CN110474203B

CN110474203B - Connector assembly protection structure, plug protection assembly and socket protection assembly

Info

Publication number: CN110474203B
Application number: CN201811570525.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王晓辉; 郭辉; 王敬波; 李永棒; 孙丽娜
Original assignee: China Aviation Optical Electrical Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: China Aviation Optical Electrical Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-06-29
Filing date: 2018-12-21
Publication date: 2020-10-27
Anticipated expiration: 2038-12-21
Also published as: CN110474203A

Abstract

The invention relates to a connector assembly protection structure, a plug protection assembly and a socket protection assembly, wherein the connector assembly protection structure comprises a plug, socket protection component, socket protection component is including being used for the cover to establish the protection casing of socket connector, the sealed articulated rotation door that has of front end opening part of protection casing, plug protection component includes the base, be equipped with the protective cover that can seal the plug connector front end on the base, the direction is equipped with the atress drive this protective cover and opens the atress actuating lever of plug connector front end along the direction translation of two connector docks of perpendicular to on the base, be equipped with on the base and remove the upset door top push piece that pushes away the door and push away to the protection casing in two connector removal butt joint processes, be equipped with on the protection casing and push away the protective cover push rod that the protective cover was opened in the translation of atress actuating lever in two connector removal butt joint processes, be equipped with slope shape slip.

Description

Connector assembly protection structure, plug protection assembly and socket protection assembly

Technical Field

The invention relates to a connector assembly protection structure, a plug protection assembly and a socket protection assembly.

Background

Along with the rapid development of the new energy automobile industry and the increasing aggravation of the difficult problem of parking, an intelligent three-dimensional parking garage with a charging function is developed, the three-dimensional parking garage generally comprises a vehicle carrying frame and a vehicle carrying plate installed on the vehicle carrying frame in a guiding mode, and the vehicle carrying plate is used for carrying an electric vehicle. Usually, a plug part including a plug connector is provided on one of the vehicle carrier and the vehicle carrying board, a socket part including a socket connector is provided on the other, and the plug part or the socket part provided on the vehicle carrying board is connected to the charging gun. When the electric vehicle is used, the vehicle carrying plate drives the electric vehicle to move to a certain position on the vehicle carrying frame, and the plug component and the socket component are required to be driven to move relatively to realize conductive connection.

In order to make the stereo garage can use under the open air environment, need to guarantee that plug connector and socket connector all need to possess dustproof and waterproof function at the detached state, the connector among the prior art is as shown in utility model with the grant bulletin number CN206293666U, though be provided with protective structure at the front end opening part of connector, protective structure's opening and closing usually rely on manual operation. According to the above description, when the vehicle carrying board moves to a certain position (especially a height position) of the vehicle carrying frame, only automatic control operation can be realized, and the protection structure in the conventional connector needs to be manually opened, so that automatic charging operation cannot be completed.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a connector assembly protection structure, which aims to solve the technical problem that automatic charging cannot be carried out due to the fact that the protection structure needs to be manually opened in the prior art; a plug guard assembly and a receptacle guard assembly are also provided.

In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme of the protective structure of the connector assembly is as follows: a connector assembly protective structure comprises a plug, socket protection component, socket protection component is including being used for covering the protection casing of establishing the socket connector, the sealed articulated upset door that has of front end opening part of protection casing, plug protection component includes the base, be equipped with the protective cover that can seal the plug connector front end on the base, the direction is equipped with the atress actuating lever that can force this protective cover of drive along the direction translation of two connector docks of perpendicular to and opens the plug connector front end on the base, be equipped with the upset door top push piece that pushes away the upset door in two connector removal butt joint processes on the base, be equipped with on the protection casing and push away the protective cover push rod that the protective cover was opened in the translation of atress actuating lever in two connector removal butt joint processes, be equipped with slope shape slip switching-over section on protective cover push rod and/or the atress actuating lever, protective structure includes and resets upset door and protective cover to the reset spring subassembly.

The invention has the beneficial effects that: during the use, plug connector and socket connector relative movement dock, at the in-process of butt joint, the upset door top thrust piece can be opened the upset of socket protection component's upset door, let out the front end of socket connector, protective cover ejector pin can push away the cooperation with the atress actuating lever, because be provided with slope shape slip switching-over section on protective cover ejector pin and/or the atress actuating lever, can be with the effort switching-over of protective cover ejector pin for the effort that the pulling protective cover opened the direction along the effort switching-over of two connector butt joint directions, make the protective cover translation let out the front end of plug connector. Therefore, the front ends of the plug connector and the socket connector are both kept away, and plug charging or signal transmission can be achieved. After charging or signal transmission are finished, the two connectors move to be separated, after separation, under the action of the reset spring assembly, the turnover door turns over to continuously seal the protective cover, the protective cover resets to the position of the front end of the sealed plug connector, and water and dust prevention can be achieved after the two connectors are separated. In the invention, in the butt joint process of the plug connector and the socket connector, the plug protection component and the socket protection component can be mutually opened without manual opening or other circuit control, so that automation is realized and the whole structure is more reliable and stable.

