CN116937217A

CN116937217A - Connector

Info

Publication number: CN116937217A
Application number: CN202210326076.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 谈松林; 龚小龙; 陈少华; 刘明非; 张林林; 庞世冉
Original assignee: Zte Intelligent Technology Nanjing Co ltd
Current assignee: Zte Intelligent Technology Nanjing Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-03-30
Filing date: 2022-03-30
Publication date: 2023-10-24
Also published as: WO2023184965A1

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention provides a connector. The connector includes: the connector comprises a connector body and a detection probe, wherein the detection probe is arranged in the connector body and used for detecting a fault point in the connector body and sending fault point information to a designated terminal through a detection signal. According to the invention, as the detection probe is arranged in the connector, the fault point in the connector can be effectively detected through the detection probe, and further the fault information of the connector can be fed back to the background, so that the fault can be responded and treated in real time.

Description

Connector

Technical Field

The embodiment of the invention relates to the technical field of base station systems, in particular to a connector.

Background

With the rapid development and popularization of the 5G communication technology, the integration degree of the new generation equipment relative to the 4G whole machine is higher and higher, the whole machine volume is smaller and smaller, the power of the whole machine is larger and larger, and the transmission power of the connector for supplying power to the whole machine also provides various requirements for high power transmission, easy installation and operation, high reliability and the like. The connector is used as a bridge for connecting two modules, has strong requirements on operation standardization, and particularly for a power connector, under the condition of improper operation, the problems of ignition, burning loss and the like are easy to occur on an inserting and jointing surface, a welding surface or a crimping surface, and if the faults of the connector cannot be found in time, life and property losses can be caused.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a connector, which at least solves the problem that faults in the connector in the related art are not easy to find in time.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a connector including: the connector comprises a connector body and a detection probe, wherein the detection probe is arranged in the connector body and used for detecting a fault point in the connector body and sending fault point information to a designated terminal through a detection signal.

In an exemplary embodiment, the type of the detection probe includes at least one of: a thermistor type probe, a photoresistor type probe, a harmful gas type probe or a flooding type probe.

In one exemplary embodiment, the failure point inside the connector body includes at least one of: the plug comprises a plug body, a socket, a wire rod and a wire rod.

In one exemplary embodiment, the connector body includes: the socket and the plug are respectively inserted into two ends of the flange adapter, and the sheath is sleeved outside the plug.

In an exemplary embodiment, the plug includes a plug inner core and a plug outer shell fixedly connected with the groove through a protrusion.

In one exemplary embodiment, the plug core includes: the detection probe is fixed on the plug inner core shell through a plastic elastic piece of the plug inner core shell; the plug power pin wire pressing frame assembly is inserted into the plug inner core shell; the plug signal pin is inserted into the plug signal pin bracket, and the plug signal pin bracket is inserted into the plug inner core shell.

In an exemplary embodiment, the detection probe and the plug power pin are attached to each other, and a heat-resistant insulating heat conducting sheet is arranged on an attaching surface of the detection probe and the plug power pin.

In one exemplary embodiment, the plug signal pin is welded to the test probe through a test probe weld hole therein.

In one exemplary embodiment, the flange adapter comprises a signal pin fixing bracket, an adapter signal pin, an adapter power pin, an adapter housing and a signal pin fixing pin arranged on the adapter housing, wherein the signal pin fixing bracket, the adapter signal pin and the adapter power pin are connected in a plugging mode in sequence, and the signal pin fixing pin fixes the adapter power pin on the adapter housing.

In one exemplary embodiment, wherein the socket includes: the socket comprises a socket shell, a socket power signal pin fixing pin, a socket signal pin support and a socket power pin, wherein the socket power signal pin fixing pin, the socket signal pin support and the socket power pin are arranged on the socket shell and are connected in a plugging mode in sequence, and the socket power signal pin fixing pin is fixed inside the socket shell.

In an exemplary embodiment, the type of connector includes at least one of: a power class connector, a radio frequency class connector, a high speed class connector, or an electrical signal class connector.

In an exemplary embodiment, the heat-resistant insulating heat conductive sheet is made of at least one of the following materials: heat conducting gel, ceramic sheet or high temperature resistant plastic sheet.

