CN104426016A - Connector assembly and electronic device - Google Patents

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CN104426016A
CN104426016A CN201310397684.9A CN201310397684A CN104426016A CN 104426016 A CN104426016 A CN 104426016A CN 201310397684 A CN201310397684 A CN 201310397684A CN 104426016 A CN104426016 A CN 104426016A
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庄益诚
廖宇靖
郑英彦
杜志炜
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/73Means for mounting coupling parts to apparatus or structures, e.g. to a wall
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/70Coupling devices
    • H01R12/77Coupling devices for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures
    • H01R12/771Details
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/70Coupling devices
    • H01R12/77Coupling devices for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures
    • H01R12/79Coupling devices for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures connecting to rigid printed circuits or like structures

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Abstract

The invention discloses a connector assembly and an electronic device. The connector assembly is suitable to be used in a machine case of the electronic device, and comprises a connector and a buckle element, wherein the buckle element comprises a carrying part and a buckle holding part connected to the carrying part, the connector is arranged on the carrying part, the buckle element is suitable for being clamped at one side edge of a base plate positioned in the machine case, and in addition, the carrying part and the buckle holding part are respectively borne and leaned on the upper side and the lower side of the side edge of the base plate. The invention also discloses the electronic device, which comprises the connector assembly.

Description

Connector assembly and electronic installation
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of connector assembly, and particularly relate to a kind of connector assembly being applied to electronic installation
Background technology
In recent years, along with scientific and technological industry is day by day flourishing, the products such as electronic installation such as notebook computer (NotebookComputer, NB), panel computer (Tablet Computer) and Smartphone (Smart Phone) occur in daily life continually.Kenel and the using function of electronic installation are more and more polynary, and convenience and practicality make these electronic installations more popular, can use for different purposes.
Except the function that electronic installation itself has; the inside of electronic installation can arrange connector usually; (be such as Subscriber Identity Module (subscriber identity module card to make the grafting of electronic installation energy in order to the electronic cards of extended function; SIM card) or storage card); or connect other external device (ED)s such as USB (Universal Serial Bus, USB) connector.With the connector of electronic disc type, this type of connector be normally fixed on be positioned at casing printed circuit board (PCB) (printed circuitboard, PCB) on, to be electrically connected with printed circuit board (PCB).Due to electronic installation now mainly with frivolous be main demand, therefore glass cover-plate, contact panel, display and other parts can bind to printed circuit board (PCB) comparatively tight with what make internal structure configure usually.When connector damages, in maintenance process, in order to dismantle connector, most of component (being such as display) of electronic installation first must be disassembled, just the inside of electronic installation can be exposed and dismantle connector.Above-mentioned dismounting mode is comparatively complicated, and then promotes the maintenance cost of electronic installation.
Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of connector assembly, there are easy dismounting means.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of electronic installation, applies above-mentioned connector assembly, and has lower maintenance cost.
For reaching above-mentioned purpose, connector assembly of the present invention is suitable for being configured in a casing of an electronic installation.Connector assembly comprises a connector and a fastener.Fastener comprises a supporting part and is connected to a holding part of supporting part.Connector is configured on supporting part.Fastener is suitable for the side being held on the substrate of position in casing, and the both sides up and down of the side of supporting part and holding part difference breasting substrate.
Electronic installation of the present invention comprises a casing, a substrate and a connector assembly.Substrate is positioned at casing.Connector assembly is configured in casing.Connector assembly comprises a connector and a fastener.Fastener comprises a supporting part and is connected to a holding part of supporting part.Connector is configured on supporting part.Fastener is held on a side of substrate, and the both sides up and down of the side of supporting part and holding part difference breasting substrate.
In one embodiment of this invention, above-mentioned holding part has one first location structure.First location structure coordinates one second location structure of substrate, to be fixed on substrate by fastener.
In one embodiment of this invention, the first above-mentioned location structure is a bulge-structure, and the second location structure is a recessed structure.First location structure embeds the second location structure.
