TWM593084U - Charging connector for micro-USB and charging module thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

This creation discloses a micro USB charging connector. The charging connector includes a charging module and a housing. The charging module includes: an insulating body and a plurality of charging terminals. The insulating body includes a base and a tongue portion extending from the base; each charging terminal includes a fixing portion provided on the base, a welding portion extending from one end of the fixing portion, and the fixing A contact portion extending from the other end of the portion. Wherein, one of the two opposite surfaces of the contact portion of each charging terminal is exposed to a plate surface of the tongue plate portion, and the other of the surface is buried in the tongue plate Inside; the casing is sleeved on the insulating body; according to this, it can be charged by a plurality of the charging terminals to power the electronic device.

Description

Micro USB charging connector and its charging module

This creation relates to a micro USB connector, in particular to a micro USB charging connector and its charging module.

Existing micro USB connectors are equipped with charging and signal transmission functions. The aforementioned connector includes a base and a terminal assembly disposed on the base. Wherein, the terminal assembly includes a plurality of charging terminals, a plurality of signal transmission terminals and a signal identification terminal. According to this, when the connector is connected to an electronic device, the electronic device can be simultaneously charged and transmitted signals through the charging terminal, the signal transmission terminal and the signal identification terminal of the terminal assembly.

However, there are currently no connectors on the market that only have a charging function, so when consumers want to buy a connector that only has a charging function as a portable charging use, they can only be forced to choose to buy a connector that has two functions.

In addition, in order to allow an electronic device to charge and transmit signals at the same time, the above connector must have multiple charging terminals, multiple signal transmission terminals, and signal identification terminals at the same time. If only the connector is to be used for charging (that is, when only the charging function is required), a plurality of the signal transmission terminals and the signal identification terminals of such a connector will become unusable components , And the connector has a higher manufacturing cost under the condition of only meeting the charging function.

Therefore, the author believes that the above-mentioned defects can be improved. Naite devotes himself to research and cooperates with the application of scientific principles, and finally proposes a original design with reasonable design and effective improvement of the above-mentioned defects.

The technical problem to be solved by this creation is to provide a micro USB charging connector and its charging module in response to the deficiencies of the existing technology, which can effectively improve the defects that may be generated by the existing micro USB connector.

This creative embodiment discloses a micro-USB charging connector for plugging into a mating connector. The micro-USB charging connector includes: a charging module, including: an insulating body, including a base and its own place A tongue plate portion extending from the base portion, and the tongue plate portion includes a first plate surface and a second plate surface located on opposite sides; and a plurality of charging terminals, each including a fixing provided on the base portion Part, a welding part extending through the base from one end of the fixing part, and a contact part extending from the other end of the fixing part to the tongue plate part; wherein, the One of the two opposite surfaces of the contact portion is exposed to the first plate surface of the tongue plate portion, and the other of the surface is buried in the tongue plate portion; wherein, the charging mold The set does not include any signal terminals provided on the insulating body; and a housing, sleeved on the insulating body, and the tongue plate portion is located inside thereof.

Preferably, the insulating body is an integrally formed one-piece structure, and a plurality of the charging terminals are embedded in the insulating body; the contact of each of the charging terminals exposed on the first board surface The surface of the portion shrinks into the first plate surface.

Preferably, the number of the plurality of charging terminals of the charging module is further limited to two.

Preferably, the housing is further defined as a metal outer body.

Preferably, the micro USB charging connector is used to be installed in an electronic device; wherein, the housing is an insulating outer body, and the insulating housing is a single piece integrally formed with a plastic housing of the electronic device Piece construction.

Preferably, the contact portion of each charging terminal includes a free end edge connecting the two surfaces, and the tongue portion includes a connection between the first plate surface and the second plate surface An end edge of each, and each of the free end edges is exposed to the end edge.

Preferably, the charging module does not include any ground terminal provided on the insulating body.

