Battery Connector and Electrical Terminal Thereof

• US 20140335737A1
• Filed: 05/07/2013
• Published: 11/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cheng UEI Precision Industry Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Cheng UEI Precision Industry Company Limited
• Inventors: Wu, Yin-Lung, Xie, Bao-Geng, Liao, Wei-Hong
• Granted Patent: US 8,956,194 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/660
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/57 surface mounting terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/716 Coupling device provided on the PCB
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/05 Resilient pins or blades carrying separate resilient parts H01R13/15
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/2442 with a single cantilevered beam
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/516 Means for holding or embracing insulating body, e.g. casing , hoods

Abstract

A battery connector includes an insulating body and a plurality of electrical terminals. The insulating body defines a plurality of terminal grooves for receiving the electrical terminals therein. The electrical terminals each has a substantially U-shaped supporting portion which has a fastening portion levelly extending in the bottom and an elastic portion curved upward and then extending frontward from a rear end of the fastening portion. A front end of the fastening portion is bent downward and then extends frontward to form a soldering tail. A front end of the elastic portion is bent downward and extends frontward to form a pre-pressing portion extending frontward beyond a front end of the soldering tail in vertical direction. A front end of the pre-pressing portion slantwise extends upward and then is curved downward to form a contact portion projecting in front of the soldering tail.

Claims

1. A battery connector, comprising:

an insulating body defining a plurality of terminal grooves therein, a front end of a bottom wall of each terminal groove being concaved rearward to form a receiving cavity; and

a plurality of electrical terminals received in the terminal grooves of the insulating body, each electrical terminal having a substantially U-shaped supporting portion which has a fastening portion levelly extending in the bottom and an elastic portion curved upward and then extending frontward from a rear end of the fastening portion, a front end of the fastening portion being bent downward and then extending frontward to form a soldering tail, a front end of the elastic portion being bent downward and extending frontward to form a pre-pressing portion, a front end of the pre-pressing portion slantwise extending upward and then being curved downward to form a contact portion projecting in front of the soldering tail in vertical direction;

wherein the fastening portion of the supporting portion of the electrical terminal is fastened against the bottom wall of the terminal groove, the soldering tail is located in the receiving cavity, the elastic portion and the contact portion are received in the terminal groove with the contact portion projecting beyond a top face of the insulating body, the pre-pressing portion extends frontward beyond a front end of the soldering tail, the pre-pressing portion is further movably restrained in the terminal groove.

2. The battery connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein two insides of two opposite sidewalls of each terminal groove adjacent to the bottom wall are oppositely concaved to form a pair of slide slots, two opposite side edges of the fastening portion oppositely protrude outward to form a pair of fastening ears, the fastening ears of the fastening portion slide along the slide slots of the terminal groove and are fastened in the slide slots.

3. The battery connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein two inner sidewalls of a front of each terminal groove are oppositely extended to form a pair of expansion slots, two opposite side edges of a level part of the pre-pressing portion oppositely protrude outward to form a pair of restraining ears, the restraining ears are movable located in the expansion slots and further restrained under top walls of the expansion slots.

4. The battery connector as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a plurality of fastening terminals of which each shows a substantial L-shape and has a base portion and a soldering portion, two opposite sides of a rear of the insulating body being concaved inward to form a pair of fastening grooves, the base portions of the fastening terminals being inserted downward into the fastening grooves, the soldering portions of the fastening terminals projecting outside the insulating body.

5. The battery connector as claimed in claim 4, wherein two opposite side edges of the base portion oppositely protrude outward to form a pair of fastening lumps, two opposite sides of each fastening groove are oppositely concaved to form a pair of fastening slots, the fastening lumps of the base portions are fastened in the fastening slots of the fastening grooves.

6. An electrical terminal, comprising:

a substantially U-shaped supporting portion which has a fastening portion levelly extending in the bottom and an elastic portion curved upward and then extending frontward from a rear end of the fastening portion;

a soldering tail bent downward and then extending frontward from a front end of the fastening portion;

a pre-pressing portion bent downward and extending frontward from a front end of the elastic portion; and

a contact portion slantwise extending upward and then curved downward from a front end of the pre-pressing portion to project in front of the soldering tail in vertical direction;

wherein the pre-pressing portion extends frontward beyond a front end of the soldering tail.

7. The electrical terminal as claimed in claim 6, wherein two opposite side edges of the fastening portion oppositely protrude outward to form a pair of fastening ears.

8. The electrical terminal as claimed in claim 6, wherein two opposite side edges of a level part of the pre-pressing portion oppositely protrude outward to form a pair of restraining ears.