CN210866602U

CN210866602U - Shell connector

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Publication number: CN210866602U
Application number: CN201922107557.6U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 宋涛; 刘琨; 张国栋; 王开德; 张镇亮; 严航
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd; Dongguan Xuntao Electronic Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd; Dongguan Xuntao Electronic Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-11-29
Filing date: 2019-11-29
Publication date: 2020-06-26
Anticipated expiration: 2029-11-29

Abstract

The application discloses casing connector for install at least one wire to board connector, wire to board connector's below still includes a plurality of terminal group, and casing connector includes main part, first end cover, second end cover. The main body comprises an accommodating groove, and a plurality of terminal openings are arranged at the bottom of the accommodating groove at intervals; the first end cover is arranged on one end edge of the main body and further comprises a plurality of first spacing pieces which are arranged at intervals; the second end cover is arranged on one end edge of the other main body and further comprises a plurality of second spacing pieces which are arranged at intervals, and the second spacing pieces and the first spacing pieces are staggered. The wire-to-board connectors can be arranged in the accommodating groove according to the number of wire-to-board connectors required by application, the plurality of terminal groups are correspondingly inserted into the plurality of terminal openings, and the structural design of the plurality of first spacing pieces of the first end cover and the plurality of second spacing pieces of the second end cover is used as the mounting dislocation arrangement combination of the wire-to-board connectors, so that the application is variable and convenient.

Description

Shell connector

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of high-speed connectors, in particular to a shell connector.

Background

Accordingly, electrical connectors are widely used in various electronic devices, and various forms of electrical connectors are required depending on application objects, frequencies, power, application environments, and the like, and thus, the forms and structures of the electrical connectors are varied. In the three industries of automobiles, communication equipment, and consumer electronics, the demands for components and parts increasingly require miniaturization, high speed, and interference resistance, including interference generated by high-speed transmission, such as common electromagnetic interference between a cable end and a system end, e.g., a PCB, and causes of electromagnetic interference between a wire and a ground.

Specifically, the main function of the housing connector is to assemble the wire-to-board connector, and the conventional wire-to-board connector and the housing connector are designed to be paired, and similar to the plugging combination of the male socket and the female socket, so that the wire-to-board connector and the housing connector are all combined and paired in a single way.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The embodiment of the application provides a shell connector to solve the problems that the existing shell connector is applied in a single mode.

In order to solve the technical problem, the present application is implemented as follows:

the shell connector is used for installing at least one wire-to-board connector, two side edges of the wire-to-board connector respectively comprise clamping hooks, a plurality of terminal groups are further arranged below the wire-to-board connector, and the shell connector comprises a main body, a first end cover and a second end cover. The main body comprises an accommodating groove, a plurality of terminal openings are formed in the bottom of the accommodating groove at intervals, the wire-to-board connector is arranged in the accommodating groove, and a plurality of terminal groups are correspondingly inserted into the terminal openings. The first end cover is arranged on one end edge of the main body and further comprises a plurality of first spacing pieces which are arranged at intervals; the second end cover is arranged on the other end edge of the main body and is positioned on the opposite side of the first end cover, the second end cover further comprises a plurality of second spacing pieces which are arranged at intervals, and the plurality of second spacing pieces are staggered with the plurality of first spacing pieces.

In the embodiment of the application, the bottom of the accommodating groove is provided with a plurality of terminal openings at intervals, and the staggered structural design of the spacing piece of the first end cover and the second end cover is used as the mounting staggered arrangement combination of the wire-to-board connectors, so that a plurality of terminal groups form staggered position arrangement, the required number of wire-to-board connectors can be mounted in the accommodating groove according to application requirements, and the problem that the existing shell connector is only singly assembled in application can be solved.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the application and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the application and together with the description serve to explain the application and not to limit the application. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the present application;

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view from another perspective of FIG. 1;

fig. 4 is a schematic view of the present application before assembly of a wire-to-board connector;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged partial view of the wire-to-board connector of the present application after assembly;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the present application after assembly of a plurality of wire-to-board connectors;

FIG. 7 is a partially exploded view of FIG. 6;

fig. 8 is another perspective view of fig. 6.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

