CN209981555U

CN209981555U - Connector assembly and vehicle camera device

Info

Publication number: CN209981555U
Application number: CN201920530784.7U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 林映硕; 林明录; 呂瑞玲; 古运盛; 林志明
Original assignee: Juxiang Enterprise Co ltd
Current assignee: Juxiang Enterprise Co ltd
Priority date: 2019-01-31
Filing date: 2019-04-18
Publication date: 2020-01-21
Anticipated expiration: 2029-04-18
Also published as: TWI697231B; TW202031032A; CN111509454A

Abstract

A connector assembly comprises a connector and a flexible circuit board module. The connector has an insulating body, a plurality of first terminals and a plurality of second terminals. The insulating body is provided with a top surface and a plurality of side surfaces. The first end of each first terminal protrudes out of the top surface, and the second end of each first terminal and each second terminal protrude out of the same side surface. The flexible circuit board module is electrically connected with the second end of the first terminal and the second terminal. The burning device is suitable for burning the firmware to the flexible circuit board module through the second terminal. The external connection module is suitable for being connected to the first end of the first terminal so as to be electrically connected with the flexible circuit board module through the first terminal. A photographic device for a vehicle is also disclosed.

Description

Connector assembly and vehicle camera device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a connector assembly and automobile-used camera device.

Background

For driving and safety reasons, a camera is usually installed around the vehicle to capture images of the surroundings of the vehicle. For example, a reverse camera lens is installed behind a car to show the scene behind the car on a monitor in the car to prevent danger when the car is reversed. In addition, the automobile is also provided with an automobile body side-viewing system according to the rear mirror so as to avoid the danger of generating blind areas during traveling. In addition, a camera device is also arranged at the driving center console to perform real-time monitoring and driving recording during driving.

The camera device for vehicle is installed on the vehicle, so the usage environment is harsh, and therefore the camera device for vehicle usually needs to pay special attention to the problems of water resistance and structural stability. However, the conventional vehicle camera is fixedly installed on the vehicle body for the above-mentioned effect, and is connected to the system host to perform the back-end processing on the image information. That is, the conventional vehicle imaging apparatus is often regarded as one of the vehicle body structures and cannot be arbitrarily changed.

Therefore, as the vehicular image system is becoming more common, the computing mechanism of the conventional system host is not suitable for diversified requirements. Because of the installation method, the user can only pay expensive expense to replace the whole set of the vehicle-used photographing device and the corresponding system host. Therefore, how to connect the vehicular camera device to system hosts with different specifications and functions according to different applications and enable the user to change and adjust the vehicular camera device according to the requirements is a subject to be considered by those skilled in the art.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model provides a photographic device for vehicle, it possesses simple structure and is favorable to manufacturing and equipment to improve its application scope and have the convenience concurrently.

The utility model discloses a connector assembly, including connector and compliance circuit board module. The connector has an insulating body, a plurality of first terminals and a plurality of second terminals. The insulating body is provided with a top surface and a plurality of side surfaces. The first end of each first terminal protrudes out of the top surface, and the second end of each first terminal and each second terminal protrude out of the same side surface. The flexible circuit board module is electrically connected with the second end of the first terminal and the second terminal. The burning device is suitable for burning the firmware to the flexible circuit board module through the second terminal. The external connection module is suitable for being connected to the first end of the first terminal so as to be electrically connected with the flexible circuit board module through the first terminal.

The utility model discloses an automobile-used photographic arrangement, including connector component, image acquisition unit, shell and camera lens subassembly. The connector assembly comprises a connector and a flexible circuit board module. The connector has an insulating body, a plurality of first terminals and a plurality of second terminals. The insulating body is provided with a top surface and a plurality of side surfaces. The first end of each first terminal protrudes out of the top surface, and the second end of each first terminal and each second terminal protrude out of the same side surface. The flexible circuit board module is electrically connected with the second end of the first terminal and the second terminal. The burning device is suitable for burning the firmware to the flexible circuit board module through the second terminal. The external connection module is suitable for being connected to the first end of the first terminal so as to be electrically connected with the flexible circuit board module through the first terminal. The image acquisition unit is packaged in the flexible circuit board module. The shell is used for accommodating the connector assembly and the image acquisition unit. The lens assembly is assembled to the housing and corresponds to the image capturing unit.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the insulating body has a groove on the top surface to expose the plurality of contact portions of the second terminal. The plurality of ejector pins of the burning device are suitable for abutting against the contact part so as to burn the firmware to the flexible circuit board module.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the first terminal and the second terminal are structurally separated from each other.

