CN111370922A

CN111370922A - Connector and connector assembly

Info

Publication number: CN111370922A
Application number: CN202010213653.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘乃常; 韩云钊; 陈明; 胡凯; 姚文浩; 李卫可; 武学顺; 徐耕
Original assignee: China Aviation Optical Electrical Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: China Aviation Optical Electrical Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-03-24
Filing date: 2020-03-24
Publication date: 2020-07-03
Anticipated expiration: 2040-03-24
Also published as: CN111370922B

Abstract

The invention relates to a connector and a connector assembly. The connector includes: a connector housing; the clamping jaws are hinged on the connector shell; a secondary locking portion, the secondary locking portion comprising: the limiting boss is arranged on the connector shell and is vertically arranged with the clamping jaw at intervals; the locking piece is movably arranged outside the rear end of the clamping jaw along the extending direction of the clamping jaw and is provided with a first blocking part and a second blocking part, the sliding stroke of the locking piece is provided with a locking position and an unlocking position, when the locking position is reached, the first blocking part is in blocking fit with the limiting boss, and the second blocking part is in blocking fit with the clamping jaw; when the locking claw is positioned at the unlocking position, the first blocking part and the limiting lug boss are arranged in a staggered manner, so that the rear end of the clamping claw can be pressed and swung; the connector also includes a retaining structure for retaining the latch member in the latched position.

Description

Connector and connector assembly

Technical Field

The invention relates to a connector and a connector assembly.

Background

Modern communication needs a large amount of data connection and power connection, and these adopt wired mode mostly, and the butt joint between cable and equipment, cable and cable needs corresponding connector to play the connection fixed function. The locking structure adopted by the existing connector comprises modes of thread locking, buckle locking, push-pull locking and the like, wherein the push-pull locking connector is most convenient to use.

The structure of the push-pull locking connector is shown in a Chinese patent with an authorization publication number of CN105006697B, wherein the connector comprises a plug and a socket, the plug comprises a plug shell, a claw is hinged on the plug shell, and an elastic piece capable of driving the front end of the claw to swing towards the plug shell is arranged between the plug shell and the claw; the socket comprises a socket shell, and a clamping groove is fixed on the socket shell. During the use, plug and socket are to inserting, and operating personnel presses the rear end of jack catch, overcomes the effect of elastic component and makes the hook cooperation between jack catch and the draw-in groove, prevents to pull open between plug and the socket.

The connector of prior art has realized a locking, convenient to use, but has operating personnel mistake to bump the jack catch and lead to the readily releasable between jack catch and the draw-in groove when in actual use to unable locking connector of locking in the direction of inserting of plug and socket leads to plug and socket to take place easily to separate and lead to data transmission or circular telegram to carry the disconnection.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a connector, which aims to solve the technical problem that in the prior art, a jack catch is easy to be mistakenly touched and rotated to cause that a plug and a socket cannot be locked; still provide a connector assembly to the jack catch is easily bumped by the mistake and is rotated and lead to the technical problem of the unable locking of plug and socket among the solution prior art.

In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme of the connector is as follows: a connector, comprising:

a connector housing;

the clamping jaw is hinged on the connector shell and provided with a front end which can be matched with the clamping groove of the adaptive connector to realize locking and a rear end for applying force;

the rear ends of the clamping jaws and the connector shell are arranged up and down, and when the rear ends of the clamping jaws are pressed down towards the connector shell, the clamping jaws can be separated from the clamping grooves;

the connector further includes: a secondary locking portion, the secondary locking portion comprising:

the limiting boss is arranged on the connector shell and is vertically arranged with the clamping jaw at intervals;

the locking piece is movably arranged outside the rear end of the clamping jaw along the extending direction of the clamping jaw and is provided with a first blocking part and a second blocking part, the first blocking part faces the limiting boss and is used for being in up-and-down blocking fit with the limiting boss, and the second blocking part faces the clamping jaw and is used for being in up-and-down blocking fit with the clamping jaw;

the sliding stroke of the locking piece is provided with a locking position and an unlocking position, when the locking position is reached, the first stopping part is in stopping fit with the limiting lug boss, and the second stopping part is in stopping fit with the clamping jaw; when the locking claw is positioned at the unlocking position, the first blocking part and the limiting lug boss are arranged in a staggered manner, so that the rear end of the clamping claw can be pressed and swung;

the connector also includes a retaining structure for retaining the latch member in the latched position.

