TWI778540B - Ultra-thin easy-lock and easy-unlock connector - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides an ultra-thin easy-lock and easy-unlock connector, which comprises a terminal, a housing and an insulator. The housing includes a first body connected to a second body through a turning portion. The first body further includes a first buckle portion and a stopper. The second body further includes a locking member, a force applying part and a second buckle part. The first buckle portion is corresponding to the second buckle portion to be able to interfere with each other. The locking member locks a flexible cable in an accommodating space. The force applying part is driven by an external force to drive the lock to unlock the flexible cable. The insulator includes a third body, an opening, and a limiting wall. The locking member passes through the flexible cable of the opening. The limit wall is set corresponding to the force applying part. When an external force is applied to the force application part, the limiting wall stops the force application part from continuing to act.

Description

Ultra-thin easy-lock and easy-unlock connectors

The present invention belongs to the technical field of connectors, in particular to an ultra-thin easy-lock and easy-unlock connector.

The thickness of the traditional automatic latching connector cannot be effectively reduced due to the design of the automatic latching structure, and thus cannot be effectively used in some applications requiring thinning, such as the body of a thin notebook.

In view of this, the present invention proposes an ultra-thin easy-lock and easy-unlock connector to solve the problems or unsolvable problems caused by conventional connectors.

The first objective of the present invention is to provide an ultra-thin easy-lock and easy-unlock connector, which can connect a printed circuit board and a flexible cable, so as to achieve the purpose of automatic locking and manual unlocking.

The second objective of the present invention is to form a thin and integrally formed housing by the first body, the second body and the turning portion according to the above-mentioned ultra-thin easy-lock and easy-unlock connector.

The third object of the present invention is based on the above-mentioned ultra-thin easy-lock and easy-unlock connection The purpose of accommodating the flexible cable is formed by the mutual interference of the first snap portion and the second snap portion.

The fourth object of the present invention is to provide the hook portion driven by an external force to move away from the accommodating space according to the above-mentioned ultra-thin easy-lock and easy-unlock connector, so as to achieve the purpose of unlocking.

The fifth object of the present invention is to provide hooks according to the above-mentioned ultra-thin easy-lock and easy-unlock connector to achieve the purpose of automatically locking the flexible flexible cable.

The sixth object of the present invention is to provide a locking member including an action portion, a hook arm and a hook portion according to the above-mentioned ultra-thin easy-to-lock and easy-to-unlock connector. An inclined plane is provided between the arm and the action portion.

The seventh object of the present invention is to provide the locking member to lock the flexible flexible cable slot in a downwardly snapping manner according to the above-mentioned ultra-thin easy-locking and easy-unlocking connector, so as to lock the flexible flexible cable in the container. the purpose of the space.

The eighth object of the present invention is to provide a reinforcing portion formed on the second body and adjacent to the force applying portion according to the above-mentioned ultra-thin easy-locking and easy-unlocking connector, so as to enhance the pressing strength of the force applying portion.

According to the ninth object of the present invention, according to the above-mentioned ultra-thin easy-lock and easy-unlock connector, the second body further includes a plurality of positioning notches and the insulator further includes a plurality of positioning blocks, the positioning positioned in the accommodating space.

In order to achieve the above object and other objects, the present invention provides an ultra-thin easy-lock and easy-unlock connector, which can connect a printed circuit board and a flexible cable. The ultra-thin easy-lock and easy-unlock connector includes a terminal, a shell and an insulator. The terminals can connect printed circuit boards and flexible cables. The casing includes a first body, a second body and a turning portion. The shell forms an accommodating void between. The first body is pivotally connected to the second body through the turning portion. The first body further includes a plurality of first buckling portions and a plurality of stoppers. The second body further includes a plurality of locking parts, a plurality of force applying parts and a plurality of second buckle parts. Each of the first locking portions is disposed corresponding to each of the second locking portions so as to be able to interfere with each other. The fasteners can lock the flexible cable in the accommodating space. The force-applying portions are disposed adjacent to the locking members. The force-applying parts are driven by external force to drive the locking members so that the locking members unlock the flexible flexible cable. The insulator is disposed in the accommodating space through the stoppers. The insulator includes a third body, a plurality of openings and a plurality of limiting walls. Each of the openings is set corresponding to each of the locking members. Each of the fasteners passes through each of the openings to fasten the flexible cable. Each of the limiting walls is disposed corresponding to each of the force-applying portions. When an external force is applied to each of the force-applying portions, each of the limiting walls stops each of the force-applying portions.

