CN214336968U

CN214336968U - Base and connector

Info

Publication number: CN214336968U
Application number: CN202120574486.5U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈兴旺; 戴燕飞; 郅慧娟
Original assignee: Rosenberger Asia Pacific Electronics Co Ltd
Current assignee: Rosenberger Asia Pacific Electronics Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-03-22
Filing date: 2021-03-22
Publication date: 2021-10-01
Anticipated expiration: 2031-03-22
Also published as: WO2022199302A1

Abstract

The utility model provides a base, base includes: the first shell comprises an upper wall, a first side wall, a second side wall and a lower wall, wherein the upper wall, the first side wall, the second side wall and the lower wall enclose a first accommodating cavity, and the first accommodating cavity is configured to accommodate the second shell; and a joining part provided on an outer surface of the upper wall, the joining part being provided therein with a fixing groove configured to be connected with an external connection member so that the base can be fixed on a target position through the external connection member. The utility model provides a novel base for the suitability reinforcing of product can satisfy different customers' application demand simultaneously, has improved the commonality of product.

Description

Base and connector

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an electric connector technical field especially relates to a base and connector.

Background

The Fakra waterproof connectors currently in use on the market do not have a universal structure to fit different types of snap-in components (e.g., clips on automobiles), so that the Fakra waterproof connectors require specific fixing components to be fixed in specific applications.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The object of the utility model is to overcome the above-mentioned defect among the prior art.

In order to achieve the above object, an aspect of the present invention provides a base, including: a first housing including an upper wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, and a lower wall, the upper wall, the first side wall, the second side wall, and the lower wall enclosing a first accommodation chamber configured to accommodate a second housing; and an engagement portion provided on an outer surface of the upper wall, the engagement portion being provided therein with a fixing groove configured to be connected with an external connection member so that the base can be fixed to a target position through the external connection member.

In one embodiment, the electronic device further includes a latch disposed on the first side wall or the second side wall, the latch extending from the first side wall or the second side wall into the first receiving cavity, the latch configured to prevent the second housing from being detached from the first housing when the second housing is mounted in the first receiving cavity.

In one embodiment, the first housing further comprises at least one guide slot, which is disposed in the first housing, for guiding the second housing to move in the first accommodating cavity.

In one embodiment, a lower surface of the engaging portion is provided with at least one rib for preventing the engaging portion from being deformed downward.

In one embodiment, the at least one guide groove comprises a first groove, a second groove, a third groove and a fourth groove provided on the first side wall, the second side wall, the upper wall and the lower wall, respectively.

In one embodiment, the waterproof device further comprises a blocking wall, the blocking wall is located on the other side opposite to the side where the second shell enters the first accommodating cavity, and the blocking wall is configured to limit the waterproof plug.

In one embodiment, the fixing groove is a concave-shaped clamping groove, the external connecting piece is a clip matched with the concave-shaped clamping groove, and the base is axially fixed on the clip through the matching of the concave-shaped clamping groove and the matching part of the clip.

The utility model discloses another aspect provides a connector, include: a base, comprising: the first shell comprises an upper wall, a first side wall, a second side wall and a lower wall, and the upper wall, the first side wall, the second side wall and the lower wall enclose a first accommodating cavity; and an engagement portion provided on an outer surface of the upper wall, the engagement portion having a fixing groove therein, the fixing groove being configured to be connected with an external connector so that the base can be fixed to a target position by the external connector; the second shell is accommodated in the first accommodating cavity, so that the base is matched with the second shell, and a second accommodating cavity is formed in the second shell; a waterproof plug; the conductive terminal comprises a first end and a second end, the first end is electrically connected with a wire, and the second end is butted with a mating connector matched with the connector; wherein the conductive terminal is received in the second receiving cavity, a portion of the waterproof plug is received in the second receiving cavity, and the wire can pass through the waterproof plug.

In one embodiment, the base further includes a latch provided on the first side wall or the second side wall, the latch extending from the first side wall or the second side wall into the first accommodation chamber, the second housing being provided with a locking portion corresponding to the latch, the latch being configured to prevent the second housing from being detached from the first housing by engagement with the locking portion when the second housing is mounted in the first accommodation chamber.

In one embodiment, the base further comprises at least one guide slot disposed in the first housing for guiding the second housing to move in the first receiving cavity.

In one embodiment, an inner surface of the engaging portion is provided with at least one rib for preventing the engaging portion from being deformed downward.

