TW201405961A - Electrical connector - Google Patents

Abstract

An electrical connector includes a plurality of contacts, an insulative body to receive the plurality of contacts and a pair of light units arranged on the two sides of the insulative body. Each light unit includes a body portion and a leg portion. The insulative body includes a plurality of slots to receive the light units and a plurality of fastening slots to fasten the leg portions of the light units.

Description

Electrical connector

The present invention relates to an electrical connector, and more particularly to an RJ45 connector.

A computer is a combination of multiple components. Among these components, the RJ45 connector is an indispensable important component with network connectivity, which is used in desktop computers and laptops to connect computers and external networks.
The conventional RJ45 lamp connector is composed of an insulating base, a casing, an LED lamp, a connecting terminal, a base frame, a cover plate and an insulating tape, but the base frame and the cover plate of the connector are of a split structure and have a complicated structure. . When assembling the LED lamp, it is necessary to manually bend the LED lamp foot and press it into the lamp socket of the cover plate, and then fix the LED lamp pin by hot melt. However, during hot melting, it is easy to cause the lamp foot groove to be deformed by compression, and then need to be reshaped after deformation, thereby making the production operation complicated, low in efficiency, unstable in quality, and unable to meet the quality requirements of high-end products.
In view of this, it is indeed necessary to further improve the existing electrical connector to solve the above problems.

The object of the present invention is to provide an electrical connector which is convenient and quick to assemble an LED and has a simple process for fixing the LED lamp foot.
To achieve the above object, the present invention relates to an electrical connector comprising: a plurality of conductive terminals, an insulative housing for housing the plurality of conductive terminals, and an indicator light mounted on both sides of the insulative housing; the indicator light comprises a lamp body and the lamp a lamp socket extending outwardly from the body; a lamp socket for receiving the indicator lamp and a limiting block for defining the indicator lamp leg are disposed on both sides of the insulating body, the lamp socket includes a lamp body for receiving the lamp body a slot and a lamp socket for receiving the lamp leg; the end of the lamp foot slot is provided with a fixing slot for fixing the lamp leg, the fixing slot is located between the limiting block; the limiting block includes a guiding block for guiding the foregoing The lamp legs enter the guiding surface of the fixing groove and the protrusion for preventing the lamp foot from slipping out from the fixing groove.
As a further improvement of the present invention, an isolation block for separating the aforementioned lamp legs is further disposed between the lamp foot grooves.
As a further improvement of the present invention, the spacer block is provided with an abutting block for defining the aforementioned lamp pin in the aforementioned lamp foot groove.
As a further improvement of the present invention, the aforementioned indicator light is a light emitting diode.
As a further improvement of the present invention, the insulative housing comprises a top wall, a bottom wall disposed opposite the top wall, a side wall between the top wall and the bottom wall, and a rear wall perpendicular to the top wall and the side wall, the top wall The bottom wall, the side wall and the rear wall are surrounded by a receiving space.
According to a further improvement of the present invention, the top wall is provided with a terminal receiving groove, and the terminal receiving groove extends through the rear wall.
According to a further improvement of the present invention, the rear wall protrudes outwardly from the convex plate, and the convex plate is located below the terminal receiving groove.
As a further improvement of the present invention, the plurality of convex plates are spaced apart from each other by a plurality of spaced grooves corresponding to the terminal receiving grooves and for separating the conductive terminals.
Compared with the prior art, the electrical connector of the present invention enables the aforementioned lamp legs to smoothly enter the fixing slot through the guiding surface disposed on the limiting block and defines the lamp pin through the bump disposed on the limiting block. In the fixing groove, the lamp foot is prevented from slipping from the fixing groove.

