The present application is based on, and claims priority from, Taiwan Patent Application No. 109208472, filed Jul. 3, 2020, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
The present invention generally relates to a SIM card connector, and more particularly to a SIM card connector including a terminal structure.
With the development of smart phones, demands for SIM (Subscriber Identity Model) card connectors are gradually increased. The SIM card connectors are upgraded on account of cell phones being upgraded. In order to increase more memory space and a battery capacity of the cell phone, and make a main board of the cell phone with more dense arrangements release a space of the cell phone, miniature SIM card connectors have been made to beneficial for manufacturing smaller and lighter cell phones, so that the SIM card connectors have become a target to be achieved by an enterprise.
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Therefore, it is especially necessary and important to provide an innovative SIM card connector which effectively prevents a phenomenon of a terminal structure of the innovative SIM card connector being stuck and is able to shorten sizes of base portions of the terminal structure assembled in terminal slots of the innovative SIM card connector.
An object of the present invention is to provide a SIM card connector. The SIM card connector includes an insulating body, a plurality of first terminals and a plurality of second terminals. The insulating body has a plurality of first slots arranged at a front end of the insulating body and connected to an external space, and a plurality of second slots arranged at a rear end of the insulating body and connected to the external space. The plurality of the first slots are arranged in a front row, and the plurality of the second slots are arranged in a rear row and located behind the plurality of the first slots. Each side wall of each first slot has a limiting slot. The limiting slots of two side walls of each first slot are recessed oppositely. The limiting slots of the two side walls of each first slot are symmetrical. The plurality of the first terminals are inserted into the plurality of the first slots from the front end of the insulating body. The plurality of the first terminals are arranged in a front row. Each first terminal has a first base portion arranged in one first slot, a first soldering portion connected with a lower end of the first base portion, and a first contacting portion connected with an upper end of the first base portion. The first contacting portion of each first terminal slantwise extends towards the rear end of the insulating body from the upper end of the first base portion of each first terminal and is exposed beyond a top surface of the insulating body. The first soldering portion of each first terminal is exposed to a bottom surface of the insulating body. The first base portion of each first terminal has a first resilient portion which is bent to be U-shaped, a fastening portion connected with the first soldering portion and one end of the first resilient portion, and a buffering portion connected with the other end of the first resilient portion. The buffering portion is adjacent to the first contacting portion. The buffering portion is arranged parallel to and above the fastening portion by the first resilient portion. Each side of the buffering portion extends outward to form a flank. The flanks of two sides of the buffering portion are aligned and symmetrical. The flanks of the two sides of the buffering portion are close to the first resilient portion and are cooperated to be assembled between spaces of the limiting slots of the two side walls of the one first slot to buffer a stress force of the first contacting portion of each first terminal. The plurality of the second terminals are inserted into the plurality of the second slots from the rear end of the insulating body and arranged in a rear row. The plurality of the second terminals are located behind the plurality of the first terminals. Each second terminal has a second contacting portion slantwise extended towards the rear end of the insulating body and exposed beyond the top surface of the insulating body. A tilted extension direction of the first contacting portion of each first terminal is the same as a tilted extension direction of the second contacting portion of each second terminal.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a SIM card connector. The SIM card connector includes an insulating body, a plurality of first terminals and a plurality of second terminals. The insulating body has a front surface, a rear surface opposite to the front surface, a top surface connected between tops of the front surface and the rear surface, and a bottom surface opposite to the top surface and connected to bottoms of the front surface and the rear surface. The plurality of the first terminals are positioned in the insulating body. Each first terminal has a first curved portion positioned in the insulating body, a first soldering portion connected with a lower end of the first curved portion and extended outside of the insulating body from a first junction position which is connected between the front surface and the bottom surface of the insulating body, a second curved portion connected with an upper end of the first curved portion, and a first contacting portion slantwise extended towards a rear end of the insulating body from an upper end of the second curved portion and exposed outside from a second junction position which is connected between the front surface and the top