CN216981020U

CN216981020U - Connector with locking and unlocking structure

Info

Publication number: CN216981020U
Application number: CN202121829095.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 林贤昌
Original assignee: P Two Electronic Technology Suzhou Co Ltd
Current assignee: P Two Electronic Technology Suzhou Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-04-06
Filing date: 2021-08-06
Publication date: 2022-07-15
Anticipated expiration: 2031-08-06
Also published as: JP3234780U; KR20220002474U; KR200497693Y1; TWM616388U

Abstract

The present creation is a connector with a locking and unlocking structure, comprising a housing, a rubber core and a terminal. The shell comprises an operation part, a plurality of connecting parts and a plurality of action parts. The operating part is bent and extends from two sides of the surface at an angle to form a plurality of pressing pieces. The plurality of connecting portions connect the operating portion and the plurality of operating portions. The acting parts form a plurality of locking fasteners corresponding to the plurality of pressing parts. The head end acts on the plurality of locking parts, so that the plurality of locking parts change an initial state and move towards a first direction until the plurality of locking part locking notches move in a second direction to return to the initial state; and the plurality of connecting parts are deformed on the operating part by applying an external force, so that the plurality of pressing pieces move towards the first direction to drive the plurality of locking pieces to move towards the first direction, and the plurality of locking pieces are separated from the notches.

Description

Connector with locking and unlocking structure

[ technical field ] A

This creation is about the technical field of a connector, especially a connector that has hasp and unblock structure.

[ background ] A method for producing a semiconductor device

The conventional connector with a locking and unlocking structure is provided with a pressing piece for locking the flexible flat cable and a locking and unlocking device for a user to press the flexible flat cable; however, in a small or miniature application environment, it is not possible to use a conventional connector under limited space constraints.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a connector with a locking and unlocking structure to solve the conventional drawbacks.

[ Utility model ] A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device

The first objective of the present disclosure is to provide a connector with a locking and unlocking structure, which can connect a flexible flat cable and a printed circuit board.

The second objective of the present creation is to provide an integrated housing having an operating portion, a plurality of connecting portions and a plurality of acting portions for combining the rubber core, according to the connector having the locking and unlocking structure described above.

The third objective of the present disclosure is to provide the connector with locking and unlocking structure, wherein the operating portion is bent and extended from two sides of the surface of the housing at an angle to form a plurality of pressing members corresponding to the plurality of locking members of the acting portion, so as to achieve the purpose of interlock control.

The fourth objective of the present disclosure is to provide a locking member for locking the notch of the flexible flat cable and releasing the notch of the flexible flat cable by pressing the operation portion according to the connector with the locking and unlocking structure.

The fifth objective of this creation is according to the aforesaid has a connector of hasp and unblock structure, and the casing provides additional strengthening in order to avoid exerting external force and cause the shortcoming of uneven and the deformation of application of force when the casing.

The sixth purpose of this creation is according to the above-mentioned connector that has hasp and unblock structure, provides the locating part respectively through casing and gluey core to combine casing and gluey core.

The seventh purpose of this creation is according to the above-mentioned connector that has hasp and unblock structure, through the counterpoint piece of casing and the counterpoint hole of gluing the core for the core can be glued in the smooth combination of casing.

The eighth purpose of this creation is according to the above-mentioned connector that has hasp and unblock structure, through the mutual interference between the backstop piece of the casing and the gluey core for the casing is fixed at gluey core.

To achieve the above and other objects, the present invention provides a connector with a locking and unlocking structure, which can connect a flexible flat cable having a head end and a notch with a printed circuit board. The connector with the locking and unlocking structure comprises a shell, a rubber core and a terminal. The shell comprises an operation part, a plurality of connecting parts and a plurality of action parts. The operating portion is formed on one surface of the housing. The operating part is bent and extends from two sides of the surface at an angle to form a plurality of pressing pieces. The plurality of connecting portions connect the operating portion and the plurality of operating portions. The plurality of action parts are arranged on two sides of the shell, and the plurality of action parts form a plurality of locking fasteners corresponding to the plurality of pressing pieces. The plurality of locking components provide an elastic structure, an action structure and a buckling structure. The acting structure is arranged between the elastic structure and the buckle structure. The action structure corresponds to each pressing piece. The buckle structure corresponds the breach setting. The rubber core is combined with the shell. The rubber core forms an accommodating space for accommodating the flexible flat cable. The rubber core forms a plurality of openings and a plurality of terminal holes. The plurality of openings enable the plurality of locking fasteners to be arranged in the accommodating space. One end of the terminal is arranged in the accommodating space and the other end of the terminal can be connected with the printed circuit board. The head end acts on the buckle structure, so that the buckle structure changes an initial state and moves towards a first direction until the buckle structure locks the notch. The buckle structure returns to the initial state by moving in a second direction through the elastic structure; and the plurality of connecting parts are deformed by applying an external force on the operating part, so that the plurality of pressing pieces move towards the first direction to drive the acting structure of each locking piece to deform the elastic structure, the buckle structure also moves towards the first direction, and the buckle structure can be separated from the notch.

