CN110701407A - Quick-locking type joint assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a quick-lock type connector assembly, which includes a plug assembly and a socket assembly that are plugged together. The plug assembly includes a self-locking rod and at least two plugs assembled in a housing of a plug integrated device; the socket assembly includes assembly At least two sockets, a handle locking mechanism and a handle assembly in the socket integrated device housing; the handle assembly includes a handle and a curved groove housing fixedly connected with the handle and rotatably assembled in the socket integrated device housing, the curved groove shell The curved groove on the body cooperates with the clip on the self-locking rod to limit the position, so that when the handle is rotated, the self-locking rod drives the plug assembly to move toward the socket; the handle is locked by the handle locking mechanism when the socket assembly and the plug assembly are inserted in place on the socket unit housing. The use of the quick-lock joint of the present invention greatly improves the speed of multi-channel operation, improves the convenience of system maintenance, reduces the structure space, and improves the economic benefit.

Description

A quick-lock connector assembly

technical field

The invention belongs to the technical field of connecting machines, and in particular relates to a quick-lock joint assembly.

Background technique

During the operation, commissioning or shutdown of the liquid cooling system, there are generally two passages, namely the two passages in and out. Traditionally, each channel needs a set of quick connectors. During the operation, each channel needs to be inserted and disconnected separately. However, in the process of insertion and disconnection, the operation needs to be repeated many times, and the operation process is complicated.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The object of the present invention is to provide a quick-lock connector assembly with a novel structure, which can realize the one-time and quick plug-in of a plug assembly containing two or more plugs and a socket assembly containing two or more sockets On and off, it has the characteristics of easy operation.

The purpose of the present invention and the solution to its technical problems are achieved by adopting the following technical solutions. According to the present invention, a quick-lock connector assembly includes a plug assembly and a socket assembly that are plugged together. The plug assembly includes a self-locking rod and at least two plugs assembled in a plug integrated device housing; the socket assembly includes At least two sockets, a handle locking mechanism and a handle assembly assembled in the socket integrated device housing; the handle assembly includes a handle and a curved groove housing fixedly connected with the handle and rotatably assembled in the socket integrated device casing, the curved groove The curved grooves on the housing cooperate with the staples on the self-locking rod to limit the position, so that when the handle is rotated, the self-locking rod drives the plug assembly to move toward the socket; the handle is locked by the handle locking mechanism when the socket assembly and the plug assembly are inserted in place. Tightly on the socket unit housing.

The purpose of the present invention and the solution to its technical problems can be further achieved by adopting the following technical measures.

In the aforementioned quick-lock connector assembly, the plugs and sockets are symmetrically distributed around the self-locking rod or the curved groove housing.

In the aforementioned quick-lock joint assembly, the curved groove casing is a two curved groove casing, and the two curved grooves on the two curved grooves cooperate with the staples of the self-locking rod, so that the self-locking rod can move linearly under the rotation of the handle.

The aforementioned quick-lock connector assembly, wherein the handle locking mechanism includes a locking button mechanism and a locking mechanism, the locking mechanism includes a built-in locking lever located in the through groove of the socket integrated device housing, the built-in locking lever Under the elastic force of the elastic member, the upper part protrudes out of the through groove, and the lower part is blocked on the lower end surface of the protrusion in the through groove; A locking handle rod connected to the button and with a blocking protruding edge at the bottom, a reset elastic body is pressed between the protruding edge and the stepped surface in the through hole; the handle is also provided with a built-in locking rod for guiding the built-in locking rod into the through hole Inside and compress the guide groove of the elastic return body of the handle.

In the aforementioned quick-lock joint assembly, the built-in locking rod realizes a stop and limit with the protrusion in the through groove through the built-in locking screw connected at the end.

The aforementioned quick-lock joint assembly, wherein the elastic member is a built-in spring, the upper end of the built-in spring is pressed on the built-in O-ring embedded in the lower side of the upper boss of the built-in locking rod through the built-in gasket, and the lower end is pressed on the open The upper end face of the groove is raised.