In an embodiment, the at least one guide groove includes a first groove, a second groove, a third groove and a fourth groove respectively disposed on the first side wall, the second side wall, the upper wall and the lower wall, and the second housing is provided with a first guide portion, a second guide portion, a third guide portion and a fourth guide portion respectively matched with the first groove, the second groove, the third groove and the fourth groove, wherein the first guide portion or the second guide portion is at least a part of the locking portion.

In one embodiment, the base further includes a blocking wall located at another side opposite to a side of the second housing entering the first receiving cavity, and the blocking wall is configured to limit the waterproof plug.

In one embodiment, the second accommodating chamber includes a third accommodating chamber and a fourth accommodating chamber, a partition wall is disposed between the third accommodating chamber and the fourth accommodating chamber to separate the third accommodating chamber and the fourth accommodating chamber, the waterproof plug is at least partially accommodated in the third accommodating chamber, the conductive terminal is accommodated in the fourth accommodating chamber, and a through hole is disposed on the partition wall to enable the conductive wire to be connected to the first end of the conductive terminal through the through hole.

In one embodiment, the engaging portion further includes at least one projection projecting outward from the upper wall, and the base is fixed to the clip in a radial direction by engagement of the at least one projection with the locking groove of the clip.

The utility model provides a novel base and connector for the suitability reinforcing of product can satisfy different customers' application demand simultaneously, has improved the commonality of product.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is an exploded schematic view of the front of a connector according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the opposite side of the connector of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a front perspective view of the base of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a reverse perspective view of the base of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the base of FIG. 4 from another perspective;

FIG. 6 is a right side view of the base of FIG. 3;

FIG. 7 is a front perspective view of the second housing of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a reverse perspective view of the second housing of FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a right side view of the second housing of FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the waterproof plug of FIG. 1;

fig. 11 is a perspective view of the conductive terminal of fig. 1;

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of the connector of FIG. 1 after assembly, with wires loaded into the connector;

FIG. 13 is a front perspective view of a clip according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 14 is a reverse perspective view of the clip of FIG. 13;

fig. 15 is a perspective view of the assembled connector according to one embodiment of the present invention, wherein the base is mounted on the clip; and

fig. 16 is a perspective view of the connector of fig. 15 from another perspective.

Detailed Description

In the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments, reference is made to the accompanying drawings which form a part hereof. The accompanying drawings illustrate, by way of example, specific embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. The exemplary embodiments are not intended to be exhaustive of all embodiments according to the invention. In the specification, the same or similar reference numerals denote the same or similar components. It is to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized and structural changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. The following detailed description is, therefore, not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims.

As used herein, the terms "include," "include," and similar terms are to be construed as open-ended terms, i.e., "including/including but not limited to," meaning that additional content can be included as well. The term "one embodiment" means "at least one embodiment"; the term "another embodiment" means "at least one additional embodiment," and the like.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The front, back, left, right, upper, lower, front, rear, left, right, upper, lower, left, right, vertical, horizontal, front, reverse, etc. of the present invention are relative concepts used with reference to fig. 1.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 1-12, the connector 100 includes a base 200, a housing 300, a water stop 400, and a conductive terminal 500.

As shown in fig. 3 to 9, the base 200 includes a first housing 210 and a joining part 230, the first housing 210 includes a first side wall 210a, a second side wall 210b, an upper wall 212 and a lower wall 214, the first side wall 210a, the second side wall 210b, the upper wall 212 and the lower wall 214 enclose a first accommodating cavity 220, the first accommodating cavity 220 is configured to accommodate the housing 300 (i.e., the second housing) so that the base 200 forms a fit with the second housing 300, specifically, the first housing 210 includes a pair of

latches

240a, 240b provided on the first side wall 210a, the second side wall 210b, the pair of

latches

240a, 240b extend from the first side wall 210a and the second side wall 210b into the first accommodating cavity 220, respectively, and are configured to prevent the second housing 300 from being detached from the first housing 210 when the second housing 300 is installed in the first accommodating cavity 220. Specifically, the

latches

240a, 240b correspond to the

locking portions

320a, 320b provided on the second housing 300, and the second housing 300 is locked in the first receiving chamber 220 by the engagement of the