To achieve the above and other objects, the present invention provides a connector with a locking and unlocking structure for connecting a flexible flat cable having a head end and a notch with a printed circuit board. The connector with the locking and unlocking structure comprises a shell, a rubber core and a terminal. The shell comprises an operation part, a plurality of connecting parts and a plurality of action parts. The operating portion is formed on one surface of the housing. The plurality of connecting portions connect the operating portion and the plurality of operating portions. The plurality of action portions are provided on both sides of the housing. The plurality of action parts form a plurality of locking fasteners corresponding to the operation parts. The plurality of locking components provide an elastic structure, an action structure and a buckling structure. The action structure is arranged between the elastic structure and the buckle structure, the action structure corresponds to the operation part, and the buckle structure corresponds to the notch. The rubber core is combined with the shell. The rubber core forms an accommodating space for accommodating the flexible flat cable. The rubber core forms a plurality of openings and a plurality of terminal holes. The plurality of openings enable the plurality of locking fasteners to be arranged in the accommodating space. One end of the terminal is arranged in the accommodating space and the other end of the terminal can be connected with the printed circuit board. The head end acts on the buckle structure, so that the buckle structure changes an initial state and moves towards a first direction until the buckle structure locks the notch. The buckle structure returns to the initial state by moving in a second direction through the elastic structure; and the plurality of connecting parts are deformed by applying an external force on the operating part, so that the operating part moves towards the first direction to drive the acting structure of each locking piece to deform the elastic structure, and the buckle structure also moves towards the first direction, so that the buckle structure can be separated from the notch.

Compared with the traditional connector, the connector with the locking and unlocking structure can form an integrated operation part, a plurality of connecting parts and a plurality of action parts through the shell, and can realize the functions of automatically locking the flexible flat cable and manually unlocking by combining the rubber core.

The specific techniques employed in the present invention will be further illustrated by the following examples and the accompanying drawings.

[ description of the drawings ]

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a connector with a locking and unlocking structure according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 2a is a front view illustrating the housing of fig. 1.

Fig. 2b is a top view illustrating the housing of fig. 1.

Fig. 2c is a rear view illustrating the housing of fig. 1.

Fig. 3a is a first view illustrating the operation portion, the connection portion, and the action portion of fig. 2a to 2 c.

Fig. 3b is a second view illustrating the operation portion, the connection portion, and the action portion of fig. 2a to 2 c.

Fig. 4 is a schematic view of the combination of the housing and the flexible flat cable of the present invention.

Fig. 5a is a front view illustrating the inventive glue core of fig. 1.

FIG. 5b is a top view illustrating the inventive glue core of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5c is a rear view illustrating the inventive glue core of FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 is a bonding diagram illustrating the housing of FIG. 1 in combination with a gel core.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a connector with a locking and unlocking structure according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 8a is a first view illustrating the operation portion, the connection portion, and the operation portion of fig. 7 according to the present invention.

Fig. 8b is a second view for explaining the operation portion, the connection portion, and the action portion of fig. 7 according to the present invention.

Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating the connection between the housing and the flexible flat cable in fig. 8a and 8 b.

