TWM472343U - Electrical connector and the electrical system using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electrical connector, which includes an insulation body, several terminals, a flexible transmitting element and a fastening element. The insulation body has a first end and a second end. The insulation body further has a slot formed on the first end and several terminal troughs. The terminals respectively installed in the terminal troughs include a contact section and a solder section. The contact sections extending through the slot correspond to each other. The solder sections extend through the second end of the insulation body. Several via holes formed on the flexible transmitting element are electrically connected to the solder sections. The fastening element is disposed on the side of the insulation body. The fastening element includes a plate body and a positioning portion. The plate body abuts against the insulation body. The positioning portion hooks the flexible transmitting element. The plate body further has an elastic fastening portion extended outwardly with respect to the side of the insulation body.

Description

Electrical connector and electronic system using the same

The present invention relates to an electrical connector and an electronic system using the same, and more particularly to an electrical connector that can be coupled to an access device.

The hard disk (HDD) connector developed under the SATA (Serial Advanced Technical Attachment; Serial ATA) system has a relatively new structure. A new Taiwan patent (Application No. 101213707) has been filed by a prior art applicant for a data access device including an access element and an electrical connector. As shown in the third to fifth figures of the specification, the engaging member 24 is disposed in the limiting groove 235, and the middle portion of the engaging member 24 is bent outwardly to provide a locking portion 241. The locking portion 241 is restrained from the limiting portion 14 . However, it is checked that the clamping member 24 is only fixed in the limiting groove 235 by barbs, and the insertion portion is greatly enlarged due to the large locking portion 241. When the electrical connector is separated from the data access device, the card member 2 will be pulled back out of the limiting slot 235. In addition, the insulative housing 21 is fixed to the outer casing 23 only by the card edges 213 and 214, and the conductive terminal 22 on the insulative housing 21 is easily pulled out of the outer casing 23 due to an external force, resulting in loss of electrical connection function. Therefore, how to improve the above problems through structural design has become an important issue that the business person wants to solve.

The reason is that this creator feels that the above problems can be improved. He is concentrating on research and using the application of theory, and proposes a creation that is reasonable in design and effective in improving the above problems.

The purpose of this creation is to provide an electrical connector and an electronic system using the same, which is more stable with the insertion and removal forces of the docked access device.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an electrical connector and an electronic system using the same, which will not exit when the terminal is subjected to an external force, and the connection is interrupted, and the connection function is disabled.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic system including an electrical connector and an access device such that the electrical connector is stable when connected or disconnected from the access device.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the present invention provides an electrical connector including an insulative housing, a plurality of terminals, a flexible transmission unit, and a latching member. The insulative housing has a first end and a second end, and the insulative housing is provided with a plurality of terminal slots and a slot formed at the first end. The terminals are respectively inserted into the terminal slots, and the terminals respectively have a contact portion and a soldering portion, and the contact portions protrude correspondingly into the slot, and the soldering portions protrude from the slot Outside the second end. The flexible transmission unit forms a plurality of conductive through holes for electrically connecting to the soldering portions. The latching member is disposed on a side wall of the insulative housing, the latching member includes a board body and a positioning portion, the board body abuts against the insulative housing, and the positioning portion is fastened to the flexible transmission unit, wherein the card body Another has an elastic snap portion outwardly of the side wall of the insulating body.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the present invention provides an electronic system including an access device and a aforementioned electrical connector. The access device has a card that is detachably coupled to the access device in an insertion direction and electrically connected to the card.

In summary, the electrical connector provided by the present embodiment and the electronic system composed of the electrical connector and the access device can firmly resist the insulating body and cooperate with the positioning card through the plate body of the clamping member. It is fixed to the flexible transmission unit, thereby improving the stability of the insertion and extraction force and the holding force of the entire electrical connector, so that the electrical connector is more stable when connected or separated from the access device.

In order to further understand the features and technical content of this creation, please refer to the following The detailed description of the present invention and the accompanying drawings are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

