CN211404933U

CN211404933U - Electrical connector assembly

Info

Publication number: CN211404933U
Application number: CN202020339226.5U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 余东升; 陈华; 刘小弟
Original assignee: Shenzhen Inovance Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Inovance Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-03-17
Filing date: 2020-03-17
Publication date: 2020-09-01
Anticipated expiration: 2030-03-17

Abstract

The utility model provides an electric connector assembly, it includes insulator, is fixed in insulator's a plurality of conductive terminals and install in insulator's lid, insulator have the basal portion and erect in protruding portion on the basal portion, insulator still have expose in the first butt joint portion of basal portion one side in the transverse direction, the lid is followed the transverse direction assemble in insulator just have with the relative second butt joint portion that sets up of first butt joint portion, each conductive terminal include connecting portion and relative set up in first contact site and the second contact site at the transverse direction both ends of connecting portion, first, second contact site accept respectively in first, second butt joint portion. The utility model discloses electric connector assembly can realize power signal and data signal's switching to the installation effectiveness is high.

Description

Electrical connector assembly

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an electric connector component especially relates to a simple to operate's electric connector component.

Background

At present, the connection between adjacent modules is realized through the switching of a copper bar or a wire-to-board connector combination, the copper bar or a plug-in wire-to-board connector needs to be disassembled while the modules are disassembled and assembled, particularly, the wire-to-board connector combination comprises a cable connector connected with a plurality of cables and a board end connector electrically connected with a circuit board, and the cables must exist between the adjacent modules. In addition, because the module and the adjacent module connection scheme adopt copper bar or wire to board connector combination, need tear the screw open, tear copper bar, plug connector open when the module dismouting to lead to the installation effectiveness low, follow-up unable automation that realizes, have a lot of cables simultaneously and lead to the product in disorder, user's use experience is relatively poor.

Accordingly, there is a need for an improved electrical connector assembly that solves the above problems.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide a simple to operate's electric connector subassembly.

In order to realize the above object of the present invention, the present invention provides an electrical connector assembly, which comprises an insulator, a plurality of conductive terminals fixed on the insulator and a cover mounted on the insulator, wherein the insulator has a base and a protruding portion standing upright on the base, the insulator further has a first butt-joint portion protruding from one side of the base in the transverse direction, the cover is assembled on the insulator and has a second butt-joint portion opposite to the first butt-joint portion, each conductive terminal comprises a connecting portion and a second contact portion opposite to the first contact portion and the second contact portion, the first and second contact portions are respectively received in the first and second butt-joint portions.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the first contact portion and the second contact portion may be butted against each other.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the protruding portion and the cover body cooperate to form a third butt-joint portion for the butt-joint connector to be inserted, and each of the conductive terminals further has a third contact portion standing on the connecting portion and contained in the third butt-joint portion.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the cover body has an insertion portion formed by extending the second abutting portion in the transverse direction and a fitting portion formed by extending the second abutting portion upward, the insertion portion is inserted into and limited in the insulating body, and the fitting portion is fitted with the protruding portion to form the third abutting portion.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the insulating body has an elevated portion extending upward from the base portion and a cavity formed by recessing downward a top surface of the elevated portion to accommodate the second butting portion, and the protruding portion is formed by extending upward the top surface of the elevated portion.

As a further improvement, the heightening part is arranged in the accommodating cavity on both sides of the lengthwise direction and with the accommodating cavity is communicated with a pair of buckle channels, each, a buckle block is arranged in the buckle channel, and the cover body is formed with buckle concave parts clamped by the buckle block on both sides of the lengthwise direction.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the conductive terminal includes a plurality of power terminals and a plurality of signal terminals arranged along the lengthwise direction of the base.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the first contact portion has elasticity, and each of the conductive terminals includes a pair of the first contact portions which are oppositely disposed and a pair of the second contact portions which are flat and are inserted into another electrical connector assembly.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the power supply terminal further has a pair of protection arms that set up relatively and will the protection arm with the linking bridge that first contact site links to each other, a pair of protection arms is located the corresponding first contact site outside respectively, the protection arm has the interference portion that is located its outside in order to interfere with insulator.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the power terminal further has a stopping portion located between the first contact portion and the connecting portion and in a curved shape, the stopping portion is limited to the step portion in the insulating body and between the supporting bars of the cover body.