According to the invention, as the detection probe is arranged in the connector, the fault point in the connector can be effectively detected through the detection probe, and further the fault information of the connector can be fed back to the background, so that the fault can be responded and treated in real time.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of points of failure prone to anomalies according to an embodiment of the present invention;

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

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the overall structure of a connector according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is an exploded view of a connector structure according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a disassembly of a receptacle structure according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a structural disassembly of a flange adapter according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating a plug structure disassembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is an exploded view of a plug core according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of the assembly of the various components in the plug core according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of the overall probing link structure of a thermistor-type probe according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a schematic diagram showing the overall probe link structure separation of a thermistor-type probe according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with the embodiments.

Connector faults often occur on the mating face and the press-contact face with a single board or wire, and fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of fault points prone to abnormality according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, including: crimping face (a): the wire is crimped to the connector, when a worker does not assemble the connector according to the requirement and the crimping is poor, the contact resistance of the joint surface of the wire and the power pin of the connector plug is increased, and the continuous heating can occur at the moment, so that the problems of ignition, burning loss and the like are caused; when the plug and the adapter are plugged together, the contact resistance is increased when the operation is improper (such as not plugging in place or in virtual contact), and the heating and burning problems are caused.

In order to solve the problem that the connector cannot be found out in time in the prior art, an embodiment of the present invention provides a connector, as shown in fig. 2, including: the connector body and the detection probe, the detection probe sets up in the connector body for detect the inside fault point of connector body, and send the fault point information to appointed terminal through the detection signal.

In this embodiment, since the detection probe is disposed in the connector, the fault point inside the connector can be effectively detected by the detection probe, and then the fault information of the connector can be fed back to the complete machine by the detection signal so as to respond and treat the fault in real time.

In this embodiment, different types of detection probes may be used according to application scenarios, for example, the types of detection probes may be thermistor type probes, photoresistor type probes, harmful gas type probes, or flooding type probes.

The type of the connector is not limited in the present embodiment, and for example, the connector may be a power type connector, a radio frequency type connector, a high speed type connector, or an electrical signal type connector.

In this embodiment, the detection probe may be disposed at different positions of the connector according to actual needs, for example, may be disposed on a housing of the connector or disposed inside the connector. As described above, the inspection probe is mainly for detecting, for example, a mating surface between a plug and a socket of a connector body, a mating surface between a wire and a connector body, and a location where the inspection probe is provided is not limited as long as it is convenient to detect a failure point of the connector.

In this embodiment, the connection mode of the detection probe and the connector is not limited, and for example, the detection probe and the connector may be fixed by plugging, clamping, welding, or the like.

In addition, in the present embodiment, in order to avoid damaging the detection probe, some components may be added to protect the detection probe, for example, for a thermistor type probe, a heat-resistant insulating heat-conducting sheet may be added around the detection probe.

In order to facilitate understanding of the technical solution provided by the present invention, a connector including a thermistor-type probe will be described in detail below as an example.

The embodiment of the invention provides a connection containing a thermistor probe, and when the thermistor probe detects a fault point with abnormal heating of a connector, the fault point information is transmitted to a whole machine for fault detection. The thermistor probe is used for uploading fault information to the whole machine to reduce power consumption and other actions, so that the problems of ignition, burning loss and the like on a plugging surface, welding and crimping surface under the condition of improper operation can be effectively avoided

Fig. 3 is a schematic view of the overall structure of a connector according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 4 is an exploded schematic view of the structure of the connector according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the overall structure of the connector includes the following components: socket 1, flange adapter 2, plug 3, sheath 4.

Fig. 5 is a schematic exploded view of a socket structure according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 5, the socket 1 includes the following components: socket housing 11, socket power signal pin 12, socket signal pin 13, socket signal pin holder 14, and socket power pin 15.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 5, the assembly relationship between the various parts of the receptacle assembly includes: the receptacle signal pins 13 are inserted into the signal pin holder 14 as a whole together with the receptacle power pins 15 into the receptacle housing 11, and then the receptacle power signal pin fixing pins 12 are inserted into the fixing pin clamping grooves to fix the signal pin holder 14 together with the receptacle power pins 15 in the receptacle housing 11.

