TWM478922U - Magnetic electrical connector and assembly thereof - Google Patents

Description

Magnetic type electrical connector and combination thereof

The present invention relates to a magnetic electrical connector and combinations thereof.

U.S. Patent No. 7,311,526 discloses a magnetic power connector assembly in which a socket and a plug are respectively provided with a magnet and a magnetic member for attracting the magnet, so that the plug can be magnetically coupled with the socket to achieve the purpose of power supply.

The present invention provides an improved magnetic type electrical connector and a combination thereof, which not only is convenient to use, but also makes the arrangement of the terminals more flexible and achieves better electrical performance.

The purpose of this creation is to provide a magnetic electrical connector and a combination thereof that enable docking at two locations that are 180 degrees apart from each other.

The purpose of the present invention is achieved by the following technical solutions: a magnetic insulative connector including a first insulative housing, a first power terminal held on the first insulative housing, and a first magnetic component disposed on a periphery of the first insulative housing The first insulative housing has a tongue extending forwardly, the tongue having a front end surface, the first power terminal is configured to transmit an electric current and partially protrudes from a front end surface of the tongue plate, The front end surface of the tongue plate further protrudes from the first signal contact and the second signal contact which are disposed apart from each other, and the first signal contact and the second signal contact are both used for transmitting signals.

Compared with the prior art, the first signal contact and the second signal contact protruding from the magnetic connector of the present invention can respectively be used for the docking connector to rotate 180 degrees in the first position and relative to the first position. The second position transmits signals when docked with the magnetic electrical connector, which is convenient to use, and can also make the arrangement of the terminals more flexible and is not limited by the shape of the mating surface.

The first figure is a perspective view of the magnetic power connector assembly in the first embodiment of the present invention;

The second figure is a perspective view of the magnetic electrical connector in the first figure;

The third figure is a partial exploded view of the magnetic electrical connector in the second figure;

The fourth figure is a partial exploded view of the metal casing of the second figure separated from the magnetic electrical connector;

Figure 5 is a front elevational view of the magnetic electrical connector of the second figure;

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the docking connector in the first figure;

Figure 7 is a front view of the docking connector in the first position in the sixth figure;

Figure 8 is a front elevational view of the docking connector of the sixth figure in the second position; and

The ninth drawing is a front view of the magnetic electrical connector of the second embodiment of the present invention.

The first to eighth figures show a first embodiment of the magnetic power connector assembly of the present invention for implementing a power supply. As shown in the first figure, the magnetic electrical connector assembly includes a circuit for mounting. The magnetic AC connector 100 of the board and the docking connector 200 connected to the cable 300. In general, the magnetic electrical connector 100 is mounted on the device side, such as a side of a tablet or a notebook computer, and is retracted within the outer side of the device end; the docking connector 200 is generally connected to a cable for use. Connected to the power supply. The mating connector 200 of the present invention can be mated with the magnetic electrical connector 100 at a first position and a second position rotated 180 degrees with respect to the first position, thereby achieving power and signal transmission.

As shown in the second to fifth embodiments, the magnetic electrical connector 100 of the first embodiment includes a first insulative housing 10, a first magnetic component 20 attached to the first insulative housing 10, and a first insulation. The first conductive terminal 30 of the body 10 and the metal outer casing 40 covered on the outer side of the first insulative housing 10. The first magnetic element 20 has a front surface 21, and the front surface 21 is recessed with a receiving groove 22, and the receiving groove 22 penetrates through the rear end surface of the first magnetic element 20. In the present embodiment, the first magnetic element 20 is formed of two magnets front and rear. The first insulative housing 10 has a tongue plate 11 extending forwardly, the first insulative housing 10 is located behind the first magnetic element 20 and the tongue plate 11 is fixed in the receiving groove 22, and the tongue plate 11 has a front end surface 110, The front surface 21 of the first magnetic element 20 and the front end surface 110 of the tongue plate 11 together form the abutting surface 101 of the magnetic electrical connector 100, and the front surface 21 of the first magnetic element 20 is flush with the front end surface 110 of the tongue plate 11. The first conductive terminal 30 is a non-expandable structure, and is fixed to the first insulative housing 10 and partially protruded from the front end surface 110 of the tongue plate. The first conductive terminal 30 is at least partially exposed on the abutting surface 101. The metal casing 40 is provided with a holding arm 41 protruding forward and beyond the abutting surface 101. The clamping arms 41 are respectively arranged on the four sides of the abutting surface 101, and the end of the clamping arm 41 is bent inward. .

