Board to board connector

• US 11,025,008 B2
• Filed: 10/24/2019
• Issued: 06/01/2021
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MPD Corp.
• Original Assignee: MPD Corp.
• Inventors: Kim, Yong-Il, Han, Deog-Su, So, Hyun-Hwa
• Primary Examiner(s): Chambers, Travis S
• Application Number:
  US16/662,854
• Publication Number:
  US 20200136314A1
• Time in Patent Office: 586 Days
• Field of Search: 439 66, 439 63, 439 65, 439 74, 439 83, 439246, 439284, 439295
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/716 Coupling device provided on the PCB
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/73 connecting to other rigid printed circuits or like structures
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/91 allowing relative movement between coupling parts, e.g. floating or self aligning for coupling devices not specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, H01R13/6315 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/052 co-operating with sockets having a circular transverse section
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/15 Pins, blades or sockets having separate spring member for producing or increasing contact pressure
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/508 assembled by a separate clip or spring
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6315 allowing relative movement between coupling parts, e.g. floating connection for coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, H01R12/91 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/50 mounted on a PCB [Printed Circuit Board]

Abstract

A board to board connector may include: a first shell coupled to a first board, and including a protruding extension part extended upward in a longitudinal direction and having one end protruding in a radial direction; and a second shell including an elastic rotating part extended downward in the longitudinal direction toward between a cover part and the protruding extension part, and having one end protruding in the radial direction so as to be engaged with and fixed to the protruding extension part. The elastic rotating part may be spaced apart from the cover part, made of an elastic material, and rotatable from side to side in a movement space formed between the elastic rotating part and the cover part.

Claims

1. A board to board connector comprising:

a first shell coupled to a first board, and including a protruding extension part extended upward in a longitudinal direction and having one end protruding in a radial direction;

a second shell including an elastic rotating part extended downward in the longitudinal direction toward between a cover part coupled on the outside of the second shell toward the first shell and the protruding extension part of the first shell, and having one end protruding in the radial direction so as to be engaged with and fixed to the protruding extension part; and

a spring disposed between the cover part of the second shell and a spring cap of the first shell, in order to rotate the second shell in a top-to-bottom direction,

wherein the elastic rotating part is arranged outside the protruding extension part, and

wherein the elastic rotating part is made of an elastic material, spaced apart from the cover part, and rotatable from side to side in a movement space formed between an outer circumferential surface of the elastic rotating part and an inner circumferential surface of the cover part.

2. The board to board connector of claim 1, wherein the elastic rotating part has one or more slots formed in the longitudinal direction along the circumference thereof in order to facilitate side-to-side rotation of the second shell.

3. The board to board connector of claim 1, wherein the movement space has an O-ring disposed between the elastic rotating part and the cover part.

4. The board to board connector of claim 1, further comprising a contact pin serving as a central conductor passing through the first and second shells.

5. The board to board connector of claim 4, wherein the contact pin comprises a first terminal and a second terminal,

wherein the first terminal is disposed on the inside of the first shell, and the second terminal is disposed on the inside of the second shell,

wherein the second terminal has one end formed in a spherical shape and inserted and mounted into a longitudinal insertion space of the first terminal, such that the second terminal is rotatable in top-to-bottom and side-to-side directions according to top-to-bottom and side-to-side rotations of the second shell.

6. A board to board connector comprising:

a first shell coupled to a first board, and including a protruding extension part extended upward in a longitudinal direction and having one end protruding in a radial direction; and

a second shell including an elastic rotating part extended downward in the longitudinal direction toward between a cover part and the protruding extension part, and having one end protruding in the radial direction so as to be engaged with and fixed to the protruding extension part,

wherein the elastic rotating part is made of an elastic material, spaced apart from the cover part, and rotatable from side to side in a movement space formed between the elastic rotating part and the cover part,

wherein the movement space has a plate spring disposed between the elastic rotating part and the cover part.

7. The board to board connector of claim 6, wherein a portion of the plate spring is bent toward the elastic rotating part.

