TWM398700U - Electrical connector - Google Patents

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TWM398700U
TWM398700U TW99213298U TW99213298U TWM398700U TW M398700 U TWM398700 U TW M398700U TW 99213298 U TW99213298 U TW 99213298U TW 99213298 U TW99213298 U TW 99213298U TW M398700 U TWM398700 U TW M398700U
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Jie Zhang
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An electrical connector comprises a first housing, a second housing as-sembled in the housing and a plurality of contacts received in the first housing and the second housing simultaneously. The first housing defines a first contacting face having a first groove therein. The second housing defines a second contacting face corresponding to the first contacting face and having a second groove. The contact defines a first vertical portion received in the first groove, a second vertical portion re-ceived in the second and a middle portion being perpendicular to the first vertical portion and the second. The middle portion has a width which is greater than the width of the first groove portion and the second portion.

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«98700 五、新型說明: 【新型所屬之技術領域】 _ι] 本創作涉及一種電連接器。 【先前技術】 [雜]市場上過去有-種連接器端子,該端子為長直形,其勺 括一位於中間的主體部’-自主體部-端向外延伸的: 接尾部以及—自主體部另—端朝相反方向延伸的接觸部 。该主體部卡固干涉配合連接器之絕緣本體内的端子通 道,該焊接尾邹係焊接在電純±,該接觸部與互 接器上對應的電氣元件相對接,以使端子與互補連接号 的相關電路電連接。•體私%»利為平滑 的士面’表面上沒有任何凸起’私:,輪:子裝配在連 接盗之絕緣本體㈣,藉此四解滑的表面直接干涉配 合於絕緣树内的端子通道,以全料表面干涉的方式 將端子固定在該端子通道中。 闺如採料由於料_子通道間 的干/力里相§大’是故,在㈣過程中極易使絕緣本 體出現裂,文另,由於該種端子用以干涉的四個側面均 為平/月的表面,表面上沒有铵何可供校正的凸起是故 W裝-壓Λ角度略有偏差時,將造成端子歪斜,影響 產品的質量。 _為了改善料料的料缺點,是故,市場上現在出現 了另-種電連接器端子,該端子為長直形,其包括一位 於中間的主趙部,—自线部—端向外延伸的焊接尾部 表單煸號Α0101 第4頁/共14頁 以及一自主體部另一端朝相反方向延伸的接觸部,且在 該主體部中間部分的兩相對侧面上,分別向外凸設出一 倒刺。由於該端子藉主體部上的一對倒刺卡固干涉在端 子通道中,兩者間的干涉面積較小,是故,所產生的干 涉力量也比前述端子小,不會使絕緣本體產生裂紋。另 ,若裝配壓入角度略有偏差,該對倒刺可提供校正功能 ,防止端子歪斜。這種端子雖然解決了一些問題,但同 時也帶來了一些問題,如倒刺的干涉會使各導電端子上 下高度不一致,即導電端子的端部不在同一水平面上, 再者,當這種端子處於高頻率震動環境中時,該端子也 會因此保持力不夠而出現位移的情況。 [0005] 是故,確有必要對所述電連接器端子進行改進以克服先 前技術的缺陷。 【新型内容】 [0006] 本創作的目的是提供一種防止導電端子在絕緣本體中出 現位移的電連接器。 [0007] 本創作的目的係藉以下技術方案實現的:一種電連接器 ,其包括第一絕緣本體、組裝於第一絕緣本體上的第二 絕緣本體以及可同時收容於第一絕緣本體與第二絕緣本 體内的導電端子;第一絕緣本體具有第一接觸面,並自 第一接觸面凹陷有第一收容槽;第二絕緣本體具有與第 一接觸面相對的第二接觸面,並自第二接觸面凹陷有第 二收容槽;導電端子包括垂直收容於第一收容槽的第一 端部、垂直收容於第二收容槽的第二端部以及連接第一 端部與第二端部的中心部;該中心部與第一端部、第二 表單編號A0101 第5頁/共14頁 [0008] 端部的延伸方向垂直相接’且中心部的延伸的寬度大於 所述第一收容槽、第二收容槽的槽口寬度。 相較於先前技術’本創仙兩絕緣本體將導電端子的中 心部夹持住,可使各導電端子上下高度—致,且也使導 電端子不會出現因處在高頻率震動環境t而導致位移的 情況。 【實施方式】«98700 V. New description: [New technical field] _ι] This creation involves an electrical connector. [Prior Art] In the past, there was a kind of connector terminal in the market, the terminal is a long straight shape, and the spoon includes a main body portion in the middle - extending outward from the main body end: the tail portion and the autonomous The other end of the body is a contact portion that extends in the opposite direction. The main body portion is engaged with the terminal passage in the insulating body of the connector, and the welding tail is soldered to the electric purity ±, and the contact portion is connected with the corresponding electrical component on the connector to make the terminal and the complementary connection number The relevant circuit is electrically connected. • Body-to-Personal %»利 Smoother's face's no bulge on the surface's private:, wheel: sub-assembly in the connection of the stolen insulating body (four), whereby the four-slip surface directly interferes with the terminal inside the insulating tree The channel is fixed in the terminal channel by means of full material surface interference. For example, because the material is _ large in the dry/force phase between the sub-channels, it is easy to crack the insulating body in the process of (4), because the four sides of the terminal are used for interference. The surface of the flat/month, there is no ammonium on the surface, and the convexity