TWM475033U - Transmission device - Google Patents

Abstract

A transmission device including an electrical connector and two flat cables is provided. The electrical connector includes an insulating body, two terminal sets installed on the insulating body, and a cover installed on the insulating body. The insulating body defines a longitudinal direction and a thickness direction. Each terminal set includes a plurality of conductive terminals, and each conductive terminal has an inserting portion and a connecting portion. The inserting portions of the terminal sets are arranged in one row along the longitudinal direction. The connecting portions of the terminal sets are arranged in two rows along the longitudinal direction, and the two rows of the connecting portions are corresponding to each other in the thickness direction. The cover shields the connecting portions of the terminal sets. Each flat cable is defined by an enclosed portion and an exposing portion. The enclosed portions respectively contact the connecting portions of the terminal sets and are accommodated in a space defined by the insulating body and the cover. The exposing portions overlap each other and are exposed from outside of the cover. Thus, the transmission device is capable of reducing the total width of the cables.

Description

Transmission device

The present invention relates to a transmission device, and more particularly to a transmission device in which cables mounted on an electrical connector are stacked one on another.

The miniaturization of electronic products has become a trend nowadays, and the transmission devices applied to electronic products are also facing the same problem. A conventional transmission device includes an electrical connector and a transmission cable connected to the electrical connector, and when the transmission cable to which the electrical connector is connected is flat and the number is two or more, the transmission cables are substantially side by side. The construction of the plane is presented.

However, the conventional transmission device adopts a configuration in which the transmission cables are arranged side by side in the same plane, so that the width occupied by the transmission cable is too large, which is disadvantageous for miniaturization of the transmission device. Therefore, the creator feels that the above-mentioned deficiency can be improved. He is devoted to research and cooperates with the application of theory, and finally proposes a creation that is reasonable in design and effective in improving the above-mentioned deficiency.

Therefore, the creator feels that the above-mentioned deficiency can be improved. He is devoted to research and cooperates with the application of theory, and finally proposes a creation that is reasonable in design and effective in improving the above-mentioned deficiency.

The present embodiment is directed to providing a transmission device that can effectively reduce the width occupied by a cable.

The present invention provides a transmission device including: an electrical connector and two flat cables. The electrical connector comprises an insulative housing, two terminal sets and a cover. The insulative housing is elongated and defines a length direction and a thickness direction. Two terminal groups are respectively set in Insulating body, and each terminal group has a plurality of conductive terminals. And one end of each of the conductive terminals is defined as a plug portion, and the other end portion is defined as a connecting portion. The connecting portions of the two terminal groups are arranged in a row along the length direction of the insulative housing, and the connecting portions of at least one of the terminal groups of the two terminal groups are respectively bent and extended from the corresponding connecting portions thereof. The connection portions of the two terminal groups are arranged in two rows in the longitudinal direction and substantially correspond to each other in the thickness direction. The cover body is mounted on the insulative housing, and the cover body shields the connection portion of the two terminal groups. The two flat cables each have a built-in portion and a bare portion, and the built-in portions of the two flat cables respectively abut the connecting portions of the two terminal groups and are received in the space surrounded by the insulating body and the cover body, and the The exposed portions of the two flat cables are exposed to each other over the cover.

In summary, the transmission device provided by the present embodiment is arranged in two rows in the longitudinal direction through the connecting portions of the two terminal groups and substantially corresponding to each other in the thickness direction, so as to be connected to the two terminal groups. The two flat cables of the portion can overlap each other, so that the width occupied by the flat cable of the transmission device is greatly reduced.

In order to further understand the features and technical contents of the present invention, please refer to the following detailed description and drawings of the present invention. However, the drawings are only for reference and explanation, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. .

100‧‧‧Transportation device

1‧‧‧Electrical connector

11‧‧‧Insulation body

111‧‧‧Bumps

112‧‧‧Terminal receiving slot

1121‧‧‧ openings

12, 12', 12a, 12a'‧‧‧ terminal group

121, 121'‧‧‧ conductive terminals

1211, 1211'‧‧‧ Plug-in

1212, 1212'‧‧‧ Connections

1213‧‧‧Extension

13‧‧‧ Cover

131‧‧‧through holes

2, 2a‧‧‧ flat cable

21‧‧‧Soft flat cable

22‧‧‧ lines

23‧‧‧ Built-in department

24‧‧‧Exposed Department

25‧‧‧Electrical Department

L‧‧‧ Length direction

T‧‧‧ thickness direction

W‧‧‧Width direction

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the creation transmission device.

Figure 2 is a partial perspective cross-sectional view of Figure 1.

3 is an exploded perspective view of the transmission device of FIG. 1.

4 is an exploded perspective view of the transmission device of FIG. 1 from another perspective.

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the terminal of FIG. 3 assembled to the insulative housing (the cover body is omitted).

Figure 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the transport device of Figure 1.

Figure 7 is a schematic plan cross-sectional view showing a modified embodiment of the authoring transmission device.

