CN219717305U

CN219717305U - Electric connector

Info

Publication number: CN219717305U
Application number: CN202320948910.7U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 施汝峰; 杨福友; 何文
Original assignee: Foxconn Kunshan Computer Connector Co Ltd; Foxconn Interconnect Technology Ltd
Current assignee: Foxconn Kunshan Computer Connector Co Ltd; Foxconn Interconnect Technology Ltd
Priority date: 2023-04-24
Filing date: 2023-04-24
Publication date: 2023-09-19
Anticipated expiration: 2033-04-24

Abstract

The utility model provides an electric connector, including insulator and integrated into one piece in a plurality of conductive terminals of insulator, insulator includes the base and extends the tongue board that forms forward from the base, the tongue board is equipped with two butt joint faces that are relative from top to bottom, connect the preceding terminal surface and the two side of two butt joint faces, conductive terminal includes upper and lower row conductive terminal, upper and lower row conductive terminal is including the upper and lower earthing terminal that is located the outermost respectively, upper and lower power terminal and the upper and lower signal terminal that is located upper and lower power terminal inboard, upper earthing terminal and lower earthing terminal have the contact portion that exposes in two butt joint faces respectively, extend the welding part of base and connect contact portion and welding part's fixing part in insulator, upper earthing terminal and lower earthing terminal's lateral direction outside is the buckle arm that is formed in vertical setting that exposes to the side in upper and lower direction respectively, the buckle arm extends from the earthing terminal of two rows conductive terminal forms, simple structure, low in manufacturing cost.

Description

Electric connector

[ field of technology ]

The present utility model relates to an electrical connector, and more particularly, to an electrical connector capable of being inserted in a forward direction and a reverse direction.

[ background Art ]

The existing USB Type-C connector includes an insulating body, an upper row of conductive terminals, a lower row of conductive terminals, and a middle shielding member located at two ends between the two rows of conductive terminals for locking the butt-joint connector, however, the three-layer structure of the upper row of conductive terminals, the lower row of conductive terminals and the middle shielding member has complex structure, needs multiple injection molding, and has high manufacturing cost, and the three-layer structure easily causes tolerance accumulation, has poor structural stability, and reduces the reliability of the product.

Accordingly, there is a need for an improvement over existing electrical connectors to address the above-described issues.

[ utility model ]

The utility model aims to provide an electric connector with simple structure, which has the advantages of less assembled parts, high structural strength and low manufacturing cost.

The aim of the utility model is achieved by the following technical scheme: the utility model provides an electric connector, includes insulator and integrated into one piece in the insulator's a plurality of conductive terminals that are made by the blanking of same panel, insulator includes the base and follows the base extends the tongue board that forms forward, the tongue board is equipped with two butt joint faces that are relative from top to bottom, connects two the preceding terminal surface and two sides of butt joint face, conductive terminal includes row's conductive terminal and lower conductive terminal, row's conductive terminal includes the last earthing terminal that is located the outside, the last power terminal that is located the inboard of last earthing terminal and the last signal terminal that is located the inboard of last power terminal, lower conductive terminal includes the lower earthing terminal that is located the outside, the lower power terminal that is located the inboard of lower earthing terminal and the lower signal terminal that is located the inboard of lower power terminal, go up earthing terminal and lower earthing terminal have respectively and expose to the contact portion of two butt joint faces, extend the welding portion of base and the connection contact portion and the fixing portion in insulator of welding portion, upward earthing terminal and lower earthing terminal's the outside is located the vertical direction of buckling of upper and lower earthing terminal respectively in the vertical direction of upper side that is formed to be exposed to an organic whole.

Further, the upper conductive terminals include one upper ground terminal, one upper power terminal and one upper signal terminal arranged from left to right in the transverse direction, the lower conductive terminals include one lower ground terminal, one lower power terminal and one lower signal terminal arranged from right to left in the transverse direction, and contact parts of the upper conductive terminals and the lower conductive terminals are reversely and symmetrically arranged.

Further, the latch arm of the upper grounding terminal comprises a connecting portion formed by bending and extending downwards from the outer side of the transverse direction of the fixing portion and a vertically arranged latch portion formed by extending forwards from the connecting portion and exposed on the side face of the tongue plate, and the latch arm of the lower grounding terminal comprises a connecting portion formed by bending and extending upwards from the outer side of the transverse direction of the fixing portion and a vertically arranged latch portion formed by extending forwards from the connecting portion and exposed on the side face of the tongue plate.

