Disclosure of Invention
Based on this, it is a primary object of the present invention to solve at least one of the above-mentioned problems, and to provide a radio frequency joint mounting apparatus.
A radio frequency connector mounting apparatus for assembling a radio frequency connector with a mounting hole of a cavity device, comprising:
the device comprises a fixing frame device and a first guide mechanism arranged on the fixing frame device;
the clamping device is connected to the first guide mechanism and can reciprocate along the vertical Z direction under the holding of the first guide mechanism; the main body of the clamping device is provided with a groove and a through hole arranged on the periphery of the groove, the groove is provided with a horizontal clamping surface and a cavity which can accommodate the radio frequency connector and is arranged along the vertical Z direction, and the through hole can correspond to a threaded hole on the radio frequency connector;
the positioning and crimping device comprises a bearing mechanism and a positioning mechanism of the cavity device; the positioning mechanism is arranged on the bearing mechanism and can position the mounting hole in the vertical Z direction, and the end face of the mounting hole is parallel to the horizontal clamping surface;
the second guide mechanism is connected with the positioning mechanism and can enable the positioning mechanism to reciprocate in the horizontal X direction and the horizontal Y direction;
the power device is connected with the positioning crimping device and/or the clamping device and can correspondingly provide power for the positioning crimping device and/or the clamping device to move along the vertical Z direction, so that the radio frequency connector penetrating into the mounting hole is pressed between the groove and the end face of the mounting hole.
In one embodiment, the first guide mechanism comprises at least 2 first guide posts arranged along the vertical Z direction and a movable plate arranged on the first guide posts; the two ends of the movable plate are connected to the first guide posts and can move up and down along the first guide posts, and the clamping device is arranged on the movable plate.
In one embodiment, the fixing frame device includes a bottom plate, a fixing plate and a connecting plate, the first guiding mechanism is disposed between the bottom plate and the fixing plate, and the connecting plate is disposed between the fixing plate and the bottom plate and is disposed along a direction parallel to the vertical Z direction.
In one embodiment, the positioning mechanism is composed of a positioning frame capable of at least partially accommodating the cavity device.
In one embodiment, the second guide mechanism includes a horizontal X-guide and a horizontal Y-guide.
Further, the horizontal X-direction guide member is connected between the positioning mechanism and the bearing mechanism.
Specifically, the two ends of the horizontal X-direction guide piece are respectively provided with a baffle plate and a stop block, and the baffle plate and the stop block are used for limiting the movement range of the positioning mechanism in the horizontal X-direction.
More specifically, a threaded hole is formed in the baffle, a push rod meshed with the threaded hole is arranged in the threaded hole, and the push rod is perpendicular to the baffle and abuts against the positioning mechanism.
Further, the horizontal Y-direction guide comprises two movable blocks arranged in the positioning mechanism; the positioning mechanism is provided with adjusting parts distributed along the horizontal Y direction so as to adjust and fix the position of the movable block in the horizontal Y direction.
Specifically, the adjusting part comprises a plurality of threaded through holes uniformly formed along one side of the positioning mechanism, and two bolts matched with the threaded through holes.
In one embodiment, the carrying mechanism is mounted on the mount device by a third guiding mechanism comprising 2 second guiding posts arranged in the vertical Z-direction.
Further, a movable support plate is arranged on the second guide post; the support plate is connected with a backup plate which is used for propping against the cavity device and is parallel to the vertical Z direction and the horizontal Y direction, the backup plate is connected to the support plate through a fourth guide mechanism, and the fourth guide mechanism can enable the backup plate to reciprocate upwards in the horizontal X direction.
In one embodiment, an elastic gasket is arranged in the groove.
In one embodiment, the power device is a pneumatic actuator or a hydraulic actuator.