In the aforementioned quick-lock joint assembly, the guide groove communicates with the through hole through the guide groove.

In the aforementioned quick-lock connector assembly, both the plug and the socket are self-sealing structures.

In the aforementioned quick-lock connector assembly, the self-locking rod is provided on the housing of the socket integrated device, and the handle assembly and the handle locking mechanism are provided on the housing of the plug integrated device.

Compared with the prior art, the present invention has obvious advantages and beneficial effects. With the above technical solutions, the quick-locking joint assembly of the present invention can achieve considerable technical progress and practicability, and has wide industrial value. It has at least the following advantages: the present invention drives the self-locking rod through the rotary motion of the handle assembly movement, so as to drive the plug assembly and the socket assembly to be directly inserted, so that the passageway is conducted. When the handle assembly is rotated in place, the built-in locking lever automatically pushes the locking lever to move, and the handle spring is compressed, so that the handle assembly is locked and the connector is automatically locked; when separated, press the button to make the built-in locking lever eject the handle assembly, When the handle assembly is rotated, the plug assembly and the socket assembly will be directly separated, and the two channels will be disconnected. The use of the quick-lock joint of the present invention greatly improves the speed of multi-channel operation, improves the convenience of system maintenance, reduces the structural space of the liquid cooling system, and improves economic benefits.

Description of drawings

1 is a schematic structural diagram of a plug assembly of a quick-lock connector assembly of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the side view of Fig. 1;

3 is a schematic structural diagram of the socket assembly of the quick-lock connector assembly of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is the A-A sectional view of Fig. 3;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of the handle assembly of the quick-lock joint assembly of the present invention.

【Description of main component symbols】

1: Sealing block 20: Circlip I

2: O-ring I 21: Housing of socket integrated device

3: O-ring II 22: Spring 2

4: Spring 23: Seal ring

5: Plug integrated device housing 24: Socket spring I

6: Support block 25: Socket O-ring III

7: Retaining ring 26: Sleeve

8: Plug disc shell 27: Socket O-ring II

9: Screw 28: Socket O-ring I

10: Self-locking rod 29: Sealing rod

11: Support rod 30: Socket disc housing

12: Built-in O-ring 31: Hexagon socket screw

13: Built-in gasket 32: Gasket

14: Internal spring 33: Two curved groove housing

15: Built-in locking lever 34: Handle spring

16: Built-in locking screw 35: Screw

17: Hex Nut 36: Button

18: Circlip II 37: Lock lever

19: Support ring 38: Handle

39: Through slot 40: Through hole

Detailed ways

In order to further illustrate the technical means and effects adopted by the present invention to achieve the predetermined purpose of the invention, the following describes the specific implementation, structure, features and the quick-lock joint assembly proposed according to the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings and preferred embodiments. Efficacy, detailed description as follows.

Please refer to FIGS. 1-5 , which are schematic diagrams of each part of the quick-lock connector assembly of the present invention. The quick-lock connector assembly includes a plug assembly and a socket assembly that are plugged together, wherein the plug assembly includes a plug integrated device housing, The plug integrated device housing is provided with a self-locking rod and at least two plugs; the socket assembly includes a socket integrated device housing, at least two sockets, a handle assembly and a handle locking mechanism. Wherein, the handle assembly includes a handle and a curved groove housing, one end of which is fixedly connected with the handle, and is rotatably assembled in the housing of the socket integrated device and used for insertion and engagement with the self-locking rod of the plug assembly. The curved groove on the curved groove casing of the present invention and the clamping nail on the outer peripheral surface of the self-locking rod are matched to limit positions, and by rotating the handle, the self-locking rod drives the plug assembly to move toward the socket assembly to realize the insertion of the joint assembly. When the connector assembly socket assembly and the plug assembly are inserted in place, the handle locking mechanism locks the handle on the socket integrated device housing to prevent it from rotating. In another embodiment of the present invention, the self-locking rod is provided on the housing of the socket integrated device, and the handle assembly and the handle locking mechanism are provided on the housing of the plug integrated device.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the plug assembly includes a plug integrated device housing 5 , a self-locking rod 10 is located in the middle of the plug integrated device housing 5 , and two plugs are symmetrically distributed on both sides of the self-locking rod 10 . In the socket assembly, the curved groove casing of the handle assembly is rotatably arranged in the middle of the socket integrated device casing 21, and the two sockets are symmetrically distributed on both sides of the curved groove casing. And the curved groove casing is a two curved groove casing 33 , and the self-locking rod 10 is provided with a clip that is matched with the curved groove on the two curved groove casing 33 , and passes through the limit of the clip nail and the two curved grooves. so that when the handle is rotated, the self-locking rod drives the plug assembly to move toward the socket assembly to make it inserted.

