CN111900440A - Electric connector and controller assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses an electrical connector and a controller assembly, wherein the electrical connector comprises a casing assembly, a plurality of contact terminals and a pressing and engaging member; the casing assembly is formed with an installation cavity for installing a battery voltage monitoring circuit board and A plurality of insertion holes, the outer ends of the plurality of insertion holes are used for the insertion of the power supply cone bipolar plate; a plurality of contact terminals are inserted into the inner ends of the plurality of insertion holes one-to-one and are used to insert the electric cone bipolar plate. It is connected with the battery voltage monitoring circuit board; the pressing and engaging members are switchably arranged on the housing assembly in the separation position and the engaging position; in the engaging position, the pressing and engaging members are engaged with the electric cone bipolar plate to connect the The electric cone bipolar plate is clamped and fixed in the insertion hole; in the separation position, press the clamping member to separate from the electric cone bipolar plate, so that the electric cone bipolar plate can be pulled out from the insertion hole or the electric cone bipolar plate can be pulled out. The board is inserted into the socket hole. The invention provides an electric connector, which is convenient for connecting the electric cone bipolar plate and the battery voltage monitoring controller.

Description

Electrical Connectors and Controller Components

technical field

The present invention relates to the technical field of battery voltage monitoring controllers, in particular to an electrical connector and a controller assembly.

Background technique

The electrical connector of the existing stack bipolar plate is mainly connected to the stack bipolar plate by an electrical connector, and then the signal or electric energy is transmitted to the cell voltage monitoring (CVM) control device through the wire. For data and energy conversion, its conversion controller needs to be distributed as required. However, when multiple connection methods are required, the structure of the battery voltage monitoring controller should be designed accordingly.

Based on this, how to improve the connection convenience between the stack bipolar plate and the battery voltage monitoring controller has become an urgent problem to be solved.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide an electrical connector, which aims to improve the connection convenience between the stack bipolar plate and the battery voltage monitoring controller.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the present invention proposes an electrical connector for connecting an electric cone bipolar plate and a battery voltage monitoring circuit board, characterized in that the electrical connector includes:

a housing assembly, which is formed with an installation cavity for the battery voltage monitoring circuit board to be installed and a plurality of insertion holes, and the outer ends of the plurality of insertion holes are used for the connection ends of the electric cone bipolar plates to be inserted;

a plurality of contact terminals, which are inserted into the inner ends of the plurality of insertion holes one-to-one and used for connecting the electric cone bipolar plate with the battery voltage monitoring circuit board; and

The pressing and engaging member is switchably disposed on the housing assembly in the separating position and the engaging position; in the engaging position, the pressing and engaging member is engaged with the electric cone bipolar plate, so as to connect the The electric cone bipolar plate is clamped and fixed in the insertion hole; in the separation position, the pressing and engaging member is separated from the electric cone bipolar plate, so as to allow the electric cone bipolar plate Pull out from the insertion hole or insert the electric cone bipolar plate into the insertion hole.

In one embodiment, the pressing and engaging member includes:

The press clip includes a main body, a clamping arm and a pressing arm respectively arranged at both ends of the main body, the main body is protruded with two oppositely arranged first bosses, and the two first bosses are both provided with a first boss. sockets; second bosses are provided on the housing assembly at positions corresponding to the two first bosses, and matching adapters are provided on the two second bosses at positions corresponding to the first sockets the second jack;

a guide post, the guide post passes through the first insertion hole and the second insertion hole to connect the first boss and the second boss, so that the press is clamped to the casing components; and

an elastic piece sleeved on the guide post, the elastic piece is provided with a first abutting arm elastically abutting with the body of the press clip and a second abutting arm elastically abutting with the housing component .

In one embodiment, the elastic member is a spring.

In one embodiment, a limit rib for being inserted into the limit slot of the electric cone bipolar plate is protruded from the insertion hole of the housing component.

In one embodiment, the housing assembly includes a main body rubber core and a cover plate, the cover plate is covered on the main body rubber core and has the installation cavity.

In one embodiment, a plurality of the insertion holes are opened on the main rubber core, and the plurality of the contact terminals are inserted into the plurality of the insertion holes one-to-one.

In one embodiment, the cover plate is provided with a communication port for connecting the electrical connector with the panoramic surveillance image system, so that the battery voltage monitoring circuit board is connected with the panoramic surveillance image system.

In one embodiment, the electrical connector further includes a protection member, and the protection member is provided on the battery voltage monitoring circuit board for protecting the battery voltage monitoring circuit board.

