CN209948254U - Floating connector - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to an electric field discloses a connector floats, including first portion, second portion and a plurality of connecting piece, the connecting piece includes first connecting piece and second connecting piece, and first connecting piece is located the first portion, and the second connecting piece is located the second portion, first portion and second portion rigid connection, and first connecting piece supports with the second connecting piece and holds, and the second connecting piece can take place relative motion for first connecting piece. The electric connector is divided into two parts, relative movement can be generated between the two parts, and meanwhile, the electric connection parts between the two parts are always in contact, so that the rigid electric connection of components in different movement states is realized.

Description

Floating connector

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an electric field especially relates to a connector floats.

Background

Generally speaking, the camera is generally located above the windshield of the vehicle, the main control board of the vehicle main control system is mostly located on the base, the vibration environments of the main control board are different, namely the camera and the main control board are actually always in a relative motion state, the common line connection is easy to shake along with the vibration, the camera and the main control board are easy to break and fall off after long-term use, the connection reliability of the camera is limited, the rigid connection can lead to the need of synchronizing the vibration between the camera and the main control board, the feasibility is low, and the cost is quite high, so that the middleware capable of maintaining rigid electric connection and adapting to the state that two electrical components can move relatively is needed.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to overcome the defects of the prior art, the utility model provides a floating connector, which solves the problem that the rigid electric connection can not be used for objects in two different motion states in the prior art.

The utility model provides a technical scheme that its technical problem adopted is:

a floating connector comprises a first portion, a second portion and a plurality of connecting pieces, wherein each connecting piece comprises a first connecting piece and a second connecting piece, the first connecting piece is located in the first portion, the second connecting piece is located in the second portion, the first portion and the second portion are in rigid connection, the first connecting pieces are abutted to the second connecting pieces, and the second connecting pieces can move relative to the first connecting pieces.

As a further improvement of the above technical solution, the first portion includes a first mortise portion, the first connecting member includes a first tenon, a first free end of the first tenon is matched with the first clamping groove of the first mortise portion, and a first free end of the first tenon abuts against the second connecting member.

As a further improvement of the above technical solution, the second portion includes a second mortise portion, the second connecting member includes a second tenon, a first free end of the second tenon is matched with the second clamping groove of the second mortise portion, and the first free end of the second tenon abuts against the first connecting member.

As a further improvement of the above technical scheme, the first mortise portion is provided with a first mortise and a mortise, the first mortise is matched with the second free end of the first tenon, and the first free end of the first tenon passes through the mortise and is clamped into the first clamping groove.

As a further improvement of the above technical scheme, the first clamping groove faces the second clamping groove, the first free end of the second tenon extends out of the convex block towards the first clamping groove, and the convex block extends into the second clamping groove and abuts against the first tenon.

As a further improvement of the above technical scheme, the second portion includes a third mortise portion, the second free end of the second tenon is matched with a third mortise of the third mortise portion, and the third mortise is arranged in a step shape.

As a further improvement of the above technical solution, the first portion further includes a first base plate, the second portion further includes a second base plate, the second free end of the first tenon is welded to the first base plate, and the second free end of the second tenon is welded to the second base plate.

As a further improvement of the above technical scheme, the third fourth of the twelve earthly branches portion is provided with a positioning groove, the second fourth of the twelve earthly branches portion is provided with a positioning protrusion, and the positioning groove is matched with the positioning protrusion to press the second fourth of the twelve earthly branches portion onto the second substrate.

As a further improvement of the above technical scheme, the connector further comprises a blocking piece, one end of the blocking piece is connected with the first substrate or the second substrate, the other end of the blocking piece is correspondingly clamped with the first mortise part or the third mortise part, and the blocking piece fixes the first mortise part on the first substrate or fixes the third mortise part on the second substrate.

As a further improvement of the above technical solution, the first substrate and the second substrate are provided with electrical connection holes, and the electrical connection holes are respectively connected with the connection terminal of the first portion and the connection terminal of the second portion.

