Battery connector

Abstract

The embodiment of the utility model relates to the technical field of connectors, and discloses a battery connector, which comprises an insulating body, a metal insert and a bolt, the metal insert and the bolt are fixedly held on the insulating body, the metal insert is provided with a horizontal part and a vertical part connected to the horizontal part, and the bolt is connected to the horizontal part. The insulating body is integrally formed on the metal insert and the bolt in an injection molding mode, and at least part of the bolt is exposed out of the outer side of the insulating body. The metal insert is provided with a through hole penetrating through the vertical part, and when the insulation body is subjected to injection molding, the through hole is right opposite to a glue injection port of the insulation body, so that molten plastic flowing out of the glue injection port directly penetrates through the through hole to form the insulation body, and material cooling and shielding are prevented; and the wrapping force between the whole metal insert and the insulating body can be improved through the through holes.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model discloses an embodiment relates to connector technical field, especially relates to a battery connector with good forming effect. BACKGROUND

[0002] The battery connector comprises a metal terminal and an insulating body integrally injection molded on the metal terminal. Since the metal terminal is a plate-shaped copper part, it forms a wall in the forming cavity of the injection mold. When the insulating body is injection molded, the molten plastic will first hit the plate-shaped metal terminal when flowing from the feeding area into the forming cavity of the injection mold, causing the molten plastic to cool down and affecting its flowability, thereby affecting the quality of the final forming of the battery connector.

[0003] Therefore, it is necessary to provide a new battery connector to overcome the above-mentioned defects. SUMMARY

[0004] The utility model discloses an embodiment relates to connector technical field, especially relates to a battery connector with good forming effect.

[0005] To solve the above technical problems, the embodiment of the utility model provides a battery connector, which comprises an insulating body and a metal insert and a bolt fixed to the insulating body. The metal insert is provided with a horizontal part and a vertical part connected to the horizontal part. The bolt is connected to the horizontal part. The insulating body is integrally injection molded on the metal insert and the bolt, and the bolt at least partially exposes on the outside of the insulating body. The metal insert is provided with a through hole penetrating through the vertical part. When the insulating body is injection molded, the through hole is opposite to the glue inlet of the insulating body.

[0006] In a preferred embodiment, the insulating body is provided with a main body part extending in the longitudinal direction, which wraps the vertical part, and the plastic of the main body part fills the through hole.

[0007] In a preferred embodiment, the bolt is provided with a nut and a screw rod extending upward from the nut. The metal insert is provided with an opening penetrating through the horizontal part. The screw rod passes through the opening from bottom to top in the vertical direction, and the nut abuts against the bottom surface of the horizontal part.

[0008] In a preferred embodiment, the main body part wraps the nut of the bolt. The main body part is provided with a receiving groove recessed downward from the top surface. The nut of the bolt and the horizontal part of the metal insert are accommodated in the receiving groove.

[0009] In a preferred embodiment, the top surface of the horizontal part exposes on the top surface of the main body part, and the horizontal part is higher than the main body part in the vertical direction.

[0010] In a preferred embodiment, the insulating body is provided with a through hole recessed upward from the bottom surface, the through hole being communicated with the accommodating groove.

[0011] In a preferred embodiment, the insulating body is provided with an extension extending outward in the longitudinal direction from the bottom of the main body portion, the battery connector comprising a bushing held in the extension.

[0012] In a preferred embodiment, the insulating body is provided with a plurality of reinforcing ribs extending to the extension from the lateral sides of the longitudinal side surface of the main body portion.

[0013] In a preferred embodiment, the metal insert is provided with a plurality of contact portions extending downward from the bottom edge of the vertical portion, the plurality of contact portions being uniformly arranged in the longitudinal direction and extending downward beyond the bottom surface of the main body portion.

[0014] In a preferred embodiment, the insulating body is provided with a positioning column protruding downward from the bottom surface of the main body portion.

