CN1494752A - Cable connector using sliding actuating engaging device - Google Patents
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A mating connector for connecting a connector, locking means for securing the connector to the mating connector, and a release mechanism for the locking means are provided. The locking means includes a pair of hook members extending along respective opposite side surfaces of a housing, fulcrum portions rotatably supporting respective hook members with respect to the housing, engagement pieces provided on the hook members, engagement recesses provided to the mating connector side for engagement with the engagement pieces, and spring pieces provided on the hook members for urging the engagement pieces in a direction toward the engagement recesses. The release mechanism is arranged so that by movement of a slide cover slidable in an axial direction of a cable with respect to the housing, the hook members are rotated such that the engagement pieces are disengaged from the engagement recesses.
Description
Background technology
The present invention relates generally to a kind of cable connector, and be specifically related to a kind of high-density cable that it terminates to the geared assembly binding connector wherein that having slides actuates.
Be numbered flat 6-208866 unsettled Japanese Patent Application Publication be used to increase the technology of the packing density of a plurality of cable connectors.This technology has reduced the thickness of the locking device (removal protection mechanism) of the connector guide member of the matching connector that is used to be installed on the mainboard, thereby has reduced the size of connector.This makes the packing density that increases a plurality of cable connectors become possibility.This patent shows the use of pin, and described pin extends in the length range of connector, and can be controlled by the user.It is difficult that described pin expands in the high-density applications.
The mode that a large amount of cable connectors can insert is connected to the mainboard of computer.Recently, along with the increase of Computer Processing speed, the size of computer motherboard is generally reducing.For these mainboards are diminished, must on mainboard, increase the packing density of cable connector.In the process of mainboard, be used to prevent that locking device that cable connector breaks away from from the motherboard connector of its cooperation from generally only obtaining a position on the housing parts of cable connector in the high-density installation of cable connector.Provide locking device in independent position, rather than lock function is assigned between a plurality of positions on the connector makes the whole dimension of connector minimize.This content is shown in the above-mentioned Japanese patent application.
Yet this causes a problem.When locking device is provided to a position, the torsional rotation force of locking device or stretching resistance relative a little less than.The power of these types can be produced by the such activity of similar maintenance, repairing and transposition of partial in the computer, and when cable bending or distortion, the power of these types can be applied to locking device.Therefore, in order to improve interconnected reliability, need on connector shell, provide locking device in two positions that separate.
Summary of the invention
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a kind of cable connector, it has the locking device of easy engagement, and this locking device is positioned at two diverse locations and is used to improve reliability, and become minimum by the thickness that makes locking device, will make that a plurality of cable connectors can high-density installation.Cable connector according to the present invention comprises: a connector, its at the end of cable to mesh a matching connector; Locking device, it is used for connector is fixed to matching connector; And the relieving mechanism that is used for locking device.
Locking device comprises: a pair of hook member, and it extends along a plurality of opposite side surfaces of connector shell respectively; A plurality of fulcrum parts, it rotatably is supported in a plurality of hook members on the housing; And a plurality of butt joint engagement recesses that in matching connector, form.Hook member comprises: engagement (suspension hook) end that meshes a plurality of butt joint recesses; And a plurality of spring leafs, it is terminal that it is used for promoting a plurality of engagements with the direction towards a plurality of engagement recesses.Relieving mechanism comprises cover, it can endwisely slip above the connector shell with respect to connector shell and at this, thereby when cover moved away from matching connector, a plurality of hook members were with this direction (counterclockwise) rotation, thereby a plurality of meshing flake is from their a plurality of engagement recesses disengagings.
According to the present invention, described a pair of hook member extends along a plurality of opposite side surfaces of housing, and is rotatably connected to connector shell.Because a plurality of hook members extend along a plurality of sides of housing, so the width of locking device is minimized, and promptly the whole width of connector also is minimized.By this arrangement, locking device can be positioned at two positions different, that separate, and increases the reliability of locking device, makes the width of the connector minimum that becomes be used for the high-density installation of a plurality of connectors simultaneously.
