CN214411684U - Socket and electric connector - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a socket and electric connector, socket including be used for with the socket ontology of plug connection, be provided with movable part, contact site and actuating mechanism on the socket ontology, the movable part wears to locate the socket this internal and slides with the socket ontology and be connected, the contact site sets up in this internal one side of being close to the movable part of socket, actuating mechanism slides and connects in the socket originally internally, actuating mechanism is used for driving the movable part and removes so that the movable part is close to or keeps away from the contact site. This application has when the vehicle takes place to charge the trouble, can break off the circuit rapidly through mechanical outage mode, and then improves the effect of security.

Description

Socket and electric connector

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of electrical connectors, and more particularly, to a socket and an electrical connector.

Background

The electric connector is an electromechanical element for connecting an electric circuit, and is widely applied to systems such as automobiles, ships, aerospace and the like. With the development of technology, the quality and reliability requirements of the electrical connector are higher and higher.

At present, the power supply connector of a common automobile charging interface comprises a socket and a plug, wherein the on-off of a circuit is realized through a completely inserted plug, when a charging fault occurs between an automobile end and a pile end, the power can be cut off only by completely pulling out the plug, and the circuit can not be rapidly cut off.

With respect to the related art among the above, the applicant believes that the following disadvantages exist: the electric connector does not have a mechanical power-off function, so that a circuit cannot be disconnected quickly, and potential safety hazards exist.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to be able to rapidly disconnect a circuit through a mechanical power-off mode when a charging fault occurs to a vehicle, and further improve safety, the application provides a socket and an electrical connector.

In a first aspect, the present application provides a socket, which adopts the following technical solutions:

the utility model provides a socket, is including being used for the socket ontology with plug connection, be provided with movable part, contact site and actuating mechanism on the socket ontology, the movable part wears to locate this internal and the socket ontology connection of sliding of socket, the contact site sets up in this internal one side of being close to the movable part of socket, actuating mechanism slides and connects in this internal socket, actuating mechanism is used for driving the movable part and removes so that the movable part is close to or keeps away from the contact site.

By adopting the technical scheme: during charging, the plug is inserted, the action mechanism drives the movable part to abut against the contact part, and the electric connector starts to be electrified; when charging trouble takes place, when extracting the plug, the movable part keeps away from the contact site under actuating mechanism's effect, and when reaching movable part and contact site complete separation, the plug has not yet been extracted completely, to this, can break off the circuit rapidly through mechanical outage mode, and then improved the security.

Optionally, the actuating mechanism includes mounting groove, removal subassembly and energy storage subassembly, the mounting groove is seted up in the socket originally internally, it slides with the movable part and connects in the mounting groove to remove the subassembly, it is used for removing the subassembly so that the movable part removes and be close to the contact site with plug looks butt, the energy storage subassembly sets up in the mounting groove, the energy storage subassembly is used for following the motion and the energy storage of removing the subassembly to make the removal subassembly resume initial position and drive the movable part and keep away from the contact site.

By adopting the technical scheme: when the plug is inserted, the plug pushes the moving assembly to move and drives the movable part to move towards the contact part, after the movable part is contacted with the contact part, the electric connector starts to be electrified, and at the moment, the energy storage assembly simultaneously acts and stores energy; when charging failure happens, the plug is pulled out, and simultaneously, under the action of the energy storage assembly, the movable part moves reversely, so that the movable part and the contact part are quickly separated, the power supply of the electric connector is disconnected, and the safety is improved.

Optionally, the contact portion includes a contact pin and a buffer portion, the contact pin is connected to the contact portion in a sliding manner, the contact pin is used for abutting against the movable portion, and the buffer portion is disposed at an end of the contact portion, which is far away from the movable portion.

By adopting the technical scheme: set up buffering portion on the contact site, when movable part and contact public needle butt, most impact force can be absorbed to buffering portion to this rigid connection of avoiding between movable part and the contact site plays the effect of the public needle of protection contact, and then prolongs electric connector's life.

Optionally, the buffer portion includes a sliding groove and a buffer member, the sliding groove is arranged in the contact portion, and two ends of the buffer member are respectively connected to the contact pin and the sliding groove.

By adopting the technical scheme: the sliding groove and the buffering piece are simple in structure, the buffering piece can be connected with the contact male pin before the electric connection whole assembly, then the contact part is assembled, the contact part can be installed into the electric connector as a whole, the structure is simplified, and the assembling efficiency can be improved.

Optionally, the moving assembly includes a sliding rod and a contact spring, the sliding rod is slidably connected in the mounting groove, and the contact spring is connected to the movable portion and used for driving the energy storage assembly to move.

