CN114006227A

CN114006227A - A kind of interface unit

Info

Publication number: CN114006227A
Application number: CN202111389680.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 姚欢
Original assignee: Haigu Technology Suzhou Co ltd
Current assignee: Haigu Technology Suzhou Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-11-22
Filing date: 2021-11-22
Publication date: 2022-02-01

Abstract

A connector comprises a male end, a female end, a guide connecting disc and terminals, wherein the male end and the female end are coaxially arranged and are in rotating connection, a plurality of fixing grooves are formed in the circumferential array of the male end, a plurality of guide sliding grooves are formed in the circumferential array of the female end corresponding to the circumferential array of the fixing grooves and are communicated with the fixing grooves, the bottom of the female end is fixedly connected with the guide connecting disc, the terminals are vertically arranged in the fixing grooves, the terminals penetrate through the guide sliding grooves and are in sliding and electric connection with the guide connecting disc, the lengths of connecting lines of two end points of the guide sliding grooves and the geometric central point of the female end are equal or unequal, and the terminals can be partially deviated in the guide sliding grooves. After the connector in this application is mutually joined in marriage, public end or female end can realize the rotation or the beat of certain angle, and the concrete movement track of the body that leads can design according to actual conditions, has greatly enriched the application range of connector.

Description

A kind of interface unit

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of connectors, and particularly relates to a connector.

Background

The use environment of the connector is more extensive now, and the need of rotating and twisting to realize contact improvement or flow improvement has appeared in daily use. And many parts have become more and more precise, the internal installation of the connector is required to achieve a more mini effect, which is a great challenge to the manufacturing process or transmission performance.

In the market at present, after the existing signal connectors are plugged and matched, the male end and the female end are relatively in a static state, and the contact position is also relatively static. When there is relative motion in frame local position, conventional connector can't satisfy the functional requirement, and the connector on the existing market generally adopts fixed connection and fixed contact, carries out the counterpoint towards a certain fixed direction promptly, has the locking structure of fixed position after the counterpoint, and the connector can not move about after the locking, guarantees the stable butt joint between the terminal. Because it is generally believed that the connector remains stable during mating, the service life can be extended to the maximum while ensuring the reliability of the connection.

The prior art has the following defects: 1. after the conventional signal connector is inserted oppositely, the male end and the female end are relatively fixed, and the contact parts of the terminals are rigidly connected in a vibration environment, so that the risk of contact failure is caused; 2. when the local position of the vehicle body needs relative movement, the conventional connector can only realize connection in a static state, and cannot realize relative movement and simultaneously keep connection; 3. in an extremely narrow region, a normal signal connector cannot pass through a gap to achieve connection because the gap is too small.

Accordingly, there is a need to develop a connector to solve the above problems.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, the present invention provides a connector.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the technical scheme that:

a connector comprises a male end, a female end, a guide connecting disc and terminals, wherein the male end and the female end are coaxially arranged and are in rotating connection, a plurality of fixing grooves are formed in the circumferential array of the male end, a plurality of guide sliding grooves are formed in the circumferential array of the female end corresponding to the circumferential array of the fixing grooves and are communicated with the fixing grooves, the bottom of the female end is fixedly connected with the guide connecting disc, the terminals are vertically arranged in the fixing grooves, the terminals penetrate through the guide sliding grooves and are in sliding and electric connection with the guide connecting disc, the lengths of connecting lines of two end points of the guide sliding grooves and the geometric central point of the female end are equal or unequal, and the terminals can be partially deviated in the guide sliding grooves.

Further, still include elastic sealing element, female end top is provided with elastic sealing element.

Further, public end top is provided with public end mounting groove, public end mounting groove bottom is provided with the fixed slot, public end bottom is provided with public end connecting block, the fixed slot runs through public end connecting block.

Furthermore, the fixed slot includes first fixed slot and second fixed slot, first fixed slot sets up public end mounting groove tank bottom, the second fixed slot intercommunication is in first fixed slot bottom, first fixed slot with the coaxial setting of second fixed slot.

Further, the outer dimension of the first fixing groove is larger than that of the second fixing groove.

Furthermore, the terminal is provided with a welding cup, a fixing part and a guiding body in sequence, the fixing part is arranged in the first fixing groove in a penetrating mode, and the guiding body is arranged in the second fixing groove in a penetrating mode.

