WO2022001214A1

WO2022001214A1 - Connector receptacle, connector, and electronic device

Info

Publication number: WO2022001214A1
Application number: PCT/CN2021/082121
Authority: WO
Inventors: 胡睢宁; 雷高兵; 苏天杰
Original assignee: 华为技术有限公司
Priority date: 2020-06-28
Filing date: 2021-03-22
Publication date: 2022-01-06
Also published as: EP4164065A4; CN113937538A; CN113937538B; EP4164065A1

Abstract

A connector receptacle (1), a connector, and an electronic device (0), which relate to the technical field of electronic devices. The connector receptacle (1) comprises a housing (101), a tongue (102), and a welding plate (103), wherein the housing (101) is provided with a stop part (1011), and the tongue (102) is inserted into the housing (101) and is limited by and abuts against the stop part (1011) so as to prevent the tongue (102) from shifting in the direction of insertion into the housing (101). The tongue (102) is provided with a plurality of terminals (1021), the terminals (1021) comprise contact parts (10211) and welding parts (10212), and the welding parts (10212) of the plurality of terminals (1021) are arranged in rows. The contact parts (10211) are used for performing signal transmission with a connector plug (4), and the welding parts (10212) are connected to a pin pad of a circuit board (2). The welding plate (103) is fixedly connected to the housing (101) and abuts against the tongue (102), and the tongue (102) is accommodated in a cavity formed between the welding plate (103) and the housing (101). In addition, the welding plate (103) has a notch (1031), and the notch (1031) can avoid the welding parts (10212), so that the welding parts (10212) extend to the outside of the cavity from the notch (1031). The connector receptacle (1) has a small volume, so that the electronic device (0) provided with the connector receptacle (1) can achieve a miniaturized design.

Description

A connector female seat, connector and electronic equipment

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims the priority of the Chinese patent application with the application number 202010600836.0 and the application name "A Connector Receptacle, Connector and Electronic Equipment" filed with the China Patent Office on June 28, 2020, the entire contents of which are by reference Incorporated in this application.

technical field

The present application relates to the technical field of electronic devices, and in particular, to a connector socket, a connector and an electronic device.

Background technique

Wearable electronic devices such as smart watches and smart bracelets combine the latest IT technology with the functions of traditional devices, and have become increasingly popular due to their advantages of portability, ease of use, and rich functions.

At present, users have put forward higher requirements for the convenience of carrying wearable electronic devices and the aesthetics of wearing. Taking smart bracelets as an example, the dial span of mainstream smart bracelet products in the industry is usually between 46 and 50mm. The smart bracelet with this span size is only suitable for users with thick wrists to wear, and users with thin wrists will seriously affect the wearing aesthetics of the users, thereby affecting the wearing experience of users with thin wrists.

Therefore, how to expand the applicable scope of the wearable electronic device and realize the miniaturized design of the wearable product has become a technical problem to be solved urgently by those skilled in the art.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

A first aspect of the present application provides a connector socket, which can be used as a signal transmission interface of the connector. The connector receptacle of the present application may include a housing, a tongue and a welding plate during specific setting. Wherein, the casing has a stopper, and the tongue is inserted into the casing, and is limited and clamped with the stopper, so as to prevent the tongue from moving along the direction in which the tongue is inserted into the casing. In addition, the tongue includes a terminal, and the terminal has a contact part and a welding part, and the contact part can be used for contacting with the terminal of the connector male head, so as to realize the signal transmission between the two; the welding part is used for welding with the pins on the circuit board. Pad soldering to achieve signal transmission between the circuit board and the terminals. In addition, the welding portion is formed by bending the end portion of the terminal, and the welding portions of the plurality of terminals are arranged in a row. The contact part and the welding part are connected by a connecting part, and the connecting part is a one-time bending structure to simplify the structure of the terminal. The welding plate is fixed to the casing, and forms a cavity with the casing for accommodating the tongue, and the welding plate abuts against the tongue to avoid the tongue from shaking in the cavity between the welding plate and the casing, thereby improving the Structural stability of connector receptacles. By using the connector receptacle of the embodiment of the present application, the volume of the connector receptacle can be designed to be small, thereby facilitating the realization of the miniaturized design of the electronic device provided with the connector receptacle.

In a possible implementation manner, a notch may also be provided on the soldering plate, and in this case, the soldering portion can be protruded from the notch to the outside of the cavity, thereby facilitating the soldering of the soldering portion and the circuit board.

In a possible implementation manner, when the housing is specifically set, the housing is provided with a positioning pin, the positioning pin and the welding part of the tongue are arranged on the same side of the connector female seat, and the positioning pin is located on the same side of the connector socket. within the contour of the bottom surface of the shell. In this way, the arrangement of the positioning pins can avoid additionally increasing the dimension of the connector female seat in the length or width direction, which is beneficial to realize the miniaturized design of the connector female seat. The positioning pin can be used to be inserted into the positioning hole on the circuit board, so as to locate the installation position of the connector female seat on the circuit board, thereby helping to improve the corresponding lead between the welding part of the tongue and the circuit board. The accuracy of the pin pad connection is improved, and the contact stability is improved, and the positioning pin can protect the terminal.

