TWM567504U - Socket connector and electrical connector assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

A socket connector includes a first insulative housing, a plurality of socket conductive terminals, and two first conductive fittings. The first insulative housing is formed with a receiving recess, and the receiving recess has a protruding connector for positioning a convex portion, a plurality of socket conductive terminals extending toward the long axis of the first insulating body and being held by the sidewall of the first insulating body, and forming a first embedded portion at a peripheral wall at the two ends of the long axis of the first insulating body, the conductor is embedded The first base portion of the socket conductive terminal is disposed on a sidewall of the first insulative housing, and the other end of the socket conductive terminal extends from a free end of the contact portion to the positioning protrusion. A terminal fitting portion is disposed between the free end and the first base portion, and the fitting portion is disposed in the receiving recess portion, and the elastic arm extending from the bottom wall of the positioning convex portion supports the terminal fitting portion, and the socket is connected The connector is combined with a plug connector to form an electrical connector assembly for the purpose of providing a preferred clamping force.

Description

Socket connector and electrical connector assembly

The present invention relates to a socket connector and an electrical connector assembly, and more particularly to a technical field of a connector for providing an electrical connector assembly such that respective conductive terminals are connected to each other, wherein the socket is connected The terminal supports the terminal fitting portion with the elastic arms, and the conductive fittings and the socket connector and the both end walls of the plug connector, thereby improving structural strength and plugging resistance.

In recent years, with the miniaturization and high density of portable electronic devices, with the rise of portable electronic devices, such as in the limited internal space of mobile phones or tablets, how to apply limited space and adapt to the miniaturization of electrical connectors By changing the demand.

For related art, please refer to Taiwan Patent Publication No. I348793, which discloses a board-to-board connector assembly including a socket connector and a plug connector. The socket and the plug connector are respectively provided on the outer side wall surfaces. And a fixed holding metal member comprising: a plate-shaped main body portion exposed along an outer wall surface of the outer casing; an anchor portion formed by bending the main body portion to be engaged in the outer casing, and The main body portion protrudes to the outside of the casing and is fixed to the mounting piece on the circuit board.

However, through the socket connector and the plug connector, the holding metal member can fix the socket, the plug connector on the circuit board of each other and the conductive pattern of the socket and the plug connector on the circuit board of each other, wherein the board is Board connector assembly due to miniaturization Factors, the socket connector of the board-to-board connector assembly and the plastic housing of the plug connector must be loaded with each terminal group, but due to its miniaturization, the terminal of the terminal group may be deformed due to its own fitting, resulting in a terminal. The positive force is insufficient, and the two ends of the plastic casing are more fragile and easily broken or deformed. Therefore, how to solve the problems and shortcomings of the use, that is, the relevant manufacturers in this industry are eager to study the direction of improvement.

In general, in order for an electrical connector to function in an installed electronic product, the physical size of the electrical connector in the industry is strictly required to ensure that the electrical connector can be placed without interfering with other components. In electronic products, if the size of the electrical connector cannot be reduced, the applicable situation will be limited.

Therefore, how to reduce the size of the electrical connector has become a technical issue that the industry is currently trying to overcome.

In view of the above-mentioned disadvantages of the prior art, the present invention provides a socket connector including a first insulative housing, a plurality of socket conductive terminals, and two first conductive mating members. The first insulative housing is formed with a receiving recess. A plug connector positioning protrusion is protruded from the recessed portion, and the plurality of socket conductive terminals extend toward the long axis of the first insulating body and are held by the sidewall of the first insulating body, and are at the two ends of the long axis of the first insulating body The outer peripheral wall is formed with a first embedding portion, and the conductor fitting is fitted to the first embedding portion. The first base portion of the socket conductive terminals is disposed on a sidewall of the first insulative housing, and the sockets are electrically conductive. The other end of the terminal has a free end of the contact portion to the positioning protrusion, and a terminal fitting portion is disposed between the free end and the first base portion, and the fitting portion is disposed at the bottom of the positioning convex portion at the bottom of the positioning convex portion The elastic arm extending from the wall supports the end Sub-fitting portion.

