CN201355740Y

CN201355740Y - Rotatable connector combination

Info

Publication number: CN201355740Y
Application number: CNU2009200033353U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张文陇; 王振铭; 许金汉; 许培长
Original assignee: Northstar Systems Inc
Current assignee: Northstar Systems Inc
Priority date: 2009-01-19
Filing date: 2009-01-19
Publication date: 2009-12-02
Anticipated expiration: 2019-01-19

Abstract

The utility model provides a rotatable connector combination, which comprises a bearing base and a connector, wherein the bearing base is provided with two lateral plates arranged at intervals, inside faces of the two lateral plates are concavely provided with a pivoting groove and a guiding groove respectively, the connector is arranged between the two lateral plates, two sides of the connector are convexly provided with a pivot and a projection respectively, the pivot is in pivot joint in the pivoting groove, and the projection is movably located in the guiding groove. The connector can rotate on the bearing base, which enables the connector to have various use angles. Therefore, the connector can be socketed with an electronic product in a certain angle and then contain the electronic product after rotating to another angle.

Description

The rotary connector combination

Technical field

The utility model relates to a kind of connector combination, refers to a kind of rotary connector combination especially.

Background technology

The general information product, as personal computer, mobile computer, mobile phone etc., all have can external other electronic product function.With the personal computer is example; personal computer regular meeting some the carry-on dish (flash drive) of pegging graft, wireless mouse receiver (wireless mouse adapter), Digital Television signal receiver or satellite fix signal recipient etc. are in order to the electronic product of transmission signal or archives.These electronic products can expand the hardware capability of personal computer, make personal computer that more polynary service can be provided, and are more convenient for the user and use.

And present above-mentioned electronic product is when being connected on the personal computer, all be on the connector (socket connector) that is connected personal computer, universal serial bus connector (Universal Serial Busconnector, USB connector) for example.Above-mentioned connector is fixedly arranged in the housing of personal computer, and the inner edge surface of close housing.This housing is offered the opening of a little corresponding connector positions and external form in addition, makes above-mentioned connector can not covered by housing.When electronic product was connected in connector, some stretched to electronic product in the housing and inserts in the connector all the other partly then outer being exposed at outside the housing.Just refer to, have a works with the outer edge surface vertical protrusion of housing on the housing.

Such situation causes electronic product to be collided by the user easily, and then causes electronic product to come off from housing.Or more serious, electronic product is broken or is severed and can't continue to use.

Summary of the invention

Main order of the present utility model is to provide the combination of a kind of rotary connector, and it can allow the connector upset, makes connector have different angles to peg graft for other electronic product and takes in electronic product after the grafting.

For reaching above-mentioned purpose, the utility model proposes a kind of rotary connector combination, comprising: a load bearing seat, it has spaced two side plates, respectively is arranged with a pivot connected slot and a guide channel on the medial surface of these two side plates; And a connector, they are between these two side plates, and the two sides of this connector respectively are convexly equipped with out a drive-connecting shaft and a projection, and this drive-connecting shaft is articulated in this pivot connected slot, and this projection is movably located in this guide channel.

The utility model proposes a kind of rotary connector combination in addition, comprising: a load bearing seat, and it has spaced two side plates, respectively is convexly equipped with out a drive-connecting shaft and a projection on the medial surface of these two side plates; And a connector, they are between these two side plates, and the two sides of this connector respectively are arranged with a pivot connected slot and a guide channel, and this drive-connecting shaft is articulated in this pivot connected slot, and this projection is movably located in this guide channel.

The utility model more proposes a kind of rotary connector combination, comprising: a load bearing seat, and it has spaced two side plates; And a connector, it is articulated on this load bearing seat, and between these two side plates.

The utlity model has following beneficial effect:

This connector can rotate on this load bearing seat, makes this connector that multiple use angle be arranged, and this connector can remain on the position after the rotation.Therefore this connector can be pegged graft by an electronic product in a certain angle, and then goes to another angle and take in this electronic product.

When rotary connector combination of the present utility model is arranged at information products, the electronic product that is plugged in this connector can rotate to an angle, make this electronic product can not protrude significantly on the housing of information products, therefore reduce the chance that this electronic product is collided.

For enabling further to understand feature of the present utility model and technology contents, see also following relevant detailed description of the present utility model and graphic, yet appended graphic only for reference and explanation usefulness are not to be used for to the utility model limitr in addition.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the stereogram of the utility model rotary connector combination;

Fig. 2 is the three-dimensional exploded view of the utility model rotary connector combination;

Fig. 3 is the plug view of the utility model rotary connector combination;

Fig. 4 is the receiving state schematic diagram of the utility model rotary connector combination;

Fig. 5 is the schematic diagram that is applied to information products of the utility model rotary connector combination;

Fig. 6 is the three-dimensional exploded view of second embodiment of the utility model rotary connector combination;

Fig. 7 is the three-dimensional exploded view of the 3rd embodiment of the utility model rotary connector combination;

Fig. 8 is the three-dimensional exploded view of the 4th embodiment of the utility model rotary connector combination.

