CN2660694Y

CN2660694Y - Electrical connector

Info

Publication number: CN2660694Y
Application number: CNU032380003U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 杰利·吴
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: 2003-04-01
Filing date: 2003-09-09
Publication date: 2004-12-01
Anticipated expiration: 2013-09-09
Also published as: CN2694525Y; TW577654U

Abstract

The utility model discloses an electric connector (1), comprising an insulating body (10), a plurality of conductive terminals (20) housed by the insulating body, a protection plate (30) and a pair of plate locking components (40) provided in the insulating body. The insulating body comprises a pair of side walls (11), a partition wall (12) horizontally extending between the two side walls and a middle wall (13) vertically extending relatively to the partition wall. The insulating body is provided with a first housing cavity (103), a second housing cavity (104) and an adapting face (101). The first housing cavity is provided with a first butt-joint tongue-plate (14) in an extension manner; the second housing cavity is provided with a second butt-joint tongue-plate (15) in an extension manner. Each side wall comprises a flange (110) protruding from the top brim, and these flanges extend relatively above the first butt-joint tongue-plate. A plurality of conductive terminals are contained in the first butt-joint tongue-plate and the second butt-joint tongue-plate respectively to achieve electric connection with the butt-joint connector.

Description

Electric connector

[technical field]

The utility model is relevant a kind of electric connector, relates in particular to a kind of electric connector that is installed on the printed circuit board (PCB).

[background technology]

Serial ATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) connector is that the main peripheral storage device of computer systems such as ATAPI (Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface) equipment and hard disk provides a kind of memory interface.Usually, Serial ATA connector comprises insulating body and is housed in plurality of conductive terminals in the insulating body, as United States Patent (USP) the 6th, 402, shown in No. the 493301st, 493804 and 509393, No. 552 and the Taiwan patent announcement.Usually the side arm that extends of the sidewall that the insulating body of Serial ATA connector comprises that main part, autonomous body extend and row is provided with the docking section of conducting terminal and autonomous body thereon.Being provided with groove in the side arm plugs with it with the guiding butt connector.Form receiving space between the lateral margin of docking section and the adjacent side arm.But, these traditional Serial ATA connectors are long-time use after, owing to the reason of plug and vibrations etc. repeatedly of butted line cable connector, its insulating body might break, and will be unfavorable for the transmission of signal.Especially, when butt connector when left and right directions is spurred repeatedly, the main part of this insulating body and side arm connecting place vertically break on side arm easily, and when butt connector is spurred along the vertical direction repeatedly, the side arm of this insulating body and docking section and main part connecting place then easily respectively on side arm and docking section along continuous straight runs break.And when two these connectors were stacked, the impaired situation of breaking of above-mentioned insulating body was then even more serious.

Therefore, necessary above-mentioned electric connector is improved to overcome defective of the prior art.

[utility model content]

The purpose of this utility model is to provide a kind of electric connector of the Serial of meeting ATA specification, and the body construction of its improvement can improve the bulk strength of electric connector.

For reaching above-mentioned purpose, the utility model adopts following technical scheme: a kind of electric connector, be used for being installed on the printed circuit board (PCB), and it comprises insulating body, conducting terminal and protection plate body.Insulating body comprises pair of sidewalls, horizontally extending dividing wall reaches and the vertically extending midfeather of dividing wall between the two side, this insulating body is provided with first host cavity, second host cavity and connects face, in first host cavity, be provided with from midfeather towards the first butt joint hyoplastron that the face that connects extends, in second host cavity, be provided with the second butt joint hyoplastron that extends towards the face that connects from midfeather.Conducting terminal comprises some first and second conducting terminals that are housed in first and second butt joint hyoplastron respectively.The protection plate body is retained on the insulating body.

Compared with prior art, the utility model electric connector has following beneficial effect: form a dividing wall in the middle of this insulating body, both sides are formed with sidewall respectively, can strengthen the intensity of electric connector insulating body, make its unlikely fracture easily; At the insulating body rear portion protection plate body is set, provides preferable support and protection, further improve the bulk strength of electric connector terminal.

[description of drawings]

Fig. 1 is the three-dimensional exploded view of the utility model electric connector.

