CN110137750B

CN110137750B - Press unlocking connector

Info

Publication number: CN110137750B
Application number: CN201910391330.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 任正旭; 郑海亮; 陈凯; 林国钦; 秦胜勋
Original assignee: Luxshare Precision Components Kunshan Co Ltd
Current assignee: Luxshare Precision Components Kunshan Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-05-12
Filing date: 2019-05-12
Publication date: 2021-05-07
Anticipated expiration: 2039-05-12
Also published as: CN110137750A

Abstract

The invention discloses a press unlocking connector which comprises a connector body and an unlocking mechanism arranged on the connector body, wherein a lock catch groove used for inserting and locking a lock catch part of a matching connector is formed in the outer side surface of the connector body, the unlocking mechanism comprises an unlocking rod, an elastic piece and a button, the unlocking rod is rotationally arranged in the connector body, the unlocking rod comprises a pressing arm aligned with the lock catch groove, when the button moves downwards, the button presses the unlocking rod to rotate and drives the pressing arm to enter the lock catch groove to eject the lock catch part, the elastic piece can press the button or/and the unlocking rod to restore the original shape, the unlocking mechanism is ingenious in design, the working principle is simple, unlocking is smooth, operation is simple and convenient, and after unlocking, the unlocking mechanism can restore the original shape automatically.

Description

Press unlocking connector

Technical Field

The present invention relates to an electrical connector, and more particularly, to a push-to-unlock connector having an unlocking mechanism.

Background

In order to ensure that two electric connectors which are mutually inserted and matched are reliably kept together, a locking mechanism is usually arranged to lock the two electric connectors together, meanwhile, an unlocking mechanism is usually arranged to unlock the locking mechanism in order to facilitate the two electric connectors which are locked together to be easily separated, the unlocking mechanism is of an up-down pressing type, a side pressing type, a drawing type, a front-back sliding type and the like, the structure and the action mode of the unlocking mechanism are particularly important, and the smoothness of unlocking, the operation experience of a user and the like can be influenced.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a press unlocking connector which is easy and convenient to unlock.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme: the utility model provides a press and unlock connector, its includes the connector main part and locates unlocking mechanism in the connector main part, connector main part lateral surface is equipped with and is used for supplying to join in marriage the hasp groove that connector hasp portion inserted the locking, unlocking mechanism includes unlocking lever, elastic component and button, unlocking lever set up rotatoryly in the connector main part, unlocking lever include with the arm is pressed in supporting that hasp groove aligns, works as when the button moves down, the button supports and presses unlocking lever is rotatory and drive support and press the arm to get into hasp inslot liftout hasp portion, the elastic component can support and press button or/and unlocking lever reconversion.

As a further improved technical solution of the invention, the pressing arm is provided with a protrusion at least partially located in the locking groove for ejecting the locking part.

As a further improved technical scheme of the invention, the elastic piece comprises an elastic sheet which upwards presses the button.

As a further improved technical solution of the invention, the connector body includes a first pivot portion, the lock release lever includes a second pivot portion and a swing arm extending backward from the second pivot portion, the first pivot portion is rotatably connected to the second pivot portion, the pressing arm extends forward from the second pivot portion, and the elastic member includes an elastic arm pressing the swing arm toward the outside direction.

As a further improved technical solution of the present invention, the button includes a pressing portion and a pressing portion extending downward from the pressing portion, the lock release lever includes a pressing surface aligned with the pressing portion up and down, the pressing surface is in contact with or disconnected from the pressing portion, and the pressing surface extends downward and outward.

As a further improved technical solution of the invention, the elastic member includes a horizontal main body piece and a fixing piece bent and extended downward from the main body piece, the main body piece is provided with a spring piece which presses the pressing portion upward and a through hole through which the pressing portion passes downward, and the fixing piece is fixed to the connector main body.

As a further improved technical scheme of the invention, the rear end of the fixing piece is provided with an elastic arm which is bent and extended forwards and inwards, and the elastic arm presses against the unlocking rod to urge the unlocking rod to restore to the original state.

As a further improved technical solution of the present invention, the unlocking mechanism further includes a positioning member, the positioning member includes a top wall located above the elastic member and a side wall bent and extended downward from the top wall, the top wall is provided with a through hole for the button to move up and down, the side wall is fixed on the connector body or the elastic member, and a flange abutting against the top wall is provided at the outer side of the pressing portion to prevent the button from disengaging from the positioning member.

As a further improved technical solution of the invention, the button comprises a pressing piece and a pressing piece, the pressing piece is fixed at the bottom of the pressing piece, and the pressing piece comprises a horizontal top plate and a pressing part which is bent downwards and extends from the top plate and is used for pressing the unlocking rod downwards to rotate.

