Connector for wearable device

• US 9,577,393 B2
• Filed: 07/10/2015
• Issued: 02/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Molex LLC (KOCH Industries Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Molex LLC (KOCH Industries Incorporated)
• Inventors: Ho, Yi-Tse
• Primary Examiner(s): HARVEY, JAMES R
• Application Number:
  US14/795,950
• Publication Number:
  US 20160190733A1
• Time in Patent Office: 592 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/405 Securing in non-demountable manner, e.g. moulding, riveting
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/465 Identification means, e.g. labels, tags, markings H01R9/2475, H01R9/2683 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6205 Two-part coupling devices held in engagement by a magnet
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/62 Sliding engagements with one side only, e.g. modular jack coupling devices
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 43/24 Assembling by moulding on contact members

Abstract

An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing, a positioning member and a plurality of first terminals. The insulative housing has a tongue. The positioning member is embedded in the tongue and has a main body. The plurality of first terminals are held by the main body of the positioning member and embedded in the insulative housing. The tongue exposes a flat plate-like contact portion of each first terminal.

Claims

1. An electrical connector, comprising:

an insulative housing having a tongue;

a positioning member embedded in the tongue and having a main body; and

a plurality of first terminals held by the main body of the positioning member and embedded in the insulative housing, the tongue exposing a flat plate-like contact portion of each first terminal,

wherein the main body of the positioning member has a plurality of holding holes, each first terminal further has a holding portion bent from an end of the contact portion and extending, the holding portions of the plurality of first terminals correspondingly extend into the plurality of holding holes respectively.

12. An electronic device, comprising:

a circuit board;

an electrical connector of claim 1 provided to the circuit board and electrically connected to the circuit board; and

a shell covering the circuit board and a part of the electrical connector so as to make the tongue protrude relative to an end of the shell.

15. An electronic device, comprising:

a circuit board;

an electrical connector of claim 1 positioned on and electrically connected to the circuit board; and

a wear piece having a first end portion and a second end portion which are configured to be repeatedly engaged together, the wear piece being a ring shape when the first end portion and the second end portion are engaged, wherein the circuit board and the electrical connector are provided at the first end portion and the tongue protrudes from the first end portion, the second end portion having a receiving groove for receiving the tongue, and the tongue being received in the receiving groove when the first end portion and the second end portion are engaged.

16. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the main body of the positioning member further has two positioning holes positioned at two opposite sides of the plurality of holding holes, the tongue has two latch holes respectively corresponding to the two positioning holes in position.

17. The electrical connector of claim 1, further comprising:

a plurality of second terminals provided to the insulative housing, each second terminal having an elastic contact portion, from the surface of the tongue, the elastic contact portions of the plurality of second terminals and the contact portions of the plurality of first terminals are exposed at the same side.

18. The electrical connector of claim 17, wherein the contact portions of the plurality of first terminals and the contact portions of the plurality of second terminals are provided as two rows along a mating direction.

2. An electrical connector comprising:

an insulative housing having a tongue;

a positioning member embedded in the tongue and having a main body, the positioning member further has a display portion protruding from a surface of the main body, the display portion is far away from the surface of the main body and the tongue exposes the display portion; and

a plurality of first terminals held by the main body of the positioning member and embedded in the insulative housing, the tongue exposing a flat plate-like contact portion of each first terminal.

3. The electrical connector of claim 2, wherein the display portion is character or graphics.

4. The electrical connector of claim 2, wherein a color of the display portion is different from a color of the tongue.

5. The electrical connector of claim 4, wherein the main body of the positioning member has a plurality of holding holes, each first terminal further has a holding portion bent from an end of the contact portion and extending, the holding portions of the plurality of first terminals correspondingly extend into the plurality of holding holes respectively.

6. The electrical connector of claim 5, wherein the main body of the positioning member further has two positioning holes positioned at two opposite sides of the plurality of holding holes, the tongue has two latch holes respectively corresponding to the two positioning holes in position.

7. The electrical connector of claim 4, further comprising:

a plurality of second terminals provided to the insulative housing, each second terminal having an elastic contact portion, from the surface of the tongue, the elastic contact portions of the plurality of second terminals and the contact portions of the plurality of first terminals are exposed at the same side.

8. The electrical connector of claim 7, wherein the main body of the positioning member has a plurality of holding holes, each first terminal further has a holding portion bent from an end of the contact portion and extending, the holding portions of the plurality of first terminals correspondingly extend into the plurality of holding holes respectively.

9. The electrical connector of claim 8, wherein the main body of the positioning member further has two positioning holes positioned at two opposite sides of the plurality of holding holes, the tongue has two latch holes respectively corresponding to the two positioning holes in position.

10. The electrical connector of claim 9, wherein the contact portions of the plurality of first terminals and the contact portions of the plurality of second terminals are provided as two rows along a mating direction.

11. An electronic device, comprising:

a circuit board;

an electrical connector of claim 2 positioned on and electrically connected to the circuit board; and

a wear piece having a first end portion and a second end portion which are configured to be repeatedly engaged together, the wear piece being a ring shape when the first end portion and the second end portion are engaged, wherein the circuit board and the electrical connector are provided at the first end portion and the tongue protrudes from the first end portion, the second end portion having a receiving groove for receiving the tongue, and the tongue being received in the receiving groove when the first end portion and the second end portion are engaged.

13. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the second end portion further has a latch block protruding into the receiving groove, and the tongue has a latch groove for latching of the latch block.

14. An electronic device, comprising:

a circuit board;

an electrical connector of claim 2 provided to the circuit board and electrically connected to the circuit board; and

a shell covering the circuit board and a part of the electrical connector so as to make the tongue protrude relative to an end of the shell.