The first conductive terminal 30 of the magnetic connector 100 includes a first signal terminal 31a, a second signal terminal 31b and a first power terminal. The first power terminal includes two positive power terminals 32a and 32b and two negative power terminals 33a. 33b. The first and second signal terminals 31a and 31b are respectively provided with a first signal contact 310a and a second signal contact 310b which are exposed on the front end surface 110 of the tongue plate 11 and are separated from each other, and the first and second signal contacts are respectively provided. 310a, 310b are exposed on the abutting surface 101 and are used to transmit signals. If the first and second signal contacts 310a, 310b are connected by a straight line, the virtual connection forms a first extension line L1, and the two positive power supply terminals 32a, 32b are respectively located on two sides of the first extension line L1, and the two negative power supply terminals 33a, 33b are also located on both sides of the first extension line L1, respectively. A virtual extension of a positive power supply terminal 32b and a negative power supply terminal 33b on the same side of the first extension line L1 forms a second extension line L2, and a positive power supply terminal 32a and a negative power supply on the other side of the first extension line L1. The dummy line of the terminal 33a forms a third extension line L3, and the second extension line L2 and the third extension line L3 are parallel to each other. The first signal contact 310a is located on the second extension line L2, and the second signal contact 310b is located on the third extension line L3. The front end surface 110 of the tongue plate 11 has a zigzag shape, and includes a first horizontal portion 111, a second horizontal portion 112, and a vertical portion 113 connecting the first and second horizontal portions 111, 112 at the first extension line L1. The positive power supply terminal and the negative power supply terminal on the same side are respectively disposed on the first and second horizontal portions 111 and 112, and the first and second signal contacts 310a and 310b are located in the vertical portion 113. The arrangement of the first conductive terminals 30 of the present invention is more flexible and is not limited by the shape of the mating surface 101.

As shown in the sixth to eighth embodiments, the mating connector 200 includes a second insulative housing 60, a second magnetic component 70 attached to the front end of the second insulative housing 60, and an inwardly contractible recess disposed in the second insulative housing 60. The second conductive terminal 80. The retractable second conductive terminal 80 includes a signal docking terminal 81 and a second power terminal 82. The second power terminal 82 includes a positive pole butt power terminal 820 and a negative pole power terminal 821. The terminals 820 and 821 are located on the same side of the signal docking terminal 81, and the other side of the signal docking terminal 81 is not provided with a power terminal. The signal docking terminal 81 is offset from the positive pole butt power terminal 820 and the negative pole power terminal 821. The docking extension line L0 formed by the virtual connection. Compared to the prior art, the inventive docking connector 200 can save the number of retractable conductive terminals 80, thereby reducing costs.

As shown in FIGS. 5 to 8 , the docking connector 200 can be respectively rotated at a first position A (as shown in FIG. 7 ) and a second position B rotated 180 degrees relative to the first position (eg, The position shown in FIG. 8 is matched with the magnetic electrical connector 100. The first magnetic element 20 and the second magnetic element 70 are attracted to each other to keep the mating connector 200 docked with the magnetic electrical connector 100 at the first position A and the second position B, respectively, thereby making the first power terminal It is mated with the second power terminal 82. The first power terminal is divided into a first power terminal group 34 and a second power terminal group 35 respectively located on two sides of the first extension line L1, that is, the first power terminal group 34 includes a positive power source on the same side of the first extension line L1. The terminal 32a and a negative power terminal 33a, the second power terminal group 35 includes a positive power terminal 32b and a negative power terminal 33b on the other side of the first extension line L1. When the docking connector 200 is docked with the magnetic connector 100 in the first position A, the signal docking terminal 81 is docked with the first signal contact 310a, and the second power terminal 82 and the first power terminal group When the docking connector 200 is docked with the magnetic electrical connector 100, the signal docking terminal 81 is docked with the second signal contact 310b, and the second power terminal is docked. 82 is docked with the second power terminal group 35. When the magnetic connector 100 is mated with the mating connector 200, only one of the first signal contact 310a and the second signal contact 310b completes the signal transmission. In the present embodiment, the magnetic connector 100 includes a first signal terminal 31a and a second signal terminal 31b that are respectively disposed on the first insulative housing 10, and the first signal contact 310a is formed on the first signal terminal 31a. The second signal contact 310b is formed on the second signal terminal 31b. In other embodiments, the first signal contact 310a and the second signal contact 310b can be two contact portions formed by the same signal terminal, that is, the first signal contact 310a and the second signal contact 310b can be formed on the same signal terminal. . The first signal contact 310a and the second signal contact 310b protruding from the magnetic connector 100 are provided for the docking connector 200 to be rotated by 180 degrees in the first position A and the first position A, respectively. When the second position B is connected to the magnetic electrical connector 100, the signal is transmitted, which is convenient to use, and the arrangement of the first conductive terminals 30 is more flexible and is not limited by the shape of the mating surface 101.

