CN1133251C

CN1133251C - Electrical connectors

Info

Publication number: CN1133251C
Application number: CN 99815071
Authority: CN
Inventors: 理查德·德鲁尼克
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1998-12-17
Filing date: 1999-12-16
Publication date: 2003-12-31
Anticipated expiration: 2019-12-16
Also published as: GB9904214D0; WO2000036709A2; GB2361366A; CN1332894A; WO2000036709A3; NZ512362A; GB0114491D0; AU1867000A

Abstract

A telephone plug (1) having a resilient displaceable latch member (31) for retaining the plug in a corresponding socket is described. In one embodiment, both ends of the latch member are integrally moulded with the plug. In another embodiment one end of the latch member is integrally moulded with the plug and the other end is retained by a retention member (33) having a catch mechanism. The telephone plug (1) may be part of a telephone adapter.

Description

Electric connector

The present invention relates to electric connector and adapter, in particular, the present invention relates to be used for phone electric connector and adapter that the telephone device of various criterion such as Britain and Unite States Standard is connected with each other, but be not limited to this.These adapters are very useful for the traveller, but also are to become telephone plant such as modulator-demodulator another standard needed from a standard handovers.

Thus, mix charming telephone plug to equipment,, just becoming the convention of some telephone plant manufacturers in the world no matter where this equipment is made or provided by a standard.

The purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of simple in structure and the easy electric connector of assembling such as telephone plug or adapter, thereby reduced manufacturing expense and improved intensity.

According to the present invention, a kind of telephone plug is provided, it comprises main body and flexible locking member, this locking member is suitable for plug is fixed in the respective socket, and locking member comprises limb, and this limb has relative the inner and outer end, wherein, the inner of limb and main body are one, and this limb also has a keeper, form one and limit the motion of the outer end of limb with main body.

Limb is preferably elongated, and can strain, thus locking and unclamping.Away from Subject Extension, for example this acute angle can be the angle that becomes with direction in plug is inserted into socket less than 30 degree to this limb with acute angle.

Keeper roughly meets at right angles with main body, that is, keeper stretches out from main body along the direction that is substantially perpendicular to direction of insertion.Keeper is a rigidity.

The outer end of keeper and limb is integral.In this manner, locking member and main body form one.One end of the locking member of tradition Britain telephone plug is freely, can become potential trouble when handling locking member; This can cause that again locking member disconnects in use.The telephone plug of this embodiment of the present invention has such locking member: it can not disconnect in use, because the outer end of limb is maintained by keeper 5.

Another kind of structure is, keeper comprises clamping body, and this mechanism is used for limiting the freedom of motion of limb outer end.Clamping body comprises the hook that is positioned on the limb outer end and the hole of keeper, and this hole has and is arranged essentially parallel to the axis that plug is inserted into the direction in the socket.The shape in this hole can be a rectangle.

When the outer end of limb was stuck in the hole, locking member can not disconnect, because the mobile of it is limited, it no longer becomes potential trouble when so in use handling telephone plug.This structure has such advantage: the elasticity of locking member is greater than the elasticity of another kind of structure.This makes littler flexible plastics can be used for forming locking member.

Another kind of structure is that keeper can be connected on the limb by joint.In this embodiment, keeper is preferably formed by elastomeric material.

A protuberance can be set between locking member and main body, and the restriction locking member is to internal strain.Protuberance can be arranged near the keeper.

Can molded integratedly a plurality of otch in locking member, for example improve the flexible of it or engage with corresponding protuberance in the socket.This main body can be formed by molded plastics.

According to another aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of telephone adapter, it comprises:

Hollow body by electrical insulating material forms has

Constitute the first of plug portion,

Constitute the second portion of socket part, plug portion meets different electrical standards with socket part; And

Carrier member by electrical insulating material forms can be installed in the main body, extends in plug portion and the socket part, and carrier member has upper surface and lower surface and comprises

Constitute the zone of plug portion partly,

Constitute the surface area of socket wall,

The series of grooves that in each zone, is oppositely arranged at least one surface of carrier member,

A plurality ofly extend to the integrated wire element of socket part from plug portion, each wire element comprises

Constitute the free end of the electric contact of elastically deformable in the socket part, and

Be arranged on the mid portion in the respective grooves on the carrier member, so the integrated wire element is to keep spaced relationship.