8. The board to board connector of claim 6, further comprising a spring disposed between the cover part of the second shell and a spring cap of the first shell, in order to rotate the second shell in a top-to-bottom direction.

9. A board to board connector comprising:

a first shell coupled to a first board, and including a protruding extension part extended upward in a longitudinal direction and having one end protruding in a radial direction;

a second shell including an elastic rotating part extended downward in the longitudinal direction toward between a cover part and the protruding extension part, and having one end protruding in the radial direction so as to be engaged with and fixed to the protruding extension part; and

a volute spring disposed between a lower end surface of the cover part of the second shell and a lower flange of the first shell, in order to push the second shell upward with respect to the first shell,

wherein the elastic rotating part is spaced apart from the cover part, made of an elastic material, and rotatable from side to side in a movement space formed between the elastic rotating part and the cover part,

a first protrusion onto which the outside of a lower end of the volute spring is inserted is formed on a top surface of the lower flange of the first shell, and

a second protrusion which is inserted into an upper end of the volute spring is formed on the lower end surface of the cover part of the second shell.

10. The board to board connector of claim 9,

wherein the volute spring has an inner diameter equal to or larger than that of the lower end surface of the cover part of the second shell, and has an outer diameter equal to or smaller than that of the lower flange of the first shell.

11. The board to board connector of claim 9,

further comprising a contact pin serving as a central conductor passing through the first and second shells.

12. The board to board connector of claim 11, wherein the contact pin comprises a first terminal and a second terminal,

wherein the first terminal is disposed on the inside of the first shell, and the second terminal is disposed on the inside of the second shell,

wherein the second terminal has one end formed in a spherical shape and inserted and mounted into a longitudinal insertion space of the first terminal, such that the second terminal is rotatable in top-to-bottom and side-to-side directions according to top-to-bottom and side-to-side rotations of the second shell.

13. A board to board connector comprising:

a first shell coupled to a first board, and including a protruding extension part extended upward in a longitudinal direction and having one end protruding in a radial direction;

a second shell including an elastic rotating part extended downward in the longitudinal direction toward between a cover part and the protruding extension part, and having one end protruding in the radial direction so as to be engaged with and fixed to the protruding extension part; and

a multipoint support plate spring disposed between a lower end surface of the cover part of the second shell and a lower flange of the first shell, in order to push the second shell upward with respect to the first shell,

wherein the elastic rotating part is spaced apart from the cover part, made of an elastic material, and rotatable from side to side in a movement space formed between the elastic rotating part and the cover part,

the multipoint support plate spring comprises an inner circular band, a plurality of extension parts extended outward from an outer edge of the inner circular band, and a plurality of legs protruding upward obliquely from the extension parts.

14. The board to board connector of claim 13,

wherein the elastic rotating part is formed of an elastic material and has one or more slots formed in the longitudinal direction along the circumference thereof in order to facilitate side-to-side rotation of the second shell.

15. A board to board connector comprising:

a first shell coupled to a first board, and including a protrusion extension part extended upward in a longitudinal direction and having one end protruding in a radial direction;

a second shell including an elastic rotating part extended downward in the longitudinal direction toward between a cover part and the protruding extension part, and having one end protruding in the radial direction so as to be engaged with and fixed to the protruding extension part; and

a wave spring disposed between a lower end surface of the cover part of the second shell and a lower flange of the first shell, in order to push the second shell upward with respect to the first shell,

wherein the elastic rotating part is spaced apart from the cover part, made of an elastic material, and rotatable from side to side in a movement space formed between the elastic rotating part and the cover part,

the wave spring includes a plurality of unit wave springs which are stacked in the vertical direction,

the unit wave springs constitute a closed loop having a plurality of first convex portions that are upward convex and a plurality of second convex portions that are downward convex, respectively, and

at least one set of a first convex portion and a second convex portion corresponding to each other up and down in the unit wave springs adjacent to each other up and down is fixedly coupled.