CN213602084U - Plug and socket butt joint clamp - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a plug and socket butt joint anchor clamps, include: the first surface of the back plate is provided with a socket; the clamp platform is positioned on one side of the first surface of the back plate, one end of the clamp platform is connected with one end of the back plate, and the back plate is perpendicular to the clamp platform; the sliding assembly comprises a sliding rail and a sliding table, the sliding rail is arranged on the clamp platform and extends along a first direction pointing to the first surface, the sliding table is connected with the sliding rail in a sliding mode, and the sliding table can slide on the sliding rail along the first direction; the carrier plate is arranged on the sliding table; the pin column is protruded above the carrier plate; and the driving unit is suitable for driving the sliding table to slide so as to drive the carrier plate to move along the first direction. The utility model also provides a plug and socket butt joint anchor clamps subassembly, including a plurality of butt joint anchor clamps. The utility model discloses a butt joint anchor clamps and subassembly can make things convenient for effectual realization plug and socket's automatic butt joint, promote the efficiency of plug and socket butt joint, reduce cost.

Description

Plug and socket butt joint clamp

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a mechanical assembly field especially relates to a plug and socket butt joint anchor clamps.

Background

In the automotive industry, when an Electronic Control Unit (ECU) is calibrated, subjected to communication test, and subjected to a flash program, a connector is usually used for connecting the ECU to a test system so that signals can be connected to the test system. In the process of butt joint, the work of fixing the ECU, oppositely inserting, connecting ECU signals and the like needs to be finished. Because the ECU has a plurality of male pins and needs to complete the butt-joint with a plurality of jacks simultaneously, the butt-joint process has certain difficulty.

Currently, the common docking clamps on the market mainly fix the ECU by the ECU concave groove 11, the screw clamping clamp 12 or the ECU male end slot (not shown in fig. 1) as shown in fig. 1. After the ECU is fixed, the butt joint of the communication wiring harness and the electrifying work of the ECU are finished through a manual operation plug.

Although the operation of the tool is simple, the tool has the following defects:

when the ECU is fixed by using the ECU concave groove or the male slot, the workpiece is easily scratched by the force application contact of the clamping groove and the ECU, and equipment is easily failed by manually plugging and unplugging the ECU;

manual opposite insertion seems to be simple in flow operation, but actually wastes time and labor, because the ECU is easily deviated from the horizontal state when being placed in a hand-held state, horizontal butt joint cannot be guaranteed, and whether butt joint is in place cannot be judged;

the working efficiency of the rotary pushing of the stud is low, the clamping force of the equipment is not easy to hold, the test piece is easy to damage, the spiral mechanical piece can generate abrasion scraps and accumulated dust, lubricating oil needs to be added periodically, and the equipment is not clean and inconvenient to maintain.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The to-be-solved technical problem of the utility model is to provide a plug and socket butt joint anchor clamps, can make things convenient for effectual realization plug and socket's automatic butt joint, promote the efficiency of plug and socket butt joint, reduce cost.

In order to solve the technical problem, the utility model provides a plug and socket butt joint anchor clamps, a serial communication port, include: the first surface of the back plate is provided with a socket; the clamp platform is positioned on one side of the first surface of the back plate, one end of the clamp platform is connected with one end of the back plate, and the back plate is perpendicular to the clamp platform; the sliding assembly comprises a sliding rail and a sliding table, the sliding rail is arranged on the clamp platform and extends along a first direction pointing to the first surface, the sliding table is connected with the sliding rail in a sliding mode, and the sliding table can slide on the sliding rail along the first direction; the support plate is arranged on the sliding table; the pin column protrudes above the carrier plate; and the driving unit is suitable for driving the sliding table to slide so as to drive the carrier plate to move along the first direction.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the driving unit includes: the air cylinder shaft is suitable for moving along the first direction.

The utility model discloses an in one embodiment, the through-hole has been seted up to the anchor clamps platform, a pot head of cylinder axle is equipped with the draw-in groove, the one end of slip table is connected with the screens piece, wherein, the one end of screens piece has U type mouth, U type mouth is suitable for to pass the through-hole is blocked in on the draw-in groove, so that the cylinder axle with the slip table is connected, and works as the cylinder axle is followed during the first direction motion, drive the slip table and the support plate is followed the first direction motion.

