CN219591696U

CN219591696U - Battery connector

Info

Publication number: CN219591696U
Application number: CN202320266567.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 卫川
Original assignee: Hongrida Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Hongrida Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2023-02-21
Filing date: 2023-02-21
Publication date: 2023-08-25
Anticipated expiration: 2033-02-21

Abstract

The utility model discloses a battery connector, which comprises a female seat, wherein the female seat comprises a first plastic main body and a plurality of first metal terminals, the first plastic main body is provided with a plurality of first mounting grooves for accommodating the first metal terminals and forming plug grooves, the first metal terminals are of an integrated structure and comprise a bottom plate part and vertical plate parts which vertically extend upwards from two opposite sides of the bottom plate part, the vertical plate parts are provided with spring plate parts, and the free ends of the spring plate parts are provided with contact parts facing the first mounting grooves; the bottom of the first plastic main body is provided with a first positioning hole; the bottom plate portion is provided with a second positioning hole corresponding to the first positioning hole. The utility model lays a structural foundation for realizing the rapid positioning of the plastic main body and the metal terminal, lays a condition for realizing the automatic assembly of the plastic main body and the metal terminal, and indirectly improves the assembly efficiency of the connector.

Description

Battery connector

[ field of technology ]

The utility model belongs to the technical field of connectors, and particularly relates to a battery connector.

[ background Art ]

The Battery connector (Battery connector) is an indispensable electrical connection component in electronic products, such as Battery connection in portable electronic devices, such as mobile phones or PADs (tablet computers). The Battery connector generally comprises a female socket and a male socket which are combined together, wherein the female socket is generally positioned on the electronic equipment and comprises a plastic base and a female socket conductive terminal which is wrapped in the plastic base; the male seat is inserted into the female seat and also comprises a plastic base and a male seat conductive terminal fixed in the plastic base.

For the battery connector, the plastic base and the conductive terminal are assembled together in an assembly mode, and at present, the conductive terminal is difficult to be effectively and rapidly accurately positioned with the plastic base, so that the assembly of the conductive terminal and the plastic base adopts manual operation, and high-efficiency automatic assembly is difficult to realize. In a socket and plug combination of a battery connector disclosed in the patent publication No. TWM372562U in the prior art, in a female socket of the battery connector, each conductive terminal is provided with a vertical plate portion, the vertical plate portion needs to be precisely inserted into a terminal channel of a plastic base and further needs to be inserted into a clamping groove used for limiting in the channel, the vertical plate portion is of a sheet structure, the width of the clamping groove in the terminal channel of the plastic base is narrower, and if the vertical plate portion needs to be precisely inserted into the clamping groove, precise limiting is required to be performed on the relative positions of the conductive terminal and the plastic base, but in the battery connector, a positioning structure when the conductive terminal and the plastic base are assembled is designed, so that the connector is difficult to realize automatic operation in assembly, and the assembly efficiency is low.

Accordingly, there is a need to provide a new battery connector to solve the above-mentioned technical problems.

[ utility model ]

The utility model mainly aims to provide a battery connector which lays a structural foundation for realizing the rapid positioning of a plastic main body and a metal terminal, lays a condition for realizing the automatic assembly of the plastic main body and the metal terminal, and indirectly improves the assembly efficiency of the connector.

The utility model realizes the aim through the following technical scheme: the battery connector comprises a female seat, wherein the female seat comprises a first plastic main body and a plurality of first metal terminals, the first plastic main body is provided with a plurality of first mounting grooves for accommodating the first metal terminals and forming plug grooves, the first metal terminals are of an integrated structure and comprise a bottom plate part and vertical plate parts which vertically extend upwards from two opposite sides of the bottom plate part, the vertical plate parts are provided with spring plate parts, and the free ends of the spring plate parts are provided with contact parts facing the first mounting grooves; the bottom of the first plastic main body is provided with a first positioning hole; the bottom plate portion is provided with a second positioning hole corresponding to the first positioning hole.

Further, the first mounting groove is provided with a first opening and a second opening which are continuous, the first opening is distributed on the upper surface of the first plastic main body, and the second opening is distributed on the front side surface of the first plastic main body.

Further, the contact part is in a round bump structure; the bottom of the bottom plate part forms a welding surface welded with the PCB.

Further, a limit clamping groove for limiting the positions of the vertical plate part in the front-back direction and the left-right direction is formed in the first mounting groove.

Furthermore, the two side contour edges of the vertical plate part are provided with first barb parts which interfere with the inner wall of the limit clamping groove to realize backstop.

Further, a first blocking portion for limiting the insertion depth of the first metal terminal into the first mounting groove is formed at the bottom of the first plastic main body, and a blocking acting surface for blocking the bottom plate portion is formed at the bottom of the first blocking portion; the first positioning hole is formed in the bottom of the first blocking portion.

