TWM472344U - 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, an insulation cap, 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 insulating cap is fixed to the second end of the insulating body. 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 insulation cap. 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 passes through the insulation cap and 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) for a data access device including an access component and an electrical connector, as shown in the third to fifth figures of the specification, the card The workpiece 24 is disposed in the limiting slot 235, and the middle portion of the clamping 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 the present invention is to provide an electrical connector and an electronic system using the same, so that the insertion force and retention force of the docked access device are more stable. 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, an insulative back cover, 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 insulating back cover is fixed to the second end of the insulating body. 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 Insulate the back cover. 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 plate body and a positioning portion, the plate body abuts against the insulative housing, the positioning portion passes through the insulating back cover and is fastened to the soft body And a transmission unit, wherein the plate body further has an elastic buckle portion outward toward a sidewall 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 be in contact with the insulating body through the latching member, and the insulating body and the insulating back cover are The fixing and positioning portion passes through the insulating back cover and is fastened 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 connected or separated from the access device. For stability.

In order to further understand the features and technical contents of the present invention, please refer to the following detailed description and drawings of the present invention. However, the drawings are only for reference and explanation, and 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

153, 153a‧‧ ‧ rail department

20, 20a‧‧‧Insulated back cover

21, 22, 21a, 22a‧‧‧Fixed parts

30, 30a‧‧‧ terminals

31, 31a‧‧Contacts

32, 32a‧‧‧ Welding Department

33, 33a‧‧ ‧ fixed department

40, 40a‧‧‧soft transmission unit

41, 41a‧‧‧ conductive perforations

42, 42a, 43, 43a‧‧ ‧ Kakon

50, 50a, 50b‧‧‧ card parts

51, 51a, 51b‧‧‧ plate

511, 511a, 511b‧‧‧ elastic buckle

5110, 5110a, 5110b‧‧‧ hole

5111, 5111a‧‧‧ simple beam

5111b‧‧‧Cantilever beam

5112, 5112a, 5112b‧‧‧ ridge structure

512, 512a‧‧‧ guide groove

513, 513a‧‧‧ protruding parts

52, 52a‧‧ ‧ Positioning Department

53, 53a‧‧‧ Connection section

531, 531a‧‧‧ barbed

60, 60a‧‧‧ second card condition

61, 61a‧‧‧ second plate

62, 62a‧‧‧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, an insulative back cover 20, a plurality of terminals 30, a flexible transmission unit 40, and a latching member 50.

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 30 respectively have a contact portion 31 and a soldering portion 32. The contact portions 31 are preferably protruded from the slots 14 correspondingly, and the soldering portions 32 are preferably in a double in-line package. The dual in-line package; DIP) protrudes beyond the second end 12. The above terminal 30 is further divided The fixing portion 33 is fixed to the two sides of each of the terminal slots 13 , and the two ends of the fixing portion 33 are respectively bent and connected to the contact portion 31 and the soldering portion 32 .

The insulating back cover 20 is made of, for example, a plastic material, and is fixed to the second end 12 of the insulative housing 10. The soldering portions 32 pass through and protrude outside the insulating back cover 20.

The flexible transmission unit 40 forms a plurality of conductive through holes 41 for electrically connecting to the soldering portions 32. The flexible transmission unit 40 in the present embodiment preferably refers to a Flexible Printed Circuit (FPC), but in other different embodiments, may include, but is not limited to, a flexible cable, or a flexible wire.

The clip 50 is, for example, an integrally formed structure made of a metal stamp, but is not limited thereto. The clamping member 50 is disposed on one side wall 15 of the insulative housing 10. The latching member 50 includes a plate body 51 and a positioning portion 52. The positioning portion 52 passes through the insulating back cover 20 and is fastened to a card hole 42 of the flexible transmission unit 40. The positioning portion 52 described herein is preferably two long barbed hooks, commonly known as a squid foot. As shown in FIG. 2, the plate body 51 further has an elastic snap portion 511 outwardly of the side wall 15 of the insulative housing 10. In the present embodiment, the elastic latching portion 511 includes a broken hole 5110 formed in the plate body 51, a simple support beam 5111 connected to the plate body 51 at both ends, and a raised structure 5112 protruding from the broken hole 5110.

As shown in 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 displacement of the raised structure 5112. 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. Moreover, the opposite side of the plate body 51 is formed with two opposite guide groove portions 512, and the two guide groove portions 512 are slidably fitted to the two rail portions 153 and abut against the two stopper portions 151 to position the latching member 50. On the side wall 15 of the insulative housing 10. That is, the latching member 50 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 51.