The utility model discloses an in an embodiment, the slip subassembly is still including locating on the slide rail and with slide rail sliding connection's slider, the slip table has and is suitable for the slider groove that the slider was put into, the slip table is suitable for through the slider with slide rail sliding connection.

The utility model discloses an in the embodiment, still including locating the dog at the both ends of slide rail to prevent the slider is followed roll-off during the motion of first direction the both ends of slide rail.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the sliding table includes a support plate mounting post, the support plate includes a support plate positioning groove corresponding to the support plate mounting post, the support plate mounting post is suitable for inserting the support plate positioning groove so that the support plate is fixed on the sliding table.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the pin includes an internal thread, the support plate includes a first stud located inside the support plate, the first stud is suitable for being screwed into the internal thread, so that the pin is fixed on the support plate.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the socket is fixed to the first surface of the back plate through an elastic fastener, wherein the elastic fastener includes a second stud and a spring, the back plate has a screw hole, the second stud is connected to the spring and is screwed together in the screw hole, the elastic fastener is adapted to the socket stressed edge of the socket is pulled away from the back plate in the first direction, and then automatically pulled back to the back plate in the first direction through the resilience of the elastic fastener.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the socket includes: a base including a plurality of jacks and a plurality of plug paths connected to the plurality of jacks; and the probes are suitable for being inserted into the inserting passages, wherein each probe comprises a needle head, a needle tube and a needle sleeve, the needle tube is inserted into the needle sleeve, and one part of the needle head is inserted into the needle tube.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the utility model also provides a plug and socket docking fixture subassembly, including a plurality of foretell docking fixtures to every docking fixture includes independent drive unit, so that the drive unit in every docking fixture can drive respective support plate along first direction independent motion.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the advantages of it is following: the support plate and the pin column can be designed in a customized manner according to the butt plug, so that the flexibility is high, and the application range is wide; the automatic butt joint is pushed by an air source, so that the working efficiency is high, and the labor and the time are saved; the plug and the socket are horizontally butted, and the centering is ensured through origin and machinery, so that the matching degree is reliable, the damage to elements is small, and the cost is reduced.

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 principle of the invention. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a stationary plug and receptacle mating;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a plug and socket docking fixture according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is an exploded view of a plug and socket docking fixture according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a plug and socket docking fixture according to an embodiment of the present invention after completing docking;

fig. 5 is an enlarged schematic view of a back plate portion of a plug and receptacle docking fixture according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a structural effect diagram of a plug and socket docking fixture according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only examples or embodiments of the application, from which the application can also be applied to other similar scenarios without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art. Unless otherwise apparent from the context, or otherwise indicated, like reference numbers in the figures refer to the same structure or operation.

As used in this application and the appended claims, the terms "a," "an," "the," and/or "the" are not intended to be inclusive in the singular, but rather are intended to be inclusive in the plural unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In general, the terms "comprises" and "comprising" merely indicate that steps and elements are included which are explicitly identified, that the steps and elements do not form an exclusive list, and that a method or apparatus may include other steps or elements.

The relative arrangement of the components and steps, the numerical expressions, and numerical values set forth in these embodiments do not limit the scope of the present application unless specifically stated otherwise. Meanwhile, it should be understood that the sizes of the respective portions shown in the drawings are not drawn in an actual proportional relationship for the convenience of description. Techniques, methods, and apparatus known to those of ordinary skill in the relevant art may not be discussed in detail but are intended to be part of the specification where appropriate. In all examples shown and discussed herein, any particular value should be construed as merely illustrative, and not limiting. Thus, other examples of the exemplary embodiments may have different values. It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, further discussion thereof is not required in subsequent figures.

In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the orientation or positional relationship indicated by the directional terms such as "front, rear, upper, lower, left, right", "lateral, vertical, horizontal" and "top, bottom", etc., are generally based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are used for convenience of description and simplicity of description only, and in the case of not making a reverse description, these directional terms do not indicate and imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation or be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore, should not be considered as limiting the scope of the present application; the terms "inner and outer" refer to the inner and outer relative to the profile of the respective component itself.

