Background
With the progress of communication technology and electronic technology, electronic devices with various functions, such as: portable power supply devices for mobile phones to supply power continuously, mobile phones which enable people to communicate at two ends of the world, walkmans which can satisfy people to listen to music anytime and anywhere, and Personal computers (Personal computers) which can assist people to process various things have become indispensable tools in modern life and work.
In addition, in order to receive electronic signals and power from the outside, various electronic devices (e.g., smart phones, tablet computers, desktop computers, notebook computers, digital cameras, etc.) usually have to configure a signal Connector on the body of each electronic device, generally speaking, the signal Connector (Connector) refers to all the connecting components and accessories thereof applied to electronic signals and power, and is a bridge for all signals, the quality of the signal Connector affects the reliability of current and signal transmission, and is also closely related to the operation of the electronic device.
Along with the change of usage and installation position, the connector also has the type of multiple different structures to can adapt to and satisfy the demand on using, for example, along with intelligent vehicle's concept and application popularization, the demand volume of automobile-used connector also rises by a wide margin, wherein, the problem that automobile-used connector faces lies in, the vehicle can form the vibrations of different degrees because of the jolt degree on road surface, this kind of condition leads to the fact two automobile-used connectors of pegging graft mutually easily, take place the condition that pine takes place, separation under long-term use, consequently, automobile-used connector's locking structure usually can pursue stability, this kind of condition, not only increased the degree of difficulty in the design, also can lead to the difficulty on follow-up unblock.
In view of the above, the applicant has devised a connector set for a vehicle, please refer to fig. 1A and 1B, the connector set 1 for vehicle is composed of at least a plug connector 11, a socket connector 12 and two locking parts 13, wherein, the plug connector 11 and the socket connector 12 can be plugged together, and simultaneously, the locking mechanisms at two corresponding sides of the plug connector 11 and the socket connector 12 can be combined, and then, the two locking portions 13 can be attached to the left and right sides of the plug connector 11 and the receptacle connector 12, so as to improve the stability of the plug connector 11 and the receptacle connector 12, so that the plug connector 11 and the receptacle connector 12 are not easily separated due to vibration, when the user wants to pull out the plug connector 11, which can first move the two locking portions 13 up to expose the locking mechanism, respectively, and then can unlock to disengage the plug connector 11 and the receptacle connector 12 from each other.
However, the applicant found that, since the two locking portions 13 are separately provided and the design concept of the current connector set 1 for a vehicle is gradually lighter and thinner, when a user moves up the locking portions 13, it is easy to happen that one of the locking portions 13 is not moved up to a predetermined position without attention, so that unlocking is incomplete, and at this time, the other locking portion 13 is moved up to the predetermined position to complete unlocking, so that the user may feel an illusion and a wrong feel that both the two locking portions 13 complete unlocking, and when the user forcibly pulls out the plug connector 11, the plug connector 11 or the receptacle connector 12 may be damaged, so that the connector set for a vehicle ] may not be used. As mentioned above, how to effectively improve the above-mentioned problems and make the connector have good stability and convenient unlocking performance in use is a major subject of the present disclosure.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE
Since the known connector set adopts two independent locking parts, the connector set is easy to damage due to incomplete unlocking of one locking part in use, so that the inventor relies on abundant practical experience of designing, processing and manufacturing various power or signal connectors for years and inherits the research spirit of lean refinement, and finally develops the connector set with the sliding locking frame and the plug connector thereof after long-term research and experiment.
The present disclosure provides a connector set with a sliding locking frame, which includes a socket connector, a plug connector and a sliding locking frame, wherein the top side of the socket connector is provided with a socket plugging portion, and the corresponding left and right sides of the socket connector are respectively provided with a buckling portion; the bottom side of the plug connector is provided with a plug plugging part, the corresponding left side and the right side of the plug connector are respectively provided with a first locking unit, the first locking units are in a suspended form near the bottom end region, the socket plugging part and the plug plugging part can form electrical connection in the state that the plug connector is plugged into the socket connector, and each buckling part can be assembled to the corresponding first locking unit; the sliding locking frame can be sleeved on the plug connector, the left side and the right side which correspond to the sliding locking frame are respectively provided with a pushing unit, and each pushing unit is positioned at the inner side of each corresponding first locking unit; when the plug connector and the socket connector are in a plugging state, the sliding locking frame can move towards the top side direction of the plug connector, so that each pushing unit outwards expands each corresponding first locking unit, and each first locking unit is separated from each buckling part to form an unlocking state.