Further, the latch arm further includes a vertically disposed embedded portion extending from the latch portion to be embedded in the front end surface of the tongue plate, and at least one of an upper side or a lower side of the embedded portion is provided with a groove.

Further, the tongue plate comprises a tongue portion, a thickened portion connecting the base and the tongue portion, the connecting portion is buried in the thickened portion, and the locking portion is connected with the fixing portion and disconnected from the contact portion.

Further, the electrical connector is formed by injection molding the insulating body onto the conductive terminal at one time.

Further, the butt joint surface of the lower side of the tongue plate is provided with a first pressing hole for respectively pressing the upper grounding terminal, the upper power terminal and the upper signal terminal to form the insulating body, and the butt joint surface of the upper side of the tongue plate is provided with a second pressing hole for respectively pressing the lower grounding terminal, the lower power terminal and the lower signal terminal to form the insulating body.

Further, the holding portion of the upper conductive terminal includes a first horizontal portion and a first vertical portion formed by bending and extending downwards from the first horizontal portion, the holding portion of the lower conductive terminal includes a second horizontal portion and a second vertical portion formed by bending and extending downwards from the second horizontal portion, and the height of the first vertical portion is greater than that of the second vertical portion.

Further, the electric connector further comprises a metal shell sleeved outside the insulating body, and the metal shell is fixedly arranged on the base in a surrounding mode and forms an inserting cavity with the tongue plate.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following beneficial effects: the upper and lower rows of conductive terminals are made by punching and blanking of the same plate, the outer sides of the upper grounding terminal and the lower grounding terminal in the upper and lower rows of conductive terminals are respectively bent integrally in the upper and lower directions to form locking arms which are exposed to the vertical arrangement of the side faces, the locking arms are used for locking the butt joint connector, and the electric connector is simple in structure and low in manufacturing cost.

[ description of the drawings ]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an electrical connector of the present utility model.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of fig. 1 with the metal shell removed.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the other view of fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the electrical connector of the present utility model.

Fig. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the other view of fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a conductive terminal of the electrical connector of the present utility model.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the other view of fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of fig. 1.

[ detailed description ] of the utility model

Referring to fig. 1 to 8, the present utility model discloses an electrical connector 100, wherein the electrical connector 100 is mounted on a circuit board (not shown), and the electrical connector 100 is preferably a USB Type C receptacle connector for inserting a mating connector (not shown) in both the forward and reverse directions. The electrical connector 100 comprises an insulating body 1, a plurality of conductive terminals 2 injection molded on the insulating body 1, and a metal housing 3 sleeved outside the insulating body 1.

The insulating body 1 includes a base 11 and a tongue plate 12 extending forward from the base 11, and the metal housing 3 is fixed around the base 11 and forms a socket 301 with the tongue plate 12 for inserting and mating a mating connector (not shown). The tongue plate 12 is provided with two butt joint surfaces 121 and 122 which are opposite to each other up and down, and a front end surface 123 and two side surfaces 124 which connect the two butt joint surfaces. The plurality of conductive terminals 2 are made of the same plate material by punching and blanking, and in the utility model, the plurality of conductive terminals 2 are made of the plate material by punching and blanking copper. The conductive terminals 2 include an upper conductive terminal 201 and a lower conductive terminal 202, and the upper conductive terminal 201 and the lower conductive terminal 202 include a contact portion 21 exposed to the two abutting surfaces 121 and 122, a soldering portion 23 extending out of the base 11, and a holding portion 22 connecting the contact portion 21 and the soldering portion 23. The welding parts 23 of the conductive terminals 2 are connected to the same material tape (not shown), and the upper conductive terminals 201 and the lower conductive terminals 202 are formed by bending different heights.

The upper conductive terminals 201 include an upper ground terminal 2011 located at the outermost side, an upper power terminal 2012 located at the inner side of the upper ground terminal 2011, and an upper signal terminal 2013 located at the inner side of the upper power terminal 2012, and the lower conductive terminals 202 include a lower ground terminal 2021 located at the outermost side, a lower power terminal 2022 located at the inner side of the lower ground terminal 2021, and a lower signal terminal 2023 located at the inner side of the lower power terminal 2022. The outer sides of the upper ground terminal 2011 and the lower ground terminal 2021 in the lateral direction are respectively bent integrally in the vertical direction to form vertically disposed latch arms 203, and the latch arms 203 are exposed to the two side surfaces 124 of the tongue plate 12 to latch the mating connector (not shown).

