TWM559007U - Connector with reinforced supporting portion formed on insulation body - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is a connector for forming a reinforced support portion on an insulative housing, comprising an insulative body and a plurality of metal terminals, wherein the metal terminals are assembled into a receiving space of the insulative housing, the front end of which is exposed The accommodating space has a rear end extending from the rear end of the insulating body. The present invention is characterized in that a corresponding supporting portion is respectively protruded outwardly on the opposite sides of the insulating body, and the connector is assembled to a In the circuit board, the bottom surface of each of the reinforcing support portions can abut against the surface of the circuit board, so that when the connector is inserted and removed, each of the reinforcing support portions can provide good support, so that the bottom surface of the insulating body remains It can be kept in its original state without excessive skewing to ensure that the metal terminals can be stably fixed to the circuit board.

Description

a connector forming a reinforcing support on the insulative body

The present invention relates to a connector, and more particularly to a connector having an reinforced support portion on the outer side of the insulating body.

Button, the connector refers to all connected components and their accessories on the electronic signal and power supply. It is a bridge for all signals. Its quality will affect the reliability of current and signal transmission, and also with electronics. The operation of the device is closely related. Generally speaking, various types of connectors have been provided on various electronic devices (such as smart phones, tablets, desktop computers, notebook computers, digital cameras, etc.) so that various electronic devices can By exchanging data, it is known that the connector can make electrical connections and signal transmission between the device and the device, components and components, and the system and the system, and is a basic component required to form a complete system.

According to the research, in the past ten years, for many Taiwanese manufacturers entering the connector industry, the connector industry is still a lucrative industry relative to other component industries. The main reason is that In the connector industry, the technology used in high- and low-order connector products is quite different. The aforementioned features make the positioning of related products between international manufacturers and Taiwanese manufacturers extremely clear and clear. In addition, due to the international The various connector products that are commissioned are required to have a wide range of application capabilities. This demanding product requirement also forces Taiwanese manufacturers who have commissioned OEMs to have different specialized projects to avoid The subsequent Red Sea (Chinese related manufacturers) competed.

However, as early as in the decade since 2008, Taiwanese manufacturers who used connectors as their main products have experienced and experienced an industrial crisis. Therefore, many Taiwanese manufacturers at the time clearly recognized that they only rely on the PC industry and are extremely vulnerable to PCs. The industry is sluggish, the barriers to entry are too low, and the industry is fiercely competitive, leading to a survival crisis that cannot continue to operate. Therefore, many Taiwanese manufacturers have adjusted their business strategies and adjusted accordingly. They can use the strategy of multi-transformation to cover the application of connector products to communication or consumer electronic products, such as mobile phones and game consoles... In this way, Taiwanese manufacturers who have relied heavily on connectors for computers and their peripheral devices have turned to the development and production of various consumer electronic products, displays, etc. in recent years. Base connector.

However, as mentioned above, the 2008 financial turmoil has broken the industry tacit understanding that many operators have long followed in the connector industry in Taiwan, such as the US, European and Japanese manufacturers that originally produced high-end or high-end technology connectors. Under the reality of the growing shortage of profits, the consideration began to produce low-end connectors, which seriously invaded the main product line that Taiwan connector manufacturers have mastered for many years. In response to this change in situation, Taiwan connector manufacturers must speed up. Step by step, and add a new strategy to take into account the points and aspects that have not been reviewed in the past, and to explore, develop and improve the various characteristics of the connector to provide better connector products in the industry, so that it is sufficient in the market. To have a role to play.

For example, the connector acts as an important communication bridge between the complex electronic devices. If the metal terminals on the connector are not soldered to the circuit board, the connector will not work properly. However, the applicant found that although During the production process, the staff has carefully soldered each metal terminal to the board, but the connector is necessary during use. It is assembled and inserted with another connector. Generally speaking, when the connector is plugged and unplugged, the direction of the force is preferably parallel to the axis of the connector. However, in reality, the user does not pay special attention to the insertion and removal. The angle causes the connector to be subjected to an external force that is not parallel to the axis of the connector, causing the connector to be skewed or even to disengage the metal terminal from the original soldering state, rendering the connector useless. In view of this, how to make the connector in use has good structural stability to avoid the above-mentioned regrets, which is a major topic discussed in this creation.

