Type C female end electric connector

Abstract

The utility model discloses a Type C female end electric connector, which is characterized in that a first Type C terminal group and a second Type C terminal group which are respectively positioned on two opposite surfaces of a tongue piece conform to the Type C standard, so that the rear end of at least one first signal terminal of the first Type C terminal group and the rear end of at least one second signal terminal of the second Type C terminal group are positioned in an insulating seat; the first signal terminal and the second signal terminal do not penetrate through the insulating base and protrude out of the metal shell, but it is ensured that other first signal terminals and second signal terminals penetrate through the insulating base and protrude out of the metal shell. Therefore, the number of the terminals on the tongue piece of the Type C female end electric connector accords with the Type C standard, and the number of the terminals protruding from the rear end is at most 10, so that the Type C female end electric connector accords with the welding of a circuit board with a corresponding number of welding pads.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to an electrical connector, in particular to a Type-C female electrical connector. Background Art

[0002] USB electrical connectors have been quite popular as data transmission interfaces. With the continuous improvement of the transmission rate of USB electrical connectors, different specifications have been correspondingly proposed. Currently, the latest specification for portable electronic products is the Type-C electrical connector.

[0003] For some Type-C electrical connectors for special applications, only some of the terminals in the Type-C specification are used, and the useless terminals are removed. Currently, in some regions, for electrical connectors marked with the Type-C specification, it is still necessary to detect whether they meet the Type-C specification before they can be used in that region. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the Type-C female electrical connector for special applications to avoid having to replace the circuit board welded with the Type-C female electrical connector again when switching to a Type-C specification-compliant electrical connector. Content of the Utility Model

[0004] In view of the fact that the Type-C female electrical connector for specific applications cannot meet the Type-C detection specification, the main purpose of the utility model is to provide a pure charging Type-C female electrical connector that can meet the Type-C detection specification.

[0005] The main technical means used to achieve the above purpose is to make the Type-C female electrical connector include:

[0006] A metal shell with a front opening;

[0007] An insulating seat is accommodated in the metal shell and includes a body and a tongue extending from a front end of the body to the front opening of the metal shell, and the tongue includes two opposite first surfaces and a second surface;

[0008] A first Type-C terminal group is fixed in the insulating seat and includes:

[0009] Multiple first power terminals, the front ends of which are located on the first surface of the tongue of the insulating seat, and the rear ends of which are located on the body of the insulating seat; and

[0010] Multiple first signal terminals, the front ends of which are located on the first surface of the tongue of the insulating seat, at least one of the rear ends of the first signal terminals is in the insulating seat, and at least one other rear end of the first signal terminal passes through the body of the insulating seat and exposes from the metal shell; and

[0011] A second Type-C terminal group is fixed in the insulating seat and includes:

[0012] A plurality of second power terminals, the front ends of which are located on the second surface of the tongue of the insulating base; wherein the second power terminals and the corresponding first power terminals are integrally formed to form a plurality of upright sheet-like terminals, and the rear ends of each upright sheet-like terminal pass through the body of the insulating base and expose from the metal housing; and

[0013] A plurality of second signal terminals, the front ends of which are located on the second surface of the tongue of the insulating base, wherein the rear end of at least one first signal terminal is within the insulating base, and the rear end of at least one other second signal terminal passes through the body of the insulating base and exposes from the metal housing.

