TWM253947U - Electrical connector - Google Patents

Description

V. Creation description (1) [Technical field to which the new type belongs] This creation is related to an electrical connector, especially a zero insertion force electrical connection for connection with a flexible circuit board. [Previous technology] ° Xin circuit boards are widely used in electronic devices such as notebook computers, mobile phones, and faxes. The electrical connectors connected to flexible circuit boards also have many types. U.S. Patent No. 5,842,883 discloses a flexible circuit, an electrical connector. The electrical connector includes an insulating body, a plurality of first conductive terminals, a second conductive terminal, and a cover plate housed in a plurality of insulators. Each first part includes a first arm portion, and a pivot plate is provided at the end of the first arm portion, and a plate is provided to cooperate with the first conductive terminal pivot portion to pivot the cover plate at the arc of the body.形 槽。 Shaped groove. However, the cooperation between the cover plate and the insulating body 2 is stable enough, and the cover plate is easily detached from the insulating body during the rotation process, which affects the electrical connection between the electrical connector and the flexible circuit board. Snow $ ^, Patent No. 6,099, 346 discloses another type of flexible circuit board. The electrical connector also includes an insulating body, a plurality of electric terminals and a cover plate housed in an insulating recess. Each conductive terminal includes ^ at the end: a shaft portion. The cover plate is provided with a plurality of convex cups accommodated in the grooves of the conductive terminals. When the butt end of the two-t flexible circuit board is inserted into the electrical connector, the rotating cover and the spear press the butt end of the flexible circuit board downward by the rotating cam. To achieve electrical connection between the board and the conductive terminal. However, due to the cover's rotation, the cover's center of rotation is not fixed. When the cover is rotated, the cover may slip, which affects the positioning of the flexible circuit board, and further affects the electrical connector and the flexible circuit board. Electrical connection. M253947 V. Creation Instructions (2) Therefore, it is necessary to carry out the conventional flexible circuit board electrical connectors in order to overcome the aforementioned defects. [New content] The main purpose of this creation is to provide an electrical connector whose cover can be firmly pivotally connected to the insulating body and the conductive terminal. In order to achieve the foregoing object, the electrical connector of the present invention includes an insulating body, a plurality of conductive terminals and a cover plate housed in the insulating body. Opposite ends of the insulating body are provided with a pair of upwardly facing grooves. Each conductive terminal includes a support arm provided with a pivoting groove with an opening downward at the end. The cover plate has a pair of rotating shafts and a plurality of pivots at the two ends. The axes of the shafts, the rotating shafts, and the pivots are on the same straight line, and the rotating shafts and the pivots are pivotally connected to the recesses of the insulating body and the pivoting grooves of the conductive terminals, respectively. Compared with the prior art, this creation has the following effects: By rotating the cover's rotating shaft and pivot axis respectively to the opening direction of the insulating body and the conductive terminal = the groove and the pivot, the cover can be fixed in the groove. The ground is connected to the insulating body and the conductive terminal, thereby ensuring the electrical connection between the electrical connector and the flexible circuit board. Λ [Embodiment] Referring to the first and second figures, the electrical connector 1 of the present invention includes an insulating body 10, a plurality of rear conductive terminals 20 and front conductive terminals 30 °,%, and a pair of positioning members 50. Continuing to refer to the first, second, and fourth figures, as shown in the fourth and fifth figures, the insulator 10 is elongated, and includes a base 11 and an opposite portion 12 extending forward from the base 丨. The base 11 has a top surface 1 1 〇, a bottom surface opposite to the top surface u 丨 i and