Another objective of the present disclosure is to provide a plug connector with a sliding locking frame, which includes a plug connector and a sliding locking frame, wherein the bottom side of the plug connector is provided with a plug insertion portion, and the left and right sides corresponding to the plug connector are respectively provided with a first locking unit, wherein the first locking units are adjacent to the bottom end region and in a suspended manner, and in a state where the plug connector is inserted into a socket connector, the plug insertion portion can form an electrical connection with a socket insertion portion of the socket connector, and the two first locking units can be respectively assembled to two buckling portions of the socket connector; the movable locking frame is sleeved on the plug connector, the left side and the right side corresponding to the movable locking frame are respectively provided with a pushing unit, and each pushing unit is positioned at the inner side of each corresponding first locking unit; when the plug connector and the socket connector are in a plugging state, the sliding locking frame can move towards the top side direction of the plug connector, so that each pushing unit outwards expands each corresponding first locking unit, and each first locking unit is separated from each buckling part to form an unlocking state.
To make the objects, technical features and effects of the present disclosure clearer, embodiments are described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Detailed Description
Referring to fig. 2, in one embodiment, the connector set is composed of at least a receptacle connector 2, a plug connector 3 and a sliding locking frame 4, for convenience of description, the upper side of fig. 2 is taken as the upper (top) position of the component, the lower side of fig. 2 is taken as the lower (bottom) position of the component, the upper left of fig. 2 is taken as the left position of the component, the lower right of fig. 2 is taken as the right position of the component, the lower left of fig. 2 is taken as the front position of the component, and the upper right of fig. 2 is taken as the rear position of the component. In addition, the component types of the connector set of the present disclosure are not limited to those illustrated in fig. 2, and a worker in the art can adjust the types of the components according to product requirements, so that the connector set to be protected by the present disclosure is provided as long as the connector set has the related structures and functions described in the following embodiments, which are described in advance herein.
Referring to fig. 2 and 3, the top side of the receptacle connector 2 is provided with a receptacle mating part 21, the corresponding left and right sides thereof are respectively provided with a locking part 23, and the front side thereof is provided with an engaging part 25, in this embodiment, the receptacle connector 2 is at least composed of a receptacle housing 20, a receptacle insulating body 22 and a plurality of receptacle metal terminals 24, wherein the top side of the receptacle insulating body 22 is provided with a receptacle mating opening 220, a receptacle accommodating space 221 is provided therein, the receptacle accommodating space 221 and the receptacle mating opening 220 are communicated with each other, two corresponding inner side surfaces of the receptacle insulating body 22 are further respectively provided with a plurality of terminal grooves 224, and the receptacle mating opening 220, the terminal grooves 224 and the receptacle accommodating space 221 are also communicated with each other. In other embodiments of the present disclosure, the socket insulating body 22 may not have the terminal groove 224, or a tongue plate may be added to the socket insulating body 22 and the terminal groove 224 is disposed on the tongue plate, so that the structure of the socket insulating body 22 of the present disclosure can be applied to various types of connectors.
In view of fig. 2 and 3, the socket metal terminals 24 are respectively fixed in the socket insulating body 22 and are separated from each other by a distance, in this embodiment, the socket metal terminals 24 can be at least one of signal terminals, ground terminals or power terminals, and can be respectively embedded in the terminal slots 224, the front ends of the socket metal terminals 24 can be exposed out of the socket accommodating space 221, and the rear ends of the socket metal terminals 24 can extend out of the socket insulating body 22 to be connected (e.g., soldered) to a circuit board or other components. It is particularly mentioned that the socket plug-in part 21 is mainly electrically connected with the plug connector 3, so the form of the socket plug-in part 21 can be changed according to different connector group types, but at least the socket metal terminals 24 are fixed in the socket insulation body 22, for example, in the embodiment, the form of the socket plug-in part 21 can be, but is not limited to, the socket plug-in port 220 matching with the socket metal terminals 24 exposed out of the socket accommodation space 221.
Referring to fig. 2 and 3, in this embodiment, the socket insulating body 22 can be assembled into the socket housing 20, the corresponding left and right sides of the socket insulating body can be respectively provided with the fastening portions 23, the front side surface of the socket insulating body is provided with the engaging portion 25, and the fastening portions 23 and the engaging portion 25 can be exposed out of the socket housing 20, in other embodiments of the disclosure, a worker in the art can only provide the fastening portions 23 according to product requirements, or adjust the positions of the fastening portions 23 and the engaging portion 25 to be located on the socket housing 20, or respectively dispose the fastening portions 23 and the engaging portion 25 on different components, for example, the fastening portions 23 are located on the socket insulating body 22, and the engaging portion 25 is located on the socket housing 20, which is known in advance.
