CN106997994B - Socket electrical connectors and electronic devices - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses an electrical connector and an electronic device. The electrical connector includes a circuit board and a plurality of springs. The springs are arranged on the circuit board. Each spring includes a plurality of contact portions, a plurality of fixing portions and a plurality of insulating portions. The fixing portions are fixed on the circuit board and electrically connected to the circuit board. The contact portions are connected to the corresponding fixing portions and protrude from the fixing portions in a direction away from the circuit board. Each insulating portion connects two adjacent fixing portions so that the two adjacent fixing portions are connected to each other and insulated from each other. In addition, an electronic device including the above-mentioned electrical connector is also proposed.

Description

Socket electrical connectors and electronic devices

technical field

The present invention relates to an electrical connector and an electronic device, and in particular to an electrical connector and an electronic device using the same.

Background technique

Generally speaking, an electrical connector is usually arranged in the electronic device, and is electrically connected with an expansion device through the electrical connector, so that the electronic device can expand its performance. Among them, with the advancement of technology, the electronic device is developing towards a trend of thinner and lighter. Correspondingly, the electrical connectors disposed on the electronic devices must also be miniaturized to comply with the trend of thinning and thinning the electronic devices.

However, as people's requirements for the functions and performance of electronic devices are increasing day by day, the number of necessary contacts on the electronic devices is also gradually increasing. Accordingly, the electrical connector needs to have more contacts than the existing ones to cooperate with. In this way, the increase in the number of pins of the electrical connector also greatly increases the size and volume of the electrical connector, thereby occupying a large space on the circuit board, making it difficult for the electrical connector to meet the miniaturization standard, and making the electronic device using it more difficult. It is difficult to meet the trend of thinning and lightening.

Contents of the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide an electrical connector whose overall size is small.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device, the electrical connector of which is smaller in size, thereby making it comply with the trend of thinner and lighter.

The electrical connector of the present invention includes a circuit board and a plurality of elastic pieces. The shrapnel is arranged on the circuit board. Each elastic piece includes a plurality of contact portions, a plurality of fixing portions and a plurality of insulating portions. The fixing part is fixed on the circuit board and electrically connected with the circuit board. The contact portion is connected to the corresponding fixing portion and protrudes from the fixing portion in a direction away from the circuit board. Each insulating portion is connected to two adjacent fixing portions, so that each fixing portion is connected to and insulated from each other.

The electronic device of the present invention includes a body and an electrical connector. The body includes a connection end. The electrical connector includes a circuit board and a plurality of elastic pieces. The shrapnel is arranged on the circuit board. Each elastic piece includes a plurality of contact portions, a plurality of fixing portions and a plurality of insulating portions. The fixing part is fixed on the circuit board and electrically connected with the circuit board. The contact portion is connected to the corresponding fixing portion and protrudes from the fixing portion in a direction away from the circuit board. Each insulating portion is connected to two adjacent fixing portions, so that each fixing portion is connected to and insulated from each other.

Based on the above, the electrical connector of the present invention uses the insulating part to connect two adjacent fixed parts in the elastic piece and insulates them from each other, so that the distance between each fixed part and the contact part can be shortened, and then it can be used in a limited space. The number of contact parts of the electrical connector is increased, and the size and volume of the electrical connector can be reduced. Moreover, the electronic device using the electrical connector can also easily comply with the current trend of thinning and thinning.

In order to make the above-mentioned features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, the following specific embodiments are described in detail together with the accompanying drawings.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a top view of an electrical connector according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a partial sectional view of the electrical connector of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a top view of an electrical connector according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is a top view of an electrical connector according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention.

Symbol Description

10: Electronic device

100, 100a, 100b: electrical connectors

110: circuit board

120, 120a, 120b: shrapnel

122: contact part

124: fixed part

126: insulation part

200: Ontology

210: connection end

D1, D2: direction

S1: long side

S2: short side

Detailed ways

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , in this embodiment, the electrical connector 100 can be applied to portable electronic devices such as smart phones and tablet computers, and can also be applied to other electronic devices such as chargers. However, in other embodiments, the present invention is also applicable to other electrical connectors with similar configurations. The electrical connector 100 shown in FIG. 1 includes a circuit board 110 and a plurality of elastic pieces 120 . The elastic piece 120 is disposed on the circuit board 110 . In detail, the elastic pieces 120 are disposed on the circuit board side by side and parallel to each other, and a space can be maintained between each elastic piece 120 .

