TWM454021U - Connector structure - Google Patents

Description

Connector structure

The present invention relates to a connector structure, and more particularly to a connector structure that can change the direction in which the flexible cable extends.

In the prior art, a SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) connector is more and more widely used in various electronic devices, such as a notebook computer, a server, a network storage device, etc., which is a kind of Innovative hard disk transmission interface, which adopts serial transmission mode, can make signal transmission distance longer, avoids the electronic interference caused by high-speed parallel transmission, provides space for computer performance growth, improves data transmission performance and reliability, and at the same time It also improves the overall dynamics of the system.

Generally, the connector for SATA has an insulative housing, and the insulative housing is provided with a signal port and a power transmission port spaced apart from the signal port, and a plurality of terminals are arranged in the signal port and the power transmission port, and the two wires are respectively assembled and assembled. The plurality of terminals of the signal 埠 and the transmission 搭 are overlapped, and then the iron shell is assembled to fix the two wires to the insulating body, so that the SATA connector is completed, and the parallel connection between the metal wires and the terminals of the cable is formed. Sexual contact, so the extension direction of the cable is parallel to the length direction of the terminal and extends toward the rear of the insulating body.

However, such conventional SATA connectors are assembled in electronic products. Due to the limitation of the product space, when the extension direction of the cable is parallel to the length direction of the insulating body, the conventional SATA connector cable needs to be additionally bent and folded, and some similarities are used. The fixing clip of the wire harness fixes the folded portion of the cable to maintain the shape of the cable after folding and avoids the disorder of the cable, but this is easy to cause complicated process and increase the time cost, and is not easy to import. Automated production, so it is not economical.

The structural design of the conventional connector must use the fixing clip to fix the folded portion of the cable, which is easy to cause complicated process and increase the time cost, and is not easy to introduce into the automatic production, so it is not economical. .

The present invention provides a connector structure, including an insulative housing, a plurality of first terminals, a cover, and a flexible cable. The insulative housing has a first connecting portion and a slot corresponding to the first connecting portion. The first terminal is assembled to the first connecting portion, and each of the first terminals has a landing point extending into the slot. The cover body is assembled on the insulative housing, the cover body has a bearing surface, the bearing surface has opposite short sides and two long sides connected to the two short sides, and a gap is formed between the bearing surface and the insulating body. There is an opening corresponding to any short side of the bearing surface. The flexible cable has a contact portion, an extending portion and a folded portion disposed between the contact portion and the extending portion. The contact portion is inserted into the slot and electrically connected to the overlapping point, and the folded portion is disposed in the gap The inner portion is fixed between the insulating body and the cover body, and the extending portion extends outward along the gap toward the opening, and the extending portion of the extending portion is different from the insertion direction of the contact portion by the folding portion.

The connector structure provided by the present invention is that the cover body is not fixed in front of the insulating body, and the cable is folded to change its extending direction, and then the cover body is assembled on the insulating body to fix the row. The folding portion of the wire is fixed by the fixing clip to fix the folded portion of the cable, and the folding of the cable can be pre-folded before being inserted into the slot of the insulating body, so that the conventional solution can be effectively solved. The ease of technology causes the complexity of the process, the increase in time cost, and the difficulty of being introduced into automated production.

Referring to the first to seventh figures, the connector structure 1 of the present invention includes an insulative housing 2, a plurality of first terminals 3, a plurality of second terminals 4, a grounding connector 5, a flexible cable 6, and a power connector 7 And the cover 8.

The insulative housing 2 has a first connecting portion 21 and a second connecting portion 22 spaced apart from the first connecting portion 21. The front end of the first connecting portion 21 and the second connecting portion 22 are respectively provided with a signal 211 and a power transmission. The rear end of the first connecting portion 21 is provided with a plurality of grooves 23 and a receiving groove 24, and the grooves 23 are connected to the signal port 211. The rear end of the second connecting portion 22 is provided with a plurality of grooves 23 and a groove 25 communicating with the grooves 23. The groove 25 extends to the first connecting portion 21 and communicates with the receiving groove 24. The insulative housing 2 has a first connection a slot 26 below the portion 21, the slot 26 is located below the first connecting portion 21 and spaced apart from the first connecting portion 21, so the slot 26 does not communicate with the slots 23, but is not limited thereto. Alternatively, the slot 26 may also be selected to communicate with the grooves 23 of the first connecting portion 21.

The plurality of first terminals 3 are assembled to the first connecting portion 21, and the plurality of second terminals 4 are assembled to the second connecting portion 22, wherein the plurality of first terminals 3 include the signal terminal 31, the grounding terminal 32, and the switching terminal 33, and the signal terminal 31 and The grounding terminal 32 is assembled to the grooves 23 of the first connecting portion 21, and the adapter terminal 33 is assembled to the receiving groove 24. The plurality of second terminals 4 include a power terminal 41 and a ground terminal 42 . The power terminals 41 and 42 are assembled to the trenches 23 of the second connecting portion 22 .

