TWM451691U - Receptacle connector - Google Patents

Abstract

A receptacle connector for mating with a plug connector, includes an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing, a metal shell covering the insulative housing, and an insulative cover enclosing the metal shell. The insulative housing includes a base portion and a tongue portion extending forward from the base portion. The contact has a tail. The receptacle connector also has a supporting plate. The supporting plate includes a protecting portion. The protecting portion protects the tails from crashing. The tails are coplanar.

Description

Socket connector

The present invention relates to a socket connector, and more particularly to a socket connector for connecting internal data and external data transmission.

For related prior art, please refer to the Republic of China New Patent Publication No. M357046, which discloses a socket connector including an insulating body, a conductive terminal held in the insulating body, and a metal casing shielded from the outside of the insulating body. The insulative housing includes a main body portion and a tongue plate extending forward from the main body portion. The conductive terminal is provided with a soldering portion that protrudes outside the body. The metal casing is provided with a tail plate, and the tail plate partially shields the conductive terminals.

However, due to the thin thickness of the tail plate and the small protection range, the welded portion of the conductive terminal cannot be well protected. During the handling or other operations, the welded portion of the conductive terminal may be impacted and bent due to the impact of external force. The surface can not be welded or the welding effect is not good.

Therefore, it is necessary to provide a new socket connector to overcome the above drawbacks.

The purpose of this creation is to provide a socket connector that effectively protects the welded portion of the conductive terminal.

To achieve the above object, the present invention discloses a socket connector including an insulative housing, a conductive terminal held in the insulating body, a metal housing shielded from the outside of the insulating body, and an insulating housing covered on the outside of the insulating body and the metal housing. The insulative housing includes a main body portion and a tongue plate extending forward from the main body portion. The conductive terminal is provided with a soldering portion. The socket connector is further provided with a reinforcing plate that is held by the insulating housing, and the reinforcing plate is provided with a protective frame that is bent and protruded, and the protective frame covers the conductive terminal welding portion.

Compared with the prior art, the present socket connector has at least the following beneficial effects: since the reinforcing plate is provided with a protective frame, the protective frame covers the conductive terminal welding portion, which can protect the welded portion of the conductive terminal and avoid welding the conductive terminal. The part was bent due to external impact, which in turn affected the welding.

Hereinafter, a specific embodiment of the present creative socket connector 100 will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The directions involved in this specification are based on the third figure.

Referring to the first to fourth embodiments, the socket connector 100 is a micro USB socket connector including an insulative housing 1 and a conductive terminal (not shown) held in the insulative housing 1 and shielded from the insulative housing 1 . The metal casing 2, the insulating casing 3 covering the insulating body 1 and the metal casing 2, the reinforcing plate 4 injection-molded on the bottom surface of the insulating casing 3, the waterproof ring 5 assembled at the front end portion of the insulating casing 3, and the sealing The colloid 6 of the rear end of the insulating case 3 is housed.

The insulative housing 1 includes a main body portion 11 , a tongue plate 12 extending forward from the main body portion 11 , and a positioning portion 13 at a rear end of the main body portion 11 . The lower ends of the main body portion 11 are provided with inclined surfaces connecting the bottom surface and the side surfaces. A buckle groove 111 is disposed on both sides of the front end of the top surface of the main body portion 11. The snap grooves 111 are located on both sides of the tongue plate 12 . The bottom surface of the main body portion 11 is provided with a holding groove 112 adjacent to the positioning portion 13 . The tongue plate 12 is provided with a plurality of clamping through holes 121 corresponding to the conductive terminals. When the clamping through hole 121 is injection molded, the clamp clamps the conductive terminal, and after the molding is completed, the clamp is taken out. The positioning portion 13 is configured to cooperate with the insulating housing 3 to realize positioning of the insulating body 1 and the insulating housing 3.

The conductive terminal is stamped and formed by a metal plate, and is held in the insulative housing 1 and partially extends out of the rear end of the insulative housing 1 . The conductive terminal is provided with a soldering portion 71.

