CN211088567U - Adapter connector and adapter assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

A switching connector comprises an insulating body and a plurality of conductive terminals, wherein the insulating body is provided with a plurality of terminal grooves in the front and back directions, the conductive terminals are inserted in the terminal grooves, the terminal grooves are communicated in the front and back directions to form a front end opening and a back end opening, each conductive terminal comprises a fixing part fixed in the terminal groove and a front contact arm and a back contact arm respectively formed by extending from the fixing part, and the front contact arm and the back contact arm respectively comprise contact parts extending out of the outer sides of the front end opening and the back end opening. This application is with low costs and change the convenience.

Description

Adapter connector and adapter assembly

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to electrical connectors, and more particularly to a switching connector and a switching assembly.

Background

Electronic equipment generally needs transmission signal or electric energy between the circuit board or between circuit board and components and parts, can adopt board to board connector, FPC connector and line to board connector etc. to carry out the switching usually, and adopt above-mentioned connector to carry out the switching and need weld female seat on the circuit board, the public first butt joint of rethread connecting cable realizes the intercommunication of signal, and at this moment, once switching needs to use two pairs of at least connectors, and is with higher costs, and if female seat damages, maintains the difficulty. In some applications, a low cost and easily replaceable adapter is required for the adapter.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Accordingly, there is a need for a low cost and easily replaceable adaptor connector and adaptor assembly.

In order to solve the technical problem, the application provides a adaptor connector, which comprises an insulating body and a plurality of conductive terminals, wherein a plurality of terminal grooves are formed in the front direction and the rear direction of the insulating body, the conductive terminals are inserted into the terminal grooves, the terminal grooves are communicated in the front direction and the rear direction to form a front end opening and a rear end opening, the conductive terminals comprise fixing parts fixed in the terminal grooves and front contact arms and rear contact arms respectively formed by extending the fixing parts, and the front contact arms and the rear contact arms respectively comprise contact parts extending out of the outer sides of the front end opening and the rear end opening.

Preferably, the contact portions of the front contact arm and the rear contact arm are electrically connected to the first circuit board and the second circuit board respectively, which are located on the front side and the rear side of the insulating body.

Preferably, the terminal slot includes a through slot and a fixing slot located on one lateral side of the through slot and communicated with the through slot, and the front end opening and the rear end opening are located at the front end and the rear end of the through slot respectively.

Preferably, the fixing portion is inserted into and fixed in the fixing groove, the bottom of the fixing portion is bent towards one side of the through groove to form two horizontal portions, the front contact arm and the rear contact arm are respectively bent and extended from the front horizontal portion and the rear horizontal portion, and the front contact arm and the rear contact arm respectively comprise a vertical portion bent and extended upward from the horizontal portions and an elastic contact portion bent and extended from the tail end of the vertical portion to the outside of the front end opening and the rear end opening.

Preferably, the elastic contact portion is a U-shaped structure, the elastic contact portion includes a first arm portion formed by extending from the top end of the vertical portion to the outside of the front end opening and the rear end opening, and a second arm portion bent inward from an end portion of the first arm portion and extending into the through groove, and the contact portion is formed at a bent position of the first arm portion and the second arm portion.

Preferably, the horizontal portion is suspended above a bottom wall of the through-groove.

Preferably, the fixed slot is provided with clamping grooves at upper and lower sides, the clamping groove at the lower side is provided with a guide surface inclined towards the rear upper side, the horizontal position of a front platform at the front end of the guide surface is lower than the horizontal position of a rear platform at the rear side of the guide surface, the bottom of the fixed part extends downwards to form a fixed plate, the bottom of the fixed plate is provided with an inclined surface matched with the guide surface, and the bottom of the fixed plate and the top of the fixed part are respectively abutted to the upper clamping groove and the lower clamping groove.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the present application further provides a switching assembly, which includes the above-mentioned switching connector, a slot provided for the switching connector to be inserted into, and a first circuit board and a second circuit board disposed on the front and rear sides of the seat body.

Preferably, the insulating body comprises a front butt joint face, a rear butt joint face and a transverse side face, a plurality of clamping blocks are arranged on the transverse side face, and a plurality of clamping grooves which are buckled with the clamping blocks are arranged on the two transverse sides of the seat body.