The protective cover includes a plurality of protective cover piecemeals that piece together and form the protective cover, all is equipped with on each protective cover piecemeal the atress actuating lever.

The stress driving rod comprises a transverse rod section connected with each protective cover block, and further comprises a longitudinal rod section which is used for being connected with the protective cover push rod in a slope-shaped sliding reversing section transmission mode, and a shaft sleeve is rotatably sleeved on the longitudinal rod section.

The reset spring assembly comprises a reset pressure spring which is sleeved outside the stressed driving rod and elastically pressed between the protective cover block and the base.

The socket protection assembly comprises two turnover doors forming a split door structure.

The protective cover push rod is arranged in a containing cavity formed by the protective cover and the turnover door.

The technical scheme of the plug protection component is as follows: the utility model provides a plug protection component, includes the base, is equipped with the protective cover that can seal the plug connector front end on the base, the direction is equipped with the atress actuating lever that can receive this protective cover of atress drive and open the plug connector front end along the direction translation of perpendicular to plug connector and socket connector butt joint on the base, be equipped with the atress portion that is arranged in receiving the top push effort of protective cover ejector pin among the socket protection component on the atress actuating lever, still be equipped with on the base and remove the upset door top pushing piece that pushes away the upset door of socket protection component in the butt joint process with two connectors, plug protection component still includes and removes the protective cover reset spring that drives the protective cover translation and reset to seal plug connector front end position department after two connectors remove.

The stress driving rod comprises a vertical rod section connected with each protective cover block and a transverse rod section in transmission connection with the slope-shaped sliding reversing section on the protective cover push rod, and a shaft sleeve is rotatably sleeved on the transverse rod section.

The protective cover reset spring is a reset pressure spring which is sleeved outside the stressed driving rod and elastically pressed between the protective cover block and the base.

The technical scheme of the socket protection component of the invention is as follows: the utility model provides a socket protection component, is including being used for covering the protection casing of establishing the socket connector, and the sealed articulated turnover door that has of front end opening part of protection casing is equipped with the protective cover push rod that drives the atress actuating lever translation and open the protective cover at two connectors removal butt joint in-process on the protection casing, and socket protection component still includes the turnover door reset spring that will overturn the turnover door and in order to seal the protection casing after two connectors break away from.

The protecting cover push rod is provided with a slope-shaped sliding reversing section which is used for being matched with a stressed driving rod on the plug protecting assembly to drive the protecting cover to move towards the opening direction.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a first schematic view of a plug shield assembly in a connector assembly shielding structure of the present invention (with the shield cover in an open position);

fig. 2 is a second schematic view of the plug shield assembly in the connector assembly shielding structure of the present invention (with the shield cover in the closed position);

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the flip door pusher of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the cover segment of FIG. 1;

fig. 5 is a schematic view of a socket protection component in the protection structure of the connector component according to the present invention.

Detailed Description

The following further describes embodiments of the present invention with reference to the drawings.

As shown in fig. 1 to 5, the connector assembly protecting structure of the present invention includes a plug protecting assembly 100 and a socket protecting assembly 200, wherein the plug protecting assembly 100 includes a base, the base includes a base main body 11, a plug connector mounting hole 19 is formed on the base main body 11, and when in use, a plug connector is mounted on the plug connector mounting hole 19. The plug connector is located the intermediate position of upper and lower direction, has still seted up four guide holder 12 on base main part 11, and four guide holder 12 are the two sets of arranging of establishing respectively in plug connector upper and lower direction, and each group all includes two guide holder 12 of controlling. Guide rods 15 are arranged in the guide seat 12 in a guiding and penetrating mode, the guide rods 15 penetrate through the guide seat 12, protective cover sub-blocks 18 are arranged at the lower ends of the two guide rods 15 above the guide rods, a pressure spring 17 is elastically pressed between the protective cover sub-blocks 18 and the guide seat 12, and the pressure spring is sleeved outside the guide rods 15. The upper ends of the two upper guide rods 15 are connected with a cross rod (not shown in the figure), a shaft sleeve 16 is rotatably sleeved outside the cross rod, and the shaft sleeve 16 can rotate around the axis of the shaft sleeve. The structures of the lower guide rod, the lower cross rod, the lower shaft sleeve and the protective cover block 18 are consistent with the structures of the upper protective cover block 18, and the lower protective cover block 18 and the upper protective cover block 18 are turned over by 180 degrees.