Fig. 2 is the three-dimensional combination figure of electric connector as shown in Figure 1.

Fig. 3 is the three-dimensional exploded view of another angle of the utility model electric connector.

Fig. 4 is the three-dimensional combination figure of electric connector as shown in Figure 3.

Fig. 5 is the front view of electric connector as shown in Figure 2.

Fig. 6 is the cutaway view along A-A line direction among Fig. 5, is housed in the situation in the insulating body with the clear first row's conducting terminal that shows.

Fig. 7 is the cutaway view along B-B line direction among Fig. 5, is housed in the situation in the insulating body with the clear second row's conducting terminal that shows.

[embodiment]

See also Fig. 1 to shown in Figure 4; the electric connector 1 of the two Bu Kou of the utility model; it can be installed on the printed circuit board (PCB) (not shown), and it comprises insulating body 10, be housed in plurality of conductive terminals 20 in the insulating body 10, be assembled in protection plate body 30 and a pair of plate lock construction element 40 that is retained on respectively in the insulating body 10 on the insulating body 10.

Insulating body 10 comprises a pair of sidewall 11 of extension that is parallel to each other, horizontally extending dividing wall 12 reaches the midfeather 13 (seeing also Fig. 3 and shown in Figure 4) that extends and connect two side 11 perpendicular to aforementioned dividing wall 12 between two side 11.Two side 11 is formed with first host cavity 103 and second host cavity 104 that is used for accommodating butt connector (not shown) jointly with dividing wall 12.Insulating body 10 front ends are provided with the face of connecting 101, and the bottom is provided with and the above-mentioned face 101 rectangular installed surfaces 102 that connect.Be provided with the first butt joint hyoplastron 14 that extends to the face of connecting 101 from midfeather 13 forward in first host cavity 103, same, be provided with the second butt joint hyoplastron 15 that extends to the face of connecting 101 from midfeather 13 forward in second host cavity 104.The second butt joint hyoplastron 15 is located substantially on the first butt joint hyoplastron, 14 belows.The lower surface of each

butt joint hyoplastron

14,15 is equipped with terminal containing slot 105.Each butt

joint hyoplastron

14,15 is provided with vertical component effect 141,151.Above the first butt joint hyoplastron 14, two side 11 is from the outstanding in opposite directions flange 110 that extended to form of top margin.As shown in Figure 5, in the present embodiment, first and second butt

joint hyoplastron

14,15 is inverted "L" shaped respectively.A sidewall 11 is provided with first groove 107 that is connected with first host cavity 103 and second groove 108 that is connected with second host cavity 104 therein, these grooves the 107, the 108th are used for guiding butt connector and insert in this electric connector, the structure of these grooves is prior aries, is no longer described in detail herein.The below is formed with the otch 1203 that is connected with second host cavity 104 in the middle of it is pointed out that dividing wall 12, and its both sides are formed with the

otch

1201,1202 that is connected with first host cavity 103 respectively.

See also shown in Figure 3ly, the bottom of each sidewall 11 is provided with a passage 111 and is connected with passage 111 and is exposed to the slit 112 of installed surface 102.The structure and the plate lock construction element 40 of this passage 111 and slit 112 are complementary.Thereby plate lock construction element 40 comprises the holding parts 41 that are used for being retained in the insulating body 10 and extend from holding parts 41 edges and to be used for being welded on the printed circuit board (PCB) installation pad 42 that electric connector 1 is retained on the circuit board.Holding parts 41 inserts in the passage 111, stretches out from slot corresponding 112 and pad 42 is installed.

Please consult Fig. 1 and shown in Figure 3 simultaneously, plurality of conductive terminals 20 comprises row's first conducting terminal 21 and second conducting terminal of arranging down 22.Each conducting terminal 20 comprises in the respective terminal accepting groove 105 that is housed in first and second butt

joint hyoplastron

14,15 with butt connector and forms the contact site 201 that electrically connects, is welded on the welding afterbody 202 on the printed circuit board (PCB) and is connected also angled connecting portion 203 of aforementioned contact site 201 and afterbody 202.Every row's conducting

terminal

21,22 comprises some

earth terminal

21a, 22a and some

signal terminal

21b, 22b that is used for transmitting unlike signal respectively.Earth

terminal

21a, 22a are longer than signal terminal 21b, 22b.As Fig. 5 and shown in Figure 7, first and second conducting

terminal

21,22 interlaced arrangements.

