Patent Grant
9960551
This application is a national stage application of PCT Patent Application No. PCT/CN2015/076904, filed on Apr. 17, 2015, which claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201420186527.3, filed on Apr. 17, 2014; Chinese Patent Application No. 201420268135.1, filed on May 23, 2014; and Chinese Patent Application No. 201520114091.1, filed on Feb. 17, 2015, the content of all of which is incorporated herein by reference.
The invention relates to an electrical connector, and more particularly to an electrical connection socket and an electrical connection plug capable of providing bidirectional electrical connections.
Today's most popular signal transmission specification in the computer apparatus is the universal serial bus (USB). A connector socket and a transmission cable manufactured according to this specification enable a peripheral apparatus, such as a mouse, a keyboard or the like, which is externally connected to the computer to be detected and used by the computer immediately.
At present, the USB electrical connection socket and the USB electrical connection plug have the unidirectional electrical connections. In order to ensure that the USB electrical connection plug can be electrically connected to the USB electrical connection socket when being inserted into the USB electrical connection socket, the socket and the plug have the mistake-proof designs. That is, the USB electrical connection plug cannot be reversely inserted, and the user switches to the other direction to insert the plug. The correct direction allows the insertion, so that the electrical connection can be ensured after the insertion.
At present, there are two specifications including USB 2.0 and USB 3.0, as shown in
The connection slot 16 of the A-type standard USB 2.0 electrical connection socket 10 has the height of 5.12 mm, the tongue 121 has the height of 1.84 mm, the large space 162 has the height of 2.56 mm, and the small space 161 has the height of 0.72 mm. That is, (the height of the large space 162)=(the height of the small space 161)+(the height of the tongue 121).
The connection portion of the A-type standard USB 2.0 electrical connection plug 20, specified by USB Association, has the height of 4.5 mm, the fitting slot 24 has the height of 1.95 mm, the metal housing has the thickness of 0.3 mm, and the contact interface substrate 25 has the height of 2.25 mm.
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However, in order to facilitate the convenient use, the bidirectional electrical connection can satisfy the requirement. So, the applicant previously developed an electrical connection socket, which has the duplex electrical connection function, and into which the A-type standard USB 2.0 electrical connection plug can be bidirectionally inserted for electrical connection, and then planed to develop a duplex electrical connection plug, which has the design adopting two contact interface substrates 25, each having the height of 2.25 mm shown in
The applicant has continuously paid efforts to the research and development, and thus finally developed the invention, which is slim and light and can satisfy the bidirectional electrical connection to the standard electrical connection socket specified by USB Association.
A main object of the invention is to provide a bidirectional electrical connection plug, which can be bidirectionally inserted into and electrically connected to the standard electrical connection socket specified by USB Association to achieve the convenient use.
Another main object of the invention is to provide a bidirectional electrical connection plug, which can be bidirectionally inserted into and electrically connected to an electrical connection socket to achieve the convenient use, and has the low-height fitting portion to achieve the slim and light advantages.
Still another main object of the invention is to provide a bidirectional electrical connection socket, into which a bidirectional electrical connection plug can be bidirectionally inserted for electrically connection, to achieve the convenient use, and which has a low-height connection slot to achieve the slim and light advantages.
Yet still another main object of the invention is to provide a combination of a bidirectional electrical connection socket and a bidirectional electrical connection plug, in which the bidirectional electrical connection plug can be bidirectionally inserted into the bidirectional electrical connection socket to form the same electrical connection effect, to achieve the convenient use.
Yet still another main object of the invention is to provide a bidirectional electrical connection plug, which can be bidirectionally inserted into and electrically connected to an electrical connection socket, and has an insulating base comprising a base and a fitting member, wherein terminals of the two contact interfaces are embedded into and injection molded with the base, extensions of terminals of the two contact interfaces are vertically elastically movable and project beyond a front side of the base. The fitting member is fit with the front side of the base and covers the extensions of the terminals of the two contact interfaces to achieve the convenience in manufacturing.
Yet still another main object of the invention is to provide a bidirectional electrical connection plug having an insulating base having an upper base and a lower base stacked vertically, wherein the first and second bases can be embedded into and injection molded with at least one row of terminals, respectively, to achieve the convenience in manufacturing.
Yet still another main object of the invention is to provide a bidirectional electrical connection socket having an insulating base having a first base and a second base stacked vertically, wherein the first and second bases can be embedded into and injection molded with at least one row of terminals, respectively, to achieve the convenience in manufacturing.
A secondary object of the invention is to provide a combination of a bidirectional electrical connection socket and an electrical connection plug, in which the bidirectional electrical connection plug can be bidirectionally inserted into the bidirectional electrical connection socket to form the same electrical connection effect and achieve the doubled speed of transmission effects.
To achieve the above-identified objects, the invention provides a bidirectional electrical connection plug, which can be inserted and connected to a standard electrical connection socket specified by USB Association, wherein the standard electrical connection socket can be correspondingly inserted and connected to a standard electrical connection plug, specified by USB Association, the standard electrical connection socket has a connection slot, a tongue is disposed in the connection slot in a biased manner, two opposite sides of the tongue are formed with a large space and a small space, one set of contacts are disposed on one side of the tongue facing the large space, a connection portion of the standard electrical connection plug has a fitting slot and a contact interface substrate, the fitting slot is fit with the tongue, the contact interface substrate is fit with the large space, and the bidirectional electrical connection plug comprises: an insulating base; and a fitting portion, which is disposed on one end of the insulating base and can be inserted into the connection slot of the standard electrical connection socket; characterized in that the fitting portion has two contact interface substrates having the same height and facing each other and a fitting space, each of the two contact interface substrates has an insulating layer, and an interval between the two contact interface substrates is the fitting space, wherein at least one of the contact interface substrates has a contact interface electrically connected to the standard electrical connection socket, the contact interface is electrically connected to the other end of the insulating base, the fitting portion can be bidirectionally inserted into the connection slot of the standard electrical connection socket, heights of the two contact interface substrates can be fit into the small space, and the bidirectional electrical connection plug further has a positioning structure for positioning the insulating layers of the two contact interface substrates.
The invention further provides a bidirectional electrical connection plug, which can be inserted and connected to an electrical connection socket, wherein the electrical connection socket has a connection slot, a tongue is disposed at a middle height of the connection slot, symmetrical spaces are formed on two connection surfaces of the tongue, and the bidirectional electrical connection plug comprises: an insulating base; and a fitting portion, which is disposed on one end of the insulating base and can be inserted into the connection slot of the electrical connection socket; characterized in that the fitting portion has two contact interface substrates having the same height and facing each other and a fitting space, each of the two contact interface substrates has an insulating layer, and an interval between two contact interface substrates is the fitting space, wherein at least one of the contact interface substrates has a contact interface to be electrically connected to the electrical connection socket, the contact interface is electrically connected to the other end of the insulating base, the fitting portion can be bidirectionally inserted into the connection slot of the electrical connection socket, heights of the two contact interface substrates can be fit with the spaces on the two connection surfaces of the tongue, the fitting space is fit with the tongue, and the bidirectional electrical connection plug further has a positioning structure for positioning the insulating layers of the two contact interface substrates, the heights of the two contact interface substrates are smaller than heights of the contact interface substrates of the standard electrical connection plug according to claim 1 and larger than the small space of the connection slot of the standard electrical connection socket, wherein the standard electrical connection plug and the standard electrical connection socket have a minimum height specification specified by USB Association.