The invention has the beneficial effects that: rely on the switching of the slip realization locking position and the unblock position of locking piece, can support from top to bottom and lean on jack catch and spacing boss, prevent that the jack catch rear end from being pushed down to avoid the jack catch to be operated by the maloperation and lead to plug and socket unblock. When the plug and the socket are required to be separated, the locking piece can be moved to the unlocking position, the first blocking part and the limiting boss are arranged in a staggered mode, and the clamping jaw can be pressed downwards to achieve unlocking. The connector provided by the invention realizes the mutual switching between the locking position and the unlocking position, and the locking piece is integrally arranged outside the rear end of the clamping jaw, so that the connector is convenient to install and does not need to excessively transform a shell. And retaining structure can keep the locking piece in the locking position, prevents that the locking position from removing by oneself and leading to unable locking to the jack catch when normal use.

Further, the secondary locking portion further includes:

the direction-changing slope surface is arranged on at least one of the first blocking part and the limiting boss;

the direction-changing slope is used for lifting the locking piece towards the direction back to the limiting boss when the locking piece moves to the locking position from the unlocking position.

The effect of this scheme lies in, sets up to change to domatic back, can guarantee that the locking piece moves to the locking position by the unlocking position smoothly, prevents between locking piece and the spacing boss in the front and back direction stop to influence the removal of locking piece.

Furthermore, the holding structure comprises a protrusion and a groove, one of the protrusion and the groove is arranged on the claw, the other one of the protrusion and the groove is arranged on the locking piece, and the protrusion and the groove are matched to hold the locking piece at a locking position;

at least one of the clamping jaw and the locking piece is provided with an elastic structure capable of elastically swinging under stress, the corresponding bulge or groove is arranged on the elastic structure, and the side surfaces of the bulge and the groove which are matched with each other are provided with a direction-changing slope surface.

The effect of this scheme lies in, sets up arch and recess, and at least one in the two can be along with elastic construction elastic swing, can guarantee that arch and recess can mutually support and keep the locking piece in the locking position, also can switch to the unblock position by the locking position, prevents that the locking piece from receiving gravity or other external force effects when the connector is normally used and removing and throw off.

Further, the elastic structure includes:

the elastic arm extends along the front-back direction, the elastic arm is arranged on at least one of the clamping jaw and the locking piece, and the corresponding bulge or groove is arranged on the elastic arm.

Furthermore, the locking piece is a locking sleeve which is sleeved outside the rear end of the clamping jaw;

the two elastic arms are arranged in the locking sleeve at intervals along the left and right direction;

two claw support arms are arranged at the rear ends of the claws or integrally formed, extend along the front-back direction and are arranged at intervals along the left-right direction;

the bulges are arranged on the outer sides of the two elastic arms which are back to back, and the grooves are arranged on the inner sides of the two clamping claw support arms which are opposite.

Further, the fore-and-aft extension length of jack catch support arm is less than the fore-and-aft extension length of bullet arm, and the tip of bullet arm has the anticreep arch, and the anticreep is protruding to be located the front end of jack catch support arm, and the anticreep is protruding to have and is used for stopping the anticreep plane with the front end of jack catch support arm.

The effect of this scheme lies in, can prevent after setting up the anticreep arch that the locking cover from deviating from on by the jack catch, moreover, the anticreep is protruding to be set up on playing the arm, can play the arm swing during the equipment, makes the anticreep arch run through the space between two jack catch support arms.

Furthermore, the locking sleeve comprises a locking sleeve top wall positioned in the vertical direction and a locking sleeve side wall positioned in the left-right direction;

a claw inserting channel for positioning and inserting a claw is arranged between the elastic arm and the top wall of the locking sleeve, and a support arm inserting channel for positioning and inserting a claw support arm is arranged between the elastic arm and the side wall of the locking sleeve;

the elastic arm forms the second stopping part matched with the clamping jaw in a stopping way.

The effect of this scheme lies in, stops that the portion is all integrated on the bullet arm to the direction cooperation between portion, retaining structure and locking cover and the jack catch is stopped to the second, and the structure is compacter, and the function is abundanter.

Furthermore, the first stopping part is a stopping plate arranged on the locking sleeve, the extension length of the stopping plate is smaller than that of the elastic arm, and the stopping plate is positioned on one side of the elastic arm facing the limiting boss.

