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CN-224217734-U - Automobile connector

CN224217734UCN 224217734 UCN224217734 UCN 224217734UCN-224217734-U

Abstract

The utility model discloses an automobile connector which comprises a plastic seat and a plurality of terminals arranged in the plastic seat, wherein an upper spring piece and a lower spring piece which extend backwards and are distributed oppositely are respectively formed on the upper side and the lower side of the front end of the terminal, a clamping space is formed between the upper spring piece and the lower spring piece, a cover plate is also bent and formed on the upper side of the front end of the terminal, the front end of the cover plate is covered on the root of the upper spring piece, the middle part and the rear end of the cover plate are both covered above the upper spring piece, and a space is formed between the middle part and the rear end of the cover plate and the upper surface of the upper spring piece, so that the cover plate can not influence the upper spring piece to generate normal elastic deformation, and when the upper spring piece is stressed upwards to generate elastic deformation, the cover plate can block the root of the upper spring piece to form downward supporting force for the root of the upper spring piece so as to prevent the upper spring piece from tilting towards one side to deform, thereby not only protecting the upper spring piece and improving the service life of the whole quality, but also preventing the upper spring piece from losing connection, and further ensuring that the upper spring piece contacts with a conductor of a connector to be more stable and more reliable.

Inventors

  • MENG GUANGJIN
  • ZHOU BO

Assignees

  • 实盈电子(东莞)有限公司

Dates

Publication Date
20260508
Application Date
20250522

Claims (10)

  1. 1. The automobile connector comprises a plastic seat and a plurality of terminals arranged in the plastic seat, wherein an upper spring piece and a lower spring piece which extend backwards and are distributed oppositely are respectively formed at the upper side and the lower side of the front end of the terminal, and a clamping space is formed between the upper spring piece and the lower spring piece; the terminal is characterized in that the upper side of the front end of the terminal is also bent to form a cover plate for preventing the upper elastic sheet from tilting after being elastically deformed upwards, the front end of the cover plate is attached to the root of the upper elastic sheet, the middle part and the rear end of the cover plate are both covered above the upper elastic sheet, and a space is formed between the cover plate and the upper surface of the upper elastic sheet.
  2. 2. The connector of claim 1, wherein the front end of the terminal is bent to form a butt-joint frame, the butt-joint frame is provided with a bottom, two side parts respectively connected with two sides of the bottom and a top part connected with one side part, a gap is formed between the top part and the other side part, the front ends of the upper elastic sheet and the lower elastic sheet are respectively connected with the rear ends of the top part and the bottom part integrally, the connection part of the front end of the upper elastic sheet and the rear end of the top part is used as the root part of the upper elastic sheet, one side of the cover plate is integrally connected with the other side part, and the front end of the cover plate is attached to the upper surface of the top part.
  3. 3. The connector of claim 1, wherein the rear end of the cover plate is further bent upward to form an inclined retaining spring, the retaining spring extends into a retaining window formed in the upper portion of the plastic seat from bottom to top, and when the terminal retreats relative to the plastic seat, the tail end of the retaining spring abuts against the rear inner wall of the retaining window to achieve retaining.
  4. 4. The connector of claim 3, wherein the plastic seat is further formed with a stopper for stopping the retaining spring, the stopper has a stopping slope for stopping the retaining spring from turning over, the stopping slope is located above the retaining spring and forms a gap, or the stopping slope is in contact with the upper surface of the retaining spring.
  5. 5. The connector of claim 3, wherein the cover plate has an upward protruding portion formed on an upper surface thereof and extending to the end of the retaining tab, and a corresponding recess formed on an upper surface thereof and extending to the end of the retaining tab.
  6. 6. The automobile connector according to claim 5, wherein the width dimension of the convex portion gradually increases from the front end toward the rear end.
  7. 7. The connector of any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the plastic holder is further provided with a blocking window penetrating the terminal hole from top to bottom, the inner wall of the blocking window is provided with a back-off, the plastic holder is further formed with an L-shaped pressing arm, the tail end of the pressing arm penetrates through the blocking window to be pressed into the terminal hole and is buckled and fixed with the back-off, and the tail end of the pressing arm is pressed into a terminal inserted into the terminal hole to block the terminal from retreating relative to the plastic holder.
  8. 8. The connector of claim 7, wherein the terminal is formed with upwardly extending retainer pieces on opposite sides thereof, wherein one of the retainer pieces extends along a rear side thereof and is folded forward to form a retainer piece abutting against a rear side of the other retainer piece, the retainer piece being located on a front side of a distal end of the pressing arm pressed into the terminal, and a rear end surface of the retainer piece being parallel to a front side of the distal end of the pressing arm.
  9. 9. The connector of claim 8, wherein the terminal hole is further provided with a first limit groove and a second limit groove distributed along a length direction thereof, and the two limit pieces are respectively inserted into the first limit groove and the second limit groove to form a limit.
  10. 10. The connector of claim 9, wherein the terminal hole is further provided with a blocking groove communicated with the rear ends of the first limiting groove and the second limiting groove, and the upper end of the blocking piece is provided with a blocking part extending upwards, and the blocking part is pressed into the blocking groove and is contacted with the inner wall of the blocking groove.

