CN215343232U

CN215343232U - Power connector and power supply or power consumption equipment

Info

Publication number: CN215343232U
Application number: CN202121217846.2U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 景进; 仇成丰; 范文博; 何天林; 王挺龙; 冯祥
Original assignee: Shuangyili Ningbo Battery Co ltd
Current assignee: Shuangyili Ningbo Battery Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-06-02
Filing date: 2021-06-02
Publication date: 2021-12-28
Anticipated expiration: 2031-06-02

Abstract

The utility model provides a power connector and power supply or power consumption equipment, wherein the power connector is suitable for being assembled between two battery modules and comprises a connector male end and a connector female end matched with the connector male end, the connector male end and the connector female end are both in an asymmetric structure, the connector male end is suitable for being arranged at one end of the battery modules, the connector female end is suitable for being arranged at the other end of the battery modules, and the connector male end on one battery module is suitable for being connected with the connector female end on the adjacent battery module so as to realize the electrical connection of the two battery modules. Compared with the prior art, the electric connection between the adjacent battery modules is realized through the male end of the connector and the female end of the connector, so that the wiring between the battery modules is prevented from being exposed, and the installation efficiency and the safety are improved. Meanwhile, the male end and the female end of the connector are both of asymmetric structures, so that reverse insertion can be effectively avoided, and the connection accuracy is guaranteed.

Description

Power connector and power supply or power consumption equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of batteries, in particular to a power connector and power supply or power consumption equipment.

Background

The battery module is formed by combining a plurality of batteries in a serial-parallel connection mode, after the battery module finishes wiring, various wire harnesses are exposed outside, along with the increase of the battery module, the wire harnesses exposed outside are also increased, the phenomena of wiring short circuit, missing connection, reverse connection and the like easily occur during wiring, a large amount of time is needed for checking whether the wiring is accurate, and the installation efficiency is seriously influenced. In addition, in the using process, the exposed wire harness is easy to cause mistaken touch, hot plug and the like, and serious harm is brought to human bodies and batteries.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model solves the problem of how to save the wiring among the battery modules and improve the installation efficiency among the battery modules, thereby facilitating the capacity expansion by connecting the battery modules at any time according to the requirement, avoiding the wiring from being exposed and improving the safety.

In order to solve at least one of the above problems, the present invention provides a power connector, adapted to be assembled between two battery modules, including a male connector end and a female connector end matched with the male connector end, where the male connector end and the female connector end are both of an asymmetric structure, the male connector end is adapted to be disposed at one end of a battery module, and the female connector end is adapted to be disposed at the other end of the battery module, and the male connector end on one battery module is adapted to be connected with the female connector end on an adjacent battery module, so as to electrically connect the two battery modules.

Compared with the prior art, the battery module connector has the advantages that the male end of the connector is arranged at the bottom end of the battery module, the female end of the connector is arranged at the top end of the battery module, two adjacent battery modules can be electrically connected through the cooperation of the male end of the connector and the female end of the connector, the conditions of wiring among the modules and exposure of the wiring are avoided, and the installation efficiency and the safety are improved. Meanwhile, the body of the male end or the female end of the connector is in an asymmetric shape, so that reverse insertion when the male end of the connector is connected with the female end of the connector can be effectively avoided, and the connection accuracy is guaranteed.

Optionally, the male end of the connector is provided with a plurality of first connecting devices, and the female end of the connector is provided with a plurality of second connecting devices matched with the first connecting devices. Therefore, the transmission of signals and energy sources is convenient to realize.

Optionally, the first connecting device comprises a ground jack, a plurality of electrical plugs and a plurality of signal jacks, and the second connecting device comprises an electrical plug mated with the electrical plug, a signal plug mated with the signal jack, and a ground plug mated with the ground jack. From this, can realize the transmission of signal and electric energy between the battery module, ground connection jack can guarantee to have the circuit of ground connection with the cooperation of ground connection lock pin simultaneously, guarantees the safety in utilization.

Optionally, a crown spring is arranged in at least one of the signal jacks, the signal ferrule is suitable for being inserted into the crown spring, and/or an elastic sheet is arranged on at least one of the electrical ferrules, and the elastic sheet is suitable for being clamped between the electrical ferrule and the electrical jack. From this, guarantee signal lock pin chucking in the signal jack and electric lock pin chucking in the electric jack, further improve the fastening, avoid droing.

Optionally, the heads of the electrical ferrule, the signal ferrule and the ground ferrule are provided with chamfers. Therefore, the plug can be quickly and conveniently inserted into each jack.

