CN214100088U - Power connector and power connector assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model belongs to the technical field of the connector technique and specifically relates to a power connector and power connector subassembly is related to. The power connector comprises a shell, a signal pin, a connecting terminal and a handle, wherein a pin accommodating groove and a terminal accommodating groove are formed in the shell. The signal pin is installed in the pin accommodating groove. The connecting terminal is arranged in the terminal accommodating groove; the handle is mounted to the housing. The utility model provides a power connector adopts and installs the handle in the outside of casing, and the user of being convenient for easily carries out power connector's plug operation laborsavingly, has solved the hard technical problem of current power connector plug.

Description

Power connector and power connector assembly

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of the connector technique and specifically relates to a power connector and power connector subassembly is related to.

Background

The power connector is an important link for connecting a power supply and equipment, provides electric energy for the equipment to enable the equipment to normally operate, and is an indispensable component of electronic products and equipment. Its main function is to connect two active devices, transmitting current and signals.

With the wide application of new energy lithium batteries, the devices are frequently charged or the batteries are frequently replaced through the power connectors, and users need to frequently plug and unplug the power connectors. However, the conventional power connector is laborious to plug and unplug and is inconvenient for users to use.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide a power connector and power connector subassembly aims at solving the hard technical problem of current power connector plug.

In order to achieve the above object, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme: a power connector comprising:

a housing having a pin receiving groove and a terminal receiving groove therein;

a signal pin installed in the pin accommodating groove;

a connection terminal installed in the terminal accommodation groove; and

a handle mounted to the housing.

In one embodiment, the handle is removably mounted to the housing.

In one embodiment, the power connector further comprises a fastener, the housing has a first connecting hole, the handle has a second connecting hole corresponding to the first connecting hole, and the fastener is detachably inserted into the first connecting hole and the second connecting hole.

In one embodiment, one of the housing and the pull handle has a positioning slot and the other of the housing and the pull handle has a positioning block that mates with the positioning slot.

In one embodiment, the handle includes an installation rod and two hand levers, the installation rod is installed on the housing, the rod length direction of the installation rod is consistent with the plugging and unplugging direction of the power connector, and the two hand levers extend from one end of the installation rod, which is far away from the housing, to two sides of the installation rod.

In one embodiment, the end of the mounting bar near the pull bar has a groove.

In one embodiment, the power connector further includes a fixing member mounted to the housing, the fixing member having an insertion groove corresponding to the pin receiving groove, one end of the signal pin being mounted in the insertion groove, and the other end of the signal pin being mounted in the pin receiving groove.

In one embodiment, the connection terminal includes a positive terminal and a negative terminal, and the positive terminal and the negative terminal are mounted to the housing at an interval.

In one embodiment, one side wall of the shell is provided with a projection, and the other side wall of the shell is provided with an abutting groove for accommodating the projection.

A power connector assembly comprises two power connectors, wherein the shell of one power connector can be buckled with the shell of the other power connector, so that the signal pin and the connecting terminal of one power connector are respectively and correspondingly electrically connected with the signal pin and the connecting terminal of the other power connector.

The utility model has the advantages that: the utility model provides a power connector adopts and installs the handle in the outside of casing, and the user of being convenient for carries out power connector's plug operation easily laborsavingly, has solved the hard technical problem of current power connector plug.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings required for the embodiments or the prior art descriptions will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings without inventive labor.

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

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the mounting of the pull handle of the power connector of FIG. 1;

fig. 3 is an exploded view of the power connector of fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a power connection device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Wherein, in the figures, the respective reference numerals:

100-housing, 101-pin receiving groove, 102-terminal receiving groove, 103-first connection hole, 104-positioning groove, 105-mounting cavity, 106-projection, 107-abutment groove;

200-signal pin, 210-signal male pin, 220-signal female pin;

300-connecting terminal, 310-positive terminal, 320-negative terminal;

400-handle, 401-second connecting hole, 402-positioning block, 403-groove, 410-mounting rod, 420-hand lever;

500-a fastener;

600-fixing part, 601-inserting groove.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are exemplary and intended to be used for explaining the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, 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 indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are merely for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly and may, for example, be 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 meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those skilled in the art.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, a power connector includes a housing 100, a signal pin 200, a connection terminal 300 and a pull handle 400, wherein the housing 100 has a pin receiving groove 101 and a terminal receiving groove 102. The signal pin 200 is installed in the pin accommodating groove 101. The connection terminal 300 is mounted in the terminal accommodation groove 102. The pull 400 is mounted to the housing 100.