Description of the main component symbols:

2 flexible flat cable

22 head end

24 gap

4 printed circuit board

10. 10' connector with locking and unlocking structure

12. 12' shell

122. 122' operating part

1222 pressing piece

1224 pressing block

1226 reinforcing structure

124 connecting part

126. 126' action part

1262. 1262' locking fastener

12622. 12622' elastic structure

12624. 12624' action Structure

12626. 12626' snap structure

12628 fixing part

12630. 12632 first position limiting part

12640 alignment piece

12642 stop piece

14. 14' rubber core

142 opening

144 terminal hole

146. 148 second position limiting part

1410 alignment hole

1412 stop block

16 terminal

SF, SF' surface

Angle theta

F external force

FD first direction

Second direction of SD

SP accommodation space

[ detailed description ] A

For a fuller understanding of the objects, features and advantages of the present disclosure, reference should be made to the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

In this disclosure, the use of "a" or "an" is used to describe elements, components and assemblies described herein. This is for convenience of illustration only and provides a general sense of the scope of the present disclosure. Thus, unless clearly indicated to the contrary, such description should be read to include one, at least one and the singular also includes the plural.

In this disclosure, the terms "comprising," "including," "having," "containing," or any other similar term are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. For example, an element, structure, article, or apparatus that comprises a plurality of elements is not limited to only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such element, structure, article, or apparatus. In addition, unless expressly stated to the contrary, the term "or" is intended to mean an inclusive "or" rather than an exclusive "or".

Please refer to fig. 1, which is a schematic perspective view of a connector with a locking and unlocking structure according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure. In fig. 1, the connector 10 with locking and unlocking structure can connect a flexible flat cable 2 having a head 22 and a notch 24 with a printed circuit board 4, and is also shown in fig. 4.

Returning to fig. 1, the connector 10 with locking and unlocking structure includes a housing 12, a rubber core 14 and a terminal 16.

Fig. 2a to 2c and fig. 3a to 3b are also referenced to illustrate the detailed structure of the housing of fig. 1. Fig. 2a is a front view illustrating the housing, fig. 2b is a plan view illustrating the housing, and fig. 2c is a rear view illustrating the housing. Fig. 3a is a first view illustrating the operation portion, the connection portion, and the operation portion of fig. 2a to 2c, and fig. 3b is a second view illustrating the operation portion, the connection portion, and the operation portion of fig. 2a to 2 c.

The housing 12 includes an operation portion 122, a connection portion 124, and an action portion 126. For example, the housing 12 is formed by bending. In other words, the operation portion 122, the connection portion 124, and the operation portion 126 are formed in the same housing 12. In the present embodiment, the number of the operation portions 122 is described as one example, and the number of the connection portions 124 and the number of the action portions 126 are described as two examples. The connecting portion 124 and the acting portion 126 are respectively provided at both ends of the operation portion 122.

The operation portion 122 is formed on the surface SF of the housing 10. The operating portion 122 extends from two sides of the surface SF to be bent out of the pressing member 1222 by an angle θ, which may be 90 degrees, for example. In another embodiment, the surface SF also forms a press block 1224. The surface SF of the case 10 may also be provided with a reinforcing structure 1226, for example, the reinforcing structure 1226 is formed by bending from an edge of the case 10.

The connecting portion 124 connects the operation portion 122 and the acting portion 126. The connecting member 124 suspends the operating portion 122 in the acting portion 126.

The acting portions 126 are provided on both sides of the case 10. The action portion 126 forms a latch 1262 corresponding to the pressing piece 1222. The locking element 1262 provides a resilient structure 12622, an action structure 12624 and a snap structure 12626. Here, the resilient structure 12622 is curved, the action structure 12624 provides a flat surface, and the snap structure 12626 is a convex block shape that is arranged at another angle. The active structure 12624 and the pressing element 1222 may be in a contacting or non-contacting configuration.

An action structure 12624 is disposed between the resilient structure 12622 and the snap structure 12626. Action structure 12624 corresponds to pusher 1222. Snap features 12626 are provided corresponding to indentations 24.

Fig. 4 is a schematic view of the combination of the housing and the flexible flat cable according to the present invention. In fig. 4, when head 22 acts on snap structure 12626, snap structure 12626 changes an initial state and moves in a first direction FD until snap structure 12626 locks notch 22. Snap structure 12626 returns to the initial state by movement of resilient structure 12622 in a second direction SD. Further, by applying an external force F to deform the connecting portion 124 in the operating portion 122, the pressing member 1222 is moved in the first direction FD to drive the action structure 12624 of the fastener 1262 to deform the elastic structure 12622, so that the latching structure 12626 is also moved in the first direction FD, and the latching structure 12626 can be disengaged from the notch 22.

Referring back to fig. 3a and 3b, the action portion 126 further includes a fixing portion 12628 formed on both sides of the housing 10 to fix the housing 10 to the printed circuit board 4.

