Embodiment
Refer to Fig. 1 to Fig. 5, the USB connector 100 of embodiment of the present invention comprises a Male end connector 10 and a terminative connector 20.Described Male end connector 10 can be pegged graft mutually with described terminative connector 20, realizes the coupling of light signal/signal of telecommunication.
Described Male end connector 10 comprises a plug 11, grip part being connected with described plug 11 12, first electric connecting sheet 13, first supporting member 14, the first optocoupler component 15 and first block piece 16.Described the first electric connecting sheet 13, described the first supporting member 14, described the first optocoupler component 15 and described the first block piece 16 are arranged in described plug 11.
Described plug 11 is the flat of hollow, comprises a top board 111, one and the parallel relative base plate 112 of described top board 111 and two side plates that are parallel to each other 113.Described top board 111, described base plate 112 and described side plate 113 surround a receiving space 114 of accommodating described the first electric connecting sheet 13, described the first supporting member 14, described the first optocoupler component 15 and described the first block piece 16 jointly.Described in each, on the inner surface of side plate 113, offer first guide groove 1131.The first guide groove 1131 on described two side plates 113 has equal length and has identical height with respect to described base plate 112.
Described the first electric connecting sheet 13 is for being electrically connected described Male end connector 10 with described terminative connector 20.Described the first electric connecting sheet 13 is arranged on described base plate 112, and on a side surface of described top board 111, convexes with multiple the first electrical contacts 131.Electrically contacting partly when described the first electrical contacts 131 is connected with described terminative connector 20 for described Male end connector 10.Described the first electrical contacts 131 adopts elastic conducting material to make, and can under pressure, be out of shape.In present embodiment, described the first electrical contacts 131 is bending scale copper.
Described the first supporting member 14 is arranged at the medial surface of described top board 111 and the end away from described grip part 12 near described top board 111.In present embodiment, described the first supporting member 14 is continuous strip, and the length direction of described the first supporting member 14 is vertical with described side plate 113.Certainly, described the first supporting member 14 also can be made up of multiple blocks, and described multiple blocks are arranged along the direction vertical with described side plate 113, is appreciated that described block also can simplify one.In present embodiment, described the first supporting member 14 is made for magnetic material, for example magnet.
Described the first optocoupler component 15 is arranged in described plug 11 near described top board 111.Described the first optocoupler component 15 comprises a lens section 151 and is arranged at described lens section 151 installation portion 152 around.Described lens section 151 is towards the portion that converges 1511 that is provided with protrusion away from one end of described grip part 12, described in converge portion 1511 for converging light signal.The quantity of the described quantity basis signal I/O optical fiber (not shown) that converges portion 1511 and determining, in present embodiment, described in converge portion 1511 quantity be four, corresponding two bars input optical fibres and two bars output optical fibres respectively.Described installation portion 152 is for fixing and described lens section 151 being installed in described plug 11.In present embodiment, described installation portion 152 is made up of elastomeric material, can protect described lens section 151 to avoid clashing into impact.
Interval preset distance D1 between described the first optocoupler component 15 and described the first electric connecting sheet 13, described the first guide groove 1131 is positioned at the interval of described the first optocoupler component and described the first electric connecting sheet 13.
Described the first block piece 16 is arranged in described plug 11 and is positioned at the side of described the first optocoupler component 15 away from described grip part 12.Described the first block piece 16 comprises sliding part 162 and an elastic recovery part 163 of a rotating part 161, and described rotating part 161 pivot joints.Described rotating part 161 comprises that a shielding plate 161a and one are connected in the rotating shaft 161b of described shielding plate 161a sidepiece.Described shielding plate 161a is used for blocking described the first optocoupler component 15, prevents the first optocoupler component 15 described in the contaminating impurities such as dust.Described rotating shaft 161b two ends protrude from respectively on the side that described shielding plate 161a is relative with described side plate 113.The side relative with described side plate 113 of described sliding part 162 is mounted slidably respectively in described the first guide groove 1131.Described sliding part 162 deviates from a side surface of described base plate 112 two axle sleeve 162a corresponding to described rotating shaft 161b is set, and described rotating shaft 161b inserts respectively in described axle sleeve 162a at two ends rotationally.Described sliding part 162 adopts magnetic enclosure material to form, and can be adsorbed by magnetic material, and in present embodiment, described sliding part 162 is made up of iron.Described elastic recovery part 163 provides restoring force to described rotating part 161, and the relatively described sliding part 162 of described rotating part 161 is upwards dug.After described rotating part 161 and described sliding part 162 are closed, thickness sum is less than the distance B 1 between described the first optocoupler component 15 and described the first electric connecting sheet 13.In present embodiment, described elastic recovery part 163 is torsion spring, comprises a first elastic foot 163a and a second elastic foot 163b.Described elastic recovery part 163 is sheathed on described rotating shaft 161b one end, and described the first elastic foot 163a and described the second elastic foot 163b are held in respectively on described the first rotating part 161 and described sliding part 162.Certainly, a described elastic recovery part 163 also can be respectively set in described rotating shaft 161b two ends.