The hand locking mechanism includes a locking button mechanism on the handle 38 and a locking mechanism on the socket integrated device housing, wherein the locking mechanism is located on the socket integrated device housing under the handle 38 when the connector assembly is in place. In the through groove 39 , the locking mechanism includes a built-in locking rod 15 located in the through groove 39 , and the lower part of the built-in locking rod 15 is provided with a stop and limit with the lower end surface of the annular protrusion in the through groove 39 . The upper end of the built-in spring 14 pierced on the built-in locking rod 15 is pressed on the annular boss on the upper part of the built-in locking rod, and the lower part is pressed on the upper end surface of the annular protrusion in the through groove 39, and the built-in lock The upper end surface of the tightening rod 15 protrudes from the through groove 39 . In the embodiment of the present invention, a built-in gasket 13 and a built-in O-ring 12 are further provided between the upper end of the built-in spring 14 and the lower end surface of the upper boss of the built-in locking rod 15, and the built-in O-ring 12 is embedded in the built-in The outer peripheral surface of the locking rod 15 realizes the sealing between the built-in locking rod and the through groove 39 , and the built-in spring 14 presses the built-in gasket 13 on the built-in O-ring 12 . The arrangement of the built-in gasket and the built-in O-ring makes the axial movement of the built-in locking rod in the through groove more stable, and the relationship between the built-in spring and the built-in locking rod is more reliable.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the lower part of the built-in locking rod 15 and the lower end surface of the annular protrusion in the through groove 39 are the built-in locking screws that are threadedly connected to the end of the built-in locking rod 15 . , the built-in locking screw enters the through slot from the lower opening of the through slot 39 , but is not limited to this.

The locking button mechanism includes a locking handle rod 37 that penetrates through the diameter-reducing through hole 40 on the handle. The top of the locking handle rod 37 extends above the handle and is connected to the button 36. The bottom of the locking handle rod 38 has a stopper. The protruding edge, the handle reset elastic body is pressed between the protruding edge and the stepped surface in the through hole, and provides the lock handle rod 38 with a force away from the direction of the button 36, so that the lower end surface of the button 36 stops the upper end surface of the through hole 40 and the distance between the bottom end surface of the locking handle rod 38 and the lower end surface of the through hole 40 is smaller than the height of the upper end surface of the built-in locking rod 15 higher than the through groove 39 . In the embodiment of the present invention, the handle reset elastic body is a handle spring 34 .

The side of the handle 38 facing the built-in locking lever is also provided with a guide groove for guiding the built-in locking lever into the through hole 40. When the handle is turned to a position close to the built-in locking lever, continue to turn the handle, and the The guide groove is pressed against the upper end surface of the built-in locking rod, and the built-in locking rod is continuously pressed down with the rotation of the handle. When the handle is turned to the position, the built-in locking rod enters the through hole 40 and pushes the locking handle rod upward. 38, so that the button 36 is raised. In the embodiment of the present invention, a guide groove is further provided between the guide groove and the through hole 40, and the built-in locking rod enters the through hole 40 from the guide groove through the guide groove, but is not limited to this.