The protective cover block 18 has a structure as shown in fig. 4, the protective cover block 18 includes a cover plate for shielding the front opening of the plug connector when in use, and further includes an annular inner ring sleeved on the plug connector, a sealing ring 181 is arranged in the annular inner ring and can be in sealing fit with the outer peripheral surface of the housing of the plug connector, and the sealing rings 181 of the two protective cover blocks 18 can form a complete circle of sealing to prevent external dust or moisture from entering the plug connector. When the plug protection assembly 100 is not subjected to external force, the two protection cover blocks 18 are spliced together under the action of the respective compression springs 17 to seal the plug connector.

The base body 11 is further provided with a through slot located between the two guide rods in the left-right direction, and the through slot is used for the push rod in the socket protection assembly 200 to pass through and to be in press fit with the shaft sleeve 16.

In the invention, the four corners of the base body 11 are respectively provided with the socket ejector rods 13, the structure of the socket ejector rods 13 is shown in fig. 3, the foremost end of the socket ejector rod 13 is rotatably provided with a roller 131, and when the base is used, the roller 131 is in rolling fit with the left and right turnover doors to prevent the turnover doors from being scratched.

The structure of the socket protection component 200 is shown in fig. 5, the socket protection component 200 includes an enclosing frame 21, the enclosing frame 21 is a structure in which all five sides are enclosed (wherein, the end surface of the upper end is removed in fig. 5 to facilitate observation of the inside), two turnover doors 22 are respectively hinged at the front end of the enclosing frame 21, the two turnover doors 22 can turn over towards the inside of the enclosing frame 21 after being stressed, torsion springs are respectively sleeved on the hinged shafts of the turnover doors 22, and when the socket protection component 200 is not under the action of external force, the turnover doors 22 can be kept at the position of the enclosed enclosing frame 21. As can be seen from fig. 5, a vertical plate is arranged at a position in the enclosure frame 21 at a certain distance from the turnover door 22, a socket connector mounting hole 23 is formed in the vertical plate, a socket connector can be mounted on the vertical plate, push rods 24 are further arranged above and below the socket connector mounting hole 23, the two push rods 24 extend forwards, an inclined section 25 is arranged at the front end of each push rod 24, the inclined section 25 extends forwards from the back to the front and is arranged inwards, the inclined section 25 can be matched with the shaft sleeve 16, and the shaft sleeve 16 is driven to move in the vertical direction.

The connector assembly protection structure is applied to a stereo garage, when the connector assembly protection structure is used, the plug connector and the plug protection assembly can move up and down along with a vehicle carrying plate, the rear end of the plug connector is connected with a charging gun, and a socket component is fixed on a vehicle carrying frame. After the electric vehicle is placed on the vehicle carrying plate, the charging gun is inserted into a socket of the electric vehicle. And then the electric vehicle moves along with the vehicle carrying plate, and after the electric vehicle moves to a set position, the plug connector is driven by other structures to move and be in butt joint with the socket connector. Specifically, the plug protection component moves towards the socket protection component, the socket ejector rod 13 on the plug protection component pushes and turns over the two turning doors 22 towards the inside of the enclosure frame 21 to open a channel for the insertion of the plug connector, then the foremost end of the upper inclined section 25 extends into the lower part of the upper shaft sleeve 16, along with the continuous movement of the plug connector, the upper shaft sleeve 16 moves upwards under the action of the inclined section 25, the upper protective cover sub-block 18 is pulled to move upwards through the guide rod 15, similarly, the foremost end of the lower inclined section 25 extends into the upper part of the lower shaft sleeve 16, along with the continuous movement of the plug connector, the lower shaft sleeve 16 moves upwards under the action of the inclined section 25, the lower protective cover sub-block 18 is pulled to move downwards through the guide rod 15, and through the matching of the two protective cover sub-blocks 18, the front end opening of the plug connector can be opened, the socket connector is convenient to be butted and charged with the opening at the front end of the socket connector.

After charging, the plug part is pulled out under stress, and in the process of pulling out, the protective cover block 18 returns to the original position under the action of the pressure spring 17 to keep closing the front end opening of the plug connector. In the non-charging process, the plug component and the socket component can keep closed to the corresponding connector at any time, and external dust or moisture is prevented from entering to cause connector failure.

