TWM593077U - Electrical connector - Google Patents

Abstract

The present application discloses an electrical connector, which includes an electrical connector body and a housing. One end of the electrical connector body has a terminal slot, and an end surface having the terminal slot is provided with a buckle point, and the housing is provided on the electrical connector body On the top, a buckle is provided on the edge of one end, and the buckle is buckled with a corresponding buckle point. The structure of the electrical connector of the present application is applied to the GenZ type electrical connector, which is connected to the snap on the shell through the buckle point on the body of the electrical connector, so that the shell is closely attached to the surface of the electrical connector body, It effectively prevents the housing from expanding outward relative to the body of the electrical connector.

Description

Electrical connector

This application relates to the technical field of high-speed connectors, in particular to a GenZ series electrical connector.

At present, the GenZ electrical connector includes an electrical connector body and a housing. The housing is surrounded by four surfaces. The electrical connector body directly penetrates into the housing to complete the assembly of the electrical connector. Due to the assembly process, when the electrical connector body is to be assembled into the housing, it is easy to cause the housing to expand outward, so that the surface of the housing and the electrical connector body cannot be attached.

An embodiment of the present application provides an electrical connector, which solves the problem that the housing of the current GenZ series electrical connector expands outward relative to the electrical connector body.

In order to solve the above technical problems, this application is implemented as follows:

An electrical connector is provided, which includes: an electrical connector body having a terminal slot at one end, a buckle point is provided on an end surface having the terminal slot; a housing, which is provided on the electrical connector body and at one end edge A buckle is provided, and the buckle is buckled with a corresponding buckle point.

In the embodiment of the present application, the buckle point on the electrical connector body is connected with the buckle on the housing, so that the housing closely adheres to the surface of the electrical connector body, effectively preventing the housing relative to the electrical connector body Expand outward.

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly and completely below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present application, but not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art without creative work are within the scope of protection of the present application.

Please refer to FIGS. 1 and 2, which are a perspective view and an exploded view of the electrical connector of the first embodiment of the present application; as shown, the electrical connector 1 of this embodiment includes an electrical connector body 10 and a housing 11, The electrical connector body 10 has a terminal slot 101 and a line connection portion 102 at both ends. The electrical connector body 10 has a terminal slot 101 with a buckle 1012 on the end surface. The terminal slot 101 has a plurality of terminals 1011. These terminals One end of 1011 is located in the terminal slot 101, and the other ends of the terminals 1011 extend toward the line connection portion 102 of the electrical connector body 10, and the terminals 1011 located in the line connection portion 102 can be connected to external lines. The end surface of the electrical connector body 10 having the terminal socket 101 has an upper side 10a, a lower side 10b, a right side 10c, and a left side 10d. The buckle 1012 is provided on the lower side 10b of the end surface, and is located on the lower side of the four sides of the terminal socket 101. The housing 11 has a buckle 111 on one end. In this embodiment, the housing 11 also has an upper edge 11a, a lower edge 11b, a right edge 11c and a left edge 11d. The buckle 111 of this embodiment is provided on the lower edge 11b.

When the electrical connector body 10 is disposed in the housing 11, the upper edge 11a, the lower edge 11b, the right edge 11c, and the left edge 11d of the housing 11 are respectively connected to the upper side 10a and the lower side 10b of the electrical connector body 10 , The right side 10c corresponds to the left side 10d, the buckle 111 of the housing 11 is buckled with the buckle point 1012 of the electrical connector body 10, the housing 11 is fixed on the electrical connector body 10, effectively preventing the housing 11 from moving away from the electricity The direction of the connector body 10 expands. The electrical connector 1 of this embodiment is a vertical electrical connector 1, and the housing 11 is surrounded by four surfaces. When the housing 11 is disposed on the electrical connector body 10, the four surfaces of the housing 11 are covered with electrical connections On the surface between the two ends of the body 10.

Please refer to FIG. 3, which is a schematic diagram of the electrical connector of the second embodiment of the present application; as shown, the electrical connector 1 of this embodiment is different from the electrical connector of the first embodiment in that the buckle of this embodiment The point 1012 is provided on the upper side 10 a of the electrical connector body 10 and is located on the upper side of the four sides of the terminal slot 101, and the snap 111 of the housing 11 is located on the upper edge 11 a of the housing 11.