100, 200, 300‧‧‧ electrical connectors

10, 10a‧‧‧Insulated body

11, 11a‧‧‧ first end

12, 12a‧‧‧ second end

13, 13a‧‧‧ terminal slot

14, 14a‧‧‧ slots

15, 16, 15a, 16a‧‧‧ side walls

151, 151a‧‧ § stop

152, 152a‧‧ ‧ recess

1521‧‧‧End wall

153, 153a‧‧ ‧ rail department

154a‧‧‧Second recess

20, 20a‧‧‧ terminals

21, 21a‧‧Contacts

22, 22a‧‧‧ welding department

23, 23a‧‧ ‧ fixed department

30, 30a‧‧‧soft transmission unit

31, 31a‧‧‧ conductive perforations

32, 32a, 33, 33a‧‧‧ Kakon

40, 40a, 40b‧‧‧ card parts

41, 41a, 41b‧‧‧ plate

411, 411a, 411b‧‧‧Flexible buckle

4111, 4111a‧‧‧ simple beam

4111b‧‧‧Cantilever beam

4112, 4112a, 4112b‧‧‧ ridge structure

412, 412a‧‧‧ guide groove

413, 413a‧‧ ‧ projections

42, 42a‧‧ ‧ Positioning Department

43, 43a‧‧‧ Connection section

431, 431a‧‧‧ barbed

432a‧‧‧second bulge

50, 50a‧‧‧ second card condition

51, 51a‧‧‧ second plate

52, 52a‧‧‧Second Positioning Department

M, M1‧‧‧ electronic system

A‧‧‧Access device

A1‧‧‧ card

A11‧‧‧ connection pad

A2‧‧‧ gap

A3‧‧‧Snap structure

S‧‧‧plug direction

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the electrical connector of the present invention.

2 is an exploded perspective view of the electrical connector of the present invention.

3 is an exploded perspective view of another perspective of the present electrical connector.

4 is an exploded perspective view of the authoring electronic system.

Figure 5 is a schematic plan view of the authoring electronic system.

Figure 6 is a perspective view (2) of the electrical connector of the present invention.

Figure 7 is an exploded perspective view (2) of the electrical connector of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view (2) of another perspective view of the present electrical connector.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the electronic system of the present invention.

Figure 10 is a perspective view (3) of the electrical connector of the present invention.

[First Embodiment]

Referring to FIGS. 1 through 3, the present disclosure provides an electrical connector 100. The electrical connector 100 of the present embodiment basically includes an insulative housing 10, a plurality of terminals 20, a flexible transmission unit 30, and a latching member 40.

As shown in FIG. 2, the insulative housing 10 is made of, for example, a plastic material, and has a first end 11 (here, a front end/socket end of the insulative housing 10) and a second end 12 (here, an insulative body). 10 back end / solder end). The insulative housing 10 is provided with a plurality of terminal slots 13 and a slot 14 formed in the first end 11. The plurality of terminals 20 are preferably made of a metal having good electrical conductivity or an alloy material thereof, and the terminals 20 are preferably inserted into the terminal slots 13 in two rows in parallel. The terminals 20 respectively have a contact portion 21 and a soldering portion 22, wherein the contact portions 21 are preferably protruded from the slots 14 correspondingly, and the soldering portions 22 are preferably in a double in-line package ( The dual in-line package; DIP) protrudes beyond the second end 12. The terminals 20 further have a fixing portion 23 for being fastened on both sides of each terminal slot 13 , wherein the fixing portion 23 Both ends are bent and connected to the contact portion 21 and the welded portion 22, respectively.

The flexible transmission unit 30 forms a plurality of conductive through holes 31 for electrically connecting to the soldering portions 22. The flexible transmission unit 30 in the present embodiment preferably refers to a Flexible Printed Circuit (FPC). However, in other different embodiments, it may include, but is not limited to, a flexible cable or a flexible wire.

The clip 40 is, for example, an integrally formed structure made of a metal stamp, but is not limited thereto. The latching member 40 is disposed on one side wall 15 of the insulative housing 10. The latching member 40 includes a plate body 41 and a positioning portion 42. The positioning portion 42 is fastened to a card hole 32 of the flexible transmission unit 30. The positioning portion 42 described herein is preferably two long barbed hooks, commonly known as a squid foot. As shown in FIG. 2, the plate body 41 further has an elastic latching portion 411 outwardly from the side wall 15 of the insulative housing 10. In the embodiment, the elastic locking portion 411 includes a broken hole 4110 formed in the plate body 41, a simple supporting beam 4111 connected to the plate body 41 at both ends, and a protruding structure 4112 protruding from the breaking hole 4110.

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the side wall 15 of the insulative housing 10 has two opposite stops 151 near the second end 12. The side wall 15 is recessed inwardly at a central position to define an inner recess 152 for the displacement of the raised structure 4112. As shown in FIG. 2, the inner concave portion 152 is partially located between the two stopper portions 151. In addition, the end edge of the side wall 15 of the insulative housing 10 extends from the first end 11 toward the second end 12 to form two opposite rail portions 153, and the ends of the two rail portions 153 respectively correspond to the two stopper portions 151. Further, the peripheral edge of the plate body 41 is bent to form two opposite guide groove portions 412, and the two guide groove portions 412 are slidably fitted to the two rail portions 153 and abut against the two stopper portions 151 to position the latching member 40. On the side wall 15 of the insulative housing 10. That is, the latching member 40 is slidably mounted on the side wall 15 of the insulative housing 10 from the first end 11 toward the second end 12 until it is blocked by the blocking portion 151. It should be noted that the shape of the stopper portion 151 is not limited to that shown in the drawings, and may be changed in accordance with the shape of the plate body 41.