The invention further provides a bidirectional electrical connection plug, which can be inserted and connected to an electrical connection socket, wherein the electrical connection socket has a connection slot, a tongue is disposed at a middle height of the connection slot, symmetrical spaces are formed on two connection surfaces of the tongue, and the bidirectional electrical connection plug comprises: an insulating base; and a fitting portion, which is disposed on one end of the insulating base and can be inserted into the connection slot of the electrical connection socket; characterized in that the fitting portion has two contact interface substrates having the same height and facing each other and a fitting space, each of the two contact interface substrates has an insulating layer, and an interval between two contact interface substrates is the fitting space, wherein at least one of the contact interface substrates has a contact interface to be electrically connected to the electrical connection socket, the contact interface is electrically connected to the other end of the insulating base, the fitting portion can be bidirectionally inserted into the connection slot of the electrical connection socket, heights of the two contact interface substrates can be fit with the spaces on the two connection surfaces of the tongue, the fitting space is fit with the tongue, and the bidirectional electrical connection plug further has a positioning structure for positioning the insulating layers of the two contact interface substrates, wherein the heights of the two contact interface substrates are smaller than heights of the contact interface substrates of the standard electrical connection plug according to claim 1 and larger than the small space of the connection slot of the standard electrical connection socket, and are smaller than or equal to 2.0 mm.
The invention further provides a bidirectional electrical connection plug, which can be inserted and connected to an electrical connection socket, wherein the electrical connection socket has a connection slot, a tongue is disposed at a middle height of the connection slot, symmetrical spaces are formed on two connection surfaces of the tongue, and the bidirectional electrical connection plug comprises: an insulating base; and a fitting portion, which is disposed on one end of the insulating base and can be inserted into the connection slot of the electrical connection socket; characterized in that the fitting portion has two contact interface substrates having the same height and facing each other and a fitting space, each of the two contact interface substrates has an insulating layer, and an interval between two contact interface substrates is the fitting space, wherein the fitting portion can be bidirectionally inserted into the connection slot of the electrical connection socket, heights of the two contact interface substrates can be fit with the spaces on the two connection surfaces of the tongue, the fitting space is fit with the tongue, wherein the bidirectional electrical connection plug has a positioning structure for positioning the insulating layers of the two contact interface substrates, wherein only one of the contact interface substrates has a contact interface to be electrically connected to the electrical connection socket, and the contact interface is electrically connected to the other end of the insulating base.
The invention further provides a bidirectional electrical connection socket, to be inserted by and connected to a fitting portion of a bidirectional electrical connection plug, wherein the fitting portion has two contact interface substrates having the same height and facing each other and a fitting space, an interval of the two contact interface substrates is the fitting space, and the bidirectional electrical connection socket comprises: an insulating base, wherein one end of the insulating base is projectingly formed with a tongue, at least one of two connection surfaces of the tongue has a contact interface to be electrically connected to the bidirectional electrical connection plug, and the contact interface is electrically connected to the other end of the insulating base; and a connection slot, which is disposed on the one end of the insulating base and covers the tongue; characterized in that the tongue is disposed at a middle height of the connection slot, the symmetrical spaces are formed on two connection surfaces of the tongue, the fitting portion of the bidirectional electrical connection plug can be bidirectionally inserted into the connection slot, heights of the two contact interface substrates can be fit with the spaces on the two connection surfaces of the tongue, the fitting space is fit with the tongue, and heights of the spaces on the two connection surfaces are substantially the same as the small space of the standard electrical connection socket according to claim 1.
The invention further provides a bidirectional electrical connection socket, to be inserted by and connected to a fitting portion of a bidirectional electrical connection plug, wherein the fitting portion has two contact interface substrates having the same height and facing each other and a fitting space, an interval of the two contact interface substrates is the fitting space, and the bidirectional electrical connection socket comprises: an insulating base, wherein one end of the insulating base is projectingly formed with a tongue, at least one of two connection surfaces of the tongue has a contact interface to be electrically connected to the bidirectional electrical connection plug, and the contact interface is electrically connected to the other end of the insulating base; and a connection slot, which is disposed on the one end of the insulating base and covers the tongue; characterized in that the tongue is disposed at a middle height of the connection slot, symmetrical spaces are formed on two connection surfaces of the tongue, the fitting portion of the bidirectional electrical connection plug can be bidirectionally inserted into the connection slot, heights of the two contact interface substrates can be fit with the spaces on the two connection surfaces of the tongue, the fitting space is fit with the tongue, heights of the spaces on the two connection surfaces are smaller than the large space of the standard electrical connection socket according to claim 1 and greater than the small space, and the standard electrical connection socket has a minimum height specification specified by USB Association.
The invention further provides a bidirectional electrical connection socket, to be inserted by and connected to a fitting portion of a bidirectional electrical connection plug, wherein the fitting portion has two contact interface substrates having the same height and facing each other and a fitting space, an interval of the two contact interface substrates is the fitting space, and the bidirectional electrical connection socket comprises: an insulating base, wherein one end of the insulating base is projectingly formed with a tongue, at least one of two connection surfaces of the tongue has a contact interface to be electrically connected to the bidirectional electrical connection plug, and the contact interface is electrically connected to the other end of the insulating base; and a connection slot, which is disposed on the one end of the insulating base and covers the tongue; characterized in that the tongue is disposed at a middle height of the connection slot, symmetrical spaces are formed on two connection surfaces of the tongue, the fitting portion of the bidirectional electrical connection plug can be bidirectionally inserted into the connection slot, heights of the two contact interface substrates can be fit with the spaces on the two connection surfaces of the tongue, the fitting space is fit with the tongue, and heights of the spaces on the two connection surfaces are smaller than the large space of the standard electrical connection socket according to claim 1 and greater than the small space, and is smaller than 2.1 mm.
The invention further provides a bidirectional electrical connection socket, to be inserted by and connected to a fitting portion of a bidirectional electrical connection plug, wherein the fitting portion has two contact interface substrates having the same height and facing each other and a fitting space, an interval of the two contact interface substrates is the fitting space, and the bidirectional electrical connection socket comprises: an insulating base, wherein one end of the insulating base is projectingly formed with a tongue, at least one of two connection surfaces of the tongue has a contact interface to be electrically connected to the bidirectional electrical connection plug, and the contact interface is electrically connected to the other end of the insulating base; and a connection slot, which is disposed on the one end of the insulating base and covers the tongue; characterized in that the tongue is disposed at a middle height of the connection slot, symmetrical spaces are formed on two connection surfaces of the tongue, the fitting portion of the bidirectional electrical connection plug can be bidirectionally inserted into the connection slot, heights of the two contact interface substrates can be fit with the spaces on the two connection surfaces of the tongue, the fitting space is fit with the tongue, and only one of the two connection surfaces has the contact interface.
