TW201703364A - Electrical card connector - Google Patents

Abstract

An electrical card connector comprises an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing, a metal shell covering the insulative housing for defining a receiving space and an ejector. The ejector comprises a shaft at a lateral side of the receiving space and an actuator at a rear side of the receiving space. The metal shell comprises a receiving groove receiving the shaft, and an upper wall and a lower wall surrounding the receiving groove for limiting the shaft along the up-to-down direction.

Description

Electronic card connector

The present invention relates to an electronic card connector, and more particularly to an electronic card connector with a tray.

An existing card connector, as disclosed in Taiwan Patent Publication No. M454643, discloses a card connector including an insulative housing, a plurality of conductive terminals received on the insulative housing, and a push rod mounted on the insulative housing. a rotating rod that cooperates with the push rod and a shielded housing that is assembled up and down. The conventional card connector usually has a receiving groove for receiving the push rod on the insulating body, so that the edge of the insulating body is provided with a receiving groove structure, so that the defect rate in the manufacturing process of the insulating body is high.

Therefore, it is indeed necessary to provide a new electronic card connector that is easy to manufacture.

The object of the present invention is to provide a new electronic card connector that is easy to manufacture.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides an electronic card connector including an insulative housing, a conductive terminal received in the insulating body, a metal shielding housing surrounding the insulating body to form an accommodation space, and a card ejecting mechanism. The mechanism includes a push rod located on a side of the accommodating space and an actuator located behind the accommodating space, the metal shielding shell is provided with a receiving groove for receiving the push rod, and surrounding the receiving groove and the push rod The upper and lower limits are carried out in the up and down direction.

Further, the metal shielding case further includes left and right side walls surrounding the receiving groove and limiting the left and right direction of the push rod.

Further, wherein the push rod is mounted above the actuator, the front end of the push rod is provided with a downward opening, and the actuator is provided with a stepped end that cooperates with the downward opening.

Further, the conductive terminal includes a first conductive terminal and a second conductive terminal disposed in a left-right direction perpendicular to the insertion/ejection direction, and the tray is provided with a first card accommodating groove and a second card hole disposed in the left-right direction The slot is disposed, and the detecting terminal is disposed behind the accommodating space and is located on the other side of the actuator in the left-right direction.

Further, the tray is provided with a third card accommodating groove on the same side of the second card accommodating groove and partially overlapping with the second card accommodating groove, and the conductive terminal includes a third conductive terminal.

Further, the first conductive terminal and the insulating body holding the first conductive terminal are solidified into a first terminal module, a second conductive terminal, a third conductive terminal, and an insulating body holding the second conductive terminal and the third conductive terminal Cured into a second terminal module.

Further, the electronic card connector further includes a tray and a detecting terminal that are movably accommodated in the accommodating space in the insertion/exit direction.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention further provides a method for manufacturing an electronic card connector, which includes the following manufacturing steps: Step 1: providing an insulative housing and a plurality of conductive terminals received in the insulating body, and step 2: providing the surrounding The metal body is formed by the insulative housing, and the metal housing is provided with a receiving slot and surrounding the upper and lower walls of the receiving slot. Step 3: providing a card ejecting mechanism, and the card ejecting mechanism includes Step 4: insert the push rod into the receiving groove of the metal shielding shell, step 5: assemble the metal shielding shell assembled with the push rod Onto the insulative body, the push rod is assembled over the actuator.

Further, the metal casing is further provided with left and right side walls surrounding the receiving groove, and the front end of the push rod is provided with a downward opening, and the actuator is disposed at the lower opening Mating stepped ends.

Further, in the first step, the insulating body and the conductive terminal are solidified into a plurality of terminal modules by integral molding.

Compared with the prior art, the present invention has at least the following beneficial effects: the metal shielding shell of the electronic card connector of the present invention is provided with a receiving groove for receiving the push rod and limiting the same, thereby simplifying the insulating body of the electronic card connector. Manufacturing process to improve production yield.

The first figure is a perspective assembled view of the electronic card connector of the present invention.

The second figure is an exploded perspective view of the electronic card connector shown in the first figure.

The third figure is another angle view of the electronic card connector shown in the second figure.

The fourth figure is a partial assembly diagram of the electronic card connector shown in the second figure.

The fifth figure is an assembled view of the metal shielding case and the push rod in the electronic card connector shown in the fourth figure.

Figure 6 is a further assembled view of the electronic card connector shown in Figure 4.

Hereinafter, a specific embodiment of the electronic card connector 100 of the present invention will be described with reference to the first to sixth figures.

Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 6 , the electronic card connector 100 of the present invention includes an insulative housing 1 , a conductive terminal 2 received in the insulative housing 1 , and a metal shielding housing 3 surrounding the insulative housing 1 to form the receiving space 10 . The tray 4 accommodated in the accommodating space 10, the card ejecting mechanism 5 mounted on the side of the insulative housing 1 and the detecting terminal 6 mounted on the other side of the insulative housing 1 are moved in the insertion/exit direction. The present invention relates to the "up and down", "left and right", and "front and rear" orientations with reference to the first drawing, and is merely for convenience of description and does not limit the invention.

