Board-to-board connector
[ technical field ] A method for producing a semiconductor device
The present application relates to a board-to-board connector.
[ background of the invention ]
The board-to-board connector generally comprises two parts, namely a plug and a socket, wherein the plug and the socket are both composed of a plastic body and a conductive terminal fixed on the plastic body, the plastic body mainly plays a role in insulating and positioning the conductive terminal, and the conductive terminal mainly plays a role in transmitting signals. Typically, the plug and receptacle of the prior art board-to-board connector also add a protective bracket to enhance the strength of the connector, and the protective bracket also serves as a retention force when the plug is mated with the receptacle, wherein in some prior art protective brackets may also be used as current terminals. Therefore, the requirements on the bonding strength of the protection bracket and the plastic body, the length of the arm of force of the elastic arm on the protection bracket, the overall structural strength and stability of the board-to-board connector combined with the protection bracket are higher, and particularly under the design trend that the board-to-board connector is more and more miniaturized nowadays.
Therefore, it is necessary to provide a new design for achieving better effect.
[ summary of the invention ]
It is an object of the present application to provide a new board-to-board connector having a better structural stability.
The purpose of the application is realized by the following technical scheme:
a board-to-board connector for electrically connecting to a butt-joint circuit board comprises an insulating body, a plurality of conductive terminals and a protective frame, wherein the insulating body is provided with an insertion space with an upward opening, the insertion space is used for inserting a butt-joint connector, the insulating body comprises a bottom wall attached to the butt-joint circuit board and two side walls formed by upward extending of two sides of the length direction of the bottom wall, the plurality of conductive terminals are arranged and combined on the side walls, the protective frame is combined at two ends of the length direction of the insulating body and is positioned outside the arrangement range of the plurality of conductive terminals,
the protection frame comprises an upper end wall part, an end inner wall part and an elastic wall part,
the upper end wall part is combined with the upper surfaces of two ends of the insulating body in the length direction and is positioned outside the arrangement range of the conductive terminals,
the end inner wall part extends along the up-down direction and is positioned at the two ends of the length direction of the insulation body,
the end inner wall part, the bottom wall and the side wall are defined together to form the inserting space,
the elastic wall part is formed by extending an end inner wall part, at least part of the elastic wall part extends along the length direction of the insulation body, at least part of the elastic wall part can elastically displace along the width direction of the insulation body,
the contact part is formed on the elastic wall part and at least partially protrudes into the plugging space.
Furthermore, the end inner wall part is directly bent and extended along two ends of the width direction of the insulation body to form the elastic wall part, and the elastic wall part extends along the length direction of the insulation body.
Furthermore, one side edge of the end inner wall part, which is adjacent to the butt joint circuit board, extends along the direction away from the plugging space to form a connecting part, one side edge of the connecting part, which is away from the end inner wall part, is bent upwards to extend to form an end outer wall part, and two ends of the end outer wall part, which are along the width direction of the insulation body, are directly bent and extend to form the elastic wall part.
Furthermore, the elastic wall part extends along the length direction of the insulating body, the elastic wall part is positioned on the inner wall surface of the two ends of the side wall along the length direction of the insulating body, and the contact part is formed by protruding the local position of the elastic wall part into the plugging space.
Furthermore, gaps are formed at the positions of the inner wall parts of the end parts at the two ends of the insulating body along the length direction, and the insertion space is communicated with the outside along the length direction of the insulating body by the gaps.
Further, still include the support frame, the support frame through integrated into one piece combine in insulator length direction's both ends just are located a plurality of the position outside the conductive terminal arrangement scope, the support frame include through integrated into one piece combine in diapire protection shield in insulator's the diapire and by diapire protection shield extends the lateral wall combination board that forms through bending along insulator's width direction's end edge position, lateral wall combination board through integrated into one piece combination in the lateral wall.
Furthermore, the end edge position of diapire protection shield edge length direction of insulator further extends and is formed with even material portion, even material portion stretches out outside the insulator along the length direction of insulator.
Further, the end edge position of diapire protection shield and diapire along insulator's length direction is formed with lets a mouthful, let a mouthful link up the diapire protection shield along upper and lower direction, connecting portion are located let in the mouth.