Fig. 6 is a schematic view showing a flange adapter according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 6, the flange adapter 2 includes the following components: signal power pin fixing bracket 21, adapter signal pin 22, adapter power pin 23, adapter housing 24, signal power pin fixing pin 25.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 6, the assembly relationship between the various parts in the flange adapter assembly includes: the adapter power pin 23 passes through the through groove 28 on the signal power pin fixing bracket 21, as shown in fig. 6, the convex structure 26 on the adapter power pin 23 can stabilize the signal power pin fixing bracket 21 at a fixed position, so that the power pin fixing bracket 21 cannot deviate from the opposite direction of the Z axis; the adapter signal pin 22 is then inserted into the signal power pin fixing bracket 21 in the opposite direction of the Z-axis, the signal power pin fixing bracket 21, the adapter signal pin 22 and the adapter power pin 23 are inserted into the adapter housing 24 as a whole, and the adapter signal power pin fixing pin 25 is inserted into the slot of the adapter power pin 23 to fix the adapter power pin 23 to the adapter housing 24 completely.

Fig. 7 is a schematic drawing showing an exploded plug structure according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 7, the plug 3 includes the following components: plug core 31, plug shell 32, plug afterbody clip 33.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 7, the assembly relationship between the various parts of the plug assembly includes: the insertion of the plug core 31 into the plug housing 32 is secured by the cooperation of the projection arrangement 34 and the recess arrangement 35.

Fig. 8 is an exploded schematic view of the plug core according to the embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 8, the plug core 31 further includes the following components: the plug inner core shell 311, the plug signal pin bracket 313, the plug signal pin 314, the plug power pin 315, the heat-resistant insulating heat conducting fin 316 and the plug power pin wire pressing frame group 317.

Fig. 9 is an assembly schematic of the components in the plug core according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 8 and 9, the assembly relationship between the components in the plug core includes: the plug signal pin 314 is inserted into the plug signal pin bracket 313 and is fixed by adopting a metal insert injection molding process; the plug signal pin 314 is inserted into the plug signal pin holder 313 as a whole into the plug inner core housing 311; the heat sensitive probe 312 is spliced on the plug inner core shell 311, and the plastic elastic sheet 318 of the plug inner core shell 311 completely fixes the heat sensitive probe 312 at the target position; the heat sensitive probe 312 is welded and connected with the remaining plug signal pins 314 through heat sensitive signal wire welding holes 319; the heat-resistant insulating heat conducting fin 316 is attached to the plug power pin 315, and meanwhile, the plug power pin wire pressing frame assembly 317 is pushed in, and the plug power pin 315, the heat-resistant insulating heat conducting fin 316 and the plug power pin wire pressing frame assembly 317 are integrally inserted into the plug inner core shell 311, so that inner core assembly is completed.

Fig. 10 is a schematic diagram of an overall detection link structure of a thermistor probe according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 11 is a schematic diagram of a split overall detection link structure of the thermistor probe according to an embodiment of the present invention, where, as shown in fig. 10 and 11, part structures such as a power pin, a signal pin, and the like in each component in a connector are connected as a whole in a link, so that the thermistor probe disposed in the connector can detect whether a plugging surface between a plug and a socket and a plugging surface between a wire and the connector have a fault point with abnormal heat generation, and can process the fault point with abnormal heat generation in time.

In the embodiment of the invention, a thermosensitive probe in the connector feeds back fault point information in a signal form; the connector may be of the power, radio frequency, high speed, electrical signal type, etc. type, in forms including at least indoor, outdoor.

In the above embodiment of the present invention, insulation protection between the probe and the power needle is achieved by adding a heat-resistant insulation heat-conducting sheet around the probe, and at the same time, abnormal high temperature melting of the probe can be avoided, where the heat-resistant insulation heat-conducting sheet may be a heat-conducting gel, a ceramic sheet, a high temperature-resistant plastic sheet, etc.; the thermistor is attached to the thermosensitive detection integral link, so that high temperature at the position of the line pressing can be detected simultaneously, and high temperature between the plug and the socket can be detected simultaneously; the heat-sensitive detection integral link comprises a probe fixing mode, a signal transmission link and other structures.