Spatially relative terms, such as "above … …," "above … …," "above … …," "above," and the like, may be used herein for ease of description to describe one device or feature's spatial relationship to another device or feature as illustrated in the figures. It will be understood that the spatially relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. For example, if a device in the figures is turned over, devices described as "above" or "on" other devices or configurations would then be oriented "below" or "under" the other devices or configurations. Thus, the exemplary term "above … …" can include both an orientation of "above … …" and "below … …". The device may be otherwise variously oriented (rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations) and the spatially relative descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.

It should be noted that the terms "first", "second", and the like are used to define the components, and are only used for convenience of distinguishing the corresponding components, and the terms have no special meanings unless otherwise stated, and therefore, the scope of protection of the present application is not to be construed as being limited. Further, although the terms used in the present application are selected from publicly known and used terms, some of the terms mentioned in the specification of the present application may be selected by the applicant at his or her discretion, the detailed meanings of which are described in relevant parts of the description herein. Further, it is required that the present application is understood not only by the actual terms used but also by the meaning of each term lying within.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "on," "connected to," "coupled to" or "contacting" another element, it can be directly on, connected or coupled to, or contacting the other element or intervening elements may be present. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being "directly on," "directly connected to," "directly coupled to" or "directly contacting" another element, there are no intervening elements present. Similarly, when a first component is said to be "in electrical contact with" or "electrically coupled to" a second component, there is an electrical path between the first component and the second component that allows current to flow. The electrical path may include capacitors, coupled inductors, and/or other components that allow current to flow even without direct contact between the conductive components.

An embodiment of the utility model provides a plug and socket butt joint anchor clamps can make things convenient for effectual realization plug and socket's automatic butt joint, promotes the efficiency of plug and socket butt joint, reduce cost.

Fig. 2 and fig. 3 are a schematic structural diagram and an exploded structural diagram of a plug and socket docking jig according to an embodiment of the present invention. A plug and socket mating jig according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to fig. 2 and 3.

As shown in fig. 2, a plug and socket docking jig 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a back plate 21, a jig platform 22, a sliding assembly 23, a carrier plate 24, a pin 25, and a driving unit 26.

Specifically, as shown by the dotted line Z in fig. 2, a first surface of the back plate 21 is provided with the socket 211. Further, a clamp platform 22 is further disposed on one side of the first surface Z, one end of the clamp platform 22 is connected with one end of the back plate 21, and the clamp platform 22 is perpendicular to the back plate 21. In an embodiment of the present invention, the docking fixture 20 further includes a frame, such as the portion of fig. 2 where the back plate 21 is attached, it can be understood that the structure of the frame is not the key point of the present invention, and the frame is not expanded here.

The sliding assembly 23 includes a sliding rail 231 and a sliding table 232, the sliding rail 231 is disposed on the fixture platform 22 and extends along the first direction X pointing to the first surface Z, the sliding table 232 is slidably connected to the sliding rail 231, and the sliding table can slide on the sliding rail along the X direction.

The carrier 24 is disposed on the sliding table 232, and the pins 25 are disposed on the carrier 24. It should be understood that fig. 2 only shows the structure of the embodiment of the present invention having 2 pins in which the plug and socket docking jig is used, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

The driving unit 26 is adapted to drive the sliding table 232 to slide so as to drive the carrier plate 24 to move along the first direction X. In an embodiment of the present invention, the driving unit 26 comprises a cylinder 260, a cylinder shaft 261 and a solenoid valve 262, the cylinder shaft 261 being adapted to move along the first direction X.

Specifically, the driving unit 26 drives the sliding table 232 to slide as follows. In the embodiment shown in fig. 2 and 3, the fixture platform 22 is provided with a through hole 220, one end of the cylinder shaft 261 is sleeved with a clamping groove 2610, one end of the sliding table 232 is connected with a clamping member 2320, wherein one end of the clamping member 2320 is provided with a U-shaped opening, the U-shaped opening is adapted to pass through the through hole 220 and be clamped on the clamping groove 2610, so that the cylinder shaft 261 is connected with the sliding table 232, and when the cylinder shaft 261 moves along the first direction X, the sliding table 232 and the carrier plate 24 are driven to move along the first direction X.