The utility model provides a power connector adopts and installs handle 400 in the outside of casing 100, and the user of being convenient for easily carries out power connector's plug operation laborsavingly, has solved the hard technical problem of current power connector plug.

One end of the power connector is connected to one of the power source and the device, and the other end of the power connector is connected to the other of the power source and the device, so that the power source and the device realize current transmission through the connection terminal 300 and signal transmission through the signal pin 200.

For example, in the power connector, one end of the signal pin 200 and one end of the connection terminal 300 are inserted, pressed or welded to a power source or a device circuit board, and the other end of the signal pin 200 and the other end of the connection terminal 300 extend into the housing 100 for being inserted into an interface of a device or another power connector connected to the device.

The utility model provides a power connector has good connection and disconnection performance, can be applied to fields such as battery, electric power, communication, electric motor car, solar energy and new forms of energy.

In one embodiment, in conjunction with fig. 1, the pull handle 400 is detachably mounted to the housing 100 to facilitate replacement of the pull handle 400 and separation of the packages.

The handle 400 and the housing 100 may be detachably connected in a variety of ways, such as screw connection, magnetic connection, adhesion, clamping, etc.

Specifically, in conjunction with fig. 1 and 2, the power connector further includes a fastener 500. The housing 100 has a first connection hole 103, the handle 400 has a second connection hole 401 corresponding to the first connection hole 103, and the fastener 500 is detachably inserted into the first connection hole 103 and the second connection hole 401, so that the handle 400 and the housing 100 are detachably connected.

Alternatively, the fastener 500 is a screw, a fixing pin, a clamping column, or the like.

Specifically, referring to fig. 2 and 3, the housing 100 has at least two first connection holes 103, and the at least two first connection holes 103 are spaced apart from each other along the insertion and extraction direction of the power connector. Accordingly, the second connection holes 401 and the fastening members 500 are respectively in one-to-one correspondence with the first connection holes 103, and the pull handle 400 and the housing 100 are connected with the fastening members 500 in the plugging direction, so that the fastening members 500 can enable the pull handle 400 and the housing 100 to be connected more firmly, and even if the pull handle 400 and the housing 100 are not easily damaged or loosened in frequent plugging operation, the power connector has a long plugging life.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1 and 2, the pull handle 400 is installed at the middle of the outer side of the housing 100, that is, the pull handle 400 is located at or near the center of gravity of the power connector, so that the pull handle 400 can pull the housing 100 more smoothly and more easily for plugging and unplugging the power connector.

In one embodiment, with reference to fig. 1-3, one of the housing 100 and the pull handle 400 has a positioning slot 104, and the other of the housing 100 and the pull handle 400 has a positioning block 402 that mates with the positioning slot 104.

For example, as shown in fig. 2, the housing 100 has a positioning groove 104, the handle 400 has a positioning block 402, and the handle 400 is inserted into the positioning groove 104 through the positioning block 402, and is accurately positioned on the housing 100, so as to facilitate the next installation and fixation.

It is understood that in other embodiments, the housing 100 has the positioning block 402 and the handle 400 has the positioning slot 104.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1 and 2, the handle 400 includes a mounting rod 410 and two pull rods 420, the mounting rod 410 is mounted on the housing 100, a rod length direction of the mounting rod 410 is identical to a plugging direction of the power connector, and the two pull rods 420 extend from one end of the mounting rod 410 away from the housing 100 to two sides of the mounting rod 410.

