TWM453260U - Electrical connector - Google Patents

Description

Electrical connector

The present invention relates to an electrical connector, and more particularly to an electrical connector having a circuit board connected to a flexible flat cable.

According to the current rapid development of electronic technology, electronic products such as computers, notebook computers or mobile phones have become commonplace in all corners of society, and nowadays electronic products tend to be light, thin, short and small, and The size of various electronic products can be reduced. Therefore, the structure of electronic components on the internal circuit board of electronic products needs to be more miniaturized and precise, and the overall structural strength needs to be strengthened in order to cope with the current development trend of electronic products.

However, as the design of computers is becoming more and more miniaturized, the space for electronic devices (such as hard disk drives, CD players, etc.) is also narrowed, which also causes electronic components on the motherboard. Both the connector and its connector need to be changed to fully utilize the limited space inside the computer. Therefore, in order to consider the commonality of these peripheral devices, support the number of devices, increase the transmission rate and improve the performance of the overall system, Connectors with different transmission specification interfaces.

Therefore, at present, a SATA-type connector is designed, which is a common grounding line for power transmission and signal transmission, thereby reducing the size of SATA and achieving the purpose of downsizing. Although the above structure can achieve the purpose of downsizing, as the electronic device shrinks in size, the circuit board of the electronic device is also reduced in size, so how to transmit the signal of the SATA connector to the circuit board of the electronic device On, it is a problem that must be overcome.

It can be seen that there are still many shortcomings in the above-mentioned conventional SATA connector combination, which is not a good designer, and needs to be improved.

In view of the shortcomings derived from the above-mentioned conventional SATA specification connector combination, the creators of this case have improved and innovated, and after years of painstaking research, they finally succeeded in research and development of this electrical connector.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a circuit board arrangement for soldering and fixing the plurality of first terminals, the second terminals and the flexible flat wires, and integrating the signals so that the signals can be transmitted to the electronic device through the flexible flat wires. Electrical connector for the board.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a cable connector having a flexible flat cable that can be clamped and fixed on a circuit board, and an electrical connector in which a flexible flat cable can be inserted and removed.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention comprises: an insulative housing having a plurality of slots for inserting the mating connector, a receiving slot and a plurality of terminal holes; and a fixing base having a receiving area and a plurality of The terminal slot is received in the receiving groove of the insulating body; the circuit board has a plurality of soldering portions, and the circuit board is fixed in the receiving area of the fixing seat; the plurality of first terminals are fixed In the terminal slot of the fixing seat, and the welding thereof The portion is soldered to the soldering portion of the circuit board, and the contact portion extends to one side of the fixing base; the plurality of second terminals are fixed in the terminal slot of the fixing seat, and the soldering portion is soldered to the circuit board The soldering portion has a contact portion extending to one side of the fixing base such that the second terminal and the first terminal conform to the SATA specification; and a flexible flat cable is soldered to the soldering portion of the circuit board.

When the fixing socket is placed in the insulating body, the contact portion of the first terminal and the second terminal is located in the slot of the insulating body, and the butt connector is inserted and docked, and the flexible flat cable is self-insulating body. The rear extension, through the arrangement of the circuit board, enables the integration of the circuits of the first terminal, the second terminal and the flexible flat cable to achieve the purpose of the creation.

In order to achieve the above other object, a cable connector can be soldered on the circuit board of the present invention, and the cable connector can be used for inserting and removing flexible flat cable, thereby improving the convenience of replacing the flexible flat cable and being easy. The function of repair and replacement is achieved.

Compared with the conventional structure, the original electrical connector can be soldered to the plurality of first terminals, the second terminal and the flexible flat cable through the circuit board, and the circuit is integrated through the circuit board, so that the circuit can be integrated The signal of the docking connector is integrated into the flexible flat cable to achieve the purpose of signal transmission; in contrast, the conventional structure can only transmit the signal through the conductive terminal, and cannot integrate the signal. If the signal of the conductive terminal is to be integrated, The overall components are numerous and complex, resulting in a significant increase in cost.