[0015] Compared with the prior art, the metal insert is provided with a through hole penetrating the vertical portion, the through hole being directly opposite the glue injection port of the insulating body when the insulating body is injection molded, so that the molten plastic flowing out of the glue injection port directly passes through the through hole to form the insulating body, thereby preventing cold material and blocking, and the through hole can also improve the wrapping force between the entire metal insert and the insulating body. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0016] One or more embodiments are illustrated by way of example in the figures that are part of this disclosure and which are illustrative, but not restrictive, of the embodiments, wherein elements having the same reference number designates like elements throughout the various figures, and the figures are not necessarily to scale.

[0017] Figure 1 is a perspective view of the battery connector of the utility model;

[0018] Figure 2 is Figure 1 is an exploded view of the battery connector shown in the figure;

[0019] Figure 3 is Figure 1 is a perspective view of the battery connector shown in the figure after removing the insulating body;

[0020] Figure 4 is Figure 1 is a sectional view of the battery connector shown in the figure;

[0021] Figure 5 is Figure 1A perspective view of a metal insert in a battery connector. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0022] In order to make the purpose, technical scheme and advantages of the embodiments of the utility model clearer, the embodiments of the utility model will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. However, those skilled in the art can understand that, in the embodiments of the utility model, many technical details are proposed in order to make the readers better understand the present application. However, even if there is no such technical details and various changes and modifications based on the following embodiments, the technical scheme claimed by the present application can be realized.

[0023] Please refer to Figures 1 to 5 As shown in the utility model relates to a kind of battery connector 100, it includes long insulating body 10 and the metal insert 20, bolt 30 and bushing 40 retained in insulating body 10.The insulating body 10 is integrally injection molded on metal insert 20 and bolt 30, and the bolt 30 at least part is exposed on the outside of insulating body 10;At the same time, the number of the bushing 40 is two and is respectively arranged on the longitudinal two sides of insulating body 10.

[0024] Please refer to Figure 2 As shown, the insulating body 10 is provided with the main part 11 extending along the longitudinal direction, the two extension parts 12 located on the longitudinal two sides of the main part 11 and the reinforcing ribs 13 and the positioning column 14 protruding downward from the bottom surface of the main part 11.The extension part 12 is formed by extending outward along the longitudinal direction from the bottom of the main part 11, and the bushing 40 is retained in the extension part 12 by the integral molding mode and is used to be installed on a circuit board, so that the battery connector 100 is installed on the circuit board.

[0025] The reinforcing rib 13 extends to the extension part 12 from the transverse two sides of the longitudinal side surface of the main part 11, so as to improve the strength of the extension part 12, thereby avoiding the risk of damage to the extension part 12 due to bumping or scratching.The positioning column 14 is used to position the battery connector 100 on the circuit board, so as to facilitate subsequent installation operation. Figure 4 As shown, the insulating body 10 is also provided with the through hole 111 recessed upward from the bottom surface of the main part 11, and the through hole 111 is communicated with the accommodating groove 110, so that the metal insert 20 and the bolt 30 can be supported in the molding cavity of the injection mold during the molding of the insulating body 10.

[0026] Please refer to Figure 3 And Figure 5As shown, the metal insert 20 is provided with a horizontal part 21 and a vertical part 22 connected to the horizontal part 21, and the horizontal part 21 and the vertical part 22 are arranged perpendicular to each other. The top surface of the horizontal part 21 is exposed to the top surface of the main body part 11, and the horizontal part 21 is higher than the main body part 11 in the vertical direction. The metal insert 20 is also provided with a plurality of contact parts 23 extending downward from the bottom edge of the vertical part 22, and the plurality of contact parts 23 are uniformly arranged along the longitudinal direction and extend downward beyond the bottom surface of the main body part 11, so as to be inserted with the mating terminals of the mating connector.