In one embodiment of this invention, above-mentioned connector assembly more comprises a flexible circuit board, and position is between connector and fastener.Connector is electrically connected with flexible circuit board.
In one embodiment of this invention, above-mentioned substrate has an opening.Flexible circuit board extends to below substrate via opening.
In one embodiment of this invention, above-mentioned connector is an electronic card coupler or a socket connector.
In one embodiment of this invention, above-mentioned substrate is a printed circuit board (PCB) or an internal rack.
In one embodiment of this invention, the side mask of above-mentioned casing has an opening.Connector is configured in casing, and corresponds to opening.
In one embodiment of this invention, above-mentioned electronic installation more comprises a display, to be fixed on substrate and covering connector.
Based on above-mentioned, connector is configured on fastener by connector assembly of the present invention, and wherein fastener comprises supporting part and is connected to the holding part of supporting part, makes fastener be held on the side of substrate by supporting part and holding part.Because connector assembly of the present invention is assembled on substrate by fastener, therefore in maintenance process, only need, by fastener is pulled outside substrate, connector to be removed from substrate.Accordingly, connector assembly of the present invention has easy dismounting means, and makes the electronic installation applying above-mentioned connector assembly have lower maintenance cost.
For above-mentioned feature and advantage of the present invention can be become apparent, special embodiment below, and coordinate appended accompanying drawing to be described in detail below.
Accompanying drawing explanation
Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of the electronic installation of one embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram that the connector assembly of Fig. 1 is applied to electronic installation.
Symbol description
50: electronic installation
52: casing
52a, 56c: opening
54: display
56: substrate
56a: side
56b: the second location structure
100: connector assembly
110: connector
112: electronic cards
120: fastener
122: supporting part
124: holding part
124a: the first location structure
130: flexible circuit board
X: direction
Embodiment
Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of the electronic installation of one embodiment of the invention.Please refer to Fig. 1, in the present embodiment, electronic installation 50 comprises casing 52, display 54 and connector assembly 100.Display 54 is configured on casing 52, in order to show image.One side (being such as the side corresponding to electronic installation 50 top) of casing 52 has opening 52a.Connector assembly 100 is configured in the casing 52 of electronic installation 50, and corresponds to opening 52a.In the present embodiment, electronic installation 50 is such as Smartphone, and electronic installation 50 also comprises the body do not illustrated, also may be configured with contact panel or part (being such as sound source) that all the other are usually used in electronic installation 50, but the present invention's not kind of limiting electronic device 50 and remaining parts.
Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram that the connector assembly of Fig. 1 is applied to electronic installation.Specifically, please refer to Fig. 2, in the present embodiment, connector assembly 100 is configured in casing 52 and also corresponds to opening 52a.Connector assembly 100 comprises connector 110, fastener 120 and flexible circuit board (flexible printedcircuit board, FPC) 130.Connector 110 is configured in casing 52 and also corresponds to opening 52a.Fastener 120 comprises supporting part 122 and is connected to the holding part 124 of supporting part 122.Connector 110 is configured on supporting part 122.Flexible circuit board 130 is between connector 110 and the supporting part 122 of fastener 120, and connector 110 is electrically connected with flexible circuit board 130.Flexible circuit board 130 can the printed circuit board (PCB) of connection bit in casing 52 (printed circuit board, PCB) or another flexible circuit board, is electrically connected with printed circuit board (PCB) or another flexible circuit board to make connector 110.