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the board body 51 further has a side wall 15 facing the insulative housing 10. A projection 513 projecting inward, and the projection 513 abuts against one end of the recess 152. Furthermore, a tapered connecting portion 53 is further disposed between the plate body 51 and the positioning portion 52, and the connecting portion between the connecting portion 53 and the plate body 51 is configured to stop with the stopping portion 151. Therefore, when the flexible transmission unit 40 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 40 and the electrical connector 100 are tightly connected, which is difficult to separate (refer to the figure). 1)). The positioning portion 52 is further extended along the connecting portion 53 toward the insulating back cover 20, and the connecting portion 53 is provided with a barb 531 at the periphery thereof to embed the insulating back cover 10.

The electrical connector 100 of this embodiment further includes a second latching member 60. The second latching member 60 is disposed on the opposite side wall 16 of the insulative housing 10. The second latching member 60 includes a second plate body 61 and a second positioning portion 62. The second plate body 61 abuts against the side wall 16 of the insulative housing 10 , and the second positioning portion 62 is fastened to the other card hole 43 of the flexible transmission unit 40 .

Furthermore, the fixed portions 21, 22 are respectively formed on both sides of the insulating back cover 20. In the embodiment, the fastening portions 21 and 22 respectively include two fastening arms. The fixing portion 21 faces the second end 12 of the insulative housing 10 and is fastened to the side wall 15 of the insulative housing 10 . The fixing portion 22 faces the second end 12 of the insulative housing 10 and is fastened to the other side wall 16 of the insulative housing 10 to fix the insulating back cover 20 and the insulative housing 10 .

[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, a narrow edge is formed between the side edge of the access device A and the card A1. The slit A2 is formed with a fastening structure A3 corresponding to the elastic hooking portion 511. 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 and the contact portions 21 are formed. Electrical connection. When the electrical connection is made, the latching member 50 enters the slit A2, so that the elastic latching portion 511 is biased inward by the pressing of the fastening structure A3, and is elastically buckled by the elastic restoring force generated when the offset is generated. The front edge of the fastening structure A3 is engaged. At the same time, the plate body 51 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 512 of the plate body 51, and cooperates with the positioning portion 52 to pass through the insulating back cover 20 and is fastened thereto. The flexible transmission unit 40 is configured to prevent the latching member 50 from being pressed by the fastening structure A3 when the insertion force of the electrical connector 100 is inserted into the access device A is large, and is in contact with the insulative housing 10 along the insertion and removal direction S. Separation. Therefore, the latching member 50 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 stability of the connection between 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 50 exits the slit A2, and the elastic latching portion 511 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 51 is firmly resisted by the insulative housing 10, that is, the protruding portion 513 of the transmissive plate body 51 abuts against the inner concave portion 152 formed by the side wall 15 of the insulative housing 10, and is worn by the positioning portion 52. The insulating cover 20 is secured to the flexible transmission unit 40, and when the electrical connector 100 is pulled out of the access device A, the latching member 50 is prevented from being pressed by the fastening structure A3. The pulling direction S is separated from the insulating body 10. In other words, the latching member 50 can be prevented from coming out of the insulative housing 10 in the insertion and removal direction S, and the electrical connector 100 is also stable when it is separated from the access device A.

Furthermore, the plate body 51 of the latching member 50 is placed against the insulative housing 10, and is matched. The bit portion 52 passes through the insulating back cover 20 and is fastened to the flexible transmission unit 40, and the insulating back cover 20 is fixed to the insulative housing 10 to avoid the external force being applied when the flexible transmission unit 40 is pulled or the flexible transmission unit 40 is affected. At this time, the terminal 30 may be caused to come back to the insulating body 10, or the copper foil of the conductive via 41 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 , an insulative back cover 20 a , a plurality of terminals 30 a , a flexible transmission unit 40 a , and a latching member 50 a .

The main difference between this embodiment and the first embodiment is that the latching member 50a is assembled on the insulative housing 10a from the second end 12a to the first end 11a, so that the latching member 50a 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 blocking portions 151a are preferably located on opposite ends of the side wall 15a opposite to the rail portion 153a, that is, Located on the top surface of the insulative housing 10a adjacent to the first end 11a. The side wall 15a of the insulative housing 10a is recessed inwardly to form an inner recess 152a. Further, when the latching member 50a is assembled on the insulative housing 10a from the second end 12a to the first end 11a, the two guide groove portions 512a of the plate body 51a are slidably swung from the second end 12a to the first end 11a. The two rail portions 153a are fitted to the two rail portions 153a and are disposed on the side walls 15a of the insulative housing 10a. The plate body 51a further has a protruding portion 513a protruding inwardly toward the side wall 15a of the insulative housing 10a, and the protruding portion 413a is located between the elastic locking portion 511a and the positioning portion 52a, and the protruding portion 513a is in contact with the inner portion One end of the recess 152a. Further, the plate body 51a and the positioning portion 52a further have a tapered connecting portion 53a, and the positioning portion 52a extends along the connecting portion 53a toward the insulating back cover 20a. The connecting portion 53a is provided with a barb 531a at its periphery to embed the insulating back cover 20a.