[0014] As can be seen from the above description, the first and second Type-C terminal groups of the Type-C female end electrical connector of the present utility model conform to the Type-C specification. However, in special applications, the rear ends of at least one first signal terminal of the first Type-C terminal group and at least one second signal terminal of the second Type-C terminal group are located within the insulating base and do not protrude from the metal housing through the insulating base, but it is ensured that other first and second signal terminals pass through the insulating base and protrude from the metal housing; thus, the number of terminals on the tongue of the Type-C female end electrical connector of the present utility model conforms to the Type-C specification, and the number of terminals protruding from the rear end is at most 10, so as to conform to the soldering of the circuit board with corresponding numbers of pads; therefore, for the Type-C female end electrical connector with the number of terminals reduced due to special applications, only the Type-C female end electrical connector of the present utility model needs to be replaced, and there is no need to re-design and produce a new circuit board to conform to the specific address Type-C detection specification. Furthermore, the first and second power terminals are integrally formed and are significantly larger in size than the first and second signal terminals, and have the function of high-power charging. Description of the Drawings

[0015] Figure 1 Is a three-dimensional external view of the Type-C female end electrical connector of the present utility model;

[0016] Figure 2 Is a three-dimensional exploded view of the Type-C female end electrical connector of the present utility model;

[0017] Figure 3 Is a side sectional view of the Type-C female end electrical connector of the present utility model;

[0018] Figure 4A Is a top plan view of the terminal group of the Type-C female end electrical connector of the present utility model;

[0019] Figure 4B Is a bottom plan view of the terminal group of the Type-C female end electrical connector of the present utility model;

[0020] Figure 5This is a front view sectional view of the terminal group of the Type-C female end connector of the present utility model;

[0021] Among them, the reference numerals are:

[0022] 10: Metal housing; 11: Front opening;

[0023] 12: Rear opening; 20: Insulating seat;

[0024] 21: Body; 211: Front side;

[0025] 212: Rear side; 213: Bottom surface;

[0026] 22: Tongue piece; 221: Front end;

[0027] 222: Outer side; 223: First surface;

[0028] 224: Second surface; 30: Metal middle partition;

[0029] 31: Sub-middle partition; 311: Long through slot;

[0030] 32: Connecting part; 33: Pin;

[0031] 40: First Type-C terminal group; 41: First power terminal;

[0032] 411: Front end; 42, 42a, 42b: First signal terminals;

[0033] 421: Front end; 422: Rear end;

[0034] 50: Second Type-C terminal group; 51: Second power terminal;

[0035] 511: Front end; 512: Rear end;

[0036] 513: Recess; 52, 52a, 52b: Second signal terminals;

[0037] 521: Front end; 522: Rear end. Detailed implementation manner

[0038] The present utility model improves the Type-C female end electrical connector, and the technical content is described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0039] First, please refer to Figure 1 and Figure 2 As shown, the Type-C female end electrical connector of the present utility model includes a metal housing 10, an insulating seat 20, a metal middle partition 30, a first Type-C terminal group 40 and a second Type-C terminal group 50.

[0040] The metal housing 10 has a front opening 11 and a rear opening 12.

[0041] The above-mentioned insulating base 20 is received in the metal housing 10 and includes a body 21 and a tongue piece 22. The tongue piece 22 extends from a front side 211 of the body 21 toward the front opening 11 of the metal housing 10 and has a first surface 223 and a second surface 224 that are relatively arranged up and down. In this embodiment, the body 21 has a bottom surface 213 that connects to its rear side 212, and a part of the bottom surface 213 is exposed from the rear opening 12 of the metal housing 10.

[0042] The above-mentioned metal middle partition 30 is embedded in the tongue piece 22 of the insulating base 20. In this embodiment, the metal middle partition 30 includes two sub-middle partitions 31 and a connecting portion 32. The two sub-middle partitions 31 are respectively close to two outer sides 222 of the tongue piece 22 and are partially exposed from the two outer sides 222 of the tongue piece 22. In addition, each sub-middle partition 31 further forms a long through groove 311 and is connected to the connecting portion 32 located inside the body 21. The connecting portion 32 is located above the first Type-C terminal group 40 (as Figure 4A shown), and two pins 33 are respectively formed on two outer sides of the connecting portion 32 to pass through the body 21 and protrude from the rear opening 12 of the metal housing 10.

