CIRCUIT MODULE SYSTEM

• US 20160192492A1
• Filed: 12/25/2014
• Published: 06/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/25/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cubexus Limited
• Original Assignee: Ezek Lab Company Limited
• Inventors: Huang, Sheng-Che, Liu, Yu-Tse, Hu, Wei-Han, Lee, Chien-Hung
• Granted Patent: US 9,516,756 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/718 Contact members provided on the PCB without an insulating housing contacts for abutting H01R12/714
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/732 Printed circuits being in the same plane
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 9/2408 Modular blocks H01R9/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 9/2458 Electrical interconnections between terminal blocks
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/142 Arrangements of planar printed circuit boards in the same plane, e.g. auxiliary printed circuit insert mounted in a main printed circuit
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/144 Stacked arrangements of planar printed circuit boards
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/184 Components including terminals inserted in holes through the printed circuit board and connected to printed contacts on the walls of the holes or at the edges thereof or protruding over or into the holes
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10189 Non-printed connector
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/2072 Anchoring, i.e. one structure gripping into another providing micro- or nanometer scale roughness on a metal surface H05K2203/0307
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/209 Auto-mechanical connection between a component and a PCB or between two PCBs

Abstract

A circuit module system includes a first and a second circuit module, the first circuit module includes a first circuit board and a first connecting housing, the first connecting housing includes a first base connected to a side of the first circuit board and at least one first conductor. A top surface of the first base forms a fillister connecting to outside, the first conductor is clamped on the first base and electrically connects the first circuit board to outside. The second circuit module includes a second circuit board and a second connecting housing, the second connecting housing includes a second base connected to a side of the second circuit board and at least one second conductor. A protruding part protrudes from an outer side of the second base, the second conductor is clamped on the second base and electrically connects the second circuit board to outside.

Claims

1. A circuit module system, comprising:

a first circuit module including a first circuit board and a first connecting housing, the first connecting housing including a first base and at least one first conductor, the first base being connected to a side of the first circuit board, the at least one first conductor being clamped on the first base and electrically connected with the first circuit board, the first conductor electrically connecting the first circuit board to outside, a top surface of the first base concaved to formed a fillister, the fillister being provided with a side opening, the fillister being connecting to outside through the side opening, a width of the fillister being larger than a width of the side opening; and

a second circuit module including a second circuit board and a second connecting housing, the second connecting housing including a second base and at least one second conductor, the second base being connected to a side of the second circuit board, the at least one second conductor being clamped on the second base and electrically connected with the second circuit board, the second conductor electrically connecting the first circuit board to outside, a protruding part protruded from an outer side of the second base and being corresponding to the fillister, the protruding part being provided with a base part, a width of the protruding part being larger than a width of the base part,

wherein the protruding part of the second circuit module is inserted into the fillister of the first circuit module from top to bottom, the second circuit module is connected and fixed to the first circuit module, and the second conductor electrically contacts the first conductor to connect the first circuit board and the second circuit board together.

2. The circuit module system according to claim 1, wherein the first conductor includes a first circuit board connecting terminal and a first exterior contact terminal, the first circuit board connecting terminal inserts into the first circuit board, the first exterior contact terminal is exposed to an outer side of the first base;

the second conductor includes a second circuit board connecting terminal and a second exterior contact terminal, the second circuit board connecting terminal inserts into the second circuit board, the second exterior contact terminal is exposed to an outer side of the second base.

3. The circuit module system according to claim 2, wherein the first circuit board includes an electrical terminal hole, the first circuit connecting terminal is inserted into the electrical terminal hole;

the second circuit board includes another electrical terminal hole, the second circuit connecting terminal is inserted into the another electrical terminal hole.