In addition, the electronic installation 50 of the present embodiment also comprises substrate 56.Substrate 56 is positioned at casing 52, and display 54 to be fixed on substrate 56 and covering connector 110.For example, display 54 can be adopt adhesion system to be fixed on substrate 56 and covering connector 110.Substrate 56 can be printed circuit board (PCB) or an internal rack (internal chassis), the kind of the present invention's not restricting substrate 56, and substrate 56 has opening 56c.Flexible circuit board 130 can extend to below substrate 56 via opening 56c.In other words, the present invention does not limit the relative position of flexible circuit board 130 and substrate 56, and it can extend to the different surfaces of substrate 56 by arranging opening 56c, make the connection between connector 110 and flexible circuit board 130 more flexible.Because the holding part 124 of fastener 120 is connected to supporting part 122, and holding part 124 and supporting part 122 are in the face of each other and a spacing of being separated by.Accordingly, fastener 120 is suitable for the side 56a being held on the substrate 56 of position in casing 52, and the both sides up and down of supporting part 122 and holding part 124 difference breasting side 56a.With regard to the present embodiment, fastener 120 can be U-shaped, and it comprises supporting part 122 and is extended by a lateral margin of supporting part 122 and be the holding parts 124 of 180 degree of reverse bendings.Accordingly, U-shaped fastener 120 is suitable for the side 56a being held on the substrate 56 of position in casing 52, and the both sides up and down of supporting part 122 and holding part 124 difference breasting side 56a.But fastener 120 is not defined as U-shaped, also can be that other have other external forms of holding function.
In the present embodiment, connector 110 can be electronic card coupler (being such as Subscriber Identity Module connector), and being suitable for holding electronic card 112(is such as Subscriber Identity Module).Electronic cards 112 is inserted connector 110 from the outside of electronic installation 50 via opening 52a and is placed in connector 110, wherein connector 110 has multiple conducting terminal do not illustrated, conducting terminal is electrically connected to flexible circuit board 130, and the electronic cards 112 inserting connector 110 contacts conducting terminal.In other embodiments, connector can be the electronic card coupler of other types, such as, be card connector, and be suitable for an accommodating storage card.Or in other embodiments, connector also can be socket connector (being such as USB connector), and is suitable for an accommodating pin connector.The present invention does not limit the kind of connector.
In addition, in the present embodiment, the holding part 124 of fastener 120 has the first location structure 124a, and substrate 56 has the second location structure 56b of position at side 56a.First location structure 124a coordinates the second location structure 56b of substrate 56, to be fixed on substrate 56 by fastener 120.Furthermore, the first location structure 124a of the present embodiment is bulge-structure, and the second location structure 56b is recessed structure.Accordingly, the first location structure 124a can embed the second location structure 56b, to be fixed on substrate 56 by fastener 120.In other words, the first location structure 124a and the second location structure 56b can avoid fastener 120 mobile toward substrate 56 outer (being such as the direction X in Fig. 2).But in other embodiments, the first location structure can be recessed structure, and the second location structure is bulge-structure, and the first location structure can be fastened on the second location structure, so that fastener 120 is fixed on substrate 56.Or in other embodiments, the first location structure and the second location structure can be any can working in coordination or fixing location structure, and the present invention does not limit the kind of the first location structure and the second location structure.
In the present embodiment, fastener 120 can be assembled to substrate 56 by the spacing between holding part 124 and supporting part 122, and is held on the side 56a of substrate 56.When connector 110 needs repairing or changes, the part casing 52(that can first remove corresponding to connector assembly 100 is such as back of the body lid), to expose the fastener 120 of connector assembly 100.Then, because the first location structure 124a is chimeric mutually with the second location structure 56b and be fixed on substrate 56 by fastener 120, therefore fastener 120 need remove above-mentioned fixed relationship by an external force.Specifically, fastener 120 can pull (being such as pull toward the direction X in Fig. 2) from the junction between holding part 124 and supporting part 122 by an external force toward substrate 56, make the first location structure 124a shift out the second location structure 56b, and then fastener 120 is removed from the side 56a of substrate 56.After removing connector assembly 100, new connector 110 is held on the side 56a of substrate 56 by fastener 120, and embeds the second location structure 56b by the first location structure 124a and be fixed on substrate 56 by fastener 120.It can thus be appreciated that, connector 110 is located in the side 56a of substrate 56 by fastener 120 or removes from substrate 56, therefore when dismounting or assembly and connection device 110, most of component (being such as display 54) of electronic installation 50 does not need to be disassembled, only need the fastener 120 exposing connector assembly 100, just connector 110 can be removed from substrate 56, and new connector 110 is assembled to substrate 56.More specifically, because display 54 to be fixed on substrate 56 and covering connector 110, the present invention need only disassemble connector assembly 100 and need not disassemble the manufacture craft that display just can carry out heavy industry.Accordingly, the connector assembly 100 of the present embodiment has easy dismounting means, can save take-down time and step, makes the electronic installation 50 applying connector assembly 100 have lower maintenance cost.