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

Please refer to the first figure and the second figure for the three-dimensional decomposition and another perspective three-dimensional decomposition structure of the electrical connector provided by the present invention; the present invention includes: an insulative body 1 comprising a body The front end of the main body 11 has a pair of connecting portions 12, and a plurality of slot holes 13 for inserting the mating connector are disposed on the mating portion 12, and the plurality of terminal holes 14 are further disposed on the slot 13; The slot 13 is an L-shaped slot, and a receiving slot 15 is formed on the rear side of the abutting portion 12 of the body 1. The peripheral edge of the receiving slot 15 is provided with a plurality of latching portions 16; The positioning portion 21 of the fixing base 2 is provided with a positioning portion 21 corresponding to the peripheral portion of the receiving portion 15 of the insulating body 1 , and the fixing base 2 has a receiving portion 22 and a plurality of terminal slots 23 . The terminal slot 23 is formed by arranging a plurality of columns, and the terminal slots 23 are formed between the plurality of cylinders, and the fixing base 2 is positioned relative to the locking portion 16 of the insulative housing 1 through the positioning portion 21 to be fixed. The seat 2 can be received in the receiving slot 15 of the insulative housing 1; a circuit board 3, the circuit board 3 Is a PCB board, and having a plurality of weld portions 31, 31 of the welded portion based soldering portion 311 has a first terminal, a second terminal welding portions 312 and the connection portions 313 are formed welding the welding portion 31 of the lines were The circuit board 3 is disposed on one side of the circuit board 3 and connected to each other by a signal, and the circuit board 3 is inserted and fixed in the accommodating area 22 of the fixed base 2; the plurality of first terminals 4 are fixed to The fixing portion 41 of the terminal slot 23 of the fixing base 2 extends from the welding portion 42 and the contact portion 43 respectively from the two sides of the fixing portion 41, and the welding portion 42 is welded to the first terminal welding portion 311 of the circuit board 3, The contact portion 43 extends to one side of the fixed base 2. In the embodiment, the first terminal 4 is composed of 6 terminals; the plurality of second terminals 5 includes terminals fixed to the fixed base 2. The fixing portion 51 of the slot 23 respectively extends from the two sides of the fixing portion 51 to the soldering portion 52 and the contact portion 53 respectively. The soldering portion 52 is soldered to the second terminal soldering portion 312 of the circuit board 3, and the contact portion 53 thereof. And extending to one side of the fixed seat 2, in the embodiment, the second terminal 5 is composed of 7 terminals, so that the second terminal 5 and the first terminal 3 conform to the SATA specification; a flexible flat cable 6, It is soldered to the connection soldering portion 313 of the circuit board 3, which is an FFC or FPC.

Therefore, after the fixing base 2 is disposed, the fixed circuit board 3, the first terminal 4, the second terminal 5, and the flexible flat cable 6 are accommodated, and then inserted into the receiving groove 15 of the insulating body 1. Complete the creative electrical connector.

Please refer to the third to fifth figures, the partial combination of the electrical connector provided by the creation, the partial combination of the flexible flat cable combination and the sectional structure diagram; when the fixed seat 2 of the creation is inserted and placed When the main body 1 is insulated, the contact portions 43 and 53 of the first terminal 4 and the second terminal 5 are located at the terminals of the insulative housing 1 In the slot 14 , the contact portions 43 , 53 are protruded toward the slot 13 , and the mating connector is inserted into the butt contact. At this time, the flexible flat cable 6 protrudes from the rear of the insulative housing 1 and is transmitted through the circuit board 3 . The arrangement is such that the circuits of the first terminal 4, the second terminal 5 and the flexible flat cable 6 are integrated, thereby achieving an electrical connector having a flexible flat cable.

Please refer to the sixth embodiment and the seventh figure. The first embodiment of the electrical connector provided by the present invention is a three-dimensional exploded structure and a cross-sectional structural view of the first embodiment. In this embodiment, the circuit board 3 is disposed on The first terminal soldering portion 311 and the second terminal soldering portion 312 of the circuit board 3 are formed by a soldering hole 314, and the soldering holes 314 correspond to the first terminal 4 and the second terminal 5, respectively. A connection soldering portion 313 is disposed between the one terminal soldering portion 311 and the second terminal soldering portion 312, and is disposed through the soldering hole 314 so as to be inserted into the first terminal 4 and the second terminal 5, and is flexible and flat. The splicing line 6 is soldered to the connecting portion 313 of the circuit board 3 at a horizontal angle, and is inserted into the accommodating groove 15 of the insulating body 1 through the fixing base 2 to make it have a flexible flat cable 6. Electrical connector.

