CN115966969A

CN115966969A - Electric connector rotation adjusting mechanism and terminal equipment

Info

Publication number: CN115966969A
Application number: CN202211540733.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 曾小勇
Original assignee: Nanchang Huaqin Electronic Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Nanchang Huaqin Electronic Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-11-30
Filing date: 2022-11-30
Publication date: 2023-04-14

Abstract

The invention discloses an electric connector rotation adjusting mechanism and terminal equipment, wherein the rotation adjusting mechanism comprises a connecting substrate, a bearing frame and a supporting seat. The connecting substrate is used for installing and fixing a connector for electric signal transmission, and the bearing frame is used for installing and fixing the connecting substrate; the supporting seat is arranged in the terminal equipment to which the connector belongs, and the supporting seat is rotatably connected with the bearing frame, so that the bearing frame can drive the connecting substrate and the connector to rotate relative to the supporting seat, and the pitch angle of the connector is adjusted. Through above-mentioned rotation adjustment mechanism, can adjust the angle of pitch of connector on the terminal equipment according to the demand to avoid the connecting plug of being connected with this connector to take place to interfere with terminal equipment's holding surface, thereby effectively promote the user and use experience and feel.

Description

Electric connector rotation adjusting mechanism and terminal equipment

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of connectors, in particular to an electric connector rotation adjusting mechanism and terminal equipment.

Background

Nowadays, many electronic terminal devices are developed toward being light and thin for convenience of carrying and better appearance experience. The extremely thin main body admittedly meets the requirements of current users, however, as the electronic terminal equipment generally needs to be provided with the I/O socket, and as the development of the connecting plug matched with the I/O socket in the market is relatively lagged, the size of the connecting plug is light and thin, the change of the electronic terminal equipment main body cannot be followed, so that the thickness of the connecting plug exceeds the thickness of the shell provided with the I/O socket on the terminal equipment, as shown in fig. 10, the top of the connecting plug upwards exceeds the terminal equipment by a distance L1, and the bottom of the connecting plug downwards exceeds the terminal equipment by a distance L2, when the connecting plug is inserted into the I/O socket, if the lower bottom surface of the connecting plug exceeds the shell, the connecting plug is abutted against a supporting surface for placing the terminal equipment, so that the terminal equipment is in a 'seesaw' state, and the I/O socket end of the terminal equipment is unilaterally suspended in the using process, so that shaking occurs in the using process.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide an electric connector rotation adjusting mechanism and terminal equipment, which can adjust the pitch angle of a connector on the terminal equipment according to requirements so as to adjust the height of a connecting plug connected with the connector.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention discloses an electric connector rotation adjusting mechanism, which comprises:

a connection substrate for mounting and fixing a connector for electrical signal transmission;

a carrier for mounting and fixing the connection substrate;

the supporting seat is arranged in the terminal equipment to which the connector belongs, and the bearing frame is rotatably connected with the supporting seat, so that the bearing frame can drive the connecting substrate and the connector to rotate relative to the supporting seat, and the pitch angle of the connector is adjusted.

Preferably, a bearing groove is formed in the supporting seat, and a rotating shaft matched with the bearing groove is arranged on the bearing frame.

Preferably, the rotating shaft is provided with an elastic holding member for providing an elastic holding force for constantly holding the loading frame in a state.

Preferably, the device further comprises a driving mechanism connected with the rotating shaft, and the driving mechanism is used for driving the rotating shaft to rotate.

Preferably, the driving mechanism comprises a driven gear arranged on the rotating shaft and a transmission shaft provided with a driving gear, and the driving gear is meshed with the driven gear.

Preferably, the terminal device comprises a host and a display screen, and the host is rotatably connected with the display screen based on the transmission shaft.

Preferably, a hollow part is arranged on a rim of the driving gear or the driven gear, so that the driving gear and the driven gear are not meshed continuously to transmit power.

Preferably, the terminal device includes a host and a display screen, the host is rotatably connected with the display screen based on the transmission shaft, the host can rotate 360 degrees with the display screen, and the circumference radian occupied by the vacancy is 180 degrees.

Preferably, the connector is connected with a main board of the terminal device through a flexible connecting line.

The invention also discloses terminal equipment which comprises a connector for plug-in connection and electric signal transmission, wherein the connector is assembled based on the electric connector rotation adjusting mechanism.

Compared with the prior art, according to the technical scheme, the connector on the terminal equipment is provided with the connecting substrate which can independently move, and the connecting substrate is rotatably connected with the supporting seat through the bearing frame, so that when the bottom of the connecting plug on the connector exceeds the shell of the terminal equipment and interferes with the supporting surface, the bearing frame can be rotated, the pitch angle of the connector is adjusted, namely the connector is inclined upwards, the height of the connecting plug is raised, and the terminal equipment is prevented from being jacked up by the connecting plug; therefore, the pitch angle of the connector on the terminal equipment can be adjusted according to requirements through the rotating adjusting mechanism, so that interference between the connecting plug connected with the connector and the supporting surface of the terminal equipment is avoided, and the use experience of a user is effectively improved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a terminal device in an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a state diagram of the plug of fig. 1 inserted into a connection plug.