Relieving mechanism need be included in a plurality of guide members inclined-plane in the sliding closure, and a plurality of first contact chips, when cover slided backward with respect to connector shell, described a plurality of first contact chips were used to contact a plurality of sliding closure guide members inclined-plane that makes a plurality of hook members rotations as a plurality of first, the bottom end of a plurality of hook members.By this arrangement,, just can actuate relieving mechanism by sliding closure simply.
When sliding closure when sliding away from the direction of matching connector, the relieving mechanism that also needing is shaped is actuated.By this arrangement, by promoting carriage simply, actuate relieving mechanism, and by further promoting cover, connector can be removed from matching connector with release locking device towards the operator.Therefore, by promoting cover, can realize being used for the releasing operation of connector simply towards the operator.
The free end of the free end of the contact chip of hook member and spring leaf wherein need be in cover the certain distance in space, and when the free end of spring leaf contacts with the guide member inclined-plane, also arrange the free end of spring leaf, thereby spring leaf is out of shape flexibly or deflection.Then, when actuating relieving mechanism, spring leaf flexibly is out of shape, and when not actuating relieving mechanism, spring leaf is positioned at the position of its not deflection.Therefore, by the motion of sliding closure, influence the rotation of a plurality of tabular hook members.
When covering when matching connector slides, preferably actuate locking device.By this arrangement, if connector is connected to matching connector by domination sliding closure and mobile sliding closure towards matching connector simply, then adopt the locking device of under activated state, keeping, can be implemented in being connected between connector and the matching connector.
A plurality of side surfaces of housing need form the plane surface that extends in parallel to each other, and each hook member is rotatably connected to connector shell in the mode of the corresponding side surface of the surperficial contact-connection assembly for electric housing of each hook member, thereby has eliminated the gap between hook member and case side surface in fact.Like this, the width of connector becomes minimum.
For the simplification of width with minimize, the fulcrum that also needs to be used for hook member partly adopts the form of the projection of protruding from the side surface of shell, and is inserted into and is positioned at the mating holes of longitudinal direction in the central part office of tabular hook member.
Also need matching connector to have a plurality of connector guide members, it is used for guiding a plurality of connectors laterally and vertically to be arranged in comb mesh pattern.A plurality of connector guide members can make the compounding practice of a plurality of connectors become easily, and the function of the connector that can execute protection cooperates.
Also need the connector guide member to have a plurality of side surface support plates, when connector cooperates with matching connector, described a plurality of side surface support plate is supported a plurality of side surfaces of connector shell, and provides a plurality of engagement recesses in a plurality of inner wall section of a plurality of side surface support plates.By this arrangement, for the attachment unit interface that makes cooperation is stable, a plurality of side surface support plates are supported a plurality of side surfaces of connector shell.Further, provide a plurality of engagement recesses,, can be provided for the space of a plurality of engagement recesses in order to make the distance between a plurality of side surface support plates minimum by a plurality of inner wall section at a plurality of side surface support plates.
Matching connector can have a plurality of needle-likes contact, and it passes the mainboard of electronic equipment, and in each connector guide member described a plurality of needle-likes contact projection.Also can in the housing of connector, provide a plurality of socket contacts that are connected to a plurality of needle-likes contact.By this arrangement, matching connector can be integrated with mainboard.
By the reason of following detailed description, will be expressly understood: these and other objects of the present invention, characteristic and advantage.
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In this detailed description process, will be frequently with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Fig. 1 is the end view according to the cable connector of the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 is the plane graph according to the cable connector of the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 is the exploded view according to the cable connector of the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 4 (a) is the end view according to the housing of the cable connector of the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 4 (b) is the plane graph according to the housing of the cable connector of the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 4 (c) is the end-view according to the housing of the cable connector of the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 5 is the cut-away view of the cable connector of Fig. 4 (b), and it shows the locking device under locking condition;
Fig. 6 is the cut-away view of the cable connector of Fig. 5, and it shows the locking device during breaking away from;
Fig. 7 is the cut-away view of the cable connector of Fig. 5, and it shows the locking device that fully breaks away from; And
Fig. 8 is the end view according to the amplification of the tabular hook member of the cable connector of the embodiment of the invention.