The radio frequency connector mounting equipment provided by the invention can preassemble and compress all radio frequency connectors to be mounted on the mounting sites of the cavity device by arranging the fixing frame device and the positioning crimping device which are matched with each other, and then carry out final fastening, so that the radio frequency connector mounting equipment can be well applied to the assembly of a combiner, the assembly consistency of the radio frequency connectors to be mounted is ensured, the factor that the irregular adjustment is influenced due to the improper assembly of the radio frequency connectors in the assembly of the cavity of the combiner is avoided, and the product qualification rate is improved.
Detailed Description
The invention is further described below with reference to the drawings and exemplary embodiments, wherein like reference numerals refer to like parts throughout. Further, if detailed description of the known art is not necessary to illustrate the features of the present invention, it will be omitted.
The invention provides radio frequency connector mounting equipment which is used for mounting a radio frequency connector (such as DIN type connector) on a mounting hole of a cavity device, wherein the cavity device can be a combiner of various types or other communication equipment needing to be mounted with the radio frequency connector. A combiner, which is one of the cavity devices, is generally used at the transmitting end, and functions to combine two or more radio frequency signals sent from different transmitters into one radio frequency device sent to the antenna, and meanwhile, avoids the mutual influence between signals of all ports, generally, there are two or more input ports, only one output port, and the port isolation is an important index, so that the installation accuracy of the radio frequency connector is very important. As shown in fig. 1, the radio frequency connector mounting apparatus of the present invention includes a fixing frame device 1000, a clamping device 3000, a positioning and crimping device 4000, a power device (not shown in the figure) and a guiding mechanism, and for facilitating the practical operation, these components are preferably mounted on the same mobile platform, that is, the radio frequency connector mounting apparatus further includes a mobile frame device 6000. For convenience in describing the positional relationship of the components on the radio frequency connector mounting apparatus, the vertical direction is defined as the vertical Z direction, and the horizontal direction is divided into a horizontal X direction and a horizontal Y direction which are perpendicular to each other. The guiding mechanism at least comprises a first guiding mechanism 2000 and a second guiding mechanism, and the first guiding mechanism 2000 is arranged on the fixing frame device 1000. The clamping device 3000 is connected to the first guide 2000 and can reciprocate in the vertical Z direction while being held by the first guide 2000. As shown in fig. 5, the main body of the clamping device 3000 is provided with a groove 3100 and a through hole 3200 disposed on the peripheral side of the groove 3100, the groove 3100 has a horizontal clamping surface and a cavity (not shown in the drawing) capable of accommodating a radio frequency connector and opening along the vertical Z direction, and the through hole 3200 can correspond to a threaded hole on the radio frequency connector, so as to facilitate the installation of fasteners such as fastening screws or rivets. In order to avoid damaging the parts during assembly and compression, it is preferable to provide an elastic spacer 3110 in the recess 3100 to play a role in fine adjustment of the perpendicularity between the rf connector and the end face of the mounting hole of the cavity device, and play a role in protecting at least the upper end face of the rf connector during press-fitting of the rf connector and the cavity device. The positioning and crimping device 4000 comprises a bearing mechanism 4100 for bearing the cavity device and a positioning mechanism 4200 for positioning the cavity device, wherein the positioning mechanism 4200 is preferably composed of a positioning frame which can at least partially contain the cavity device, the positioning frame is simple in structure and convenient to manufacture, and the inner side wall of the positioning frame can be utilized for positioning the cavity device, so that the positioning operation of the cavity device is greatly simplified. The positioning mechanism 4200 is provided on the carrier mechanism 4100, and is capable of positioning the mounting hole on