The utility model has the advantages that: the electric connector is divided into two parts, relative movement can be generated between the two parts, and meanwhile, the electric connection parts between the two parts are always in contact, so that the rigid electric connection of components in different movement states is realized.

Drawings

The present invention will be further explained with reference to the drawings and examples.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a floating connector according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a perspective view of an assembled floating connector in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a perspective view of a first portion of the floating connector of an embodiment of the present invention after assembly;

fig. 4 is an exploded view of the first portion of the floating connector after assembly in an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 5 is a perspective view of a second portion of the floating connector of an embodiment of the present invention after assembly;

fig. 6 is an exploded view of the second portion of the floating connector after assembly in an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 7 is a top view of an assembled floating connector in an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 7 taken along the line A-A;

fig. 9 is an exploded view of fig. 7 taken along the line a-a.

Detailed Description

This section will describe in detail the embodiments of the present invention, preferred embodiments of the present invention are shown in the attached drawings, which function is to supplement the description of the text part of the specification with figures, so that each technical feature and the whole technical solution of the present invention can be understood visually and vividly, but it cannot be understood as a limitation to the scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, if an orientation description is referred to, for example, the directions or positional relationships indicated by "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", etc. are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, only for convenience of description and simplification of description, and it is not intended to indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. When a feature is referred to as being "disposed," "secured," or "connected" to another feature, it can be directly disposed, secured, or connected to the other feature or be indirectly disposed, secured, or connected to the other feature.

In the description of the present invention, if "a plurality" is referred to, it means one or more, if "a plurality" is referred to, it means two or more, if "more than", "less than" or "more than" is referred to, it is understood that the number is not included, and if "more than", "less than" or "within" is referred to, it is understood that the number is included. If reference is made to "first" or "second", this should be understood to distinguish between features and not to indicate or imply relative importance or to implicitly indicate the number of indicated features or to implicitly indicate the precedence of the indicated features.

In addition, unless defined otherwise, technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art. The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention.

The utility model provides an in the embodiment, the connector that floats divide into first portion 1 and second part 2, and different components and parts are connected respectively to first portion 1 and second part 2, and in the concrete application of this embodiment, the connector that floats uses inside the car, as the connecting piece of camera and mainboard, because the position of mainboard and camera is different, and the vibration condition is different when actually traveling, therefore first portion 1 and second part 2 should be mobilizable each other.

Referring to fig. 1, a perspective view of a floating connector in an embodiment of the present invention is shown, as shown in the figure, a plurality of connecting terminals (i.e. a first tenon and a second tenon in the following text) are extended outwards from the floating connector, and these terminals are generally electrically connected to an external PCB or a connecting piece integrated with the PCB.

In actual operation, the shape of the PCB or the connector integrated with the PCB is not fixed, and the substrate is taken as an example in the present embodiment and will be described later.

Referring to fig. 2, there is shown a perspective view of an assembled floating connector according to an embodiment of the present invention, including a first portion 1 and a second portion 2, the first portion 1 and the second portion 2 being electrically connected.

The structures of the first part 1 and the second part 2 will be described below, respectively, the first part 1 will be described with reference to fig. 3 to 4, and the second part 2 will be described with reference to fig. 5 to 6.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, fig. 3 shows a schematic perspective view of the first part of the assembled floating connector according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 4 shows an exploded schematic view of the first part of the assembled floating connector according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First part 1 includes first base plate 11, and first base plate 11 is equipped with through-hole 111 and carries out the electricity with external components and parts as the electric connection hole and be connected, in addition, first part 1 still includes the first tenon 12 of a plurality of equidistance range to and the first fourth of the twelve earthly branches portion 13 that corresponds (tenon and fourth of the twelve earthly branches portion explain its compound mode here only), first fourth of the twelve earthly branches portion 13 middle part is equipped with a plurality of mortises 131, and the tip is equipped with terminal 132, and terminal 132 can pass through-hole 111, and regard as the location structure of first fourth of the twelve earthly branches portion 13 simultaneously. The terminal surface of first fourth of the twelve earthly branches portion 13 is equipped with recess 133, and recess 133 corresponds separation blade 14, and separation blade 14 divide into installation side and joint side, and the installation side is fixed on first base plate 11, and the joint side joint is in recess 133, and separation blade 14 can make first fourth of the twelve earthly branches portion 13 fix on first base plate 11.

