CN204577787U - Composite connector - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a combined type connector has an insulator, a plurality of connector terminal and a plurality of lead and connect the terminal. The insulating body extends forwards to be provided with a tongue plate, and the front edge of the tongue plate is inwards provided with an accommodating groove; the insulating body is internally provided with a plurality of terminal grooves, and a plurality of connector terminals and a plurality of conducting terminals are respectively arranged in the terminal grooves; the plurality of connector terminals are exposed out of the tongue plate through the plurality of terminal openings on the tongue plate respectively and form a first connector interface together with the tongue plate; the plurality of conductive terminals are respectively exposed in the accommodating groove through the plurality of openings on the accommodating groove and form a second connector interface together with the accommodating groove. The utility model provides a combined type connector, it sets up the storage tank in the hyoplastron leading edge, through hyoplastron and storage tank, forms two at least connector interfaces simultaneously in a connector, can reduce the cost that electronic product set up the required consumeing of a plurality of connectors, saves the configuration space on electronic product's the mainboard simultaneously.

Description

Composite connector

technical field

The utility model relates to a connector, in particular to a composite connector.

Background technique

Electronic devices seen in the market today, such as personal computers, notebook computers, tablet computers, and smart phones, usually have one or more built-in connectors to communicate with the outside. Common connectors are, for example, Universal Serial Bus (USB) connectors, High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) connectors, DisplayPort (DisplayPort) connectors, and the like.

Through the above-mentioned connector, the electronic device can conveniently transmit data to and from the outside. However, if a plurality of connectors are arranged on the main board of the electronic device at the same time, it will take up a considerable configuration space on the main board, and thus the size of the electronic device cannot be reduced.

In recent years, all kinds of electronic devices have become mainstream in thin, light and small shapes, and the area of the motherboard has also been reduced accordingly, and the space allocated to the connectors on the motherboard is quite limited. In view of this, manufacturers of electronic devices can only select the most necessary connectors, but cannot arrange all connectors on the electronic devices. Therefore, how to integrate multiple connectors is necessary.

Furthermore, the development of connectors is changing with each passing day. For example, the most popular connector recently is Type-C in the USB3.1 specification. Similarly, if the USB Type-C connector is to be arranged on the electronic device, it will need to occupy part of the configuration space on the motherboard. However, before the USB Type-C connector is popularized, it is easy to happen that the USB Type-C connector is installed on the electronic device, but the user does not use it, which wastes the configuration space of the electronic device.

Furthermore, if the USB Type-C connector is not installed in order to save configuration space, it may be criticized by users after the popularization of the USB Type-C connector, resulting in the early elimination of electronic devices from the market.

Utility model content

In view of this, the purpose of this utility model is to provide a composite connector, in which a receiving groove is provided on the front edge of the tongue plate of the connector, thereby forming at least one connector in a connector through the tongue plate and the receiving groove respectively. Two connector interfaces.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model provides a composite connector, including:

An insulating body, which is provided with a tongue plate extending forward, and a plurality of terminal grooves are arranged inside, wherein the front edge of the tongue plate is provided with an accommodating groove inward;

A plurality of connector terminals, which are respectively arranged in the plurality of terminal grooves, and are exposed outside the tongue plate through a plurality of terminal openings on one side of the tongue plate, and jointly form a first connector interface with the tongue plate; as well as

A plurality of conducting terminals are respectively arranged in the plurality of terminal grooves, and are exposed in the accommodating groove through a plurality of openings in the accommodating groove, and jointly form a second connector interface with the accommodating groove.

As mentioned above, the plurality of openings includes a plurality of first openings disposed on one side of the accommodating groove, and a plurality of second openings disposed on the other side of the accommodating groove.

As mentioned above, the number of the plurality of first openings is the same as the number of the plurality of second openings.

As mentioned above, the plurality of terminal openings are located behind the receiving groove, and the plurality of first openings and the plurality of second openings are located in front of the plurality of terminal openings.