[0043] The above-mentioned first Type-C terminal group 40 and second Type-C terminal group 50 are respectively fixed in the insulating base 20 and are arranged up and down. The first Type-C terminal group 40 at least includes a plurality of first power terminals 41 and a plurality of first signal terminals 42, and the second Type-C terminal group 50 at least includes a plurality of second power terminals 51 and a plurality of second signal terminals 52. At least one first signal terminal 42a of the first signal terminals 42 is shorter than the first power terminals 41, and at least another first signal terminal 42b is substantially equal in length to the first power terminals 41. At least one second signal terminal 52a of the second signal terminals 52 is shorter than the second power terminals 51, and at least another second signal terminal 52b is substantially equal in length to the second power terminals 51. Please refer to Figure 3 , Figure 4A and Figure 4B shown. The first power terminals 41 include two VBUS terminals and two GND terminals, and the second power terminals 51 include another two VBUS terminals and another two GND terminals. In this embodiment, as Figure 2 shown, the corresponding first and second power terminals 41 and 51 are integrally formed into upright sheet-like terminals. The sub-middle partition 31 overlaps with the outermost GND terminal, so the upright sheet-like terminals 41 and 51 serving as GND terminals pass through the long through groove 311 corresponding to the sub-middle partition 31, asFigure 5 As shown; the front end of the upright sheet-shaped terminal which also serves as the GND terminal forms a recess 513 for inserting into the corresponding sub-middle partition 31. The first signal terminals 42 include a D+ terminal, a D- terminal, an SBU1 terminal and a CC1 terminal, and the second signal terminals 52 include a D+ terminal, a D- terminal, an SBU2 terminal and a CC2 terminal. In this embodiment, the shorter first signal terminal 42a is the SBU1 terminal, and the shorter second signal terminal 52a is the SBU2 terminal. In this embodiment, the shorter first and second signal terminals 42a, 52a are located at the tongue 22, that is, their rear ends 422, 522 do not extend into the body 21, but the front ends 421, 521 can extend further forward than the front ends 421, 521 of the other first and second signal terminals 42b, 52b.

[0044] The front ends 411 of the first power terminals 41 and the front ends 421 of the D+ terminals, the front ends 421 of the D- terminals, the front ends 421 of the SUB1 terminals and the front ends 421 of the CC1 terminals of the first signal terminals 42 are adjacently arranged on the first surface 221 of the tongue 22 to meet the Type The C connector has sixteen terminal specifications (i.e., excluding eight differential pair terminals), wherein the front ends 411 of the two VBUS terminals and the front ends 411 of the two GND terminals are located on the left and right sides of the front ends 421 of the first signal terminals 42; that is, one of the VBUS terminals of the first power terminals 41 is adjacent to and arranged with one of the GND terminals, and is located on one of the left and right sides of the first signal terminals 42, and the other VBUS terminal is adjacent to and arranged with the other GND terminal, and is located on the other side of the left and right sides of the first signal terminals 42; wherein the adjacent VBUS terminals and GND terminals are located at the front end 221 of the tongue 22, maintaining a first spacing d1; and the two GND terminals of the first power terminals 41 and the first signal terminals 42 are located at the front end 221 of the tongue 22, are equidistantly arranged side by side and flush, and maintain a second spacing d2; wherein the second spacing d2 is smaller than the first spacing d1.

[0045] Similarly, the front ends 511 of the second power terminals 51 and the front ends 521 of the D+ terminal, the front ends 521 of the D- terminal, the front ends 521 of the SUB2 terminal, and the front ends 521 of the CC2 terminal of the second signal terminals 52 are adjacently arranged on the second surface 222 of the tongue 22 to comply with the 16-pin terminal specification of the Type C connector, such as Figure 4BAs shown, the front ends 511 of the two VBUS terminals and the front ends 511 of the two GND terminals of the second power terminals 51 are arranged on the left and right sides of the side-by-side front ends 521 of each terminal of the second signal terminals 52; that is, one of the VBUS terminals of the second power terminals 51 is adjacent to and arranged with one of the GND terminals, and is located on one of the left and right sides of the second signal terminals 52, and the other VBUS terminal is adjacent to and arranged with the other GND terminal, and is located on the other of the left and right sides of the second signal terminals 52; wherein the adjacent VBUS terminals and GND terminals are located at the front end 221 of the tongue 22, maintaining the first spacing d1; and the two GND terminals of the second power terminals 51 and the second signal terminals 52 are located at the front end 221 of the tongue 22, are equidistantly arranged side by side and flush, and maintain the second spacing d2.