The present application is directed to improve the problem of the assembly variation unicity of the conventional housing connector, and therefore, the structural strength, the assembly efficiency and the assembly variability of the housing connector are comprehensively improved. First, all components and combinations thereof of the present application will be described. Please refer to fig. 1 and fig. 2, wherein fig. 1 is a perspective view of the present application; fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view of fig. 1. The housing connector 1 includes a main body 10, a first end cap 12, and a second end cap 14. The main body 10 includes a receiving groove 16, and the assembly method is that the first end cap 12 is disposed on one end edge of the main body 10, the second end cap 14 is disposed on the other end edge of the main body 10, and the second end cap 14 is located at the opposite side of the first end cap 12, so as to assemble a housing connector 1 for mounting at least one wire-to-board connector (not shown), which will be described in detail later. The main body 10 is an integrally formed metal member having a bottom and two side walls 102 extending vertically upward from two side edges of the bottom, the bottom and the two side walls 102 together form a receiving space and further include a receiving groove 16, and the bottom of the receiving groove 16 of the main body 10 has a plurality of terminal openings 162 arranged at intervals. The first end cap 12 further comprises a plurality of first spacers 18 arranged at intervals, the second end cap 14 further comprises a plurality of second spacers 20 arranged at intervals, and the plurality of second spacers 20 are offset from the plurality of first spacers 18; in other words, the second end cap 14 is located on the opposite side of the first end cap 12, and although the first end cap 12 is identical in structure to the second end cap 14, the plurality of first spacers 18 is identical in structure to the plurality of second spacers 20, the present application contemplates that the plurality of first spacers 18 are disposed on the first end cap 12 at a different location than the plurality of second spacers 20 are disposed on the second end cap 14, the plurality of first spacers 18 are simultaneously displaced by the width of one spacer, or a plurality of second spacers 20 are simultaneously displaced by the width of one spacer, in either way, each first spacer 18 and each second spacer 20 will not be in a corresponding position, in this way, after the first end cap 12 and the second end cap 14 are assembled on the main body 10, the first spacers 18 on the first end cap 12 and the second spacers 20 on the second end cap 14 are misaligned.

Preferably, the two end edges of the main body 10 further include a plurality of tenons 104 arranged at intervals, and the two second engaging portions 106 are respectively located at the lower end edges of the two side walls 102. Preferably, the first end cap 12 further includes a plurality of first openings 122, two first engaging portions 124, the plurality of first openings 122 are disposed in parallel on each first partition member 18 of the first end cap 12 and between adjacent first partition members 18; the two first engaging portions 124 are respectively located at two end edges of the first end cap 12. The first end cap 12 further includes a first engaging portion 22 under the first spacers 18, a second engaging portion 24 between the adjacent first spacers 18, and the first engaging portion 22 and the second engaging portion 24 are offset and parallel. Specifically, two first sidewalls 222 are formed by two sides of the first engaging portion 22 extending perpendicularly toward the receiving groove 16, the two first sidewalls 222 protrude from the inner side 126 of the first end cap 12, and a first engaging groove 224 is formed between the two first sidewalls 222. Two side edges of the second engaging portion 24 extend perpendicularly toward the receiving groove 16 to form two second side walls 242, a second engaging groove 244 is formed between the two second side walls 242, the two second side walls 242 respectively abut against the outer sides of the two first side walls 222 of the two adjacent first engaging portions 22, and it is noted that a part of the end surface of one of the second side walls 242 of the second engaging portion 24 located closest to the edge of the first end cap 12 abuts against the inner edge of the first engaging portion 124.

Since the first spacers 18 and the second spacers 20 have the same structure, please refer to fig. 3, which is an exploded perspective view of fig. 1 from another perspective. Preferably, the second end cap 14 further includes a plurality of second openings 142, two first engaging portions 124', and the plurality of second openings 142 are arranged in parallel on each second spacer 20 of the second end cap 14 and between adjacent second spacers 20; the two first engaging portions 124' are respectively located at two end edges of the second end cap 14. The second end cap 14 further includes a first engaging portion 22 'below each of the plurality of second spacers 20, and a second engaging portion 24' between the plurality of adjacent second spacers 20, wherein the first engaging portion 22 'and the second engaging portion 24' are offset and parallel. In detail, two sides of the first engaging portion 22 ' extend perpendicularly toward the receiving groove 16 to form two first sidewalls 222 ', the two first sidewalls 222 ' protrude from the inner side surface 146 of the second end cap 14, and a first engaging groove 224 ' is formed between the two first sidewalls 222 '. Two side edges of the second engaging portion 24 'extend perpendicularly toward the receiving groove 16 to form two second side walls 242', a second engaging groove 244 'is formed between the two second side walls 242', the two second side walls 242 'respectively abut against the outer sides of the two first side walls 222' of the two adjacent first engaging portions 22 ', and it is noted that one of the second side walls 242' of the second engaging portion 24 'located closest to the edge of the second end cap 14 partially abuts against the inner edge of the first engaging portion 124'.