Further, the coaxial seal groove that is provided with two in female end top, be provided with in the seal groove elastic sealing element, two be provided with between the seal groove with public butt joint piece complex female end spread groove, it is in to lead the spout setting female end connecting groove bottom, female end bottom is provided with female end mounting groove, lead the spout communicate in female end mounting groove, female end mounting groove rigid coupling has lead the flange.

Furthermore, the guide chute is arranged in an arc shape.

Furthermore, a plurality of guide connecting blocks are arranged on the top of the guide connecting disc corresponding to the circumferential array of the guide sliding grooves, the guide connecting blocks are in sliding and electric connection with the end parts of the guide connecting bodies, and a plurality of connecting pieces are arranged on the circumferential array of the bottom of the guide connecting disc.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that: after the connector in this application is mutually joined in marriage, public end or female end can realize the rotation or the beat of certain angle, and the concrete movement track of the body that leads can design according to actual conditions, has greatly enriched the application range of connector.

In addition, the terminals in the connector are connected by elastic terminals in a flexible connection mode, so that the end part of the guide connector can be always effectively and electrically connected with the guide connecting disc when the male end or the female end moves.

When the connector is fixedly installed, the connector does not need to pass through a gap between the rotating shafts, and only needs to be fixed together with the vehicle body moving part, so that the connector and the vehicle body can keep synchronous motion, and meanwhile, stable connection can be achieved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a connector according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a connector according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a front isometric view of a male end of a connector according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a rear isometric view of a male end of a connector according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a front side schematic view of a female end of a connector according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a rear isometric view of a female end of a connector according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a front side schematic view of a docking tray in a connector according to one embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a rear side view of a docking tray in a connector according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic view of a terminal structure in a connector according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals and component parts description referred to in the drawings:

1-male end; 11-male end mounting groove; 111-a fixation groove; 1111-a first fixing groove; 1112-a second fixation groove; 12-male end connecting block; 2-a female terminal; 21-a sealing groove; 22-a female end connecting groove; 221-a guide chute; 23-a female end mounting groove; 3-a guide disc; 31-a docking block; 32-connecting pieces; 4-an elastic sealing member; 5-a terminal; 51-a welding cup; 52-a bump; 53-a stationary part; 54-a docking body.

Detailed Description

The technical solution of the present invention will be clearly and completely described by the following detailed description. It is to be understood that the described embodiments are merely exemplary of the invention, and not restrictive of the full scope of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3 and 5, a connector includes a male end 1, a female end 2, a guiding plate 3, a terminal 5, and an elastic sealing member 4, wherein the male end 1 and the female end 2 are coaxially disposed and rotatably connected, a plurality of fixing grooves 111 are circumferentially arrayed at the male end 1, a plurality of guiding grooves 221 are circumferentially arrayed at the female end 2 corresponding to the fixing grooves 111, the guiding grooves 221 are communicated with the fixing grooves 111, the elastic sealing member 4 is disposed at the top of the female end 2, the bottom of the female end 2 is fixedly connected with the guiding plate 3, the plurality of terminals 5 are vertically disposed in the fixing grooves 111, rod portions of the plurality of terminals 5 penetrate through the guiding grooves 221 and slide and electrically connect with the guiding plate 3, wherein end points at two ends of the guiding grooves 221 are equal to or unequal in length of a connecting line of a geometric center point of the female end 2, and the terminals 5 can partially shift in the guiding grooves 221.

Referring to fig. 3 and 5, the male end 1 is configured as a hollow disc-shaped structure, the top of the male end 1 is provided with a male end installation groove 11, the bottom of the male end installation groove 11 is provided with a fixing groove 111, the fixing groove 111 is arranged at the bottom of the male end installation groove 11, the terminal 5 in the fixing groove 111 can be protected to a certain extent, specifically, the fixing groove 111 includes a first fixing groove 1111 and a second fixing groove 1112, the first fixing groove 1111 is disposed at the bottom of the male end mounting groove 11, the second fixing groove 1112 is communicated with the bottom of the first fixing groove 1111, the first fixing groove 1111 and the second fixing groove 1112 are coaxially disposed, smoothness of assembly and connection is ensured, further, the external dimension of the first fixing groove 1111 is greater than the external dimension of the second fixing groove 1112, the above-mentioned design can form a fixing step between the first fixing groove 1111 and the second fixing groove 1112, so that the protruding surface of the terminal 5 can be abutted on the fixing step to form a state of fixing the terminal 5 at a plurality of positions. The bottom of the male end 1 is provided with a male end connecting block 12, and the fixing groove 111 penetrates through the male end connecting block 12, so that the terminal 5 is conveniently connected to the sliding guide groove 221.