In one embodiment, the side wall of the housing assembly is provided with a magnetic attraction member for attaching two adjacent electrical connectors together.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention also provides a controller assembly, the controller assembly includes an electric cone bipolar plate, a panoramic monitoring image system, and a plurality of connecting the electric cone bipolar plate and the panoramic monitoring image The electrical connector of the system as described above, the electrical connector comprising:

a housing assembly, which is formed with an installation cavity for the battery voltage monitoring circuit board to be installed and a plurality of insertion holes, and the outer ends of the plurality of insertion holes are used for the connection ends of the electric cone bipolar plates to be inserted;

a plurality of contact terminals, which are inserted into the plurality of insertion holes one-to-one and used to connect the electric cone bipolar plate with the battery voltage monitoring circuit board; and

The pressing and engaging member is switchably disposed on the housing assembly in the separating position and the engaging position; in the engaging position, the pressing and engaging member is engaged with the electric cone bipolar plate, so as to connect the The electric cone bipolar plate is clamped and fixed in the insertion hole; in the separation position, the pressing and engaging member is separated from the electric cone bipolar plate, so as to allow the electric cone bipolar plate Pull out from the insertion hole or insert the electric cone bipolar plate into the insertion hole.

In the present invention, an installation cavity for installing the battery voltage monitoring circuit board and a plurality of insertion holes are formed in the housing assembly of the electrical connector, and the outer ends of the insertion holes are used for the connection end of the power supply cone bipolar plate to be inserted. The contact terminals are inserted one-to-one at the inner ends of the plurality of insertion holes and are used to connect the electric cone bipolar plate with the battery voltage monitoring circuit board. The pressing and engaging members are switchably arranged in the separation position and the engaging position. On the housing assembly, in the engaging position, the pressing and engaging member is engaged with the electric cone bipolar plate to engage and fix the electric cone bipolar plate in the insertion hole, and in the disengaging position, the pressing and engaging member is engaged with the electric cone bipolar plate. The electric cone bipolar plate is separated, so that the electric cone bipolar plate can be pulled out from the insertion hole or the electric cone bipolar plate can be inserted into the insertion hole, which improves the connection between the electric cone bipolar plate and the battery voltage monitoring controller. sex.

Description of drawings

In order to explain the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art more clearly, the following briefly introduces the accompanying drawings that need to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description are only These are some embodiments of the present invention, and for those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings can also be obtained according to the structures shown in these drawings without creative efforts.

1 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of an electrical connector according to the present invention (including an electric cone bipolar plate);

2 is an exploded view of an embodiment of the electrical connector of the present invention (including the electric cone bipolar plate);

3 is a schematic structural diagram of a press clip in an embodiment of the electrical connector of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a controller assembly of the present invention.

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The realization, functional characteristics and advantages of the present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with the embodiments.

Detailed ways

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that all directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, back, etc.) in the embodiments of the present invention are only used to explain the relationship between various components under a certain posture (as shown in the accompanying drawings). The relative positional relationship, the movement situation, etc., if the specific posture changes, the directional indication also changes accordingly.

In addition, the descriptions involving "first", "second", etc. in the present invention are only for descriptive purposes, and should not be understood as indicating or implying their relative importance or implying the number of indicated technical features. Thus, a feature delimited with "first", "second" may expressly or implicitly include at least one of that feature. In addition, the meaning of "and/or" in the whole text is to include three parallel schemes. Taking "A and/or B" as an example, it includes scheme A, scheme B, or scheme that A and B satisfy at the same time. In addition, the technical solutions between the various embodiments can be combined with each other, but must be based on the realization by those of ordinary skill in the art. When the combination of technical solutions is contradictory or cannot be realized, it should be considered that the combination of such technical solutions does not exist. , is not within the scope of protection required by the present invention.

In an exemplary technology, the electrical connector of the stack bipolar plate is mainly connected to the stack bipolar plate with an electrical connector, and then the signal or power is transmitted to the cell voltage monitoring (CVM) through wires. ) on the control device for data and energy conversion, and its conversion controller needs to be allocated as required. However, when multiple connection methods are required, the structure of the battery voltage monitoring controller needs to be designed correspondingly, and the connection between the stack bipolar plate and the battery voltage monitoring controller is troublesome.

In order to improve the connection convenience between the stack bipolar plate and the battery voltage monitoring controller, the present invention proposes an electrical connector, which is suitable for the connection between the battery voltage monitoring controller of the hydrogen fuel cell and the stack bipolar plate. limit.