Illustratively, the detent 2320 may be a unitary structure or a two-part detachable structure connected by a general fastener as shown in fig. 2, and one end of one part has a U-shaped opening adapted to be snapped into the detent 2610.

It is understood that other specific structural details regarding the cylinder 260 in the drive unit 26 may be found in the prior art in the cylinder art, and as such other structural details of the cylinder are not important to the present invention, they are not further developed herein.

As shown more clearly in the exploded view of fig. 3, the sliding assembly 23 further includes a sliding block 233 disposed on the sliding rail 231 and slidably connected to the sliding rail 231 through a ball, the sliding table 232 has a sliding block slot 2320 adapted for placing the sliding block therein, and the sliding table 232 is adapted to slidably connect to the sliding rail 231 through the sliding block 233.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 3, the sliding assembly 23 further includes stoppers 2310 disposed at both ends of the sliding rail 231 to prevent the sliding block 233 from sliding out of both ends of the sliding rail 231 when moving in the first direction X.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 2 and fig. 3, the sliding table 232 includes a carrier mounting column 2321, the carrier 24 includes a carrier positioning slot 240 corresponding to the carrier mounting column 2321, and the carrier mounting column 2321 is adapted to be inserted into the carrier positioning slot 240 to fix the carrier 24 on the sliding table 232. It should be understood that, in the embodiment shown in fig. 2 and fig. 3, the number of the carrier mounting posts 2321 and the carrier positioning grooves 240 is two, and they correspond to each other, but the invention is not limited thereto.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 2 and 3, pin 25 includes internal threads (not shown), and carrier plate 24 includes a first stud 241 located inside the carrier plate, the first stud 241 being adapted to be screwed into the internal threads so that pin 25 is fixed and protrudes above carrier plate 24.

As shown in fig. 3, there is generally an opening 31 below the plug 30 to be mated, such as an ECU of an automobile. It can be understood that the shape and size of the pin 25 can be designed correspondingly according to the size of the opening on the plug 30 to be docked, so that the plug 30 to be docked can be fixed on the pin 25 through the opening 31 thereof, thereby fixing the plug 30 to the docking fixture 20 for the plug and socket of the present invention to complete the subsequent docking operation.

Besides, in the embodiment shown in fig. 2 and 3 of the present invention, the pin 25 includes an internal thread, and is detachably mounted on the carrier plate 24, so that the pin can be flexibly replaced when the pin is deformed or fails or is used for different types of docking plugs.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a plug and socket docking fixture after completing docking according to an embodiment of the present invention. The utility model discloses a principle that plug and socket butt joint anchor clamps realize automatic butt joint can be summarized as follows:

after the driving unit 26 is started, the gas in the cylinder 260 pushes the cylinder shaft 261 to move in the X direction;

the sliding assembly 23 is fixedly connected to the cylinder shaft 261 through the locking member 2320 and the locking groove 2610 connected to one end of the cylinder shaft 261, so that when the cylinder shaft 261 moves along the X direction, the sliding assembly 23 can be driven to move along the X direction (the movement range can be limited by the width of the through hole 220 on the clamp platform 22, fig. 4 shows that the sliding assembly 23 moves a distance in the direction approaching the back plate 21 along the X direction), and the carrier plate 24 connected to the sliding assembly 23 can also move along the X direction;

the docking plug 30 is fixedly mounted on the carrier plate 24 of the docking jig 20 by the pin, and when the carrier plate moves along the X direction, the docking plug 30 fixed on the carrier plate 24 by the pin 25 moves along the X direction, and since the X direction is parallel to the direction of the jig platform 22 and the jig platform 22 is vertically placed with the back plate 21, the horizontal docking of the docking plug 30 and the socket 211 can be realized.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the socket 210 is fixed on the first surface Z of the back plate 21 by an elastic fastener (not shown) in a manner as shown in fig. 5, wherein the elastic fastener 51 includes a second stud 510 and a spring 511, the back plate 21 has a screw hole 210 (circled by a dotted line in fig. 5), the second stud 510 is connected with the spring 511 and is screwed in the screw hole 210 together, and the elastic fastener 51 is adapted to be pulled back onto the back plate 21 along the first direction X automatically by resilience of the elastic fastener 51 after the socket 211 is forced to be pulled away from the back plate 21 along the first direction X.