Preferably, the first circuit board and the second circuit board are provided with a plurality of golden fingers which are electrically contacted with the contact parts.

The transfer connector and the transfer assembly are respectively provided with the front contact arm and the rear contact arm which extend out of the front butt joint face and the rear butt joint face of the insulating body through the conductive terminals, and then the front contact arm and the rear contact arm are respectively in electrical contact with the first circuit board and the second circuit board to realize electrical transfer, so that multiple pairs of connector assemblies are not needed to be transferred through cables, the cost is reduced, and the transfer connector and the transfer assembly are easy to replace.

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 an adapter assembly of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a transfer connector of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of another angle of the transfer connector of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the transfer connector of the present application with one conductive terminal removed;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a conductive terminal of the transfer connector of the present application;

fig. 6 is a sectional view taken along the broken line a-a shown in fig. 2.

Description of the main component symbols:

a socket body-60.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present application more apparent, the technical solutions of the present application will be described in detail and completely with reference to the following specific embodiments of the present application and the accompanying drawings. It should be apparent that the described embodiments are only some of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments.

In the present application, the X direction shown in fig. 1 and 2 is the front in the front-rear direction (longitudinal direction), the Y direction is the right in the left-right direction (lateral direction), and the Z direction is the upper direction in the vertical direction.

Referring to fig. 1, the adapter assembly of the present application includes a base 10 having a slot 11, first and second circuit boards 21 and 22 fixed to opposite sides of the base 10, and an adapter connector a inserted into the slot 11 and connected to the first and second circuit boards 21 and 22. The first and second circuit boards 21 and 22 are respectively fixed to the front and rear sides of the slot 11 and are provided with gold fingers 23 exposed in the slot 11. The side walls of the left side and the right side of the slot 11 are provided with a plurality of clamping grooves 12.

Referring to fig. 2 to 6, the adaptor connector a includes an insulating body 30 having a plurality of terminal slots 32 formed in a front-back direction thereof, and a plurality of conductive terminals 40 inserted into the terminal slots 32.

The insulative housing 30 includes a front mating face 301, a rear mating face 302, and lateral side faces 303. A plurality of clamping blocks 33 are arranged on the transverse side surface 303, and the clamping blocks 33 are clamped in the clamping grooves 12 after the adapter connector A is inserted into the slot 11.

The terminal groove 32 includes a through groove 321 penetrating in the front-rear direction and a fixing groove 324 located on one side of the through groove 321 in the lateral direction and having an open front end, and the through groove 321 communicates with the fixing groove 324. The through slot 321 includes a front opening 323 and a rear opening 322, the height of the rear opening 322 is less than the height of the front opening 323, and a closing plate 325 is formed at the lower portion of the rear opening 322. The fixing groove 324 includes a clamping groove 326 formed at upper and lower sides thereof, the clamping groove 326 at the lower side thereof is provided with a guide surface 328 formed to be inclined rearward and upward, and a front platform 327 at a front end of the guide surface 328 has a horizontal position lower than a rear platform 329 at a rear side of the guide surface 328.

The conductive terminal 40 includes a fixing portion 41, a horizontal portion 43 formed by bending and extending from two ends of the lower side of the fixing portion 41 in a transverse direction, and a front contact arm 42a and a rear contact arm 42b extending from the horizontal portions 43 at the front and rear ends in a front-rear direction to form the front opening 323 and the rear opening 322, respectively. Each of the front contact arm 42a and the rear contact arm 42b includes a vertical portion 421 bent and extended upward from the longitudinal outer end of the horizontal portion 43, and an elastic contact portion 424 bent and extended outward from the vertical portion 421 and extended out of the front opening 323 and the rear opening 322. The elastic contact portion 424 is U-shaped, and includes a first arm portion 422 bent and extended outward from the vertical portion 421, and a second arm portion 423 bent and extended inward into the through groove 321 from an end of the first arm portion 422, and a contact portion 425 is formed at a bent position of the first and second arm portions 423, 422.

