CN2379931Y

CN2379931Y - Electric connector

Info

Publication number: CN2379931Y
Application number: CN99227614U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吴明川; 李大庆
Original assignee: Foxconn Kunshan Computer Connector Co Ltd; Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd
Current assignee: Foxconn Kunshan Computer Connector Co Ltd; Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd
Priority date: 1999-06-18
Filing date: 1999-06-18
Publication date: 2000-05-24
Anticipated expiration: 2009-06-18

Abstract

The utility model relates to an electric connector used for assembling flexible circuit boards, which comprises an insulation body and a buckling device, wherein, a plurality of through accommodating slots accommodated with terminals having the same number with the through accommodating slots are arranged on the insulation body, and every terminal comprises a first contact part, a fixing section and a second contact part. The buckling device is assembled on the insulation body and at least covered on the first contact parts of the terminals in order to ensure the flexible circuit boards to conduct with the buckling device, wiring slots used for inserting the two flexible circuit boards are formed between the buckling device and the insulation body, and thus the flexible circuit boards can be inserted in the wiring slots from different directions. Therefore, insertion in different directions can be selected according to the requirements of system functions, and signals can be switched from different directions via the two flexible circuit boards.

Description

Electric connector

The utility model is a kind of electric connector that is used for the winding flexible circuit board, refers in particular to relate to a kind of flexible circuit board that allows and insert from different directions, and the electric connector that some flexible circuit boards are pegged graft simultaneously.

Flexible circuit board (Flexible Printed Circuit, FPC) because of its good flexural property, the utilization that is connected to computer motherboard at electric connector is more and more wider, the electric connector that is used for the winding flexible circuit board traditionally can be consulted TaiWan, China patent application the 82200254th, 80204681,79206570,80201701,83102251, cases such as 83105909 and No. 83112042, the electric connector that these preceding cases disclosed comprises that one contains the insulating body and the compression bonding apparatus of plurality of terminals, wherein insulating body is provided with the line access slot that supplies the flexible circuit board group to go into, and compression bonding apparatus then is used to locate and finally compress the flexible circuit board that group is gone into insulating body.Yet, before the electric connector of winding flexible circuit board of being used for that disclosed of case all only be provided with a connecting groove that inserts for flexible circuit board, can only allow flexible circuit board to insert from a direction, if desire to reach the specific demand on winding and the function, make the flexible circuit board overflexing sometimes, must damage flexible circuit board like this; Secondly, the existing electric connector that is used for the winding flexible circuit board is owing to only be provided with a connecting groove, so can only be connected with a flexible circuit board, as the intrasystem circuit setting of the then necessary change of switching in many ways of desiring to reach signal, so not only cause intrasystem circuit mixed and disorderly, also can increase the quantity of switching element and cause the raising of manufacturing cost.

Main purpose of the present utility model provides a kind of electric connector that is used for the winding flexible circuit board, and this electric connector allows flexible circuit board to insert electric connector and be electrically conducted with electric connector from different directions; And this electric connector can also make some flexible circuit boards electrically connect with electric connector terminal simultaneously, thereby realizes the switching in many ways of signal.

Another purpose of the present utility model provides a kind of electric connector that is used for the winding flexible circuit board, this electric connector cooperates by its deduction device and insulating body different modes, can convenient electric connector transports and guarantees that flexible circuit board and electric connector reliably connect.

For realizing aforementioned purpose, the electric connector that the utility model is used for the winding flexible circuit board comprises insulating body, be housed in the plurality of terminals in the insulating body and be connected to the button pushing device of insulating body, this insulating body is the longitudinal bodies shape, the vertical lengthwise in its upper edge is to being provided with some accepting grooves that run through, and at insulating body one end along the direction identical one-body molded group connecting part that has that stretches out with accepting groove, the matrix that this group connecting part comprises a longitudinal reaches from the vertically extending affixed body of matrix two ends edge, wherein vertical matrix lengthwise is to being provided with and described accepting groove groove one to one, it cooperates with accepting groove accommodates and locatees described terminal, and the lateral border of affixed body then convexes with first location division respectively at least.Described plurality of terminals is contained in respectively in the insulating body accepting groove, comprises first contact site, fixing section and second contact site.In addition, the deduction device is fixed in a side and first contact site of cover cap terminal at least of insulating body, first location division at its corresponding group connecting part two ends is provided with first carrier and second carrier respectively, by first location division and second carrier and different the connecting successively of first carrier, make and form at least two connecting grooves that supply the flexible circuit board group to go between deduction device and insulating body, and two connecting grooves allow flexible circuit board to insert from different directions, and electrically conduct with first contact site of described terminal respectively behind deduction device and the affixed location of insulating body.This structure not only can be done the grafting selection of different directions according to the demand of systemic-function, and also can peg graft simultaneously by two flexible circuit boards reaches the signaling transfer point in many ways of signal, causes this thereby fall to resist.

