TWM646261U - Connector - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a connector that includes a female seat, a male head, a plurality of first terminals, a plurality of second terminals, a plurality of third terminals, and a plurality of fourth terminals. The female seat further includes a base body, a first female end, and a second female end. The male head further includes a first male end and a second male end. The first male end has a first insert and a first rubber core. The second male end has a second insert and a second rubber core. The first terminals have an elastic structure to produce a first floating displacement between the first insert and the first rubber core. One end of the second terminal is disposed in the first terminal groove. The third terminals have an elastic structure to produce a second floating displacement between the second insert and the second rubber core. Wherein the female seat is combined with the male head so that the first terminals are electrically connected to the second terminals and the third terminals are electrically connected to the fourth terminals, and the second printed circuit board and the third printed circuit board The gap between is related to the first floating displacement and the second floating displacement.

Description

connector

The present invention is in the technical field of connectors, particularly a connector that can provide closely arranged printed circuit boards.

When a traditional two-piece printed circuit board is connected to another printed circuit board, it is usually connected by cable or by using another connector separately.

However, in some application fields, such as automated assembly or narrow assembly spaces, when two printed circuit boards are joined to another printed circuit board, the gap between the two printed circuit boards needs to be extremely narrow. For example, if the width is less than 4 cm, it is not suitable for connection with traditional cables.

In view of this, this creation proposes a connector to solve the problems that traditional connectors cannot overcome.

The purpose of this creation is to provide a connector that provides a female socket to connect multiple male headers, and enables multiple printed circuit boards connected to the multiple male headers to achieve the function of dense arrangement. effectiveness and purpose.

The purpose of this creation is to provide a floating connection design on the male header based on the above-mentioned connector to solve assembly errors and errors in soldering the connector to the printed circuit board.

The purpose of this creation is to provide an escape structure for the female socket and a bending component for the male connector based on the above-mentioned connector, so that the connection can be made stably through the interference between the escape structure and the bending component.

In order to achieve the above objectives and other objectives, the present invention provides a connector capable of connecting a first printed circuit board, a second printed circuit board and a third printed circuit board. The connector includes a female base, a male head, a plurality of first terminals, a plurality of second terminals, a plurality of third terminals and a plurality of fourth terminals. The female base is connected to the first printed circuit board. The female base further includes a body, a first female end and a second female end. The seat system forms a first opening and a second opening. The first female end is disposed at the first opening. The first female end has a first terminal slot. The second female end is disposed at the second opening. The second female end has a second terminal slot. Wherein, the center position of the first female end and the center position of the second female end are separated by a predetermined distance. The male head further includes a first public end and a second public end. The first public end is configured corresponding to the first female end. The first male end has a first insert piece and a first rubber core. The first public terminal can be connected to a second printed circuit board. The second public end is configured corresponding to the second female end. The second public end has a second insert and a second rubber core. The second public terminal can be connected to a third printed circuit board. The first terminals are arranged on a first plastic core. One end of the first terminals is provided on the first insert and the other end of the first terminals is used for connecting to the second printed circuit board. The first terminals have elastic structures to generate a first floating displacement between the first insert and the first plastic core. One end of the second terminals is disposed in the first terminal slot, and the other end of the second terminals is for connecting to the first printed circuit board. The third terminals are arranged on a second plastic core. One end of the third terminals is provided on the second inserter and the other end of the third terminals is used for connecting to the third printed circuit board. Such third The terminal system has an elastic structure to generate a second floating displacement between the second insertion piece and the second plastic core. One end of the fourth terminals is provided with the second terminal slot, and the other end of the fourth terminals is for connecting to the first printed circuit board. Among them, the female socket is combined with the male header so that the first terminals are electrically connected to the second terminals and the third terminals are electrically connected to the fourth terminals, and the second printed circuit board and the third printed circuit board are connected The gap between is related to the first floating displacement and the second floating displacement.

2: First printed circuit board

4: Second printed circuit board

6:Third printed circuit board

10: Connector

12:male head

122: First public end

1222:The first rubber core

1224: First insert

1226:First shell

12264:Front end

124: Second public end

1214:Slot

12266: First bending part

14: Mother seat

141: base body

1412:First opening

1414:Second opening

142: First female terminal

14222: First terminal slot

144: Second female terminal

14422: Second terminal slot

143: Avoidance structure

162:First terminal

164:Third terminal

182: Second terminal

1822:Contact point

184:Fourth terminal

20: Fixtures

d: gap

Figure 1 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of a connector according to an embodiment of this invention.