The metal casing 2 is also stamped and formed by a metal plate, and includes a shielding portion 21 covering the main body portion 11 and the tongue plate 12 of the insulative housing 1 and a fixing post 22 extending rearward from both sides of the shielding portion 21. The lower ends of the shielding portion 21 are provided with inclined walls connecting the bottom wall and the side walls, and are designed to meet the standard requirements of the socket connector 100 interface. The top surface of the shielding portion 21 is provided with a latching protrusion 211 corresponding to the latching recess 111 of the insulative housing 1 , and the latching protrusion 211 and the latching recess 111 are snap-fitted to each other to achieve rearward limiting. A latching arm 212 is disposed on the bottom wall of the shielding portion 21 corresponding to the latching slot 112 of the insulative housing 1 . The latching arm 212 and the latching slot 112 are engaged with each other to achieve forward limiting. Further, the shielding portion 21 is sleeved outside the main body portion 11 and closely mates with the main body portion 11 such that the metal casing 2 and the insulative housing 1 are stably engaged. The two fixing posts 22 are located on both sides of the conductive terminals. The fixing post 22 is inserted into the insertion hole of the circuit board and is soldered and positioned to achieve a grounding effect, thereby achieving a masking effect of the shielding portion 21. At the same time, this design also enhances the stability of the connection of the socket connector 100 to the circuit board.

The insulating housing 3 is overmolded on the outside of the insulative housing 1 and the metal housing 2. The insulative housing 3 covers the insulative housing 1 and the metal outer casing 2 except for the opening corresponding to the receptacle connector 100. The socket connector 100 has good waterproofing properties after being assembled into corresponding electronic devices. A fixing portion 31 is disposed around the front end portion of the insulating housing 3 (ie, the end where the opening is located), and the locking portion 31 is used for fixing the waterproof ring 5 .

The reinforcing plate 4 is retained in the insulative housing 3 and includes a body portion 41, a positioning leg 42 formed by stamping from the body portion 41, and soldering legs 43 extending outward from both sides of the body portion 41, from both sides of the body portion 41. The retaining portion 44 extending forwardly from the front and rear ends and the protective frame 45 connected to the rear end of the main body portion 41 and bent upwardly. The left and right widths of the body portion 41 are slightly smaller than the left and right widths of the insulating housing 3. The body portion 41 is provided with a plurality of through holes 411. After the reinforcing plate 4 and the insulating housing 3 are injection molded, the through holes 411 and the insulating housing 3 are closely fitted. The positioning legs 42 are located on the left and right sides of the main body portion 41. When assembled, the positioning legs 42 are snap-fitted with corresponding positioning holes on the circuit board to ensure stable cooperation between the socket connector 100 and the circuit board. The welding leg 43 is lower than the body portion 41 to facilitate welding and to ensure the quality of the welding. The soldering leg 43 is provided with a receiving groove 431 for accommodating solder during soldering to prevent excess solder from flowing to other components and affecting the operation of other components. The holding portion 44 is retained in the insulating housing 3 to achieve the cooperation of the reinforcing plate 4 and the insulating housing 3. The protective frame 45 has a gate structure and surrounds the soldering portion 71 above the conductive terminal soldering portion 71, so that the conductive terminal soldering portion 71 can be prevented from being bent by an external force impact, thereby affecting the soldering effect.

The waterproof ring 5 can be made of a rubber material and has a square shape and is retained in the fastening portion 31 of the insulating housing 3 . The waterproof ring 5 is provided with a plurality of corrugated waterproof rings 51, which can realize multi-layer protection to prevent liquid from entering the inside of the electronic device.

The colloid 6 is formed by solidification of a waterproof glue applied to the tail portions of the insulative housing 1 and the insulative housing 3. The colloid 6 blocks the gap between the insulating body 1, the insulating housing 3 and the fixing post 22 of the metal casing 2, further enhancing the waterproof effect.

