TWM452483U - Electrical card connector - Google Patents

Description

Electronic card connector

The present invention relates to an electronic card connector, and more particularly to an electronic card connector that can simultaneously insert a plurality of electronic cards.

A mobile device such as a mobile phone needs to insert a plurality of electronic cards as required by the user. For example, two Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards and a Secure Digital (SD) card need to be inserted. The existing method is to respectively set two electronic card connectors on the circuit board in the mobile device, one of the electronic card connectors is provided with two side by side or laminated card space for two SIM card insertion, and the other electronic card connector A card space is provided for inserting an SD card, but the electronic card connector for inserting the SIM card and the electronic card connector for inserting the SD card are separately disposed in the mobile device, and the component manufacturing and assembly cost are relatively simple. high.

In view of this, the purpose of this creation is to propose an electronic card connector that integrates the connectors required for a plurality of electronic cards.

To achieve the above or other objects, the present invention proposes an electronic card connector comprising:

a first insulating body, a first card space and a second card space are arranged side by side;

a second insulative housing is disposed with a third card space and is stacked above the first card space of the first insulative housing;

a plurality of first, second, and third conductive terminals respectively received in the first, second, and third card spaces; and

a shielding shell shielding the first and second insulating bodies;

The plurality of card blocks are disposed on the first and second insulative housings, and the plurality of card holes are respectively disposed on the shielding shell to respectively latch the corresponding card blocks.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the first insulative housing has a first base portion, two first side walls extending from opposite first sides of the first base portion, and an intermediate portion extending from the middle of the first base portion The first base, the first side wall and the intermediate wall together define the first and second card spaces, the second insulating body has a second base and two of the second base The second sidewall extending from the opposite first side, the second base and the second sidewalls together define the third card space.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the plurality of blocks are respectively disposed outside the first and second side walls of the first and second bases, and the shielding shell has an upper cover and a plurality of bending edges of the upper cover And the plurality of card holes are respectively disposed on the plurality of side walls, the upper cover and the side wall of the shielding case, the first base portion and the first side wall of the first insulative housing, and the second insulative body The second base and the second side wall together define the openings of the first, second, and third card spaces for insertion into the electronic card.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the shielding housing further includes a plurality of fixing portions extending from the side wall.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the plurality of first, second, and third conductive terminals each have a contact portion, a soldering portion, and a connecting portion connecting the contact portion and the soldering portion, wherein the contact portions respectively protrude Extending in the first, second, and third card spaces, each of the soldering portions protrudes outside the first and second base portions.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the soldering portions of the plurality of first and second conductive terminals respectively protrude from at least one of the other two opposite second sides of the first base, and the plurality of third conductive terminals The soldering portions respectively protrude from the other two opposite second sides of the second base, one side of the opening corresponding to the third card space.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the electronic card connector further includes three switching elements respectively disposed on the two first sidewalls of the first insulative housing and the two walls of the intermediate wall, and one of the two second sidewalls of the second insulative housing. a wall, each of the three switching elements includes a fourth conductive terminal and a fifth conductive terminal, the three fourth conductive terminals and the three fifth conductive terminals each having a contact portion, a soldering portion, and a connection a connecting portion of the portion and the soldering portion, wherein the contact portions of the three fourth conductive terminals respectively protrude into the first, second, and third card spaces, and the soldering portions respectively protrude from the first and second base portions In addition, the contact portions of the three fifth conductive terminals and the contact portions of the three fourth conductive terminals are normally open, and the soldering portions respectively protrude outside the first and second base portions.

The present invention adopts a first insulative body (which is provided with first and second card spaces side by side) and a second insulative housing (which is provided with a third card space superposed on the first card space of the first insulative housing) ), and the connectors required for the three electronic cards are integrated to reduce the cost of fabrication and assembly, and the shielding housing is buckled to the first and second insulating bodies to provide noise shielding and electrostatic protection. Features.

The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent and understood.