As mentioned above, it further includes an iron shell covering the insulating body, the plurality of connector terminals and the plurality of conductive terminals to provide metal shielding effect.

As mentioned above, the accommodating groove is arranged at the center of the front edge of the tongue plate.

As mentioned above, the size of the accommodating groove corresponds to the size of the USB Type-C connector male head, and the second connector interface is the USB Type-C connector male head interface.

As mentioned above, the first connector interface is a USB2.0 connector female interface.

As mentioned above, the first connector interface is a USB3.0 connector female interface.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the technical effect that a single connector can be compatible with more than two connector interfaces at the same time through the setting of the accommodating groove, thereby reducing the number of electronic products. The cost required for each connector can be saved while saving valuable configuration space on the motherboard of electronic products; in addition, the utility model can pass through the accommodating slot and the plurality of conductive terminals corresponding to the USB Type-C specification, and immediately Adding a USB Type-C connector interface to some connectors will help users to choose a more flexible connector interface before the USB Type-C interface is popularized.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a three-dimensional analysis diagram of the composite connector of the first specific embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a three-dimensional assembly diagram of the composite connector of the first specific embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the composite connector of the first specific embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is the first use schematic diagram of the first specific embodiment of the present utility model;

Fig. 5A is a second schematic diagram of the use of the first specific embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 5B is a schematic diagram of the third use of the first embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a composite connector according to a second specific embodiment of the present invention.

Main part name:

1, 3...Composite connector; 10, 30...Insulation body; 11, 31...Tongue plate; 111...Terminal opening; 12, 32...Accommodating groove; 121...First opening; 122...Second opening; 13... Terminal groove; 141, 341...connector terminal; 142, 342...conducting terminal; 15...iron shell;

21...USB2.0 connector male; 211...male tongue plate; 212...male terminal; 22...USB Type-C connector female; 221...tongue; 222...female guide terminal. 

Detailed ways

A preferred embodiment of the present utility model is described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1 , FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 , they are respectively a three-dimensional exploded view of the composite connector, a three-dimensional assembly view of the composite connector, and a cross-sectional view of the composite connector according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The utility model discloses a composite connector 1 . In the embodiment shown in Figures 1, 2, and 3, the composite connector 1 is mainly improved on the basis of a standard Universal Serial Bus (Universal Serial Bus, USB) 2.0 connector, so that the composite connector 1 There are more than two connector interfaces at the same time. However, the USB2.0 connector is only one of the multiple embodiments of the present invention, which does not limit the patent protection scope of the present invention.

As shown in the figure, the composite connector 1 mainly includes an insulating body 10 , a plurality of connector terminals 141 and a plurality of conductive terminals 142 . The insulating body 10 is provided with a tongue plate 11 extending forward, and a plurality of terminal slots 13 are disposed inside the insulating body 10 . The number of the plurality of terminal grooves 13 corresponds to the sum of the number of the plurality of connector terminals 141 and the plurality of lead terminals 142, and the plurality of connector terminals 141 and the plurality of lead terminals 142 are respectively arranged on the plurality of in a terminal slot 13.

The front edge of the tongue plate 11 is provided with an accommodating groove 12 facing inward. In a preferred embodiment, the accommodating groove 12 can be arranged at the center of the front edge of the tongue plate 11 , but it is not limited thereto.

A plurality of terminal openings 111 communicating with the plurality of terminal grooves 13 are disposed on one side of the tongue plate 11 . In a preferred embodiment, the plurality of terminal openings 111 are disposed behind the accommodating groove 12 , but it is not limited thereto.

The plurality of connector terminals 141 are disposed in the plurality of terminal grooves 13 , and are respectively exposed outside the tongue plate 11 through the plurality of terminal openings 111 to form a first connector interface together with the tongue plate 11 . In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1-3 , the size of the tongue plate 11 corresponds to the size of the tongue of a standard USB2.0 connector female head, the number of the plurality of terminal openings 111 is four, and the plurality of connectors The number of terminals 141 is four, and the first connector interface is a USB2.0 connector female interface. However, this is only one of the multiple embodiments of the present invention and is not limited thereto.