Further, the front and rear edges of the bottom plate portion are provided with first stopper portions extending horizontally outward.

Further, the plastic rubber belt comprises a first grounding piece, wherein the left end and the right end of the first plastic rubber main body are provided with second mounting grooves, the first grounding piece is inserted into the second mounting grooves, and the contour edge of the first grounding piece is provided with second barb parts which interfere with the inner wall surfaces of the second mounting grooves to realize backstop; the bottom of the first grounding piece is provided with a first connecting part which is inserted into a corresponding hole groove on the PCB.

Further, the connector also comprises a male head, wherein the male head comprises a second plastic main body, a plurality of second metal terminals which are assembled on the second plastic main body and correspond to the first mounting groove in position, and second grounding pieces assembled at two ends of the second plastic main body; and a plurality of third mounting grooves for accommodating the second metal terminals are formed in the second plastic main body.

Further, the second metal terminal is of an integral structure and comprises a sheet body part, the sheet body part is of a flat sheet structure, and two side standing surfaces of the sheet body part form an electric connection working surface which is in contact with the contact part to realize electric connection; the contour edges of the two sides of the sheet body part are provided with third barb parts which interfere with the inner wall surface of the third mounting groove to realize backstop; the two side contour edges of the sheet body part horizontally extend outwards to form a second stop part, and the bottom of the second plastic body is provided with a second stop part matched with the second stop part to realize assembly stop; and a welding surface welded with the PCB is formed on the lower surface of the second stop part.

Compared with the prior art, the battery connector has the beneficial effects that: in the female seat, the metal terminal is provided with a bottom plate part through structural design, a first positioning hole is formed in the bottom plate part, and a second positioning hole matched with the first positioning hole is formed in the bottom of the first plastic main body in a matched manner, so that when the metal terminal is assembled with the first plastic main body, the relative positions of the metal terminal and the first plastic main body can be quickly positioned through the first positioning hole and the second positioning hole, the problem of difficult positioning of the relative positions of the metal terminal and the second plastic main body is solved, a precondition is provided for realizing automatic assembly of the metal terminal and the second plastic main body, and the assembly efficiency of the female seat is indirectly improved; the metal terminals in the female seat are oppositely provided with contact parts on two sides, so that the contact reliability with the metal terminals in the male head is improved; the grounding piece is arranged in the female seat and the male head, the female seat/male head is fixed by the grounding piece, and the female seat/male head is firmer and more reliable than the plastic piece in buckle fixing, so that the fixing strength is improved, and the service life is prolonged.

[ description of the drawings ]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an assembled structure of an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an exploded structure of an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an explosion structure of a female socket according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 4 is a schematic bottom view of a first plastic body according to an embodiment of the utility model;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a first metal terminal according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an explosion structure of a male in an embodiment of the present utility model;

the figures represent the numbers:

a 100-battery connector;

1-a female base, 11-a first plastic body, 111-a first mounting groove, 1111-a first opening, 1112-a second opening, 112-a limit clamping groove, 113-a first blocking portion, 114-a first positioning hole, 115-a second mounting groove, 12-a first metal terminal, 121-a bottom plate portion, 1211-a second positioning hole, 122-a riser portion, 1221-a first barb portion, 123-a spring plate portion, 124-a contact portion, 125-a first stop portion, 13-a first grounding piece, 131-a second barb portion, 132-a first connection portion;

2-male, 21-second plastic body, 211-third mounting groove, 212-second blocking portion, 213-fourth mounting groove, 22-second metal terminal, 221-sheet body portion, 222-third barb portion, 223-second stop portion, 23-second grounding piece, 231-fourth barb portion, 232-second connecting portion.

[ detailed description ] of the utility model

Embodiment one:

referring to fig. 1-6, the present embodiment is a battery connector 100, which includes a female housing 1 and a male housing 2.

The female socket 1 comprises a first plastic body 11, a plurality of first metal terminals 12 assembled on the first plastic body 11, and first grounding plates 13 assembled at two ends of the first plastic body 11.

The first plastic body 11 is provided with a plurality of first mounting grooves 111 for mounting the first metal terminals 12 and forming inserting grooves for inserting the male heads 2, each first mounting groove 111 is internally provided with one first metal terminal 12, each first mounting groove 111 is provided with a continuous first opening 1111 and a continuous second opening 1112, the first openings 1111 are distributed on the upper surface of the first plastic body 11, and the second openings 1112 are distributed on the front side surface of the first plastic body 11. Because the battery mounting groove of the notebook computer basically conforms to the size profile modeling of the battery module, when the battery module is mounted in the battery mounting groove, the battery module needs to be inserted obliquely first, and then the battery module is in a horizontal lying state after being completely dropped into the battery mounting groove, then a metal terminal on the side surface of the battery module is inserted into the first mounting groove 111 in the female seat 1 in a horizontal state, and when the battery module is in an inclined state, a part of the terminal of the battery module needs to be stretched into the first mounting groove 111 and then gradually rotated to the horizontal state, so that in order to meet the above-mentioned plugging requirement, the male head 2 can be plugged into the female seat 1 in a larger angle range through the structural design of the first opening 1111 and the second opening 1112 of the first mounting groove 111, so that the male head 2 can be obliquely inserted into the battery mounting groove of the notebook computer.

