CN104283080B - Signal connector structure - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a signal connector structure, which comprises a circuit board, a switching seat, a plurality of first signal terminals and a plurality of first power supply terminals, wherein the switching seat is arranged on the circuit board in a penetrating way, one side surface of the switching seat is provided with a first plugging part, the other side surface of the switching seat is provided with a second plugging part, the first signal terminals and the first power supply terminals are plugged in the first plugging part, and the other end of the first power supply terminals can be accommodated in a gap of the switching seat and is electrically connected with power supply pins on the circuit board so as to receive the electric power transmitted by the circuit board.

Description

Signal Connector Structure

technical field

The present invention relates to a signal connector structure, especially a kind of connection between the flat cable of the main computer and the port of the disk drive on the two sides of the adapter only by inserting an adapter into a circuit board. signal connector structure.

Background technique

In recent years, due to the rapid development of cloud technology, a large amount of data must be accurately and quickly accessed in the server; various electronic devices (such as: personal computers, digital cameras, mobile phones, etc.) It is an indispensable and important tool in people's life and work. Most people have long been accustomed to using computers to process various information in daily life and work. Therefore, in order to facilitate people to transfer data (such as documents) , audio-visual files, pictures, etc.), and store each data in the cloud server.

When users need to store a large amount of important digital information, they usually use servers. Each server is equipped with multiple sets of disk drives to use multiple hard drives to back up and store data. However, currently four hard drives usually need to be configured with at least 1MiniSAS transmission specifications Connectors can work normally. This will cause users to configure a large number of connectors when using multiple hard drives, which will not only take up too much space, but also cause the temperature of the host computer to rise, causing the electronic components adjacent to the connector to be prone to premature aging. In addition, in order to enable the computer host to exchange information with the disk drive, the industry usually sets a connector on the circuit board that can be connected to the flat cable of the computer host and a connector that can be connected to the port of the disk drive. On the same circuit board, the industry must carry out wiring design for different types of connectors, and solder multiple connectors one by one, and the aforementioned operations will obviously increase the complexity of the circuit design and prolong the working time. In addition, when the data of the hard disk of the disk drive needs to be transmitted to the computer host, it must first be transmitted to the circuit board through the corresponding connector, then transmitted to the corresponding connector of the computer host through the transmission line on the circuit board, and finally Transmission to the host computer, in this way, the transmission path will be extended, resulting in poor transmission efficiency.

With the development of electronic technology, the connector has gradually moved towards miniaturization and standardization. Therefore, in the design of the connector, in addition to considering the structural strength and electrical connection characteristics of the connector, the manufacturer must follow the standard specifications. The specification limit, to design and manufacture the connector. Not only that, the manufacturer also needs to design the structure of the connector to be easy to assemble, so as to improve the assembly efficiency of the workers and the product yield, and save the production cost. Therefore, how to improve the many shortcomings of the existing connectors, and design a connector that is easy to assemble, so as to effectively improve the production efficiency of the industry, has become an important issue that the present invention intends to discuss here.

Contents of the invention

In view of the many problems of the previously disclosed connectors, the inventor finally developed and designed a signal connector structure of the present invention after long-term research and experiments, so that the required connectors can be quickly assembled on the circuit board, and It can simultaneously transmit data and power to the host computer and the disk drive to improve product yield and reduce costs.