Optionally, in the above socket connector, the positioning protrusion is a retaining groove provided with a corresponding socket conductive terminal and providing an elastic deformation space.

Optionally, in the socket connector, the terminal fitting portion of the socket conductive terminal is formed to form a free end from the first base portion toward the front and rear.

Optionally, in the socket connector, the outer peripheral wall of the insert portion is partially recessed inwardly to form a first embedding region, and the two ends of the receiving recess portion of the first insulative housing are recessed inwardly. a second embedding zone, the first embedding zone being connected to the second embedding zone.

Optionally, in the socket connector, the first conductor fitting member is provided with an embedded arm embedded along a wall surface of the outer peripheral wall and a conductor clamping portion extending from the peripheral wall of the self-embedded arm. .

Optionally, in the above socket connector, the conductor clamping portion is provided with a plurality of clip arms facing each other at a periphery.

Optionally, in the above socket connector, a first soldering portion of the socket conductive terminal extends outwardly with a soldering portion.

In addition, the present invention also provides an electrical connector assembly, including: a socket connector, comprising a first insulative housing, a plurality of socket conductive terminals, and two first conductive mating members, the first insulative housing is formed with a receiving a recessed portion, a protruding portion for the plug connector is protruded from the receiving recess, and the plurality of socket conductive terminals extend toward the long axis of the first insulating body and are held by the sidewall of the first insulating body, and are long in the first insulating body a first insertion portion is formed on the peripheral wall of the shaft, the first conductor fitting is fitted to the first insertion portion, and the first base of the socket conductive terminals is disposed on the sidewall of the first insulation body, the sockets The conductive terminal extends on the other side with one of the contacts A terminal fitting portion is disposed between the free end and the first base portion, and the fitting portion is disposed in the receiving recess portion, and the elastic arm extending at the bottom wall of the positioning convex portion supports the embedded portion And a plug connector comprising a second insulative housing, a plurality of plug conductive terminals and two second conductive mating members, wherein the second insulative housing is formed with a receiving slot for receiving the positioning protrusion. And the plurality of plug conductive terminals extend toward the long axis of the second insulating body and are held by the sidewalls of the second insulating body, and form a second embedded portion at the outer peripheral wall at the two ends of the long axis of the second insulating body, the second conductor The second insulating portion and the second embedded portion are embedded and received in the receiving recess, and the second base of the plug conductive terminals is disposed on the second insulating body. The side wall of the socket has a second base portion extending inwardly to form a second base portion, and the other side extends outward to form a soldering portion, wherein the plug conductive terminal is engaged with the socket conductive terminal, and the second base portion is inserted into the terminal fitting portion to be positioned Bullet at the convex The terminal fitting arm support portion to enabling the plug contacts embedded in the receptacle contacts provide a clamping force.

Optionally, in the above electrical connector assembly, the positioning protrusion is a retaining groove provided with a corresponding socket conductive terminal and providing an elastic deformation space.

Optionally, in the electrical connector assembly, the terminal fitting portion of the socket conductive terminal forms a free end from the first base toward the front and upward.

Optionally, in the electrical connector assembly, the peripheral wall of the embedded portion is partially recessed inwardly to form a first embedding region, and the two ends of the receiving recess of the first insulative housing are recessed inwardly. a second embedding zone, the first embedding zone being connected to the second embedding zone.

Optionally, in the above electrical connector assembly, the first conductor fitting member is provided with an embedded arm embedded along a wall surface of the peripheral wall and a conductor sandwiched by a peripheral wall extending from the embedded arm unit.

Optionally, in the above electrical connector assembly, the conductor clamping portion is provided with a plurality of clip arms opposite to each other at the periphery.

Optionally, in the electrical connector assembly, the first base of the socket conductive terminal extends outwardly with a soldering portion.