The utility model discloses electric connector component can realize pegging graft each other in the horizontal direction, and then realizes assembling each other and realizing the transmission of power signal and data signal between a plurality of electric connector components, improves the installation effectiveness and even realizes automatic installation; in addition, the traditional cable is omitted, so that the product is simple and not messy, the wiring step is omitted, and the use experience of the product is improved; in addition, the plug-in connection with the butting connector is realized in the other direction perpendicular to the transverse direction, so that three-way conduction is realized.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective assembly view of the electrical connector assembly of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the electrical connector assembly shown in fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the power terminal of the electrical connector assembly shown in fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the electrical connector assembly of fig. 1 after plugging.

Fig. 5-6 are cross-sectional views of the electrical connector assembly of fig. 4 after mating.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

Referring to fig. 1 to 6, an electrical connector assembly 100 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is shown, wherein the electrical connector assembly 100 includes an insulating housing 1, a plurality of conductive terminals 2 fixed to the insulating housing 1, and a cover 3 mounted on the insulating housing 1.

The insulating body 1 includes a base portion 11 and a protruding portion 12 standing on the base portion 11, the base portion 11 is flat and has a longitudinal shape, and for convenience of description, one direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the base portion 11 is defined as a lateral direction, and the other direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the base portion 11 is defined as a height direction, that is, the height direction is a standing direction of the protruding portion 12.

The insulating body 1 further has a first mating portion 101 exposed on one side of the base 11 in the transverse direction, and the cover 3 is assembled to the insulating body 1 along the transverse direction and has a second mating portion 31 disposed opposite to the first mating portion 101.

When the cover 3 is assembled to the insulation body 1, the first docking portion 101 and the second docking portion 31 are disposed opposite to each other along the transverse direction, the first docking portion 101 is exposed on one side of the base 11 in the transverse direction, and the second docking portion 31 is located on the other side of the base 11 in the transverse direction.

In this embodiment, the base 11 has a first side and a second side opposite to each other, the first side of the base 11 is used for being abutted with a mating connector 500, the second side of the base 11 is used for being mounted on a wall surface or other external mounting surface, and the mating connector 500 is a board end connector mounted on an external circuit board (not shown).

The insulating housing 1 has a raised portion 13 extending upward from the base portion 11 and a receiving cavity 131 formed to be recessed downward from a top surface of the raised portion 13 to receive the second abutting portion 31, and the protruding portion 12 is formed to extend upward from the top surface of the raised portion 13.

One end of the accommodating cavity 131 is flush with one side 132 of the raised portion 13 in the longitudinal direction, and the length of the accommodating cavity 131 in the longitudinal direction is smaller than that of the raised portion 13 in the longitudinal direction. The raised portion 13 further has a pair of fastening channels 133 respectively disposed at two sides of the receiving cavity 131 in the longitudinal direction and communicated with the receiving cavity 131, wherein one of the fastening channels 133 is concavely disposed on one side 132 of the raised portion 13 in the longitudinal direction, and a fastening block 134 is disposed in each of the fastening channels 133.

In addition, the insulating body 1 further includes a receiving portion 14 disposed near one end in the longitudinal direction thereof, a pivot portion 15 disposed near the other end in the longitudinal direction thereof, and a guide portion 16 disposed between the raised portion 13 and the pivot portion 15 in the longitudinal direction. In the transverse direction, the guide portion 16 is located at the middle position of the insulating body 1, and the protruding portion 12 is disposed close to the side of the insulating body 1 away from the first butting portion 101.

The protruding portion 12 extends upward from the top surface of the raised portion 13, the guiding portion 16 extends from one end of the raised portion 13 near the pivot portion 15, in this embodiment, the guiding portion 16 is an elongated shape extending along the longitudinal direction, and the protruding portion 12 protrudes to a height greater than that of the guiding portion 16.

The pivot portion 15 is protruded on the base portion 11, a limiting wall 112 is protruded on the elevated portion 13, the limiting wall 112 is disposed in a rectangular shape and surrounds the receiving portion 14, and the receiving portion 14 is recessed in the elevated portion 13.

In addition, the insulating body 1 further has a locking recess 17 communicating with the receiving portion 11 for receiving and locking a corresponding portion of an external component. The locking recess 17 is located outside the receiving portion 14 in the longitudinal direction and penetrates the insulating body 1 in the longitudinal direction.

The insulative housing 1 further includes a pair of mounting holes 191 and a pair of mounting posts 192 disposed near both ends of the insulative housing in the longitudinal direction, wherein the mounting posts 192 are respectively inserted into the mounting holes 191 of the adjacent electrical connector assemblies 100 to enhance the coupling force between the insulative housings 1.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, 5 and 6, each of the conductive terminals 2 includes a connecting portion 21, and a first contact portion 201 and a second contact portion 202 disposed at two ends of the connecting portion 21 in a transverse direction, wherein the first contact portion 201 and the second contact portion 202 are respectively accommodated in the first mating portion 101 and the second mating portion 31.