Figure 2(a) is a perspective view illustrating the female base, the second terminal and the fourth terminal of the embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2(b) is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of Figure 2(a) to illustrate the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating the arrangement of the female socket, the second terminal and the fourth terminal on the first printed circuit board according to the embodiment of the present invention.

4(a) and 4(b) are schematic diagrams illustrating the combination of the first public end and the first terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 5(a) is a perspective view illustrating the first male end and the first female end of the embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 5(b) is a B-B cross-sectional view illustrating the first male end and the first female end of Figure 5(a) of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view illustrating the connector of FIG. 1 connecting the first printed circuit board, the second printed circuit and the third printed circuit board of the present invention.

In order to fully understand the purpose, characteristics and effects of this creation, the following specific The embodiments and accompanying drawings are used to give a detailed description of this invention, as follows.

In this work, “a” or “an” is used to describe the units, elements and components described herein. This is only for convenience of explanation and to provide a general sense of the scope of this creation. Accordingly, unless it is obvious otherwise, such description should be understood to include one, at least one, and the singular also includes the plural.

In this creation, the terms "includes," "includes," "has," "contains," or any other similar terms are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion. For example, an element, structure, article or device containing plural elements is not limited to the elements listed herein, but may include elements not expressly listed but that are generally inherent to the element, structure, article or device. Other requirements. Otherwise, unless expressly stated to the contrary, the term "or" means an inclusive "or" and not an exclusive "or".

Please refer to Figure 1, which is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the connector according to this embodiment of the invention. In Figure 1, the connector 10 can connect the first printed circuit board 2, the second printed circuit board 4 and the third printed circuit board 6. Please refer to Figure 6 for the connection method, which is to illustrate the connection of Figure 1 of this invention. A perspective view of the device connecting the first printed circuit board, the second printed circuit board and the third printed circuit board.

Returning to Figure 1, the connector 10 further includes a male head 12, a female socket 14, a plurality of first terminals 162, a plurality of second terminals 182 (refer to Figure 2(a)), a plurality of third terminals 164 and a plurality of fourth terminals 184 (see Figure 2(a)). Refer to Figure 2(a)).

2(a), 2(b) and 3 are schematic diagrams illustrating the female base, the second terminal and the fourth terminal of the embodiment of the present invention. In Figure 2(a), it is a perspective view illustrating the female base, the second terminal and the fourth terminal of the embodiment of the invention; in Figure 2(b), it is the A-A cross-sectional view of Figure 2(a) of the invention; And, in Figure 3, the female base, the second terminal and the fourth terminal of the embodiment of the present invention are illustrated. Schematic view of the first printed circuit board.

The female base 14 is connected to the first printed circuit board 2 . The female base 14 further includes a base body 141, a first female end 142 and a second female end 144.

The base 141 forms a first opening 1412 and a second opening 1414. Here, the base 141 is illustrated using a rectangular shape as an example.

The first female end 142 is provided at the first opening 1412 . In addition, the first female end 142 has a first terminal slot 14222.

The second female end 144 is disposed at the second opening 1414 . In addition, the second female end 144 has a second terminal slot 14422. The center position of the first female end 142 and the center position of the second female end 144 are separated by a predetermined distance.

The base body 141 is illustrated by taking a rectangular shape as an example. Here, the base body 141 forms a first opening 1412 and a second opening 1414 .

Here, the base 141 has an escape structure 143 to act on the first bending member 12266 (or the second bending member) mentioned later. The escape structure 143 is formed between the first female end 142 and the second female end 144 .

In one embodiment, edges of the first opening 1412 and the second opening 1414 form a first leading angle.

In another embodiment, the base body 141 also has a slot 1214 and the connector 10 also includes a fixing member 20. Here, the number of the slots 1214 and the fixing members 20 is 4 as an example. In other embodiments, Unrestricted. The slot 1214 is provided corresponding to the fixing member 20 , one end of the fixing member 20 is disposed on the first printed circuit board 2 , and the slot 1214 fixes the female base 14 to the first printed circuit board 2 through the fixing member 20 .