Referring to fig. 9, the terminal 5 is specifically an elastic terminal 5, the terminal 5 is sequentially provided with a solder cup 51, a bump 52, a fixing portion 53 and a conductive body 54, an end surface of the bump 52, which is far away from the solder cup 51, abuts against the bottom surface of the male end mounting groove 11, the fixing portion 53 is inserted into the first fixing groove 1111, the conductive body 54 is inserted into the second fixing groove 1112, and the first fixing groove 1111 and the second fixing groove 1112 are arranged in a track type, so that the fault tolerance of the assembly of the terminal 5 is improved. The terminal 5 is fixed in a limiting mode through two parts in the first fixing groove 1111 and the second fixing groove 1112, so that connection reliability is achieved, and after cables are welded at the welding cup 51, the terminal 5 is fixed in the male end mounting groove 11 in a glue filling mode. When the end of the docking body 54 is assembled and connected, the docking body 54 can float relatively to the connection surface in the direction vertical to the docking plate 3, so as to prevent the docking body 54 from generating rigid impact with the docking plate 3.

Referring to fig. 1, 5 and 6, the female end 2 is a hollow disc-shaped structure, two sealing grooves 21 are coaxially arranged at the top of the female end 2, and elastic sealing elements 4 are arranged in the sealing grooves 21, specifically, the elastic sealing elements 4 are O-shaped sealing rings or Y-shaped sealing rings or other sealing elements, and it is worth noting that the arrangement of the sealing elastic elements can play a good sealing role after the male end 1 and the female end 2 are rotatably connected, and when the whole connector is under the action of external force, the male end 1 and the female end 2 can realize displacement within a certain range or deflection at a certain angle, so as to reduce or lose the adverse effect of the external force on the stable connection of the connector. Be provided with between two seal grooves 21 with public end 1 butt joint piece complex female end spread groove 22, preferentially, public end 1 butt joint piece adopts little clearance fit with female end spread groove 22, avoids public end 1 to produce great skew in radial direction after being connected with female end 2, prevents to damage terminal 5, has improved life.

It is on bearing, lead spout 221 and set up in female end spread groove 23 bottom, and female end 2 bottom is provided with female end mounting groove 23, leads spout 221 and communicates in female end mounting groove 23, and the end connection of the body 54 end connection of leading of the terminal 5 of being convenient for is in leading flange 3. Further, the guide groove 221 is formed in an arc shape, and the radius of the guide groove 221 is greater than or equal to the radius of the guide body 54, so that the guide body 54 can smoothly slide in the guide groove 221. In addition, it should be noted that the lengths of the connecting lines between the two end points of the guiding groove 221 and the geometric center of the female end 2 are equal or unequal, and preferably, the lengths of the connecting lines between the two end points of the guiding groove 221 and the geometric center of the female end 2 are unequal, and the above design method can make the track of the guiding body 54 in the guiding groove 221 not be a curve coaxial with the sealing groove 21, and through the design, the movement range and the movement type of the guiding body 54 in the present application can be increased compared with the conventional connector, which not only can rotate circumferentially in the space, but also can shift within a certain range in the plane space, and under the condition of external force, the movement range and the movement type of the guiding body 54 are increased, thereby increasing the application range of the overall connector, ensuring that the connector can realize reliable connection under the specific rotation and the shift within a certain amount of range, and in addition, because the track of the guiding body 54 in the guiding groove 221 is not a curve coaxial with the sealing groove 21, the guiding body 54 can slide in the sliding manner A small range of concentrated stress is generated in the groove 221, but since the female end 2 is made of an insulating material and has a certain elasticity, when the female end moves in the guide groove 221 of the guide connecting body 54, the guide groove 221 generates a certain amount of elasticity to eliminate the concentrated stress, and even if there is any residual concentrated stress, the residual concentrated stress does not affect the overall connection, so that the residual concentrated stress can be ignored.