Optionally, in the electrical connector assembly, the second base of the plug conductive terminal is provided with an overlapping area on the outward side, and the overlapping area is protruding outwardly from the first base of the conductive terminal of the socket. The lap joint is electrically connected to the lap.

Optionally, in the electrical connector assembly, the position of the second conductor fitting corresponding to the clip arm is a positioning buckle provided with a mutual buckle.

Compared with the prior art, in the present board end connector and the electrical connector assembly thereof, the elastic arm extending from the bottom wall of the positioning protrusion supports the fitting portion to ensure the conductive terminal of the plug and the conductive terminal of the socket. The conduction power of the transmitted power source or signal can be expected to reduce the size of the electrical connector and ensure the connection between the end connector and the board end while ensuring that the signal can be stably transmitted between the conductive terminal of the plug and the conductive terminal of the socket. The size of the body is reduced.

1‧‧‧Electrical connector assembly

11‧‧‧Socket connector

111‧‧‧First Insulation Body

1111‧‧‧ housing recess

11111‧‧‧Second embedded area

1112‧‧‧ positioning convex

11121‧‧‧Let the slot

1113‧‧‧First Embedding Department

11131‧‧‧First embedded area

1114‧‧‧Flexible arm

1115‧‧‧Inlay slot

112‧‧‧Socket conductive terminal

1121‧‧‧ first base

1122‧‧‧ lap joint

1123‧‧‧Free end

11231‧‧‧Contacts

1124‧‧‧Terminal fittings

1125‧‧‧Welding Department

113‧‧‧First conductive fittings

1131‧‧‧Embedded arm

1132‧‧‧ Conductor clamping

11321‧‧‧ clip arm

11322‧‧‧ Guide plate

12‧‧‧ plug connector

121‧‧‧Second insulation body

1211‧‧‧ Storage trough

1212‧‧‧Second Embedded Department

122‧‧‧plug conductive terminal

1221‧‧‧ Second base

1222‧‧‧ lap area

1223‧‧‧Weld Department

123‧‧‧Second conductive fittings

1231‧‧‧ positioning buckle

Figure 1. A perspective view of the assembly of the present electrical connector.

2 is an exploded perspective view of the electrical connector assembly of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is another perspective view of the original plug connector.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the present socket connector.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the receptacle connector shown in FIG. 4.

Figure 6, is a cross-sectional view of the receptacle connector of Figure 4 taken along line AA of Figure 4.

Figure 7, is a cross-sectional view of the plug connector of Figure 2 taken along line BB of Figure 2.

Figure 8, is a cross-sectional view of the electrical connector assembly of Figure 1 taken along line CC of Figure 1.

Figure 9, is a cross-sectional view of the electrical connector assembly of Figure 1 taken along line DD of Figure 1.

The following content will be described in conjunction with the drawings, and the technical contents of the present invention will be described by a specific embodiment. Those skilled in the art can easily understand other advantages and effects of the present invention by the contents disclosed in the present specification. This creation can also be implemented or applied by other different embodiments. The details of the present specification can also be modified and changed without departing from the spirit of the present invention. In particular, the proportional relationship and relative position of the various elements in the drawings are for exemplary purposes only and are not representative of actual implementation of the present invention.

The socket and the plug conductive terminal in the socket and the connector electrical connector assembly of the present invention are designed with different terminal structures according to the difference of functions, so as to ensure the power and signal between the socket connector and the plug connector. The transmission can also effectively reduce the volume occupied by the socket connector and the plug connector in the electrical connector assembly, thereby achieving the purpose of reducing the size of the overall shape of the electrical connector.

For the description of the embodiments disclosed in the prior art, please refer to FIG. 1 to FIG. 9 together.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 9, the electrical connector assembly 1 of the present embodiment includes a receptacle connector 11 and a plug connector 12 for plugging the receptacle connector 11.