The accommodating groove 12 is provided with a plurality of openings communicating with the plurality of terminal grooves 13 . More specifically, a plurality of first openings 121 are disposed on one side of the accommodating groove 12 , and a plurality of second openings 122 are disposed on the other side. The number of the plurality of first openings 121 is the same as the number of the plurality of second openings 122 .

More specifically, the plurality of conductive terminals 142 are exposed in the accommodation groove 12 through the plurality of first openings 121 and the plurality of second openings 122 respectively, and jointly form a second connection with the accommodation groove 12 interface. From a side view (as shown in FIG. 3 ), the plurality of first openings 121 and the plurality of second openings 122 are disposed in front of the plurality of terminal openings 111 , but not limited thereto.

In this embodiment, the size of the accommodating groove 12 corresponds to the size of the standard USB Type-C connector male head, the number of the plurality of first openings 121 is twelve and corresponds to the standard USB Type-C connector One of the tongues (such as the lower tongue) of the male head, the number of the plurality of second openings 122 is twelve and correspond to the other tongue (such as the upper tongue) of the male head of the standard USB Type-C connector 1. The number of the plurality of conductive terminals 142 is twenty-four, and the second connector interface is a USB Type-C connector male interface as an example, but not limited thereto.

The composite connector 1 also has an iron shell 15 for covering the insulating body 10 , the plurality of connector terminals 141 and the plurality of conductive terminals 142 to provide a metal shielding effect. However, in other embodiments, the iron shell 15 may not necessarily exist.

Referring to FIG. 4 , it is a schematic view of the first use of the first specific embodiment of the present invention. In the present invention, the accommodating groove 12 is disposed on the front edge of the tongue plate 11 , and the plurality of conductive terminals 142 are located in front of the plurality of connector terminals 141 and staggered from the plurality of connector terminals 141 . Therefore, the setting of the second connector interface will not affect the normal use of the first connector interface.

Since the size of the tongue plate 11 in this embodiment corresponds to the size of the tongue of a standard USB2.0 connector female, as shown in Figure 4, when a standard USB2.0 connector male 21 is plugged into the When the composite connector 1 is used, the male tongue 211 of the USB2.0 connector male 21 can be accommodated in the composite connector 1, and the USB2.0 connector male 21 is exposed on the male The plurality of male terminals 212 outside the tongue plate 211 can be electrically connected to the plurality of connector terminals 141 exposed outside the tongue plate 11 on the composite connector 1 . Therefore, the composite connector 1 can be connected to the USB2.0 connector male head 21 through the first connector interface (USB2.0 connector interface in this embodiment) on it, and perform normal data, power transfer function.

Next, please refer to FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B at the same time, which are respectively the second schematic diagram and the third schematic diagram of the first specific embodiment of the present invention. As mentioned above, the accommodating groove 12 is disposed in the front edge of the tongue plate 11 , so when using the second connector interface, it will not be interfered by the first connector interface.

More specifically, since the size of the accommodating groove 12 in this embodiment corresponds to the size of the male head of a standard USB Type-C connector, as shown in Figure 5A and Figure 5B, when a standard USB Type-C connection When the female head 22 of the USB Type-C connector is plugged into the composite connector 1, the tongue 221 of the female head 22 of the USB Type-C connector can be accommodated in the receiving groove 12, and the female head of the USB Type-C connector The plurality of female conductive terminals 222 exposed on the tongue 221 on the 22 can be electrically connected to the plurality of conductive terminals 142 exposed in the receiving groove 12 on the composite connector 1 . Therefore, the composite connector 1 can be connected to the female head 22 of the USB Type-C connector through the second connector interface (USB Type-C connector interface in this embodiment) on it, and perform normal operation. Data and power transmission functions.

It is worth mentioning that the USB Type-C connector female head 22 referred to in the above-mentioned embodiment refers to a connector female head that is not covered with an outer iron shell on the periphery of the tongue portion 221 (that is, only the tongue portion 221).