In a possible implementation manner, support pins may also be provided on the housing, and the support pins and the positioning pins are provided on the same surface of the housing. In this way, it can be avoided that the arrangement of the support pins increases the dimension of the connector female seat in the length or width direction, which is beneficial to realize the miniaturized design of the connector female seat. In addition, the height of the support pin above the same surface is the same as the height of the welding part of the tongue above the same surface. When the connector female seat of the embodiment of the present application is installed on the circuit board, the support pins and the welding part together play a supporting role for the connector female seat, so as to prevent the connector female seat from tilting, so as to facilitate the Improve the connection reliability of the connector socket and the circuit board.

In a possible implementation manner, an escape port is also provided on the housing, the escape port and the welding part of the tongue are arranged on the same side of the connector female seat, and part or all of the welding part is inserted into the escape port, so that the The avoidance port plays a role in avoiding the welding part. In addition, the welding part is avoided through the avoidance opening, so that part or all of the welding part can overlap with the shell, which is beneficial to reduce the size of the assembly of the tongue piece and the shell along the direction in which the tongue piece is installed into the shell. Therefore, it is beneficial to realize the miniaturized design of the connector receptacle of the embodiment of the present application.

In a possible implementation manner, when connecting the welding plate to the housing, a first positioning structure may be provided on the housing, and a second positioning structure may be provided on the welding plate at the same time, so that the first positioning structure and the The matching connection of the second positioning structure realizes the positioning of the welding plate and the casing. In addition, when the welding plate and the casing are fixed, the welding plate can be melted by laser spot welding to form a welding spot, so that the welding plate and the casing are welded by the welding spot.

In a possible implementation, when the tongue is pressed against the housing by the welding plate, a protrusion may be provided on the surface of the tongue facing the welding plate. Protruding protrusions, or annular protrusions, etc., the protrusions can be made of plastic and other plastic insulating materials, so that when the welding plate abuts against the protrusions, the protrusions are deformed to compensate for the welding plate and the welding plate. There is a gap between the tongue pieces, so that the tongue pieces are pressed against the casing, so as to avoid the tongue pieces from shaking in the casing, so that the structural stability of the connector socket of the embodiment of the present application is better. In addition, by arranging deformable protrusions on the tongue pieces, the interference between the tongue pieces and the welding plate is realized, which is also beneficial to avoid a large gap between the welding plate and the housing.

In a possible implementation manner, when the number of terminals provided on the tongue piece is set, selection can be made according to the function to be implemented. Exemplarily, the tongue piece may include 12 pieces, the contact parts of the 12 terminals are arranged in two rows, and the contact parts of the 12 terminals are arranged in one row, which can effectively simplify the arrangement of the terminals on the tongue piece, so as to facilitate the terminals. Soldering with the circuit board.

In a possible implementation manner, the plurality of terminals of the female connector may include a signal terminal, a power terminal and a ground terminal; in this case, a blocking part may be provided on the tongue, and the blocking part may be set at the Between the power terminal and the ground terminal, the baffle is made of insulating material, so that the risk of short circuit between the power terminal and the ground terminal can be reduced when the female connector of the connector is filled with liquid.

In a second aspect of the present application, an embodiment of the present application further provides a connector, which includes the connector female seat and the connector male head of the first aspect. Wherein, the connector male head and the connector female seat can be plugged and arranged.

In the connector of the embodiment of the present application, since the volume of the connector female seat is small, it is beneficial to realize the miniaturized design of the connector. In addition, when the male connector is inserted into the female connector, the contact length between the terminal of the male connector and the terminal of the female connector can meet the signal transmission requirements between the two, and the contact stability is relatively high. reliable.

In a third aspect of the present application, there is also provided an electronic device, the electronic device includes a casing, and the connector receptacle according to the first aspect disposed on the casing. In the connector of the embodiment of the present application, since the volume of the connector socket is small, it is beneficial to realize the miniaturized design of the electronic device, so as to meet the usage requirements of more consumers and expand the applicable scope of the electronic device.

In a possible implementation manner, a first limiting structure may also be provided on the housing of the female connector, while a second limiting structure is provided on the electronic device, and the first limiting structure is connected to the second limiting structure. The positioning structure can be limited and snapped, so as to realize the pre-positioning of the connector female seat on the casing.

In a possible implementation manner, in order to realize the fixed connection between the connector socket and the casing, a profiled hole may be provided on the casing, and the connector socket may be inserted and fixed in the profiled hole. The fixing of the connector socket and the casing is realized by means of clamping.

In addition, an adhesive can also be filled between the connector female base and the casing, so that the connector female base is bonded to the casing, so as to play the role of structural protection and waterproofing of the connector female base. In the embodiment of the present application, the method of pre-positioning and bonding is used to realize the fixation of the connector socket and the electronic device, which can make the connector socket occupy a smaller space in the electronic device, thereby facilitating the realization of the electronic device. The miniaturized design can meet the requirements of more consumers and expand the scope of application of electronic equipment.

Description of drawings

1 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a connector receptacle according to an embodiment of the application;

3 is a schematic structural diagram of a tongue piece according to an embodiment of the application;

4 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal of a tongue piece according to an embodiment of the application;

5 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal of a tongue piece according to another embodiment of the application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an assembly structure of a connector housing mounted on a circuit board according to an embodiment of the application;

7A is a schematic structural diagram of a casing according to an embodiment of the application;

7B is a schematic structural diagram of a casing according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of an assembly structure of a connector housing mounted on a circuit board according to an embodiment of the application;

9 is a schematic structural diagram of a connector receptacle according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a connector receptacle according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a conventional connector receptacle according to an embodiment;

FIG. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a conventional connector socket according to another embodiment;

FIG. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of a conventional connector socket according to another embodiment;

FIG. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of a conventional connector female seat mounted on an electronic device;

FIG. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of a connector housing installed on an electronic device according to an embodiment of the application;

FIG. 16 is a schematic structural diagram of a connector receptacle mounted on an electronic device according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 17 is a schematic structural diagram of a connector female socket and a connector male head plugged together according to an embodiment of the application.