Compared with the traditional connector, the ultra-thin easy-locking and easy-unlocking connector proposed by the present invention can be combined with an insulator through an integrally formed shell and a locking member, so as to realize a thin connector, and the connector has an automatic lock and an insulator. Manual unlock function.

2: Flexible cable

22: Card slot

4: Printed circuit board

42: Welding point

12: Shell

122: The first body

1222: The first buckle part

1224: Stopper

1226: The first welding part

124: The second body

1242: Lock firmware

12422: Action Department

12424: hook arm

12426: Hook

1244: Force Department

1246: Strengthening Department

1248: The second buckle part

12410: Positioning gap

12412: Second welding part

126: Turning Department

14: Insulator

142: The Third Body

144: Opening

146: Groove

148: Positioning block

1410: Limit Wall

16: Terminal

F: external force

SP: accommodation space

FIG. 1 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of an ultra-thin easy-lock and easy-unlock connector according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2(a) is a perspective view illustrating the housing of Fig. 1 of the present invention.

Fig. 2(b) is a plan view illustrating the housing of Fig. 1 of the present invention.

Fig. 2(c) is an A-A' sectional view illustrating the case of the present invention 2(b).

Figure 3 is a plan view illustrating the insulator of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating the combination of the casing and the insulator of the present invention.

FIG. 5( a ) is a top view illustrating the ultra-thin easy-to-lock and easy-to-unlock connector of FIG. 1 connected to a flexible flat cable according to the present invention.

Fig. 5(b) is a B-B' sectional view illustrating the ultra-thin easy-to-lock and easy-to-unlock connector of Fig. 5(a) of the present invention connecting the flexible cable

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the implementation of the ultra-thin easy-lock and easy-unlock connector of the present invention.

In order to fully understand the purpose, features and effects of the present invention, the present invention is described in detail by the following specific embodiments and the accompanying drawings. The description is as follows.

In the present disclosure, the use of "a" or "an" is used to describe the elements, elements and components described herein. This is done only for convenience of description and to provide a general sense of the scope of the invention. Thus, unless it is clear that it is meant otherwise, such descriptions should be read to include one, at least one, and the singular also includes the plural.

In the present invention, the terms "comprising", "including", "having", "containing" or any other similar terms are intended to encompass non-exclusive inclusions. For example, an element, structure, article or device containing a plurality of elements is not limited to those elements listed herein, but may include not explicitly listed but generally inherent to the element, structure, article or device other requirements. Otherwise, unless expressly stated to the contrary, the term "or" refers to an inclusive "or" and not an exclusive "or".

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of an ultra-thin easy-lock and easy-unlock connector according to a first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the ultra-thin easy-lock and easy-unlock connector 10 can be connected to a printed circuit board 4 and a flexible cable 2 as shown in FIG. Implementation schematic.

Returning to FIG. 1 , the ultra-thin easy-lock and easy-unlock connector 10 includes a housing 12 , an insulator 14 and a terminal 16 .

One end of the terminal 16 can be connected to the printed circuit board 4 and the other end of the terminal 16 can be connected to the flexible cable 2 .

Referring to FIGS. 2( a ) to 2 ( c ) together, it is a detailed schematic diagram illustrating the housing of FIG. 1 of the present invention. Fig. 2(a) is a perspective view illustrating the housing of Fig. 1 of the present invention; Fig. 2(b) is a top view illustrating the housing of Fig. 1 of the present invention; and Fig. 2(c) illustrates the present invention 2(b) AA' section diagram of the shell.