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Now with reference to Fig. 1 to Fig. 8 embodiments of the invention are described.In this embodiment, the present invention is applicable to the cable connector of the mainboard M that is connected to computer.
Referring to figs. 1 through Fig. 4, cable connector as shown in the figure comprises: connector 10, it is at the end of cable 1, and is used for cable 1 is connected to circuit board M or other electronic equipment of mainboard, computer.Cable 1 and connector thereof 10 cooperates a matching connector 20, and is used for the device that connector 10 locks onto matching connector is included as the part of connector 10 under the state of engagement, and as the relieving mechanism of the device that is used to go out of lock.
Each hook member 30 has whole Y type, and has two extra ends or free arm 34,35.One of free arm 34 adopts spring leaf, or the engagement end 33 that the form of arm 34 is used to promote hook member is in a clockwise direction towards engagement recess 21 rotations of butt connector, and another free arm 35 adopts the form of contact arm 35 as when suspension hook contacts the guide member inclined-plane 41 of sliding closure 40, actuates suspension hook to the position that discharges.This contact causes that the counterclockwise rotation of engagement terminal 33 discharges hook member 30 with recess 21 position engaged from hook member 30 and butt connector.
The locking or the geared assembly of connector of the present invention comprise: a pair of hook member 30, and it extends along the side surface of the housing 11 of corresponding opposing connector 10 respectively; A pair of fulcrum part 12, it supports hook member 30, thus a plurality of hook member 30 rotates on housing 11.This device also comprises pair of meshing recess 21, and it is formed on the matching connector 20, be used to mesh a plurality of engagements ends 33, and this device comprises again: a plurality of contact arms 34, and it is used to mesh a plurality of hook members 30; And a plurality of release arms 35, it is used for discharging a plurality of hook members from them and a plurality of butt connector recess 21 position engaged.A plurality of contact arms 34 are used for promoting a plurality of hook members and move with a direction, and a plurality of release arm 35 is used for promoting a plurality of hook members with opposite direction motion.By the linear movement of sliding closure suitable position on connector, obtain the motion of this rotation.In Fig. 5 to Fig. 7, can see the motion of the motion of a plurality of hook members with the response sliding closure.
Relieving mechanism comprises sliding closure 40, and it can endwisely slipping at cable 1 with respect to housing 11.The end surface of sliding closure 40 has cable through-hole 40a, and cable 1 passes this hole 40a, thereby sliding closure 40 can slide along cable 1.By the motion of sliding closure 40, a plurality of members 30 are so that the direction rotation that a plurality of meshing flake 33 breaks away from from a plurality of engagement recesses 21.
Relieving mechanism also comprises a plurality of guide members inclined-plane 41, and it is in sliding closure 40; And when sliding closure 40 when matching connector 20 slides off, contact chip 35 contact guide member inclined-planes 41 are so that hook member 30 rotations.This arrangement makes actuating by the described sliding closure 40 that slides simply of relieving mechanism just can carry out.
In this embodiment, when sliding closure 40 when sliding away from the direction (that is to say) of matching connector 20 towards the user, actuate relieving mechanism.Like this, by spurring sliding closure 40 simply, actuate relieving mechanism and lock, and by further spurring sliding closure 40 with identical direction, connector 10 can be removed from matching connector 20 to discharge away from matching connector.Therefore, by spurring sliding closure 40 simply towards the user, connector can break away from.
The free terminal of the free terminal of the contact chip 35 of tabular hook member 30 and the spring leaf 34 of hook member 30 is separated from each other with predetermined interval in sliding closure 40, and arrange the free terminal of described contact chip 35 and the free terminal of spring leaf 34, thereby when the free terminal of contact chip 35 contacted guide member inclined-plane 41, spring leaf 34 flexibly was out of shape.Therefore, when actuating relieving mechanism, spring leaf 34 flexibly is out of shape, and when not actuating relieving mechanism, spring leaf 34 is in the state of not deflection.Like this, by controlling of sliding closure 40, can carry out the operation of a plurality of tabular hook members 30.
