SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
In view of the above, the present invention provides a connector, which can improve the production efficiency and yield of the connector by fixing the first terminal in the first insulator, fixing the second terminal in the second insulator, and then clamping the first insulator and the second insulator.
Preferably, the connector comprises:
a housing;
a first connection assembly including a plurality of first terminals and a first insulator injection molded on a region of the first terminal portion;
a second connection assembly including a plurality of second terminals and a second insulator injection molded on the second terminal portion area;
the first insulator and the second insulator are mutually clamped and contained in the shell.
Preferably, an upper surface of the second insulator includes a recess region recessed downward; the first insulator includes a first portion disposed in the recessed region.
Preferably, the first terminal comprises a first connecting portion extending along the first direction, a first bending portion extending along the second direction and a first contact portion extending along the first direction, which are connected in sequence;
the first portion is formed on the first connecting portion in an injection molding mode, the first connecting assembly further comprises a second portion, and the second portion is formed on the first bending portion in an injection molding mode.
Preferably, the second insulator includes a third portion, a fourth portion and a fifth portion connected in sequence, the third portion and the fifth portion are respectively disposed along the first direction, and the fourth portion is disposed along the second direction;
the recessed region is disposed on the third portion;
the fourth portion comprises clamping grooves on two sides in the third direction, the second portion comprises protruding portions on two sides in the third direction, and the protruding portions are buckled in the clamping grooves.
Preferably, the second terminal includes a second connection portion extending along the first direction, a second bending portion extending along the second direction, and a second contact portion extending along the first direction, which are connected in sequence;
a portion of an upper surface of the second contact portion protrudes above an upper surface of the second insulator.
Preferably, the fifth part upper surface is provided with a first terminal groove in which the first contact portion is provided.
Preferably, a hole extending in the first direction is provided on a side wall of the housing.
Preferably, the shell is further provided with a spring plate located in the hole, two ends of the hole are respectively and fixedly connected with two ends of the spring plate in the first direction, and the middle of the spring plate protrudes into the shell.
Preferably, the housing includes at least one fixing groove, and the fourth portion is provided with at least one fixing portion engaged with the fixing groove.
Preferably, the housing includes a limiting protrusion protruding inward, and the fourth portion is provided with at least one limiting portion engaged with the limiting protrusion.
An embodiment of the utility model provides a connector, connector includes casing, first coupling assembling and second coupling assembling. The first connecting assembly comprises a plurality of first terminals and a first insulator which is injection molded on the first terminal part area; the second connection assembly includes a plurality of second terminals and a second insulator injection molded over a region of the second terminal portion. The first insulator and the second insulator are clamped with each other and are contained in the shell. The utility model discloses the connector can improve the production efficiency and the yield of connector.
Detailed Description
The present invention will be described below based on examples, but the present invention is not limited to only these examples. In the following detailed description of the present invention, certain specific details are set forth in detail. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. Well-known methods, procedures, components and circuits have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the present invention.
Further, those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the drawings provided herein are for illustrative purposes and are not necessarily drawn to scale.
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, throughout this application, the words "comprise", "comprising", and the like are to be construed in an inclusive sense as opposed to an exclusive or exhaustive sense; that is, what is meant is "including, but not limited to".
In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "first," "second," and the like are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance. In addition, in the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.
Unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are intended to be inclusive and mean that, for example, they may be fixedly connected or detachably connected or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those skilled in the art.
When an element or layer is referred to as being "on," "engaged to," "connected to" or "coupled to" another element or layer, it may be directly on, engaged, connected or coupled to the other element or layer or intervening elements or layers may be present. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being "directly on," "directly engaged to," "directly connected to" or "directly coupled to" another element or layer, there may be no intervening elements or layers present. Other words used to describe the relationship between elements should be interpreted in a similar manner. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.
Spatially relative terms, such as "inner," "outer," "below," "lower," "above," "upper," and the like, are used herein for ease of description to describe one element or feature's relationship to another element or feature as illustrated in the figures. It will be understood that the spatially relative terms may be intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. For example, if the device in the figures is turned over, elements described as "below" or "beneath" other elements or features would then be oriented "above" the other elements or features. Thus, the example term "below" can encompass both an orientation of above and below. The device may be otherwise oriented and the spatially relative descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.
Kneeling PIN means that the terminals are permanently deformed, resulting in poor contact between the terminals.