the cavity device at a certain position in the vertical Z direction with the end surface of the mounting hole parallel to the horizontal clamping surface on the groove 3100. The second guide mechanism is connected to the positioning mechanism 4200, and can adjust the position of the positioning mechanism 4200 on the horizontal plane, specifically, can reciprocate the positioning mechanism 4200 in the horizontal X direction and also in the horizontal Y direction. The power device is connected with the positioning and crimping device 4000 and/or the clamping device 3000 and can correspondingly provide power for the positioning and crimping device 4000 and/or the clamping device 3000 to move along the vertical Z direction, so that the radio frequency connector penetrating through the mounting hole is pressed between the groove 3100 and the end surface of the mounting hole. Preferably, the power means is a pneumatic or hydraulic actuator, for example a pneumatic or hydraulic piston or the like. One driving scheme provided by the power plant is: the positioning and crimping device 4000 is kept still, a pneumatic actuator or a hydraulic actuator of the power device is connected with the clamping device 3000, and the clamping device 3000 moves along the first guiding mechanism 2000 under the driving of the power device, so that the radio-frequency connector and the cavity device are clamped under the cooperation of the positioning and crimping device 4000 and the clamping device 3000. Another driving scheme is: during assembly, the clamping device 3000 is kept motionless, the positioning crimping device 4000 is connected with the power device, the positioning crimping device 4000 moves along the vertical Z direction under the driving of the power device, the radio frequency connector and the cavity device are clamped under the matching of the positioning crimping device 4000 and the clamping device 3000, and the radio frequency connector penetrating through the mounting hole is pressed between the groove 3100 and the end face of the mounting hole. The third scheme is that the power device is connected with the positioning crimping device 4000 and the clamping device 3000 at the same time, so that the positioning crimping device 4000 and the clamping device 3000 move in opposite directions in the vertical Z direction, the radio frequency connector and the cavity device are clamped under the cooperation of the positioning crimping device 4000 and the clamping device 3000, and the radio frequency connector penetrating through the mounting hole is pressed between the groove 3100 and the end face of the mounting hole. Preferably, a through slot 1110 is formed in the fixing frame device 1000 for passing through a moving part of the power device, the bearing mechanism 4100 is fixedly connected with the moving part, and the through slot 1110 enables the power device to be directly placed on the mounting frame 5100 below the fixing frame device 1000, so that the mounting difficulty of the power device is reduced. Taking a pneumatic piston as an example of a power device, the piston rod of the pneumatic piston is preferably arranged along the direction parallel to the vertical Z, and the piston rod can conveniently drive the positioning and crimping device 4000 to move by utilizing the reciprocating motion of the piston rod along the vertical direction, and the pneumatic piston can also play a certain guiding role on the motion of the positioning and crimping device 4000, so that the subsequent crimping precision between the radio-frequency connector and the mounting hole is further ensured.
The assembly of the cavity device (such as a combiner) is completed by using the radio frequency connector mounting equipment, the combiner cavity can be mounted in the positioning and crimping device 4000 and is fully contacted and locked with a radio frequency connector such as a DIN type connector, the use is convenient, and the product assembly can achieve the best effect, so that the intermodulation quality of the radio frequency device is improved, and the process level is improved. The radio frequency connector mounting equipment has good assembly effect, the operation can be completed only by placing the combiner cavity and the preassembled radio frequency connector in the positioning mechanism 4200 and starting the power device to enable the combiner cavity and the preassembled radio frequency connector to be pressed and positioned under the cooperation of the clamping device 3000 and the positioning crimping device 4000 and then fastened, the process is quite simple, the assembly consistency degree is quite high, and the assembly quality can be greatly improved.
