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CN-122000720-A - Electric connector and clamping terminal

CN122000720ACN 122000720 ACN122000720 ACN 122000720ACN-122000720-A

Abstract

The application relates to an electric connector and clamping terminals, wherein the electric connector comprises a carrier and two clamping terminals, the carrier is provided with two conductive plates, and the clamping terminals comprise a main beam, an elastic arm assembly and a fixing structure connected with the main beam. The elastic arm assembly is defined with a first elastic abutting direction and comprises a plurality of first elastic arms and a plurality of second elastic arms, each first elastic arm and each second elastic arm are connected to the main beam in a staggered mode along the length direction, and each first elastic arm and each second elastic arm are provided with a contact part protruding towards the first elastic abutting direction relative to the main beam. The clamping terminals are fixed on the conductive plates in a fixed structure. The plug-in terminal is inserted and clamped between the spring arm assemblies of the two clamping terminals, and each contact part of the two clamping terminals is respectively abutted against two opposite surfaces of the plug-in terminal. Therefore, the multi-contact effect, the cost reduction effect and the effect that the stress is more stable and balanced can be achieved.

Inventors

  • WU SHANGCAI

Assignees

  • 町洋企业股份有限公司
  • 町洋机电(中国)有限公司
  • 东莞立洋电机有限公司

Dates

Publication Date
20260508
Application Date
20241104

Claims (16)

  1. 1. A clamping terminal, comprising: At least one main beam having a length and defining a length direction according to the length thereof; a fixing structure connected to the main beam, and The elastic arm assembly is defined with a first elastic abutting direction and comprises a plurality of first elastic arms and a plurality of second elastic arms, the first elastic arms are connected to the main beam along the length direction, a spacing space is formed between any two adjacent first elastic arms, each second elastic arm is connected to the main beam along the length direction corresponding to each spacing space, each first elastic arm and each second elastic arm are provided with at least one contact portion, and all the contact portions protrude towards the first elastic abutting direction relative to the main beam.
  2. 2. The clamping terminal of claim 1 wherein said spacing space is also formed between said first spring arm and said fixed structure.
  3. 3. The clamping terminal of claim 1, wherein the main beams and the spring arm assemblies are at least two, any two adjacent main beams are arranged side by side, the fixing structure connects at least two main beams, and at least two spring arm assemblies define the first elastic abutment direction.
  4. 4. The clamping terminal of claim 1, wherein all of the contact portions form a plurality of first triangular contact groups, each of the first triangular contact groups including three of the contact portions adjacent to each other and collectively forming a triangular shape, and all of the other contact portions form a plurality of second triangular contact groups, each of the second triangular contact groups including three of the other contact portions adjacent to each other and collectively forming a triangular shape.
  5. 5. The clamping terminal of claim 1, wherein any adjacent first spring arm and second spring arm cross each other in the length direction.
  6. 6. The clamping terminal of claim 5, wherein said main beam has two long sides opposite each other, each of said first spring arms and each of said second spring arms having a first section and a second section, all of said first sections being connected to one of said long sides, all of said second sections being connected to the other of said long sides.
  7. 7. The clamping terminal of claim 6, wherein the spring arm assembly further defines a second spring abutment direction opposite the first spring abutment direction, each of the first spring arms and each of the second spring arms having the contact portion and another contact portion, the first section of each of the first spring arms and the second section of each of the second spring arms having the contact portion, the second section of each of the first spring arms and the first section of each of the second spring arms having the another contact portion, all of the other contact portions protruding relative to the main beam in the second spring abutment direction.
  8. 8. The clamping terminal of claim 1, wherein the fixing structure comprises two fixing members, and the two fixing members are respectively connected to two ends of the main beam.
  9. 9. The clamping terminal of claim 8, wherein the fixing member is bent in an L-shape or a U-shape.
  10. 10. An electrical connector for plugging a plug terminal, the electrical connector comprising: A carrier having two conductive plates, and At least one pair of the clamping terminals according to any one of claims 1 to 5, the at least one pair of the clamping terminals being symmetrically fixed to each other on the two conductive plates with the fixing structures, respectively, and a clamping space being formed between the at least one pair of the clamping terminals; The plug-in terminal is inserted into the clamping space and clamped by the spring arm assemblies of at least one pair of clamping terminals, and all contact parts of the at least one pair of clamping terminals are respectively abutted against two opposite surfaces of the plug-in terminal.
  11. 11. The electrical connector of claim 10, wherein the conductive plate and the securing structure are provided with a first securing assembly and a second securing assembly, respectively, the first securing assembly and the second securing assembly being secured to one another.
  12. 12. The electrical connector of claim 11, wherein the first securing member comprises at least two clips, and the second securing member comprises at least two snap holes, each clip corresponding to each snap hole.
  13. 13. The electrical connector of claim 10, wherein said clamping terminals are arranged in at least two pairs, at least two of said clamping terminals on each of said conductive plates abutting each other side-by-side in said fixed configuration.
  14. 14. The electrical connector of claim 10, wherein each of the first spring arms and each of the second spring arms has a first section and a second section, the spring arm assembly further defining a second resilient abutment direction opposite the first resilient abutment direction, each of the first spring arms and each of the second spring arms having the contact portion and another contact portion, the first section of each of the first spring arms and the second section of each of the second spring arms having the contact portion, the second section of each of the first spring arms and the first section of each of the second spring arms having the another contact portion, all of the other contact portions protruding relative to the main beam toward the second resilient abutment direction and abutting the conductive plate.
  15. 15. The electrical connector of claim 14, wherein the securing structure comprises two securing members having a clamping plate and a receiving plate, two opposite sides of the receiving plate being connected to one side of the clamping plate and one end of the main beam, respectively, the clamping plate and the main beam being spaced apart from each other side by side via the receiving plate, the one end and the other end of the main beam being connected to one side of the two receiving plates, respectively, the receiving plate corresponding to the thickness of the conductive plate, the clamping plate and all of the other contact portions being commonly clamped to two opposite sides of the conductive plate.
  16. 16. The electrical connector of claim 10, wherein the fixing structure comprises two fixing members, the two fixing members are respectively connected to two ends of the main beam, the fixing members are bent in an L shape or a U shape, and the two fixing members of each fixing structure are respectively fixed corresponding to two opposite sides of each conductive plate.