The first tenon 12 is approximately in an L-shaped strip structure, first free ends of the first tenons 12 penetrate through the mortise 131, second free ends of the first tenons 12 are left on the upper surface of the first mortise 13 and are matched with the mortise 1341, and the first free ends penetrating through the mortise 131 are matched with the clamping groove 1342.

Referring to fig. 5 and 6, fig. 5 shows a perspective view of the second part of the assembled floating connector according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 6 shows an exploded view of the second part of the assembled floating connector according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The second part 2 includes second base plate 21, and second part 2 still includes the second tenon 22 that a plurality of equidistance was arranged to and the second part of the twelve earthly branches 23 that corresponds (tenon and the part of the twelve earthly branches explain its compound mode equally here), and the part 23 middle part of the second part of the twelve earthly branches is logical groove, is equipped with joint groove 231 on its logical inslot wall, leads to the groove bottom and is equipped with tongue-and-groove 232, joint groove 231 and the cooperation of the first free end of second tenon 22, and tongue-and-groove 232 cooperates with the kink that second tenon 22 is close to first free end.

In addition, the second part 2 further comprises a third mortise part 24, a mortise 241 is arranged in the third mortise part 24, and the mortise 241 is matched with the second free end of the second tenon 22.

The first free end of the second tenon 22 extends into the through groove in the middle of the second mortise part 23, the positioning groove 242 matched with the positioning part 233 of the second mortise part is arranged on the third mortise part 24, the third mortise part 24 compresses the second mortise part 23 to the second substrate 21, and the second free end of the second tenon 22 is clamped into the mortise 241.

A stop piece and a groove structure are also arranged in the second part 2, the groove is positioned on the end face of the third mortise part 24, the matching relation of the groove structure and the third mortise part is the same as that of the first part 1, in addition, the wiring terminal of the second part 2 is positioned on the third mortise part 24, and the electric connection hole is positioned on the second substrate 21.

Referring to fig. 7, a top view of an assembled floating connector according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown. This figure is intended to show the position of the cut in the subsequent cross-sectional view.

Referring to fig. 8, a cross-sectional view along a-a of fig. 7 is shown, in which the second tenons 22 are in a theoretical limit state rather than an actual abutting state (therefore, there is an overlapping portion in the drawing), taking the center of the floating connector as the inner side and the outer side as the outer side, and in this limit state, the outer side of the second tenon 22 and the inner side of the third mortise 24 are completely abutted.

The second tenon 22 is engaged with the mortise 241, the first free end thereof is engaged with the snap groove 231, and the bending portion near the first free end is engaged with the mortise 232. Here, the locking grooves 231, 232 and 241 are open grooves, the second tongue 22 can move in the space defined by the locking grooves 231, 232, 241 and the second base plate 21, and since the second tongue 22 is defined by the groove 241 when moving to the outside, the first free end of the second tongue 22 does not separate from the locking groove 231.

The second free end of the second tenon 22 reaches the surface of the second substrate 21 furthest downward in the figure and is limited by the mortise 241 and the mortise 232 upward, the movement driving the first free end cannot be separated from the clamping groove 231, and the second free end of the second tenon 22 is welded with the second substrate, i.e. the second tenon 22 is stably and electrically connected with the second substrate 21.

The position of the first tenon 21 is generally kept fixed by passing through the mortise 131 (shown in fig. 4) of the first mortise 13, and the joint slot 1342 is aligned to the joint slot 231, and the first free end of the second tenon 22 is aligned to the first free end of the first tenon 12, so that the end of the first free end of the first tenon 12 is set to be a protruding structure, the protruding structure extends out towards the joint slot 1342, and the first free end of the second tenon 22 abuts against the first free end of the first tenon 12.

