CN210723483U

CN210723483U - Connector with a locking member

Info

Publication number: CN210723483U
Application number: CN201922077833.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 易四海; 李铁生; 王耀文
Original assignee: Dongguan Xuntao Electronic Co Ltd
Current assignee: Dongguan Xuntao Electronic Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-11-27
Filing date: 2019-11-27
Publication date: 2020-06-09
Anticipated expiration: 2029-11-27
Also published as: TWM594283U

Abstract

The present application provides a connector, comprising: the shell, the connecting piece and the circuit boards. The shell body is provided with a first middle shell and a second middle shell, the first middle shell is provided with a first connecting surface, the second middle shell is provided with a second connecting surface, and the first connecting surface of the first middle shell is arranged adjacent to the second connecting surface of the second middle shell. The connecting piece is connected with the first connecting surface and the second connecting surface. The circuit boards are respectively arranged in the first middle shell and the second middle shell. The mesochite of casing is mainly assembled by first mesochite and second mesochite to this application, so is favorable to manufacturing to be favorable to the casing equipment.

Description

Connector with a locking member

Technical Field

The present application relates to a connector, and more particularly, to a connector with a housing assembled together.

Background

In order to meet the functional requirements of the conventional connector, the connector needs to be designed into a plurality of ports, wherein most of the housings corresponding to at least two ports are integrally formed, but the structure of the connector housing is usually small and complex, so the difficulty of processing and manufacturing the integrally formed housing is high, and the production yield of the integrally formed housing is usually not high. Because the housing is integrally formed, in the process of processing and manufacturing the housing, errors are easily generated on part of the structure of the housing, and the problem of difficult positioning is easily generated when the circuit board is assembled on the housing.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The application provides a connector to solve present connector housing and be integrated into one piece, the casing processing is complicated and the difficulty is high, the not high scheduling problem of manufacturing yield.

To solve the above problem, the present application is implemented as follows:

the present application provides a connector, comprising: the shell, the connector and the circuit boards. The shell is provided with a first middle shell and a second middle shell, the first middle shell is provided with a first connecting surface, the second middle shell is provided with a second connecting surface, and the first connecting surface of the first middle shell is arranged adjacent to the second connecting surface of the second middle shell; a connecting piece connects the first connecting surface and the second connecting surface; the circuit boards are respectively arranged in the first middle shell and the second middle shell.

In the embodiment of the application, the middle shell of the connector is a structure formed by assembling the first middle shell and the second middle shell, so that the difficulty of manufacturing the shell can be reduced by disassembling the shell, the yield of production and manufacturing is improved, and the assembly of the subsequent shell is facilitated.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the application and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the application and together with the description serve to explain the application and not to limit the application. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a connector of the present application;

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a first center shell and a second center shell of the present application;

FIG. 3 is another exploded perspective view of the first and second mesochites of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a first mid-shell and a second mid-shell combination of the present application;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line AA' of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is an exploded view of the circuit board and the positioning block of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the circuit board and positioning block assembly of the present application;

fig. 8 is an assembled perspective view of the circuit board and the positioning block of the connector of the present application;

FIG. 9 is an exploded view of the latching and unlatching structure of the connector of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a combination view of the latching and unlatching structure of the connector of the present application;

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of a latching and unlatching structure of the connector of the present application;

FIG. 12 is an enlarged view of area A of FIG. 11;

fig. 13 is an enlarged view of the region B of fig. 11.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present application are illustrated in the drawings and, for purposes of clarity, numerous implementation details are set forth in the following description. It should be understood, however, that these implementation details should not be used to limit the application. That is, in some embodiments of the present application, details of these implementations are not necessary. In addition, some conventional structures and components are shown in simplified schematic form in the drawings. In the following embodiments, the same or similar components will be denoted by the same reference numerals.