Referring to FIG. 4(a) and FIG. 4(b) together, it is a schematic diagram illustrating the combination of the first public end and the first terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is worth noting that the combination method and structure of the first public end and the first terminal are the same as the combination method and structure of the second public end and the third terminal. They will not be described in detail here. Only the first public end and the first terminal are used as representatives. instruction. In addition, referring to FIG. 5(a) and FIG. 5(b) together, it is a schematic diagram illustrating the combination of the first male terminal and the first female terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention. In Figure 5(a), it is a perspective view illustrating the first male end and the first female end of the embodiment of this invention; and in Figure 5(b), it is an illustration of the first male end of Figure 5(a) of this invention. B-B cross-section view with the first female terminal. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating the combination of the male header, the female socket, the first printed circuit board, the second printed circuit board and the third printed circuit board according to the embodiment of the present invention.

The male head 12 further includes a first public end 122 and a second public end 124 . The first male terminal 122 is provided corresponding to the first female terminal 142 .

The first male end 122 has a first insert 1224, a first rubber core 1222 and a first shell 1226. The first public end 122 can be connected to a second printed circuit board 4 . The first male terminal 122 is provided corresponding to the first female terminal 142 .

The first insert 1224 and the first rubber core 1222 are provided separately.

The first shell 1226 covers the first rubber core 1222 and the first insert 1224 . The first rubber core 1222 and the first insert 1224 are floatingly connected through the first terminals 162 . The first insert 1224 can be inserted into the first female end 142 .

In addition, the second public end 124 has the same structure as the first public end 122. Therefore, the second public end 124 also has a corresponding second rubber core (not shown), a second insert (not shown) and a second The shell (not shown in the figure), etc. will not be described in detail here.

Here, the first insert 1224 (or the second insert) is L-shaped such that the The end of the first terminal 162 (or the ends of the third terminals in the case of a second insert) should extend along the L-shape, so that the first insert 1224 is inserted into the first female end 142 (or the second When the insert is inserted into the second female terminal), the first terminals 162 contact the second terminals 182 (or the third terminals 164 contact the fourth terminals 184).

In another embodiment, the front end 12264 of the first housing 1226 forms a first bending member 12266. In addition, the first bending member 12266 is provided corresponding to the avoidance structure 143 . The same applies to the second housing. The second shell forms a second bending part, and the second shell system is arranged corresponding to the avoidance structure 143 so that the second bending part slides into the avoidance structure 143 and is fixed to the avoidance structure 143 .

In one embodiment, the edge of the first insert 1224 (or the second insert) forms a second leading angle corresponding to the first leading angle.

A plurality of first terminals 162 are provided on the first plastic core 1222 . One end of the first terminals 162 is disposed on the first insert 1224 and the other end of the first terminals 162 can be connected to the second printed circuit board 4 . The first terminals 162 have an elastic structure to generate a first floating displacement between the first insert 1224 and the first rubber core 1222 .

One end of the second terminals 182 is disposed in the first terminal slot 14222, and the other ends of the second terminals 182 can be connected to the first printed circuit board 2. Wherein, the first terminal slot 14222 is formed on the first female end 142 . Here, the second terminals 182 have elastic structures, and the second terminals 182 form contact points 1822 for electrically connecting the first terminals 162 .

The plurality of third terminals 164 are disposed on the second plastic core, which may refer to the manner in which the first terminals 162 are disposed on the first plastic core 1222 . One end of the third terminals 164 is disposed on the second inserter and the other end of the third terminals 164 can be connected to the third printed circuit board 6 . The third terminals 164 have an elastic structure to generate a second floating displacement between the second insert and the second rubber core.

A second terminal slot 14422 is provided at one end of the fourth terminals 184 , and the other ends of the fourth terminals 184 can be connected to the first printed circuit board 2 . Wherein, the second terminal slot 14422 is formed on the second female end 144 . Here, the fourth terminals 184 have elastic structures, and the fourth terminals 184 form contact points (not shown) for electrically connecting the first terminals 162 .

After the female base 14 is combined with the male connector 12 , the first terminals 162 are electrically connected to the second terminals 182 and the third terminals 164 are electrically connected to the fourth terminals 184 , and the second printed circuit board 4 The gap d (shown in FIG. 6 ) between the third printed circuit board 6 and the third printed circuit board 6 is set in relation to the first floating displacement and the second floating displacement. In one embodiment, the floating range of the gap d is between 0.6 cm and 3.4 cm. It is worth noting that the first male end 122 is inserted into the first female end 142 and the second male end 124 is inserted into the second female end 144, so that the first printed circuit board 2 is perpendicular to the second printed circuit board 4 and the third printed circuit board. 6. In addition, when the female base 14 combined with the male head 12 is stable, the gap d can be maintained at a fixed narrow gap, for example, a width of 2 cm.