The USB interface has three interfaces with different appearances, namely Type-A, Type-B and Type-C. Type-A is the most extensive interface standard among computer, the electronic accessories, and mouse, USB flash disk, data line are all this interface mostly, and the volume is also the biggest. The iron shell elastic sheet of the Type-A connector is of an elastic point Type, and the head of the elastic sheet exceeds the surface of the outer iron shell after the male connector is inserted into the structure, and the kneeling PIN phenomenon is easily caused. The Type-A connector is easy to damage and short in service life, and user experience is poor. In a comparative example, the terminal and the insulator are separated, the terminal is combined in a mode of inserting the terminal into the insulator, the material belts of the terminal are respectively cut off after the terminal and the terminal are combined, the rubber core and the terminal are placed in the shell, the production process is complicated, and the yield of products in the production process cannot be guaranteed.
In view of this, the present disclosure provides a connector, which can prevent the connector from being damaged easily during the use process, and can improve the production efficiency and yield of the connector.
The embodiment of the present application is described with respect to a Type-a connector, but in other implementations, the connector structure of the present application may be used for Type-B and Type-C connectors.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a connector according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1 to 6, the connector includes a housing 10, a first connection assembly 20, and a second connection assembly 30.
Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a housing of a connector according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the housing 10 includes a housing chamber 103, and at least portions of the first insulator 206 and the second insulator 306 are disposed in the housing chamber 103. In the present embodiment, the accommodating cavity 103 is arranged along the first direction x, and is specifically a square tube with two open ends. The side wall of the housing 10 is provided with a hole extending along the first direction x. The shell 10 is further provided with a spring plate 101 located in the hole, two ends of the hole are fixedly connected with two ends of the spring plate 101 respectively in the first direction x, and the middle of the spring plate 101 protrudes towards the inside of the shell 10. In the present embodiment, the housing 10 is formed by cutting, stretching, bending, and stamping a metal sheet, specifically, the resilient sheet 101 and the side wall of the housing 10 are integrally formed, and a predetermined region is cut along the first direction x on the side wall of the housing 10, and then a portion of the region is stamped to form the resilient sheet 101 protruding inward. A resilient piece 101 having a middle portion protruding inward is provided on a sidewall of the housing 10 so that the male terminal inserted into the connector housing 10 can be stably electrically connected to the housing 10 when the housing 10 and the male terminal mated with the connector are connected to each other. The shape of the middle part protruding inwards is specifically the shape of an arch bridge, and when viewed along the third direction y, the middle part of the elastic sheet 101 is equivalent to an arc protruding inwards. Meanwhile, the inward protruding shape of the middle part can make the deformation of the elastic sheet 101 smaller in the state of being connected with the male end, and prevent the elastic sheet 101 from protruding to the outer side of the side wall of the shell 10 to affect other parts adjacent to the shell 10. Meanwhile, the kneeling PIN phenomenon cannot be caused by the shape of the elastic sheet 101 in the embodiment. In this embodiment, the plurality of elastic sheets 101 are disposed on the side wall of the housing 10, and the plurality of elastic sheets 101 are disposed on the side wall of the housing 10 at intervals, so that the housing 10 can be stably connected to the outer periphery of the male end in all directions, and the reliability of connection between the housing 10 and the male end can be ensured.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a first connection assembly of the connector according to the embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a second connection assembly of the connector according to the embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 5 is a schematic perspective view of the connector according to the embodiment of the present invention after the first connection assembly and the second connection assembly are engaged with each other. Fig. 6 is a schematic perspective view of a first terminal and a second terminal of a connector according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 3 and fig. 6, the first connection assembly 20 includes a plurality of first terminals 201 and a first insulator 206 Injection-molded (IM) on a partial region of the first terminals 201. The first terminal 201 includes a first connecting portion 202 extending along the first direction x, a first bending portion 203 extending along the second direction z, and a first contact portion 204 extending substantially along the first direction x. In the present embodiment, the first contact portion 204 is located below the first connection portion 202, the first contact portion 204 extends forward from the lower end of the first bent portion 203 along the first direction x, and the first connection portion 202 extends backward from the upper end of the first bent portion 203 along the first direction x. The first insulator 206 includes a first portion 207 and a second portion 208 connected in sequence, the first portion 207 is injection molded on the first connection portion 202, and the second portion 208 is injection molded on the first bending portion 203. The first portion 207 extends along a first direction x and the second portion 208 extends along a second direction z. In the present embodiment, the first wire connection portion 205 extending in the second direction z is also connected to the end of the first connection portion 202 of the first terminal 201. The first insulator 206 further includes a sixth portion 209, the sixth portion 209 being injection-molded on the first wire connecting portion 205, the sixth portion 209 being disposed along the second direction z and covering a partial area of the first wire connecting portion 205, the partial area being located particularly on an upper portion of the first wire connecting portion 205. The end of the first contact portion 204 of the first terminal 201 has an upward projection, the upper end of which is used to electrically connect with the male end. The end of the first contact portion 204 is provided with an upward protrusion, so that the end of the first contact portion 204 extends downward, and the first contact portion 204 is prevented from extending upward and bending due to interaction with the male end.
