The present application is based on, and claims priority from, China Patent Application No. 202321738962.8, filed Jul. 4, 2023, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
The present invention generally relates to a press fit terminal, and more particularly to a press fit terminal which is capable of increasing a contact area and reducing an insertion force.
A common press fit terminal is generally a type of stamping terminals. When two elastic portions of the common press fit terminal are squeezed, the two elastic portions of the common press fit terminal are elastically contracted. The press fit terminal is successfully inserted into a through hole of a circuit board so as to realize that the press fit terminal is electrically connected with the circuit board. The common press fit terminal has following characteristics. The common press fit terminal is conveniently assembled with the circuit board. The common press fit terminal is needless of a soldering requirement. The common press fit terminal has a detachable and changeable performance. The common press fit terminal is able to be matched with a smaller conductive insertion hole of the circuit board. Thus the common press fit terminal is widely used.
A conventional press fit terminal includes an elastic portion, an insertion end and a wiring end extended from two opposite ends of the elastic portion, respectively. The elastic portion has two contact arms which are shown as arc shapes. An outer surface of each contact arm has a contact portion. An outside structure of the contact portion has a middle portion, and two outer arc surfaces located at two sides of the middle portion. The middle portion is disposed between the two outer arc surfaces. The two outer arc surfaces are attached to an inner arc surface of a soldering hole of a circuit board.
However, the two outer arc surfaces are attached to the inner arc surface of the soldering hole of the circuit board of the conventional press fit terminal. A connection between the middle portion and the soldering hole causes a point contact, so a contact area of the conventional press fit terminal is sufficient, a connecting stability between the press fit terminal and the circuit board is affected.
Thus, it is essential to provide an innovative press fit terminal which is capable of increasing a contact area and reducing an insertion force.
An object of the present invention is to provide a press fit terminal inserted into a through hole of a circuit board. The press fit terminal includes an assembling portion, an insertion portion and a fastening portion. The assembling portion is corresponding to the through hole of the circuit board. The assembling portion has two side walls and a connecting portion. The two side walls are disposed to two opposite sides of the assembling portion, respectively. The connecting portion is disposed in a middle of the assembling portion. The connecting portion is connected between the two side walls. Each side wall has an outer surface and an inner surface. The two outer surfaces of the two side walls are shown as two arc shapes. The two inner surfaces of the two side walls are shown as two curve surfaces. The two outer surfaces of the two side walls are tightly attached to an interior surface of an inner wall of the through hole. The inner surface of each side wall has two first curve surfaces and two second curve surfaces. An upper portion of an upper end and a lower portion of a lower end of the inner surface of each side wall are curved outward to form two first curve surfaces, respectively. Two inner ends of the two first curve surfaces are gradually curved inward and towards each other to form two second curve surfaces. The connecting portion has two bending portions. The two second curve surfaces of each side wall are connected with an outer end of one bending portion of the connecting portion. The insertion portion is connected with two ends of the two side walls of the assembling portion. The fastening portion is connected with the other two ends of the two side walls of the assembling portion.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a press fit terminal inserted into a through hole of a circuit board. The press fit terminal includes an assembling portion, an insertion portion and a fastening portion. The assembling portion is corresponding to the through hole. The assembling portion has two side walls and a connecting portion. The two side walls are disposed to two opposite sides of the assembling portion, respectively. Each side wall has an outer surface and an inner surface. The two outer surfaces of the two side walls are shown as two arc shapes. The two inner surfaces of the two side walls are shown as two curve surfaces. The connecting portion is disposed in a middle of the assembling portion. The connecting portion is connected between the two side walls. The connecting portion has two bending portions. A junction between two inner sides of the two bending portions is recessed downward to form an indentation. A thickness of the junction between the two inner sides of the two bending portions is smaller than thicknesses of two outer sides of the two bending portions by the indentation. The insertion portion is connected with two ends of the two side walls of the assembling portion. The fastening portion is connected with the other two ends of the two side walls of the assembling portion.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a press fit terminal inserted into a through hole of a circuit board. The press fit terminal includes an assembling portion, an insertion portion and a fastening portion. The assembling portion is corresponding to the through hole. The assembling portion has two side walls and a connecting portion. The two side walls are disposed to two opposite sides of the assembling portion, respectively. Each side wall has an outer surface and an inner surface. The two outer surfaces of the two side walls are shown as two arc shapes. The two inner surfaces of the two side walls are shown as two curve surfaces. The inner surface of each side wall has two first curve surfaces and two second curve surfaces. An upper portion of an upper end and a lower portion of a lower end of the inner surface of each side wall are curved outward to form two first curve surfaces, respectively. Two inner ends of the two first curve surfaces are gradually curved inward and towards each other to form two second curve surfaces. The connecting portion is disposed in a middle of the assembling portion. The connecting portion is connected between the two side walls. The connecting portion has two bending portions. A junction between two inner sides of the two bending portions is recessed downward to form an indentation. A thickness of the junction between the two inner sides of the two bending portions is smaller than thicknesses of two outer sides of the two bending portions by the indentation. The insertion portion is connected with two ends of the two side walls of the assembling portion. The fastening portion is connected with the other two ends of the two side walls of the assembling portion.