Page 6 M253947 V. Creative Instructions (3) Rear surface 11 2. A plurality of receiving grooves 113 are arranged on the rear surface 11 2 of the base body 11 at intervals along the longitudinal direction of the insulating body. The receiving grooves 113 penetrate the top surface 11 0 of the base body π and form a plurality of slots on the top surface 11 0 丨丨 4. There are no plural grooves 1 · 2 0 and grooves 121 staggered along the longitudinal direction of the insulating body 10 on the butting portion j 2. The grooves 120 extend backward through the base u and form a plurality of and receiving grooves 11 in the base 11. 3 communicating through holes 11 8, the channel 1 2 1 extends backward through the rear surface 112 of the base body 11 and forms a plurality of holding holes 115 in the base body 11, and the holding holes 115 and the receiving groove 11 3 run along the insulating body in a staggered manner. Arranged in the longitudinal direction of 10. A pair of brackets 116 spaced apart from the abutment portion 12 extends forward from opposite ends of the base body 11, and each bracket 116 is provided with an arc-shaped groove 117 with an opening upward. A pair of positioning blocks 1 2 2 are provided at opposite ends of the abutting portion 12, and each positioning block 1 2 2 is provided with a holding groove 1 2 3. · The female-to-rear conductive terminal 20 includes a main body portion 21 accommodated in the receiving groove 1 丨 3 of the base body 、, and a forward extending from the top end of the main body portion 21 and accommodated in the groove 114 of the top surface 11 of the base body 1j. The balance arm 22, the retaining portion 23 extending forward from the bottom end of the main body portion 21 f received in the through hole 118 of the base U, and the elastic arm 24 extending forward and being received in the groove 120 of the docking portion 12 A contact f 25 forming an end of the f-elastic arm 24 and protruding upward from the upper surface of the abutting portion 12 and a tail portion 26 extending downward and rearward from the bottom end of the main body portion 21. The bottom end of the main body portion 21 protrudes downward from a stop portion 21G which abuts against the bottom wall of the through hole 118 to prevent the rear terminal 20 from moving forward. The upper side of the holding portion 23 is provided with a top wall of a through hole 118 to bind the barb 2 3 0 in the rear conductive terminal 20 in the insulating body 10. Each conductive terminal 30 includes a welding portion protruding from the front end of the butting portion 12

M253947 V. Creation instructions (4) 31. The connecting portion 32 extending backward from the welding portion 31 and received in the channel 121, the retaining portion 33 extending backward from the connecting portion 32 and received in the holding hole 115 of the base 11, An elastic arm 34 extending forward from the holding portion 33 and a support arm 35 extending upward and forward from the holding portion 33. The welding portion 31 has a stopper 31 which abuts against the bottom wall of the groove 121 to prevent the front conductive terminal 30 from moving backward. A gap 320 is provided between the elastic arm 34 and the connecting portion 32 to provide the elastic arm 34 to the connecting portion 3. 2 space for elastic deformation. The end of the elastic arm 34 has a contact portion 340 protruding upward. There is a gap 350 between the support arm 35 and the elastic arm 34 for the butt end 61 of the flexible circuit board 60 to be inserted. The end of the support arm 35 is formed with an arc-shaped pivoting slot 3 5 1 with an opening downward. Including -42 < 410 Please refer to the first and second figures and combine the third and fifth figures to show that the cover plate 40 includes a longitudinal plate 41 and a pair of plates 4 formed on the opposite ends lacking a rotation axis. The plate body 41 is provided with a plurality of openings adjacent to its rear edge and penetrating its upper and lower surfaces. Each opening 410 has a pivot shaft 411. The axis of the pivot shaft 411 and the two rotations are located on the same straight line. The rotating shaft 42 and the pivot shaft 411 are respectively accommodated in the arc-shaped grooves 10 of the insulating body 10 and the arc-shaped pivoting grooves 351 of the front conductive terminal 3 0, and the cover plate 40 can be in the open position (fifth figure) (B) Rotate around the axis of the rotation axis 42 and the pivot 4 ^ 1 between the closed position (shown in the sixth figure). Because the opening of the arc-shaped groove 117 and the pivot groove 351 = the opposite, the cover plate 40 can = Stably and firmly held on the insulating body 10 and the former 30, so as to ensure the electrical connection of the electrical connection pile. The electrical connection member 1 and the flexible circuit board 60 may each include a holding member 50 for holding The holding part 51 and the self-holding part 51 extend: :: The mouth holding groove 123 defines a welding part 52 of the holding groove 123 inside.

Page 8 M253947 V. Creative Instructions (5) 2: When the 3 is mounted on a circuit board (not shown), the pair of positioning members are 50 踉; soldered to the circuit board to increase the electrical connector 1 installed on the circuit board The stability. Alas, when you read the fifth to seventh figures, when the cover plate 40 is in the open position, the righteousness: the butt end 61 of the mountain circuit board 60 can be inserted into the gap 350 of the electric power source 30 with zero insertion force; When the cover plate 40 is rotated to the closed position, the flexible circuit board 60 is pressed down, so that the front and rear conductive terminals 30 are pulled by the m portions 340 and 25 respectively to the corresponding contact pads 62 on the flexible circuit board 60 to achieve Electric connector! Stable and reliable electrical connection with the flexible circuit board 60. In summary, this creation has indeed met the requirements for a new type of patent. However, the above is only a preferred embodiment of this creation ’Since this cannot be used to limit the scope of this creation's rights. For example, the equivalent modifications made by those with ordinary knowledge in the technical field to the spirit of this creation are still covered by the attached patent application. ''