An object of the present invention is to provide a signal connector structure, including a circuit board, an adapter seat, a plurality of first signal terminals and a plurality of first power terminals, wherein the circuit board is provided with a through hole, which A side surface protrudes from a position adjacent to the through hole, and a power supply contact piece is provided with a plurality of power supply pins. The power supply pins can receive the power provided by a power supply module to the circuit board. It is an interface specification that supports SAS and PCI-e. Its corresponding two sides are respectively provided with a fixed piece, one side is provided with a first socket part, and the other side is provided with a second socket part. , the other side of the adapter base is concavely provided with a notch, when the adapter base is assembled on the circuit board, the second plug-in part will be exposed to the other side of the circuit board through the through hole In addition, the fixing piece can be fixed on the circuit board, so that the adapter seat will not be separated from the circuit board, and at the same time, the power contact piece will be embedded in the gap, and the first signal terminal is inserted into the In the first plug-in part, one end is exposed to the first plug-in part, and the other end is exposed to the second plug-in part, and the first power supply terminal is plugged in the first plug-in part and corresponding to the position of the notch, one end of which is exposed to the first plug-in portion, and the other end is electrically connected to each of the power pins. In this way, when a flat cable of a computer host is connected to the first plug-in part, and a disk drive port is plugged into the second plug-in part, the computer host and the disk drive can be transmitted through the signal terminals. signal, and the disk drive can receive the power from the power supply of the host computer through the power terminal, and operate normally. Instead of soldering two connectors on both sides of the circuit board as in the known method, the convenience of assembly can be greatly improved, and the assembly time can be effectively shortened to increase the production efficiency of the industry.

Description of drawings

In order to enable the examiner to further understand and understand the purpose, technical features and effects of the present invention, the following will be described in detail in conjunction with the embodiments and drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is the explosion schematic diagram of the signal connector structure of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the adapter seat of the present invention; and

Fig. 3 is a diagram of the use state of the signal connector structure of the present invention.

detailed description

The present invention is a signal connector structure. In one embodiment, please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the signal connector structure 1 includes a circuit board 11, an adapter seat 13, and multiple first signal terminals 15 and multiple first power supply terminals 17, in order to avoid the drawing being too complicated, other electronic components and metal circuits on the circuit board 11 are omitted, and only the necessary metal circuits of the present invention are kept, which is explained in advance. Wherein the circuit board 11 is provided with a through hole 110, the through hole 110 is through the corresponding two sides of the circuit board 11, and one side of the circuit board 11 is adjacent to the position of the through hole 110, protrudingly provided with a power connection piece 112, the power supply piece 112 will extend into the through hole 110, and a plurality of power supply pins 114 are arranged on it, when the circuit board 11 is in the working state, it will connect a power supply module (such as: a computer host The power provided by the power supply is transmitted to the power pin 114 .

In addition, please refer to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 again, in this embodiment, the adapter socket 13 supports SAS and PCI-e interface specifications, but, in other embodiments of the present invention, the industry can The requirements of the product, but adopt other interface specifications, not limited to the aforementioned aspects, and explain in advance. The corresponding two side ends of the adapter seat 13 are respectively provided with a fixed sheet body 130, and the fixed sheet body 130 is provided with a fixed hole 1301, and the circuit board 11 is provided with a plurality of holes 116, and the hole 116 will pass through the corresponding two sides of the circuit board 11, and when the adapter base 13 is assembled to the circuit board 11, the fixing holes 1301 will correspond to the holes 116, so that a plurality of first fixing elements 21 can be sequentially pass through the fixing hole 1301 and the hole 116, and respectively combine with the second fixing element 22, so that the adapter seat 13 can be stably positioned on the circuit board 11, but in addition to the aforementioned methods, the industry can also use other Ways, such as embedding, welding, etc., are used to position the fixing piece 130 on the circuit board 11 . Also, one side of the adapter base 13 is provided with a first plug-in portion 131, and the configuration of the first plug-in portion 131 can be connected with the configuration of the port 31 of a disk drive (as shown in FIG. 3 ), And, the other side of this adapter base 13 is then provided with a second plug-in part 132, and the configuration of this second plug-in part 132 can be connected with the configuration of the flat cable 32 of a host computer (as shown in Figure 3 Show).

Continuing, please refer to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 again, wherein the first signal terminal 15 and the first power supply terminal 17 can be inserted into the first plug-in portion 131, and there is a distance between them. Without touching each other, one end of the first signal terminal 15 and the first power supply terminal 17 will be exposed to the first socket part 131. When the port 31 of the disk drive (as shown in FIG. 3 ) is connected to When the first plug part 131 is used, it can transmit or receive signals through the first signal terminal 15 , and can receive power through the first power terminal 17 . In addition, the other side of the adapter base 13 is concavely provided with a notch 133, the notch 133 extends from the position of the second socket part 132 toward the direction of the first socket part 131, and the first power terminal 17 The other end will be bent and positioned at the position corresponding to the notch 133, and the other end of the first signal terminal 15 will be exposed to the second socket part 132, when the flat cable 32 of the main computer (as shown in Figure 3 After being plugged into the second socket part 132, it will be electrically connected to the first signal terminal 15 for signal transmission.