Referring to fig. 2 and 4, the bottom side of the plug connector 3 is provided with a plug insertion portion 31, the corresponding left and right sides of the plug insertion portion are respectively provided with a first locking unit 33, the front side surface of the plug connector is provided with a second locking unit 35, in this embodiment, the first locking units 33 are bent into an L shape, so that the areas adjacent to the bottom end are in a suspended form (i.e., the inner wall surfaces of the first locking units 33 adjacent to the bottom end are separated from the left/right side surfaces of the plug connector 3 by a distance), the second locking units 35 are T-shaped, so that the areas adjacent to the top end and the bottom end are in a suspended form (i.e., the inner wall surfaces of the second locking units 35 adjacent to the top end and the bottom end are separated from the front side surface of the plug connector 3 by a distance), in other embodiments of the present disclosure, the actual appearances of the first locking units 33 and the second locking units 35 can be changed according to product requirements, it is not limited to the aforementioned L-shape or T-shape, as long as the structure can achieve the subsequent locking and unlocking effects.
Referring to fig. 2 and 4, in the embodiment, the plug connector 3 at least comprises a plug housing 30, a plug insulating body 32 and a plurality of plug metal terminals 34, wherein the plug metal terminals 34 are disposed on the plug insulating body 32 to form the plug inserting portion 31, one end of each of the plug metal terminals 34 can be exposed in a golden finger form, and the other end can be in a conductive wire form, but not limited thereto. It is particularly mentioned that the plug insulating body 32 depicted in fig. 4 includes a tongue plate 32A and a seat body 32B, and the tongue plate 32A and the seat body 32B can be integrally formed or formed by combining separate components according to product requirements; in addition, the form of the plug inserting portion 31 can also be changed according to the product requirement or the form of the socket inserting portion 21, but at least the plug metal terminals 34 are fixed on the plug insulating body 32, for example, in the embodiment, the form of the plug inserting portion 31 can be the tongue plate 32A matching with the plug metal terminals 34 in the form of gold fingers, but not limited thereto.
Referring to fig. 2 to 4, in this embodiment, the plug insulating body 32 can be assembled and fixed in the plug housing 30, and the corresponding left and right sides of the plug insulating body 32 are respectively provided with the first locking units 33, the front side of the plug insulating body 32 is provided with the second locking unit 35, the first locking units 33 and the second locking units 35 are exposed out of the plug housing 30, in a form capable of matching with the buckling portions 23 and the embedding portions 25, the first locking units 33 are provided with a first opening 331 (or in a groove form), the second locking units 35 are provided with a second opening 351 (or in a groove form), in other embodiments of the present disclosure, a worker in the art can adjust the appearance and position of the first locking units 33 and the second locking units 35 to be located on the plug housing 30 according to product requirements, or the first locking units 33 and the second locking units 35 are respectively arranged on different components, even in the case where the receptacle connector 2 is provided with only the catching portion 23 (not with the engaging portion 25), the plug insulating body 32 can be provided with only the first locking unit 33 (i.e., without the second locking unit 35).
Referring to fig. 2 to 5, when the user plugs the plug connector 3 into the receptacle connector 2, one end of the plug metal terminal 34 of the plug connector 3 extends into the receptacle accommodating space 221 through the receptacle plug interface 220 and contacts with one end of the receptacle metal terminals 24 to exchange signals or currents with each other, so that the receptacle plug part 21 and the plug part 31 can form an electrical connection, each of the locking parts 23 is assembled to each of the corresponding first locking units 33 (e.g., embedded into the first opening 331) to form a locking structure, and the embedding part 25 is assembled to the second locking unit 35 (e.g., embedded into the second opening 351) to form a locking structure.