This creative embodiment further discloses a charging module of a micro USB charging connector, which includes: an insulating body including a base and a tongue plate portion extending from the base portion, and the tongue plate portion includes opposite sides A first plate surface and a second plate surface; and a plurality of charging terminals, each including a fixing portion provided on the base portion, a welding portion extending from one end of the fixing portion through the base portion, and Extending from the other end of the fixing portion to a contact portion of the tongue plate portion; wherein, one of the two opposite surfaces of the contact portion of each charging terminal is exposed to the tongue plate portion Of the first board surface, and the other of the surfaces is buried in the tongue plate portion; wherein, the charging module does not include any signal terminals provided on the insulating body.

Preferably, the number of the plurality of charging terminals of the charging module is further limited to four, and is exposed in the surface of the contact portion of each of the charging terminals of the first board surface Shrink to the first board surface.

Preferably, the charging module does not include any ground terminal provided on the insulating body.

In summary, the micro USB charging connector disclosed in this embodiment of the invention can be exposed to the first of the tongue plate portion through one of the surfaces of the contact portions of the plurality of charging terminals The design of the board surface allows electronic devices to be charged through the contact portions of the plurality of charging terminals; that is, compared with the existing connector having a plurality of charging terminals, a plurality of signal transmission terminals and a signal identification terminal By design, the charging connector of the micro-USB disclosed in this creative embodiment only needs to pass a plurality of the charging terminals (fewer components) to achieve the charging function, which can further reduce the manufacturing cost.

In order to further understand the characteristics and technical content of this creation, please refer to the following detailed description and drawings of this creation. However, the drawings provided are for reference and explanation only, and are not intended to limit this creation.

The following is a description of the implementation of the "micro USB charging connector 100A, 100B" disclosed by the present invention through specific specific examples. Those skilled in the art can understand the advantages and effects of the present invention from the content disclosed in this specification. This creation can be implemented or applied through other different specific embodiments. The details in this specification can also be based on different views and applications, and various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the concept of this creation. In addition, the drawings in this creation are only a schematic illustration, not based on actual size, and are declared in advance. The following embodiments will further describe the relevant technical content of the creation, but the disclosed content is not intended to limit the protection scope of the creation.

It should be understood that although terms such as “first”, “second”, and “third” may be used herein to describe various elements or signals, these elements or signals should not be limited by these terms. These terms are mainly used to distinguish one component from another component, or one signal from another signal. In addition, the term "or" as used herein may include any combination of any one or more of the associated listed items, depending on the actual situation.

[First embodiment]

Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 5, the embodiment of the present invention provides a micro USB (micro USB) charging connector 100A, which is used to plug in a mating connector (not shown) for power transmission (Or charging operation). That is to say, any connector that does not belong to the micro USB is not the charging connector 100A of the micro USB referred to in this embodiment.

The micro USB charging connector 100A includes: a charging module 1 and a housing 2 disposed on the charging module 1. Hereinafter, the structure of each component of the micro USB charging connector 100A will be introduced, and the connection relationship between the components of the micro USB charging connector 100A will be described in time.

It should be noted that although the charging module 1 described above is described as being matched with the housing 2 in this embodiment, the creation is not limited to this. For example, in other embodiments not shown in this creation, the charging module 1 may also be used alone (eg, sold) or used with other components.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3, the charging module 1 includes an insulating body 11 and a plurality of charging terminals 12 disposed on the insulating body 11. The insulating body 11 includes a base 111 and a tongue plate portion 112 extending from the base portion 111, and the tongue plate portion 112 includes a first plate surface 1121 and a second plate on opposite sides面1122.

Preferably, in this embodiment, the insulating body 11 is a one-piece structure integrally formed. In detail, in the manufacturing process, the base portion 111 and the tongue portion 112 are a single-piece structure that is directly integrally injected or integrally molded, and the insulating body 11 is formed with a plurality of charging terminals 12 An accommodating space 113 (as shown in FIG. 5) is provided; or, the insulating body 11 may be directly combined with a plurality of the charging terminals 12 by way of burying and injecting, wherein, corresponding to the A plurality of grooves 1131 (as shown in FIG. 5) are formed in the portion of the accommodation space 113 of the tongue portion 112, and the number of the plurality of grooves 1131 corresponds to (eg, is equivalent to) a plurality of the charging The number of terminals 12, and each of the grooves 1131 communicates with the first plate surface 1121.