Description of drawings:

0-electronic equipment; 01-chassis; 1-connector socket; 11-contact area; 12-welding area; 13-wall thickness area; 101-shell;

1011-stop part; 1012-avoidance opening; 1013-first positioning pin; 1014-support pin;

1015 - first positioning structure; 1016 - second limiting structure; 102 - tongue; 1021 - terminal; 10211 - contact part;

10212-welding part; 10213-connecting part; 1022-blocking part; 1023-first limiting structure; 1024-protrusion;

103-welding plate; 1031-notch; 1032-second positioning structure; 1033-soldering point; 2-circuit board; 201-positioning hole;

3-filling area; 4-connector male head; 401-terminal; 1'-connector female seat; 11'-contact area; 12'-limiting area;

13'-first welding area; 14'-pin area; 15'-second welding area; 101'-shell; 1011'-stop point;

1012'-bending point; 1013'-second positioning pin; 102'- tongue; 1021'-terminal; 10211'-contact part;

10212'-welded part; 2'-first structural member; 3'-second structural member.

detailed description

In order to make the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of the present application clearer, the present application will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

At present, wearable electronic devices such as smart watches and smart bracelets are popular among consumers because they combine the latest IT technology with the functions of traditional devices, and are easy to carry, easy to use, and feature-rich. 's favorite. Some traditional wearable electronic devices are large in size, which are inconvenient to carry and affect the aesthetics of wearing.

Referring to FIG. 1 , taking a smart bracelet as an example, a smart bracelet usually includes a dial and a watch strap. The span L of the dial along its wearing direction is usually between 46 and 50 mm. The smart bracelet with this span size is only suitable for users with thick wrists to wear, and users with thin wrists will seriously affect the wearing aesthetics of the users, thereby affecting the wearing experience of users with thin wrists.

At present, most electronic devices use Type C interface as their charging interface and signal transmission interface, and it is no exception in wearable devices such as smart watches and smart bracelets. However, when the traditional standardized Type C interface is set up, due to the limitation of the stacking space of the whole electronic device, it cannot be designed to be reduced, so that the size of the Type C interface cannot be reduced to realize the integration of the electronic device. Miniaturized design of machine size. In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present application provides a connector socket 1 , and the connector socket 1 can be arranged on an electronic device 0 to serve as a charging interface and a signal transmission interface of the electronic device. In order to understand the connector receptacle 1 provided by the embodiment of the present application, the specific arrangement manner thereof will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to FIG. 2 , an embodiment of the present application provides a connector socket 1 , the connector socket 1 includes a housing 101 , a tongue piece 102 and a welding plate 103 , and the tongue piece 102 is inserted into the cavity of the housing 101 , The welding plate 103 is used for connecting with the housing 101 to fix the tongue 102 with the housing 101 .

When the tongue piece 102 is specifically provided, the tongue piece 102 includes a plurality of terminals 1021 , and the plurality of terminals 1021 have a contact portion 10211 and a welding portion 10212 . The contact portion 10211 is used for contacting with the terminal of the connector male, so as to perform signal transmission between the connector female 1 and the connector male. The welding part 10212 of the tongue piece 102 is used for connecting with the corresponding pin pads on the circuit board 2 (flexible circuit board 2 or printed circuit board 2) of the electronic device 0, so as to realize the connection between the connector socket 1 and the circuit Signal transmission between boards 2. In order to achieve stable connection between the soldering portions 10212 of the respective terminals 1021 and the lead pads, referring to FIG. 2 , the soldering portions 10212 of the respective terminals 1021 are arranged side by side at intervals, and the end surfaces of the soldering portions 10212 for contacting the lead pads are in contact with each other. flush.

In the embodiment of the present application, the number of the terminals 1021 in the tongue piece 102 is not specifically limited, which can be set according to the function to be realized by the female connector 1 . Exemplarily, referring to FIG. 4 , in a possible embodiment of the present application, the tongue piece 102 may have 12 terminals. Referring to FIG. 5 together, the contact portions 10211 of the 12 terminals may also be arranged in two rows, In addition, the welding portions 10212 of the plurality of terminals 1021 can be arranged in a row, thereby simplifying the structure of the tongue piece 102 . In addition, referring to FIG. 5 , in some embodiments of the present application, the welding portion 10212 is formed by bending one end of the terminal 1021 . In the embodiment of the present application, the contact portion 10211 and the welding portion 10212 are connected by a connecting portion 10213 , and the connecting portion 10213 is a one-time bending structure, so as to effectively simplify the structure of the terminal 1021 .

It should be noted that the connecting portion 10213 is a structure formed by bending the portion of the terminal except the contact portion 10211 and the welding portion 10212 at one time.