In the present embodiment, a socket connector 11 has a first insulative housing 111. The first insulative housing 111 is recessed inwardly to form a receiving recess 1111, and a protruding portion is protruded upward in the middle of the receiving recess 1111. Positioning the convex portion 1112, and the receiving concave portion 1111 is on the long axis side A second embedding region 11111 is formed at the two ends of the first insulative housing 111. The positioning recess 1111 is a retaining groove 11121 provided with a corresponding socket conductive terminal 112 and providing an elastic deformation space. The wall is formed with a first embedding portion 1113 having a first embedding portion 11131, and is disposed corresponding to the elastic arm 1114 extending from the retaining groove 11121 and the bottom wall of the positioning convex portion 1112. The first insulative body 111 phase A plurality of caulking grooves 1115 are disposed adjacent to the side wall surface of the first embedding region 11131.

a plurality of socket conductive terminals 112 extending toward the longitudinal direction of the first insulative housing 111 and being held by the sidewalls of the first insulative housing 111 in a buried manner, and one end of the socket conductive terminals 112 is disposed The first base portion 1121 extends across the side of the side wall. The first base portion 1121 extends toward the other side and has a free end 1123 of a contact portion 11231. The terminal portion 1123 is disposed between the free end 1123 and the first base portion 1121. The first base portion 1121 extends away from the other side of the free end 1123 with a welded portion 1125 and a overlapping convex portion 1122 disposed opposite the free end 1123.

The first conductive fittings 113 are connected to the two embedded arms 1131 disposed on the two sides. The conductor clamping portion 1132 is outwardly disposed across the first embedded portion 1113. The conductor is clamped. The inside of the portion 1132 has a guiding plate 11322, and the guiding plate 11322 is bent upwardly opposite to the two sides to extend two clamping arms 11321.

A plug connector 12 has a second insulative housing 121. The second insulative housing 121 has a receiving groove 1211 recessed in the middle thereof, and a second inlay is formed on the outer peripheral wall of the second end of the second insulative housing 121. The portion 1212 is placed.

a plurality of plug conductive terminals 122, the plug conductive terminals 122 having a second base portion 1221, the second base portion 1221 being spanned at a side wall of the receiving groove 1211, wherein the plug guide The electrical terminals 122 extend to the two sides, respectively, to one of the overlapping portions 1222 and the soldering portion 1223.

Please refer to FIG. 2 to FIG. 6 at the same time, which is an exploded perspective view of the electrical connector assembly shown in FIG. 1 , another perspective view of the original plug connector, and a perspective view and a diagram of the creative socket connector. 4 is a schematic exploded view of the socket connector, and a cross-sectional view of the socket connector shown in FIG. 4 taken along line AA of FIG. 4, as is clear from the figure, when the socket connector 11 of the present invention is assembled, The two side walls of the first insulative housing 111 are disposed in the longitudinal direction of the socket conductive terminal 112 in a longitudinal direction, wherein the first base portion 1121 extends forward and backward across the sidewalls for soldering to a predetermined circuit board (picture surface) a soldering portion 1125 (not shown) and a terminal fitting portion 1124 and a free end 1123 for engaging the plug conductive terminal 122, wherein the free end 1123 protrudes toward the first base portion 1121 with a contact portion 11231. The first base portion 1121 is disposed at a position opposite to the contact portion 11231. The first projection portion 1113 is formed on the outer peripheral wall at the two ends in the longitudinal direction of the first insulative housing 111. The first embedding portion 1113 is formed. First embedding area 11131 and receiving recess The two ends of the 1111 are recessed inwardly to form a second embedding region 11111 for receiving the first conductive fitting 113, wherein the two engaging arms 1131 of the first conductive fitting 113 are positioned adjacent to the first embedding region 1113. In the wall-mounted recess 1115, the conductor clamping portion 1132 is received by the second insertion region 11111, and the plurality of clip arms 1321 and the guide plate 11322 extending toward the two sides of the conductor clamping portion 1132 are U-shaped.

When the plug connector 12 is assembled, the two side walls of the second insulative housing 121 are positioned in the longitudinal direction of the plug conductive terminal 122 in the direction of the long axis, and are located at the two ends of the second insulative housing 121. The second embedded portion 1212 also has a second conductive fitting 123 in a buried manner.