The invention further provides a combination of a bidirectional electrical connection socket and an electrical connection plug, comprising: an electrical connection socket, which has an insulating base and a connection slot, wherein one end of the insulating base is projectingly formed with a tongue, at least one of two connection surfaces of the tongue has a contact interface, the contact interface is electrically connected to the other end of the insulating base, the connection slot is formed on the one end of the insulating base, and the tongue is disposed in the connection slot; and an electrical connection plug, which has an insulating base and a fitting portion, wherein the fitting portion is disposed on the one end of the insulating base, the fitting portion of the electrical connection plug has two contact interface substrates facing each other and a fitting space, each of the two contact interface substrates has an insulating layer, and an interval between the two contact interface substrates is the fitting space, wherein at least one of the contact interface substrates has a contact interface to be electrically connected to the contact interface of the electrical connection socket; characterized in that the electrical connection plug further has a positioning structure for positioning the insulating layers of the two contact interface substrates, heights of the two contact interface substrates are the same and are smaller than the contact interface substrates of the standard electrical connection plug according to claim 1 and are smaller than or equal to 2 mm, the tongue is disposed at a middle height of the connection slot, symmetrical spaces are formed on the two connection surfaces of the tongue, and heights of the spaces on the two connection surfaces are smaller than the large space of the standard electrical connection socket according to claim 1 and are smaller than 2.1 mm, wherein at least one of the electrical connection socket and the electrical connection plug has the two contact interfaces, the fitting portion of the bidirectional electrical connection plug can be bidirectionally inserted into the connection slot, the heights of the two contact interface substrates can be fit with the spaces on the two connection surfaces of the tongue, and the fitting space is fit with the tongue.
The invention further provides a combination of a bidirectional electrical connection socket and an electrical connection plug, comprising: an electrical connection socket, which has an insulating base and a connection slot, wherein one end of the insulating base is projectingly formed with a tongue, at least one of two connection surfaces of the tongue has a contact interface, the contact interface is electrically connected to the other end of the insulating base, the connection slot is formed on the one end of the insulating base, and the tongue is disposed in the connection slot; and an electrical connection plug, which has an insulating base and a fitting portion, wherein the fitting portion is formed on the one end of the insulating base, the fitting portion of the electrical connection plug has two contact interface substrates facing each other and a fitting space, each of the two contact interface substrates has an insulating layer, and an interval between the two contact interface substrates is the fitting space, wherein at least one of the contact interface substrates has a contact interface to be electrically connected to the contact interface of the electrical connection socket; characterized in that heights of the two contact interface substrates are the same, the tongue is disposed at a middle height of the connection slot, symmetrical spaces are formed on the two connection surfaces of the tongue, the fitting portion of the bidirectional electrical connection plug can be bidirectionally inserted into the connection slot, the heights of the two contact interface substrates can be fit with the spaces on the two connection surfaces of the tongue, the fitting space is fit with the tongue, one of the bidirectional electrical connection socket and the bidirectional electrical connection plug has two contact interfaces, and the other of the bidirectional electrical connection socket and the bidirectional electrical connection plug has only one contact interface.
With the above-mentioned structure, the invention has the following advantages.
1. The bidirectional electrical connection plug of the invention can be bidirectionally inserted and electrically connected to the standard electrical connection socket specified by USB Association to achieve the convenient use.
2. The bidirectional electrical connection plug of the invention can be bidirectionally inserted into and electrically connected to an electrical connection socket to achieve the convenient use, and has the low-height fitting portion to achieve the slim and light advantages.
3. The bidirectional electrical connection socket of the invention can be bidirectionally inserted by and electrically connected to a bidirectional electrical connection plug to achieve the convenient use, and the connection slot has the low height to achieve the slim and light advantages.
4. The invention provides a combination of a bidirectional electrical connection socket and an electrical connection plug, in which the bidirectional electrical connection plug can be bidirectionally inserted into the bidirectional electrical connection socket to form the same electrical connection effect to achieve the convenient use.
5. The invention provides a combination of a bidirectional electrical connection socket and an electrical connection plug, in which the bidirectional electrical connection plug can be bidirectionally inserted into the bidirectional electrical connection socket to form the same electrical connection effect and to achieve the doubled speed of transmission effects.
6. In the bidirectional electrical connection plug of the invention, the insulating base thereof comprises a base and a fitting member, terminals of the two contact interfaces and the base are embedded and injection molded together, extensions of terminals of the two contact interfaces are vertically elastically movable and project beyond a front side of the base, and the fitting member is fit with the front side of the base and covers extensions of terminals of the two contact interfaces to achieve the convenience in manufacturing.
7. In the electrical connection socket of the invention, the insulating base thereof has a first base and a second base stacked vertically, and the first and second bases and at least one row of terminals are embedded and injection molded together, respectively, to achieve the convenience in manufacturing.
8. In the bidirectional electrical connection plug of the invention, the insulating base thereof has an upper base and a lower base stacked vertically, and the first and second bases and at least one row of terminals are embedded and injection molded together, respectively, to achieve the convenience in manufacturing.
The above-mentioned and other objects, advantages and features of the invention will become more fully understood from the detailed description of the preferred embodiments given hereinbelow and the accompanying drawings.
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The insulating base 30 is plastically injection molded and has a front segment formed with a fitting space 77. The insulating base 30 forms top, bottom, left and right sides of the fitting space 77. The cross-section of the front segment of the insulating base 30 is a hollow rectangular frame structure. The insertion port of the fitting space 77 faces frontwards. The insulating base 30 has two rows of first terminal slots 31, wherein a middle of the first terminal slot 31 has a concave portion 32.
The metal housing 60 covers the insulating base 30. The front-view shape of the metal housing 60 is rectangular, top-bottom symmetrical and left-right symmetrical. As shown in
The fitting portion 75 is disposed at the front end of the insulating base 30. The fitting portion 75 has two opposite contact interface substrates 76 and a fitting space 77. The two contact interface substrates 76 each having an insulating layer 761 are separated by the fitting space 77. The insulating layers 761 of the inside layers of the two contact interface substrates 76 are integrally formed jointly with the insulating base 30, and the outside layers of the contact interface substrates 76 pertain to the metal housing 60. The fitting space 77 is the same as the fitting space 77 of the insulating base 30. The insulating layers 761 of the inside layers of the two contact interface substrates 76 are the top and bottom sides of the fitting space 77. Each of the two contact interface substrates 76 has a USB 2.0 contact interface 1a to be electrically connected to an A-type standard USB 2.0 electrical connection socket. The two USB 2.0 contact interfaces 1a are formed by the two rows of first terminals 40. The two USB 2.0 contact interfaces 1a are electrically connected to the rear end of the insulating base 30, and the two USB 2.0 contact interfaces 1a have the same contact interface and the connection points with the circuit serial numbers arranged reversely. The fitting portion 75 has the rectangular external shape in a top-bottom symmetrical and left-right symmetrical manner. The fitting portion 75 can be bidirectionally inserted into the connection slot of the A-type standard USB 2.0 electrical connection socket. The two contact interface substrates 76 can be fit into the small space.
