Disclosure of Invention
Therefore, the embodiment of the invention provides a connecting mechanism, which can simply and conveniently disassemble and assemble the detachable piece on the main body, so as to replace the detachable piece according to different requirements.
In order to solve the technical problems in the prior art, an embodiment of the present invention provides a connection mechanism, including: a main body and a detachable piece detachably connected with the main body; wherein,
the main body comprises a shell and a connecting assembly arranged in the shell, and the shell is provided with a plugging hole for plugging the detachable piece;
the connecting assembly comprises a sliding part, the sliding part is connected with the shell in a sliding way, and an access hole and a slotted hole communicated with the access hole are formed in the sliding part;
the detachable piece comprises a plug-in piece;
the sliding part slides from a first position to a second position, the access hole is opposite to the plug hole, and the plug piece of the detachable piece extends into the access hole through the plug hole;
the sliding part slides from the second position to the first position, and the plug-in piece of the detachable piece enters the oblong hole from the access hole, so that the sliding part locks the detachable piece through the oblong hole.
Optionally, a spring plate with a protruding structure is arranged on the sliding part;
the shell is provided with a locking groove and a loosening groove;
the sliding part slides from a first position to a second position, and drives the elastic sheet to extend into the loosening groove through the protruding structure;
the sliding part slides from the second position to the first position, the sliding part drives the elastic sheet to extend into the locking groove through the protruding structure, and the sliding part can be limited to move through the locking groove.
Optionally, an electrical connection hole is further formed in the shell;
the connecting assembly further comprises an electrical connector located between the sliding part and the housing and electrically connected with the main body;
the plug connector of the detachable piece comprises a locking plug connector and a conductive plug connector;
the sliding part slides from a first position to a second position, the access hole is opposite to the plug hole, the locking plug connector extends into the access hole through the plug hole, and the conductive plug connector extends into the electric connection hole and is connected with the electric connection piece;
the sliding part slides from the second position to the first position, and the locking plug-in piece enters the oblong hole from the access hole.
Optionally, the sliding component further includes: a sliding plate and a poking column arranged on the sliding plate;
the shell is provided with a poking hole and a sliding groove matched with the sliding plate for use, the poking column penetrates through the poking hole to extend outwards, and the sliding plate is connected with the shell in a sliding mode through the sliding groove.
Optionally, the toggle post comprises a supporting part and an operating part;
the toggle post is connected with the sliding plate through the supporting part, and the operating part extends out of the toggle hole and bends towards the direction of the detachable piece so as to be parallel to the plane where the toggle hole is located.
Optionally, the shell comprises an outer cover and an inner cover, the outer cover and the inner cover enclose a mounting cavity, and the connecting component is arranged in the mounting cavity;
the outer cover is provided with the plug hole and the electric connection hole;
the outer cover is provided with the poking hole and the sliding groove matched with the sliding plate for use;
the electrical connector is disposed between the sliding plate and the outer cover.
Optionally, the outer cover is provided with a mounting groove, the connecting component is arranged in the mounting groove, and the inner cover covers the mounting groove.
Optionally, a first positioning column is arranged on the outer shell, and a second positioning column is arranged on the inner cover;
the sliding part is provided with a long round positioning hole, and the electric connecting piece is provided with a mounting hole;
the second positioning column stretches into the oblong positioning hole and is sleeved with the first positioning column which sequentially penetrates through the mounting hole and the oblong positioning hole.
Optionally, the locking plug connector includes a first clamping portion, a second clamping portion and a third clamping portion which are coaxially connected;
the locking plug connector passes through the first clamping part and then enters the slotted hole through the second clamping part, and the first clamping part and the third clamping part limit the locking plug connector to axially move in the slotted hole along the locking plug connector.
In addition, optionally, the conductive plug connector is of a telescopic structure.
According to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention, through the operation of the sliding part, the sliding part is connected with the plug-in piece of the detachable piece through the access hole or the slotted hole, when the sliding part is connected with the plug-in piece through the access hole, the detachable piece can be installed or detached, and when the sliding part is connected with the plug-in piece through the slotted hole, the plug-in piece after the installation is locked, so that the detachable piece is prevented from being separated from the main body. Through the operation to sliding part, can realize the dismouting between detachable piece and the main part, easy operation can change detachable piece in the main part in a flexible way to satisfy different demands. In addition, the head-mounted equipment has the advantages of simple integral structure, small number of parts and small occupied space.
Detailed Description
For the purpose of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention more apparent, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by one of ordinary skill in the art without undue burden from the present disclosure, are within the scope of the embodiments of the present invention.
