Electrical connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10490925-B2
Application number	US-201916296428-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 8, 2019
Priority date	Mar 9, 2018
Publication date	Nov 26, 2019
Grant date	Nov 26, 2019

Abstract

An electrical connector is used to be electrically connected to a chip module, and includes a body provided with at least one accommodating groove. The body has a supporting block protrudingly provided upward at one side of the accommodating groove, and the supporting block is configured to upward support the chip module. At least one terminal is correspondingly accommodated in the at least one accommodating groove. The terminal includes: a first base accommodated in the accommodating groove; an elastic arm formed by bending and extending forward from the first base and located at one side of the supporting block to be electrically connected to the chip module; and a through slot running vertically through the elastic arm. The supporting block has a rear end. The first base is located behind the rear end. The through slot extends forward and does not pass beyond the rear end.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrical connector, configured to be electrically connected to a chip module, the electrical connector comprising:
an insulating body, provided with at least one accommodating groove, wherein the insulating body has a supporting block protrudingly provided upward at one side of the accommodating groove, and the supporting block is configured to upward support the chip module; and
at least one terminal, correspondingly accommodated in the at least one accommodating groove, wherein the terminal comprises:
a first base, accommodated in the accommodating groove;
an elastic arm, formed by bending and extending forward from the first base and located at one side of the supporting block, wherein the elastic arm is configured to be electrically connected to the chip module; and
a through slot, running vertically through the elastic arm,

wherein the supporting block has a rear end, the first base is located behind the rear end, and the through slot extends forward and does not pass beyond the rear end.

2. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein when the chip module presses the elastic arm and the supporting block upward abuts the chip module, the through slot passes forward beyond the rear end.

3. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic arm has a contact portion configured to be in contact with the chip module, and a front edge of the through slot ends behind the contact portion.

4. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the first base is provided with a connecting portion located on an upper end thereof and connected with the elastic arm, the connecting portion is provided with a slot, and the slot communicates with the through slot.

5. The electrical connector according to claim 4 , wherein a width of the through slot is greater than a width of the slot.

6. The electrical connector according to claim 4 , wherein a height of the slot in a vertical direction is less than or equal to one half of a height of the first base.

7. The electrical connector according to claim 4 , wherein the first base comprises a flat plate portion and the connecting portion obliquely provided upward and forward from the flat plate portion.

8. The electrical connector according to claim 4 , wherein the terminal comprises a second base formed by bending and extending from one side of the first base, a bending portion is formed between the first base and the second base, and a lowest point of the slot in a vertical direction is lower than a top end of the bending portion.

9. The electrical connector according to claim 4 , wherein the elastic arm has a contact portion configured to be in contact with the chip module, a width of the contact portion is less than a width of the connecting portion, and an angle is formed between a side surface of the elastic arm adjacent to the supporting block and a front-rear direction.

10. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the supporting block is located in front of the accommodating groove.

11. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic arm is provided with a contact portion configured to be connected with the chip module, the supporting block has a front end opposite to the rear end, and the contact portion is located in front of the front end.

12. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal comprises a second base formed by bending and extending from one side of the first base, the supporting block has a front end opposite to the rear end, and the second base is accommodated in the accommodating groove and located behind the front end.

13. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating body is provided with a plurality of accommodating grooves, one side of each of the accommodating grooves is provided with one of a plurality of supporting blocks, each of the supporting blocks is located between two adjacent ones of the accommodating grooves, each of the supporting blocks has a front end opposite to the rear end, and the front end is flush with one side of a corresponding one of the accommodating grooves.

14. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating body has a protruding block protrudingly provided upward at one side of the accommodating groove, a height of the protruding block is less than a height of the supporting block, and the elastic arm is located right above the protruding block.

15. The electrical connector according to claim 14 , wherein the protruding block and the supporting block are connected with each other.

16. The electrical connector according to claim 14 , wherein the protruding block comprises a first protruding block and a second protruding block connected with each other, the insulating body is provided with a plurality of accommodating grooves in a plurality of rows in a front-rear direction, and each of the rows is provided with a plurality of the accommodating grooves, the first protruding block is located between the accommodating grooves in two adjacent rows in the front-rear direction, and the second protruding block is located between two adjacent accommodating grooves in a same row.

17. The electrical connector according to claim 16 , wherein the elastic arm has a contact portion configured to be in contact with the chip module, and the contact portion is located right above the second protruding block.

18. The electrical connector according to claim 16 , wherein for the two adjacent accommodating grooves provided in the same row, the first protruding block provided corresponding to one of the two adjacent accommodating grooves and the supporting block are connected with each other, and the first protruding block is not connected with the supporting block provided corresponding to the other of the two adjacent accommodating grooves.

19. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal comprises a second base formed by bending and extending from the first base, and a strip connecting portion formed by extending upward from the second base, and the strip connecting portion is configured to be connected to a strip and located behind the rear end.

20. The electrical connector according to claim 19 , wherein the second base extends obliquely downward to form an spring arm and a soldering portion formed by extending from a tail end of the spring arm.

Assignees

• Lotes Co Ltd

Inventors

• Huang Chang Wei

Classifications

• H01R13/40

  Securing contact members in or to a base or case; Insulating of contact members · CPC title

• H01R12/57 Primary

  surface mounting terminals · CPC title

• H01R13/2435

  with opposite contact points, e.g. C beam · CPC title

• H01R12/52

  connecting to other rigid printed circuits or like structures · CPC title

• H01R12/707

  Soldering or welding · CPC title