WO2017166677A1

WO2017166677A1 - Connector

Info

Publication number: WO2017166677A1
Application number: PCT/CN2016/097234
Authority: WO
Inventors: 雷林涛
Original assignee: 乐视控股（北京）有限公司; 乐视致新电子科技（天津）有限公司
Priority date: 2016-03-31
Filing date: 2016-08-29
Publication date: 2017-10-05
Also published as: CN205452592U

Abstract

A connector, comprising a base (10) and a tab (20), the base comprising a casing (11) and a fixing seat (12), the closed end of the casing being fixedly connected to the interior surface of the fixing seat, the tab being provided inside the casing, the bottom of tab being fixedly connected to the interior surface of the fixing seat, the upper surface and/or the lower surface of the tab being provided with a plurality of conductive terminals (21), the plurality of conductive terminals comprising two types of signal terminals, the plurality of conductive terminals being electrically connected to pins (30) which are provided at the bottom of the fixing seat. Said connector implements that a single connector transmits multiple types of signals, reducing the area occupied by a plurality of connectors on the PCB.

Description

Connector

The present application claims the priority of the Chinese Patent Application, the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference.

Technical field

The present application relates to the field of connector technology, for example, to a connector.

Background technique

In the related art, the connector disposed at the device port includes a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) connector for transmitting high-definition video signals, and a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. A connector that transmits a control signal, a connector that transmits a high-power current signal, and the like. Taking a USB flash drive as an example, the USB flash drive is connected to the USB connector through a port provided on the casing of the computer case.

In the process of implementing the present disclosure, the inventors have found that at least the following problems exist in the related art: the connector is connected to a printed circuit board (PCB) inside the computer, thereby connecting an external device to the computer due to the distribution of each connector. Different locations on the PCB, therefore, multiple connectors take up a large area of the PCB.

Summary of the invention

The present disclosure provides a connector that enables a single connector to transmit multiple types of signals, reducing the footprint of multiple connectors on the PCB.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a connector including a base and a tab, the base including a housing and a fixing seat, the closed end of the housing being fixedly coupled to an inner surface of the fixing base, the tab sleeve Provided inside the housing, a bottom end of the tab is fixedly connected to an inner surface of the fixing base, and an upper surface and/or a lower surface of the tab is provided with a plurality of conductive terminals, the plurality of conductive The terminals include two types of signal terminals that are electrically connected to pins disposed at the bottom of the mount.

Optionally, the plurality of conductive terminals comprise a high definition multimedia interface signal terminal, a universal serial At least two of a bus signal terminal, a control signal terminal, and a power signal terminal.

Optionally, the lengths of the plurality of conductive terminals comprise at least two sizes, and the conductive terminals of different lengths are staggered along a direction of a connecting line of the fixing seat and the tab.

Optionally, the plurality of conductive terminals comprise a power signal terminal, the cross-sectional area of the power signal terminal is larger than the cross-sectional area of the other conductive terminals; and the width of the power signal terminal is greater than the width of the other conductive terminals.

Optionally, the width of the pin electrically connected to the power signal terminal is greater than the width of the pin electrically connected to the other conductive terminal.

Optionally, the pin electrically connected to the power signal terminal is an in-line pin, and the in-line pin has a width of 1.2 mm.

Optionally, the pins other than the pins electrically connected to the power signal terminals are in-line pins and/or chip pins.

Optionally, the chip pin is disposed at an edge of the bottom of the fixing seat.

Optionally, two sides of the fixing seat are provided with fixing ears for fixing the fixing base on the printed circuit board; the bottom of the fixing base is provided with at least one positioning post; the housing surface is provided with At least one card holder.

Optionally, the connection of the housing is provided with a snap structure.

The technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure provides a plurality of conductive terminals including two types of signal terminals and a plurality of conductive terminals by the upper surface and/or the lower surface of the tab of the connector including the base and the tab. The conductive terminals are electrically connected to the pins disposed at the bottom of the mount, enabling a single connector to transmit multiple types of signals, reducing the footprint of multiple connectors on the PCB.

