CN221282429U - One shot forming Type-C connector - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a one-step formed Type-C connector, which comprises an insulating body, a lower row of terminals, an upper row of terminals, a middle clamping piece and a shielding shell, wherein the insulating body is provided with a plurality of connecting pieces; the lower-row terminals, the upper-row terminals and the middle clamping pieces are all arranged on the insulating body, the upper-row terminals are positioned above the lower-row terminals, and the middle clamping pieces are positioned between the lower-row terminals and the upper-row terminals; the shielding shell is coated outside the insulating body; the insulating body is of an integrated structure. Through adopting same set stamping die one shot forming with lower row's terminal, go up row's terminal and well clamping piece on same metal sheet to cooperate down row's terminal, go up row's terminal and well clamping piece and fix on insulator through one shot forming's mode, make this product when the preparation, only need use one set stamping die and one set injection mold can, effectively reduced equipment cost, simplified the preparation process greatly, thereby promote production efficiency by a wide margin, bring bigger economic benefits for the enterprise.

Description

One shot forming Type-C connector

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of electric connectors, in particular to a one-step formed Type-C connector.

Background

Connectors, also known as circuit connectors, electrical connectors, electronic connectors, etc., are conductor devices that bridge two conductors on a circuit so that current or signals may flow from one conductor to the other. Connectors are widely used in various electrical lines to connect or disconnect electrical current or signals. The connection may be temporary and easily pluggable at any time, or may be a permanent junction between electrical devices or wires.

The Type-C connector is one of the most common connectors, and the main structure of the Type-C connector comprises an insulating body, a lower row of terminals, an upper row of terminals, a middle clamping piece and a shielding shell; the lower-row terminals, the upper-row terminals and the middle clamping pieces are all arranged on the insulating body, the upper-row terminals are positioned above the lower-row terminals, and the middle clamping pieces are positioned between the lower-row terminals and the upper-row terminals; the shielding shell is coated outside the insulating body.

However, in the prior art, the lower row of terminals, the upper row of terminals and the middle clamping piece are respectively formed by three sets of stamping dies in a three-time stamping mode, the insulating body is composed of a lower insulating piece, an upper insulating piece and an outer insulating piece, the lower row of terminals and the middle clamping piece are all fixed together with the lower insulating piece in an embedded mode, the upper row of terminals are fixed together with the upper insulating piece in an embedded mode, the outer insulating piece is fixed together with the lower insulating piece and the upper insulating piece in an embedded mode, and three sets of injection dies are needed in the injection molding process, so that at least three sets of stamping dies and three sets of injection dies are needed in the manufacturing process of the conventional Type-C connector, the equipment cost is very high, the manufacturing process is multiple, and the production efficiency is low. There is therefore a need to develop a solution to the above problems.

Disclosure of utility model

In view of the above, the present utility model aims at overcoming the drawbacks of the prior art, and its primary objective is to provide a Type-C connector formed at one time, which can effectively solve the problems of high manufacturing equipment cost, multiple manufacturing processes and low production efficiency of the existing Type-C connector.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the present utility model adopts the following technical scheme:

A one-step formed Type-C connector comprises an insulating body, a lower row of terminals, an upper row of terminals, a middle clamping piece and a shielding shell; the lower-row terminals, the upper-row terminals and the middle clamping pieces are all arranged on the insulating body, the upper-row terminals are positioned above the lower-row terminals, and the middle clamping pieces are positioned between the lower-row terminals and the upper-row terminals; the shielding shell is coated outside the insulating body; the insulation body is of an integrated structure, the lower row of terminals, the upper row of terminals and the middle clamping piece are formed by one-step stamping of the same set of stamping die on the same metal plate, and the lower row of terminals, the upper row of terminals and the middle clamping piece are fixed on the insulation body in a one-step inlay forming mode.

As a preferable scheme, the two sides of the lower row of terminals are respectively provided with a lower grounding terminal, the middle clamping piece is bent and extended in the outer integral direction of one lower grounding terminal, the rear end of the lower row of terminals is integrally connected with a blanking belt, the rear end of the upper row of terminals is integrally connected with a feeding belt, the feeding belt is overlapped on the blanking belt, and the front end of the upper row of terminals is bent and connected through the integral forming of the front material belt, so that the structure is simple and the manufacturing is easy.

