Electrical connector assembly method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10547152-B2
Application number	US-201815869709-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 12, 2018
Priority date	Jun 29, 2017
Publication date	Jan 28, 2020
Grant date	Jan 28, 2020

Abstract

An electrical connector assembly method, including the steps of: step 1: providing a terminal having a soldering portion; step 2: heating the soldering portion to a melting temperature of a solder; step 3: providing the solder, and press-fitting the solder to the soldering portion by a jig, so that the solder is fused and fixed to the soldering portion; and step 4: inserting the terminal fixed with the solder into an insulating body. Because only the soldering portion of the terminal is heated, less thermal energy is needed, thereby saving energy and reducing the production cost of the electrical connector. Moreover, the insulating body does not need to be heated, thus preventing the insulating body from being warped and deformed due to heat.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrical connector assembly method, comprising the steps of:
step 1: providing a terminal having a soldering portion, wherein the soldering portion is in a vertical flat plate shape;
step 2: heating the soldering portion to a melting temperature of a solder, wherein the solder is located at a side of a plate surface of the soldering portion, and a bottom surface of the solder is lower than a bottom surface of the soldering portion;
step 3: providing the solder, and press-fitting the solder to the soldering portion by a jig, so that the solder is fused and fixed to the soldering portion; and
step 4: inserting the terminal fixed with the solder into an insulating body;
wherein a base portion is formed by extending upward vertically from the soldering portion, a first arm is formed by bending away from a vertical plane of the base portion and extending upward from the base portion, a second arm is formed by bending reversely and extending upward from the first arm and crossing the vertical plane of the base portion, and the first arm and the solder are located at a same side of the vertical plane of the base portion.

2. The electrical connector assembly method according to claim 1 , wherein in step 2, the soldering portion is heated by high-frequency current induction, and the solder is press-fit to the soldering portion within 15 seconds after the soldering portion is stopped from being heating.

3. The electrical connector assembly method according to claim 1 , wherein the solder is a cuboid shape, and the solder and the soldering portion are laminated face to face.

4. The electrical connector assembly method according to claim 3 , wherein in a horizontal direction, a width of the soldering portion is less than a width of the solder.

5. The electrical connector assembly method according to claim 3 , wherein in a horizontal direction, a width of the soldering portion is greater than a width of the solder.

6. The electrical connector assembly method according to claim 1 , wherein:
the insulating body has a plurality of accommodating holes vertically running through the insulating body;
each of the accommodating holes has a retaining slot for retaining the base portion, and is provided with an accommodating slot at one side of the soldering portion for accommodating the solder;
the accommodating slot and the retaining slot communicate with each other;
a width of the retaining slot is greater than a width of the accommodating slot; and
each of the accommodating holes is provided with a reserved slot at an opposite side of the soldering portion, wherein when press-fitting the solder from the one side of the soldering portion, the reserved slot provides a deformation space to the soldering portion.

7. The electrical connector assembly method according to claim 1 , wherein a width of the base portion is greater than a width of the soldering portion, and the base portion is provided with a barrier layer preventing from siphoning and being located higher than the solder.

8. The electrical connector assembly method according to claim 1 , wherein when the solder is soldered to a circuit board, a height of the solder is reduced by more than 0.3 millimeters compared with that before the solder is soldered to the circuit board.

Assignees

• Lotes Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ju Ted

Classifications

• H05K1/111

  Pads for surface mounting, e.g. lay-out · CPC title

• H05K3/3426

  characterised by the leads · CPC title

• B23K1/20

  Preliminary treatment of work or areas to be soldered, e.g. in respect of a galvanic coating · CPC title

• H01R43/20

  for assembling or disassembling contact members with insulating base, case or sleeve · CPC title

• H01R4/02

  Soldered or welded connections {(H01R4/625, H01R4/723, H01R12/59 take precedence)} · CPC title