In the present utility model, the upper conductive terminals 201 include one upper ground terminal 2011, one upper power terminal 2012 and one upper signal terminal 2013 arranged from left to right in the lateral direction, the lower conductive terminals 202 include one lower ground terminal 2021, one lower power terminal 2022 and one lower signal terminal 2023 arranged from left to right in the lateral direction, and the upper conductive terminals 201 and the lower conductive terminals 202 are arranged in opposite symmetry. The electrical connector 100 of the present utility model is used to satisfy the charging function of a device (not shown), and has low manufacturing cost.

The welding parts 23 of the upper row of conductive terminals 201 and the lower row of conductive terminals 202 are connected to the same material belt (not shown), and the upper row of conductive terminals 201 and the lower row of conductive terminals 202 are formed by bending a plurality of conductive terminals 2 at different heights. Specifically, the holding portion 22 of the upper conductive terminal 201 includes a first horizontal portion 221 and a first upright portion 222 formed by bending downward from the first horizontal portion 221, the holding portion 22 of the lower conductive terminal 202 includes a second horizontal portion 223 and a second upright portion 224 formed by bending downward from the second horizontal portion 223, and the height of the first upright portion 222 is greater than that of the second upright portion 224, so that the first horizontal portion 221 and the second horizontal portion 223 are arranged in two rows, i.e. the upright portions with different heights are formed by bending, so that the conductive terminals 2 connected to the same material strip form two rows. The first upright portion 222 and the second upright portion 224 are disposed in the same upright plane, and it should be noted that the upright described herein does not refer to a vertical, but only extends in the vertical direction, i.e., may have a certain inclination.

In the present utility model, the electrical connector 100 is formed by injection molding the insulating body 1 onto the conductive terminals 2 composed of the upper conductive terminals 201 and the lower conductive terminals 202, the mating surface 122 at the lower side of the tongue plate 12 is respectively provided with a first pressing hole 1221 for pressing the upper grounding terminal 2011, the upper power terminal 2012 and the upper signal terminal 2013, the mating surface 121 at the upper side of the tongue plate 12 is respectively provided with a second pressing hole 1211 for pressing the lower grounding terminal 2021, the lower power terminal 2022 and the lower signal terminal 2023, and the upper conductive terminals and the lower conductive terminals are respectively pressed by a mold insert (not shown) through the first two pressing holes, so that the insulating body 1 is injection molded onto the conductive terminals 2 at one time.

The latch arm 203 of the upper ground terminal 2011 includes a connecting portion 2031 formed by bending downward from the outer side of the lateral direction of the holding portion 22 and a vertically disposed front convex back concave latch portion 2032 formed by extending forward from the connecting portion 2031 and exposed to the side surface 124 of the tongue plate 12, and the latch arm 203 of the lower ground terminal 2021 includes a connecting portion 2031 formed by bending upward from the outer side of the lateral direction of the holding portion 22 and a vertically disposed front convex back concave latch portion 2032 formed by extending forward from the connecting portion 2031 and exposed to the side surface 124 of the tongue plate 12. The tongue plate 12 includes a tongue 1201 and a thickened portion 1202 connecting the base 11 and the tongue 1201, the connecting portion 2031 is embedded in the thickened portion 1202, and the locking portion 2032 is connected to the holding portion 22 and disconnected from the contact portion 21. That is, the latch portion 2032 is connected to the fixed portion 22 only by the connection portion 2031, so that the latch portion 2032 is separated from the contact portion 21 in the up-down direction. In the present utility model, the latch portion 2032 is preferably provided separately from the contact portion 21, which makes it difficult for the insulating material of the insulating body 1 to overflow to the surface of the contact portion 21 when the insulating body 1 is injection-molded to the conductive terminal 2. If the latch portion 2032 is connected to the contact portion 21, the insulating material overflows to the surface of the contact portion 21 along the connection. The latch arm 203 further includes an embedded portion 2033 extending from the latch portion 2032 and embedded in the front end surface 120 of the tongue plate 12, preferably, a groove 2034 is provided on the upper side and the lower side of the embedded portion 2033, and the groove 2034 is configured to ensure the combination of the embedded portion 2033 and the tongue plate 12, so as to prevent the latch portion 2032 from being separated from the tongue plate 12 and affecting the latch with the mating connector (not shown). Of course, the embedded portion 2033 may be provided with the recess 2034 only on the upper side or the lower side.