[0027] The metal insert 20 is provided with a through hole 221 penetrating the vertical part 22, the main body part 11 wraps the vertical part 22, and the plastic of the main body part 11 is filled in the through hole 221. Specifically, when the insulating body 10 is injection molded, the through hole 221 is directly opposite the glue injection port 50 of the insulating body 10, so that the molten plastic flowing out of the glue injection port 50 directly passes through the through hole 221 to form the insulating body 10, thereby preventing cold material and blocking; and the through hole 221 can also improve the wrapping force between the entire metal insert 20 and the insulating body 10.

[0028] The bolt 30 is connected to the horizontal part 21 of the metal insert 20, specifically, the bolt 30 is provided with a nut 31 and a screw rod 32 extending upward from the nut 31, the metal insert 20 is provided with an opening 211 penetrating the horizontal part 21, the screw rod 32 penetrates the opening 211 from bottom to top in the vertical direction and the nut 31 abuts against the bottom surface of the horizontal part 21. Further, the main body part 11 is provided with a receiving groove 110 recessed downward from the top surface, and the nut 31 of the bolt 30 and the horizontal part 21 of the metal insert 20 are both accommodated in the receiving groove 110, that is, the main body part 11 wraps the nut 31 of the bolt 30.

[0029] In the utility model, the metal insert 20 is provided with a through hole 221 penetrating the vertical part 22, and when the insulating body 10 is injection molded, the through hole 221 is directly opposite the glue injection port 50 of the insulating body 10, so that the molten plastic flowing out of the glue injection port 50 directly passes through the through hole 221 to form the insulating body 10, thereby preventing cold material and blocking; and the through hole 221 can also improve the wrapping force between the entire metal insert 20 and the insulating body 10.

[0030] Those skilled in the art can understand that the above-mentioned embodiments are specific embodiments for realizing the utility model, and in actual application, various changes can be made in form and details without departing from the spirit and scope of the utility model.

Claims

1. A battery connector comprising an insulating body and a metal insert and a bolt held by the insulating body, the metal insert being provided with a horizontal portion and a vertical portion connected to the horizontal portion, the bolt being connected to the horizontal portion, the insulating body being integrally injection molded on the metal insert and the bolt, and the bolt being at least partially exposed outside the insulating body; characterized in that, The metal insert is provided with a through hole penetrating the vertical part, and the through hole is opposite to the glue injection port of the insulating body during injection molding.

2. The battery connector of claim 1, wherein: The insulating body is provided with a main body part extending in the longitudinal direction, the main body part wraps the vertical part, and the plastic of the main body part is filled in the through hole.

3. The battery connector of claim 2, wherein, The bolt is provided with a nut and a screw rod extending upward from the nut, the metal insert is provided with an opening penetrating the horizontal part, the screw rod penetrates the opening from bottom to top in the vertical direction, and the nut abuts against the bottom surface of the horizontal part.

4. The battery connector of claim 3, wherein, The main body part wraps the nut of the bolt, the main body part is provided with a receiving groove recessed downward from the top surface, and the nut of the bolt and the horizontal part of the metal insert are accommodated in the receiving groove.

5. The battery connector of claim 4, wherein, The top surface of the horizontal part is exposed on the top surface of the main body part, and the horizontal part is higher than the main body part in the vertical direction.

6. The battery connector of claim 4, wherein, The insulating body is provided with a through hole recessed upward from the bottom surface, and the through hole is communicated with the receiving groove.

7. The battery connector of claim 2, wherein, The insulating body is provided with an extension part extending outward in the longitudinal direction from the bottom of the main body part, and the battery connector comprises a bushing held in the extension part.

8. The battery connector of claim 7, wherein, The insulating body is provided with a plurality of reinforcing ribs extending to the extension part from the lateral sides of the longitudinal sides of the main body part.

9. The battery connector of claim 2, wherein, The metal insert is provided with a plurality of contact parts extending downward from the bottom edge of the vertical part, the contact parts are uniformly arranged in the longitudinal direction and extend downward beyond the bottom surface of the main body part.

10. The battery connector of claim 2, wherein, The insulating body is provided with a positioning column protruding downward from the bottom surface of the main body part.

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