surface of the insulating body. The first contacting portion of each first terminal is exposed beyond the top surface of the insulating body. The plurality of the second terminals are positioned in the insulating body. The plurality of the second terminals are located behind the plurality of the first terminals. Each second terminal has a third curved portion positioned in the insulating body, a second contacting portion connected with an upper end of the third curved portion, and a second soldering portion connected with a lower end of the third curved portion and extended outside of the insulating body from a third junction position which is connected between the rear surface and the bottom surface of the insulating body. The second contacting portion of each second terminal is slantwise extended towards the rear end of the insulating body and is exposed beyond the top surface of the insulating body. When a pressure is exerted upon the plurality of the first terminals and the second terminals, a stress of the second curved portion of each first terminal is more than a stress of the third curved portion of each second terminal, the stress of the third curved portion of each second terminal is more than a stress of the first curved portion of each first terminal.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a SIM card connector. The SIM card connector includes an insulating body, a plurality of first terminals and a plurality of second terminals. The insulating body has a plurality of first slots arranged at a front end of the insulating body, and a plurality of second slots arranged at a rear end of the insulating body. The plurality of the second slots are located behind the plurality of the first slots. Middles of two inner surfaces of two side walls of each first slot are recessed oppositely to form two limiting slots. Lower portions of the two inner surfaces of the two side walls of each first slot are recessed oppositely to form two buckling slots. The plurality of the first terminals are inserted into the plurality of the first slots from the front end of the insulating body. The plurality of the first terminals are arranged in a front row. Each first terminal has a first base portion arranged in one first slot, a first soldering portion connected with a lower end of the first base portion, and a first contacting portion connected with an upper end of the first base portion. The first contacting portion of each first terminal slantwise extends towards the rear end of the insulating body from the upper end of the first base portion of each first terminal and is exposed beyond a top surface of the insulating body. The first soldering portion of each first terminal is exposed to a bottom surface of the insulating body. The first base portion of each first terminal has a first resilient portion which is bent to be U-shaped, a fastening portion connected with the first soldering portion and one end of the first resilient portion, a buffering portion connected with the other end of the first resilient portion, and a second resilient portion arranged between and connected between the first contacting portion and the buffering portion. The second resilient portion and the first resilient portion are bent in opposite directions. The buffering portion is adjacent to the first contacting portion. The buffering portion is arranged parallel to and above the fastening portion by the first resilient portion. Two opposite side surfaces of the buffering portion of each first terminal adjacent to two side walls of the one first slot protrude oppositely to form two flanks. The two flanks of each first terminal are assembled in the two limiting slots of one first slot. Top surfaces and bottom surfaces of the two flanks are without abutting against top walls and bottom walls of the two limiting slots to make each flank limited between a top wall and a bottom wall of one limiting slot to move upward and downward. The plurality of the second terminals are inserted into the plurality of the second slots from the rear end of the insulating body and arranged in a rear row. The plurality of the second terminals are located behind the plurality of the first terminals. Each second terminal has a second contacting portion slantwise extended towards the rear end of the insulating body and exposed beyond the top surface of the insulating body.
As described above, the two flanks of each first terminal are cooperated with and assembled in the two limiting slots of the one first slot, and the two interfering teeth of each first terminal are buckled in the two buckling slots of the one first slot, the two interfering teeth of each first terminal abut against the top walls and the bottom walls of the two buckling slots of the one first slot to make the plurality of the first terminals stably inserted into and assembled to the plurality of the first slots to form an interference cooperation between the plurality of the first terminals and the plurality of the first slots, so that the plurality of the first terminals are hardly loosened from the plurality of the first slots of the insulating body. As a result, the SIM card connector effectively prevents a phenomenon of a terminal structure of the SIM card connector which include the plurality of the first terminals and second terminals being stuck and the SIM card connector is able to shorten sizes of base portions of the terminal structure which include sizes of the first base portions of the plurality of the first terminals assembled in terminal slots which include the plurality of the first slots of the SIM card connector.