The positioning structure 34a is integrally formed jointly with front segments of two sidewalls 34 of the insulating base 30. The two sidewalls 34 are integrally connected to two sides of the insulating layers of the two contact interface substrates 76 to position the insulating layers 761 of the two contact interface substrates 76. The insulating layers 761 of the two contact interface substrates 76 are the top and bottom sides of the fitting space 77. The two sidewalls 34 are the left and right sides of the fitting space 77.
The two rows of first terminals 40 each having four first terminals are assembled and fixed to the two rows of first terminal slots 31 of the insulating base 30, the first terminal 40 sequentially has, from one end to the other end, a pin 41, a fixing portion 42 and an extension 43. The fixing portion 42 is fixed to the first terminal slot 31. The extension 43 is connected to the front end of the fixing portion 42, extends to the contact interface substrate 76 and has a contact 44. The contact 44 is not elastically movable and is flush with the inner surface of the contact interface substrate 76. The front end of the extension 43 has an engagement portion 45 engaged into the engagement hole formed at the front end of the concave portion 32. The pin 41, which is connected to the other end of the fixing portion 42 and projects beyond the rear end of the insulating base 30, has a distal segment formed with a wiring portion 411. The contacts 44 of the two rows of first terminals 40 respectively form the USB 2.0 contact interfaces 1a of the two contact interface substrates 76. The two USB 2.0 contact interfaces 1a are the same contact interface and have the connection points with the circuit serial numbers arranged reversely, as shown in
The rear plug 70 is tightly fit within the rear segment of the metal housing and at the rear end of the insulating base. The rear plug 70 is a three-piece combination so that the pins 41 of the two rows of first terminals 40 can pass through and closely fit with the rear plug 70. The rear plug 70 mainly plugs the voids communicating the two rows of first terminal slots 31 with the rear end of the insulating base 30.
This embodiment functions as a connector of a connection cable. An insulating housing 80 covering the rear segment of the metal housing 60 is formed by way of glue pouring. The provision of the rear plug 70 can prevent the glue liquid from flowing into the first terminal slot 31 in the glue pouring process. Regarding the wiring portions 411 of the pins of the two rows of first terminals 40, the connection points with the same circuit serial number is connected to the same wire 85.
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The two contact interface substrates 76 of the fitting portion 75 of this embodiment have the same height of about 0.65 mm, and the fitting space 77 is about 1.95 mm, so the height of the fitting portion 75 is about 3.25 mm, which is significantly lower than the height (4.5 mm) of the connection portion of the A-type standard USB 2.0 electrical connection plug 20, and higher than the large space 162 (2.65 mm) of the connection slot 16 of the A-type standard USB 2.0 electrical connection socket 10. Thus, the fitting portion 75 cannot be incorrectly inserted into the large space 162 when being used. Upon designing, however, the height of the contact interface substrate 76 may range between 0.5 mm and 0.85 mm, and the height of the fitting portion 75 may range between 3 mm and 4 mm.
According to the above-mentioned descriptions, the plug of this embodiment has the following advantages.
1. The fitting portion 75 can be bidirectionally inserted into the connection slot 16 of the A-type standard USB 2.0 electrical connection socket 10 for electrical connection, and can be used in a very convenient manner.
2. The height of the fitting portion 75 is about 3.25 mm significantly lower than the height (4.5 mm) of the connection portion of the A-type standard USB 2.0 electrical connection plug 20, and has the slim and light advantages.
3. The structure is simplified and can be easily manufactured.
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The insulating base 92 is plastically injection molded and has a front end with a middle projectingly formed with a horizontally extending tongue 921, wherein the bottom side of the tongue 921 has a USB 2.0 contact interface 2a. The USB 2.0 contact interface 2a is formed by the one row of first terminals 94. The contact interface is electrically connected to the rear end of the insulating base 30.
The metal housing 93 covers the insulating base 92 and the tongue 921 to form a connection slot 96 at the front end of the insulating base 92. The tongue 921 is disposed at a middle height of the connection slot 96. Symmetrical spaces are formed on the top and bottom sides of the tongue 921. The external shape of the connection slot 96 is rectangular, top-bottom symmetrical and left-right symmetrical.
The one row of first terminals 94 are assembled or embedded into the insulating base 92. Each terminal has a pin 941, a fixing portion 942 and an extension 943. The fixing portion 942 is fixed to the insulating base 92. The extension 943 connected to the front end of the fixing portion 942 extends to the tongue 921 and has a contact 944. The contact 944 projecting beyond the bottom side of the tongue 921 is vertically elastically movable. The pin 941 connected to the rear end of the fixing portion 942 projects beyond the insulating base. The contacts 944 of the one row of first terminals 94 form the USB 2.0 contact interface 2a.
The rear cover 97 covers the rear and bottom of the insulating base 92 to position the pins 941 of the one row of first terminals 94.
This embodiment is characterized in that the spaces of the connection slot 96 on the upper and lower connection surfaces of the tongue 921 have the same height of about 0.72 mm, which is smaller than the large space 162 of the A-type standard USB 2.0 electrical connection socket and is substantially equal to the small space. The height of the tongue 921 is still 1.84 mm. The height of the connection slot 96 is about 3.3 mm, which is significantly lower than the A-type standard USB 2.0 electrical connection socket 10. A fitting portion of an electrical connection plug can be bidirectionally inserted into the connection slot 96.
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Regarding the design of this embodiment, the spaces of the connection slot 96 on the upper and lower connection surfaces of the tongue 921 may have the same height or different heights, wherein the height may range between 0.55 mm and 2.1 mm. The height of the connection slot 96 may be designed to range between 3 mm and 6 mm. Thus, the height of the contact interface substrate matching with the inserted bidirectional USB 2.0 electrical connection plug ranges between 0.5 mm and 2.0 mm, and the height of the fitting portion ranges between 3 mm and 6 mm.
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In addition, each of the upper and lower bases 301 and 302 may be formed with one row of terminal slots, into which one row of first terminals are assembled.
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The two contact interface substrates 76 have separating structures corresponding to the rear row of contacts, so that the rear row of contacts 54 cannot touch the metal housing 60 when being vertically elastically moved. The separating structures are the elastic movement space 762 and the bottom surface 763.
The front row of contacts 44 is connected to a fixing portion (also referred to as a second fixing portion) 42 extending to and being positioned at the contact interface substrate 76. The fixing portions 52 of the second terminals 50 of the rear row of contacts 54 extend to and are positioned at the insulating base 30.