Fig. 3 is an assembly view of the rotation adjustment mechanism of fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an exploded view of fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the drive shaft of fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a diagram of one operating state of the terminal device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a side view of fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is another operation state diagram of the terminal device in the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 9 is a side view of fig. 8.

Fig. 10 is a state diagram of a state in which a terminal device is connected to a connection plug in the related art.

Detailed Description

In order to explain technical contents, structural features, and objects and effects of the present invention in detail, the following detailed description is given with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with the embodiments.

As shown in fig. 1 and 6, the present embodiment discloses a terminal device M, which may be a notebook computer, an unmanned aerial vehicle, a sweeping robot, a tablet, and other devices such as household appliances. The terminal device M includes a connector M0, such as a USB connection female socket, for plug connection and electrical signal transmission, wherein the connector M0 is assembled based on a rotation adjusting mechanism so as to adjust a pitch angle of the connector M0, thereby adjusting a height of a connection plug P connected to the connector M0.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, the rotation adjusting mechanism includes a connecting substrate 1, a carriage 2 and a supporting base 3. The connection substrate 1 in this embodiment is a movable circuit board independent of the main board M3 of the terminal device M, and is used for mounting the fixed connector M0. The bearing frame 2 is used for installing and fixing the connecting substrate 1 and driving the connecting substrate 1 to move. The supporting seat 3 is disposed in the terminal device M to which the connector M0 belongs, specifically, the supporting seat 3 is disposed on the housing M of the terminal device in this embodiment, for example, for a notebook computer, since the connector M0 is located in the housing D, the supporting seat 3 is disposed on the housing D. The supporting base 3 is rotatably connected to the supporting frame 2, so that the supporting frame 2 can drive the connection substrate 1 and the connector M0 to rotate relative to the supporting base 3, so as to adjust the pitch angle of the connector M0. In addition, in the present embodiment, the connector M0 is not limited to have a female socket structure, and the connector M0 and the connection plug P only need to have a plug connection structure that is engaged with each other.

In this embodiment, when the bottom of the connecting plug P connected to the connector M0 on the terminal device M protrudes out of the housing of the terminal device M to push up the terminal device M unilaterally, the supporting frame 2 can be provided with a rotating torque, so that the supporting frame 2 rotates on the supporting base 3, and the rotation of the supporting frame 2 can drive the connecting substrate 1 to rotate together with the connector M0, so that the pitch angle of the connector M0 changes, for example, changes from a horizontal state to an upward tilted state, thereby raising the height of the connecting plug P connected to the connector M0, so as to avoid the interference between the connecting plug P and the supporting surface of the terminal device M and the unilateral pushing up of the terminal device M, and make the terminal device M thinner.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, the supporting seat 3 is provided with a bearing groove 30, and the bearing frame 2 is provided with a rotating shaft 20 adapted to the bearing groove 30. In this embodiment, the two ends of the bearing frame 2 are respectively provided with a rotating shaft 20, and correspondingly, two oppositely disposed supporting seats 3 are configured, the bearing frame 2 is erected on the two supporting seats 3 based on the two rotating shafts 20 at the two ends, and when a rotating torque is applied to the rotating shafts 20, the bearing frame 2 rotates.

Further, in order to prevent the carriage 2 from moving freely without any reason, the elastic holding member 4 is provided on the rotation shaft 20, and the elastic holding member 4 is used for providing an elastic holding force for the carriage 2 to be constantly kept in a state. In this embodiment, the elastic retaining member 4 is a torsion spring 4, one end of the torsion spring 4 is connected to the supporting seat 3, and the other end of the torsion spring 4 is connected to the rotating shaft 20. When it is desired to adjust the pitch angle of the coupler M0, a sufficient turning moment is applied to the carriage 2 to overcome the torsion force of the torsion spring 4, so that the coupler M0 is turned into position.

Further, in order to facilitate the operation of rotating the carriage 2, the rotation adjusting mechanism in this embodiment further includes a driving mechanism connected to the rotating shaft 20, and the driving mechanism is configured to drive the rotating shaft 20 to rotate.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the driving mechanism includes a driven gear 21 provided on the rotating shaft 20 and a transmission shaft 5 provided with a driving gear 50, the driving gear 50 being engaged with the driven gear 21. In this embodiment, through the rotation of transmission shaft 5, can drive the rotation of driving gear 50, and the rotation of driving gear 50 drives the rotation of driven gear 21 in step, and the rotation of driven gear 21 drives the rotation of pivot 20 to the rotation that the drive bore 2, convenient operation is convenient for control moreover and is born the turned angle of 2.

With the driving mechanism with the structure, the rotation of the transmission shaft 5 can be operated manually by matching with the related linkage mechanism, and the rotation of the transmission shaft 5 can also be driven automatically by the motor.

