TWI482374B - Electrical connector - Google Patents

Description

Electrical connector

The present invention relates to an electrical connector, and more particularly to an electrical connector for a hard disk.

At present, when the male connector and the female connector for the hard disk are plugged into each other, the male connector is inserted into the female connector in a state parallel to the female connector. In this way, when the male connector is removed from the female connector, the portion of the male connector and the female connector must be completely extracted from the female connector to complete the male connector. Separated from the aforementioned female connector. When the hard disk on which the male connector is mounted is used in conjunction with an electronic device such as a computer on which the female connector is mounted, the electronic device needs to provide additional space to facilitate the withdrawal of the hard disk from the electronic device, and The length of the space is equal to the length of the overlapping portion of the male connector and the female connector, which is disadvantageous for miniaturization of electronic devices such as computers.

In view of this, it is indeed necessary to further improve the existing electrical connector to solve the above problems.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an electrical connector that is separated from the docking connector by a small space.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to an electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing having a base, top and bottom walls extending forward from the upper and lower sides of the base, respectively, and a top wall and a bottom wall formed on the top and bottom walls Containing space between; a plurality of conductive terminals housed in the insulating body, wherein the bottom wall is provided with a slope-like protrusion protruding into the receiving space toward the top wall, and the slope of the sloped protrusion is from the open end of the receiving space toward the base The direction is gradually lowered, the protrusion is provided with a contact surface exposed to the receiving space, and the insulating body is further provided with two side walls respectively connecting the two sides of the top wall and the bottom wall, and are located outside the two side walls and extending forward from the base The positioning post is provided on the upper side of the positioning post with an inclined surface parallel to the contact surface.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the bottom wall has an outer surface, and the angle between the contact surface and the outer surface is 165°.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the bottom wall is provided with a plurality of escape grooves provided at intervals from the contact faces of the protrusions.

According to a further improvement of the present invention, the top wall is provided with a plurality of terminal receiving slots that are inserted back and forth to fix the conductive terminals, and the terminal receiving slots communicate with the receiving space, and the conductive terminals are provided to protrude into the receiving space. Contact arm.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the front end of the top wall is provided with a retaining groove which is recessed upward from the terminal receiving groove for the front end of the contact arm of the conductive terminal to move upward.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the insulative housing is further provided with mounting portions on both side edges of the base and extending rearward from the base.

According to a further improvement of the present invention, the mounting portion is provided with a mounting hole penetrating vertically and a mounting post extending downward from the mounting portion.

As a further improvement of the present invention, a positioning plate is disposed between the mounting portions, and the positioning plate is provided with a plurality of positioning holes.

According to a further improvement of the present invention, the conductive terminal includes a main body portion, an elastic contact arm extending forward from the main body portion, and a pin extending rearward from the main body portion and fixed in the positioning hole.

Compared with the prior art, since the electrical connector of the present invention is provided with a ramp-like protrusion such that the mating connector is mated with the electrical connector of the present invention, the electrical connector of the present invention has an angle with the aforementioned mating connector, thereby making the aforementioned docking connection The device can be tilted out from the foregoing electrical connector, and the space required for exiting is smaller than the space required for the mating connector to be horizontally docked with the aforementioned electrical connector, thereby saving the aforementioned docking connector from exiting the electrical connector. The purpose of the space required.

As shown in the first to third figures, the electrical connector 100 of the present invention can be mounted on a hard disk (not shown). The electrical connector 100 includes an insulative housing 10 and is received in the insulative housing 10. Conductive terminal 20.

Referring to the fourth embodiment and the first and fifth figures, the insulative housing 10 has a base portion 11 and a top wall 12 and a bottom wall 13 extending forwardly from the upper and lower sides of the base portion 11 for connecting the top portion. Two side walls 14 of the two sides of the wall 12 and the bottom wall 13 , a positioning post 15 extending outside the two side walls 14 and extending forward from the base 11 , and a receiving space 16 formed between the top wall 12 and the bottom wall 13 , A mounting portion 17 located at both side edges of the base portion 11 and extending rearward from the base portion 11 and a positioning portion 18 located between the mounting portions 17. The top wall 12 is provided with a plurality of terminal receiving slots 121 extending through the front and rear to fix the conductive terminals 20 and at the front end of the top wall 12 and from the terminal receiving slots 121. The terminal groove 122 is recessed upward, and the terminal receiving groove 121 communicates with the receiving space 16. The aforementioned bottom wall 13 has an inner surface 131 and an outer surface 132 opposite to the aforementioned inner surface 131. The inner surface 131 is provided with a slope-like projection 133 that protrudes into the housing space 16 in the direction of the top wall 12, and the slope of the slope-like projection 133 gradually decreases from the opening end of the housing space 16 toward the base portion 11. The protrusion 133 is provided with a contact surface 134 exposed to the receiving space 16, and the angle between the contact surface 134 and the outer surface 132 is 165°. The bottom wall 13 is further provided with a plurality of escape grooves 135 which are disposed at intervals from the contact faces 134 of the protrusions 133. An inclined surface 151 is provided on the upper side of the positioning post 15, and the inclined surface 151 is parallel to the contact surface 134. The mounting portion 17 is provided with a mounting hole 171 that penetrates vertically, and a mounting post 172 that extends downward from the mounting portion 17. The positioning portion 18 has a substantially flat shape and is located between the mounting portions 17 . The positioning portion 18 is provided with a plurality of positioning holes 181.