In assembly, the plurality of tenons 104 at the two end edges of the main body 10 are fixed in the bottom portions of the second fitting groove 244 of the first end cap 12 and the second fitting groove 244 'of the second end cap 14, and the two second engaging portions 106 of the main body 10 are matched with the first engaging portion 124 of the first end cap 12 and the first engaging portion 124' of the second end cap 14 in structure and position, for example, if the first engaging portions 124 and 124 'are stepped protrusions, the second engaging portion 106 is a stepped groove, and the first engaging portions 124 and 124' are fixed in the second engaging portion 106, so that the first end cap 12 and the second end cap 14 can be installed on the main body 10 in this way. Preferably, the bottom surfaces of the first and

second end caps

12 and 14 are coplanar with the bottom surface of the body 10. In addition to the above-mentioned assembly of the main body 10 and the first and

second end caps

12 and 14 by means of snap-fastening, the main body 10 and the first and

second end caps

12 and 14 may be integrally formed.

Preferably, the housing connector 1 further includes an external circuit board (not shown) disposed on the bottom surface of the main body 10, two ends of the external circuit board are respectively abutted against the first end cap 12 and the second end cap 14, and the bottom surfaces of the first end cap 12 and the second end cap 14 and the bottom surface of the external circuit board are coplanar.

To explain further, please refer to fig. 4, which is a schematic diagram of the embodiment of the housing connector 1 for mounting at least one wire-to-board connector, the housing connector 1 is used for mounting at least one wire-to-board connector 26, two sides of the wire-to-board connector 26 respectively include a hook 262, and a plurality of terminal sets 28 are further included below the wire-to-board connector 26. The wire-to-board connector 26 is disposed in the receiving groove 16, the plurality of terminal sets 28 are correspondingly inserted into the plurality of terminal openings 162, and the two hooks 262 are correspondingly engaged with the first openings 122 of the first end cap 12 and the second openings 142 of the second end cap 14 at corresponding positions; it should be noted that when a wire-to-board connector 26 is disposed in the receiving recess 16, one side of the wire-to-board connector 26 is disposed in the first engaging groove 224 of a first spacer 18 of the first end cover 12, and the other side of the wire-to-board connector 26 is disposed in the second engaging groove 244 'of a second engaging portion 24' of the second end cover 14. Alternatively, when one wire-to-board connector 26 is disposed in the receiving recess 16, one side of the wire-to-board connector 26 is mounted in the second fitting groove 244 of the second fitting portion 24 of the first end cover 12, and the other side of the wire-to-board connector 26 is mounted in the first fitting groove 224' of one second spacer 20 of the second end cover 14. Referring to fig. 5, which is a partial enlarged view of the assembled wire-to-board connector of the present application, each terminal set 28 of the wire-to-board connector 26 has four terminals, and the aperture size of each terminal opening 162 is matched with the size of each terminal set 28, so that the four terminals are correspondingly inserted into the terminal openings 162.

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 3, fig. 6, fig. 7 and fig. 8 together, fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of the present application after assembling a plurality of wire-to-board connectors, and fig. 7 is a partially exploded view of fig. 6; fig. 8 is another perspective view of fig. 6. When a plurality of wire-to-board connectors 26 are to be disposed in the accommodating recess 16, since the first spacers 18 on the first end cap 12 and the second spacers 20 on the second end cap 14 are offset, when the first wire-to-board connector 26 is mounted in the accommodating recess 16, one side of the wire-to-board connector 26 is mounted in the first engaging groove 224 of one first spacer 18 of the first end cap 12, and the other side of the wire-to-board connector 26 is mounted in the second engaging groove 244 'of one second engaging portion 24' of the second end cap 14. Next, a second wire-to-board connector 26 is mounted in the receiving recess 16, wherein one side of the wire-to-board connector 26 is mounted in the second engaging groove 244 of the second engaging portion 24 of the first end cover 12, and the other side of the wire-to-board connector 26 is mounted in the first engaging groove 224' of a second spacer 20 of the second end cover 14. By such an assembly, all of the wire-to-board connectors 26 can be arranged in the accommodating groove 16 in parallel in a staggered manner, so that the terminal groups 28 arranged side by side can be in staggered positions.