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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The insulating body 10 has a plurality of first slots 11 arranged at a front end of the insulating body 10 and connected to an external space, and a plurality of second slots 12 arranged at a rear end of the insulating body 10 and connected to the external space. The plurality of the first slots 11 and the plurality of the second slots 12 are oppositely disposed to the insulating body 10. The plurality of the first slots 11 are arranged in a front row, and the plurality of the second slots 12 are arranged in a rear row and located behind the plurality of the first slots 11. The insulating body 10 has a front surface 105, a rear surface 106 opposite to the front surface 105, a top surface 101 connected between tops of the front surface 105 and the rear surface 106, and a bottom surface 102 opposite to the top surface 101 and connected to bottoms of the front surface 105 and the rear surface 106.
Specifically, the plurality of the first slots 11 are recessed inward and towards a center of the insulating body 10 from an upper portion of the front surface 105 of the insulating body 10 and penetrating through a front of the top surface 101 of the insulating body 10. The plurality of the second slots 12 are recessed inward and towards the center of the insulating body 10 from an upper portion of the rear surface 106 of the insulating body 10 and penetrating through a rear of the top surface 101 of the insulating body 10. Each first slot 11 has a first peripheral wall 131 and a first bottom wall 141. The first peripheral wall 131 is U-shaped. Each first slot 11 is formed among the first peripheral wall 131 and the first bottom wall 141. Each second slot 12 has a second peripheral wall 132 and a second bottom wall 142. The second peripheral wall 132 is U-shaped. Each first slot 11 has a first opening 111 penetrating through the upper portion of the front surface 105 of the insulating body 10. The first opening 111 of each first slot 11 faces towards a frontward direction. Each second slot 12 has a second opening 121 penetrating through the upper portion of the rear surface 106 of the insulating body 10. The second opening 121 of each second slot 12 faces towards a rearward direction.
The plurality of the first terminals 20 are positioned in the insulating body 10. The plurality of the second terminals 30 are positioned in the insulating body 10. The plurality of the first terminals 20 are inserted into and assembled to the plurality of the first slots 11 from the front end of the insulating body 10, and the plurality of the second terminals 30 are inserted into and assembled to the plurality of the second slots 12 from the rear end of the insulating body 10. The plurality of the first terminals 20 are arranged in the front row. For a convenience of a description of the SIM card connector 100, a transition surface 103 connected between the top surface 101 and the bottom surface 102 of the insulating body 10 is defined as sides of the insulating body 10. The plurality of the first slots 11 and the second slots 12 are recessed inward and towards the center of the insulating body 10 from a front side and a rear side of the insulating body 10. The SIM card connector 100 is adapted for being docked with a docking element (not shown). The insulating body 10 of the SIM card connector 100 has two opposite ends. When the SIM card connector 100 is docked with the docking element, the rear end of the insulating body 10 is one end of the insulating body 10 where the docking element is inserted in advance, and the front end of the insulating body 10 is the other end of the insulating body 10 opposite to the rear end of the insulating body 10.
Each first terminal 20 has a first curved portion 201 positioned in the insulating body 10, a first soldering portion 22 connected with a lower end of the first curved portion 201 and extended outside of the insulating body 10 from a first junction position 107 which is connected between the front surface 105 and the bottom surface 102 of the insulating body 10, a second curved portion 202 connected with an upper end of the first curved portion 201, and a first contacting portion 24 slantwise extended towards the rear end of the insulating body 10 from an upper end of the second curved portion 202 and exposed outside from a second junction position 108 which is connected between the front surface 105 and the top surface 101 of the insulating body 10. The first contacting portion 24 of each first terminal 20 is exposed beyond the top surface 101 of the insulating body 10.
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Each second terminal 30 has a third curved portion 301 positioned in the insulating body 10, a second contacting portion 34 connected with an upper end of the third curved portion 301, a second soldering portion 32 connected with a lower end of the third curved portion 301 and extended outside of the insulating body 10 from a third junction position 109 which is connected between the rear surface 106 and the bottom surface 102 of the insulating body 10.
