Electrical terminal and electrical connector thereof

• US 11,056,816 B2
• Filed: 05/01/2020
• Issued: 07/06/2021
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2019
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dongguan Luxshare Technologies Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Dongguan Luxshare Technologies Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Hung, Yung-Chih
• Primary Examiner(s): Riyami, Abdullah A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Alhawamdeh, Nader J
• Application Number:
  US16/864,770
• Publication Number:
  US 20200259285A1
• Time in Patent Office: 431 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/10 Sockets for co-operation with pins or blades
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/113 co-operating with pins or blades having a rectangular transverse section
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/42 Securing in a demountable manner
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/4361 Insertion of locking piece perpendicular to direction of contact insertion
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/46 Bases; Cases
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 4/185 combined with a U-shaped insulation-receiving portion

Abstract

An electrical terminal includes a terminal body and a mounting portion. The terminal body includes a front end, a rear end, and two lateral edges opposite to each other. The front end and the rear end are arranged opposite to each other, and the two lateral edges are connected to the front end and the rear end. The terminal body further includes one or more bending wings formed on one of the two lateral edges. The bending wing is provided with a notch, one side of the notch corresponding to the front end is closed. The mounting portion is extended from the rear end, and the mounting portion is provided with a fixing member. An electrical connector is also disclosed, which includes the electrical terminal provided with the notch to achieve the fixing operation of the electrical terminal.

Claims

1. An electrical connector, comprising:

an electrical terminal comprising;

a terminal body comprising a front end, a rear end, and two lateral edges opposite to each other, wherein the rear end and the front end are opposite to each other, and the two lateral edges are connected to the front end and the rear end;

the terminal body further includes at least one bending wing formed on one of the two lateral edges, the at least one bending wing is provided with a notch, and one side of the notch corresponding to the front end is closed; and

a mounting portion, extended from the rear end, wherein the mounting portion is provided with a fixing member; and

a base, comprising a front surface, a rear surface, a top surface, and a bottom surface, wherein the front surface and the rear surface are opposite to each other;

the top surface and the bottom surface are opposite to each other and connected to the front surface and the rear surface, at least one installation trough is formed on the rear surface for receiving the mounting portion of the electrical terminal;

the at least one installation trough communicates with the front surface through at least one insertion hole, and the at least one insertion hole includes a fixing section and an open section, the fixing section is connected to the at least one installation trough and the open section communicates with the front surface;

wherein the fixing section includes a first wall surface and a second wall surface opposite to each other, the first wall surface is provided with at least one guiding groove for being embedded with an edge of the at least one bending wing, so that the terminal body abuts against the second wall surface.

2. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electrical terminal further includes at least one contact portion extended from the front end and the contact portion is inserted into the open section.

3. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first wall surface and the second wall surface are arranged in parallel to an altitude direction directed from the bottom surface to the top surface.

4. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 3, wherein the at least one installation trough communicates with the front surface through two of the insertion holes, the second wall surfaces of the two insertion holes are away from each other, and two of the electrical terminals are received in the at least one installation trough.

5. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 4, wherein the two insertion holes in the altitude direction are arranged in misalignment and the two insertion holes are located at different heights in the altitude direction.

6. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base further includes a pin hole formed on the top surface or the bottom surface of the base and communicating with the fixing section;

a position of the pin hole communicating with the fixing section corresponds to a position of the notch.

7. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 6, further comprising at least one fixing pin for being inserted into the pin hole to pass through the notch.

8. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base further comprises a plurality of the insertion holes and a plurality of the pin holes, each of the pin holes is on the top surface or the bottom surface, and communicates with the fixing section of one of the insertion holes, and the insertion holes are arranged alternately on the top surface and the bottom surface.

9. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fixing section has a stepped segment with respect to the open section.