CN216773674U

CN216773674U - Connecting assembly, connector, patch cord and connector inner shell

Info

Publication number: CN216773674U
Application number: CN202121981906.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 黄晓庆; 崔博宇; 张育峰; 高海
Original assignee: Cloudminds Shanghai Robotics Co Ltd
Current assignee: Cloudminds Shanghai Robotics Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-08-20
Filing date: 2021-08-20
Publication date: 2022-06-17
Anticipated expiration: 2031-08-20
Also published as: WO2023019778A1

Abstract

The utility model relates to a coupling assembling, connector, patch cord and connector inner shell, coupling assembling is used for realizing electric connection, including two connectors, two the connector has the same butt joint structure and passes through the butt joint of butt joint structure, the connector has locking mechanism, locking mechanism is two under locking state the connector locking, locking mechanism switches to behind the unblock state two the connector is separable. Through above-mentioned technical scheme, the problem that the connector distinguishes public female polarity and easy slippage can be solved to this disclosure.

Description

Connecting assembly, connector, patch cord and connector inner shell

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of connector technologies, and in particular, to a connection assembly, a connector, a patch cord, and a connector inner housing.

Background

The connectors are generally divided into male and female ends. At present, connectors on terminal devices (such as computers and mobile phones) are designed by adopting a female head end, connectors on patch cords (such as USB patch cords) are designed by adopting a male head end, and data transmission or charging is realized by inserting the male head end into the female head end. The connector for distinguishing male and female polarities has two main defects: firstly, two connectors with the same polarity cannot be plugged; two, two patch cords can not directly be connected in series, and the series connection can be realized only by the connection of another two-end female connector. In addition, the two inserted connectors are easy to slip off.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The purpose of this disclosure is to provide a coupling assembling, connector, patch cord and connector inner shell to can solve the problem that the connector distinguishes public female polarity and easy slippage among the relevant art.

In order to achieve the above object, a first aspect of the present disclosure provides a connecting assembly for achieving electrical connection, including two connectors, where the two connectors have the same butt-joint structure and are butted through the butt-joint structure, the connector has a locking mechanism, the locking mechanism locks the two connectors in a locked state, and the two connectors are separable after the locking mechanism is switched to an unlocked state.

Optionally, the two connectors are mated in a positive-negative inverted position.

Optionally, the connector further has an actuator for switching the locked state and the unlocked state of the locking mechanism.

Optionally, the actuating member is movably disposed on the connector, and when the actuating member slides away from another connector to be mated, the locking mechanism is switched to an unlocking state.

Optionally, the docking structure includes a slot and a plug, and when docking, the plug is inserted into a corresponding slot of another connector, and the slot is used for inserting the plug of the corresponding another connector.

A second aspect of the present disclosure provides a connector, one end of which is provided with a mating structure for mating with another connector, the connector having a lock mechanism including a lock member that locks the two connectors after mating and an actuator for switching a locked state and an unlocked state of the lock member.

Optionally, the connector includes a housing and a plug, the plug extends from one end of the housing, the housing has a slot for inserting the plug of another connector, and the docking structure includes the slot and the plug.

Optionally, one side of the plug, which faces away from the slot, is provided with a locking matching structure, and a locking piece of the connector is matched with the locking matching structure of another connector inserted into the slot to lock the two connectors.

Optionally, at least one of the locking piece and the locking matching structure has magnetism and realizes locking by mutual attraction of magnetic force.

Optionally, the locking mechanism includes a clamping piece, and the locking mechanism realizes locking by clamping the locking matching structure by the clamping piece.

Optionally, a conductive terminal is disposed on a surface of the plug adjacent to the slot, or the locking member and the locking fitting structure are conductive members and are electrically connected when fitting and locking are performed.

Optionally, the housing includes an inner housing, the slot is located in the inner housing, the locking member is a first resilient piece formed on the inner housing and is maintained in the unlocked state by its own elastic force, and the actuating member is movably disposed on the housing and has a first position pressing the locking member to extend into the slot to be in the locked state and a second position disengaging from the locking member.

Optionally, the locking piece is L shape structure and include by the first section of interior casing perk and relative the second section of first section buckling, during locking state the second section stretches into in the slot, the plug is equipped with the confession the first recess of second section male.

Optionally, the housing further includes an outer housing sleeved on the inner housing, an operating space is provided between the outer housing and the inner housing, the locking member is located in the operating space in the unlocked state, and the actuating member is movably disposed on the outer housing and has an actuating portion extending into the operating space for pressing the locking member.

