CN111326897A - Electric connector and data line - Google Patents

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an electrical connector and a data line. The electrical connector includes: the shell comprises an accommodating cavity penetrating through one side end face of the shell; an electrical connection portion located within the receiving cavity; the deformation piece is connected to the inner wall of the shell to partially close the accommodating cavity; at least one part of the deformation piece is used for enclosing an opening communicated with the accommodating cavity, and the specification of the opening is changed along with the elastic deformation of the deformation piece, so that the butt end connector can be inserted into the electric connector through the opening.

Description

Electric connector and data line

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of terminal technologies, and in particular, to an electrical connector and a data line.

Background

Currently, one or more functional interfaces, such as a charging interface, an earphone interface, or a transmission interface, are usually disposed on an electronic device, and each interface may be connected to an external data line and another electronic device, so as to complete data transmission or current transmission between the two electronic devices.

Disclosure of Invention

The present disclosure provides an electrical connector and a data line to solve the disadvantages of the related art.

According to a first aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an electrical connector comprising:

the shell comprises an accommodating cavity penetrating through one side end face of the shell;

an electrical connection portion located within the receiving cavity;

the deformation piece is connected to the inner wall of the shell to partially close the accommodating cavity;

at least one part of the deformation piece is used for enclosing an opening communicated with the accommodating cavity, and the specification of the opening is changed along with the elastic deformation of the deformation piece, so that the butt end connector can be inserted into the electric connector through the opening.

Optionally, the shape-changing piece is adapted to the accommodating cavity, and the opening is formed by recessing a surface of the shape-changing piece facing the outer side of the electrical connector.

Optionally, the opening is defined by a part of the inner wall of the housing and the outer edge of the deformation member.

Optionally, the deformation element is elastically deformed along the thickness direction of the electrical connector to change the specification of the opening.

Optionally, a part of the deformation element is bent towards the inside of the accommodating cavity along the plugging direction of the electrical connector under the action of an external force.

Optionally, the deformation member and the housing are formed by a double-shot injection molding process.

Optionally, the deformation element is made of at least one of the following materials:

silica gel, rubber, latex.

Optionally, the electrical connector comprises a USB interface.

Optionally, the electrical connector comprises an electrical connection male.

According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a data line including the electrical connector according to any one of the embodiments.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects:

according to the embodiment, the accommodating cavity part can be sealed through the deformation part, so that the internal structure of the electric connector is at least partially isolated, the risk that external foreign matters enter the electric connector is reduced, the risk that the electric connection part is corroded, oxidized or short-circuited due to the influence of the external foreign matters is reduced, and the service life of the electric connector is prolonged.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present disclosure and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a partial structure of an electrical connector according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating the construction of an electrical connector according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 3 is a side view of an electrical connector shown in accordance with an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 4 is one of cross-sectional views of an electrical connector shown in a first orientation in accordance with an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 5 is a second cross-sectional view of an electrical connector shown in a first orientation in accordance with an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 6 is one of cross-sectional views of an electrical connector shown in a second orientation in accordance with an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 7 is a second cross-sectional view of an electrical connector shown in a second orientation in accordance with an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of a data line according to an example embodiment.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all embodiments consistent with the present application. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the present application, as detailed in the appended claims.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application. As used in this application and the appended claims, the singular forms "a", "an", and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein refers to and encompasses any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

It is to be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used herein to describe various information, such information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one type of information from another. For example, first information may also be referred to as second information, and similarly, second information may also be referred to as first information, without departing from the scope of the present application. The word "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at … …" or "when … …" or "in response to a determination", depending on the context.

Fig. 1 is a partial schematic structural view of an electrical connector 100 according to an exemplary embodiment, and fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of the electrical connector 100 according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the electrical connector 100 may include a housing 1, an electrical connection portion 2, and a deformation member 3. The housing 1 may be made of a metal material, and the housing 1 may include a containing cavity 11 penetrating to the outside of the electrical connector 100, where the containing cavity 11 may be used to contain the electrical connection portion 2, and the opposite end connector adapted to the electrical connector 100 may be inserted into the containing cavity 11 to be electrically connected to the electrical connection portion 2, so as to implement communication between the electrical connector 100 and the opposite end connector, so as to transmit data or current signals.

