WO2012119295A1

WO2012119295A1 - Usb and esata connector

Info

Publication number: WO2012119295A1
Application number: PCT/CN2011/071540
Authority: WO
Inventors: 赖明宏
Original assignee: Lai Minghong
Priority date: 2011-03-04
Filing date: 2011-03-04
Publication date: 2012-09-13

Abstract

A USB(Universal Series Bus) and eSATA(external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) connector includes a female seat (1) and a male head (2). The female seat has a cavity for accommodating the male head, and the window (10) of the cavity is shaped as a rectangle. On the inner sides of two side walls of the female seat each is equipped a projecting power terminal (11), and on one of two side walls of the female seat is further equipped a projecting detection terminal (12). When the male head mates with the female seat, the detection terminal contacts a copper shell (13) outside the female seat. Correspondingly, the outer frame of the male head is also shaped as a rectangle. On the outer sides of two side walls of the male head each is provided a concave (21) in which a power terminal (11') is mounted. When the male head mates with the female seat, the power terminals of the male head contact the power terminals of the female seat. The USB and eSATA connector can supply power to the eSATA terminals (152) by connecting the power terminals of the female seat with the power terminals of the male head, and enables a mainboard to be discharged by connecting the detection terminal with the copper shell.

Description

[Name of invention made by ISA according to Rule 37.2] USB and ESATA connectors

A new USB and eSATA connector

技术领域： Technical field:

The invention relates to the technical field of electronic connector components, and particularly relates to a novel USB and eSATA connector.

背景技术： Background technique:

In the design and manufacture of electronic connectors, it is common to use foolproof (fool-proofing) ) Designed to prevent misconnections and adverse consequences. The existing USB + eSATA connector (or USB + eSATA I (first generation)), its female structure is shown in Figure 1. As shown, it mainly comprises a plastic body a, a peripheral copper shell b, a cavity c and an internal terminal socket d, etc., and a recess c1 is provided on both sides of the window of the cavity c It is stepped, and its protruding step body c2 along the length direction is also arranged at two corners; as shown in Fig. 2, the corresponding male head a' is provided with protruding wings corresponding to the concave portion c1 on both sides c1' At both corners, a cutting portion c2' corresponding to the step body c2 is provided.

Since the existing USB + eSATA I generation connector adopts the above structure, the eSATA terminal on the lower side of the terminal receiving socket d D1 is a data transmission terminal, unlike the USB terminal on the upper side. d2 itself has a power supply terminal. Therefore, it must be separately provided with power terminals on both sides and powered by an external power supply to use eSATA. Terminal

On the other hand, a recess is provided on both sides of the female seat c1 And the wings are placed on both sides of the male head for the purpose of preventing the design and setting the power terminals, so that most of the space on both sides of the female seat is occupied by the recess c1, so there is not enough space for simultaneous Set the power terminal and detection terminal, you can only choose one. Static electricity on the motherboard where the existing USB + eSATA connector is located cannot be released in time without detecting the terminals. Therefore, it is easy to cause damage to the equipment of the male head during use, and it is impossible to power on the male head and its equipment by the main board, and an external power supply is still needed.

In addition, in the male connector of the existing USB + eSATA connector, the thickness of the USB terminal receiving wall is small, which is easy to cause USB. The phenomenon that the terminal is lifted.

Therefore, the current USB + eSATA connector structure is complicated, and the plugging and insertion durability is poor, and it is still not widely used.

发明内容： Summary of the invention:

The object of the present invention is to overcome the above-mentioned deficiencies of the prior art and to provide a novel USB + eSATA II (second generation) Connector.

The technical solution adopted by the present invention to achieve its purpose is: a new type of USB and eSATA a connector comprising a female seat and a male head, the female seat having a cavity for receiving the male head: wherein: a window of the cavity of the female seat is rectangular, and a side wall of the female seat is simultaneously provided with a receiving The power terminal accommodating portion of the power terminal and the detecting terminal accommodating portion accommodating the detecting terminal; correspondingly, the outer frame of the male head is also rectangular.

The power terminal accommodating portions of the two side walls of the female seat are respectively respectively provided with protruding power terminals. Correspondingly, the outer sides of the two side walls of the outer frame of the male head are respectively provided with concave surfaces and respectively respectively mounted with power terminals, the power terminals The male terminal is in contact with the power terminal of the female seat when it is engaged with the female seat.

