Wire connection terminal structure with wire guidance feature

Abstract

A wire connection terminal structure includes a seat body and a conductive clip disposed therein. One end of the seat body has an extending side and a recessed side and a slope formed between the extending side and the recessed side. The conductive clip has a holding mouth. The slope is formed with a wire plug-in opening aligned with the holding mouth. A wire plug-in protection wall is formed on an edge of the recessed side. The wire plug-in protection wall protrudes in a direction as an extending direction of the extending side. The slope and the wire plug-in protection wall define a recessed configuration on the end of the seat body. The wire plug-in protection wall on the outer edge of the wire plug-in opening provides a shielding and guidance effect so that the conductive wire can be easily aimed at and plugged into the wire plug-in opening.

Claims

1. A wire connection terminal structure comprising a seat body and a conductive clip disposed in the seat body, one end of the seat body having an extending side and a recessed side and a slope formed between the extending side and the recessed side, the conductive clip having a holding mouth, the slope being formed with a wire plug-in opening in alignment with the holding mouth, a wire plug-in protection wall being formed on an edge of the recessed side of the slope, the wire plug-in protection wall protruding from the edge in a direction as an extending direction of the extending side.

2. The wire connection terminal structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the conductive clip has at least one soldering leg exposed to a bottom face of the seat body, the slope being connected between a top face and the bottom face of the seat body, the slope having an edge inclined to the other end of the seat body and connected with the top face of the seat body.

3. The wire connection terminal structure as claimed in claim 2, wherein the conductive clip has a force application section for driving the conductive clip to open/close the holding mouth, the top face of the seat body being formed with a perforation corresponding to the force application section, a pushbutton being disposed in the perforation for driving the force application section.

4. The wire connection terminal structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein there are a multiplicity of conductive clips and wire plug-in openings, the conductive clips being side by side arranged in the seat body, the wire plug-in protection wall extending between two sides of the seat body to provide protection and guiding effects on one side of each wire plug-in opening.

5. The wire connection terminal structure as claimed in claim 2, wherein there are a multiplicity of conductive clips and wire plug-in openings, the conductive clips being side by side arranged in the seat body, the wire plug-in protection wall extending between two sides of the seat body to provide protection and guiding effects on one side of each wire plug-in opening.

6. The wire connection terminal structure as claimed in claim 3, wherein there are a multiplicity of conductive clips, wire plug-in openings, perforations and pushbuttons, the conductive clips being side by side arranged in the seat body, the wire plug-in protection wall extending between two sides of the seat body to provide protection and guiding effects on the same side of the wire plug-in openings.

7. The wire connection terminal structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein there are a multiplicity of conductive clips, wire plug-in openings and wire plug-in protection walls, the conductive clips being side by side arranged in the seat body, a middle partitioning wall being formed between two adjacent wire plug-in openings, a recessed section being formed between two adjacent wire plug-in protection walls, the middle partitioning wall being positioned between the recessed section and the slope.

8. The wire connection terminal structure as claimed in claim 2, wherein there are a multiplicity of conductive clips, wire plug-in openings and wire plug-in protection walls, the conductive clips being side by side arranged in the seat body, a middle partitioning wall being formed between two adjacent wire plug-in openings, a recessed section being formed between two adjacent wire plug-in protection walls, the middle partitioning wall being positioned between the recessed section and the slope.

9. The wire connection terminal structure as claimed in claim 3, wherein there are a multiplicity of conductive clips, wire plug-in openings, perforations, pushbuttons and wire plug-in protection walls, the conductive clips being side by side arranged in the seat body, a middle partitioning wall being formed between two adjacent wire plug-in openings, a recessed section being formed between two adjacent wire plug-in protection walls, the middle partitioning wall being positioned between the recessed section and the slope.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 is a perspective assembled view of the present invention;

(2) FIG. 2 is a perspective exploded view of the present invention according to FIG. 1;

(3) FIG. 3 is a bottom perspective view of the present invention according to FIG. 1;

(4) FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the present invention according to FIG. 1; and

(5) FIG. 5 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

(6) Please refer to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 1 is a perspective assembled view of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective exploded view of the present invention according to FIG. 1. The wire connection terminal structure of the present invention includes a seat body 1 and a conductive clip 2 disposed in the seat body 1. The seat body 1 has a top face 11 and a bottom face 12 and a front end 13 and a rear end 14. The front end 13 of the seat body 1 has an extending side 131 and a recessed side 132 and a slope 15 formed between the extending side 131 and the recessed side 132. The slope 15 is connected between the top face 11 and bottom face 12 of the seat body 1. The slope 15 has an edge 151 inclined to the recessed side 132 of the seat body 1 is connected with the top face 11 of the seat body 1.

(7) Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, the conductive clip 2 is made of a conductive metal plate by bending. The conductive clip 2 has two elastic holding arms 21, 23 for holding the conductive wire or the contact pin of an external electronic component. The conductive clip 2 further has at least one soldering leg 25 exposed to the bottom face 12 of the seat body 1. The soldering leg 25 of the seat body 1 can be soldered on an external circuit board. The two elastic holding arms 21, 23 of the conductive clip 2 define therebetween a holding mouth 20. Each of the two elastic holding arms 21, 23 of the conductive clip 2 is formed with a force application section 22, 24. The force application sections 22, 24 respectively protrude from the elastic holding arms 21, 23 and are bent to two sides. When the force application sections 22, 24 are driven by an external force, the elastic holding arms 21, 23 are urged to open/close the holding mouth 20.

