CN106911024A

CN106911024A - Board to board connector and its socket

Info

Publication number: CN106911024A
Application number: CN201710202488.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 龚雪辉; 付绍儒; 吉圣平
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2017-03-30
Filing date: 2017-03-30
Publication date: 2017-06-30

Abstract

The invention relates to the field of electronic technology, in particular to a board-to-board connector and a socket thereof. The socket includes an insulator and a terminal. The insulator includes a base, a surrounding wall, and an island; two ends of the island are respectively provided with an end protection bracket; each end protection bracket includes a front gasket, a first side gasket, and a The first side reinforcing piece extending from the side spacer towards the wall, the second side spacer, the second side reinforcing piece extending from the second side spacer towards the surrounding wall; the end of the first side reinforcing piece away from the first side spacer Going out of the wall part to form a first side positioning foot that can be fixedly installed on the circuit board; the end of the second side reinforcement sheet away from the second side gasket goes out of the wall part to form a fixedly The second side alignment foot mounted on the circuit board. The board-to-board connector includes an engaged socket and a plug, and the socket is the socket of the above-mentioned board-to-board connector. The invention can realize multiple disassembly and assembly utilization and improve the service life.

Description

Board-to-board connector and socket thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of electronics, in particular to a board-to-board connector and a socket thereof.

Background

A Board to Board Connector (BTB) is a Connector assembly often used in electronic devices (e.g., mobile phones, tablet computers, etc.), and is used to mechanically and electrically interconnect a main Board of the electronic device and modules (e.g., a display module, a touch module, a camera module, etc.). The method is mainly applied to industries such as electric power systems, communication networks, financial manufacturing, elevators, industrial automation, medical equipment, office equipment, household appliances and military manufacturing. The PCB is usually used for connecting devices such as a display screen, a touch screen and a camera on a mobile phone, and has the function of connection and conduction.

The board-to-board connector consists of two parts, namely a plug and a socket, wherein the plug and the socket are both composed of a plastic insulator and a conductive terminal fixed on the plastic insulator, the plastic insulator mainly plays a role in insulating and positioning the conductive terminal, and the conductive terminal mainly plays a role in conducting.

The board-to-board connector is characterized in that a plug is used in a joint mode with a socket, the socket and the plug are respectively attached to a mainboard of electronic equipment and a circuit board of an electronic equipment module through a surface mounting technology, and the socket and the plug are buckled together in an assembling process, so that the mainboard of the electronic equipment and the circuit board of the electronic equipment module are interconnected.

The protruding island portion in the middle of the socket of board to board connector often is the plastic material, and at the lock in-process of socket and plug, because the assembler aligns plug and socket position not, the lock is forced and is caused the island portion to sink or damaged, and especially both ends of island portion are because of the lock is forced the collapse or damaged more easily, need reprocess, lead to manufacturing cost to increase.

If increase the parcel of metal protection sheet alone at the island portion both ends of socket, then the intensity of metal protection sheet is not enough, directly warp the metal buckle easily when off normal lock, leads to whole board to unable reutilization of board connector, and life is short.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to overcome the problem of short service life in the prior art, the embodiment of the invention provides a socket of a board-to-board connector, which is connected with a plug of the board-to-board connector, wherein the socket comprises an insulator and a terminal fixed on the insulator, the insulator comprises a base part, a wall part and an island part, the wall part and the island part are arranged on the base part, the island part is surrounded by the wall part, and a slot which surrounds the island part and is used for inserting the plug is formed between the wall part and the island part; two end parts of the island part are respectively provided with an end part protection bracket; each end protection bracket comprises a front side gasket covering the front side of the island, a first side gasket extending from the front side gasket to the base part and covering the first side surface of the island, a first side reinforcing sheet extending from the first side gasket to the enclosing wall part, a second side gasket extending from the front side gasket to the base part and covering the second side surface of the island, and a second side reinforcing sheet extending from the second side gasket to the enclosing wall part, wherein the first side surface of the island is opposite to the second side surface of the island; one end of the first side reinforcing sheet, which is far away from the first side gasket, penetrates out of the wall part to form a first side positioning foot part which can be fixedly arranged on a circuit board electrically connected with the socket; one end of the second side reinforcing sheet far away from the second side gasket penetrates out of the wall part to form a second side positioning foot part which can be fixedly installed on a circuit board electrically connected with the socket.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a board-to-board connector, which comprises a socket and a plug which are jointed, wherein the socket is the socket of the board-to-board connector.