Further, each elastic piece 120 includes a plurality of contact portions 122 , a plurality of fixing portions 124 and a plurality of insulating portions 126 . It should be noted that FIG. 1 shows that the electrical connector 100 has two elastic pieces 120, and each elastic piece 120 has three contact portions 122 and corresponding three fixing portions 124. However, this embodiment is only for illustration. The invention does not limit the quantity of the elastic piece 120 and the contact portion 122 , the fixing portion 124 and the insulating portion 126 included therein. The fixing portion 124 is fixed on the circuit board 110 and electrically connected to the circuit board 110 . The contact portion 122 is connected to the fixing portion 124 and protrudes from the fixing portion 124 in a direction away from the circuit board 110 . In this embodiment, the contact portion 122 and the fixed portion 124 can be integrally formed, and the contact portion 122 protruding from the fixed portion 124 can be formed by a manufacturing process such as stamping, so that the fixed portion 124 can surround and connect with the contact portion 122. around.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1 , the insulating portion 126 wraps and connects two adjacent fixing portions 124 of each elastic piece 120 , so that the fixing portions 124 of each elastic piece 120 are connected to each other and insulated from each other. In this embodiment, the material of the insulating part 126 may include plastic, and the materials of the contact part 122 and the fixing part 124 may include metal. In this embodiment, for example, the insulating part 126 can be formed between two adjacent fixing parts 124 in each elastic piece 120 by the technology of In-Mold Forming (IMF), so as to connect each fixing part in each elastic piece 120 124, and insulate each fixing portion 124 from each other. Under such a structural configuration, the fixed parts 124 in each elastic piece 120 are connected and insulated from each other through the insulating part 126, so the distance between the contact parts 122 of each fixed part 124 can be shortened, thereby reducing the size of the electrical connector. 100 dimensions and volume.

In detail, the upper surface of the circuit board 110 may include a long side S1 and a short side S2 adjacent to each other. In this embodiment, the fixing portion 124 in each elastic piece 120 is along a direction parallel to the long side S1 D1 are connected to each other through the insulating part 126 . In other words, the extending direction of each elastic piece 120 is parallel to the long side S1. Specifically, the number of elastic pieces 120 can be, for example, two, which are arranged side by side on the circuit board 110 along the direction D2 parallel to the short side S2 as shown in FIG. 1 . Under such a structural configuration, the elastic pieces 120 of the electrical connector 100 can be arranged in double rows, and the distance between the contact parts 122 of the fixing parts 124 is very small, that is to say, the electrical connector is used for coupling with other electronic devices. The arrangement of the connected electrical contacts (that is, the contact portion 122 of the elastic piece 120 ) is denser, so that the size and volume of the electrical connector 100 can be reduced.

Please refer to FIG. 3, the electrical connector 100a of this embodiment is similar to the electrical connector 100 of FIG. 1 and FIG. The upper surface of the circuit board 110 includes a long side S1 and a short side S2 adjacent to each other, and the fixing parts 124 of the elastic pieces 120 are connected to each other through the corresponding insulating part 126 along the direction D2 parallel to the short side S2 . In other words, the extending direction of each elastic piece 120 is parallel to the short side S2. Specifically, the number of fixing portions 124 of each elastic piece 120 may be two, and the elastic pieces 120 may be arranged side by side on the circuit board 110 along the direction D1 parallel to the long side S1 as shown in FIG. 3 . Under such a structural configuration, the fixing parts 124 of the electrical connector 100 can be arranged in double rows, and the fixing parts 124 of the double rows are connected and insulated from each other through the insulating part 126, and each fixing part 124 and each contact part 122 The distance between them is very small, that is to say, the arrangement of the electrical contacts (that is, the contact portion 122 of the elastic piece 120 ) for coupling with other electronic devices of the electrical connector is denser, thus reducing the size of the electrical connector 100 and volume.

In the foregoing embodiments, the contact portions 122 of the elastic pieces 120 are arranged symmetrically and aligned with each other to form a collinear arrangement. That is to say, the contact portions 122 of the elastic pieces 120 are all arranged along the same line. However, please refer to FIG. 4 , different from the embodiments shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , in this embodiment, the contact portions 122 of the elastic pieces 120 can also be arranged in a non-collinear arrangement in a staggered manner. In addition, in this embodiment, the number of fixing portions 124 of each elastic piece 120 may be different from each other. For example, the elastic piece 120a located above the circuit board 110 in FIG. 4 may have three fixing portions 124 and corresponding three one contact portion 122, and the elastic piece 120b positioned below the circuit board 110 may have two fixed portions 124 and corresponding two contact portions 122, of course, the number of the contact portion 122 and the fixed portion 124 in this embodiment is only used For example, the present invention does not limit the number of contact portions 122 and fixing portions 124 and the arrangement of the contact portions 122 of each elastic piece 120 . Therefore, under such a structural configuration, the present invention can improve the design flexibility of the electrical connectors 100, 100a, 100b.