Further, for a terminal device M including a host M1 and a display M2, such as a notebook computer shown in fig. 6, the transmission shaft 5 may be used as a rotation shaft for rotation between the host M1 and the display M2, that is, the host M1 and the display M2 are rotatably connected based on the transmission shaft 5. In this embodiment, the transmission shaft 5 for driving the bearing frame 2 to rotate is a rotation shaft between the host M1 and the display screen M2, so that when the host M1 and the display screen M2 rotate, the bearing frame 2 can be synchronously driven to rotate, and the pitch angle of the connector M0 is adjusted to a required state.

In addition, for the terminal device M including the host M1 and the display screen M2, in the using process, when the display screen M2 rotates at an angle within a certain range relative to the host M1, for example, in the process from closing to opening of the display screen M2 to 180 ° with the host M1, as shown in fig. 6 and 7, the host M1 is placed upwards and forwardly, the top of the connection plug P exceeds the host M1 by a distance h1, the bottom of the connection plug P has a distance h2 with the base of the host M1, and the connection plug P does not interfere with the supporting surface of the host M1, so that the pitch angle of the connector M0 does not need to be adjusted. In the process that the display screen M2 rotates from 180 ° to 360 ° relative to the host M1, as shown in fig. 8 and 9, the host M1 is placed in a downward reverse direction, and the bottom of the connecting plug P passes through the host M1 downward for a distance h3, so that the pitch angle of the connector M0 needs to be adjusted in the process, otherwise, the connecting plug P interferes with the supporting surface of the host M1.

In order to solve the problem, a further improvement is that, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, a vacant part 51 is provided on a rim of the driving gear 50 or the driven gear 21 so that the driving gear 50 and the driven gear 21 are not continuously engaged to transmit power, specifically, the vacant part 51 corresponds to a state that the main machine M1 is facing upwards (as shown in fig. 6) in the relative rotation process of the display screen M2 and the main machine M1, that is, the circular radian occupied by the vacant part 51 is 180 °. In this embodiment, the vacant part 51 is located on the driving gear 50 of the transmission shaft 5, and the vacant part 51 and the tooth part 52 with teeth each occupy half of the rim of the driving gear 50.

Further, as shown in fig. 1, the connector M0 is connected to the main board M3 of the terminal device M through a flexible connecting wire 6 to facilitate the rotation of the connector M0.

In summary, as shown in fig. 1 to 9, the present invention discloses a rotation adjusting mechanism for a terminal device M by which a connector M0 mounted on the terminal device M is fitted. Specifically, connector M0 is installed on a connection substrate 1 that is independent of terminal equipment M mainboard M3, and connection substrate 1 installs on bearing frame 2, bears frame 2 and erects on supporting seat 3 through pivot 20 to make and bear frame 2 can drive connector M0 and rotate, in order to adjust its angle of pitch, and then reach the purpose of adjusting the connecting plug P height of being connected with connector M0, avoid connecting plug P to interfere with terminal equipment M's holding surface. In addition, to possessing host computer M1 and display screen M2 structure and host computer M1 and the terminal equipment M of 360 rotatory relatively of display screen M2, still dispose linkage type actuating mechanism for pivot 20 for when host computer M1 and the relative state of display screen M2 change, connector M0 is adjusted to required position automatically, and convenient to use effectively promotes user experience and feels.

The above disclosure is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention, therefore, the present invention is not limited by the appended claims.

Claims

1. An electrical connector rotation adjustment mechanism, comprising:

a carrier for mounting and fixing the connection substrate;

2. The electrical connector rotation adjustment mechanism of claim 1, wherein the supporting base is provided with a bearing groove, and the bearing frame is provided with a rotating shaft adapted to the bearing groove.

3. The electrical connector rotation adjustment mechanism of claim 2, wherein the rotation shaft is provided with a resilient holding member for providing a resilient holding force for the carrier to be constantly held in a state.

4. The electrical connector rotation adjustment mechanism of claim 2, further comprising a drive mechanism coupled to the shaft, the drive mechanism configured to drive rotation of the shaft.

5. The electrical connector rotation adjustment mechanism of claim 4, wherein the driving mechanism comprises a driven gear provided on the rotation shaft and a transmission shaft provided with a driving gear, the driving gear being engaged with the driven gear.

6. The electrical connector rotation adjustment mechanism of claim 5, wherein the terminal device comprises a main body and a display screen, and the main body is rotatably connected with the display screen based on the transmission shaft.

7. The electrical connector rotation adjustment mechanism of claim 5, wherein the rim of the driving gear or the driven gear is provided with a void to allow the driving gear and the driven gear to engage with each other discontinuously to transmit power.

8. The electrical connector rotation adjustment mechanism of claim 7, wherein the terminal device comprises a host and a display, the host is rotatably connected to the display based on the transmission shaft, the host can rotate 360 ° to the display, and the circumferential arc occupied by the void part is 180 °.

9. The electrical connector rotation adjustment mechanism of claim 1, wherein the connector is connected to a main board of the terminal device by a flexible connection line.

10. A terminal device, comprising a connector for plug connection and electrical signal transmission, the connector being assembled based on the electrical connector rotation adjustment mechanism of any one of claims 1 to 9.