Further, insulator still includes by the intermediate position of diapire the island wall of the protruding formation that stretches upwards, along insulator's width direction, the island wall is located between two lateral walls, the support frame still includes the island wall protection shield that extends the formation by the diapire, the island wall protection shield through integrated into one piece combine in the island wall is along insulator's length direction's terminal surface on, the upper end reason that the butt joint circuit board one end was kept away from to the island wall protection shield further is folded back and is extended towards the butt joint circuit board and form and bury underground the portion, bury underground the portion corresponding bury underground in the both ends of island wall along length direction, bury underground the portion and further extend the one end that is formed with the lower surface outside protruding to the diapire and bury underground the butt joint portion.
Each upper end wall portion comprises two side wall protection portions and an end protection portion for connecting the end portions of the two side wall protection portions, the two side wall protection portions are correspondingly combined with the upper surfaces of the two ends of the side wall along the length direction of the insulating body and are located at positions outside the arrangement range of the conductive terminals, one side edge, away from the plugging space, of each side wall protection portion is bent downwards to extend to form a side wall outer wall portion, and the side wall outer wall portions are correspondingly combined with the outer surfaces of the two ends of the side wall along the length direction of the insulating body and are located at positions outside the arrangement range of the conductive terminals.
Compare in prior art, the board-to-board connector of this application has better structural stability.
[ description of the drawings ]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a board-to-board connector of the present application;
fig. 2 is a partially exploded perspective view of a first embodiment of the board-to-board connector of the present application, particularly showing two protective frames and a supporting frame separated from the insulative housing;
FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of FIG. 2 from another angle;
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the board-to-board connector of the present application;
fig. 5 is a perspective view of the cross-sectional view of fig. 4 from another angle.
[ detailed description ] embodiments
Hereinafter, a specific embodiment of the board-to-board connector of the present application will be described with reference to fig. 1 to 4.
It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments in the present application may be combined with each other without conflict.
In addition, in the description of the application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "coupled" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the application can be understood in a specific context by those of ordinary skill in the art.
In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the terms "comprises" and "comprising," and any variations thereof, as used herein, are intended to be inclusive and not exclusive, e.g., a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to those steps or elements expressly listed, but may include other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.
Referring to fig. 1 to 5, a board-to-board connector disclosed in the present application for electrically connecting to a mating circuit board (not shown) includes an insulating body 1, a plurality of conductive terminals 2, and a protection frame 3. The insulation body 1 is formed with an insertion space 10 with an upward opening, the insertion space 10 is used for inserting a butting connector, and the insulation body 1 comprises a bottom wall 11 attached to a butting circuit board, two side walls 12 formed by upwards extending two sides of the length direction of the bottom wall 11 and an island wall 13 formed by upwards protruding the middle position of the bottom wall 11. The island wall 13 is located between the two side walls 12 in the width direction of the insulating body 1. A plurality of conductive terminals 2 are arranged and combined on the side wall 12. The protection frames 3 are combined at two ends of the insulating body 1 in the length direction and are positioned outside the arrangement range of the conductive terminals 2.
Referring to fig. 2 to 4, the protection frame 3 includes an upper end wall 31, an end inner wall 32, and an elastic wall 33. The upper end wall 31 is combined with the upper surfaces of the two ends of the insulating body 1 in the length direction and is located outside the arrangement range of the plurality of conductive terminals 2. The end inner wall portion 32 extends in the vertical direction and is located at both ends of the insulating body 1 in the longitudinal direction. The end inner wall portion 32, the bottom wall 11, the side wall 12 and the island wall 13 jointly enclose and define the plugging space 10. The end inner wall portion 32 is formed by bending and extending the upper end wall portion 31 adjacent to the inner edge of the plug space 10.
Referring to fig. 1 to 5, a side edge of the end inner wall 32 adjacent to the mating circuit board extends in a direction away from the plugging space 10 to form a connecting portion 34, and an edge of the connecting portion 34 away from the end inner wall 32 is bent upward to form an end outer wall 35. The end outer wall 35 is directly bent and extended along both ends of the insulating housing 1 in the width direction to form the elastic wall 33, the elastic wall 33 is extended along the length direction of the insulating housing 1, and the elastic wall 33 is located at the inner wall surface position of both ends of the side wall 12 in the length direction of the insulating housing 1. The contact portion 331 is formed by a local position of the elastic wall portion 33 protruding inward of the insertion space 10. The upper side edge of the end outer wall portion 35 is not connected to the outer side edge of the upper end wall portion 31 (specifically, the outer side edge of an end protector 312 described below). In this embodiment, the connecting portion 34 is used for being soldered and fixed to the mating circuit board.