As described above, the two outer surfaces of the two side walls of the assembling portion are shown as the two arc shapes, and the two inner surfaces of the two side walls of the assembling portion are shown as the two curve surfaces, the two side walls are squeezed and deformed by a cooperation of a size of the through hole. A middle of an upper surface of the connecting portion is recessed downward to form the indentation, so that thicknesses of the two inner sides of the two bending portions are smaller than the thicknesses of the two outer sides of the two bending portions by the indentation, and the indentation reduces an insertion force of the press fit terminal when the press fit terminal is inserted into the through hole. Thus, the press fit terminal is capable of increasing a contact area and reducing the insertion force.
The present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art by reading the following description, with reference to the attached drawings, in which:
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A front end of the assembling portion 1 extends frontward to from the insertion portion 2. A rear end of the assembling portion 1 extends rearward to from the fastening portion 3. The assembling portion 1 is formed between the insertion portion 2 and the fastening portion 3. Two opposite sides of the fastening portion 3 transversely expand oppositely. The assembling portion 1 is corresponding to the through hole 200 of the circuit board (not shown).
The assembling portion 1 has a front surface 11, a rear surface 12, two side walls 13 and a connecting portion 14. The front surface 11 is disposed at a front end of the assembling portion 1. The rear surface 12 is disposed at a rear end of the assembling portion 1. The front surface 11 and the rear surface 12 are disposed oppositely. The front surface 11 and the rear surface 12 are disposed between the front end of the assembling portion 1 and the rear end of the assembling portion 1. The front end of the assembling portion 1 where the front surface 11 is disposed is connected with a rear end of the insertion portion 2. The rear end of the assembling portion 1 where the rear surface 12 is disposed is connected with a front end of the fastening portion 3. The two side walls 13 are disposed to two opposite sides of the assembling portion 1, respectively. The connecting portion 14 is disposed in a middle of the assembling portion 1. The connecting portion 14 is connected between the two side walls 13 of the assembling portion 1. The insertion portion 2 is connected with two ends of the two side walls 13 of the assembling portion 1. The fastening portion 3 is connected with the other two ends of the two side walls 13 of the assembling portion 1. Specifically, the insertion portion 2 is connected with two front ends of the two side walls 13 of the assembling portion 1. The fastening portion 3 is connected with two rear ends of the two side walls 13 of the assembling portion 1.
A middle of a top of the assembling portion 1 is recessed inward to form an upper assembling groove 101. A middle of a bottom of the assembling portion 1 is recessed inward to form a lower assembling groove 102. The connecting portion 14 is formed between the upper assembling groove 101 and the lower assembling groove 102. The upper assembling groove 101 is isolated from the lower assembling groove 102 by the connecting portion 14.
The front surface 11 includes an upper front surface 105 and a lower front surface 106. The rear surface 12 includes an upper rear surface 107 and a lower rear surface 108. The upper front surface 105 is connected with a front end of an upper surface of the connecting portion 14 and two fronts of two upper portions of the two side walls 13 of the assembling portion 1. The upper rear surface 107 is connected with a rear end of the upper surface of the connecting portion 14 and two rears of the two upper portions of the two side walls 13 of the assembling portion 1. The lower front surface 106 is connected with a front end of a lower surface of the connecting portion 14 and two fronts of two lower portions of the two side walls 13 of the assembling portion 1. The lower rear surface 108 is connected with a rear end of the lower surface of the connecting portion 14 and two rears of the two lower portions of the two side walls 13 of the assembling portion 1.