It should be noted that although the insulating body 11 of this embodiment is an integrally formed one-piece member, in many embodiments not shown in this creation, the insulating body 11 may also be composed of multiple components Assembled; for example, the insulating body is composed of an upper base, a lower base, and a tongue plate member, the upper base and the lower base clamp the tongue plate member So that the upper and lower bases form the base portion 11, and the tongue plate member forms the tongue plate portion 112.

In addition, the tongue plate portion 112 further includes an end edge 1123 connecting the first plate surface 1121 and the second plate surface 1122; in detail, the tongue plate portion 112 is away from the base portion 111 One end forms the end edge 1123, and the end edge 1123 is located between the first plate surface 1121 and the second plate surface 1122, and the tongue plate portion 112 is further positioned at the end edge 1123 A plurality of openings 1124 are formed, and the number of the plurality of openings 1124 corresponds to the number of the grooves 1131 (eg, the number is equal) and communicates; in detail, each of the openings 1124 is through the tongue The inside of the plate portion 112 (that is, between the first plate surface 1121 and the second plate surface 1122) communicates with the corresponding groove 1131 (as shown in FIG. 5 ).

Referring to FIGS. 4 and 5, each of the plurality of charging terminals 12 includes a fixing portion 121 provided on the base portion 111, and a welding portion extending through the base portion 111 from one end of the fixing portion 121 122, and a contact portion 123 extending from the other end of the fixing portion 121 to the tongue portion 112. Specifically, a plurality of the charging terminals 12 are provided in the accommodating space 113, and each of the charging terminals 12 has a fixing portion 121 corresponding to the base portion 111 and a corresponding portion corresponding to the tongue portion 112 The contact portion 123 and the welding portion 122 extending from the fixing portion 121 and passing through the base portion 111 (the accommodation space 113).

Further, there are two of the plurality of charging terminals 12 in this embodiment, but they are not limited to those contained in this embodiment. The cross-section cover of each of the charging terminals 12 is substantially lightning-shaped (as shown in FIG. 5), and has a long-diameter section, an extension section extending vertically from the long-diameter section, and from the A short-diameter section extending and perpendicular to the extension section, wherein the end portion of each long-diameter section is defined as the contact portion 123, and each short-diameter section is defined as the welding portion 122, but not Limited to this embodiment. For example, in the various embodiments not shown, each of the charging terminals 12 can be adjusted to different shapes according to the designer's needs, for example: an inverted L shape, and the contact portion 123, all The fixing portion 121 and the welding portion 122 are arranged correspondingly according to the shape of the charging terminal 12.

Specifically, a plurality of the contact portions 123 are located in a portion of the accommodation space 113 corresponding to the tongue plate portion 112 (that is, a plurality of the grooves 1131), and each of the contact portions 123 One of the two opposite surfaces is exposed to the first plate surface 1121 of the tongue plate portion 112, so that the contact portion 123 of each charging terminal 12 can be used to abut the The power terminal of the mating connector (not shown), and the other of the surfaces is buried in the tongue portion 112.

Furthermore, the contact portion 123 of each charging terminal 12 further includes a free end edge 1231 connecting the two surfaces, and each free end edge 1231 is exposed to the end edge 1123 ; In more detail, each of the contact portions 123 integrally extends with the free end edge 1231, and each of the free end edges 1231 extends away from the welding portion 122 (that is, in FIG. 5 Upward direction) and through the opening 1124 of the end edge 1123 at its corresponding position, and is exposed outside the end edge 1123 (that is, outside the tongue plate portion 112).

