Disclosure of Invention
The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an adapter housing of an adapter device, which does not require modification of a chip and is easy and convenient to mount an adapter.
The invention further provides a switching device.
The invention further provides a chip component.
The invention further provides an imaging box.
The adapter housing of the adapter device according to the invention comprises: the fixing part is arranged at the transverse end of the main body, at least one switching fitting surface is arranged at the top of the main body, a first limiting hole is formed in the corresponding switching fitting surface, at least one accommodating groove is formed in the main body, the first limiting hole is used for being matched with a first switching piece, and part of the first switching piece extends into the accommodating groove.
From this, through setting up the switching casing, can play the switching effect, need not to change the chip structure, moreover through setting up first spacing hole and switching fitting surface, can guarantee the contact and the stability of first switching piece and chip, moreover through setting up the holding tank, can change the mounting means of first switching piece to can simplify whole installation, can improve the installation effectiveness of first switching piece, can further promote the structural stability who connects the dress device moreover.
In some examples of the invention, the body comprises: the side plate is connected with the main block, the first limiting hole is formed in the side plate, and the accommodating groove and the switching matching surface are formed in the main block.
In some examples of the invention, the main block is further provided with an avoidance groove, the avoidance groove being in communication with the accommodation groove.
In some examples of the present invention, the main block is further provided with a guide slope between a bottom surface of the avoiding groove and a top surface of the receiving groove.
In some examples of the invention, the body further comprises: the bottom plate is used for placing the chip.
In some examples of the invention, the adaptor housing further comprises: the soft connecting part is connected between the main body and the fixing part and can deform under the action of external force.
In some examples of the invention, the adapter mating surfaces are multiple, the multiple adapter mating surfaces are arranged at intervals, each adapter mating surface corresponds to one first limiting hole and one accommodating groove, and the main body is further provided with an open hole which is open towards the upper part and used for installing a second adapter.
In some examples of the present invention, the body is provided with a second stopper hole at one side in a longitudinal direction of the open hole, the second stopper hole being spaced apart from the first stopper hole.
In some examples of the present invention, the two longitudinal side walls of the opening hole are respectively provided with a limiting protrusion.
The switching device according to the present invention comprises: a first transfer member; the top of the first adapter is matched with the adapter matching surface, one longitudinal end of the first adapter is arranged in the first limiting hole, and the first adapter further extends into the accommodating groove from the other longitudinal side of the main body.
In some examples of the invention, the first adapter comprises: first contact site, first spacing portion, connecting portion and second contact site, first contact site is connected first spacing portion with between the connecting portion, first spacing portion cooperation is in first spacing downthehole, first contact site cooperation is in on the switching fitting surface, the upper end of connecting portion is relative first contact site buckle to set up and the lower extreme with the second contact site is connected, the second contact site stretches into in the holding tank.
In some examples of the invention, the second contact portion includes: first slope section, second slope section and horizontal segment, first slope section is connected the connecting portion with between the second slope section, the horizontal segment with the second slope section links to each other, first slope section with the slope direction of second slope section is different and the junction is used for contacting with the chip.
In some examples of the invention, the first stopper portion includes: the upper end of the vertical section is connected to one longitudinal side of the first contact part, and the edge folding section is connected with the lower end of the vertical section; the folded edge section and the vertical section form a preset angle, the vertical section extends into the first limiting hole, and the folded edge section is abutted to the lower portion of one longitudinal side of the main body.
The chip assembly according to the present invention comprises: a chip; the chip is arranged below the accommodating groove and is in contact with the first adapter.
In some examples of the invention, the body comprises: the chip packaging structure comprises a main block and a bottom plate, wherein the bottom plate is located at the bottom of the main block and defines a chip slot with the other side open in the longitudinal direction with the main block, the chip slot is located below the containing groove, and a chip is inserted into the chip slot.
An image forming cartridge according to the present invention is characterized in that: the chip component comprises a box body and the chip component or the switching device which is detachably arranged on the box body.
Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.
Detailed Description
Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below, the embodiments described with reference to the drawings being illustrative, and the embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below.
Referring to fig. 1 to 8, a transferring apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is described below, where the transferring apparatus 100 may be used for mounting a chip in an imaging device, and the imaging device further includes: the switching device 100 may be connected to the first chip and the second chip, and data between the first chip and the second chip may be transmitted through the switching device 100, that is, communication between the first chip and the second chip may be performed through the switching device 100. The first chip may be a motherboard of a host device (e.g., a motherboard of an imaging device such as a printer or a copy, or a motherboard of a computer, or a motherboard of a numerical control device). The second chip may be a chip of a slave device (for example, a memory chip, and the memory chip may be a consumable chip applied to an imaging box, a chip applied to an accessory device of a computer, a chip applied to an accessory device of a numerical control device, or the like).