And,, actuate locking device by sliding closure 40 is slided towards matching connector 20.By this arrangement, if connector 10 is connected to matching connector 20 by the user who arranges sliding closure 40, then can access the cooperation of a plurality of connectors, locking device is kept the state of actuating simultaneously.
A plurality of side surface 11a of housing 11 become a plurality of plane surfaces of the extension that is parallel to each other.Each tabular hook member 30 is rotatably connected to housing 11, thus a plurality of side surface 11a of a corresponding housing 11 of surface contact of a plurality of hook member 30, one of 11a.Removed the gap between a plurality of hook members 30 and corresponding a plurality of side surface 11a several like this, in fact.Like this, the width D of connector 10 can minimize.
The fulcrum part 12 that is used for tabular hook member 30 illustrates with its preferred shape, i.e. the shape of the projection of protruding from the side surface 11a of housing 11, and described fulcrum part 12 is inserted the pilot hole 36 of the core that is placed on hook member 30.As shown in Figure 8, this pilot hole 36 is circular, but in order to delay the speed that a plurality of hook members 30 rotate therein, can adopt other form.Hook member 30 is preferably formed to provide enough elasticity to spring leaf 34 by synthetic resin.Fulcrum part 12 becomes notch part and notch bossing partly respectively alternatively with pilot hole 36.
With reference to Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, matching connector 20 has a plurality of connector guide members 22, is used for guiding at comb mesh pattern level and a plurality of connectors 10 of vertically arranging.A plurality of connector guide members 22 make a plurality of connectors 10 be connected to corresponding a plurality of matching connector easily, and play the effect of protection connector 10.
Each connector guide member 22 has a plurality of side surface support plates 23,23, and when connector 10 cooperated with matching connector 20, described a plurality of side surface support plates 23,23 were supported a plurality of side surfaces of housing 11.A plurality of engagement recesses 21 are provided on the inner wall section of a plurality of side surface support plates 23,23.In order to reduce the distance between a plurality of side surface support plates 23,23, on a plurality of inner wall section of a plurality of side surface support plates 23,23, provide a plurality of engagement recesses 21.
The part of opening of the engagement recess 21 of matching connector 20 has guide member part 24, when meshing flake 33 enters into engagement recess 21, described guide member part 24 is (extremely shown in Figure 7 as Fig. 5 with the direction away from engagement recess 21, for the counterclockwise direction of fulcrum part 12) mobile meshing flake 33, cause spring leaf 34 to lean against on the inner surface of sliding closure 40, therefore, make spring leaf 34 strains with clockwise direction.By make spring leaf 34 strains (extremely shown in Figure 7) with clockwise direction, in spring leaf 34, produce the engaging force that acts on counterclockwise as Fig. 5.This anticlockwise power causes acting on respect to the engaging force on the meshing flake 33 of engagement recess 21 to be increased.
With reference to Fig. 2, matching connector 20 has a plurality of needle-likes contact 25, and it passes the mainboard M of computer, and extends between a plurality of side surface support plates 23,23 of each connector guide member 22.In the housing 11 of connector 10, provide a plurality of socket contact (not shown)s to be used to connect a plurality of needle-likes contact 25.Adopt this arrangement, matching connector 20 is installed to mainboard M in the integrated mode of itself and mainboard M.
As shown in Figure 5, in the cable connector of constructing like this, by between a plurality of side surface support plates 23,23 of matching connector 20, inserting connector 10 simply, locking device works, thus a plurality of step 21a engagements of a plurality of protruding 33a of a plurality of meshing flake 33 and a plurality of engagement recesses 21.
Secondly, the operation of locking device and relieving mechanism will be explained.With reference to Fig. 5, be inserted in the process of matching connector 20 at connector 10, contact a plurality of guide member parts 24 of a plurality of engagement recesses 21 at a plurality of guide members surface 33b at a plurality of front ends place of a plurality of meshing flakes 33, thereby a plurality of meshing flake 33 is pressed downward.At this moment, because a plurality of front ends of a plurality of spring leafs 34 contacts with the inner surface of sliding closure 40, therefore a plurality of spring leaf 34 strains, thus produce engaging force, promote a plurality of meshing flakes 33 and a plurality of protruding 33a and a plurality of engagement recess 21 meshes.