Please also refer to FIG. 2 to FIG. 8 , which is an exploded perspective view of the electrical connector assembly shown in FIG. 1 , another perspective perspective view of the original plug connector, and a perspective view and a diagram of the creative socket connector. 4 is a schematic exploded view of the socket connector, a cross-sectional view of the socket connector shown in FIG. 4 taken along line AA of FIG. 4, and a sectional view and a system of the plug connector shown in FIG. 2 taken along line BB of FIG. A cross-sectional view of the electrical connector assembly of FIG. 1 is cut along line CC of FIG. 1. As is clear from the figure, the electrical connector assembly of the present invention is assembled, and the recess of the receptacle connector 11 is received. The 1111 is corresponding to the second insulative housing 121 of the plug connector 12, and the receptacle conductive terminal 112 on the sidewall of the first insulative housing 111 corresponds to the plug conductive terminal 122 of the sidewall of the second insulative housing 121. The first conductive mating component 113 is disposed corresponding to the second conductive fitting 123. When the socket connector 11 is engaged with the plug connector 12, the second base portion 1221 of the plug conductive terminal 122 of the plug connector 12 is connected by the socket conductive terminal 112 terminal fitting portion. 1124 is housed, wherein the socket is conductive The free end 1123 of the contact portion 11231 is abutted against the second base portion 1221 of the plug conductive terminal 122, and the overlapping portion 1222 and the second base portion 1221 of the other side are stepped, when the socket conductive terminal 112 is placed The protruding portion 1122 is located in the overlapping portion 1222 and is stepped such that the receptacle connector 11 and the plug connector 12 are not easily separated from each other.

Moreover, when the free end 1123 of the socket conductive terminal 112 is elastically deformed by being pushed by the plug conductive terminal 122, the elastic arm 1114 located below the free end 1223 elastically supports the free end 1223, and the socket conductive terminal 112 is provided to electrically conduct the plug. The positive force of the terminal 122 clamping.

Please refer to FIG. 2 and FIG. 9 at the same time, which is an exploded view of the electrical connector assembly shown in FIG. 1 of the present invention. The cross section of the electrical connector assembly shown in FIG. 1 is cut along the DD line in FIG. As can be clearly seen from the figure, the first conductive fitting 113 is connected to the second conductive The connector 123 is correspondingly disposed. When the socket connector 11 and the plug connector 12 are mounted to each other, the plurality of clip arms 11321 of the first conductive fitting 113 are overlapped with the second conductive fitting 123. The positional fastening portion 1231 is disposed, and the second conductive fitting member 123 is overlapped with the guiding plate 1322 of the first conductive fitting member 113 as a grounding structure of a preferred embodiment.

The above embodiments are merely illustrative of the principles and effects of the present invention and are not intended to limit the present invention. Any person skilled in the art can modify and change the above embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of this creation should be as listed in the scope of patent application for this creation.

Claims (16)

