Electric connector combination
Technical Field
The present utility model relates to the field of electrical connection, and in particular, to an electrical connector assembly.
Background
With the development trend of miniaturization, thinness and thinness of consumer electronic products such as notebooks, tablet computers and mobile phones, the requirements on the design and manufacturing process of parts of the products are higher, and as the products are increasingly thinner and thinner, the internal space of the products is also very narrow, so that the internal space of the products is required to be densely distributed, the volumes of the electronic parts are also smaller and lighter, and the requirements on the manufacturing process and the reliability of product connection are higher. The existing electric connector is generally welded to a circuit board through a surface welding mode (SMT), the connection mode is the most common electric connection mode at present, taking a common Type C Type USB connector as an example, the tail parts of terminals of the common Type C Type USB connector extend out of an insulating body and are welded to the circuit board to realize fixed connection with the circuit board and realize electric contact at the same time, an inserting port of the connector is exposed on a case shell of a computer to be matched with a butting plug in an inserting mode, the mode is firm, certain trouble is brought to subsequent after-sales maintenance or technical upgrading, when the electric connector is damaged due to frequent plug-in, the electric connector can be taken off from the circuit board to be maintained or replaced after welding materials of a welding part are melted through a welding-removing method, and the whole disassembling process is quite inconvenient to operate.
Disclosure of utility model
The utility model provides an electric connector combination, which aims to solve the problem of inconvenient disassembly and maintenance.
In order to solve the technical problems, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme that the electric connector assembly comprises a pair of connectors, an adapter and a first onboard connector, wherein the pair of connectors and the first onboard connector are respectively connected to two ends of the adapter, the adapter comprises a soft row, a second onboard connector arranged on the soft row and a substrate integrally connected with the soft row, the pair of connectors are arranged on the substrate, and the second onboard connector is in plug-in fit with the first onboard connector.
Further, the soft row is provided with a first connecting end and a second connecting end, the second board-mounted connector is mounted at the first connecting end of the soft row, the second connecting end is integrally connected with the substrate, and the substrate is a hard substrate.
Further, the butt joint is a Type C USB connector, and the second board connector and the first board connector are both board-to-board connectors.
Further, the butt joint comprises an insulating body, a plurality of terminals accommodated in the insulating body, a metal shell coated on the surface of the insulating body and a metal fixing cover covered on the surface of the metal shell.
Further, the metal fixing cover is covered on the top wall of the metal shell and welded and fixed with the top wall, and is provided with a pair of fixing plates protruding outwards, and fixing holes are formed in the fixing plates and used for fixing the butt joint head to the substrate.
Further, the overall height of the second board-mounted connector after being in plug-in fit with the first board-mounted connector is not more than 2mm.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model is connected to the first board-mounted connector through the adapter and the butt joint, and the operation of frequent plugging is transferred to the detachable butt joint, so that the first board-mounted connector does not need to face frequent plugging, when the butt joint is damaged due to frequent plugging, only the butt joint is required to be removed from the first board-mounted connector along with the whole adapter and replaced by a new one, the main board circuit board is not involved in the disassembling process, and the tedious operations of disassembling and the like of the circuit board are avoided, and the maintenance and replacement process is more convenient and faster.
Drawings
Fig. 1 is a perspective assembly view of an electrical connector assembly according to the present utility model.
Fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the electrical connector assembly according to the present utility model.
Detailed Description
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the present utility model provides an electrical connector assembly, which includes a pair of connectors 10, an adapter 20, and a first onboard connector 30, wherein the pair of connectors 10 are electrically connected to the first onboard connector 30 through the adapter 20, and the first onboard connector 30 is welded and fixed to a circuit board (not shown), so that the pair of connectors 10 can be electrically connected to the first onboard connector 30 and the circuit board (not shown) only through the adapter 20, and further, the replacement and repair of the pair of connectors 10 become more convenient and faster, and the replacement and repair can be completed only by pulling the pair of connectors from the adapter 20, without disassembling the first onboard connector 30 on the circuit board.