The detecting terminal receiving portion of the female seat is further mounted with a protruding detecting terminal, and the detecting terminal contacts the copper shell outside the female seat when the male head is engaged with the female seat.

The copper shell of the female seat is provided with fins extending in the detecting terminal receiving portion and contacting the detecting terminal.

The two corner portions of the male outer frame are provided with a cutting portion along the longitudinal direction.

The two corners of the window of the female seat are provided with a step body corresponding to the cutting portion along the longitudinal direction.

The thickness of the upper and lower walls of the male outer frame is larger than the distance between the upper and lower inner walls of the female housing and the upper and lower walls of the terminal receiving seat, which is smaller than Great distance.

After adopting the above structure, the structure of the female seat and the male head is simplified, more simple and beautiful, and the female seat is not limited by the internal space, and can have the power terminal and the detecting terminal at the same time, and the main board, the detecting terminal and the female metal frame Body and male metal frame constitute power supply loop power supply, solved eSATA The power supply problem of the terminal and the static discharge problem of the main board, and the detection terminal function as a power-on switch, and the power supply is turned on when the user is in use, and the power-saving is automatically disconnected when not in use; the invention greatly improves the plug-in resistance of the connector. Thus USB + The extensive use of eSATA II (second generation) connectors paved the way. In addition, the present invention utilizes the corresponding size design of the male and female seats to achieve foolproofing and avoids complicated foolproof design; and also solves the male connector in the existing connector. The phenomenon that the USB terminal is lifted greatly increases the functionality and usability of the connector to meet the requirements of the user.

附图说明： BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS:

Figure 1 and Figure 2 are schematic diagrams of the structure of the female and male of the existing USB + eSATA I (first generation);

Figure 3 is a schematic structural view of a female seat of the present invention;

Figure 4 and Figure 5 are cross-sectional views of A-A and B-B in Figure 1 respectively;

6 and 7 are schematic structural views of the male head of the present invention;

Figure 8 is a schematic structural view of another male embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 9 is a schematic view showing the structure of another female seat embodiment of the present invention.

具体实施方式： detailed description:

The invention will now be further described in conjunction with specific embodiments and the accompanying drawings.

As shown in Figures 3-7, the novel USB + eSATA II (second generation) connector of the present invention includes a female seat 1 and a male 2, specifically:

As shown in FIG. 3, 4, and 5, the female seat 1 has a cavity for accommodating the male head 2, and a terminal receiving seat is disposed in the cavity. The terminal socket 15 has a USB terminal 151 on the upper side and an eSATA terminal 152 on the lower side. The window of the female 1 cavity is rectangular, combined with Figure 6, the corresponding male 2 The outer frame is also rectangular; a protruding power terminal 11 is respectively mounted on the inner side of the two side walls of the female seat 1, and the power terminal 11 of the power supply terminal 11 and the male side 2 of the female base 1 are combined with FIG. ‘ Correspondingly, the power terminal 11' of the male head 2 is embedded in the concave surface 21 of the two side walls of the male head 2, and the shape and depth of the concave surface 21 are matched with the power terminal 11' to ensure the power terminal 11' after installation. It is flush with the side surface of the outer frame of the male head 2, and keeps the outer frame of the male head 2 in a rectangular shape; after the female seat 1 is engaged with the male head 2, the power terminals 11 and 11' on the upper side are connected to each other, so that the female seat can be utilized. 1 Power is supplied to the motherboard to power the eSATA terminal 152, so the eSATA terminal 152 can be used to transfer data without an external power supply.

A side of the female seat 1 is further provided with a protruding detecting terminal 12, and the detecting terminal 12 is located at a receiving portion provided on the female seat 1 120, and the copper shell 13 of the female seat 1 is provided with fins 130 extending in the receiving portion 120 and contacting the detecting terminal 12, that is, when the male head 2 is inserted into the female seat 1, the male head 2 The sidewall interferes with the detecting terminal 12, so that the detecting terminal 12 is in contact with the fin 120 of the copper shell 13, and at this time, the copper shell 13, the detecting terminal 12 and the female seat 1 The main circuit of the motherboard is automatically discharged.