On described terminative connector 20, offer a jack 201 corresponding to described plug 11, described jack 201 comprises an end face 201a, one and the parallel relative bottom surface 201b of described end face 201a and two side 201c.Described in each, side 201c is upper offers a second guide groove 201d near described end face 201a.The second guide groove 201d on described two side 201c has equal length and has identical height with respect to described end face 201a.Described terminative connector 20 comprise of being arranged in described jack 201 corresponding to the second electric connecting sheet 21 of described the first electric connecting sheet 13, one the second supporting member 22, one corresponding to described the first optocoupler component 15 second optocoupler components 23 and second block piece 24.
Described the second electric connecting sheet 21 is for being electrically connected with described the first electric connecting sheet 13.Described the second electric connecting sheet 21 arrange near the bottom surface 201b of described jack 201 and with described bottom surface 201b interval preset distance D2, described distance B 2 be greater than described base plate 112 and described the first electric connecting sheet 13 thickness and.Described the second electric connecting sheet 21 convexes with multiple the second electrical contacts 211 corresponding to described the first electrical contacts 131 on a side surface of described bottom surface 201b.Described the second electrical contacts 211 has similar structure and material composition with described the first electrical contacts 131.In the time that described Male end connector 10 is pegged graft mutually with described terminative connector 20, described the first electrical contacts 131 is in contact with one another respectively with described the second electrical contacts 211, realizes being electrically connected of described Male end connector 10 and described terminative connector 20.
Described the second supporting member 22 is for supporting described the first block piece 16.Described the second supporting member 22 is arranged at the end of described the second electric connecting sheet 21 away from a side surface of described bottom surface 201b and close described the second electric connecting sheet 21.Described the second supporting member 22 has similar structure and material composition with described the first supporting member 14.
Described the second optocoupler component 23 is arranged between the end face 201a of described the second electric connecting sheet 21 and described jack 201, interval preset distance D3 between described the second optocoupler component 23 and described end face 201a, described the second guide groove 201d is positioned at the interval of described the second optocoupler component 23 and described end face 201a.Described the second optocoupler component 23 has similar structure with described the first optocoupler component 15, comprises a lens section 231 and is arranged at described lens section 231 installation portion 232 around.The end of described lens section 231 is provided with the portion that converges 2311 corresponding to the portion that converges 1511 of described the first optocoupler component 15.Described installation portion 235 has installation portion 152 similar effects and the material composition with the first optocoupler component 15.
Described the second block piece 24 arranges and described jack 201 is interior and be positioned at the side of described the second optocoupler component 23 towards described jack 201 openings.Described the second block piece 24 has and the similar structure of described the first block piece 16 and effect, and described the second block piece 24 comprises a rotating part 241, sliding part 242 and an elastic recovery part 243.Described rotating part 241 comprises a shielding plate 241a and a rotating shaft 241b.Described shielding plate 241a is used for blocking described the second optocoupler component 23, prevents the second optocoupler component 23 described in the contaminating impurities such as dust.The side relative with described side 201c of described sliding part 242 is mounted slidably respectively in described the second guide groove 201d.On described sliding part 242, be provided with two axle sleeve 242a corresponding to described rotating shaft 241b, described rotating shaft 241b inserts respectively in described axle sleeve 242a at two ends rotationally.Described elastic recovery part 243 provides restoring force to described rotating part 241, and the relatively described sliding part 242 of described rotating part 241 is upwards dug.After described rotating part and described sliding part closure, thickness sum is less than the distance B 3 between described the second optocoupler component 23 and described end face 201a.Described elastic recovery part 243 has the similar structure of elastic recovery part 163 and the assembled relation with described the first block piece 16, is not described in detail.
