CN100364174C - socket - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a socket composed of a socket frame having a plurality of connection terminals and a shielding member for shielding the socket frame, the structure of which is designed so that even if the plug receives an impact while the plug is fitted in the socket frame, the impact It is also not directly applied to the socket frame, making it highly impact resistant. The socket is a socket frame composed of a socket frame with a connecting terminal electrically connected to the contact terminal provided on the plug when the plug is fitted, and a shielding member formed to cover the outer periphery of the socket frame. The component is provided with an upright portion formed to stand upright in a direction perpendicular to the insertion direction, so that a part of the plug fitted with the socket frame abuts with it.

Description

socket

technical field

The present invention relates to a socket, and more particularly, to a socket having a structure in which a shielding member provided on the outer periphery of a socket frame constituting the socket is arranged on the shielding member to stand upright with respect to the plug insertion direction The upright part is located at the end of the part perpendicular to its upright direction, and pushes and supports the front end of the plug when the plug is inserted into the socket frame, so it has strong impact resistance.

Background technique

As shown in Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, the prior art socket consists of a shielding member 111 formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape and made of a metal member, and a socket frame (ハゥヅング) 121 configuration.

The shielding part 111 is formed in a hollow cuboid shape by a metallic plate, and is roughly composed of the following parts: a shielding fixing claw 112 formed in the shape of a tongue at the lower position of the two ends of the short side; A pair of plug locking windows 113a, 113b formed of small windows for locking the plug; Locking claws 114a, 114b.

The socket frame 121 is roughly composed of the following parts: a main body 122 formed of insulating resin, formed in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and formed in a size capable of being inserted into and accommodated in the rectangular parallelepiped shield member 111; About the central position of one end protrudes vertically along the length direction, and the lower surface is provided with a terminal receiving portion 124 facing the connecting terminal 123; The contact setting portion 126 of the contact 125 electrically connected to the connection terminal 123; claw engaging portions 128 a , 128 b ; and, on the upper portion of the contact installation portion 126 , an elongated shield receiving portion 129 formed at a height corresponding to the plate thickness of the shield member 111 .

For the socket composed of the above-mentioned socket frame 121 and the shielding part 111, first, the main body 122 of the socket frame 121 is pushed forward into the shielding part 111 with the terminal receiving part 124 until the end of the shielding part 111 is in contact with the shielding part 111. The receiving portion 129 can be accommodated therein. In this state, the socket frame locking claws 114a, 114b provided on the shielding member 111 are bent to engage with the claw engaging portions 128a, 128b, and the shielding member 111 is fixed on the socket frame 121. stuck state.

Then, in this state, the contact 125 is soldered to the substrate 131 by soldering, and the surface of the shield fixing claw 112 of the shield member 111 bent in the vertical direction is soldered to the substrate 131 by soldering, thereby Complete assembly.

Then, the socket frame 121 constituting the socket is fixed on the substrate 131 by soldering the contacts 125 , and the shield member 111 is fixed on the substrate 131 by soldering the shield fixing claws 112 .

Next, the plug will be described. As shown in FIG. 3 , the plug 40 is composed of a fitting portion 41 with an opening on the front side, which is formed in a size that can fit with the terminal receiving portion 124 of the socket frame 121 covered by the shielding member 111, and the mating portion 41 is formed for fitting. The root portion 42 that is continuously provided for support by the portion 41 constitutes.

The structure of the fitting part 41 is that there are guide grooves 43 cut out at both ends of its lower part, and there are holes on its top surface which are engaged in the plug locking windows 113a, 113b of the shielding part 111 to prevent loosening. The active locking members 44a, 44b are internally provided with engaging holes 45 of such a size that the terminal receiving portion 124 of the socket holder 121 can be inserted and engaged therewith.

At the lower end of the card reading hole 45, there are contact terminals 46 arranged in parallel in the depth direction.

When inserting the plug 40 configured as above into the socket, first, the terminal receiving portion 124 of the socket frame 121 covered with the fitting portion 41 by the shield member 111 is inserted into the engaging hole 45 . Thereafter, the insertion is completed by pushing in until the locking members 44a, 44b are engaged with the plug locking windows 113a, 113b of the shielding member 111 . In this state, the front end of the fitting portion of the plug faces the side wall surface of the main body 122 of the socket holder 121, or is in a state of abutting against it.

[Patent Document 1] Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 10-134866 (pages 3-4, FIG. 1 )

However, for the socket of the prior art described in the above-mentioned prior art paragraph, if the plug is inserted into the socket and receives an impact, it will occur that the front end of the plug directly presses the socket frame to cause damage to the socket. The contacts in the socket frame and the socket frame itself cause damage and other problems.

Contents of the invention

Therefore, there is a problem that must be solved, that is, it is necessary to design a structure that does not damage the socket frame constituting the socket even if the plug inserted in the socket receives an impact.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the socket of the present invention is configured as follows.