The plurality of welding parts 122 can be electrically connected to a wire or a power supply device (not shown). According to this, when the plurality of charging terminals 12 are plugged into an electronic device (not shown in the figure) or a mating connector (not shown in the figure), they can be used to transmit electrical energy. It should be additionally noted that the charging terminal 12 in this embodiment is any terminal that is excluded and exposed to both plate surfaces of the tongue plate portion at the same time.

Preferably, each of the charging terminals 12 may be further formed with a guide surface 124, and the guide surface 124 is formed at a portion of the contact portion 123 adjacent to the free end edge 1231, the guide The cross section of the leading surface 124 is a round. According to this, when the plurality of charging terminals are plugged into an electronic device or a mating connector, the plurality of charging terminals 12 can easily connect the plurality of charging terminals 12 to the electronic through the guide surface 124 Device or mating connector.

It should be noted that, compared with the existing connector, this embodiment of the micro USB charging connector 100A only has a charging function, but does not have a signal transmission function, so the charging connection of the micro USB of this embodiment The device 100A can not have any components related to the signal transmission function. Specifically, the micro USB charging connector 100A of this embodiment does not need to worry about radio frequency interference, signal noise, etc. That is to say, the charging module 1 of the micro USB charging connector 100A can be It does not include any signal terminals, signal shielding elements, ground terminals and other components. According to this, any charging module (or connector) with a signal terminal, a signal shielding element, or a ground terminal is not the charging module 1 (or the charging connector 100A of the micro-USB mentioned in this embodiment) ).

The casing 2 is sleeved on the insulating body 11 and the tongue plate portion 112 is located inside. In detail, the housing 2 is in a hollow ring shape and has a plug-in space 21, and the inner edge of the housing 2 is sleeved on the outer edge of the base 111 of the insulating body 11 so that the The tongue portion 112 of the insulating body 11 is located in the insertion space 21 of the housing 2.

Further, in this embodiment, the casing 2 is a metal casing 2 stamped and formed of a metal material, but it is not limited to the embodiment. Specifically, in various embodiments not shown in the drawings, the housing 2 may also be formed by integrally injecting the insulating body 11 during the manufacturing process of the insulating body 11.

[Second Embodiment]

As shown in FIG. 6, this is the second embodiment of the creation. This embodiment is similar to the above-mentioned first embodiment. The similarities between the two embodiments will not be repeated, and this embodiment is compared to the above-mentioned first embodiment. The differences between the embodiments are mainly as follows:

In this embodiment, the micro USB charging connector 100B is used to be mounted on an electronic device (not shown); wherein, the housing 2 may be made of an insulating material, which is defined as an insulating housing 2A below . The insulating housing 2A may be integrally formed with a plastic housing 3 of the electronic device. More specifically, during the manufacturing process of the electronic device, the plastic case 3 is injected from the plastic, and the insulating case 2A is directly injected together to form the plastic case 3 and the insulating case 2A One-piece construction.

[Technical effect of this creative example]

In summary, the charging connectors 100A and 100B of the micro-USB disclosed in this creative embodiment are different from the existing connectors that need to be equipped with a device to prevent interference signals. (For example: signal terminal, signal shielding element, ground terminal), and then can effectively reduce the number of components to reduce production costs.

Furthermore, the charging connectors 100A and 100B of the micro USB disclosed in this creative embodiment can be exposed to the tongue plate portion 112 through one of the surfaces of the contact portions 123 of the plurality of charging terminals 12 The design of the first board surface 1121 allows electronic devices to be charged through the contact portions 123 of the plurality of charging terminals 12; that is, compared to existing connectors having multiple charging terminals and multiple signals For the design of the transmission terminal and the signal recognition terminal, the micro USB charging connectors 100A and 100B disclosed in this creative embodiment only need to pass a plurality of the charging terminals 12 (fewer components) to achieve the charging function and further Reduce production costs.