Please refer to FIG. 1. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an electronic card connector according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The electronic card connector of the present invention comprises a first insulative housing 1, a second insulative housing 2, a plurality of first conductive terminals 3, a plurality of second conductive terminals 4, a plurality of third conductive terminals 5, and a shielding housing. 6. The first insulative housing 1 is disposed with a first card space 10 and a second card space 10 ′. The second insulative housing 2 is disposed with a third card space 20 and is stacked on the first insulative housing 1 . Above the first card space 10. The plurality of first, second, and third conductive terminals 3, 4, and 5 are housed in the first, second, and third card spaces 10, 10', and 20, respectively. The shielding housing 6 shields the first and second insulative housings 1, 2 and collectively defines the first, second, and third card slots 10, 10', 20 for insertion into the opening of the electronic card 9. The first, second, and third card spaces 10, 10', 20 can be used to simultaneously insert three electronic cards 9 into the electronic card connector of the present invention, and the electronic card connector of the present invention is soldered to a circuit. Board (not shown).

In this embodiment, the first and second card spaces 10, 10' arranged side by side can be inserted into the two SIM cards 9, and the third card space 20 stacked above the first card space 10 can be For an SD card 9 to be inserted. However, the first, second, and third card spaces 10, 10', and 20 may be set as required for three identical, partially identical or different types of electronic card insertion, and the electronic card includes a SIM card. Other types of smart cards, SD cards and other types of memory cards.

Please refer to FIG. 2. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the electronic card connector shown in FIG. 1. The first insulative housing 1 has a first base portion 11 , two first side walls 12 extending from opposite first sides 111 of the first base portion 11 , and a first end portion 113 extending from the middle portion 113 of the first base portion 11 . Intermediate wall 13. The first base portion 11, the two first side walls 12 and the intermediate wall 13 together define the first and second card insertion spaces 10, 10'. In the first and second card spaces 10, 10', a plurality of terminal receiving slots 14 corresponding to the electronic card 9 are formed on the first base portion 11 to receive the plurality of first and second conductive portions. Terminals 3, 4. Each of the plurality of first conductive terminals 3 has a contact portion 31, a soldering portion 32, and a connecting portion 33 connecting the contact portion 31 and the soldering portion 32. Each of the contact portions 31 is respectively protruded from the terminal receiving groove 14 In the first card space 10 , each of the soldering portions 32 protrudes outside the first base portion 11 . Each of the plurality of second conductive terminals 4 has a contact portion 41, a soldering portion 42 and a connecting portion 43 connecting the contact portion 41 and the soldering portion 42. Each of the contact portions 41 protrudes from the terminal receiving slot 14 respectively. In the second card space 10 ′, each of the soldering portions 42 protrudes outside the first base portion 11 .

In this embodiment, the plurality of first and second conductive terminals 3, 4 are directly disposed in the first and second card spaces 10, 10' by insert molding. On a base 11. The welded portions 32, 42 of the plurality of first and second conductive terminals 3, 4 respectively protrude outside the other opposite second sides 112 of the first base portion 11. However, the first and second conductive terminals 3 and 4 can be disposed according to requirements. For example, the soldering portions 32 of the plurality of first conductive terminals 3 can protrude only from the first base. The soldering portions 42 of the plurality of second conductive terminals 4 may protrude only from one side or the other side of the two second sides 112 of the first base portion 11 respectively. In other words, the soldering portions 32 and 42 of the plurality of first and second conductive terminals 3 and 4 respectively protrude from the same side or different sides of the two second sides 112 of the first base portion 11.

The second insulative housing 2 has a second base portion 21 and two second side walls 22 extending from opposite first sides 211 of the second base portion 21. The second base portion 21 and the second base portions 22 are defined together. The third card space 20 is exited. In the third card space 20, a terminal receiving groove 24 corresponding to the electronic card 9 is formed on the second base portion 21 to accommodate the plurality of third conductive terminals 5. Each of the plurality of third conductive terminals 5 has a contact portion 51, a soldering portion 52, and a connecting portion 53 connecting the contact portion 51 and the soldering portion 52. Each of the contact portions 51 protrudes from the terminal receiving groove 24 In the third card space 20, each of the soldering portions 52 protrudes outside the second base portion 21.