Referring to FIG. 1 , which is an embodiment of the present invention, a transmission device 100 includes an electrical connector 1 (such as a SATA connector) and two flat cables 2, and One end of the above two flat cables 2 is connected to the electrical connector 1. The construction of the electrical connector 1 and the flat cable 2 will be described below, and the relative relationship between the two will be described as appropriate.

Referring to FIG. 2 to FIG. 4, and referring to FIG. 5 as appropriate, the electrical connector 1 includes an insulative housing 11, two terminal sets 12, 12', and a cover 13. The insulating body 11 has a long shape and defines a longitudinal direction L, a thickness direction T, and a width direction W, and the longitudinal direction L, the thickness direction T, and the width direction W are, for example, perpendicular to each other. The front surface of the insulative housing 11 can be used to be butted in a width direction W to a mating connector (not shown), and the back surface of the insulative housing 11 is formed with a plurality of bumps 111. Furthermore, the insulative housing 11 is formed with a plurality of terminal receiving grooves 112 extending in the width direction W and penetrating from the front surface to the back surface.

The bumps 111 are arranged in a row along the length direction L, and are located substantially on one side of the back surface of the insulative housing 11 (such as the lower left side of the back surface of the insulative housing 11 in FIG. 3). A portion of each of the terminal receiving grooves 112 that passes through the back surface of the insulative housing 11 is defined as an opening 1121. The openings 1121 are arranged in a row along the length direction L and substantially parallel to the arrangement direction of the column of the protrusions 111. In more detail, the openings 1121 are roughly divided into two groups separated by a distance, and the openings 1121 of the two groups are respectively located on opposite sides of the back surface of the insulating body 11 (such as the back of the insulating body 11 in FIG. 3). The upper left side and the upper right side part), and the opening 1121 of one of the groups corresponds to the column bump 111 in the thickness direction.

Each of the terminal groups 12, 12' has a plurality of conductive terminals 121, 121', and one end of each of the conductive terminals 121, 121' is defined as a plug portion 1211, 1211', and the other end is defined separately It is a connecting portion 1212, 1212'. The connectors 1211, 1211' can be used to electrically contact the terminals of the mating connector, and the connectors 1212, 1212' can be used to electrically connect to the flat cable 2. In the present embodiment, the connecting portion 1212' of the terminal group 12' is formed to extend substantially straight from the insertion portion 1211' in the width direction W; and each of the conductive terminals 121 of the other terminal group 12 further includes An extension portion 1213 is defined, and both ends of the extension portion 1213 are integrally connected to the insertion portion 1211 and the connection portion 1212, respectively, and the extension portion 1213 is substantially perpendicular to the self-insertion portion 1211. Formed by straight bending and extension.

Further, the insertion portions 1211 and 1211' of the two terminal groups 12 and 12' are detachably inserted into the terminal accommodating grooves 112 in the width direction W via the openings 1121 of the two groups. The connecting portion 1212' of the terminal group 12' extends straightly from the corresponding plug portion 1211' to pass through the insulative housing 11. The extension portion 1213 of the other terminal group 12 is vertically folded from the corresponding insertion portion 1211 and attached to the back surface of the insulative housing 11 and faces the insertion portion 1211' of the terminal group 12' in the width direction W. The opposite side extends. That is, in the embodiment, the extending portion 1213 is formed to be bent and extended toward the protrusion 111, and the connecting portion 1212 is respectively fitted and positioned on the bumps 111 so that any two adjacent connecting portions 1212 are convex. Block 111 is separated.

In general, the plug portions 1211 and 1211' of the two terminal groups 12, 12' are arranged substantially in a row along the longitudinal direction L of the insulative housing 11, and the connecting portions 1212, 1212' of the two terminal groups 12, 12' are along the length. The directions L are arranged in two rows and substantially correspond to each other in the thickness direction T.

In addition, the conductive terminals 121' include, for example, a signal terminal and a ground terminal. The conductive terminals 121 include, for example, a power supply terminal and a ground terminal. Among them, the power terminal includes terminals suitable for a variety of different voltages (eg, 3V, 5V, 12V). Therefore, the designer can install only the power terminals that meet the predetermined voltage according to the predetermined voltage to be applied by the electrical connector 1, that is, the remaining power terminals can be omitted, and the material cost can be reduced.

In the present embodiment, the cover 13 is exemplified by an insulating cover, and the cover 13 has a long shape and a length substantially equal to the length of the insulating body 11. The cover 13 is formed with an elongated through hole 131, and the cover 13 is mounted on the back of the insulative housing 11 to shield the connecting portion 1212 of the two terminal sets 12.

In the present embodiment, the two flat cables 2 are exemplified by two flexible flat cables (FFCs), and each flat cable 2 has a plurality of lines 22, and each flat cable 2 The lines 22 are arranged at equal intervals. However, in another embodiment not shown, the flat cable 2 can also be a flexible circuit board (Flexible Printed Circuit, FPC), this creation does not limit the specific type of flat cable 2.