The action portion 126 also forms a

first stopper

12630,12632. In the present embodiment, referring to fig. 3b, the first position-limiting

members

12630 and 12632 can be formed on the rear surface of the housing 10 or the acting element 126, and the first position-limiting member 12630 is formed on the side surface of the housing 10 or the acting element 126. Here, the first position-limiting member 12630 is illustrated as a hole and the first position-limiting member 12632 is illustrated as an elastic piece.

The action portion 126 further includes a positioning member 12640, and the positioning member 12640 is described as a plug, for example. The alignment member 12640 is formed on the front edge of the housing 10.

The action portion 126 further includes a stopper 12642. Here, the stoppers 12642 are formed on the same side of the surface SF.

Fig. 5a to 5c are also referred to, which are detailed structural diagrams illustrating the rubber core of fig. 1. Fig. 5a is a front view illustrating the core, fig. 5b is a plan view illustrating the core, and fig. 5c is a rear view illustrating the core.

The glue cartridge 14 engages the housing 12. The rubber core 14 forms a containing space SP for containing the flexible flat cable 2. The rubber core 14 forms an opening 142 and a terminal hole 144. The opening 142 allows the locking element 1262 to be disposed in the receiving space SP.

The rubber core 14 further includes

second stoppers

146 and 148. In the present embodiment, the second limiting member 146 is formed at the rear of the rubber core 14, and the second limiting member 148 is formed at the side of the rubber core 14. Here, the second position-limiting element 146 is illustrated by a fastening block and the second position-limiting element 148 is illustrated by a fastening slot. The second position-limiting

members

146 and 148 are respectively disposed corresponding to the first position-limiting

member

12630,12632. The

second stoppers

146 and 148 are combined with the

first stopper

12630,12632 to limit the housing 10 on the rubber core 14.

The core 14 also includes alignment holes 1410. The alignment hole 1410 is disposed corresponding to the alignment member 12640, and the housing 10 can be accurately coupled to the core 14 by aligning the housing 10 with the core 14 by engaging the alignment member 12640 with the alignment hole 1410.

The rubber core 14 further includes a stopper 1412. The stop block 1412 is positioned in correspondence with the stop 12642 and the stop 12642 is acted upon by the stop block 1412 such that the housing 12 is secured to the cartridge 14.

Returning to fig. 1, one end of the terminal 16 is disposed in the accommodating space SP and the other end of the terminal 16 is capable of being connected to the printed circuit board 4. The terminals 16 are inserted in the terminal holes 144.

The combination of the first limiting

member

12630,12632, the second limiting

members

146 and 148, the aligning member 12640, the aligning hole 1410, the stopping member 12642 and the stopper 1412 can be described with reference to fig. 6. FIG. 6 is a bonding diagram illustrating the housing of FIG. 1 in combination with a gel core.

Please refer to fig. 7, which is a schematic perspective view of a connector with a locking and unlocking structure according to a second embodiment of the present disclosure. In fig. 7, the connector 10' with the locking and unlocking structure can also connect a flexible flat cable 2 having a head 22 and a notch 24, such as in fig. 9, with a printed circuit board 4. The connector 10 ' differs from the first embodiment in that the housing 12 ' and the core 14 ' have different structures, except for the housing 12, the core 14 and the terminals 16.

Fig. 8a and 8b are also referenced, which are schematic structural views illustrating a second embodiment of the housing of fig. 1. Fig. 8a is a first view illustrating the operation portion, the connection portion, and the operation portion of fig. 7, and fig. 8b is a second view illustrating the operation portion, the connection portion, and the operation portion of fig. 7. Unlike the operation portion 122 'of the connector 10' having the locking and unlocking structure, in which the operation portion 122 'has no pressing member 1222, the operation portion 122' of the connector 10 having the locking and unlocking structure is bent to extend out of the pressing member 1222 from both sides of the surface SF at an angle θ. Here, the operation portion 122 ' is a flat surface and extends to an action portion 126 ' corresponding to the connector 10 ' having the locking and unlocking structure. Unlike the first embodiment in which the locking member 1262 provides the resilient structure 12622, the action structure 12624 and the snap structure 12626, in this embodiment, the operating portion 122' has no pressing member 1222. Thus, spring structure 12622 ', actuating structure 12624 ' and the structure of snap structure 12626 ', and in particular the portion of actuating structure 12624 ', provided by catch member 1262 ' are directly adjacent to the corresponding surface SF ' of surface SF of operating portion 122 '. Fig. 9 is a schematic view illustrating the connection between the housing and the flexible flat cable of fig. 8a and 8 b.

