Abstract:
The object of the present invention is an improved constitution of connector having a case and the chip special constitution fabricated to minimize the thickness and fold closely with a fixed plate and an upper build to comprise the connector; the total height maintains at a set standard, the connector installs directly on the pc board to keep the set thickness, and enables it to embed and fix in the cartridge, to plug in current terminal directly and facilitate the use without using the switch, simplifying the component to reduce the cost.

Description:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION  
         [0001]    This invention relates to an improved constitution connector, more particularly to a case of the connector and the chip combining a low constitution, the whole embodiment arranged on the pc board enables to embed in the PCMCIA CARD, thus facilitating easy to carry when collocate the improved constitution connector of the information device.  
         DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART  
         [0002]    It is well known that The conventional connector is arranged on the pc board, comprising two methods including assembling part and mounting part, and the general structure is an embodiment formed with the insulated engineering plastic, fixed and covered with an iron crust, such as the numbered IEEE 1394 connector, please referring to FIG. 1, there is a case  1  set on a fixed plate  2 , numbers of chips  3  forming multiple layers of winding, to plug in the outlet and holes of the case  1 , the chip  3  wind like the ladder and ascend gradually, the height forming between high position and low position is considerably large, the height of the case  1  also has to increase proportionally, at the same time, there is a shell  5  set between the housing  4  of the fixed plate  2  and the case  1 , the shell  5  itself has space and also distance from the case  1 , so the housing  4  must increase enough height of space  6  to contain the case  1  and the shell  5 , therefore, the height of the connector of IEEE 1394 is quite large after fabricated with the conventional use of the fixed plate  2  and the case  1 , thus, the present connectors of IEEE 1394 right now are all greater than 5 MM.  
           [0003]    The conventional connector fabricates on the pc board by assembling part and mounting, limited to the structure of the connector itself, the thickness of the case  1  and the fixed plate  2  is very big, the height is far more bigger than 5 mm, however, the current information device uses PCMCIA CARD, whose cartridge space is all limited within 5 MM and the thickness of conventional connector fabricating on the PC Board by assembling part and mounting is far more greater than 5 mm, so that the conventional use can&#39;t be embedded and fixed directly on the cartridge connecting the inner circuit of the PCMCIA CARD, therefore, connectors are all fabricated on a switch, whose volume is big and thick, the switch has a joint to connect the PCMCIA CARD, when the PCMCIA CARD is plugged in the information device, the current terminal can be plugged in the outlet of the switch to connect the device for use.  
           [0004]    However, the volume of the switch is all big and thick, therefore, it is inconvenient to store or to use, no doubt, to the small and thin digital product in modern day, it is a great impediment needed to be improved right away especially to carry such a big and thick component is very disturbing; moreover, the switch needs many assemblies so it will result in more extra cost, of course, the relative price will increase too, at the same time, they have some difference because of different companies, and types. Please referring to attachment  1  which is the product catalogue of PCMCIA CARD with switches, therefore, it can&#39;t apply to all the types, all these defects cause the users&#39; inconvenience.  
         SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION  
         [0005]    The object of the present invention of the improved constitution connector is to set up the height of the fixed plate, the case collocating the chips to be low and to decrease the thickness, which set on the fixed plate with the upper build to fabricate the connector in order to make the whole connector with low thickness.  
           [0006]    The second object of the present invention of the improved constitution connector is to embed the connector into the PC Board fixedly and mountedly, the connector after combining remains low thickness and the same height to embed into the cartridge and connect terminal directly.  
           [0007]    According to the present invention, the improved constitution connector includes an insulated case, many chips, a fixed plate, an upper build.  