Optionally, a groove is formed in the battery module, the male end of the connector is arranged in the groove, and the female end of the connector is suitable for being connected with the male end of the connector in the groove. Therefore, the situation that the connecting part of the female end of the connector and the male end of the connector protrudes out of the battery modules to cause that the adjacent battery modules cannot be attached is avoided.

Optionally, the female end of the connector is provided with a containing cavity matched with the male end of the connector, and when the male end of the connector is connected with the female end of the connector, the male end of the connector is suitable for being embedded into the containing cavity. Therefore, the reliability of connection between the female end of the connector and the male end of the connector is ensured, and falling off is avoided.

Optionally, the male end of the connector comprises a first connecting plate, the first connecting plate is suitable for being fixedly connected with the top wall of the groove through a fastener, the female end of the connector comprises a second connecting plate, and the second connecting plate is suitable for being fixedly connected with the other end wall surface of the battery module through the fastener. Therefore, the male end and the female end of the connector are ensured to be fixed on the battery module.

Optionally, a first elastic piece is arranged between the first connecting plate and the top wall of the groove, and a second elastic piece is arranged between the second connecting plate and the other end wall surface of the battery module. From this, can receive vibrations when extrudeing each other between the battery module, first elastic component and second elastic component can carry out the shock attenuation to connector public end and connector female end respectively, avoid connector public end and connector female end to receive the extrusion to damage.

The utility model also provides a power supply or power consumption device which comprises the power supply connector.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following beneficial effects: the power connector can effectively avoid the problem of excessive wiring of the battery in the installation process, effectively avoid the problem of reverse installation and further improve the installation efficiency.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a female end of a connector according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a male end of a connector according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is an assembly diagram of the male terminal of the connector, the female terminal of the connector and the battery module according to the embodiment of the utility model.

Description of reference numerals:

1-battery module, 11-groove, 2-connector male end, 21-grounding jack, 22-electric plug core, 23-signal jack, 24-first connecting plate, 241-first connecting hole, 25-male end enclosing plate, 3-connector female end, 31-electric plug core, 32-signal plug core, 33-grounding plug core, 34-accommodating cavity, 35-second connecting plate, 351-second connecting hole and 36-female end enclosing plate.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention. The components of embodiments of the present invention generally described and illustrated in the figures herein may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations.

Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention, presented in the figures, is not intended to limit the scope of the utility model, as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the utility model. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, it need not be further defined and explained in subsequent figures.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "inner", "outer", "front", "back", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings or orientations or positional relationships that are conventionally placed when the products of the present invention are used, and are used only for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements to be referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "disposed," "connected," and the like are to be construed broadly, such as "connected," which may be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

The preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, and it will be understood that they are described herein for the purpose of illustration and explanation and not limitation.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, an embodiment of the present invention provides a power connector, which is suitable for being assembled between two battery modules 1, and includes a male connector end 2 and a female connector end 3 matching with the male connector end 2, where the male connector end 2 and the female connector end 3 are both asymmetric structures, the male connector end 2 is suitable for being disposed at one end of the battery module 1, and the female connector end 3 is suitable for being disposed at the other end of the battery module 1, and the male connector end 2 on one battery module 1 is suitable for being connected with the female connector end 3 on an adjacent battery module 1, so as to electrically connect the two battery modules 1.

In this embodiment, the power connector is suitable for being assembled between two battery modules 1, and the power connector includes connector male end 2 and connector female end 3, and connector male end 2 cooperatees with connector female end 3, and wherein connector male end 2 is asymmetric structure with connector female end 3 to guarantee that connector male end 2 only has one kind with the anastomotic connected mode of connector female end 3, effectively avoid the dress to turn over. The male end 2 of the connector is arranged at one end of the battery module 1, the female end 3 of the connector is arranged at the other end of the battery module 1, and when the two adjacent battery modules 1 are connected, the male end 2 of the connector is inserted into the female end 3 of the connector, so that the electrical connection between the two adjacent battery modules 1 is realized. A series of problems caused by external wiring between the battery modules 1 are avoided, and the installation is faster and more convenient.

The two adjacent battery modules 1 may be two vertically stacked adjacent battery modules 1 or two horizontally adjacent battery modules 1.

It should be understood that when a plurality of battery modules 1 are vertically stacked, one end of the battery module 1 is the bottom end of the battery module 1, the other end of the battery module 1 is the top end of the battery module 1, the top end of each battery module 1 is provided with the female end 3 of the connector, and the bottom end of each battery module 1 is provided with the male end 2 of the connector, therefore, when two battery modules 1 are connected together, taking the vertical stacking installation of the two battery modules 1 as an example, the male end 2 of the connector installed at the bottom end of the upper battery module 1 is matched with the female end 3 of the connector installed at the top end of the lower battery module 1, thereby realizing the connection of the upper battery module 1 and the lower battery module 1.

