CN202034522U - Clamshell electrical connector and combination thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a flip-type electric connector, which comprises an insulating body, a cover plate, a plurality of first terminals and a plurality of second terminals; the insulating body is provided with a plurality of first terminal grooves and a plurality of second terminal grooves. The cover plates are respectively provided with a pivot post pivoted on two sides of the insulating body, and an accommodating space is formed between the cover plates and the insulating body. The first terminals and the second terminals are respectively arranged in the first terminal grooves and the second terminal grooves, and the width among the first terminal grooves is different from that among the second terminal grooves; therefore, the flexible transmission unit is suitable for the flexible transmission units with different pitches of the first electrical contact and the second electrical contact. The utility model discloses still relate to a lift formula of covering electric connector combination, it includes the utility model provides a lift formula of covering electric connector and a soft transmission unit, this soft transmission unit is adorned in this accommodation space.

Description

Clamshell electrical connector and combination thereof

【Technical field】

The utility model relates to an electrical connector, in particular to a flip-type connector for connecting flexible transmission units such as flexible flat cables (Flexible Flat Cable, FFC) or flexible printed circuit boards (Flexible Printed Circuit, FPC). Electrical connectors and combinations thereof.

【Background technique】

ATA (AT Attachment, AT interface) is an interface specification for general disk drives, which can be applied to computer systems, mainly as a transmission interface between disk drives and motherboards, and developed Parallel Advanced Technology Connection (Parallel ATA, PATA for short) ) and Serial Advanced Technology Connection (Serial ATA, referred to as SATA) two interface specifications. Due to the limited transmission bandwidth, the PATA interface cannot keep up with the faster and faster processing speed of the central processing unit. In order to achieve fast transmission, most computer hard disks currently use SATA interfaces, and computer hard disks using SATA interfaces will become a trend in the future. .

In order to realize the electrical connection of hard disks and even Blu-ray discs, etc., flexible transmission units such as flexible cables (FFC) or flexible printed circuit boards (FPC) can be used to connect the SATA connector and the electrical conduction interface. A conventional SATA connector is provided with a plurality of first terminals and a plurality of second terminals, the first terminals and the second terminals are arranged in corresponding terminal grooves of an insulating body, and the distance between the first terminals is the same as that of the The spacing of the second terminals. However, when the distances between the first electrical contacts and the second electrical contacts at one end of the flexible transmission unit are different, the conventional connector cannot be used.

In addition, after the flexible transmission unit is installed on the connector, its ability to resist pulling is relatively poor. Usually, a complex positioning structure needs to be designed to stably position the flexible transmission unit on the connector.

The reason is that the inventors of this utility model feel that the above-mentioned defects can be improved, so Naite devoted himself to research and combined with the application of theories, and finally proposed a utility model with reasonable design and effective improvement of the above-mentioned defects.

【Content of utility model】

The main purpose of this utility model is to provide a flip-type electrical connector and its combination suitable for flexible transmission units with different spacings, so that the electrical connector can be adapted to the spacing of the first electrical contact and the second electrical contact. The spacing is not the same as the soft transmission unit.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a flip-type electrical connector with better pull resistance and its combination.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a flip-type electrical connector with a relatively simplified structure of the positioning and flexible transmission unit and its combination. After being installed in the electrical connector, the anti-pull ability is better, and its positioning structure is relatively simplified.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a flip-type electrical connector, which includes an insulating body, a cover plate, several first terminals and several second terminals. The insulating body has several first terminal slots and several second terminal slots. The cover plate has a pivot pivotally connected to two sides of the insulating body, and an accommodating space is formed between the cover plate and the insulating body. Each of the first terminals and the second terminals has a fixing portion, a contact portion and a welding portion. The first terminals and the second terminals are respectively arranged in the first terminal slots and the second terminal slots, and are fixed to the insulating body by the fixing portion. The contact portion is exposed in the accommodating space, and the welding portion protrudes out of the insulating body. The width between the first terminal slots is different from the width between the second terminal slots.

The embodiment of the utility model further provides a clamshell type electrical connector assembly, which includes an insulating body, a cover plate, a flexible transmission unit, a plurality of first terminals and a plurality of second terminals. The insulating body has several first terminal slots and several second terminal slots. Each of the cover plates has a pivot column pivotally connected to two sides of the insulating body, and an accommodating space is formed between the cover plate and the insulating body. The flexible transmission unit is assembled in the accommodating space. Each of the first terminals and the second terminals has a fixing portion, a contact portion and a welding portion. The first terminals and the second terminals are respectively arranged in the first terminal slots and the second terminal slots, and are fixed to the insulating body by the fixing portion. The contact portion is exposed in the accommodating space, and the welding portion protrudes out of the insulating body. The width between the first terminal slots is different from the width between the second terminal slots.