According to the aforementioned feature of the utility model, be respectively equipped with two first location division and second location divisions that are stacked setting at the affixed external lateral margin of insulating body.In addition, first contact site of terminal comprises respectively from the fixing section mutually away from first elastic arm and second elastic arm that extend, and keeps certain intervals between first and second elastic arm mutually, be respectively applied for organize into flexible circuit board electrically contact.

Compared with prior art, structure of the present utility model not only can select different grafting directions to insert flexible circuit board according to the demand of systemic-function, also can insert two flexible circuit boards simultaneously and realizes the switching in many ways of signal, thereby reduce manufacturing cost.

Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, embodiment of the present utility model is elaborated, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a three-dimensional exploded view of the present utility model.

Fig. 2 is a partial sectional view of the present utility model.

Fig. 3 is that the utility model group is gone into first location division of the preceding insulating body of flexible circuit board and the second carrier assembling stereogram of deduction device.

Fig. 4 is that Fig. 3 is along IV-IV face cutaway view.

Fig. 5 is that the utility model group is gone into first and second location division of insulating body behind the flexible circuit board and first and second carrier assembling stereogram of deduction device.

Fig. 6 is that Fig. 5 is along VI-VI face cutaway view.

Fig. 7 is the three-dimensional exploded view of the utility model second embodiment.

Please cooperate and consult Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, the utility model electric connector 5 comprises insulating body 1, be contained in the plurality of terminals 2 of insulating body 1 and be connected to the deduction device 3 of insulating body 1, wherein insulating body 1 is the cuboid shape of symmetry, it is provided with the some accepting grooves 10 that run through insulating body 1 of a row along vertical longitudinally, and an end of insulating body 1 is along the accepting groove 10 equidirectionals one-body molded group connecting part 11 that has that stretches out, the matrix 12 that this group connecting part 11 comprises a longitudinal reaches from the vertically extending affixed body 13 of matrix 12 two ends edge, and the lengthwise of vertical matrix 12 is to being provided with and accepting groove 10 groove 121 one to one, be used for cooperating and accommodate and locate described terminal 2 with accepting groove 10, the lateral border of affixed body 13 then convexes with at least two respectively and presents, first location division 130 and second location division 131 of following setting, in the present embodiment, this is first years old, two location divisions 130,131 is the snap close that is convexly equipped with, and each location division 130,131 are used for being provided with oblique guiding face 1300 for 3 groups of sides of going into of described deduction device, 1310, the device 3 that helps deducting is assembled smoothly.In addition, insulating body 1 is to be used for electric connector (not shown) butt joint for cooperating with respect to the other end of group connecting part 11, and the both sides of its uper side surface convex with and are used for the stop block 14 of firm butt joint, and the appropriate location of both side edges then is provided with projection 15.

First contact site 21 and second contact site 22 that terminal 2 comprises fixing section 20 and oppositely extends mutually from this fixing section 20 respectively, wherein fixing section 20 comprises first base portion 200 and bends the formed two side 201 and second base portion 202 from the extension of first base portion, 200 1 lateral margins and through three times, two side 201 is vertical substantially with first base portion 200,202 of second base portions and first base portion, 200 keeping parallelisms, and 201 be respectively equipped with the hangnail 2010 of interfering usefulness in the two side near the ora terminalis of first base portions 200, with guarantee that terminal 2 combines with insulating body 1 firmly.First contact site 21 comprises first elastic arm 211 and second elastic arm 212 of mutual maintenance certain intervals, be used for organize into flexible circuit board 4 electrically contact, wherein first, two elastic arms 211,212 respectively from first of fixing section 20, two base portions 200,202 extensions also make both away from each other, and first, two elastic arms 211,212 appropriate location is provided with kink 2110 separately, 2120, and first, two elastic arms 211,212 extending end is respectively equipped with guiding

access pin

2111,2121, flexible circuit board 4 conductings that are used for and insert, the kink 2110 of first elastic arm 211 goes out outside insulating body 1 end face end pin 2111 emergences, and the kink 2120 of second elastic arm 212 then makes this second elastic arm 212 form fulcrum to strengthen its elasticity on group connecting part 11.Second contact site 22 is to extend with first contact site, 21 rightabouts from the other end edge of described first and second base portion 200,202, comprises first contact arm 221 and second contact arm 222 that are parallel to each other.