In some of the flows described in the description of the invention, the claims, and the figures described above, a number of operations occurring in a particular order are included, and the operations may be performed out of order or concurrently with respect to the order in which they occur. The sequence numbers of operations such as 101, 102, etc. are merely used to distinguish between the various operations, and the sequence numbers themselves do not represent any order of execution. In addition, the flows may include more or fewer operations, and the operations may be performed sequentially or in parallel. It should be noted that, the descriptions of "first" and "second" herein are used to distinguish different messages, devices, modules, etc., and do not represent a sequence, and are not limited to the "first" and the "second" being different types.
The inventor finds that VR headphones commonly used by VR experimenters are two types of headphones and in-ear headphones in the process of realizing the invention. However, both head-mounted and in-ear require connection to the VR device via an external connection line. And the headset is heavy in weight, and can bring great pressure to the head when wearing. The in-ear earphone has poor tone quality and sound effect and is not detachable.
Therefore, in order to solve the defects in the prior art, the embodiment of the invention provides a connecting mechanism which can simply and conveniently disassemble and assemble the detachable piece on the main body, and further replace the detachable piece according to different requirements.
The following will describe the implementation of the embodiments of the present invention in detail with reference to the drawings and examples, so that the implementation process of the embodiments of the present invention that apply technical means to solve the technical problems and achieve the technical effects can be fully understood and implemented, and the following description will further describe the structure of the present invention with reference to the drawings.
The same or similar reference numbers in the drawings of embodiments of the invention correspond to the same or similar components; in the description of the embodiments of the present invention, it should be understood that, if there is an orientation or positional relationship indicated by terms such as "upper", "lower", "left", "right", etc., based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, it is merely for convenience of describing the embodiments of the present invention and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the apparatus or element being referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, so that the terms describing the positional relationship in the drawings are merely for exemplary illustration and are not to be construed as limiting the embodiments of the present invention, and that the specific meaning of the terms described above may be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art depending on the specific circumstances.
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a connecting mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention, fig. 2 is an exploded structural view of the connecting mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of a sliding member according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 to 3.
The embodiment of the invention provides a connecting mechanism, which comprises: a main body 20 and a detachable member 10 detachably connected to the main body 20.
The main body 20 includes a housing 21 and a connection assembly disposed in the housing 21, and the housing 21 is provided with a plugging hole 22 for plugging the detachable member 10.
The connection assembly includes a sliding member 30, the sliding member 30 is slidably connected to the housing 21, and the sliding member 30 is provided with an access hole 31 and an oblong hole 32 penetrating the access hole 31.
The detachable member 10 includes a plug member.
The sliding member 30 slides from the first position to the second position, the access hole 31 is opposite to the insertion hole 22, and the insertion member of the detachable member 10 protrudes into the access hole 31 through the insertion hole 22.
The sliding member 30 is slid from the second position to the first position, and the plug of the detachable member 10 enters the oblong hole 32 from the access hole 31, so that the sliding member 30 locks the detachable member 10 through the oblong hole 32.
According to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention, the detachable piece 10 and the main body 20 are disassembled and assembled through the operation of the sliding part 30. The mounting process as described above, the process of removing the detachable member 10 from the main body 20 is similar to the mounting process. The sliding part 30 is slid from the first position to the second position, the plug-in piece of the detachable piece 10 enters the access hole 31 from the oblong hole 32, the access hole 31 is opposite to the plug-in hole 22, and the plug-in piece of the detachable piece 10 is pulled out, so that the detachment of the detachable piece 10 from the main body 20 is completed. By operating the sliding member 30, the detachable member 10 can be flexibly replaced on the main body 20, and the operation is simple so as to satisfy different wearing requirements.
The following describes the connection mechanism provided in the embodiment of the present invention in further detail.
Referring to fig. 3 and 4, the sliding member 30 is provided with a spring 34 having a protrusion 33. The housing 21 is provided with a locking groove 23 and a loosening groove 24. The sliding component 30 slides from the first position to the second position, and the sliding component 30 drives the elastic sheet 34 to extend into the loosening groove 24 through the protruding structure 33. The sliding component 30 slides from the second position to the first position, the sliding component 30 drives the elastic sheet 34 to extend into the locking groove 23 through the protruding structure 33, and the sliding component 30 can be limited to move through the locking groove 23. The state that the elastic sheet 34 enters the locking groove 23 through the protruding structure 33 can be seen in fig. 5.