The effect of this scheme lies in, the extension length of block board is less than the extension length of bullet arm, has formed the space in one side of the fore-and-aft direction of block board, can make the jack catch rear end take place to push down the swing.

Furthermore, the front end of the clamping jaw is provided with a hook which is used for being matched with the clamping groove, and a housing where the clamping jaw is located is provided with an accommodating ring groove for the hook to swing into.

The effect of this scheme lies in, sets up and holds the annular after, and the hook can be put into, prevents that the hook from sticising the hook and leading to causing the damage to casing and hook.

The technical scheme of the connector assembly is as follows: a connector assembly comprises a plug and a socket, one of the plug and the socket is a connector, the other is an adaptive connector, a clamping groove matched with a clamping jaw on the connector for use is formed in the adaptive connector, and the connector comprises:

a connector housing;

Further, the secondary locking portion further includes:

Further, the elastic structure includes:

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a first schematic view of an embodiment of a connector assembly of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a second schematic view of an embodiment of the connector assembly of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of an embodiment of the connector assembly of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the locking sleeve and the limiting boss locking the latch in the embodiment of the connector assembly of the present invention (the latch, the locking sleeve, and the limiting boss are half-sectioned);

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a locking sleeve and a limiting boss unlocking a latch in an embodiment of a connector assembly of the present invention (the latch, the locking sleeve, and the locking sleeve are half-sectioned);

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a locking sleeve in an embodiment of the connector assembly of the present invention;

description of reference numerals: 1-a socket housing; 2-a card slot; 3-a plug housing; 4-mounting a plate; 5-a locking sleeve; 6-clamping jaws; 7-limiting boss; 8-torsion spring; 9-claw support arm; 10-a containing ring groove; 51-a spring arm; 52-a stop plate; 53-locking sleeve side wall; 54-locking sleeve top wall; 511-anti-drop projection; 512-locking protrusion.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention is described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating the preferred embodiment of the invention, are intended for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. The components of embodiments of the present invention generally described and illustrated in the figures herein may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations.

Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention, presented in the figures, is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments of the present invention without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

It is noted that relational terms such as "first" and "second," and the like, may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

The features and properties of the present invention are described in further detail below with reference to examples.

Specific embodiments of the connector assembly of the present invention:

as shown in fig. 1 to 6, the connector assembly includes a plug including a plug housing 3 and a socket including a socket housing 1. It should be noted that the plug and the socket are relative concepts, and in practical use, any one of the plug and the socket can be defined as the plug, and the other one is correspondingly defined as the socket.

As shown in fig. 1, 2 and 3, a claw 6 is respectively installed on both sides of the plug housing 3, and one side thereof is taken as an example for explanation. Two mounting plates 4 are fixed on the plug housing 3, and the interval arrangement direction of the two mounting plates 4 is perpendicular to the plugging direction of the plug and the socket. The jaw 6 is hinged between the two mounting plates 4 by a hinge shaft. A clamping groove 2 is arranged on the socket shell 1 corresponding to each clamping jaw 6, and one end of each clamping jaw 6 is provided with a hook used for being hooked and matched with the clamping groove 2. In this embodiment, the end of the claw 6 where the hook is located is defined as a front end, and the other end of the claw 6 located on the hinge shaft is defined as a rear end.

As shown in fig. 3, a torsion spring 8 is further sleeved outside the hinge shaft, one end of the torsion spring 8 abuts against the rear end of the claw 6, and the other end of the torsion spring abuts against the plug housing 3, so that when the claw 6 is not affected by an external force, the front end of the claw 6 swings towards the direction of the plug housing 3 as a whole. When the clamping jaw 6 and the clamping groove 2 need to be unlocked, the rear end of the clamping jaw 6 is pressed, so that the hook at the front end of the clamping jaw 6 is separated from the clamping groove 2, and then the plug shell 3 is pulled backwards to realize the separation of the plug and the socket.