In this embodiment, the plurality of third conductive terminals 5 are directly disposed on the second base portion 21 in the third card space 20 by injection molding. The soldering portions 52 of the plurality of third conductive terminals 5 respectively protrude outside the opposite side of the second side 212 of the second base portion 21 corresponding to the opening of the third card space 20.

The electronic card connector of the present invention further includes three switching elements 7 and 8 respectively disposed on the two first sidewalls 12 and the intermediate wall 13 of the first insulative housing 1 and the two walls of the second insulative housing 2 22 one of the walls. The three switching elements 7, 8 each include a fourth conductive terminal 71, 81 and a fifth conductive terminal 72, 82. Each of the three fourth conductive terminals 71, 81 has a contact portion 711, 811, a soldering portion 712, 812, and a connecting portion 713, 813 connecting the contact portion 711, 811 and the solder portion 712, 812. The contact portions 711 and 811 of the fourth conductive terminals 71 and 81 respectively protrude into the first, second and third card spaces 10, 10' and 20, and the three fourth conductive terminals 71 and 81 The welded portions 712 and 812 protrude from the outside of the first and second base portions 11 and 21, respectively. Each of the three fifth conductive terminals 72, 82 has a contact portion 721, 821, a soldering portion 722, 822, and a connecting portion 723, 823 connecting the contact portion 721, 821 and the solder portion 722, 822. The contact portions 721, 821 of the fifth conductive terminals 72, 82 and the contact portions 711, 811 of the three fourth conductive terminals 71, 81 are normally open, and are completely inserted into the electronic card 9 The first and second card spaces 10, 10', and 20 force the contact portions 711 and 811 to contact the contact portions 721 and 821, respectively, to be in a closed state, and the three fifth conductive terminals 72 are closed. The welded portions 722 and 822 of the 82 are protruded outside the first and second base portions 11 and 21, respectively.

In this embodiment, please refer to FIG. 3, which is a group diagram of the first insulative housing 1 and the switching element 7 shown in FIG. The fourth and fifth conductive terminals 71 and 72 of the two switching elements 7 are respectively disposed on one of the first sidewalls 12 of the first insulative housing 1 and the intermediate wall 13 . The soldering portions 712 respectively protrude from one of the two second sides 112 of the first base portion 11 , and the soldering portions 722 of the two fifth conductive terminals 72 respectively protrude from the second and second portions of the first base portion 11 . Side 112 is outside the other side.

In this embodiment, please refer to FIG. 4, which is a group diagram of the second insulative housing 2 and the switching element 8 shown in FIG. The fourth conductive terminal 81 of one of the switching elements 8 is disposed in a plug-in manner, and the fifth conductive terminal 82 is respectively disposed on one of the two second sidewalls 22 of the second insulative housing 2 in a manner of being buried and formed. The welded portions 812 and 822 of the conductive terminals 81 and 82 respectively protrude from one of the two first sides 211 of the second base portion 21 .

The first side wall 12 and the intermediate wall 13 of the first insulative housing 1 are further provided with a plurality of holes 15 , and the bottom surface of the second base portion 21 of the second insulative housing 2 is further provided. A plurality of protrusions 25 are respectively tightly engaged with the corresponding holes 15. Referring to FIG. 5, FIG. 5 is an assembled view of the first insulative housing 1 which has been assembled with the switching element 7 and the second insulative housing 2 which has been assembled with the switching element 8 as shown in FIG. The second insulative housing 2 is tightly engaged by pressing the plurality of protrusions 25 into the corresponding plurality of holes 15 of the first insulative housing 1.

