KR101209798B1 - Connector having dual jointing means - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a connector having a double fastening means, and more particularly, to separate the male connector into two and to be assembled twice in the fastening to the female connector, dispersing the fastening force during assembly of the male and female connectors, the assembly efficiency It relates to a connector having a double fastening means to improve the.
That is, the present invention separates the male connector into a first male connector (main plug housing) and a second male connector (sliding plug housing) to realize multipolarization, and at the same time preassembles a second male connector to the first male connector. Next, by inserting the preassembled first and second male connectors into the female connector (cap housing), a complete assembly between the first and second male connectors is achieved and between the fully assembled first and second male connectors and the female connector. It is intended to provide a connector having a double fastening means to improve the connector assembly efficiency by reducing the insertion force of the male connector at the same time to distribute the force when assembling the male connector to the female connector.

Description

Connector having dual jointing means

The present invention relates to a connector having a double fastening means, and more particularly, to separate the male connector into two and to be assembled twice in the fastening to the female connector, dispersing the fastening force during assembly of the male and female connectors, the assembly efficiency It relates to a connector having a double fastening means to improve the.

In general, a vehicle connector is used as an electrical connection means for interconnecting electrical equipment and power, or interconnection between electrical equipment and a controller, and is generally divided into a male connector and a female connector.

In recent years, due to the high-quality and multifunctional vehicle, a connector having a large number of poles has been released in consideration of the fact that a large number of poles are required to be developed.

Similarly, the increased number of poles consists of a male connector (plug housing) and a female connector (cap housing), and the male connector is inserted into the female connector at once in the assembly line for the final connector product.

Since the male connector must be inserted into the female connector at one time and tightened, the insertion force of the male connector to the female connector can be increased, resulting in poor assembly efficiency and workability, and the impact of the insertion force increases the impact of the male connector. There is a disadvantage in that a defect such as absorption occurs in the fastening interface between the female connectors.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and the male connector is separated into a first male connector (main plug housing) and a second male connector (sliding plug housing) to realize multipolarization and at the same time for the first male connector. The second male connector is first assembled, and then the first assembled second and second male connectors are inserted into the female connector (cap housing) so that the first and second fully assembled are fully assembled together. And a double fastening means for assembling between the second male connector and the female connector, thereby distributing the force when assembling the male connector to the female connector and reducing the insertion force of the male connector to improve the connector assembly efficiency. It is an object to provide a connector having.

The present invention for achieving the above object is: a plurality of female terminals are formed at both ends, a main plug housing having an insertion hole formed between each female terminal; A sliding plug housing inserted into the insertion hole of the main plug housing and preliminarily assembled; Provisional assembly means formed on upper and lower surfaces of the main plug housing and the sliding plug housing to temporarily preassemble the main plug housing and the sliding plug housing; A fastener for inserting and fastening the main plug housing and the sliding plug housing temporarily assembled by the temporary assembly means is formed at the front end portion, and a rear end portion is formed with a male terminal supporter fitted to the female terminal of the main plug housing and the sliding plug housing. A cap housing having upper and lower surfaces of the fastener formed therein with temporary disassembly means for moving the temporary assembly means to a fully assembled position; It provides a connector having a double fastening means, characterized in that configured to include.

The provisional assembly means according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes: a stop lever integrally formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the sliding plug housing and extending rearward to have an elastic force; When the sliding plug housing is inserted into the insertion hole of the main plug housing, the first locking locking jaw formed on the upper and lower front of the main plug housing so that the rear end of the stop lever is caught; A secondary locking catching jaw formed in the form of an opening directly behind the primary locking catching jaw so that the rear end of the stop lever is caught again when the sliding plug housing is retracted; .

The pre-assembled release means according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is: when the sliding plug housing is inserted into the cap housing, the upper and lower surfaces in the fastener of the cap housing to release the locked state to the primary locking locking jaw by pressing the stop lever It characterized in that it is formed to integrally release the locking projections.