As shown in the first to third embodiments, the electrical connector 100 of the present invention includes an insulative housing 10, a plurality of conductive terminals 20 received in the insulative housing 10, indicator lights 30 mounted on opposite sides of the insulative housing 10, and The housing 40 of the insulative housing 10 is housed.
Referring to the fourth figure and in conjunction with the third figure, the insulative housing 10 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and includes a top wall 11 , a bottom wall 12 disposed opposite the top wall, and the top wall 11 and the bottom wall 12 . The side wall 13 is between and perpendicular to the aforementioned top wall 11 and the rear wall 14 of the side wall 13. The top wall 11, the bottom wall 12, the side wall 13, and the rear wall 14 are surrounded by a receiving space 15 for receiving a mating connector (not shown). The top wall 11 is provided with a plurality of terminal receiving grooves 16 for accommodating the conductive terminals 20, and the terminal receiving grooves 16 are exposed to the receiving space 15 and penetrate the rear wall 14. A convex plate 17 is protruded outwardly from the rear wall 14 , and the convex plate 17 is located below the terminal receiving groove 16 . A plurality of spaced grooves 171 corresponding to the terminal receiving grooves 16 are further spaced apart from the convex plate 17. The side wall 13 is provided near the top wall 11 to provide a lamp slot 18 for receiving the indicator light 30 and a limiting block 19 at the end of the lamp socket 18. The lamp slot 18 includes a lamp body slot 181 and a lamp slot 182. The end of the lamp leg slot 182 is provided with a fixing slot 183. The fixing slot 183 is located between the limiting block 19. An isolation block 184 is further disposed between the lamp housings 182, and a resisting block 185 is disposed on one side of the spacer block 184, and a snap block 186 is disposed on the other side. The limiting block 19 includes a guiding surface 191 and a protrusion 192. The guiding surface 191 and the protrusion 192 are located on different sides of the limiting block 19.
Referring to FIG. 3 , the conductive terminal 20 is received in the terminal receiving groove 16 , and includes a contact portion 21 having a certain elasticity, a connecting portion 22 extending backward from the contact portion 21 , and a connecting portion 22 extending from the connecting portion 22 . The welded portion 23 is bent and extended. The contact portion 21 is partially received in the terminal receiving groove 16 and protrudes from the terminal receiving groove 16 into the receiving space 15 . The shape of the contact portion 21 and the connecting portion 22 is substantially V-shaped. The aforementioned welded portion 23 is exposed to the air and passes through the aforementioned spacing groove 171 to fix the welded portion 23 of the aforementioned conductive terminal 20 through the aforementioned spacing groove 171.
Referring to the fifth embodiment and the third and fourth figures, the indicator light 30 includes a lamp body 31 received in the lamp body slot 181, and is bent outwardly from the lamp body 31 and received in the lamp. The lamp foot 32 in the foot groove 182. The lamp holder 32 is guided into the fixing groove 183 by the guiding surface 191, and is defined in the fixing groove 183 by the protrusion 192 and the abutting block 185 to prevent the lamp pin 32 from slipping from the fixing groove 183. . The two lamp pins 32 of the aforementioned indicator light 30 are separated by the aforementioned isolation block 184 to prevent the two lamp pins 32 of the indicator light 30 from contacting each other, thereby causing a short circuit. In the embodiment, the indicator light 30 is a light emitting diode.
Referring to the first drawing and in conjunction with the third figure, the foregoing housing 40 is shielded on the outer side of the insulative housing 10, and includes an upper surface 41, a side surface 42 and an abutting surface 43. The mating surface 43 is provided with a pair of interfaces 431 for inserting the mating connector, and a resilient arm 432 extending from the abutting surface 43 to the pair of interfaces 431. The elastic arm 432 is used to fasten the mating connection. Device. An opening 433 is further defined in the abutting surface 43 so that the lamp body 31 protrudes through the opening 433. The front side surface 42 is provided with a buckle groove 434 away from the abutting surface 43 to cooperate with the aforementioned bayonet block 186 to fix the outer casing 40 to the insulative housing 10.
Compared with the prior art, the electrical connector 100 of the present invention enables the aforementioned lamp legs 32 to smoothly enter the aforementioned fixing slots 183 through the guiding surface 191 disposed on the above-mentioned limiting block 19 and through the convex portion disposed on the above-mentioned limiting block 19. The block 192 and the abutting block 185 disposed on the spacer block 184 define the lamp leg 32 in the fixing slot 183 to prevent the lamp leg 32 from slipping out of the fixing slot 183.
It is to be understood that the equivalents of the invention are intended to be included within the scope of the invention as claimed.