As a further improved technical solution of the invention, the pressing member further includes a positioning portion extending downward from the top sheet, the elastic member is provided with a notch, the positioning member is provided with a notch aligned with the notch up and down, and the positioning portion is limited to the notch and the notch to move up and down.

The outer side surface of the connector body of the press unlocking connector is provided with a lock catch groove for inserting and locking a lock catch part of a matching connector, the unlocking mechanism comprises an unlocking rod, an elastic piece and a button, the unlocking rod is rotationally arranged in the connector body, the unlocking rod comprises a pressing arm aligned with the lock catch groove, when the button moves downwards, the button presses the unlocking rod to rotate and drives the pressing arm to enter the lock catch groove to eject the lock catch part, the elastic piece can press the button or/and the unlocking rod to restore the original shape, the unlocking mechanism is ingenious in design, simple in working principle, smooth in unlocking and convenient to operate, and after unlocking, the unlocking mechanism can restore the original shape automatically.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a press to unlock the connector of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic perspective view of another angle of the push to unlock connector of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along the direction C-C of fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged view within a circle of fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the push to unlock connector of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a press to unlock the connector in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is an exploded perspective view of a press to unlock the connector in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of an unlocking mechanism of a press unlocking connector according to another embodiment of the present invention, not showing the elastic member.

Detailed Description

Referring to fig. 1 to 2, the present invention discloses a press unlocking connector 100, wherein the press unlocking connector 100 is a plug connector, and includes a connector body 10 and an unlocking mechanism 20 disposed on the connector body 10.

Referring to fig. 3 to 5, the connector body 10 is made of metal or insulating material, and an electrical connector is disposed inside the connector body, wherein the electrical connector is a metal terminal or a PCB, and is used for electrically contacting with a mating connector (not shown) to transmit signals or power between the press unlocking connector 100 and the mating connector. The connector body 10 includes a base 11, a plug 12 extending forward from the base 11, and a pair of side arms 13 extending backward from left and right ends of the base 11, wherein two first pivoting portions 112 aligned with each other are disposed on left and right sides of the base 11, and each first pivoting portion 112 includes a circular hole 1120. The mating part 12 is used for mating with a mating connector, and the left and right opposite outer side surfaces of the mating part 12 are provided with locking grooves 120 for inserting and locking the locking parts of the mating connector, so as to prevent the unlocking connector 100 from being pressed and released from the mating connector.

The unlocking mechanism 20 includes a pair of unlocking levers 21 spaced left and right, an elastic member 22, a positioning member 23, a push button 24, and a circular shaft 25. The unlocking lever 21 includes a second pivot portion 212, a pressing arm 211 extending forward from the second pivot portion 212, and a swing arm 213 extending backward from the second pivot portion 212, wherein an outer side surface of a front end of the pressing arm 211 is provided with a protrusion 215 aligned with the locking groove 120, and the protrusion 215 is partially located in the locking groove 120. The second pivot portion 212 is rotatably disposed in the connector body 10 through the circular shaft 25, so that the unlocking lever 21 can rotate relative to the connector body 10, the second pivot portion 212 includes a circular hole 2120, the circular shaft 25 passes through the

circular holes

2120, 1120 of the second pivot portion 212 and the first pivot portion 112, and when the circular shaft 25 is fixedly connected with the first pivot portion 112, the second pivot portion 212 is rotatably connected with the circular shaft 25; when the circular shaft 25 is rotatably connected to the first pivot portion 112, the second pivot portion 212 is fixedly connected to the circular shaft 25. The top of the swing arm 213 is provided with a concave portion 216 and an abutting surface 218 located in the concave portion 216, the abutting surface 218 is configured as an inclined surface or an arc surface, and the abutting surface 218 extends downward and outward.

The elastic member 22 includes a horizontal main body 221 and a fixing piece 222 bent and extended downward from the left and right ends of the main body 221, the main body 221 is provided with a plurality of upward protruding elastic pieces 223 and through holes 224 located outside the elastic pieces 223, the elastic pieces 223 are arranged in a matrix of 4, and the fixing piece 222 is fixed on the outer side surface of the side arm 13 of the connector main body 10 by laser welding. The fixing plate 222 extends backward beyond the main body 221, the rear end of the fixing plate 222 is provided with an elastic arm 225 bending and extending forward, the elastic arm 225 presses against the swing arm 213 of the unlocking lever 21 in the outward direction to provide an acting force for restoring the unlocking lever 21 to the original position, the elastic arm 225 presses against the inner side of the swing arm 213, or the rear end surface of the swing arm 213 is provided with a groove for inserting and fixing the tail end of the elastic arm 225.