The utility model can have the following beneficial effects:

The distance between the first terminals of the electrical connector of the utility model is different from that of the second terminals, so it can be applied to flexible transmission units with different distances between the first electrical contacts and the second electric contacts.

The utility model can further provide a plane area between the first terminal slots and the second terminal slots, the plane area is additionally provided with a positioning part, and the positioning part is set in the corresponding positioning hole of the flexible transmission unit, so that the soft transmission unit After being installed in the electrical connector, the transmission unit has better resistance to pulling, and its positioning structure is composed of a positioning portion and a positioning hole, and its structure is relatively simplified.

In order to enable a further understanding of the features and technical content of the present utility model, please refer to the following detailed description and accompanying drawings of the present utility model. However, the attached drawings are only for reference and description, and are not used to limit the present utility model. .

【Description of drawings】

FIG. 1 is a three-dimensional exploded view of the flip-top electrical connector of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a three-dimensional assembled view of the flip-top electrical connector of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a three-dimensional assembled view of another perspective of the flip-top electrical connector of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the flip-type electrical connector and the flexible transmission unit of the present invention before assembly.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the assembly of the flip-top electrical connector of the present invention (the cover is opened).

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the assembly of the flip-top electrical connector of the present invention (cover closed state).

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view (1) of the clamshell electrical connector assembly of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a cross-sectional view (2) of the clamshell electrical connector combination of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view (3) of the combination of the flip-top electrical connector of the present invention.

【Detailed ways】

[First embodiment]

Please refer to Fig. 1 to Fig. 3, which is a preferred embodiment of the flip-top electrical connector of the present invention, which includes an insulating body 1, a cover plate 2, several first terminals 3, and several second terminals 4 And two fixing parts 5, wherein the insulating body 1 preferably complies with the specification of the SATA connector. However, in other different embodiments, various other types of connectors may also be included. The insulating body 1 made of plastic material has a bottom plate 11, a top plate 12 and two side plates 13, the top plate 12 is located above the bottom plate 11, and the two side plates 13 are integrally formed on both sides of the bottom plate 11 and the top plate 12, the length of the bottom plate 11 Longer than top plate 12 lengths. When the cover plate 2 is fastened to the insulating body 1 , the sum of the lengths of the top plate 12 and the cover plate 2 is equal to the length of the bottom plate 11 .

The insulating body 1 has several first terminal grooves 14 and several second terminal grooves 15, and these first terminal grooves 14 and these second terminal grooves 15 extend on the bottom plate 11 and the top plate 12, so that each first terminal 3 and the second terminal 4 are assembled in the bottom plate 11 and the top plate 12. The first terminal grooves 14 are arranged at equal intervals on the insulating body 1, and the width W1 between the first terminal grooves 14 is different from the width W2 between the second terminal grooves 15, that is, the first terminal grooves The width W1 between 14 can be larger or smaller than the width W2 between the second terminal slots 15 , and can be changed as required. In this embodiment, the width W1 between each first terminal groove 14 is preferably greater than the width W2 between each second terminal groove 15 . There is a plane area 16 between the first terminal slots 14 and the second terminal slots 15 , and at least one positioning portion 17 is further provided on the plane area 16 . The positioning portion 17 is a structure protruding from the planar area 16 . In this embodiment, the positioning portion 17 is preferably a polygonal protruding post; however, in other different embodiments, the positioning portion 17 can also be a circular shape, a triangular shape, or various suitable structures such as male and female matching. In this embodiment, the number of the above-mentioned positioning parts 17 preferably includes but not limited to two.

The cover 2 has a pivot 21, which is formed on one end and one long side of the cover 2 and has two pivot columns 211 protruding from both sides, the pivot 21 of the cover 2 can be pivotally connected to both sides of the insulating body 1 , that is, the pivot post 211 of the cover 2 can be pivotally connected to the corresponding shaft holes 18 inside the side plates 13 of the insulating body 1, so that the cover 2 can be opened or closed relative to the insulating body 1. The top plate 12 of the insulating body 1 is formed with several protruding parts 121, and these protruding parts 121 are arranged at intervals with each other, and each has a circular concave arc-shaped contact surface 122 in the accommodating space 19, and the pivot shaft 21 and the The contact surfaces 122 are in contact with each other so that the pivot shaft 21 can be received by the contact surfaces 122, so that the pivot shaft 21 of the cover plate 2 will not be deformed due to too long length, and can be more stably pivotally connected to the insulating body 1 . As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , the cover plate 2 is further formed with a cover plate hole 23 relative to the protruding portion 121 , so that the protruding portion 121 protrudes out of the cover plate hole 23 .