By the protruding structure 33 on the elastic sheet 34 entering the locking groove 23 and the loosening groove 24 respectively, it can be said that the sliding component 30 is locked at the first position or the second position, the sliding component 30 is prevented from moving back and forth, the connection stability between the detachable piece 10 and the main body 20 is affected, and meanwhile, a prompting effect is also achieved, for example, when the protruding structure 33 of the elastic sheet 34 enters or leaves the locking groove 23 or the loosening groove 24, a click sound is generated, and a user also feels a click feeling when pushing the sliding component 30, which means that the elastic sheet 34 of the sliding component 30 has entered/exited the locking groove 23/the loosening groove 24 through the protruding structure 33. After the protruding structure 33 of the spring plate 34 enters the locking groove 23/loosening groove 24, the locking groove 23/loosening groove 24 can limit the protruding structure 33 to move, and the protruding structure 33 cannot be separated from the locking groove 23/loosening groove 24 under the action of external force. Meanwhile, in order to ensure that the protruding structure 33 of the elastic sheet 34 can smoothly enter/leave the locking groove 23/loosening groove 24, the friction force between the protruding structure 33 and the locking groove 23/loosening groove 24 is reduced, and the contact surface of the locking groove 23/loosening groove 24 and the protruding structure 33 is a smooth curved surface.
In the embodiment of the present invention, after the detachable member 10 is connected to the main body 20, electrical connection can be further achieved. One implementation, referring to fig. 2, the connection assembly further includes an electrical connector 40, the electrical connector 40 being located between the sliding member 30 and the housing 21. The plug-in connector of the detachable member 10 is electrically conductive, and when the plug-in connector of the detachable member 10 is inserted into the access hole 31 through the plug-in hole 22, it is connected with the electrical connector 40 so as to electrically connect the detachable member 10 with the main body 20. Specifically, two hole-shaped electric connection parts are provided on the electric connector 40, the exposed copper is attached to the surface of the contact part of the electric connection parts, and the two electric connection parts are respectively connected with the positive and negative electrodes of the electric signal. The surface of the plug of the detachable member 10 is plated with metal, such as copper plating, which can make the plug of the detachable member 10 more wear-resistant, less prone to rust and can enhance electrical conductivity. The plug-in connector of the detachable piece 10 is contacted and connected with the electric connection part when passing through the electric connection part. In this way, positive and negative signals from the body 20 can be transmitted to the detachable member 10. The plug connector of the detachable piece 10 is electrically conductive in a mode of directly contacting with the exposed copper of the electric connection part, so that electric connection parts can be saved, and the design space is reduced.
Another way of making the electrical connection is, referring to fig. 2 to 4, fig. 6, the housing 21 is further provided with electrical connection holes 25. The connection assembly further includes an electrical connector 40, the electrical connector 40 being located between the sliding member 30 and the housing 21 and being electrically connected to the main body 20. The plug of the detachable part 10 comprises a locking plug 11 and a conductive plug 12.
Specifically, the electrical connector 40 is provided with two electrical connection parts, the surface of the contact part of each electrical connection part is attached with exposed copper, and the two electrical connection parts are respectively connected with the positive electrode and the negative electrode of the electrical signal. The surface of the conductive plug 12 of the detachable member 10 is plated with a metal, such as copper, which makes the plug of the detachable member 10 more wear-resistant, less prone to rust and enhances the conductive properties.
The sliding member 30 slides from the first position to the second position, the access hole 31 is opposite to the plug hole 22, the locking plug 11 extends into the access hole 31 through the plug hole 22, and the conductive plug 12 extends into the electrical connection hole 25 and is connected to the electrical connection 40. In the embodiment of the present invention, the conductive plug 12 is of a retractable structure. For example, the conductive plug 12 includes, but is not limited to, pogo pins. The Pogo pin is a spring type probe formed by riveting and prepressing three basic components of a needle shaft, a spring and a needle tube through a precise instrument, and a precise spring structure is arranged in the spring type probe. When the conductive plug 12 is connected to the electrical connector 40, it is connected to the electrical connector 40 by contact via a pin.
The sliding member 30 is slid from the second position to the first position, and the locking plug 11 enters the oblong hole 32 from the access hole 31. The locking plug 11 is locked in position after entering the oblong hole 32, and in one possible implementation, referring to fig. 7, the locking plug 11 includes a first clamping portion 13, a second clamping portion 14, and a third clamping portion 15 that are coaxially connected. The locking plug-in component passes through the first clamping part 13 through the access hole 31 and enters the oblong hole 32 through the second clamping part 14, and the first clamping part 13 and the third clamping part 15 limit the locking plug-in component 11 to axially move along the locking plug-in component 11 in the oblong hole 32.
