CN213905717U

CN213905717U - Floating connector

Info

Publication number: CN213905717U
Application number: CN202120116807.7U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 眭俊
Original assignee: Shenzhen Tianshun Wisdom Energy Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Tianshun Wisdom Energy Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-01-15
Filing date: 2021-01-15
Publication date: 2021-08-06
Anticipated expiration: 2031-01-15

Abstract

The utility model discloses a floating connector relates to charge-discharge connector technical field. The floating connector comprises a male seat and a female seat, the male seat comprises a front plate, a rear cover and a floating assembly, the rear cover is fixed on the front plate, and the floating assembly is arranged between the front plate and the rear cover; the floating assembly is in floating connection with the front plate through at least two tension springs; a pressure spring is arranged on the floating component; one end of the pressure spring is connected with the floating assembly, and the other end of the pressure spring is provided with a pin which is abutted against the inner wall of the rear cover through the compression elasticity of the pressure spring; the female seat on be equipped with the locating pin, be equipped with the locating hole of adaptation locating pin on the front bezel, the subassembly that floats on correspond the accommodation hole that is equipped with the adaptation locating pin. The front plate of public seat is floated with the subassembly that floats through the extension spring and is connected, sets up pressure spring and pin on the subassembly that floats, realizes three-dimensional unsteady effect of adjusting, simultaneously, acts on the locating hole on the fixed plate and the accommodation hole on the subassembly that floats through the locating pin, guarantees the reliable connection of public seat and female seat.

Description

Floating connector

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a charge-discharge connector technical field is an applicable charge-discharge connector for removable power battery in new energy automobile.

Background

Because removable power battery needs often dismouting, tear empty electricity battery down from the automobile body promptly, change full-charge battery, the connector plug number of times is more, if plug and socket when butt joint the discrepancy too big, the plug just is difficult to insert in the socket, sometimes to the plug-in process even probably damage plug or socket. In addition, a large deviation may cause a connection failure, so that the plug and the socket in the connector cannot be reliably connected, thereby affecting the normal operation of the device. In the connector that floats of current, the subassembly that floats can't realize that Z is to the angle deflection, and when the subassembly that floats was than long, is difficult to realize that the subassembly that floats is well for the uide pin can't match with the guiding hole. Therefore, there is a need for a precisely positionable floating connector that can achieve X, Y axis coordinate floating and planar rotation in a plane while achieving deflection in the Z axis coordinate direction.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

To the above problem, the utility model provides a simple structure can realize the connector that three-dimensional unsteady was adjusted, and concrete scheme is as follows.

A floating connector comprises a male seat and a female seat, wherein the male seat comprises a front plate, a rear cover and a floating assembly; the floating assembly is in floating connection with the front plate through at least two tension springs; a pressure spring is arranged on the floating component; one end of the pressure spring is connected with the floating assembly, and the other end of the pressure spring is provided with a pin which is abutted against the inner wall of the rear cover through the compression elasticity of the pressure spring; the female seat on be equipped with the locating pin, be equipped with the locating hole of adaptation locating pin on the front bezel, the subassembly that floats on correspond the accommodation hole that is equipped with the adaptation locating pin.

Further, the pressure spring including set up in the first pressure spring at unsteady subassembly top and set up the second pressure spring in unsteady subassembly side, the pin including setting up the first pin on first pressure spring and setting up the second pin on the second pressure spring, lid top inner wall behind first pin butt, lid lateral part inner wall behind the second pin butt.

Furthermore, the two opposite sides of the floating assembly are provided with a second pressure spring and a second pin, and the top of the floating assembly is at least provided with two first pressure springs and corresponding first pins.

Preferably, the top of the pin is a cambered surface.

Preferably, the number of the tension springs is four, and the four tension springs are respectively arranged at four corners of the floating assembly.

Preferably, the front plate and the floating assembly are provided with stand columns for fixing two ends of the tension spring.

Preferably, the female seat comprises a panel, a jack assembly and a cover plate; the cover plate and the jack assembly are arranged on two opposite sides of the panel; the locating pin sets up on the panel.

Furthermore, the number of the positioning pins is two, the two positioning pins are respectively arranged at the positions, close to the two ends, of the panel, and the jack assembly is located between the two positioning pins.

Furthermore, a sealing ring is arranged on the side surface of the socket component.

Preferably, the sealing ring is provided with at least two layers.

Furthermore, the floating assembly comprises a front shell, a pin inserting assembly and a rear shell; the rear shell is fixed on the front shell, and the pin inserting assembly is positioned between the front shell and the rear shell; and a gap is formed between the rear shell and the rear cover of the male seat.