When connector 10 and matching connector 20 cooperate near last stage the time, cause upwards moving a plurality of engagement recesses 21 of a plurality of meshing flakes 33 in Fig. 5 at the engaging force on a plurality of spring leafs 34, a plurality of thus protruding 33a and a plurality of step 21a are meshing with each other.Therefore, actuate locking device.
With reference to Fig. 6, when locking device discharged, sliding closure 40 was with away from the motion of the direction of matching connector 20, (that is to say) towards user's one side thus pulling and remove connector 10.Therefore, a plurality of guide members inclined-plane 41 of sliding closure 40 moves with respect to a plurality of contact chips 35.At this moment, because a plurality of contact chips 35 move along a plurality of guide members inclined-plane 41, therefore as shown in Figure 6, a plurality of hook members 30 slightly rotate with counter clockwise direction around a plurality of fulcrum parts 12.As a result, be released in engagement between a plurality of meshing flakes 33 and a plurality of engagement recess 21.Like this, release locking device.
With reference to Fig. 7, after release locking device, also promote sliding closure 40 with direction away from matching connector 20, thereby be engaged on the notch part (not shown) that forms on the connector 10 at the projection (not shown) that forms on the sliding closure 40, thus after the locking device releasing operation, by spurring sliding closure 40 simply, can remove connector 10 from matching connector 20 with direction away from matching connector 20.
Like this, in the present embodiment, the pair of plate-shaped hook member 30 that extends along a plurality of opposite side surfaces of shell 11 rotatably connects with respect to the housing 11 of connector 10.Each hook member 30 is the form of thin plate, and extends along the side surface of corresponding housing 11.Therefore, the width D of locking device can minimize so that the high-density mounting of a plurality of connectors.By this arrangement, locking device can also be placed on two positions of connector shell to increase the reliability of locking device.
In the present embodiment, described an example, wherein the present invention is applied to be connected to the cable connector of mainboard.Yet the present invention need can be applied to any other connector of locking device.
As mentioned above,, provide locking device, may improve the reliability of locking device by two positions rather than a position on connector according to cable connector of the present invention.Have locking device two positions twisting resistance and motive force on the attachment unit interface that is applied to cooperation are provided more effectively.By reducing the width of locking device, also be convenient to the high-density mounting of a plurality of connectors.Further,, promptly, actuate the relieving mechanism that is used for locking device thus, be convenient to connector and easily break away from and remove from matching connector by be placed on the sliding closure on the connector to slide away from the direction of matching connector by adopting this arrangement.
In view of the preferred embodiments of the present invention illustrate and describe, for those of ordinary skill in the art, apparent: can change content wherein with revising and do not break away from marrow of the present invention, scope of the present invention limits by the claim of enclosing.
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(according to the modification of the 19th of treaty)
1. cable connector (10) that is used to cooperate butt connector (20) comprising:
Connector shell (11); Be placed on a plurality of conductive terminals in the connector shell (11); Be used to lock the device of the connector that meshes with butt connector; And the device that is used to discharge connector latch, described locking device comprises: a pair of hook member (30), and it extends along the opposite side surfaces of connector shell (11) respectively; A pair of fulcrum part (12), it is placed on the described connector shell (11), and rotatably support the hook member (30) on it, when described connector (10) and butt connector (20) when linking jointly, hook member (30) engagement is placed on the engagement recess (21) in the described butt connector (20); It is characterized in that:
Described hook member (30) comprising: engagement terminal (33), and its first free terminal at hook member (30) forms; And contact arm of the spring (34), its second free terminal at described hook member (30) forms, contact arm of the spring (34) promotes hook member (30) with first direction of rotation around described fulcrum part (12), thereby the described engagement recess (21) of described butt connector (20) is meshed in described engagement terminal (33); And
Wherein said lock release comprises cover (40), it is installed to described connector shell (11) slidably, and can described connector shell (11) and on the release arm (35) that the 3rd free terminal of described hook member (30) forms sliding motion axially, described thus cover (40) causes described contact arm of the spring (34) to promote described hook member engagement terminal (33) rotating into and described butt connector engagement recess (21) position engaged in the motion of first direction, and described cover (40) causes the described hook member engagement of described release arm (35) rotation terminal (33) to be left and described butt connector engagement recess (21) position engaged with the motion of second direction.