Each side wall 13 has an outer surface 131 and an inner surface 132. In the first preferred embodiment, two middles of the two side walls 13 of the assembling portion 1 are oppositely arched outward to form two middle sections 1311. The two outer surfaces 131 of the two side walls 13 of the assembling portion 1 are shown as two arc shapes. The two inner surfaces 132 of the two side walls 13 of the assembling portion 1 are shown as two curve surfaces. An upper portion of an upper end and a lower portion of a lower end of the inner surface 132 of each side wall 13 of the assembling portion 1 are curved outward, and then are gradually curved inward and towards each other to form one curve surface. The two outer surfaces 131 of the two side walls 13 of the assembling portion 1 are used for increasing a contact area of the through hole 200 of the circuit board (not shown) to improve a connection stability. The connecting portion 14 is connected between two innermost portions of the two inner surfaces 132 of the two side walls 13 of the assembling portion 1.
In the first preferred embodiment, the two innermost portions of the two inner surfaces 132 of the two side walls 13 of the assembling portion 1 are two middles of the two inner surfaces 132 of the two side walls 13 of the assembling portion 1. The connecting portion 14 is connected between the two middles of the two inner surfaces 132 of the two side walls 13 of the assembling portion 1. A width of an upper end of the assembling portion 1 which is disposed between two upper ends of the two outer surfaces 131 of the two side walls 13 is reduced, and a width of a lower end of the assembling portion 1 which is disposed between two lower ends of the two outer surfaces 131 of the two side walls 13 of the assembling portion 1 is reduced by the two inner surfaces 132 of the two side walls 13 of the assembling portion 1 which are the two curve surfaces. The two side walls 13 of the assembling portion 1 are squeezed and deformed by a cooperation of a size of the through hole 200. When the connecting portion 14 is inserted into the through hole 200, the connecting portion 14 is squeezed and deformed. In the first preferred embodiment, the connecting portion 14 has two bending portions 141. The two middles of the two inner surfaces 132 of the two side walls 13 of the assembling portion 1 are bent inward and downward to form the two bending portions 141. Two inner ends of the two bending portions 141 are connected with each other to form the connecting portion 14. Two lower portions of the two bending portions 141 of the connecting portion 14 are connected to form a convex portion 104. A lower surface of the convex portion 104 is shown as a camber shape. The convex portion 104 projects into the lower assembling groove 102. Two upper surfaces of the two bending portions 141 are spaced from each other to form an interval 103. The interval 103 is connected to a middle of a bottom of the upper assembling groove 101.
The inner surface 132 of each side wall 13 has two first curve surfaces 1321 and two second curve surfaces 1322. The upper portion of the upper end and the lower portion of the lower end of the inner surface 132 of each side wall 13 of the assembling portion 1 are curved outward to form two first curve surfaces 1321, respectively. Two inner ends of the two first curve surfaces 1321 are gradually curved inward and towards each other to form two second curve surfaces 1322. The two first curve surfaces 1321 are connected with the upper end and the lower end of each side wall 13, respectively. The width of the upper end of the assembling portion 1 which is disposed between the two upper ends of the two outer surfaces 131 of the two side walls 13 is reduced, and the width of the lower end of the assembling portion 1 which is disposed between the two lower ends of the two outer surfaces 131 of the two side walls 13 of the assembling portion 1 is reduced by the two first curve surfaces 1321 of the two inner surfaces 132 of the two side walls 13 of the assembling portion 1. The two second curve surfaces 1322 of each side wall 13 are connected with an outer end of one bending portion 141 of the connecting portion 14. In the first preferred embodiment, each first curve surface 1321 is a concave surface. Each second curve surface 1322 is a convex surface.
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As described above, the two outer surfaces 131 of the two side walls 13 of the assembling portion 1 are shown as the two arc shapes, and the two inner surfaces 132 of the two side walls 13 of the assembling portion 1 are shown as the two curve surfaces, the two side walls 13 are squeezed and deformed by the cooperation of the size of the through hole 200. The middle of the upper surface of the connecting portion 14 is recessed downward to form the indentation 16, so that the thicknesses of the two inner sides of the two bending portions 141 are smaller than the thicknesses of the two outer sides of the two bending portions 141 by the indentation 16, and the indentation 16 reduces the insertion force of the press fit terminal 300 when the press fit terminal 300 is inserted into the through hole 200. Thus, the press fit terminal 300 is capable of increasing the contact area and reducing the insertion force.
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202321738962.8 | Jul 2023 | CN | national |