The hidden danger that exists during the in-service use is, operating personnel easily mistake press the rear end of jack catch 6, lead to plug and socket to have the risk of being separated when normal use. Therefore, the secondary locking part is arranged in the invention to lock the rear end of the clamping jaw 6 and prevent the rear end of the clamping jaw 6 from being pressed by mistake to unlock.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 3 to 6, the secondary locking portion includes two pawl arms 9 integrally formed at the rear end portions of the pawls 6, and the two pawl arms 9 form an inverted U-shaped structure together with the pawls 6. The secondary locking part also comprises a locking sleeve 5 and a limiting boss 7, the locking sleeve 5 is sleeved at the rear end of the jaw 6, the locking sleeve 5 is in sliding fit with the jaw 6 along the extending direction of the jaw 6, and is relatively fixed with the jaw 6 in the direction perpendicular to the extending direction (along the swinging direction of the rear end of the jaw 6).

The locking sleeve 5 is structured as shown in fig. 6, and the locking sleeve 5 is integrally of an inverted U-shaped structure, and one end of the locking sleeve is closed. Locking cover 5 includes two locking cover lateral walls 53, and the interval is arranged between two locking cover lateral walls 53, is fixed with two elastic arms 51 in the inside of locking cover 5, and wherein, elastic arm 51 extends along jack catch 6 and arranges, and elastic arm 51 wholly is cantilever structure, and during the equipment, the one end (rear end) of jack catch is fixed on locking cover 5 dorsad, towards the one end (front end) overhang of jack catch. A retaining projection 511 is provided on the overhanging end of the spring arm 51. As can be seen from fig. 5 and 6, the length of the elastic arm 51 is greater than that of the claw support arm 9, the front end of the anti-falling protrusion 511 is a conical surface, the rear end is a flat surface, and one end of the flat surface is used for being matched with the end part of the front end of the claw support arm 9 in a stop manner to prevent the locking sleeve 5 from falling off from the claw 6. The anti-falling protrusion 511 is further provided with a locking protrusion 512, the locking protrusion 512 is located on the rear side of the anti-falling protrusion 511, and the locking protrusion 512 and the anti-falling protrusion 511 are located on the opposite outer sides of the two elastic arms 51. The locking protrusion 512 and the coming-off preventing protrusion 511 are integrally formed on the elastic arm 51.

In order to ensure that the locking sleeve 5 can be kept in the position when the locking sleeve 5 locks the claws 6, grooves are formed in the opposite inner side walls of the two claw support arms 9, and the grooves can be used for the locking protrusions 512 to be clamped in to realize locking. Meanwhile, the locking protrusion 512 is a circular protrusion, so that the locking protrusion can be disengaged from the groove when the stress is large.

Wherein, there is the interval between two elastic arms 51 and the locking cover roof 54 of locking cover 5, and the width of this interval is unanimous with the thickness size of jack catch 6, can supply jack catch 6 adaptation to insert between elastic arm 51 and the locking cover roof 54, plays the effect of leading locking cover 5 to make this interval form the jack catch and inserted the passageway. The width of the space between the two elastic arms 51 and the corresponding side wall 53 of the locking sleeve is the same as the thickness of the claw support arm 9, so that the claw support arm 9 can be inserted between the two elastic arms in a matching way, the locking sleeve 5 is guided, and the support arm insertion channel is formed at the space.

As shown in fig. 6, a stop plate 52 is further integrally formed at the bottom of the locking sleeve 5, wherein the extension length of the stop plate 52 is smaller than the extension length of the side wall 53 of the locking sleeve, and the stop plate 52 is used for stop-fitting with the limit boss 7.

As can be seen from fig. 4 and 5, in the present invention, the opposite sides of the limiting boss 7 and the stop plate 52 are provided with inclined surfaces, and the inclined surfaces are used for ensuring that the stop plate 52 can be lifted up under the action of the inclined surfaces when moving towards the limiting boss 7, so as to be disposed on one side of the limiting boss 7 and in blocking fit with the limiting boss 7.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, a positioning plane is provided on the socket housing 1, and the card slots 2 are arranged on the positioning plane, and a plurality of card slots 2 are provided, and the plurality of card slots 2 are arranged in sequence along the plug-in direction of the plug and the socket. The purpose of the multiple card slots 2 is to match the corresponding card slot 2 with the claws 6 according to the different requirements of plug and socket insertion. In other embodiments, the number of card slots may be increased or decreased.

As can be seen from fig. 1 to 3, the plug housing 3 has an accommodating ring groove 10, and the accommodating ring groove 10 allows the hook at the front end of the claw 6 to swing in, so as to prevent the hook at the front end of the claw 6 from being pressed against the plug housing 3 and prevent the claw 6 and the plug housing 3 from being deformed, thereby protecting both.