An accommodating space 19 is formed between the cover plate 2 and the insulating body 1 , the accommodating space 19 is located between the bottom plate 11 and the two side plates 13 , and the positioning portion 17 extends into the accommodating space 19 . The first terminal slots 14 are located on one side of the accommodating space 19 , and the second terminal slots 15 are located on the other side of the accommodating space 19 . Both sides of the cover plate 2 can be provided with clamping parts 22, and the clamping parts 22 protrude from both sides of the cover plate 2. When the cover plate 2 is closed on the insulating body 1, the two clamping parts 22 can be clamped on the insulating body 1 The inner edges of both sides (side plates 13 ) make the cover plate 2 cover the insulating body 1 stably.

The first terminals 3 and the second terminals 4 conform to the SATA standard and are made of metal or its alloy material with good electrical conductivity. Each of the first terminals 3 has a fixing portion 31, a contact portion 32 and a welding portion 33, and the second terminals 4 are similar to the first terminals 3, and each has a fixing portion 41, a contact portion 42 and a Welding part 43. The contact portions 32, 42 of the first terminal 3 and the second terminal 4 are formed by bending one end of the fixing portion 31, 41 toward the accommodation space 19, and the welding portions 33, 43 of the first terminal 3 and the second terminal 4 are formed by The other ends of the fixing parts 31 and 41 are extended. The first terminals 3 and the second terminals 4 are respectively arranged in the first terminal grooves 14 and the second terminal grooves 15, and are fixed to the insulating body 1 by the fixing parts 31, 41, and the contact part 32 , 42 are exposed in the accommodating space 19 , and the welding parts 33 , 43 extend out of the insulating body 1 .

Since the width W1 between the first terminal slots 14 is different from the width W2 between the second terminal slots 15 , the pitch P1 of the first terminals 3 is different from the pitch P2 of the second terminals 4 . That is to say, the width W1 between each first terminal groove 14 is preferably greater than the width W2 between each second terminal groove 15, so that the pitch P1 of each first terminal 3 is also greater than that of each second terminal 4 The pitch P2.

The two fixing parts 5 each have a fixing section 51 and a welding section 52. The welding section 52 is formed by extending one end of the fixing section 51. The fixing sections 51 of the two fixing parts 5 are fixed in the corresponding fixing grooves 131 on both sides of the insulating body 1. The welding section 52 extends out of the insulating body 1 , so that the two fixing parts 5 are respectively disposed on two sides of the insulating body 1 and adjacent to the first terminal 3 and the second terminal 4 . The welding sections 52 of the two fixing parts 5 can be used for welding on the circuit board, so as to increase the fixity of the electrical connector.

[Second Embodiment]

Please refer to Fig. 4 to Fig. 9, which are the combination of the clamshell electrical connector of the present invention and the flexible transmission unit 6, the flexible transmission unit 6 can be a flexible cable (FFC) or a flexible printed circuit board (FPC) , one end of the flexible transmission unit 6 is provided with several first electrical contacts 61 and several second electrical contacts 62 (as shown in Figure 4 and Figure 5), and the spacing of these first electrical contacts 61 is different from these The distance between the second electrical contacts 62 . One end of the flexible transmission unit 6 can be further connected with a reinforcement board 63, the reinforcement board 63 is a hard board body that can be accommodated in the accommodating space 19, and these electrical contacts 61, 62 are extended and exposed on the other side of the reinforcement board 63 On, as viewed from FIG. 4 , that is, it is located on the bottom surface of the reinforcing plate 63 . One end of the flexible transmission unit 6 is provided with a positioning hole 64 corresponding to the positioning portion 17 .

One end of the flexible transmission unit 6 can be accommodated in the accommodating space 19, so that the electrical contacts 61, 62 are in contact with the contact parts 32, 42, and at this time, the positioning part 17 is installed in the corresponding positioning Hole 64. In addition, the cover plate 2 can be covered on the insulating body 1 (as shown in Figures 6 to 9), so that the cover plate 2 is pressed on the flexible transmission unit 6, so as to prevent the positioning part 17 from breaking away from the positioning hole 64, and can strengthen The contact between the electrical contacts 61 and 62 of the press-fit flexible transmission unit 6 and the contact portions 32 and 42 of the terminals 3 and 4 makes the signal transmission of the contact conduction more stable.

The distance between the first terminals 3 of the electrical connector of the present invention is different from that of the second terminals 4 , so it is applicable to the flexible transmission unit 6 with different distances between the first electrical contacts 61 and the second electrical contacts 62 . Secondly, the utility model can be provided with a planar area 16 between the first terminal slots 14 and the second terminal slots 15, and the planar area 16 is further provided with a positioning part 17, and the positioning part 17 penetrates the flexible transmission unit 6 The corresponding positioning holes 64 make the flexible transmission unit 6 more resistant to pulling after being installed in the electrical connector, and its positioning structure is composed of the positioning portion 17 and the positioning holes 64, which greatly simplifies the structure.