As a preferred embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the fixing frame device 1000 specifically includes a bottom plate 1100, a fixing plate 1200, and a connection plate 1300, the connection plate 1300 being disposed between the fixing plate 1200 and the bottom plate 1100 and being disposed in a direction parallel to the vertical Z direction, the connection plate 1300 being provided for ensuring that the fixing plate 1200 and the bottom plate 1100 can remain parallel even when the distance is large, preferably, the connection plate 1300 is divided into two parts, one part being a vertical plate 1310 connected to an edge of at least one end of the fixing plate 1200 in the horizontal X direction, the other part being a side plate 1320 connected to both end edges of the fixing plate 1200 in the horizontal Y direction, the vertical plate 1310 and the side plate 1320 being capable of sufficiently fixedly supporting the fixing plate 1200, playing a main bearing role, and being capable of ensuring parallelism between the fixing plate 1200 and the bottom plate 1100. The first guide mechanism 2000 is provided between the base plate 1100 and the fixing plate 1200. The base plate 1100 is in a plane in which the horizontal X direction and the horizontal Y direction are located, and the fixing plate 1200 is provided in a horizontal plane parallel to the base plate 1100. The first guide mechanism 2000 includes at least 2 first guide posts 2100 disposed in a vertical Z direction and a movable plate 2200 disposed on the first guide posts 2100, both ends of the movable plate 2200 being connected to the first guide posts 2100 and being movable up and down along the first guide posts 2100 to adjust a space between the movable plate 2200 itself and the positioning and crimping device 4000 to adapt the space to a size of a combiner cavity, and the clamping device 3000 is disposed on the movable plate 2200 such that the clamping device 3000 has a certain parallel position with the base plate 1100. For the connection of the movable plate 2200 and the first guide column 2100, one way is to open two holes with the same diameter as the first guide column 2100 on the movable plate 2200, string the movable plate 2200 on the first guide column 2100, and clamp the movable plate 2200 on a certain position of the first guide column 2100 by the clamp 2330; alternatively, a special clamp 2330 is provided, the clamp 2330 is divided into an upper part and a lower part, and is respectively fitted over the first guide column 2100, and the movable plate 2200 is held between the clamps 2330. When the clamping device 2330 is used, the movable plate 2200 is clamped by the clamping device 2330, the position of the movable plate 2200 on the first guide column 2100 is fixed, when different types or types of cavity devices need to be replaced, or the distance between the movable plate 2200 or the clamping device 3000 and the positioning and crimping device 4000 needs to be readjusted, or the perpendicularity and the planeness of the movable plate 2200 need to be finely adjusted, the clamping device 2330 is loosened, the position of the movable plate 2200 is adjusted until the novel assembly requirement is met, and the arrangement of the clamping device 2330 is beneficial to improving the convenience and the accuracy of vertical Z-direction adjustment.
As a preferred embodiment, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the second guide mechanism in the positioning and crimping device 4000 includes a horizontal X-guide and a horizontal Y-guide. The horizontal X-direction guiding member is connected between the positioning mechanism 4200 and the carrier mechanism 4100, the carrier mechanism 4100 is preferably formed by a flat plate-shaped top plate, the horizontal X-direction guiding member may specifically adopt a linear horizontal X-direction guiding rail 4110 disposed on the top plate, or a linear horizontal Y-direction guiding rail (not shown in the figure) may be disposed on the horizontal Y-direction guiding rail, so that the positioning frame can perform position adjustment in both the horizontal X-direction and the horizontal Y-direction, a cover plate 4400 may be disposed between the positioning mechanism 4200 and the carrier mechanism 4100, the horizontal X-direction guiding rail 4110 is disposed on the top plate, the cover plate 4400 moves on the horizontal X-direction guiding rail 4110, and then the horizontal Y-direction guiding rail is disposed on the cover plate 4400, and the positioning frame moves on the horizontal Y-direction guiding rail. The top plate with the horizontal X-direction guide piece enables the positioning frame to move upwards at the horizontal X of the top plate, when a workpiece needs to be put in or