The positioning member 23 includes a top wall 231 located above the elastic member 23 and two side walls 232 bent downward from the left and right ends of the top wall 231, the top wall 231 is provided with a through hole 233 for accommodating the button 24, the button 24 can move up and down in the through hole 233, and the side walls 232 are fixed on the left and right sides of the elastic member 22 in a laser welding manner and located outside the elastic piece 223.

The button 24 includes a pressing portion 241 and pressing portions 242 extending downward from left and right ends of the pressing portion 241, the pressing portion 241 is received in the through hole 233 of the positioning member 23 and protrudes upward from the top wall 231, so that an external force can press the button 24, and the elastic piece 223 presses the pressing portion 241 upward to provide an acting force for the button 24 to return to its original position upward. The lower end of the outer side surface of the pressing portion 241 is provided with an annular flange 243, the flange 243 is located below the top wall 231 of the positioning member 23 and abuts against the lower surface of the top wall 231, the button 24 is prevented from being separated from the positioning member 23 upwards, and the button 24 is prevented from being lost. The pressing part 242 passes through the through hole 224 of the elastic member 22 downward and is located above the abutting surface 218 of the lock release lever 21, and the pressing part 242 and the abutting surface 218 are spaced up and down or are in contact.

The operating principle of the unlocking mechanism 20 is as follows: the button 24 is pressed by a downward external force, the button 24 moves downward against the elastic force of the elastic piece 223 of the elastic piece 22, the pressing part 242 presses downward against the abutting surface 218 of the unlocking lever 21, the swing arm 213 moves inward against the elastic force of the elastic piece 225 of the elastic piece 22, the unlocking lever 21 rotates relative to the connector body 10, the pressing arm 211 moves outward, the convex part 215 presses the locking part of the mating connector to exit from the locking groove 120, the locking of the locking part on the pressing unlocking connector 100 is released, and the pressing unlocking connector 100 can be easily separated from the mating connector. After the external force is removed, the unlocking rod 21 automatically restores to the original position under the elastic force of the elastic arm 225, the button 24 also automatically restores to the original position under the elastic force of the elastic sheet 223, the unlocking mechanism 20 is ingenious in design, simple in working principle, smooth in unlocking and simple and convenient to operate, and after the unlocking is carried out, the unlocking mechanism 20 can automatically restore to the original position.

Referring to fig. 6 to 8, another embodiment of the present invention discloses another press unlocking connector 200, the unlocking mechanism 30 of the press unlocking connector 200 is slightly different from the unlocking mechanism 20, the button 34 is provided with a two-piece structure, the button 34 comprises a pressing piece 341 and a pressing piece 342, the pressing piece 342 is fixed at the bottom of the pressing piece 341 by laser welding, the pressing piece 342 comprises a horizontal top plate 343, pressing parts 344 bent and extended downwards from the left and right sides of the top plate 343, and positioning parts 345 bent and extended downwards from the front and back sides of the top plate 343, the pressing parts 344 are positioned above the pressing surface 218 of the unlocking lever 21, and aligned up and down, when the button 34 is pressed by external force to move downwards, the pressing part 344 presses against the abutting surface 218 to drive the unlocking lever 21 to rotate, and pushes the locking part of the mating connector to exit from the locking groove 120, so as to realize the unlocking function, and the purpose of the invention can also be realized.

The elastic arm 325 is provided separately from the elastic member 32, and the elastic arm 32 is provided in a U-shape and fixed to the side arm 13 of the connector body 10 by laser welding. The elastic member 32 is also provided with through holes 324 on both sides for the pressing part 344 to pass through, the positioning part 33 includes a top wall 331, the top wall 331 is provided with a through hole 333 for accommodating the pressing part 341, an upright wall 332 bent and extended downward from the inner edge of the through hole 333, and a horizontal wall 335 bent and extended outward vertically from the bottom edge of the upright wall 332, and the horizontal wall 335 is fixed to the main body piece 321 of the elastic member 32 by laser welding. The positioning member 33 further has a notch 336 vertically penetrating through the upright wall 332 and the connecting portion of the upright wall 332 and the top wall 331 and the horizontal wall 335, the main body 321 of the elastic member 32 is also provided with a notch 326 vertically aligned with the notch 336, the positioning portion 325 is limited to move up and down in the notch 336 and the notch 326, and is partially located below the top wall 331 and abutted against the lower surface of the top wall 331 to prevent the button 34 from being disengaged from the positioning member 33.