The invention has been disclosed in preferred embodiments above. However, those familiar with the art should understand that the embodiments are only used to describe the invention and should not be interpreted as limiting the scope of the invention. It should be noted that any changes and substitutions that are equivalent to the embodiments should be deemed to be covered by the scope of this invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of this invention shall be subject to the scope of the patent application.

10:Connector

12:male head

122: First public end

124: Second public end

162:First terminal

164:Third terminal

14: Mother seat

Claims (10)

A connector for connecting a first printed circuit board, a second printed circuit board and a third printed circuit board. The connector includes: a female base, which is connected to the first printed circuit board. The female base includes: a base body, A first opening and a second opening are formed; a first receptacle is provided in the first opening, and the first receptacle has a first terminal slot; and a second receptacle is provided in the second opening, and the first receptacle is provided in the first opening. The two female terminals have a second terminal slot, wherein the center position of the first female terminal and the center position of the second female terminal are separated by a predetermined distance; the male terminal further includes: a first male terminal corresponding to the first female terminal It is provided that the first male end has a first insert and a first rubber core, and the first public end is used for connecting to the second printed circuit board; and the second male end is provided corresponding to the second female end, and the second male end is The end has a second insert and a second plastic core, and the second male end is used to connect the third printed circuit board; a plurality of first terminals are provided on the first plastic core, and one end of the first terminals is provided on the first The other ends of the insert and the first terminals are used to connect to the second printed circuit board. The first terminals have elastic structures to generate a first floating displacement between the first insert and the first rubber core. A plurality of second terminals are provided at one end in the first terminal slot, and the other ends of the second terminals are connected to the first printed circuit board; a plurality of third terminals are provided in the second rubber core, and the third terminals are provided in the second rubber core. One end of the three terminals is provided on the second insert and the other end of the third terminals for connecting to the third printed circuit board, and the third terminals The subsystem has an elastic structure to generate a second floating displacement between the second insert and the second rubber core; and a plurality of fourth terminals are provided with the second terminal slot at one end, and the other end of the fourth terminals is One end is for connecting to the first printed circuit board; wherein the female socket is combined with the male header so that the first terminals are electrically connected to the second terminals and the third terminals are electrically connected to the fourth terminals, and the The gap between the second printed circuit board and the third printed circuit board is related to the first floating displacement and the second floating displacement. The connector of claim 1, wherein the female socket has a slot and the connector further includes a fixing piece, the slot is arranged corresponding to the fixing piece, one end of the fixing piece is set on the first printed circuit board, and the plug The groove fixes the female base to the first printed circuit board through the fixing component. The connector of claim 1, wherein the first male end further includes a first shell covering the first plastic core and the first insert, and the first plastic core and the first insert are An insert is separated, and the first plastic core and the first insert are floatingly connected through the first terminals, and the first insert is for inserting into the first female end; and the second male end further includes a Two shells, the second shell covers the second rubber core and the second insert, the second rubber core is separated from the second insert, and the second rubber core and the second insert pass through the When the third terminal is floatingly connected, the second inserting piece is inserted into the second female terminal. The connector according to claim 3, wherein the base has an escape structure, the front end of the first housing forms a first bending member and the front end of the second housing forms a second bending member, and the first bending member The first bending part and the second bending part are arranged corresponding to the avoidance structure. The first bending part and the second bending part slide into the avoidance structure and are fixed to the avoidance structure, wherein the avoidance structure is formed on the first female body. between the terminal and the second female terminal. The connector of claim 1, wherein the first insert and the second insert are L-shaped, so that the ends of the first terminals and the ends of the third terminals are along the L-shape. Extend, so that when the first inserter is inserted into the first female end or the second inserter is inserted into the second female end, the first terminals contact the second terminals and the third terminals contact the fourth terminals. terminal. The connector of claim 1, wherein the floating range of the gap is between 0.6 cm and 3.4 cm. The connector of claim 1, wherein edges of the first opening and the second opening form a first lead angle. The connector of claim 7, wherein edges of the first insert and the second insert form a second lead angle, and the second lead angle corresponds to the first lead angle. The connector of claim 1, wherein the second terminals and the fourth terminals have elastic structures. The connector of claim 9, wherein the second terminals and the fourth terminals respectively form contact points for electrically connecting the first terminals and the third terminals.