The second free end of the first tenon 12 contacts the first substrate 11, the second free end of the first tenon 12 is arranged to be step-shaped, the tail end of the second free end is welded with the first substrate 11, and the welding is aimed at realizing the stable electric connection of the first tenon 12 and the first substrate 11.

In order to make the contact between the first tenon 12 and the second tenon 22 more sufficient and tight, the first tenon 12 and the second tenon 22 have certain elasticity.

Referring to fig. 9, which is an exploded schematic view of fig. 7 cut along the direction a-a, the view is intended to show the assembly manner of the main body of the floating connector, the first tenon 12 is limited by the first base plate 11 and the first mortise part 13, the third mortise part 24 presses the second mortise part 23 on the second base plate 21, and the second tenon 22 is limited by the second base plate 21, the second mortise part 22 and the third mortise part 23. One end of the second fourth-of-twelve-fourth-of-twelve-. That is, as a whole, the first part and the second part of the floating connector are fixedly connected by the first mortise part 13 and the second mortise part 23 in a clamping manner, and are electrically connected (always abutted) by the first tenon 12 and the second tenon 22.

Because the second tenon 22 can move in the limited space and keep abutting against the first tenon 12, in practical application, the first part and the second part of the floating connector can relatively displace without interrupting the electric connection, and rigid connection can be realized when two electrical components vibrate at different conditions, so that instability caused by flexible connection and fracture or falling caused by vibration are avoided.

While the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, and those skilled in the art can make various equivalent modifications and substitutions without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Furthermore, the embodiments of the present invention and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

Claims (10)

1. A floating connector is characterized by comprising a first part, a second part and a plurality of connecting pieces, wherein each connecting piece comprises a first connecting piece and a second connecting piece, the first connecting piece is located in the first part, the second connecting piece is located in the second part, the first part and the second part are in rigid connection, the first connecting piece is abutted against the second connecting piece, and the second connecting piece can move relative to the first connecting piece.

2. The floating connector of claim 1, wherein the first portion includes a first mortise portion, the first connecting member includes a first tenon, a first free end of the first tenon is engaged with the first snap groove of the first mortise portion, and a first free end of the first tenon abuts against the second connecting member.

3. The floating connector of claim 2, wherein the second portion includes a second mortise portion, the second connecting member includes a second tenon, a first free end of the second tenon is engaged with the second snap groove of the second mortise portion, and a first free end of the second tenon abuts against the first connecting member.

4. The floating connector according to claim 3, wherein the first mortise is provided with a first mortise and a mortise, the first mortise is matched with the second free end of the first tenon, and the first free end of the first tenon passes through the mortise and is clamped into the first clamping groove.

5. The floating connector of claim 3, wherein the first latch groove faces the second latch groove, the first free end of the second tenon protrudes toward the first latch groove, and the protrusion protrudes into the second latch groove and abuts against the first tenon.

6. The floating connector of claim 3, wherein said second portion includes a third mortise portion, said second free end of said second tenon engaging a third mortise of said third mortise portion, said third mortise being stepped.

7. The floating connector of claim 6 wherein said first portion further includes a first base plate, said second portion further includes a second base plate, said first tenon second free end being soldered to said first base plate, said second tenon second free end being soldered to said second base plate.

8. The floating connector of claim 7, wherein said third female portion has a positioning groove, and said second female portion has a positioning protrusion, said positioning groove engaging said positioning protrusion to press said second female portion against said second substrate.

9. The floating connector according to claim 8, further comprising a blocking piece, wherein one end of the blocking piece is connected to the first substrate or the second substrate, the other end of the blocking piece is correspondingly clamped to the first mortise part or the third mortise part, and the blocking piece fixes the first mortise part on the first substrate or fixes the third mortise part on the second substrate.

10. The floating connector according to any one of claims 7 to 9, wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are provided with electrical connection holes, which are connected to the connection terminal of the first portion and the connection terminal of the second portion, respectively.

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