According to the socket of the board-to-board connector provided by the embodiment of the invention, the end parts of the island part are protected by respectively arranging the end part protection brackets at the two end parts of the island part, so that the effect of improving the strength of the end part of the island part is achieved, the risk of collapse or damage of the two end parts of the island part caused by forced buckling of the socket and the plug of the board-to-board connector is reduced, the repair rate is reduced, and the production cost is reduced; meanwhile, each end part protection bracket is provided with a first side positioning foot part and a second side positioning foot part which can be fixedly arranged on the circuit board so as to increase the strength of each end part protection bracket, avoid the deformation of each end part protection bracket caused when the socket is buckled with the plug in an offset manner, realize repeated disassembly and assembly, and prolong the service life; simultaneously first side location foot and second side location foot increase the board power of grabbing of socket, improve stability and reliability.

The board-to-board connector provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises the socket and has all the beneficial technical effects of the socket.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings required to be used in the description of the embodiments are briefly introduced below, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a receptacle of the present invention;

FIG. 2 shows an exploded perspective view of the receptacle of the present invention;

FIG. 3 shows a schematic orthographic view of the receptacle of the present invention;

fig. 4 shows an enlargement of the sectional view a-a of fig. 3.

Reference numerals:

10 an insulator, 101 a base, 102 an island portion, 103 a socket, 104 a front surface of the island portion, 105 a first side surface of the island portion, 106 a second side surface of the island portion, 107 a short side portion, 108 a first side long side portion, 109 a second side long side portion, 110 an end surface of the island portion;

20 terminals;

30 end protective bracket, 301 front side pad, 302 first side pad, 303 first side reinforcing sheet, 304 second side pad, 305 second side reinforcing sheet, 306 first side positioning foot, 307 second side positioning foot, 308 end face pad.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical problems, technical solutions and advantageous effects solved by the present invention more clearly apparent, the present invention is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, a receptacle of a board-to-board connector, which is engaged with (e.g., snapped together with) a plug (not shown) of the board-to-board connector, includes an insulator 10 and a terminal 20 held on the insulator, where the insulator 10 includes a base 101, a wall portion and an island 102, the wall portion and the island 102 are disposed on the base 101, the island 102 is surrounded by the wall portion, and a slot 103 is formed between the wall portion and the island 102, which surrounds the island 102 and allows the plug to be inserted into the slot 103;

an end protection bracket 30 is provided at each of both ends of the island 102;

each end protection bracket 30 includes a front side pad 301 overlying the front side 104 of the island portion, a first side pad 302 extending from the front side pad 301 toward the base 101 overlying the first side 105 of the island portion, a first side reinforcing sheet 303 extending from the first side pad 302 toward the perimeter wall portion, a second side pad 304 extending from the front side pad 301 toward the base 101 overlying the second side 106 of the island portion, and a second side reinforcing sheet 305 extending from the second side pad 304 toward the perimeter wall portion, wherein the first side 105 of the island portion is opposite the second side 106 of the island portion;

the end of the first side reinforcing plate 303 away from the first side pad 302 penetrates the wall portion to form a first side positioning leg portion 306 which can be fixedly mounted on a circuit board (not shown) electrically connected to the socket, in this embodiment, the first side positioning leg portion 306 can be soldered on the circuit board to realize fixed mounting;

the end of the second side reinforcing plate 305 away from the second side pad 304 extends beyond the wall portion to form a second side positioning leg portion 307 which can be fixedly mounted on a circuit board (not shown) electrically connected to the socket, in this embodiment, the second side positioning leg, 307 can be soldered on the circuit board to achieve fixed mounting.

In this embodiment, the two end protection brackets 30 are symmetrically disposed at both ends of the island 102.

This technical solution protects the front surface 104 of the island at the end of the island by providing a front surface pad 301, protects the first side surface 105 of the island at the end of the island by providing a first side pad 302, and protects the second side surface 106 of the island at the end of the island by providing a second side pad 304;

in this embodiment, the front surface pad 301, the first side pad 302, the first side reinforcing sheet 303, the second side pad 304, and the second side reinforcing sheet 305 of each end portion protection bracket 30 are connected to form an approximate zigzag shape.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, the wall portion is shaped like a square frame and includes two opposite short side portions 107 and two opposite long side portions connected between the two short side portions 107, the length direction of the island portion 102 is parallel to the length direction of the long side portions, two end portions of the island portion 102 face to one short side portion 107 respectively, of the two long side portions, the long side portion opposite to the first side surface 105 of the island portion is a first long side portion 108, and the long side portion opposite to the second side surface 106 of the island portion is a second long side portion 109; wherein,