The rear row of contacts 54 of the two contact interface substrates are closer to the middle height of the fitting space 77 than the front row of contacts 44, so that the two rows of contacts 44 and 54 are in the front-low and rear-high manner.
According to the USB 3.0 contact interface specified by USB Association, the front row of contacts 44 have the connection point with the circuit serial number 1 being the ground contact, the connection point with the circuit serial number 4 being the power contact, and the connection points with the circuit serial numbers 3 and 2 being one pair of signal contacts represented by D+ and D−, respectively; and the rear row of contacts 54 have the connection point with the circuit serial number 7 being the ground contact, and the connection points with the circuit serial numbers 6 and 5, and 9 and 8 being two pairs of signal contacts represented by RX+ and RX−, and TX+ and TX−, respectively.
The front row of contacts 44 are connected to a fixing portion 42 extending to and being positioned at the contact interface substrate 76. The fixing portions 52 of the second terminals 50 of the rear row of contacts 54 extend to and are positioned at the insulating base 30.
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Regarding the wiring portions 411 of the pins of the two rows of first terminals 40 of this embodiment, the connection points with the same circuit serial number are connected to the same wire 85. Regarding the wiring portions 511 of the pins of the two rows of second terminals 50, the connection points with the same circuit serial number are connected to the same wire 85. So, the connection cable 86 has one set of nine wires 85 thereinside.
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The heights of the two contact interface substrates 76 of the fitting portion 75 of the bidirectional duplex USB 3.0 electrical connection plug 103 can be fit into the spaces on the upper and lower connection surfaces of the tongue 921 of the connection slot 96. So, the fitting portion 75 can be bidirectionally inserted into the connection slot 96 of the bidirectional simplex USB 3.0 electrical connection socket 902, and one of the USB 3.0 contact interfaces 1b (contacts 44 and 54) of the two contact interface substrates 76 is electrically connected to the USB 3.0 contact interface 2b (contacts 944 and 954) of the bottom side of the tongue 921 of the bidirectional simplex USB.0 electrical connection socket 902. In addition, the fitting portion 75 of the bidirectional duplex USB 3.0 electrical connection plug 103 and the connection slot 96 of the bidirectional simplex USB 3.0 electrical connection socket 902 can achieve the better fitting. So, this is different from
The USB 3.0 contact interface 2b of the bidirectional simplex USB 3.0 electrical connection socket 902 is electrically connected to the USB 3.0 contact interface 1b of the bidirectional duplex USB 3.0 electrical connection plug 103 shown in
The contact interface of at least one connection surface of the two connection surfaces of the tongue 921 has the five elastically non-movable contacts 954 in flat surface contact with the tongue. Only two pairs of elastically non-movable USB 3.0 signal contacts 954 in flat surface contact with the tongue of only one connection surface of the two connection surfaces are electrically connected to only two pairs of USB 3.0 signal contacts 54 of one side of the bidirectional electrical connection plug. The only two pairs of USB 3.0 signal contacts are shown in
The contact interface of at least one connection surface of the two connection surfaces of the tongue 921 has at least nine contacts having connection points with the circuit serial numbers arranged in order. Only three pairs of USB 3.0 signal contacts of only one connection surface of the two connection surfaces are electrically connected to only three pairs of USB 3.0 signal contacts of one side of the bidirectional electrical connection plug. The only three pairs of USB 3.0 signal contacts as shown in
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Only one of the two contact interface substrates 76 of the fitting portion 75 of the bidirectional simplex USB 3.0 electrical connection plug 107 has the USB 3.0 contact interface, and similarly has only three pairs of signal contacts D+, D−; RX+, RX−; and TX+, TX−, as shown in
The USB 3.0 contact interface of the two connection surfaces of the tongue 921 of the bidirectional duplex USB 3.0 electrical connection socket 903 is correspondingly electrically connected to the USB 3.0 contact interface of the bidirectional simplex USB 3.0 electrical connection plug 107. So, the USB 3.0 contact interface of the two connection surfaces of the tongue 921 similarly has three pairs of signal contacts represented as D+, D−; RX+, RX−; and TX+, TX−, respectively. Each of the front and rear rows of contacts 944, 954 has a ground contact. So, the two connection surfaces of the tongue 921 form high and low contacts and high and low ground contacts.
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The socket of this embodiment may be designed such that the spaces of the connection slot 96 on the upper and lower connection surfaces of the tongue 921 may have the same height or different heights, wherein the height may range between 0.55 mm and 1.5 mm, and the height of the connection slot 96 may be designed to range between 3 mm and 4.9 mm. Thus, the height of the contact interface substrate matching with the inserted bidirectional USB 2.0 electrical connection plug ranges between 0.5 mm and 1.45 mm, and the height of the fitting portion ranges between 3 mm and 4.85 mm.
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The two contact interface substrates 76 have a separating structure corresponding to the rear row of contacts, so that the rear row of contacts 54 cannot touch the metal housing 60 when being vertically elastically moved. The separating structure is the elastic movement space 762. The front row of contacts 44 is connected to a fixing portion 42 extending to and being positioned at the contact interface substrate 76. The fixing portions 52 of the terminals 50 of the rear row of contacts 54 extend to and are positioned at the insulating base 30.
Each of the pins 41, 51 of the terminals 40, 50 of the two contact interfaces forms one row of horizontal pins to constitute two rows of horizontal pins arranged vertically.
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The tongue of the standard MICRO USB (2.0 or 3.0) electrical connection socket specified by USB Association has the height of 0.6 mm, wherein the small space has the height of 0.28 mm, the large space has the height of 0.97 mm, the connection slot has the total height of 1.85 mm, and the contact 141 depressed into the bottom side of the tongue 121 has the height of 0.12 mm. The MICRO USB 2.0 has five elastically non-movable contacts disposed on one tongue. The MICRO USB 3.0 has five elastically non-movable contacts disposed on each of two tongues.
The connection portion of the standard MICRO USB (2.0 or 3.0) electrical connection plug specified by USB Association has the height of 1.8 mm, wherein the fitting slot has the height of 0.65 mm, the metal housing has the thickness of 0.25 mm, and the contact interface substrate has the height of 0.9 mm. Referring to
The insulating base 30 is plastically injection molded and formed by combining the upper base 301 and the lower base 302 together. The front segment of the insulating base 30 has a fitting space 77. The insulating base 30 forms the top, bottom, left and right sides of the fitting space 77, wherein the insertion port 77a of the fitting space 77 faces frontwards.
The metal housing 60 covers the insulating base 30, wherein the front-view shape of the metal housing 60 is rectangular, top-bottom symmetrical and left-right symmetrical.