The ninth drawing shows a front view of the magnetic electrical connector 100a in the second embodiment of the present invention. The structure of the magnetic electrical connector 100a in the second embodiment is substantially the same as that in the first embodiment, and the internal components are also substantially the same, except that the arrangement of the first power terminals of the magnetic electrical connector 100a is arranged. the way. In the second embodiment, the two positive power supply terminals 32a, 32b of the first power supply terminal are respectively located at two sides of the first extension line L1, and the two negative power supply terminals 33a, 33b are respectively located at two sides of the first extension line L1, and two The virtual connection of the positive power supply terminals 32a, 32b forms a fourth extension line L4, the fourth extension line L4 is perpendicular to the first extension line L1, and the two negative power supply terminals 33a, 33b are located on the fourth extension line L4 The upper power terminal group 34 and the second power terminal group 35 are both located on the fourth extension line L4 perpendicular to the first extension line L1. The first signal contact 310a and the second signal contact 310b protrude from the magnetic connector 100a, and the second connector A can be rotated by 180 degrees in the first position A and the first position A, respectively. When the position B is connected to the magnetic connector 100a, the signal is transmitted, which is convenient to use, and the arrangement of the first conductive terminals 30 is more flexible and is not limited by the shape of the mating surface 101.

In summary, this creation is in line with the new patent requirements, and the patent application is filed according to law. However, the above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and any equivalent modification or change made by a person familiar with the skill of the present invention in accordance with the spirit of the present invention should be It is covered by the following patent application.

100, 100a‧‧ magnetic magnetic connectors

101‧‧‧ docking

10‧‧‧First Insulation Body

11‧‧‧ tongue plate

110‧‧‧ front end

111‧‧‧First level

112‧‧‧Second level

113‧‧‧ vertical

20‧‧‧First magnetic component

21‧‧‧ front

22‧‧‧ housing trough

30‧‧‧First conductive terminal

31a‧‧‧First signal terminal

310a‧‧‧first signal contact

31b‧‧‧second signal terminal

310b‧‧‧second signal contact

32a, 32b‧‧‧ positive power terminal

33a, 33b‧‧‧n negative power terminal

34‧‧‧One power terminal group

35‧‧‧Second power terminal group

40‧‧‧Metal casing

41‧‧‧挟arm

L1‧‧‧First extension cord

L2‧‧‧ second extension line

L3‧‧‧ third extension line

L4‧‧‧4th extension cord

200‧‧‧Dock connector

60‧‧‧Second insulation body

70‧‧‧Second magnetic component

80‧‧‧Second conductive terminal

81‧‧‧ Signal docking terminal

82‧‧‧second power terminal

820‧‧‧Positive butt power terminal

821‧‧‧Negative docking power terminal

L0‧‧‧ docking extension cord

A‧‧‧ first position

B‧‧‧second position

300‧‧‧ Cable

100‧‧‧Magnetic electrical connector

101‧‧‧ docking

30‧‧‧First conductive terminal

310a‧‧‧first signal contact

310b‧‧‧second signal contact

40‧‧‧Metal casing

41‧‧‧挟arm

Claims (14)