Each wire-to-board connector 26 further includes a plurality of harnesses 30, each harness 30 is electrically connected to one terminal set 28, each harness 30 further includes two differential signal lines 302 and two ground lines 304, each terminal set 28 includes four terminals, and the four terminals are correspondingly electrically connected to the two differential signal lines 302 and the two ground lines 304. When the terminal sets 28 are in a staggered position, that is, each pair of differential signal lines 302 arranged in parallel in the same row is staggered from the adjacent row of differential signal lines 302, the design can avoid the signal crosstalk problem.

To sum up, the shell connector of the present application will solve the problem that the existing shell connector is only a single assembly method and is not easy to maintain, and the main body, the first end cover and the second end cover are assembled to form an accommodating structure through the present application, or the main body, the first end cover and the second end cover are an integrated structure, and the accommodating groove of the main body is designed to be capable of assembling a plurality of wire-to-board connectors, so that the number combination of the wire-to-board connectors can be adjusted according to the application requirements, and the subsequent maintenance is also convenient, and the connector can be disassembled and replaced independently, and meanwhile, the problem of signal transmission performance is also considered, therefore, the spacer and the terminal opening holes are also utilized to manufacture the staggered parallel arrangement in structural design, so that the connector has more utilization and higher competitiveness in industrial application.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

While the present embodiments have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise embodiments described above, which are meant to be illustrative and not restrictive, and that various changes may be made therein by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a casing connector for install at least one line to board connector, the both sides limit of line to board connector includes the trip respectively, the below of line to board connector still includes a plurality of terminal groups, its characterized in that includes:

the wire-to-board connector comprises a main body and a plurality of terminal groups, wherein the main body comprises an accommodating groove, a plurality of terminal openings are arranged at the bottom of the accommodating groove at intervals, the wire-to-board connector is arranged in the accommodating groove, and the plurality of terminal groups are correspondingly inserted into the plurality of terminal openings;

the first end cover is arranged on one end edge of the main body and further comprises a plurality of first spacing pieces arranged at intervals;

the second end cover is arranged on the other end edge of the main body and is positioned on the opposite side of the first end cover, the second end cover further comprises a plurality of second spacing pieces which are arranged at intervals, and the plurality of second spacing pieces are staggered with the plurality of first spacing pieces.

2. The connector of claim 1, wherein the first end cap further comprises a plurality of first openings arranged in parallel on each of the first spacers of the first end cap and between adjacent ones of the first spacers, the second end cap further comprises a plurality of second openings arranged in parallel on each of the second spacers of the second end cap and between adjacent ones of the second spacers, and the plurality of hooks are positioned at locations corresponding to the plurality of first openings or the plurality of second openings.

3. The connector of claim 1, wherein a first engaging portion is further provided below each of the first spacers and the second spacers, a second engaging portion is further provided between each of the first spacers and the second spacers, and the first engaging portions and the second engaging portions are offset and parallel.

4. The connector as claimed in claim 3, wherein two sides of the first engaging portion extend perpendicularly toward the receiving groove to form two first side walls, a first engaging groove is formed between the two first side walls, two sides of the second engaging portion extend perpendicularly toward the receiving groove to form two second side walls, a second engaging groove is formed between the two second side walls, the two second side walls abut against outer sides of two adjacent first side walls, respectively, and the two first side walls protrude from inner sides of the first end cap and the second end cap.

5. The housing connector of claim 4, wherein each of the two end edges of the main body further includes a plurality of tenons spaced apart from each other, the tenons being fixed in the bottoms of the second fitting grooves in a corresponding engagement manner.

6. The connector of claim 4, wherein when the number of the wire-to-board connectors is plural, both ends of the plural wire-to-board connectors are respectively fitted into the plural first fitting grooves and the plural second fitting grooves, so that the plural terminal groups of the wire-to-board connectors are arranged at shifted positions.

7. The housing connector of claim 1, wherein the two ends of the first cover and the second cover respectively further comprise a first engaging portion, the two ends of the main body respectively further comprise a second engaging portion, the first engaging portion is matched with the second engaging portion, and the first engaging portion is engaged with the second engaging portion for connection and fixation.

8. The connector of claim 1, wherein each of said terminal sets of said wire-to-board connector is four terminals, and wherein each of said terminal openings has an aperture size that matches a size of each of said terminal sets to allow four of said terminals to be inserted into said terminal openings.

9. The housing connector of claim 1, wherein the bottom surfaces of the first and second end caps are coplanar with the bottom surface of the body.

10. The connector of claim 1, further comprising an external circuit board disposed on the bottom surface of the body, wherein two ends of the external circuit board are respectively abutted against the first end cap and the second end cap, and the bottom surfaces of the first end cap and the second end cap and the bottom surface of the external circuit board are coplanar.