The fixing portion 41 is inserted into the fixing groove 324, and the top 411 of the fixing portion 41 is abutted against the clamping groove 326 on the upper side of the fixing groove 324. A fixing piece 413 is formed at the lower end of the fixing portion 41 in a downward extending manner, an inclined surface 414 engaged with the guide surface 328 is formed at the bottom of the fixing piece 413, and when the fixing portion 41 is inserted into the fixing groove 324, the inclined surface 414 of the fixing piece 413 is engaged with the guide surface 328 and is pushed into the rear platform 329 for fixing. The bottom of the fixing piece 413 is lower than the bottom surface of the horizontal portion 43. The horizontal portion 43 is suspended above the bottom surface of the through groove 321.

When the adaptor connector a is inserted into the slot 11, the front contact arm 42a and the rear contact arm 42b are electrically connected to the gold fingers 23 of the first and second circuit boards 21 and 22, respectively.

The transfer connector A and the transfer assembly respectively extend out of the front contact arm 42a and the rear contact arm 42b of the insulating body 30 and out of the front butt joint surface 301 and the rear butt joint surface 302 through the conductive terminals 40, and then the front contact arm 42a and the rear contact arm 42b are respectively in electrical contact with the first circuit board 21 and the second circuit board 22 to realize electrical transfer, so that a plurality of pairs of connector assemblies are not needed to be transferred through cables, the cost is reduced, and the connector A and the transfer assembly are easy to replace.

The above description is only an example of the present application and is not intended to limit the present application. Various modifications and changes may occur to those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present application should be included in the scope of the claims of the present application.

Claims (10)

1. A switching connector comprises an insulating body and a plurality of conductive terminals, wherein the insulating body is provided with a plurality of terminal grooves in the front and back directions, the conductive terminals are inserted in the terminal grooves, the terminal grooves are communicated in the front and back directions to form a front end opening and a back end opening, each conductive terminal comprises a fixing portion fixed in the terminal groove and a front contact arm and a back contact arm respectively formed by extending from the fixing portion, and the front contact arm and the back contact arm respectively comprise contact portions extending out of the outer sides of the front end opening and the back end opening.

2. A switching connector according to claim 1, wherein the contact portions of the front contact arm and the rear contact arm are electrically connected to the first circuit board and the second circuit board respectively located at the front side and the rear side of the housing.

3. The adapter connector of claim 1, wherein the terminal slots include a through slot and a securing slot located on one lateral side of the through slot and in communication with the through slot, the front and rear openings being located at front and rear ends of the through slot, respectively.

4. The adaptor connector of claim 3, wherein the fixing portion is inserted into and fixed in the fixing groove, the bottom of the fixing portion is bent toward one side of the through groove to form two horizontal portions, the front contact arm and the rear contact arm are respectively bent and extended from the two horizontal portions, and the front contact arm and the rear contact arm respectively include a vertical portion bent and extended upward from the horizontal portion and an elastic contact portion bent and extended from a terminal end of the vertical portion to an outside of the front opening and the rear opening.

5. The adapter connector according to claim 4, wherein the resilient contact portion is U-shaped, and includes a first arm portion extending from the top end of the vertical portion to the front opening and the rear opening, and a second arm portion bent inward from an end of the first arm portion and extending into the through slot, and the contact portions are formed at bent positions of the first and second arm portions.

6. The adapter connector of claim 4, wherein the horizontal portion is suspended above a bottom wall of the through slot.

7. The adaptor connector of claim 4, wherein the fixing groove has clamping grooves at upper and lower sides, the lower clamping groove has a guiding surface inclined rearward and upward, a front platform at a front end of the guiding surface has a horizontal position lower than a rear platform at a rear side of the guiding surface, a fixing piece extends downward from a bottom of the fixing portion, the fixing piece has an inclined surface at a bottom thereof for engaging with the guiding surface, and the bottom of the fixing piece and a top of the fixing portion are respectively abutted against the upper and lower clamping grooves.

8. An adapter assembly, comprising the adapter connector according to any one of claims 1 to 7, a slot for inserting the adapter connector, and first and second circuit boards disposed on front and rear sides of the base.

9. The adapter assembly of claim 8, wherein the housing comprises a front mating surface, a rear mating surface, and a lateral side surface, the lateral side surface having a plurality of clips, and the housing having a plurality of slots on two lateral sides thereof for engaging with the clips.

10. The adapter module of claim 9, wherein the first and second circuit boards have gold fingers electrically contacting the contact portions.

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