[primary clustering symbol description]

10 load bearing seats

11 side plates

111 buckling grooves

112 clamping blocks

12 first connecting plates

13 second connecting plates

14 wing plates

141 fixing holes

15 pivot connected slots

16 link slots

17 guide channels

171 location divisions

172 connecting portions

18 drive-connecting shafts

19 projections

20 connectors

21 metal shells

22 plastic casings

23 openings

24 drive-connecting shafts

25 projections

26 pull piece

27 pivot connected slots

28 link slots

29 guide channels

30 information products

31 housings

32 storage tanks

40 electronic products

Embodiment

Seeing also Figure 1 and Figure 2 is rotary connector combination of the present utility model, it comprises: a load bearing seat 10 and a connector 20, wherein connector 20 is articulated on the load bearing seat 10, make connector 20 can rotate an angle on load bearing seat 10, being described in detail of this rotary connector combination is as follows.

Load bearing seat 10 has two side plates 11, one first connecting plate 12, one second connecting plate 13 and two wing plates 14.Two side plates 11 respectively are a rectangular-shaped riser, and parallel to each other and compartment of terrain arrangement.Link to each other with first connecting plate 12 and second connecting plate 13 between two side plates 11, wherein first connecting plate 12 connects the rear end of two side plates 11, and the end face of first connecting plate 12 is consistent with the end face and the bottom surface of bottom surface and two side plates 11; And second connecting plate 13 connects the front end of two side plates 11, and the bottom surface of second connecting plate 13 is consistent with the bottom surface of two side plates 11, but it highly has only about 1/5th of side plate 11.

The function of first connecting plate 12 and second connecting plate 13 is in order to strengthen the structural strength of two side plates 11, to make the relative position of two side plates 11 be difficult for change.And two side plates 11, first connecting plate 12 and second connecting plates 13 can be produced with being formed in one.

Two wing plates 14 are extended outward by the lateral surface of one of them side plate 11 respectively, and the bottom surface of two wing plates 14 is consistent with side plate 11, but it highly has only the some of side plate 11.Each wing plate 14 is concaved with two fixing holes 141 respectively, and fixing hole 141 can supply some fixation kits (figure does not show) to pass, for example bolt, screw rod etc.Therefore the function of two wing plates 14 for make things convenient for the user fixedly load bearing seat 10 (or whole rotary connector makes up) on other electronic product 40 (as shown in Figure 5).

The medial surface that load bearing seat 10 has more two pivot connected slots 15, two

link slots

16 and 17, two side plates 11 of two guide channels respectively is arranged with a pivot connected slot 15, a link slot 16 and a guide channel 17.Pivot connected slot 15 is a cylindrical grooves in fact, and an end of link slot 16 is connected with pivot connected slot 15, and the other end then extends to the bottom surface (also can be end face, end is seen the mounting means of connector 20) of side plate 11.The groove width of link slot 16 and pivot connected slot 15 junctions is less than the groove width (or diameter) of pivot connected slot 15, and so, when the drive-connecting shaft 24 of connector 20 described later was articulated in pivot connected slot 15, drive-connecting shaft 24 was difficult for breaking away from pivot connected slot 15 to lower slider.The groove width of link slot 16 remainders is then greater than the groove width of pivot connected slot 15 and the diameter of drive-connecting shaft 24.

It is one circular-arc that the bearing of trend of guide channel 17 presents, and the length of its extension (arc length) has determined connector 20 rotatable angles.Two guide channels 17 respectively have two

location divisions

171 and 172, two location divisions 171 of a junction are arranged at connecting portion 172 two ends.The groove width of two location divisions 171 is greater than the groove width of connecting portion 172.So, when the projection 25 of connector 20 described later moves to location division 171, be difficult for shifting out location division 171 again, reach the function of location whereby.

Above-mentioned pivot connected slot 15, link slot 16 and guide channel 17 can be designed to run through the inside and outside two sides of side plate 11, for example shown in the present embodiment.

Connector 20 can be various types of connectors, for example USB connector, HDMI connector, sound source wire connector or grid line connector etc., and present embodiment is an example with a USB connector.The width of connector 20 (left surface is to the distance of right flank) is less than the spacing between two side plates 11.

Connector 20 has a metal shell 21 and a plastic casing 22.Metal shell 21 is provided with glue core, signal terminal assemblies such as (figure do not show), and plastic casing 22 is coated on outside the metal shell 21.Connector 20 front ends have an opening 23, and the pin connector of other electronic product 40 (as shown in Figure 5) (figure does not show) can be inserted in the metal shell 21 by opening 23, with the signal terminal generation electric connection of connector 20.Plastic casing 22 can be integratedly injection molding and makes it (figure does not show), or as present embodiment be divided into about two plastic casings, and then combination forming.