In the embodiment of the present invention, both the plug and the socket are self-sealing structures. The plug includes a plug disc housing 8, which is assembled in the plug mounting hole on the housing of the plug integrated device, and is blocked by the outer protruding edge provided on the outer peripheral surface of the front end and the front end of the mounting hole. The axial front end stop and limit are realized by the stop fit, and the axial rear end stop limit is realized through the stop fit between the elastic retaining ring embedded on the outer peripheral surface of the rear end and the rear end of the installation hole. The outside of the plug mounting hole is also embedded with a support rod located below the outer convex edge of the front end of the plug disc housing 8 and supported under the outer convex edge and blocked in the radial direction of the plug disc housing 8 . An O-ring II3 for realizing sealing between the plug housing and the housing of the plug integrated device is also embedded in the plug installation hole.

The plug disc housing 8 is provided with a sealing block 1, a plug spring 4, and a support block 6 with an axial rearward limit in sequence from front to back. The plug spring 4 is in a pre-compressed state and passes through the sealing block. 1. The lower guide rod seals the sealing block 1 at the front end of the plug housing, and forms a sealing structure with the O-ring I2 at the sealing, so that the plug assembly is in a self-sealing state. At this time, the sealing block passes through its outer end surface. The protrusion of the plug cooperates with the stopper on the inner wall of the plug housing to realize the axial forward limit.

The socket disc housing 30 is assembled in the socket mounting hole on the socket integrated device housing, and has forward and backward axial limits, wherein the forward axial limit passes through the outer peripheral surface of its rear end. The embedded retaining spring II18 is realized, and the rearward axial limit is realized by the cooperation between the protrusion on the outer peripheral surface and the groove on the installation hole. The socket disc housing 30 is provided with a support ring whose front end surface is blocked on the stepped surface in the socket disc housing 30 , and the rear end surface is stopped on the retaining ring I20 embedded in the socket disc housing 30 . 19. The rear end of the sealing rod 29 is fixed on the support ring 19, and the front end passes through the sealing ring 23 and the sleeve 26 in turn. One end of the socket spring II 22 sleeved on the sealing rod 29 is pressed on the supporting ring 19, and the other end is pressed on the sealing ring 23 so that the sealing ring 23 cooperates with the socket O-ring II 27 to achieve sealing with the socket disc housing 30 . The front end of the sleeve 26 presses on the seal at the front end of the sealing rod 29 , the rear end of the socket spring I presses on the convex part in the sealing ring 23 , and the front end presses on the convex part outside the sleeve 26 . The sealing member at the front end of the sealing rod 29 and the sealing ring 23 are sealed by the socket O-ring I28.

When the quick-lock joint assembly of the present invention is disconnected, the spring in the plug assembly is in a pre-compressed state, and the spring force acts on the sealing block through the guide rod, so that the sealing block and the O-ring 1 form a sealing structure, and the plug assembly is in a self-sealing state. In the socket assembly, the socket spring 2 is in a pre-compressed state, and the spring force acts on the sealing ring, so that the sealing ring, the socket O-ring 1 and the socket O-ring 2 simultaneously form a sealing structure, and the socket assembly is in a self-sealing state.

The insertion process of the present invention includes five stages, namely: a preparation for insertion stage, a start insertion stage, an intermediate insertion stage, a complete insertion stage, and a separation stage.

In the stage of preparation for mating, the plug assembly slowly enters the socket assembly in a straight line under the guidance of the self-locking rod of the sub-piece, and the clip has not yet entered the socket assembly at this time.

At the beginning of the mating stage, the self-sealing joints of the plug assembly and the socket assembly begin to contact, the clip is in the initial rotation position of the two-curved groove mechanism, and the handle can be rotated after the plug assembly continues to move linearly in place.