In addition, a stopper is integrally formed at the rear end corner of the sliding plug housing, and a locking jaw is formed at the distal end of the insertion hole of the main plug housing.

In addition, the fitting assembly end is formed integrally protruding on both outer surfaces of the main plug housing, the slide groove to which the fitting assembly end is fitted is formed on both inner surfaces of the cap housing.

Through the above-mentioned means for solving the problems, the present invention provides the following effects.

According to the present invention, the male connector is separated into a first male connector (main plug housing) and a second male connector (sliding plug housing) to realize multipolarization, and at the same time, a second male connector to the first male connector is preliminarily assembled. Next, by inserting and tightening the preassembled first and second male connectors to the female connector (cap housing), a complete assembly between the first and second male connectors is performed and at the same time between the fully assembled first and second male connectors and the female connector. Assembly can be done easily with little force.

That is, during insertion assembly of the first and second male connectors to the female connector, the force for insertion can be dissipated and the insertion force of the first and second male connectors can be reduced to improve connector assembly efficiency and assembly workability. have.

1 and 2 are a perspective view showing a connector having a double fastening means according to the present invention,
3 is a partial cross-sectional perspective view showing a state in which a main plug housing and a sliding plug housing are assembled in a configuration of a connector having a double fastening means according to the present invention;
4a to 4e are perspective views showing the assembling step of the connector having a double fastening means according to the present invention in order;
5 is a graph showing the insertion force change for each section of the connector having a double fastening means according to the present invention,
Figure 6 is a graph comparing the insertion force change for each section of the connector having a double fastening means according to the present invention compared with the conventional general connector.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

According to the present invention, a female connector and a male connector are assembled, and the male connector is separated into a first male connector (main plug housing) and a second male connector (sliding plug housing) so that the second male connector is connected to the first male connector. After pre-assembling by car, the pre-assembled first and second male connectors are inserted into and fastened to the female connector (cap housing). The point is to make it smooth.

To this end, as shown in the accompanying Figures 1 and 2, the connector of the present invention is the main plug housing 10, the first male connector, the sliding plug housing 20, the second male connector, and the female connector The cap housing 40 is divided into a large configuration.

The main plug housing 10 has a structure in which a plurality of female terminals 12 are built in both side ends, and insertion holes 14 penetrated back and forth between the female terminals 12 are formed.

The sliding plug housing 20 is a block type in which a plurality of female terminals 12 are embedded, and is provided in a structure that can be inserted into the insertion hole 14 of the main plug housing 10.

In addition, the cap housing 40 has a fastener 42 into which the preassembled main plug housing 10 and the sliding plug housing 20 are inserted and fastened, and a plurality of male terminals 43 are formed at the rear end thereof. A male terminal support 44 having a built-in is provided as a unitary structure.

At this time, the temporary assembly means 30 for preliminarily assembling the main plug housing 10 and the sliding plug housing 20 is integrally formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the main plug housing 10 and the upper and lower surfaces of the sliding plug housing 20. .

The temporary assembly means 30 is formed on the upper surface of the main plug housing 10 and the sliding plug housing 20, the sliding plug housing 20 is inserted into the insertion hole 14 of the main plug housing 10 forward 1 As a means for temporarily assembling the vehicle, a stop lever 32 which is integrally formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the sliding plug housing 20 and extends rearward to have an elastic force in the vertical direction, and the sliding plug housing 20 are connected to the main plug housing 10. When the first locking locking jaw 34 and the first locking locking jaw 34 are formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the main plug housing 10 so that the rear end of the stop lever 32 is caught when inserted into the insertion hole 14. It is formed in the form of an opening just behind the secondary locking locking jaw 36 to the rear end of the stop lever 32 when the sliding plug housing 20 is reversed.