The first conductive terminal 21 and the insulative housing 1 holding the first conductive terminal 21 are solidified into the first terminal module 24, the second conductive terminal 22, the third conductive terminal 23, and the second conductive terminal 22 and the third conductive terminal 23. The insulative housing 1 is cured to the second terminal module 25, and the first terminal module 24 and the second terminal module 25 are directly mounted on a printed circuit board (not shown). Therefore, the coplanarity is easily controlled, and the modular design is performed. It can be easily replaced according to customer needs, and the cost is low.

Referring to the second and third figures, the conductive terminal 2 includes two horizontal rows of first conductive terminals 21 on the left side, a second conductive terminal 22 on the right rear side, and two vertical third conductive terminals on the right front side. twenty three. That is, the first conductive terminals 21 are disposed in two rows, the third conductive terminals 23 are disposed in the left and right rows, and the second conductive terminals 22 are disposed in the left and right rows behind the third conductive terminals 23. The first conductive terminal 21 and the third conductive terminal 23 are for contact with a micro SIM card (not shown). The second conductive terminal 22 is for contact with a micro SD card (not shown). The insulative housing 1 and the conductive terminal 2 are integrally formed. The first conductive terminal 21 and the insulative housing 1 holding the first conductive terminal 21 are solidified into a first terminal module 24, a second conductive terminal 22, and a third conductive terminal. The insulating body 1 holding the second conductive terminal 22 and the third conductive terminal 23 is cured into the second terminal module 25. The first terminal module 24 and the second terminal module 25 are directly mounted on a printed circuit board (not shown). Therefore, the coplanarity is easy to control, and the modular design can be easily replaced according to customer needs, and the cost is low.

The tray 4 corresponds to the arrangement of the conductive terminals 2, and is provided with a first card accommodating groove 41 on the right side, a second card accommodating groove 42 on the left side, and a third portion which is also located on the left side and partially overlaps with the second card accommodating groove 42. The card accommodates the slot 43. The first card accommodating groove 41 corresponds to the first conductive terminal 21 , the second card accommodating groove 42 corresponds to the second conductive terminal 22 , and the third card accommodating groove 43 corresponds to the third conductive terminal 23 . Therefore, the tray 4 can simultaneously accommodate two micro SIM cards, that is, the first conductive terminal 21 and the third conductive terminal 23 are respectively in contact with the micro SIM card; the tray 4 can simultaneously accommodate the micro SIM card and the micro SD card, that is, the first The conductive terminal 21 is in contact with the micro SIM card and the second conductive terminal 22 is in contact with the micro SD card. Because the second card accommodating groove 42 and the third card accommodating groove 43 partially overlap, the second conductive terminal 22 and the third conductive terminal 23 cannot be used at the same time, and can only be used one by one.

Referring to the first to sixth figures, the card ejecting mechanism 5 includes a push rod 51 located on the right side of the accommodating space 10 and an actuator 52 driven by the push rod 51 and located behind the accommodating space 10, and the detecting terminal 6 is located The space 10 is placed behind the left side of the actuator 52. In other embodiments, the push rod 51 can also be disposed on the left side of the accommodating space 10, and correspondingly, the detecting terminal 6 is located behind the accommodating space 10 and on the right side of the executing member 52. The push rod 51 is provided with a downward opening 53 to facilitate the push rod 51 to catch the actuator 52 from the top to the bottom, and the actuator 52 is provided with a stepped end 54 corresponding to the opening 53.

The metal shielding case 3 includes a receiving groove 31 for accommodating the push rod 51, and left and right side walls 34 and 33 which surround the receiving groove 31 and restrain the push rod 51 in the left-right direction, and limit the push rod 51 in the up and down direction. Upper and lower walls 35, 32.

The tray 4 of the electronic card connector 100 of the present invention is provided with at least two card accommodating slots disposed on the left and right sides, that is, the first card accommodating slots 41 are located in the second card accommodating slots 42 and the third card accommodating portions which are partially overlapped. In the left-right direction of the slot 43, the accommodating space 10 of the electronic card connector 100 is larger in size in the left-right direction than in the insertion/exit direction, so that the detecting terminal 6 and the actuator 52 of the card-removing mechanism 5 are At the rear of the housing space 10 of the tray 4, each side does not interfere with each other, and the overall spatial layout of the electronic card connector 100 is optimized.