In this embodiment, the first terminal 3 has a pair of contacts 34 and a landing point 35. The docking point 34 is disposed near the front end of the first connecting portion 21, and the overlapping point 35 extends into the slot 26, adjacent to the second The spacing between the butting points 34 is greater than the spacing between adjacent two overlapping points 35, such that the lateral widths of the grooves 23 of the first connecting portion 21 are greater than the lateral width of the slots 26.

The grounding connector 5 is connected to the grounding terminal 32 of the plurality of first terminals 3 and the grounding terminal 42 of the plurality of second terminals 4. In the embodiment, the grounding connector 5 includes an elongated body 51 and is disposed in a strip shape. The plurality of grounding elastic pieces 52 on one side of the main body 51, the longitudinal direction of the elongated body 51 is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the insulating body 2, and the extending direction of the grounding elastic pieces 52 is perpendicular to the length of the elongated body 51. The grounding elastic pieces 52 extend to the first connecting portion 21 and the second connecting portion 22 to overlap the ground terminals 32 and 42 of the first terminal 3 and the second terminal 4, respectively.

The flexible cable 6 has a contact portion 61, an extending portion 62, and a folded portion 63 disposed between the contact portion 61 and the extending portion 62. The contact portion 61 is inserted into the slot 26 and electrically connected to the overlap. The point 32 is such that the extending direction of the extending portion 62 is different from the insertion direction of the contact portion 61 by the folding portion 63. In the present embodiment, the insertion direction of the contact portion 61 is perpendicular to the extending direction of the extending portion 62, and the contact portion 61 A plurality of contacts 611 are provided thereon, and the contacts 611 are in contact with the lap joints 32.

The power connector 7 is connected to the power terminal 41 of the first terminal 3 and the power terminal 41 of the second terminal 4, so that the power terminal 41 is electrically connected to the adapter terminal 33 via the power connector 7 and formed with the flexible cable 6. The electrical conduction is designed such that the plurality of power terminals 41 of the second terminal 4 and the adapter terminal 33 of the first terminal 3 are integrated, so that the space for use can be saved. In the present embodiment, the power connector 7 is inserted into the recess 25 and extends to the first connecting portion 21 so as to overlap the mating terminal 33 in the receiving slot 24.

The cover body 8 is assembled on the insulative housing 2, the cover body 8 covers the ground connection member 5, and the flexible cable 6 is fixed to the insulative housing 2. In the present embodiment, the cover 8 is made of an insulating material such as plastic to prevent the problem of short-circuit interference. The cover body 8 has a bearing surface 81 having two opposite short sides 811 and two long sides 812 connected to the two short sides 811. The bearing surface 81 and the insulating body 2 are A gap 82 is formed between the rear surfaces 27, and the gap 82 is provided with an opening 821. In this embodiment, the opening 821 is correspondingly disposed on one of the short sides 811 of the bearing surface 81. However, the opening 821 is not limited thereto, and the opening 821 may be disposed on the left and right short sides 811 of the bearing surface 81 to facilitate the soft row. The extension 62 of the wire 6 is selected to extend outwardly from the opening 821 on the left or right short side 811. In addition, the cover 8 and the ground connector 5 may also be integrally integrated by metal stamping.

The folded portion 63 of the flexible cable 6 is disposed in the gap 82 and is fixed between the insulating body 2 and the cover 8. The extending portion 62 extends outward along the gap 82 toward the opening 821, and the extending direction of the extending portion 62 It is parallel to the long side 812 of the bearing surface 81. Since the opening of the slot 26 is disposed on the rear surface 27 of the insulative housing 2, and the opening of the slot 26 is located approximately at a distance from the upper surface of the upper surface of the insulative housing 2, in order to fold the flexible cable 6 Both the 63 and the extending portion 62 can be accommodated in the gap 82. Therefore, the flexible cable 6 is provided with a bending buffer portion 64 between the contact portion 61 and the folded portion 63. The bending buffer portion 64 is located in the gap 82 for use in the gap 82. The position of the folded portion 63 within the gap 82 is adjusted such that the folded portion 63 is positioned within the gap 82 without protruding beyond the cover 8 and the insulative housing 2. In this embodiment, the folded portion 63 has a fold line 631 and an overlapping portion 632. The flexible cable 6 is bent along the fold line 631 toward the length of the insulative housing 2 to form the overlapping portion 632. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. The folding method can also be used.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the slot 26 is directly formed in the insulative housing 2, but is not limited thereto, and another option is, for example, As shown in the eighth to ninth embodiments, the cover body 8 is provided with a bearing portion 83. A plurality of recessed portions 28 are disposed below the first connecting portion 21, and the contact portion 61 at the front end of the flexible cable 6 is disposed on the carrying portion 83. When the protective cover 8 is assembled and fixed on the insulative housing 2, the bearing portion 83 is disposed corresponding to the recesses 28 to form the slot 26, and the plurality of contacts 611 on the contact portion 61 of the flexible cable 6 The contacts 35 are in electrical contact with each other in the socket 26.