At this time, the sliding plug housing 20 is inserted into the insertion hole 14 of the main plug housing 10 as a means for limiting the distance to move forward, as can be seen in the accompanying Figure 3 sliding plug housing 20 The stopper 22 is integrally formed at the rear end corner of the stopper, and the stopper 16 to which the stopper 22 is engaged is integrally formed at the distal end of the insertion hole 14 of the main plug housing 10.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, in order to move the sliding plug housing 20 to the fully assembled position, the upper and lower surfaces of the fastener 42 of the cap housing 40, the temporary assembly to induce the unlocking of the temporary assembly means 30 The release means is integrally formed.

More specifically, as shown in the attached 4a to 4e, the pre-assembled release means is a sliding plug housing 20 when the sliding plug housing 20 preassembled to the main plug housing 10 is inserted into the cap housing 40. ) Is a means for releasing the state in which the stop lever 32 is locked to the primary locking catching jaw 34 by pressing the stop lever 32 formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the upper and lower surfaces of the cap housing 40. It is made by integrally forming the unlocking protrusion 46 in the.

On the other hand, the fitting assembly end 18 is formed integrally protruding on both outer surfaces of the main plug housing 10, the slide groove 48, the fitting assembly end 18 is fitted to both inner surfaces of the cap housing 40 As the bar assembly end 18 and the slide groove 48 are coupled to each other, the main plug housing 10 may be accurately positioned and fastened in the cap housing 40.

Here, with reference to Figures 4a to 4e attached to the assembly process for the connector of the present invention made of the above configuration as follows.

First, the first preliminary assembly is performed by inserting the sliding plug housing 20 into the insertion hole 14 of the main plug housing 10.

That is, when the sliding plug housing 20 is forwardly inserted into the insertion hole 14 of the main plug housing 10, the stopper 22 formed at the rear end corner position of the sliding plug housing 20 is the main plug housing 10. By being caught by the engaging jaw 16 formed at the distal end of the insertion hole 14 of the, the forward insertion of the sliding plug housing 20 is completed, the sliding plug housing 20 by the temporary assembly means 30 is the main plug housing ( In 10), the state is temporarily assembled.

More specifically, the rear end of the stop lever 32 integrally formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the sliding plug housing 20 when the sliding plug housing 20 is fully inserted into the insertion hole 14 of the main plug housing 10. The additional main plug housing 10 is locked while being caught by the primary locking locking jaw 34, so that the sliding plug housing 20 is preliminarily assembled to the main plug housing 10.

Subsequently, when the rear surface of the main plug housing 10 is pushed, the fitting assembly end 18 of the main plug housing 10 is advanced along the slide groove 48 of the cap housing 40, and at the same time preliminary assembly The sliding plug housing 20 is also advanced with the main plug housing 10.

At this time, the male terminal 43 of the cap housing 40 is inserted into and fastened to the female terminal 12 of the sliding plug housing 20, and at the same time, the unlocking protrusion 46 formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the fastener 42 of the cap housing 40. By pressing the stop lever 32 of the sliding plug housing 20, the lock of the stop lever 32 caught by the primary locking locking jaw 34 is released.

Subsequently, if the rear surface of the main plug housing 10 is continuously pressed toward the fastener 42 of the cap housing 40, the male terminal 43 of the cap housing 40 is the female terminal of the main plug housing 10. Inserted and fastened to the (12), in which the sliding plug housing 20 is already inserted and fastened to the cap housing 40, and also because the stop lever 32 is unlocked state to press the main plug housing 10 On the contrary, the sliding plug housing 20 automatically reverses.

As the sliding plug housing 20 moves backward, the secondary locking locking jaw 36 formed in the form in which the stop lever 32 of the sliding plug housing 20 is opened immediately behind the primary locking locking jaw 34 is formed. Is locked while being locked again, and the sliding plug housing 20 is completely assembled with respect to the main plug housing 10, and at the same time, the main plug housing 10 and the sliding plug housing 20 are cap housings 40. ) Is completely inserted into the fastener 42 of ().

