TWM420919U - The connector module - Google Patents

Description

M420919 V. New Description: [New Technology Field] This creation is about a connector module, especially for a thin connector module with grounding function. [Prior Art] As consumer electronics continue to develop in light, thin, short, and small directions, for example, in notebook computers, in order to correspond to the miniaturization and sturdy design of mobile products, it is required to be assembled inside NB. Devices such as CD players or hard drives must be thinned along with the NB design, so that the design of the various components inside the CD player must also be developed in a direction that is light, thin and short. The conventional optical disk drive includes an organic casing, a circuit board and connectors and electronic components, an optical disk and a driving device disposed thereon, and the casing is provided with an opening for the external cable connector to be inserted and connected to the connector on the circuit board. Docking, and the circuit board assembly is fixed to the casing. However, in order to save space utilization and to achieve a thin design requirement, it is conventionally known that the method of soldering the connector to the circuit board by SMT and then assembling it on the chassis does not meet the demand for thinning at the current stage, and therefore it is necessary to develop a Innovative structure to solve the problem that today's products cannot be thinned. [New Content] 3 M420919 The structure of the conventional connector module is less effective in saving space. There is no way to achieve a thin design requirement, and the connector module cannot meet the demand for thinning in the market today.

The present invention provides a connector comprising a housing, a connector, a flexible transmission unit, and a metal housing, wherein the housing is provided with a side wall and a bottom wall. The connector is assembled on the casing, the connector comprises a body and a plurality of terminal slots and conductive terminals disposed in the body, the body is provided with an opening, the opening is corresponding to the hole, and the conductive terminals are provided with at least one ground terminal . The flexible transmission unit is assembled on the connector, and the conductive contacts of the flexible transmission unit are connected to the conductive terminals. The metal casing is assembled on the connector and is in contact with the casing. At least one grounding spring is disposed on the metal peripheral. The grounding spring is connected to the grounding terminal, so that the signal of the grounding terminal is transmitted to the casing through the metal casing.

The connector module provided by the present invention directly assembles and fixes the connector to the casing, omits the structure of the circuit board and utilizes the soft transmission unit as the signal transmission, due to the soft transmission single-production board There is a better space-saving effect, so the 'thin design requirements, turn (four) know the connection transfer = the way the board is assembled on the chassis is easy to cause ^ ~ use and thinning problems . p $工 [Embodiment] 4 For a preferred embodiment shown in the first to sixth figures, the creation of the machine is t-connected 1" age 1, which includes a shun 2, a connector 3, a solid The metal casing 5 and the secret transmission wheel unit 6. The casing 2 is a poem assembly-pure disk 7, wherein the casing 2 is provided with a first "; 21", a second side wall 22, a third side wall 23 and a bottom wall 24, which wall? 4, the soil, the first side wall 22 and the third side wall 23 are arranged on the bottom to form an approximately gate-shaped accommodating space Μ, the accommodating portion 5 5 can be used for accommodating the connector 3, the fixing mechanism 4, the metal casing The humanity transmission unit 6 and the optical disc tray 7 are in the first side wall Μ=-hole 210, and the hole 21 is used for providing an external connection connector (not shown) for plugging. The body is assembled on the casing 2, wherein the connector 3 includes a plurality of terminal slots 32 and a conductive terminal W body 31 which are disposed in the body 31 and are provided with an opening 31. In this embodiment, the body 3 is disposed in the body 31. The connection _= is a SATA connector. The body 31 is provided with two tongue plates 311, and the plate 3U is located in the opening 31〇, and the plurality of conductive terminals are separately provided; the tongue is placed to form the first guiding portion 331 And the second guiding body, the front side of the main body is provided with respect to the first side wall 21 and the lower side surface of the second body 31 is provided to the bottom wall 24 and the front opening/opening 310 is provided through the opening 312 and the body 31 is provided. The intersection is empty to expose the first guiding portion 331 and the 32nd, so that the shape of the _ is designed for use on a thin product. m^ZU9l9

The fixing mechanism 4 assembles and fixes the winder 3 to the casing 2 such that the opening 31 is disposed corresponding to the hole 210, and the metal casing 5 is assembled to the connector 3 and is in contact with the casing 2. In this embodiment, the metal casing 5 includes an upper casing 51, a lower casing 52, and a casing 53 connecting the upper casing 51 and the lower casing 52. The two sides of the upper casing 51 are extended with a fixing mechanism 4'. The fixing mechanism 4 includes The screw 41 and the locking hole portion 50 integrally formed on both sides of the metal casing 5, the screw 41 passes through the locking hole portion 5〇 to lock the metal peripheral 5 to the casing 2, and the bottom wall 24 is provided with a screw hole portion. The 240 'screw 41 is locked in the screw hole portion 240, and the screw 41 can be electrically connected to the metal case 5 and the casing 2.