Please refer to FIG. 4, which is a schematic diagram of the electrical connector of the third embodiment of the present application; as shown, the electrical connector 1 of this embodiment is different from the electrical connector of the first embodiment in that the buckle of this embodiment The number of points 1012 is two, and two buckle points 1012 are respectively provided on the upper side 10a and the lower side 10b of the electrical connector body 10, and are respectively located on the upper side and the lower side of the four sides of the terminal socket 101. The number of the buckles 111 of the housing 11 corresponds to the number of the buckle points 1012. The number of the buckles 111 is two, and the two buckles 111 are respectively located on the upper edge 11a and the lower edge 11b.

Please refer to FIG. 5, which is a schematic diagram of the electrical connector of the fourth embodiment of the present application; as shown, the electrical connector 1 of this embodiment is different from the electrical connector of the first embodiment in that the buckle of this embodiment The number of points 1012 is two, and two buckle points 1012 are respectively provided on the right side 10c and the left side 10d of the electrical connector body 10, and are located on the left and right sides of the four sides of the terminal slot 101, respectively. The number of the buckles 111 of the housing 11 corresponds to the number of the buckle points 1012. The number of the buckles 111 is two, and the two buckles 111 are respectively located on the right edge 11c and the left edge 11d. In this embodiment, buckles 111 are provided on the right side 10c and the left side 10d of the end surface of the electrical connector body 10, of course, it is also possible only on the right side 10c or the left side 10d of the end surface of the electrical connector body 10 A buckle point 1012 is provided, and the buckle 111 of the housing 11 is set corresponding to the buckle point 1012. The buckle 111 can be disposed on the right edge 11 c or the left edge 11 d of the housing 11.

Please refer to FIG. 6, which is a schematic diagram of the electrical connector of the fifth embodiment of the present application; as shown, the electrical connector 1 of this embodiment is different from the electrical connector of the first embodiment in that the housing 11 has a positioning The positioning portion 112 and the positioning portion 112 are located on the upper edge 11a of the housing 11. When the electrical connector body 10 is disposed in the housing 11, a docking space 1121 is formed between the positioning portion 112 of the housing 11 and the electrical connector body 10, When another electrical connector is docked with the electrical connector 1 of this embodiment, the positioning structure of the other electrical connector can be inserted into the docking space 1121 of the positioning portion 112. The positioning portion 112 may also be a rib structure of the casing 11 to increase the structural strength of the casing 11.

Please refer to FIG. 7, which is a schematic diagram of the electrical connector of the sixth embodiment of the present application; as shown, the electrical connector 1 of this embodiment is different from the electrical connector of the fifth embodiment in that the electrical The connector 1 is a right-angle electrical connector 1. The terminal socket and the line connection portion of the above embodiment are respectively located at both ends of the electrical connector body, the terminal socket 101 of this embodiment is located at one end of the electrical connector body 10, and the line connection portion 102 is located below the electrical connector body 10 On the surface, it is also shown that one end of the terminals 1011 of the terminal socket 101 is located in the terminal socket 101, and the other end of the terminals 1011 passes through the line connection portion 102 located below the electrical connector body 10. Therefore, the housing 11 of this embodiment is U-shaped, and it only covers the left side surface, the upper surface, and the right side surface of the electrical connector body 10, that is, the surface on which the line connecting portion 102 is not provided, so that it does not affect the The terminals 1011 of the line connection portion 102 on the lower surface of the electrical connector body 10 protrude.

The electrical connector 1 of the above embodiment has a single terminal slot 101, and a single buckle 1012 is provided on each side of the electrical connector body 10, and the buckle 111 of the housing 11 depends on the position of the buckle 1012 Correspondingly, only a single buckle 111 is provided on each edge of the housing 11. Of course, a plurality of buckle points 1012 can also be provided on at least one of the four sides of the electrical connector body 10. A plurality of buckles 111 can also be provided on the corresponding edges, which will not be repeated here.