It can be understood that, when connecting the connector female seat 1 of the embodiment of the present application with the connector male head, in general, the number of terminals 1021 of the connector female seat 1 of the embodiment of the present application is the same as that of the connector male head. have the same number of terminals. In some embodiments of the present application, with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 , in order to simplify the structure of the tongue piece 102 , some terminals 1021 corresponding to functions that are not commonly used may be omitted. In this way, the number of the welding parts 10212 arranged side by side of the tongue pieces 102 can be reduced, so as to facilitate the reduction of the width of the tongue pieces 102 (the length in the arrangement direction of the welding parts 10212 ), so that the Miniaturized design offers the possibility.

In addition, the connector receptacle 1 has a contact area 11 (refer to FIG. 9 ) that is in contact with the connector male head, and the contact portion 10211 of the terminal 1021 of the tongue piece 102 is located in the contact area 11 . When adjusting the number of terminals 1021 in the embodiment of the present application, it is possible to avoid changing the width of the contact area 11 of the tongue piece 102, so that the female connector 1 of the embodiment of the present application can be compatible with most standardized male connectors. Matching, so that the application range of the connector socket 1 of the embodiment of the present application is wider.

When the number of terminals 1021 of the female connector 1 of the embodiment of the present application is less than the number of terminals 1021 of the male connector, please refer to FIG. 3 . The terminals 1021 for realizing the same function are distributed in the same manner, so that when the male connector of the connector is inserted into the female connector 1, the terminals at the corresponding positions can be effectively contacted, thereby realizing effective signal transmission. Since there are signal terminals, power terminals and ground terminals in the multiple terminals of the connector socket 1, in other embodiments of the present application, insulating materials may also be used to form a partition 1022 between the power terminals 1021 and the ground terminals 1021 , the blocking portion 1022 may be provided at the position of the omitted terminal 1021 (eg, the signal transmission terminal), but is not limited to. In this way, the risk of short circuit between two adjacent terminals 1021 can be reduced when the connector female seat 1 is filled with liquid. In addition, the number of the blocking parts 1022 can be adjusted according to the arrangement of the terminals 1021, and can be one, two, three or more.

3 , the tongue piece 102 is further provided with a first limiting structure 1023 , and the first limiting structure 1023 can be used to fix and limit the plurality of terminals 1021 of the tongue piece 102 . The material of the first limiting structure 1023 may be, but not limited to, plastic and other insulating materials with plasticity. In some embodiments of the present application, the above-mentioned blocking portion 1022 can be, but is not limited to, formed in one process with the first limiting structure 1023 , which is beneficial to simplify the manufacturing process of the tongue piece 102 and make the tongue piece 102 have a better quality structural stability.

Continuing to refer to FIG. 2 , when the housing 101 is specifically set, the housing 101 has a stopper 1011 , and the stopper 1011 acts on the tongue 102 during the process of installing the tongue 102 into the cavity of the housing 101 . The function of limit is to prevent the tongue piece 102 from moving in the direction in which it is installed into the housing 101 , thereby improving the structural stability of the connector female seat 1 of the embodiment of the present application.

In addition, the casing 101 is further provided with an escape opening 1012 , and the opening direction of the escape opening 1012 is opposite to the direction in which the tongue piece 102 is loaded into the casing 101 . When the tongue piece 102 is installed into the housing 101 , the escape opening 1012 can avoid the welding part 10212 of the terminal 1021 of the tongue piece 102 , thereby preventing the housing 101 from interfering with the welding part 10212 . In this embodiment, the welding portion 10212 can be partially or completely overlapped with the welding portion 10212 by the avoidance opening 1012, which is beneficial to reduce the length of the assembly of the tongue 102 and the casing 101 ( The size of the direction in which the tongue piece 102 is installed into the housing 101 ), so as to facilitate the realization of the miniaturized design of the connector socket 1 of the embodiment of the present application.

Continuing to refer to FIG. 2 , a first positioning pin 1013 is also provided on the surface of the housing 101 , and the first positioning pin 1013 is arranged on the bottom surface of the housing 101 (the bottom surface of the housing 101 is used to install the housing 101 on the circuit When the housing 101 is facing the surface of the circuit board) within the contour range, and the first positioning pin 1013 and the welding part 10212 of the tongue 102 are arranged on the same side of the connector socket 1, this can avoid the first positioning pin 1013. The provision of the feet 1013 additionally increases the dimension in the length or width direction of the connector female seat 1 , which is beneficial to realize the miniaturized design of the connector female seat 1 . In addition, in order to play a limiting role, the number of the first positioning pins 1013 may be two or more, for example, the number of the first positioning pins 1013 is three, four or six. Referring to FIG. 6 , taking as an example that there are four first positioning pins 1013 , when the connector receptacle 1 of the embodiment of the present application is installed on the circuit board 2 , positioning holes 201 are opened on the circuit board 2 . The positioning pins 1013 can be inserted into the positioning holes 201 on the circuit board 2 in a one-to-one correspondence, so as to limit the relative position between the connector socket 1 and the circuit board 2, thereby facilitating the improvement of the The welding portion 10212 of the tongue piece 102 is connected with the corresponding pin pads on the circuit board 2 accurately, thereby improving the contact stability thereof, and enabling the first positioning pins 1013 to protect the terminals 1021 . In addition, the first positioning pins 1013 can also be soldered to the circuit board 2 by filling the positioning holes 201 with solder, so as to realize the fixed connection between the connector socket 1 and the circuit board 2 . It can be understood that since the thickness of the flexible circuit board can be designed to be smaller, and its bendable characteristics make its arrangement in the electronic device more flexible. Therefore, in the embodiment of the present application, the circuit board 2 can be selected as a flexible circuit board, so as to facilitate the miniaturization design of the electronic device.