The content disclosed above is only a preferred and feasible embodiment of this creation, and does not limit the scope of the patent application for this creation, so any equivalent technical changes made by using this creation specification and graphic content are included in this creation application Within the scope of the patent.

100A, 100B: Micro USB charging connector 1: Charging module 11: Insulation body 111: base 112: tongue plate 1121: the first board 1122: Second board 1123: end edge 1124: opening 113: accommodating space 1131: Groove 12: Charging terminal 121: fixed part 122: Welding Department 123: Contact 1231 free edge 124: guide surface 2: Shell 21: docking space 2A: Insulated housing 3: Plastic shell

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a micro USB charging connector of the first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of FIG. 1 from another perspective.

FIG. 3 is an exploded schematic view of the charging connector of the micro USB of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a schematic front view of FIG. 1.

5 is a schematic diagram of the V-V section line of FIG. 4.

FIG. 6 is an exploded schematic view of the charging connector of the micro USB of the second embodiment.

100A: Micro USB charging connector

1: Charging module

11: Insulation body

111: base

112: tongue plate

1121: the first board

1122: Second board

1123: end edge

1124: opening

1131: Groove

12: Charging terminal

121: fixed part

122: Welding Department

123: Contact

1231: free edge

2: Shell

21: docking space

Claims (10)

A micro USB charging connector for plugging into a mating connector. The micro USB charging connector includes: A charging module, including: An insulating body including a base and a tongue plate portion extending from the base portion, and the tongue plate portion includes a first plate surface and a second plate surface on opposite sides; and A plurality of charging terminals, each including a fixing portion provided on the base, a welding portion extending through the base from one end of the fixing portion, and extending from the other end of the fixing portion to the tongue portion A contact portion; wherein, one of the two opposite surfaces of the contact portion of each charging terminal is exposed to the first plate surface of the tongue plate portion, and the other The surface is embedded in the tongue plate portion; Wherein, the charging module does not include any signal terminals provided on the insulating body; and A shell is sleeved on the insulating body, and the tongue plate portion is located inside. The micro USB charging connector according to claim 1, wherein the insulating body is a one-piece structure integrally formed, and a plurality of the charging terminals are embedded in the insulating body; exposed to the first board The surface of the contact portion of each of the charging terminals of the surface is contracted with the first plate surface. The micro USB charging connector according to claim 1, wherein the number of the plurality of charging terminals of the charging module is further limited to two. The charging connector of micro USB according to claim 1, wherein the housing is further defined as a metal outer body. The micro USB charging connector according to claim 1, which is used to be installed in an electronic device; wherein, the housing is an insulating outer body, and the insulating housing is a plastic housing with the electronic device is One-piece, one-piece construction. The micro USB charging connector according to claim 1, wherein the contact portion of each charging terminal includes a free edge connecting two of the surfaces, and the tongue portion includes a connection An end edge of the first plate surface and the second plate surface, and each of the free end edges is exposed at the end edge. The micro USB charging connector according to claim 1, wherein the charging module does not include any ground terminal provided on the insulating body. A charging module of a micro USB charging connector, including: An insulating body including a base portion and a tongue plate portion extending from the base portion, and the tongue plate portion includes a first plate surface and a second plate surface on opposite sides; and A plurality of charging terminals, each including a fixing portion provided on the base, a welding portion extending through the base from one end of the fixing portion, and extending from the other end of the fixing portion to the tongue portion A contact section of Wherein, one of the two opposite surfaces of the contact portion of each charging terminal is exposed to the first plate surface of the tongue plate portion, and the other of the surfaces is buried in the In the tongue plate; Wherein, the charging module does not include any signal terminals provided on the insulating body. The charging module of the micro USB charging connector according to claim 8, wherein the number of the plurality of charging terminals of the charging module is further limited to four, and is exposed on the first board The surface of the contact portion of each of the charging terminals is retracted into the first plate surface. The charging module of the micro USB charging connector according to claim 8, the charging module does not include any ground terminal provided on the insulating body.

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