The shielding housing 6 has an upper cover 61, a plurality of side walls 62 extending from the periphery of the upper cover 61, and a plurality of fixing portions 63 extending from the side walls 62, and a plurality of card holes 64 are respectively disposed in the plurality of fixing holes 63. On the side wall 62. A plurality of blocks 16 and 26 are respectively disposed on the outer sides of the first and second side walls 12 and 22 of the first and second insulative housings 1 and 2 to respectively latch the corresponding card holes 64. Please refer to FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 . FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 are assembled diagrams of the first and second insulating bodies 1 and 2 and the shielding case 6 shown in FIG. 5 . The shielding case 6 is tightly engaged by snapping the plurality of card holes 64 to the corresponding blocks 16 and 26 of the first and second insulative housings 1, 2. The upper cover 61 and the side wall 62 of the shielding shell 6 , the first base portion 11 , the first side wall 12 and the intermediate wall 13 of the first insulative housing 1 , and the second base portion 21 and the second side wall 22 of the second insulative housing 2 are common The first, second, and third card spaces 10, 10', 20 are defined for insertion into the opening of the electronic card 9.

In this embodiment, the openings of the first and second card spaces 10, 10' are located on one side of the two second sides 112 of the first base 11 (ie, on the same side), the third card The opening of the space 20 is located on one of the two second sides 212 of the second base 21. However, the position of the opening for inserting the electronic card 9 can be set according to requirements. For example, the openings of the first and second card spaces 10, 10 ′ can be respectively located at the two second portions of the first base 11 . The side 112 (ie, on the opposite side), the opening of the third card space 20 may be located on the other side of the two second sides 212 of the second base 21.

After the electronic card connector of the present invention is assembled as shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 6, the welding portions 32, 42, 52 of the plurality of first, second, and third conductive terminals 3, 4, and 5, the shielding shell The fixing portion 63 of the body 6 and the soldering portions 712, 722, 812, and 822 of the three switching elements 7, 8 are then soldered to a circuit board (not shown).

Although the present invention has been disclosed in the above preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention, and those skilled in the art can make some modifications and refinements without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, for example, In addition to the third card space 20, the second insulative housing 2 may be disposed side by side with another card space and stacked on the second card space 10' of the first insulative housing 1, for example, the Another insulating body provided with a card insertion space may be stacked on the two insulating bodies 2. Therefore, the scope of protection of this creation is subject to the definition of the scope of the patent application.

1‧‧‧First Insulation Body
10‧‧‧First card space

10'‧‧‧Second card space
11‧‧‧ First Base

111‧‧‧ First side of the first base
112‧‧‧ second side of the first base

113‧‧‧ the middle of the first base
12‧‧‧First side wall

13‧‧‧Intermediate wall
14‧‧‧Terminal receiving slot

15‧‧‧ holes
16‧‧‧ card block

2‧‧‧Second insulation body
20‧‧‧ Third card space

21‧‧‧ Second Base
211‧‧‧ First side of the second base

212‧‧‧ second side of the second base
22‧‧‧ second side wall

24‧‧‧Terminal receiving slot
25‧‧‧Bump

26‧‧‧ card block
3‧‧‧First conductive terminal

31‧‧‧Contacts
32‧‧‧Weld Department

33‧‧‧Connecting Department
4‧‧‧Second conductive terminal

41‧‧‧Contacts
42‧‧‧Weld Department

43‧‧‧Connecting Department
5‧‧‧ Third conductive terminal

51‧‧‧Contacts
52‧‧‧Weld Department

53‧‧‧Connecting Department
6‧‧‧Shaded housing

61‧‧‧Upper cover
62‧‧‧ side wall

63‧‧‧ Fixed Department
64‧‧‧Kakong

7, 8‧‧‧ Switching components
71, 81‧‧‧4th conductive terminal

711, 811‧‧ ‧Contacts
712, 812‧‧‧ welding department

713, 813‧‧‧ Connections
72, 82‧‧‧ fifth conductive terminal

721, 821‧‧‧Contacts
722, 822‧‧‧ welding department

723, 823‧‧‧ Connections
9‧‧‧Electronic card

1 is a perspective view of an electronic card connector according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 is an exploded perspective view of the electronic card connector of FIG. 1.

