Double-sided connector for charging game machine handle

By designing a plastic body and metal terminal structure for a double-sided connector, the reversible insertion of the game controller and efficient production were achieved, solving the problems of inconvenient direction selection and low production efficiency in the existing technology, and improving the space utilization of the circuit board.

CN223828766UActive Publication Date: 2026-01-23SHENZHEN XINGXITAI ELECTRONIC TECH CO LTD
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202520305036.4
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-02-25
Publication Date
2026-01-23
Estimated Expiration
2035-02-25

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Technical Problem

Existing game console controller charging connectors suffer from problems such as inconvenient directional insertion, low production efficiency, and low circuit board space utilization, especially due to issues caused by single-sided gold finger connectors and plug-in pins.

Method used

A double-sided connector was designed, which adopts a plastic body and a metal terminal structure. The plastic body has a recessed part and a raised part. The raised part is arranged with double-sided edge connector contact pieces. The metal terminal adopts L-shaped SMT pins, which can realize positive and negative insertion. Combined with positioning posts, it can be quickly soldered to the PCB board and adopts surface mount technology.

Benefits of technology

This invention enables convenient plug-in charging of game console controllers, improves production efficiency and circuit board space utilization, and solves the problems of inconvenient insertion direction selection and low production efficiency of single-sided connectors.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a double-sided connector used for game machine handle charging, which comprises a pin end, a plastic main body and a plugging end, a convex part of the plugging end is provided with front and back double-sided edge connector contact sheets (golden fingers), and the positions and intervals of the front and back double-sided edge connector contact sheets are the same. The technical problem that direction selection needs to be carried out for charging due to a single-face golden finger and use is inconvenient is solved. The pin end adopts an L-shaped SMT pin metal terminal, one pin of the metal terminal is embedded into the terminal pre-breaking hole of the pin end, the other pin of the metal terminal is attached to the surface of the concave part of the pin end, and the positioning column is combined to facilitate positioning with the pin terminal when a surface mounting technology (SMT) is adopted, so that rapid and automatic welding with a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) is carried out, and the production efficiency is improved. The technical problems of low production efficiency and low space utilization rate of a circuit board caused by plug-in pins are solved, and the beneficial effects of convenient charging plug-in use, high production efficiency and high space utilization rate of the circuit board are achieved.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of game machine handle charging, especially to a double-sided connector for game machine handle charging. BACKGROUND

[0002] The game handle charging connector is used for connecting the game handle and the power supply, and is a device for charging the handle. The charging mode mainly includes a wired charging connector Micro USB connector. The connector is small in size and low in cost, but the transmission speed and charging efficiency are relatively limited, and the connector does not support normal and reverse insertion. The wrong direction may damage the interface. Another commonly used connector is a 13P connector with a 1.0MM spacing. For example, the latest Switch 2 game handle on the network uses this single-sided 13P connector with a 1.0MM spacing. The contact port of the connector is a single-sided edge connector (gold finger). When in use, the gold finger needs to be matched with the socket on one side to be normally used. The contact port of the connector uses plug-in pins welded on the PCB. The welding of the plug-in pins results in a large size and high spacing requirement of each pin, which limits the effective use of the circuit board space, reduces the component carrying capacity of the unit area circuit board, and reduces the production efficiency due to the high welding difficulty. SUMMARY

[0003] In order to overcome the shortcomings and deficiencies of the prior art, the utility model provides a double-sided connector for game machine handle charging, which solves the technical problems of inconvenient use caused by the direction selection of single-sided gold finger charging and low production efficiency and low circuit board space utilization caused by plug-in pins.

[0004] The utility model discloses a double-sided connector for game machine handle charging, which comprises a plastic main body, the one end of the plastic main body with a recess is a pin end for welding a PCB, the other end of the plastic main body with a protrusion is a plug-in end for plugging in a handle during charging, a positioning column is arranged on the plastic surface of the plastic main body higher than the end face of the recess, the pin end has at least one metal terminal, and at least one edge connector contact piece with the same position is intermittently arranged on the front and back surfaces of the plug-in end.

[0005] Preferably, the recess is provided with a terminal pre-breaking hole, the metal terminal is an L-shaped SMT pin terminal, one foot of the metal terminal is embedded in the terminal pre-breaking hole, and the other foot of the metal terminal is attached to the surface of the recess.

[0006] Preferably, each SMT pin is connected to each edge connector contact piece one by one.

[0007] As preferably, the plane formed by the top end of the metal terminal is a terminal plane, which protrudes from the plastic plane, for ensuring the contact qualification rate when the PCB is SMT packaged with the metal terminal through the positioning column.