           [0008]    The case has a channel in one end and an outlet in the other end, said channel connecting a trough hole, said trough hole connecting a fixed trough on said outlet; the trough hole is pervious down and up, the front end of said case has a housing surrounded said outlet, the housing have a pervious trough corresponding to the upper side of said outlet;  
           [0009]    The chips have a connecting end stretching to a middle section, the other side of said middle section inclined downwards and upwards to collocate and to stretch in bended form, the middle section inclined downwards and upwards to become short and low, and an end side has a contacting end; the middle section of the chip connect said channel and said fixed trough of the case, the middle section inclined downwards and upwards and protruded into the trough hole in bended form, the case decreased its thickness corresponding to the height of said middle section;  
           [0010]    The fixed plate has a frame and stretched out two side planks, and both the side plank have a fixed hole;  
           [0011]    The upper build has a flexible element, the upper build fix the case, the upper build connecting the frame and enabling said flexible element to put in the pervious trough, enabling the upper build to level and connect said fixed plate and to stick on the case tightly to maintain lower thickness. 
       
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS  
       [0012]    Other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent in the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment of the invention, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:  
         [0013]    [0013]FIG. 1 is a schematic view illustrating the conventional connector;  
         [0014]    [0014]FIG. 2 is a schematic view illustrating the case and the first preferred embodiment of this invention;  
         [0015]    [0015]FIG. 3 is a schematic section view of the case of the first preferred embodiment of FIG. 2;  
         [0016]    [0016]FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the chip of the first preferred embodiment;  
         [0017]    [0017]FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the IEEE 1394 fabricated by the first preferred embodiment of this invention;  
         [0018]    [0018]FIG. 6 is a diagram of the first preferred embodiment illustrating this invention of the connector constituted on the pc board; and  
         [0019]    [0019]FIG. 7 is a front side view of the connector of the first preferred embodiment of this invention of FIG. 6; and  
         [0020]    [0020]FIG. 8 is a top view of the connector of the first preferred embodiment of this invention of FIG. 6;  
         [0021]    [0021]FIG. 9 is a schematic view illustrating the IEEE 1394 connector on the pc board and fabricated in the cartridge;  
         [0022]    [0022]FIG. 10 is a schematic view illustrating the IEEE 1394 connector on the cartridge; and  
         [0023]    [0023]FIG. 11 is a schematic view illustrating the IEEE 1394 of the first preferred embodiment of this invention on the cartridge.  
         [0024]    [0024]FIG. 12 is a part of a schematic view of the first preferred embodiment of IEEE 1394 connector. 
     
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT  
       [0025]    Please referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 5, a preferred embodiment of the improved constitution connector according to the present invention is shown to include a case  20 , four chips  30 , a fixed plate  40  and an upper build  50 :  
         [0026]    The case  20 , please referring to FIGS. 2, 3, is formed of a plastic nonconductor, there are four channels  21  arranged at the same intervals in one side, in the other side are an outlet  22 , one housing  23  of the case  20  in front side winds hollowly the outside of the outlet  22 , on the housing  23  has a pervious trough  24 ; on the outlet  22  are four fixed troughs  26  and connecting a pervious trough hole  25  one by one, the trough hole  25  connects the channel  21  and corresponds to the fixed trough  26  in the same height; in the middle of two sides of the case  20  stretching out two planks  27  and in each bottom side is a protruding point  28 .  
         [0027]    The chips  30 , please referring to FIG. 2, FIG. 4, there are four branches, which are made of the conductive metal materials and correspond to the channel  21  of the case  20 , the channel  21  protrudes from an end side of one of the middle section  31  and bends downwards where is a connecting end  32 , the other side of this middle section  31  bends to stretch out to form a bended prolonging section  33  inclined downwards, the end side of this prolonging section  33  is a elongated section  34  inclined upwards, whose end side bends a contacting end  35 , and the contacting end  35  straddles on the fixed trough  26 , because the prolonging section  33  inclined downwards and the elongated section  34  inclined upwards, the middle section  31  bends upwards and downwards to neutralize the accumulated height, and the height of the middle section  31  reduces greatly.  