taken out, the positioning frame can be moved to the open space, the putting in and the taking out are more convenient, and the operation is safer. Specifically, the two ends of the horizontal X-direction guiding element are respectively provided with the baffle 4130 and the block 4120, that is, the baffle 4130 and the block 4120 are arranged on the edge of the bearing mechanism 4100, so that the positioning mechanism 4200 is limited in the movement range of the horizontal X-direction on the bearing mechanism 4100, the baffle 4130 and the block 4120 can well avoid excessive movement of the positioning mechanism 4200, and the function of preventing the positioning mechanism 4200 from being separated from the horizontal X-direction guiding element in the process of disassembling the positioning mechanism 4200 can be achieved, so that the use safety is improved. More preferably, a threaded hole may be provided in the baffle 4130, and a post 4131 engaged with the threaded hole may be further provided in the threaded hole, where the post 4131 is perpendicular to the baffle 4130 and may abut against the positioning mechanism 4200, that is, against the positioning frame. For the horizontal Y-guide, the following forms may be taken in addition to those provided in the above schemes: the horizontal Y-direction guiding member includes two movable blocks 4210 disposed in the positioning mechanism 4200, that is, two movable blocks 4210 may be disposed in the positioning frame, the movable blocks 4210 may be freely moved in the horizontal Y direction on the positioning mechanism 4200 (the horizontal X direction is limited by the positioning frame wall), and an adjusting portion 4220 disposed in the horizontal Y direction is disposed on the positioning mechanism 4200, the adjusting portion 4220 may adjust and fix the position of the movable blocks 4210 in the horizontal Y direction, and particularly preferably, the adjusting portion 4220 includes a plurality of threaded through holes 4221 disposed uniformly along one side of the positioning mechanism 4200, for example, threaded through holes 4221 with the same spacing distance are disposed uniformly on the side wall of the positioning frame, bolts 4222 are disposed in the threaded through holes 4221, and bolts 4222 may be screwed in and out of the threaded through holes 4221, and pressed against the movable blocks 4210 when the position of the movable blocks 4210 is required to fix the position of the movable blocks 4210, and the movable blocks 4210 are disassembled and mounted on the movable blocks 4210, thereby the two movable blocks 4210 can be flexibly positioned in the positioning mechanism 4200.
As a preferred embodiment, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the guiding mechanism further includes a third guiding mechanism 4300 including two second guiding posts 4310 disposed along a vertical Z direction, and the second guiding posts 4310 are disposed on the fixing frame device 1000, and may be disposed vertically on the bottom plate 1100 of the fixing frame device 1000. The carrier 4100 is mounted on the fixing frame device 1000 through the third guiding mechanism 4300, and the clamp 2330 may be connected to the third guiding mechanism 4300. Further preferably, the second guiding post 4310 is provided with a movable support plate 4320, and the support plate 4320 is connected with a leaning plate 4330 for leaning against the side wall of the cavity device and being parallel to the vertical Z direction and the horizontal Y direction, and the leaning plate 4330 is favorable for further ensuring that the vertical Z direction verticality of the mounting hole of the cavity device is better. The leaning board 4330 is connected to the support board 4320 through a fourth guiding mechanism. The fourth guiding mechanism can make the leaning plate 4330 reciprocate in the horizontal direction X, for example, the fourth guiding mechanism may be a chute 4341, for example, the fourth guiding mechanism is formed by a moving plate 4340 provided with a chute 4341 along the horizontal direction X, at least one limit bolt (not shown in the figure), preferably two limit bolts, are provided on the support plate 4320, the screw diameters of the limit bolts are smaller than the width of the long groove, the head diameters of the limit bolts are larger than the width of the long groove, the leaning plate 4330 is vertically provided at one end of the moving plate 4340, when the limit bolts are loosened, the moving plate 4340 is not limited by the limit bolts, and can move along the horizontal direction X relative to the support plate 4320 by virtue of the space formed by the chute 4341, and when the moving plate 4340 is moved to a required position, the limit bolts can be fastened.
