Altitude increasing connector and method for manufacturing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018261935-A1
Application number	US-201815913494-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 6, 2018
Priority date	Mar 10, 2017
Publication date	Sep 13, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

An altitude increasing connector and the method for manufacturing the same for an electrical connection of a sensor element and a circuit substrate inside a portable electronic device, such that the sensor element is altitude increased, thereby an appropriate disposition altitude of the sensor element is adjusted, in order to ensure normal function of the sensor element, so that the yield of the portable electronic device is increased. The altitude increasing connector has a plurality of conductive terminals, each of which has a first welding pad for welding the sensor element and a second welding pad for welding the circuit substrate, wherein a distance between welding surfaces of both the first, second welding pads of each conductive terminal is fixed, such that a relative distance between electrical joints of both the sensor element and the circuit substrate is fixed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An altitude increasing connector for an electrical connection of a sensor element and a circuit substrate inside a portable electronic device, such that a relative distance between electrical joints of both the sensor element and the circuit substrate is fixed to a first distance, by which the sensor element is altitude increased, the altitude increasing connector including:
a connector body respectively having a first outer surface corresponding to the sensor element, and a second outer surface corresponding to the circuit substrate, wherein the first, second outer surfaces are two outer surfaces opposite to each other; and a plurality of conductive terminals, which pass through the connector body separately, and are formed with a first welding pad and a second welding pad separately; the first, second welding pads of each of the plurality of conductive terminals being formed through bend separately, and being exposed to the first, second outer surfaces separately, in order for welding the sensor element and the circuit substrate separately, allowing the sensor element to be altitude increased by the first distance, wherein a distance between welding surfaces of both the first, second welding pads is a second distance, which is substantially the same as the first distance.

2 . The altitude increasing connector according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of conductive terminals are arranged in two symmetric rows, a left and a right rows.

3 . The altitude increasing connector according to claim 2 , wherein the plurality of conductive terminals which are arranged in the left row are bent in a first direction, the plurality of conductive terminals which are arranged in the right row are bent in a second direction, the first, second directions being two opposite directions.

4 . The altitude increasing connector according to claim 2 , wherein the connector body is an insulator.

5 . The altitude increasing connector according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of conductive terminals is formed by bending a sheet metal integrally.

6 . The altitude increasing connector according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first, second welding pads is protruded out of the first, second outer surfaces of the connector body separately.

7 . The altitude increasing connector according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of conductive terminals is bent continuously to form an approximate inverted U shape.

8 . The altitude increasing connector according to claim 1 , wherein the connector body has a plurality of locating slots, each of which is used to locate the plurality of conductive terminals in forming the connector body.

9 . The altitude increasing connector according to claim 8 , wherein at least two of the locating slots have vertically orthogonal relationship.

10 . The altitude increasing connector according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor element is a light sensor element or an acoustic sensor element.

11 . An altitude increasing connector for an electrical connection of a sensor element and a circuit substrate inside a portable electronic device, such that a relative distance between electrical joints of both the sensor element and the circuit substrate is fixed to a first distance, by which the sensor element is altitude increased, the altitude increasing connector including:
a connector body respectively having a first outer surface corresponding to the sensor element, and a second outer surface corresponding to the circuit substrate, wherein the first, second outer surfaces are two outer surfaces opposite to each other; and a plurality of conductive terminals, each of which has a first welding pad and a second welding pad separately, passes through the connector body, and exposes the first, second welding pads on the first, second outer surfaces separately, wherein the first welding pad is used to weld the sensor element, the second welding pad is used to weld the circuit substrate, such that the sensor element is altitude increased by the first distance, wherein a distance between welding surfaces of both the first, second welding pads is a second distance, which is substantially the same as the first distance.

12 . An altitude increasing connector for an electrical connection of a sensor element and a circuit substrate inside a portable electronic device, such that a relative distance between electrical joints of both the sensor element and the circuit substrate is fixed to a first distance, by which the sensor element is altitude increased, the altitude increasing connector including:
a connector body respectively having a plurality of rectangular through-holes, a first outer surface corresponding to the sensor element, and a second outer surface corresponding to the circuit substrate, wherein the first, second outer surfaces are two outer surfaces opposite to each other; and a plurality of conductive terminals formed by trimming a conductive wire, on which each cross section is rectangular, each of the conductive terminals passing through the connector body via one of the plurality of rectangular through-holes in sequence to be exposed to the first, second outer surfaces separately, as well as a plurality of first welding pads for welding the sensor element being formed on the first outer surface, and a plurality of second welding pads for welding the circuit substrate being formed on the second outer surface, wherein a distance between welding surfaces of both the first, second welding pads is a second distance, which is substantially the same as the first distance.

13 . A method for manufacturing an altitude increasing connector, which is capable of an electrical connection of a sensor element and a circuit substrate inside a portable electronic device, such that a relative distance between electrical joints of both the sensor element and the circuit substrate is fixed to a first distance, by which the sensor element is altitude increased, the method for manufacturing the altitude increasing connector including the following steps:
providing a conductive wire, on which each cross section is rectangular; providing a connector body respectively having a first rectangular through-hole, a second rectangular through-hole, a first outer surface corresponding to the sensor element, and a second outer surface corresponding to the circuit substrate, wherein the first, second outer surfaces are two outer surfaces opposite to each other;
trimming the conductive wire to form a first conductive terminal before causing the first conductive terminal to pass through the connector body via the first rectangular through-hole, followed by causing the second conductive terminal to pass through the connector body via the second rectangular through-hole, wherein the first, second conductive terminals can be exposed to the first outer surface for welding a first welding pad of the sensor element, and exposed to the second outer surface for welding a second welding pad of the circuit substrate separately, wherein a distance between the first welding pad and the second welding pad is a second distance, which is substantially the same as the first distance.

14 . The method for manufacturing an altitude increasing connector according to claim 13 , wherein each of the first, second welding pads is formed through an bend operation before or after the first, second conductive terminals pass through the connector body via the first, second rectangular through-holes separately.

Assignees

• Tarng Yu Enterprise Co Ltd

Inventors

• Huang Mu-Jung
• Chen Ying-Chung

Classifications

• H05K2201/10757

  Bent leads · CPC title

• H05K2201/10378

  Interposers · CPC title

• H05K2201/10939

  Lead of component used as a connector · CPC title

• H01R43/20

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

• H01R12/57 Primary

  surface mounting terminals · CPC title