It can be understood that the present invention does not limit the detailed structure of the fixing mechanism 4, and in addition to the fixing of the screw 41 and the keyhole portion 5, the fixing and electrical properties can be achieved by means of 帛 welding or 疋 clamping interference. The purpose of conduction. A plurality of grounding springs 531 are disposed on the rear casing 53. The grounding springs 531 are coupled to the grounding terminals of the plurality of conductive terminals 33 t to transmit the signals of the grounding terminals 333 to the casing 2 via the metal casing 5. The upper case 51 is provided with a plurality of upper engaging portions 5ΐ, and the lower case 52 is provided with a plurality of lower engaging portions 521, and the upper engaging portion 5 is attached to the connector 3 by the snapping portion 521. The flexible transmission unit 6 is assembled to the connector 3, and the two conductive electrodes 61 are connected to the conductive terminals -, = along the bottom wall 24 and the bottom surface of the optical disk 7 so that the space can be effectively utilized without hindering the disk from being moved. In the actual towel, the cooked transmission unit 6 is a soft 6-wire, but it is not limited thereto. In the creation, the body 3 right/transmission element can also be applied to the line slot 34, the soft transmission: single, terminal In the row in which the cymbals are connected to each other, the conductive contacts 61 and the guides can be inserted into the cable grooving grooves 34. Further, in the embodiment, the sub-heads 33 are electrically overlapped. The main body (1) is provided with 4_313 under = with an interference portion, and the phase is arranged to have a light interference. The dry value step portion 522 of the mosquito portion 313 can be held by the housing 5 at the interference portion 522 and the positioning portion. __Fresh 6 = 1 This is only worth mentioning outside the metal, and the second is fixed on the connector 3. The door #, 疋 under the 52, the bottom of the body 31 and the bottom wall 24 into a gap 523 'soft transmission unit 6 from the _523 two wall 24 and the bottom surface of the disc 7, so as to avoid soft: early 6 storage The position hindering the movement of the optical disk 7 by the empty space 1 2 can effectively utilize the accommodation space 25 of the casing 2 to reduce the problem of the cost. It can be understood that the flexible transmission unit 6 extends from near the lower edge of the metal casing 5 and the body 31 to between the bottom wall 24 and the bottom surface of the disc tray 7, so that a space saving effect can be achieved. The grounding elastic piece 531 and the conductive contact 61 of the flexible transmission unit 6 are respectively disposed above and below the end of the conductive terminals 33, and the grounding elastic piece 531 is inclined from the top to the bottom to be offset from the grounding terminal, and the grounding terminal 333 is provided with - The slab 334 extends obliquely from top to bottom to a conductive contact 6 that is pressed against the flexible transmission unit 6. The contact spring assembly provides a downward component and a forward component on the flexible transmission unit 6, M420919 for softness. The transmission unit 6 is detached from the body 31 against the present. (4) 31 and it is not easy to retreat. In summary, the connector module of this creation is connected and fixed to the casing, omitting the structure of the circuit board and

Yuan as a signal transmission, due to the soft-passing single recording thinner It is better to save space utilization effect, so that the board design requirements can be met to solve the conventional way of soldering the connector to the circuit between the housing and the housing It is easy to cause the problem of not being able to save the empty == type. In addition, the end of the connector module U transmission unit of the present invention is along the bottom wall and the bottom surface of the optical disk: extending so that the space can be effectively utilized for the purpose of thinning. The grounding shrapnel on the metal casing can be connected to the grounding end, and the metal casing is contacted and fixed on the casing, so that the signal of the grounding end can be transmitted to the casing through the metal casing to achieve the grounding conduction.