Description

Electric connector and clamping terminal Technical Field The present application relates to connectors, and more particularly to an electrical connector and a clamping terminal thereof, which are suitable for conductive plates of various specifications and sizes. Background Regarding a female connector for corresponding plugging of a male connector, two conductive plates of a carrier thereof are respectively provided with two clamping terminals, each clamping terminal comprises a plurality of elastic arms, and a plugging terminal of the male connector is inserted into and clamped between the two clamping terminals. However, the female connector has a plurality of specifications and sizes, so that the conductive plates thereof have various lengths, and the conventional clamping terminals must be manufactured for the conductive plates of various lengths, respectively, to have a plurality of clamping terminals of corresponding sizes, which results in an increase in cost. No mention is made of the clamping terminal being manufactured in a multi-contact structure, and there are problems of complicated structure and troublesome manufacturing, and accordingly, the cost increases accordingly. Therefore, how to overcome the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art is a major problem to be solved by the present inventors. Disclosure of Invention The application aims to provide an electric connector and a clamping terminal thereof, wherein the clamping terminal can form a multi-contact design for contact conduction, and a corresponding number of clamping terminals which are standardized components are fixed on a conductive plate in a side-by-side abutting mode according to the size of the conductive plate. In order to achieve the above object, the present application provides a clamping terminal, which comprises at least one main beam, a fixing structure and at least one spring arm assembly, wherein the main beam has a length and is defined with a length direction according to the length of the main beam, the fixing structure is connected to the main beam, the spring arm assembly is defined with a first elastic abutting direction and comprises a plurality of first spring arms and a plurality of second spring arms, the first spring arms are connected to the main beam along the length direction, a spacing space is formed between at least any two adjacent first spring arms, each second spring arm is connected to the main beam along the length direction corresponding to each spacing space, each first spring arm and each second spring arm are provided with at least one contact part, and all contact parts protrude towards the first elastic abutting direction relative to the main beam. In one embodiment, a spacing space is also formed between the first spring arm and the fixed structure. In one embodiment, the main beams and the spring arm assemblies are at least two, any two adjacent main beams are arranged side by side, the fixing structure is connected with at least two main beams, and the at least two spring arm assemblies are defined with a first elastic abutting direction. In one embodiment, all the contact portions form a plurality of first triangular contact groups, each first triangular contact group comprising three contact portions adjacent to each other and forming together a triangular shape, and all the other contact portions form a plurality of second triangular contact groups, each second triangular contact group comprising three other contact portions adjacent to each other and forming together a triangular shape. In one embodiment, any adjacent first and second spring arms cross each other in the length direction. In one embodiment, the main beam has two long sides opposite to each other, each of the first spring arms and each of the second spring arms has a first section and a second section, all of the first sections are connected to one of the two long sides, and all of the second sections are connected to the other of the two long sides. In one embodiment, the spring arm assembly further defines a second spring abutment direction opposite the first spring abutment direction, each first spring arm and each second spring arm having a contact portion and another contact portion, the first section of each first spring arm and the second section of each second spring arm having contact portions, the second section of each first spring arm and the first section of each second spring arm having another contact portion, all the other contact portions protruding relative to the main beam in the second spring abutment direction. In one embodiment, the fixing structure comprises two fixing pieces, and the two fixing pieces are respectively connected to two ends of the main beam. In one embodiment, the securing member is bent in an L-shape or a U-shape. The application further provides an electric connector which is used for plugging a plug terminal and comprises a carrier, at least one pair of clamping terminals