1 and 2, in an embodiment of the present invention, the electrical connector 10 includes a housing assembly 100, a plurality of contact terminals 200 and a pressing and engaging member 300; the housing assembly 100 is formed with a battery voltage monitoring circuit board 11. The installation cavity for installation and the plurality of insertion holes 100a, the outer ends of the plurality of insertion holes 100a are used for the insertion of the connection end of the power supply cone bipolar plate 20; the plurality of contact terminals 200 are inserted one-to-one in the The inner end of the contact hole 100a is used to connect the electric cone bipolar plate 20 with the battery voltage monitoring circuit board 11; the pressing and engaging member 300 is switchably disposed on the housing assembly 100 in the separation position and the engaging position; In the engaging position, press the engaging member 300 to engage with the electric cone bipolar plate 20 to engage and fix the electric cone bipolar plate 20 in the insertion hole 100a; in the separation position, press the engaging member 300 to engage with the electric cone bipolar plate 20. The pole plates 20 are separated, so that the electric cone bipolar plate 20 can be pulled out from the insertion hole 100a or the electric cone bipolar plate 20 can be inserted into the insertion hole 100a.

The housing assembly 100 can be an assembly composed of a plastic body and a plurality of plastic shells, and encloses the above-mentioned installation cavity for the battery voltage monitoring circuit board 11 to be installed; a plurality of plug connectors can be opened on the plastic body A plurality of contact terminals 200 can be inserted inside the insertion hole 100a, and the connecting end of the power supply cone bipolar plate 20 can be inserted into the outside of the insertion hole 100a, so as to be in contact with the contact terminals 200 and conduct.

The contact terminal 200 can be a metal conductor with certain electrical conductivity, and can be arranged in a long strip shape to be embedded and fixed in the insertion hole 100a.

The pressing and engaging member 300 can be an elastic reset mechanism formed by a combination of a buckle, an elastic piece and a connecting rod. By setting the elastic reset mechanism, the electric cone bipolar plate 20 can be snapped onto the housing assembly 100 and then connected to the housing assembly 100. It is electrically connected to the battery voltage monitoring circuit board 11 in the housing assembly 100 through the contact terminal 200 .

It can be understood that, in the technical solution of the present invention, since the housing assembly 100 of the electrical connector 10 is formed with an installation cavity for installing the battery voltage monitoring circuit board 11 and a plurality of insertion holes 100a, the The outer end is used to insert the connection end of the power supply cone bipolar plate 20, and the plurality of contact terminals 200 are inserted into the inner end of the plurality of insertion holes 100a one-to-one and are used to connect the electric cone bipolar plate 20 to the battery voltage monitoring circuit. The plate 11 is connected, and the pressing and engaging member 300 is switchably arranged on the housing assembly 100 in the separation position and the engaging position. The electric cone bipolar plate 20 is clamped and fixed in the insertion hole 100a. In the separation position, the pressing and engaging member 300 is separated from the electric cone bipolar plate 20, so that the electric cone bipolar plate 20 can be pulled out from the insertion hole 100a. Alternatively, the electric cone bipolar plate 20 is inserted into the insertion hole 100a, which improves the convenience of connection between the electric cone bipolar plate 20 and the battery voltage monitoring controller.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2 , in order to realize the snapping of the electric cone bipolar plate 20 on the housing assembly 100 , in one embodiment, the pressing and snapping member 300 may include a pressing clip 310 , a guide post 320 and an elastic member 330 ; Referring to FIG. 3 , the pressing clip 310 includes a main body 311 , a clamping arm 312 and a pressing arm 313 respectively disposed at both ends of the main body 311 . A first socket is provided on each of them; a second boss is provided on the housing assembly 100 at the position corresponding to the two first bosses, and a corresponding first socket is provided on the two second bosses at the position corresponding to the first socket. Two sockets; the guide post 320 passes through the first socket and the second socket to connect the first boss and the second boss, so that the press clip 310 is arranged on the housing assembly 100 ; the elastic member 330 is sleeved on the guide On the column 320 , the elastic member 330 is provided with a first abutting arm elastically abutting with the body 311 of the press clip 310 and a second abutting arm elastically abutting with the housing assembly 100 .

In this embodiment, the elastic member 330 may be a spring or an elastic plastic body with certain elastic properties, which is not limited here. The material of the guide post 320 can be copper or the like, which is not limited here.