Please refer to FIG. 8, which is a schematic diagram of the electrical connector of the seventh embodiment of the present application; as shown, the electrical connector 1 of this embodiment differs from the electrical connector of the fifth embodiment in that the electrical The connector body 10 has two terminal slots 101 at one end, and the two terminal slots 101 are arranged in a row at intervals. In this embodiment, the width of the terminal slot 101 on the right is larger than that of the terminal slot 101 on the left width. The lower side 10b of the electrical connector body 10 has two buckle points 1012, and the two buckle points 1012 are respectively located on the lower sides of the four sides of the corresponding terminal socket 101. The buckle 111 of the housing 11 is set according to the position of the buckle point 1012. The lower edge 11b of the housing 11 of the present embodiment is provided with two buckles 111, and the upper edge 11a of the housing 11 has two positioning portions 112. When the electrical connector body 10 is disposed in the housing 11, the two buckles 111 of the housing 11 are respectively buckled with the two buckle points 1012 of the electrical connector body 10, and the two positioning portions 112 are connected to the electrical connector body 10 Two docking spaces 1121 are formed between the surfaces. Of course, the two buckle points 1012 can be provided on the upper side 10a of the electrical connector body 10 or on the right side 10c and the left side 10d of the electrical connector body 10, that is, each terminal slot 101 is associated with a buckle point. 1012 correspondence. Of course, each terminal slot 101 can also correspond to these buckle points 1012, which will not be repeated here.

Please refer to FIG. 9, which is a schematic diagram of the electrical connector of the eighth embodiment of the present application. As shown in the figure, the electrical connector 1 of this embodiment is different from the electrical connector of the seventh embodiment in that The upper side 10a and the lower side 10b of the connector body 10 have buckle points 1012 respectively. The two buckle points 1012 are asymmetrically arranged. The buckle points 1012 on the upper side 10a correspond to the terminal slots 101 on the right side The button 1012 on the lower side 10b corresponds to the terminal slot 101 on the left. The upper edge 11a and the lower edge 11b of the housing 11 of this embodiment respectively have snaps 111. When the electrical connector body 10 is disposed in the housing 11, the snaps 111 on the upper edge 11a of the housing 11 and The buckle point 1012 of the upper side 10 a of the electrical connector body 10 is buckled, and the buckle 111 located on the lower edge 11 b of the housing 11 is buckled with the buckle point 1012 of the lower side 10 b of the electrical connector body 10.

Please refer to FIG. 10, which is a schematic diagram of the electrical connector of the ninth embodiment of the present application. As shown in the figure, the electrical connector 1 of this embodiment is different from the electrical connector of the seventh embodiment in that the electrical The connector body 10 has three terminal slots 101 arranged in a row at intervals. In this embodiment, the width of the terminal slot 101 in the middle is smaller than the width of the terminal slots 101 on both sides . The lower side 10b of the electrical connector body 10 has two buckle points 1012. The two buckle points 1012 are located under the terminal slots 101 on the left and right sides, respectively. The lower edge 11b of the housing 11 of this embodiment is provided with two buckles 111, and the two buckles 111 are corresponding to the two buckle points 1012. When the electrical connector body 10 is disposed in the housing 11, it is located in the housing The two buckles 111 on the lower edge 11 b of the body 11 are buckled with the two buckling points 1012 on the lower side 10 b of the electrical connector body 10.

In this embodiment, the upper edge 11 a of the housing 11 has two positioning portions 112, and the two positioning portions 112 respectively correspond to the three terminal slots 101 of the electrical connector body 10. There is a docking space 1121 between each positioning portion 112 and the electrical connector body 10. Of course, more than two positioning portions 112 may be provided so that the two or more positioning portions 112 correspond to the three terminal slots 101 of the electrical connector body 10.

As can be seen from the above, there are two terminal slots 101 out of the three terminal slots 101 respectively corresponding to one buckle point 1012. Of course, one of the two buckle points 1012 can be selected to correspond to the terminal slot 101 located in the middle, in addition to the left side Or the terminal slot 101 on the right side can correspond to at least one buckle point 1012, which also means that a buckle point 1012 can be added above or/and the side of the terminal slot 101 on the left or right side.

Please refer to FIG. 11, which is a schematic diagram of the electrical connector of the tenth embodiment of the present application; as shown, the electrical connector 1 of this embodiment differs from the electrical connector of the ninth embodiment in that the electrical connection of this embodiment The lower side 10b of the connector body 10 has three buckle points 1012, and the three buckle points 1012 are respectively provided with the corresponding terminal sockets 101, that is, located under the terminal sockets 101, respectively. The lower edge 11b of the housing 11 of this embodiment is also provided with three buckles 111. When the electrical connector body 10 is disposed in the housing 11, the three buckles 111 of the housing 11 are respectively corresponding to the corresponding buckle points 1012 Buckle. In this embodiment, each terminal slot 101 corresponds to a button 1012.