By adopting the technical scheme: when the plug is inserted, the sliding rod can drive the movable part to move so as to enable the movable part to be close to the contact part; the contact elastic sheet moves along with the movable part, so that the contact area between the sliding rod and the energy storage assembly is increased, and the energy storage assembly is driven to store energy when the sliding rod moves.

Optionally, the socket body is detachably connected with a rear cover, the rear cover is provided with a clamping groove, and the contact part is clamped with the clamping groove.

By adopting the technical scheme: when assembling the electric connector, the contact part can be installed into the clamping groove as a whole, and then the rear cover is connected onto the socket, so that the assembly is more convenient, and the assembly efficiency is further improved.

Optionally, a gasket is disposed on the mounting surface of the socket.

By adopting the technical scheme: the sealing gasket can be made of elastic waterproof materials such as rubber, and when the socket is installed, the sealing gasket deforms to fill a gap between the installation surface and the installation position of the socket, so that rainwater immersion is effectively reduced, and the installed electric connector has a waterproof function.

Optionally, the socket is provided with a power supply terminal and a signal terminal, the power supply terminal and the signal terminal are both provided with a positioning portion, and the power supply terminal and the signal terminal are connected with the plug through the positioning portion.

By adopting the technical scheme: the positioning part is matched with the plug, when the plug is inserted into the socket, the positioning part can assist the plug to quickly align to the position, meanwhile, the rotation of the plug after connection is reduced, and the stability after connection is improved.

Optionally, the power terminal and the signal terminal are provided with a connecting portion for increasing a contact area at an end away from the plug.

By adopting the technical scheme: the connecting part is arc-shaped, so that the contact area of the power supply terminal, the signal terminal and other terminals can be effectively increased, the transmission of electric energy and signals is facilitated, and the transmission efficiency and stability are improved.

In a second aspect, the present application further provides an electrical connector, including a socket and a plug adapted to the socket, where the socket is any one of the sockets described in the first aspect and the optional examples of the first aspect.

In summary, the present application includes at least one of the following beneficial technical effects:

1. during charging, the plug is inserted, the action mechanism drives the movable part to abut against the contact part, and the electric connector starts to be electrified; when charging faults occur, the plug is pulled out, the movable part is far away from the contact part under the action of the action mechanism, and when the movable part is completely separated from the contact part, the plug is not pulled out completely, so that a circuit can be quickly disconnected in a mechanical power-off mode, and the safety is improved;

2. the contact part is provided with a buffer part, and when the movable part is abutted against the contact male pin, the buffer part can absorb most of impact force, so that rigid connection between the movable part and the contact part is avoided, the effect of protecting the contact male pin is achieved, and the service life of the electric connector is further prolonged;

3. the sealing gasket can be made of elastic waterproof materials such as rubber, and when the socket is installed, the sealing gasket deforms to fill a gap between the installation surface and the installation position of the socket, so that rainwater immersion is effectively reduced, and the installed electric connector has a waterproof function.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic overall structure diagram of an embodiment of the present application, mainly showing a positioning portion and a sliding rod;

FIG. 2 is another overall schematic view of the embodiment of the present application, mainly illustrating the sealing gasket and the connecting portion;

FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the present application, mainly showing the buffer portion, the moving element and the energy storage element;

fig. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional structure of another embodiment of the present application.

Description of reference numerals: 1. a socket body; 11. a gasket; 12. a power supply terminal; 121. a positioning part; 122. a connecting portion; 13. a signal terminal; 2. a movable portion; 3. a contact portion; 31. contacting the male pin; 32. a buffer section; 321. a chute; 322. a buffer member; 4. an actuating mechanism; 41. mounting grooves; 42. a moving assembly; 421. a slide bar; 422. a contact spring; 43. an energy storage assembly; 5. a rear cover; 51. a clamping groove.

Detailed Description

The present application is described in further detail below with reference to figures 1-4.

The embodiment of the application discloses a socket.

Referring to fig. 1, a socket includes a socket body 1, a power terminal 12 and a signal terminal 13 are provided on the socket body 1, positioning portions 121 are provided on both the power terminal 12 and the signal terminal 13, and the power terminal 12 and the signal terminal 13 are connected to a plug through the positioning portions 121. In this embodiment, the ports of the power terminal 12 and the signal terminal 13 are circular, the positioning portion 121 is a groove opened at the circular port, when the plug is connected with the positioning portion 121, the positioning portion 121 can limit the rotation range of the plug, and in other embodiments, the positioning portion 121 may also be a connecting block structure such as a triangle or a trapezoid, as long as the rotation range of the plug can be reduced.

