CN213220942U

CN213220942U - Locking device and building toy

Info

Publication number: CN213220942U
Application number: CN202021586639.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 梁志雄; 幸定凯
Original assignee: Shenzhen Ubtech Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Ubtech Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-07-31
Filing date: 2020-07-31
Publication date: 2021-05-18
Anticipated expiration: 2030-07-31

Abstract

This application belongs to builds toy technical field, especially relates to a locking device and builds toy. In the locking device, the plug unit comprises a plug shell, a button and an elastic piece, the button is slidably mounted on the plug shell, and a buckle on the button is slidably mounted on a plug part through hole of the plug shell. When the socket is assembled, the button is pressed down to enable the buckle to retract into the through hole, the elastic piece compresses for energy storage, the plug portion of the plug shell is inserted into the slot of the socket unit, the button is loosened, the elastic piece releases energy, the button resets, the buckle extends out of the through hole and is buckled in the clamping groove in the inner side wall of the slot, and therefore the plug unit and the socket unit are connected. This locking device and have this locking device build toy, easy operation, connect stably, the reliability is high, and user experience improves with the security, overcomes the great condition of plug-pull force difference when piecing together between the current module, has reduced the easy wearing and tearing of component and has become invalid and the condition of falling powder.

Description

Locking device and building toy

Technical Field

This application belongs to builds toy technical field, especially relates to a locking device and builds toy.

Background

In the present toy of putting up, the piece together between the module is detained the position and is connected by plastic self deformation, and the shortcoming of this mode is: firstly, the production control of a rubber part mould is unstable, the tolerance of the deformation buckling position of the module is large, the hand feeling difference of the splicing of the module is large, and the difference of the insertion and extraction forces of the module at the upper limit position and the lower limit position of the tolerance is large; secondly, the profiling block deforms and is matched with the buckling position, after long-term use, the buckling position is easy to wear, the elasticity is poor, the disassembly and the pulling are unstable and fail after long-term use, and even powder falls off due to wear, so that the problems of mistaken eating and breathing safety of children are caused.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the embodiment of the application is to provide a locking device and build toy to the insertion and extraction power difference when solving to piece together between the module is great in the present toy of building, warp on the module detains the technical problem that the position weares and teares easily and became invalid.

The embodiment of the application provides a locking device, which comprises a plug unit and a socket unit; the plug unit comprises a plug shell, a button and an elastic piece; the plug shell is provided with a plug part and a mounting hole, and a through hole is formed in the outer side face of the plug part; the button is arranged at the mounting hole in a sliding mode along the axial direction of the mounting hole, the button is provided with a buckle, the buckle is arranged at the via hole in a sliding mode along the axial direction of the mounting hole, and the buckle can extend out of or retract into the via hole; the elastic piece is arranged in the plug shell and used for providing reset elasticity for the button; the socket unit is provided with a slot for the plug part to be inserted, and the inner side wall of the slot is provided with a clamping slot; when the plug part is inserted into the slot, the buckle can extend out of the through hole and is buckled in the clamping groove, so that the plug unit is connected with the socket unit.

Optionally, the two opposite side surfaces of the plug housing are respectively provided with the button, the plug portion is provided with at least two through holes, and the buckles on the two buttons located on the same side are slidably mounted on the two through holes in the same plug portion in a one-to-one correspondence manner; the same clamping grooves in the slots in the socket units are arranged in pairs, and the two buckles on the same side of the buttons can be correspondingly buckled with the clamping grooves in the same socket units in pairs.

Optionally, at least two pairs of card slots are provided in the same slot in the receptacle unit.

Optionally, the resilient member is disposed in compression between the two buttons.

Optionally, the plug portion is disposed on each of two opposite sides of the plug housing, the same button has two opposite buckles, and the two buckles on the same button are slidably mounted on the through holes of the plug portion on the two opposite sides of the plug housing in a one-to-one correspondence manner; the socket unit has the insertion grooves on opposite sides thereof.

Optionally, the plug unit further includes a limiting member installed in the plug housing, and the elastic member is disposed between the limiting member and the button.

Optionally, the limiting member has an accommodating groove for accommodating the button, and the limiting member has a through groove for the buckle to pass through.

Optionally, the button has a limiting post, and the elastic member is sleeved outside the limiting post.

Optionally, the plug housing includes two mounting shells having openings, the mounting shells are provided with half holes at edges of the openings, the openings of the two mounting shells are butted, and the half holes of the two mounting shells form an assembly hole; the plug part is connected to the surfaces of the two mounting cases and covers the assembly hole.

The embodiment of the application provides a building toy which comprises the locking device.