Specifically, when the detachable component 10 is connected to the sliding component 30 through the locking plug 11, the sliding component 30 slides from the first position to the second position, the access hole 31 is opposite to the plug hole 22, and the locking plug 11 passes the first clamping portion 13 through the plug hole 22 and the access hole 31 and drives the plug hole 22 of the second clamping portion 14 to extend into the access hole 31. The sliding component 30 slides from the second position to the first position, the locking plug enters the oblong hole 32 through the second clamping portion 14, and the first clamping portion 13 and the third clamping portion 15 limit the locking plug 11 to axially move along the locking plug 11 in the oblong hole 32.
Referring to fig. 3 and 4, in the embodiment of the present invention, the sliding member 30 further includes: the sliding plate 35 and a toggle post 36 provided on the sliding plate 35. The shell 21 is provided with a poking hole 26 and a sliding groove 27 matched with the sliding plate 35, the poking column 36 extends outwards through the poking hole 26, and the sliding plate 35 is slidably connected with the shell 21 through the sliding groove 27.
Specifically, a toggle post 36 is provided on a side wall of the slide plate 35. The two sliding grooves 27 are respectively provided on the housing 21 at positions corresponding to the two side walls opposite to the sliding plate 35, the sliding plate 35 is inserted into the sliding groove 27 through the side walls, and the sliding plate 35 can slide in the sliding groove 27. The toggle hole 26 is disposed on the housing 21 at a position corresponding to the toggle post 36, and the toggle post 36 is slidable within the toggle hole 26. When in use, external force is loaded on the poking column 36 to enable the poking column 36 to slide in the poking hole 26, the poking column 36 drives the sliding plate 35 to move, and the sliding plate 35 slides in the sliding groove 27 through the side wall.
One implementation is that the toggle post 36 includes a support portion and an operating portion. The toggle post 36 is connected to the slide plate 35 by a support portion, and the operating portion extends out of the toggle hole 26 and is bent toward the detachable member 10 so as to be parallel to a plane in which the toggle hole 26 is located. The operation portion is parallel to the plane where the toggle hole 26 is located, so that a user can use the toggle post 36 more conveniently, the sliding component 30 and the shell 21 are more compact in structure, and meanwhile, the anti-slip structure is arranged on the operation portion, so that the operation is more convenient.
Referring to fig. 2, 4 and 8, in the embodiment of the present invention, the housing 21 includes an outer cover 28 and an inner cover 29, the outer cover 28 and the inner cover 29 enclose a mounting cavity, and the connection assembly is disposed in the mounting cavity. The outer cover 28 is provided with a plug hole 22 and an electric connection hole 25. The outer cover 28 is provided with a toggle hole 26 and a sliding groove 27 matched with the sliding plate 35. An electrical connection 40 is provided between the slide plate 35 and the outer cover 28. It should be noted that the locking groove 23/the loosening groove 24 may be provided on the outer cover 28 or the inner cover 29, and the protrusion 33 is oriented to determine the position of the locking groove 23/the loosening groove 24 depending on the protrusion direction of the protrusion 33 on the spring 34.
In order to make the structure of the connection assembly more compact, the outer cover 28 is provided with a mounting groove in which the connection assembly is disposed, and the inner cover 29 covers the mounting groove. The mounting groove can increase the depth of the mounting cavity, so that the structure of the connecting assembly is compact, and the detachable piece 10 is more firmly and stably connected with the connecting assembly.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the connection manner of the inner cover 29 and the outer cover 28 includes various manners, for example, the inner cover 29 and the outer cover 28 are fixed together by ultrasonic welding, and are connected by fixing members or snap fasteners. One way to achieve this is to provide a first location post 281 on the housing and a second location post 291 on the inner cover 29, with continued reference to fig. 4. The sliding member 30 is provided with an oblong positioning hole 37, and the electrical connector 40 is provided with a mounting hole. The second positioning column 291 extends into the oblong positioning hole 37 and is sleeved with the first positioning column 281 which sequentially passes through the mounting hole and the oblong positioning hole 37.
The outer cover 28 and the inner cover 29 are connected through the first positioning column 281 and the second positioning column 291, and the sliding component 30 and the electric connector 40 can be positioned through the first positioning column 281 and the second positioning column 291, so that the electric connector 40 is prevented from moving, and the combined action of the oblong positioning hole 37, the first positioning column 281 and the second positioning column 291 limits the sliding component 30 to move directionally only.
The detachable member 10 and the main body 20 are specifically described below.