DRAWINGS

The one or more embodiments are exemplified by the accompanying drawings in the accompanying drawings, and FIG. The figures in the drawings do not constitute a scale limitation unless otherwise stated.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a connector according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

2 is a schematic structural view of a conductive terminal on an upper surface of a tab provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

3 is a schematic structural view of a conductive terminal on a lower surface of a tab provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

4 is a schematic structural view 1 of a pin electrically connected to a conductive terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a second schematic structural diagram of a pin electrically connected to a conductive terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

detailed description

The present disclosure will be further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It is understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the disclosure and are not intended to be limiting. In addition, it should be noted that, for the convenience of description, only some but not all of the structures related to the present disclosure are shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a connector according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Referring to FIG. 1 , the connector provided in this embodiment includes a base 10 and a latch 20 . The base 10 includes a housing 11 and a fixing base 12 . The closed end of the housing 11 is fixedly connected to the inner surface of the fixing base 12 , and the latch 20 . The bottom end of the tab 20 is fixedly connected to the inner surface of the fixing base 12. The upper surface of the tab 20 is provided with a plurality of conductive terminals 21, and the plurality of conductive terminals 21 include two types of signal terminals. A plurality of conductive terminals 21 are electrically connected to pins 30 provided at the bottom of the mount 12.

Wherein, the tab 20 is made of an insulating material, and the plurality of conductive terminals 21 on the surface of the tab 20 are made of a conductive material, and each of the conductive terminals 21 has a pin 30 electrically connected thereto, and the pin 30 can be on the PCB. The pads are fixed by solder to achieve the connection of the connector to the PCB.

Optionally, referring to FIG. 1, the fixing seat 12 may be provided with fixing ears 13 for fixing the fixing base 12 on the printed circuit board; the bottom of the fixing base 12 is provided with at least one positioning post 14; The surface of the 11 is provided with at least one clip 15.

The fixing ear 13 is bonded to the pad on the surface of the PCB by a solder material. A U-shaped groove can be provided on the fixing ear 13 to reduce the manufacturing cost. The clip 15 is arranged to secure the interface that interfaces with the connector.

The technical solution provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure provides a plurality of conductive terminals including two types of signal terminals on an upper surface and/or a lower surface of a tab of a connector including a base and a tab, and the plurality of conductive terminals are The pins that are placed at the bottom of the mount are electrically connected, enabling a single connector to transmit multiple types of signals, reducing the footprint of multiple connectors on the PCB.

In the above embodiment, a plurality of conductive terminals 21 are disposed on the upper surface of the tab 20. In another embodiment of the embodiment, referring to FIG. 2, a plurality of conductive terminals 21 may also be disposed on the lower surface of the tab 20. The plurality of conductive terminals 21 may also be disposed on the upper surface and the lower surface of the tab 20 at the same time.

Optionally, the plurality of conductive terminals 21 comprise at least two of a high definition multimedia interface signal terminal, a universal serial bus signal terminal, a control signal terminal, and a power signal terminal.

Among them, the high-definition multimedia interface signal terminal is set to transmit high-definition multimedia interface (High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) signal; the universal serial bus signal terminal is set to transmit a Universal Serial Bus (USB) signal; the control signal terminal is set to transmit a control signal; and the power signal terminal is set to transmit a current signal or a voltage signal. .

Optionally, referring to FIG. 1 , the lengths of the plurality of conductive terminals 21 may include at least two sizes, and the conductive terminals 21 of different lengths may be staggered along the direction of the connection line of the mount 12 and the tabs 20 . In Fig. 2, two length-sized conductive terminals 21 are shown, and two shorter conductive terminals 21 are disposed between adjacent longer conductive terminals 21. The length of the plurality of conductive terminals 21 may also be set to three, four or more sizes. One, three or more shorter conductive terminals 21 may also be disposed between adjacent longer conductive terminals 21. In other embodiments of the present embodiment, the number of the shorter conductive terminals 21 disposed between the adjacent longer conductive terminals 21 may be determined according to actual conditions, and the length of the conductive terminals 21 may also be set according to actual conditions. The embodiment is not specifically limited.

In addition, in order to facilitate the function of distinguishing the conductive terminals 21, the conductive terminals 21 having the same length may be provided to have the same function. For example, the conductive terminals 21 of the same length in FIG. 1 can be electrically connected to the power ground.

On the basis of the above embodiments, optionally, referring to FIG. 2, the plurality of conductive terminals 21 may include a power signal terminal 211, and the cross-sectional area of the power signal terminal 211 may be larger than the cross-sectional area of the other conductive terminals 212.

Since the power signal terminal 211 is mostly disposed to transmit a power signal of a high power current or a high voltage, the cross-sectional area of the power signal terminal 211 can be set to be 4 to 6 times the cross-sectional area of the other conductive terminals 212. The current of the high power current signal can be 5-6A. The other conductive terminals 212 may be at least one of a high definition multimedia interface signal terminal, a universal serial bus signal terminal, and a control signal terminal.

