CN212341775U

CN212341775U - Docking station and expansion device

Info

Publication number: CN212341775U
Application number: CN202021175142.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 梅育军
Original assignee: Shenzhen Baolian Electronic Technology Intelligent Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Baolian Electronic Technology Intelligent Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-06-23
Filing date: 2020-06-23
Publication date: 2021-01-12
Anticipated expiration: 2030-06-23

Abstract

The utility model relates to a docking station and a docking device, wherein the docking station is used for being matched with an adapter to connect a mobile device, the docking station comprises a shell and a connecting component, and the connecting component comprises a PCB (printed circuit board), a female joint, a first joint and a second joint; the PCB board, female joint, first joint and second connect and all place the casing in, and the female joint corresponds the adapter setting, and first joint all is used for the electricity to be connected external equipment with the realization to charge with data transmission with the second joint, and the PCB board is all connected to female joint, first joint and second joint electricity. The docking station is electrically connected with the adapter connected with the mobile equipment through the female connector, the first connector and the second connector are electrically connected with the external equipment, so that data transmission and charging between the external equipment and the mobile equipment are realized, the port of the mobile equipment is expanded, the frequency of plugging and unplugging the external equipment in the mobile equipment is reduced, the port of the mobile equipment is well protected, and the service life of the port of the mobile equipment is prolonged; the expansion device with the expansion device is convenient to use.

Description

Docking station and expansion device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an electronic equipment technical field especially relates to a docking station and extension device.

Background

The appearance of electronic devices such as notebook computers or tablet computers is gradually developing towards light and thin. However, when the electronic device such as a notebook computer or a tablet computer is required to be light and fashionable, due to the reduction of the volume of the product, a plurality of insertion ports cannot be arranged on the electronic device, so that the electronic device cannot be connected with a plurality of external devices such as a driver, a large-screen display, a keyboard, a printer, a scanner and the like, and accordingly, the development of the functions of the product is limited to a certain extent. Moreover, repeated plugging and unplugging easily damages the plug-in port of the electronic device, which brings inconvenience to users and causes high maintenance cost, especially in the case of MacbookPro apple notebook computer, the replacement and maintenance of the plug-in port is expensive.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of the above, there is a need to provide a docking station and a docking device with simple structure and convenient use.

A docking station for mating with an adapter to connect a mobile device, the docking station comprising:

a housing; and

the connecting component comprises a PCB, a female joint, a first joint and a second joint; the PCB board the female joint the first joint reaches place in the second joint is all in the casing, the female joint corresponds the adapter setting, the first joint with the second joint all is used for the electricity to connect external equipment in order to realize charging and data transmission, the female joint the first joint reaches the second connects equal electricity and connects the PCB board.

In one embodiment, the female connector is a Type-C female connector, and/or the first connector is a Type-C female connector.

In one embodiment, the number of the female connectors is multiple, and each female connector is arranged on one side of the PCB at intervals.

In one embodiment, the first connector is disposed at one end of the PCB, and the second connector and the female connector are disposed at two opposite sides of the PCB respectively.

In one embodiment, the second connector includes one or more of a USB connector, a charging connector, an HDMI connector, an SD card connector, a TF card connector, a VGA connector, a DVI connector, a DP connector, and a network connector.

In one embodiment, the female connector and the second connector are connected to two sides of the PCB in a staggered mode.

In one embodiment, the housing includes a shell, a first side plate and a second side plate, and the first side plate and the second side plate are respectively connected to two sides of the shell.

In one embodiment, the housing further includes a first positioning element, a first limiting element, a second positioning element, and a second limiting element, the first positioning element and the first limiting element are both installed on the first side plate, the first positioning element and the first limiting element are matched to fix the first side plate and the housing, the second positioning element and the second limiting element are both installed on the second side plate, and the second positioning element and the second limiting element are matched to fix the second side plate and the housing.

In one embodiment, the housing further comprises a shielding member protruding from an outer sidewall of the housing.

A docking device comprises an adapter and the docking station, wherein the adapter is electrically connected with the docking station.