When a pressure is exerted upon the plurality of the first terminals 20 and the second terminals 30, a stress of the second curved portion 202 of each first terminal 20 is more than a stress of the third curved portion 301 of each second terminal 30, the stress of the third curved portion 301 of each second terminal 30 is more than a stress of the first curved portion 201 of each first terminal 20. The first curved portion 201 of each first terminal 20 is substantially bent as a U shape, the second curved portion 202 of each first terminal 20 is substantially bent as an arc shape, and the third curved portion 301 of each second terminal 30 is substantially bent as another U shape. Preferably, the first curved portion 201 of each first terminal 20 is bent as the U shape, the second curved portion 202 of each first terminal 20 is bent as the arc shape, and the third curved portion 301 of each second terminal 30 is bent as another U shape. A front of the first curved portion 201 of each first terminal 20 is opened freely, the second curved portion 202 of each first terminal 20 is arched frontward, and a rear of the third curved portion 301 of each second terminal 30 is opened freely.
Each second terminal 30 has a second base portion 31 arranged in one second slot 31, the second soldering portion 32 extended from a rear end of the second base portion 31, a third resilient portion 33 bent frontward and upward from a front end of the second base portion 31, and the second contacting portion 34 connected with an upper end of the third resilient portion 33. The second contacting portion 34 of each second terminal 30 is slantwise extended upward and rearward from the upper end of the third resilient portion 33 and is exposed beyond the top surface 101 of the insulating body 10. The second contacting portion 34 of each second terminal 30 is slantwise extended towards the rear end of the insulating body 10 from the upper end of the third resilient portion 33 of each second terminal 30. A tilted extension direction of the first contacting portion 24 of each first terminal 20 is nearly the same as a tilted extension direction of the second contacting portion 34 of each second terminal 30. Preferably, the tilted extension direction of the first contacting portion 24 of each first terminal 20 is the same as the tilted extension direction of the second contacting portion 34 of each second terminal 30. The first contacting portion 24 of each first terminal 20 and the second contacting portion 34 of each second terminal 30 are tilted towards the rear end of the insulating body 10. The second soldering portion 32 of each second terminal 30 is bent downward and is extended rearward from the rear end of the second base portion 31 of each second terminal 30. The second soldering portion 32 of each second terminal 30 is exposed beyond the bottom surface 102 of the insulating body 10. The third curved portion 301 of each second terminal 30 includes the second base portion 31 and the third resilient portion 33.
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The second resilient portion 27 and the first resilient portion 23 of each terminal 20 are bent in opposite directions, so that each first terminal 20 is in a continuous bending shape. The first resilient portion 23 of each first terminal 20 has a mouth 231 penetrating through a front of each first terminal 20, so the mouth 231 of the first resilient portion 23 of each first terminal 20 faces frontward. The fastening portion 25 is connected with the first soldering portion 22 and one end of the first resilient portion 23. The buffering portion 26 is connected with the first contacting portion 24 by the second resilient portion 27, and the buffering portion 26 is connected with the other end of the first resilient portion 23. The buffering portion 26 is arranged parallel to and above the fastening portion 25 by the first resilient portion 23. The buffering portion 26 is located under and is adjacent to the first contacting portion 24.
The buffering portion 26 is parallel to and is located above the fastening portion 25 by the first resilient portion 23 for achieving the effect of shortening the sizes of the first base portions 21 of the plurality of the first terminals 20 assembled in the plurality of the first slots 11, and the buffering portion 26 is parallel to and is located above the fastening portion 25 for making an extending direction of the first contacting portion 24 of each first terminal 20 and an extending direction of the second contacting portion 34 of each second terminal 30 be able to keep consistent. The first base portion 21 further includes the second resilient portion 27 bent frontward and upward from a front end of the buffering portion 26. The second resilient portion 27 is arranged to connect with the first contacting portion 24 and make the first contacting portion 24 tilted upward and rearward, and then bent downward and rearward along a free end of the second resilient portion 27.