The first metal terminal 12 is of an integral structure and includes a bottom plate portion 121 and a vertical plate portion 122 extending vertically upward from opposite sides of the bottom plate portion 121, a spring piece portion 123 extending horizontally is provided on the vertical plate portion 122, and a contact portion 124 facing the first mounting groove 111 is provided at a free end of the spring piece portion 123. The contact portion 124 has a rounded bump structure. The bottom of the bottom plate portion 121 forms a soldering surface to be soldered to the PCB board. The contact portion 124 makes electrical connection by making contact with a terminal in the male 2.

A pair of stopper grooves 112 that define the positions of the vertical plate 122 in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction are provided in the first mounting groove 111. The vertical plate parts 122 on the left side and the right side of the first metal terminal 12 are clamped and fixed through the limiting clamping grooves 112, so that the supporting strength of the vertical plate parts 122 is improved, and reliable supporting and fixing functions are provided for the root parts of the elastic sheet parts 123. The two side contour edges of the vertical plate 122 are provided with first barb portions 1221 interfering with the inner wall of the limit clamping groove 112 to realize stopping.

The first plastic body 11 has a first blocking portion 113 formed at the bottom thereof to limit the insertion depth of the first metal terminal 12 into the first mounting groove 111, and the bottom of the first blocking portion 113 forms a blocking surface for blocking the bottom plate portion 121. The first blocking portion 113 is located between the two limiting clamping grooves 112. In this embodiment, the bottom of the first mounting groove 111 is of a through groove structure, and the first blocking portion 113 is divided into two parts, so that a sufficient space is provided for assembling and inserting the vertical plate portion 122 and the elastic piece portion 123 by the design of the through groove structure, thereby eliminating the obstruction of assembling the first metal terminal 12 and the first plastic body 11, and improving the assembling efficiency and the assembling reliability of the first metal terminal 12. In other embodiments, the first blocking portion 113 may be designed as an integral blocking surface, and the bottom of the first mounting groove 111 is designed as a through groove structure only at the two positions of the limiting clamping groove 112, so as to allow the vertical plate portion 112 and the elastic piece portion 123 to be inserted.

In order to further increase the fitting insertion depth of the first plastic body 11 and the first metal terminal 12, the front and rear edges of the bottom plate portion 121 are provided with first stoppers 125 extending horizontally outwardly. Ensuring that all the welding surfaces of the bottom plate portion 121 remain in the same horizontal plane.

In order to improve the assembly efficiency of the first metal terminal 12 and the first plastic body 11, a first positioning hole 114 is formed at the bottom of the first plastic body 11 in the embodiment. The first positioning hole 114 is provided at the bottom of the first blocking portion 113. The bottom plate portion 121 is provided with second positioning holes 1211 corresponding to the first positioning holes 114. When the first metal terminal 12 is assembled with the first plastic main body 11, the positioning posts are inserted into the first positioning holes 114 and the second positioning holes 1211 to realize accurate alignment of the two positioning holes, and then the first metal terminal 12 is pushed into the first mounting groove 111 along the positioning posts to realize assembly, so that structural conditions are provided for realizing automatic assembly.

In this embodiment, the left and right ends of the first plastic body 11 are provided with the second mounting grooves 115, the first grounding piece 13 is inserted into the second mounting grooves 115, and the contour edge of the first grounding piece 13 is provided with the second barb portion 131 interfering with the inner wall surface of the second mounting groove 115 to realize stopping. The bottom of the first ground plate 13 is formed with a first connection portion 132 inserted into a corresponding hole groove on the PCB board. The first plastic main body 11 is fixed through the first grounding piece 13, so that the fixing strength and the service life are improved compared with the fixing of the plastic part in a buckle manner.

The male 2 includes a second plastic body 21, a plurality of second metal terminals 22 mounted on the second plastic body 11 and corresponding to the first mounting grooves 111, and second grounding plates 23 mounted at both ends of the second plastic body 21. A plurality of third mounting grooves 211 for mounting the second metal terminals 22 are formed in the second plastic body 21, and one second metal terminal 22 is mounted in each third mounting groove 211.