When the electric connector is installed, referring to fig. 9, the sliding component 30 is slid from the first position to the second position by an external force, the access hole 31 is opposite to the plugging hole 22, the locking plug 11 of the detachable component 10 extends into the access hole 31 through the plugging hole 22, at this time, the electric connector 12 is connected with the electric connector 40, and the protruding structure 33 of the elastic piece 34 enters the loosening groove 24. In the direction of arrow in the figure, the sliding component 30 is slid from the second position to the first position, the locking plug 11 enters the oblong hole 32 from the access hole 31, the oblong hole 32 locks the locking plug 11, the protruding structure 33 of the elastic sheet 34 enters the locking groove 23, and at this time, the installation is completed.
When the electric connector is disassembled, referring to fig. 10, the sliding part 30 is firstly slid from the first position to the second position by external force along the arrow direction in the figure, the locking plug connector 11 enters the access hole 31 from the oblong hole 32, the access hole 31 is opposite to the plug hole 22, and the locking plug connector 11 is pulled out, so that the conductive plug connector 12 is separated from the electric connector 40, and the disassembly is completed.
It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the main body 20 includes, but is not limited to, a head-mounted display in a head-mounted VR (Virtual Reality) device/AR (Augmented Reality) device. The detachable piece 10 comprises an earphone and/or a microphone.
Taking the detachable member 10 as an example of an earphone, the detachable member 10 is an earphone, and the earphone includes: earpiece and arm. Wherein, the connecting wire of the earphone stretches into the support arm from the bottom end of the support arm, and runs through the support arm to be led out from the top end of the support arm and be connected with the plug connector arranged at the top end of the support arm, and the earphone is connected with the main body 20 through the plug connector.
The support arm includes: the connecting part is arranged at the end part of the supporting rod part and provided with a containing cavity, and the sealing cover. The sealing cover is provided with a fixing hole, and a plug connector is arranged in the fixing hole. The sealing cover is arranged at the opening of the connecting part to seal the accommodating cavity. In one implementation, the plug connector and the cover are integrally connected by insert molding, a through hole is formed in the center of the cover, the cover is fixed on the connecting portion by a screw, and the cover rotates relative to the connecting portion so as to adjust the angle of the earphone relative to the housing 21 of the main body 20.
In order to fix the earphone on the adjusted angle after adjusting the angle, in the embodiment of the invention, a plurality of adjusting limiting plates are arranged on the cavity wall of the accommodating cavity of the connecting part. After the connecting part rotates relative to the sealing cover, the connecting part can be fixed at the rotated position through the limiting plate, so that the angle adjustment of the earphone relative to the shell 21 is realized.
When the detachable component 10 is a microphone, the earphone in the earphone may be changed to a microphone, and specifically, the microphone includes a microphone and a support arm. The microphone and earphone structures are identical except for the structure of the earpiece and the microphone.
In summary, the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention has the following beneficial effects:
1. the detachable piece and the equipment main body are disassembled and assembled through the operation of the sliding part, the operation of replacing the detachable piece is simple, and the detachable piece can be flexibly replaced on the equipment main body so as to meet different requirements;
2. the detachable piece is electrically connected with the main body through the plug-in piece and the electric connecting piece, the plug-in piece can realize mechanical connection and electric connection, and no connecting wire is exposed outside to the detachable piece, so that the whole connecting mechanism structure is simplified;
3. the sliding part has an elastic function, so that a spring part is omitted, and the sliding part also plays a role of a sliding button;
4. the detachable piece can be adjusted in angle relative to the equipment main body, the adjusting mode is simple, and the detachable piece is convenient for a user to wear and adjust;
5. the whole structure is simple, the number of parts is small, and the occupied space is small.
It should be noted that, although the specific embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, the present invention should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. Various modifications and variations which may be made by those skilled in the art without the creative effort fall within the protection scope of the present invention within the scope described in the claims.
Examples of embodiments of the present invention are intended to briefly illustrate technical features of embodiments of the present invention so that those skilled in the art may intuitively understand the technical features of the embodiments of the present invention, and are not meant to be undue limitations of the embodiments of the present invention.
The apparatus embodiments described above are merely illustrative, wherein the units described as separate components may or may not be physically separate. Those of ordinary skill in the art will understand and implement the present invention without undue burden.
While the foregoing description illustrates and describes several preferred embodiments of the present invention, it is to be understood that the embodiments of the invention are not limited to the forms disclosed herein, but are not to be construed as excluding other embodiments, and that various other combinations, modifications and environments are possible and may be made within the scope of the application described herein, either by way of the foregoing teachings or by way of the relevant art or knowledge. And that modifications and variations such as will be apparent to those skilled in the art are intended to be included within the spirit and scope of embodiments of the invention as defined by the following claims.