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the plate body 41 further has a protruding portion 413 which protrudes inwardly toward the side wall 15 of the insulating body 10, and the protruding portion 413 abuts against one end of the inner concave portion 152. In other words, one end of the inner recessed portion 152 is formed with a stepped end wall 1521, which is convex. The outlet portion 413 is abutted against the end wall 1521, so that the latching member 50 is more securely engaged with the side wall 15. Furthermore, the plate body 41 and the positioning portion 42 further have a tapered connecting portion 43, and the connecting portion between the connecting portion 43 and the plate body 41 is a structure that stops with the above-mentioned stopping portion 151. Therefore, when the flexible transmission unit 30 is pulled out toward the second end 12, the latching action is formed between the latching member 50 and the blocking portion 151, so that the flexible transmission unit 30 and the electrical connector 100 are tightly connected, which is difficult to separate (refer to the figure). 1)). The positioning portion 42 is further extended along the connecting portion 43 toward the second end 12, and the connecting portion 43 is provided with a barb 431 at the periphery thereof to embed the insulating body 10.

The electrical connector 100 of this embodiment further includes a second latching member 50. The second latching member 50 is disposed on the opposite side wall 16 of the insulative housing 10. The second latching member 50 includes a second panel 51 and a second positioning portion 52. The second plate body 51 abuts against the side wall 16 of the insulative housing 10 , and the second positioning portion 52 is locked to the other card hole 33 of the flexible transmission unit 30 .

[Second embodiment]

Please refer to FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 together with reference to FIG. 1 to FIG. 3. The present invention further provides an electronic system M including an access device A and a aforementioned electrical connector 100. The access device A described herein preferably refers to a Hard Drive, such as a Solid-State Hard Drive or a Solid-State Hybrid Drive. In other various embodiments, however, access device A may include a disk or other mobile device or the like. A certain corner of the access device A has a card A1. The card A1 is a printed circuit board (PCB), and a row of connection pads A11 are formed on the upper and lower surfaces, and the connection pads A11 are preferably strips. Gold fingers. In addition, an elongated slot A2 is formed between the side edge of the access device A and the card A1, and the side edge is formed with a fastening structure A3 corresponding to the elastic latching portion 411. The electrical connector 100 is detachably coupled to the access device A in a plugging direction S.

Therefore, when the electrical connector 100 is assembled with the access device A in the insertion and removal direction S, the card A1 is inserted into the slot 14 of the electrical connector 100, so that the electrical connection pad A11 Electrical connection is made to the contact portions 21 . When the electrical connection is made, the latching member 40 enters the slit A2, and the elastic latching portion 411 is biased inwardly by the pressing of the fastening structure A3, and is elastically engaged by the elastic restoring force generated when the offset is generated. At the leading edge of the fastening structure A3. At the same time, the plate body 41 is firmly resisted by the insulative housing 10. That is, the blocking portion 151 formed by the side wall 15 of the insulative housing 10 adjacent to the second end 12 abuts against the guiding portion 412 of the plate body 41, and is engaged with the positioning portion 42 to be fastened to the flexible transmission unit 30, so that When the insertion force of the electrical connector 100 to the access device A is large, the latch 40 can be prevented from being pressed by the fastening structure A3 and separated from the insulative housing 10 along the insertion and removal direction S. Therefore, the latching member 40 can be prevented from coming back out of the insulative housing 10 along the insertion and removal direction S, thereby achieving the effect of improving the connection stability of the electrical connector 100 and the access device A.

In addition, when the electrical connector 100 is separated from the access device A in the insertion and removal direction S, the latching member 40 is withdrawn from the slit A2, and the elastic latching portion 411 is biased inward by the pressing structure A3. The elastic restoring force generated by the offset is elastically separated from the fastening structure A3. At the same time, the plate body 41 is firmly resisted by the insulative housing 10, that is, the protruding portion 413 of the transmissive plate body 41 abuts against the inner recessed portion 152 formed by the side wall 15 of the insulative housing 10, and cooperates with the positioning portion 42 card. The flexible transmission unit 30 is configured to prevent the latching member 40 from being pressed by the fastening structure A3 along the insertion and removal direction S and the insulative housing 10 when the extraction force of the electrical connector 100 from the access device A is large. Phase separation. In other words, the latching member 40 can be prevented from coming out of the insulative housing 10 in the insertion and removal direction S, so that the electrical connector 100 and the access device A are also separated when they are separated.