In some embodiments of the present application, referring to FIGS. 7A and 7B , support pins 1014 may also be provided on the housing 101 , and the support pins 1014 and the first positioning pins 1013 are provided on the same side surface of the housing 101 . . When specifically disposing the support pins 1014 , referring to FIG. 7A , the support pins 1014 may be independent structures disposed on the surface of the housing 101 . In some other embodiments, referring to FIG. 7B , a step can also be set between the first positioning pin 1013 and the housing 101 as the supporting pin 1014 . In this embodiment, the supporting pin 1014 is connected to the first positioning pin 1014 . Feet 1013 may be an injection-molded unitary structure. Alternatively, a washer can be sleeved on the first positioning pin 1013 as the supporting pin 1014 . Referring to FIG. 8 , the height of the support pin 1014 above the surface of the housing 101 is the same as the height of the welding portion 10212 of the tongue piece 102 above the surface of the housing 101 . When the connector female seat 1 of the embodiment of the present application is installed on the circuit board 2 , the supporting pins 1014 and the welding part 10212 together play a supporting role for the connector female seat 1, so as to avoid the connector female seat 1 The inclination occurs to help improve the connection reliability between the connector socket 1 and the circuit board 2 .

Continuing to refer to FIG. 2 , after the tongue piece 102 is installed on the housing 101 , the welding plate 103 can be fixed to the housing 101 to prevent the tongue piece 102 from falling off from the housing 101 . When specifically disposing the welding plate 103 , a gap 1031 is formed on the welding plate 103 , and the gap 1031 can play a role in avoiding the welding portion 10212 of the tongue piece 102 .

In addition, referring to FIG. 2 , in the process of installing the welding plate 103 on the casing 101 , in order to realize the positioning of the welding plate 103 and the casing 101 , a first positioning structure 1015 may be provided on the casing 101 , and a first positioning structure 1015 may be arranged on the welding plate 101 . A second positioning structure 1032 is provided on the 103 , so that the positioning of the welding plate 103 and the housing 101 is realized through the matching connection between the first positioning structure 1015 and the second positioning structure 1032 . When specifically setting the first positioning structure 1015 and the second positioning structure 1032 , by way of example, the first positioning structure 1015 may be a positioning column disposed on the surface of the housing 101 , and the second positioning structure 1032 may be a positioning column opened on the welding plate 103 . Or, the first positioning structure 1015 is a positioning hole opened in the welding plate 103 , and the second positioning structure 1032 is a positioning post disposed on the surface of the housing 101 . In this way, the positioning of the welding plate 103 and the housing 101 can be conveniently achieved through the matching insertion of the positioning holes and the positioning posts.

In some embodiments of the present application, when the welding plate 103 and the casing 101 are connected, the welding spot 1033 may be formed on the welding plate 103 by means of laser spot welding, so that the welding plate 103 and the casing 101 pass through the welding spot welding. In addition, it can be understood that when the second positioning structure 1032 on the welding plate 103 is a positioning hole, solder can also be filled in the positioning hole to realize the fixed connection between the welding plate 103 and the housing 101 .

In other embodiments of the present application, referring to FIG. 2 , a protrusion 1024 may be further provided on the surface of the tongue piece 102 facing the welding plate 103 , and the protrusion 1024 is made of a plastic insulating material such as plastic. In addition, the protrusions 1024 may be, but not limited to, point-shaped protrusions, rib-shaped protrusions, or annular protrusions. When the protrusion 1024 is in the shape of a rib, the extending direction of the protrusion 1024 may be, but not limited to, a direction perpendicular or parallel to the welding surface of the terminal 1021 . In a possible implementation manner, the protrusion 1024 can be formed in the same process with the blocking portion 1022 and the first limiting structure 1023 of the tongue piece 102 in the above-mentioned embodiment, which is beneficial to simplify the structure of the tongue piece 102, And it is beneficial to improve the structural stability of the tongue piece 102 . In some embodiments of the present application, the height of the protrusion 1024 above its setting surface may be, but is not limited to, 0.01 mm, 0.02 mm, or 0.03 mm, etc. In this way, after the tongue piece 102 is loaded into the housing 101, the welding plate 103 During the process of fixing the tongue piece 102, the welding plate 103 squeezes the protrusion 1024 to compensate the gap between the welding plate 103 and the tongue piece 102 through the deformation of the protrusion 1024, so as to press the tongue piece 102 against the shell body 101 to prevent the tongue piece 102 from shaking in the housing 101 , so that the structural stability of the connector socket 1 of the embodiment of the present application is better. In addition, by arranging the deformable protrusion 1024 on the tongue piece 102, the interference between the tongue piece 102 and the welding plate 103 is realized, which is also beneficial to avoid the occurrence of large gaps between the welding plate 103 and the housing 101. gap.

By performing USB bending simulation on the terminal 1021 of the tongue 102 of the connector female seat 1 and the first positioning pin 1013 of the housing 101 in the embodiment of the present application, it can be known that the connector female seat 1 in the embodiment of the present application has a The maximum principal stress of the terminal 1021 and the first positioning pin 1013 is 121.34Mpa, which is less than the simulation baseline of 200Mpa, so the failure risk is low.