4. The circuit module system according to claim 3, wherein the first base includes a first fixing element and a first connector, and an accommodating space is provided therein, a bottom of the accommodating space is provided with a bottom hole, and a side of the accommodating space is provided with a side hole, the accommodating space communicates with outside by the bottom hole and the side hole, the first conductor is accommodated inside the accommodating space, the first circuit board connecting terminal is protruded from the bottom hole, the first exterior contact terminal is exposed to the side hole;

the second base includes a second fixing element and a second connector, and another accommodating space is provided therein, a bottom of the another accommodating space is provided with a bottom hole, and a side of the another accommodating space is provided with a side hole, the another accommodating space communicates with outside by the bottom hole and the side hole, the second conductor is accommodated inside the another accommodating space, the second circuit board connecting terminal is protruded from the bottom hole, the second exterior contact terminal is exposed to the side hole.

5. The circuit module system according to claim 1, wherein the first circuit board is provided with at least one connecting hole, the first base is consisted of a first fixing element and a first connector, the first conductor is limited to be fixed between the first fixing element and the first connector, a bottom of the first fixing element is provided with a plurality of first insertion columns, the plurality of the first insertion columns insert into the at least one connecting hole of the first circuit board, the fillister is formed by concaving from a top surface of the first connector;

the second circuit board is provided with at least one connecting hole, the second base is consisted of a second fixing element and a second connector, the second conductor is limited to be fixed between the second fixing element and the second connector, a bottom of the second fixing element is provided with a plurality of second insertion columns, the plurality of the second insertion columns insert into the at least one connecting hole of the second circuit board, the protruding part is formed by protruding from an outer side of the second connector.

6. The circuit module system according to claim 1, wherein the first circuit module includes a third connecting housing connected to another side of the first circuit board, a structure of the third connecting housing is identical to a structure of the second connecting housing of the second circuit module, the second circuit module further includes a fourth connecting housing connected to another side of the second circuit board, a structure of the fourth connecting housing is identical to a structure of the first connecting housing of the first circuit module.

7. The circuit module system according to claim 1, wherein at least one first slider protrudes from a top surface of the first connecting housing, at least one first chute is concaved to form on a bottom surface of the first connecting housing, the first chute is positioned corresponding to the first slider;

at least one second slider protrudes from a top surface of the second connecting housing, at least one second chute is concaved to form on a bottom surface of the second connecting housing, the second chute is positioned corresponding to the second slider;

by a connection of the first slider and the second chute or a connection of the second slider and the first chute, the first circuit module and the second circuit module, or the first circuit module and another first circuit module, or even the second circuit module and another second circuit module can be connected or stacked together.

8. The circuit module system according to claim 7, further comprising at least one bridging plate, a bottom surface of the bridging plate being concaved to form two bridging chutes parallelly, a top surface of the bridging plate protruding two bridging sliders parallelly, each of the bridging sliders being corresponding to each of the bridging chutes, each of the bridging sliders sliding in chutes of two adjacent circuit modules, each of the bridging chutes being provided for two sliders of two circuit modules to slide thereon, the first circuit module and the second circuit module, or the first circuit module and the another first circuit module, or even the second circuit module and the another second circuit module connecting to each other laterally.

9. The circuit module system according to claim 7, wherein the first circuit board and the second circuit board are provided with a socket respectively, a cable having two plugs at two opposite ends thereof is provided for connecting to the socket of each of circuit boards.

10. The circuit module system according to claim 8, wherein the first circuit board and the second circuit board are provided with a socket respectively, a cable having two plugs at two opposite ends thereof is provided for connecting to the socket of each of circuit boards.

11. The circuit module system according to claim 1, further comprising at least one bridging plate, a bottom surface of the bridging plate being concaved to form two bridging chutes parallelly, a top surface of the bridging plate protruding two bridging sliders parallelly, each of the bridging sliders being corresponding to each of the bridging chutes, each of the bridging sliders sliding in chutes of two adjacent circuit modules, each of the bridging chutes being provided for two sliders of two circuit modules to slide thereon, the first circuit module and the second circuit module, or the first circuit module and the another first circuit module, or even the second circuit module and the another second circuit module connecting to each other laterally.

12. The circuit module system according to claim 11, wherein the first circuit board and the second circuit board are provided with a socket respectively, a cable having two plugs at two opposite ends thereof is provided for connecting to the socket of each of circuit boards.