Moreover, the board body 41 of the latching member 40 is in contact with the insulative housing 10 and the positioning portion 42 is fastened to the flexible transmission unit 30, so that the soft transmission unit 30 can be avoided when the flexible transmission unit 30 is pulled, or the soft transmission unit 30 is affected by an external force. At this time, the terminal 20 may be caused to exit backward, or the copper foil of the conductive via 31 may be peeled off.

[Third embodiment]

Referring to FIG. 6 to FIG. 8 , the electrical connector 200 of the present embodiment basically includes an insulative housing 10 a , a plurality of terminals 20 a , a flexible transmission unit 30 a , and a latching member 40 a . The main difference between this embodiment and the first embodiment is that the latching member 40a is assembled on the insulative housing 10a from the second end 12a to the first end 11a, so that the latching member 40a is positioned on the insulative housing 10a. Different from the first embodiment.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the peripheral edge 15a of the insulative housing 10a extends outwardly to form two opposite blocking portions 151a, and the two stopping portions are preferably located on the opposite ends of the side wall 15a opposite to the rail portion 153a. Adjacent to the top surface of the first end 11a of the insulative body 10a. The side wall 15a of the insulative housing 10a is recessed inwardly to form an inner recess 152a. When the latching member 40a is assembled to the insulative housing 10a from the second end 12a to the first end 11a, the two guide groove portions 412a are slidably fitted to the two rail portions from the second end 12a to the first end 11a. The 153a abuts against the two stopper portions 151a on the ends of the opposite rail portions 153a, so that the latching member 40a is positioned on the side wall 15a of the insulative housing 10a. The plate body 41a further has a protruding portion 413a protruding inwardly toward the side wall 15a of the insulative housing 10a, and the protruding portion 413a is located between the elastic locking portion 411a and the positioning portion 42a, and the protruding portion 413a is in contact with the inner portion One end of the recess 152a. Further, a connecting portion 43a is formed between the plate body 41a and the positioning portion 42a and bent inwardly toward the side wall 15a of the insulative housing 10a. The positioning portion 42a is further extended along the connecting portion 43a toward the second end 12a. The connecting portion 43a is provided with a barb 431a at its periphery to embed the insulating body 10a. The middle portion of the connecting portion 43a further has a second protruding portion 432a protruding inwardly toward the side wall 15a of the insulative housing 10a. The side wall 15a of the insulative housing 10a has a second inner portion 12a formed adjacent to the second end 12a. The recess 154a and the second protrusion 432a abut against one end of the second recess 154a.

[Fourth embodiment]

Please refer to FIG. 9 and cooperate with FIG. 6 to FIG. 8. The present invention further provides an electronic system M1 including an access device A and a aforementioned electrical connector 200. The electrical connector 200 is detachably coupled to the access device A in a plugging direction S.

For the connection manner of the electrical connector 200 of the present embodiment and the access device A, refer to the description of the second embodiment, and details are not described herein again.

It should be noted that when the electrical connector 200 is assembled or separated from the access device A in the insertion and removal direction S, the blocking portion 151a of the insulative housing 10a is opposed to the guiding portion 412a of the plate 41a, and The inner recessed portion 152a and the second inner recessed portion 154a of the insulative housing 10a are respectively abutted against the protruding portion 413a and the second protruding portion 432a, and the positioning portion 42a is engaged with the flexible transmission unit 30a to prevent the latching member 40a from being caught. When the insertion force is large, the fastening structure A3 is pressed away from the insulative housing 10a, and when the soft transmission unit 30a is affected by the external force, the terminal 20a may be pulled back backward, or the copper foil of the conductive perforation 31a may be peeled off. The situation happened.

[Fifth Embodiment]

Referring to FIG. 10, the difference from the first embodiment is that the plate body 41b of the latching member 40b of the electrical connector 300 of the present embodiment has an elastic locking portion 411b including a hole 4110b formed in the plate body 41b. A cantilever beam 4111b connected to the plate body 41b at one end and a ridge structure 4112b formed by the free end of the cantilever beam 4111b and protruding from the hole 4110. The other structures are the same as those in the first embodiment, and will not be described again.

