TWM454019U - Electrical connector - Google Patents

Description

Electrical connector

The present invention relates to an electrical connector, and more particularly to an electrical connector that reduces manufacturing costs and increases production yield.

Press, an electrical connector is a connection that electrically connects a circuit board to other circuit components. Therefore, it is widely used in various electronic products around our lives, such as notebook computers, mobile phones, and personal digital assistants (PDAs).

The conventional electrical connector structure includes an insulating body, a plurality of conductive terminals, a plurality of cables, and a metal casing. The insulating body is provided with a plurality of terminal slots. The manufacturing process of the conventional electrical connector is The conductive terminal is assembled in the terminal socket on the insulating body, and then the cable is soldered and fixed on the conductive terminal, and then the metal shell is assembled on the insulating body, so that the conventional electrical connector can be fabricated.

However, such a conventional electrical connector often causes a decrease in production yield due to poor cable soldering at the time of fabrication, thus causing a problem of an increase in manufacturing cost.

The conventional electrical connector is liable to cause a decrease in production yield due to poor soldering of the cable, thus causing a problem of an increase in manufacturing cost.

The present invention provides an electrical connector, including an insulative housing, a plurality of conductive terminals, a flexible cable, and a housing, wherein the insulative housing has a plurality of terminal slots, and the conductive terminals are assembled in the terminal slots, each of which is electrically conductive The terminal has at least one bent portion. The flexible cable is disposed on the conductive terminals, and the flexible cable is provided with an opening corresponding to the bent portion of the conductive terminal, the bent portion passes through the opening and the flexible cable is fixed on the conductive terminal, and the flexible cable has a plurality of connections The bending portion is pressed against the contact so that the contact is electrically connected to the conductive terminal, and the housing is assembled on the insulating body.

The electrical connector provided by the present invention uses a flexible cable to replace a plurality of cables originally used, and an opening is formed on the flexible cable, a bent portion is formed on the conductive terminal, and the bent portion passes through the opening and passes through After bending, the flexible cable is fixed on the conductive terminal, and the bent portion can electrically connect the contact of the flexible cable to the conductive terminal, so that the electrical connector having the same function as the conventional connector can be completed. Compared with the conventional manufacturing process, since the process of fixing the cable to the conductive terminal is not required, the wire soldering process is saved, so that the manufacturing cost can be greatly reduced, and the poor soldering of the prior art is also solved. The problem of reduced production yield and increased manufacturing costs.

Referring to the first to fourth figures, the present invention provides an electrical connector 1 comprising an insulative housing 2, a plurality of conductive terminals 3, a flexible cable 4, and a metal housing 5.

The front end of the insulative housing 2 has a pair of connecting portions 21, and the rear end of the insulative housing 2 is provided with a receiving slot 22, and the plurality of terminal slots 23 extend from the mating portion 21 to the receiving slot 22 to penetrate the front end of the insulative housing 2.

A plurality of conductive terminals 3 are assembled in the terminal slots 23, wherein each of the conductive terminals 3 has a contact portion 31, a lap portion 32 and an interference portion 33. The contact portion 31 of the conductive terminal 3 is located at the mating portion 21. In the terminal slot 23, the lap portion 32 of the conductive terminal 3 is located in the terminal slot 23 of the accommodating slot 22, the interference portion 33 is disposed between the contact portion 31 and the lap portion 32, and the lap portion 32 is provided with two The bent portion 34 has one of the bent portions 34 close to the interference portion 33, and the other bent portion 34 is away from the interference portion 33. The two bent portions 34 are respectively disposed on both sides of the overlapping portion 32. And the two bent portions 34 are spaced apart from each other by a certain distance, so as to obtain a better effect of fixing the flexible flexible wires 4.

The front end of the flexible cable 4 is disposed in the accommodating slot 22, and the flexible cable 4 is located on the conductive terminals 3, wherein the flexible cable 4 has a plurality of contacts 41 at the front end and the front end of the flexible cable 4 The contacts are disposed on the overlapping portions 32 of the conductive terminals 3, and the contacts 41 are respectively disposed corresponding to the overlapping portions 32 of the conductive terminals 3. In addition, the flexible cable 4 corresponding to the two bent portions 34 of the lap portion 32 of the conductive terminal 3 is provided with two openings 42, one of which is close to the front end of the joint 41 and passes through the joint 41, and An opening 42 is adjacent to the rear end of the joint 41 and is located in the length direction of the joint 41. The bent portion 34 passes through the opening 42 and is bent to fix the flexible cable 4 to the conductive terminal 3 as shown in the fifth and sixth figures, wherein the bent portion 34 is the same The contact 41 can be pressed against the contact 41 so that the contact 41 can be electrically connected to the conductive terminal 3.

In this embodiment, the contact 41 of the flexible cable 4 is disposed above the lap portion 32 so as to face the lap portion 32. The bent portion 34 of the conductive terminal 3 includes a connecting portion 341 and a The connecting portion 341 is disposed on the overlapping portion 32 and extends upward through the opening 42. The stopping portion 342 is disposed on the connecting portion 341 and extends after bending to extend in the longitudinal direction of the conductive terminal 3, and The ends of the retreats 342 are disposed opposite each other, and the design is such that a better space design and the effect of fixing the flexible cable 4 are obtained. The second retreating portion 342 extends to the contact 41 and contacts the contact 41 to form electrical conduction. Since the bent portion 34 directly contacts the contact 41, the electrical connection between the conductive terminal 3 and the flexible cable 4 is formed. Turn on. The invention is not limited thereto. Alternatively, the contact 41 of the flexible cable 4 may be selectively disposed on the lap 32 in a manner to face the lap 32 to directly contact the lap 32, as well as The conductive terminal 3 is electrically connected to the flexible cable 4.

