CN220873890U

CN220873890U - Electric connector

Info

Publication number: CN220873890U
Application number: CN202322407378.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张勇刚; 杨琇棉; 蔡勋钦
Original assignee: Alltop Electronics Suzhou Co Ltd
Current assignee: Alltop Electronics Suzhou Co Ltd
Priority date: 2023-09-05
Filing date: 2023-09-05
Publication date: 2024-04-30
Anticipated expiration: 2033-09-05

Abstract

The utility model provides an electric connector, which comprises an insulating body and a conductive terminal fixed in the insulating body, wherein the insulating body comprises a top wall, a bottom wall and a pair of side walls, the bottom wall is oppositely arranged with the top wall in the height direction, the side walls are connected with the top wall and the bottom wall to form a butt joint cavity with at least three sides being closed, the butt joint part of the conductive terminal is exposed in the butt joint cavity, and a locking groove which is communicated with the butt joint cavity and is used for locking with the butt joint connector is concavely arranged on the inner wall surface of the side wall. The electric connector is stable in structure and has stronger anti-damage force.

Description

Electric connector

Technical Field

The present utility model relates to an electrical connector, and more particularly, to a structural electrical connector.

Background

The conventional electrical connector includes a first connector and a second connector that are abutted to each other, wherein the first connector includes an insulating body, a conductive terminal fixed in the insulating body, and a cable electrically connected to the conductive terminal. The pair of contact arms of the conductive terminal are typically bent from a pair of wall portions that are independent of each other, thus resulting in insufficient forward force of the conductive terminal. However, as the requirements of new energy automobiles for driving stability are improved, the above-mentioned insulating bodies applied to new energy automobiles cannot meet the use requirements.

In view of the above, there is a need for an improvement over existing electrical connectors to address the above-described problems.

Disclosure of utility model

The utility model aims to provide an electric connector with stable structure and stronger anti-damage force.

In order to achieve the above object, the present utility model provides an electrical connector, which comprises an insulating body and a conductive terminal fixed in the insulating body, wherein the insulating body comprises a top wall, a bottom wall opposite to the top wall in a height direction, and a pair of side walls connecting the top wall and the bottom wall, the top wall, the side walls and the bottom wall are connected to form a butt joint cavity with at least three sides in a closed shape, a butt joint part of the conductive terminal is exposed in the butt joint cavity, and a locking groove which is communicated with the butt joint cavity and is used for locking with the butt joint connector is concavely arranged on an inner wall surface of the side wall.

As a further improvement of the present utility model, a pair of the locking grooves formed in the pair of side walls are disposed opposite to each other on both sides of the insulating body in the lateral direction, and the locking grooves do not penetrate the corresponding side walls in the lateral direction.

As a further improvement of the utility model, each locking groove extends in a strip shape along the height direction and extends downwards to penetrate the bottom wall.

As a further improvement of the present utility model, the locking groove is provided near the abutting surface of the insulating body.

As a further improvement of the present utility model, the electrical connector further has a pair of metal pieces mounted outside the respective side walls, and a fixing structure is formed on an outer wall surface of each of the side walls to be mated with the metal pieces.

As a further improvement of the present utility model, the fixing structure is located at the rear side of the catch groove in the front-rear direction.

As a further improvement of the present utility model, the metal member includes a base plate portion and a plurality of claw portions formed by bending from the base plate portion, the claw portions being asymmetrically disposed on both front and rear sides of the base plate portion.

As a further improvement of the present utility model, the metal piece further includes a connecting portion bent from the base plate portion and located at the lower side of the bottom wall, the connecting portion at least partially covering the locking groove from the lower side.

As a further improvement of the utility model, the fixing structure comprises a limiting part protruding on the outer wall surface of the side wall to stop the metal piece and a buckling groove concavely arranged on the outer wall surface of the side wall, and the claw part is inserted into and fixed in the corresponding buckling groove.

As a further improvement of the utility model, a plurality of guide grooves extending along the front-back direction are concavely formed on the inner wall surfaces of the top wall and the bottom wall, and the guide grooves on the top wall and the guide grooves on the bottom wall are asymmetrically arranged.