In an embodiment of the invention, the external connection module is a cable connector.

In an embodiment of the invention, the protruding side portion of the second terminal and the second end of the first terminal are disposed in a staggered manner.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the protruding side of the second terminal and the second end of the first terminal have a barb structure respectively. The barb structures penetrate through and are clamped in the plurality of pad jacks of the flexible circuit board module.

In an embodiment of the invention, the flexible circuit board module includes a plurality of portions respectively abutting against at least one of the side surfaces and the bottom surface of the insulating body, wherein the bottom surface is opposite to the top surface, and the side surfaces are adjacent to and between the top surface and the bottom surface.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the housing has an opening exposing the first end of the first terminal. The external connection module is adapted to be inserted through the opening at the first end of the first terminal.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the housing includes a first housing and a second housing, the lens assembly is assembled to the first housing, and a portion of the second housing is inserted into the first housing and abuts against the insulating body. The second shell is provided with an opening, and the first end of the first terminal is exposed. The external connection module passes through the opening and is plugged into the first end.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the flexible circuit board module includes a plurality of portions respectively abutting against at least one of the side surfaces and the bottom surface of the insulating body, wherein the bottom surface is opposite to the top surface, the side surfaces are adjacent between the top surface and the bottom surface, and the image capturing unit is packaged in the portion of the flexible circuit board module abutting against the bottom surface.

In view of the above, the present invention provides a photographic device for a vehicle, wherein the connector assembly protrudes the first end of the first terminal from the top surface, and protrudes the second end of the first terminal and the second terminal from the same side surface of the insulating body, so as to establish a connection structure in which the connector is inserted in one side and is inserted in one side, thereby facilitating simplification of the connection means of the connector and avoiding the possibility of operation confusion and error due to multi-directional terminals.

Furthermore, the first terminal is used as the connection interface between the flexible circuit board module and the external connection module, and the second terminal is used as the connection interface between the recording device and the flexible circuit board module, so that the operator can smoothly avoid errors due to the arrangement of the first terminal and the second terminal no matter the vehicle camera device is in the recording stage or in the connection stage between the vehicle camera device and the system host machine when the vehicle camera device is assembled in the vehicle.

Therefore, the vehicle camera device applying the connector assembly can miniaturize the structure, thereby improving the assembly efficiency and reducing the manufacturing cost.

In order to make the aforementioned and other features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a photographing device for a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2A and 2B are exploded views of the vehicular camera device at different viewing angles.

Fig. 3 is a schematic view of a connector.

Fig. 4 is an assembly schematic of the connector assembly.

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a recording device recording a flexible circuit board module via a connector.