When the pressing arm 313 of the pressing clip 310 is pressed, the snap arm 312 of the pressing clip 310 can be switched to the snapping position with the electric cone bipolar plate 20 through the elastic member 330 or a position separated from the electric cone bipolar plate 20 The separation position; specifically, in the engaging position, the pressing clip 310 of the pressing and engaging member 300 is engaged with the electric cone bipolar plate 20, so that the electric cone bipolar plate 20 is clamped and fixed in the insertion hole 100a; In the separation position, press the clip 310 of the engaging member 300 to separate from the electric cone bipolar plate 20, so that the electric cone bipolar plate 20 can be pulled out from the insertion hole 100a or the electric cone bipolar plate 20 can be inserted into the insertion hole within 100a. With this arrangement, the electric cone bipolar plate 20 is snap-fastened and connected to the battery voltage monitoring circuit board 11 .

During production and assembly, the two first bosses on the press clip 310 can be aligned with the two second bosses on the housing assembly 100 and the middle of the elastic member 330 is aligned with the first and second sockets Align, then insert the guide post 320 from one side and assemble the clip 310 to the housing assembly 100 through the first insertion hole, the elastic member 330 and the second insertion hole, and then insert the contact terminal 200 into the assembled housing according to the direction In the insertion hole 100a of the body assembly 100, the formed battery voltage monitoring circuit board 11 and its protective shell can be mounted on the connector of the assembled contact terminal 200 by welding or other methods according to the direction, and then the shell assembly is assembled. The cover plate 120 of 100 is oriented to cover the main body of the housing assembly 100 to complete the assembly of the entire electrical connector 10, so as to further insert the electrical cone bipolar plate 20 on the electrical connector 10 according to customer requirements , and then insert the entire assembly into the housing of the panoramic surveillance image system 30 .

In order to limit and fix the connection end of the electric cone bipolar plate 20 , in one embodiment, the insertion hole 100 a of the housing assembly 100 is protruded with a socket for being inserted into the limiting slot of the electric cone bipolar plate 20 . The limiting rib is used to confine it in the insertion hole 100a of the housing assembly 100 and make it connect with the contact terminal 200 in conduction, so as to avoid disconnection due to movement and dislocation.

Referring mainly to FIG. 2, in order to form the above-mentioned mounting cavity for the installation of the battery voltage monitoring circuit board 11, and to form the above-mentioned insertion hole 100a to allow the electric cone bipolar plate 20 to be inserted and connected to the battery voltage monitoring circuit board 11, in In one embodiment, the housing assembly 100 may include a main rubber core 110 and a cover plate 120 , and the cover plate 120 covers the main rubber core 110 and defines an installation cavity. In this example. A plurality of insertion holes 100a are opened on the main rubber core 110, and a plurality of contact terminals 200 are inserted into the plurality of insertion holes 100a one-to-one. The inner end of the insertion hole 100a is used for inserting the contact terminal 200, and the outer end of the insertion hole 100a is used for the connection end of the power supply cone bipolar plate 20 to be inserted.

In this embodiment, referring to FIG. 2 , the cover plate 120 may be provided with a communication port 120 a for connecting the electrical connector 10 with the panoramic video surveillance system 30 (Around View Monitor, AVM), so that the battery voltage monitoring circuit board 11 It is connected to the panoramic surveillance image system 30 . In this way, the battery voltage monitoring controller is connected to the controller of the panoramic monitoring image system 30 .

Referring to FIG. 2 , in an embodiment, in order to protect the battery voltage monitoring circuit board 11 from being damaged, the electrical connector 10 may further include a protection member 130 , and the protection member 130 is provided on the battery voltage monitoring circuit board 11 for use in Protects the battery voltage monitoring circuit board 11 . In this embodiment, the battery voltage monitoring circuit board 11 can be sleeved in the protection member 130 to protect the circuit board.

Referring mainly to FIG. 4 , in some embodiments, multiple electrical connectors 10 of the present invention need to be used. The side wall of the housing assembly 100 may be provided with a magnetic attracting member 140 for attracting and fixing two adjacent electrical connectors 10 together.