Referring to the third figure and the fifth figure, the conductive terminal 20 is received in the terminal receiving groove 121, and includes a main body portion 21, an elastic contact arm 22 extending forward from the main body portion 21, and the main body portion. 21 extends backwards to pin 23. The contact arm 22 of the conductive terminal 20 protrudes into the receiving space 16, and the front end of the contact arm 22 extends into the retaining groove 122 so that the contact arm 22 moves upward when the conductive terminal 20 is docked with the mating connector. space. The aforementioned lead 23 passes through the aforementioned positioning hole 181 to fix the aforementioned lead 23.

FIG. 6 is a schematic view showing the interconnection of the electrical connector 100 and the docking connector 200 of the present invention. Since the foregoing electrical connector 100 is provided with a ramp-like protrusion 133 such that the mating connector 200 is docked with the electrical connector 100, the aforementioned electrical connector 100 is docked with the foregoing. The connector 200 has an included angle so that the aforementioned docking connector 200 can be tilted out from the aforementioned electrical connector 100, thereby withdrawing the required space, and the space required for the mating connector 200 to be horizontally docked with the aforementioned electrical connector 100 is small. The purpose of saving the space required for the aforementioned docking connector 200 to exit from the aforementioned electrical connector 100 is achieved.

Compared with the prior art, since the foregoing electrical connector 100 is provided with the ramp-like protrusions 133, the aforementioned docking connector 200 can be withdrawn from the aforementioned electrical connector 100 with a small space.

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‧‧‧Insulated body

11‧‧‧ base

12‧‧‧ top wall

121‧‧‧Terminal receiving slot

122‧‧‧Let the slot

13‧‧‧ bottom wall

131‧‧‧ inner surface

132‧‧‧ outer surface

133‧‧‧ Protrusion

134‧‧‧Contact surface

135‧‧‧ escape trough

14‧‧‧ side wall

15‧‧‧Positioning column

151‧‧‧ sloped surface

16‧‧‧ accommodating space

17‧‧‧Installation Department

171‧‧‧Installation hole

172‧‧‧Installation column

18‧‧‧ Positioning Department

181‧‧‧Positioning holes

20‧‧‧Electrical terminals

21‧‧‧ Main body

22‧‧‧Contact arm

23‧‧‧ Pin

200‧‧‧Dock connector

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 view 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 schematic view of the insulating body of the electrical connector of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view of the electrical connector of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view of the electrical connector of the present invention when mated with a mating connector.

100‧‧‧Electrical connector

10‧‧‧Insulated body

11‧‧‧ base

12‧‧‧ top wall

13‧‧‧ bottom wall

133‧‧‧ Protrusion

134‧‧‧Contact surface

135‧‧‧ escape trough

14‧‧‧ side wall

15‧‧‧Positioning column

151‧‧‧ sloped surface

17‧‧‧Installation Department

171‧‧‧Installation hole

172‧‧‧Installation column

20‧‧‧Electrical terminals

Claims (9)

An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a base portion, a top wall and a bottom wall extending forward from the upper and lower sides of the base portion, and a receiving space formed between the top wall and the bottom wall; a plurality of conductive terminals in the body, wherein the bottom wall is provided with a slope-like protrusion that protrudes into the receiving space toward the top wall, and a slope of the sloped protrusion gradually decreases from an opening end of the receiving space toward the base direction. The protrusion is provided with a contact surface exposed to the receiving space, and the insulating body is further provided with two side walls respectively connecting the two sides of the top wall and the bottom wall, and a positioning post located outside the two side walls and extending forward from the base. The upper side of the positioning post is provided with an inclined surface parallel to the aforementioned contact surface. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the bottom wall has an outer surface, and the angle between the contact surface and the outer surface is 165°. The electrical connector of claim 2, wherein the bottom wall is provided with a plurality of escape grooves provided at intervals from the contact faces of the protrusions. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the top wall is provided with a plurality of terminal receiving slots that are inserted back and forth to fix the conductive terminals, and the terminal receiving slots are in communication with the receiving space, and the conductive terminals are provided with protrusions. A contact arm that extends into the receiving space. The electrical connector of claim 4, wherein the front end of the top wall is provided with a retaining groove that is recessed upward from the terminal receiving groove for the front end of the contact arm of the conductive terminal to move upward. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the insulative body is further provided There are mounting portions located on both side edges of the base and extending rearward from the base. The electrical connector of claim 6, wherein the mounting portion is provided with a mounting hole penetrating vertically and a mounting post extending downward from the mounting portion. The electrical connector of claim 6, wherein the mounting portion is provided with a positioning plate, and the positioning plate is provided with a plurality of positioning holes. The electrical connector of claim 8, wherein the conductive terminal comprises a main body portion, an elastic contact arm extending forward from the main body portion, and a pin extending rearward from the main body portion and fixed in the positioning hole .