As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the transfer device 100 may include: the adapter housing 10, the first adapter 30 and the second adapter 40 can be installed in the adapter housing 10. The first adaptor 30 and the second adaptor 40 can be used for connecting the terminal of the first chip and the terminal of the second chip, so that signal transfer can be completed between the first chip and the second chip through the first adaptor 30 and the second adaptor 40, the universality of the second chip can be improved, the research and development and manufacturing cost of the second chip can be reduced, and the structural stability of the second chip can be ensured.
A adaptor housing 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
As shown in fig. 4 and 5, the adaptor housing 10 includes: a main body 11 and a fixing portion 12, the fixing portion 12 is disposed at a lateral end of the main body 11, i.e. in a left-right direction shown in fig. 4, for example, the fixing portion 12 may be respectively connected to a left side and a right side of the main body 11, and the fixing portion 12 may be used to fix the adaptor housing 10 to other structures, for example, a main body structure of a powder box.
As shown in fig. 4 and 5, the top 11a of the main body 11 is provided with at least one adapting matching surface 13, and the corresponding adapting matching surface 13 is provided with a first limiting hole 14, specifically, the first limiting hole 14 may be provided on one longitudinal side of the adapting matching surface 13, i.e. the longitudinal direction is the front-back parallel direction shown in fig. 4, one longitudinal side of the adapting matching surface 13 is the back side of the adapting matching surface 13 shown in fig. 4, and the other longitudinal side of the adapting matching surface 13 is the front side of the adapting matching surface 13 shown in fig. 4.
As shown in fig. 2 and 5, the main body 11 is provided with at least one receiving groove 15, the receiving groove 15 can be disposed at the bottom of the main body 11, the first limiting hole 14 is used for matching with the first adapter 30, part of the first adapter is matched on the adapter matching surface 13, and the other part of the first adapter extends into the receiving groove 15. The receiving groove 15 may be open toward the other longitudinal side of the adapter mating surface 13, so that the first adapter 30 can extend into the receiving groove 15 from the other longitudinal side of the main body 11 when being mated with the first limiting hole 14 and the adapter mating surface 13. It is understood that each adapter mating surface 13 has a corresponding first position-limiting hole 14 and a corresponding receiving groove 15, and the combined adapter mating surface 13, first position-limiting hole 14 and receiving groove 15 are used for mounting and mating with a first adapter 30.
Wherein, the first spacing hole 14 that so sets up can carry on spacingly to the top 30a one end of first adaptor 30, then the adaptation fitting surface 13 can be used for cooperating first adaptor 30 with first chip complex first contact site 31, can guarantee first adaptor 30's installation stability through setting up the adaptation fitting surface 13 on the one hand, on the other hand can make things convenient for the terminal cooperation of its contact site and first chip. The arrangement of the accommodating groove 15 allows the first transfer piece 30 to be installed from one longitudinal side of the main body 11, the installation difficulty of the first transfer piece 30 can be effectively reduced, the installation efficiency of the first transfer piece 30 can be improved, and the damage to the first transfer piece 30 in the installation process can be avoided.
From this, through setting up first spacing hole 14 and switching fitting surface 13, can guarantee the contact of first switching piece 30 and first chip and stable, through setting up holding tank 15, can change the mounting means of first switching piece 30 moreover to can simplify whole installation, can improve the installation effectiveness of first switching piece 30, can further promote the structural stability who connects the device moreover.
According to an alternative embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, the main body 11 includes: the main block 16 and the side plate 17 are connected, the side plate 17 is connected to one side of the top of the main block 16 in the longitudinal direction, the first limiting hole 14 is formed in the side plate 17, and the accommodating groove 15 and the adapting matching surface 13 are formed in the main block 16. It is understood that the side plate 17 may be disposed only on the top side of the main block 16, and it does not completely correspond to the main block 16 in the up-down direction. In other words, the thickness of the side plate 17 can be much smaller than that of the main block 16, the side plate 17 can facilitate the arrangement of the first limiting hole 14, and the weight of the main body 11 can be effectively reduced, so that the structural arrangement of the main body 11 is more reasonable. In addition, the main block 16 provided in this way can also effectively arrange the adapter mating surface 13 and the receiving groove 15 of the bottom.