The casing 12 includes a first body 122 , a second body 124 and a turning portion 126 . The casing 12 forms an accommodating space SP. The first body 122 is pivotally connected to the second body 124 through the turning portion 126 .

The first body 122 further includes a first locking portion 1222 and a stopper 1224 . The first snap parts 1222 are formed on two sides of the outside of the first body 122 , and the stoppers 1224 are formed on two sides of the inside of the first body 122 .

The second body 124 further includes a locking member 1242 , a force applying portion 1244 and a second locking portion 1248 .

The second snap portion 1248 is disposed corresponding to the first snap portion 1222 to be able to interfere with each other, so that the first body 122 is combined with the second body 124 . In this embodiment, the first locking portion 1222 is described by taking the protrusion and the blocking member 1224 as an extension member as an example.

The locking member 1242 can lock the flexible flexible cable 2 in the accommodating space SP. In this embodiment, the locking member 1242 is broken from the second body 124 and suspended in the second body 124 . The locking member 1242 further includes an action portion 12422 , a hook arm 12424 and a hook portion 12426 . The acting part 12422 is connected to the force applying part 1244. The hook arm 12424 connects the hook portion 12426 and the action portion 12422 . Referring to FIGS. 5( a ) to 5 ( b ) together, it is a schematic diagram illustrating the implementation of the ultra-thin easy-lock and easy-unlock connector of the present invention. FIG. 5(a) is a schematic diagram illustrating the connection of the ultra-thin easy-lock and easy-unlock connector of FIG. 1 to a flexible cable according to the present invention, and FIG. 5(b) is a diagram illustrating the ultra-thin easy-lock of FIG. 5(a) of the present invention. B-B' section diagram of the easy-release connector connecting the flexible cable. After the flexible flexible cable 2 is inserted into the accommodating space SP, the hook portion 12426 is pushed up by the flexible flexible cable 2 until the hook portion 12426 falls into the slot 22 of the flexible flexible cable 2 (refer to FIG. 5(a) ) , so that the hook portion 12426 interferes with the card slot 22, and the flexible cable 2 cannot exit the accommodating space SP; on the contrary, when the external force F presses the force applying portion 1244, the force applying portion 1244 drives the acting portion 12422, and the acting portion 12422 passes through the hook The arm 12424 lifts the hook portion 12426 to move the hook portion 12426 in a direction away from the accommodating space SP, so as to achieve the purpose of unlocking the hook portion 12426 from the card slot 22 . It is worth noting that there is a height difference between the action portion 12422 and the hook arm 12424. In another embodiment, an inclined plane is formed between the action portion 12422 and the hook arm 12424 to correspond to the groove 146 of the insulator 14 mentioned later. The inclined surface is provided corresponding to the groove 146 for accommodating the deformation of the action portion 12422 and the hook arm 12424 .

The force applying portion 1244 is disposed adjacent to the locking member 1242 , and the force applying portion 1242 receives an external force F to drive the locking member 1242 so that the locking member 1242 unlocks the flexible flexible cable 2 .

In other embodiments, the second body 124 further includes a strengthening portion 1246 formed adjacent to the force applying portion 1244 . Here, the reinforcing portion 1246 is convex toward the accommodating space SP.

Furthermore, in another embodiment, the first body 122 further includes a first welding portion 1226 formed on the side surface of the first body 122 , and the first welding portion 122 can be disposed (eg, welded) on the welding point 42 of the printed circuit board 4 . and, the second body 124 further includes a second welding portion 12412 formed on the side surface of the second body 124 . The 12412 of the second soldering portion can be disposed on another soldering point 42 of the printed circuit board 4 .

3, which is a top view illustrating the insulator of the present invention. In FIG. 3 , the insulator 14 is disposed in the accommodating space SP through the stopper 1224 of the casing 12 , and FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating the combination of the casing and the insulator of the present invention.