latches

240a, 240b with the

locking portions

320a, 320 b. The base 200 further includes a first groove 250a, a second groove 250b, a third groove 250c and a fourth groove 250d (as shown in fig. 3 to 5, where reference is made to fig. 3) disposed in the first housing 210 and distributed on the first side wall 210a, the second side wall 210b, the lower wall 214 and the upper wall 212, respectively, for guiding the second housing 300 to move in the first receiving cavity 220. An engaging portion 230 is disposed on an outer surface of the upper wall 212 and extends along an axial direction X (shown in fig. 3) of the first accommodating chamber 220, and a fixing groove 230a (e.g., a card slot conforming to the USCAR/EWCAP-005 standard) is disposed in the engaging portion 230. As shown in fig. 3, the fixing groove 230a (viewed in the radial Y direction) is a notch-shaped groove, and the fixing groove 230a is configured to be coupled with a clip 700 (shown in fig. 13 to 16) so that the base 200 can be fixed at a target position (e.g., on a sheet metal panel of an automobile) by the clip 700. Specifically, as shown in fig. 13 to 16, the fixing groove 230a is engaged with the engaging portion 710 of the clip 700, so that the base 200 is fixed to the clip 700 in the radial direction Y; in addition, the engaging portion 230 further includes a protrusion 280 protruding outward from an outer surface thereof, and the clip 700 is further provided with a locking groove 720, and the base 200 is fixed to the clip 700 in the axial direction X by the engagement of the protrusion 280 and the locking groove 720. It should be appreciated that in another embodiment, the securing slot 230a may be any other suitable card slot that conforms to the USCAR/EWCAP-005 standard. It should also be appreciated that the number of projections 280 may not be limited to one, and in another embodiment, the engagement portion 230 may include any suitable number of projections 280.

As shown in fig. 3, the lower surface of the engaging portion 230 is provided with downwardly protruding

ribs

260a, 260b for preventing the engaging portion 250 from being deformed downwardly. It should be understood that in another embodiment, the number of ribs may be one or three or any number.

As shown in fig. 5 and 6, the base 200 further includes a blocking wall 270, and the blocking wall 270 is located at the other side (i.e., the left side of the base 200) opposite to the side where the second housing 300 enters the first receiving chamber 200, and is used for limiting the watertight plug 400. The blocking wall 270 is provided with a through hole 290 to allow an external wire to enter the first receiving chamber 220.

As shown in fig. 1, 2 and 7 to 9, the second housing 300 includes a receiving chamber 330a and a receiving chamber 340 provided therein. As shown in fig. 7 and 8, the accommodating chamber 330a is located at the left side of the second housing 300, the accommodating chamber 340 is located at the right side of the second housing 300, a partition wall 330b is disposed between the accommodating chamber 330a and the accommodating chamber 340, and a through hole 330c is disposed on the partition wall 330b to allow an external lead (e.g., the lead 600 of fig. 12 and 15-16) to enter the accommodating chamber 340 through the through hole 330 c. The receiving cavity 340 allows a mating connector (not shown) of the connector 100 to enter from the right side of the second housing 300 and electrically connect with the conductive terminal 500. As shown in fig. 7 to 9, the outer surface of the second housing 300 is provided with a first guide part 320a, a second guide part 320b, a third guide part 320c and a fourth guide part 320d respectively engaged with the first groove 250a, the second groove 250b, the third groove 250c and the fourth groove 250d of the base 200, in the embodiment shown in fig. 7 to 9, the first guide part 320a, the second guide part 320b, the third guide part 320c, and the fourth guide part 320d are a first protrusion, a second protrusion, a third protrusion, and a fourth protrusion, respectively, protruding outward from the outer surface of the second housing 300, the first protrusion and the second protrusion are triangular protrusions, the first guide portion 320a and the second guide portion 320b have both a guiding function and a locking function, and at this time, the first guide portion 320a is also referred to as a locking portion 320a, and the second guide portion 320b is also referred to as a locking portion 320 b. In one embodiment, the locking portion 320a may be only a portion of the first protrusion and the locking portion 320b may be only a portion of the second protrusion. In another embodiment, the second housing 300 may be provided with only the first protrusion to be fitted with the first groove 250a or only the second protrusion to be fitted with the second groove 250 b. Although in the embodiment shown in fig. 1 to 12, four guide portions are provided on the outer surface of the second housing 300 to be engaged with the four grooves of the first housing 210, in other embodiments, one, two, or three guide portions may be provided on the outer surface of the second housing 300 to be engaged with the first housing 210.

As shown in fig. 10 to 12, the watertight plug 400 includes a first portion 400a and a second portion 400b, and the watertight plug 400 further includes a through hole 410 penetrating the first portion 400a and the second portion 400b to allow an external wire 600 to pass through the watertight plug 400. The second portion 400b is received in the receiving cavity 330 a. The first portion 400a is configured to pass through the through-hole 290 of the blocking wall 270 of the base 200. The conductive terminal 500 includes a first end 500a and a second end 500b, the conductive terminal 500 is accommodated in the accommodating cavity 340, the first end 500a is electrically connected to the external wire 600, and the second end 500b is mated with a mating connector (specifically, a mating terminal in the mating connector, not shown in the figure) mated with the connector 100.

