Connecting port

• US 8,562,364 B2
• Filed: 09/19/2011
• Issued: 10/22/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Compal Electronics Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Compal Electronics Incorporated
• Inventors: Chen, Chi-Kuang, Lin, Hsiu-Yen
• Primary Examiner(s): Johnson, Amy Cohen
• Assistant Examiner(s): Imas, Vladimir
• Application Number:
  US13/235,521
• Publication Number:
  US 20120122325A1
• Time in Patent Office: 764 Days
• Field of Search: 439/246, 439/252, 439/76.1, 439/63, 439/581, 439/607.4, 439/884
• US Class Current: 439/246
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/08 Resiliently-mounted rigid pins or blades
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/501 comprising an integral hinge or a frangible part
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2103/00 Two poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/38 having concentrically or coaxially arranged contacts

Abstract

A connecting port is provided, which includes a socket casing and a first connecting pin. The socket casing is disposed on a circuit board. The first connecting pin is made in one piece and includes a fixed end, a free end and a plurality of elastic sheets. The fixed end is fixed in the socket casing. Each of the elastic sheets is integrally connected between the fixed end and the free end.

Claims

1. A connecting port, comprising:

a socket casing, disposed on a circuit board; and

a first connecting pin made in one piece, comprising;

a fixed end, fixed in the socket casing;

a free end; and

a plurality of elastic sheets;

wherein each of the elastic sheets is integrally connected between the fixed end and the free end,

wherein the socket casing comprises;

an insulation case, fixed at the circuit board, wherein the first connecting pin is fixed at the insulation case;

a first metal case, fixed at the insulation case, shielding at least a part of the insulation case and having at least one ground pin, wherein the ground pin is fixed at the circuit board; and

a second metal case, fixed at the insulation case and having a second connecting pin, wherein the second connecting pin is fixed at the circuit board, and the first connecting pin and the second connecting pin are respectively a positive terminal and a negative terminal.

2. The connecting port as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first connecting pin is a hollow structure and has a plurality of slots between the fixed end and the free end for forming the elastic sheets between the fixed end and the free end.

3. The connecting port as claimed in claim 1, wherein the insulation case comprises:

a body, having at least one locking structure and locked at the circuit board through the locking structure; and

a fixing element, embedded at the body, wherein the first metal case has at least one locking groove, the fixing element has at least one locking hook and is locked at the locking groove through the locking hook, and the first connecting pin is fixed at the fixing element and extends into the body.

4. The connecting port as claimed in claim 3, wherein the fixing element has a plurality of positioning slots, the fixed end has a plurality of positioning structures, and the positioning structures respectively extend into the positioning slots.

5. The connecting port as claimed in claim 3, wherein the body has a recess, the recess is positioned correspondingly to the locking groove, and the recess provides a space for the elastic deformation of the locking hook.

6. The connecting port as claimed in claim 1, wherein the insulation case has at least one positioning slot, the first metal case has at least one positioning elastic sheet and is locked at the positioning slot through the positioning elastic sheet.

7. The connecting port as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first metal case has at least one clamping elastic sheet, the clamping elastic sheet contacts the insulation case, and the insulation case is fixed by elastic force of the clamping elastic sheet.

8. The connecting port as claimed in claim 1, wherein the insulation case has at least one positioning slot, and the second metal case has at least one positioning elastic sheet and is locked at the positioning slot through the positioning elastic sheet.

9. The connecting port as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second metal case has a retaining portion and the retaining portion prevents the fixing element from moving away from the body.

10. The connecting port as claimed in claim 1, wherein a side of the insulation case has a supporting portion leaned against a surface of the circuit board.

11. The connecting port as claimed in claim 1, wherein a side of the first metal case has a supporting portion leaned against a surface of the circuit board.

12. The connecting port as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connecting port is a power connecting port.