Refer to Fig. 6 and Fig. 7, described Male end connector 10 with described terminative connector in the time being connected, described plug 11 inserts in described jack 201, described the first supporting member 14 also adsorbs with the mutual butt of sliding part 242 of described the second block piece 24, the mutual butt of sliding part 162 of described the second supporting member 22 and described the first block piece 16 absorption.Insert in the process of described jack 201 at described plug 11, the sliding part 242 that described the first supporting member 14 promotes described the second block piece 24 slides along described the second guide groove 201d, and the sliding part 162 that described the second supporting member 22 promotes described the first block piece 16 slides along described the first guide groove 1131.In the process that the sliding part 162 of described the first block piece 16 slides along described the first guide groove 1131, the rotating part 161 that the installation portion 152 of described the first optocoupler component 15 promotes described the first block piece 16 rotates, and makes described rotating part 161 with respect to described sliding part 162 closures.Described rotating part 161 with respect to the complete closure of described sliding part 162 after, be accommodated in the interval of described the first electric connecting sheet 13 and described the first optocoupler component 15.In the process that the sliding part 242 of described the second block piece 24 slides along described the second guide groove 201d, the rotating part 241 that the installation portion 232 of described the second optocoupler component 23 promotes described the second block piece 24 rotates, and makes described rotating part 241 with respect to described sliding part 242 closures.Described rotating part 241 with respect to the complete closure of described sliding part 242 after, be accommodated in the interval between described the second optocoupler component 23 and the end face of described jack 201.Described plug 11 inserts behind the precalculated position of described jack 201, the portion that converges 1511 of described the first optocoupler component 15 aims at respectively mutually with the portion that converges 2311 of described the second optocoupler component 23, realizes the optical coupling between described Male end connector 10 and described terminative connector 20.The first electrical contacts 131 of described the first electric connecting sheet 13 contacts with the second electrical contacts 211 of described the second electric connecting sheet 21 respectively, realizes being electrically connected between described Male end connector 10 and described terminative connector 20.
Apply the power that separates described Male end connector 10 and described terminative connector 20 to described grip part 12, can make described Male end connector 10 be separated from each other with described terminative connector 20.Exit in the process of described jack 201 at described plug 11, described the first supporting member 14 pulls the sliding part 242 of described the second block piece 24 to slide along described the second guide groove 201d under magneticaction, and described the second supporting member 22 pulls the sliding part 162 of described the first block piece 16 to slide along described the first guide groove 1131 under magneticaction.When described the second block piece 24 slides into the described second guide groove 201d end, described the second optocoupler component 23 is opened and sheltered to described rotating part 241 with respect to described sliding part 242; When described the first block piece 16 slides into described first guide groove 1131 end, described the first optocoupler component 15 is opened and sheltered to described rotating part 161 with respect to described sliding part 162.
In above-mentioned execution mode, described the first supporting member 14 and described the second supporting member 22 are magnetic material, the sliding part 162,242 of described the first block piece 16 and described the second block piece 24 is magnetic enclosure material, use realize between described the first supporting member 14 and the sliding part 242 of described the second block piece 24, magnetic absorption between described the second supporting member 22 and the sliding part 162 of described the first block piece 16.Certainly, also can described the first supporting member 14 and described the second supporting member 22 be magnetic enclosure material, the sliding part 162 of described the first block piece 16 and described the second block piece 24, 242 is magnetic material, or described the first supporting member 14, the sliding part 162 of described the second supporting member 22 and described the first block piece 16 and described the second block piece 24, 242 are magnetic material, as long as can make between described the first supporting member 14 and the sliding part 242 of described the second block piece 24, between described the second supporting member 22 and the sliding part 162 of described the first block piece 16, magnetic absorption all can.
Described USB connector by arranging slidably block piece on described Male end connector and described terminative connector, when described Male end connector and described terminative connector do not connect, described block piece can prevent that described Male end connector and described female end from connecting by contaminants such as dusts, in the time that described Male end connector is connected with described terminative connector, described block piece is can be automatically closed and do not affect optical coupling and the electrical connection of described Male end connector and described terminative connector, and therefore described USB connector is easy to use.
In addition, those skilled in the art also can do other and change in spirit of the present invention, and certainly, the variation that these do according to spirit of the present invention, within all should being included in the present invention's scope required for protection.