Optionally, a sliding groove extending along the plugging direction of the connector is provided on the outer housing, the actuating member is slidably connected to the sliding groove and has a shifting block extending out of the outer housing, and the direction of the actuating member moving from the second position to the first position is the same as the plugging direction of the connector.

Optionally, the locking mechanism further comprises an elastic member formed in the inner housing, and the elastic member abuts against the actuating member under the action of its own elastic force to provide an elastic force for holding the actuating member at the first position.

Optionally, the elastic member is configured as a second elastic piece, the second elastic piece is in an L-shaped structure and includes a first connecting section tilted by the inner housing and a second connecting section bent relative to the first connecting section, the first connecting section is fixedly connected to the inner housing, and the actuating member forces the second connecting section to move into the slot when in the second position.

Optionally, the actuator has a guide ramp that contacts the resilient member and depresses the resilient member as the actuator slides to the second position.

Optionally, a third elastic piece is arranged on the inner shell, the third elastic piece has an arc abutting portion extending into the slot, the plug is provided with a second groove, the arc abutting portion is used for abutting against the second groove on the plug of the other connector so as to provide damping when the two connectors are plugged into or separated from each other, and when the two connectors are plugged into each other, the arc abutting portion is used for providing a pre-tightening force between the two plugs of the two connectors.

A third aspect of the present disclosure provides a patch cord, including a cord body and the connector as described above, where the connector is disposed at one end of the cord body, or both ends of the cord body are provided with the connector.

A fourth aspect of the present disclosure provides a connector inner housing having a slot therein, including a top wall provided with a locking member that extends into the slot in a locked state to lock a mating structure of another connector inserted into the slot.

Optionally, the locking element is formed by a first elastic sheet tilted relative to the top wall and is maintained in an unlocking state without extending into the slot by using self elasticity.

Optionally, the connector inner shell is further provided with a second elastic sheet tilting relative to the top wall, and the locking piece is relative to one end, close to the slot opening, of the second elastic sheet.

Optionally, the connector inner shell is further provided with a third elastic piece, the third elastic piece is provided with an arc-shaped abutting portion extending into the slot, and the third elastic piece is closer to one end of the slot opening relative to the locking piece.

Through above-mentioned technical scheme, coupling assembling, connector, patch cord and connector inner shell that this disclosure provided promptly can make two connectors that have the same butt joint structure realize the butt joint for the connector no longer distinguishes public female polarity, brings very big convenience in the use. And through the unlocking and locking of the locking mechanism, the two connectors can be selectively locked together, so that the connection between the two connectors is firm. Therefore, the coupling assembling, connector, patch cord and connector inner shell that this disclosure provided can solve among the correlation technique connector and distinguish public female polarity and cause the problem that uses inconveniently and lack the locking structure and lead to easy slippage, and easy operation is convenient, can reduce the user to the puzzlement of selecting the connector, and application scope is wide.

Additional features and advantages of the disclosure will be set forth in the detailed description which follows.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the disclosure and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the disclosure and together with the description serve to explain the disclosure, but do not constitute a limitation of the disclosure. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a perspective view of a connector provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a front view of a connector provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a right side view of a connector provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 4 is an exploded view of a connector provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is an exploded view of another angle of a connector provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a mating schematic view of two connectors provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure after mating and in a locked state;

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken at the location A-A in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a mating schematic view of two connectors provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure after plugging and in an unlocked state;

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken at location B-B of FIG. 8;

fig. 10 is another embodiment of a plug of a connector provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

Description of the reference numerals

10-a first connector; 20-a second connector; 30-a wire body; 100-a body; 110-a plug; 111-a locking engagement; 112-a second groove; 120-slot; 130-a first terminal; 140-a second terminal; 150-a housing; 151-outer shell; 152-an inner housing; 153-a chute; 160-common side; 170-operating space; 180-conductive terminals; 200-a locking element; 210-a first section; 220-a second section; 300-an actuating member; 310-an actuation portion; 311-a guide ramp; 320-a shifting block; 400-an elastic member; 410-a first connection segment; 420-a second connection segment; 500-a third shrapnel; 510-arc abutment.

Detailed Description

The following detailed description of specific embodiments of the present disclosure is provided in connection with the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating the present disclosure, are given by way of illustration and explanation only, not limitation.