One or more technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present application have at least one of the following technical effects: in the locking device, the plug unit comprises a plug shell, a button and an elastic piece, the button is slidably mounted on the plug shell, and a buckle on the button is slidably mounted on a plug part through hole of the plug shell. When the socket is assembled, the button is pressed down to enable the buckle to retract into the through hole, the elastic piece compresses for energy storage, the plug portion of the plug shell is inserted into the slot of the socket unit, the button is loosened, the elastic piece releases energy, the button resets, the buckle extends out of the through hole and is buckled in the clamping groove in the inner side wall of the slot, and therefore the plug unit and the socket unit are connected. This locking device and have this locking device build toy, easy operation, connect stably, the reliability is high, and user experience improves with the security, overcomes the great condition of plug-pull force difference when piecing together between the current module, has reduced the easy wearing and tearing of component and has become invalid and the condition of falling powder.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments or the prior art descriptions will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without inventive exercise.

Fig. 1 is a perspective assembly view of a locking device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the locker of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a plug unit in the latching device of FIG. 2;

fig. 4 is a further exploded perspective view of the plug unit of fig. 3;

fig. 5 is a sectional view of the structure taken along line a-a of fig. 1.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical problems, technical solutions and advantageous effects to be solved by the present application clearer, the present application is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the present application and are not intended to limit the present application.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, it is to be understood that the terms "length," "width," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like refer to orientations and positional relationships illustrated in the drawings, which are used for convenience in describing the embodiments of the present application and for simplicity in description, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, are not to be construed as limiting the embodiments of the present application. In the description of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically defined otherwise.

In the embodiments of the present application, unless otherwise specifically stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meanings of the above terms in the embodiments of the present application can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to specific situations.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, an embodiment of the present invention provides a locking device, which includes a plug unit 10 and a receptacle unit 20. The plug unit 10 includes a plug housing 11, a button 12, and an elastic member 13. The plug housing 11 has a plug portion 111 and a mounting hole 1121, and with reference to fig. 3 and 4, a through hole 1111 is provided on an outer surface of the plug portion 111. The button 12 is slidably mounted at the mounting hole 1121 in the axial direction of the mounting hole 1121, the button 12 has a catch 121, the catch 121 is slidably mounted at the through hole 1111 in the axial direction of the mounting hole 1121, and the catch 121 can extend out of or retract into the through hole 1111. Referring to fig. 5, an elastic member 13 is provided in the plug housing 11 for providing a return elastic force to the push button 12. Referring to fig. 2, the socket unit 20 has a slot 21 for the plug portion 111 to be inserted, and the inner sidewall of the slot 21 is provided with a slot 22. Referring to fig. 5, when the plug portion 111 is inserted into the slot 21, the latch 121 can extend out of the through hole 1111 and latch into the slot 22, so as to connect the plug unit 10 and the receptacle unit 20.

Compared with the related art, the locking device provided by the application has the advantages that the plug unit 10 comprises the plug housing 11, the button 12 and the elastic piece 13, the button 12 is slidably mounted on the plug housing 11, and the buckle 121 on the button 12 is slidably mounted on the plug portion 111 through hole 1111 of the plug housing 11. During assembly, the button 12 is pressed to retract the buckle 121 into the through hole 1111, the elastic member 13 compresses to store energy, the plug portion 111 of the plug housing 11 is inserted into the slot 21 of the receptacle unit 20, the button 12 is released, the elastic member 13 releases energy, the button 12 is reset, and the buckle 121 extends out of the through hole 1111 and is buckled with the clamping groove 22 on the inner side wall of the slot 21, so that the plug unit 10 is connected with the receptacle unit 20. This locking device easy operation connects stably, and the reliability is high, and user experience improves with the security, overcomes the great condition of plug-pull force difference when piecing together between the current module, has reduced the easy wearing and tearing of component and has become invalid and the condition of falling powder.

Illustratively, the plug housing 11 in the plug unit 10 and the socket housing 23 in the socket unit 20 are cubic. By configuring a plurality of plug units 10 and receptacle units 20, different configurations can be spliced. Furthermore, the plug housing 11 and the socket housing 23 may also be shaped as spheres or other shapes. In the plug unit 10, the plug housing 11 and the plug portion 111 may be an integrally molded structure or an assembled structure.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, in another embodiment of the present application, two opposite side surfaces of the plug housing 11 are respectively provided with a button 12, the plug portion 111 has at least two through holes 1111, and the latches 121 on the same side of the two buttons 12 are slidably mounted in the two through holes 1111 of the same plug portion 111 in a one-to-one correspondence manner. Referring to fig. 2, the card slots 22 in the same slot 21 in the socket unit 20 are arranged in pairs, and the latches 121 on the same side of the two buttons 12 can be latched to the card slots 22 in the same socket unit 20 arranged in pairs in a one-to-one correspondence. In this solution, each plug part 111 is provided with two movable catches 121, which cooperate with the pairs of card slots 22 of the socket unit 20, so that the plug unit 10 is securely connected with the socket unit 20. In assembling, the two latches 121 on the same plug portion 111 are retracted into the through hole 1111 by pressing the buttons 12 on both sides of the plug housing 11 with one hand, respectively, so that the plug portion 111 is inserted into the slot 21 of the outlet unit 20. Then, the latch 121 is aligned with the slot 21, and under the action of the elastic element 13, the two buttons 12 are reset, and the two latches 121 extend out of the through hole 1111 and extend into the two slots 22 in the same slot 21 of the receptacle unit 20, so as to realize the reliable connection between the plug unit 10 and the receptacle unit 20.