As shown in FIG. 8, a schematic structural view of another male embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. 6. On the basis of the male head shown, a cutting portion 22 is provided at each of its two corners in the longitudinal direction, so that the male head can be combined with the mother of the USB + eSATA II (second generation) connector of the present invention shown in FIG. Seat 1 Compatible, and compatible with the female USB + eSATA I (first generation) connector shown in Figure 1;

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of the female seat of the present invention, which is shown in FIG. On the basis of the two, at the two corners, a step body 14 corresponding to the cutting portion 22 shown in FIG. 8 is disposed along the length direction, which can also solve the technical problem of the present invention, but only corresponding to FIG. 8 The male head shown is compatible and the scope of application is relatively small, but it is also within the scope of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 9, in the present invention, the thickness of the upper and lower walls of the male frame 2 has a larger thickness x than the female seat 1 The upper and lower inner walls of the cavity and the terminal receiving seat 15 correspond to a smaller distance y in the distance between the upper and lower walls, which is smaller than the larger distance z, so that the size design of the corresponding position is used to achieve the foolproof design.

For example, in one embodiment, the distance between the upper terminal receiving surface of the terminal receiving seat 15 and the upper inner wall is 2.37 mm. The distance between the lower terminal receiving surface of the terminal receiving seat 15 and the lower inner wall of the cavity is 1.76 mm;

Correspondingly, the upper wall of the male head 2 has a thickness of 2.10 mm and the lower wall has a thickness of 1.50 mm; therefore, the male head 2 The upper wall can be smoothly inserted between the upper terminal receiving surface of the female seat 1 and the upper inner wall, and the lower wall can be smoothly inserted into the female seat 1 The lower terminal receiving surface is between the lower inner wall and the lower inner wall; and vice versa, it is impossible to insert, thereby achieving a foolproof design. In addition, in the embodiment, the upper wall of the male head 2 receives the male USB The thickness of the terminal is greatly increased compared with the prior art, and the problem that the USB terminal is lifted due to its thin thickness is solved.

Obviously, according to the teachings of the present invention, the terminal receiving seat 15 is provided outside the female seat 1 and its cavity size position is unchanged. The structure of the terminal is rotated by 180 degrees, and the male head 2 is also rotated by 180 degrees. The structural principle of the present invention is also consistent with the present invention, and therefore will not be described herein.

In addition, the present invention adopts a rectangular window design and has sufficient space to simultaneously set the power terminal and the detecting terminal. Of course, one of the terminals can be omitted according to the specific requirements of the customer, and the power terminal is separately set or the detector is separately set. Test terminals to save costs.

Claims

A new type of USB and eSATA connector comprising a female seat (1) and a male head (2) having a male head (1) 2) a cavity: the window (10) of the cavity of the female seat (1) is rectangular, and the side wall of the female seat (1) is simultaneously provided with a power source for accommodating the power terminal (11) Terminal housing 110) and a detecting terminal receiving portion (120) for accommodating the detecting terminal (12); correspondingly, the outer frame of the male head (2) is also rectangular.

2. A novel USB and eSATA connector according to claim 1 wherein: said female seat (1 The power terminal accommodating portions (110) of the two side walls are respectively respectively provided with protruding power terminals (11), and correspondingly, the outer sides of the outer walls of the male frame (2) are respectively provided with concave surfaces (21). And respectively installed with a power terminal (11'), and the power terminal (11') is connected to the power terminal of the female (1) when the male (2) is engaged with the female (1) (11) ) Contact.

3. A novel USB and eSATA connector according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the female seat (1) The detecting terminal receiving portion (120) is further provided with a protruding detecting terminal (12), and the detecting terminal (12) is coupled to the female seat when the male (2) is engaged with the female seat (1) ( 1 ) The outer copper shell ( 13 ) is in contact.

4. A novel USB and eSATA connector according to claim 3, characterized in that the copper shell of the female seat (1) (13) A fin (130) extending in the detecting terminal receiving portion (120) and in contact with the detecting terminal (12) is provided.

5. A novel USB and eSATA connector according to claim 1 or 2 or 4, characterized in that said male head (2 The two corner portions of the outer frame are provided with a cutting portion (22) along the longitudinal direction.

6. A novel USB and eSATA connector according to claim 4, characterized in that: the window of the female seat (1) (10) The two corner portions are provided with a step body (14) corresponding to the cutting portion (22) in the longitudinal direction.

7. A novel USB and eSATA connector according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the male head (2) The thickness of the upper and lower walls (x) of the outer frame is larger than the distance between the upper and lower walls of the upper and lower inner walls of the cavity (1) and the terminal receiving seat (15). Distance ( y ), smaller than the larger distance (z).