Reference numerals

10: vehicular camera device

20: recording device

21: thimble

30: external connection module

31. 32: connector with a locking member

40: system host

100: connector assembly

110: connector with a locking member

111: first terminal

112: second terminal

112 a: contact part

113: insulating body

113a, 323: groove

113b, 113 c: positioning column

120: flexible circuit board module

121. 122, 123: in part

124: pad jack

125. 322: locating hole

200: image acquisition unit

300: outer casing

310: first shell

311. 324: convex rib

320: second shell

321: opening holes

400: lens assembly

A1: the top surface

A2, A3, a4, a 5: side surface

A6: bottom surface

C1, C2: electronic assembly

E1: first end

E2: second end

Detailed Description

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a photographing device for a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2A and 2B are exploded views of the vehicular camera device at different viewing angles. Referring to fig. 1, fig. 2A and fig. 2B, in the present embodiment, the vehicular photographing apparatus 10 includes a connector assembly 100, an image capturing unit 200, a housing 300 and a lens assembly 400. The connector assembly 100 includes a connector 110 and a flexible circuit board module 120, the image capturing unit 200 is packaged on the flexible circuit board module 120 and corresponds to the lens assembly 400, and the flexible circuit board module 120 is electrically connected to the connector 110 and thus electrically connected to the external connection module 30. As shown in fig. 1, after the vehicular camera device 10 is assembled to the vehicle body, it can be electrically connected to the system host 40 in the vehicle via the external connection module 30. Since the external connection module 30 has the connector 32 and the connector 31 corresponding to the vehicle camera 10 and the system host 40, which is convenient for the user to operate, the user can easily complete the required assembly and disassembly no matter when the vehicle camera 10 or the system host 40 needs to be replaced, without the trouble of fixed connection. In the present embodiment, the external connection module 30 is a cable connector, but in other embodiments, it may also be a adaptor connector connected between the vehicular camera device 10 and the system host 40.

Fig. 3 is a schematic view of a connector assembly. Referring to fig. 2A, fig. 2B and fig. 3, in the present embodiment, the connector 110 has an insulating body 113, a plurality of first terminals 111 and a plurality of second terminals 112, wherein the first terminals 111 and the second terminals 112 are integrally formed with the insulating body 113 by insert molding (insert molding). The insulating body 113 has a top surface a1, a plurality of side surfaces a 2-a 5 and a bottom surface a6, the bottom surface a6 is opposite to the top surface a1, and the side surfaces a 2-a 5 are respectively adjacent to and between the top surface a1 and the bottom surface a6, thereby forming a hexahedron. The first end E1 of each first terminal 111 protrudes from the top surface a1, and the second end E2 of each first terminal 111 and each second terminal 112 protrude from the same side surface a 2. The flexible circuit board module 120 is electrically connected to the second end E2 of the first terminal 111 and the second terminal 112. The external connection module 30 is suitable for connecting the first end E1 of the first terminal 111 to electrically connect the flexible circuit board module 120 through the first terminal 111

Moreover, the housing 300 is further divided into a first housing 310 and a second housing 320, the lens assembly 400 is assembled to the first housing 310, a part of the second housing 320 is inserted into the first housing 310 and abuts against the insulating body 113 of the connector 110, the second housing 320 has an opening 321 exposing the first end E1 of the first terminal 111, and the external connection module 30 passes through the opening 321 and is inserted into the first end E1.

In detail, the top surface a1 of the insulating body 113 has a groove 113a, and when the housing 300, the connector assembly 100 and the image capturing unit 200 are assembled, the image capturing unit 200 is assembled with the flexible circuit board module 120. Here, the insulating body 113 of the connector 110 further has a positioning post 113c located on the bottom surface a6 for positioning and combining with the positioning hole 125 of the flexible circuit board module 120. Then, the first housing 310 and the second housing 320 are abutted to each other to accommodate the assembled connector 110, the flexible circuit board module 120 and the image capturing unit 200 thereon, and the first housing 310 has a rib 311 on an inner wall thereof for being engaged with the groove 323 on the side edge of the second housing 320. The insulating body 113 further has a positioning post 113b located on the top surface a1 for positioning and combining with the positioning hole 322 of the second housing 320, and the protruding rib 324 of the second housing 320 is used for abutting into the groove 113 a.

Fig. 4 is an assembly diagram of the connector assembly, wherein the insulative housing 113 is shown in dotted lines to facilitate identification of the first terminal 111 and the second terminal 112. FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a recording device recording a flexible circuit board module via a connector. Referring to fig. 3 and 4, in the present embodiment, the flexible circuit board module 120 includes a plurality of portions 121 to 123 respectively abutting against at least one of the side surfaces a2 to a5 (here, the abutting side surfaces a2 and A3 are taken as examples) and the bottom surface a6 of the insulating body 113. The image capturing unit 200, such as a CMOS, is packaged in the portion 123 of the flexible circuit board module 120 abutting against the bottom surface a6, the electronic component C1 disposed on the portion 121 is a processing component, for example, and the electronic component C2 disposed on the portion 122 is a storage component, for example, by virtue of its flexible property, the flexible circuit board module 120 can be folded as shown in fig. 4 and is supported against the outer surface of the insulating body 113, so as to achieve the effect of miniaturization of the components.