         [0028]    The fixed plate  40 , please referring to FIG. 5, FIG. 6 and FIG. 11, is a certain height of a fixed loop  42 , the height corresponds to the thickness of a current terminal  80 , about 4.2 mm, the end side of the fixed loop  42  stretches out a frame  41  with a certain height which is set within 5 mm in this invention, the frame  41  can contain the thickness of the case  20  and make them embed and fix with each other. There is a frame  41  corresponding the thickness of the case  20 , and to make both can embed each other, in front of the frame  41  elongating a fixed loop  42 , in the two back sides of the frame  41  stretching out two side planks  44  to hold each other, and both the side plank  44  have a rectangular fixed hole  45 , the side plank  44  has a stage  46 , and at the under side of the fixed hole  45  all has an outward bended conductor  47 .  
         [0029]    The upper build  50 , please referring to FIG. 5, FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 and FIG. 12, is a flat plank enable to put between the frame  41  of the fixed plate  40  and the side plank  44 , the front end has a plank bending downwards to form a flexible element  51 , corresponding the flexible element is a cross way  52  at both sides to make the flexible element  51  to have bigger elastic deformation and better flexibility, the upper build  50  has two bended downwards folds  53  at both sides, the fold  53  has a stretch-out, inclined outward hook  54 .  
         [0030]    This invention enables to utilize the middle section  31  of the chip  30  corresponding and connecting the channel  21  of the case  20 , please referring to FIG. 2, FIG. 4, and the channel  21  connect the pervious trough hole  26 , the elongated section  33  and the prolonging section  34  are put in the trough hole  25  in the bended form and protruded downwards, the contacting end  35  straddle on the fixed trough  26  upwards, the elongated section  33  of the middle section  31 , prolonging section  34  bend up and below, the elongated section  33 , the prolonging section  34  inclined upwards and downwards to compensate each other, to make the position difference of the high point and low point of the middle section  31  of the chip  30  close and to make the height decrease greatly, the height of the case  20  also decreased greatly corresponding to the middle section  31 , to make the thickness of the case  20  far less than 5 mm.  
         [0031]    For the combined using, please referring to FIG. 5, FIG. 6, is to put the outlet  22  of the case  20  in the frame  41  of the fixed plate  40 , and to form the embedded fixture, the plank  27  of the case  20  connect the stage  46  of the side plank  44  to fix the position, at the moment, to make the upper build  50  to embed in the frame  41 , please referring to FIG. 12, at the same time, the hook  54  of the fold  53  corresponds to the fixed hole  45  to connect, to make the upper build  50  connect with the frame  41  and to cover the upside of the case  20 , then complete fabricating the connector of the number IEEE 1394.  
         [0032]    From above description, the invention is known for its special constitution by collocating the trough  21  of the case  20 , trough hole  25 , and fixed trough  26 , and the shapes of the prolonging section  33  of the chip  30 , elongating section  34  and the contacting end  35 , lower more greatly than the height of the conventional use so that the height after combining the chip  30  and the case  20 , please referring to FIG. 7, the case  20  is set on the fixed plate  40  to make the upper build  50  cover up the fixed plate  40 .  
         [0033]    In this invention of the connector  10  of the number IEEE 1934, the flexible element  51  of the upper build  50  put in the pervious trough  24  of the housing  23 , the upper build  50  was able to level the frame  41 , the upper build  50  connects the upper side of the case  20  and will not result in the intervals and the space, therefore, there will not be the hollow space to cause the accumulation of the height, so the case  20  and the upper build  50  can fabricate on the fixed plate  40  completely, the total height is leveled with the fixed plate  40 , which is lower than 5 mm and within the set standard maintain.  
         [0034]    The fabrication of this invention is the unity of the connector  10  of the number IEEE 1394, please referring to FIG. 6, FIG. 8, FIG. 9, when fabricating it, in a particular position of a pc board  60  has a gap  61 , and when the unity of the connector fabricating in the particular position of the pc board  60 , the case  20  suit the gap  61 , the plank  27  straddles and connects the side of the gap  61 , and the protruding point  28  connect the small hole  62  to form the fixed position. The conductor  47  and the connecting point of the chip  30  touch the tin cream on the surface of the pc board  60  directly.  
