TWM470425U - Electrical connector and conductive terminal - Google Patents

Description

Electrical connector and its conductive terminal

The present invention relates to an electrical connector that can include a receptacle connector and a plug connector, and more particularly a plug connector that can be used with a forward/reverse plug socket connector to provide external DC power to an electronic device.

In general, electrical connectors are used in home life. With the diversification of electrical appliances, the demand for use is gradually increasing. The power supply of various electrical appliances is mainly transmitted by wires and electrical connectors. Therefore, various electrical connectors are further developed by manufacturers and developers. Pay attention to it.

Connector refers to all the connecting components used in electronic signals and power supplies and their accessories, which can be connected or cut off through the connector to increase the functionality of electrical appliances. With the advancement of electrical appliances with the advancement of technology At present, the application fields of connectors, in addition to information, communication and consumer electronics, also include various types of instruments, such as measuring instruments, testing instruments, medical instruments and mechanical instruments, in addition to automobiles, electric vehicles, and airlines. There are quite a few connectors in the market such as military equipment and military equipment. Therefore, almost all devices related to electronic signal transmission use connectors. Therefore, connectors have become an indispensable component in today's electrical appliances. The connectors are versatile and have different configurations.

A conventional electrical connector includes a receptacle connector and a plug connector, wherein the plug connector has two independently separated conductive terminals, and the receptacle connector also has two independently separated conductive terminals. When the plug connector is plugged into the receptacle connector, the conductive terminals of the plug connector and the receptacle connector come into contact with each other.

In such a conventional electrical connector, since the plug connector has two independent conductive terminals, the structure is complicated and the manufacturing process is troublesome, resulting in high cost. Therefore, it is indeed necessary to improve the conventional electrical connector to solve the aforementioned shortcomings. trap. Moreover, as today's notebook computers tend to be miniaturized, their volume (length, width, height) is getting smaller and smaller, and the conductive terminals (which occupy a large space in height) with separate upper and lower branches are required. Conventional plug connector applications or designs on miniaturized notebook computers do have considerable difficulty.

Therefore, there is a need to develop an electrical connector that reduces cost and reduces the number and size of conductive terminals. The socket and plug of the present electrical connector have a low profile and are suitable for miniaturized notebook computers. In this creation, whether the plug connector and the socket connector are forwardly inserted or reversely inserted, the conductive terminal of the plug connector must be in contact with the conductive terminal of the socket connector, and the structure is simple, the volume is small, and the manufacturing cost is low. .

The electrical connector for achieving the above purpose comprises: a single conductive terminal having a high and low contact portion extending from one end portion to a different horizontal position to the other end, and a left and right misalignment arrangement in a horizontal axis; a connector body, The high and low contact portions of the single conductive terminal are accommodated; and a housing has an accommodating space for receiving the connector body.

Preferably, the method further includes a detecting terminal having a single contact portion disposed in the connector body.

Preferably, the contact portion of the detecting terminal and the contact portion of the conductive terminal are in the same horizontal position.

Preferably, the electrical connector is coupled to a socket, the socket comprising: a socket body having a tongue, the tongue having a main side surface that can be mated; and a pair of conductive terminals are respectively mounted And a housing having an accommodating space for receiving the socket body; and a housing having a mirror-inverted contact portion with respect to the tab;

Preferably, the socket further comprises a detecting terminal having a high and low contact portion extending from the one end portion to the different horizontal positions to the other end, and is disposed on the connector body.

Preferably, it is used to provide power.

An electrical connector includes: a body having a tongue having a main side surface that can be mated; a pair of conductive terminals are respectively received on the main opposite side surface and have a tongue opposite to the tongue The sheet has a mirror-inverted contact portion; and a housing having an accommodation space for receiving the body.

Preferably, the electrical connector is mated with a plug that includes a single conductive terminal for simultaneously contacting the pair of conductive terminals.

Preferably, the detection terminal further includes a high-and low-contact portion extending from one end portion to a different horizontal position to the other end, and is used for contact with one of the plug detecting terminals when mating The detecting terminal of the plug has only a single contact portion.

An electrical connector includes a single conductive terminal having a high and low contact portion extending from one end portion to a different horizontal position to the other end, the high and low contact portions respectively exhibiting left and right misalignment settings in a horizontal axis.

1‧‧‧Electrical connector

2‧‧‧Socket connector

3‧‧‧ plug connector

4‧‧‧Socket housing

41‧‧‧ accommodating space

42‧‧‧Snaps

5‧‧‧ socket body

51‧‧ ‧Tongue

511‧‧‧ upper surface

512‧‧‧ lower surface

52‧‧‧ first through hole

53‧‧‧second through hole

54‧‧‧Through hole

6‧‧‧Electrical terminals

61‧‧‧High Contact

7‧‧‧Electrical terminals

71‧‧‧Low contact

8‧‧‧Detection terminal

81‧‧‧High Contact

82‧‧‧Low contact

9‧‧‧ plug housing

91‧‧‧ accommodating space

92‧‧‧ recess

10‧‧‧ plug body

101‧‧‧first groove

102‧‧‧second groove

103‧‧‧ third groove

11‧‧‧Electrical terminals

111‧‧‧High Contact

112‧‧‧Low contact

12‧‧‧Detection terminal

121‧‧‧Contacts

The first figure shows an exploded view of an inventive electrical connector.