During the assembly process, the push rod 51 is first inserted into the receiving slot 31 of the metal shielding housing 3 from the front to the rear. The lower wall 32 of the receiving slot 31 supports the push rod 51 to ensure that the push rod 51 does not fall off, and at the same time, the receiving slot 31 is surrounded. The upper, lower, left and right walls 35, 32, 34, 33 respectively limit the push rod in the upper, lower, left and right directions, and ensure that the push rod 51 has a stable direction during the movement. The first terminal module 24 and the second terminal module 25, the detecting terminal 6 and the actuator 52 are all mounted on a printed circuit board (not shown). The metal shielding case 3 to which the push rod 51 is mounted is mounted from the top to the bottom on a printed circuit board (not shown), the push rod 51 is mounted above the actuator 52, and the tail end 54 of the actuator 52 is received in the push rod 51. Up and down the opening 53. In the present invention, by mounting the push rod 51 on the metal shielding case 3 first, a component is formed with the metal shielding case 3, and at the same time, components such as the first terminal module 24 and the second terminal module 25 are mounted to Another component is formed on the printed circuit board, and the two components are assembled up and down, which simplifies the production process, and can avoid the problem of high defect rate in the manufacturing process of the insulating body by providing the receiving groove of the receiving push rod on the insulating body in the prior art. .

The above are only some of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments, and any equivalent changes taken by those skilled in the art to the technical solutions of the present invention are covered by the claims of the present invention. .

100‧‧‧electronic card connector

1‧‧‧Insulating body

10‧‧‧ accommodating space

2‧‧‧Electrical terminals

21‧‧‧First conductive terminal

22‧‧‧Second conductive terminal

23‧‧‧ Third conductive terminal

24‧‧‧First Terminal Module

25‧‧‧Second terminal module

3‧‧‧Metal shielding shell

31‧‧‧ housing trough

32‧‧‧The lower wall

34‧‧‧left wall

33‧‧‧ right wall

35‧‧‧Upper wall

4‧‧‧Tray

41‧‧‧The first card accommodating slot

42‧‧‧Second card accommodating slot

43‧‧‧The third card accommodating slot

5‧‧‧Return card agency

51‧‧‧Put

52‧‧‧Execution

53‧‧‧ openings

54‧‧‧End

6‧‧‧Detection terminal

no

1‧‧‧Insulating body

10‧‧‧ accommodating space

2‧‧‧Electrical terminals

3‧‧‧Metal shielding shell

51‧‧‧Put

52‧‧‧Execution

53‧‧‧ openings

Claims (10)

An electronic card connector includes an insulating body, a conductive terminal received in the insulating body, a metal shielding shell surrounding the insulating body to form an accommodating space, and a card ejecting mechanism, wherein the card ejecting mechanism includes a side of the accommodating space a push rod and an actuator located behind the accommodating space, wherein the metal shielding shell is provided with a receiving groove for receiving the push rod and surrounding the receiving groove and limiting the upper and lower directions of the push rod The lower wall. The electronic card connector of claim 1, wherein the metal shielding case further comprises left and right side walls surrounding the receiving groove and limiting the left and right direction of the push rod. The electronic card connector of claim 2, wherein the push rod is mounted above the actuator, the front end of the push rod is provided with a downward opening, and the actuator is provided in front of The stepped end of the downward opening fits. The electronic card connector of claim 1, wherein the conductive terminal comprises a first conductive terminal and a second conductive terminal disposed in a left-right direction perpendicular to an insertion/ejection direction, and the tray is disposed in a left-right direction The first card accommodating slot and the second card accommodating slot are disposed behind the accommodating space and on the other side of the actuator in the left-right direction. The electronic card connector of claim 4, wherein the tray is provided with a third card accommodating groove on the same side of the second card accommodating groove and partially overlapping the second card accommodating groove, and is electrically conductive. The terminal includes a third conductive terminal. The electronic card connector of claim 5, wherein the first conductive terminal and the insulating body holding the first conductive terminal are cured into a first terminal module, a second conductive terminal, a third conductive terminal, and a holding The insulating body of the second conductive terminal and the third conductive terminal is solidified into a second terminal module. The electronic card connector of claim 6, wherein the electronic card connector further comprises a tray and a detecting terminal that are movably received in the accommodating space in the insertion/exit direction. A method of manufacturing an electronic card connector, comprising the following manufacturing steps:
Step 1: providing an insulative housing and a plurality of conductive terminals received in the insulating body.
Step 2: providing a metal shielding shell that surrounds the insulating body to form an accommodating space, the metal housing is provided with a receiving slot and surrounding the upper and lower walls of the receiving slot.
Step 3: Providing a card ejecting mechanism, the card ejecting mechanism includes a push rod located on a side of the accommodating space and an actuator located behind the accommodating space.
Step 4: insert the push rod into the receiving slot of the metal shielding shell,
Step 5: Assemble the metal shielding case assembled with the push rod onto the insulating body, and the push rod is assembled above the actuator. The method of manufacturing the electronic card connector of claim 8, wherein the metal casing is further provided with left and right side walls surrounding the receiving groove, and the front end of the push rod is provided with a downward opening. The actuator is provided with a stepped end that is fitted to the downward opening. The manufacturing method of the electronic card connector of claim 8, wherein in the first step, the insulating body and the conductive terminal are integrally formed into a plurality of terminal modules by integral molding.