The above embodiments are only used for illustrating the present invention and not for limiting the technical solutions described in the present invention, and the understanding of the present specification should be based on the technical personnel in the technical field, such as the directional descriptions of "front", "back", "left", "right", "upper", "lower", etc., although the present specification has described the present invention in detail with reference to the above embodiments, the ordinary skilled in the art should understand that the technical personnel in the technical field can still make modifications or equivalent substitutions on the present invention, and all the technical solutions and modifications thereof without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention should be covered in the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. A press unlocking connector, which comprises a connector body (10) and an unlocking mechanism (20) arranged on the connector body (10), and is characterized in that: the connector body (10) lateral surface is equipped with and is used for supplying to mate the connector hasp portion and insert hasp groove (120) of locking, release mechanism (20) include unblock pole (21), elastic component (22), setting element (23) and button (24), unblock pole (21) rotationally set up in connector body (10), unblock pole (21) include with hasp groove (120) align support pressure arm (211), setting element (23) including be located roof (231) of elastic component (22) top and follow roof (231) lateral wall (232) that extend of buckling downwards, roof (231) are equipped with confession button (24) up-and-down motion's through-hole (233), lateral wall (232) are fixed in connector body (10) or on elastic component (22), button (24) include pressing portion (241) and follow pressing portion (242) that pressing portion (241) extend downwards, the pressing portion (241) is provided with a flange (243) which is upwards abutted against the top wall and used for preventing the button (24) from being separated from the positioning piece (23), when the button (24) moves downwards, the pressing portion (242) presses the unlocking rod (21) to rotate and drive the pressing arm (211) to enter the locking groove (120) to eject the locking portion, and the elastic piece (22) can press the button (24) or/and the unlocking rod (21) to restore to the original state.

2. The press to unlock connector of claim 1, wherein: the pressing arm (211) is provided with a convex part (215) which is at least partially positioned in the locking groove (120) and is used for ejecting the locking part.

3. The press to unlock connector of claim 1, wherein: the elastic piece (22) comprises an elastic sheet (223) which is pressed upwards against the button (24).

4. The press to unlock connector of claim 1, wherein: the connector main body (10) comprises a first pivoting portion (112), the unlocking rod (21) comprises a second pivoting portion (212) and a swinging arm (213) extending backwards from the second pivoting portion (212), the first pivoting portion (112) is rotationally connected with the second pivoting portion (212), the pressing arm (211) extends forwards from the second pivoting portion (212), and the elastic piece (22) comprises an elastic arm (225) pressing the swinging arm (213) towards the outer side.

5. The press to unlock connector of claim 1, wherein: the unlocking rod (21) comprises a pressing surface (218) which is vertically aligned with the pressing part (242), the pressing surface (218) is in contact with or disconnected from the pressing part (242), and the pressing surface (218) extends downwards and outwards.

6. The press to unlock connector of claim 5, wherein: the elastic piece (22) comprises a horizontal main body piece (221) and a fixing piece (222) which is bent downwards from the main body piece (221) and extends, the main body piece (221) is provided with an elastic piece (223) which upwards presses the pressing portion (241) and a through hole (224) through which the pressing portion (242) downwards penetrates, and the fixing piece (222) is fixed on the connector main body (10).

7. The press to unlock connector of claim 6, wherein: the rear end of the fixing piece (222) is provided with an elastic arm (225) which is bent forwards and inwards and extends, and the elastic arm (225) is pressed against the unlocking rod (21) and used for urging the unlocking rod (21) to restore.

8. A press unlocking connector, which comprises a connector body (10) and an unlocking mechanism (20) arranged on the connector body (10), and is characterized in that: connector main part (10) lateral surface is equipped with and is used for supplying to mate connector hasp portion including going into hasp groove (120) of locking, release mechanism (20) including unblock pole (21), elastic component (32), setting element (33) and button (34), unblock pole (21) set up in connector main part (10) rotatoryly, unblock pole (21) include with hasp groove (120) alignment support arm (211), when button (34) move down, button (34) support and press unblock pole (21) are rotatory and drive support arm (211) get into in the hasp groove (120) top out hasp portion, elastic component (32) can support and press button (34) or/and unblock pole (21) reconversion, button (34) are including pressing piece (341) and pressing piece (342), pressing piece (342) are fixed in pressing piece (341) bottom, the pressing piece (342) comprises a horizontal top plate (343), a pressing part (344) which is bent downwards and extends from the top plate (343) and used for pressing the unlocking rod (21) downwards to rotate, the pressing piece (342) further comprises a positioning part (345) which extends downwards from the top plate (343), the elastic piece (32) is provided with a notch (326), the positioning part (33) is provided with a notch (336) which is vertically aligned with the notch (326), and the positioning part (345) is limited in the notch (326) and the notch (336) to move upwards and downwards.