Furthermore, please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 again, when the adapter base 13 is assembled on the circuit board 11, the second insertion portion 132 will be exposed to the circuit board 11 through the through hole 110. Except for the other side, the fixing piece 130 will lean against one side of the circuit board 11 to fix the adapter base 13 on the circuit board 11 . In addition, in the above-mentioned assembly state, the power contact piece 112 will be embedded in the gap 133, and the power transmitted by the first power source (such as: the power supply of the computer host) can be transmitted through the first power terminal 17 and the first power terminal 17. The power supply pin 114 is transmitted to the circuit board 11, so that the circuit board 11 can maintain normal operation, and because the disk drive is electrically connected with the first power supply terminal 17, it can also receive the power supply The power supplied by the module works normally.

To sum up, as shown in Figures 1-3, since the adapter base 13 is integrally formed and provided with a first socket part 131 and a second socket part 132, the aforementioned signal In the overall design of the connector structure 1, the operator only needs to directly pass the adapter seat 13 on the circuit board 11, and then it can be connected with the port 31 of the disk drive and the flat cable 32 of the computer host, without having to use the known method. Multiple connectors need to be welded one by one. Therefore, the convenience of assembly can be greatly improved, and the assembly time can be effectively shortened to increase the production efficiency of the industry. In addition, because this case transmits information directly through the first signal terminal 15 The transmission does not need to be transmitted through the transmission line on the circuit board 11 as in the known method, so better transmission efficiency can be obtained. In addition, when the first signal terminal 15 transmits data, it will generate heat. Therefore, in order to improve the heat dissipation effect, the adapter base 13 is provided with a plurality of heat dissipation holes 135, so that the heat dissipation in the adapter base 13 The heat can quickly escape to the outside, and through the design of the heat dissipation hole 135, the stability of the signal connector structure 1 during high-frequency transmission can still be maintained, so that the signal connector structure 1 of the present invention can have more Good work efficiency.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of rights claimed by the present invention is not limited thereto. Those who are familiar with this technical field can easily think of it based on the technical content disclosed in the present invention. The equivalent changes of all should belong to the category that does not depart from the scope of protection of the claims of the present invention.

Claims (3)

1. A signal connector structure, comprising: A circuit board is provided with a through hole, and a power contact piece protrudes from one side of the side adjacent to the through hole, and a plurality of power supply pins are arranged on the power supply contact piece, and the power supply pins can receive a power supply module to provide to the electrical power on the circuit board; An adapter seat, its corresponding two sides are respectively provided with a fixed body, one side is provided with a first plug-in part, which supports the interface specification of SAS and PCI-e, and its other side is provided with a second plug-in part In addition, the other side of the adapter base is concavely provided with a gap, and when the adapter base is assembled on the circuit board, the second insertion portion will be exposed to the circuit board through the through hole. Except for the other side, the fixing sheet can be fixed on the circuit board, and the power contact piece will be embedded in the notch; a plurality of first signal terminals inserted into the first socket part, one end of which is exposed to the first socket part, and the other end is exposed to the second socket part; and A plurality of first power supply terminals are inserted in the first plug-in portion, and one end thereof is exposed to the first plug-in portion, and the other end corresponds to the position of the notch, and is electrically connected to each of the power supply pins . 2. The signal connector structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein a plurality of cooling holes are opened on the adapter base. 3. The signal connector structure as claimed in claim 2, wherein the circuit board is provided with a plurality of holes, and the fixing pieces are respectively provided with a fixing hole, when the adapter seat is assembled to the circuit board Next, each of the fixing holes corresponds to each of the holes, and a first fixing element is passed through each of the fixing holes and each of the holes.