BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE
Technical Field
The technical field of this disclosure relates to an electrical connector, and more particularly to an electrical connection module applicable for a server, and a power supply integration structure of a connection interface of the electrical connection module.
Description of Related Art
In the related-art electrical connectors used for connecting hard disks and server/host systems, apart from providing circuit design such as hot swap, it is necessary to maintain the power supply continuously and prevent possible power disconnection, in order to ensure the normal operation of the server. Therefore, the related-art servers generally supply the required electric power to the connected data access devices (such as hard disks) to ensure the normal operation.
In general, a server is often connected with multiple data access devices or reserves some installation space for expansion and upgrade. Thus, each corresponding electrical connector requires a power cable for connecting to the power supply in order to continuously maintain the power supply and prevent power disconnection. However, such design lacks the consideration and advantage of integration and is inconvenient to manage or maintain.
In view of the aforementioned drawbacks, the discloser of this disclosure based on years of experience in the related industry to conduct extensive research and experiment, and finally provided a feasible solution to overcome the drawbacks of the related art.
SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE
It is an objective of this disclosure to provide an electrical connection module and a power supply integration structure of a connection interface of the electrical connection module for integration of power or power supply.
To achieve the objective, this disclosure provides an electrical connection module including; a connection body and a terminal structure. The connection body has a jack communicating with the inside of the connection body for installing the terminal structure in the inside the connection body to communicate with the jack. The terminal structure includes a plurality of terminals arranged in two rows, and each row of terminals of the terminal structure has one or more power terminals. The power terminal in one row is defined as a positive pin, and the power terminal in the other row is defined as a negative pin. An end of each row of the power terminal is electrically coupled to a conductive part.
To achieve the objective, this disclosure also provides a power supply integration structure of a connection interface, including: at least one electrical connection module, and a power guide base. The electrical connection module includes a connection body and a terminal structure. The connection body has a jack communicating with the inside of the connection body. The terminal structure is installed in the connection body and communicates with the jack. The power guide base has a first conductive frame and a second conductive frame for the electrical connection module to straddle thereon. The terminal structure includes a plurality of terminals arranged in two rows. The terminals in each row of the terminal structure have one or more power terminals. The power terminal in one row is defined as a positive pin, and the power terminal in the other row is defined as a negative pin. An end of the power terminal in each row is electrically coupled to a conductive part respectively, and each conductive part is in contact with the first conductive frame and the second conductive frame of the power guide base respectively for the power integration.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of this disclosure;
FIG. 2 is a partial exploded view of this disclosure;
FIG. 3 is an exploded view showing an electrical connection module and an interface and an interface stand of this disclosure;
FIG. 4 is an exploded view of an electrical connection module of this disclosure;
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a combined state of this disclosure; and
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of this disclosure connected to a data access device.
DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS
The technical contents of this disclosure will become apparent with the detailed description of embodiments accompanied with the illustration of related drawings as follows. It is intended that the embodiments and drawings disclosed herein are to be considered illustrative rather than restrictive.
With reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 for a perspective view and a partial exploded view of this disclosure respectively, this disclosure discloses an electrical connection module and a power supply integration structure of a connection interface of the electrical connection module. The power supply integration structure 1 of the connection interface is applicable for the inside of a server and may be mounted on a stand 2 between a host system and a data access system (not shown in the figure) in the inside of the server. The power supply integration structure 1 of the connection interface includes at least one electrical connection module 10, and a power guide base 11 provided for connecting the electrical connection module 10 to a power supply. Here uses, but not limited to, two electrical connection modules 10 as an example.
The electrical connection module 10 is fixed on the stand 2. The stand 2 may have a plurality of mounting holes 20 arranged transversally and spacedly. Each electrical connection module 10 passes through each mounting hole 20 in an erect state and is fixed on the stand 2. In an embodiment of this disclosure as shown in FIG. 3, the stand 2 has at least one flange 21 disposed on a side or the periphery of each mounting hole 20, and a locking element 22 such as a screw passes through the flange 21 to fix the electrical connection module 10 on the mounting hole 20. It is noteworthy that any other equivalent fixing structure may be used to achieve the same effect.
