Waterproof connector

• US 10,170,864 B1
• Filed: 12/12/2017
• Issued: 01/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cheng UEI Precision Industry Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Cheng UEI Precision Industry Company Limited
• Inventors: Hsu, Li-Nien, Yu, Sheng-Nan
• Primary Examiner(s): Johnson, Amy Cohen
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dzierzynski, Matthew T
• Application Number:
  US15/838,385
• Time in Patent Office: 385 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/405 Securing in non-demountable manner, e.g. moulding, riveting
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/504 different pieces being moulded, cemented, welded, e.g. ultrasonic, or swaged together
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5202 Sealing means between parts of housing or between housing part and a wall, e.g. sealing rings
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/521 Sealing between contact members and housing, e.g. sealing insert
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5213 Covers
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5216 characterised by the sealing material, e.g. gels or resins
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6581 Shield structure
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6585 Shielding material individually surrounding or interposed between mutually spaced contacts
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2107/00 Four or more poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/60 Contacts spaced along planar side wall transverse to longitudinal axis of engagement

Abstract

A waterproof connector includes a dielectric body, a plurality of terminals integrally molded to the dielectric body, a shielding assembly, a metal shell surrounding outside the dielectric body, and a waterproof housing integrally molded outside the metal shell. The dielectric body has a tongue board. A periphery of a rear of the tongue board is recessed inward to form a limiting groove. A plurality of the blocking boards are protruded from the tongue board and located in front of the limiting groove. The shielding assembly is limited in the limiting groove. Outer surfaces of rear ends of contact portions of the plurality of the terminals adjacent to a front end of the shielding assembly are recessed inward to form a plurality of avoiding areas, each of the plurality of the avoiding areas is matched with one of the plurality of the blocking boards.

Claims

1. A waterproof connector, comprising:

a dielectric body having a base portion, and a tongue board protruded from a middle of a front surface of the base portion, a top surface of a front of the tongue board opening a plurality of upper terminal grooves, a bottom surface of the front of the tongue board opening a plurality of lower terminal grooves, a periphery of a rear of the tongue board being recessed inward to form a limiting groove, a plurality of blocking boards being protruded into the upper terminal grooves and the lower terminal grooves from the tongue board and located in front of the limiting groove;

a plurality of terminals integrally molded to the dielectric body, including a plurality of lower terminals arranged transversely and a plurality of upper terminals arranged transversely, each of the plurality of the terminals having a fastening portion, a contact portion connected with a front end of the fastening portion, and a soldering portion connected with a rear end of the fastening portion, the fastening portions of the plurality of the terminals being integrally molded in and fastened in the dielectric body, the contact portions of the plurality of the lower terminals and the upper terminals being received in the plurality of the lower terminal grooves and the upper terminal grooves and being exposed to the bottom surface and the top surface of the front of the tongue board, the soldering portions of the plurality of the terminals projecting beyond a rear surface of the dielectric body;

a shielding assembly being limited in the limiting groove of the dielectric body;

a metal shell surrounding outside the dielectric body to which the plurality of the terminals are integrally molded; and

a waterproof housing integrally molded outside the metal shell,

wherein outer surfaces of rear ends of the contact portions of the plurality of the terminals exposed to the top surface and the bottom surface of the front of the tongue board and adjacent to a front end of the shielding assembly are recessed inward to form a plurality of avoiding areas, each of the plurality of the blocking boards is corresponding to one of the upper terminal grooves and the lower terminal grooves, each of the plurality of the blocking boards is spaced from an inner wall of the one of the upper terminal grooves and the lower terminal grooves facing the blocking board corresponding to the one of the upper terminal grooves and the lower terminal grooves, each of the plurality of the avoiding areas is located under or above one of the plurality of the blocking boards, each of the plurality of the avoiding areas is matched with the one of the plurality of the blocking boards.

2. The waterproof connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of the avoiding areas are a plurality of avoiding spaces, each of the plurality of the blocking boards is received in one of the plurality of the avoiding areas.

3. The waterproof connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of the blocking boards are protruded frontward from a front surface of a front wall of the limiting groove and project into rears of the upper terminal grooves and the lower terminal grooves.

4. The waterproof connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein an outer surface of each of the plurality of the blocking boards exposed to the top surface or the bottom surface of the front of the tongue board is flush with the top surface or the bottom surface of the front of the tongue board.