In the present disclosure, the use of directional terms such as "inner and outer" refers to inner and outer relative to the profile of the component or structure itself, unless stated to the contrary. In addition, it should be noted that terms such as "first", "second", and the like are used for distinguishing one element from another, and have no order or importance. In addition, in the description with reference to the drawings, the same reference numerals in different drawings denote the same elements.

According to a first aspect of the present disclosure, a connection assembly for achieving electrical connection is provided. Referring to fig. 1 to 10, the connecting assembly includes two connectors, for example, a first connector 10 and a second connector 10', which have the same mating structure and are mated by the mating structure, so that the connectors no longer distinguish between male and female polarities, resulting in great convenience in use.

It should be noted here that, while the two connectors have the same mating structure, other portions of the two connectors may be configured in the same structure, or may be configured in different structures, and the disclosure is not limited in detail herein.

In order to make the connection of the two connectors more stable, in some embodiments, the connector has a lock mechanism that locks the two connectors in a locked state, and the two connectors are separable after the lock mechanism is switched to an unlocked state. In this way, the two connectors can be selectively locked together, so that the connection between the two connectors is firm. For example, after the two connectors are mated, the locking mechanism may be switched to the locked state to lock the two connectors, or the locking mechanism may be maintained in the unlocked state so that the two connectors can be separated or mated at any time.

The mating arrangement of the two connectors may be configured in any suitable manner, depending on the application, for example, in some embodiments, the two connectors may be mated in a right-side-by-side inverted position. Fig. 7 and 9 are schematic views illustrating that the two connectors are mated in a relative inverted posture, and when mated, the second connector 10' can be inverted relative to the first connector 10 to realize the mating.

To facilitate switching of the locking mechanism between the unlocked state and the locked state, in some embodiments, the connector further has an actuator 300 for switching the locked state and the unlocked state of the locking mechanism to achieve locking and unlocking of the locking mechanism by applying a force to the actuator 300.

The actuator 300 may effect the switching of the state of the locking mechanism in any suitable manner, for example, in some embodiments, the actuator 300 is movably disposed on a connector, and the locking mechanism is switched to the unlocked state when the actuator 300 slides away from another connector being mated. Thus, the switching of the lock mechanism between the locked state and the unlocked state can be achieved by the sliding of the actuator 300.

The mating structure may be constructed in any suitable manner for the purpose of effecting mating of the two connectors. For example, in some embodiments, the docking structure may include a slot 120 and a plug 110, and when docking, the plug 110 is inserted into a slot of the corresponding other connector, and the slot 120 is inserted by a plug of the corresponding other connector. Fig. 1, 7 and 9 exemplarily show one of the docking manners of the two connectors, wherein, when the two connectors are plugged, the plug 110 of the first connector 10 is first inserted into the slot of the second connector 10 ', and at the same time, the plug of the second connector 10' is also inserted into the slot 120 of the first connector 10, and then the two connectors are selectively locked together to realize plugging and locking of the two connectors.

The connector may be configured in any suitable manner without departing from the general inventive concept of the connection assembly provided by the first aspect of the present disclosure, e.g. the connector provided by the second aspect of the present disclosure may be employed.

In a specific embodiment of a second aspect of the present disclosure, a connector is provided. Referring to fig. 1 to 10, one end of the connector is provided with a mating structure for mating with another connector, and the connector has a locking mechanism including a locking member 200 for locking the two connectors after mating and an actuating member 300 for switching a locked state and an unlocked state of the locking member 200. Through the mode, the butt joint of the two connectors can be realized, so that the connectors do not distinguish male and female polarities any more, and great convenience in use is brought. While the two connectors can be selectively locked together by the engagement of the locking member 200 and the actuating member 300.

In some embodiments, as shown with reference to fig. 1, a connector may include a housing 150 and a plug 110, the plug 110 extending from one end of the housing 150, the housing 150 having a slot 120 for insertion of a plug of another connector, and a mating structure including the slot 120 and the plug 110. The quick plugging of the two connectors can be realized through the mutual matching of the slots 120 of the two connectors and the plugs 110.