100. . . Electrical connector

10. . . Insulating body

11. . . Top wall

12. . . Bottom wall

13. . . Side wall

14. . . Back wall

15. . . Containing space

16. . . Terminal receiving slot

17. . . Convex plate

171. . . Spacer

18. . . Light trough

181. . . Lamp body slot

182. . . Lamp foot slot

183. . . Fixed slot

184. . . Isolation block

185. . . Resistant block

186. . . Buckle block

19. . . Limit block

191. . . Guide surface

192. . . Bump

20. . . Conductive terminal

twenty one. . . Contact

twenty two. . . Connection

twenty three. . . Welding department

30. . . Indicator light

31. . . Lamp body

32. . . Lamp foot

40. . . shell

41. . . Upper surface

42. . . Side surface

43. . . Docking surface

431. . . Interface

432. . . Elastic arm

433. . . Opening

434. . . Buckle

The first figure is a perspective view of the electrical connector of the present invention.
The second figure is a perspective view of another perspective of the electrical connector of the present invention.
The third figure is an exploded perspective view of the electrical connector of the present invention.
The fourth figure is a perspective view of the insulative body of the electrical connector of the present invention.
Figure 5 is a perspective view showing the combination of the insulating body and the indicator light of the electrical connector of the present invention.

10. . . Insulating body

11. . . Top wall

12. . . Bottom wall

13. . . Side wall

14. . . Back wall

16. . . Terminal receiving slot

17. . . Convex plate

171. . . Spacer

18. . . Light trough

181. . . Lamp body slot

182. . . Lamp foot slot

183. . . Fixed slot

184. . . Isolation block

185. . . Resistant block

186. . . Buckle block

19. . . Limit block

191. . . Guide surface

192. . . Bump

Claims (8)

An electrical connector includes: a plurality of conductive terminals; an insulating body for accommodating the plurality of conductive terminals; and an indicator light mounted on both sides of the insulating body; the indicator light includes a lamp body and a lamp leg extending outward from the lamp body; A lamp socket for accommodating the indicator light and a limiting block for limiting the light of the indicator lamp are disposed on the two sides of the insulating body. The light socket includes a lamp body slot for receiving the lamp body and is used for receiving the lamp foot. The fixing slot is disposed at the end of the lamp socket; the fixing slot is disposed between the limiting block; wherein the limiting block includes a guiding block for guiding the lamp foot into the fixing slot. a guiding surface and a bump for preventing the aforementioned lamp foot from slipping out of the fixing groove. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the spacers are further provided with spacers for separating the aforementioned lamp legs. The electrical connector of claim 2, wherein the spacer block is provided with an abutting block for defining the lamp leg in the lamp foot slot. The electrical connector of claim 3, wherein the indicator light is a light emitting diode. The electrical connector of claim 4, wherein the insulative housing comprises a top wall, a bottom wall disposed opposite the top wall, a side wall between the top wall and the bottom wall, and perpendicular to the top wall and The rear wall of the side wall, the top wall, the bottom wall, the side wall and the rear wall are surrounded by a receiving space. The electrical connector of claim 5, wherein the top wall is provided with a terminal receiving groove, and the terminal receiving groove extends through the rear wall. The electrical connector of claim 6, wherein the rear wall protrudes outwardly from the convex plate, and the convex plate is located below the terminal receiving groove. The electrical connector of claim 7, wherein the convex plates are spaced apart from each other by a plurality of spaced grooves corresponding to the terminal receiving grooves and used to separate the conductive terminals.