that can be corrected is that when the W-loading angle is slightly deviated, the terminal will be skewed, which affects the quality of the product. In order to improve the material shortcomings of the materials, there is now another type of electrical connector terminal on the market. The terminal is a long straight shape, which includes a main Zhao section in the middle, from the line end to the outside. The extended solder tail form 煸 Α 0101, page 4 / 14 pages, and a contact portion extending from the other end of the main body portion in opposite directions, and on the opposite sides of the middle portion of the main body portion, respectively protrude outwardly Barbed. Since the terminal is interfered in the terminal channel by a pair of barbs on the main body portion, the interference area between the two is small, so that the interference force generated is smaller than the aforementioned terminal, and the insulating body is not cracked. . In addition, if the assembly press-in angle is slightly deviated, the pair of barbs can provide a correction function to prevent the terminal from being skewed. Although this kind of terminal solves some problems, it also brings some problems. For example, the interference of barbs will make the heights of the upper and lower sides of the conductive terminals inconsistent, that is, the ends of the conductive terminals are not on the same horizontal surface, and further, when such terminals When in a high-frequency vibration environment, the terminal will also be displaced due to insufficient force. [0005] Therefore, it is indeed necessary to improve the electrical connector terminals to overcome the deficiencies of the prior art. [New Content] [0006] The purpose of this creation is to provide an electrical connector that prevents displacement of the conductive terminals in the insulative housing. [0007] The purpose of the present invention is achieved by the following technical solutions: an electrical connector including a first insulative housing, a second insulative housing assembled to the first insulative housing, and the first insulative housing and the first insulative housing The first insulative housing has a first contact surface, and has a first receiving groove recessed from the first contact surface; the second insulative housing has a second contact surface opposite to the first contact surface, and The second contact surface is recessed with a second receiving slot; the conductive terminal includes a first end portion vertically received in the first receiving slot, a second end portion vertically received in the second receiving slot, and a first end portion and a second end portion a central portion; the central portion is perpendicular to the first end portion, the second form number A0101, the fifth portion of the page, and the width of the central portion is greater than the first receiving portion. The slot width of the slot and the second receiving slot. Compared with the prior art, the two insulating bodies of the present invention sandwich the center of the conductive terminals, so that the heights of the conductive terminals can be increased, and the conductive terminals are not caused by the high-frequency vibration environment t. The case of displacement. [Embodiment]

[00〇9]請參閱第一圖至第=,太+ A 弟—圖本創作電連接器100可安裝於電 路板(未圖示)上並與對接連接器(未圖示)實現電性 連接其包括第-絕緣本體10、組裝於第一絕緣本體 上的第二絕緣本體20以及同,收容於本體1〇和 第二絕緣本體2 0的複數導電端丰。 . _]請參閱第-圖,所述第—絕緣本體1Qa致呈矩形其包 括頂面11、底面1 2、兩橫長側面丨3以及兩縱長側面丨4。 所述第一絕緣本體10之頂面U凹陷設有可收容第二絕緣 本體20的收容部15,該收容部15沿縱長方向貫穿第一絕 緣本體ίο的兩橫長側面13並形成有第一接觸面151及位於 第一接觸面151兩側的安裝部152。第一絕緣本體1〇設有 2個方形的第一收容槽153,該等第一收容槽153自所述第 一接觸面151向下垂直貫穿至第一絕緣本體1〇之底面12。 此外,每個安裝部152靠近第一接觸面151的端部上設有 複數整齊排列的組裝孔1521,兩安裝部152的組裝孔 1521相互對應排列。 [0011]第二絕緣本體20大致呈矩形,其設有與第一接觸面151相 表單編號A0101 第6頁/共14頁 對的第二接觸面23、對應第一絕緣本體10之組裝孔1521 設置的安裝凸部21以及對應第—絕緣本體1()之第一收容 槽153設置的方形的第二收容槽22。該第二收容槽^亦垂 直貫穿第二絕緣本體2〇的第二接觸面23和相對另一面。 [_$電端子30大致呈長直形,其包括垂直收容於第一收容 槽153的第—端部3卜垂直收容於第二收容槽22的第二端 部32以及連接第一端部3丨與第二端部32的中心部”。該 中心部33與第一端部31、第二端部32的延伸方向垂直相 接,且中心部33的延伸的寬度大於所述第一收容槽Kg、 第二收容槽22的槽口寬度。所述導電端子3〇的第一端部 31和第一端部3 2以所述中心.部3 ’3為表心.對稱設置。 [00丨3]組裝時,導電端子3〇的第一—部奶插乂第一絕緣本體1〇 的第一收容槽153内,且第一端部31藉第一收容槽153而 延伸至第一絕緣本體1 〇的外部,接著,將第二絕緣本體 20的第二收容槽22對準導電端子30的第二端部32而使第 二絕緣本體20收容於第一絕緣本體1〇的收容部15内,而 且,導電端子30的第二端部32藉第二收容槽22而延伸至 第二絕緣本體20的外部,至此,組裝完畢。兩絕緣本體 10、20之間借助安裝凸部21跟組裝孔1521相互配合而固 定。安裝凸部21的下端部呈擴大狀,組裝孔1521呈上窄 下寬結構,安裝凸部21被擠壓入組裝孔1521而固定在其 内0 [0014] 本創作電連接器100在於用兩絕緣本體1〇、20將導電端子 30的中心部33夾持住’本實施方式在於用兩絕緣本體jo '20的第一接觸面151和第二接觸面23來夾持住導電端子 表單編號A0101 第7頁/共14頁 M398700 30的中心部33。如是,本創作可使各導電端子30上下高 度一致,且也使導電端子30不會出現因處在高頻率震動 環境中而導致位移的情況。 [0015] 以上所述僅為本創作提供的具體實施方式,不是全部或 唯一的實施方式,例如還可以採取下列的實施方式:第 一種實施方式為所述第一收容槽在槽口位置處設有第一 擴展槽,第一擴展槽可對應收容導電端子的中心部;第 二種實施方式為所述第二收容槽在槽口位置處設有第二 擴展槽,第二擴展槽可對應收容導電端子的中心部;第 三種實施方式為所述第一收容槽與對應之第二收容槽共 同在槽口位置處設有擴展槽ΐ.議豸展構对對痛收容導電 端子的中心部。前述三種實施游_;:大游徵在於額外有 . ..·. 擴展槽來收容和定位導電端子的中心部,也都能滿足本 創作的發明目的。 【圖式簡單說明】 [0016] 第一圖係本創作電連接器的立體分解圖; [0017] 第二圖係本創作電連接器的立體組合圖; [0018] 第三圖係第二圖沿I I I -1 I I線的剖視圖。 【主要元件符號說明】 [0019] 電連接器:100 [0020] 第一絕緣本體:10 [0021] 頂面:11 [0022] 底面:12 表單編號A0101 第8頁/共14頁 M398700[00〇9] Please refer to the first figure to the second =, too + A brother - the picture creation electrical connector 100 can be mounted on a circuit board (not shown) and electrically connected to the docking connector (not shown) The connection includes a first insulative housing 10, a second insulative housing 20 assembled on the first insulative housing, and a plurality of conductive ends received in the main body 1 and the second insulative housing 20. _] Referring to Fig. 1, the first insulating body 1Qa is rectangular in shape and includes a top surface 11, a bottom surface 1-2, two horizontally long side 丨3, and two longitudinal side 丨4. The top surface U of the first insulative housing 10 is recessed with a receiving portion 15 for receiving the second insulative housing 20, and the receiving portion 15 extends through the two horizontally long sides 13 of the first insulative housing ί in the longitudinal direction and is formed A contact surface 151 and a mounting portion 152 on both sides of the first contact surface 151. The first insulative housing 1 is provided with two square first receiving slots 153. The first receiving slots 153 extend vertically downward from the first contact surface 151 to the bottom surface 12 of the first insulative housing 1 . Further, each of the mounting portions 152 is provided with a plurality of neatly arranged assembly holes 1521 near the end of the first contact surface 151, and the assembly holes 1521 of the two mounting portions 152 are arranged corresponding to each other. [0011] The second insulative housing 20 is substantially rectangular, and is provided with a second contact surface 23 corresponding to the first contact surface 151, form number A0101, page 6 of 14 pages, and an assembly hole 1521 corresponding to the first insulative housing 10. The mounting convex portion 21 and the square second receiving groove 22 provided corresponding to the first receiving groove 153 of the first insulating body 1 (). The second receiving slot ^ also extends perpendicularly through the second contact surface 23 of the second insulative housing 2 and the opposite side. The electrical terminal 30 is substantially long and straight, and includes a first end portion 3 vertically received in the first receiving groove 153, a second end portion 32 vertically received in the second receiving groove 22, and a connecting first end portion 3. The central portion of the second end portion 32 is perpendicular to the extending direction of the first end portion 31 and the second end portion 32, and the extending width of the central portion 33 is larger than the first receiving slot Kg, the notch width of the second receiving groove 22. The first end portion 31 and the first end portion 32 of the conductive terminal 3〇 are symmetrically