The utility model discloses an adopt neotype base in waterproof connector for waterproof connector can match the checkpost of different grade type, thereby can be connected to different external connection spare, and product suitability strengthens.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned embodiments are only specific embodiments of the present invention, and obviously, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and many similar variations exist. All modifications which would occur to one skilled in the art and which are, therefore, directly derivable or suggested by the disclosure of the present invention are intended to be within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A base, comprising:

the first shell comprises an upper wall, a first side wall, a second side wall and a lower wall, and the upper wall, the first side wall, the second side wall and the lower wall enclose a first accommodating cavity; and

an engagement portion provided on an outer surface of the upper wall, the engagement portion having a fixing groove therein, the fixing groove being configured to be connected with an external connector so that the base can be fixed to a target position through the external connector.

2. The base of claim 1, further comprising a latch disposed on the first sidewall or the second sidewall, the latch extending from the first sidewall or the second sidewall into the first receiving cavity.

3. The base of claim 2, further comprising at least one guide slot disposed within the first housing for guiding movement of the second housing within the first receiving cavity.

4. The base of claim 3, wherein a lower surface of the engaging portion is provided with at least one rib to enhance rigidity of the engaging portion.

5. The base of claim 3, wherein the at least one guide slot comprises a first groove, a second groove, a third groove, and a fourth groove disposed on the first sidewall, the second sidewall, the upper wall, and the lower wall, respectively.

6. The base of claim 3, further comprising a blocking wall located on a side opposite to a side of the second housing entering the first receiving cavity, the blocking wall configured to limit a watertight plug.

7. The base as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fixing groove is a groove, the external connecting member is a clip fitted into the groove, and the base is fixed to the clip in an axial direction by fitting the groove with a fitting portion of the clip.

8. A connector, comprising:

a base, comprising:

an engaging part provided on an outer surface of the upper wall, the engaging part having a fixing groove therein, the fixing groove being configured to be connected with an external connector so that the base can be fixed to a target position by the external connector;

the second shell is accommodated in the first accommodating cavity, so that the base is matched with the second shell, and a second accommodating cavity is formed in the second shell;

a waterproof plug; and

the conductive terminal comprises a first end and a second end, the first end is electrically connected with a wire, and the second end is butted with a mating connector matched with the connector;

wherein the conductive terminal is received in the second receiving cavity, a portion of the waterproof plug is received in the second receiving cavity, and the wire can pass through the waterproof plug.

9. The connector according to claim 8, wherein the base further comprises a latch provided on the first side wall or the second side wall, the latch extending from the first side wall or the second side wall into the first accommodation chamber, the second housing being provided with a locking portion corresponding to the latch, the latch being configured to prevent the second housing from being detached from the first housing by engagement with the locking portion when the second housing is mounted in the first accommodation chamber.

10. The connector of claim 9, wherein the base further comprises at least one guide slot disposed within the first housing for guiding the second housing to move within the first receiving cavity.

11. The connector according to claim 10, wherein an inner surface of the engaging portion is provided with at least one rib to enhance rigidity of the engaging portion.

12. The connector according to claim 10, wherein the at least one guide groove comprises a first groove, a second groove, a third groove and a fourth groove respectively provided on the first side wall, the second side wall, the upper wall and the lower wall, and a first guide portion, a second guide portion, a third guide portion and a fourth guide portion respectively engaged with the first groove, the second groove, the third groove and the fourth groove are provided on the second housing, wherein the first guide portion or the second guide portion is at least a part of the locking portion.

13. The connector of claim 8, wherein the base further comprises a blocking wall on another side opposite to a side of the second housing entering the first receiving cavity, the blocking wall configured to limit the watertight plug.

14. The connector of claim 13, wherein the second receiving cavity comprises a third receiving cavity and a fourth receiving cavity, a partition wall is disposed between the third receiving cavity and the fourth receiving cavity for separating the third receiving cavity and the fourth receiving cavity, the waterproof plug is at least partially received in the third receiving cavity, the conductive terminal is received in the fourth receiving cavity, and a through hole is disposed on the partition wall so that the conductive wire can be connected with the first end of the conductive terminal through the through hole.

15. The connector according to claim 8, wherein the fixing groove is a recessed groove, the external connecting member is a clip fitted into the recessed groove, and the base is fixed to the clip in the axial direction by fitting of the recessed groove and a fitting portion of the clip.

16. The connector of claim 15, wherein the engaging portion further includes at least one projection projecting outwardly from the upper wall, and the base is fixed to the clip in the axial direction by engagement of the at least one projection with a locking groove of the clip.