Please continue to consult Fig. 1 and shown in Figure 3, the protection plate body 30 of electric connector 1 comprises diagonally extending plate 31 and a pair of snap close 32 that extends forward from aforementioned diagonally extending plate 31 relative both sides.Diagonally extending plate 31 inner surfaces are provided with corresponding with the connecting portion 203 of first conducting terminal 21 and accommodate some inner groovies 310 of aforementioned connecting portion 203.The snap close 32 of protection plate body 30 is corresponding to be housed in the respective perforations 106 (only having shown one of them among Fig. 3) of insulating body 10 should protect plate body 30 to be retained on the insulating body 10.

During assembling, plurality of conductive terminals 20 is retained in the insulating body 10, its contact site 201 corresponding being housed in the terminal containing slot 105.The snap close 32 of protection plate body 30 matches with the perforation 106 of insulating body 10, and the inner groovy 310 of protection plate body 30 is accommodated the corresponding connecting portion 203 of conducting terminal 20.Plate lock construction element 40 is installed in the insulating body 10, pad 42 wherein is installed is extended insulating body 10 from respective slit 112, and last, the welding afterbody 202 of conducting terminal 20 and the installation pad 42 of plate lock construction element 40 are welded on the printed circuit board (PCB) respectively.

Claims

1. electric connector, be used for being installed on the printed circuit board (PCB), it comprises insulating body and plurality of conductive terminals, insulating body comprises midfeather and connects face, be extended with the first butt joint hyoplastron and the second butt joint hyoplastron from midfeather towards the face of connecting, conducting terminal comprises some first conducting terminals and some second conducting terminals that is contained in first and second butt joint hyoplastron respectively; It is characterized in that: insulating body also comprises the pair of sidewalls of extending from the midfeather both sides, the dividing wall that extends perpendicular to midfeather between the two side; this dividing wall and two side form first host cavity and second host cavity; the described first butt joint hyoplastron is formed in first host cavity; the described second butt joint hyoplastron is formed in second host cavity, and above-mentioned electric connector also comprises the protection plate body that is immobilizated on the insulating body.

2. electric connector as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: the sidewall of insulating body is provided with from the outstanding in opposite directions flange that extends and be positioned at the first butt joint hyoplastron top of top margin.

3. electric connector as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that: first and second butt joint hyoplastron is the inverted "L" shaped shape respectively.

4. electric connector as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that: one of them of two side is provided with first groove and second groove that is connected with first and second host cavity respectively.

5. electric connector as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: insulating body also comprises the installed surface perpendicular to the face of connecting, and the lower surface of each first and second butt joint hyoplastron is provided with the plurality of terminals accepting groove.

6. electric connector as claimed in claim 5, it is characterized in that: first and second row's conducting terminal is staggered, and each conducting terminal comprises the contact site that is housed in the respective terminal passage, extend to the insulating body installed surface in order to be welded on the welding afterbody on the circuit board and to connect the connecting portion of contact site and afterbody.

7. electric connector as claimed in claim 6; it is characterized in that: the connecting portion of conducting terminal is diagonally extending between contact site and welding afterbody, and described protection plate body is provided with somely accommodates corresponding conducting terminal connecting portion and be used for guiding the inner groovy of welding afterbody to circuit board.

8. electric connector as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that: described protection plate body is provided with a snap close at least, is provided with a perforation of accommodating aforementioned snap close on the insulating body at least.

9. electric connector as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: this electric connector further comprises a pair of plate lock construction element, and each plate lock construction element comprises the installation pad that is used for being installed on the printed circuit board (PCB).

10. electric connector as claimed in claim 9, it is characterized in that: the insulating body bottom is provided with pair of channels and a pair of slit that is connected with aforementioned channels, plate lock construction element correspondence is housed in these passages, and the installation pad of plate lock construction element stretches out from described slit.