5. The waterproof connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shielding assembly includes an upper shielding element and a lower shielding element, the upper shielding element is mounted in an upper portion and two opposite sides of the limiting groove, the lower shielding element is mounted in a lower portion and the two opposite sides of the limiting groove, the upper shielding element and the lower shielding element are fastened with each other by virtue of a buckling way, the lower shielding element abuts against a bottom plate of the metal shell.

6. The waterproof connector as claimed in claim 5, wherein the upper shielding element and the lower shielding element are fastened with each other by a laser spot welding technology.

7. The waterproof connector as claimed in claim 5, wherein two opposite sides of a front edge of a top of the upper shielding element are recessed inward to form two first avoiding grooves, two opposite sides of a front edge of a bottom of the lower shielding element are recessed inward to form two second avoiding grooves, the plurality of the terminals include a plurality of power terminals and a plurality of signal terminals, the rear ends of the contact portions of the plurality of the power terminals are located in front of the two first avoiding grooves and the two second avoiding grooves separately, an insulating distance between the front end of the shielding assembly and the rear ends of the contact portions of the plurality of the power terminals is increased by virtue of the two first avoiding grooves and the two second avoiding grooves.

8. The waterproof connector as claimed in claim 7, wherein outer surfaces of the rear ends of the contact portions of the plurality of the power terminals exposed to the top surface and the bottom surface of the front of the tongue board and adjacent to the front end of the shielding assembly are recessed inward to form the plurality of the avoiding areas, the plurality of the blocking boards are protruded into several of the upper terminal grooves and the lower terminal grooves from the tongue board and located in front of the limiting groove, each of the plurality of the avoiding areas is located under or above the one of the plurality of the blocking boards, each of the plurality of the avoiding areas is matched with the one of the plurality of the blocking boards.

9. The waterproof connector as claimed in claim 8, wherein the plurality of the avoiding areas are a plurality of avoiding spaces, each of the plurality of the blocking boards is received in one of the plurality of the avoiding areas.

10. The waterproof connector as claimed in claim 8, wherein the plurality of the blocking boards are protruded frontward from a front surface of a front wall of the limiting groove and project into rears of the several of the upper terminal grooves and the lower terminal grooves.

11. The waterproof connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of lower terminals has a lower fastening portion, a lower contact portion connected with a front end of the lower fastening portion, and a lower soldering portion connected with a rear end of the lower fastening portion, each of the plurality of the upper terminals has an upper fastening portion, an upper contact portion connected with a front end of the upper fastening portion, and an upper soldering portion connected with a rear end of the upper fastening portion, the lower fastening portions of the plurality of lower terminals and the upper fastening portions of the plurality of the upper terminals are integrally molded in and fastened in the dielectric body, the lower contact portions of the plurality of the lower terminals are received in the plurality of the lower terminal grooves and are exposed to the bottom surface of the front of the tongue board, the upper contact portions of the plurality of the upper terminals are received in the plurality of the upper terminal grooves and are exposed to the top surface of the front of the tongue board, the lower soldering portions of the plurality of lower terminals and the upper soldering portions of the plurality of the upper terminals project beyond the rear surface of the dielectric body.

12. The waterproof connector as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an isolating plate disposed between the plurality of the lower terminals and the plurality of the upper terminals, the isolating plate, the plurality of the lower terminals and the plurality of the upper terminals being integrally molded together in the dielectric body.

13. The waterproof connector as claimed in claim 12, further comprising a waterproof cover, a rear end of a bottom of the waterproof housing opening an assembling groove corresponding to upper portions of the soldering portions of the plurality of the terminals, an upper portion of a rear of the waterproof housing opening a guiding hole penetrating rearward through a rear surface of the waterproof housing and extending forward to the assembling groove, two opposite sides of a rear of the dielectric body opening two fastening grooves, two opposite sides of a bottom surface of a top wall of the assembling groove protruding downward to form two supporting portions fastened in the two fastening grooves, the waterproof cover being integrally molded to the assembling groove and the guiding hole, and located above the soldering portions for effectively sealing intervals among the soldering portions, the dielectric body, the isolating plate, the metal shell and the waterproof housing, two opposite sides of a top surface of the waterproof cover protruding upward to form two propping portions abutting against the two supporting portions, respectively.