The fitting portion 75 disposed at the front end of the insulating base 30 has two opposite contact interface substrates 76 and a fitting space 77, the interval of the two contact interface substrates 76 is the fitting space 77, the inside layers of the two contact interface substrates 76 are integrally formed jointly with the insulating base 30, and the outside layers of the two contact interface substrates 76 pertain to the metal housing 60. The fitting space 77 is also the fitting space 77 of the insulating base 30. Each of the two contact interface substrates 76 has a MICRO USB contact interface 1c. The two MICRO USB contact interfaces 1c are formed by the two rows of first terminals 40. The two MICRO USB contact interfaces 1c are electrically connected to the insulating base 30. The two MICRO USB contact interfaces 1c have the same contact interface and the connection points with the circuit serial numbers arranged reversely. The external shape of the fitting portion 75 is rectangular, top-bottom symmetrical and left-right symmetrical. The fitting portion 75 can be bidirectionally inserted into the connection slot of the standard MICRO USB electrical connection socket 101, and the two contact interface substrates 76 can be fit into the small space.
The positioning structure 34a is integrally formed jointly with the front segments of two sidewalls 34 of the insulating base 30. The two sidewalls 34 are integrally connected to the two sides of the insulating layers of the two contact interface substrates 76 to position the insulating layers of the two contact interface substrates 76. The insulating layers of the inside layers of the two contact interface substrates 76 are the top and bottom sides of the fitting space 77. The two sidewalls 34 are the left and right sides of the fitting space 77.
Each row of the two rows of first terminals 40 have five terminals. The two rows of first terminals 40 are embedded, injected and fixed to the upper base 301 and the lower base 302, respectively. The first terminal 40 sequentially has, from one end to the other end, a pin 41, a fixing portion 42 and an extension 43. The fixing portion 42 is fixed to the first terminal slot 31. The extension 43 connected to the front end of the fixing portion 42 extends to the contact interface substrate 76. The plate surface of the front segment of the extension 43 is pressed to form the reverse extending sheet 45 projecting toward the fitting space 77. The reverse extending sheet 45 is vertically elastically movable and has the cut section of the distal end formed with a contact 44. The contact 44 projects beyond the inner surface of the contact interface substrate 76. The pin 41 connected to the other end of the fixing portion 42 projects beyond the rear end of the insulating base 30 and has a distal segment formed with the wiring portion 411. The contacts 44 of the two rows of first terminals 40 respectively form the MICRO US B contact interfaces 1c of the two contact interface substrates 76. The two MICRO USB contact interfaces 1c have the same contact interface and have the connection points with the circuit serial numbers arranged reversely, as shown in
The biased MICRO USB electrical connection socket 101, into which the plug of this embodiment is inserted and connected, has only one tongue, and thus pertains to the MICRO USB 2.0. So, similar to the USB 2.0 contact interface 1a, the MICRO USB contact interfaces 1c of the two contact interface substrates 76 also have one pair of USB 2.0 signal contacts D+, D−.
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This embodiment serves as a connector of a connection cable, wherein a housing 80 is formed by way of glue pouring or the housing 80 is formed by assembling and injection molding upper and lower housings together. The wiring portions 411 of the pins of the two rows of first terminals 40 are the connection points with the same circuit serial number connected to the same wire 85. Thus, the connection cable 86 has one set of nine wires 85.
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The two contact interface substrates 76 of the fitting portion 75 of this embodiment have the same height ranging between about 0.3 mm and 0.36 mm, wherein the fitting space 77 is about 0.65 mm, so the height of the fitting portion 75 ranges between about 1.2 mm and 1.35 mm, is significantly lower than the height (1.8 mm) of the connection portion of the standard MICRO USB electrical connection plug, and is higher than the height (0.97 mm) of the large space 162 of the connection slot 16 of the standard MICRO USB electrical connection socket 101. So, the fitting portion 75 cannot be incorrectly inserted into the large space 162 upon use. However, the height of the contact interface substrate 76 may be designed to range between 0.23 mm and 0.4 mm, and the height of the fitting portion 75 may be designed to range between 1.1 mm and 1.45 mm.
In order to facilitate the manufacturing, if the height of the contact interface substrate 76 is designed to be greater than the height (0.28 mm) of the small space 161, it still can be used because the tight insertion can be performed by the plastic resilience of the tongue 921.
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The insulating base 92 is plastically injection molded and has a middle of a front end projectingly formed with a horizontally extending tongue 921. The bottom side of the tongue 921 has a MICRO USB contact interface 2c. The MICRO USB contact interface 2c is formed by the one row of first terminals 94. The MICRO USB contact interface 2c is electrically connected to the rear end of the insulating base 30.
The metal housing 93 covers the insulating base 92 and the tongue 921 to form a connection slot 96 at the front end of the insulating base 92. The tongue 921 is disposed at a middle height of the connection slot 96. Symmetrical spaces are formed on the top and bottom sides of the tongue 921. The external shape of the connection slot 96 is rectangular, top-bottom symmetrical and left-right symmetrical.
The one row of first terminals 94 is assembled with the insulating base. Each terminal has a pin 941, a fixing portion 942 and an extension 943. The fixing portion 942 is fixed to the insulating base 92. The extension 943 connected to the front end of the fixing portion 942 extends to the tongue 921 and has a contact 944. The contact 944 slightly depressed into the bottom side of the tongue 921 is not vertically elastically movable. The pin 941 connected to the rear end of the fixing portion 942 projects beyond the insulating base 92. The contacts 944 of the one row of first terminals 94 form the MICRO USB contact interface 2c.
This embodiment is characterized in that the heights of the spaces of the connection slot 96 on the upper and lower connection surfaces of the tongue 921 are about 0.3 mm to 0.5 mm, and are smaller than the large space 162 of the standard MICRO USB electrical connection socket 101, while the height of the tongue 921 is kept unchanged. The height of the connection slot 96 is about 1.2 mm to 1.6 mm. A fitting portion of an electrical connection plug can be bidirectionally inserted into the connection slot 96.
This embodiment may be designed such that the spaces of the connection slot 96 on the upper and lower connection surfaces of the tongue 921 may have the same height or different heights, wherein the height may range between 0.23 mm and 0.8 mm, and the height of the connection slot 96 may be designed to range between 1.06 mm and 2.2 mm. Thus, the height of the contact interface substrate matching with the inserted and connected bidirectional MICRO USB electrical connection plug ranges between 0.23 mm and 0.7 mm, and the height of the fitting portion ranges between 1.1 mm and 2.05 mm.
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Five contacts 44 having the connection points with the circuit serial numbers arranged in order of only one of the two contact interface substrates 76 of the bidirectional simplex MICRO USB electrical connection plug 109 have only one pair of USB 2.0 signal contacts D+, D−.
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MICRO USB has the minimum height specification currently specified by USB Association. The fitting slot of the connection portion of the standard MICRO USB electrical connection plug specified by USB Association has the height of 0.65 mm, wherein the contact interface substrate has the height of 0.9 mm; and the small space of the standard MICRO USB electrical connection socket is 0.97 mm, and the tongue thickness is 0.6 mm.
In the design according to the technical characteristics of the invention, the heights of the two contact interface substrates are smaller than 0.9 mm and the fitting space is 0.65 mm. So, the total height of the fitting portion of the plug of the invention may be smaller than 0.9 mm×2+0.65 mm=2.45 mm. The total height of the connection slot of the socket of the invention may be smaller than 0.97 mm×2+0.6 mm=2.54 mm.