The second metal terminal 22 is of an integral structure and includes a sheet portion 221, the sheet portion 221 being of a flat sheet structure, and both side standing surfaces thereof forming an electrical connection working surface for making contact with the contact portion 124 to achieve electrical connection. The both side contour edges of the sheet body portion 221 are provided with third barb portions 222 interfering with the inner wall surface of the third mounting groove 211 to achieve backstop. The two side contour edges of the sheet body 221 extend horizontally and outwards to form a second stop portion 223, and the bottom of the second plastic body 21 is formed with a second stop portion 212 which cooperates with the second stop portion 223 to realize an assembly stop. The lower surface of the second stopper 223 is formed with a soldering surface to be soldered with the PCB.

The second plastic body 21 has fourth mounting grooves 213 at both left and right ends, the second grounding plate 23 is inserted into the fourth mounting grooves 213, and the contour edge of the second grounding plate 23 is provided with fourth barb portions 231 interfering with the inner wall surface of the fourth mounting grooves 213 to realize stopping. The bottom of the second grounding plate 23 is formed with a second connection portion 232 inserted into a corresponding hole groove on the PCB board. The second plastic main body 21 is fixed through the second grounding piece 23, so that the fixing strength and the service life are improved compared with the fact that the plastic parts are fixed in a buckling manner more firmly and reliably.

When the female socket 1 and the male terminal 2 are plugged together, the second metal terminal 22 is inserted into the first mounting groove 111, and is electrically connected to the contact portion 124 of the first metal terminal 12 by the sheet portion 221.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and improvements can be made without departing from the spirit of the utility model.

Claims

1. A battery connector, characterized in that: the socket comprises a socket body, wherein the socket body comprises a first plastic main body and a plurality of first metal terminals, the first plastic main body is provided with a plurality of first mounting grooves which are used for accommodating the first metal terminals and form plug grooves, the first metal terminals are of an integrated structure and comprise a bottom plate part and vertical plate parts which vertically extend upwards from two opposite sides of the bottom plate part, the vertical plate parts are provided with elastic sheet parts, and the free ends of the elastic sheet parts are provided with contact parts which face the first mounting grooves; the bottom of the first plastic main body is provided with a first positioning hole; the bottom plate portion is provided with a second positioning hole corresponding to the first positioning hole.

2. The battery connector of claim 1, wherein: the first mounting groove is provided with a first opening and a second opening which are continuous, the first opening is distributed on the upper surface of the first plastic main body, and the second opening is distributed on the front side surface of the first plastic main body.

3. The battery connector of claim 1, wherein: the contact part is in a round bump structure; the bottom of the bottom plate part forms a welding surface welded with the PCB.

4. The battery connector of claim 1, wherein: and a limiting clamping groove for limiting the positions of the vertical plate part in the front-back direction and the left-right direction is formed in the first mounting groove.

5. The battery connector of claim 4, wherein: the edges of the profile on two sides of the vertical plate part are provided with first barb parts which interfere with the inner wall of the limiting clamping groove to realize backstop.

6. The battery connector of claim 1, wherein: a first blocking part for limiting the insertion depth of the first metal terminal into the first mounting groove is formed at the bottom of the first plastic main body, and a blocking acting surface for blocking the bottom plate part is formed at the bottom of the first blocking part; the first positioning hole is formed in the bottom of the first blocking portion.

7. The battery connector of claim 1 or 6, wherein: the front and rear edges of the bottom plate portion are provided with first stopper portions extending horizontally outward.

8. The battery connector of claim 1, wherein: the plastic body is characterized by further comprising a first grounding piece, wherein the left end and the right end of the first plastic body are provided with second mounting grooves, the first grounding piece is inserted into the second mounting grooves, and the contour edge of the first grounding piece is provided with a second barb part which is interfered with the inner wall surface of the second mounting grooves to realize stopping; the bottom of the first grounding piece is provided with a first connecting part which is inserted into a corresponding hole groove on the PCB.

9. The battery connector of claim 1, wherein: the male head comprises a second plastic main body, a plurality of second metal terminals which are assembled on the second plastic main body and correspond to the first mounting groove in position, and second grounding pieces assembled at two ends of the second plastic main body; and a plurality of third mounting grooves for accommodating the second metal terminals are formed in the second plastic main body.

10. The battery connector of claim 9, wherein: the second metal terminal is of an integrated structure and comprises a sheet body part, the sheet body part is of a flat sheet structure, and two side standing surfaces of the sheet body part form an electric connection working surface which is in contact with the contact part to realize electric connection; the contour edges of the two sides of the sheet body part are provided with third barb parts which interfere with the inner wall surface of the third mounting groove to realize backstop; the two side contour edges of the sheet body part horizontally extend outwards to form a second stop part, and the bottom of the second plastic body is provided with a second stop part matched with the second stop part to realize assembly stop; and a welding surface welded with the PCB is formed on the lower surface of the second stop part.