It should be understood that, in the present embodiment, a plurality of battery modules 1 may also be placed in a horizontal arrangement, when a plurality of battery modules 1 are arranged horizontally, when the bottom end of the battery module 1 is located at the left side of the battery module 1, the top end of the battery module 1 is located at the right side of the battery module 1, and when the bottom end of the battery module 1 is located at the right side of the battery module 1, the top end of the battery module 1 is located at the left side of the battery module 1.

In this embodiment, the connector male end 2 is an asymmetric structure as a whole, the connector female end 3 is also an asymmetric structure, the asymmetric structures of the two may be the same or different, and the shapes of the connector male end 2 and the connector female end 3 are not particularly limited as long as the portions for connection on the connector male end 2 and the connector female end 3 can correspond to each other.

It should be understood that the asymmetric configuration of the male connector end 2 and the female connector end 3 is such that the male end closure 25 and the female end closure 36 are asymmetrically shaped. The male end enclosing plate 25 is an outer profile body protruding out of the first connecting plate 24, the female end enclosing plate 36 is an outer profile body protruding out of the second connecting plate 35, and the asymmetric shape refers to asymmetry in any direction of the male end enclosing plate 25 and the female end enclosing plate 36.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, in this embodiment, the male end surrounding plate 25 and the female end surrounding plate 36 are rectangular in shape using chamfer transition, wherein two corners above the rectangle are linear chamfers, two corners below the rectangle are arc chamfers, and arc transition is performed at the connection of the linear and linear lines to form an asymmetric shape that is symmetrical left and right and asymmetric up and down, and when any one of the connector male end 2 and the connector female end 3 is exchanged left and right to connect the other, the asymmetric structure is arranged to make the connector male end 2 and the connector female end 3 unable to complete the matching connection, thereby avoiding reverse insertion.

It should be noted that the shapes of the male end shroud 25 and the female end shroud 36 are not particularly limited, and the male end 2 and the female end 3 of the connector may be prevented from being inserted reversely as long as the male end shroud 25 and the female end shroud 36 are asymmetric in any orientation starting from the center.

The male end 2 of connector is provided with a plurality of first connecting device, and the female end 3 of connector corresponds and is provided with a plurality of second connecting device with first connecting device matched with, and the transmission of mainly used signal and the energy behind first connecting device and the second connecting device mutually support to can control a plurality of battery module 1, and realize the transmission of the energy between a plurality of battery module 1.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, preferably, the first connecting means includes a ground jack 21, a plurality of electrical ferrules 22 and a plurality of signal jacks 23, and the second connecting means includes an electrical jack 31 mated with the electrical ferrule 22, a plurality of signal ferrules 32 mated with the plurality of signal jacks 23, and a ground ferrule 33 mated with the ground jack 21. When the male connector end 2 is connected with the female connector end 3, the electrical insertion core 22 on the male connector end 2 is inserted into the electrical insertion hole 31 of the female connector end 3, so as to realize electrical connection between the battery modules 1, and each signal insertion core 32 on the male connector end 2 is correspondingly inserted into each signal insertion hole 23 of the female connector end 3, so as to realize signal transmission. The ground connection lock pin 33 on the male end 2 of the connector inserts the ground connection jack 21 on the female end 3 of the connector, thereby ensuring that the battery module 1 can be grounded, avoiding electric leakage to cause danger, and effectively ensuring the use safety.

A crown spring is arranged in at least one signal jack 23, and the signal inserting core 32 is inserted into the crown spring to ensure the fastening force between the signal inserting core 32 and the signal jack 23. And/or at least one electrical plug core 22 is provided with a spring piece to ensure the tightness of the electrical plug core 22 when inserted into the electrical jack 31. Preferably, crown springs may be provided in the plurality of signal insertion holes 23 and spring plates may be provided on the plurality of electrical ferrules 22, further improving the fastening property.

The electrical plug 22, the signal plug 32 and the grounding plug 33 are provided with chamfers at their heads, so that when the male connector end 2 is connected with the female connector end 3, the electrical plug 22, the signal plug 32 and the grounding plug 33 can be prevented from interfering with the electrical receptacle 31, the signal receptacle 23 and the grounding receptacle 21 when being inserted, and the insertion is more convenient. Wherein the chamfer can be in the form of an arc chamfer or a straight chamfer.