The deformation element 3 may be attached to the inner wall of the housing 1 to partially enclose the receiving cavity 11. Of course, in order to enable the butt connector to be smoothly inserted into the accommodating cavity 11, at least a portion of the deformable member 3 may be used to enclose an opening 31 penetrating the accommodating cavity 11, and the size of the opening 31 may be changed according to the elastic deformation of the deformable member 3. For example, when the end connector is applied to the electrical connector 100, the deformation member 3 may be deformed due to the application to the end connector. Since the deformable member 3 is deformed, it can be compressed or changed in shape by the end connector, so that the size of the opening 31 is changed, and the end connector can be inserted into the electrical connector 100 through the increased size of the opening to realize electrical connection.

Of course, when the data transmission is completed or the current signal transmission is completed, the opposite terminal connector can be pulled out from the inside of the electrical connector 100 by an external force. After the opposite-end connector is pulled out, the deformable member 3 can return to the shape when the opposite-end connector is not connected, and the accommodating chamber 11 is partially closed.

According to the embodiment, the accommodating cavity 11 can be partially sealed by the deformation member 3 in the present disclosure, so that the internal structure of the electrical connector 100 can be at least partially isolated, the risk of external foreign matters entering the interior of the electrical connector 100 is reduced, the risk of corrosion, oxidation or short circuit of the electrical connection portion 2 due to the influence of the external foreign matters is reduced, and the service life of the electrical connector 100 is prolonged. Further, during the process of inserting the end connector into the electrical connector 100, since the end connector needs to contact the deformation member 3 to deform the end connector, the connection surface of the end connector can also be cleaned by the deformation member 3, which is beneficial to protecting the end connector.

For example, the electrical connector 100 can include a male electrical connector receptacle and the corresponding female electrical connector receptacle. Since the female electrical connector is usually disposed on the electronic device, the cleaning difficulty is increased due to limited space after foreign materials are accumulated on the tongue plate of the female electrical connector. By adopting the electric connector 100 provided by the disclosure, the tongue plate can be cleaned through the deformation piece 3, and the probability of normal electric connection between the electric connection wood female seat and the electric connection male seat is improved.

In an embodiment, also shown in fig. 2, the deformable element 3 can be adapted to the housing cavity 11. In other words, the outer edge of the deformable member 3 is connected to the inner wall of the housing 1 in a complete turn in the circumferential direction of the housing 1. At this time, the opening 31 may be formed by inwardly recessing a surface of the deformation member 3 facing the outside of the electrical connector 100. I.e. the opening 31 is located in the deformation member 3.

In another embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, the shape-changing element 3 may be connected to a portion of the inner wall of the housing 1, and in this case, the opening 31 may be defined by a portion of the inner wall of the housing 1 and the outer side edge of the shape-changing element 3. Since the deformation member 3 surrounds a portion of the opening, compared to the embodiment shown in fig. 2, the deformation can occur under the condition of the same force, so that the difficulty of inserting the end connector and the electrical connector 100 is reduced.

In the above embodiments, the deformation manner of the deformation element 3 is different based on the fixing position and fixing manner of the deformation element 3 and the inner wall of the housing 1.

In an embodiment, based on the embodiment shown in fig. 2, a cross-sectional view in the first direction a is obtained, and as shown in fig. 4 and 5, each side edge of the deformation element 3 is fixedly connected with the inner wall of the housing 1. Thus, when the opposite end connector acts on the deformable member 3, the deformable member 3 can deform in the thickness direction of the electrical connector 100, thereby changing the specification of the opening 31. For example, when the opposite terminal connector is inserted into the electrical connector 100, it can be switched from the state shown in fig. 4 to the state shown in fig. 5; when the opposite-end connector is pulled out of the electrical connector 100, the deformable member 31 is restored and switched from the state shown in fig. 5 to the state shown in fig. 4, so as to protect the electrical connector 100.