The first contact portion 204 and the first wire connection portion 205 of the first terminal 201 are respectively located at two ends of the first terminal 201, wherein the first contact portion 204 is used for electrically connecting with a male terminal, and the first wire connection portion 205 is electrically connected with an electronic device.
As shown in fig. 4 and 6, the second connecting assembly 30 includes a plurality of second terminals 301 and a second insulator 306 injection-molded on a partial region of the second terminals 301. The second insulator 306 includes a third portion 307, a fourth portion 309, and a fifth portion 313 connected in sequence, the third portion 307 and the fifth portion 313 extend along the first direction x, and the fourth portion 309 extends along the second direction z. The second terminal 301 includes a second connection portion 302 extending along the first direction x, a second bent portion 303 extending along the second direction z, and a second contact portion 304 extending along the first direction x, which are connected in sequence. The relative position relationship between the second connection portion 302, the second bending portion 303 and the second contact portion 304 can refer to the first terminal 201, and is not described herein again. In the present embodiment, the second terminal 301 further includes a second wire connection portion 305 extending downward in the second direction z. The third portion 307 is injection molded on the second connecting portion 302 and a portion of the second wire connecting portion 305. Specifically, the third portion 307 wraps the upper portions of all of the second connection portion 302 and the second wire connection portion 305. The fourth portion 309 is injection molded on the second bending portion 303, and the fifth portion 313 is injection molded on the second contact portion 304. The second insulator 306 exposes a portion of the upper surface of the second contact 304. Specifically, the fifth portion 313 includes a second terminal groove 315 exposing a portion of the upper surface of the second contact portion 304. The first terminal 201 and the second terminal 301 are electrically isolated from each other.
The second contact portion 304 and the second connection portion 305 of the second terminal 301 are respectively located at two ends of the second terminal 301, wherein the second contact portion 304 is used for electrically connecting with a male terminal, and the second connection portion 305 is electrically connected with an electronic device.
It should be understood that the number of the first terminals 201 and the second terminals 301 is plural, and the connector of the present application is illustrated by taking 4 first terminals 201 and 5 second terminals 301 as an example, and the number of the first terminals 201 and the second terminals 301 may be adaptively adjusted in other alternative implementations. In the present embodiment, the first terminals 201 and the second terminals 301 are arranged at intervals in the third direction y. It should be understood that in other alternative implementations, the relative positions of the first terminal 201 and the second terminal 301 may also be adaptively adjusted. In other alternative implementations, the shapes and sizes of the first terminal 201 and the second terminal 301 may also be adaptively adjusted as needed.
It should be understood that the first insulator 206 and the second insulator 306 in this embodiment may be formed by one-time injection molding or multiple injection molding, respectively.
According to the connector, the first insulator 206 is injection molded outside the first terminal 201, the second insulator 306 is injection molded outside the second terminal 301, the situation that the terminal and the insulator are low in assembly efficiency and easily cause terminal damage in a comparative example can be avoided, and the production efficiency and yield of the connector can be improved.
The first insulator 206 and the second insulator 306 are engaged with each other. As shown in fig. 3 to 5, the upper surface of the second insulator 306 includes a recess 308 recessed downward, the recess 308 is disposed on the third portion 307, and the first portion 207 is disposed in the recess 308. The first portion 207 of the first insulator 206 mates with the recessed region 308. The spacing between the second portion 208 and the sixth portion 209 of the first insulator 206 is equal to the dimension of said third portion 307 along the first direction x. The first portion 207 is disposed on the third portion 307, the sixth portion 209 is disposed outside the third portion 307, and the second portion 208 is disposed outside the fourth portion 309.
The fifth portion 313 is provided with a first terminal groove 314 on an upper surface thereof, and the first contact portion 204 is at least partially disposed in the first terminal groove 314. Specifically, the upper end of the projection of the end of the first contact portion 204 protrudes from the upper surface of the fifth portion 313, and the other portion of the first contact portion 204 is located in the first terminal groove 314. The first terminal groove 314 can limit the movement of the first terminal 201 along the third direction y, so as to protect the terminal and prevent the first terminal 201 from being damaged when the terminal is not well fitted with the male terminal.
The fourth portion 309 includes a locking groove 310 on two sides in the third direction y, the second portion 208 includes a protrusion 210 extending on two sides in the third direction y, and the protrusion 210 is locked in the locking groove 310. As shown in fig. 3, the protrusions 210 are located on both the front and rear sides of the second portion 208. As shown in fig. 4, the slots 310 are located at the front and rear sides of the fourth portion 309, and the openings of the two slots 310 face the inner side and are opposite to each other. The size of the card slot 310 is substantially the same as the size of the protrusion 210, or the size of the card slot 310 is slightly larger than the size of the protrusion 210. By aligning the slot 310 and the boss 210, and then mating the first insulator 206 and the second insulator 306, the lower surface of the first portion 207 and the upper surface of the third portion 307 substantially conform. The mutual cooperation of the protrusion 210 and the slot 310 enables the first insulator 206 and the second insulator 306 to be fixedly connected, and the protrusion 210 and the slot 310 can play a role of limiting, so as to limit the relative position of the first insulator 206 and the second insulator 306.