The floating connector of the utility model consists of a female seat and a male seat, wherein the female seat is a fixed socket and is arranged on the power battery; the male seat is a floating socket, is arranged on the bracket and is butted with the female seat. The front plate of public seat is passed through the extension spring with the subassembly that floats and is connected, sets up pressure spring and pin on the subassembly that floats, compensaties the elasticity of extension spring, when improving prior art subassembly that floats than longer, is difficult to realize the subassembly problem placed in the middle that floats to realize the effect of three-dimensional unsteady regulation, simultaneously, act on the locating hole on the fixed plate and the accommodation hole on the subassembly that floats through the locating pin, guarantee the reliable connection of public seat and female seat.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a structural diagram of a floating connector according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to more fully understand the technical content of the present invention, the technical solution of the present invention will be further described and explained with reference to the specific embodiments.

Examples

The floating connector shown in fig. 1 comprises a female socket 1 and a male socket 2. The female seat 1 is a fixed socket and can be arranged on a power battery; the male seat is a floating socket and can be arranged on the bracket and butted with the female seat.

The female housing 1 includes a face plate 12, a socket assembly 11, and a cover plate 15. The cover plate 15 and the socket assembly 11 are disposed on opposite sides of the face plate 12. The panel 12 is further provided with two positioning pins 13, the two positioning pins are respectively arranged at positions close to two ends of the panel, and the jack assembly 11 is located between the two positioning pins 13. The side of the socket assembly 11 is provided with a sealing ring, preferably two layers in this embodiment.

The male housing 2 includes a fixed housing 21 and a floating assembly 24. The fixed housing 21 includes a front plate 211 and a rear cover 212, the rear cover 212 is fixed on the front plate 211, and the floating assembly 24 is disposed between the front plate and the rear cover. The front plate 211 is provided with positioning holes 32 adapted to the positioning pins 13.

The floating assembly 24 includes a front shell 241, a pin assembly 242, and a rear shell 243. The rear housing 243 is secured to the front housing 241 with the pin assembly 242 positioned therebetween. There is a gap 31 between the back shell 243 and the back cover 212 of the male housing. The front shell 241 of the floating assembly is provided with a receiving hole (not labeled) adapted to the positioning pin 13, and the receiving hole corresponds to the positioning pin 13 and the positioning hole 32.

The four corners of the floating assembly are provided with tension springs 25, the four corners of the front plate 211 and the front shell 241 of the floating assembly are provided with upright columns 28 used for fixing the two ends of each tension spring 25, and the floating assembly 24 is connected with the front plate 211 in a floating mode through the tension springs 25.

Be equipped with the pressure spring on the subassembly 24 that floats, the subassembly that floats is connected to pressure spring one end, and the other end is equipped with the pin, and the pin covers the inner wall after passing through the compression elasticity butt of pressure spring, and the top of pin is the cambered surface. Specifically, the pressure spring is including setting up in the first pressure spring 26 at unsteady subassembly top and setting up the second pressure spring 23 in unsteady subassembly side, and the pin is including setting up first pin 27 on first pressure spring 26 and the second pin 22 of setting on second pressure spring 23, and lid top inner wall behind first pin 27 butt, lid lateral part inner wall behind the second pin 22 butt. Further, in this embodiment, the two opposite sides of the insertion pin assembly 242 are provided with a second compression spring 23 and a second pin 22, four corners of the front shell 241 of the floating assembly are provided with a first compression spring 26 and a corresponding first pin 27, and the insertion pin assembly 242 is located between the four first compression springs 26.

The floating connector of this embodiment, four extension springs 25 have been installed in public seat 2's fixed shell 21 four corners, and two second pressure springs 23 and two second pins 22 have been installed to middle symmetric position, and the effect of second pressure spring 23 is compensatied extension spring 25's elasticity, improves the subassembly that floats when longer, and the extension spring pulling force is not enough, and the subassembly that floats can't be placed in the middle of for the defect that public seat and female seat can't match. The floating assembly 24 of the male seat 2 and the fixed outer shell 21 are designed with a gap 31, the floating assembly 24 is tightly attached to the front plate 211 through the first pressure spring 26 and the first pin 27, when the female seat 1 deflects in the Z-axis direction, the positioning pin 13 acts on the positioning hole 32 and the accommodating hole in the front shell 241 of the floating assembly, so that the floating assembly 24 generates the same deflection, the reliable connection of the pin assembly 242 and the jack assembly 11 is ensured, and the defect that the floating assembly cannot deflect in the Z-axis angle is overcome.

Female seat 1 and public seat 2 dock through locating pin 13, carry out waterproof sealing to contact pin, jack position through sealing washer 14. The female housing 1 is formed with a face plate 12, a socket assembly 11, and a cover plate 15 to form a sealing member (except for the socket position). The metal workpiece and the plastic housing form a jack assembly 11, and the plastic housing is used for ensuring electrical safety. The panel 12 is made of zinc alloy material, and the surface is sprayed to ensure the structural strength of the female seat 1.