The locking member 200 may lock the two connectors in any suitable manner, for example, in some embodiments, as shown in fig. 5 and 7, a side of the plug 110 facing away from the slot 120 is provided with a latch mating structure 111, and the locking member 200 of the connector cooperates with the latch mating structure of another connector inserted into the slot 120 to lock the two connectors. The two connectors can be connected more stably by locking the two connectors by the locking member 200 cooperating with a locking fitting structure on the plug of the other connector. In other embodiments, the two connectors may also be locked together by magnetic attraction, for example, at least one of the locking member 200 and the locking mating structure 111 has magnetism and the locking is achieved by magnetic attraction. Furthermore, in some embodiments, the locking mechanism may further include a clamping member, and the locking mechanism is locked by clamping the locking mating structure 111 by the clamping member, and the clamping member may be configured in any suitable manner, so as to lock the two connectors by clamping, which is not limited in this disclosure.

Considering that the two connectors need to be electrically connected after being butted or plugged. Therefore, in some embodiments, referring to fig. 1, the conductive terminals 180 are disposed on a side of the plug 110 adjacent to the slot 120, and when the two connectors are plugged together, the two connectors can be electrically connected through the conductive terminals 180 on the two connectors. Specifically, the plug 110 and the slot 120 have a common side surface 160, that is, the side surface of the plug 110 facing one side of the slot 120, so that when the two connectors are mated, the common side surfaces of the two plugs 110 can be attached or nearly attached, so that the conductive terminals 180 of the first connector 10 can be contacted and conducted with the conductive terminals 180 of the second connector 10', and further the connectors can not distinguish male and female polarities, and any two connectors can be connected and communicated in an inserting manner.

The conductive terminals 180 may be configured in any suitable manner according to practical application requirements, for example, in some specific embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, the conductive terminals 180 may be a row disposed on the plug 110 near the opening of the slot 120, and when the two connectors are plugged, the conductive terminals 180 on the two connectors are correspondingly contacted and conducted one by one to achieve electrical connection between the two connectors. In other specific embodiments, referring to fig. 10, the conductive terminals may also include at least one first terminal 130 and at least one second terminal 140, the at least one first terminal 130 is exposed on the upper surface of the plug 110 protruding out of the housing 150, the at least one second terminal 140 is exposed on the upper surface of the plug 110 located inside the housing 150, the upper surface of the first terminal 130 is flush with the upper surface of the plug 110, the upper surface of the second terminal 140 protrudes out of the upper surface of the plug 110, and the second terminal 140 has elasticity, so that when the two connectors are plugged, at least one first terminal of one connector contacts and conducts with at least one second terminal of the other connector in a one-to-one correspondence manner, and at least one second terminal of one connector contacts and conducts with at least one first terminal of the other connector in a one-to-one correspondence manner, to effect electrical connection of the two connectors.

In other embodiments, the locking element 200 and the locking engagement structure 111 may be conductive elements and electrically connected when the locking element and the locking engagement structure are engaged. In this way, the locking member 200 and the locking mating structure 111 can achieve both locking and unlocking of the two connectors and electrical connection of the two connectors.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 4, the housing 150 includes an inner housing 152, the slot 120 is located in the inner housing 152, the locking member 200 is a first elastic piece formed on the inner housing 152 and is maintained in an unlocked state by its own elastic force, and the actuator 300 is movably disposed on the housing 150 and has a first position pressing the locking member 200 into the slot 120 to be in a locked state and a second position separated from the locking member 200. The locking member 200 is a first elastic sheet, and can be automatically switched to an unlocking state by the elastic force of the first elastic sheet after the actuating member 300 moves from the first position to the second position, so that the operation is simple and convenient. In addition, a side of the housing 150 opposite to the open side of the insertion slot 120 has a through hole for insertion of the wire body 30, and a cable inside the wire body 30 may be connected with the conductive terminal 180.

It should be noted that the actuator 300 has a second position disengaged from the locking member 200, wherein "disengaged" means that the actuator 300 no longer maintains the locking member 200 in the locked state, but allows the locking member 200 to return to the unlocked state, and "disengaged" herein does not mean that the actuator 300 and the locking member 200 are completely separated in position and do not contact.

Fig. 7 exemplarily shows a mating schematic view of the first connector 10 and the second connector 10' after plugging and in a locked state. If it is desired to lock the second connector 10 'to the first connector 10, the actuating member 300 can be moved from the second position to the first position shown in fig. 7 to force the locking member 200 to be switched from the unlocked state to the locked state, so that the locking member 200 can be engaged with the locking mating structure of the second connector 10' to lock the second connector 10 'to the first connector, and similarly, the actuating member of the second connector 10' can be moved from the second position to the first position to lock the first connector 10 'to the second connector 10' to achieve the mutual locking of the two connectors and to make the connection between the two connectors more stable.