In FIG. 4, the electrical connection module 10 includes a connection body 100, and a terminal structure 101 installed in the inside of the connection body 100. The connection body 100 has a jack 100a communicating with the inside of the connection body 100 for installing the terminal structure 101 in the inside of the connection body 100 to communicate with the jack 100a. In FIG. 6, when each electrical connection module 10 is fixed on the stand 2, the data access device 3 on the rear of the stand 2 may pass through the jack 100a to couple with the electrical connection module 10 to electrically connect with the terminal structure 101 in the inside of the electrical connection module 10 for data or signal transmissions. The electrical connection module 10 may further include a transmission line group 103 electrically coupled to the ends of the terminal structure 101 to extend and connect with a host system (not shown in the figure) in a server.
In FIG. 4, the terminal structure 101 includes a plurality of terminals 101a, 101b arranged in two rows (in form of double rows), and each row has a plurality of terminals 101a provided for signal transmissions and one or more power terminals 101b. The power terminals 101b in one row are defined as the positive pins (or power pins), and the power terminals 101b in the other row are defined as the negative pins (or ground pins). The ends of the power terminals 101b in each row are electrically coupled to a conductive part 102 respectively. The conductive parts 102 are spaced from each other and extended from the connection body 100. The conductive parts 102 may be electrically coupled to each power terminal 101b directly, or indirectly coupled between each battery terminal 101b and the conductive part 102 through a printed circuit board (PCB). In the embodiment of this disclosure, the quantity of power terminals 101b in each row is six. The conductive part 102 is a plate downward extended. The conductive part 102 of each row and the power terminal 101b thereof may be integrally formed by a metal stamping process. A side of each conductive part 102 downward extended is bent to form an elastic abutting portion 102a. In addition, an end of the terminal structure 101 may be welded with the transmission line group 103 through a wire bonding board 100b. The wire bonding board 100b is installed on a rear end of the connection body 100 to isolate the two conductive parts 102. In other embodiments, the wire bonding board 100b may be configured by a printed circuit board (PCB). Two conductive parts 102 may be isolated by the printed circuit board, or two conductive parts 102 may be isolated by a structure integrally formed and protruding from the rear end of the connection body 100. Thus, the wire bonding board 100b may be formed by a plastic part independently as shown in the figure. In other embodiments, the wire boarding board 100b may be configured by a printed circuit board, or configured by a printed circuit board and a plastic part. The plastic part may be an independent component or integrally formed with the connection body 100 by plastic injection molding.
In FIGS. 1 and 2, the power guide base 11 is provided for electrically connecting the two conductive parts 102 of the electrical connection module 10. The power guide base 11 has a first conductive frame 110 and a second conductive frame 111 spaced from each other and installed along the transverse direction of the stand 2. Specifically, in FIG. 2, the first conductive frame 110 has a first engaging slot 110a concavely formed thereon corresponding to each electrical connection module 10. The first engaging slot 110a has a first conductive portion 110b corresponding to one of the conductive parts 102. The second conductive frame 111 also has a second engaging slot 111a concavely formed thereon corresponding to each electrical connection module 10. The second engaging slot 111a is spaced from and disposed opposite to the first engaging slot 110a. The second engaging slot 111a has a second conductive portion 111b corresponding to the other conductive part 102. The power guide base 11 straddles the first and second conductive frames 110, 111 through the electrical connection module 10 to electrically couple the two conductive parts 102 of the electrical connection module 10 to the first and second conductive frames 110, 111 respectively, so as to provide a power integration for the plurality of electrical connection modules 10 fixed on the stand 2 through the power guide base 11 as shown in FIG. 5.
Further, the connection body 100 may have a stopper 100c disposed spacedly on the outer sides of the two conductive parts 102 respectively. In FIG. 5, the stopper 100c is spaced apart from the corresponding conductive part 102, and the interval is substantially less than the thickness of the first or second conductive portion 110b, 111b to achieve the close contact effect. In FIG. 3, the connection body 100 may further have an embedding part 100d disposed on the bottom edge of the corresponding mounting hole 20 and an embedding slot 200 is formed on the bottom edge of the mounting hole 20, and the embedding part 100d may have a groove matching the thickness of the stand 2 for the embedding part 100d to embed in the embedding slot 200, so that the lower end of the connection body 100 may be assembled and fixed to the bottom edge of the mounting hole 20 securely, and the electrical connection module 10 may straddle the first and second conductive frames 110, 111 of the power guide base 11 securely.
The aforementioned structure and assembly constitute the electrical connection module and the power supply integration structure of the connection interface of the electrical connection module.
While this disclosure has been described by means of specific embodiments, numerous modifications and variations could be made thereto by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of this disclosure set forth in the claims.
Patent Grant
11489301