Please refer to fig. 1 and 2, which are perspective views of a connector of the present application and exploded perspective views of a first middle shell and a second middle shell. As shown in the drawings, the present application provides a connector 1, which is manufactured with a reduced difficulty and improved yield by splitting a housing into a plurality of housings that can be assembled. The connector 1 of the present embodiment includes a housing 11, a connector 17, and a plurality of circuit boards 19.

Please refer to fig. 3 to 5, which are another exploded perspective view, a combined perspective view and an enlarged cross-sectional view along line AA' of the first middle shell and the second middle shell of the present application. As shown in the drawings, in the present embodiment, the housing 11 has a first middle shell 13 and a second middle shell 15, the first middle shell 13 has a first connecting surface 131, the second middle shell 15 has a second connecting surface 151, and the first connecting surface 131 of the first middle shell 13 is disposed adjacent to the second connecting surface 151 of the second middle shell 15. The connecting member 17 connects the first connection face 131 and the second connection face 151. A plurality of circuit boards 19 are respectively disposed in the first and

second middle cases

13 and 15.

In this embodiment, the first connection surface 131 of the first middle shell 13 has a first connection hole 1310, the second connection surface 151 of the second middle shell 15 has a second connection hole 1510, the first connection surface 131 and the second connection surface 151 are adjacently disposed, the first connection hole 1310 is opposite to the second connection hole 1510, the first connection hole 1310 is communicated with the second connection hole 1510, the connection member 17 is disposed through the first connection hole 1310 and the second connection hole 1510, and the first middle shell 13 and the second middle shell 15 are fixedly connected by the connection member 17.

As mentioned above, the outer surface of the first connection surface 131 has the first positioning portion 133, the first connection hole 1310 passes through the first positioning portion 133, the outer surface of the second connection surface 151 has the second positioning portion 153, the second connection hole 1510 passes through the second positioning portion 153, the first connection surface 131 and the second connection surface 151 are adjacently disposed, the first positioning portion 133 is connected with the second positioning portion 153, wherein the first positioning portion 133 is the protrusion 1311, the second positioning portion 153 is the groove 1511, and the protrusion 1311 is disposed in the groove 1511. When the first positioning portion 133 is connected to the second positioning portion 153, the first connection hole 1310 is exactly opposite to the second connection hole 1510, so that the connection member 17 can easily pass through the first connection hole 1310 and the second connection hole 1510.

Referring to fig. 5 again, the line AA 'is a cross-sectional view, that is, a cross-section is taken from the second middle shell 15 to the first middle shell 13, and the arrow direction on the line AA' is a view direction, so that it can be seen that the inner wall of the first connection hole 1310 has an internal thread 130, the outer surface of one end of the connection member 17 has an external thread 171, when the first connection hole 1310 and the second connection hole 1510 are communicated with each other, the end of the connection member 17 having the external thread 171 is inserted from the second connection hole 1510 of the second middle shell 15 to the direction of the first connection hole 1310 of the first middle shell 13, the external thread 171 of the connection member 17 is connected with the internal thread 130 of the first middle shell 13, and the connection member 17 and the first middle shell 13 clamp the second middle shell 15, so that the first middle shell 13 and the second middle shell 15 are fixed by the connection member 17.

Preferably, in this embodiment, the inner surface of the first connection surface 131 further has a locking portion 1313, the locking portion 1313 corresponds to the first positioning portion 133, and the first connection hole 1310 penetrates through the locking portion 1313 to increase the depth of the first connection hole 1310, so as to increase the connection length between the connection member 17 and the first connection hole 1310, and increase the thickness of the first connection surface 131 around the first connection hole 1310 to increase the strength of connecting the first middle shell 13 and the second middle shell 15 through the connection member 17. Further, the depth H of the first coupling hole 1310 is a wall thickness of the first middle shell 13 through which the coupling member 17 is inserted, and the depth H of the second coupling hole 1510 is a wall thickness of the second middle shell 15 through which the coupling member 17 is inserted. The depth H of the first connection hole 1310 is greater than the depth H of the second connection hole 1510, the depth H of the first connection hole 1310 is a distance between a surface of the first positioning portion 133 adjacent to the second middle case 15 and a surface of the locking portion 1313 away from the second middle case 15, and the depth H of the second connection hole 1510 is a distance between a surface of the second positioning portion 153 away from the first middle case 13 and an inner surface of the second connection surface 151 of the second middle case 15.