[0046] like Figure 1 and Figure 2 As shown, the rear ends 512 of the above-mentioned upright blade terminals, the rear ends 421 of some first signal terminals 42b (such as D+ terminal, D- terminal and CC1 terminal) and the rear ends 521 of some second signal terminals 52b (such as D+ terminal, D- terminal and CC2 terminal) pass through the body 21 of the insulating seat 20 and are exposed from the metal shell 10, while the rear ends 422 of the shorter first signal terminals 42a (such as SBU1) and the rear ends 522 of the shorter second signal terminals 52b (such as SBU2) are located in the tongue 22 of the insulating seat 20 and do not pass out. In this embodiment, the rear ends that pass through the body 21 of the insulating seat 20 and then pass out toward the bottom surface 213 of the body 21 and protrude from the rear opening 12 of the metal shell 10. In this example, the number of terminals exposed in the rear opening 12 of the metal shell 10 is 10.

[0047] In summary, the first and second Type-C terminal groups of the Type-C female end electrical connector of the present utility model conform to the Type-C specification. However, in special applications, the rear ends of at least one first signal terminal of the first Type-C terminal group and at least one second signal terminal of the second Type-C terminal group are located in the insulation base and do not protrude from the metal shell through the insulation base, while other first and second signal terminals pass through the insulation base and protrude from the metal shell. Thus, the number of terminals of the Type-C female end electrical connector of the present utility model located on the tongue conforms to the Type-C specification, and the maximum number of terminals protruding from the rear end is 10, so as to conform to the circuit board with corresponding numbers of pads. Therefore, for the Type-C female end electrical connector with the number of terminals reduced due to special applications, only the Type-C female end electrical connector of the present utility model needs to be replaced, and there is no need to redesign and produce a new circuit board to conform to the Type-C detection specification of a specific address. Moreover, the first and second power terminals are integrally formed and are significantly larger in size than the first and second signal terminals, and have the function of high-power charging.

[0048] The above description is only an embodiment of the present utility model and does not impose any formal restrictions on the present utility model. Although the present utility model has been disclosed as above by way of embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present utility model. Any person with ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present utility model pertains, without departing from the scope of the technical solution of the present utility model, may make some changes or modifications to the above-disclosed technical content to obtain equivalent embodiments with equivalent changes. However, as long as the content does not depart from the technical solution of the present utility model, any simple modification, equivalent change, and modification made to the above embodiments based on the technical essence of the present utility model still fall within the scope of the technical solution of the present utility model.

Claims

1. A Type-C female end electrical connector, characterized in that, Comprising: A metal housing having a front opening; An insulating base accommodated in the metal housing and including a body and a tongue extending from a front end of the body towards the front opening of the metal housing, and the tongue includes two opposite first surfaces and a second surface; A first Type-C terminal group fixed in the insulating base and including: Multiple first power terminals, the front ends of which are located on the first surface of the tongue of the insulating base, and the rear ends of which are located in the body of the insulating base; and Multiple first signal terminals, the front ends of which are located on the first surface of the tongue of the insulating base, wherein the rear end of at least one first signal terminal is within the insulating base, and the rear end of at least another first signal terminal passes through the body of the insulating base and exposes from the metal housing; and A second Type-C terminal group fixed in the insulating base and including: Multiple second power terminals, the front ends of which are located on the second surface of the tongue of the insulating base; wherein the second power terminals and the corresponding first power terminals are integrally formed into multiple upright sheet-like terminals, and the rear ends of each upright sheet-like terminal pass through the body of the insulating base and expose from the metal housing; and Multiple second signal terminals, the front ends of which are located on the second surface of the tongue of the insulating base, wherein the rear end of at least one first signal terminal is within the insulating base, and the rear end of at least another second signal terminal passes through the body of the insulating base and exposes from the metal housing.