The use process of the invention is as follows: the locking sleeve 5 is inserted and sleeved on the claw 6, and during inserting and sleeving, the two elastic arms 51 are tightened, so that the two elastic arms 51 can penetrate through the two claw support arms 9, and are in blocking fit with the front end parts of the claw support arms 9 by means of the planes on the anti-falling protrusions 511, and the anti-falling of the locking sleeve 5 is realized. During sleeve insertion, the clamping jaw 6 is inserted between the elastic arm 51 and the locking sleeve top wall 54, and the clamping jaw support arm 9 is inserted between the elastic arm 51 and the locking sleeve side wall 53, so that guiding sliding fit between the locking sleeve 5 and the clamping jaw 6 is realized.

In use, as shown in fig. 4, the claw 6 is locked, and at this time, the stop plate 52 is in stop fit with the limit boss 7, and the elastic arm 51 is in stop fit with the claw 6, so that the rear end of the claw 6 cannot be pressed down. When the locking state needs to be switched to the unlocking state, the locking sleeve 5 is pulled backwards, so that the locking sleeve 5 is placed in the state shown in fig. 5, at this time, the stop plate 52 and the limiting boss 7 are separated from the stop, and the rear end of the claw 6 can be pressed downwards, so that the unlocking between the claw 6 and the clamping groove 2 is realized. When the locking is required to be locked again, the locking sleeve 5 is pushed forwards, the inclined surface of the stop plate 52 is matched with the inclined surface of the limiting boss 7, and the locking sleeve 5 is lifted, so that the stop plate 52 can be matched with the limiting boss 7 in a stopping manner, and the locking is realized.

In the present embodiment, when the lock sleeve 5 is placed in the state shown in fig. 4, the lock sleeve 5 is in the lock position, and when the lock sleeve 5 is placed in the state shown in fig. 5, the lock sleeve 5 is in the unlock position.

In this embodiment, the stop plate 52 is used to perform a stop fit with the limit boss 7, so as to form a first stop portion, and in other embodiments, the first stop portion can be a stop block or a stop frame.

In this embodiment, the elastic deformation of the elastic arm 51 itself and the locking protrusion 512 on the elastic arm 51 are used to lock and separate the groove on the pawl support arm 9. At this time, the elastic arm 51, the locking protrusion 512 and the groove form a holding structure. The matching of the elastic arm 51 and the claw 6 is utilized to jack the claw 6, and the spacing between the claw 6 and the limit boss 7 is filled by matching the stopping of the first stopping part, so that the elastic arm 51 forms a second stopping part. In addition, the elastic arm 51 is matched with the inner wall of the locking sleeve 5, so that the locking sleeve 5 is matched with the clamping jaws 6 in a guiding mode. The multiple functions are concentrated on the elastic arm 51, the elastic arm 51 has rich functions, and the functions are realized by only one part, so that the number of parts is small, and the cost is low.

In this embodiment, the locking sleeve 5 is integrally fitted around the pawl 6 and the pawl arm 9, and the locking protrusion 512 is disposed on the outer side of the spring arm 51. In other embodiments, the locking protrusion may be disposed on the inner side of the elastic arm, at this time, the claw support arm is eliminated, the claw is provided with a protrusion extending upward and downward toward the limit boss, and the left and right sides of the protrusion are provided with grooves. At the moment, in order to ensure that the locking sleeve cannot be separated from the clamping jaw, the mode that the elastic arm is matched with the top wall of the locking sleeve to clamp the clamping jaw is still adopted.

In this embodiment, the locking protrusion 512 is disposed on the elastic arm 51, and the groove is disposed on the claw support arm 9, in other embodiments, the positions of the locking protrusion and the groove may be interchanged, that is, the locking protrusion is disposed on the claw support arm, and the groove is disposed on the elastic arm. In this embodiment, the elastic arm 51 forms an elastic structure.

In this embodiment, it is located locking cover 5 to play arm 51, in other embodiments, it can set up on the jack catch to play the arm, specifically as follows, with the design of jack catch support arm for playing the arm, the jack catch support arm has just formed elastic construction, protruding or recess setting is in the inboard of jack catch support arm, the cylinder that extends around the inside setting of locking cover, the corresponding recess or arch that sets up on the cylinder, moreover, can the centre gripping jack catch between cylinder and the locking cover roof, the left and right sides of cylinder can push up the inboard at the jack catch support arm, realize location and anticreep. Or in other embodiments, the claw support arm and the elastic arm (or the cylinder) in the locking sleeve can swing left and right and are both elastic structures.