2. cable connector as claimed in claim 1 (10), wherein said releasing device also comprises the guide member inclined-plane (41) that forms with described cover (40), when described sliding closure (40) slides with described second direction, described release arm (35) contact described guide member inclined-plane (41).
3. cable connector as claimed in claim 2 (10) wherein when described cover (40) slides away from described butt connector (20), is actuated described releasing device.
4. cable connector as claimed in claim 2 (10), wherein said contact arm of the spring (34) is separated from each other with described release arm (35), thereby when described release arm (35) contact described guide member inclined-plane (41), described contact arm of the spring (34) deflection.
5. cable connector as claimed in claim 1 (10), wherein when described cover (40) when described butt connector (20) slides, actuate described locking device.
6. cable connector as claimed in claim 1 (10), a plurality of side surfaces (11a) of wherein said connector shell (11) form in parallel to each other a plurality of plane surfaces that extend, and each described hook member (30) contacts side surface one of corresponding of described connector shell (11).
7. cable connector as claimed in claim 1 (10), the described fulcrum part (12) of wherein said hook member (30) adopts the convex form of protruding from the side surface (11a) of described connector shell (11), and is inserted in the mating holes (36) of the main part that is placed on described hook member (30).
8. cable connector as claimed in claim 1 (10), wherein said butt connector (40) has a plurality of connector guide members (22), is used to connect with grid shape described a plurality of connectors (10) horizontal and that vertically arrange.
9. cable connector as claimed in claim 8 (10), wherein each connector guide member (22) has a plurality of side surface support plates (23), when described connector (10) is connected to described butt connector (40), described a plurality of side surface support plates (23) are supported a plurality of side surfaces (11a) of connector shell (11), and described engagement recess (21) is provided to the inner wall section of side surface support plate (23).
10. cable connector as claimed in claim 9 (10), wherein said butt connector (40) comprises a plurality of pin contact (25), it passes mainboard to electronic equipment, and a plurality of pin contact (25) are in each described connector guide member (23) internal projection, and provide a plurality of socket contacts that are connected to pin contact (25) in the described housing (11) of described connector (10).
11. a locking device, it is used for connector (10) is fixed to matching connector (20), and described locking device comprises:
Hook member (30), it is rotatably fixed to connector (10), described hook member (30) comprises meshing flake (33), it is placed on the side of pivot of hook member (30), a part that is used for engagement fit connector (20) is to be fixed to connector (10) herein, and spring leaf (34), it is placed on respect on the pivot side relative with meshing flake (33);
The guide member part (24) that on matching connector, forms; And
Sliding closure (40), it is installed to the part of connector (10) slidably, described sliding closure (40) comprises inner surface, it is placed in position, thereby during the sliding motion of sliding closure (40) with respect to connector, meshing flake (33) is in abutting connection with the guide member part (24) of matching connector (20), so that turning moment is applied on the hook member (30) with the first direction around pivot, and during the sliding motion of sliding closure (40) with respect to connector (10), spring leaf (34) is in abutting connection with the sliding closure inner surface, so that turning moment is applied on the hook member (30) with the second direction relative with first direction around pivot.
12. locking device as claimed in claim 11, wherein hook member (30) also comprises contact chip (35), it is placed on respect on the pivot side relative with meshing flake (33), and sliding closure (40) also comprises guide member inclined-plane (41), it is placed in position, thereby during the sliding motion of sliding closure (40) with respect to connector (10), contact chip (35) is in abutting connection with sliding closure guide member inclined-plane (41), so that turning moment is applied on the hook member (30) with the first direction around pivot.
13. locking device as claimed in claim 12, wherein hook member (30) is common " Y " shape.