Thus, the user's fingers can hook the hand levers 420 located at both sides of the mounting rod 410, so that the user can pull the handle 400 and the power connector to perform plugging operation with less effort. Meanwhile, the rod length direction of the mounting rod 410 is parallel to the plugging direction of the power connector, so that the mounting rod 410 is not easy to bend and break, and the plugging service life of the handle 400 and the plugging service life of the power connector are prolonged.

Specifically, with reference to fig. 1 and 2, the end of the mounting rod 410 adjacent to the pull rod 420 has a groove 403. When the user uses the handle 400, the index finger and the ring finger of the user respectively hook the hand levers 420 at the two sides of the mounting rod 410, and the middle finger of the user can abut against the groove 403, so that the user can grasp the handle 400 and apply a pulling force to the handle 400 conveniently.

Specifically, with reference to fig. 1 and fig. 2, one end of the mounting rod 410 is fixedly mounted on the housing 100, one end of the pull rod 420 is connected to the other end of the mounting rod 410, and the other end of the pull rod 420 extends in a direction perpendicular to the plugging direction of the power connector.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1 to 3, the power connector further includes a fixing member 600 mounted on the housing 100, the fixing member 600 has a plug-in slot 601 corresponding to the pin receiving slot 101, one end of the signal pin 200 is mounted in the plug-in slot 601, and the other end of the signal pin 200 is mounted in the pin receiving slot 101.

In this way, the signal pin 200 is first inserted into the insertion groove 601 of the fixing member 600, and then the fixing member 600 is fixed to the housing 100, so that the signal pin 200 is correspondingly fixed in the pin receiving groove 101. The fixing member 600 can hold the signal pin 200, so that the signal pin 200 is prevented from being inserted wrongly when penetrating into the housing 100 alone, and the installation efficiency of the signal pin 200 is improved. Especially, when the lithium battery needs a plurality of signal pins 200 for signal transmission, the power connector can meet the requirement of integrally mounting the plurality of signal pins 200.

Specifically, the housing 100 has a mounting cavity 105 that receives the fixture 600. The mounting cavity 105 communicates with the needle accommodating groove 101, and the insertion grooves 601 correspond to the needle accommodating grooves 101 one to one.

Optionally, the fixing member 600 is provided with a limiting elastic sheet (not shown), and the inner walls of the installation cavity 105 are provided with limiting grooves (not shown), and the limiting elastic sheet is configured to be capable of being clamped in the limiting grooves. So, when installing mounting 600 into installation cavity 105, spacing shell fragment can joint at the spacing inslot firmly, and then makes mounting 600 install in installation cavity 105 steadily to simple to operate.

In one embodiment, in conjunction with fig. 1 and 3, the signal pin 200 includes a signal male pin 210 and a signal female pin 220. The specifications of the signal male pin 210 and the signal female pin 220 are the same, so that the signal male pin 210 and the signal female pin 220 can be inserted into the fixing member 600 at will without distinguishing the positive direction and the negative direction, thereby avoiding the inconvenient insertion phenomenon caused by distinguishing the insertion direction and the male end when the specifications of the signal male pin 210 and the signal female pin 220 are different.

The number of the signal male pins 210 and the number of the signal female pins 220 are more than two.

As shown in fig. 3, the number of the signal male pins 210 is four, the number of the signal female pins 220 is four, and the signal male pins 210 are arranged above the signal female pins 220. Therefore, the power connector has more than two signal male pins 210 and signal female pins 220, can increase the transmission function, meets more signal transmission requirements of people, and has the characteristics of easy threading and optimized structure.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1 to 3, the connection terminal 300 includes a positive terminal 310 and a negative terminal 320, and the positive terminal 310 and the negative terminal 320 are mounted on the housing 100 at intervals.