The second figure shows a combination of the first picture creation electrical connector in the unmatched state.

The third figure shows a combination of the first illustrated electronic connector in the mated state.

The fourth figure shows a combination of the first illustrated electronic connector, wherein the electrical connector housing on the right side of the drawing is not assembled.

Figure 5A shows a perspective view of a plug body of the present electrical connector.

Figure 5B shows a cross-sectional view of A-A of Figure 5A.

The fifth C diagram shows a B-B cross-sectional view of the fifth A diagram.

Figure 6A shows a schematic diagram of the contact of the conductive terminals of the present invention.

Figure 6B shows a schematic diagram of the contact between the conductive terminal and the detection terminal of the present invention.

Figure 7A shows a schematic diagram of the contact of the conductive terminals in the sixth A diagram when the reverse plug is connected.

FIG. 7B is a schematic diagram showing the contact between the conductive terminal and the detecting terminal in the sixth B diagram when the reverse plugging is performed.

Although the present invention will be fully described with reference to the drawings in which the preferred embodiments of the present invention are described, it should be understood that those skilled in the art can modify the creations described herein while achieving the effect of the present invention. Therefore, it is to be understood that the above description is a broad disclosure of those skilled in the art and is not intended to limit the present invention.

Please refer to the first, second, third and fourth figures. The first figure shows an exploded view of the present electrical connector, and the second figure shows that the first picture of the original electrical connector is not mated. The combination diagram of the state, the third diagram shows the combination diagram of the first image creation electrical connector in the mated state, and the fourth diagram shows the combination diagram of the first diagram creation electrical connector, wherein the right side of the diagram is electrically The connector housing is not assembled. The present electrical connector 1 includes a receptacle connector 2 and a plug connector 3 that mates with the receptacle connector 2.

The socket connector 2 includes: a socket housing 4 having an accommodating space 41; and a socket body 5 having a tongue 51 having a main surface that can be mated, that is, an upper surface 511 and the lower surface 512 (refer to refer to the sixth B), the socket body 5 is received in the receiving space 41 of the socket housing 4, and the socket connector 2 has a pair of conductive terminals 6, 7 and a Detector Test terminal 8.

The socket body 5 has a first through hole 52 , a second through hole 53 and a third through hole 54 . The third through hole 54 is located between the first through hole 52 and the second through hole 53 . The conductive terminal 6 is received in the first through hole 52 , and the conductive terminal 7 is received in the second through hole 53 . The detecting terminal 8 is received in the third through hole 54 . The pair of conductive terminals 6, 7 respectively have a high contact portion 61 and a low contact portion 71 and are respectively placed only above the tongue 51 The surface 511 and the lower surface 512, the contact portions 61, 71 of the pair of conductive terminals 6, 7 are mirror-inverted with respect to the tongue 51. The detecting terminal 8 has a high and low contact portion 81, 82. The high and low contact portions 81, 82 are spaced apart by the tongue 51 and are respectively placed on the upper surface 511 and the lower surface of the tongue 51. 512.

Please refer to the first figure, the second figure and the third figure, and refer to the fifth A picture, the fifth B picture and the fifth C picture, wherein the fifth A picture shows a plug body of the present invention electrical connector In the perspective view, the fifth B diagram shows the AA cross-sectional view of the fifth A diagram, and the fifth C diagram shows the BB cross-sectional view of the fifth A diagram. The plug connector 3 includes a plug housing 9 having an accommodating space 91, and a plug body 10 received in the accommodating space 91 of the plug housing 9, and the plug connector 3 has a single conductive terminal. 11 and at least one detecting terminal 12. The conductive terminal 11 has high and low contact portions 111 and 112 extending from one end portion to different horizontal positions to the other end, and the high and low contact portions 111 and 112 of the conductive terminal 11 are respectively in a horizontal axis ( The left and right misalignment settings are presented in the figure. In detail, as viewed from the first view, the high contact portion 111 is higher than the low contact portion 112, and the high contact portion 111 is on the left side and the low contact portion 112 is on the right side. The detecting terminal 12 has a single contact portion 121. The contact portion 121 is disposed in the plug body 10. As shown, the contact portion 121 of the detecting terminal 12 is in the same contact with the low contact portion 112 of the conductive terminal 11. horizontal position.

The plug body 10 has a first groove 101, a second groove 102 and a third groove 103. The second groove 102 and the third groove 103 are on the same side. The high contact portion 111 and the low contact portion 112 are respectively received in the first groove 101 and the second groove 102, and the contact portion 121 of the detecting terminal 12 is received in the third groove 103. The plug housing 9 is provided with a plurality of recesses 92. The socket housing 4 is provided with a plurality of latching portions 42 for corresponding to the recesses 92. When the plug connector 9 is inserted into the receptacle connector 2, the plug connector 9 is The recessed portion 92 and the latching portion 42 are in snap-fit engagement with each other.