In sum, connector is configured on fastener by connector assembly of the present invention, and wherein fastener comprises supporting part and is connected to the holding part of supporting part, makes fastener be held on the side of substrate by supporting part and holding part.Accordingly, in the maintenance process of connector assembly, only need, by fastener is pulled outside substrate, connector assembly to be removed from substrate, there are easy dismounting means.Now, electronic installation does not need to carry out destructive disassembling, and namely dismantles connector assembly by being pulled outside substrate by fastener.Accordingly, the electronic installation of application connector assembly can save the time of disassembling with needed for reinstatement, and reduce and disassemble step and also can be reduced in maintenance process the cost repaired or upgrade other parts of being damaged and increase, make electronic installation have lower maintenance cost.
Although disclose the present invention in conjunction with above embodiment; but itself and be not used to limit the present invention; this operator is familiar with in any art; without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention; a little change and retouching can be done, therefore being as the criterion of should defining with the claim of enclosing of protection scope of the present invention.

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1. a connector assembly, be suitable for being configured in a casing of an electronic installation, it is characterized in that, this connector assembly comprises:
Connector; And
Fastener, comprise supporting part and be connected to the holding part of this supporting part, this connector is configured on this supporting part, and this fastener is suitable for the side being held on the substrate of position in this casing, and the both sides up and down of this side of this supporting part and this substrate of this holding part difference breasting.
2. connector assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein this holding part has the first location structure, and this first location structure is suitable for the second location structure coordinating this substrate, to be fixed on this substrate by this fastener.
3. connector assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein this first location structure is a bulge-structure, and this second location structure is a recessed structure, and this first location structure is suitable for embedding this second location structure.
4. connector assembly as claimed in claim 1, also comprises:
Flexible circuit board, position is between this connector and this fastener, and this connector is electrically connected with this flexible circuit board.
5. connector assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein this connector is an electronic card coupler or a socket connector.
6. an electronic installation, is characterized in that, this electronic installation comprises:
Casing;
Substrate, is positioned at this casing; And
Connector assembly, be configured in this casing, wherein this connector assembly comprises:
Connector; And
Fastener, comprises supporting part and is connected to the holding part of this supporting part, and this connector is configured on this supporting part, and this fastener is held on a side of this substrate, and the both sides up and down of this side of this supporting part and this substrate of this holding part difference breasting.
7. electronic installation as claimed in claim 6, wherein this holding part has the first location structure, and this first location structure coordinates the second location structure of this substrate, to be fixed on this substrate by this fastener.
8. electronic installation as claimed in claim 7, wherein this first location structure is a bulge-structure, and this second location structure is a recessed structure, and this first location structure embeds this second location structure.
9. electronic installation as claimed in claim 6, wherein this connector assembly also comprises a flexible circuit board, and position is between this connector and this fastener, and this connector is electrically connected with this flexible circuit board.
10. electronic installation as claimed in claim 6, wherein this substrate has an opening, and this flexible circuit board extends to below this substrate via this opening.
11. electronic installations as claimed in claim 6, wherein this connector is an electronic card coupler or a socket connector.
12. electronic installations as claimed in claim 6, wherein this substrate is a printed circuit board (PCB) or an internal rack.
13. electronic installations as claimed in claim 6, wherein the side mask of this casing has an opening, and this connector is configured in casing, and corresponds to opening.
14. electronic installations as claimed in claim 6, also comprise a display, to be fixed on this substrate and to cover this connector.
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