Referring to fig. 2, the end of the power terminal 12 and the end of the signal terminal 13 away from the plug are both provided with a connecting portion 122, the connecting portion 122 is integrally connected to the power terminal 12 and the signal terminal 13, and the connecting portion 122 is arc-shaped, so that the contact area of the power terminal 12 and the signal terminal 13 after being connected to other terminals can be effectively increased, transmission of electric energy and signals is facilitated, and transmission efficiency and stability are improved.

Referring to fig. 2, in order to improve the waterproof performance of the socket body 1, a gasket 11 is provided on the mounting surface of the socket body 1. The sealing gasket 11 can be made of elastic waterproof materials such as rubber, and when the socket body 1 is installed, the sealing gasket 11 deforms to fill a gap between the installation surface of the socket body 1 and the installation position, so that rainwater immersion is effectively reduced, and the waterproof performance of the installed electric connector is greatly improved.

Referring to fig. 3, the socket body 1 is provided with a movable portion 2, a contact portion 3 and an actuating mechanism 4, the movable portion 2 can be a movable male pin, and the movable portion 2 is inserted into the socket body 1 and slidably connected with the socket body 1. During charging, a plug is inserted, the action mechanism 4 drives the movable part 2 to move and abut against the contact part 3, and the electric connector starts to be electrified; when charging trouble takes place, when extracting the plug, movable part 2 keeps away from contact part 3 under the effect of actuating mechanism 4, and when reaching movable part 2 and contact part 3 complete separation, the plug has not yet been extracted completely, to this, can break off the circuit rapidly through mechanical outage mode, and then improved the security.

Referring to fig. 3, specifically, the actuating mechanism 4 includes a mounting groove 41, a moving component 42 and an energy storage component 43, the mounting groove 41 is opened in the socket body 1, the moving component 42 and the movable portion 2 are slidably connected in the mounting groove 41, and with reference to fig. 1, the moving component 42 includes a sliding rod 421 and a contact spring 422, when the plug is inserted, the plug pushes the sliding rod 421 and the movable portion 2 to move, so that the movable portion 2 is close to the contact portion 3.

Referring to fig. 3, one end of the contact elastic piece 422 is fixedly connected to the movable portion 2, the other end of the contact elastic piece is fixedly connected to the power terminal 12, the energy storage assembly 43 can be made of a spring or elastic rubber, in this embodiment, the energy storage assembly 43 is disposed in the mounting groove 41 and sleeved on the movable portion 2, in other embodiments, the energy storage assembly 43 can also be disposed outside the movable portion 2 without being sleeved, and the mounting manner of the contact elastic piece 422 and the side wall of the mounting groove 41 is adopted, so long as the requirement of following the movement of the movable assembly 42 and storing energy can be met.

Referring to fig. 3, when the contact spring 422 moves along with the movable portion 2, the contact spring 422 presses the energy storage assembly 43, the energy storage assembly 43 compresses and stores energy, and the contact spring 422 increases the contact area with the energy storage assembly 43, thereby facilitating the movement of the energy storage assembly 43. When the plug is pulled out, the contact spring piece 422 and the movable part 2 rebound under the action of the energy storage assembly 43 and are far away from the contact part 3, so that mechanical power failure is realized.

Referring to fig. 4, in other embodiments, the mounting groove 41 may also be opened on one side of the sliding rod 421 close to the plug, the sliding rod 421 is fixedly connected or clamped with the movable portion 2, as long as the synchronous movement can be maintained, the energy storage assembly 43 is made of a material such as a tension spring or elastic rubber, and after the plug is inserted, the sliding rod 421 and the movable portion 2 move and close to the contact portion 3, the energy storage assembly 43 moves together, that is, the tension spring is deformed, and the tension spring is pulled open; when the plug is pulled out, under the action of the pulling force of the energy storage assembly 43, the sliding rod 421 drives the movable portion 2 to move together and to be away from the contact portion 3, so as to realize the mechanical power-off function.

Referring to fig. 3, in order to reduce the rigid connection between the movable portion 2 and the contact portion 3, the contact portion 3 is provided with a contact male pin 31 and a buffer portion 32, the buffer portion 32 includes a sliding slot 321 and a buffer member 322, the sliding slot 321 is disposed in the contact portion 3, the buffer member 322 may be made of a material such as a spring or elastic rubber, and both ends of the buffer member are respectively and fixedly connected to the contact male pin 31 and the sliding slot 321, when the movable portion 2 abuts against the contact male pin 31, the contact male pin 31 moves into the sliding slot 321, and the buffer member 322 is compressed, so as to reduce most of the impact force, thereby playing a role of protecting the contact male pin 31 and prolonging the service life of the electrical connector.