[0008] As preferably, the distance between the center lines of two adjacent edge connector contact sheets is 1mm.

[0009] As preferably, the edge connector contact sheet contacts the metal spring sheet of the handle charging socket, and the edge connector contact sheet is located at the same position on both the front and back surfaces of the plug-in end, so that the front and back plug-in ends can be effectively electrically connected, and the charging requirement is met.

[0010] As preferably, the SMT pin terminal is welded to the PCB by using the surface mounting technology.

[0011] As preferably, the metal terminal is 13 groups of welding terminals arranged in two rows oppositely, and the edge connector contact sheet is 13P metal contact sheets arranged on the front and back surfaces.

[0012] As preferably, the plastic main body is obtained by using polyterephthaloyl azomycin as the material and performing secondary molding.

[0013] As preferably, the material of the metal terminal of the pin end and the edge connector contact sheet of the plug-in end is a copper alloy with zinc as the main added element and is subjected to hardening processing, the material thickness is 0.2mm, and the material is subjected to electroplating treatment, and the electroplated layer is a semi-gold tin alloy with a thickness of 5 microns.

[0014] Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that:

[0015] The utility model discloses a double -sided connector for game machine handle charges, including pin end, plastic main body and plug -in end, the convex part of plug -in end is provided with positive and negative double -sided edge connector contact sheet (gold finger), and the position and interval of edge connector contact sheet are same on the front and back surfaces, and with the position of the metal spring sheet in the charging port of the game handle one -to -one, the technical problem that the single -sided gold finger leads to the inconvenient use of the direction selection of charging is solved, the pin end adopts L type's SMT pin metal terminal, one foot of metal terminal is embedded in the terminal pre -breaking hole of pin end, the other foot of metal terminal is surface -soldered with the recessed part of pin end, and the use of positioning column is convenient for the positioning of the pin end when using surface mounting technology (SMT), and is welded with the PCB fast and automatically, the technical problem that the production efficiency is low and the circuit board space utilization is low caused by the plug -in pin is solved, has the beneficial effect that the charging plug -in use is convenient, and production efficiency is high, and the circuit board space utilization is high. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0016] In order to make the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application or the prior art clearer, the accompanying drawings needed in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly introduced.

[0017] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the double-sided connector for charging the gamepad of the present application Figure One .

[0018] Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the double-sided connector for charging the gamepad of the present application Figure Two .

[0019] Figure 3 is an exploded schematic diagram of the double-sided connector for charging the gamepad of the present application.

[0020] Figure 4 is a partial enlarged schematic diagram of the height of the terminal surface and the plastic surface of the double-sided connector for charging the gamepad of the present application.

[0021] Reference signs: 1-plastic main body; 11-plastic surface; 2-pin end; 21-recessed part; 211-terminal pre-breaking hole; 22-metal terminal; 3-plug-in end; 31-protruding part; 32-edge connector contact sheet; 4-positioning column. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0022] The present application will be further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments, but the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all the other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the scope of protection of the present application.

[0023] Please refer to Figures 1 to 4The utility model provides a double-sided connector for game handle charging, which comprises a plastic main body 1 with a pin end 2 at one end of a recess 21 for welding a PCB, the pin end 2 having 13 groups of metal terminals 22, the recess 21 being provided with a terminal pre-breaking hole 211, the metal terminals 22 being L-shaped SMT pin terminals, each group of metal terminals being oppositely arranged, i.e. one leg of the metal terminal is embedded in the terminal pre-breaking hole, and the other leg of the metal terminal is in contact with the surface of the recess and extends outwardly, the other end of the plastic main body 1 having a plug-in end 3 for plugging in the handle during charging, the plug-in end 3 having 13P edge connector contact pieces 32 arranged on both the front and back surfaces of the plug-in end 3, the edge connector contact pieces 32 being embedded in the grooves preset when the protruding part 31 is formed, and the distance between the center lines of two adjacent edge connector contact pieces 32 being 1mm, each SMT pin terminal being in contact with one edge connector contact piece 32, the edge connector contact pieces 32 being in contact with the metal spring sheets of the handle charging socket, the edge connector contact pieces 32 being arranged at the same position on both the front and back surfaces of the plug-in end 3, so that the plug-in end can be effectively electrically connected when plugged in from both the front and back surfaces, and the charging requirement is met.