Description

Automobile connector Technical field: the utility model relates to the technical field of connector products, in particular to an automobile connector. The background technology is as follows: the main matching fields of the connector include new energy, traffic, communication, network, IT, medical treatment, household appliances, military electronic products and the like, the rapid development of the product technology level and the rapid growth of the market thereof in the matching fields, and the development of the connector technology is strongly pulled. Up to now, connectors have been developed into a series and specialization of products with complete product types, rich variety specifications, various structural types, subdivision in specialized directions, obvious industrial features, and standard system specifications. Referring to fig. 1-3, a prior art automotive connector 1 includes a plastic base 11 and a plurality of terminals 12, wherein the terminals 12 are inserted into terminal holes 111 of the plastic base 11. The front end of the terminal 12 is bent to form a non-closed butt-joint frame 120, the butt-joint frame 120 has a guiding hole 100 for inserting a conductor of a mating connector, upper and lower spring plates 121 and lower spring plates 122 extending backward and distributed oppositely are respectively formed on the upper and lower sides of the rear end of the butt-joint frame 120, and the tail ends of the upper and lower spring plates 121 and 122 are exposed outside and inside at the rear side of the guiding hole 100, and form a clamping space for the conductor of the mating connector. However, when the conductor of the mating connector passes through the conductive hole 100 and contacts the upper elastic point 102 of the upper elastic piece 121 and the lower elastic point 103 of the lower elastic piece 122, one side of the upper elastic piece 121 is suspended and is in infinite position, so that the upper elastic piece 121 is unilaterally fixed, and is easy to incline towards the suspended side when stressed, thereby affecting the conductive quality. The plastic seat 11 is further provided with a window 112 penetrating through the terminal hole 111 from top to bottom, the window 112 is provided with a back-off 101, the plastic seat 11 is further formed with an L-shaped pressing arm 13, the tail end of the pressing arm 13 penetrates through the window 112, is pressed into the terminal hole 111 and is buckled and fixed with the back-off 101, the tail end of the pressing arm 13 is pressed into the terminal 12 and is used for blocking the terminal 12, and further, the terminal 12 is prevented from retreating relative to the plastic seat 11, but the plastic seat 11 and the terminal 12 are locked and limited only once, so that the terminal backing-off function is insufficient, and the risk that the terminal 12 retreats relative to the plastic seat 11 exists is a second technical problem. In view of this, the inventors propose the following technical solutions. The utility model comprises the following steps: the utility model aims to overcome the defects of the prior art and provides an automobile connector. In order to solve the technical problems, the automobile connector comprises a plastic seat and a plurality of terminals arranged in the plastic seat, wherein upper and lower spring plates extending backwards and distributed oppositely are respectively formed on the upper side and the lower side of the front end of the terminal, a clamping space is formed between the upper spring plate and the lower spring plate, a cover plate for preventing the upper spring plate from inclining after elastic deformation is generated when the upper spring plate is stressed upwards is also bent and formed on the upper side of the front end of the terminal, the front end of the cover plate is attached to the root of the upper spring plate, the middle part and the rear end of the cover plate are both covered above the upper spring plate, and an interval is formed between the cover plate and the upper surface of the upper spring plate. In the technical scheme, the front end of the terminal is bent to form a butt joint frame, the butt joint frame is provided with a bottom, two side parts respectively connected with two sides of the bottom and a top part connected with one side part, a gap is formed between the top part and the other side part, the front ends of the upper elastic sheet and the lower elastic sheet are respectively and integrally connected with the rear ends of the top part and the bottom part, the connection part of the front end of the upper elastic sheet and the rear end of the top part is used as the root part of the upper elastic sheet, one side of the cover plate is integrally connected with the other side part, and the front end of the cover plate is adhered to the upper surface of the top part. Furthermore, in the above technical scheme, the rear end of the cover plate is further b