Further, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, the main block 16 is further provided with an avoiding groove 18 at the other side in the longitudinal direction of the adapter fitting surface 13, and the avoiding groove 18 is communicated with the receiving groove 15. Dodge groove 18 and be used for dodging the part that first adaptor 30 stretched into holding tank 15 downwards, dodge the groove 18 set up the installation degree of difficulty that can reduce first adaptor 30 at least to a certain extent, can make the substructure of first adaptor 30 easily stretch into holding tank 15 in, it is spacing to carry out left right direction to the partial structure of first adaptor 30 at least to a certain extent to dodge the lateral wall of groove 18 in addition, thereby can promote the installation reliability of first adaptor 30 on main part 11.
As shown in fig. 5, the main block 16 is further provided with a guide slope 19 between the bottom surface of the escape groove 18 and the top surface of the receiving groove 15. The arrangement of the guide inclined surface 19 can effectively guide a part of the first transfer piece 30 to extend into the accommodating groove 15, the installation difficulty of the first transfer piece 30 can be further reduced, the guide inclined surface 19 also limits the degree of freedom of the first transfer piece 30 at least to a certain extent, and the installation reliability of the first transfer piece 30 on the main body 11 can be improved.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, the main body 11 further includes: and a bottom plate 20, the bottom plate 20 being disposed at the bottom of the main block 16. A base plate 20 may be connected to both lateral sidewalls 16a of the main block 16, the base plate 20 being used for placing a second chip. That is, the left and right side walls 16a of the main block 16 extend downward by a distance and then are connected to the left and right ends of the bottom plate 20, so that the installation reliability of the bottom plate 20 is improved and the structural stability of the main body 11 can be improved. In addition, the bottom plate 20 thus provided allows the second chip to be inserted into the upper space of the bottom plate 20, i.e., the chip slot 21, from the side of the body 11, so that the difficulty of mounting the chip can be reduced.
In addition, the second chip may also be mounted in other manners, for example, the bottom of the main body 11 is provided with a plurality of claws, and the plurality of claws may clamp different positions of the edge of the chip, so as to ensure the mounting reliability of the chip.
Optionally, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, the adaptor housing 10 may further include: two soft connections 22. Each soft connecting portion 22 is connected between the main body 11 and the fixing portion 12. The flexible connecting portion 22 can be deformed by an external force, and the flexible connecting portion 22 is restored to the original state after the external force is removed. The bottom of the fixing part 12 is provided with a buckle. The flexible connecting portion 22 may be made of plastic. It can be understood that the soft connection portion 22 may allow the main body 11 to slightly deform or shake relative to the fixing portion 12, so as to facilitate the adapting of the adaptor device 100 and the corresponding first chip, reduce the difficulty of the adapting of the adaptor device 100 and improve the application capability of the adaptor device 100.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, the number of the adapter matching surfaces 13 is multiple, the multiple adapter matching surfaces 13 are arranged at intervals in the transverse direction, each adapter matching surface 13 is provided with a first limiting hole 14 and a receiving groove 15, between two adjacent adapter matching surfaces 13, the main body 11 is further provided with an opening hole 23 which is opened towards the upper side, and the opening hole 23 is used for installing the second adapter 40. That is, a plurality of first adapters 30 may be mounted on the main body 11, for example, when there are three adapter mating surfaces 13, three first adapters 30 may be mounted on the main body 11, wherein the opening 23 is used for mounting the second adapter 40, and the second adapter 40 has a different structure from the first adapter 30 and has a different corresponding mating terminal.
As shown in fig. 7, the main body 11 is provided with a second stopper hole 25 at one longitudinal side of the opening 23, and the second stopper hole 25 and the first stopper hole 14 are arranged at a lateral interval. It is understood that the second adaptor 40 may also be provided with a limiting portion, for example, a second limiting portion 41 is provided on one side of the second adaptor 40 shown in fig. 8, and the second limiting portion 41 is used for limiting and matching with the second limiting hole 25, so that the second adaptor 40 thus provided has better installation reliability.
As shown in fig. 4 and 7, the two longitudinal side walls of the opening 23 are provided with a stopper protrusion 24. The second adaptor 40 can be correspondingly provided with a limiting groove, and the matching of the limiting protrusion 24 and the limiting groove can ensure the installation reliability of the second adaptor 40 in the open hole 23, and can allow the second adaptor 40 to be installed at the top 11a of the main body 11, thereby reducing the installation difficulty of the second adaptor 40.