The conductive terminal 2 includes a plurality of power terminals 2a and a plurality of signal terminals 2b arranged in a longitudinal direction of the base 11. In this embodiment, the conductive terminal on the outermost side in the longitudinal direction is a power supply terminal 2a, and the signal terminal 2b is located inside the power supply terminal 2 a.

The first contact portion 201 and the second contact portion 202 can be butted against each other, that is, the first contact portion 201 of the electrical connector assembly 100 can be paired with the second contact portion 202 of another electrical connector assembly 100, so that the power terminal 2a is electrically connected with the power terminal 2a and the signal terminal 2b of the adjacent electrical connector assembly 100, and further transmission of power signals and data signals is realized without locking screws, connecting cables and additionally plugging and unplugging connectors.

The protruding portion 12 and the cover 3 cooperate to form a third mating portion 103 for mating with a mating connector 500, and each of the conductive terminals 2 further has a third contact portion 203 standing on the connecting portion 21 and received in the third mating portion 103. In this embodiment, each of the conductive terminals 2 has a pair of the third contact portions 203 disposed oppositely. The first, second, and

third butting portions

101, 31, and 103 have first, second, and

third terminal grooves

1011, 311, and 1031, respectively, which are open to the outside.

The connecting portion 21 includes a lower connecting portion 211 and an upper connecting portion 212, which are disposed in parallel and located at different heights, the upper and lower connecting

portions

212 and 211 are both disposed in parallel with the base portion 11, the second contact portion 202 is formed by extending the lower connecting portion 211 straightly, and the third contact portion 203 is formed by bending and extending the upper connecting portion 212 upwards.

The first contact portions 201 have elasticity, and each of the conductive terminals 2 includes a pair of the first contact portions 201 disposed oppositely and a second contact portion 202 shaped like a flat plate to be inserted between the pair of the first contact portions 201 of another electrical connector assembly 100. Each of the first contact portions 201 of the power terminal 2a has a pair of contact arms 2012 arranged side by side in the longitudinal direction.

The power terminal 2a further has a pair of protection arms 23 disposed oppositely and an engagement bridge 24 connecting the protection arms 23 and the first contact portion 201, the protection arms 23 are respectively located at the outer sides of the corresponding first contact portions 201 to prevent the first contact portions 201 from being excessively deformed under the action of improper insertion force, and at the same time, to improve the insertion and extraction force when the first contact portions 201 are in butt joint, and the protection arms 23 have interference portions 231 located at the outer sides thereof to be in interference fit with the insulating body 1. The bridge 24 extends from the protection arm 23 and is engaged in a frame-shaped structure at one side to fit the first contact portion 201 therein.

The power terminal 2a further has a curved stopping portion 25 located between the first contact portion 201 and the connection portion 21, each stopping portion 25 is substantially V-shaped and includes a straight line segment 251 and an inclined segment 252 connected thereto, and the straight line segment 251 and the inclined segment 252 are connected by an arc segment.

The power supply terminal 2a further includes a pair of protection arms 23 positioned outside the third contact portion 203 and another connection bridge 24 connecting the protection arms 23 to the third contact portion 203, that is, the pair of protection arms 23 are provided outside the first contact portion 201, and the pair of protection arms 23 are also provided outside the third contact portion 203.

Referring to fig. 1 to 2 and fig. 5 and 6, the cover 3 has an insertion portion 32 extending from the second abutting portion 31 along a transverse direction and a matching portion 33 extending from the second abutting portion 31 upwards, the insertion portion 32 is inserted into and limited in the insulating main body 1, and the matching portion 33 matches with the protruding portion 12 to form the third abutting portion 103.

Further, in the utility model discloses in, the top surface of guide 16 with the top surface coplane that adds high portion 13 to smooth transition when realizing the installation, protruding portion 12 with the third butt joint portion 103 that cooperation portion 33 cooperation formed has the guide limit effect concurrently to the rotatory installation of butt joint module, and guide 16 with protruding portion 12's protruding height is different, and its top surface is located not co-altitude promptly, and then forms and is located the spacing face of first spacing face 161 and the second 121 at guide 16 both ends, thereby realize providing two-stage guide effect for the butt joint module.