The utility model discloses an adapter that docking station is connected with mobile device through female joint electricity, external equipment is connected with second joint electricity to first joint, realizes external equipment and mobile device's data transmission and charging, has expanded the port of mobile device, reduces the frequency that external equipment inserted in the mobile device, has protected the port of mobile device well, has prolonged the life of mobile device port; the expansion device with the expansion device is convenient to use.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is an assembly structure diagram of a docking station according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of another angle of the docking station of FIG. 1;

fig. 3 is an exploded view of the docking station of fig. 1;

fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the docking station of fig. 1 taken along line a-a;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the docking station of FIG. 1 taken along line B-B;

fig. 6 is a diagram of an example of an application of the docking station according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Reference is made to the accompanying drawings in which:

a docking station 100;

the positioning device comprises a shell 10, a shell 11, a first positioning groove 111, a first limiting groove 112, a second positioning groove 113, a second limiting groove 114, a first side plate 12, a second side plate 13, a first positioning element 14, a first limiting element 15, a second positioning element 16, a second limiting element 17 and a protection element 18;

the connector assembly 20, the PCB 21, the female connector 22, the first connector 23, the second connector 24, the USB connector 241, the HDMI connector 242, the SD card connector 243, and the TF card connector 244.

Detailed Description

In order to facilitate understanding of the present invention, the present invention will be described more fully below. The invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When the number of an element is referred to as "a plurality," it can be any number of two or more. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "left," "right," and the like as used herein are for illustrative purposes only and do not represent the only embodiments.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used herein in the description of the invention is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

Referring to fig. 1 to 6, a docking station 100 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is used for connecting a mobile device with an adapter, the docking station 100 includes a housing 10 and a connecting assembly 20, the connecting assembly 20 includes a PCB 21, a female connector 22, a first connector 23 and a second connector 24; the utility model discloses a docking station 100 is connected the adapter of being connected with the mobile device through female joint 22 electricity, and first joint 23 connects 24 electricity with the second and is connected external equipment, realizes external equipment and mobile device's data transmission and charges, has expanded the port of mobile device, reduces the external equipment plug in the frequency of mobile device, has protected the port of mobile device well, has prolonged the life of mobile device port.

As shown in fig. 1 to 5, in the present embodiment, the casing 10 includes a casing 11, a first side plate 12 and a second side plate 13, and the first side plate 12 and the second side plate 13 are respectively connected to two sides of the casing 11. Optionally, a first positioning groove 111, a first limiting groove 112, a second positioning groove 113 and a second limiting groove 114 are formed in the housing 11; the first positioning groove 111 and the second positioning groove 113 are disposed at two sides of an end of the housing 11, the first limiting groove 112 and the second limiting groove 114 are disposed at two sides of another end of the housing 11, further, the first positioning groove 111 and the second positioning groove 113 are both one, the first limiting groove 112 and the second limiting groove 114 are both two, the first positioning groove 111 and the second positioning groove 113 are both disposed at the same side, and the two first limiting grooves 112 and the two second limiting grooves 114 are disposed at the upper side and the lower side of the housing 11 respectively. Furthermore, the housing 11 is further provided with an arc-shaped transition portion (not shown), and one side of each of the first positioning groove 111, the first positioning groove 112, the second positioning groove 113, and the second positioning groove 114 is provided with an arc-shaped transition portion.

In an embodiment, the casing 10 further includes a first positioning element 14, a first limiting element 15, a second positioning element 16 and a second limiting element 17, the first positioning element 14 and the first limiting element 15 are both installed on the first side plate 12, the first positioning element 14 and the first limiting element 15 are matched to fix the first side plate 12 and the housing 11, the second positioning element 16 and the second limiting element 17 are both installed on the second side plate 13, and the second positioning element 16 and the second limiting element 17 are matched to fix the second side plate 3 and the housing 11. Optionally, the first positioning element 14, the first limiting element 15, the second positioning element 16 and the second limiting element 17 are hook-shaped. Further, the number of the first positioning elements 14 and the number of the second positioning elements 16 are both one, the number of the first limiting elements 15 and the number of the second limiting elements 17 are both two, the two first limiting elements 15 are centrosymmetric around the symmetry axis of the first side plate 12, and the two second limiting elements 17 are centrosymmetric around the symmetry axis of the second side plate 13. When the fixing device is used, the first positioning member 14 is inserted into the first positioning groove 111, the first limiting member 15 is inserted into the first limiting groove 112, so that the first side plate 12 is fixed to the housing 11, the second positioning member 16 is inserted into the second positioning groove 113, and the second limiting member 17 is inserted into the second limiting groove 114, so that the second side plate 13 is fixed to the housing 11. The housing 10 further includes a protection member 18, and the protection member 18 is protruded from an outer side wall of the housing 11; alternatively, the guard 18 is a soft cushion and the guard 18 is two.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, the connecting assembly 20 includes a PCB 21, a female connector 22, a first connector 23 and a second connector 24, the PCB 21, the female connector 22, the first connector 23 and the second connector 24 are all disposed in the housing 10, the female connector 22 is disposed corresponding to the adapter, the first connector 23 and the second connector 24 are all used for electrically connecting an external device to achieve charging and data transmission, and the female connector 22, the first connector 23 and the second connector 24 are all electrically connected to the PCB 21. Optionally, the female connectors 22 are Type-C female connectors, the number of the female connectors 22 is multiple, the female connectors 22 are arranged on one side of the PCB 21 at intervals, and the female connectors 22 and male connectors of the adapter are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence manner; further, there are two female connectors 22; in other embodiments, there may be at least one female connector 22.