The utility model has the beneficial effects that: according to the electric connector, the top wall, the side wall and the bottom wall are connected to form the butt joint cavity with at least three closed sides, and the locking groove which is communicated with the butt joint cavity and used for locking with the butt joint connector is concavely formed in the inner wall surface of the side wall, so that the problems that the insulating body is fragile in structure and weak in damage resistance caused by the fact that through grooves are formed in the insulating body are arranged in an excessive mode are avoided, the stability of the structure of the electric connector is improved, and the requirement of a new energy automobile on driving stability is met.

Drawings

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

Fig. 2 is another view of the electrical connector of fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the electrical connector of fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a view of the electrical connector of fig. 3 from another perspective.

Fig. 5 is a schematic view of a mating connector of the electrical connector of fig. 1.

Detailed Description

The present utility model will be described in detail below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings. The embodiment is not intended to limit the present utility model, and structural, methodological, or functional modifications of the utility model according to the embodiment are included in the scope of the utility model.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, an electrical connector 100 according to a preferred embodiment of the present utility model is shown, in which the electrical connector 100 is used on a new energy automobile and is a board-end connector for mounting on a circuit board, and comprises an insulation body 1 and a conductive terminal 2 fixed in the insulation body 1.

For convenience of description, in the description of the electrical connector 100, the mating end of the electrical connector 100 is regarded as the front end, and the opposite end is regarded as the rear end, that is, the front-rear direction is the mating direction of the electrical connector 100 and the mating connector 200 (as shown in fig. 5), and one direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction is defined as the lateral direction, and the other direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction is defined as the height direction.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, the insulating body 1 includes a top wall 11, a bottom wall 12 opposite to the top wall 11 in a height direction, and a pair of side walls 13 connecting the top wall 11 and the bottom wall 12, the top wall 11, the side walls 13, and the bottom wall 12 are connected to form a butt-joint cavity 101 with at least three sides being closed, the butt-joint portion 21 of the conductive terminal 2 is exposed in the butt-joint cavity 101, and a locking groove 102 connected with the butt-joint cavity 101 and used for locking with the butt-joint connector 200 is concavely provided on an inner wall surface 132 of the side wall 13.

Specifically, in this embodiment, each of the side walls 13 is provided with one of the locking grooves 102, and a pair of the locking grooves 102 formed on the pair of side walls 13 are disposed opposite to each other on two sides of the insulating body 1 in the lateral direction, and the locking grooves 102 do not penetrate the corresponding side wall 13 in the lateral direction.

In this embodiment, each locking groove 102 extends in a strip shape along the height direction, and extends downward to penetrate the bottom wall 12.

Further, the latch groove 102 is disposed near the abutting surface 103 of the insulating body 1.

The electrical connector 100 further has a pair of metal members 3 mounted outside the respective side walls 13, and a fixing structure is formed on an outer wall surface 131 of each of the side walls 13 to be engaged with the metal members 3.

In this embodiment, the fixing structure is located at the rear side of the latch groove 102 in the front-rear direction.

Further specifically, the metal member 3 includes a base plate portion 31 and a plurality of claw portions 32 formed by bending from the base plate portion 31, the claw portions 32 are asymmetrically disposed on both front and rear sides of the base plate portion 31, and in this embodiment, the number of claw portions 32 on the front side of the base plate portion 31 is different from the number of claw portions 32 on the rear side of the base plate portion 31 and are disposed in a staggered manner in the height direction, so that a stable connection is achieved.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the metal member 3 further includes a connecting portion 34 bent from the base plate portion 31 and located at the lower side of the bottom wall 12, and the connecting portion 34 at least partially covers the locking groove 102 from the lower side.

The fixing structure comprises a limiting part 133 protruding on the outer wall surface 131 of the side wall 13 to stop the metal piece 3 and a buckling groove 134 concavely arranged on the outer wall surface 131 of the side wall 13, and the claw part 32 is inserted into and fixed in the corresponding buckling groove 134.