Specifically, the signal pin 200 is located between the positive terminal 310 and the negative terminal 320, and can better isolate the distance between the positive terminal 310 and the negative terminal 320, so as to prevent a complex magnetic field environment from being formed around the positive terminal 310 and the negative terminal 320 when a large current passes through the positive terminal 310 and the negative terminal 320, which may cause a certain mutual interference when the positive terminal 310 and the negative terminal 320 are too close to each other, and is not beneficial to safety.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1 and 3, one side wall of the housing 100 is provided with a protrusion 106, and the other side wall of the housing 100 is provided with an abutting groove 107 for receiving the protrusion 106. When the two power connectors are fastened with each other, the convex block 106 of one power connector is abutted in the abutting groove 107 of the other power connector to form tight fastening, the connection stability is good, and the humanized design is easy to install and convenient to detach.

The power connector of this embodiment is applicable to in the new forms of energy market, for example in the connection of lithium cell and graphite alkene group battery, the current and the signal combination aspect such as miniaturized of communication electric power market, and it has the characteristics that strong current quick connection and disconnection are nimble and easily quick assembly and dismantlement, has very high energy-concerving and environment-protective value, and this design also can prevent to insert wrong function through different colour discernments, excellent in use effect.

The power connector of the embodiment is also suitable for various electronic products, such as a liquid crystal display, a battery connector and the like.

The utility model also provides a power connector subassembly, including two above-mentioned power connectors, the casing 100 of one of them power connector can be buckled joint with another power connector's casing 100 each other to make the signal needle 200 and the connecting terminal 300 of one of them power connector respectively correspond ground and be connected with another power connector's signal needle 200 and connecting terminal 300 electricity.

The power connector assembly is used for electrically connecting a power source and equipment, wherein the power source is connected with one power connector, the equipment is connected with the other power connector, and the two power connectors are plugged and pulled through respective handles 400. The handle 400 makes the two power connectors more stressed when being plugged into each other, so that the plugging and unplugging are convenient.

The power supply and the equipment realize current transmission and signal transmission through the power supply connector assembly, and the power supply and the equipment have two functions at one stroke, thereby being beneficial to the miniaturization development of the power supply connector assembly.

The above description is only exemplary of the present invention and should not be taken as limiting the scope of the present invention, as any modifications, equivalents, improvements and the like made within the spirit and principles of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A power connector, characterized by: the method comprises the following steps:

a housing having a pin receiving groove and a terminal receiving groove therein;

a signal pin installed in the pin accommodating groove;

a connection terminal installed in the terminal accommodation groove; and

a handle mounted to the housing.

2. The power connector of claim 1, wherein: the handle is detachably mounted to the housing.

3. The power connector of claim 2, wherein: the power connector further comprises a fastener, the shell is provided with a first connecting hole, the handle is provided with a second connecting hole corresponding to the first connecting hole, and the fastener is detachably arranged in the first connecting hole and the second connecting hole in a penetrating mode.

4. The power connector of claim 1, wherein: one of the shell and the handle is provided with a positioning groove, and the other of the shell and the handle is provided with a positioning block matched with the positioning groove.

5. The power connector of claim 1, wherein: the handle includes installation pole and two hand lever, the installation pole install in the casing, the pole length direction of installation pole with power connector's plug direction is unanimous, two the hand lever is followed keeping away from of installation pole the one end of casing to the both sides of installation pole extend.

6. The power connector of claim 5, wherein: the end part of the mounting rod close to the hand pull rod is provided with a groove.

7. The power connector of claim 1, wherein: the power connector further comprises a fixing piece arranged on the shell, the fixing piece is provided with an insertion groove corresponding to the pin accommodating groove, one end of the signal pin is arranged in the insertion groove, and the other end of the signal pin is arranged in the pin accommodating groove.

8. The power connector of claim 1, wherein: the connecting terminal comprises a positive terminal and a negative terminal, and the positive terminal and the negative terminal are mounted on the shell at intervals.

9. The power connector of any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein: a protruding block is arranged on one side wall of the shell, and an abutting groove for accommodating the protruding block is arranged on the other side wall of the shell.

10. A power connector assembly, characterized by: the power connector as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the housing of one of the power connectors is adapted to be interlocked with the housing of the other power connector so that the signal pin and the connection terminal of one of the power connectors are electrically connected to the signal pin and the connection terminal of the other power connector respectively.

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