It can be understood that the plug housing 11 is provided with a button 12 on one side thereof, and the button 12 has two latches 121, so that the latches 121 on the plug portion 111 on both sides of the plug housing 11 can move to fit the slots 22 of the socket unit 20, thereby connecting the plug unit 10 and the socket unit 20.

Referring to fig. 2, in another embodiment of the present application, at least two pairs of card slots 22 are disposed in the same slot 21 of the receptacle unit 20, and each pair of card slots 22 is disposed opposite to each other. When the plug portion 111 of the plug unit 10 is inserted into the slot 21 of the socket unit 20, to align the hooks 121 of the plug portion 111 with the slots 22 in the slot 21, more pairs of slots 22 are disposed in the same slot 21, and the hooks 121 of the plug portion 111 and the slots 22 in the slot 21 can be aligned by screwing the plug unit 10 or the socket unit 20 at a smaller angle, so that the assembly operation is easier.

In another embodiment of the present application, the resilient member is disposed in compression between two buttons. This is easy to assemble. When pressing the button that is located plug housing both sides, the elastic component will compress, and the buckle on the button retracts to the via hole of plug portion, and the elastic component compression energy storage. After the button is loosened, the elastic piece releases energy, so that the button and the buckle reset, and when the buckle is aligned with the clamping groove of the socket unit, the buckle can be buckled in the clamping groove. The elastic element may be a compression spring or a spring plate or other elastic elements.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, in another embodiment of the present application, the plug portion 111 is disposed on two opposite sides of the plug housing 11, the same button 12 has two opposite buckles 121, and the two buckles 121 on the same button 12 are slidably mounted on the through holes 1111 of the plug portion 111 located on the two opposite sides of the plug housing 11 one by one; the receptacle unit 20 has slots 21 on opposite sides thereof. Plug parts 111 are provided at opposite sides of the plug housing 11, and each plug part 111 is provided with a movable catch 121, so that a plurality of plug units 10 can be connected to the socket unit 20 at intervals in sequence. When the same button 12 is pressed, the latches 121 at both sides of the button 12 are retracted into the through holes 1111 of the two plug portions 111, and the elastic member 13 is compressed to store energy. When the button 12 is released, the two latches 121 can extend out of the through hole 1111 of the plug portion 111 and into the slots 22 of the two socket units 20 under the action of the elastic member 13, so as to conveniently connect one plug unit 10 with the two socket units 20.

Illustratively, the plug housing 11 has plug portions 111 on two opposite sides thereof, and the plug housing 11 is provided with buttons 12 on two other opposite sides thereof, each button 12 having two opposite buckles 121. Thus, by pressing the two buttons 12 with one hand, all the latches 121 on the two buttons 12 can be retracted into the through holes 1111 corresponding to the plug portion 111. When the button 12 is released, all the catches 121 will extend out of the through holes 1111 of the plug portion 111 under the action of the elastic members 13. Therefore, the connection between one plug unit 10 and two socket units 20 can be realized, the operation is convenient, and the connection is reliable.

Referring to fig. 3 to 5, in another embodiment of the present application, the plug unit 10 further includes a limiting member 14 installed in the plug housing 11, and the elastic member 13 is disposed between the limiting member 14 and the button 12. The limiting member 14 is disposed to facilitate the installation of the elastic member 13, one end of the elastic member 13 abuts against the inner wall of the button 12, and the other end abuts against the limiting member 14. The retaining member 14 may be fixed within the plug housing 11. The elastic element 13 may be a compression spring or a spring plate or other elastic elements.

Referring to fig. 3 to 5, in another embodiment of the present application, the limiting member 14 has a receiving groove 141 for receiving the button 12, and the limiting member 14 has a passing groove 142 for passing the buckle 121. This limits the button 12 so that when the button 12 is depressed or released, the button 12 moves in a predetermined path, stabilizing the movement of the button 12. The buckle 121 includes a connecting arm 121a and a buckling portion 121b disposed at the end of the connecting arm 121 a. The connecting arm 121a can pass through the through slot 142 of the limiting member 14, and the engaging portion 121b can pass through the through hole 1111 of the plug portion 111 and extend into the engaging slot 22 of the receptacle unit 20.