This series of grooves can be positioned on the lower surface of carrier member, and the free end of lead can carry out bending around carrier member, thereby extends in the socket with the upper surface of carrier member with acutangulating.

Carrier member can be installed in the hollow body by socket part.

This lead is so a kind of lead: it can bend to required form, and it will keep the sort of shape, and perhaps this lead tends to return to the sort of shape at least when strain takes place.This lead can be any required shape of cross section, and as circular or square, and if desired, contact portion can be plated to anticorrosive, as gold-plated.

The present invention has carried out schematic graphic extension by way of example in the accompanying drawings.Wherein,

Fig. 1 is the perspective view of telephone adapter of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the decomposition diagram of Fig. 1 adapter of seeing from socket;

Fig. 3 is the decomposition diagram of Fig. 1 adapter of seeing from plug;

Fig. 4 to 6 is corresponding decomposition opposite side view and plan views of the adapter of Fig. 1;

Fig. 7 and 8 is respective end views of the adapter that assembles up of Fig. 1;

Fig. 9 is the perspective view of the telephone plug of second embodiment of the invention;

Figure 10 to 12 is respective side, plan view and end-views of the plug of Fig. 9;

Figure 13 is the end view of the telephone adapter of another embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 14 is the end-view of the adapter of Figure 13; And

Figure 15 is the end view of the adapter of Figure 13;

Figure 16 is the end view of the telephone adapter of another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 1 to 8 shows a kind of telephone adapter, and this adapter comprises the hollow housing 1 that is formed by electrical insulating material, and this housing has first that constitutes plug portion 3 and the second portion that constitutes socket part 5.Plug 3 comprises main body 23 and flexible locking member 31, and this locking member 31 is suitable for plug 3 is fixed in the telephone socket of corresponding socket (not shown) such as British Standard.Locking member 31 comprises: limb 32, and it has relative the inner and

outer end

34,36; With keeper 33, the socket part of it and housing 1 forms an integral body.The 23 one-tenth integral body in the inner 34 of limb 32 and the main body of plug, and the 33 one-tenth integral body in the outer end 36 of limb 32 and keeper.In fact, locking member and main body mould are made an integral body.

The limb 32 of locking member is near being parallel to the insertion lead that plug 3 inserts in the socket, and promptly limb becomes the acute angle less than about 30 degree with direction of insertion.Extend on one side of keeper 33 socket part 5 of 1 along side from housing.

The shape of locking member 31 can mesh with corresponding socket, for example is integrally molded in limb 32 and engages otch 47 and protuberance 49, with corresponding protuberance and the engagement in the socket (not shown).

Protuberance 35 31 extensions from housing 1 towards locking member, restriction locking member 31 is to internal strain.Protuberance 35 is arranged to contiguous keeper 33.

In this embodiment, plug portion meets different electrical standards with socket part, for example meets the electrical standard of the telegraphic authority in the country variant.

Adapter also comprise form by electrical insulating material, can be installed in the separate carrier part 7 in the housing 1.Shown in Fig. 2 and 3, carrier 7 is inserted into opening 21, and this opening is made of hollow housing.Following 53 of carrier member is formed with a plurality of leads and supports, and it is the groove 11 that is constituted between neighboring projection 12 here that lead is supported on, and these grooves are provided with a plurality of leads 13, and therefore whole wire element keeps spaced relationship.Following 55 zone of carrier member 7 constitutes the wall 57 of socket part 5.

Lead 13 extends to the socket part 5 from plug 3, and every lead comprises relative inside and outside

free end

15,17 and pars intermedia 19, and this pars intermedia is arranged in the respective grooves 11 on the carrier member 7.Interior free end 15 formed can strain retaining mechanism, guarantee that carrier member 7 is on the correct position on the finished product.Outer free end 17 formations are positioned at electric contact socket part, elastically deformable.The inside and outside free end of lead can both carry out bending around carrier member, extends to the upper surface of carrier member with acute angle.