The cover 3 has a locking recess 34 formed at both sides in the longitudinal direction thereof for locking with the locking block 134. Specifically, the cover 3 has a pair of catching arms 35 disposed on both sides in the longitudinal direction thereof, each catching arm 35 is formed to extend from the second mating portion 31 and located on the same side of the second mating portion 31 as the insertion portion 32, and the catching recess 34 penetrates the corresponding catching arm 35 in the longitudinal direction.

The supporting bar 36 is formed by extending from the second docking portion 31 along the transverse direction, and the extending direction of the second docking portion is the same as the extending direction of the insertion portion 32, and the supporting bar 36 extends beyond the end face of the insertion portion 32, and in the height direction, the supporting bar 36 is located on the upper side of the insertion portion 32. The stopping portion 25 of the power terminal 2a close to the first contact portion 201 is limited between the step portion 18 in the insulating body 1 and the supporting strip 36 of the cover 3.

The utility model discloses electric connector component 100 can realize the mutual grafting in horizontal direction, and then realizes assembling each other and realizing the transmission of power signal and data signal between a plurality of electric connector component 100, improves the installation effectiveness even realizes automatic installation; in addition, the traditional cable is omitted, so that the product is simple and not messy, the wiring step is omitted, and the use experience of the product is improved; in addition, the plug-in connection with the docking connector 500 is realized in the other direction perpendicular to the transverse direction, and then the three-way conduction is realized.

The above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solutions of the present invention and not for limiting, and although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the technical solutions of the present invention can be modified or replaced equivalently without departing from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the present invention.

Claims

1. An electrical connector assembly, comprising an insulative housing, a plurality of conductive terminals fixed to the insulative housing, and a cover mounted on the insulative housing, wherein the insulative housing has a base and a protruding portion standing upright on the base, the electrical connector assembly comprising: the insulating body is further provided with a first butt joint part which is exposed on one side of the base part in the transverse direction, the cover body is assembled on the insulating body along the transverse direction and is provided with a second butt joint part which is arranged opposite to the first butt joint part, each conductive terminal comprises a connecting part and a first contact part and a second contact part which are arranged at two ends of the connecting part in the transverse direction in an opposite mode, and the first contact part and the second contact part are contained in the first butt joint part and the second butt joint part respectively.

2. The electrical connector assembly of claim 1, wherein: the first contact portion and the second contact portion may abut against each other.

3. The electrical connector assembly of claim 2, wherein: the protruding part and the cover body are matched to form a third butt joint part for the butt joint connector to be plugged in, and each conductive terminal is also provided with a third contact part which stands on the connecting part and is contained in the third butt joint part.

4. The electrical connector assembly of claim 3, wherein: the cover body is provided with an inserting portion formed by extending from the second butting portion along the transverse direction and a matching portion formed by extending upwards from the second butting portion, the inserting portion is inserted into and limited in the insulating body, and the matching portion is matched with the protruding portion to form the third butting portion.

5. The electrical connector assembly of claim 3, wherein: the insulating body is provided with a heightened part extending upwards from the base part and a containing cavity formed by downwards recessing from the top surface of the heightened part so as to contain the second butt joint part, and the protruding part extends upwards from the top surface of the heightened part.

6. The electrical connector assembly of claim 5, wherein: the heightening part is also provided with a pair of buckle channels which are respectively arranged at two sides of the containing cavity in the longitudinal direction and are communicated with the containing cavity, each buckle channel is internally provided with a buckle block, and buckle concave parts clamped with the buckle blocks are formed at two sides of the cover body in the longitudinal direction.

7. The electrical connector assembly of any one of claims 3 to 6, wherein: the conductive terminal comprises a plurality of power terminals and a plurality of signal terminals which are arranged along the lengthwise direction of the base.

8. The electrical connector assembly of claim 7, wherein: the first contact parts have elasticity, and each conductive terminal comprises a pair of first contact parts which are oppositely arranged and a second contact part which is shaped like a flat plate and is inserted between the pair of first contact parts of another electric connector component.

9. The electrical connector assembly of claim 8, wherein: the power supply terminal is also provided with a pair of protection arms which are oppositely arranged and a connecting bridge which connects the protection arms with the first contact parts, the protection arms are respectively positioned at the outer sides of the corresponding first contact parts, and the protection arms are provided with interference parts which are positioned at the outer sides of the protection arms and are in interference fit with the insulating body.

10. The electrical connector assembly of claim 9, wherein: the power supply terminal still has and is located first contact site with just be crooked form backstop portion between the connecting portion, backstop portion is spacing in step portion in the insulating body with between the support bar of lid.