Referring to FIG. 9 , FIG. 9 is a top view of a connector receptacle 1 according to an embodiment of the present application. In a possible embodiment of the present application, the connector socket 1 further has a soldering area 12 , and the soldering portion 10212 of the terminal is disposed in the soldering area 12 . Wherein, the length L1 of the contact area 11 of the connector female seat 1 is 4.05mm, and the length L2 of the welding area 12 is 1.05mm, then the total length of the connector female seat 1 in this embodiment is L=L1+L2=4.05mm+ 1.05mm=5.1mm.

In this embodiment, the first positioning pins 1013 on the housing 101 of the connector receptacle 1 fall within the range of the contact area 11 . In addition, referring to FIG. 10 , the tongue pieces 102 of the connector receptacle 1 can be The number of terminals 1021 is set to 12. Wherein, the width of the contact area 11 is D1; in the width direction, the widths of the wall thickness areas 13 located on both sides of the contact area 11 of the housing 101 are respectively D2, then the width D= D1+2×D2.

In order to further illustrate the flow-through capability of the connector receptacle 1 of the present application, it is compared with a conventional connector receptacle 1'. Referring to FIG. 11 , for the conventional connector female 1 ′, the connector female 1 ′ includes a tongue 102 ′ and a housing 101 ′, the tongue 102 ′ has a plurality of terminals 1021 ′, and the terminals 1021 ′ have contact parts 10211 ′ and the welding part 10212 ′, the housing 101 ′ has a stop point 1011 ′, a bending point 1012 ′, and a second positioning pin 1013 ′. The stop point 1011 ′ is used to limit the length of the tongue piece 102 ′ inserted into the housing 101 ′. When the tongue piece 102 ′ is inserted into the housing 101 ′ and contacts the stop point 1011 ′ , the tongue 102' cannot continue to move in its insertion direction. At this time, the connection between the tongue piece 102' and the housing 101' can be realized by riveting the bending point 1012' to the tongue piece 102'.

In addition, referring to FIG. 11 , the second positioning pins 1013 ′ are disposed on both sides of the casing 101 ′ in the width direction. Referring to FIG. 12 , the conventional connector receptacle 1 ′ is divided into a contact area 11 ′, a limiting area 12 ′ and a first welding area 13 ′ in the length direction thereof. Wherein, according to the specification of the Type C Association, the length L1' of the contact area 11' of the female connector 1' is 4.45mm. The length L2' of the limiting area 12' of the connector female base 1' is mainly determined by the width of the stop point 1011' and the length of the bending point 1012', and the length L3' of the first welding area 13' is mainly determined by the shell 101' The lengths of the second positioning pins 1013' on both sides and the welding portions 10212' of the terminals 1021' are determined. Normally, the length L2' of the limiting area 12' of the conventional Type C interface is 0.95mm, and the length L3' of the first welding area 13' is 1.15mm. Then the length L'=L1'+L2'+L3'=4.45mm+0.95mm+1.15mm=6.55mm of the connector female seat 1' of this embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 13 , the size of the conventional connector receptacle 1 ′ in its width direction is determined by the width of the contact area 11 ′, the width of the pin area 14 ′ and the second positioning pin 1013 ′ to the housing 101 ′ (refer to Fig. 11) The width of the second welding area 15' formed outwardly. Wherein, according to the specification of the Type C Association, the width D1' of the contact area 11' of the female connector 1' is 8.34mm. In addition, since the connector socket 1' of this embodiment is a standard Type interface and the number of terminals 1021' is 18, the width D2' of the two pin areas 14' is mainly determined by the welding parts 10212 of the 18 terminals 1021'. The width of 'arranged side by side is determined by the difference between the width of the contact area 11' and the width of the second bonding area 15' is D3'. Then the width D' of the connector female seat 1' in this embodiment is D1'+2×D2'+2×D3'.

From the above comparison of the connector receptacle 1 of the embodiment of the present application and the traditional connector receptacle 1 ′, it can be known that in the longitudinal direction, referring to FIG. 9 and FIG. 12 together, the connector receptacle 1 of the embodiment of the present application The length L is the sum of the length L1 of the contact area 11 and the length L2 of the welding area 12. The length L' of the traditional connector female seat 1' is the length L1' of the contact area 11' and the length L2 of the limiting area 12'. ' and the length L3' of the first pad 13'. First, the length L1 of the contact area 11 of the connector receptacle 1 of the embodiment of the present application is smaller than the length L1' of the contact area 11' of the conventional connector receptacle 1'. Secondly, the length L2 of the welding area 12 of the connector receptacle 1 of the embodiment of the present application is mainly determined by the welding part 10212 of the terminal 1021 and the welding plate 103 , while the length L2 of the first welding area 13 ′ of the conventional connector receptacle 1 ′ The length L3 ′ is mainly determined by the lengths of the second positioning pins 1013 ′ on both sides of the housing 101 ′ and the welding portion 10212 ′ of the terminal 1021 ′. However, in the embodiment of the present application, part or all of the welding part 10212 can be overlapped with the casing 101 by opening the escape opening 1012 on the casing 101 , and the welding plate 103 only serves to press the tongue 102 against the casing 101 . The function of the shell 101 is that the thickness of the welding plate 102 can be made as small as possible on the basis that its rigidity meets the requirements. Finally, even though the length L2 of the welding area 12 of the connector receptacle 1 of the embodiment of the present application is larger than the length L3 ′ of the first welding area 13 ′ of the conventional connector receptacle 1 ′, the conventional connection The female base 1' also has a limit area 12'. Since the stop point 1011' and the bending point 1012' are to be used to achieve the stop and fixation of the tongue 102', the stop point 1011' and the bending point 1012' 'To achieve strong rigidity requirements, it cannot be made very small, and the length L2' of the limit area 12' is mainly determined by the lengths of the stop point 1011' and the bending point 1012', then the limit area 12' The length L2' should not be too small. Therefore, compared with the length L' (6.55 mm) of the conventional connector female seat 1', the length L (5.1 mm) of the connector female seat 1 of the embodiment of the present application can be designed to be smaller.