In the foregoing embodiments, the first connector interface is mainly a USB2.0 connector female interface as an example, but it is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the first connector interface may also be a USB3.0 connector female interface, which is described in detail below.

Referring to FIG. 6 , it is a schematic diagram of a composite connector according to a second specific embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 6 discloses the composite connector 3 of the second specific embodiment, which is improved on the basis of the female connector of USB3.0, and the details are as follows.

In this embodiment, the composite connector 3 has an insulating body 30, and the insulating body 30 is provided with a tongue plate 31 extending forward. A plurality of terminal slots are disposed inside the body 30 .

The composite connector 3 also has a plurality of connector terminals 341 and a plurality of conductive terminals 342 respectively disposed in the terminal slots. In this embodiment, one side of the tongue plate 31 is provided with a plurality of terminal openings at the rear of the receiving groove 32, and the plurality of connector terminals 341 are respectively exposed outside the tongue plate 31 through the plurality of terminal openings, and Together with the tongue plate 31, a USB3.0 connector female interface is formed. More specifically, the size of the tongue plate 31 in this embodiment corresponds to the size of the tongue of a standard USB3.0 connector female head, and the number of the plurality of connector terminals 341 is nine, including five flat terminal and four raised surface terminals.

A plurality of first openings and a plurality of second openings are respectively provided on the top surface and the bottom surface of the accommodating groove 32, and the plurality of conducting terminals 342 are respectively exposed to the plurality of first openings and the plurality of second openings. In the receiving groove 32, and together with the receiving groove 32, a USB Type-C connector male interface is formed. In the second specific embodiment, the composite connector 3 can be used to connect standard USB2.0 connector male, USB3.0 connector male and USB Type-C connector female, thereby through three different format for data and power transmission.

The composite connector of the utility model can simultaneously provide more than two connector interfaces in a single connector, thus effectively saving precious configuration space on the main board.

The above is only a preferred embodiment of the utility model, and is not intended to limit the scope of protection of the utility model patent, and other equivalent changes made by using the spirit of the utility model patent, etc., should all belong to the utility model patent in the same way within the scope of protection.

Claims (9)

1. a composite connector, is characterized in that, comprising:

One insulating body, it is extended forward a hyoplastron, and inside is provided with most terminal grooves, and wherein the leading edge of this hyoplastron is provided with a storage tank inwardly;

A most bonder terminal, it is arranged in this majority terminal groove respectively, and is exposed to outside this hyoplastron by the majority terminal openings on this hyoplastron side, jointly forms one first attachment unit interface with this hyoplastron; And

A most conducting connection terminal, it is arranged in this majority terminal groove respectively, and is exposed in this storage tank by the opening of the majority in this storage tank, jointly forms one second attachment unit interface with this storage tank.

2. composite connector according to claim 1, is characterized in that, this majority opening comprises majority the first opening being arranged on this storage tank one side, and is arranged on majority second opening of this storage tank another side.

3. composite connector according to claim 2, is characterized in that, the quantity of this majority the first opening is identical with the quantity of this majority the second opening.

4. composite connector according to claim 3, is characterized in that, this majority terminal openings is positioned at the rear of this storage tank, and this majority the first opening and this majority the second opening are positioned at the front of this majority terminal openings.

5. composite connector according to claim 4, is characterized in that, more comprises an iron-clad, its this insulating body coated, this majority bonder terminal and this majority conducting connection terminal.

6. composite connector according to claim 5, is characterized in that, this storage tank is arranged at the center position of this hyoplastron leading edge.

7. composite connector according to claim 4, is characterized in that, the size of the size corresponding USB Type-C connector male head of this storage tank, and this second attachment unit interface is USB Type-C connector male head interface.

8. the composite connector according to any one of claim 1-7, is characterized in that, this first attachment unit interface is USB2.0 connector female end interface.

9. the composite connector according to any one of claim 1-7, is characterized in that, this first attachment unit interface is USB3.0 connector female end interface.