The insulator 14 includes a third body 142 , an opening 144 and a limiting wall 1410 . The opening 144 is provided corresponding to the locking member 1242 , so that the locking member 1242 passes through the opening 144 to buckle the flexible flexible cable 2 . In addition, the limiting wall 1410 is provided corresponding to the urging portion 1244 . When the external force F is applied to the force-applying portion 1244, the actuating portion 12422 is actuated until the force-applying portion 1244 is blocked by the limiting wall 1410 and cannot act on the actuating portion 12422, so as to prevent the operator from exerting excessive force and damaging the ultra-thin The structure of the lock and easy to unlock connector.

In another embodiment, the insulator 14 further includes a positioning block 148 and the second body 124 further includes a positioning notch 12410 . The positioning notch 12410 is provided corresponding to the positioning block 148 to position the insulator 14 in the accommodating space SP.

The present invention has been disclosed above with preferred embodiments, but those skilled in the art should understand that the embodiments are only used to describe the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. It should be noted that all changes and substitutions equivalent to the embodiments should be set to be included within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be defined by the scope of the patent application.

10: Ultra-thin easy-lock and easy-unlock connector

12: Shell

14: Insulator

16: Terminal

Claims (10)

An ultra-thin easy-to-lock and easy-to-unlock connector for connecting a printed circuit board and a flexible flat cable, the ultra-thin easy-to-lock and easy-to-unlock connector comprising: a terminal for connecting the printed circuit board and the flexible flat cable; a shell The body has a first body, a second body and a turning portion, the housing forms an accommodating space, the first body is pivotally connected to the second body through the turning portion, and the first body further includes a plurality of first snap portions and a plurality of stoppers, the second body further includes a plurality of locking parts, a plurality of force application parts and a plurality of second buckle parts, and each of the first buckle parts corresponds to each of the second buckle parts for setting Interfering with each other, the fasteners are used to lock the flexible cable in the accommodating space, the force-applying parts are arranged adjacent to the fasteners, and the force-applying parts are driven by external force to drive the fasteners to make the fasteners A locking member unlocks the flexible cable; and an insulator is disposed in the accommodating space through the stoppers, the insulator has a third body, a plurality of openings and a plurality of limiting walls, each of the openings corresponds to each One of the locking pieces is arranged, each of the locking pieces passes through each of the openings to fasten the flexible cable, and each of the limiting walls is arranged corresponding to each of the force-applying portions. When the external force is applied to For each of the force-applying portions, each of the limiting walls stops each of the force-applying portions. The ultra-thin easy-lock and easy-unlock connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second body further comprises a plurality of reinforcing parts formed adjacent to the force applying parts. The ultra-thin easy-lock and easy-unlock connector as claimed in claim 2, wherein the reinforcing portion protrudes toward the accommodating space. The ultra-thin easy-lock and easy-unlock connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first body further comprises a plurality of first welding parts, which are respectively formed on the side of the first body, and the first welding parts are The connecting portion is provided on the printed circuit board. The ultra-thin easy-lock and easy-unlock connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second body further comprises a plurality of second welding parts, which are respectively formed on the side surfaces of the second body, and the second welding parts are arranged on the the printed circuit board. The ultra-thin easy-lock and easy-unlock connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the locking members further comprises an action portion, a hook arm and a hook portion, the action portion is connected to the force application portion, and the hook arm is connected to the hook portion with this function. The ultra-thin easy-lock and easy-unlock connector as claimed in claim 6, wherein there is a height difference between the action portion and the hook arm. The ultra-thin easy-lock and easy-unlock connector as claimed in claim 7, wherein a slope is formed between the action portion and the hook arm, and the insulator further includes a plurality of grooves, and the slope is corresponding to each of the grooves, so as to For accommodating the deformation of the action part and the hook arm. The ultra-thin easy-lock and easy-unlock connector as claimed in claim 6, wherein the hook portion is driven by the external force to move each of the force-applying portions in a direction away from the accommodating space. The ultra-thin easy-locking and easy-unlocking connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second body further comprises a plurality of positioning notches and the insulator further comprises a plurality of positioning blocks, and the positioning notches are arranged corresponding to the corresponding positioning blocks, so that the The insulator is positioned in the accommodating space.

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