Referring to fig. 3, the socket body 1 is provided with a rear cover 5, in this embodiment, mounting holes are opened at two ends of the rear cover 5, the rear cover 5 is detachably connected to the socket body 1 through screws and the mounting holes, and in other embodiments, the rear cover 5 may also be connected to the socket body 1 by bonding or the like. Offer joint groove 51 in the back lid 5, contact site 3 and joint groove 51 looks joint, during the equipment electric connector, contact site 3 can regard as an integral erection to advance in the joint groove 51, again with back lid 5 connect on socket ontology 1, it is more convenient to enable the equipment, to this, has further improved the packaging efficiency.

The implementation principle of a socket of the embodiment of the application is as follows: during charging, a plug is inserted, the plug pushes the sliding rod 421 to move, and presses the movable part 2 and the contact spring piece 422, the contact spring piece 422 enables the energy storage assembly 43 to be compressed, the movable part 2 is abutted to the contact male pin 31, and the electric connector starts to be electrified; when taking place to charge the trouble, extract behind the plug, movable part 2 kick-backs under energy storage component 43's effect to keep away from contact site 3, when reaching movable part 2 and contact public needle 31 complete separation, the plug has not yet been extracted completely, to this, can be through the quick open circuit of mechanical outage mode, and then improved the security.

When installing socket ontology 1, modes such as accessible locking installation screw compression is sealed 11, and sealed 11 takes place to be deformed to this gap between installation face and the mounted position of filling socket ontology 1, thereby effectively reduce the rainwater and soak, enable the electric connector waterproof performance after the installation and improve greatly.

The application also discloses an electric connector, which comprises a socket and a plug matched with the socket, wherein the socket is any one of the sockets.

The above embodiments are preferred embodiments of the present application, and the protection scope of the present application is not limited by the above embodiments, so: all equivalent changes made according to the structure, shape and principle of the present application shall be covered by the protection scope of the present application.

Claims (10)

1. A socket comprising a socket body (1) for connection with a plug, characterized in that: be provided with movable part (2), contact site (3) and actuating mechanism (4) on socket ontology (1), movable part (2) wear to locate in socket ontology (1) and slide with socket ontology (1) and be connected, contact site (3) set up the one side that is close to movable part (2) in socket ontology (1), actuating mechanism (4) slide and connect in socket ontology (1), actuating mechanism (4) are used for driving movable part (2) and remove so that movable part (2) are close to or keep away from contact site (3).

2. A socket according to claim 1, wherein: action mechanism (4) include mounting groove (41), remove subassembly (42) and energy storage subassembly (43), mounting groove (41) are seted up in socket ontology (1), it slides with movable part (2) and connects in mounting groove (41) to remove subassembly (42), it is used for moving part (2) and remove and be close to contact site (3) with plug looks butt to remove subassembly (42), energy storage subassembly (43) set up in mounting groove (41), energy storage subassembly (43) are used for following the motion and the energy storage that remove subassembly (42) to make and remove subassembly (42) resume initial position and drive movable part (2) and keep away from contact site (3).

3. A socket according to claim 1, wherein: contact portion (3) are including contact public needle (31) and buffer (32), contact public needle (31) slide and connect on contact portion (3), contact public needle (31) are used for with movable part (2) looks butt, buffer (32) set up the one end of keeping away from movable part (2) on contact portion (3).

4. A socket according to claim 3, wherein: buffer portion (32) include spout (321) and bolster (322), spout (321) are seted up in contact site (3), the both ends of bolster (322) are connected respectively on contact pin (31) and spout (321).

5. A socket according to claim 2, wherein: the moving assembly (42) comprises a sliding rod (421) and a contact elastic sheet (422), the sliding rod (421) is connected in the mounting groove (41) in a sliding mode, and the contact elastic sheet (422) is connected to the movable portion (2) and used for driving the energy storage assembly (43) to move.

6. A socket according to claim 1 or 4, wherein: the socket is characterized in that the socket body (1) is detachably connected with a rear cover (5), a clamping groove (51) is formed in the rear cover (5), and the contact part (3) is clamped with the clamping groove (51).

7. A socket according to claim 1, wherein: a sealing gasket (11) is arranged on the mounting surface of the socket body (1).

8. A socket according to claim 1, wherein: the socket is characterized in that a power supply terminal (12) and a signal terminal (13) are arranged on the socket body (1), positioning parts (121) are arranged on the power supply terminal (12) and the signal terminal (13), and the power supply terminal (12) and the signal terminal (13) are connected with a plug through the positioning parts (121).

9. A socket according to claim 8, wherein: and one ends of the power supply terminal (12) and the signal terminal (13) far away from the plug are respectively provided with a connecting part (122) for increasing the contact area.

10. An electrical connector, comprising: comprising a socket and a plug adapted to the socket, the socket being as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9.

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