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The tongue of the standard MINI USB electrical connection socket specified by USB Association has the height of 1.6 mm, wherein the small space has the height of 0.45 mm, the large space 162 has the height of 1.05 mm, and the connection slot 16 has the height of 3.1 mm. The contact interface substrate 25 of the standard MINI USB electrical connection plug 201 specified by USB Association has the height of 0.9 mm, wherein the fitting slot 24 has the height of 1.8 mm, the metal housing 21 has the thickness of 0.3 mm, and the total height is 3 mm.
The invention may also be applied to a bidirectional duplex MINI USB electrical connection plug, which may be bidirectionally correspondingly connected to a standard MINI USB electrical connection socket, wherein each of the two contact interface substrates has a MINI USB contact interface, the MINI USB contact interface comprises elastically non-movable contacts of one row of five terminals, the heights of the two contact interface substrates of the fitting portion are the same and equal to about 0.4 mm, and the fitting space is about 1.8 mm so, the height of the fitting portion is about 2.6 mm, which is significantly lower than the height (3 mm) of the connection portion of the standard MINI USB electrical connection plug. However, the height of the contact interface substrate 76 may be designed to range between 0.35 mm and 0.5 mm, and the height of the fitting portion 75 may range between 2.5 mm and 2.8 mm.
In addition, in order to facilitate the manufacturing, the height of the contact interface substrate of the bidirectional duplex MINI USB electrical connection plug may range between 0.35 mm and 0.9 mm, the height of the fitting portion may range between 2.5 mm and 3.6 mm, and the connection slot of the matched MINI USB electrical connection socket forms symmetrical spaces on two opposite sides of the tongue. The height of the symmetrical space may range between 0.4 mm and 0.95 mm, and the connection slot has the height ranging between 2.45 mm and 3.65 mm.
At present, the standard electrical connection sockets with the biased tongues specified by USB Association comprise the above-mentioned A-type, MICRO and MINI. The design of the invention can be bidirectionally inserted into and connected to the three standard electrical connection sockets.
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The height of the contact interface substrate 76 of the bidirectional duplex low-height electrical connection plug 123 of this embodiment is about 0.55 mm, the fitting space 77 is about 0.7 mm, the total height is about 1.8 mm, and the height of the tongue 121 of the bidirectional simplex low-height electrical connection socket 113 is about 0.65 mm. The heights of the two symmetrical spaces on the top and bottom sides of the tongue 121 are about 0.6 mm, and the height of the connection slot 16 is about 1.85 mm.
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In addition, the contact interface of the low-height electrical connection plug may also be designed to have the vertically elastically movable contacts, and the contact interface of the low-height electrical connection socket is designed to have elastically non-movable contacts.
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In addition, the adapter cable of each of the ninth, tenth and fourteenth embodiments also has the connection point switching integrated device to perform the connection point integration and switching between different contact interfaces.
In addition, either the adapter cable or the adapter, the bidirectional electrical connectors on two ends thereof may be sockets or plugs, may have a single contact interface or a dual contact interface, wherein both the contact interfaces have some elastically non-movable contacts or all elastically non-movable contacts.
The above-mentioned various embodiments are almost applied to the insertion and connection plugs of the connection cable or the adapter cable. However, the invention still can be applied to many other electronic devices, such as the insertion and connection plugs of a mobile disk, a wireless transceiver, an electrical adapter connector, an IC controller, an electric home apparatus and the like.
In addition, because the bidirectional duplex plug or socket of the invention has two contact interfaces, it may also be used in conjunction with a Schottky diode to provide the circuit safety protection of anti-sort-circuit or anti-backflow. However, the circuit safety protection effect may also be achieved by many ways, such as the provision of the anti-backflow electrical element, the anti-short-circuit electrical element, the circuit safety protection element, or the safety circuit configuration means. Such anti-short-circuit, anti-backflow circuit protection or safety circuit configurations are provided in Chinese Patent Invention Application Serial Numbers 201120320657.8 and 201020547846.4, and detailed descriptions thereof will be omitted.
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The insulating base 30 has a base and a fitting member 320. The base has an upper base 301 and a lower base 302 vertically stacked together. The fitting member 320 is fit with the front end of the base. The fitting member 320 has two vertically opposite insulating layers 761 at the same height, and has two side plates 34 connected to the two insulating layers 761 to form an insulating fitting frame body, so that the front end of the fitting member 320 is an insertion port, and the rear end thereof is a fitting port. The opposite surfaces of the two insulating layers 761 are in the form of two connection surfaces 323 with opposite directions. A fitting space 77 is formed between the two connection surfaces 323. Each of the rear segments of the inner surfaces of two insulating layers 761 has one row of separated separation columns to form one row of slots 322. The two connection surfaces 323 have the front segments and the rear segments higher than the front segments, so that the height of the front segment of the fitting space 77 is higher than the height of the rear segment of the fitting space 77. Each of the front ends of the two insulating layers 761 has three openings 328, and each of the side plates thereof has an opening 329.
The two terminal sets are embedded, injected and fixed to the upper and lower bases of the insulating base 30, respectively. The two terminal sets are one row of 12 first terminals 40 and one row of 10 first terminals 40, respectively. Each first terminal 40 sequentially has, from one end to the other end, a pin 41, a fixing portion 42 and an extension 43. The fixing portion 42 is fixed to the base 31. The extension 43 connected to the front end of the fixing portion 42 extends to a position in front of the base 31, is covered by the fitting member 320, and is vertically elastically movable in the slot 322. The portion near the front end of the extension 43 is curved and projectingly formed with a contact 44. The contact 44 projects beyond the rear segment of the connection surface 323 to the fitting space 77. The pin 41 connected to the rear end of the fixing portion 42 projects beyond the rear end of the base. The contacts of the two rows of first terminals 40 having the same circuit serial number are arranged reversely, as shown in
The metal partition plate 630 is assembled between the upper and lower bases 301 and 302 of the insulating base 30 to separate the two terminal sets from each other. Each of the left and right sides of the metal partition plate 630 integrally extends backwards to form a pin 631, and integrally extends frontwards to form a resilient fastener 632. A portion near the front end of the resilient fastener has an engaging projection 633 disposed on the left and right sides of the fitting space 77. The height of the engaging projection 633 is greater than the material thickness of the metal partition plate 630 and the engaging projection 633 is substantially disposed at the middle height of the fitting space 77. When the two resilient fasteners 632 elastically move in the left-to-right direction, the openings 329 of the two sides of the docking portion 32 can provide spaces for the two resilient fasteners 632. The rear end of the resilient fastener 632 has the plate surface vertically connected to the metal partition plate 630, and the rear segment formed with a bent portion 635 so that the front segment and the rear end form a vertical step, and the middle height of the engaging projection 633 is substantially disposed at the thickness center of the metal partition plate 630.