In the middle insertion stage, the handle is rotated to drive the two-curved groove mechanism to rotate, the two-curved groove mechanism drives the self-locking rod to move in a straight line, and the self-locking rod drives the entire plug assembly to move in a straight line, and then inserts with the socket assembly, and the channel of the self-sealing joint gradually moves. Open.

In the complete insertion stage, after the handle is rotated in place, the handle assembly is automatically acted by the locking mechanism, the button is raised, the handle assembly is in a self-locking state, and the self-sealing joint channel is opened.

In the separation stage, the process of disconnecting the quick connector is the reverse of the insertion process, that is, pressing the button of the lock handle mechanism in the initial state, rotating the handle, starting to disconnect, and finally separating. , so that the plug and socket assembly enables a smooth separation process.

The above descriptions are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention in any form. Although the present invention has been disclosed above with preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Technical personnel, within the scope of the technical solution of the present invention, can make some changes or modifications to equivalent examples of equivalent changes by using the technical content disclosed above, but any content that does not depart from the technical solution of the present invention, according to the present invention. Any simple modifications, equivalent changes and modifications made to the above embodiments by the technical essence of the invention still fall within the scope of the technical solutions of the present invention.

Claims (9)

1. A quick-lock connector assembly, comprising a plug assembly and a socket assembly that are inserted into each other, characterized in that: the plug assembly comprises a self-locking rod and at least two plugs assembled in a housing of a plug integrated device; the socket assembly Including at least two sockets assembled in the socket integrated device housing, a handle locking mechanism and a handle assembly; The handle assembly includes a handle and a curved groove housing that is fixedly connected to the handle and is rotatably assembled in the housing of the socket integrated device. The self-locking rod drives the plug assembly to move toward the socket; The handle is locked on the housing of the socket integrated device by a handle locking mechanism when the socket assembly and the plug assembly are inserted in place. 2 . The quick-lock connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the plugs and sockets are symmetrically distributed around the self-locking rod or the curved groove housing. 3 . 3. The quick-lock joint assembly according to claim 1, wherein the curved groove casing is a double curved groove casing, and the two curved grooves on the two curved grooves cooperate with the staples of the self-locking rod so that the self-locking rod can be self-locking. The lock lever makes a linear motion under the rotation of the handle. 4. The quick-lock connector assembly according to claim 1 or 3, wherein the handle locking mechanism comprises a locking button mechanism and a locking mechanism, and the locking mechanism comprises a socket located in the housing of the socket integrated device. A built-in locking rod in the groove, the upper part of the built-in locking rod protrudes out of the through groove under the elastic force of the elastic member, and the lower part is blocked on the lower end surface of the protrusion in the through groove; The top of the upper variable diameter through hole protrudes above the handle and is connected to the button, and the bottom has a locking handle bar that stops the convex edge, and a reset elastic body is pressed between the convex edge and the stepped surface in the through hole; the handle The upper part is also provided with a guide groove for guiding the built-in locking rod into the through hole and compressing the elastic reset body of the handle. 5 . The quick-lock joint assembly according to claim 4 , wherein the built-in locking rod realizes a stop and limit position with the protrusion in the through groove through a built-in locking screw connected at the end. 6 . 6. The quick-lock joint assembly according to claim 4, wherein the elastic member is a built-in spring, and the upper end of the built-in spring is pressed against the lower side of the upper boss of the built-in locking rod through a built-in gasket to be embedded. On the built-in O-ring, the lower end is pressed against the raised upper end face of the through groove. 7. The quick-lock joint assembly according to claim 4, wherein the guide groove communicates with the through hole through a guide groove. 8. The quick-lock connector assembly according to any one of claims 1-3 and 5-7, wherein the plug and the socket are both self-sealing structures. 9 . The quick-lock connector assembly according to claim 8 , wherein the self-locking rod is provided on the housing of the socket integrated device, and the handle assembly and the handle locking mechanism are provided on the housing of the plug integrated device. 10 . .

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