In another embodiment, based on the embodiment shown in fig. 2, a cross-sectional view in the first direction B is obtained, and as shown in fig. 6 and 7, a part of the outer edge of the deformable member 3 is connected with the inner wall of the housing 1, and another part is in contact with the inner wall of the housing 1. Therefore, when the opposite end connector acts on the deformable member 3, the deformable member 3 can be bent toward the inside of the accommodating cavity 11 along the inserting direction of the electrical connector 100, so as to change the specification of the opening 31. For example, when the opposite terminal connector is inserted into the electrical connector 100, it can be switched from the state shown in fig. 6 to the state shown in fig. 7; when the opposite end connector is pulled out of the electrical connector 100, the deformable member 31 is restored and switched from the state shown in fig. 7 to the state shown in fig. 6 to protect the electrical connector 100.

It should be noted that: the embodiments shown in fig. 4-7 can be obtained based on the embodiment shown in fig. 2. Of course, in some other embodiments, a specific implementation may also be obtained based on the embodiment shown in fig. 3 and the embodiments in fig. 4 to fig. 7, and details are not described here again.

Based on the technical scheme of this disclosure, shape change piece 3 can be made for adopting soft variability material. For example, one or more materials selected from silicone, rubber, and latex may be used. In the electrical connector 100, the housing 1 may be generally made of a metal material. Therefore, in one embodiment, the housing 1 and the deformable member 3 may be integrally molded by two-shot molding. In another embodiment, the housing 1 and the deformable member 3 may be formed separately and then fixed by bonding or fastening. The present disclosure is not so limited.

In this embodiment, the electrical connector 100 may include a USB interface. The USB interface can be one or more of a Type C interface, a Micro USB interface, a Type A interface and a Type B interface; in another dimension, the USB interface may be one or more of a USB1.0 interface, a USB2.0 interface, and a USB3.0 interface, which is not limited by this disclosure. The electrical connector 100 can be used as a male end of a data line for plugging a female end of an electronic device, thereby implementing data transmission or current transmission between a plurality of electronic devices.

Further, as shown in fig. 8, the present disclosure also provides a data line 200, and the data line 200 may include the electrical connector described in any one of the embodiments of fig. 1 to 7. The data line 200 may include a Type-c data line, in which case the data line 200 may include a Type-c interface; the data line 200 may include a Micro USB data line, and in this case, the data line 200 may include a Micro USB interface. Of course, it should be noted that, in order to improve the diversity and the universality of the data line 200, the data line 200 may further include a Micro USB interface while including a Type-c interface. Similarly, the number of the Type-c interface and the microsusb interface may be one or more, and the disclosure is not limited thereto.

Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following, in general, the principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.

It will be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. An electrical connector, comprising:

the shell comprises an accommodating cavity penetrating through one side end face of the shell;

an electrical connection portion located within the receiving cavity;

the deformation piece is connected to the inner wall of the shell to partially close the accommodating cavity;

at least one part of the deformation piece is used for enclosing an opening communicated with the accommodating cavity, and the specification of the opening is changed along with the elastic deformation of the deformation piece, so that the butt end connector can be inserted into the electric connector through the opening.

2. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the deformable member is fitted into the receiving cavity, and the opening is formed by recessing a surface of the deformable member facing an outer side of the electrical connector.

3. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the opening is defined by a portion of an inner wall of the housing and an outer edge of the deformation.

4. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the deformation member is elastically deformed in a thickness direction of the electrical connector to change a specification of the opening.

5. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein a portion of the deformable member is bent toward the inside of the receiving cavity along the insertion direction of the electrical connector under an external force.

6. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the deformable member and the housing are formed by a two-shot molding process.

7. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the shape-changing member is made of at least one of the following materials:

silica gel, rubber, latex.

8. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the electrical connector comprises a USB interface.

9. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the electrical connector comprises an electrical connection male.

10. A data line comprising an electrical connector according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

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