In addition, as shown in fig. 1 and 3, since the first guide post 2100 and the second guide post 4310 are upright posts, it is preferable to fix the two guide posts by providing a guide post seat on the fixing frame device 1000, so that the fixing frame device 1000 can be protected, and the disassembly and positioning of the guide posts can be facilitated. For example, the first guide post seat 2110/second guide post seat 4311 is provided with a cylindrical counter bore with an axis parallel to the bottom plate 1100, the diameter of the cylindrical counter bore is the same as that of the first guide post seat 2110/second guide post seat 4311, and then the first guide post 2100/second guide post 4310 is installed in the cylindrical counter bore of the first guide post seat 2110/second guide post seat 4311 in a detachable connection manner.
In order to more fully understand the radio frequency connector installation device provided by the invention, the invention takes a DIN type connector installation on a combiner as an example to describe in detail how to use the device, and the assembly and use method comprises the following steps:
step S100: the DIN-type connector is preloaded onto the cavity device. A combiner, which is one of the cavity devices, typically has three ports, two in ports at one end and one out port at the other end, with DIN-type connectors pre-assembled in a specific location of the combiner prior to fastening the connectors to the combiner.
Step S200: the DIN-type fitting is clamped with the cavity device so that both are in the mounting station. With the aforementioned DIN-type joint mounting apparatus, both are pressed onto a designed mounting station ready for fastening, the specific steps of which include:
step S210: the cavity device preloaded with DIN-type connectors is placed in a positioning frame, i.e., positioning mechanism 4200.
Step S220: the positions of the clamping device 3000 and the positioning mechanism 4200 are adjusted to match the DIN-type connector to the clamping device 3000 and to interface the DIN-type connector to the mounting location of the cavity device. The details of the fit of the DIN-type fitting to the clamping device 3000 are that the DIN-type fitting is placed into the fitting-matching recess 3100 such that the threaded holes on the DIN-type fitting correspond to the locations of the through holes 3200 on the clamping device 3000.
Step S230: the power device is started to drive the bearing mechanism 4100, namely the top plate, to move, the power device presses the cavity device into the clamping device 3000, so that the DIN type connector is positioned at the mounting position of the cavity device, namely the radio frequency connector penetrating through the mounting hole of the cavity device is pressed between the groove 3100 on the main body of the clamping device 3000 and the end face of the mounting hole. This process may be interpreted as placing the cavity device cavity into the DIN-type joint tightening assembly device, depressing the switch, and moving parts on the power unit push the top plate on the positioning and pressing device, driving the cavity device cavity and the DIN-type joint to be inserted upward into the clamping device 3000 and pressed, so that the cavity device cavity and the DIN-type joint can be pressed, stabilized and flattened, and the joint surface is in full contact with the mounting platform on the cavity device cavity surface.
Step S300: the DIN-type fitting is secured to the cavity device. The fastener may be tightened using a tightening tool, such as an air or electric screw. Preferably, the DIN-type joint is tightened in a particular sequence, specifically by tightening a pair of diagonally positioned screws first and then tightening another pair of diagonally positioned screws.
Experiments show that the mounting equipment can enable the radio frequency connector to be flatly pressed on the end face of the mounting hole of the cavity device, contact is more sufficient, the assembly precision and the product quality of the radio frequency connector and the cavity device are greatly improved, the stable improvement of intermodulation indexes is ensured, the former manual tightening intermodulation is about 145dBc, the tightening after the pressing is carried out by the mounting equipment, the intermodulation can reach 155dBc, namely, the intermodulation change amplitude of the radio frequency connector and the cavity device is more than 10 dBc.
In summary, the device and the method for installing the radio frequency connector can fully ensure the assembly consistency of the radio frequency connector to be installed and the cavity device, effectively avoid the factor of unstable intermodulation caused by improper assembly of the radio frequency connector in the assembly of the cavity device, and improve the product percent of pass. In addition, the installation device provided by the invention is provided with various adjustable structures, and can adapt to different types and sizes of combiners or other communication equipment needing to be installed with radio frequency connectors.
Although a few exemplary embodiments of the present invention have been shown above, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes may be made in these exemplary embodiments without departing from the principles or spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the claims and their equivalents.