(1) A receptacle is a receptacle frame having a connecting terminal electrically connected to a contact terminal provided on the plug when the plug is fitted, and a shield member formed to cover the outer periphery of the receptacle frame, In the configured socket, the shielding member is provided with an upright portion erected in a direction perpendicular to the insertion direction, so that a part of the plug fitted into the socket frame abuts with it.

(2) The socket described in item (1), wherein a pair of the upstanding portions are provided at the center near the upper part along the insertion direction of the plug, and a pair are provided at the end near the lower part.

(3) The socket according to (1) or (2), wherein the standing portion is formed so as to loosely fit into a through groove provided on the socket frame.

In the socket of the present invention, on the shielding member that constitutes the socket, an upright portion erected toward the direction perpendicular to the insertion direction is provided so that the part of the plug fitted with the socket frame is in contact with it. Therefore, even if the plug is subjected to The impact can also avoid direct impact on the socket frame, and the shielding component bears the impact, which can correspondingly reduce damage to the socket frame.

Brief description of the drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a socket according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a socket holder and a shield member constituting the socket according to the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the plug according to the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a socket frame and a shielding component in the prior art.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a socket in the prior art.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Next, the socket and the plug inserted into the socket according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Example 1

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 , the socket is composed of a shield member 11 made of a metal member formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and a socket frame 21 having a plurality of connection terminals covered by the shield member 11 .

The shielding part 11 is formed by a metal plate in a hollow cuboid shape, and is roughly composed of the following parts: a shielding locking claw 12 formed in the shape of a tongue at the lower part of the two ends of the short side; A pair of plug locking windows 13a, 13b formed by the small window that clamps the plug on the top surface; a pair of socket frame clamps formed in the shape of a tongue on the upper part of one end of the long side for clamping the connector Stopping claws 14a, 14b; between a pair of socket frame locking claws 14a, 14b, a partial cut 15a is made from the end to the depth direction, and a cut 15b is continuously made to the vertical direction with the cut part. The notch piece 16 is a pair of upper erected parts 17a, 17b near the center formed by erecting the notch piece 16 inwardly based on the connected part; Partially cut 18a and cut 18b continuously to the vertical direction with the cut part to form a notch piece 19, which is formed by erecting the notch piece 19 inwardly on the basis of the connected part, near the end. The lower standing parts 20a, 20b are opposed.

A front end portion 47a (see FIG. 3 ) of a plug 40 to be described later abuts against the end portion 32 (see FIG. 2 ) at a position perpendicular to the vertical direction of the upper standing portion 17a ( 17b ). At the same time, the front end portion 47b (see FIG. 3 ) of the plug 40 described later abuts against the end portion 33 (see FIG. 2 ) at a position perpendicular to the vertical direction of the lower erected portion 20a ( 20b ).

The socket frame 21 is roughly composed of the following parts: a main body 22 formed of insulating resin, formed in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape and sized to be inserted into and accommodated in a rectangular parallelepiped shielding member; The central position protrudes vertically along the length direction and is formed, and the lower surface is provided with a terminal receiving portion 24 facing the connecting terminal 23; The contact setting portion 26 of the upper connected contact 25; a pair of lower through grooves 27a, 27b formed by elongated grooves passing through the outer lower end portion of the contact setting portion 26; At the upper end, a pair of claw engaging parts 28a, 28b that can be engaged with the contact locking claw 12 of the shielding part after being bent; and a pair of upper through-slots 30 a , 30 b formed by elongated slots cut in the direction of the terminal receiving portion 24 including the shield receiving portion 29 .

For the socket composed of the above-mentioned socket frame 21 and the shielding part 11, at first, the main body 22 of the socket frame 21 is pushed forward into the shielding part 11 with the terminal receiving part 24 until the end of the shielding part 11 is in contact with the shielding part 11. The shield receiving portion 29 is docked so as to be accommodated therein. In this state, the socket frame locking claws 14a, 14b provided on the shield member 11 are bent to engage with the claw engaging portions 28a, 28b, so that the shield member 11 is fixed on the socket frame 21 .

At this time, the upper upright portions 17a, 17b of the shielding member 11 are loosely fitted in the upper through grooves 30a, 30b of the socket frame 21 and are in a state of passing therethrough, and the lower upright portions 20a, 20b of the shielding member 11 are loosely fitted. Closed in the lower through grooves 27a, 27b of the socket frame 21 and in the state of passing therethrough, the ends of the upper upright parts 17a, 17b and the lower upright parts 20a, 20b are at least on one side with the ends of the main body 22 Configure relative or slightly protruding states.

Afterwards, in this state, the contacts 25 are soldered to the substrate 31 by soldering, and the surfaces of the shield fixing claws 12 of the shield member 11 bent in the vertical direction are soldered to the substrate 31 by soldering, thereby Complete assembly.

Then, the socket frame 21 constituting the socket is fixed to the substrate 31 by soldering the contacts 25 , and the shield member 11 is fixed to the substrate 31 by soldering the shield fixing claws 12 .