As shown in Figure 1, deduction device 3 is one-body moldedly to obtain and be symmetric shape, be fixed in a side of insulating body 1 and first contact site 21 of the described terminal 2 of cover cap at least, comprise a rectangular substrate 30, pressure section 31 arranged in that an end of substrate 30 is one-body molded, extend perpendicular to substrate 30 and towards the direction of described insulating body 1 this pressure section 31, when 3 windings of deduction device are to insulating body 1, the flexible circuit board 4 that substrate 30 crimping of deduction device 3 contact with second elastic arm 212 of terminal 2 first contact sites 21, pressure section 31 is the flexible circuit board 4 that contacts with first elastic arm 211 of terminal 2 first contact sites 21 of crimping then, is electrically conducted with first contact site 21 of terminal 2 respectively to force two flexible circuit boards 4.In addition, substrate 30 lengthwises to two ora terminalis be respectively equipped with junction surface 32 along extending with pressure section 31 equidirectionals, 31 of this junction surface 32 and pressure sections maintain certain intervals, are used for accommodating the affixed body 13 of insulating body 1 both sides group connecting part 11.Cooperate and consult Fig. 2, first of 32 corresponding described affixed bodies, 13 outsides, junction surface, two location divisions 130,131 are respectively equipped with first carrier 320 and second carrier 321, in the present embodiment, this is first years old, two carriers 320,321 are made as for first, two location divisions 130,131 sealed fastening holes, as shown in Figure 4, in described first location division 130 groups when going into second carrier 321, deduction device 3 forms two opposite connecting grooves 33 of opening direction with 1 of insulating body, insert and contact from different connecting groove 33 for flexible circuit board 4 respectively with first contact site 21 of terminal 2, thereby satisfy the demand that flexible circuit board 4 different directions groups are gone into, when electric connector 5 is located with flexible circuit board 4 assemblings, as shown in Figure 6, first, two location divisions 130,131 corresponding respectively groups go into first, two carriers 320,321,30 of deduction pressure section 31 of device 3 and substrates respectively the corresponding flexible circuit board 4 of compressing be posted by terminal 2 first contact site 21 first, two elastic arms 211,212, guarantee to electrically conduct between flexible circuit board 4 and the terminal 2.

See also Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, according to aforementioned structure of the present utility model, before group is gone into flexible circuit board 4, second carrier 321 of device 3 of will deducting earlier engages with first location division 130 of insulating body 1, form the different connecting groove of two opening directions 33, to allow the grafting demand of client according to different directions, selectively flexible circuit board 4 is inserted in the required connecting groove 33, or simultaneously two flexible circuit boards 4 are inserted in two connecting grooves 33, see also Fig. 5 and Fig. 6 again, depress deduction device 3 then and make first, two carriers 320,321 corresponding with insulating body 1 first, two location divisions 130,131 engagings, thus force first contact site 21 of flexible circuit board 4 and terminal 2 corresponding first, two elastic arms 211,212 connect.So not only allow the client flexible circuit board 4 to be inserted electric connector 5 from different directions, also can allow the client simultaneously two flexible circuit boards 4 to be inserted electric connector 5 simultaneously, to reach the effect that signal is transferred in many ways, and, engage for twice by first and second location division 130,131 and first and second carrier 320,321, help the transportation of electric connector 5 and guarantee that flexible circuit board 4 and electric connector 5 reliably connect.

See also Fig. 7, the insulating body 6 of the utility model second embodiment, terminal 7 and deduction device 8 disclose identical substantially with previous embodiment, different persons be: the group connecting part 61 of insulating body 6 comprises matrix 62, reach and matrix 62 relative and parallel prothetic group bodies 64 at the vertically extending affixed body 63 of matrix 62 two ends edge, the protruding dew length of the front-end edge of this prothetic group body 64 is less than the ora terminalis of matrix 62, with the pressure section 81 that allows deduction device 8 can towards the matrix 62 of insulating body 6 against, and prothetic group body 64 ora terminalis be provided with inwardly some keep each other at interval and with the groove 621 of matrix 62 breach 641 one to one, when 7 groups of terminals are gone into insulating body 6, these breach 641 just can be accommodated second elastic arm 712 of first contact site 71 of terminal 7, and the conducting end pin 7121 that makes second elastic arm 712 exposes outside the insulating body 6 and flexible circuit board is electrically conducted, can reduce terminal 7 mutual signals by the interval of 641 of breach and disturb, such structure also can realize the purpose of this utility model.