Fig. 9 exemplarily shows a mating schematic view of the first connector 10 and the second connector 10' after being plugged and in an unlocked state. If it is not desired to interlock the first connector 10 with the second connector 10 ', for example, if the first connector 10 and the second connector 10 ' are only desired to be plugged or tried briefly, the actuators 300 of the first connector 10 and the second connector 10 ' can be maintained in the second position shown in fig. 9, and the two connectors can be easily separated by merely connecting the two connectors together in a mating relationship of the plug 110 and the socket 120 without having a locked state.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 7 and 9, the locking member 200 has an L-shaped structure and includes a first section 210 tilted from the inner housing 152 and a second section 220 bent relative to the first section 210, wherein in the locking state, the second section 220 extends into the slot 120, and the plug 110 is provided with a first groove for inserting the second section 220. Thus, during the process of switching to the locking state, as shown in fig. 7, the first section 210 is forced to rotate towards the inner housing 152 by the movement of the actuator 300 from the second position to the first position, so that the second section 220 is forced to extend into the slot 120 to be inserted into the first groove of the plug of another connector during plugging. Among them, the locking member 200 may be processed on the inner housing 152 by, for example, punching, etc., that is, the locking member 200 may be constructed integrally with the inner housing 152 to reduce the assembly process and improve the production efficiency. In other implementations, the locking element and the locking mating structure can be locked by opening a hole at the end of the locking element and arranging the locking mating structure as a protrusion on the plug. In addition, locking cooperation structure still can be for magnetic force spare, inhales tightly through magnetic force and is connected fixedly with the locking piece, only needs to make this magnetic force be less than the elastic restoring force of first shell fragment can guarantee that the locking piece can normally resume to the unblock state.

Referring to fig. 7 and 9, in some embodiments, the housing 150 further includes an outer housing 151 sleeved on the inner housing 152, an operation space 170 is provided between the outer housing 151 and the inner housing 152, the locking member 200 is located in the operation space 170 in the unlocked state, and the actuating member 300 is movably disposed on the outer housing 151 and has an actuating portion 310 extending into the operation space 170 for pressing the locking member 200. In this way, by forming the operation space 170 between the outer case 151 and the inner case 152 and disposing the actuating portion 310 and the locking member 200 in the operation space 170, there is good concealment, and only the dial 320 (to be described later) is exposed outside the outer case 151, facilitating the person's recognition operation. The inner housing 152 may be a sheet metal bracket for clamping the wire body 30 and fixing the main component, such as the plug 110. The outer housing may be made of a dielectric material, for example, a thermoplastic polymer, and the disclosure is not limited thereto.

To further facilitate the unlocking and locking process of the locking mechanism operated by the person, in some embodiments, referring to fig. 7 and 9, the outer housing 151 is provided with a sliding slot 153 extending along the plugging direction of the connector, the actuating member 300 is slidably connected to the sliding slot 153 and has a dial 320 extending out of the outer housing 151, the first position of the actuating member 300 is an end of the sliding slot 153 relatively close to the opening of the insertion slot 120, the second position of the actuating member 300 is an end of the sliding slot 153 relatively far away from the opening of the insertion slot 120, and the sliding direction of the actuating member 300 when moving from the second position to the first position is the same as the plugging direction of the connector. Thus, referring to fig. 7 and 9, for example, when the first connector 10 is plugged into the second connector 10 ', the actuator 300 can be moved from the second position to the first position along the plugging direction to quickly lock the second connector 10' to the first connector 10. Similarly, when the first connector 10 is separated from the second connector 10 ', the actuator 300 can be moved from the first position to the second position along the separation direction opposite to the plugging direction, so as to rapidly complete the unlocking process and simultaneously separate the first connector 10 from the second connector 10'. Wherein, the shifting block 320 can be provided with anti-slip lines for preventing slipping during pushing. The anti-slip threads may be arranged in any suitable manner, for example, a plurality of anti-slip grooves arranged side by side and at intervals may be adopted, which is not limited in the present disclosure.

In order to make the locking mechanism in the locked state more stable, in some embodiments, as shown in fig. 7 and 9, the locking mechanism further includes an elastic member 400 formed on the inner housing 152, and the elastic member 400 abuts against the actuating member 300 under its own elastic force to provide an elastic force for maintaining the actuating member 300 at the first position. Thus, in the locked state, the elastic force may be provided by the elastic member 400 to maintain the actuating member 300 at the first position, so that the locked state is more stable.