(8) Please now refer to FIGS. 2 and 4. The top face 11 of the seat body 1 is formed with a perforation 16. A pushbutton 3 is disposed in the perforation 16 and separated from the seat body 1. To speak more specifically, the conductive clip 2 has an elastic extension arm 26 extending between the force application sections 22, 24. The pushbutton 3 is disposed on the elastic extension arm 26. When the pushbutton 3 is pressed by an external force, the pushbutton 3 can drive the force application sections 22, 24 of the conductive clip 2.

(9) As shown in the drawings, in this embodiment, the slope 15 is formed with a wire plug-in opening 17 in alignment with the holding mouth 20. In addition, a wire plug-in protection wall 18 is formed on the edge 151 of the recessed side 132 of the slope 15. The wire plug-in protection wall 18 protrudes from the edge 151 in a direction as the extending direction of the extending side 131. Accordingly, the extending side 131 of the slope 15 and the wire plug-in protection wall 18 together define a recessed configuration on the front end 13 of the seat body 1. In a preferred embodiment, there are a multiplicity of conductive clips 2, wire plug-in openings 17, perforations 16 and pushbuttons 3. For example, a conductive clip 2 serves to electrically connect with the anode of the power supply, while another conductive clip 2 serves to electrically connect with the cathode of the power supply. The conductive clips 2 are side by side arranged in the seat body 1. The wire plug-in protection wall 18 extends along the edge 151 between two sides of the seat body 1 to provide protection and guiding effects on the same side of the wire plug-in openings 17.

(10) Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 5, in a second embodiment of the present invention, there are a multiplicity of conductive clips 2, wire plug-in openings 17, perforations 16, pushbuttons 3 and wire plug-in protection walls 18. Each wire plug-in opening 17 has a wire plug-in protection wall 18 formed on an outer edge of the wire plug-in opening 17. In addition, a middle partitioning wall 152 is formed between two adjacent wire plug-in openings 17. Also, a recessed section 153 is formed between two adjacent wire plug-in protection walls 18. The middle partitioning wall 152 is positioned between the recessed section 153 and the slope 15.

(11) According to the above arrangement, when it is desired to quickly replace an internal circuit board or electronic component of an electronic product or apparatus in precondition that the electronic product or apparatus is not disassembled to a great extent, an operator can extend his hand into the electronic product or apparatus to touch and quickly find the wire plug-in protection wall 18 and immediately identify the position of the wire plug-in opening 17 of the seat body 1. Then, the operator can press the pushbutton 3 to drive the force application sections 22, 24 so as to open the holding mouth 20 of the conductive clip 2. Thereafter, the conductive wire or the contact pin of the original electronic component can be quickly extracted out of the wire plug-in opening 17.

(12) Then, in a touch manner, the terminal of the conductive wire or the contact pin of the substitutive electronic component is quickly moved to a positioned nearby to the wire plug-in protection wall 18 of the seat body 1 and plugged into the seat body 1. The wire plug-in protection wall 18 on the outer edge of the wire plug-in opening 17 provides a shielding effect so that the terminal of the conductive wire or the contact pin of the substitutive electronic component can be very easily and quickly plugged into the wire plug-in opening 17.

(13) During the period of operation, even if the terminal of the conductive wire or the contact pin of the substitutive electronic component is plugged onto the slope 15 by error, the slope 15 can still guide the terminal of the conductive wire or the contact pin to slide toward the wire plug-in protection wall 18. After the terminal of the conductive wire or the contact pin is slid to reach the wire plug-in opening 17, the terminal of the conductive wire or the contact pin can be easily plugged into the wire plug-in opening 17. Accordingly, the terminal of the conductive wire or the contact pin of the electronic component is prevented from slid away from the wire plug-in opening 17.

(14) In addition, in the case that the terminal of the conductive wire or the contact pin of the electronic component is plugged into the wire plug-in opening 17 by an excessively large angle and the terminal of the conductive wire or the contact pin is pressed against the outer edge of the wire plug-in opening 17 to cause bending or twisting of the terminal of the conductive wire or the contact pin, the wire plug-in protection wall 18 serves to prevent the terminal of the conductive wire or the contact pin from being greatly deformed. Therefore, even if the terminal of the conductive wire or the contact pin is slightly bent, the terminal of the conductive wire or the contact pin can be still protected and guided to plug into the wire plug-in opening 17.

(15) Accordingly, in the present invention, the upper and lower sides of the wire plug-in opening 17 of the seat body 1 provide shielding, protection and guiding effects for the terminal of the conductive wire or the contact pin to be plugged into the wire plug-in opening 17. This enables the terminal of the external conductive wire or the contact pin to be aimed at and plugged into the wire plug-in opening 17. Also, when plugged into the wire plug-in opening 17, the terminal of the conductive wire or the contact pin is prevented from being twisted or deviated from the wire plug-in opening 17. Therefore, the use of the wire connection terminal structure is facilitated. As aforesaid, the seat body of the conventional wire connection terminal generally has a rectangular and regular configuration. Therefore, it is hard for an operator to identify the position of the wire plug-in opening of the seat body by way of barehanded touch. Also, it is uneasy for the operator to aim the conductive wire or the contact pin of the electronic component at the wire plug-in opening of the seat body and plug the conductive wire or the contact pin into the wire plug-in opening. Therefore, it is inconvenient to use the conventional wire connection terminal. The present invention eliminates the above shortcomings of the conventional wire connection terminal.

(16) The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the present invention, not intended to limit the scope thereof. Many modifications of the above embodiments can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.