Please refer to FIG. 12, which is a schematic diagram of an electrical connector according to an eleventh embodiment of the present application. As shown in the figure, the electrical connector 1 of this embodiment differs from the electrical connector of the tenth embodiment in that The electrical connector body 10 has two buckle points 1012 on the lower side 10b, a buckle point 1012 on the upper side 10a, and two buckle points 1012 on the lower side 10b respectively on the left and middle two terminals Below slot 101. The buckle 1012 on the upper side 10a and the terminal slot 101 on the right are above. The lower edge 11b of the housing 11 of this embodiment is also provided with two buckles 111, and the upper edge 11a of the housing 11 is provided with a buckle 111. When the electrical connector body 10 is disposed in the housing 11, it is located The two buckles 111 on the lower edge 11b are respectively buckled with two buckle points 1012 on the lower side 10b, and the buckles 111 on the upper edge 11a are buckled with the buckle points 1012 on the upper side 10a. Each terminal slot 101 in this embodiment corresponds to a button point 1012. Of course, at least one of each terminal slot 101 can correspond to some button points 1012.

Please refer to FIG. 13, which is a schematic diagram of the electrical connector of the twelfth embodiment of the present application. As shown in the figure, the electrical connector 1 of this embodiment differs from the electrical connector of the ninth embodiment in that The electrical connector body 10 has four terminal slots on one end, and the four terminal slots are arranged in a row at intervals. In this embodiment, the four terminal slots arranged from the left to the right are called first terminal slots, respectively 101a, a second terminal slot 101b, a third terminal slot 101c, and a fourth terminal slot 101d. The first terminal slot 101a has the same width as the third terminal slot 101c, the second terminal slot 101b has the same width as the fourth terminal slot 101d, and the first terminal slot 101a and the third terminal slot The width of 101c is larger than the widths of the second terminal slot 101b and the fourth terminal slot 101d.

The lower side 10b of the electrical connector body 10 has two buckle points 1012, and the two buckle points 1012 are respectively located under two of the four terminal slots. In this embodiment, the two button points 1012 are located below the first terminal slot 101a and the third terminal slot 101c, respectively. Each of the two terminal slots may correspond to at least one button point 1012, for example, at least one button point 1012 may be provided above, below, and/or on the side of the first terminal slot 101a, and above or/and from the third terminal slot 101c At least one buckle 1012 may be provided on the side, which also means that at least one buckle 1012 may be provided on at least one of the four sides of the two terminal slots.

Please refer to FIG. 14, which is a schematic diagram of an electrical connector according to a thirteenth embodiment of the present application; as shown, the electrical connector 1 of this embodiment differs from the electrical connector of the twelfth embodiment in that the electrical connector The body 10 has three button points 1012, and the three button points 1012 correspond to three of the four terminal slots, respectively. In this embodiment, three button points 1012 are located below the first terminal slot 101a, below the third terminal slot 101c, and on the right side of the fourth terminal slot 101d.

Please refer to FIG. 15, which is a schematic diagram of an electrical connector according to a fourteenth embodiment of the present application; as shown, the electrical connector 1 of this embodiment differs from the electrical connector of the thirteenth embodiment in that the electrical connector The body 10 has four buckle points 1012, and the four buckle points 1012 respectively correspond to the four terminal slots. In this embodiment, four button points 1012 are respectively disposed on the upper side 10a, the lower side 10b, the right side 10c, and the left side 10d of the electrical connector body 10, and the button 1012 provided on the left side 10d is located at the first terminal On the left side of the slot 101a, the buckle point 1012 provided on the lower side 10b is located below the second terminal slot 101b, and the buckle point 1012 provided on the upper side 10a is located above the third terminal slot 101c and is provided on the right side The buckle 1012 of 10c is located on the right side of the fourth terminal slot 101d. In this embodiment, each terminal slot corresponds to a buckle point 1012. Of course, at least one of each terminal slot can correspond to a plurality of buckle points 1012, which will not be repeated here.

In summary, the present application provides an electrical connector, especially a GenZ series electrical connector, which is connected to the snap on the housing through the buckle point on the body of the electrical connector, so that the housing is closely attached to the electrical connector On the surface of the body, the housing is effectively prevented from expanding outward relative to the body of the electrical connector.

It should be noted that in this article, the terms "include", "include" or any other variant thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device that includes a series of elements includes not only those elements, It also includes other elements that are not explicitly listed, or include elements inherent to such processes, methods, objects, or devices. Without more restrictions, the element defined by the sentence "include one..." does not exclude that there are other identical elements in the process, method, article or device that includes the element.