the first side reinforcing piece 303 extends from the first side pad 302 to the enclosing wall portion, which means that the first side reinforcing piece 303 extends from the first side pad 302 to the first side long edge portion 108;

the end of the first side reinforcing plate 303 away from the first side pad 302 protrudes out of the wall portion, which means that the end of the first side reinforcing plate 303 away from the first side pad 302 protrudes out of the first side long edge portion 108;

the second side reinforcing piece 305 extends from the second side pad 304 toward the wall portion, which means that the second side reinforcing piece 305 extends from the second side pad 304 toward the second side long edge portion 109;

the end of the second side reinforcing plate 305 away from the second side pad 304 is extended out of the wall portion, which means that the end of the second side reinforcing plate 305 away from the second side pad 304 is extended out of the second side long side portion 109.

Each end protection bracket 30 further includes an end pad 308 extending from the front pad 301 toward the base 101 overlying the end face 110 of the island. In this embodiment, the end face pads 308 are provided to protect the end faces 110 of the island.

The front pad 301, the first side pad 302, the second side pad 304, and the end pad 308 of each end protection bracket 30 are embedded in the island 102. The technical scheme has reasonable design and compact structure, and can save space. In the present embodiment, the first side reinforcing sheet 303 and the second side reinforcing sheet 305 may be partially embedded in the base 101.

Each end portion protection bracket 30 is a metal bent body.

The embodiment also discloses a board-to-board connector, which comprises a socket and a plug which are jointed, wherein the socket of the board-to-board connector is provided with the socket.

The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting the invention, and any modifications, equivalents and improvements made within the spirit and principle of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A socket of a board-to-board connector, engaged with a plug of a board-to-board connector, the socket includes an insulator and a terminal held on the insulator, the insulator includes a base, a wall and an island, the wall and the island The part is arranged on the base part, and the island part is surrounded by the wall part, and a slot around the island part is formed between the wall part and the island part, and a plug can be inserted into it; it is characterized in that,

Two ends of the island are respectively provided with an end protection bracket;

Each end protection bracket includes a front gasket covering the front of the island, a first side gasket extending from the front gasket to the base, and a first side gasket extending from the first side gasket to the surrounding wall at the first side of the island. The extended first side reinforcement sheet, the second side gasket extending from the front gasket toward the base at the second side of the island, and the second side reinforcement sheet extending from the second side gasket toward the wall, wherein, the first side of the island is opposite the second side of the island;

The end of the first side reinforcing sheet away from the first side gasket passes through the surrounding wall to form a first side positioning foot that can be fixedly installed on the circuit board electrically connected to the socket;

The end of the second side reinforcing piece away from the second side spacer passes through the surrounding wall to form a second side positioning foot that can be fixedly installed on the circuit board electrically connected with the socket.

2. The board-to-board connector socket according to claim 1, characterized in that,

The wall portion is in the shape of a square frame, including two opposite short sides and two opposite long sides connected between the two short sides, the length direction of the island portion is parallel to the length direction of the long side portion, and the island portion The two ends of each face toward a short side, and among the two long sides, the long side opposite to the first side of the island is the first side long side, and the long side opposite to the second side of the island is the long side is the long side of the second side.

3. The board-to-board connector receptacle according to claim 2, wherein the first side reinforcement piece extends from the first side gasket toward the wall portion, which means that the first side reinforcement piece extends from the first side The gasket extends toward the long side of the first side.

4. The board-to-board connector socket according to claim 3, characterized in that,

The end of the first side reinforcing piece away from the first side spacer goes out of the surrounding wall portion, which means that the end of the first side reinforcing piece away from the first side spacer goes out of the first side long side.

5. The socket of the board-to-board connector according to claim 4, characterized in that,

The second side reinforcing piece extends from the second side gasket toward the wall portion, which means that the second side reinforcing piece extends from the second side gasket toward the second side long side.

6. The board-to-board connector socket according to claim 5, characterized in that,

The end of the second side reinforcement sheet away from the second side gasket passes outside the wall portion, which means that the end of the second side reinforcement sheet away from the second side gasket passes outside the second side long side.

7. The board-to-board connector socket according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that,

Each end protection bracket further includes an end gasket extending from the front gasket toward the base covering the end surface of the island.

8. The board-to-board connector receptacle according to claim 7, wherein the front gasket, the first side gasket, the second side gasket and the end gasket of each end protection bracket are embedded in the island. middle.

9. The board-to-board connector receptacle according to claim 8, wherein each end protection bracket is a metal bending body.

10. A board-to-board connector, comprising a jointed socket and a plug, characterized in that the socket is the socket of the board-to-board connector according to any one of claims 1-9.