By loosely fitting the pair of lower upright portions 20a, 20b of the shield member 11 into the pair of lower through grooves 27a, 27b, the pair of upper upright portions 17a, 17b of the shield member 11 are loosely fitted into the pair of upper through grooves 27a, 27b. In the through grooves 30a, 30b, when the plug 40 described later is inserted into the socket and receives an impact, the impact will not be directly transmitted to the socket frame 21 but transmitted to the upper and lower vertical parts 17a, 17a, 17b, 20a, 20b, so as to avoid affecting the socket frame 21 as much as possible.

Furthermore, by adopting a structure in which a pair of upper upright portions 17a, 17b are arranged near the center of the upper part of the shielding member 11, and a pair of lower upright portions 20a, 20b are arranged near the end of the lower part, it is possible to insert the plug 40 described later. When an impact is received under normal circumstances, the impact can be transmitted to the upper and lower upright parts 17a, 17b, 20a, 20b in a balanced manner. Therefore, this is a kind of upright part (17a, 17b) that can be used even for deflected impact. , 20a, 20b) absorb or absorb with all upright parts.

Next, the plug will be described. The plug has the same structure as the plug described in the prior art. As shown in FIG. The fitting part 41 is supported and the root part 42 formed continuously is comprised.

The structure of the fitting part 41 is that there are guide grooves 43 cut out at both ends of its lower part, and its top surface has plug locking windows 13a, 13b which can be engaged in the shielding part 11 to prevent loosening. The locking members 44a, 44b which function as disengagement are internally provided with engaging holes 45 which are large enough to allow the terminal receiving portion 124 of the socket frame 21 to be inserted and engaged.

At the lower end portion of the engaging hole 45, there are contact terminals 46 provided in parallel in the depth direction.

When inserting the plug 40 configured as above into the socket, first, the terminal receiving portion 24 of the socket frame 21 covered with the fitting portion 41 by the shield member 11 is inserted into the engaging hole 45 . Thereafter, the insertion is completed by pushing in until the locking members 44a, 44b are engaged with the plug locking windows 13a, 13b of the shield member 11 . In this state, the front ends 47a, 47b of the fitting parts of the plug 40 face the ends of the parts perpendicular to the erection direction of the upper upright parts 17a, 17b and the lower upright parts 20a, 20b of the shield member 11. The parts 32 and 33 face each other in a state where they can be butted against each other.

In this state, if the plug 40 receives a certain impact, for example, when it is pushed in the insertion direction, the impact will be transmitted from the front end of the fitting part to the upper upright parts 17a, 17b and the lower upright parts 20a, 20b of the shielding member 11. superior. Since these upper upright parts 17a, 17b and lower upright parts 20a, 20b are loosely fitted in the upper through grooves 30a, 30b and the lower through grooves 27a, 27b of the socket frame 21, therefore, the impact will not be directly transmitted to the socket. The frame 21 is transmitted only to the shielding component 11, and its stress is transmitted to the soldered shielding fixing claws 12 to be buffered through the substrate 31. Since the front end portions 47a, 47b of the fitting portion 41 of the plug 40 are in contact with the end portions 32 and 33 in a direction perpendicular to the vertical direction of the upper upright portions 17a, 17b and the lower upright portions 20a, 20b, their High strength, not easily deformed.

Therefore, even if the plug 40 inserted in the socket is impacted, the pushing force of the reading impact will not be directly transmitted to the socket frame 21, therefore, the influence on the contacts 25 fixed by the socket frame 21 can be greatly reduced, and the Creates sockets that are structurally extremely shock resistant.

In addition, although the pair of upper upright portions 17a, 17b and the pair of lower upright portions 20a, 20b provided on the shielding member 11 are configured by being disposed near the center of the shielding member 11 and disposed near the ends, it goes without saying that It is not limited to this, and its number, positional relationship, and the like can be appropriately changed.

Industrial Applicability

In the socket of the present invention, on the shielding member constituting the socket, an upright portion is provided in the same direction as the plug insertion direction, so that the front end portion of the plug can be butted with the end portion perpendicular to the upright direction of the upright portion. Such a socket is provided, that is, even if the plug inserted in the socket is impacted, the socket frame can be prevented from being directly impacted, the impact can be buffered by the shielding member, and the possibility of damage to the socket frame can be correspondingly reduced.

Claims (2)

1. A socket frame with a connecting terminal electrically connected to a contact terminal provided on the plug when the plug is mated, and a shielding member covering the outer periphery of the socket frame, a socket composed of, its characteristics yes, On the said shielding part, there is provided an upright part erected towards the direction perpendicular to the insertion direction, so that the part of the said plug which is fitted with the said socket frame butts with it, The standing portion is formed to loosely fit into a through-slot provided on the socket holder. 2. The socket according to claim 1, wherein a pair of said upstanding portions are arranged near the center of the upper surface of the shielding member, and a pair are arranged near the ends of the lower surface of the shielding member.

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