disposed with the center portion 3'3 as a center. [00丨The first end portion 31 extends into the first receiving body 153 of the first insulative housing 1 , and the first end portion 31 extends from the first receiving slot 153 to the first insulative housing. The second housing groove 22 of the second insulative housing 20 is aligned with the second end portion 32 of the conductive terminal 30 to receive the second insulative housing 20 in the receiving portion 15 of the first insulative housing 1 . Moreover, the second end portion 32 of the conductive terminal 30 extends to the outside of the second insulative housing 20 by the second receiving slot 22, and the assembly is completed. The main bodies 10 and 20 are fixed to each other by the fitting convex portion 21 and the assembling hole 1521. The lower end portion of the mounting convex portion 21 is enlarged, the assembling hole 1521 has a narrow and wide structure, and the mounting convex portion 21 is squeezed into the assembly. The hole 1521 is fixed therein. [0014] The present invention is in which the central portion 33 of the conductive terminal 30 is clamped by two insulating bodies 1 〇 20, which is in the present embodiment, in which two insulating bodies jo '20 are used. The first contact surface 151 and the second contact surface 23 sandwich the central portion 33 of the conductive terminal form No. A0101, page 7 / page 14 M398700 30. If so, the creation allows the conductive terminals 30 to be vertically aligned, and also The conductive terminal 30 is prevented from being displaced due to being in a high-frequency vibration environment. [0015] The above description is only a specific embodiment provided by the present invention, not all or the only embodiment, for example, the following may also be adopted Embodiment: In the first embodiment, the first receiving slot is provided with a first expansion slot at a slot position, and the first expansion slot can correspond to a central portion of the conductive terminal; Two collection The slot is provided with a second expansion slot at the slot position, and the second slot is configured to receive the central portion of the conductive terminal. The third embodiment is that the first receiving slot and the corresponding second receiving slot are at the slot position. There is an expansion slot. The central part of the conductive terminal is placed on the pain. The above three implementations _;: The big tour is extra. ..·. Expansion slot to receive and position the center of the conductive terminal [0016] The first figure is an exploded perspective view of the present electrical connector; [0017] The second figure is a three-dimensional combination of the present electrical connector [0018] The third diagram is a cross-sectional view of the second diagram taken along line III-1. [Main component symbol description] [0019] Electrical connector: 100 [0020] First insulative body: 10 [0021] Top surface: 11 [0022] Bottom surface: 12 Form number A0101 Page 8 of 14 M398700

[0023] 橫長側面:13 [0024] 縱長側面:14 [0025] 收容部:15 [0026] 第一接觸面:151 [0027] 安裝部:152 [0028] 組裝孔:1521 [0029] 第一收容槽:153 [0030] 第二絕緣本體:20 [0031] 安裝凸部:21 [0032] 第二收容槽:22 [0033] 第二接觸面:23 [0034] 導電端子:30 [0035] 第一端部:31 [0036] 第二端部:32 [0037] 中心部:3 3 表單編號A0101 第9頁/共14頁[0023] Horizontally long side: 13 [0024] Longitudinal side: 14 [0025] Housing: 15 [0026] First contact surface: 151 [0027] Mounting portion: 152 [0028] Assembly hole: 1521 [0029] A receiving slot: 153 [0030] Second insulating body: 20 [0031] Mounting projection: 21 [0032] Second receiving slot: 22 [0033] Second contact surface: 23 [0034] Conductive terminal: 30 [0035] First end: 31 [0036] Second end: 32 [0037] Center: 3 3 Form number A0101 Page 9 of 14