[0024] The plastic main body 1 is provided with a positioning column 4 on the plastic surface 11 above the end surface of the recess 21. Further, the top end of the metal terminal 22 forms a terminal surface, which protrudes from the plastic surface 11, for ensuring the contact qualification rate when the PCB is SMT packaged with the metal terminal 22 through the positioning column 4.

[0025] Further, the SMT pin terminal adopts surface mount technology to weld the PCB board. In the production process, the positioning column 4 is used to limit and position the PCB board, and the corresponding solder paste welding point on the PCB board is aligned and corrected with the contact point of the metal terminal 22. Specifically, according to the design file of the PCB board and the position information of the components, the programming is carried out on the chip mounter, and the mounting position, sequence, nozzle type and other parameters of the components are set. Install the nozzle and the tray: according to the type and size of the pin end 2, select the appropriate nozzle to install on the suction nozzle head of the chip mounter, and install the tray with the double-sided connector on the feeder of the chip mounter, to ensure that the feeder can accurately provide the double-sided connector for the chip mounter. Mounting operation: start the chip mounter, the nozzle sucks the double-sided connector from the feeder, and then accurately mounts the pin end 2 of the double-sided connector on the solder paste surface on the PCB board according to the programmed position. When mounting, make sure that the pin end 2 of the double-sided connector is aligned with the pad, and the mounting pressure is moderate to avoid damaging the pin end 2 of the double-sided connector or causing the solder paste to deform. Check the mounting quality: after mounting, check the mounting quality to see if the pin end 2 is mounted on the PCB board, and whether there are defects such as deviation, monument, and side monument. Automatic optical inspection (AOI) equipment can also be used for comprehensive inspection as needed.

[0026] Further, the material of the plastic body 1 is polyphthaloyl nonanediamine obtained by secondary molding, and the material of the metal terminal 22 of the pin end 2 and the edge connector contact sheet 32 of the plug-in end 3 is a copper alloy with zinc as the main additive element after hardening processing, with a material thickness of 0.2mm, and is subjected to electroplating treatment, with a 5 microns thick semi-gold tin alloy electroplating layer.

[0027] The above is only a specific embodiment of the present application. Obviously, the present application is not limited to the above embodiments, and many similar modifications can be made, and all modifications that can be directly derived or inferred by those skilled in the art from the disclosed content of the present application should be considered as falling within the scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A double-sided connector for charging a game console controller, characterized in that, The device includes a plastic body (1), one end of which has a recess (21) is a pin end (2) for soldering a PCB board, and the other end of which has a protrusion (31) is a plug end (3) for plugging a handle during charging. A positioning post (4) is provided on the plastic surface (11) of the plastic body (1) that is higher than the end face of the recess (21). The pin end (2) has at least one metal terminal (22), and at least one edge connector contact piece (32) is intermittently arranged on both the front and back sides of the plug end (3).

2. The double-sided connector for charging a game console controller as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The recessed portion (21) is provided with a terminal pre-break hole (211), and the metal terminal (22) is an L-shaped SMT pin terminal. One leg of the metal terminal (22) is embedded in the terminal pre-break hole (211), and the other leg of the metal terminal (22) is in contact with the surface of the recessed portion (21).

3. The double-sided connector for charging a game console controller as described in claim 1, characterized in that, Each of the metal terminals (22) is connected to each of the edge connector contact pieces (32) in a one-to-one correspondence.

4. The double-sided connector for charging a game console controller as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The plane formed at the top of the metal terminal (22) is the terminal surface, which protrudes from the plastic surface (11).

5. The double-sided connector for charging a game console controller as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The distance between the center lines of two adjacent edge connector contact pieces (32) is 1 mm.

6. The double-sided connector for charging a game console controller as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The edge connector contact piece (32) contacts the metal spring of the handle charging port, and the edge connector contact piece (32) is positioned in the same position on both sides of the plug end (3).

7. The double-sided connector for charging a game console controller as described in claim 2, characterized in that, The SMT pin terminals are soldered onto the PCB board using surface mount technology.

8. The double-sided connector for charging a game console controller as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The metal terminal (22) consists of 13 sets of welding terminals arranged in two rows opposite each other, and the edge connector contact piece (32) consists of 13P metal contact pieces arranged on both the front and back sides.

9. The double-sided connector for charging a game console controller as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The plastic body (1) is made of poly(terephthalamide) nonadiamine through a secondary molding process.

10. The double-sided connector for charging a game console controller as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The metal terminal (22) of the pin end (2) and the edge connector contact piece (32) of the plug end (3) are made of a hardened copper alloy with zinc as the main additive element. The material thickness is 0.2 mm, and it is electroplated with a 5-micron thick semi-gold tin alloy.