The present invention also provides a controller assembly. Referring to FIG. 4 , the controller assembly includes an electric cone bipolar plate 20 , a panoramic monitoring image system 30 , and a plurality of connectors connecting the electric cone bipolar plate 20 and the panoramic monitoring image system 30 . The electrical connector 10, the specific structure of the electrical connector 10 refers to the above-mentioned embodiments, since the controller assembly proposed by the present invention includes all the solutions of all the above-mentioned electrical connector 10 embodiments, therefore, at least it has the same 10 The same technical effects will not be described one by one here.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, in an embodiment of the present invention, the electrical connector 10 includes a housing assembly 100, a plurality of contact terminals 200 and a pressing and engaging member 300; the housing assembly 100 is formed with a battery voltage monitoring circuit board 11. The installation cavity for installation and the plurality of insertion holes 100a, the outer ends of the plurality of insertion holes 100a are used for the insertion of the connection end of the power supply cone bipolar plate 20; the plurality of contact terminals 200 are inserted one-to-one in the The inner end of the contact hole 100a is used to connect the electric cone bipolar plate 20 with the battery voltage monitoring circuit board 11; the pressing and engaging member 300 is switchably disposed on the housing assembly 100 in the separation position and the engaging position; In the engaging position, press the engaging member 300 to engage with the electric cone bipolar plate 20 to engage and fix the electric cone bipolar plate 20 in the insertion hole 100a; in the separation position, press the engaging member 300 to engage with the electric cone bipolar plate 20. The pole plates 20 are separated, so that the electric cone bipolar plate 20 can be pulled out from the insertion hole 100a or the electric cone bipolar plate 20 can be inserted into the insertion hole 100a.

The above descriptions are only optional embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Under the inventive concept of the present invention, any equivalent structural transformations made by using the contents of the description and drawings of the present invention, or direct/indirect Applications in other related technical fields are included in the scope of patent protection of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. An electrical connector for connecting an electric cone bipolar plate and a battery voltage monitoring circuit board, wherein the electrical connector comprises: a housing assembly, which is formed with an installation cavity for the battery voltage monitoring circuit board to be installed and a plurality of insertion holes, and the outer ends of the plurality of insertion holes are used for the connection ends of the electric cone bipolar plates to be inserted; a plurality of contact terminals, which are inserted into the inner ends of the plurality of insertion holes one-to-one and used for connecting the electric cone bipolar plate with the battery voltage monitoring circuit board; and The pressing and engaging member is switchably disposed on the housing assembly in the separating position and the engaging position; in the engaging position, the pressing and engaging member is engaged with the electric cone bipolar plate, so as to connect the The electric cone bipolar plate is clamped and fixed in the insertion hole; in the separation position, the pressing and engaging member is separated from the electric cone bipolar plate, so as to allow the electric cone bipolar plate Pull out from the insertion hole or insert the electric cone bipolar plate into the insertion hole. 2. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the pressing and engaging member comprises: The press clip includes a main body, a clamping arm and a pressing arm respectively arranged at both ends of the main body, the main body is protruded with two oppositely arranged first bosses, and the two first bosses are both provided with a first boss. sockets; second bosses are provided on the housing assembly at positions corresponding to the two first bosses, and matching adapters are provided on the two second bosses at positions corresponding to the first sockets the second jack; a guide post, the guide post passes through the first insertion hole and the second insertion hole to connect the first boss and the second boss, so that the press is clamped to the casing components; and an elastic piece sleeved on the guide post, the elastic piece is provided with a first abutting arm elastically abutting with the body of the press clip and a second abutting arm elastically abutting with the housing component . 3. The electrical connector of claim 2, wherein the elastic member is a spring. 4 . The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein a limit rib for being inserted into the limit slot of the electric cone bipolar plate is protruded from the insertion hole of the housing component. 5 . 5 . The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the housing assembly comprises a main body rubber core and a cover plate, the cover plate is covered on the main body rubber core and has the installation cavity. 6 . . 6 . The electrical connector of claim 5 , wherein a plurality of the insertion holes are opened on the main rubber core, and a plurality of the contact terminals are inserted into the plurality of the plurality of the contact terminals one-to-one. into the socket. 7 . The electrical connector according to claim 5 , wherein the cover plate is provided with a communication port for connecting the electrical connector with a panoramic monitoring image system, so that the battery voltage monitoring circuit board can be connected. 8 . connected with the panoramic surveillance image system. 8 . The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical connector further comprises a protection member, and the protection member is provided on the battery voltage monitoring circuit board to protect the battery voltage. 9 . Monitor the circuit board. 9 . The controller assembly of claim 1 , wherein the housing assembly is provided with a magnetic attracting member for attracting and fixing two adjacent electrical connectors together. 10 . 10. A controller assembly, characterized in that the controller assembly comprises an electric cone bipolar plate, a panoramic monitoring image system, and a plurality of such devices that connect the electric cone bipolar plate and the panoramic monitoring image system. The electrical connector of any one of claims 1-9.

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