2. The Type-C female end electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein: The metal housing has a rear opening; The body has a bottom surface connected to the rear side of the body, and a part of the bottom surface is exposed from the rear opening of the metal housing; And The rear ends of each upright sheet-like terminal, the at least one first signal terminal, the second power terminal and the at least one second signal terminal pass through the bottom surface of the body and protrude from the rear opening of the metal housing.

3. The Type-C female end electrical connector according to claim 2, wherein: The first power terminals include two V BUS terminals and two GND terminals; The first signal terminals include D+ terminals, D- terminals, SUB1 terminals and CC1 terminals; wherein the rear end of the SUB1 terminal is within the tongue of the insulating base, and the rear ends of the D+ terminals, D- terminals and CC1 terminals pass through the body of the insulating base; These second power terminals include another two V BUS terminals and another two GND terminals; and The second signal terminals include D+ terminals, D- terminals, SUB2 terminals and CC2 terminals; wherein the rear end of the SUB2 terminal is within the tongue of the insulating base, and the rear ends of the D+ terminals, D- terminals and CC2 terminals pass through the body of the insulating base.

4. The Type-C female end electrical connector according to claim 3, wherein: One of the first power terminals, a V BUS terminal is adjacent and arranged side by side with one of the GND terminals, and is located on one side of the left and right sides of the first signal terminals, while the other V BUS terminal is adjacent and arranged side by side with the other GND terminal, and is located on the other side of the left and right sides of the first signal terminals; among them, there is a first spacing maintained between the adjacent V BUS terminal and the GND terminal at the front end of the tongue piece; The two GND terminals of the first power terminals and the first signal terminals are arranged side by side at equal distances at the front end of the tongue and maintain a second spacing; wherein the second spacing is less than the first spacing; One of the second power terminals, V BUS terminal is adjacent and arranged side by side with one of the GND terminals, and is located on one of the left and right sides of the second signal terminals, while the other V BUS terminal is adjacent and arranged side by side with the other GND terminal, and is located on the other side of the left and right sides of the second signal terminals; wherein the adjacent V BUS terminal and the GND terminal maintain the first spacing between the front ends of the tongue piece; and The two GND terminals of the second power terminals and the second signal terminals are arranged side by side at equal distances at the front end of the tongue and maintain the second spacing.

5. The Type C female end electrical connector according to claim 4, wherein Further comprising a metal middle partition embedded in the tongue of the insulating base.

6. The Type-C female end electrical connector according to claim 5, wherein The metal middle partition includes two sub-middle partitions, which are respectively close to two outer sides of the tongue piece and partially exposed on the two outer sides of the tongue piece.

7. The Type-C female terminal electrical connector according to claim 6, wherein: The two sub-middle partitions respectively form two long through slots; and The two upright sheet-like terminals integrally formed by the two GND terminals of the first power terminal and the two GND terminals of the second power terminal respectively pass through the two long through slots.

8. The Type-C female end electrical connector according to claim 7, wherein The front ends of the two upright sheet-like terminals passing through the through slots respectively form two recesses to respectively insert into the corresponding two sub-middle partitions.

9. The Type C female end electrical connector according to any one of claims 6 to 8, characterized in that, The metal middle partition further includes a connecting portion, which is located in the body, connects the two sub-middle partitions, and two opposite outer sides of the connecting portion have two pins, and the two pins pass through the body downward and protrude from the metal shell.

10. The Type-C female end electrical connector according to claim 9, wherein The connecting portion is located above the first Type-C terminal group.

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