The embodiments of the present application have been described above with reference to the drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-mentioned specific implementations. The above-mentioned specific implementations are only schematic, not limiting, and those of ordinary skill in the art Under the inspiration of this application, many forms can be made without departing from the purpose of this application and the scope protected by the scope of patent application, which are all covered by the protection of this application.

1: electric connector 10: Electric connector body 10a: upper side 10b: lower side 10c: right side 10d: left side 101: terminal slot 101a: first terminal slot 101b: Second terminal slot 101c: Third terminal slot 101d: Fourth terminal slot 1011: Terminal 1012: Deduction 102: line connection 11: Shell 11a: upper edge 11b: lower edge 11c: right edge 11d: left edge 111: snap 112: Positioning Department 1121: Docking space

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the electrical connector of the first embodiment of the present application: 2 is an exploded view of the electrical connector of the first embodiment of the present application; 3 is a schematic diagram of the electrical connector of the second embodiment of the present application; 4 is a schematic diagram of the electrical connector of the third embodiment of the present application; 5 is a schematic diagram of an electrical connector according to a fourth embodiment of the present application; 6 is a schematic diagram of an electrical connector of a fifth embodiment of the present application; 7 is a schematic diagram of the electrical connector of the sixth embodiment of the present application; 8 is a schematic diagram of an electrical connector according to a seventh embodiment of this application; 9 is a schematic diagram of an electrical connector of an eighth embodiment of the present application; 10 is a schematic diagram of the electrical connector of the ninth embodiment of the present application; 11 is a schematic diagram of an electrical connector of a tenth embodiment of the present application; 12 is a schematic diagram of an electrical connector of an eleventh embodiment of the present application; 13 is a schematic diagram of an electrical connector of the twelfth embodiment of the present application; 14 is a schematic diagram of an electrical connector of a thirteenth embodiment of the present application; and 15 is a schematic diagram of an electrical connector according to a fourteenth embodiment of this application.

1: electric connector

10: Electric connector body

101: terminal slot

1011: Terminal

1012: Deduction

102: line connection

11: Shell

111: snap

Claims (12)

An electrical connector, including: An electrical connector body having a terminal slot at one end, and a buckle point is provided on the end surface having the terminal slot; and A housing is disposed on the body of the electrical connector, and a buckle is disposed on an edge of one end thereof, and the buckle is buckled with the corresponding buckle point. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the housing has a positioning portion, and there is a mating space between the positioning portion and the electrical connector body. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the number of the terminal slots is two, the housing has two positioning portions, and each of the positioning portions has a mating space between the positioning portion and the electrical connector body. The electrical connector according to claim 3, wherein two of the terminal slots respectively correspond to at least one of the button points. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the number of the terminal slots is three, three of the terminal slots are arranged in a row, the housing has two positioning parts, and the two positioning parts are respectively Each of the terminal slots corresponds, and each of the positioning portion and the electrical connector body has a mating space. The electrical connector according to claim 5, wherein at least two of the three terminal slots respectively correspond to at least one of the snap points. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the number of the terminal slots is four, four of the terminal slots are arranged in a row, the housing has two positioning parts, each of the positioning part and the electric There is a docking space between the connector bodies. The electrical connector according to claim 7, wherein at least two of the four terminal slots respectively correspond to at least one of the buckling points. The electrical connector according to claim 1, 4, 6, or 8, wherein the number of the button points corresponding to each of the terminal slots is one, and the button points are located in the four sides of the corresponding terminal slots Side. The electrical connector according to claim 1, 4, 6, or 8, wherein the number of the button points corresponding to each of the terminal slots is a plurality, and the button points are located at four of the corresponding terminal slots At least one of the sides. The electrical connector according to claim 1, 3, 5 or 7, wherein the electrical connector body has a line connection portion, the line connection portion is located at the other end of the electrical connector body, and the terminal slot has A plurality of terminals. The terminals pass through the line connecting portion. The housing has four surfaces. The four surfaces cover the surface between the two ends of the body of the electrical connector. The electrical connector according to claim 1, 3, 5 or 7, wherein the electrical connector body has a line connection portion which is located on one of the four surfaces of the electrical connector body, the The terminal slots have the terminals, the terminals pass through the line connection portion, the housing has three surfaces, and the three surfaces cover the remaining three surfaces of the electrical connector body.

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