The metal casing 5 is assembled on the insulative housing 2, wherein the metal casing 5 includes an upper casing 51 and a lower casing 52. The upper casing 51 is assembled above the conductive terminal 3 and the flexible cable 4, and the lower casing 52 is assembled. Under the insulative housing 2, and the upper housing 51 and the lower housing 52 are in contact with each other to form electrical conduction, and the metal housing 5 is used to protect the contact 41 and the conductive terminal 3 of the flexible cable 4. The lap portions 32 are protected from electromagnetic waves. In addition, a protective layer 6 is disposed on the inner surface of the upper case 51 for the conductive terminal 3 to protect the conductive terminal 3 A problem of short circuit caused by electrical contact conduction with the upper casing 51 is avoided.

In summary, the electrical connector of the present invention uses a flexible cable to replace the plurality of cables originally used, forming an opening on the flexible cable, forming a bent portion on the conductive terminal, and allowing the bent portion to pass through the opening After the bending, the flexible cable is fixed on the conductive terminal, and the bent portion can electrically connect the contact of the flexible cable to the conductive terminal, so that the electrical connection with the same function as the conventional connector can be completed. Therefore, the present invention does not need to solder the cable to the conductive terminal, which saves the design of the cable soldering process, thereby greatly reducing the manufacturing cost, and also solving the production yield caused by the poor soldering of the prior art. The problem of falling and increasing manufacturing costs.

The above detailed description is intended to illustrate a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and other equivalents and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. Changes are to be included in the scope of patents covered by this creation.

1‧‧‧Electrical connector

2‧‧‧Insulated body

21‧‧‧Docking Department

22‧‧‧ accommodating slots

23‧‧‧Terminal slot

3‧‧‧Electrical terminals

31‧‧‧Contacts

32‧‧‧ lap joint

33‧‧‧Interference Department

34‧‧‧Bending

341‧‧‧Connecting Department

342‧‧‧Retreating Department

4‧‧‧Soft cable

41‧‧‧Contacts

42‧‧‧ openings

5‧‧‧Metal housing

51‧‧‧Upper casing

52‧‧‧ Lower case

6‧‧‧Protective layer

The first figure is a perspective view of the electrical connector of the present invention.

The second figure is a perspective exploded view of the electrical connector of the first figure.

The third figure is a perspective view of the conductive terminals of the electrical connector of the second figure.

The fourth figure is a schematic cross-sectional view of the electrical connector of the first figure along the AA line segment.

The fifth figure is a partial perspective view of the bent portion of the conductive terminal of the second figure passing through the opening of the flexible cable.

The sixth figure is a partial perspective view of the bent portion of the conductive terminal of the fifth figure after being bent to fix the flexible cable to the conductive terminal.

1‧‧‧Electrical connector

2‧‧‧Insulated body

21‧‧‧Docking Department

22‧‧‧ accommodating slots

23‧‧‧Terminal slot

3‧‧‧Electrical terminals

4‧‧‧Soft cable

41‧‧‧Contacts

42‧‧‧ openings

51‧‧‧Upper casing

52‧‧‧ Lower case

6‧‧‧Protective layer

Claims (10)

An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a plurality of terminal slots; a plurality of conductive terminals assembled in the terminal slots, the conductive terminals having at least one bent portion; and a flexible cable disposed on the In the conductive terminals, the flexible cable is provided with an opening corresponding to the bent portion of the conductive terminal, the bent portion passes through the opening and the flexible cable is fixed on the conductive terminal, and the flexible cable has a plurality of contacts, the bent portion is pressed against the contact such that the contact is electrically connected to the conductive terminal; and a housing is assembled on the insulating body. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the flexible cable has a plurality of contacts at a front end, and the flexible cable is disposed on the conductive terminals, and the contacts respectively correspond to the These conductive terminals are set. The electrical connector of claim 2, wherein the conductive terminal has a contact portion, a lap portion and an interference portion, the interference portion is disposed between the contact portion and the lap portion, and the contact portion is disposed Above the lap. The electrical connector of claim 3, wherein the insulative housing has a pair of connecting portions and a receiving slot, the terminal slots extending from the mating portion to the receiving slot, the contact portion of the conductive terminal being located In the terminal slot of the mating portion, the overlapping portion of the conductive terminal is located in the terminal slot of the receiving slot, and the front end of the flexible cable is disposed in the receiving slot, and the contact corresponds to Set at the lap joint. The electrical connector of claim 3, wherein the lap portion is provided with two bending portions, one of the bending portions is close to the interference portion, and the other bending portion is away from the interference portion. unit. The electrical connector of claim 5, wherein the bending portion comprises a connecting portion and a stopping portion, the connecting portion is disposed on the overlapping portion and extends upward through the opening, the stopping portion is disposed on the The connecting portion extends in the longitudinal direction of the conductive terminal after being bent. The electrical connector of claim 6, wherein the flexible cable corresponds to the lap portion, the bent portion is provided with two openings, and one of the openings is adjacent to the front end of the contact and passes through The contact, the other opening is adjacent to the rear end of the contact and located in the length direction of the contact. The electrical connector of claim 6, wherein the two bent portions are respectively disposed on two sides of the overlapping portion, and the ends of the two retaining portions are disposed opposite to each other. The electrical connector of claim 8, wherein the contact is opposite to the lap and located above the lap, and the detaching portion extends to the contact and contacts the contact to form electricity. Sexual conduction. The electrical connector of any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the bent portion is in direct contact with the contact such that electrical conduction between the conductive terminal and the flexible cable is formed.