The male seat 2 is composed of a fixed shell 21, a floating assembly 24, a tension spring, a pressure spring and a pin. The front plate 211 and the rear cover 212 which form the fixed shell 21 are made of zinc alloy materials, and the structural strength of the male seat 2 is ensured by surface spraying. The front shell 241, the pin inserting assembly 242 and the rear shell 243 form the floating assembly 24, the front shell 241 is made of a zinc alloy material, and the structural strength is guaranteed; the pin assembly 242 comprises a metal workpiece and a plastic housing, and the plastic housing is used for ensuring electrical safety; the rear case 243 is a plastic member for protecting electrical safety. And the tension spring, the pressure spring and the pin are used for realizing the floating requirement.

In this embodiment, the springs (tension spring, compression spring) that are symmetrically arranged can balance the stress of the floating assembly, so that the floating assembly is kept at the central position. The periphery of the floating assembly is provided with a gap, so that the floating assembly can move in all directions. The floating assembly utilizes a pin with a circular arc surface to realize sliding and Z-direction deflection through the change of the compression amount of a spring. All the tension springs and the pressure springs are made of spring steel.

The pin assembly 242 and the socket assembly 11 are constructed by wrapping metal parts with a plastic housing to achieve the purpose of insulation. The structural members of the positioning pin 13 and the positioning hole 32 are made of high-strength alloy steel to meet the requirements of plugging and pulling positioning, and the positioning pin 13 and the positioning hole 32 need to be preferentially matched, so that damage and poor contact caused by size deviation of the pin assembly 242 and the socket assembly 11 are avoided. The panel 12 and the front panel 211 are exposed parts and are made of stainless steel materials, so that the requirements of environmental tests and structural strength are met.

The floating assembly 24 is an integral sealing element and adopts a runway-shaped structure, and the female seat 1 and the male seat 2 are sealed in a double-layer way through the sealing ring 14 to meet the waterproof requirement. The front surface of the floating assembly adopts a runway-shaped structure, which is beneficial to waterproof sealing, and the requirements of the floating structure are met by combining a tension spring, a pressure spring and a circular arc surface pin.

According to the floating connector, the floating mechanism consists of the fixed shell, the floating component, the spring and the like, so that the cost is low; the structure is simple, the parts are few, and the batch production is convenient; the runway-shaped sealing ring is used for double-layer water prevention, so that the reliability is high; the plug hole assembly and the pin assembly are wrapped by the plastic shell to be metal, so that the safety is good.

The technical content of the present invention is further described by the above embodiments only, so as to facilitate the reader to understand more easily, but not to represent that the embodiments of the present invention are limited only to this, and any technical extension or re-creation according to the present invention is protected by the present invention.

Claims

1. A floating connector comprises a male socket and a female socket; the male seat is characterized by comprising a front plate, a rear cover and a floating assembly, wherein the rear cover is fixed on the front plate, and the floating assembly is arranged between the front plate and the rear cover; the floating assembly is in floating connection with the front plate through at least two tension springs; a pressure spring is arranged on the floating component; one end of the pressure spring is connected with the floating assembly, and the other end of the pressure spring is provided with a pin which is abutted against the inner wall of the rear cover through the pressure spring; the female seat on be equipped with the locating pin, be equipped with the locating hole of adaptation locating pin on the front bezel, the subassembly that floats on correspond the accommodation hole that is equipped with the adaptation locating pin.

2. The floating connector of claim 1 wherein the compression springs include a first compression spring disposed at the top of the floating assembly and a second compression spring disposed at the side of the floating assembly, and the pins include a first pin disposed on the first compression spring and a second pin disposed on the second compression spring, the first pin abutting the inner wall at the top of the rear cover and the second pin abutting the inner wall at the side of the rear cover.

3. A floating connector as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that the floating assembly is provided with second compression springs and second pins on opposite sides, and at least two first compression springs and corresponding first pins are provided on the top of the floating assembly.

4. A floating connector as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that the top of the pin is cambered.

5. A floating connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein there are four tension springs, one at each corner of the floating assembly.

6. A floating connector as claimed in claim 5, wherein the front plate and floating assembly are provided with posts for securing the ends of the tension spring.

7. A floating connector as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the female socket includes a face plate, a socket assembly, a cover plate; the cover plate and the jack assembly are arranged on two sides of the panel; the locating pin sets up on the panel, and the jack subassembly is located between the locating pin.

8. A floating connector as claimed in claim 7, characterized in that the socket assembly is provided with a sealing ring on the side.

9. A floating connector as claimed in claim 8, characterized in that the sealing ring is provided with at least two layers.

10. A floating connector as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the floating assembly comprises a front housing, a pin assembly and a rear housing; the rear shell is fixed on the front shell, and the pin inserting assembly is positioned between the front shell and the rear shell; and a gap is formed between the rear shell and the rear cover of the male seat.