Mobile terminal fitting providing electric connection with mobile terminal

• US 10,403,996 B2
• Filed: 12/19/2017
• Issued: 09/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Kuner Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Baotou Youran Network Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Pan, Jian, Zhao, Jinqiu
• Primary Examiner(s): Hyeon, Hae Moon
• Application Number:
  US15/847,128
• Publication Number:
  US 20180109024A1
• Time in Patent Office: 623 Days
• Field of Search: 439 43, 439300, 4395415, 439638
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/425 Structural combination with electronic components, e.g. electronic circuits integrated to the outside of the casing printed circuits H05K1/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/296 characterised by terminals of battery packs terminals of batteries H01M50/543
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/55 on the same side of the cell
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/553 Terminals adapted for prismatic, pouch or rectangular cells
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/00 Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures printed connections to, or between, printed circuits H05K1/11
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/777 Coupling parts carrying pins, blades or analogous contacts H01R12/78, H01R12/79 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/04 Pins or blades for co-operation with sockets
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/113 co-operating with pins or blades having a rectangular transverse section
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6658 on printed circuit board H01R13/6666 - H01R13/6691 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/74 Means for mounting coupling parts in openings of a panel
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 27/02 for simultaneous co-operation with two or more dissimilar counterparts
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0274 for an electrical connector module
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal fitting and an electric connector for the same. The mobile terminal fitting comprises a case body, an electric connector and a circuit board. The case body includes a bottom plate and a side plate that can be separated from each other, with the mobile terminal disposed in an accommodating groove formed by the side plate and the bottom plate of the case body, wherein the side plate is deformable in shape to ensure that the case body is easy to be installed and removed. The electric connector, disposed on the case body, comprises a socket and a plug, and can guarantee the electrical connection between the charging cord/data cable of the mobile terminal and the mobile terminal in the case body of the mobile terminal fitting.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal fitting, comprising:

a case body, having a bottom plate and a side plate, the side plate being disposed around the bottom plate and forming an accommodating groove by enclosing together with the bottom plate;

an electric connector, disposed on the case body, comprising;

a plug, provided with an inserting portion having a plurality of electrical contacts and a first pin portion having a plurality of pins, wherein the pins of the first pin portion are respectively electrically connected with the electrical contacts of the inserting portion, and the pins, after leading out from a rear end of the inserting portion, extend in a vertical direction, and then the pins extend in a horizontal direction toward a front end of the inserting portion; and

a socket, provided with an accommodating portion having a plurality of electrical contacts and a second pin portion having a plurality of pins, wherein the pins of the second pin portion are respectively electrically connected with the electrical contacts of the accommodating portion, and the pins extend in the horizontal direction from the rear end of the accommodating portion; and

a circuit board, disposed in or on the bottom plate of the case body, and configured to electrically connect with the pins of the first pin portion and the pins of the second pin portion, respectively.

2. The mobile terminal fitting according to claim 1, wherein the side plate is deformable in shape.

3. The mobile terminal fitting according to claim 1, wherein the side plate is made of an elastic material, with the side plate after elastic deformation matching the sides of a mobile terminal in shape and size.

4. The mobile terminal fitting according to claim 1, wherein the side plate has at least one snap-in device, with the side plate after being snapped shut matching the sides of a mobile terminal in shape and size.

5. The mobile terminal fitting according to claim 1, wherein the case body has a bottom plate and a side plate that can be separated from each other, the electric connector being disposed at a side end of the bottom plate, the side plate having a positioning hole corresponding to the electric connector.

6. The mobile terminal fitting according to claim 1, further comprising an extension device electrically connected with the circuit board.

7. The mobile terminal fitting according to claim 1, wherein the circuit board is a double-sided circuit board, the pin of the first pin portion being configured to electrically connect with a first side of the double-sided circuit board, the pin of the second pin portion being configured to electrically connect with a second side of the double-sided circuit board.

8. The mobile terminal fitting according to claim 1, wherein the inserting portion of the plug faces toward the inside of the accommodating groove, with the inserting portion adapted for matching a corresponding socket in a mobile terminal in position and structure;

an opening direction for accommodating portion faces toward the outside of the accommodating groove, with the accommodating portion adapted for corresponding to the socket in the mobile terminal in structure.

9. The mobile terminal fitting according to claim 1, wherein an inserting direction of the plug is parallel to an accommodating direction of the socket.

10. The mobile terminal fitting according to claim 1, wherein a portion of the pin of the first pin portion, extending in the vertical direction after leading out from the rear end of the inserting portion, is in a same plane with a front an outer side of the accommodating portion of the socket.

11. The mobile terminal fitting according to claim 1, further comprising a carrier plate, which provides an installation substrate for the plug and the socket to make them integrated with each other.

12. The mobile terminal fitting according to claim 1, wherein the inserting portion has one front end side and two lateral end sides, with a smooth transition formed at a junction between the front end side and the two lateral end sides;

the two lateral end sides comprise a lead-in slot, respectively, which is formed on one end into a depression on the lateral end side, and smoothly extends on the other end to smooth transition of the front end side.

13. The mobile terminal fitting according to claim 1, wherein there is a gap in the vertical direction from a portion of the pins of the plug extending in the horizontal direction toward the front end of the inserting portion to a portion of the pin of the socket extending in the horizontal direction;

the gap matches a thickness of the circuit board;

the circuit board is disposed in the space formed by the gap.

14. The mobile terminal fitting according to claim 1, wherein a portion of the pin of the plug extending in the horizontal direction toward the front end of the inserting portion and a portion of the pin of the socket extending in the horizontal direction are mutually stacked in the vertical direction.

15. The mobile terminal fitting according to claim 1, wherein the pins of the first pin portion, after leading out from the rear end of the inserting portion, extend in a vertical direction a distance from the lower edge of the interface of a mobile terminal corresponding to the plug to the rear side of a mobile terminal.

16. The mobile terminal fitting according to claim 1, wherein the inserting portion has an upper surface and a lower surface, and the plurality of electrical contacts of the inserting portion are located on the lower surface.