In summary, the connector structure of the present invention uses the cover body to fix the cable in front of the insulating body, and then folds the cable to change its extending direction, and then assembles the cover body on the insulating body. In order to fix the folding portion of the cable, since the fixing clip is not needed to fix the folded portion of the cable, and the folding of the cable can be pre-folded before being inserted into the slot of the insulating body, it is effective. Solving the problem of the prior art is complicated by the complexity of the process, the increase of the time cost, and the difficulty of being introduced into the automated production.

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‧‧‧Connector structure

2‧‧‧Insulated body

21‧‧‧First connection

211‧‧‧ signal 埠

22‧‧‧Second connection

221‧‧‧Power transmission

23‧‧‧ trench

24‧‧‧ accommodating slots

25‧‧‧ Groove

26‧‧‧Slots

27‧‧‧Back surface

28‧‧‧Depression

3‧‧‧First terminal

31‧‧‧ Signal Terminal

32‧‧‧ Grounding terminal

33‧‧‧Transfer terminal

34‧‧‧Contacts

35‧‧‧Connection points

4‧‧‧second terminal

41‧‧‧Power terminal

42‧‧‧ Grounding terminal

5‧‧‧Ground connector

51‧‧‧Long strip body

52‧‧‧ Grounding shrapnel

6‧‧‧Soft cable

61‧‧‧Contacts

611‧‧‧Contacts

62‧‧‧Extension

63‧‧‧Folding

631‧‧‧ fold line

632‧‧‧ overlap

64‧‧‧Bending buffer

7‧‧‧Power connector

8‧‧‧ cover

81‧‧‧ bearing surface

811‧‧‧ Short side

812‧‧‧ long side

82‧‧‧ gap

821‧‧‧ openings

83‧‧‧Loading Department

The first figure is a perspective view of the connector structure of the present creation.

The second figure is a partial exploded view of the connector structure of the first figure.

The third figure is a partially exploded schematic view of the connector structure of the first figure in the other direction.

The fourth figure is a perspective exploded view of the connector structure of the first figure.

The fifth figure is a perspective view of the insulative body of the fourth figure.

The sixth figure is a perspective view of the flexible cable of the fourth figure.

Figure 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the connector structure of the first figure.

The eighth figure is a partial exploded view of another connector structure of the present invention.

The ninth drawing is a schematic cross-sectional view of another connector structure of the eighth figure.

1‧‧‧Connector structure

2‧‧‧Insulated body

5‧‧‧Ground connector

51‧‧‧Long strip body

52‧‧‧ Grounding shrapnel

6‧‧‧Soft cable

62‧‧‧Extension

63‧‧‧Folding

64‧‧‧Bending buffer

8‧‧‧ cover

Claims (10)

A connector structure includes: an insulative housing having a first connecting portion and a slot corresponding to the first connecting portion; a plurality of first terminals assembled to the first connecting portion, each of the first a terminal has a lap joint extending into the slot; a cover body is assembled on the insulating body, the cover body has a bearing surface, and the bearing surface has two opposite short sides and is connected to the second a long side of the short side, a gap formed between the bearing surface and the insulating body, the gap is provided with an opening corresponding to any one of the short sides of the bearing surface; and a flexible cable, the flexible cable Having a contact portion, an extension portion, and a folded portion disposed between the contact portion and the extension portion, the contact portion is inserted into the socket and electrically connected to the overlapping point, and the folding portion is disposed And extending between the insulating body and the cover body, the extending portion extending outward along the gap toward the opening, wherein the extending portion extends in a direction different from the contact portion by the folded portion The direction of insertion. The connector structure of claim 1, wherein the insertion direction of the contact portion is perpendicular to an extending direction of the extension portion. The connector structure of claim 1, wherein the extension extends in a direction parallel to the long side of the bearing surface. The connector structure of claim 1, wherein the first connecting portion comprises a plurality of grooves, the slot is located below the first connecting portion and is not connected In the grooves. The connector structure of claim 1, wherein the first connecting portion comprises a plurality of grooves, the slots being connected to the grooves. The connector structure of claim 1, wherein the flexible cable has a bending buffer portion disposed between the contact portion and the folded portion and located in the gap. The connector structure of claim 1, wherein the folded portion has a fold line and an overlap portion, and the flexible cable is bent along the fold line toward the length of the insulating body to form the overlap portion. The connector structure of claim 1, wherein the first terminal has a pair of contacts, the docking point is disposed adjacent to the front end of the first connecting portion, and the spacing between adjacent two of the connecting points is greater than the adjacent one. The spacing between the lap joints. The connector structure of claim 1, wherein the cover body is provided with a bearing portion, and the plurality of recessed portions are disposed under the first connecting portion, and the carrying portion is disposed corresponding to the recessed portions to form the slot. The contact portion of the flexible cable is disposed on the carrying portion, and the contact portion is provided with a plurality of contacts, and the contacts and the overlapping points are in contact with each other in the slot to form electrical conduction. The connector structure according to any one of claims 1 to 9, further comprising: a plurality of second terminals, wherein the insulative housing has a second connecting portion spaced apart from the first connecting portion, the The two terminals are assembled to the second connecting portion.