Preferably, in an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 5, the 211 socket includes a base 2110 including a plurality of sockets 2111 and a plurality of channels 2112 connected to the plurality of sockets; and a plurality of probes 2113, the probes 2113 adapted for insertion into the channels 2112, wherein each probe 2113 includes a needle 2114, a needle tube 2115, and a needle hub 2116, the needle tube 2115 being inserted into the needle hub 2116, and a portion of the needle 2114 being inserted into the needle tube 2115.

Preferably, the tail end of the probe 2113 in the socket 211 is further provided with an in-place switch, which can cooperate with an indicator light to display the butt joint state of the plug in real time, and the in-place switch after the plug is inserted is used for indicating the success of butt joint through the indicator light, but the utility model discloses it is not limited to this.

Preferably, the socket 211 further comprises a housing 2117 for protecting the internal structure of the socket such as the probe 2113, and the outer side of the housing 2117 is further provided with a chamfer at the interface a, facilitating the interface between the plug 30 and the socket 211.

Another embodiment of the present invention further provides a plug and socket docking jig assembly, as shown in fig. 6, comprising a plurality of docking jigs 20 (only 4 of which are shown in fig. 6, but the present invention is not limited thereto) as described above, and each docking jig 20 comprises an independent driving unit 26, so that the driving unit 26 in each docking jig 20 can drive the respective carrier plate 24 to move along the first direction independently X.

Having thus described the basic concept, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the foregoing disclosure is by way of example only, and is not intended to limit the present application. Various modifications, improvements and adaptations to the present application may occur to those skilled in the art, although not explicitly described herein. Such modifications, improvements and adaptations are proposed in the present application and thus fall within the spirit and scope of the exemplary embodiments of the present application.

Also, this application uses specific language to describe embodiments of the application. Reference throughout this specification to "one embodiment," "an embodiment," and/or "some embodiments" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with at least one embodiment of the present application is included in at least one embodiment of the present application. Therefore, it is emphasized and should be appreciated that two or more references to "an embodiment" or "one embodiment" or "an alternative embodiment" in various places throughout this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, some features, structures, or characteristics of one or more embodiments of the present application may be combined as appropriate.

Aspects of the present application may be embodied entirely in hardware, entirely in software (including firmware, resident software, micro-code, etc.) or in a combination of hardware and software. The above hardware or software may be referred to as "data block," module, "" engine, "" unit, "" component, "or" system. The processor may be one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DAPDs), Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), processors, controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, or a combination thereof. Furthermore, aspects of the present application may be represented as a computer product, including computer readable program code, embodied in one or more computer readable media. For example, computer-readable media may include, but are not limited to, magnetic storage devices (e.g., hard disk, floppy disk, magnetic strips … …), optical disks (e.g., Compact Disk (CD), Digital Versatile Disk (DVD) … …), smart cards, and flash memory devices (e.g., card, stick, key drive … …).

The computer readable medium may comprise a propagated data signal with the computer program code embodied therein, for example, on a baseband or as part of a carrier wave. The propagated signal may take any of a variety of forms, including electromagnetic, optical, and the like, or any suitable combination. The computer readable medium can be any computer readable medium that can communicate, propagate, or transport the program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. Program code on a computer readable medium may be propagated over any suitable medium, including radio, electrical cable, fiber optic cable, radio frequency signals, or the like, or any combination of the preceding.

Similarly, it should be noted that in the preceding description of embodiments of the present application, various features are sometimes grouped together in a single embodiment, figure, or description thereof for the purpose of streamlining the disclosure and aiding in the understanding of one or more of the embodiments. This method of disclosure, however, is not intended to require more features than are expressly recited in the claims. Indeed, the embodiments may be characterized as having less than all of the features of a single embodiment disclosed above.