In the embodiment, the locking sleeve is arranged on the jaw in a vertically clamping mode in an anti-falling mode, in other embodiments, a mode that the convex strips are matched with the dovetail grooves can be adopted, namely, the convex strips are arranged on one of the jaw and the locking sleeve, the dovetail grooves are arranged on the other one of the jaw and the locking sleeve, relative fixation in the vertical direction and the left-right direction is realized, and the locking in the front-back direction still adopts a convex and groove mode. Or the locking in the front-back direction can be realized by adopting the following mode, if the clamping jaw and the locking sleeve are provided with corresponding holes, when the locking sleeve is arranged at the locking position, the clamping jaw and the locking sleeve are penetrated by a pin or other rod pieces to realize the locking.

In other embodiments, the locking sleeve may adopt a manner that one end of the locking sleeve, which is back to the limit boss, is fittingly sleeved behind the jaw, and a second stopping portion is protrudingly disposed at one end of the locking sleeve, which is toward the limit boss.

In this embodiment, locking cover 5 is used for realizing the locking and the unblock of jack catch with spacing boss 7 cooperation, and locking cover 5 has formed the locking piece, and in other embodiments, the locking piece can not be set body structure, and the locking piece can adopt the mode of dovetail and sand grip to install on one side of the spacing boss of jack catch orientation. If the dovetail groove is arranged on the locking piece, a second blocking part is formed on the groove wall of the dovetail groove, and if the convex strip is arranged on the locking piece, the convex strip forms the second blocking part. The holding structure may be realized by a pin hole penetration or the like.

In this embodiment, the locking piece all draws behind and makes the jack catch unblock, pushes away forward and makes the jack catch locking, and in other embodiments, can arrange the place ahead at spacing boss with the locking piece, realize locking afterwards, push away the unblock forward.

It should be noted that "up and down", "right and left", and "front and back" in the present application merely represent relative concepts, and are not intended to indicate an actual use orientation.

In the embodiment of the connector of the present invention, the structure of the connector is the same as that of the plug in the above embodiment, and the receptacle in the above embodiment forms a mating connector.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and not intended to limit the present invention, the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims, and all structural changes that can be made by using the contents of the description and the drawings of the present invention are intended to be embraced therein.

Claims

1. A connector, comprising:

a connector housing;

the method is characterized in that: the connector further includes: a secondary locking portion, the secondary locking portion comprising:

2. The connector of claim 1, wherein: the secondary locking portion further includes:

3. The connector of claim 1, wherein: the holding structure comprises a protrusion and a groove, one of the protrusion and the groove is arranged on the claw, the other one of the protrusion and the groove is arranged on the locking piece, and the protrusion and the groove are matched to hold the locking piece at a locking position;

4. The connector of claim 3, wherein: the elastic structure includes:

5. The connector of claim 4, wherein: the locking piece is a locking sleeve which is sleeved outside the rear end of the clamping jaw;

6. The connector of claim 5, wherein: the fore-and-aft extension length of jack catch support arm is less than the fore-and-aft extension length of bullet arm, and the tip of bullet arm has the anticreep arch, and the anticreep is protruding to be located the front end of jack catch support arm, and the anticreep is protruding to have and is used for stopping the anticreep plane with the front end of jack catch support arm.

7. The connector of claim 5, wherein: the locking sleeve comprises a locking sleeve top wall positioned in the vertical direction and a locking sleeve side wall positioned in the left-right direction;

8. The connector according to claim 5, 6 or 7, wherein: the first stopping part is a stopping plate arranged on the locking sleeve, the extending length of the stopping plate is smaller than that of the elastic arm, and the stopping plate is positioned on one side of the elastic arm, which faces the limiting boss.

9. The connector according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein: the front end of the clamping jaw is provided with a hook which is used for being matched with the clamping groove, and a shell where the clamping jaw is located is provided with an accommodating ring groove for the hook to swing into.

10. A connector assembly comprising a plug and a receptacle, characterized in that: one of the plug and the socket is a connector as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9, and the other is a mating connector provided with a slot for engaging with a latch on the connector.