Therefore, the electrical connector provided in the embodiment of the present invention is capable of being in contact with the insulating body through the latching member and the positioning portion is fastened to the flexible transmission unit, thereby improving the insertion and extraction force and the holding force of the electrical connector as a whole. Sexuality makes the electrical connector more stable when connected or separated from the access device.

The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it is not intended to limit the scope of the patents of the present invention. Any changes and modifications made to the scope of the patent application of the present invention should be covered by the present invention.

100‧‧‧Electrical connector

10‧‧‧Insulated body

11‧‧‧ first end

12‧‧‧ second end

13‧‧‧Terminal slot

14‧‧‧Slots

15, 16‧‧‧ side walls

151‧‧‧stops

152‧‧‧ Inside recess

1521‧‧‧End wall

153‧‧‧Track Department

20‧‧‧ terminals

21‧‧‧Contacts

22‧‧‧Weld Department

23‧‧‧ Fixed Department

30‧‧‧Soft transmission unit

31‧‧‧Electrical perforation

32, 33‧‧‧ Kakon

40‧‧‧ Cards

41‧‧‧ board

411‧‧‧Flexible buckle

4110‧‧‧ hole

4111‧‧‧Simplified beam

4112‧‧‧Uplift structure

412‧‧‧ Guide groove

413‧‧‧Protruding

42‧‧‧ Positioning Department

43‧‧‧Connection section

431‧‧‧ barbed

50‧‧‧Second card condition

51‧‧‧Second plate

52‧‧‧Second Positioning Department

Claims (10)

An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a first end and a second end, the insulative housing having a plurality of terminal slots and a slot formed in the first end; a plurality of terminals, each of the terminals Inserted into the terminal slots, the terminals respectively have a contact portion and a soldering portion, and the contact portions protrude correspondingly into the slot, and the soldering portions protrude from the second end a flexible transmission unit, forming a plurality of conductive through holes for electrically connecting to the soldering portions; and a latching member disposed on a sidewall of the insulating body, the latching member comprising a plate body and a positioning portion, the plate The positioning portion is fastened to the flexible transmission unit, and the plate body further has an elastic buckle portion outward toward the side wall of the insulating body. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the sidewall end edge of the insulative housing extends outwardly to form two opposite stops, and the sidewall of the insulative housing is recessed inwardly at a central location to form an inner recess. The electrical connector of claim 2, wherein the sidewall end edge of the insulative housing extends from the first end toward the second end to form two opposite rail portions, and the ends of the rail portions respectively correspond to the two stops a locking portion, the peripheral edge of the plate body is bent and formed with two opposite guiding groove portions, the two guiding groove portions are slidably fitted to the two rail portions and abut against the two stopping portions, so that the locking member is positioned On the side wall of the insulating body. The electrical connector of claim 3, wherein the plate body has a protruding portion inward toward a side wall of the insulating body, the protruding portion abutting against one end of the inner concave portion, the plate body and the positioning portion There is a tapered connecting portion, and the positioning portion extends along the connecting portion toward the second end. The connecting portion has a barb on the periphery to embed the insulating body. The electrical connector of claim 2, wherein the sidewall edge of the insulating body is self-contained The second end extends in the direction of the first end to form two opposite rail portions. The ends of the two rail portions respectively correspond to the two stopping portions, and the peripheral edge of the plate body is bent to form two opposite guiding portions. The two guiding portions are slidably fitted to the two rail portions and abut against the two stopping portions to position the latching member on the side wall of the insulating body. The electrical connector of claim 5, wherein the plate body has a protruding portion inwardly facing a sidewall of the insulating body, the protruding portion being located between the elastic snap portion and the positioning portion, the protruding portion a connecting portion between the plate body and the positioning portion, and a connecting portion bent inwardly toward the side wall of the insulating body, the positioning portion extending along the connecting portion toward the second end The bottom of the connecting section is provided with barbs to embed the insulating body. The electrical connector of claim 6, wherein the middle portion of the connecting segment has a second projection inwardly facing a sidewall of the insulating body, the sidewall of the insulating body having an inward recess adjacent to the second end a second inner recess formed, the second protruding portion abutting the second inner recess. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the elastic latching portion comprises a broken hole formed in the plate body, a simple supporting beam connected to the plate body at both ends, and a protruding structure protruding from the broken hole. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the elastic latching portion comprises a broken hole formed in the plate body, a cantilever beam connected to the plate body at one end, and formed by the free end of the cantilever beam A raised structure that protrudes from the hole. An electronic system comprising: an access device having a card; and the electrical connector of any one of claims 1 to 9; wherein the electrical connector is detachably separable in a plugging direction And the access device is assembled and electrically connected to the card.