As a preferable scheme, one end of the middle clamping piece is connected with one lower grounding terminal through a bending part in an integrated manner, the bending part is buried in the insulating body, the other end of the middle clamping piece is lapped on the other lower grounding terminal, and the structure is stable and the connection is more reliable.

As a preferable scheme, both sides of the upper row of terminals are respectively provided with an upper grounding terminal, and the two upper grounding terminals are respectively lapped on the upper surfaces of both ends of the middle clamping piece, so that the reliability and the stability of the grounding of the middle clamping piece are higher.

As a preferable scheme, a lower locating hole is formed in the blanking belt, an upper locating hole is formed in the feeding belt, and the upper locating hole is vertically and directly communicated with the lower locating hole so as to be located and installed with an injection mold.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has obvious advantages and beneficial effects, and in particular, the technical scheme can be as follows:

Through adopting same set stamping die one shot forming with lower row's terminal, go up row's terminal and well clamping piece on same metal sheet to cooperate down row's terminal, go up row's terminal and well clamping piece and fix on insulator through one shot forming's mode, make this product when the preparation, only need use one set stamping die and one set injection mold can, effectively reduced equipment cost, simplified the preparation process greatly, thereby promote production efficiency by a wide margin, bring bigger economic benefits for the enterprise.

In order to more clearly illustrate the structural features and efficacy of the present utility model, the present utility model will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is an assembled perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is an assembled perspective view of another angle of the preferred embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of a preferred embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 4 is an exploded view of another angle of the preferred embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view of the lower row of terminals, the upper row of terminals and the middle clip after bending and forming in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view of another angle of the lower row of terminals, the upper row of terminals and the middle clip after bending and forming in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 7 is a schematic perspective view of another angle of the lower row of terminals, the upper row of terminals and the middle clip after bending and forming in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present utility model;

Fig. 8 is a schematic perspective view showing the lower row of terminals, the upper row of terminals and the middle clip after being bent and fixed with the insulation body by insert molding in the preferred embodiment of the utility model.

The attached drawings are used for identifying and describing:

10. insulation body 11, base

12. Tongue 13 and fixing column

20. Lower row of terminals 21, lower ground terminal

22. Lower positioning hole of blanking belt 201

30. Upper row of terminals 31, upper ground terminals

32. Feeding belt 301 and upper positioning hole

101. Front material belt 40, middle clamping piece

41. A bending part 50 and a shielding shell.

Detailed Description

Referring to fig. 1 to 8, a specific structure of a preferred embodiment of the present utility model is shown, which includes an insulation body 10, a lower row of terminals 20, an upper row of terminals 30, a middle clip 40 and a shielding shell 50.

The insulation body 10 is an integral structure, and comprises a base 11 and a tongue plate 12 extending forwards on the base 11, wherein a fixing column 13 extends downwards from the bottom of the base 11 so as to be installed and fixed with an external circuit board.

The lower row of terminals 20, the upper row of terminals 30 and the middle clamping piece 40 are all arranged on the insulating body 10, the upper row of terminals 30 is positioned above the lower row of terminals 20, and the middle clamping piece 40 is positioned between the lower row of terminals 20 and the upper row of terminals 30; the lower row of terminals 20, the upper row of terminals 30 and the middle clip 40 are formed by one-step press forming using the same set of press dies on the same metal plate, and the lower row of terminals 20, the upper row of terminals 30 and the middle clip 40 are fixed to the insulating body 10 by one-step insert forming. Specifically, the lower ground terminals 21 are respectively disposed on two sides of the lower row of terminals 20, the middle clamping piece 40 is bent and extended in an integral direction outside one of the lower ground terminals 21, and the rear end of the lower row of terminals 20 is integrally connected with the blanking belt 22. The two sides of the upper row of terminals 30 are respectively provided with an upper grounding terminal 31, the two upper grounding terminals 31 are respectively overlapped on the upper surfaces of the two ends of the middle clamping piece 40, so that the reliability and stability of the grounding of the middle clamping piece 40 are higher, the rear end of the upper row of terminals 30 is integrally connected with a feeding belt 32, the feeding belt 32 is overlapped on the blanking belt 22, and the front end of the upper row of terminals 30 is integrally formed and bent and connected through a front material belt 101. In this embodiment, one end of the middle clip 40 is integrally connected with one lower ground terminal 21 thereof through a bent portion 41, the bent portion 41 is buried in the insulating body 10, and the other end of the middle clip 40 is overlapped with the other lower ground terminal 21. In addition, the blanking belt 22 is provided with a lower positioning hole 201, the feeding belt 32 is provided with an upper positioning hole 301, and the upper positioning hole 301 is vertically and directly communicated with the lower positioning hole 201 so as to be positioned and installed with an injection mold.