And an upper surface of the first contacting portion 24 protrudes outward to form a first convex portion 24a, and an upper surface of the second contacting portion 34 protrudes upward to form a second convex portion 34a to enhance a stress intensity of the first contacting portion 24 and the second contacting portion 34 at the time of the SIM card connector 100 contacting with the docking element and to reduce an abrasion on the upper surface of the first contacting portion 24 and the upper surface of the second contacting portion 34 at the time of the SIM card connector 100 contacting with the docking element. The bottom surface 102 of the insulating body 10 is placed on a top surface of the circuit board 40. The first soldering portions 22 of the plurality of the first terminals 20 and the second soldering portions 32 of the plurality of the second terminals 30 are soldered to the circuit board 40 placed under the bottom surface 102 of the insulating body 10.
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The two flanks 26a are symmetrically extended outward from two sides of the buffering portion 26 of each first terminal 20 and are in alignment with each other. The two flanks 26a project beyond the two opposite side surfaces of the buffering portion 26 of each first terminal 20. The two flanks 26a are close to the one end of the first resilient portion 23. Each side wall of each first slot 11 has a limiting slot 11a. The limiting slots 11a of two side walls of each first slot 11 are recessed oppositely. The limiting slots 11a of the two side walls of each first slot 11 are symmetrical. Each side wall of each first slot 11 is recessed inward to form a limiting slot 11a. Middles of two inner surfaces of two parallel side walls of each first slot 11 are recessed oppositely to form two limiting slots 11a corresponding to the two flanks 26a of one first terminal 20, respectively. The flanks 26a of the two sides of the buffering portion 26 are close to the first resilient portion 23 and are cooperated to be assembled between spaces 104 of the limiting slots 11a of the two side walls of the one first slot 11 to buffer a stress force of the first contacting portion 24 of each first terminal 20.
The two limiting slots 11a of each first slot 11 are parallel to each other. The two limiting slots 11a of each first slot 11 extend frontward and towards a direction of the first opening 111 of each first slot 11, and the two limiting slots 11a of each first slot 11 are parallel to each other. The two limiting slots 11a of each first slot 11 are symmetrical to each other. The two flanks 26a of each first terminal 20 are cooperated with and assembled in the two limiting slots 11a of one first slot 11. Top surfaces and bottom surfaces of the two flanks 26a are without abutting against top walls and bottom walls of the two limiting slots 11a to make each flank 26a limited between a top wall and a bottom wall of one limiting slot 11a to move upward and downward. The two flanks 26a are limited between the two limiting slots 11a. When the first contacting portion 24 of each first terminal 20 is pressed downward, the first contacting portion 24 of each first terminal 20 suffers the relatively smaller stress force, and then each first terminal 20 is prevented from being deformed permanently on account of each first terminal 20 suffering the excessive stress force.
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As described above, the two flanks 26a of each first terminal 20 are cooperated with and assembled in the two limiting slots 11a of the one first slot 11, and the two interfering teeth 25a of each first terminal 20 are buckled in the two buckling slots 11b of the one first slot 11, the two interfering teeth 25a of each first terminal 20 abut against the top walls and the bottom walls of the two buckling slots 11b of the one first slot 11 to make the plurality of the first terminals 20 stably inserted into and assembled to the plurality of the first slots 11 to form the interference cooperation between the plurality of the first terminals 20 and the plurality of the first slots 11, so that the plurality of the first terminals 20 are hardly loosened from the plurality of the first slots 11 of the insulating body 10. As a result, the SIM card connector 100 effectively prevents a phenomenon of a terminal structure of the SIM card connector 100 which include the plurality of the first terminals 20 and second terminals 30 being stuck and is able to shorten sizes of base portions of the terminal structure which include the sizes of the first base portions 21 of the plurality of the first terminals 20 assembled in terminal slots which include the plurality of the first slots 11 of the SIM card connector 100.
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