Due to the structure of the conventional connector, there is still a lack of use. Therefore, the creator relies on the rich practical experience of designing, processing and manufacturing various power supply or signal connectors for many years, and adheres to the research spirit of excellence. After a long period of hard work and experimentation, I finally developed a connector that forms a reinforced support on the insulative body. With the advent of this creation, the structural strength of the connector is effectively improved to provide better users. Use experience.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a connector for forming a reinforcing support portion on an insulative housing, comprising an insulative housing and a plurality of metal terminals, wherein the insulative housing is provided with a receiving space, and a front end thereof has a plug-in interface. The insertion interface is connected to the accommodating space. The metal terminals are embedded in the insulating body, and the front end thereof exposes the accommodating space, and the rear end thereof extends from the rear end of the insulating body to be Fixed to a circuit board, the connector is characterized in that: two corresponding sides of the insulating body are respectively convexly provided with a reinforcing support portion, and when the connector is assembled to the circuit board, each of the reinforcing support portions The bottom surface of the insulating body can be maintained in the original state by increasing the contact area between the connector and the circuit board, so that the bottom surface of the insulating body can be maintained in the original state during the plugging and unplugging process. To avoid such gold The terminal is detached from the circuit board due to the skew of the insulating body.

Another object of the present invention is that each of the reinforcing support portions has at least one inclined surface, and the inclined surface forms an acute angle with the axis of the insulating body, so that the insulating body can be effectively supported by the external force by the foregoing structure. The resulting bending load enables the bottom surface of the insulative body to maintain the current state stably.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a buffer groove in the bottom surface of each of the reinforcing support portions. Thus, when the reinforcing support portion is deformed by the force, a certain amount of deformation can be maintained by the space of the buffer groove.

Another object of the present invention is that the insulating system is housed in a metal casing, and the metal casing is bent to form a seating space corresponding to the position of the reinforcing support portion, so that when the insulating body is assembled to After the metal casing, the reinforcing support portion can be accommodated in the seating space.

For the sake of your review, you can make a further understanding and understanding of the purpose, technical features and efficacy of this creation. The examples are shown in the following diagram:

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1‧‧‧Connector

11‧‧‧Insulation body

110‧‧‧ Plug interface

111‧‧‧ accommodation space

114‧‧‧Terminal slot

12‧‧‧ Strengthening support

121‧‧‧Sloping surface

122‧‧‧buffer tank

13‧‧‧Metal terminals

15‧‧‧Metal housing

150‧‧‧Let space

L‧‧‧ axis

Θ‧‧‧ acute angle

E‧‧‧PCB

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the connector of the present invention; Figure 2 is a schematic exploded view of the connector of the present invention; and Figure 3 is a side view of the insulative body of the present invention.

The present invention is a connector for forming a reinforcing support portion on an insulative housing. Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, in an embodiment, the connector 1 includes an insulative housing 11, a plurality of metal terminals 13 and a metal. The housing 15, for convenience of explanation, is the upper side of the first drawing as the front side of the component Position, below the first figure as the rear side position of the component. In addition, the aspect of the connector of the present invention is not limited to that shown in FIG. 1 , and the operator can adjust the style of each component according to the product requirements, and even increase or decrease the component. For example, the connector 1 can be provided without a metal casing. 15, or the metal casing 15 is integrated with the outer casing or other mechanism of the product, and the operator only needs to assemble the insulating body 11 together with the upper component thereof into the component corresponding to the metal casing 15. Therefore, as long as the connector 1 is composed of at least the insulative housing 11 and the plurality of metal terminals 13, and has the related structure and function of the subsequent embodiments, that is, the connector 1 to be protected by the creation of the present invention.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, in this embodiment, the insulative housing 11 can extend into the metal housing 15 to prevent electromagnetic interference (EMI) by the action of the metal housing 15. As an example of the grounding path and the protection of the insulative housing 11, the front side of the insulative housing 11 defines a socket 110, and a receiving space 111 is defined therein, and the receiving space 111 and the plug interface 110 are connected to each other. For example, a plurality of terminal slots 114 are respectively defined in the corresponding inner side surfaces of the insulative housing 11, and the plug connectors 110, the terminal slots 114 and the receiving space 111 are also in communication with each other. However, in other embodiments of the present invention, the insulative housing 11 can also be provided with no terminal slots 114, or a tongue plate can be added to the insulative housing 11 and the terminal slots 114 can be disposed on the tongue plate. Thus, the structure of the present invention can be applied to various types of connectors 1.

As shown in FIG. 2, the metal terminals 13 are respectively fixed in the insulative housing 11 and spaced apart from each other. In this embodiment, the metal terminals 13 can be signal terminals and ground. At least one of a terminal or a power terminal, and the like, and can be respectively embedded in each of the terminal slots 114. The front end of the metal terminals 13 can expose the receiving space 111 (as shown in FIG. 1), and when another connector (Fig. The terminal of the other connector can extend into the receiving space 111 via the plug connector 110 and is connected to the front end of the metal terminals 13 after being inserted into the connector 1 . Electrically connected to exchange signals or currents with each other. Further, the rear ends of the metal terminals 13 are extended from the rear end of the insulating body 11 (as shown in FIG. 2) to be soldered to a circuit board E. Upper (as shown in Figure 3).

Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, the opposite sides of the insulating body 11 are respectively provided with a reinforcing support portion 12 outwardly. In this embodiment, the reinforcing support portion 12 is tied to the insulation. The position of the body 11 is adjacent to the rear end, but is not limited thereto. The front side of the reinforcing support portion 12 can be connected to the front end or the middle portion of the insulating body 11 without considering the overall volume and cost of the connector 1. Moreover, the reinforcing support portion 12 has at least one inclined surface 121, and the inclined surface 121 forms an acute angle θ with the axis L of the insulating body 11, and the bottom surface of the reinforcing support portion 12 can abut against the surface of the circuit board E. Thus, when the connector 1 is assembled or used (for example, the action of the plug connector 1), the insulating body 11 is subjected to an external force that is not parallel to the axis L (as indicated by the arrow in FIG. 3). The structure of the reinforcing support portion 12 having a slightly right-angled triangular shape (that is, the structure having the inclined surface 121) can effectively support the bending load generated by the external force of the insulating body 11 so that the insulating body The bottom surface of the 11 can still maintain the current state stably, so as to prevent the insulating body 11 from being excessively skewed by an external force, which causes the metal terminals 13 to be detached from the circuit board E due to the skew of the insulating body 11.

However, in actual use, due to manufacturing tolerance problems, the bottom surface of the reinforcing support portion 12 may form a slight gap with the surface of the circuit board E. However, when the insulating body 11 is pressed by an external force, the reinforcing support portion 12 is also The function of stably maintaining the insulating body 11 can be achieved. Therefore, the feature of the present invention as "the surface of the reinforcing support portion 12 abuts against the surface of the circuit board E" occurs at least when the insulating body 11 is pressed by an external force. Narration. In addition, in other embodiments of the present invention, the reinforcing support portion 12 is not limited to the one depicted in FIG. 2, and the manufacturer can The reinforcing support portion 12 is designed to have a rectangular shape or other shape, and the reinforcing support portion 12 can be a separate component and assembled to the insulating body 11, or the reinforcing support portion 12 can be integrally formed with the insulating body 11. As long as the connector is assembled to the circuit board E, the bottom surface of the reinforcing support portion 12 can abut against the surface of the circuit board E. After all, the design of the reinforcing support portion 12 can effectively expand the The contact area between the connector 1 and the circuit board E is effective to improve the overall structural strength and durability of the connector 1 in use. In addition, as shown in the second and third embodiments, in the embodiment, the bottom surface of the reinforcing support portion 12 is recessed with a buffer groove 122. When the reinforcing support portion 12 is subjected to a force (for example, the insulating body 11 is transmitted) When the force is deformed, the space of the buffer groove 122 can maintain a certain amount of deformation of the reinforcing support portion 12, and the reinforcing support portion 12 is prevented from excessively pushing the circuit board E, thereby causing the rear end of the metal terminal 13 to be The circuit boards E are separated from each other, or the reinforcing support portion 12 is broken due to excessive stress concentration.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, in the embodiment, the metal housing 15 is bent to form a yield space 150 corresponding to the position of the reinforcing support portion 12, and the insulating body 11 is assembled to the In the metal casing 15, the reinforcing support portion 12 can be accommodated in the accommodating space 150 to prevent the metal casing 15 from being blocked by the reinforced supporting portion 12, and cannot be properly assembled on the insulating body 11. According to the above description, it is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the claims claimed by the present invention is not limited thereto, and according to those skilled in the art, according to the technical content disclosed in the present invention, Equivalent changes that are easily thought of should be in the protection of this creation.

Claims (7)

A connector for forming a reinforced support portion on an insulative housing includes: an insulative housing having a plug-in interface on a front side thereof, a receiving space therein, the receiving space being in communication with the plug-in interface; and a plurality of metal terminals, Embedded in the insulating body, the front end of the insulating body is exposed, and the rear end thereof is extended by the rear end of the insulating body; the connector is characterized in that: the insulating body has two sides, the outer side thereof A reinforcing support portion is protruded outwardly, and the bottom surface of each of the reinforcing support portions can abut against the surface of the circuit board in a state where the connector is assembled to a circuit board and the insulating body is pressed by an external force. The connector of claim 1, wherein each of the reinforcing supports is located at a position adjacent to the rear end of the insulative housing. The connector of claim 2, wherein each of the reinforcing supports has at least one inclined surface, and the inclined surface forms an acute angle with an axis of the insulating body. The connector of claim 3, wherein a buffer groove is recessed in a bottom surface of each of the reinforcing support portions. The connector of claim 4, wherein the insulative housing is integrally formed with each of the reinforcing supports. The connector of any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising a metal housing, the insulating system being housed in the metal housing. The connector of claim 6, wherein the metal housing is bent to form a seating space corresponding to the position of the reinforcing support portion, and the insulating body is assembled with the metal housing. The reinforcing support can be accommodated in the yield space.