Meanwhile, in the connector fastening process shown in FIGS. 4A to 4E, the insertion force when inserting the preassembled main plug housing 10 and the sliding plug housing 20 into the cap housing 40 is shown in FIG. 5. As shown, it can be seen that it is dispersed in section 3 (provisional unlocking section of the sliding plug housing) and section 5 (section in which the sliding plug housing is fastened to the secondary locking jaw).

In addition, as shown in Figure 6, compared to the insertion force when inserting and tightening one male connector to a conventional female connector, the insertion force is dispersed during assembly of the connector of the present invention is assembled with a small force It can be seen.

In this way, the male connector is provided separately from the main plug housing 10 and the sliding plug housing 20, and the main plug housing 10 and the sliding plug housing 20 are preliminarily assembled by the temporary assembly means 30. Next, the main plug housing 10 and the sliding plug housing 20 are inserted into the cap housing 40, which is a female connector, to be finally assembled to insert the main plug housing 10 and the sliding plug housing 20. Can be simultaneously distributed and reduced, which in turn improves connector assembly efficiency and assembly workability.

10 main plug housing 12 female terminal
14: insertion hole 16: locking jaw
18: fitting assembly 20: sliding plug housing
22: stopper 30: temporary assembly means
32: stop lever 34: 1st locking locking jaw
36: secondary locking locking jaw 40: cap housing
42: fastener 43: male terminal
44: male terminal support 46: unlocking projection
48: slide groove

Claims (5)

A plurality of female terminals 12 formed at both ends, and a main plug housing 10 having an insertion hole 14 formed between the female terminals 12;
A sliding plug housing 20 inserted into the insertion hole 14 of the main plug housing 10 and preliminarily assembled;
Provisional assembly means 30 is formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the main plug housing 10 and the sliding plug housing 20, the primary assembly of the main plug housing 10 and the sliding plug housing 20;
A fastener 42 into which the main plug housing 10 preassembled by the temporary assembly means 30 and the sliding plug housing 20 is inserted is formed at a front end portion, and a rear end thereof is slid with the main plug housing 10. A male terminal support 44 fitted to the female terminal 12 of the plug housing 20 is formed, and on the upper and lower surfaces of the fastener 42, a cap having provisional release means for moving the provisional assembly means 30 to a fully assembled position is formed. A housing 40;
Connector having a double fastening means characterized in that comprises a.
The method according to claim 1,
The temporary assembly means 30 is:
A stop lever 32 integrally formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the sliding plug housing 20 and extended rearward to have an elastic force;
When the sliding plug housing 20 is inserted into the insertion hole 14 of the main plug housing 10, the primary locking latch is formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the main plug housing 10 so as to catch the rear end of the stop lever 32. Jaw 34;
A secondary locking locking jaw 36 formed to be opened immediately behind the primary locking locking jaw 34 so that the rear end of the stop lever 32 is caught again when the sliding plug housing 20 moves backward;
Connector having a double fastening means, characterized in that consisting of.
The method according to claim 1,
The preassembly release means is:
When the sliding plug housing 20 is inserted into the cap housing 40, the fastener of the cap housing 40 can be released by pressing the stop lever 32 to release the locked state of the primary locking locking jaw 34. (42) A connector having a double fastening means, characterized in that formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the unlocking projection (46) integrally.
The method according to claim 1,
The stopper 22 is integrally formed at the rear end corner position of the sliding plug housing 20, and the locking jaw 16 is formed at the distal end of the insertion hole of the main plug housing 10 to catch the stopper 22. A connector having a double fastening means.
The method according to claim 1,
The fitting assembly end 18 is integrally formed to protrude from both sides of the main plug housing 10 and the slide groove 48 to which the fitting assembly end 18 is fitted to both inner surfaces of the cap housing 40 is formed. A connector having a double fastening means characterized in that.

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