The first insulator 206 and the second insulator 306 are housed in the housing 10. As shown in fig. 1 to 5, partial regions of the first insulator 206 and the second insulator 306 are disposed in the accommodating chamber 103 of the housing 10. Specifically, the second portion 208, the fourth portion 309 and the fifth portion 313 are arranged in the accommodating cavity 103, the end of the fifth portion 313 is arranged at the second end 105 of the accommodating cavity, the fourth portion 309 is matched with the first end 104 of the accommodating cavity, the lower surface of the fifth portion 313 is higher than the lower surface of the fourth portion 309, so that the fifth portion 313 is arranged in the middle of the accommodating cavity 103, the upper surface of the fifth portion 313 is at a certain distance from the upper side wall of the accommodating cavity 103, and the lower surface of the fifth portion 313 is at a certain distance from the lower side wall of the accommodating cavity 103. The end of the upper side wall of the accommodating chamber 103 is fixedly connected with the protecting part 107, and the upper surface of the protecting part 107 is higher than the upper surface of the accommodating chamber 103. The guard 107 is located above the first portion 207.
The housing 10 includes at least one fixing groove 106, and the fourth portion 309 is provided with at least one fixing portion 311, and the fixing portion 311 is engaged with the fixing groove 106. In this embodiment, the fixing groove 106 is a notch formed at a first end of the sidewall of the accommodating chamber 103. Further, the notch is rectangular. The fixing portions 311 of the fourth portion 309 protrude toward two sides along the third direction y, the fixing portions 311 are disposed corresponding to the fixing grooves 106, the first insulator 206 and the second insulator 306 are placed into the accommodating cavity 103 from the first end 104 of the accommodating cavity, and the fixing portions 311 and the fixing grooves 106 cooperate to define the relative positions of the first insulator 206 and the second insulator 306 and the housing 10.
The housing 10 includes a limiting protrusion 102 protruding inward, and the fourth portion 309 is provided with at least one limiting portion 312, and the limiting portion 312 is engaged with the limiting protrusion 102. The limiting protrusion 102 is a plate with one end fixedly connected to the housing 10 and the other end suspended. In the present embodiment, the limiting protrusion 102 is initially disposed along the third direction y, and after the first insulator 206 and the second insulator 306 are placed in the housing 10, the end of the limiting protrusion 102 suspended is bent inward, so that the limiting protrusion 102 is engaged with the limiting portion 312 at the periphery of the fourth portion 309. The limiting portion 312 is a groove and is disposed corresponding to the limiting protrusion 102.
It should be understood that the position-limiting portion 312 and the fixing portion 311 may be disposed on the periphery of the fourth portion 309, specifically on the left and right sides and the lower side of the fourth portion 309, as required. In the embodiment of the present application, the first fixing portion 311 includes two fixing portions 312 and two limiting portions 312, the two fixing portions 311 protrude from the left and right sides of the fourth portion 309, and the two limiting portions 312 are recessed from the lower side of the fourth portion 309. In other alternative implementations, the number and shape of the limiting parts 312 and the fixing parts 311 may be adaptively adjusted as needed.
The forming process of the connector in the embodiment of the application specifically comprises the following steps:
step S100 engages the first insulator 206 with the second insulator 306.
Step S200, the first insulator 206 and the second insulator 306 are placed in the accommodation chamber 103 from the first end 104 of the accommodation chamber.
Step S300, pressing a partial region of the housing 10 against the surfaces of the first insulator 206 and the second insulator 306.
In particular, the first end 104 and the fourth portion 309 of the housing are pressed, pressing the protection 107 against the first portion 207.
It should be understood that the female connector provided in the electronic device is described as an example in the present application, and the structure of the present application can also be applied to the male connector.
An embodiment of the present invention provides a connector, the connector includes a housing 10, a first connecting assembly 20 and a second connecting assembly 30. The first connection assembly 20 includes a plurality of first terminals 201 and a first insulator 206 injection-molded on a partial region of the first terminals 201. The second connecting assembly 30 includes a plurality of second terminals 301 and a second insulator 306 injection-molded on a partial region of the second terminals 301. The first insulator 206 and the second insulator 306 are engaged with each other and are accommodated in the housing 10. The utility model discloses the connector can improve the production efficiency and the yield of connector.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included within the protection scope of the present invention.