The shielding shell 50 is coated outside the insulating body 10, and the shielding shell 50 is made of iron shell material.

The manufacturing process of this embodiment is described in detail as follows:

Firstly, a metal plate is put into a stamping die to be stamped and formed into a lower row of terminals 20, an upper row of terminals 30 and a middle clamping piece 40 (as shown in fig. 5 to 7), then the lower row of terminals 20, the upper row of terminals 30 and the middle clamping piece 40 which are not subjected to material belt punching are put into an injection die to be injection-molded into an insulating body 10, so that the lower row of terminals 20, the upper row of terminals 30 and the middle clamping piece 40 are fixed on the insulating body 10 through a one-time insert molding mode (as shown in fig. 8), then the blanking belt 22, the feeding belt 32 and the front material belt 101 are punched and removed, and finally, the shielding shell 50 is covered outside the insulating body 10.

The design focus of the utility model is that: through adopting same set stamping die one shot forming with lower row's terminal, go up row's terminal and well clamping piece on same metal sheet to cooperate down row's terminal, go up row's terminal and well clamping piece and fix on insulator through one shot forming's mode, make this product when the preparation, only need use one set stamping die and one set injection mold can, effectively reduced equipment cost, simplified the preparation process greatly, thereby promote production efficiency by a wide margin, bring bigger economic benefits for the enterprise.

The foregoing description is only a preferred embodiment of the present utility model, and is not intended to limit the technical scope of the present utility model, so any minor modifications, equivalent changes and modifications made to the above embodiments according to the technical principles of the present utility model are still within the scope of the technical solutions of the present utility model.

Claims (5)

1. A one-step formed Type-C connector comprises an insulating body, a lower row of terminals, an upper row of terminals, a middle clamping piece and a shielding shell; the lower-row terminals, the upper-row terminals and the middle clamping pieces are all arranged on the insulating body, the upper-row terminals are positioned above the lower-row terminals, and the middle clamping pieces are positioned between the lower-row terminals and the upper-row terminals; the shielding shell is coated outside the insulating body; the method is characterized in that: the insulation body is of an integrated structure, the lower row of terminals, the upper row of terminals and the middle clamping piece are formed by one-step stamping of the same set of stamping die on the same metal plate, and the lower row of terminals, the upper row of terminals and the middle clamping piece are fixed on the insulation body in a one-step inlay forming mode.

2. The one-time formed Type-C connector of claim 1, wherein: the lower-row terminal comprises a lower grounding terminal, wherein the two sides of the lower-row terminal are respectively provided with a lower grounding terminal, the middle clamping piece is bent and extended in the outer integral direction of one lower grounding terminal, the rear end of the lower-row terminal is integrally connected with a blanking belt, the rear end of the upper-row terminal is integrally connected with a feeding belt, the feeding belt is overlapped on the blanking belt, and the front end of the upper-row terminal is integrally formed and bent and connected through a front material belt.

3. The one-time formed Type-C connector of claim 2, wherein: one end of the middle clamping piece is connected with one lower grounding terminal through a bending part in an integrated mode, the bending part is buried in the insulating body, and the other end of the middle clamping piece is lapped on the other lower grounding terminal.

4. The one-time formed Type-C connector of claim 3, wherein: the upper grounding terminals are respectively lapped on the upper surfaces of the two ends of the middle clamping piece.

5. The one-time formed Type-C connector of claim 2, wherein: the blanking belt is provided with a lower locating hole, the feeding belt is provided with an upper locating hole, and the upper locating hole is vertically and directly communicated with the lower locating hole.