Please refer to FIG. 6A and FIG. 6B. FIG. 6A is a schematic diagram showing the contact of the conductive terminal of the present invention, and FIG. 6B is a schematic diagram showing the contact between the conductive terminal and the detecting terminal of the present invention. In the two figures, in the part of the plug connector 3 The plug housing 9 and the plug body 10 are omitted to clearly see the conductive terminal 11 and the detecting terminal 12. When the plug connector 3 is forwardly inserted into the socket connector 2, the high contact portion 111 of the conductive terminal 11 contacts the high contact portion 61 of the conductive terminal 6, and the low contact portion 112 of the conductive terminal 11 contacts The contact portion 121 of the detecting terminal 12 is in contact with the low contact portion 82 of the detecting terminal 8 .

Please refer to FIG. 7A and FIG. 7B. FIG. 7A shows a schematic diagram of the contact of the conductive terminals in the sixth A diagram when the reverse plug is connected, and the seventh B shows the sixth B when the reverse plug is connected. The schematic diagram of the conductive terminal and the detecting terminal in the figure are respectively contacted. In the second embodiment, in the portion of the plug connector 3, the plug housing 9 and the plug body 10 are omitted to clearly see the conductive terminal 11 and the detecting terminal 12. When the plug connector 3 is reversely inserted into the socket connector 2, the high contact portion 111 of the conductive terminal 11 contacts the low contact portion 71 of the conductive terminal 7, and the low contact portion 112 of the conductive terminal 11 contacts The contact portion 121 of the detecting terminal 12 is in contact with the high contact portion 81 of the detecting terminal 8 .

The advantage of the present invention is that, regardless of whether the socket connector 2 and the plug connector 3 are forwardly inserted or reversely inserted, the conductive terminal 11 of the plug connector 3 must be compatible with the socket connector 2 The conductive terminals 6, 7 are in contact. For example, in the forward plugging, the high contact portion 111 of the conductive terminal 11 of the plug connector 3 contacts the high contact portion 61 of the conductive terminal 6 of the receptacle connector 2, and the low contact portion 112 of the conductive terminal 11 Then, it is a low contact portion 71 that contacts the conductive terminal 7 (as shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B). In the reverse insertion, the high contact portion 111 of the conductive terminal 11 of the plug connector 3 contacts the low contact portion 71 of the conductive terminal 7 of the receptacle connector 2, and the low contact portion 112 of the conductive terminal 11 is The high contact portion 61 of the conductive terminal 6 is contacted (as shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B). The design of the creation has the advantages of simple structure, small volume and low manufacturing cost.

After a detailed description of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the scope and spirit of the application. Changes, and the present teachings are not limited to the embodiments of the embodiments set forth in the specification.

5‧‧‧ socket body

51‧‧ ‧Tongue

512‧‧‧ lower surface

6‧‧‧Electrical terminals

7‧‧‧Electrical terminals

71‧‧‧Low contact

8‧‧‧Detection terminal

82‧‧‧Low contact

11‧‧‧Electrical terminals

111‧‧‧High Contact

112‧‧‧Low contact

12‧‧‧Detection terminal

121‧‧‧Contacts

Claims (10)

An electrical connector comprising: a single conductive terminal having a high and low contact portion extending from one end portion to a different horizontal position to the other end, and a left and right misalignment arrangement in a horizontal axis; a connector body capable of accommodating The high and low contact portions of the single conductive terminal are disposed; and a housing has an accommodating space for receiving the connector body. The electrical connector of claim 1, further comprising a detecting terminal having a single contact portion disposed in the connector body. The electrical connector of claim 2, wherein the contact portion of the detecting terminal is in the same horizontal position as the contact portion of the conductive terminal. The electrical connector of claim 1 or 2, wherein the electrical connector is coupled to a socket, the socket comprising: a socket body having a tongue, the tongue having a main side surface that can be mated; A pair of conductive terminals are respectively disposed on the main opposite side surface and have a contact portion that is mirror-inverted with respect to the tongue piece; and a housing having an accommodating space for receiving the socket body. The electrical connector of claim 4, wherein the socket further comprises a detecting terminal having a high and low contact portion extending from the one end portion to the different horizontal positions to the other end The connector body. An electrical connector as claimed in claim 2 or 5 for providing a power source. An electrical connector comprising: a body having a tongue having a main side surface that can be mated; a pair of conductive terminals are respectively received on the main opposite side surface and have a relative The tongue is in the form of a mirror-inverted contact; and a housing has an accommodating space for receiving the body. The electrical connector of claim 7 is adapted to be coupled to a plug, the plug comprising a single conductive terminal for simultaneously contacting the pair of conductive terminals. The electrical connector of claim 8 further comprising a detecting terminal having a high and low contact portion extending from one end portion to a different horizontal position to the other end for mating One of the plugs detects a terminal contact, and the detection terminal of the plug has only a single contact. An electrical connector includes a single conductive terminal having a high and low contact portion extending from one end portion to a different horizontal position to the other end, wherein the high and low contact portions are respectively disposed at right and left offset positions in a horizontal axis.