As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the transfer device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include: the first adapter 30, the second adapter 40 and the adapter housing 10 of the adapter device 100 of the above embodiment, the top 30a of the first adapter 30 is fitted on the adapter fitting surface 13, and one longitudinal end of the top 30a of the first adapter 30 is disposed in the first limiting hole 14, and the first adapter 30 further extends into the receiving groove 15 from the other longitudinal side of the main body 11. The first adapter 30 and the adapter housing 10 are reliably matched and are convenient to assemble.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 6, the first joint member 30 includes: the first contact portion 31 is connected between the first limiting portion 32 and the connecting portion 33, the first limiting portion 32 is matched in the first limiting hole 14, the first contact portion 31 is matched on the adapting matching surface 13, the upper end 33a of the connecting portion 33 is bent relative to the first contact portion 31, the lower end 33b of the connecting portion 33 is connected with the second contact portion 34, and the second contact portion 34 extends into the accommodating groove 15. The first contact portion 31 can be used for contacting a terminal of a first chip, the second contact portion 34 can be used for contacting a terminal of a second chip, the first adapting member 30 arranged in this way can ensure the reliability of the first contact portion 31 on the adapting mating surface 13, and the connecting portion 33 can be matched in the avoiding groove 18, so that the reliability of the first adapting member 30 on the main body 11 can be further ensured, the reliability of the second contact portion 34 in the accommodating groove 15 can be ensured, and the contact matching of the second contact portion 34 and the terminal of the second chip can be facilitated.
In addition, the first adapter 30 thus provided has a simple structure and a simple manner of fitting with the main body 11, and can improve the efficiency of mounting the first adapter on the main body 11.
As shown in fig. 6, the second contact portion 34 includes: first slope section 35, second slope section 36 and horizontal segment 37, first slope section 35 is connected between connecting portion 33 and second slope section 36, and horizontal segment 37 links to each other with second slope section 36, and the slope direction of first slope section 35 and second slope section 36 is different. And the junction of the first and second inclined sections 35 and 36 is for contact with the terminals of the second chip. The extension of the first inclined section 35 may be greater than the extension of the second inclined section 36. The second contact portion 34 thus provided has a simple structure, and can be well in contact fit with the terminal of the second chip, and the arrangement of the horizontal section 37 can improve the mounting reliability of the first adapter 30 on the main body 11 to at least a certain extent.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 6, the first stopper portion 32 includes: a vertical section 38 and a folded section 39, wherein the upper end of the vertical section 38 is connected to one side of the first contact portion 31 in the longitudinal direction, the folded section 39 is connected to the lower end of the vertical section 38, and the folded section 38 and the vertical section 39 form a predetermined angle, for example, the bending angle between the folded section 39 and the vertical section 38 is an acute angle. Wherein, vertical section 38 stretches into first spacing hole 14, and hem section 39 ends to the vertical one side below of main part 11, specifically, hem section 39 ends to the below at curb plate 17, and the first spacing portion 32 that so sets up can be spacing in the empty reasonable of first spacing portion 32 to can further guarantee the installation reliability of first adaptor 30 on main part 11.
According to the chip assembly of the embodiment of the invention, the chip and the adapter device 100 of the above embodiment are included, and the chip is installed below the receiving groove 15 and contacts with the first adapter 30. The chip may be the second chip described above. The adapter device 100 thus configured can ensure the contact reliability of the first adapter 30 and the chip, and the contact reliability of the second adapter 40 and the chip, and can improve the overall assembly efficiency.
The main body 11 is formed with a chip slot 21 with the other side open in the longitudinal direction, the chip slot 21 is located below the accommodating groove 15, and a chip is inserted into the chip slot 21. Specifically, chip slot 21 is defined by main block 16 and bottom plate 20 together, and chip slot 21 is located the below of holding tank 15, and the installation of chip can be made things convenient for to main part 11 that so sets up, can improve the installation effectiveness of chip.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the imaging box comprises a box body and a chip assembly which is detachably arranged on the box body, wherein the chip assembly is the chip assembly of the embodiment.
An image forming cartridge according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a cartridge body and an adaptor 100 detachably mounted to the cartridge body, the adaptor 100 being the adaptor 100 of the above-described embodiment.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "central," "longitudinal," "lateral," "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," "axial," "radial," "circumferential," and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the invention and to simplify the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are not to be considered limiting of the invention.
In the description of the present invention, "the first feature" and "the second feature" may include one or more of the features. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more. In the description of the present invention, the first feature being "on" or "under" the second feature may include the first and second features being in direct contact, and may also include the first and second features being in contact with each other not directly but through another feature therebetween. In the description of the invention, "above", "over" and "above" a first feature in a second feature includes the first feature being directly above and obliquely above the second feature, or simply means that the first feature is higher in level than the second feature.
In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example.
While embodiments of the invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.