The elastic member 400 may be configured in any suitable manner, for example, the elastic member 400 may be configured as a spring to limit the actuator 300 to the first position by the elastic force of the spring when the actuator 300 is in the first position, and to push the dial 320 by an external force to overcome the elastic force of the spring when the actuator 300 moves from the first position to the second position. In other embodiments, referring to fig. 7 and 9, the elastic member 400 can also be configured as a second elastic sheet having an L-shaped structure and including a first connecting section 410 tilted from the inner housing 152 and a second connecting section 420 bent relative to the first connecting section 410, the first connecting section 410 is fixed to the inner housing 152, the second connecting section 420 is forced to move into the slot 120 when the actuator 300 is in the second position, and the actuator 300 can be maintained in the second position. Thus, when the actuator 300 moves from the first position to the second position, the second connecting section 420 is first forced to move toward the slot 120 and the first connecting section 410 is rotated toward the slot 120 side while moving, and when moving to the second position, the actuator 300 can be pressed above the first connecting section 410 as in fig. 8 and the actuator 300 can be held at the second position by the reaction force of the first connecting section 410. In this manner, the actuator 300 can be maintained in either the first position or the second position so that it will not shake freely without the application of external force, facilitating the operation and identification of the current position of the actuator 300, i.e., the current state of the connector. The second elastic sheet may be processed on the inner housing 152 by, for example, stamping, etc., that is, the second elastic sheet may be integrated with the inner housing 152, so as to reduce the assembly process and improve the production efficiency.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 5, 7 and 9, the actuator 300 has a guiding inclined surface 311 contacting the elastic member 400 and pressing down the elastic member 400 when the actuator 300 slides to the second position, so that the actuator 300 overcomes the elastic force of the elastic member 400 to move from the first position to the second position, thereby preventing the actuator 300 from being jammed during the movement. Referring to fig. 7, the guiding inclined plane 311 extends toward a side away from the inner housing 152 and toward a side where the elastic member 400 is located, and accordingly, when the actuating member 300 is located at the first position, the second connecting section 420 of the elastic member 400 has an inclination similar to or the same as that of the guiding inclined plane 311 to avoid jamming.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 4 and 5, a third elastic piece 500 is disposed on the inner housing 152, the third elastic piece 500 has an arc abutting portion 510 extending into the slot 120, the plug 110 has a second groove 112, the arc abutting portion 510 is configured to abut against the second groove on the plug of another connector to provide damping when the two connectors are plugged into or disconnected from each other, and the arc abutting portion 510 is configured to provide a pre-tightening force between the two plugs of the two connectors when the two connectors are plugged into each other. In this way, for example, when the first connector 10 is plugged into or disconnected from the second connector 10', the third resilient piece 500 can provide damping, so that the two connectors are not easy to slide relative to each other when being plugged into and unlocked. And when plugging, the arc-shaped abutting part 510 of the first connector 10 abuts against the second groove of the other connector 10 ', so that the purpose of pre-positioning can be achieved in the plugging process, that is, the conductive terminals 180 of the first connector 10 can be aligned to the conductive terminals 180 of the second connector 10', and the locking piece of one connector can be accurately aligned to the locking matching structure of the other connector, so as to be switched to the locking state at any time. In addition, when the two connectors are plugged, the arc-shaped abutting part 510 can provide a pre-tightening force between the two plugs, so that the conductive terminals 180 on the two plugs are in close contact, and the stability of the electrical connection of the two connectors can be enhanced.

The connector provided by the second aspect of the present disclosure can be applied to various types of electronic devices, for example, can be applied to a terminal device, a relay device, and a storage device. An embodiment of the connector when connected to the wire body 30 of the patch cord is exemplarily shown in fig. 1 to 9.

According to a third aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an adaptor cable comprising a cable body 30 and a connector as described above, wherein the connector may be provided at only one end of the cable body 30, or at both ends of the cable body 30. Two patch cords with connectors can be directly connected in series. The patch cord can solve the problem that the connector in the related art is divided into male and female polarities and easy to slip, has all the advantages of the connector, and is not described in detail in the disclosure.