         [0035]    By fabricating the unity of connector  10  of the number IEEE 1394 on the pc Board  60 , the total height of the fired plate  40  and smaller than 5 mm in thickness, the conventional fixed plate is far bigger than 5 mm because it protrudes like ladders, please comparing with FIG. 1 and FIG. 5, obviously to know the weakness that the height when the conventional connector fabricating on the PC Board is far bigger than 5 mm.  
         [0036]    With the case  20  combining the gap  61  of the pc board  60 , the case  20  will absolutely not pile on the pc board  60 , will not have the disadvantage of increasing the total thickness, the fabrication of this invention is unity of the connector  10  of the number IEEE 1934 fabricating on the pc board  60 , the total height is merely the total amount of the case  20  and the upper build  50 , and less than 5 mm, please referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 5 to compare, obviously that conventional body frame fabricating on the side of the pc board and piling up, however, the conventional connector will cause the disadvantages of accumulating the height of the pc board and forming the thickness far more than 5 mm, on the contrary, the case  20  of this invention straddles and connects the gap  61  of the pc board  60  directly, without being influenced by the thickness of the pc board  60  at all, the connector  10  of this invention fabricates, on the PC Board in same height and maintains within 5 mm, and the conductor  47  and the connecting point of the chip  30  touch the tin cream and are soldered fixedly, the protruding point  28  connects the small hole  62  to fix the position, the connector maintains solid on the pc board  60 .  
         [0037]    From the above description, it is understood clearly that with the special structure collocated by the channel  21  of the case  20 , the pervious trough  25 , and the fixed trough  26 , the shapes of the prolonging section of the chip  30 , elongated section  34  and the contacting end  35 , the height after combining the chip  30  and the case  20  is decreased greatly than the conventional knowledge, please referring to FIG. 7, and the case  20  levels and covered with the fixed plate  40  and the upper build  50 , the height when the connector  10  of this invention equips on the pc board is all the same and keeps within the set thickness 5 mm; the present cartridge  70  of PCMCIA CARD, CardBus, Compact Flash I/O and so on is limited in 5 mm in height, please referring to FIG. 9, FIG. 10 and FIG. 11, the connector  10  of this invention number IEEE 1394 fabricating on the pc board  60  enables to collocate the height of the present cartridge  70  of PCMCIA CARD, CardBus and Compact Flash I/O and so on, to make the connector  10  fabricating on the pc board and embedding in the cartridge  70  directly, connecting the inner circuit, there is no need to describe the conventional art.  
         [0038]    The connector  10  of this invention number IEEE 1394 straddles and connects on the gap  61  of the pc board  60 , therefore it can embed in the cartridge  70  of the PCMCIA CARD, please referring to FIG. 10, FIG. 11, and can insert the PCMCIA CARD into the notebooks, the PDA or the carry-on information equipment when using, enabling to connect the current terminal  80  and improve the disadvantage of connecting the switch and the problem hard to store because of the big volume of the switch, this will make PCMCIA CARD easier to carry and very suitable for the carry-on information equipment, and fit the digital need.  
         [0039]    It is worth to mention that, please referring to FIG. 7, FIG. 11, when the connector  10  of this invention installs on the pc board and embeds in the cartridge  70  of the PCMCIA CARD, the current terminal  80  matches the fixed loop  42  of the fixed plate  40 , the top of the terminal  80  leans to the flexible element  51  of the upper build  50 , and the upper build  50  is forced to move upwards, please referring FIG. 11 and FIG. 12, it will make the front side of the upper build  50  touch the cartridge  70  steadily and assure a good ground connection, moreover, better flexible material could be chose through the upper build  50  to make sure the appropriate flexible match.  
         [0040]    While the present invention has been described in connection with what is considered the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is understood that this invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiment but is intended to cover various arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the broadest interpretations and equivalent arrangements.