Connector 20 has more two drive-connecting shafts 24, two projections 25 and are pulled piece 26, and the left and right sides face of connector 20 respectively is convexly equipped with out a drive-connecting shaft 24 and a projection 25, and the end face of connector 20 is convexly equipped with out pulls piece 26.In more detail, the left and right sides face of the plastic casing 22 of connector 20 respectively is convexly equipped with out a drive-connecting shaft 24 and a projection 25, and the end face of plastic casing 22 is convexly equipped with out pulls piece 26.The external form of two drive-connecting shafts 24 is a cylinder, and its diameter is slightly less than the diameter of pivot connected slot 15.The external form of two projections 25 is a hemisphere, and its diameter is slightly less than the groove width of the location division 171 of guide channel 17.Relative position between drive-connecting shaft 24 and the projection 25 is corresponding to the relative position between pivot connected slot 15 and the guide channel 17.

In when assembling, connector 20 can be positioned over the below of load bearing seat 10 earlier, and allows the drive-connecting shaft 24 of connector 20 be positioned at the below of link slot 16.And then connector 20 is pushed between two side plates 11 from lower to upper, drive-connecting shaft 24 can pass link slot 16 and enter in the pivot connected slot 15, is articulated at last in the pivot connected slot 15; Projection 25 also can enter in the guide channel 17, and is arranged in the location division 171 of guide channel 17.

After connector 20 and load bearing seat 10 had been assembled, connector 20 can have two kinds of user modes, and a kind of is plug state (as shown in Figure 3), and another kind is receiving state (as shown in Figure 4).See also Fig. 3, when user's desire is inserted into the pin connector (as shown in Figure 5) of an electronic product on the connector 20, the user can push the rear end of connector 20, or pull piece 26, make connector 20 around upwards upset of pivot connected slot 15, the projection 25 of connector 20 can move in guide channel 17 then.Projection 25 can then move along connecting portion 172 by shifting out from the location division 171 than the top, enters to the location division 171 than the below then.So connector 20 can remain in the state of upwards steeving, and its angle of steeving is about 45 degree, and user's pin connector that can conveniently reach easily electronic product 40 is inserted into connector 20 then.The angle of steeving is determined by the development length of guide channel 17, does not limit it.

See also Fig. 4, after pin connector is inserted into connector 20, the user further overturns connector 20 downwards together with pin connector again, the projection 25 of connector 20 can be got back to location division 171 than the top by the location division 171 of below, and connector 20 remains in level (or referring to that the elevation angle is zero) then.When the user desired to pull out this pin connector, connector 20 is upwards overturn got final product again, gets back to the plug state.

See also Fig. 5, the main application mode of rotary connector combination of the present utility model is to be installed on the information products 30, as the signal coffret between information products 30 and the electronic product 40.Information products 30 have a housing 31 and a storage tank 32, nextport hardware component NextPorts such as a little circuit boards, hard disk (figure does not show) can be set in the housing 31, and storage tank 32 is arranged with on a side of housing 31, and present embodiment are to be example with the leading flank.The width of storage tank 32 is slightly larger than the width (distance of left and right sides face) of load bearing seat 10, and its length is much larger than the length of load bearing seat 10, and its groove height is slightly larger than the height of load bearing seat 10 then.The combination of this rotary connector is arranged in the storage tank 32, the opening 23 of connector 20 towards directly over.

When the user will peg graft this electronic product 40, present embodiment is an example with a wireless mouse signal recipient, can earlier connector 20 be spent to inner rotary 45, make opening 23 be exposed to outside the storage tank 32, the user can be inserted into electronic product 40 on the connector 20 easily then.Again connector 20 is inwardly rotated afterwards, make electronic product 40 and connector 20 all be accommodated in the storage tank 32.So, electronic product 40 can not protrude from housing 31 significantly, and electronic product 40 also is difficult for being collided and damages or drop.

See also Fig. 6, rotary connector combination of the present utility model has one second embodiment in addition.Pivot joint mode between connector 20 and the load bearing seat 10 has many modes, and in the present embodiment, the medial surface of the side plate 11 of load bearing seat 10 convexes with a drive-connecting shaft 18 and a projection 19, and it is similar to drive-connecting shaft 24, the projection 25 of first embodiment.And the two sides of connector 20 respectively are arranged with a pivot connected slot 27, a link slot 28 and a guide channel 29, and it is pivot connected slot 15, link slot 16 and the guide channel 17 of similar first embodiment respectively.The drive-connecting shaft 18 of load bearing seat 10 is articulated in the pivot connected slot 27 of connector 20, and projection 19 is movably located in the guide channel 29.Connector 20 also can rotate on load bearing seat 10 because of the effect of drive-connecting shaft 18 and pivot connected slot 26, and can remain on postrotational position because of the effect of projection 19 and guide channel 29.