Numerals describing the number of components, attributes, etc. are used in some embodiments, it being understood that such numerals used in the description of the embodiments are modified in some instances by the use of the modifier "about", "approximately" or "substantially". Unless otherwise indicated, "about", "approximately" or "substantially" indicates that the number allows a variation of ± 20%. Accordingly, in some embodiments, the numerical parameters used in the specification and claims are approximations that may vary depending upon the desired properties of the individual embodiments. In some embodiments, the numerical parameter should take into account the specified significant digits and employ a general digit preserving approach. Notwithstanding that the numerical ranges and parameters setting forth the broad scope of the range are approximations, in the specific examples, such numerical values are set forth as precisely as possible within the scope of the application.

Although the present application has been described with reference to the present specific embodiments, it will be recognized by those skilled in the art that the foregoing embodiments are merely illustrative of the present application and that various changes and substitutions of equivalents may be made without departing from the spirit of the application, and therefore, it is intended that all changes and modifications to the above-described embodiments that come within the spirit of the application fall within the scope of the claims of the application.

Claims (10)

1. A plug and receptacle mating fixture, comprising:

the first surface of the back plate is provided with a socket;

the clamp platform is positioned on one side of the first surface of the back plate, one end of the clamp platform is connected with one end of the back plate, and the back plate is perpendicular to the clamp platform;

the sliding assembly comprises a sliding rail and a sliding table, the sliding rail is arranged on the clamp platform and extends along a first direction pointing to the first surface, the sliding table is connected with the sliding rail in a sliding mode, and the sliding table can slide on the sliding rail along the first direction;

the support plate is arranged on the sliding table;

the pin column protrudes above the carrier plate; and

and the driving unit is suitable for driving the sliding table to slide so as to drive the support plate to move along the first direction.

2. The docking fixture of claim 1, wherein the drive unit comprises: the air cylinder shaft is suitable for moving along the first direction.

3. The docking fixture of claim 2, wherein the fixture platform defines a through hole, a slot is disposed at an end of the cylinder shaft, and a locking member is connected to an end of the slide, wherein the locking member has a U-shaped opening at an end thereof, and the U-shaped opening is adapted to pass through the through hole and lock onto the slot, so that the cylinder shaft is connected to the slide, and when the cylinder shaft moves in the first direction, the slide and the carrier plate are driven to move in the first direction.

4. The docking fixture of claim 1, wherein the slide assembly further comprises a slide block disposed on the slide rail and slidably coupled to the slide rail, the slide block having a slide block slot adapted for the slide block to be received therein, the slide block adapted to be slidably coupled to the slide rail via the slide block.

5. The docking fixture of claim 4, further comprising stops disposed at both ends of the slide to prevent the slide from sliding out of both ends of the slide when moving in the first direction.

6. The docking fixture of claim 1, wherein said slide table includes a carrier plate mounting post, said carrier plate includes a carrier plate positioning slot corresponding to said carrier plate mounting post, said carrier plate mounting post is adapted to be inserted into said carrier plate positioning slot to secure said carrier plate to said slide table.

7. The docking fixture of claim 1, wherein said pin includes internal threads, and said carrier plate includes a first stud located within an interior of said carrier plate, said first stud adapted to be tightened against said internal threads to secure said pin to said carrier plate.

8. The docking fixture of claim 1, wherein the socket is secured to the first surface of the back plate by a resilient fastener, wherein the resilient fastener comprises a second stud and a spring, the back plate defines a threaded bore, the second stud is coupled to the spring and is co-tightened within the threaded bore, and the resilient fastener is adapted to be automatically pulled back onto the back plate in the first direction by the resilience of the resilient fastener after the socket is forced to be pulled away from the back plate in the first direction.

9. The docking fixture of claim 1, wherein the socket comprises:

a base including a plurality of jacks and a plurality of plug paths connected to the plurality of jacks; and

a plurality of probes, the probe is suitable for inserting in the plug-in channel, wherein, each probe includes syringe needle, needle pipe and needle cover, the needle pipe inserts in the needle cover, and a part of the syringe needle inserts in the needle pipe.

10. A plug and socket docking jig assembly comprising a plurality of docking jigs according to any one of claims 1 to 9, and each docking jig comprising a separate drive unit, such that the drive unit in each docking jig can drive the respective carrier plate to move independently in a first direction.

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