A socket connector includes a first insulative housing, a plurality of socket conductive terminals, and two first conductive fittings. The first insulative housing is formed with a receiving recess, and the receiving recess has a protruding connector for positioning a convex portion, a plurality of socket conductive terminals extending toward the long axis of the first insulating body and being held by the sidewall of the first insulating body, and forming a first embedded portion on the outer peripheral wall at the two ends of the long axis of the first insulating body, the conductor The first embedded portion of the socket conductive terminal is disposed on a sidewall of the first insulative housing, and the socket conductive terminals extend on the other side to have a free end of the contact portion. As for the positioning convex portion, a terminal fitting portion is disposed between the free end and the first base portion, and the fitting portion is disposed in the receiving concave portion, and the elastic arm extending at the bottom wall of the positioning convex portion supports the terminal fitting unit. The socket connector of claim 1, wherein the positioning protrusion is a retaining groove provided with a corresponding socket conductive terminal and providing an elastic deformation space. The socket connector of claim 1, wherein the terminal fitting portion of the socket conductive terminal forms a free end from the first base toward the front and upward. The socket connector of claim 1, wherein the outer peripheral wall of the first embedding portion is partially recessed inwardly to form a first embedding region, and the two ends of the recessing portion of the first insulative housing A second embedding zone is formed for the inward depression, the first embedding zone being connected to the second embedding zone. The socket connector of claim 4, wherein the first conductor fitting member is provided with an embedded arm embedded along a wall surface of the outer peripheral wall and a conductor extending from the peripheral wall of the self-embedded arm Clamping section. The socket connector of claim 5, wherein the conductor clamping portion is in the circumference The edge is provided with a plurality of clip arms opposite each other. The socket connector of claim 1, wherein the first base of the socket conductive terminal extends outwardly with a soldering portion. An electrical connector assembly includes: a socket connector including a first insulative housing, a plurality of socket conductive terminals, and two first conductive mating members, the first insulative housing is formed with a receiving recess, the receiving recess a protruding connector for positioning the plug connector, the plurality of socket conductive terminals extending toward the long axis of the first insulating body and being held by the sidewall of the first insulating body, and forming a wall at the two ends of the long axis of the first insulating body The first conductor fitting is fitted to the first embedded portion, and the first base of the socket conductive terminals is disposed on a sidewall of the first insulative housing, and the socket conductive terminals extend on the other side to have contact One of the free ends of the portion is a positioning protrusion, and the terminal portion is provided with a terminal fitting portion disposed on the receiving recess, and the elastic arm extending from the bottom wall of the positioning convex portion Supporting the fitting portion; and a plug connector comprising a second insulating body, a plurality of plug conductive terminals and two second conductive fittings, wherein the second insulating body is formed with a receiving groove for receiving And a plurality of plug conductive terminals extending toward the long axis of the second insulating body and being held by the sidewalls of the second insulating body, and forming a second embedded portion at the outer peripheral wall at the two ends of the long axis of the second insulating body, the second embedded portion The second conductor fitting is fitted to the second insertion portion, and the second insulating body sidewall and the second insertion portion are embedded and received in the receiving recess, and the second base of the plug conductive terminals is disposed on the second base a side wall of the two insulating bodies, the side of the conductive terminals of the sockets extending inwardly to form a second base portion, and the other side extending outward to form a soldering portion, wherein the plug conductive terminal is engaged with the socket conductive terminal, and the second base portion is inserted into the terminal fitting portion And the elastic arm at the positioning convex portion supports the terminal fitting portion, so that the plug conductive terminal is embedded in the socket conductive terminal For clamping force. The electrical connector assembly of claim 8, wherein the positioning protrusion is a retaining groove provided with a corresponding socket conductive terminal and providing an elastic deformation space. The electrical connector assembly of claim 8, wherein the terminal fitting portion of the socket conductive terminal forms a free end from the first base toward the front and rear. The electrical connector assembly of claim 8, wherein the peripheral wall of the embedding portion is partially recessed inwardly to form a first embedding region, and the two ends of the receiving recess portion of the first insulative housing are facing The inner recess forms a second embedding zone, the first embedding zone being connected to the second embedding zone. The electrical connector assembly of claim 11, wherein the first conductor fitting member is provided with an embedded arm embedded along a wall surface of the peripheral wall and a rear wall extending from the embedded arm. Conductor clamping portion. The electrical connector assembly of claim 12, wherein the conductor clamping portion is provided with a plurality of clip arms opposite each other at a peripheral edge. The electrical connector assembly of claim 8, wherein the first base of the socket conductive terminal extends outwardly with a solder portion. The electrical connector assembly of claim 8, wherein the second base of the plug conductive terminal is provided with an overlapping area on an outward side, the overlapping area being outwardly facing the first base of the conductive terminal of the socket The protruding lap joints are electrically connected by lap joints. The electrical connector assembly of claim 13, wherein the position of the second conductor fitting corresponding to the clip arm is a positioning buckle provided with a mutual snap.