Alternatively, referring to FIG. 2, the width of the power signal terminal 211 may be greater than the width of the other conductive terminals 212.

The width of the power signal terminal 211 may be greater than the width of the other conductive terminals 212, such that the power signal terminal 211 is more suitable for transmitting a high power current signal or a high voltage signal, wherein the high power current signal may be a current signal of 5-6A.

Referring to Fig. 3, the power signal terminal 211 is composed of three small branch terminals and a large root portion, and the shape of the power signal terminal 211 can more easily transmit a high-power power signal.

Alternatively, referring to FIG. 4, the width of the pin 31 electrically connected to the power signal terminal 211 is greater than the width of the pin 32 electrically connected to the other conductive terminals 212.

When the width or cross-sectional area of the power signal terminal 211 is greater than the other conductive terminals 212, the width of the pin 31 electrically connected to the power signal terminal 211 may be greater than the pin 32 electrically connected to the other conductive terminals 212. Width for high power current signals as well as voltage signal transmission.

Alternatively, referring to FIG. 4, the pin 31 electrically connected to the power signal terminal 211 may be a push-in pin, and the in-line pin may have a width of 1.2 mm. In other embodiments of the embodiment, the pin 31 electrically connected to the power signal terminal 211 may also be a chip pin or other shaped pin. The shape of the pin 31 is not specifically limited in this embodiment.

Alternatively, the pins 32 other than the pins 31 electrically connected to the power signal terminal 211 may be in-line pins and/or chip pins. Among them, the chip pin can transmit high-speed signals. Alternatively, referring to FIG. 5, the chip pins may be disposed at the edge of the bottom of the mount 12.

Alternatively, the joint of the housing 11 is provided with a snap structure. Referring to FIG. 5, the engaging structure may be an engaging piece 16 disposed at two sides of the joint of the casing 11, and the engaging pieces 16 on both sides are engaged with each other, and the engaging piece 16 can effectively relieve the tension at the joint, so that the surface of the casing 11 is more flat. .

Note that the above are only the preferred embodiments of the present disclosure and the technical principles applied thereto. A person skilled in the art will understand that the present disclosure is not limited to the specific embodiments described herein, and that various modifications, changes and substitutions may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the disclosure. Therefore, the present disclosure has been described in detail by the above embodiments, but the present disclosure is not limited to the above embodiments, and the present disclosure may include more other equivalent embodiments without departing from the present disclosure. The scope is determined by the scope of the appended claims.

Industrial applicability

Claims

A connector comprising a base and a tab, the base comprising a housing and a fixing seat, the closed end of the housing being fixedly connected with an inner surface of the fixing seat, the tab being sleeved on the housing Internally, the bottom end of the tab is fixedly connected to the inner surface of the fixing base, wherein the upper surface and/or the lower surface of the tab is provided with a plurality of conductive terminals, and the plurality of conductive terminals comprise two types A type of signal terminal electrically connected to a pin disposed at the bottom of the mount.
The connector of claim 1, wherein the plurality of conductive terminals comprise at least two of a high definition multimedia interface signal terminal, a universal serial bus signal terminal, a control signal terminal, and a power signal terminal.
The connector according to claim 1, wherein the length of the plurality of conductive terminals comprises at least two sizes, and the conductive terminals of different lengths are staggered along a direction of a connecting line of the fixing seat and the tab.
The connector according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of conductive terminals comprise power supply signal terminals, and the cross-sectional area of the power signal terminals is larger than the cross-sectional areas of the other conductive terminals;

The width of the power signal terminal is greater than the width of the other conductive terminals.
The connector of claim 4 wherein the width of the pins electrically coupled to the power signal terminals is greater than the width of the pins electrically coupled to the other conductive terminals.
The connector according to claim 5, wherein the pin electrically connected to the power signal terminal is a push-in pin, and the in-line pin has a width of 1.2 mm.
The connector of claim 6, wherein the pins other than the pins electrically connected to the power signal terminals are in-line pins and/or chip pins.
The connector of claim 7 wherein said patch pins are disposed on an edge of said bottom of said mount.
The connector according to claim 1, wherein both sides of the fixing base are provided with fixing ears for fixing the fixing base on a printed circuit board; and at least one positioning post is disposed at a bottom of the fixing base The housing surface is provided with at least one clip.
The connector according to claim 1, wherein the joint of the housing is provided with a snap structure.