Referring to fig. 5, in another embodiment of the present application, the button 12 has a position-limiting pillar 122, and the elastic element 13 is sleeved outside the position-limiting pillar 122, so that the assembly of the elastic element 13 is facilitated, and the elastic element 13 is maintained at a predetermined position after the button 12 is pressed for multiple times, thereby improving the working reliability of the elastic element 13.

Referring to fig. 3 to 5, in another embodiment of the present application, the plug housing 11 includes two mounting shells 112 having openings 1122, the mounting shells 112 have half holes 1123 at edges of the openings 1122, and the openings 1122 of the two mounting shells 112 are butted; the half holes 1123 of the two mounting shells 112 form a mounting hole; the plug portion 111 is attached to the surfaces of the two mounting cases 112 and covers the fitting hole. Thus, the plug housing 11 having the plug portion 111 is easily molded and assembled, so that the button 12 having the latch 121 and the elastic member 13 can be accommodated inside the two mounting cases 112. The two mounting shells 112 can be connected by mechanical connection means such as fasteners, snaps, etc.

Referring to fig. 1 to 5, in another embodiment of the present application, a toy building set is provided, which includes the locking device. In the locking device, the plug unit 10 includes a plug housing 11, a button 12 and an elastic member 13, the button 12 is slidably mounted on the plug housing 11, and a latch 121 on the button 12 is slidably mounted on a plug portion 111 of the plug housing 11 through a hole 1111. During assembly, the button 12 is pressed to retract the buckle 121 into the through hole 1111, the elastic member 13 compresses to store energy, the plug portion 111 of the plug housing 11 is inserted into the slot 21 of the receptacle unit 20, the button 12 is released, the elastic member 13 releases energy, the button 12 is reset, and the buckle 121 extends out of the through hole 1111 and is buckled with the clamping groove 22 on the inner side wall of the slot 21, so that the plug unit 10 is connected with the receptacle unit 20. The building toy with the locking device is simple in operation, stable in connection, high in reliability, high in user experience and safety, capable of overcoming the problem that the difference of insertion and extraction forces is large when the existing modules are spliced, and capable of reducing the condition that the structural members are prone to wear and lose efficacy and fall off powder.

The present invention is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments shown and described, but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features herein disclosed.

Claims

1. A locking device is characterized by comprising a plug unit and a socket unit; the plug unit comprises a plug shell, a button and an elastic piece; the plug shell is provided with a plug part and a mounting hole, and a through hole is formed in the outer side face of the plug part; the button is arranged at the mounting hole in a sliding mode along the axial direction of the mounting hole, the button is provided with a buckle, the buckle is arranged at the via hole in a sliding mode along the axial direction of the mounting hole, and the buckle can extend out of or retract into the via hole; the elastic piece is arranged in the plug shell and used for providing reset elasticity for the button; the socket unit is provided with a slot for the plug part to be inserted, and the inner side wall of the slot is provided with a clamping slot; when the plug part is inserted into the slot, the buckle can extend out of the through hole and is buckled in the clamping groove, so that the plug unit is connected with the socket unit.

2. The latch of claim 1 wherein said push buttons are disposed on two opposite sides of said plug housing, said plug portion has at least two said through holes, and said snaps on said two push buttons located on a same side are slidably mounted in said two through holes of a same plug portion in a one-to-one correspondence; the same clamping grooves in the slots in the socket units are arranged in pairs, and the two buckles on the same side of the buttons can be correspondingly buckled with the clamping grooves in the same socket units in pairs.

3. A latching device as claimed in claim 2, wherein at least two pairs of latching slots are provided in the same slot in the receptacle unit.

4. A latching device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the resilient member is disposed in compression between the two buttons.

5. A latching device as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the plug portion is provided on opposite sides of the plug housing, the same button has two oppositely disposed latches, and the two latches on the same button are slidably mounted in the through holes of the plug portion on the opposite sides of the plug housing in a one-to-one correspondence; the socket unit has the insertion grooves on opposite sides thereof.

6. The latch of any of claims 1 to 3, wherein the plug unit further comprises a retainer mounted in the plug housing, and the resilient member is disposed between the retainer and the button.

7. The latch of claim 6 wherein the retainer has a receiving slot for receiving the button, and the retainer has a through slot for the catch to pass through.

8. The latch of any of claims 1-4, wherein the button has a retaining post, and the resilient member is disposed outside the retaining post.

9. A latching device as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the plug housing comprises two mounting shells having openings, the mounting shells having half holes at the edges of the openings, the openings of the two mounting shells being butted, the half holes of the two mounting shells forming a fitting hole; the plug part is connected to the surfaces of the two mounting cases and covers the assembly hole.

10. A construction toy, comprising a catching device according to any one of claims 1 to 9.