In this embodiment, the two protective covers are divided into two protective covers, and the number of the protective covers can be increased according to actual conditions in other embodiments, and correspondingly, the number of the pushing rods 24 forming the pushing rods of the protective covers is increased. In the present embodiment, the pressing spring 17 constitutes a shield cover return spring. The torsion spring on the turnover door forms a return spring of the turnover door, and the return spring of the turnover door and the return spring of the protective cover form a return spring assembly. In other embodiments, the turnover door can be arranged on the front end face of the enclosure frame, the middle part of the turnover door is hinged to the enclosure frame, one end of the turnover door extends inwards, the other end of the turnover door extends outwards, and the turnover door can be opened outwards through pushing the turnover door when the turnover door is opened.

In this embodiment, the guide arm has constituted the montant section, and the horizontal pole has constituted the horizontal pole section, and horizontal pole section and vertical pole section have constituted the atress actuating lever jointly. The surface of the inclined section, which corresponds to the stressed driving rod and is pushed to change direction, is a slope-shaped sliding reversing section, and in other embodiments, the slope-shaped sliding reversing section can be arranged on the stressed driving rod.

In this embodiment, through the structure of piecing together for the polylith with the protective cover design, can open with the translation of translation through the less translation that opens the displacement and realize the protective cover and open. Similarly, the two turnover doors are also beneficial to reducing the distance between the front end of the enclosure frame and the socket connector.

In this embodiment, the enclosure frame constitutes a protective cover. The socket ejector rod forms an ejecting piece of the turnover door.

In the specific embodiment of the plug protection assembly of the present invention, the plug protection assembly is the same as that in the above embodiments, and the details thereof are not repeated.

In the specific embodiment of the socket protection component of the present invention, the socket protection component is the same as that in the above embodiments, and the content thereof is not described again.

Claims

1. A connector assembly protective structure characterized in that: comprises a plug, a plug and a control circuit, the socket protection assembly comprises a protection cover used for covering the socket connector, a turnover door is hermetically hinged at the opening at the front end of the protection cover, the plug protection assembly comprises a base, a protection cover capable of sealing the front end of the plug connector is arranged on the base, a stress driving rod capable of driving the protection cover to translate and open the front end of the plug connector along the direction vertical to the butt joint of the two connectors is assembled on the base in a guiding manner, a turnover door pushing piece capable of pushing the turnover door open in the moving butt joint process of the two connectors is arranged on the base, a protection cover pushing rod capable of pushing the stress driving rod to translate and open the protection cover in the moving butt joint process of the two connectors is arranged on the protection cover, a slope-shaped sliding reversing section is arranged on the protection cover pushing rod and/or the stress driving rod, and the protection structure comprises a reset spring assembly capable of resetting the turnover door and; the protective cover comprises a plurality of protective cover blocks which are spliced to form the protective cover, and each protective cover block is provided with the stressed driving rod; the stress driving rod comprises a vertical rod section connected with each protective cover block and a transverse rod section which is used for being connected with the slope-shaped sliding reversing section on the protective cover push rod in a transmission mode, and a shaft sleeve is sleeved on the transverse rod section in a rotating mode.

2. The connector assembly shielding structure of claim 1, wherein: the reset spring assembly comprises a reset pressure spring which is sleeved outside the stressed driving rod and elastically pressed between the protective cover block and the base.

3. The connector assembly shielding structure of claim 1, wherein: the socket protection assembly comprises two turnover doors forming a split door structure.

4. The connector assembly shielding structure of claim 1, wherein: the protective cover push rod is arranged in a containing cavity formed by the protective cover and the turnover door.

5. A plug protection assembly, comprising: the socket protection assembly comprises a base, wherein a protection cover capable of sealing the front end of a plug connector is arranged on the base, a stress driving rod capable of driving the protection cover to horizontally move along a direction perpendicular to the butt joint of the plug connector and a socket connector to open the front end of the plug connector is assembled on the base in a guiding manner, a stress part used for receiving the pushing action force of a protection cover pushing rod in a socket protection assembly is arranged on the stress driving rod, a turnover door pushing piece used for pushing a turnover door of the socket protection assembly away in the moving butt joint process of the two connectors is further arranged on the base, and the plug protection assembly further comprises a protection cover reset spring used for driving the protection cover to horizontally move and reset to the position of the front end of the sealed; the protective cover comprises a plurality of protective cover blocks which are spliced to form the protective cover, and each protective cover block is provided with the stressed driving rod; the stress driving rod comprises a vertical rod section connected with each protective cover block and a transverse rod section in transmission connection with the slope-shaped sliding reversing section on the protective cover push rod, and a shaft sleeve is rotatably sleeved on the transverse rod section.

6. The plug guard assembly of claim 5, wherein: the protective cover reset spring is a reset pressure spring which is sleeved outside the stressed driving rod and elastically pressed between the protective cover block and the base.