[Fourth embodiment]

Please refer to FIG. 9 and cooperate with FIG. 6 to FIG. 8. This creation provides an electronic system M1, the electronic system M1 includes 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 insulating body 10a is opposed to the guiding portion 512a of the plate body 51a, and The inner concave portion 152a of the insulative housing 10a is in contact with the protruding portion 513a, and the positioning portion 52a is inserted through the insulating back cover 20a and is fastened to the flexible transmission unit 40a, and the insulating back cover 20 is fixed to the insulative housing 10 to avoid When the latching force 50a is pressed by the fastening structure A3 and is released from the insulative housing 10a, the softening unit 40a may be prevented from being affected by an external force, and the terminal 30a may be caused to be pulled back out of the insulative housing 10a, or The peeling of the copper foil of the conductive via 31a occurs.

[Fifth Embodiment]

Referring to FIG. 10, the difference from the first embodiment is that the plate body 51b of the latching member 50b of the electrical connector 300 of the present embodiment has an elastic latching portion 511b including a hole 5110b formed in the board body 51b. A cantilever beam 5111b connected to the plate body 51b at one end and a ridge structure 5112b formed by the free end of the cantilever beam 5112b and protruding from the hole 5110b are the same as 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 insulating body is fixed to the insulating back cover and the positioning portion passes through the insulating back cover and is fastened to the flexible transmission. The unit, thereby improving the stability of the insertion and extraction force and the holding force of the electrical connector as a whole, so that the electrical connector is more stable when connected or separated from the access device.

The above description is only a preferred and feasible embodiment of the present invention, and it is not intended to limit the scope of the patent of the creation, and the equal variation and repair of the scope of the patent application according to the creation of the invention. Decorations should be covered by this creation.

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

153‧‧‧Track Department

20‧‧‧Insulated back cover

21, 22‧‧‧Fixed parts

30‧‧‧terminal

31‧‧‧Contacts

32‧‧‧Weld Department

33‧‧‧Fixed Department

40‧‧‧Soft transmission unit

41‧‧‧Electrical perforation

42, 43‧‧ ‧ Kakon

50‧‧‧ Cards

51‧‧‧ board

511‧‧‧Flexible buckle

5110‧‧‧ hole

5111‧‧‧Simplified beam

5112‧‧‧Uplift structure

512‧‧‧guide section

513‧‧‧ protruding parts

52‧‧‧ Positioning Department

53‧‧‧ Connection section

531‧‧‧ barbed

60‧‧‧Second card condition

61‧‧‧Second plate

62‧‧‧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; an insulating back cover, fixed The second end of the insulative housing; the plurality of terminals are respectively inserted into the terminal slots, and the terminals respectively have a contact portion and a soldering portion, and the contact portions are respectively protruded correspondingly In the slot, the soldering portions pass through and protrude outside the insulating back cover; a flexible transmission unit forms a plurality of conductive through holes for electrically connecting with the soldering portions; and a latching member is disposed on the soldering portion a side wall of the insulative housing, the latching member includes a plate body and a positioning portion, the plate body abuts against the insulative housing, the positioning portion passes through the insulating back cover and is fastened to the flexible transmission unit, wherein the latching portion The plate body further has an elastic snap portion outwardly of 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 insulating back cover, and the connecting portion has a barb on the periphery to embed the insulating back cover. The electrical connector of claim 2, wherein the sidewall end edge of the insulative housing extends from the second end toward the first end to form two opposite rail portions, the ends of the two rail portions respectively corresponding to the two a blocking portion, the peripheral edge of the plate body is bent and formed with two opposite guiding groove portions, and the two guiding groove portions are slidably fitted to the two guiding portions and abut against the two stopping portions to position the clamping 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 The portion of the connecting portion is disposed at an end of the connecting portion, and the positioning portion extends along the connecting portion toward the insulating back cover. Barbed to embed the insulated back cover. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the two sides of the insulating cover are respectively formed with a fixing portion, and the two fixing portions are respectively fastened to the two side walls of the insulating body, so that the insulating back cover is insulated from the insulating cover The body is fixed. 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.