Although the embodiments of the present disclosure have been described in detail, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions, and alterations can be made herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A connector with lock and unlock structure for connecting a flexible flat cable with a head end and a gap with a printed circuit board, the connector with lock and unlock structure comprising:

the shell is provided with an operating part, a plurality of connecting parts and a plurality of acting parts, the operating part is formed on the surface of the shell, the operating part bends and extends out of a plurality of pressing pieces from two sides of the surface at an angle, the connecting parts are connected with the operating part and the acting parts, the acting parts are arranged on two sides of the shell, a plurality of locking pieces are formed on the acting parts and correspond to the pressing pieces, the locking pieces provide an elastic structure, an acting structure and a buckling structure, the acting structure is arranged between the elastic structure and the buckling structure, the acting structure corresponds to each pressing piece, and the buckling structure is arranged corresponding to the notch;

The rubber core is combined with the shell, an accommodating space is formed by the rubber core for accommodating the flexible flat cable, a plurality of openings and a plurality of terminal holes are formed in the rubber core, and the plurality of locking fasteners are arranged in the accommodating space through the plurality of openings; and

one end of the terminal is arranged in the accommodating space, and the other end of the terminal is connected with the printed circuit board;

the head end acts on the buckle structure, so that the buckle structure changes an initial state and moves towards a first direction until the buckle structure locks the notch, and the buckle structure returns to the initial state by moving in a second direction through the elastic structure; and, by applying an external force to the operating portion to deform the connecting portions, the pressing members move in the first direction to drive the acting structure of each of the locking members to deform the elastic structure, so that the locking structure also moves in the first direction, and the locking structure is disengaged from the notch.

2. A connector with locking and unlocking structures as claimed in claim 1, wherein said surface further forms a pressing block.

3. The connector with locking and unlocking structure of claim 1, wherein said housing further forms a reinforcing structure.

4. The connector of claim 3, wherein the reinforcing structure is formed by bending from an edge of the housing.

5. The connector with locking and unlocking structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein said plurality of acting portions further comprise fixing portions formed at both sides of said housing for being fixed to said printed circuit board.

6. The connector with locking and unlocking structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of action portions further include a first limiting member and the rubber core further includes a second limiting member, the first limiting member is disposed corresponding to the second limiting member, and the first limiting member is combined with the second limiting member to limit the housing at the rubber core.

7. The connector of claim 6, wherein the number of the first position-limiting members and the number of the second position-limiting members are one or more than one, the number of the first position-limiting members are holes or elastic pieces, respectively, the number of the second position-limiting members are fastening blocks or fastening grooves, and the housing is limited to the rubber core by fastening the fastening blocks or the holes with the elastic pieces.

8. The connector with locking and unlocking structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the acting portion further includes an aligning member and the rubber core further includes an aligning hole, the aligning member is disposed corresponding to the aligning hole, and the aligning member engages the aligning hole to align the housing to the rubber core.

9. The connector with locking and unlocking structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the acting portion further includes a stop member and the rubber core further includes a stop block, the stop member is disposed corresponding to the stop block, and the stop member acts on the stop block to fix the housing to the rubber core.

10. A connector with lock and unlock structure for connecting a flexible flat cable with a head end and a gap with a printed circuit board, the connector with lock and unlock structure comprising:

the shell is provided with an operating part, a plurality of connecting parts and a plurality of acting parts, the operating part is formed on the surface of the shell, the connecting parts are connected with the operating part and the acting parts, the acting parts are arranged on two sides of the shell, a plurality of locking parts are formed by the acting parts and correspond to the operating part, the locking parts provide an elastic structure, an acting structure and a buckling structure, the acting structure is arranged between the elastic structure and the buckling structure, the acting structure corresponds to the operating part, and the buckling structure is arranged corresponding to the notch;

the head end acts on the buckle structure, so that the buckle structure changes an initial state and moves towards a first direction until the buckle structure locks the notch, and the buckle structure returns to the initial state by moving in a second direction through the elastic structure; and the plurality of connecting parts are deformed by applying external force on the operating part, so that the operating part moves towards the first direction to drive the acting structure of each locking fastener to deform the elastic structure, and the buckling structure also moves towards the first direction so as to be separated from the notch.