Electrical connector assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10855029-B2
Application number	US-201916705465-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 6, 2019
Priority date	Dec 10, 2018
Publication date	Dec 1, 2020
Grant date	Dec 1, 2020

Abstract

An electrical connector includes: an insulating body; multiple terminals respectively accommodated in the insulating body; a cover covering the insulating body in a front-rear sliding manner and having a hollow portion to accommodate a mating plug including a substrate and multiple conducting portions; and a driving member. Each terminal has a contact portion. The hollow portion has a virtual center line extending in a left-right direction. The cover ihas a pulling portion located in front of the virtual center line to abut the substrate forward. The driving member has a driving portion located in front of the hollow portion. After the substrate is mounted downward into the hollow portion, the driving portion drives the cover to move horizontally forward relative to the insulating body, and the pulling portion pulls the substrate forward, such that the conducting portions move forward to be in contact with the contact portions of the terminals.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrical connector, configured to be electrically connected to a mating plug, the mating plug being provided with a substrate and a plurality of conducting portions protruding downward from the substrate, and the electrical connector comprising:
an insulating body;
a plurality of terminals, respectively accommodated in the insulating body, wherein each of the terminals is provided with a contact portion;
a cover, covering the insulating body in a front-rear sliding manner and having a hollow portion to accommodate the substrate, wherein the hollow portion has a virtual center line extending in a left-right direction, the cover is provided with a pulling portion to abut the substrate forward, and the pulling portion is located in front of the virtual center line; and
a driving member, provided with a driving portion located in front of the hollow portion,
wherein after the substrate of the mating plug is mounted downward into the hollow portion, the driving portion drives the cover to move horizontally forward relative to the insulating body, and the pulling portion pulls the substrate forward, such that the conducting portions move forward to be in contact with the contact portions of the terminals.

2. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein a left side and a right side of the hollow portion are recessed to form a plurality of concave portions, a left side and a right side of the substrate are provided with a plurality of protrusion portions correspondingly accommodated in the concave portions, a rear side surface of each of the concave portions forms the pulling portion, and the pulling portion abuts the protrusion portions in front thereof.

3. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein a rear side of the hollow portion forms an abutting portion, and when the cover moves horizontally forward, the abutting portion abuts a rear side of the substrate forward.

4. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein a left side and a right side of the hollow portion are recessed to form a plurality of notches, a left side and a right side of the substrate are provided with a plurality of projecting portions correspondingly accommodated in the notches, a front side surface of each of the notches is located behind the virtual center line, a rear side surface of each of the notches forms an abutting portion, and when the cover moves horizontally forward, the abutting portion abuts the projecting portions located in front thereof.

5. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein a left side and a right side of the hollow portion are recessed to form a plurality of recess portions, a front side surface of each of the recess portions is located in front of the virtual center line, a rear side surface of each of the recess portions is located behind the virtual center line, a left side and a right side of the substrate are provided with a plurality of projecting blocks correspondingly accommodated in the recess portions, the rear side surface of each of the recess portions forms an abutting portion, and when the cover moves horizontally forward, the abutting portion forward abuts the projecting blocks located in front thereof.

6. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of pressing sheets are located at two opposite sides of the hollow portion, each of the pressing sheets has a pivoting portion pivotally connected to the cover and a pressing portion extending from the pivoting portion, when the substrate is to be placed in the hollow portion, the pressing sheets are rotated such that the pressing portions thereof leave the hollow portion, and after the substrate is placed in the hollow portion, the pressing sheets are rotated such that the pressing portions thereof are pressed against an upper surface of the substrate.

7. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein each of the terminals is provided with two contact portions provided opposite to each other in the left-right direction, the two contact portions extend backward and away from each other to form two guide portions, two of the terminals comprise a first terminal and a second terminal, after a respective conducting portion of the conducting portions is inserted downward between the two guide portions of a corresponding terminal of the terminals, a distance between each of the two contact portions of the first terminal and the respective conducting portion is less than a distance between each of the two contact portions of the second terminal and the respective conducting portion in a front-rear direction, and in a process of the respective conducting portion moving forward, the two contact portions of the first terminal clamp the respective conducting portion first, and then the two contact portions of the second terminal clamp the conducting portion.

8. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , further comprising a metal member, wherein the cover is made of metal and has a horizontal flat plate portion, and a plate edge of the flat plate portion is provided with a first slide track and a second slide track respectively extending in a front-rear direction; a plate edge of the metal member is provided with a first mating edge corresponding to a left side of the first slide track and a second mating edge corresponding to a right side of the second slide track, the first slide track abuts the first mating edge leftward, and the second slide track abuts the second mating edge rightward.

9. The electrical connector according to claim 8 , wherein the hollow portion is provided on the flat plate portion, the flat plate portion has a slide slot located behind the hollow portion, a right side of the slide slot forms the first slide track, and a left side of the slide slot forms the second slide track; the metal member has a bottom wall, the bottom wall is provided with an accommodating space to accommodate the insulating body, the bottom wall bends upward to form a rear bending portion located behind the accommodating space, the rear bending portion is accommodated in the slide slot, a right side of the rear bending portion forms the first mating edge, and a left side of the rear bending portion forms the second mating edge.

10. The electrical connector according to claim 9 , wherein the flat plate portion has a sliding block located in front of the hollow portion, a left side of the sliding block forms the first slide track, and a right side of the sliding block forms the second slide track; the bottom wall bends upward to form a front bending portion located in front of the accommodating space, the front bending portion is provided with a slot, the sliding block is accommodated in the slot, a left side of the slot forms the first mating edge, and a right side of the slot forms the second mating edge.

11. The electrical connector according to claim 9 , wherein the rear bending portion is provided with a through hole running through the rear bending portion in a front-rear direction, and the through hole has a top surface; and the cover is further provided with a protruding portion entering the through hole, such that the top surface of the through hole limits the cover from moving upward.

12. The electrical connector according to claim 9 , wherein the rear bending portion bends and extends backward to form an extending portion, and the flat plate portion is provided with a stopping surface located right below the extending portion to limit the cover from moving upward.

13. The electrical connector according to claim 9 , wherein a plurality of supporting portions protrude upward from the bottom wall, and the supporting porti

Assignees

• Lotes Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jin Zuo Feng

Classifications

• H01R12/73 Primary

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

• H01R12/7082

  Coupling device supported only by cooperation with PCB · CPC title

• H01R12/51

  for rigid printed circuits or like structures · CPC title

• H01R13/502

  composed of different pieces (H01R13/514 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01R13/639

  Additional means for holding or locking coupling parts together, after engagement, {e.g. separate keylock, retainer strap} · CPC title