TWI431859B - Electrical connector - Google Patents

Description

Electrical connector

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

An electrical connector of the prior art includes an insulative body and a conductive terminal held in the insulative body, such as the electrical connector disclosed in the Chinese Patent Publication No. 532611 and the publication No. M350905. The electrical connectors are made of an insulating plastic material, and the conductive terminals are held in the plastic base. The thickness of the plastic base is greater than the thickness of the conductive terminal to interfere with the holding of the conductive terminal, and if the thickness of the plastic base is thin, it is easily pierced or held by the conductive terminal. Therefore, the thickness of the electrical connector made of the plastic base is difficult to reduce, and the demand for thinning cannot be satisfied.

Therefore, it is necessary to modify the conventional electrical connector to overcome the above drawbacks.

In view of the above, the purpose of this creation is to provide a thin electrical connector.

In order to achieve the foregoing objectives, a technical solution adopted by the present invention is: an electrical connector comprising: a metal frame provided with a plurality of terminal slots, an inner wall of the terminal slot is covered with an insulator; and a conductive terminal that is held by The insulator is attached to the terminal groove.

In order to achieve the foregoing object, another technical solution adopted by the present invention is: an electrical connector comprising: a metal frame provided with a plurality of terminal slots; a conductive terminal mounted in the terminal slot; and an insulator joined Insulated isolation metal frame and conductive end child.

Compared with the prior art, the electrical connector of the present invention uses a metal frame as a base for mounting the conductive terminals, and the metal material replaces the conventional plastic material, and the electrical connector can be made thinner.

100,200‧‧‧ electrical connectors

1‧‧‧Metal frame

11‧‧‧Terminal slot

13‧‧‧Seat

15‧‧‧stops

2‧‧‧Electrical terminals

21‧‧‧ Main body

22‧‧‧Contacts

23‧‧‧ soldering feet

3‧‧‧Insulator

The first figure is a three-dimensional combination of the original electrical connector.

The second figure is an exploded perspective view of the first figure electrical connector.

The third figure is a perspective assembled view of another embodiment of the present electrical connector.

The fourth figure is an exploded perspective view of the electrical connector of the third figure.

Referring to the first and second figures, the electrical connector 100 of the preferred embodiment includes a metal frame 1, a conductive terminal 2 mounted on the metal frame 1, and an insulator 3 between the metal frame 1 and the conductive terminal 2. .

The metal frame 1 is provided with a plurality of terminal grooves 11 which are vertically elongated. The terminal grooves 11 are provided with openings in the upper and lower directions and at one end, and the inner wall of the terminal groove 11 is covered with the insulator 3. The metal frame 1 has a flat shape and its thickness is equivalent to the thickness of the conductive terminal 2, thereby achieving a thinning of the electrical connector 100. The bottom surface of the metal frame 1 is fixed to a circuit board (not shown).

The conductive terminal 2 is held in the terminal groove 11 and bonded to the insulator 3, and includes a main body portion 21, an elastic contact portion 22 provided on the main body portion 21, and a soldering leg 23 disposed to be coplanar with the main body portion 21. The main body portion 21 is retained in the terminal slot 11 and is coplanar with the metal frame 1 . The contact portion 22 is protruded outwardly from the terminal slot 11 to electrically contact external electronic components (not shown). The soldering leg 23 protrudes from the terminal slot 11 . Soldering on the circuit board outside the opening of the longitudinal end (not Figure)).

The insulator 3 has an elongated ring shape that engages and insulates the metal frame 1 from the conductive terminals 2 for holding the conductive terminals 2 in the terminal slots 11 and prevents the conductive terminals 2 from being in electrical contact with the metal frame 1.

The third and fourth figures are the electrical connector 200 of another embodiment of the present invention, which also includes a metal frame 1, a conductive terminal 2 mounted on the metal frame 1, and an insulator 3 between the metal frame 1 and the conductive terminal 2. . The main difference between the electrical connector 200 and the electrical connector 100 of the first embodiment is as follows: the opposite sides of the metal frame 1 are respectively provided with a socket 13 of a ㄈ type for electronic components (for example, electronic The card or the like is limited to the space formed by the housing 13. The longitudinal end of the housing 13 extends upwardly with a stop 15 that blocks the aforementioned electronic components (not shown) and limits the depth of insertion. The housing 13 and the stopper 15 are formed by bending the side of the metal frame 1.

In summary, this creation has indeed met the requirements of the invention patent, and filed a patent application according to law. However, the above description is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and those skilled in the art will be able to make equivalent modifications or changes in accordance with the spirit of the present invention. It should be covered by the following patent application.

100‧‧‧Electrical connector

1‧‧‧Metal frame

2‧‧‧Electrical terminals

3‧‧‧Insulator

Claims (10)

An electrical connector includes: a metal frame provided with a plurality of terminal slots, the inner wall of the terminal slot is covered with an insulator; and a conductive terminal that is held in the terminal slot and is fitted with an insulator, the conductive terminal including the main body The body portion is retained in the terminal slot and is coplanar with the metal frame. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the thickness of the metal frame is equivalent to the thickness of the conductive terminal. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the metal frame is in the form of a flat plate. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the two opposite sides of the metal frame are respectively provided with a socket having a ㄈ shape. The electrical connector of claim 4, wherein the longitudinal end of the slot extends upwardly with a stop. The electrical connector of claim 5, wherein the slot and the stop are formed by bending a side of the metal frame. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the terminal slot is provided with an opening in the upper and lower directions and at one end, and the insulator has an elongated ring shape. An electrical connector comprising: a metal frame provided with a plurality of terminal slots; a conductive terminal comprising a body portion, the body portion being retained in the terminal slot and coplanar with the metal frame; and an insulator joining and insulating the metal Frame with conductive terminals. The electrical connector of claim 8, wherein the metal frame has a flat shape and has a thickness equal to a thickness of the conductive terminal. The electrical connector of claim 8, wherein the two opposite sides of the metal frame are respectively provided with a socket having a ㄈ shape.