The shape of main body is dispensable, and Fig. 9 to 12 shows the embodiment with different subjects shape.Specifically, keeper 33 roughly is semicircular, extends out from the surface 43 of the receptacle ends 5 of adapter.The limb 32 of locking member 31 forms one with keeper 33.

Figure 13 to 15 shows another embodiment with different locking members and keeper design.In this embodiment, the inner 34 of the limb 32 of locking member forms an integral body (as the embodiment of front) with main body, but outer end 36 is free ends.Keeper 33 comprises retaining mechanism 45, limits moving of outer end 36.Retaining mechanism 45 comprises the hook 41 that is positioned on the outer end 36, described hook from the lines of the remainder of limb towards bulk deformation.Hook 41 is suitable for meshing the hole 39 in the keeper 33.The direction of respective socket (not shown) is inserted by keeper 33 along being basically parallel to plug in hole 39.

Also used another kind of retaining mechanism.For example, what replace the hole is that keeper can be formed with the suitable protuberance that matches with the outer end of locking member.

When the outer end 36 of limb 32 was stuck in hole 39, locking member can not disconnect in use, because the mobile of it has been limited, and it does not reconstruct potential trouble when handling telephone plug.

Figure 16 shows another embodiment of the design with different locking members and keeper.In this embodiment, the inner 34 of the limb 32 of locking member forms one (as the embodiment of front) with main body, but outer end 36 is connected on the keeper 33 by joint 51.This joint is flexible, thereby can make limb 32 distortion.Keeper 32 is crooked slightly, and with respect to the side of socket part 5 near the acute angles that become 30 degree.Keeper is formed by the plastics of elasticity greater than locking member 31 aforementioned structure.

Therefore, the invention provides novel telephone plug and adapter, solved the significant problem in the known configurations.

Claims

1. telephone plug comprises a main body and can be fixed on flexible locking member in the respective socket to plug, and this locking member comprises: a limb with relative the inner and outer end, wherein, the inner of limb and main body formation one; Keeper is with the outer end formation one of main body and limb, the motion of restriction limb outer end; And a flexible joint, between the outer end and keeper of limb, limb can be out of shape.

2. telephone plug as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: this limb with acute angle away from Subject Extension.

3. as claim 1 or 2 described telephone plugs, it is characterized in that: keeper roughly meets at right angles with main body.

4. as claim 1 or 2 described telephone plugs, it is characterized in that: keeper is a rigidity.

5. as claim 1 or 2 described telephone plugs, comprise a protuberance that is arranged between locking member and the main body, the restriction locking member is to internal strain.

6. telephone plug as claimed in claim 5, it is characterized in that: protuberance is positioned near the keeper.

7. a telephone adapter comprises each described plug of aforementioned claim.

8. telephone adapter as claimed in claim 7 comprises: by the hollow housing that electrical insulating material forms, this housing has first that constitutes plug portion and the second portion that constitutes socket part, and plug portion meets different electrical standards with socket part; Reach the carrier member that forms by electrical insulating material, can be installed in the housing, extend in plug portion and the socket part, carrier member has upper surface and lower surface and comprises the zone that constitutes plug portion partly, constitute the surface area of socket wall, relative series of grooves at least one surface of carrier member in each zone, a plurality of integrated wire elements that extend to socket part from plug portion, each wire element comprises the free end that constitutes the electric contact of elastically deformable in the socket part and is arranged on the mid portion in the respective grooves on the carrier member that the integrated wire element is fixed by spaced relationship.

9. ask 8 described Electric adapters as right, it is characterized in that: this series of grooves is positioned on the lower surface of carrier member, and the free end of lead can carry out bending around carrier member, extends in the socket with the upper surface with carrier member with acutangulating.

10. ask 8 or 9 described Electric adapters as right, it is characterized in that: carrier member can be installed in the hollow housing by socket part.