Returning to the connector provided in the second aspect of the present disclosure, in this embodiment, two connectors having the same mating structure can be mated, and mutual locking of the two connectors can be achieved by the locking piece 200 of the locking mechanism, so that the problems of inconvenience in use due to the differentiation of male and female polarities of the connectors and easiness in slipping due to the lack of the locking structure in the related art can be solved. The inner housing 152 of the connector may be configured in any suitable manner without departing from the general inventive concept of the present disclosure, such as may be employed with the inner housing of the connector provided by the fourth aspect of the present disclosure.

In an embodiment of the fourth aspect of the present disclosure, a connector inner housing is provided, which has a slot 120 therein, and includes a top wall, the top wall is provided with a locking member 200, and the locking member 200 extends into the slot 120 in a locking state to lock a mating structure of another connector inserted into the slot 120, so that the two connectors can be connected more stably.

In some embodiments, the locking member 200 is formed by a first resilient piece tilted with respect to the top wall and is maintained in an unlocked state without extending into the slot 120 by its own resilience. The locking member 200 is in the form of a spring piece and is matched with the actuating member 300 of the connector, so that the locking state and the unlocking state can be switched quickly and conveniently.

In some specific embodiments, the inner connector housing is further provided with a second elastic sheet tilting relative to the top wall, and the locking member 200 is closer to the open end of the insertion slot 120 relative to the second elastic sheet, so that the second elastic sheet is matched with the actuating member 300, so that the actuating member 300 can be maintained at the first position or the second position without random shaking, thereby facilitating the operation of a person and the identification of the current position of the actuating member 300, i.e., facilitating the identification of the current state of the connector by the person.

In some embodiments, the inner connector housing further has a third resilient piece 500, the third resilient piece 500 has an arc abutting portion 510 extending into the slot 120, and the third resilient piece 500 is located at an end closer to the opening of the slot 120 relative to the locking member 200. Through the mutual cooperation of the third elastic sheet 500 and the second groove on the other connector, the purpose of pre-positioning can be achieved in the plugging process, and pre-tightening force between the two plugs can be provided, so that the conductive terminals 180 on the two plugs are in close contact, and the stability of electric connection of the two connectors can be enhanced.

The preferred embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, however, the present disclosure is not limited to the specific details of the above embodiments, and various simple modifications may be made to the technical solution of the present disclosure within the technical idea of the present disclosure, and these simple modifications all belong to the protection scope of the present disclosure.

It should be noted that the various features described in the above embodiments may be combined in any suitable manner without departing from the scope of the invention. In order to avoid unnecessary repetition, various possible combinations will not be separately described in this disclosure.

In addition, any combination of various embodiments of the present disclosure may be made, and the same should be considered as the disclosure of the present disclosure, as long as it does not depart from the spirit of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a coupling assembling for realize electric connection, its characterized in that includes two connectors, two the connector has the same butt joint structure and passes through two the butt joint structure butt joint of connector, the connector has locking mechanism, locking mechanism includes locking piece (200), locking mechanism passes through under the locking state locking piece (200) with two the connector locking, locking mechanism switches to behind the unblock state two the connector is separable.

2. The connector assembly of claim 1 wherein the connectors mate in a positive-negative inverted position.

3. The connection assembly according to claim 1, wherein the connector further has an actuator (300) for switching the locked state and the unlocked state of the locking mechanism.

4. A connecting assembly according to claim 3, wherein the actuator (300) is movably arranged to the connector, and the locking mechanism is switched to the unlocked state when the actuator (300) is slid away from the other mating connector.

5. The connecting assembly according to claim 1, wherein the docking structure comprises a socket (120) and a plug (110), the plug (110) is inserted into the socket of the other corresponding connector when docking, and the socket (120) is inserted by the plug of the other corresponding connector.

6. A connector characterized in that one end of the connector is provided with a mating structure for mating with another connector, the connector having a lock mechanism including a lock member (200) for locking both the connectors after mating and an actuator (300) for switching a locked state and an unlocked state of the lock member (200).

7. The connector of claim 6, wherein the connector comprises a housing (150) and a plug (110), the plug (110) extends from one end of the housing (150), the housing (150) has a slot (120) for insertion of a plug of another connector, and the mating structure comprises the slot (120) and the plug (110).

8. Connector according to claim 7, characterized in that the side of the plug (110) facing away from the socket (120) is provided with a locking engagement structure (111), and that the locking member (200) of the connector cooperates with the locking engagement structure of another connector inserted into the socket (120) to lock both connectors.