The ground shielding member 640 has a four-side closed case and is in a form of a second metal case. The upper and lower plate sheets of the four-side closed case are the two grounding shielding sheets. Each of the front ends of the two grounding shielding sheets is bent inwardly and inversely to form three elastic sheets. Each of the three elastic sheets is bent projectingly to form a contact 643. The ground shielding member 640 fits with and rests against the outside of the insulating base 30. The contacts 643 of the two grounding shielding sheets 640 project beyond the front segments of the two connection surfaces 323, respectively. The contacts 44 of the two terminal sets are exposed from the rear segments of the two connection surfaces 323 and are closer to the middle height of the fitting space 77 than the contacts 643 of the two grounding shielding sheets 640.
The metal housing 60 covers the insulating base 30 and the ground shielding member 640. The front segment of the metal housing 60 is in the form of a four-side closed main case 61 covering and shielding the correspondingly connected portion 320 to form a fitting portion 75. The shape of the fitting portion 75 can be bidirectionally positioned at a correspondingly connected connector in a duplex manner. The fitting portion 75 comprises two contact interface substrates 76 and the fitting space 77. The outside layer of the contact interface substrate 76 is the metal housing, and the inside layer thereof is the insulating layer 761.
The circuit board 200 is a printed circuit board having front and rear ends of top and bottom sides each having one row of connection points 206 with independent circuit connections. The circuit board 200 engages with the rear end of the insulating base 30. The pins 41 of the two terminal sets are welded to one row of connection points 206 of the front ends of the top and bottom sides, respectively, and the two pins 631 of the metal partition plate 630 are welded to the two connection points 206 of the front end of the top side.
The bidirectional duplex USB TYPE-C electrical connection plug 2 also has the low-height connector design, as shown in
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The insulating base 12 is a plastic material, and has a base 122 and a tongue 121. The front end of the base 122 is projectingly formed with the tongue 121. The top and bottom sides of the tongue 121 are two connection surfaces having larger plate surfaces. The inner segment of the tongue 121 is thicker than the outer segment and is inverse T shaped, so that the inner segments 1208 of the two connection surfaces project much more than the outer segments 1207 of the two connection surfaces. The insulating base 12 has a first base 125, a second base 126 and an outer tongue seat 129. The first and second bases 125 and 126 are vertically stacked, and the outer tongue seat 129 is connected to the outer ends of the first and second bases 125 and 126.
Each of the two terminal sets includes one row of twelve first terminals 14. The two terminal sets are embedded and injection molded to the first and second bases 125 and 126, respectively. Each of the first terminals 14 has one end extending to form a contact 141 and the other end extending to form a pin 143 projecting beyond the rear end of the base 122. The contacts 141 of the two terminal sets have first sides exposed from the outer segments 1207 of the two connection surfaces of the tongue 121, respectively, and second sides embedded into the tongue and fixed in a flat surface contact manner. So, the contacts 141 of the two terminal sets are not elastically movable, the contacts 141 of the two terminal sets have the same contact interface and are aligned in the vertical direction, and the two contact interfaces have the connection points with the circuit serial numbers arranged reversely, as shown in
The metal housing 13 covers the insulating base 12, and rests against and engages with the base 122. The metal housing 13 has a four-side closed main case 131, and forms a connection slot 16 in conjunction with the front end of the base 122. The tongue 121 floats horizontally and is disposed at the middle height of the connection slot 16. Symmetrical spaces are formed on the two connection surfaces of the tongue 121. The shape of the connection slot 16 is top-bottom symmetrical and left-right symmetrical.
The second metal case 132 is tightly fit with the outside of the first housing 13.
The metal partition plate 17 is fixedly disposed between the first and second bases 125 and 126. Each of the two sides of the metal partition plate 17 has a depressed slot 175. Each of the two sides of the tongue 121 has a concave portion 1205 corresponding to the slot 175.
The ground shielding member 19 is formed by bending a metal plate sheet, and is integrally formed with two grounding shielding sheets. Each of the two grounding shielding sheets has a first plate sheet 191 and a second plate sheet 192 forming a step. The two first plate sheets 191 cover the inner segments 1208 of the two connection surfaces of the tongue 121, and the two second plate sheets 192 cover the top and bottom sides of the base 122 and are electrically connected to the metal housing 13.
The bidirectional duplex USB TYPE-C electrical connection socket 1 also has the low-height connector design, as shown in
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According to the above-mentioned descriptions, this embodiment has the following advantages:
1. The plug and the socket can be bidirectionally electrically connected together in a duplex manner to achieve the effects of the doubled transmission and the convenient insertion and connection, and also have the low-height design to achieve the slim and light effects.
2. The insulating bases of the plug and the socket are configured as the vertically stacked upper and lower bases, wherein the upper and lower bases are embedded, injected and fixed to a terminal set, respectively, so that the convenience in manufacturing can be achieved.
3. The height of the engaging projection 633 of the resilient fastener 632 of the plug is greater than the material thickness of the metal partition plate 630, and the resilient fastener 632 has a bent portion 635 to make the front segment and the rear end have a vertical step 635, so that the middle height of the engaging projection 633 is substantially disposed at the thickness center of the metal partition plate 630.
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Because the connection points with the circuit serial numbers 1 and 4 are the ground and power terminals, respectively, the structure may be designed to have the wider plate surface, as shown in
The two contact interface substrates 76 of the bidirectional duplex USB TYPE-C electrical connection plug 2 have the height “a” of about 0.8 mm, the height “b” of the fitting space 77 is about 0.8 mm, and the total height of the fitting portion 75 is about 2.4 mm.
Similar to the 17th embodiment, the bidirectional duplex USB TYPE-C electrical connection plug 2 has a circuit board and a rear shielding casing, wherein the circuit board electrically connects the connection points with the same circuit serial number of the two contact interfaces to the same circuit to form one set of circuits for output. Thus, it can work in conjunction with a bidirectional simplex electrical connection socket which can be bidirectionally correspondingly connected thereto.
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The bidirectional simplex USB TYPE-C electrical connection socket 3 is also the low-height connector design, the total height of the connection slot 16 is about 2.56 mm, the height c of each of the symmetrical spaces on the two connection surfaces of the tongue 121 is about 0.93 mm, and the height d of the front segment (contact interface) of the tongue is about 0.7 mm.
The male and female docking of this embodiment is the bidirectionally insertion connection, but is only the simplex electrical connection. So, in the combination of the plug and the socket, one has two contact interfaces, and the other has only one single contact interface.
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The socket of this embodiment has two contact interfaces, so the socket is electrically connected to a circuit board. The circuit board may have cascaded circuits to electrically connect the connection points of the two contact interfaces of the socket with the same circuit serial number to the same circuit to form one set of circuits. Thus, it can work in conjunction with a bidirectional simplex electrical connection plug to perform the bidirectional corresponding connection.
While the present invention has been described by way of examples and in terms of preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the present invention is not limited thereto. To the contrary, it is intended to cover various modifications. Therefore, the scope of the appended claims should be accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications.
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