In addition, in the width direction, referring to FIG. 10 and FIG. 13 together, the width D of the connector receptacle 1 of the embodiment of the present application is the width D1 of the contact area 11 , which is the same as the width D1 of the contact area 11 of the housing 101 located on both sides of the contact area 11 . The sum of the width D2 of the wall thickness area 13, while the width D' of the conventional connector female 1' is the width D1' of the contact area 11', the width D2' of the two pin areas 14', and the width D2' of the two pin areas 14', respectively. The sum of the widths D3 ′ of the second welding area 15 ′ formed by the two positioning pins 1013 ′ outwardly extending toward the housing 101 ′. First of all, in order to make the connector receptacle 1 of the embodiment of the present application adaptable to most standardized male connectors, the width D1 of the contact area 11 of the connector receptacle 1 of the embodiment of the present application is the same as that of the conventional connection The width D1' of the contact area 11' of the device base 1' is equal. Secondly, the width D2 of the wall thickness area 13 of the housing 101 of the connector receptacle 1 of the embodiment of the present application located on both sides of the contact area 11 is mainly determined by the wall thickness of the housing, which is much smaller than that of the conventional connector receptacle The sum of the width D2' of the two lead areas 14' of 1' and the width D3' of the two second bonding areas 15' (which includes the wall thickness of the housing). Finally, compared with the number (18) of the terminals 1021' of the conventional female connector 1', the number of the terminals 1021 (12) of the embodiment of the present application is less, so the welding parts 10212 of the terminals 1021 are arranged side by side. The width will not affect the overall width of the contactor base 1 ; in addition, in the embodiment of the present application, the first positioning pins 1013 are arranged overlapping the contact area 11 , which will not affect the overall width of the contactor base 1 . . Therefore, compared with the width D' of the conventional connector receptacle 1', the width D of the connector receptacle 1 of the embodiment of the present application can be designed to be smaller. Based on the above analysis, it can be seen that, compared with the traditional standardized connector receptacle 1 ′, the connector receptacle 1 of the embodiment of the present application can realize a miniaturized design.

Referring to FIG. 14 , when the conventional connector female seat 1 ′ is set in the electronic equipment, in order to avoid the connector female seat 1 ′ shaking in the whole electronic equipment machine, the first structural member 2 ′ and the second structural member need to be used. 3' to hold the connector socket 1'. Wherein, the first structural member 2' and the second structural member 3' can respectively abut on two opposite surfaces of the connector socket 1', and both the first structural member 2' and the second structural member 3' are connected to the electronic The overall fixed connection of the device.

When the connector receptacle 1 of the embodiment of the present application is disposed in the electronic device 0 , referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 15 together, the housing 101 of the connector receptacle 1 may also be provided with a second limiting structure. 1016, at the same time, a third limiting structure (not shown in the figure) is provided on the casing 01 of the electronic device 0, and the second limiting structure 1016 and the third limiting structure can be clamped and connected to the connector female. Seat 1 is pre-positioned. The second limiting structure 1016 may be a convex structure, and the third limiting structure may be a groove structure; or, the second limiting structure 1016 may be a convex structure, and the third limiting structure may be a groove structure. It can be understood that the second limiting structure 1016 and the third limiting structure can also adopt solutions other than the above-mentioned setting methods, as long as the pre-limiting effect on the connector female seat 1 can be achieved, and this is not the case here. List them one by one.

In addition, in order to prevent the connector receptacle 1 from shaking in the electronic device 0, referring to FIG. 16, the gap on the peripheral side of the connector receptacle 1 can also be used as the filling area 3, so that by filling the filling area 3 with adhesive, The connector female seat 1 is fixedly connected with the casing 01 of the electronic device 0 by means of bonding, so as to play the role of structural protection and waterproofing of the connector female seat 1 . The fixing of the connector socket 1 and the casing 01 of the electronic device 0 is realized by means of pre-limiting and filling with adhesive, which can make the space occupied by the connector socket 1 in the electronic device 0 smaller, so that there are It is beneficial to realize the miniaturized design of the electronic device 0 , thereby meeting the usage requirements of more consumers, and expanding the application scope of the electronic device. In addition, by making the connector socket 1 occupy a smaller space in the electronic device 0 , more functional modules can be integrated in the electronic device 0 , thereby realizing the functional diversity design of the electronic device 0 .

