Electrical connector

• US 9,437,948 B2
• Filed: 08/07/2015
• Issued: 09/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lotes Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Lotes Company Limited
• Inventors: Ju, Ted
• Primary Examiner(s): Gilman, Alexander
• Application Number:
  US14/821,123
• Publication Number:
  US 20160134037A1
• Time in Patent Office: 396 Days
• Field of Search: 439/660, 439/66, 439/71, 439/83, 439/78
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/7076 for connection between PCB and component, e.g. display
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/714 with contacts abutting directly the printed circuit; Button contacts therefore provided on the printed circuit
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/2407 characterized by the resilient means
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/2428 using meander springs

Abstract

An electrical connector includes a body having multiple receiving slots, and multiple terminals disposed in the receiving slots. Each terminal includes a base, a material connection portion extending vertically from a side of the base, a fixing portion extending vertically from another side of the base and fixable to the receiving slot, a first elastic arm bending upward and extending from the base, a first contact portion disposed at the top of the first elastic arm for contacting a chip module, at least one first bending portion formed by the first elastic arm, a second elastic arm bending downward and extending from the base, a second contact portion disposed at the bottom of the second elastic arm for contacting a circuit board, and multiple second bending portions formed by the second elastic arm. The number of the second bending portions is greater than that of the first bending portion.

Claims

1. An electrical connector for electrically connecting with a chip module and a circuit board, comprising:

a body having a plurality of receiving slots; and

a plurality of terminals disposed in the receiving slots respectively, wherein each of the terminals comprises;

a base;

a material connection portion extending vertically from a side of the base;

a fixing portion extending vertically from another side of the base and fixable to the receiving slot, wherein the fixing portion and the material connection portion are located at two opposite sides of the base in a vertical direction;

a first elastic arm bending upward and extending from the base;

a first contact portion disposed at a top end of the first elastic arm for contacting the chip module;

at least one first bending portion formed by the first elastic arm;

a second elastic arm bending downward and extending from the base;

a second contact portion disposed at a bottom end of the second elastic arm for contacting the circuit board; and

a plurality of second bending portions formed by the second elastic arm, wherein the number of the second bending portions is greater than the number of the at least one first bending portion; and

wherein the total length of the second elastic arm is greater than the total length of the first elastic arm.

2. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the base extends along a longitudinal direction, the first elastic arm and the second elastic arm extend along a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and when the chip module urges against the terminal, a transverse displacement amount of the first contact portion is greater than a transverse displacement amount of the second contact portion.

3. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the first contact portion extends out of a projection area of the receiving slot, and the second contact portion is located in the projection area of the receiving slot.

4. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the number of the first bending portions is two, and angles of the two first bending portions are different.

5. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the first elastic arm comprises a first transverse arm bending perpendicularly and extending from an upper edge of the base, at least one second transverse arm bends reversely from an end of the first transverse arm, the second transverse arm and the first transverse arm are parallel, the first bending portion is formed between the second transverse arm and the first transverse arm, a first slant arm further bends reversely from an end of the second transverse arm, the first bending portion is also formed between the first slant arm and the second transverse arm, and the first contact portion is disposed at an end of the first slant arm.

6. The electrical connector according to claim 5, wherein an acute angle exists between the first slant arm and the second transverse arm.

7. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the second bending portions are symmetrically disposed relative to a plane on which the base is located.

8. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the second elastic arm comprises a third transverse arm bending perpendicularly and extending from a lower edge of the base, a plurality of fourth transverse arms bend reversely from an end of the third transverse arm, the second bending portion is formed between the fourth transverse arm and the third transverse arm, the fourth transverse arm and the third transverse arm are parallel, a second slant arm bends reversely from an end of the fourth transverse arm, the second bending portion is formed between the second slant arm and the fourth transverse arm, and the second contact portion is located at an end of the second slant arm.

9. The electrical connector according to claim 8, wherein the fourth transverse arms are parallel to each other, two adjacent the fourth transverse arms extend in opposite directions, and the second bending portion is formed between two adjacent the fourth transverse arms.

10. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the number of the first bending portions is two, and the number of the second bending portions is four.

11. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the first contact portion exceeds a plane on which the base is located, and the second contact portion is located within the plane on which the base is located.

12. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein two material connection portions are disposed symmetrically, the two material connection portions extend respectively upward vertically from two opposite sides of the base.

13. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein two fixing portions are disposed symmetrically, the two fixing portions extend respectively downward vertically from two opposite sides of the base.

14. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein a barb is disposed at an end of the fixing portion, a stopping portion is disposed at a side of the material connection portion close to the fixing portion, a protruding block is disposed at a side of the receiving slot, and the protruding block is located between the barb and the stopping portion.

15. The electrical connector according to claim 14, wherein the distance between the barb and the stopping portion is greater than the length of the protruding block, and the terminal is floatable in the receiving slot.

16. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the receiving slot comprises a fixing slot and an accommodating slot extending transversely from each of two sides of the fixing slot, the fixing slot is used for accommodating the fixing portion and the accommodating slot is used for accommodating the first elastic arm and the second elastic arm.

17. The electrical connector according to claim 1, further comprising a cover disposed above the body, wherein the cover has a plurality of through-holes for the first contact portions to enter therein and extend out of the top of the cover, and a reserved slot is disposed at a side of the through-hole for accommodating the first elastic arm.

18. The electrical connector according to claim 17, wherein when the chip module presses against the terminal, the first contact portion is transversely displaced in the through-hole, and the length of the through-hole in a transverse direction is greater than a transverse displacement amount of the first contact portion.

19. The electrical connector according to claim 17, further comprising a protruding portion protruding from a position nearby each of the through-holes toward the body, wherein when the chip module presses against the terminal, the cover moves toward the body, and the protruding portion urges against the body.

20. An electrical connector for electrically connecting with a chip module and a circuit board, comprising:

a body having a plurality of receiving slots; and

a plurality of terminals disposed in the receiving slots respectively, wherein each of the terminals comprises;

a base;

a material connection portion extending vertically from a side of the base;

a fixing portion extending vertically from another side of the base and fixable to the receiving slot, wherein the fixing portion and the material connection portion are located at two opposite sides of the base in a vertical direction;

a first elastic arm bending upward and extending from the base;

a first contact portion disposed at a top end of the first elastic arm for contacting the chip module;

at least one first bending portion formed by the first elastic arm;

a second elastic arm bending downward and extending from the base;

a second contact portion disposed at a bottom end of the second elastic arm for contacting the circuit board; and

a plurality of second bending portions formed by the second elastic arm, wherein the number of the second bending portions is greater than the number of the at least one first bending portion; and

wherein the first contact portion exceeds a plane on which the base is located, and the second contact portion is located within the plane on which the base is located.