Please refer to the eighth figure, which is a schematic exploded perspective view of the second embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the overall structure is mainly implemented in the first figure, and the difference lies in A cable connector 7 is soldered to the connection soldering portion 313 of the circuit board 3. The cable connector 7 clamps and electrically connects the flexible flat cable 6 through the terminal clamping manner, and the cable connector 7 is transmitted through the cable connector 7. The arrangement is such that the flexible flat cable 6 can be inserted and removed on the cable connector 7.

Please refer to the ninth figure, which is a schematic exploded perspective view of the third embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the overall structure is mainly implemented in the sixth figure, and the difference lies in A cable connector 7 is soldered to the connection soldering portion 213 of the circuit board 3. The cable connector 7 is disposed in a horizontal manner, and the cable connector 7 is disposed through the terminal clamping, and the flexible flat cable 6 is clamped. The electrical connection is held so that the flexible flat cable 6 is horizontally inserted and fixed.

Therefore, through the insertion angle of different flexible flat cables, it can be applied to different products, thereby improving the practicality of the creation.

The characteristics of this creative electrical connector are:

1. The structure of the circuit board is received through the fixed seat, and the first terminal, the second terminal and the welded portion of the flexible flat cable are respectively arranged on the circuit board, and the signal is integrated through the circuit board, so that the signal can pass through the flexible flat row The line is transmitted to the circuit board of the electronic device.

2. A cable connector is fixed by soldering on the circuit board to enable the flexible flat cable to be inserted and used for the insertion and removal of the flexible flat cable.

3. The soldering portion of the circuit board can be a structure of the soldering hole, so that the soldering portion of the first terminal and the second terminal can be inserted and fixed in the soldering hole of the circuit board, so that it can be applied to different processes.

In summary, regardless of the purpose, means and efficacy of this creation, it shows that it is different from the characteristics of the conventional technology. It is a big breakthrough. Please ask your review committee to inspect the patent and give it an early date. . It should be noted that the above embodiments are merely illustrative of the principles and functions of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The scope of the work. The scope of protection of this creation should be as described in the scope of the patent application described later.

1‧‧‧Insulating body

11‧‧‧Ontology

12‧‧‧Docking Department

13‧‧‧Slots

14‧‧‧Terminal hole

15‧‧‧ accommodating slots

16‧‧‧Snap Department

2‧‧‧ Fixed seat

21‧‧‧ Positioning Department

22‧‧‧Receiving area

23‧‧‧Terminal slot

3‧‧‧Circuit board

31‧‧‧Weld Department

311‧‧‧First terminal welding

312‧‧‧Second terminal welding

313‧‧‧Connected welding department

314‧‧‧welding holes

4‧‧‧First terminal

41‧‧‧ Fixed Department

42‧‧‧Weld Department

43‧‧‧Contacts

5‧‧‧First terminal

51‧‧‧ Fixed Department

52‧‧‧Weld Department

53‧‧‧Contacts

6‧‧‧Flexible flat cable

7‧‧‧ Cable connector

The first figure is a schematic exploded view of the creative electrical connector.

The second figure is a schematic view of another perspective exploded structure of the creative electrical connector.

The third figure is a schematic diagram of a partial combined three-dimensional structure of the creative electrical connector.

The fourth figure is a partial assembled three-dimensional structure diagram of the flexible flat cable combination of the creative electrical connector.

The fifth figure is a schematic cross-sectional structure of the creative electrical connector.

The sixth figure is a schematic exploded perspective view of the first embodiment of the creative electrical connector.

The seventh figure is a schematic cross-sectional structural view of the first implementation structure of the creative electrical connector.

The eighth figure is a schematic exploded perspective view of the second embodiment of the present invention.

The ninth drawing is a schematic exploded perspective view of the third embodiment of the present invention.