The foregoing is only some, but not all, embodiments of the present utility model, and any equivalent modifications of the technical solution of the present utility model will be covered by the claims of the present utility model by a person of ordinary skill in the art from reading the present specification.

Claims

1. The utility model provides an electric connector, includes insulator and integrated into one piece in the insulator's a plurality of conductive terminals that are made by the blanking of same kind panel, insulator includes the base and follows the base extends the tongue board that forms forward, the tongue board is equipped with two butt joint faces that are relative from top to bottom, connects two the preceding terminal surface and two sides of butt joint face, conductive terminal includes row conductive terminal and lower conductive terminal, row conductive terminal includes the last earthing terminal that is located the outside, the last power terminal that is located the inboard of last earthing terminal and the last signal terminal that is located the inboard of last power terminal, lower conductive terminal includes the lower earthing terminal that is located the outside, the lower power terminal that is located the inboard of lower earthing terminal and the lower signal terminal that is located the inboard of lower power terminal, go up earthing terminal and lower earthing terminal have respectively and expose to the contact portion of two butt joint faces, extend the welding portion of base and the connection contact portion and the fixed part of welding portion in insulator's the holder, its characterized in that: the outer sides of the upper grounding terminal and the lower grounding terminal in the transverse direction are respectively bent integrally in the up-down direction to form locking arms which are exposed to the side surfaces and are arranged vertically.

2. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein: the upper row of conductive terminals comprises an upper grounding terminal, an upper power terminal and an upper signal terminal which are arranged from left to right in the transverse direction, the lower row of conductive terminals comprises a lower grounding terminal, a lower power terminal and a lower signal terminal which are arranged from right to left in the transverse direction, and the contact parts of the upper row of conductive terminals and the lower row of conductive terminals are arranged in an opposite symmetry mode.

3. The electrical connector of claim 2, wherein: the latch arm of the upper grounding terminal comprises a connecting part formed by bending and extending downwards from the outer side of the transverse direction of the fixing part and a vertically arranged latch part formed by extending forwards from the connecting part and exposed on the side surface of the tongue plate, and the latch arm of the lower grounding terminal comprises a connecting part formed by bending and extending upwards from the outer side of the transverse direction of the fixing part and a vertically arranged latch part formed by extending forwards from the connecting part and exposed on the side surface of the tongue plate.

4. The electrical connector of claim 3, wherein: the latch arm further includes a vertically arranged embedded portion extending from the latch portion to be embedded in the front end face of the tongue plate, and at least one of an upper side or a lower side of the embedded portion is provided with a groove.

5. The electrical connector of claim 3, wherein: the tongue plate comprises a tongue part, a connecting base and a thickened part of the tongue part, wherein the connecting part is buried in the thickened part, and the locking part is connected with the fixing part and disconnected with the contact part.

6. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein: the electric connector is formed by one-time injection molding of the insulating body on the conductive terminal.

7. The electrical connector of claim 6, wherein: the butt joint surface of the upper side of the tongue plate is provided with a first pressing hole for respectively pressing the upper grounding terminal, the upper power terminal and the upper signal terminal to form the insulating body, and the butt joint surface of the upper side of the tongue plate is provided with a second pressing hole for respectively pressing the lower grounding terminal, the lower power terminal and the lower signal terminal to form the insulating body.

8. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein: the upper row of conductive terminals comprises a first horizontal part and a first vertical part formed by bending and extending downwards from the first horizontal part, the lower row of conductive terminals comprises a second horizontal part and a second vertical part formed by bending and extending downwards from the second horizontal part, and the height of the first vertical part is larger than that of the second vertical part.

9. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein: the electric connector also comprises a metal shell sleeved outside the insulating body, and the metal shell is annularly fixed on the base and forms an inserting cavity with the tongue plate.