One end of the two flat cables 2 passes through the through hole 131 of the cover 13 , and each of the flat cables 2 defines a built-in portion 23 and a bare portion 24 , and the built-in portion 23 of the two flat cables 2 is accommodated. The space surrounded by the insulative housing 11 and the cover 13 abuts against the connecting portion 1212 of the two terminal groups 12 respectively.

In more detail, the two terminal groups 12, 12' connecting portions 1212, 1212' respectively abut against the built-in portions 23 of the two flat cables 2, and are fixed to each other by a hot bar. . The width of each of the flat cables 2 substantially corresponds to the distance in the direction in which the connecting portions 1212, 1212' of the terminal groups 12, 12' to which they abut.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment, the transmission device 100 is an example in which the two flat cables 2 are fixed to the two terminal groups 12, 12' substantially perpendicular to each other (as shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6), but the transmission device The specific implementation of 100 is not limited to this. For example, in another embodiment (Fig. 7), the portions of the two flat cables 2a fixed to the two terminal groups 12a, 12a' may be substantially parallel to each other.

The bare portions 24 of the two flat cables 2 are exposed outside the cover 13 and overlap each other. In this embodiment, the two exposed portions 24 are overlapped with each other such that the two side edges are aligned with each other. Furthermore, the two flat cables 2 are respectively provided with a conductive portion 25 (eg, a plurality of bare metal contacts) at the ends of the exposed portions 24 stacked on each other, and the two conductive portions 25 are respectively exposed on the two exposed portions. 24 surfaces that are far from each other.

In summary, the transmission device provided by the present embodiment is arranged in two rows in the longitudinal direction through the connecting portions of the two terminal groups and substantially corresponding to each other in the thickness direction, so as to be connected to the two terminal groups. The two flat cables of the portion can overlap each other, so that the width occupied by the flat cable of the transmission device is greatly reduced (that is, equivalent to only one flat cable width).

The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it is not intended to limit the scope of the patents of the present invention. Any changes and modifications made to the scope of the patent application of the present invention should be covered by the present invention.

11‧‧‧Insulation body

111‧‧‧Bumps

121, 121'‧‧‧ conductive terminals

1212, 1212'‧‧‧ Connections

1213‧‧‧Extension

2‧‧‧flat cable

21‧‧‧Soft flat cable

23‧‧‧ Built-in department

24‧‧‧Exposed Department

25‧‧‧Electrical Department

L‧‧‧ Length direction

T‧‧‧ thickness direction

W‧‧‧Width direction

Claims (10)

A transmission device comprising: an electrical connector, comprising: an insulative housing having a length and defining a length direction and a thickness direction; and two terminal groups respectively disposed on the insulative housing, each of the terminal groups having a number One of the conductive terminals, and one end of each of the conductive terminals is defined as a plug portion, and the other end portion is defined as a connecting portion; wherein the plug portions of the two terminal groups are substantially along the length of the insulating body Disposed in a row, and the connecting portions of at least one of the terminal groups of the two terminal groups are respectively bent and extended from the corresponding plug portions thereof, and the connecting portions of the two terminal groups are arranged along the length direction. Two rows and substantially corresponding to each other in the thickness direction; and a cover body mounted on the insulative housing, the cover body shielding the connecting portions of the two terminal sets; and two flat cables, each of which Defining a built-in portion and a bare portion, the built-in portions of the two flat cables respectively abut the connecting portions of the two terminal groups and are received in the space surrounded by the insulating body and the cover body, and the two Bare cable flat Overlap each other to cover the exposed outside. The transmission device of claim 1, wherein each of the conductive terminals of one of the terminal groups of the two terminal groups includes an extension connected between the insertion portion and the connection portion, the extension portions respectively The corresponding plugging portions are vertically folded and attached to the insulative housing, and the connecting portions of the other terminal group of the two terminal groups are respectively corresponding to the plug portions corresponding thereto. Extending and penetrating the insulative body. The transmission device of claim 2, wherein the cover body is formed with a uniform hole, and the two flat cables together pass through the through hole of the cover body. The transmission device of claim 1, wherein the two flat cables are respectively fixed to each other by hot bars of the connecting portions of the two terminal groups. The transmission device of claim 4, wherein the two flat cables are fixed to the two terminal groups substantially perpendicular to each other. The transmission device of claim 4, wherein the portions of the two flat cables that are fixed to the two terminal groups are substantially parallel to each other. The transmission device of claim 1, wherein the two flat cables each have a plurality of lines, and the lines of each flat cable are arranged at equal intervals. The transmission device of claim 7, wherein the two flat cables are further defined as two flexible flat cables (FFCs). The transport device of any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein at least one side edge of the overlapping portions of the two exposed portions are aligned with each other. The transmission device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the two flat cables are respectively provided with a conductive portion at the ends of the exposed portions stacked on each other, and the two conductive portions are respectively exposed to the exposed portions. Surfaces that are far from each other.