M253947 Brief description of the drawing f A drawing is an exploded perspective view of the electrical connector of the present invention. ΐ Ξ 立体 This view is a three-dimensional exploded view of the electrical connector. The third figure is a front view assembly drawing of the electrical connector. The fourth diagram is the third diagram along the I V— J V square warehouse Riwang Shi # silk universal view and the stern plate is condensed to the open position. The fifth picture is a cross-sectional view of the third picture when V-V is used to strike π, fix the V V universal, and rotate the cymbal to the open position and insert the flexible circuit board. Figures 3 and 4 are cross-sectional views when the flexible circuit board is inserted in the V-V direction and the cover is rotated to the closed position. The seventh figure is a cross-sectional view of the third figure when the flexible circuit board is inserted in the direction of IV-IV and the cover is rotated to the closed position. [Description of component symbols], 1 Insulating body 10 11 Top surface 110 111 Back surface 112 113 Slot 114 115 Bracket 116 117 Through hole 118 12 Groove 120 121 Positioning block 122 123 Rear conductive terminal 20 21 Stopper 210 22 Holding part 23 > 33 to 51 230 Elastic arm 24, 34 Electrical connector base bottom receiving groove holding hole groove abutting portion channel holding groove main body balance arm barb

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The diagram on page 11 is a brief description of the contact parts 25, 340, the tail part 26, the front conductive terminal 30, the welding part 3, 52, the stopper 310, the connection part 32, the gap 320, the support arm 35, the slot 351, the cover plate 40, the plate body 41, and the opening 410 pivot. Shaft 411 Rotary shaft 42 Positioning member 50 Flexible circuit board 60 Docking end 61 Contact pad 62

Claims (1)

M253947 1. An electrical connector comprising: an insulating body having a pair of openings facing upwards at opposite ends; a plurality of first conductive terminals housed in an insulating body, each of the first-conductive terminals including an end provided with an opening A supporting arm of a downward pivoting slot; and a cover plate including a pair of rotating shafts pivotally connected in a groove of the insulating body and a plurality of pivots pivotally connected in a pivoting slot of the first conductive terminal, the When the axes of the rotating shaft and the pivot are on the same straight line, the cover can rotate around the axes of the rotating shaft and the pivot between the open position and the closed position. 2 · The electrical connector as described in item 1 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the insulating body is provided with a plurality of channels and corresponding holding holes connected to the channels. Each first conductive terminal includes a protrusion. The welding part at the front end of the corresponding channel extends backward from the welding part and is accommodated in the connecting part i in the channel, self-connecting, the part extends backward and is held in the fixing part in the holding hole and the self-holding part extends forward and connects with the connecting part. Optional arms with gaps between them. 3. The electrical connector according to item 2 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the support arm of the first conductive terminal extends upward and forward from the holding portion and there is a gap between the true and the elastic arm, and the end of the elastic treasure has a support f Protruding contact. 4. The electrical connector according to item 2 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the welding portion has a stopper against the bottom wall of the channel to prevent the first conductive terminal of the earth from moving backward. 5. The electrical connector as described in item 2 of the scope of patent application, wherein M253947 6. Scope of patent application The upper side is provided with barbs combined with the top wall of the holding hole. 6. The electrical connector as described in item 丨 of the patent application scope, wherein the electrical connection includes a plurality of second conductive terminals, and the second conductive terminals are housed in the insulating body in a staggered manner with the first conductive terminals. 7. The electrical connector according to item 6 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the insulating case is provided with a plurality of receiving grooves, a slot communicating with the receiving groove and a through hole and a groove extending forward through the hole, each second The conductive terminal includes a main body portion corresponding to the receiving groove, a balance arm extending from the top end of the main body portion and accommodating the slot, extending forward from the bottom end of the main body portion and being held in the bracket, and the holding portion and the self-holding portion extending forward. It is contained in the groove without I and the tail extending backward and downward from the main body. 8. The electrical connector as described in item 7 of claim f, wherein the end of the elastic arm has a contact portion protruding upward. 9 · As claimed on the right: The electrical connector described in item 7 of the patent scope, wherein the main body is. The stop portion protrudes downward and abuts on the bottom of the through hole. The music guide is not good at 'The electrical connection position in the electrical connector described in item 1 of the package V is specifically designed to include positioning members at opposite ends of the body' and each -J is connected to the circuit board. Welding department. The body is determined by the device