Furthermore, the flexible circuit board module 120 further has a plurality of pad insertion holes 124 on the portion 121 thereof, and the second end E2 of the first terminal 111 and the second terminal 112 are inserted into the pad insertion holes 124 and are bonded to each other by soldering, so as to achieve the purpose of electrical connection. It should be noted that, as shown in fig. 3, the second end E2 of the first terminal 111 and the second terminal 112 respectively have a barb structure for penetrating and being clamped in the pad insertion hole 124, so as to improve the stability of the terminal after being combined with the flexible circuit board.

Referring to fig. 3 to 5, in the present embodiment, the first terminal 111 and the second terminal 112 are structurally separated from each other, the insulating body 113 has a groove 113a on the top surface a1 for exposing the contact portions 112a of the second terminal 112, and the plurality of pins 21 of the recording device 20 are adapted to abut against the contact portions 112a, so as to record the firmware to the electronic component C2 of the flexible circuit board module 120 through the second terminal 112.

As can be seen from the above, the second end E2 of the first terminal 111 and the second terminal 112 are both disposed on the same side surface a2 of the insulating body 113, and are alternately arranged on the side surface a2, which is helpful for utilizing the structure space. Meanwhile, the second terminal 112 protruding from the side surface a2 is exposed by the adjacent groove 113a to expose the contact portion 112a, thereby facilitating the recording process by the recording apparatus 20. That is, for the connector 110 and the flexible circuit board module 120, the terminal configuration of the same side a2 helps to simplify the structure, maintain the structural features of one in (the first end E1 of the first terminal 111 on the top a 1) and one out (the second end E2 of the first terminal 111 on the side a 2), and avoid the connector 110 from being easily troubled by the assembly operator due to multi-party connection. Meanwhile, the structural features of one in (the second terminal 112 is located at the contact portion 112a of the top surface a 1) and one out (the portion of the second terminal 112 protruding from the side surface a 2) are also maintained during the recording operation, which is favorable for simplifying the operation procedure and thus improving the yield.

In summary, in the above embodiments of the present invention, the connector assembly is configured to protrude the first end of the first terminal from the top surface, and protrude the second end of the first terminal and the second terminal from the same side surface of the insulating body, so as to establish a connection structure of one-side-in and one-side-out of the connector, thereby facilitating simplification of the connection means of the connector and avoiding the possibility of operation disorder and error due to the multi-directional terminals. Furthermore, the first terminal is used as the connection interface between the flexible circuit board module and the external connection module, and the second terminal is used as the connection interface between the recording device and the flexible circuit board module, so that the operator can smoothly avoid errors due to the arrangement of the first terminal and the second terminal no matter the vehicle camera device is in the recording stage or in the connection stage between the vehicle camera device and the system host machine when the vehicle camera device is assembled in the vehicle.

In view of the above, the camera device for vehicle using the connector assembly is simplified in structure and easy to manufacture due to the characteristics of the connector assembly, wherein the lens assembly, the housing and the connector assembly are respectively positioned and combined by their respective structural features, and are coated with an adhesive and filled between the structures and the gaps therebetween. Therefore, the assembled vehicle camera device can be firmly combined and has the effects of water resistance and dust resistance. And simultaneously, the utility model discloses the equipment operation of adopting also accords with screwless operation condition, and avoids adopting extra lock annex, according to improving production efficiency and reduction assembly cost.