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1. cable connector that is used to cooperate butt connector comprises:
Connector shell; Be placed on a plurality of conductive terminals in the connector shell; Be used to lock the device of the connector that meshes with butt connector; And the device that is used to discharge connector latch, described locking device comprises: a pair of hook member, and it extends along the opposite side surfaces of connector shell respectively; A pair of fulcrum part, it is placed on the described connector shell, and rotatably supports the hook member on it, and when described connector and butt connector linked jointly, the hook member engagement was placed on the engagement recess in the described butt connector;
Described hook member comprises: engagement is terminal, and its first free terminal at hook member forms; And contact arm of the spring, its second free terminal at described hook member forms, and contact arm of the spring promotes hook member with first direction of rotation around described fulcrum part, thus the described engagement recess of the described butt connector of the terminal engagement of described engagement; And
Wherein said lock release comprises cover, it is installed to described connector shell slidably, and can described connector shell and on the release arm that the 3rd free terminal of described hook member forms sliding motion axially, it is terminal rotating into and described butt connector engagement recess position engaged that the described thus motion that covers on first direction causes described contact arm of the spring to promote the engagement of described hook member, and described cover causes described release arm to rotate that described hook member engagement end leaves and described butt connector engagement recess position engaged with the motion of second direction.
2. cable connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein said releasing device also comprise the guide member inclined-plane that forms with described cover, and when described sliding closure slided with described second direction, described release arm contacted described guide member inclined-plane.
3. cable connector as claimed in claim 2 wherein when described cover slides away from described butt connector, is actuated described releasing device.
4. cable connector as claimed in claim 2, wherein said contact arm and described release arm are separated from each other, thereby when described release arm contacts described guide member inclined-plane, described contact arm of the spring deflection.
5. cable connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein when described cover when described butt connector slides, actuate described locking device.
6. cable connector as claimed in claim 1, a plurality of side surfaces of wherein said connector shell form in parallel to each other a plurality of plane surfaces that extend, and each described hook member contacts side surface one of corresponding of described housing.
7. cable connector as claimed in claim 1, the described fulcrum of wherein said hook member partly adopt the convex form of protruding from the side surface of described connector shell, and are inserted in the mating holes of the main part that is placed on described hook member.
8. cable connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein said butt connector have a plurality of connector guide members, are used to connect with grid shape described a plurality of connectors horizontal and that vertically arrange.
9. cable connector as claimed in claim 8, wherein each connector guide member has a plurality of side surface support plates, when described connector is connected to described butt connector, described a plurality of side surface support plate is supported a plurality of side surfaces of connector shell, and described engagement recess is provided to the inner wall section of side surface support plate.
10. cable connector as claimed in claim 9, wherein said butt connector comprises a plurality of pin contact, it passes mainboard to electronic equipment, and a plurality of pin contact are in each described connector guide member internal projection, and a plurality of socket contacts that are connected to pin contact are provided in the described housing of described connector.
11. a locking device, it is used for connector is fixed to matching connector, and described locking device comprises:
Hook member, it is rotatably fixed to connector, described hook member comprises meshing flake, it is placed on the side of pivot of hook member, a part that is used for the engagement fit connector is to be fixed to connector herein, and spring leaf, it is placed on respect on the pivot side relative with meshing flake;
The guide member part that on matching connector, forms; And
Sliding closure, it is installed to the part of connector slidably, described sliding closure comprises inner surface, it is placed in position, thereby during the sliding motion of sliding closure with respect to connector, meshing flake is in abutting connection with the guide member part of matching connector, so that turning moment is applied on the hook member with the first direction around pivot, and during the sliding motion of sliding closure with respect to connector, spring leaf is in abutting connection with the sliding closure inner surface, so that turning moment is applied on the hook member with the second direction relative with first direction around pivot.
12. locking device as claimed in claim 11, wherein hook member also comprises contact chip, it is placed on respect on the pivot side relative with meshing flake, and sliding closure also comprises the guide member inclined-plane, it is placed in position, thereby during the sliding motion of sliding closure with respect to connector, contact chip is in abutting connection with sliding closure guide member inclined-plane, so that turning moment is applied on the hook member with the first direction around pivot.
13. locking device as claimed in claim 12, wherein hook member is common " Y " shape.
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