See also Fig. 7, rotary connector of the present utility model combination has one the 3rd embodiment in addition, and itself and first embodiment are similar, but the side plate 11 of the 3rd embodiment has a buckling groove 111 and a clamping block 112 in addition.Buckling groove 111 is arranged with on the medial surface of side plate 11, and is through to the lateral surface and the bottom surface of side plate 11, and clamping block 112 is connected in the buckling groove 111.When clamping block 112 clampings to buckling groove 111, the medial surface of clamping block 112, lateral surface and bottom surface are consistent with medial surface, lateral surface and the bottom surface of side plate 11.Be arranged with this pivot connected slot 15 and guide channel 17 on the medial surface of clamping block 112, but do not have link slot 16 as first embodiment.

When assembling, can make the drive-connecting shaft 24 of connector 20 be articulated in the pivot connected slot 15 earlier with two clamping blocks 112 and connector 20 assemblings, projection 25 is arranged in guide channel 17 then.Again connector 20 and two clamping blocks 112 are packed in the load bearing seat 10 by load bearing seat 10 belows together afterwards.

The clamping block 112 of the 3rd embodiment and buckling groove 111 also can be applicable to (figure does not show) among second embodiment, and the medial surface of clamping block 112 can be convexly equipped with out as the drive-connecting shaft 18 of second embodiment and projection 19.During assembling, also be earlier with connector 20 and clamping block 112 combinations, in the load bearing seat 10 of packing into together again.

See also the 8th figure and the 5th figure, rotary connector combination of the present utility model has more one the 4th embodiment, and the 4th embodiment and the first embodiment difference are: load bearing seat 10 is formed in one with housing 31.Mean side plate 11 assemblies such as grade that housing 31 direct forming go out load bearing seat 10, so can save the required time of assembling load bearing seat 10 and housing 31.

Comprehensively above-mentioned, rotary connector combination of the present utility model has following effect:

Connector 20 can rotate on load bearing seat 10, makes connector 20 that multiple use angle can be arranged, and connector 20 can remain on the position after the rotation.Therefore connector 20 can be pegged graft by electronic product 40 in a certain angle, and then goes to another angle and take in electronic product 40.

The rotary connector combination can be arranged on the information products 30, makes the electronic product 40 that is plugged in connector 20 can not protrude significantly outside the housing 31 of information products 30, therefore reduces the chance that electronic product 40 is collided.

Only the above only is preferred embodiment of the present utility model; non-ly be intended to limit to scope of patent protection of the present utility model; so the equivalence of using the utility model specification and graphic content to do such as changes, and all in like manner all is contained in the rights protection scope of the present utility model, closes and gives Chen Ming.

Claims

1, a kind of rotary connector combination is characterized in that, comprising:

One load bearing seat, it has spaced two side plates, respectively is arranged with a pivot connected slot and a guide channel on the medial surface of described two side plates; And

A connector, they are between described two side plates, and the two sides of described connector respectively are convexly equipped with out a drive-connecting shaft and a projection, and described drive-connecting shaft is articulated in the described pivot connected slot, and described projection is movably located in the described guide channel.

2, connector as claimed in claim 1 combination is characterized in that, it is one circular-arc that the bearing of trend of described guide channel presents.

3, connector combination as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that described guide channel has two location divisions and a junction, and described two location divisions are arranged at described connecting portion two ends.

4, connector combination as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described side plate has a buckling groove and a clamping block in addition, described buckling groove is arranged with on the medial surface of described side plate, described clamping block is connected in the described buckling groove, is arranged with described pivot connected slot and described guide channel on the medial surface of described clamping block.

5, connector combination as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, is arranged on the housing of information products.

6, connector combination as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that described housing has a storage tank, and described rotary connector combination is arranged in the described storage tank.

7, a kind of rotary connector combination is characterized in that, comprising:

One load bearing seat, it has spaced two side plates, respectively is convexly equipped with out a drive-connecting shaft and a projection on the medial surface of described two side plates; And

A connector, they are between described two side plates, and the two sides of described connector respectively are arranged with a pivot connected slot and a guide channel, and described drive-connecting shaft is articulated in the described pivot connected slot, and described projection is movably located in the described guide channel.

8, connector as claimed in claim 7 combination is characterized in that, it is one circular-arc that the bearing of trend of described guide channel presents.

9, connector combination as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that described guide channel has two location divisions and a junction, and described two location divisions are arranged at described connecting portion two ends.

10, a kind of rotary connector combination is characterized in that, comprising:

One load bearing seat, it has spaced two side plates; And

A connector, it is articulated on the described load bearing seat, and between described two side plates.