In one embodiment, the first connector 23 is disposed at one end of the PCB 21, and the second connector 24 and the female connector 22 are disposed at two opposite sides of the PCB 21; alternatively, the female connector 22 is connected to both sides of the PCB board 21 with the second connector 24 being misaligned. Further, the first connector 23 is a Type-C female connector for charging an external device, and the second connector 24 includes a USB connector, a charging connector, an HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface, HKMI for short), an SD (secure Digital Interface, SD for short), a TF (T-Flash, TF for short) connector, a VGA (Video Graphics array, VGA for short) connector, a DVI (Digital Visual Interface Digital Video Interface, DVI for short) connector, and a DP (display port, which is one or more of a High Definition Digital display Interface standard, DP for short) connector, and a network connector, and may be connected to a mobile phone, a tablet, a PC computer through the USB connector, and connected to a display device through the HDMI connector, and reads information of the SD card through the SD connector, and information of the TF card through the TF card. In one embodiment, the second connector 24 includes a USB connector 241, an HDMI connector 242, an SD connector 243, and a TF card connector 244; optionally, there are two USB connectors 241.

Please refer to fig. 6, which is a diagram illustrating an example of an expanding device of the docking station 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. On the basis of the above embodiment, in an alternative embodiment, the expansion device includes an adapter (not shown) and the above-mentioned docking station 100, and the docking station 100 is electrically connected to the adapter.

When the docking station 100 is used, the female connector 22 is electrically connected to the adapter, the adapter is electrically connected to the mobile device, and the external device is electrically connected to the first connector 23 or the second connector 24, so that the external device is electrically connected to the mobile device.

The utility model discloses a docking station 100 is connected with the adapter that the mobile device is connected through female joint 22 electricity, and external equipment is connected with second joint 24 electricity to first joint 23, realizes external equipment and mobile device's data transmission and charging, has expanded the port of mobile device, reduces the frequency that external equipment inserted in the mobile device, has protected the port of mobile device well, has prolonged the life of mobile device port; the expansion device with the expansion device is convenient to use.

The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

The above-mentioned embodiments only represent some embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is specific and detailed, but not to be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit of the present invention, several variations and modifications can be made, which are within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. A docking station for mating with an adapter to connect a mobile device, the docking station comprising: the shell and the connecting assembly comprise a PCB, a female joint, a first joint and a second joint; the PCB board the female joint the first joint reaches place in the second joint is all in the casing, the female joint corresponds the adapter setting, the first joint with the second joint all is used for the electricity to connect external equipment in order to realize charging and data transmission, the female joint the first joint reaches the second connects equal electricity and connects the PCB board.

2. The docking station of claim 1, wherein the female connector is a Type-C female connector and/or the first connector is a Type-C female connector.

3. The docking station as claimed in claim 1, wherein the female connector is plural, and each of the female connectors is spaced apart from one side of the PCB.

4. The docking station of claim 1, wherein the first connector is disposed at one end of the PCB, and the second connector and the female connector are disposed at opposite sides of the PCB.

5. The docking station of claim 1, wherein the second connector comprises one or more of a USB connector, a charging connector, an HDMI connector, an SD card connector, a TF card connector, a VGA connector, a DVI connector, a DP connector, and a network connector.

6. The docking station of claim 1, wherein the female connector is connected to both sides of the PCB board in an offset manner from the second connector.

7. The docking station of claim 1, wherein the housing comprises a shell, a first side plate and a second side plate, the first side plate and the second side plate being connected to two sides of the shell, respectively.

8. The docking station of claim 7, wherein the housing further comprises a first positioning element, a first limiting element, a second positioning element and a second limiting element, the first positioning element and the first limiting element are both mounted on the first side plate, the first positioning element and the first limiting element are matched to fix the first side plate and the housing, the second positioning element and the second limiting element are both mounted on the second side plate, and the second positioning element and the second limiting element are matched to fix the second side plate and the housing.

9. The docking station of claim 7, wherein the housing further comprises a shield protruding from an outer sidewall of the housing.

10. A docking device comprising an adapter and a docking station as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9, said docking station being electrically connected to said adapter.