Connector structure

• US 9,450,362 B2
• Filed: 01/06/2015
• Issued: 09/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Getac Technology Company Limited (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Getac Technology Company Limited (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Wang, Chen-Ping
• Primary Examiner(s): Riyami, Abdullah
• Assistant Examiner(s): Burgos-Guntin, Nelson R
• Application Number:
  US14/590,523
• Publication Number:
  US 20150288091A1
• Time in Patent Office: 623 Days
• Field of Search: 439/259, 439/587, 439/88, 439/118, 200/50.09, 361/679.41, 361/679.42
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 31/06 Intermediate parts for linking two coupling parts, e.g. adapter with a holder adapted for supporting apparatus to which its counterpart is attached H01R33/94

Abstract

A connector structure, being capable of connecting with an external connector, includes a chassis, a first electronic assembly, a flexible connecting piece and a second electronic assembly. The chassis has an opening. The first electronic assembly includes a first pin-set. The flexible connecting piece is located on the surrounding of the first pin-set, and the first electronic assembly is connected with the chassis by the flexible connecting piece, so that first pins are exposed from the opening. The second electronic assembly is located inside the chassis and includes a second pin-set, wherein the second pin-set is located below the first pin-set and keeps a distance from the first pin-set. The external connector is electrically connected with the first pin-set for deforming the flexible connecting piece, such that the first pin-set moves downward and is electrically connected with the second pin-set.

Claims

1. A connector structure, adapted for connecting with an external connector, the connector structure comprising:

a chassis, having an opening;

a first electronic assembly, comprising;

a first substrate; and

a first pin-set, comprising;

a plurality of first pins and a plurality of second pins, disposed respectively on two opposite surfaces of the first substrate;

a flexible connecting piece, located on the surrounding of the first pin-set, wherein the first electronic assembly is connected with the chassis by the flexible connecting piece, so that the first pin-set is exposed from the opening; and

a second electronic assembly, located inside the chassis and comprising;

a second substrate, disposed within the chassis and located below the first substrate;

a second pin-set, disposed on the second substrate, located below the first pin-set, keeping a distance from the first pin-set, and comprising;

a plurality of third pins, disposed on the second substrate and facing the second pins,

wherein the second pins and the third pins correspond to each other, and the external connector is adapted for electrical connection with the first pins to drive the first substrate to move toward the second substrate along a first axial direction, so that the second pins are electrically connected with the third pins correspondingly,

wherein the flexible connecting piece surrounds the first substrate and is connected with the chassis, so that the first substrate floats at the opening;

wherein the first pins face away from the second pin-set, the second pins face the second pin-set, and the first pins and the second pins penetrate the first substrate for being electrically connected correspondingly;

wherein the external connector is adapted for being electrically connected with the first pin-set for deforming the flexible connecting piece, such that the first pin-set moves downward for the distance and is electrically connected with the second pin-set; and

wherein a size of the opening is greater than a size of the first substrate, a deformable range of the flexible connecting piece along a second axial direction is smaller than or equal to half a size of each of the second pins along the second axial direction, and the first axial direction is perpendicular to the second axial direction.

2. The connector structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the flexible connecting piece is elastic, such that the flexible connecting piece is forced and deformed when the external connector is connected to and presses the first pin-set, and the flexible connecting piece drives the first pin-set to reposition to a position before being connected and pressed by resilience of the flexible connecting piece when the external connector is moved away from the first pin-set.

3. The connector structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the second pins has one of convex and concave contours, each of the third pins has the other of the convex and concave contours, and the contours of each of the second pins and each of the third pins are complementary to each other.

4. The connector structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the flexible connecting piece is rubber sealing a gap between the opening and the first substrate.

5. The connector structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the external connector is a Pogo Pin.