Claims

1. electric connector, be used for the winding flexible circuit board, comprise insulating body, be contained in the terminal on the insulating body, this insulating body is provided with some accepting grooves that run through that are used for accommodating terminal, it is characterized in that: an end of insulating body stretches out and is provided with group connecting part, this group connecting part comprises matrix and is located at the affixed body of matrix both sides, and each affixed body convexes with first location division respectively at least; First contact site and second contact site that terminal comprises the fixing section and oppositely extends mutually from this fixing section respectively; Side at insulating body is connected with the deduction device, this deduction device is first contact site of the described terminal of cover cap at least, first location division at its corresponding described group connecting part two ends is provided with first carrier and second carrier respectively, by second carrier and first carrier and different the connecting successively of first location division, make to form at least two connecting grooves that supply the flexible circuit board group to go between deduction device and insulating body, and behind the affixed location of deduction device, first contact jaw of flexible circuit board and described terminal is electrically conducted.

2. electric connector as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: the affixed external lateral margin of described insulating body is respectively equipped with first location division and second location division that is stacked setting, and this first and second location division is made as first snap close and second snap close that protrudes affixed external side, and each snap close is used for being provided with for the side that described deduction device group is gone into and is beneficial to the oblique guiding face that the deduction device makes things convenient for winding.

3. electric connector as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: vertical its longitudinally is provided with described accepting groove and is used for cooperating the groove of locating described terminal one to one on the matrix.

4. electric connector as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: the fixing section of terminal comprises first base portion and bends the formed two side and second base portion from the extension of first base portion, one lateral margin and through three times, and the two side is vertical substantially with first base portion, second base portion then with the first base portion keeping parallelism, and be respectively equipped with the hangnail of interfering usefulness near the ora terminalis of first base portion in the two side.

5. electric connector as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: first contact site of terminal comprises respectively first and second base portion from the fixing section mutually away from first elastic arm and second elastic arm that extend, and keep certain intervals between first and second elastic arm mutually, be used for electrically contacting with the flexible circuit board that group is gone into respectively.

6. electric connector as claimed in claim 5, it is characterized in that: the appropriate location of first and second elastic arm is provided with kink separately, and the extending end of first and second elastic arm is respectively equipped with the guiding access pin, to be used for and the flexible circuit board conducting of inserting, wherein the kink of first elastic arm is used to keep described end pin emergence to go out outside the insulating body, and the kink of second elastic arm then is used for forming fulcrum to strengthen the elasticity of second elastic arm on described group connecting part.

7. electric connector as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: second contact site of terminal comprises first contact arm respect to one another and second contact arm, the butt joint connector terminals of inserting with clamping, and this two contact arm is to extend along the first contact site rightabout from first and second base portion of holding parts respectively.

8. electric connector as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: the deduction device comprises the microscler substrate that is used to compress the flexible circuit board that is contacted with terminal second elastic arm, and the pressure section is arranged perpendicular to substrate and towards insulating body direction elongation moulding, and the substrate lengthwise to two ora terminalis be respectively equipped with the junction surface along extending with the pressure section equidirectional, maintain certain intervals between this junction surface and pressure section, accommodate wherein with the affixed body of the group connecting part that allows the insulating body both sides.

9. electric connector as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: described first, two carriers are to be located at first fastening hole and second fastening hole that the outside, junction surface is run through, when the first snap close group of insulating body is gone into second fastening hole, form two opposite connecting grooves of opening direction between deduction device and insulating body, insert from different connecting grooves for flexible circuit board respectively, and when first, the corresponding respectively group of two snap closes goes into first, during two fastening holes, the pressure section of deduction device and the substrate then flexible circuit board of compressing correspondence respectively are posted by first of terminal first contact site, two elastic portion are to force flexible circuit board and the terminal first contact site telecommunications conducting.

10. electric connector as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: the group connecting part of insulating body also is provided with relatively also parallel prothetic group body of described matrix, the protruding dew length of the front-end edge of this prothetic group body is less than the ora terminalis of matrix, with the pressure section that allows the deduction device can towards base portion against, and prothetic group body ora terminalis be provided with inwardly some keep each other at interval and with matrix groove breach one to one, when terminal group is gone into insulating body, these breach just can be accommodated second elastic arm of terminal first contact site, and allow the conducting end pin of second elastic arm to expose outside the insulating body, to be electrically conducted with flexible circuit board.