 by injection molding, and will not completely cover the assembly posts 212 on the insulating member 211, and then, the two insulating members 211 together with the conductive plastic part 22 thereon are combined with the metal plate 23, for example, each of the assembly posts 212 is tightly fitted (or referred to as interference fit) to the corresponding assembly hole 230, so as to form the terminal assembly 2 (as shown in fig. 3). However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and in other embodiments of the present invention, a connection structure can be disposed between the conductive plastic part 22 and the metal plate 23, so that the conductive plastic part 22 and the metal plate 23 can be assembled into a whole through the connection structure. In this way, the terminal assembly 2 has the structure of the conductive plastic part 22 and the metal plate 23, so that the signal terminals 24 of the connector C perform high frequency and high speed transmission more stably to meet the use requirements of users.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the outer edge of the base main body 21 is provided with at least one protruding portion 214, as shown in fig. 3, the protruding portion 214 can be located adjacent to the bottom surface of the base main body 21 and integrally formed with the base main body 21, but not limited thereto. At least a partial region of the signal relay section 242 of the signal terminal 24 and the ground relay section 252 of the ground terminal 25 can be located in the outer protrusion 214, and the outer protrusion 214 of the base body 21 can cover the partial signal relay section 242 and the partial ground relay section 252 by injection molding, for example, so that the signal terminal 24 and the ground terminal 25 can be fixed to the base body 21. In addition, as shown in fig. 3 and 8, the surface of the outward protruding portion 214 of the base main body 21 can be further provided with at least one first base limiting portion 215 protruding outward, the insulation body 1 is provided with at least one first body limiting portion 12, after the base main body 21 is assembled to the insulation body 1 from bottom to top, the first base limiting portion 215 can abut against the corresponding first body limiting portion 12, so that when the connector C is fixed to a circuit board, it can effectively prevent the terminal assembly 2 from being separated from the insulation body 1 from top due to pulling in the process of being connected with another connector in a butt-plugging manner.

As shown in fig. 3 and 8, at least one second base limiting portion 216 may be protruded from the surface of the protruded portion 214 of the base main body 21, and the second base limiting portion 216 and the first base limiting portion 215 are not at the same level, and for example, as shown in fig. 3, the height of the second base limiting portion 216 (i.e., the highest position of the second base limiting portion 216) is higher than the height of the first base limiting portion 215 (i.e., the highest position of the first base limiting portion 215). In addition, the insulating body 1 is provided with at least one second body limiting portion 13, when the terminal structure 2 is assembled to the insulating body 1 from bottom to top, the second base limiting portion 216 can be pressed to deform and cross over the second body limiting portion 13, and then the second base limiting portion 216 can be restored to the original shape and is located above the second body limiting portion 13 (as shown in fig. 8). Thereafter, when the insulation body 1 and the terminal assembly 2 are not fixed to the circuit board, the terminal assembly 2 can be prevented from separating from the insulation body 1 by the limit relationship between the second base limit portion 216 and the second body limit portion 13.

Further, as shown in fig. 3, in this embodiment, one side surface of the base main body 21 corresponding to the docking direction of the terminal assembly 2, and one side surfaces of the two conductive plastic parts 22 corresponding to the docking direction of the terminal assembly 2 can be maintained at the same level, and one side surface of the metal plate 23 corresponding to the docking direction of the terminal assembly 2 can be slightly lower than the aforementioned level. In addition, the aforementioned "mating direction" refers to the direction when the connector C and another connector are mated with each other, taking fig. 1 as an example, the mating direction is the upper direction of fig. 1, and in a preferred embodiment, a side surface of the metal plate 23 corresponding to the mating direction of the terminal assembly 2 does not exceed at least one side surface of the base main body 21 and the conductive plastic part 22 (as shown in fig. 8), so that the top surface of the terminal assembly 2 can have a substantially flat surface.

In addition, in order to improve the smoothness of the connector C and another connector during mating, as shown in fig. 3 and 8, the base body 21 can be provided with at least one first guiding bevel 217 adjacent to at least another side (e.g., front/rear side) corresponding to the mating direction of the terminal assembly 2, and the conductive plastic part 22 can be provided with a second guiding bevel 222 adjacent to at least another side (e.g., front/rear/left/right side) corresponding to the mating direction of the terminal assembly 2, so that the terminal assembly 2 can be easily inserted into another connector during actual use, so that the connector C and another connector can be electrically connected.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the claimed invention is not limited thereto, and equivalent changes that can be easily conceived by those skilled in the art according to the technical contents disclosed in the present invention should be included without departing from the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A terminal assembly having both a conductive plastic part and a metal plate, applied to a connector, comprising:

a base body made of an insulating material;

two conductive plastic parts in the base main body;

a metal plate, which is positioned between the two conductive plastic parts and is contacted with the two conductive plastic parts;

a plurality of signal terminals, which are arranged on the base main body, and at least one signal contact part of each signal terminal is exposed out of the base main body; and

a plurality of grounding terminals, which are arranged on the base main body, and at least one grounding contact part of each grounding terminal is exposed out of the base main body.

2. The terminal assembly of claim 1, wherein at least one of said ground terminals is capable of contacting one of said conductive plastic portions.

3. The terminal assembly of claim 1, wherein said base body has at least one protrusion formed on an outer edge thereof, and at least a partial region of a signal relay portion of each signal terminal and a ground relay portion of each ground terminal is located in said protrusion.

4. The terminal assembly of claim 1, wherein a side surface of said base main body corresponding to a mating direction of said terminal assembly and a side surface of said two conductive plastic portions corresponding to a mating direction of said terminal assembly are maintained at the same level.

5. The terminal assembly of claim 4, wherein said base body is provided with a first guiding ramp adjacent to the other side thereof corresponding to the mating direction of said terminal assembly.

6. The terminal assembly of claim 5, wherein said conductive plastic portion has a second guiding ramp adjacent to another side thereof corresponding to said mating direction of said terminal assembly.

7. The terminal assembly according to claim 3, wherein a surface of each of the outward protrusions of the base main body is provided with at least one first base limiting portion protruding outward, and when the base main body is assembled to an insulative housing of the connector, the first base limiting portion abuts against a corresponding first housing limiting portion of the insulative housing.

8. The terminal assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the base body includes two insulating members, an outer side surface of each insulating member is provided with the signal terminal and the ground terminal, and an inner side surface of each insulating member abuts against each corresponding conductive plastic portion, so that each conductive plastic portion is located between each insulating member.

9. A connector with a conductive plastic part and a metal plate is characterized by comprising:

an insulating body having a terminal assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 8 disposed thereon; and

a shell, in which an assembly space is set, said assembly space can be used for positioning said insulating self-body into it.

10. The connector of claim 9, wherein the housing defines a mating opening and an accommodating space therein, the accommodating space being in communication with the mating opening and being capable of accommodating the terminal assembly therein.

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