In this embodiment, the outer surface of the first connecting surface 131 has a first position-limiting portion 135, the outer surface of the second connecting surface 151 has a second position-limiting portion 155, the first position-limiting portion 135 is opposite to the second position-limiting portion 155, and the first position-limiting portion 135 is connected to the second position-limiting portion 155. The first position-limiting portion 135 is a protrusion, the second position-limiting portion 155 is a notch, and the protrusion is engaged with the notch. In another embodiment, the first position-limiting portion 135 is a notch, and the second position-limiting portion 155 is a bump. In another embodiment, when the first position-limiting portions 135 are plural, the first position-limiting portions may be partially notches and partially bumps, and when the second position-limiting portions 155 are plural, the second position-limiting portions may be partially notches and partially bumps, and the notches and bumps of the plural first position-limiting portions 135 and the plural second position-limiting portions 155 are matched with each other. The first position-limiting portion 135 and the second position-limiting portion 155 are correspondingly connected to each other, so that the first middle shell 13 and the second middle shell 15 can be further limited in alignment, and the problem of wrong assembling direction between the first middle shell 13 and the second middle shell 15 can be prevented. In addition, the connection between the first position-limiting portion 135 and the second position-limiting portion 155 can also improve the connection strength between the first middle shell 13 and the second middle shell 15.

Please refer to fig. 6 to 8, which are an exploded schematic view, an assembled perspective view and an assembled perspective view of the circuit board and the positioning block of the connector according to the present application. As shown in the drawings, in the present embodiment, the connector 1 further includes two positioning blocks 21, the circuit boards 19 are respectively disposed on the two positioning blocks 21, and the circuit boards 19 are respectively located at opposite sides of the positioning blocks 21. Each positioning block 21 is disposed on the first connection surface 131 and the second connection surface 151, and is located inside the first middle shell 13 and the second middle shell 15, respectively, for positioning the circuit boards 19 inside the first middle shell 13 and the second middle shell 15. As can be seen from the above, the circuit boards 19 of the present embodiment can be fixed to the positioning blocks 21, and then the positioning blocks 21 for fixing the circuit boards 19 are disposed on the first middle shell 13 or the second middle shell 15, so that the circuit boards 19 can be conveniently assembled in the first middle shell 13 and the second middle shell 15.

As mentioned above, each positioning block 21 has a positioning hole 210, the inner surfaces of the first connecting surface 131 and the second connecting surface 151 have a positioning column 211, and each positioning column 211 penetrates through the positioning hole 210 of the corresponding positioning block 21. Preferably, the side surface of the positioning post 211 further has a limiting protrusion 2111, the positioning block 21 further has a limiting hole 2101, the limiting hole 2101 is communicated with the positioning hole 210, the positioning post 211 penetrates through the positioning hole 210, and the limiting protrusion 2111 is located in the limiting hole 2101, so that the positioning block 21 does not rotate relative to the positioning post 211 to be fixed to the positioning post 211.

Furthermore, each positioning block 21 has a circuit board fixing portion 213 on the top and bottom surfaces thereof, and each circuit board 19 is fixed to the circuit board fixing portion 213. Each circuit board fixing portion 213 has two fixing posts 2131, the two fixing posts 2131 are disposed on two sides of the positioning block 21, and the circuit board 19 is located between the two fixing posts 2131. In this embodiment, the two side edges of the circuit board 19 corresponding to the two fixing posts 2131 respectively have concave holes 191, and the two fixing posts 2131 are respectively located in the concave holes 191 to fix the circuit board 19 to the positioning block 21. In another embodiment, the two fixing posts 2131 directly hold two sides of the circuit board 19 to fix the circuit board 19 to the positioning block 21. In addition, each circuit board fixing portion 213 has a receiving groove 2133, and the receiving groove 2133 is used for receiving a cable connected to the circuit board 19.