Of course, the elastic wall 33 can also have other embodiments (not shown), such as: the end inner wall portion 32 is formed by directly bending and extending the elastic wall portion 33 along both ends in the width direction of the insulator 1, the elastic wall portion 33 extends in the length direction of the insulator 1, and the elastic wall portion 33 is elastically displaceable in the width direction of the insulator 1. The contact portion 331 is formed on the elastic wall portion 33 and at least partially protrudes into the plugging space 10 for contacting with a mating connector.
Referring to fig. 2 to 5, notches 101 are formed at two ends of the insulating body 1 along the length direction at positions of the end inner wall portion 32, and the notches 101 communicate the inserting space 10 with the outside along the length direction of the insulating body 1, which is shown in the embodiment of the present application: the insulating body is not provided with an end wall structure connecting the two side walls 12. The notch 101 is used for the positioning end inner wall portion 32, the connecting portion 34 and the end outer wall portion 35.
Referring to fig. 1 to 5, the board-to-board connector of the present application further includes a supporting frame 4, the supporting frame 4 is integrally formed at two ends of the length direction of the insulating body 1 and located at a position outside the arrangement range of the plurality of conductive terminals 2, the supporting frame 4 includes a bottom wall protection plate 41 integrally formed in the bottom wall 11 of the insulating body 1 and a sidewall combination plate 42 formed by bending and extending the end position of the bottom wall protection plate 41 along the width direction of the insulating body 1, the sidewall combination plate 42 is integrally formed in the sidewall 12, the end position of the bottom wall protection plate 41 along the length direction of the insulating body 1 further extends to form a connecting portion 43, the connecting portion 43 protrudes out of the insulating body 1 along the length direction of the insulating body 1, and the connecting portion 43 is used for connecting with a material belt, is the material breaking position in the manufacturing process. The end edge positions of the bottom wall protection plate 41 and the bottom wall 11 along the length direction of the insulation body 1 are provided with an abdicating opening 411, the abdicating opening 411 penetrates through the bottom wall protection plate 41 along the up-down direction, and the connecting part 34 is located in the abdicating opening 411.
Further, the supporting frame 4 further includes an island wall protection plate 44 formed by extending the bottom wall 11, the island wall protection plate 44 is integrated with the end surface of the island wall 13 along the length direction of the insulating body 1, the upper end edge of one end of the island wall protection plate 44 away from the butt circuit board is further folded back towards the butt circuit board and extends to form an embedded portion 441, the embedded portion 441 is correspondingly embedded in the two ends of the island wall 14 along the length direction, and one end of the embedded portion 441 adjacent to the butt circuit board further extends to form an embedded butt portion 3015 protruding out of the lower surface of the bottom wall 11.
In this application upper end wall portion 31 includes two lateral wall protection portions 311 and connects two the end protection portion 312 of lateral wall protection portion 311 tip, two lateral wall protection portion 311 corresponds combine in lateral wall 12 just is located a plurality of along the upper surface at insulator 1's length direction's both ends the position outside the arrangement range of conductive terminal 2, each lateral wall protection portion 311 is kept away from a lateral edge of grafting space 10 and is bent downwards and extends and be formed with lateral wall outer wall portion 3111, lateral wall outer wall portion 3111 corresponds to combine in lateral wall 12 just is located a plurality of along the surface at insulator 1's length direction's both ends the position outside the arrangement range of conductive terminal 2. The end inner wall section 32 is formed by bending and extending the end protection section 312 adjacent to the inner edge of the plug space 10.
This application is through setting up support frame 4 for strengthen insulator 1's structural strength. In addition, the protective frame 3 of the board-to-board connector is designed to form the elastic wall portion 33 by extending the end inner wall portion 32, so that the elastic wall portion 33 has a longer effective length design path, that is, the elastic wall portion 33 can be designed to be longer in a smaller overall profile form of the board-to-board connector.
In addition, the embodiment shown in fig. 1 to 5 of the present application is a preferred embodiment, and while the elastic wall portion 33 has a long design path, the two-part structure of the elastic wall portion 33 and the upper end wall portion 31 is separated by the connecting portion 34 welded to the mating circuit board, so that the situation that one part affects the other part due to elastic displacement between the elastic wall portion 33 and the upper end wall portion 31 does not occur, and the structural stability of the whole board-to-board connector is ensured.
In summary, the above is only a preferred embodiment of the present application, and should not be taken as limiting the scope of the present application, which is intended to cover all the modifications and equivalents of the claims and the specification.