9. The connector according to claim 8, wherein at least one of the locking member (200) and the lock engagement structure (111) has magnetism and locks by attracting each other by magnetic force.

10. The connector of claim 8, wherein the locking mechanism comprises a clamp, and the locking mechanism locks by clamping of the clamp to the lock engagement structure (111).

11. The connector of claim 8, wherein a surface of the plug (110) adjacent to the socket (120) is provided with a conductive terminal (180), or the locking member (200) and the locking engagement structure (111) are conductive members and electrically connected when the locking member and the locking engagement structure are engaged.

12. The connector of claim 7, wherein the housing (150) comprises an inner housing (152), the slot (120) is located in the inner housing (152), the locking member (200) is a first spring formed in the inner housing (152) and is maintained in the unlocked state by its own elastic force, and the actuating member (300) is movably disposed in the housing (150) and has a first position pressing the locking member (200) into the slot (120) to be in the locked state and a second position disengaging from the locking member (200).

13. A connector according to claim 12, wherein the locking member (200) has an L-shaped configuration and comprises a first section (210) tilted by the inner housing (152) and a second section (220) bent with respect to the first section (210), the second section (220) extends into the insertion slot (120) in the locking state, and the plug (110) is provided with a first groove for inserting the second section (220).

14. The connector according to claim 12, wherein the housing (150) further comprises an outer housing (151) sleeved on the inner housing (152), an operation space (170) is provided between the outer housing (151) and the inner housing (152), the locking member (200) is located in the operation space (170) in the unlocked state, and the actuating member (300) is movably provided on the outer housing (151) and has an actuating portion (310) extending into the operation space (170) for pressing the locking member (200).

15. A connector according to claim 14, wherein the outer housing (151) is provided with a slide groove (153) extending in the plugging direction of the connector, the actuating member (300) is slidably connected to the slide groove (153) and has a pusher (320) extending out of the outer housing (151), and the direction of movement of the actuating member (300) from the second position to the first position is the same as the plugging direction of the connector.

16. The connector of claim 12, wherein the locking mechanism further comprises a resilient member (400) formed on the inner housing (152), the resilient member (400) abutting the actuator (300) under its own resilient force to provide the resilient force for holding the actuator (300) in the first position.

17. The connector of claim 16, wherein the resilient member (400) is configured as a second resilient piece having an L-shaped configuration and including a first connecting section (410) tilted by the inner housing (152) and a second connecting section (420) bent relative to the first connecting section (410), the first connecting section (410) being fixedly connected to the inner housing (152), the actuator (300) forcing the second connecting section (420) to move into the slot (120) when in the second position.

18. The connector of claim 16, wherein the actuator (300) has a guide ramp (311) that contacts the resilient member (400) and depresses the resilient member (400) when the actuator (300) slides to the second position.

19. The connector according to claim 12, wherein a third spring piece (500) is disposed on the inner housing (152), the third spring piece (500) has an arc abutting portion (510) extending into the slot (120), the plug (110) has a second groove (112), the arc abutting portion (510) is configured to abut against the second groove on the plug of the other connector, so as to provide damping when the two connectors are plugged into or disconnected from each other, and when the two connectors are plugged into each other, the arc abutting portion (510) is configured to provide a pre-tightening force between the two plugs of the two connectors.

20. An adaptor line, characterized by comprising a line body (30) and a connector according to any one of claims 6-19, said connector being provided at one end of the line body (30), or said connector being provided at both ends of the line body (30).

21. An inner connector housing for a connector and having a socket (120) therein, characterized by a top wall provided with a locking member (200), the locking member (200) in a locked state extending into the socket (120) to lock a mating structure of another connector inserted into the socket (120) to lock the connector and the another connector.

22. An inner connector housing according to claim 21, wherein the locking member (200) is formed of a first resilient piece that is raised with respect to the top wall and is maintained in an unlocked state not protruding into the insertion slot (120) by its own resilient force.

23. An inner connector shell according to claim 21, wherein the inner connector shell further comprises a second resilient piece tilted with respect to the top wall, and the locking member (200) is closer to an opening end of the insertion groove (120) than the second resilient piece.

24. A connector inner housing according to claim 21, wherein a third resilient piece (500) is further provided, the third resilient piece (500) having an arc-shaped abutting portion (510) extending into the insertion slot (120), and an end of the third resilient piece (500) closer to an opening of the insertion slot (120) is opposite to the locking member (200).