In some possible embodiments, referring to FIG. 15 , a profiled hole can also be provided on the casing, and the contour of the hole wall of the profiled hole is consistent with the outer profile of the connector socket 1, so that the connector can be The female seat 1 can be inserted into and fixed to the profiling hole. It can be understood that, in order to limit the depth of the connector socket 1 inserted into the profiling hole after the connector socket 1 is inserted into the profiling hole, the third limiting structure can be arranged in the hole of the profiling hole. on the wall, and the second limiting structure 10116 is clamped to the third limiting structure. After the connector female seat 1 is inserted into the profiling hole, adhesive can also be filled in the gap between the connector female seat 1 and the casing 01 to improve the reliability of the connection between the connector female seat 1 and the casing 01 sex.

In addition, referring to FIG. 9 and FIG. 12 together, on the basis that the length of the contact area 11 of the connector receptacle 1 of the embodiment of the present application is much smaller than the length of the contact area 11 ′ of the conventional connector receptacle, in this In a possible embodiment of the application, referring to FIG. 17 , when the male connector 4 is plugged into the female connector 1, the contact between the terminal 401 of the male connector 4 and the terminal 1021 of the female connector 1 is The area length is called the contact length between the two. The contact length is C=AB=(3.25±0.10)-(2.64±0.10)=0.61±0.20mm, wherein A is the part of the terminal 1021 of the connector socket 1 exposed to the tongue piece 102, which is far from the front end of the tongue piece 102 (The end of the tongue piece 102 away from the welding plate), the length from the nearest point to the stopper portion 1011 of the housing 101; to the length of the stopper 1011 of the connector receptacle 1 . Then the contact length C between the terminal 401 of the connector male head 4 and the terminal 1021 of the connector female base 1 is between 0.41 mm and 0.81, which can realize reliable contact between the connector male head 4 and the connector female base 1 . When the connector male head 4 is inserted into the connector female seat 1, through the simulation of the temperature rise of the connector female seat 1, it can be known that in a long enough working time, the maximum temperature rise simulation of the connector female seat 1 is 9.3 ℃, it meets the requirements of the association specification △T≤30℃.

In addition, through the simulation analysis of the insertion force between the connector male head 4 and the connector female seat 1, it can be known that the force of the connector male head 4 to be inserted into the connector female seat 1 is the same as that of removing the connector male head 4 from the connector female seat 1. The pull-out force on the connector socket 1 is between 10-15N, which can meet the requirements of the association specification for a plug-in force of 5-20N and a pull-out force of 8-20N.

The above are only specific embodiments of the present application, but the protection scope of the present application is not limited to this. Any person skilled in the art can easily think of changes or replacements within the technical scope disclosed in the present application, and should cover within the scope of protection of this application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

A connector socket, characterized in that the connector socket comprises a housing, a tongue and a welding plate, wherein:

the housing has a stopper;

The tongue piece is inserted into the housing and is in limited contact with the stopper part; the tongue piece has a plurality of terminals, and the terminals include a contact part, a welding part and a connecting part, and the welding part The terminal part is formed by bending the end of the terminal, and the welding parts of a plurality of the terminals are arranged in a row; the contact part and the welding part are connected by the connecting part, and the connecting part is folded once curved structure;

The welding plate is fixedly connected with the casing and abuts with the tongue piece, and the tongue piece is accommodated in the cavity formed between the welding plate and the casing.
The connector socket according to claim 1, wherein the welding plate has a notch, and the welding portion protrudes from the notch to the outside of the cavity.
The connector socket according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the surface of the housing is further provided with positioning pins, and the positioning pins are located within the contour range of the bottom surface of the housing, and the The positioning pins and the welding part are arranged on the same side of the connector female seat.
The connector socket according to claim 3, wherein the housing is further provided with support pins, and the support pins and the positioning pins are arranged on the same surface of the housing, and the support pins and the positioning pins are arranged on the same surface of the housing. The height of the support pins above the same surface is the same as the height of the welding portion above the same surface.
The connector socket according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the housing is provided with an escape opening, and the escape opening and the welding portion are provided on the same side of the connector socket , and part or all of the welding part is inserted into the escape opening.
The connector socket according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the housing is provided with a first positioning structure, the welding plate is provided with a second positioning structure, and the first positioning structure is configured with The second positioning structures are matched and connected.
The connector socket according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the welding plate and the housing are welded by welding points.
The connector socket according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the plurality of terminals include a signal transmission terminal, a power terminal and a ground terminal;

The tongue is further provided with a blocking part, the blocking part is provided between the ground terminal and the power terminal, and the blocking part is made of insulating material.
The connector socket according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the tongue piece has 12 terminals, the contact parts of the 12 terminals are arranged in two rows, and the 12 terminals are arranged in two rows. The welding parts of the terminals are arranged in a row.
The connector socket according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein a surface of the tongue piece facing the welding plate is further provided with a protrusion, and the welding plate abuts against the protrusion.
A connector, characterized in that it includes a connector male head, and the connector female seat according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the connector male head and the connector female seat can be plugged and arranged .
An electronic device is characterized in that it comprises a casing, and the connector socket according to any one of claims 1 to 10 arranged on the casing.
The electronic device according to claim 12, wherein the housing of the connector female base is provided with a first limiting structure, the housing is provided with a second limiting structure, and the first limiting structure is provided on the housing. The limit structure is limited and clamped with the second limit structure.
The electronic device according to claim 12 or 13, wherein the casing is further provided with a profiled hole, and the connector socket is inserted into and fixed to the profiled hole.
The electronic device according to any one of claims 12 to 14, wherein an adhesive is further filled between the connector socket and the casing.