Please refer to fig. 9 and 10, which are an exploded view and an assembled view of the locking and unlocking member of the connector of the present application. As shown in the drawings, in the present embodiment, the connector 1 further includes a locking element 23 and an unlocking element 25, the locking element 23 has a fixed end 231 and a locking end 233, and the fixed end 231 is disposed on the fastening portion 232 of the outer surface of the housing 11. The unlocking member 25 is disposed between the housing 11 and the locking member 23, and the unlocking member 25 is used for unlocking the locking member 23.

Please refer to fig. 11 and 12, which are a cross-sectional view of a locking and unlocking structure of the connector of the present application and an enlarged view of a region a of fig. 11. As shown in the figure, in the present embodiment, the unlocking member 25 has a pulling portion 251 and an unlocking portion 253, the pulling portion 251 is connected to one end of the unlocking portion 253, the unlocking portion 253 is located between the locking member 23 and the housing 11 and corresponds to the locking end 233, the unlocking portion 253 has an unlocking tab 2531 and an abutting projection 2532, the housing 11 has an unlocking slot 111, the unlocking tab 2531 and the abutting projection 2532 are located in the unlocking slot 111, and the protruding direction of the unlocking tab 2531 is opposite to the slot wall 1111 of the unlocking slot 111.

In this embodiment, the connector 1 is connected to another mating connector (not shown), the other mating connector has a locking groove matched with the locking element 23 of the connector 1, the locking state is achieved when the locking element 23 is close to the locking groove, the unlocking state is achieved when the locking element 23 is far away from the locking groove, the user pulls the pulling part 251 of the unlocking element 25, the pulling part 251 moves the unlocking lug 2531 of the unlocking element 253 to the groove wall 1111 of the unlocking groove 111 in a linkage manner, the end of the unlocking lug 2531 abuts against the groove wall 1111 of the unlocking groove 111, the unlocking lug 2531 is deformed by external force, and the locking element 23 is supported by the abutting projection 2532, so that the locking end 233 of the locking element 23 is separated from the locking groove to unlock.

Please refer to fig. 13, which is an enlarged view of the area B of fig. 11. As shown in the drawings, the unlocking member 25 has a limit fixing hole 255, the outer surface of the housing 11 has a limit fixing protrusion 112, and the limit fixing protrusion 112 is inserted into the limit fixing hole 255. Enabling the unlocking member 25 to be limited in the range of movement on the housing 11.

To sum up, the application provides a connector, the mesochite of its casing is by first mesochite and the structure that the second mesochite formed through the equipment, and not integrated into one piece's mode makes the casing split and can reduce the degree of difficulty of making the casing to improve the yield of production manufacturing, so also be favorable to the equipment of follow-up casing.

It should also be noted that the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

While the foregoing specification illustrates and describes several preferred embodiments of this application, it is to be understood that the application is not limited to the forms disclosed herein, but is not to be construed as excluding other embodiments and is capable of use in various other combinations, modifications, and environments and is capable of changes within the scope of the invention as expressed herein, either by the above teachings or by the skill or knowledge of the relevant art. And that modifications and variations may be effected by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the application, which is to be protected by the claims appended hereto.

Claims

1. A connector, comprising:

a housing having a first middle shell and a second middle shell, the first middle shell having a first connection face, the second middle shell having a second connection face, the first connection face of the first middle shell being disposed adjacent to the second connection face of the second middle shell;

a connecting member connecting the first connection face and the second connection face;

and the circuit boards are respectively arranged in the first middle shell and the second middle shell.

2. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the first connecting surface of the first middle housing has a first connecting hole, the second connecting surface of the second middle housing has a second connecting hole, the first connecting surface and the second connecting surface are adjacently disposed, the first connecting hole is opposite to the second connecting hole, and the connecting member penetrates through the first connecting hole and the second connecting hole.

3. The connector according to claim 2, wherein an outer surface of the first connecting surface has a first positioning portion, the first connecting hole penetrates through the first positioning portion, an outer surface of the second connecting surface has a second positioning portion, the second connecting hole penetrates through the second positioning portion, the first connecting surface and the second connecting surface are adjacently disposed, the first positioning portion is connected with the second positioning portion, the first connecting hole is opposite to the second connecting hole, and the connecting member penetrates through the first connecting hole and the second connecting hole.

4. The connector of claim 3, wherein the first positioning portion is a protrusion, the second positioning portion is a groove, the protrusion is disposed in the groove, the first connecting hole is opposite to the second connecting hole, and the connecting member is disposed through the first connecting hole and the second connecting hole.

5. The connector of claim 2, wherein an inner surface of the first connection surface has a locking portion, the first connection hole penetrates through the locking portion, and a depth of the first connection hole is greater than a depth of the second connection hole.

6. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the outer surface of the first connecting surface has a first position-limiting portion, the outer surface of the second connecting surface has a second position-limiting portion, the first position-limiting portion is opposite to the second position-limiting portion, and the first position-limiting portion is connected to the second position-limiting portion.

7. The connector of claim 6, wherein the first position-limiting portion is a protrusion, the second position-limiting portion is a notch, and the protrusion is engaged with the notch.

8. The connector of claim 1, further comprising two positioning blocks, wherein a plurality of circuit boards are respectively disposed on the two positioning blocks, and each positioning block is respectively disposed on the first connecting surface and the second connecting surface and respectively located in the first middle shell and the second middle shell for positioning a plurality of circuit boards in the first middle shell and the second middle shell.

9. The connector according to claim 8, wherein each positioning block has a positioning hole, and the inner surfaces of the first connecting surface and the second connecting surface respectively have a positioning post, and each positioning post is inserted through the positioning hole of the corresponding positioning block.

10. The connector of claim 9, wherein the positioning post further has a limiting protrusion on a side surface thereof, the positioning block further has a limiting hole, the limiting hole is communicated with the positioning hole, the positioning post passes through the positioning hole, and the limiting protrusion is located in the limiting hole.

11. The connector of claim 8, wherein each of the positioning blocks has a circuit board fixing portion on the top surface and the bottom surface thereof, and each of the circuit boards is fixed to the circuit board fixing portion.

12. The connector of claim 11, wherein each of the circuit board fixing portions has two fixing posts disposed at two sides of the positioning block, and the circuit board is located between the two fixing posts.

13. The connector of claim 11, wherein each of the circuit board fixing portions has a receiving groove for receiving a cable connected to the circuit board.

14. The connector of claim 1, further comprising a latch member having a fixed end and a latch end, the fixed end being disposed at the card edge portion of the outer surface of the housing.

15. The connector of claim 14, further comprising an unlocking member disposed between the housing and the locking member, the unlocking member being configured to release the locking state of the locking member.

16. The connector of claim 15, wherein the unlocking member has a pull portion connected to one end of the unlocking member and an unlocking portion located between the locking member and the housing and corresponding to the locking end, the unlocking portion has an unlocking tab and an abutting projection, the housing has an unlocking groove, the unlocking tab and the abutting projection are located in the unlocking groove, and a protruding direction of the unlocking tab is inclined with respect to a groove wall of the unlocking groove.

17. The connector of claim 15, wherein the unlocking member has a position-fixing hole, and the outer surface of the housing has a position-fixing projection provided in the position-fixing hole.