The butt joint 10 comprises an insulating body 11, a plurality of terminals 12 accommodated in the insulating body 11, a metal shell 13 coated on the surface of the insulating body 11, and a metal fixing cover 14 covered on the surface of the metal shell 13, wherein the insulating body 11 is provided with a butt tongue plate 15 extending forwards, and the plurality of terminals 12 are distributed on the upper surface and the lower surface of the butt tongue plate 15 and are used for being spliced with a butt-joint end connector. The metal housing 13 is formed in a ring shape surrounding the periphery of the butt-joint plate 15 so as to form a butt-joint chamber 17 at the inner side thereof. The metal fixing cover 14 is covered on the top wall of the metal housing 13 and welded and fixed with the top wall, and the metal fixing cover 14 is provided with a pair of fixing plates 140 protruding outwards, and the fixing plates 140 are provided with fixing holes 141 for fixing the butt joint 10 to the substrate 25.
The adapter 20 includes a flexible printed circuit 22 (e.g., an FPC/FFC flexible printed circuit or a wire), a second board connector 23 mounted on the flexible printed circuit 22, and a substrate 25 integrally connected to the flexible printed circuit 22. The flexible printed circuit 22 is provided with a first connection end 221 and a second connection end 222, the second board-mounted connector 23 is mounted on the first connection end 221 of the flexible printed circuit 22, the second connection end 222 is integrally connected with the substrate 25, the substrate 25 is a hard substrate for carrying the butt joint 10, and the substrate 25 is provided with a contact point 26 connected with the terminal 12 of the butt joint 10, preferably, the flexible printed circuit 22 is integrally connected with the substrate 25.
The first onboard connector 30 is fixed on a circuit board (not shown) to be electrically connected with the circuit board, and is used for docking with the second onboard connector 23 on the flexible printed circuit 22, so that the electrical connection between the adaptor 20 and the circuit board is established, and the docking head 10 and the circuit board are electrically connected.
In the preferred embodiment of the present utility model, the docking head 10 is a Type C USB connector, and the second onboard connector 23 and the first onboard connector 30 are both Board-to-Board connectors (BTB). Preferably, the substrate 25 of the docking head 10 may be directly fixed to the computer housing, so that the docking head 10 is exposed on the surface of the housing as an interface for frequent plugging, and the first onboard connector 30 is fixed to a circuit board (e.g. a motherboard) inside the computer housing without frequent plugging, and when the docking head 10 is damaged, only the docking head 10 needs to be detached from the computer housing and removed integrally with the adapter 20 for replacement, without performing a reflow removal operation on the first onboard connector 30. It is particularly important that the first board-mounted connector 30 and the second board-mounted connector 23 are board-to-board connectors, so that the overall height (preferably, the height is not more than 2 mm) of the two connectors after being plugged can be greatly reduced, and the space occupation in the casing is saved.
In summary, the adaptor 20 and the adaptor 10 are connected to the first onboard connector 30, and the frequent plugging operation is transferred to the detachable adaptor 10, so that the first onboard connector 30 does not need to face frequent plugging, therefore, when the adaptor 10 is damaged due to frequent plugging, the adaptor 21 is only required to be pulled out of the first onboard connector 30, then the adaptor 10 is removed along with the adaptor 20, and replaced by a new adaptor and the adaptor is reinserted on the first onboard connector 30, the disassembling process does not involve the motherboard circuit board (not shown), complicated operations such as disassembly and disassembly of the circuit board are avoided, and the maintenance and replacement process is more convenient and quick.
The above description is only of the preferred embodiments of the present utility model, and is not intended to limit the utility model in any way, and any person skilled in the art may make many possible variations and modifications to the technical solution of the present utility model using the above disclosed method without departing from the scope of the technical solution of the present utility model, which is defined in the claims.