The electrical connectors 100 , 100 a , 100 b of the foregoing embodiments can be applied to smart phones, tablet computers, chargers or other electronic devices suitable for electrical connectors. FIG. 5 will illustrate an embodiment in which the electrical connector 100 is applied to the electronic device 10 , however, the present invention does not limit the scope of application of the electrical connector 100 , 100 a , 100 b. Please refer to FIG. 5 , in this embodiment, the electronic device 10 can be, for example, a smart phone, which includes a body 200 and the electrical connector 100 in the foregoing embodiments. Of course, this embodiment is only used for illustration, and the electrical connectors 100 a , 100 b of the foregoing embodiments can also be applied to the electronic device 10 . The body 200 of the electronic device 10 includes a connection end 210 , and the circuit board 110 of the electrical connector 100 is disposed on the connection end 210 and is electrically connected to the body 200 . In this way, the size of the electrical connector 100 can be reduced due to the very small distance between the elastic pieces 122 of the electrical connector 100 , and the volume of the electronic device 10 can also be reduced accordingly to meet the trend of lightness and thinning. It should be noted here that the electrical connector 100 of this embodiment is used as a socket electrical connector of the electronic device 10 to be electrically connected with a corresponding plug electrical connector, however, the present invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the electrical connectors 100 , 100 a , and 100 b can also be disposed on the plug as a plug electrical connector for electrical connection with socket electrical connectors of other electronic devices.

To sum up, the electrical connector of the present invention uses the insulating part to connect the fixed parts of the elastic pieces and insulate them from each other, so that the distance between the fixed parts and the contact parts can be shortened, and the space between the fixed parts and the contact parts can be shortened. The number of contact portions of the electrical connector can be increased, and the size and volume of the electrical connector can be reduced. Moreover, the electronic device using the electrical connector can also easily comply with the current trend of thinning and thinning. In addition, the electrical connector of the present invention does not limit the number of fixing portions and contact portions of each elastic piece and the arrangement of the contact portions, thus improving the design flexibility of the electrical connector.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in conjunction with the above embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone skilled in the art can make some changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope of protection of the present invention should be defined by the appended claims.

Claims (9)

1. a kind of inserting slot electric connector, comprising:

Wiring board；

Multiple elastic slices are set on the wiring board, wherein respectively the elastic slice includes:

Multiple contact portions；

Multiple fixed parts, those fixed parts be fixedly arranged on the wiring board and with the circuit board electrical connection, respectively the contact portion connect phase The corresponding fixed part simultaneously protrudes from the fixed part toward the direction far from the wiring board；And

Multiple insulation divisions, respectively the insulation division connect two adjacent fixed parts so that two those adjacent fixed parts be connected to each other and It is insulated from each other, wherein each fixed part surround and connects the surrounding of the corresponding contact portion.

2. inserting slot electric connector as described in claim 1, wherein the material of those insulation divisions includes plastic cement, those contact portions with The material of those fixed parts includes metal.

3. inserting slot electric connector as described in claim 1, wherein a upper surface of the wiring board includes a length adjacent to each other Side and a short side, respectively those fixed parts of the elastic slice pass through corresponding insulation division each other along the direction for being parallel to the long side Connection.

4. inserting slot electric connector as claimed in claim 3, wherein the quantity of those elastic slices is two, and short along this is parallel to The direction on side and be arranged side by side on the wiring board.

5. inserting slot electric connector as described in claim 1, wherein a upper surface of the wiring board includes a length adjacent to each other Side and a short side, respectively those fixed parts of the elastic slice pass through corresponding insulation division each other along the direction for being parallel to the short side Connection.

6. inserting slot electric connector as claimed in claim 5, wherein the quantity of those elastic slices is two, and along being parallel to the length The direction on side and be arranged side by side on the wiring board.

7. inserting slot electric connector as described in claim 1, wherein respectively those contact portions of the elastic slice are in alignment with each other arrangement.

8. inserting slot electric connector as described in claim 1, wherein respectively those contact portions arrangement interlaced with each other of the elastic slice.

9. a kind of electronic device, comprising:

Ontology, including a connecting pin；And

Inserting slot electric connector, comprising:

Wiring board is set to the connecting pin and is electrically connected with the ontology；

Multiple elastic slices are set on the wiring board, and respectively the elastic slice includes:

Multiple contact portions；

Multiple fixed parts, be fixedly arranged on the wiring board and with the circuit board electrical connection, which connects the fixed part and toward remote Direction from the wiring board protrudes from the fixed part；And

Multiple insulation divisions are separately connected two adjacent fixed parts in the respectively elastic slice so that respectively those fixed parts in the elastic slice that This connection and it is insulated from each other, wherein each fixed part surround and connects the surrounding of the corresponding contact portion.