The above detailed description is intended to be illustrative of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and the other changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. , should be included in the scope of patents covered by this creation. [Simple description of the drawing] The first figure is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the connector module of the present invention. The second figure is a partial cross-sectional view of the connector module of the first figure. 8 M420919 The third figure is a three-dimensional diagram of the connector module of the first figure after removing the casing. The fourth figure is the vertical diagram of the connector module in the third figure after removing the casing in the other direction. The fifth figure is an exploded perspective view of the connector module of the third figure after removing the casing. Figure 6 is a perspective view of the connector body of the connector module of the fifth figure. [Main component symbol description] 1 connector module 2 housing 21 first side wall 210 hole 22 second side wall 23 third side wall 24 bottom wall 240 screw hole portion 25 accommodating space 3 connector 31 body 310 opening 311 tongue 312 opening 313 positioning portion 32 terminal slot 33 conductive terminal 9 M420919 331 first guiding portion 332 second guiding portion 333 grounding terminal 334 contact Shrapnel 34 Cable slot 4 Fixing mechanism 41 Screw 5 Metal housing 50 Locking hole 51 Upper housing 511 Upper engaging portion 52 Lower housing 521 Lower engaging portion 522 Interference portion 523 Clearance 53 Rear housing 531 Grounding terminal 6 Soft transmission unit 61 Conductive contact 7 disc

Claims (1)

Sixth, the scope of application for patents: 1. A connector module comprising: a casing, the casing is provided with a side wall and a bottom wall, the side wall is provided with a hole; a connector is assembled on the casing, the connection The device comprises a body and a plurality of terminal slots and conductive terminals disposed in the body, the body. And an opening corresponding to the hole, wherein the conductive terminals are provided with at least one grounding terminal; a flexible transmission unit is assembled on the connector, and the conductive contacts of the flexible transmission unit are connected to the conductive terminals And a metal casing assembled on the connector and in contact with the casing, wherein the metal casing is provided with at least one grounding elastic piece, the grounding elastic piece is overlapped with the grounding terminal, and the signal of the grounding terminal is transmitted through the metal The outer casing is transferred to the casing. 2. The connector module of claim 1, further comprising: a fixing mechanism that fixes the connector to the casing, wherein the fixing mechanism includes a screw and is integrally formed on the metal a locking hole portion on one side of the casing, the casing is provided with a screw hole portion, and the screw passes through the locking hole portion to lock the metal casing to the screw hole portion of the machine, and the screw is electrically connected The metal casing and the casing. 3. The connector module of claim 2, wherein the body is provided with two tongue plates, the two tongue plates are located in the opening, and the conductive terminals are respectively disposed on the two tongue plates to form a first guiding connection. And a second guiding portion. The connector module of claim 3, wherein the front side of the body is provided with the opening for the side wall, and the lower side of the body is provided with an opening for the bottom wall, the opening is open to the opening The hole and the intersection of the front side and the lower side of the body are hollowed out to expose the first guiding portion and the second guiding portion. 5. The connector module of claim 2, wherein the metal housing is assembled and fixed to the connector, the metal housing is provided with an interference portion, and the body is provided with a positioning portion, the flexible transmission A single φ element is held between the interference portion and the positioning portion. 6. The connector module of claim 5, wherein the metal casing comprises an upper casing, a lower casing and a rear casing connecting the upper casing and the lower casing, wherein the upper casing is provided with a plurality of upper engaging portions, The lower casing is provided with a plurality of lower engaging portions and the interference portion, and the grounding elastic piece is disposed on the rear casing. 7. The connector module of claim 1, wherein the body is provided with a cable slot that communicates with the terminal slots, and the flexible transmission unit is inserted into the cable slot and the conductive terminals. Lap. The connector module of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the grounding spring and the conductive connection of the flexible transmission unit are respectively disposed above and below the end of the conductive terminals, The grounding elastic piece extends obliquely from top to bottom to be pressed against the grounding terminal. The grounding terminal is provided with a contact elastic piece extending obliquely from top to bottom to abutting against the conductive contact of the flexible transmission unit, and the contact elastic piece provides a downward division. The force and a forward component are distributed on the flexible transmission unit such that the flexible transmission unit abuts against the body and is not easily retracted from the body. 12