The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

The above-mentioned embodiments only represent some embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is specific and detailed, but not to be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit of the present invention, several variations and modifications can be made, which are within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. A connector assembly, comprising:

the connector comprises an insulating body, a plurality of first terminals and a plurality of second terminals, wherein the insulating body is provided with a top surface and a plurality of side surfaces, a first end of each first terminal protrudes out of the top surface, and a second end of each first terminal and each second terminal protrude out of the same side surface; and

the flexible circuit board module is electrically connected with the second ends of the first terminals and the second terminals, the burning device is suitable for burning the firmware to the flexible circuit board module through the second terminals, and the external connection module is suitable for connecting the first ends of the first terminals so as to be electrically connected with the flexible circuit board module through the first terminals.

2. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the housing has a recess on the top surface exposing the contacts of the second terminals, and the pins of the recording device are adapted to abut the contacts to record the firmware onto the flexible circuit board module.

3. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the first and second plurality of terminals are structurally separate from one another.

4. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the external connection module is a cable connector.

5. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein portions of the second terminals that protrude beyond the side face are staggered from the second ends of the first terminals.

6. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the portions of the second terminals protruding out of the side surfaces and the second ends of the first terminals respectively have barb structures, and the barb structures are inserted into and clamped in the pad insertion holes of the flexible circuit board module.

7. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the flexible circuit board module comprises a plurality of portions respectively abutting at least one of the plurality of side surfaces and a bottom surface of the insulating body, wherein the bottom surface is opposite to the top surface, and the plurality of side surfaces are adjacent to and between the top surface and the bottom surface.

8. A photographing apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:

a connector assembly comprising:

the connector comprises an insulating body, a plurality of first terminals and a plurality of second terminals, wherein the insulating body is provided with a top surface and a plurality of side surfaces, a first end of each first terminal protrudes out of the top surface, and a second end of each first terminal and each second terminal protrude out of the same side surface;

a flexible circuit board module electrically connected to the second terminals of the first terminals, the recording device is adapted to record the firmware to the flexible circuit board module via the second terminals, and the external connection module is adapted to connect the first terminals of the first terminals to electrically connect the flexible circuit board module via the first terminals

The image acquisition unit is packaged in the flexible circuit board module;

the shell is used for accommodating the connector assembly and the image capturing unit; and

the lens assembly is assembled to the shell and corresponds to the image capturing unit.

9. The vehicular camera device according to claim 8, wherein the insulating body has a recess on the top surface to expose the plurality of contact portions of the plurality of second terminals, and the plurality of pins of the recording device are adapted to abut against the plurality of contact portions to record the firmware onto the flexible circuit board module.

10. The vehicular camera device according to claim 8, wherein the plurality of first terminals and the plurality of second terminals are structurally separated from each other.

11. The vehicular camera device according to claim 8, wherein the external connection module is a cable connector.

12. The vehicular camera device according to claim 8, wherein the housing has an opening exposing a plurality of the first ends of the plurality of first terminals, and the external connection module is adapted to be inserted through the opening to the plurality of the first ends of the plurality of first terminals.

13. The vehicular camera device according to claim 8, wherein a portion of the plurality of second terminals protruding from the side surface is arranged to intersect with the plurality of second ends of the plurality of first terminals.

14. The vehicular camera device according to claim 8, wherein the portions of the second terminals protruding from the side surfaces and the second ends of the first terminals respectively have barb structures, and the barb structures are inserted into and engaged with the pad insertion holes of the flexible circuit board module.

15. The vehicular camera device according to claim 8, wherein the housing includes a first housing and a second housing, the lens assembly is assembled to the first housing, a part of the second housing is inserted into the first housing and abuts against the insulating body, the second housing has an opening exposing the first ends of the first terminals, and the external connection module is inserted into the opening.

16. The vehicular camera device according to claim 8, wherein the flexible circuit board module comprises a plurality of portions respectively abutting against at least one of the plurality of side surfaces and a bottom surface of the insulating body, wherein the bottom surface is opposite to the top surface, the plurality of side surfaces are adjacent between the top surface and the bottom surface, and the image capturing unit is packaged at the portion of the flexible circuit board module abutting against the bottom surface.