A magnetic electrical connector comprising:
a first insulative housing having a forwardly extending tongue, the tongue having a front end face;
a first power terminal is configured to transmit a current, the first power terminal is fixed to the first insulative body and partially protrudes from a front end surface of the tongue plate; and the first magnetic component is disposed on the first insulative body periphery;
The front end surface of the tongue plate further protrudes from the first signal contact and the second signal contact, and the first signal contact and the second signal contact are used to transmit signals. The magnetic electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the magnetic electrical connector is configured to be coupled to a pair of connectors, the first signal contact and the second signal contact Only one of them completes the signal transmission. The magnetic-type electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the magnetic-type electrical connector comprises a first signal terminal and a second signal terminal that are fixedly disposed on the first insulative housing and are separately disposed. The first signal contact is formed on the first signal terminal, and the second signal contact is formed on the second signal terminal. The magnetic electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the first signal contact and the second signal contact are formed at the same signal terminal. The magnetic electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the first magnetic component is provided with a receiving groove extending through the front and rear end faces thereof, the first insulating body being located behind the first magnetic component and The tongue plate is fixed in the receiving groove, and a front end surface of the tongue plate and a front surface of the first magnetic component together form an abutting surface of the magnetic electrical connector. The magnetic power connector of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the first power terminal comprises two positive power terminals for respectively transmitting a positive current, the first The virtual connection of the signal contact and the second signal contact forms a first extension line, and the two positive power supply terminals are respectively located at two sides of the first extension line. The magnetic power connector of claim 6, wherein the first power terminal further comprises two negative power terminals for respectively transmitting a negative current, wherein the two negative power terminals are respectively located at the a virtual extension of a positive power supply terminal and a negative power supply terminal on the same side of the first extension line forms a second extension line, and a positive power supply terminal and one on the other side of the first extension line The dummy connection of the negative power supply terminal forms a third extension line, and the second extension line and the third extension line are parallel to each other. The magnetic electrical connector of claim 7, wherein the first signal contact is located on a second extension line and the second signal contact is located on a third extension line. The magnetic-type electrical connector of claim 8, wherein the front end surface of the tongue plate has a zigzag shape, and includes a first horizontal portion, a second horizontal portion, and the first and second horizontal portions. In the vertical portion, the first and second signal contacts are located at the vertical portion, and the positive power supply terminal and the negative power supply terminal located on the same side of the first extension line are respectively disposed at the first and second horizontal portions. The magnetic power connector of claim 6, wherein the first power terminal further comprises two negative power terminals for respectively transmitting a negative current, wherein the two negative power terminals are respectively located at the a virtual extension of the two positive power supply terminals forms a fourth extension line, the fourth extension line is perpendicular to the first extension line, and the two negative power supply terminals are located on the fourth extension line . The magnetic electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the magnetic electrical connector has an abutting surface and further comprises a metal outer casing surrounding the first insulating body and the first magnetic component On the outer side, the metal casing is provided with a holding arm protruding from the abutting surface. A magnetic electrical connector assembly comprising a magnetic electrical connector and a docking connector, the docking connector being detachable in a first position and a second position rotated 180 degrees relative to the first position, respectively The magnetic electrical connector is matched, and the magnetic electrical connector comprises:
First insulating body;
The first power terminal is fixed to the first insulating body and configured to transmit current;
The first signal contact and the second signal contact are disposed separately from each other and are disposed on the first insulative housing for transmitting signals; and the first magnetic element is disposed on a periphery of the first insulative body;
The docking connector includes:
a second insulating body;
a second power terminal is disposed on the second insulative housing and configured to transmit current;
a signal docking terminal is disposed on the second insulative housing for transmitting a signal; and a second magnetic component is protruded from the front end of the second insulative housing;
Wherein the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element are attracted to each other to keep the mating connector docked with the magnetic electrical connector in the first position and the second position, respectively, thereby causing the first power terminal When the mating connector is mated with the second power terminal, and the docking connector is docked with the magnetic electrical connector in the first position, the signal docking terminal is docked with the first signal contact; the docking connection When the second position is docked with the magnetic electrical connector, the signal docking terminal is docked with the second signal contact. The magnetic-type electrical connector assembly of claim 12, wherein the virtual connection of the first signal contact and the second signal contact forms a first extension line, and the first power terminal is divided into a first power terminal group and a second power terminal group respectively located at two sides of the first extension line, and the second power terminal when the docking connector is docked with the magnetic connector at the first position Interfacing with the first power terminal group; when the docking connector is docked with the magnetic connector in the second position, the second power terminal is docked with the second power terminal group. The magnetic power connector assembly of claim 12 or 13, wherein the second power terminal is contractible inwardly, and includes a positive butt power terminal and a negative power terminal. The signal docking terminal is offset from the docking extension line formed by the virtual connection of the positive pole butt power terminal and the negative pole power terminal.