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M398700 六、申請專利範圍: 1 . 一種電連接器,其包括第一絕緣本體、固定組裝於第一絕M398700 VI. Patent application scope: 1. An electrical connector comprising a first insulating body and fixedly assembled in the first 緣本體上的第二絕緣本體以及可同時收容於第一絕緣本體 與第二絕緣本體内的導電端子,第一絕緣本體具有第一接 觸面,並自第一接觸面凹陷有第一收容槽,第二絕緣本體 具有與第一接觸面相對的第二接觸面,並自第二接觸面凹 陷有第二收容槽,導電端子包括垂直收容於第一收容槽的 第一端部、垂直收容於第二收容槽的第二端部以及連接第 一端部與第二端部的中心部,該中心部與第一端部、第二 端部的延伸方向垂直相接,且中心部的延伸的寬度大於所 述第一收容槽、第二收容槽的槽¥口寬度。 2 .如申請專利範圍第1項所述之^:速接i器::,其片.所述第一收 容槽在槽口位置處設有第一擴展槽,第一擴展槽可對應收 容導電端子的中心部。 3 .如申請專利範圍第1項所述之電連接器,其中所述第二收 容槽在槽口位置處設有第二擴展槽,第二擴展槽可對應收 容導電端子的中心部。a second insulative body on the edge body and a conductive terminal that can be simultaneously received in the first insulative housing and the second insulative housing. The first insulative housing has a first contact surface, and a first receiving slot is recessed from the first contact surface. The second insulative housing has a second contact surface opposite to the first contact surface, and a second receiving slot is recessed from the second contact surface. The conductive terminal includes a first end portion vertically received in the first receiving slot, and is vertically received in the first receiving portion. a second end portion of the receiving groove and a central portion connecting the first end portion and the second end portion, the central portion is perpendicularly connected to the extending direction of the first end portion and the second end portion, and the width of the extending portion of the central portion The slot width is larger than the slot of the first receiving slot and the second receiving slot. 2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the first receiving slot is provided with a first expansion slot at the slot position, and the first expansion slot is adapted to receive the conductive The center of the terminal. 3. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the second receiving slot is provided with a second expansion slot at a slot location, and the second expansion slot is adapted to receive a central portion of the conductive terminal. 4.如申請專利範圍第1項所述之電連接器,其中所述第一收 容槽與對應第二收容槽共同在槽口位置處設有擴展槽,該 擴展槽可對應收容導電端子的中心部。 5 .如申請專利範圍第1項所述之電連接器,其中所述第一絕 緣本體的第一接觸面的相對兩側設有組裝孔,而第二絕緣 本體的相對兩側對應設有可固定組裝在組裝孔内的安裝凸 部。 6.如申請專利範圍第1項所述之電連接器,其中所述第一收 099213298 表單編號A0101 第10頁/共14頁 0992040369-0 /υυ =槽貫穿第—絕緣本體,而第二收容槽亦貫穿第二絕緣本 體。 如申叫專利範圍第6項所述之電連接器,其中所述導電端 的第端部藉第一收容槽而延伸至第一絕緣本體的外部 ’而導電端子的第二端部藉第二收容槽而延伸至第二絕緣 本體的外部。 ’如申印專利範圍第i項所述之電連接器,其中所述導電端 子呈長直形。 .如申請專利範圍第8項所述之電連接器,其中所述導電端 子的第一端部和第二端部以所述中心部為中心對稱設置。 099213298 表單編號A0101 第11頁/共14頁 0992040369-04. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the first receiving slot and the corresponding second receiving slot are provided with an expansion slot at a slot position, and the expansion slot can correspond to the center of the receiving conductive terminal. unit. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the first insulating body has an assembly hole on opposite sides of the first contact surface, and the opposite sides of the second insulating body are correspondingly provided. Fixing the mounting projections assembled in the assembly holes. 6. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the first receipt 099213298 form number A0101 page 10 / total 14 page 0992040369-0 / υυ = slot through the first - insulative body, and the second containment The slot also extends through the second insulative body. The electrical connector of claim 6, wherein the first end of the conductive end extends to the outside of the first insulative housing by the first receiving slot and the second end of the conductive terminal is used for the second receiving The slot extends to the outside of the second insulative housing. The electrical connector of claim i, wherein the conductive terminal is elongated. The electrical connector of claim 8, wherein the first end and the second end of the electrically conductive terminal are symmetrically disposed about the central portion. 099213298 Form No. A0101 Page 11 of 14 0992040369-0
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