Referring to fig. 2 and 6, the sliding locking frame 4 is sleeved on the plug connector 3 (as shown in fig. 5), the left and right sides thereof are respectively provided with a pushing unit 41, and each pushing unit 41 is located at the inner side of each corresponding first locking unit 33, and then when a user wants to take off the plug connector 3, the user can firstly displace the sliding locking frame 4 toward the top side of the plug connector 3 (as shown in fig. 7), so that each pushing unit 41 can open the corresponding first locking unit 33 outwards, and each first locking unit 33 is separated from the corresponding buckling portion 23, so as to form an unlocking state (as shown in fig. 8); in this embodiment, to facilitate the abutting unit 41 to open the first locking unit 33, the inner wall of the first locking unit 33 is provided with a first abutting inclined surface 333, and the outer wall of the abutting unit 41 is provided with an abutting inclined surface 411, as shown in fig. 8, when the sliding locking frame 4 is displaced toward the top side of the plug connector 3 (as shown by the arrow of the dotted line in fig. 8), each abutting inclined surface 411 abuts against the corresponding first abutting inclined surface 333 and moves along each first abutting inclined surface 333, so that the first locking unit 33 can be more easily opened outward, and the first locking unit 33 is separated from the locking portion 23 to form the unlocking state.
Thereafter, referring to fig. 2 and fig. 6, the user can press the area of the second locking unit 35 near the top end inwards (as shown by the dotted arrow in fig. 9) to disengage the second locking unit 35 from the engaging portion 25 to form an unlocked state (as shown in fig. 9), wherein the sliding locking frame 4 is omitted in fig. 9 to clearly show the unlocked state, but in practical use, the sliding locking frame 4 is still located on the plug connector 3, so that the user can remove the plug connector 3 and the sliding locking frame 4 together. In addition, in other embodiments of the present disclosure, not only the unlocking sequence of the foregoing embodiments is limited, but also the second locking unit 35 can be unlocked first and then the sliding locking frame 4 can be moved to perform subsequent unlocking according to different designs of products. In summary, since the sliding locking frame 4 of the present disclosure can simultaneously open the two first locking units 33 when moving toward the top side of the plug connector 3, there is no situation that one locking portion completes unlocking and the other locking portion does not unlock as in the conventional locking portions, and therefore, a user can clearly determine whether the unlocking state is completed by pulling the hand feeling of the sliding locking frame 4, so as to reduce the probability that the plug connector 3 or the receptacle connector 2 is damaged due to hard pulling of the plug connector 3 by the user.
In addition, in order to improve the convenience of the user moving the sliding lock frame 4, as shown in fig. 2 and fig. 5, the sliding lock frame 4 is provided with a pulling portion 43 on each of the left and right sides thereof, and each pulling portion 43 is located outside each first locking unit 33, so that the user's finger can apply force to each pulling portion 43 to pull the sliding lock frame 4 upward. It is stated here that although the slide lock frame 4 is drawn in the present disclosure as an integrally formed form, in other embodiments of the present disclosure, the slide lock frame 4 can be combined by a plurality of components as long as it can simultaneously accomplish the corresponding unlocked states to the two first locking units 33 when it is operated.
Besides, besides the hand feeling of pulling the sliding lock frame 4, the connector set can be further provided with at least one locking member 5 to prevent the user from pressing the second locking unit 35 forcefully and removing the plug connector 3 when the unlocking state corresponding to the first locking unit 33 is not completed, as shown in fig. 2 and 5, the locking member 5 is movably located inside the second locking unit 35 and corresponds to the position of the second locking unit 35 near the top end, the front side of the sliding lock frame 4 is provided with at least one driving unit 45, the driving unit 45 is connected with the locking member 5 and can drive the locking member 5 to move up and down, for example, in the embodiment, the front side of the locking member 5 is convexly provided with a convex pillar 51, the driving unit 45 is provided with an opening, and the convex pillar 51 can extend into the opening, when the sliding lock frame 4 moves toward the top side of the plug connector 3, the driving unit 45 drives the locking member 5 to move upward, so that the locking member 5 is separated from the position corresponding to the second locking unit 35, and the region of the second locking unit 35 adjacent to the top end can be pressed inward (as shown in fig. 9), so that the second locking unit 35 is separated from the engaging portion 25, thereby forming an unlocking state. Thus, when the user pulls the sliding locking frame 4, but the pulling distance is too short, so that the first locking unit 33 cannot be reliably separated from the buckling part 23, the local area of the second locking unit 35 still can correspond to the inner side of the second locking unit 35, so that the user cannot press the second locking unit 35, and at this time, the user can know that the current unlocking state is not reliable enough, thereby effectively reducing the damage rate of the connector set.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, and the protection scope of the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and all persons skilled in the art can easily consider equivalent changes based on the technical content disclosed in the present disclosure, and the protection scope of the present disclosure should not be left.