Referring to fig. 7 and 8, a female end mounting groove 23 is fixedly connected with a conductive pad 3, the conductive pad 3 in the present design is a copper bar, the conductive pad 3 is configured as a hollow disc shape, specifically, the top of the conductive pad 3 is provided with a plurality of conductive pads 31 corresponding to the circumferential array of the conductive groove 221, the conductive pads 31 are made of conductive material, in addition, the strength and wear resistance are better, the service life is prolonged, the end portion of the conductive pad 54 penetrates out from the conductive groove 221 and then slides and is electrically connected with the conductive pads 31, each electric signal is transmitted to the conductive pad 3 by the conductive pad 54, the circumferential array of the bottom of the conductive pad 3 is provided with a plurality of connection pieces 32, cables are welded on the connection pieces 32 (the conductive pad 3 is arranged in the female end mounting groove 23 after the cables are welded on the connection pieces 32 and then is fixed by glue filling), the cables are connected with rear end component devices, and the electric signals are transmitted to the conductive pad 3 and then transmitted to the rear end component devices through the connection pieces 32.

In summary, the male end 1, the female end 2 and the guiding and connecting plate 3 are both hollow and disc-shaped, and after the units are connected with each other, the whole connector is hollow inside and can be used for placing pipes and other parts. After the male end 1 and the female end 2 are mutually matched, the terminal 5 is contacted with the conducting connecting disc 3 to realize electric connection; when the female end 2 or the male end 1 of the connector is fixed, the male end 1 or the female end 2 rotates by a certain angle with the axis of the male end 1 or the female end 2 so as to ensure that the connector can rotate by a certain angle in a projection plane, the end part of the conductive body 54 of the terminal 5 is always in contact with the copper bar, and the continuity of electric connection is ensured. Meanwhile, the elastic sealing element 4 is arranged, so that the male end 1 and the female end 2 can deflect at a certain angle in a space plane.

The previous description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a connector, its characterized in that includes public end, female end, leads flange, terminal, public end with female end coaxial setting and swivelling joint, public end circumference array has a plurality of fixed slot, female end corresponds fixed slot circumference array has a plurality of guide chute, guide chute with the fixed slot intercommunication, female end bottom rigid coupling has lead the flange, the several the terminal is vertical to be set up in the fixed slot, the several the terminal pass lead the spout and with lead flange slip and electric connection, wherein, lead spout both ends endpoint with the line length of female end geometric center point equals or the inequality, the terminal can do partial skew in leading the spout.

2. A connector as defined in claim 1, further comprising a resilient seal member, said female tip being provided with said resilient seal member.

3. The connector of claim 1, wherein the top of the male end is provided with a male end mounting groove, the bottom of the male end mounting groove is provided with the fixing groove, the bottom of the male end is provided with a male end connecting block, and the fixing groove penetrates through the male end connecting block.

4. The connector of claim 3, wherein the fixing grooves include a first fixing groove and a second fixing groove, the first fixing groove is disposed at a bottom of the male end mounting groove, the second fixing groove is communicated with a bottom of the first fixing groove, and the first fixing groove and the second fixing groove are coaxially disposed.

5. The connector of claim 4, wherein the first retention groove has a larger outer dimension than the second retention groove.

6. The connector of claim 4, wherein the terminal is provided with a solder cup, a fixing portion and a connecting body in sequence, the fixing portion is inserted into the first fixing groove, and the connecting body is inserted into the second fixing groove.

7. The connector according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein two sealing grooves are coaxially disposed at the top of the female end, the elastic sealing member is disposed in the sealing groove, a female end connecting groove engaged with the male end connecting block is disposed between the two sealing grooves, the guiding groove is disposed at the bottom of the female end connecting groove, a female end mounting groove is disposed at the bottom of the female end, the guiding groove is communicated with the female end mounting groove, and the guiding disc is fixedly connected to the female end mounting groove.

8. A connector according to claim 7, wherein said guide slot is arcuate.

9. The connector of claim 6, wherein a plurality of said docking blocks are slidably and electrically connected to said docking head at a top portion of said docking head corresponding to said circumferential array of docking slots, and a plurality of said connecting pieces are circumferentially arrayed at a bottom portion of said docking head.