Electrical connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11705657-B2
Application number	US-202117364250-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 30, 2021
Priority date	Jul 3, 2020
Publication date	Jul 18, 2023
Grant date	Jul 18, 2023

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an electrical connector comprising an insulating body, a terminal component, and a fixing component. The insulating body comprises a mating slot. The terminal component is disposed in the mating slot. The terminal component comprises a pair of first terminal members and a pair of second terminal members. The pair of first terminal members are disposed between the pair of second terminal members. Each of the first terminal members comprises a plurality of first elastic contacting parts and a cable connecting part. Each of the second terminal members comprises a plurality of second elastic contacting parts. The plurality of second elastic contacting parts correspondingly abut against the plurality of first elastic contacting parts. The fixing component fixes the pair of the first terminal members and the pair of the second terminal members. A cable is directly connected to each of the cable connecting parts.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrical connector, comprising:
an insulating body comprising a mating slot extending along a first direction;
two terminal components disposed in the mating slot, respectively comprising a pair of first terminal members and a pair of second terminal members, the pair of first terminal members being disposed between the pair of second terminal members, each of the first terminal members comprising a plurality of first elastic contacting parts, a first fixing part and a cable connecting part, each of the second terminal members comprising a plurality of second elastic contacting parts and a second fixing part, the plurality of second elastic contacting parts correspondingly abutting the plurality of first elastic contacting parts; and
a fixing component fixing the pair of the first terminal members and the pair of the second terminal members, the first fixing part being connected with the second fixing part through the fixing component;
wherein a cable is directly connected to each of the cable connecting parts; the cable connecting part is flat-shaped;
wherein the cable connecting part of the pair of the first terminal members of one terminal component extends in a second direction; the cable connecting part of the pair of the first terminal members of another terminal component extends in a third direction; the second direction and the third direction are respectively orthogonal to the first direction.

2. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the number of the mating slots and the two terminal components is multiple; the two terminal components are correspondingly connected to the plurality of mating slots, respectively.

3. The electrical connector according to claim 2 , wherein the insulating body comprises an accommodating groove communicating with the plurality of mating slots; the cable connection part is disposed in the accommodating groove.

4. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the second direction is an opposite direction to the third direction.

5. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating body comprises a pair of lateral openings; the pair of lateral openings communicate with the accommodating groove and are respectively facing outward in the second direction and the third direction; the plurality of cables are respectively connected to the cable connecting part extending in the second direction and the cable connecting part extending in the third direction through the pair of lateral openings.

6. The electrical connector according to claim 5 , wherein the insulating body comprises a rear end opening; the rear end opening communicates with the accommodating groove and faces outward in a fourth direction; the fourth direction is an opposite direction to the first direction.

7. The electrical connector according to claim 6 further comprising a rear cover closing the rear end opening; wherein the rear cover comprises a rear cover body, a pair of supporting parts, and a plurality of engaging parts; the rear cover body covers the rear end opening; the pair of the supporting parts and the plurality of the engaging parts extend in the first direction from the rear cover body; the pair of supporting parts are disposed between the cable connecting part extending in the second direction and the cable connecting part extending in the third direction; the pair of supporting parts respectively support the cable connecting part extending in the second direction and the cable connecting part extending in the third direction; the engaging part engages with an engaging slot of the insulating body.

8. The electrical connector according to claim 7 , wherein a gap exists between the pair of supporting parts; a rib of the insulating body is inserted in the gap.

9. The electrical connector according to claim 7 , wherein the pair of supporting parts respectively comprise an accommodating recess; the accommodating recesses of the pair of the supporting parts respectively correspond to the cable connecting part extending in the second direction and the cable connecting part extending in the third direction.

10. The electrical connector according to claim 1 further comprising a heat shrink tube covering the joint of the cable and the cable connecting part.

11. An electrical connector, comprising:
an insulating body comprising a mating slot;
a terminal component disposed in the mating slot, comprising a pair of first terminal members and a pair of second terminal members, the pair of first terminal members being disposed between the pair of second terminal members, each of the first terminal members comprising a plurality of first elastic contacting parts, a first fixing part and a cable connecting part, each of the second terminal members comprising a plurality of second elastic contacting parts and a second fixing part, the plurality of second elastic contacting parts correspondingly abutting the plurality of first elastic contacting parts; and
a fixing component fixing the pair of the first terminal members and the pair of the second terminal members, the first fixing part being connected with the second fixing part through the fixing component;
wherein a cable is directly connected to each of the cable connecting parts; the cable connecting part is flat-shaped;
wherein the first fixing part comprises a first positioning hole disposed at the center of the first fixing part.

12. The electrical connector according to claim 11 , wherein the second fixing part comprises a second positioning hole disposed at the center of the second fixing part.

Assignees

• Dongguan Luxshare Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hung Yung-Chih
• Guo Rongzhe

Classifications

• H01R13/18 Primary

  with the spring member surrounding the socket · CPC title

• H01R4/72

  using a heat shrinking insulating sleeve · CPC title

• H01R13/64

  Means for preventing incorrect coupling · CPC title

• H01R43/0263

  for positioning or holding parts during soldering or welding process · CPC title

• H01R43/18

  for manufacturing bases or cases for contact members · CPC title