The inner wall surfaces of the top and bottom walls 11, 12 are concavely provided with a plurality of guiding grooves 104 extending along the front-rear direction, and the guiding grooves 104 on the top wall 11 and the guiding grooves 104 on the bottom wall 12 are asymmetrically arranged so as to guide the plugging of the mating connector 200.

Referring to fig. 5, in the present embodiment, the docking connector 200 includes a docking body 4 and a plurality of docking terminals (not shown) fixed in the docking body 4, wherein the docking body 4 has a plurality of docking terminal slots 401 extending along a front-rear direction to accommodate the respective docking terminals; meanwhile, the two sides of the docking body 4 are provided with locking parts 402 locked with the corresponding locking grooves 102.

According to the electric connector 100 disclosed by the utility model, the top wall 11, the side wall 13 and the bottom wall 12 are connected to form the butt joint cavity 101 with at least three sides being closed, and the locking groove 102 which is communicated with the butt joint cavity 101 and is used for locking the butt joint connector 200 is concavely arranged on the inner wall surface 132 of the side wall 13, so that the problems of fragile structure and weak anti-damage force of the insulating body caused by too many through grooves are avoided, the structural stability of the electric connector 100 is further improved, and the requirement of a new energy automobile on driving stability is met.

It should be understood that although the present disclosure describes embodiments in terms of examples, not every embodiment is provided with a single embodiment, and that this description is for clarity only, and that the skilled artisan should recognize that the embodiments may be combined appropriately to form other embodiments that will be understood by those skilled in the art.

The above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present application and not for limiting the same, and although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that modifications and equivalents may be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the technical solution of the present application.

Claims

1. The utility model provides an electric connector, its includes insulator and is fixed in conductive terminal in the insulator, the insulator include roof, with the roof is relative the diapire that sets up in the direction of height and will a pair of lateral wall that roof and diapire link to each other, its characterized in that: the top wall, the side wall and the bottom wall are connected to form a butt joint cavity with at least three sides being closed, the butt joint part of the conductive terminal is exposed in the butt joint cavity, and a locking groove which is communicated with the butt joint cavity and used for locking with the butt joint connector is concavely formed in the inner wall surface of the side wall.

2. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein: the pair of locking grooves formed in the pair of side walls are oppositely arranged on two sides of the insulating body in the transverse direction, and the corresponding side walls are not penetrated by the locking grooves in the transverse direction.

3. The electrical connector of claim 2, wherein: each locking groove extends in a strip shape along the height direction and downwards extends to penetrate the bottom wall.

4. The electrical connector of claim 2, wherein: the locking groove is arranged close to the butt joint surface of the insulating body.

5. The electrical connector of claim 2, wherein: the electric connector is also provided with a pair of metal pieces arranged outside the corresponding side walls, and a fixing structure matched with the metal pieces is formed on the outer wall surface of each side wall.

6. The electrical connector of claim 5, wherein: in the front-rear direction, the fixing structure is positioned at the rear side of the locking groove.

7. The electrical connector of claim 6, wherein: the metal piece comprises a base plate part and a plurality of claw parts formed by bending the base plate part, wherein the claw parts are asymmetrically arranged on the front side and the rear side of the base plate part.

8. The electrical connector of claim 7, wherein: the metal piece further comprises a connecting part which is formed by bending from the base plate part and is positioned on the lower side of the bottom wall, and the connecting part at least partially covers the locking groove from the lower side.

9. The electrical connector of claim 7, wherein: the fixing structure comprises a limiting part and a buckling groove, wherein the limiting part is convexly arranged on the outer wall surface of the side wall to stop the metal piece, the buckling groove is concavely arranged on the outer wall surface of the side wall, and the claw part is inserted into and fixed in the corresponding buckling groove.

10. The electrical connector of claim 7, wherein: the inner wall surfaces of the top wall and the bottom wall are concavely provided with a plurality of guide grooves extending along the front-back direction, and the guide grooves on the top wall and the guide grooves on the bottom wall are asymmetrically arranged.