In this embodiment, for other application scenarios, the heat sensitive probe may be replaced by another type of detection probe, such as a photoresistor type probe, a harmful gas type probe, a flooding type probe, etc., and the installation and setting manners of the detection probe are similar to those of the heat sensitive probe, and specific examples in this embodiment may refer to examples described in the foregoing embodiments and exemplary implementations, and this embodiment will not be repeated herein.

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the modules or steps of the invention described above may be implemented in a general purpose computing device, they may be concentrated on a single computing device, or distributed across a network of computing devices, they may be implemented in program code executable by computing devices, so that they may be stored in a storage device for execution by computing devices, and in some cases, the steps shown or described may be performed in a different order than that shown or described herein, or they may be separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or multiple modules or steps of them may be fabricated into a single integrated circuit module. Thus, the present invention is not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software.

The above description is only of the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, but various modifications and variations can be made to the present invention by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. The connector is characterized by comprising a connector body (100) and a detection probe (312), wherein the detection probe (312) is arranged in the connector body (100) and is used for detecting a fault point of the connector body (100) and sending fault point information to a designated terminal through a detection signal.

2. The connector of claim 1, wherein the type of detection probe (312) comprises at least one of: a thermistor type probe, a photoresistor type probe, a harmful gas type probe or a flooding type probe.

3. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the failure point of the connector body (100) is located at least one of: the plug of the connector body (100) and the socket of the connector body (100) are inserted into each other, and the wire rod and the connector body (100) are inserted into each other.

4. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the connector body (100) comprises: socket (1), flange adapter (2), plug (3) and sheath (4), wherein, socket (1) and plug (3) are pegged graft respectively flange adapter (2) both ends, sheath (4) cover is established plug (3) outside.

5. Connector according to claim 4, characterized in that the plug (3) comprises a plug core (31) and a plug housing (32), the plug core (31) and the plug housing (32) being fixedly connected with the recess by means of a projection.

6. The connector according to claim 5, wherein the plug core (31) comprises: the plug comprises a plug inner core shell (311), a plug signal pin bracket (313), a plug signal pin (314), a plug power pin (315) and a plug power pin wire pressing frame assembly (317), wherein the detection probe (312) is fixed on the plug inner core shell (311) through a plastic elastic piece of the plug inner core shell (311); the plug power pin wire pressing frame assembly (317) is inserted into the plug inner core shell (311); the plug signal pin (314) is inserted into the plug signal pin support (313), and the plug signal pin support (313) is inserted into the plug inner core shell (311).

7. The connector according to claim 6, wherein the inspection probe (312) and the plug power pin (315) are attached to each other, and a heat-resistant insulating heat-conducting sheet (316) is provided on an attaching surface of the inspection probe (312) and the plug power pin (315).

8. The connector of claim 6, wherein the plug signal pin (314) is welded to the test probe (312) through a test probe weld aperture therein.

9. Connector according to claim 4, wherein the flange adapter (2) comprises a signal power pin fixing bracket (21), an adapter signal pin (22), an adapter power pin (23), an adapter housing (24) and a signal power pin fixing pin (25) arranged on the adapter housing (24), wherein the signal power pin fixing bracket (21), the adapter signal pin (22) and the adapter power pin (23) are connected in a plugging manner in sequence, and the signal power pin fixing pin (25) fixes the adapter power pin (23) on the adapter housing (24).

10. Connector according to claim 4, wherein the socket (1) comprises: the socket comprises a socket shell (11), a socket power signal pin fixing pin (12), a socket signal pin (13), a socket signal pin support (14) and a socket power pin (15) which are arranged on the socket shell (11), wherein the socket signal pin (13), the socket signal pin support (14) and the socket power pin (15) are connected in a plugging mode in sequence, and the socket power signal pin fixing pin (12) is fixed inside the socket shell (11).

11. The connector of claim 1, wherein the connector type comprises at least one of: a power class connector, a radio frequency class connector, a high speed class connector, or an electrical signal class connector.

12. The connector according to claim 7, wherein the heat-resistant insulating heat conductive sheet (316) is made of at least one of the following materials: heat conducting gel, ceramic sheet or high temperature resistant plastic sheet.