1‧‧‧Insulating body

11‧‧‧Ontology

12‧‧‧Docking Department

13‧‧‧Slots

14‧‧‧Terminal hole

15‧‧‧ accommodating slots

16‧‧‧Snap Department

2‧‧‧ Fixed seat

21‧‧‧ Positioning Department

22‧‧‧Receiving area

23‧‧‧Terminal slot

3‧‧‧Circuit board

31‧‧‧Weld Department

311‧‧‧First terminal welding

312‧‧‧Second terminal welding

313‧‧‧Connected welding department

4‧‧‧First terminal

41‧‧‧ Fixed Department

42‧‧‧Weld Department

43‧‧‧Contacts

5‧‧‧First terminal

51‧‧‧ Fixed Department

52‧‧‧Weld Department

53‧‧‧Contacts

6‧‧‧Flexible flat cable

Claims (14)

An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a plurality of slots for inserting the mating connector, a receiving slot and a plurality of terminal holes; and a fixing base having a receiving area and a plurality of terminal slots And the circuit board has a plurality of soldering portions, and the circuit board is fixed in the accommodating area of the fixing base; the plurality of first terminals are fixed on the The terminal slot of the fixing base is soldered to the soldering portion of the circuit board, and the contact portion extends to one side of the fixing seat; the plurality of second terminals are fixed to the terminal slot of the fixing seat In the hole, the welded portion is welded to the welded portion of the circuit board, and the contact portion extends to one side of the fixed seat; and a flexible flat cable is soldered to the welded portion of the circuit board. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the soldering portion of the circuit board is a soldering hole structure, and the first terminal and the second terminal are interposed and soldered. The electrical connector of claim 1 or 2, wherein the soldering portion of the circuit board is formed with a first terminal soldering portion, a second terminal soldering portion, and a connection soldering portion, respectively. The electrical connector of claim 1 or 2, wherein the insulative housing comprises a body, and the front end of the body extends with a pair of joints, the slot and the complex The number of terminal holes is set on the abutting portion. The electrical connector of claim 1 or 2, wherein the periphery of the receiving groove of the insulating body is provided with a plurality of fastening portions, and the periphery of the fixing seat is respectively provided with the periphery of the insulating body receiving groove Corresponding positioning parts. The electrical connector of claim 1 or 2, wherein the first terminal comprises a fixing portion fixed to the terminal slot of the fixing base, and the welding portion and the contact portion respectively extending from the two sides of the fixing portion respectively . The electrical connector of claim 1 or 2, wherein the second terminal comprises a fixing portion fixed to the terminal slot of the fixing base, and the welding portion and the contact portion respectively extending from the two sides of the fixing portion respectively . An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a plurality of slots for inserting the mating connector, a receiving slot and a plurality of terminal holes; and a fixing base having a receiving area and a plurality of terminal slots And the circuit board has a plurality of soldering portions, and the circuit board is fixed in the accommodating area of the fixing base; the plurality of first terminals are fixed on the The terminal slot of the fixing base is soldered to the soldering portion of the circuit board, and the contact portion extends to one side of the fixing seat; the plurality of second terminals are fixed to the terminal slot of the fixing seat In the hole, and the welded portion is welded to the welded portion of the circuit board, and the contact portion extends to the fixed seat One side; a cable connector is soldered to the soldering portion of the circuit board; and a flexible flat cable is interconnected with the cable connector. The electrical connector of claim 8, wherein the soldering portion of the circuit board is a soldering hole structure, and the first terminal and the second terminal are interposed and soldered. The electrical connector of claim 8 or 9, wherein the soldering portion of the circuit board is formed with a first terminal soldering portion, a second terminal soldering portion, and a connecting soldering portion, respectively. The cable connector is soldered and fixed. The electrical connector of claim 8 or 9, wherein the insulative housing comprises a body, and the front end of the body extends with a pair of connecting portions, and the slot and the plurality of terminal holes are disposed on the abutting portion. The electrical connector of claim 8 or claim 9, wherein the periphery of the receiving groove of the insulating body is provided with a plurality of latching portions, and the periphery of the fixing seat is respectively provided with the periphery of the insulating body receiving groove Corresponding positioning parts. The electrical connector of claim 8 or 9, wherein the first terminal comprises a fixing portion fixed to the terminal slot of the fixing base, and the welding portion and the contact portion respectively extending from the two sides of the fixing portion respectively . The electrical connector of claim 8 or 9, wherein the second terminal comprises a fixing portion fixed to the terminal slot of the fixing base, and the welding portion and the contact portion respectively extending from the two sides of the fixing portion respectively. .