Since the reinforcing plate 4 is provided with the protective frame 45, the protective frame 45 covers the conductive terminal soldering portion 71, which can protect the conductive terminal soldering portion 71, and prevent the conductive terminal soldering portion 71 from being bent due to an external force impact, thereby affecting the soldering. .

In summary, this creation has indeed met the requirements of the new patent, and filed a patent application in accordance with the law. However, the above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention cannot be limited thereby. Equivalent modifications or variations made by those of ordinary skill in the art in the spirit of the present invention are still covered by the appended claims.

100‧‧‧ socket connector

1‧‧‧Insulating body

11‧‧‧ Main body

111‧‧‧Snap groove

112‧‧‧ card slot

12‧‧ ‧ tongue

121‧‧‧Clamping through hole

13‧‧‧ Positioning Department

2‧‧‧Metal casing

21‧‧‧Shading Department

211‧‧‧Snap convex

212‧‧‧ card holding arm

22‧‧‧Fixed column

3‧‧‧Insulated housing

31‧‧‧Card Department

4‧‧‧ Strengthening board

41‧‧‧ Body Department

411‧‧‧through hole

42‧‧‧ positioning feet

43‧‧‧welding feet

431‧‧‧ Reception trough

44‧‧‧ Holding Department

45‧‧‧protection frame

5‧‧‧Waterproof ring

51‧‧‧Corrugated waterproof ring

6‧‧‧colloid

71‧‧‧Weld Department

The first figure is a three-dimensional combination diagram of the present socket connector;

The second figure is a three-dimensional combination view of another perspective view of the present socket connector;

The third figure is an exploded perspective view of the present socket connector;

The fourth figure is an exploded perspective view of another perspective view of the present socket connector.

100‧‧‧ socket connector

22‧‧‧Fixed column

3‧‧‧Insulated housing

42‧‧‧ positioning feet

43‧‧‧welding feet

431‧‧‧ Reception trough

45‧‧‧protection frame

5‧‧‧Waterproof ring

51‧‧‧Corrugated waterproof ring

6‧‧‧colloid

71‧‧‧Weld Department

Claims (10)

A socket connector comprising:
An insulative housing comprising a body portion and a tongue plate extending forwardly from the body portion;
The conductive terminal is fixed in the insulating body and is provided with a soldering portion;
a metal casing shielded from the outside of the insulating body; and an insulating casing covering the insulating body and the metal casing;
The socket connector further includes a reinforcing plate fixed to the insulating housing, and the reinforcing plate is provided with a protective frame bent and protruding, and the protective frame covers the conductive terminal welding portion. The socket connector of claim 1, wherein the reinforcing plate comprises a body portion and a soldering leg extending outward from both sides of the body portion, the protective frame having a gate structure and above the soldering portion of the conductive terminal Surround the weld. The socket connector of claim 2, wherein the body portion is provided with a through hole, and the through hole and the insulating case are closely matched after the reinforcing plate and the insulating case are injection molded. The socket connector of claim 2, wherein the reinforcing plate further comprises a positioning leg stamped from the body portion, and the positioning pin is snap-fitted with a corresponding positioning hole on the circuit board. The socket connector of claim 2, wherein the soldering leg is lower than the body portion and is provided with a receiving groove for receiving solder. The socket connector of claim 2, wherein the reinforcing plate is further provided with a retaining portion extending upward from the front and rear ends of the main body, the retaining portion being held in insulation Inside the housing. The socket connector of claim 1, wherein the metal casing comprises a shielding portion covering the outside of the insulating body and a fixing post extending rearward from both sides of the shielding portion, the fixing post being inserted into the circuit board The upper hole is inserted and the welding is positioned. The socket connector of claim 1, wherein the tongue plate is provided with a clamping through hole corresponding to the conductive terminal. The socket connector of claim 1, wherein the socket connector is further provided with a waterproof ring, and a peripheral portion of the front end of the insulating casing is provided with a fixing portion, and the fixing portion is fixed with a waterproof ring. . The socket connector of claim 1, wherein the socket connector further comprises a glue body that seals a gap between the insulating body, the insulating housing and the fixing post of the metal housing.