3 is a group diagram of the first insulative housing and the switching element shown in FIG. 2.

4 is a block diagram of the second insulative housing and the switching element shown in FIG. 2.

FIG. 5 is an assembled view of the first insulative housing shown in FIG. 3 and the second insulative housing shown in FIG. 4.

6 and 7 are assembled views of the first and second insulative housings and the shielding case shown in Fig. 5.

1‧‧‧First Insulation Body

10‧‧‧First card space

10’‧‧‧Second card space

2‧‧‧Second insulation body

20‧‧‧ Third card space

3‧‧‧First conductive terminal

4‧‧‧Second conductive terminal

5‧‧‧ Third conductive terminal

6‧‧‧Shaded housing

9‧‧‧Electronic card

Claims (7)

An electronic card connector comprising:
a first insulating body, a first card space and a second card space are arranged side by side;
a second insulative housing is disposed with a third card space and is stacked above the first card space of the first insulative housing;
a plurality of first, second, and third conductive terminals respectively received in the first, second, and third card spaces; and a shielding case that shields the first and second insulative bodies;
The plurality of card blocks are disposed on the first and second insulative housings, and the plurality of card holes are respectively disposed on the shielding shell to respectively latch the corresponding card blocks. The electronic card connector of claim 1, wherein the first insulative housing has a first base portion, two first side walls extending from opposite first sides of the first base portion, and a first side wall An intermediate wall extending in the middle of the first base portion, the first base portion, the two first side walls and the intermediate wall jointly define the first and second card spaces, and the second insulating body has a second base portion And a second sidewall extending from the opposite first sides of the second base, the second base and the second sidewalls together define the third card space. The electronic card connector of claim 2, wherein the plurality of blocks are respectively disposed outside the first and second side walls of the first and second bases, and the shielding case has an upper cover and a plurality of side walls extending from a periphery of the upper cover, wherein the plurality of card holes are respectively disposed on the plurality of side walls, the upper cover and the side wall of the shielding case, the first base of the first insulative housing, and the first A sidewall, a second base and a second sidewall of the second insulative housing collectively define the first, second, and third card slots for insertion into an opening of the electronic card. The electronic card connector of claim 3, wherein the shielding housing further comprises a plurality of fixing portions extending from the side wall. The electronic card connector of claim 2, wherein the plurality of first, second, and third conductive terminals each have a contact portion, a solder portion, and a connection between the contact portion and the solder portion The connecting portion protrudes from the first, second and third card spaces respectively, and each of the soldering portions protrudes outside the first and second base portions. The electronic card connector of claim 5, wherein the welding portions of the plurality of first and second conductive terminals respectively protrude from at least one of the other two opposite second sides of the first base In addition, the soldering portions of the plurality of third conductive terminals respectively protrude outside the other opposite second sides of the second base portion corresponding to the opening of the third card space. The electronic card connector of claim 2, further comprising three switching elements respectively disposed on the two first sidewalls of the first insulative housing and the two walls of the intermediate wall, and the second and second of the second insulative housing One of the side walls, the three switching elements each include a fourth conductive terminal and a fifth conductive terminal, and the three fourth conductive terminals and the three fifth conductive terminals each have a contact portion, a solder portion, and a Connecting the contact portion and the connecting portion of the soldering portion, the contact portions of the three fourth conductive terminals respectively protrude in the first, second, and third card spaces, and the soldering portions respectively protrude from the first portion, The contact portions of the three fifth conductive terminals are normally open to the contact portions of the three fourth conductive terminals, and the solder portions respectively protrude outside the first and second base portions.