However, the above descriptions are only preferred embodiments of the present utility model, and are not intended to limit the scope of patent protection of the present utility model. Therefore, all equivalent changes made by using the contents of the utility model specification and drawings are all included in the same reason. Within the protection scope of the rights of the present utility model, Chen Ming is jointly granted.

[Description of main component symbols]

1 insulating body

11 bottom plate

12 top plate

121 protrusion

122 contact surface

13 side panels

131 fixed slot

14 first terminal slot

15 second terminal slot

16 plane area

17 Positioning Department

18 shaft holes

19 accommodation space

2 cover

21 pivot

211 pivot column

22 card joint

23 cover hole

3 first terminal

31 fixed part

32 contact part

33 welding part

4 second terminal

41 fixed part

42 contact part

43 welding part

5 fixing parts

51 fixed segment

52 welding section

6 soft transmission unit

61 first electrical contact

62 first electrical contact

63 reinforced plate

64 positioning holes

W1 width

W2 width

P1 spacing

P2 pitch

Claims (10)

1. a cover-lifting type electric connector is characterized in that, this cover-lifting type electric connector comprises:

One insulating body, this insulating body have several the first terminal grooves and several second terminal grooves;

One cover plate, this cover plate respectively have a pivot post that is articulated in these insulating body both sides, form an accommodation space between this cover plate and this insulating body;

Several the first terminals and several second terminals, those the first terminals and those second terminals respectively have a fixed part, a contact site and a weld part, those the first terminals and those second terminals are arranged at respectively in those the first terminal grooves and those second terminal grooves, and be fixed in this insulating body with this fixed part, this contact site then is exposed in this accommodation space, and this weld part stretches out outside this insulating body; And

Width between those the first terminal grooves is different from the width between those second terminal grooves.

2. as 1 described cover-lifting type electric connector of claim the, it is characterized in that, this insulating body has a base plate, a top board and biside plate, this biside plate is connected in this top board and this base plate both sides, this floor length is longer than this top board length, and this accommodation space is between this base plate and this biside plate.

3. as 1 described cover-lifting type electric connector of claim the, it is characterized in that have a plane domain between those the first terminal grooves and those second terminal grooves, this plane domain is provided with at least one location division in addition, this at least one location division is stretched in this accommodation space.

4. as 1 described cover-lifting type electric connector of claim the, it is characterized in that, one top board of this insulating body is formed with several protuberances, those protuberances respectively have a contact-making surface, one pivot of this cover plate contacts with those contact-making surfaces, these cover plate both sides are provided with the Access Division, and this two Access Division is connected in this insulating body both sides inner edge.

5. as each described cover-lifting type electric connector in 1 to 4 of the claim the, it is characterized in that, this cover-lifting type electric connector includes two fixtures in addition, this two fixture is located at these insulating body both sides respectively and is adjacent to this first terminal and this second terminal, this two fixture respectively has a canned paragraph and a welding section, this canned paragraph is fixed in the corresponding holddown groove of this insulating body, and this welding section stretches out outside this insulating body.

6. as each described cover-lifting type electric connector in 1 to 4 of the claim the, it is characterized in that the width between those the first terminal grooves is greater than the width between those second terminal grooves.

7. as each described cover-lifting type electric connector in 1 to 4 of the claim the, it is characterized in that, this contact site of those the first terminals and those second terminals is to be bent to form towards this accommodation space direction by this fixed part one end, and this weld part of those the first terminals and those second terminals is to be extended to form by this fixed part other end.

8. a cover-lifting type electric connector combination is characterized in that, this cover-lifting type electric connector combination comprises:

One insulating body, this insulating body have several the first terminal grooves and several second terminal grooves;

One cover plate, this cover plate respectively have a pivot post that is articulated in these insulating body both sides, form an accommodation space between this cover plate and this insulating body;

One flexible transmission unit, this flexible transmission unit are assembled in this accommodation space;

Several the first terminals and several second terminals, those the first terminals and those second terminals respectively have a fixed part, a contact site and a weld part, those the first terminals and those second terminals are arranged at respectively in those the first terminal grooves and those second terminal grooves, and be fixed in this insulating body with this fixed part, this contact site then is exposed in this accommodation space, and this weld part stretches out outside this insulating body; And

Width between those the first terminal grooves is different from the width between those second terminal grooves.

9. as 8 described cover-lifting type electric connector combinations of claim the, it is characterized in that, has a plane domain between those the first terminal grooves and those second terminal grooves, this plane domain is provided with at least one location division in addition, this at least one location division is stretched in this accommodation space, this flexible transmission unit is provided with and the corresponding at least one location hole in this at least one location division, and this at least one location division is arranged in this at least one location hole.

10. as the described cover-lifting type electric connectors combination of 8 of claims the, it is characterized in that this flexible transmission unit is provided with several electrical contacts, the conducting that contacts with those contact sites of those electrical contacts.

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