14. The waterproof connector as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a fastening element which includes a board-shaped connecting portion, and two soldering feet bent downward from two opposite sides of the connecting portion, the connecting portion being integrally molded to and fastened to the waterproof housing, a top surface of the connecting portion being exposed out of a top surface of the waterproof housing, the two soldering feet passing through two opposite sides of the waterproof housing and projecting beyond bottom surfaces of the two opposite sides of the waterproof housing.

15. A waterproof connector, comprising:

a dielectric body having a base portion, and a tongue board protruded from a middle of a front surface of the base portion, a top surface of a front of the tongue board opening a plurality of upper terminal grooves, a bottom surface of the front of the tongue board opening a plurality of lower terminal grooves, a periphery of a rear of the tongue board being recessed inward to form a limiting groove;

a plurality of terminals integrally molded to the dielectric body, including a plurality of lower terminals arranged transversely and a plurality of upper terminals arranged transversely, each of the plurality of the terminals having a fastening portion, a contact portion connected with a front end of the fastening portion, and a soldering portion connected with a rear end of the fastening portion, the fastening portions of the plurality of the terminals being integrally molded in and fastened in the dielectric body, the contact portions of the plurality of the lower terminals and the upper terminals being received in the plurality of the lower terminal grooves and the upper terminal grooves and being exposed to the bottom surface and the top surface of the front of the tongue board, the soldering portions of the plurality of the terminals projecting beyond a rear surface of the dielectric body;

a shielding assembly being limited in the limiting groove of the dielectric body;

a metal shell surrounding outside the dielectric body to which the plurality of the terminals are integrally molded; and

a waterproof housing integrally molded outside the metal shell,

wherein a plurality of insulation glues are coated on outer surfaces of rear ends of the contact portions of the plurality of the terminals exposed to the top surface and the bottom surface of the front of the tongue board and adjacent to a front end of the shielding assembly.

16. The waterproof connector as claimed in claim 15, wherein the plurality of the terminals include a plurality of power terminals, the outer surfaces of the rear ends of the contact portions of the plurality of the power terminals exposed to the top surface and the bottom surface of the front of the tongue board and adjacent to the front end of the shielding assembly are coated with the plurality of the insulation glues.

17. The waterproof connector as claimed in claim 15, wherein the shielding assembly includes an upper shielding element and a lower shielding element, the upper shielding element is mounted in an upper portion and two opposite sides of the limiting groove, the lower shielding element is mounted in a lower portion and the two opposite sides of the limiting groove, the upper shielding element and the lower shielding element are fastened with each other by virtue of a buckling way, the lower shielding element abuts against a bottom plate of the metal shell.

18. The waterproof connector as claimed in claim 17, wherein two opposite sides of a front edge of a top of the upper shielding element are recessed inward to form two first avoiding grooves, two opposite sides of a front edge of a bottom of the lower shielding element are recessed inward to form two second avoiding grooves, the plurality of the terminals include a plurality of power terminals, the rear ends of the contact portions of the plurality of the power terminals are located in front of the two first avoiding grooves and the two second avoiding grooves separately, an insulating distance between the front end of the shielding assembly and the rear ends of the contact portions of the plurality of the power terminals is increased by virtue of the two first avoiding grooves and the two second avoiding grooves.

19. A waterproof connector, comprising:

a dielectric body having a tongue board;

at least one terminal received in the dielectric body, the at least one terminal having a fastening portion received in the dielectric body, a contact portion exposed to a surface of the tongue board, and a soldering portion projecting beyond the dielectric body;

a shielding assembly being limited in a rear portion of the tongue board, the shielding assembly being comprised of integrated parts; and

a metal shell surrounding outside the dielectric body;

wherein a portion of the contact portion of the at least one terminal adjacent to a front end of the shielding assembly is recessed inward to form an avoiding area, the avoiding area is covered by a part of the surface of the tongue board;

wherein a front edge of the shielding assembly is recessed rearwardly to form at least one avoiding groove, the avoiding groove is corresponding to the avoiding area of the at least one terminal along a front-to-rear direction.

20. The waterproof connector as claimed in claim 19, further comprising a waterproof housing and a waterproof cover, the waterproof housing integrally molded outside the metal shell, a rear end of a bottom of the waterproof housing opening an assembling groove corresponding to the soldering portion of the at least one terminal, an upper portion of a rear of the waterproof housing opening a guiding hole penetrating rearward through a rear surface of the waterproof housing and extending forward to the assembling groove, the waterproof cover being integrally molded to the assembling groove and the guiding hole, and located above the soldering portion of the at least one terminal.