Referring to fig. 3, in the present embodiment, the bottom end of the battery module 1 is provided with a groove 11, and the male connector 2 is adapted to be mounted in the groove 11, it should be understood that the top end of the male connector 2 is adapted to abut against the top wall of the groove 11, so that the bottom end of the male connector 2 is flush with the lower surface of the battery module 1. It should be noted that, since the groove 11 is disposed at the bottom end of the battery module 1 located above, the opening of the groove 11 is downward, thereby forming a groove structure having a top wall and a side wall surrounding the top wall; the bottom end of the male connector end 2 is a head end surface of a portion connected to the female connector end 3.

As shown in fig. 3, when the male end 2 of the connector is connected to the female end 3 of the connector, the connection portions of the male end 2 of the connector and the female end 3 of the connector are located in the grooves 11 of the battery modules 1, so that gaps between the adjacent battery modules 1 are eliminated, the connection portions of the male end 2 of the connector and the female end 3 of the connector are prevented from protruding out of the battery modules 1, tight attachment between the adjacent two battery modules 1 is ensured, and structural stability is improved.

Referring to fig. 1 and 3, the female connector end 3 is provided with a cavity 34 which is matched with the male connector end 2, when the male connector end 2 is connected with the female connector end 3, the protruding part of the male connector end 2 can enter the cavity 34 which is arranged at the female connector end 3, the distance between the male connector end 2 and the female connector end 3 is reduced, the connection part is prevented from being exposed, the connection reliability between the male connector end 2 and the female connector end 3 is ensured, and the male connector end and the female connector end are prevented from falling off.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, the male connector end 2 includes a first connecting plate 24, the first connecting plate 24 and the male connector end 2 are integrally disposed, a first connecting hole 241 is disposed on the first connecting plate 24, and when the male connector end 2 is installed in the recess 11, a fastener is inserted into the first connecting hole 241 of the first connecting plate 24 and is fixedly connected to the top wall of the recess 11 through the fastener. Female end 3 of connector includes second connecting plate 35, and second connecting plate 35 sets up with female 3 an organic whole of end of connector, and the wall at battery module 1 is installed to second connecting plate 35, is equipped with second connecting hole 351 on the second connecting plate 35, is suitable for in the second connecting hole 351 of second connecting plate 35 through wearing to establish fastener and battery module 1's wall fixed connection, guarantees that the public end 2 of connector and the female end 3 of connector reliably fix on battery module 1.

The second connecting plate 35 may be attached to the wall surface of the battery module 1, either to the inner wall of the battery module 1 or to the outer wall of the battery module 1.

The first connection plate 24 on the male end 2 of the connector and the top wall of the groove 11 are directly provided with a first elastic member, and a second elastic member is provided between the second connection plate 35 on the female end 3 of the connector and the wall surface of the battery module 1. First elastic component and second elastic component can effectively avoid producing mutual extrusion owing to vibrations in battery module 1 use to cause originally interconnect's public end 2 of connector and the mutual extrusion of connector female end 3 and damage.

Preferably, the first elastic member and the second elastic member may be selected from rubber or a material having elasticity.

Preferably, offer the first groove of stepping down with first connecting plate 24 assorted at the roof of recess 11, offer the second groove of stepping down with second connecting plate 35 assorted at the inner wall of battery module 1, when the public end 2 of installation connector, first connecting plate 24 imbeds first groove of stepping down, guarantees the location accuracy of the public end 2 installation of connector from this. When the female end 3 of the connector is installed, the second connecting plate 35 is embedded into the second abdicating groove, so that the positioning accuracy of the installation of the female end 3 of the connector is ensured. Meanwhile, the installation of the male end 2 of the connector and the female end 3 of the connector is facilitated, and the installation efficiency is improved.

This embodiment still provides a power supply or power consumptive equipment, realize the interconnect between the battery through using connector public end 2 and connector female end 3, can effectively avoid connecting through the wiring between the battery, avoid because the wiring too much causes connect the problem that anti-and installation effectiveness is low, simultaneously through connector public end 2 and connector female end 3 can be convenient establish ties a plurality of battery module 1 together, realize the power supply or consume the extension of other battery capacity, because there is not the outside connection between the battery module 1 to connect, can further reduce the required inner space of installation.

Preferably, the power supply or consumption device may be a battery module 1 interconnected with a connector male terminal 2 and a connector female terminal 3.

In the description herein, references to the terms "an embodiment," "one embodiment," and "one implementation," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or implementation is included in at least one embodiment or example implementation of the utility model. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or implementation. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or implementations.

Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used for illustrating the technical solutions of the present invention, and not for limiting the same; while the utility model has been described in detail and with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; and the modifications or the substitutions do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions deviate from the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims

1. The power connector is characterized by being suitable for being assembled between two battery modules (1) and comprising a male connector end (2) and a female connector end (3) matched with the male connector end (2), wherein the male connector end (2) and the female connector end (3) are of asymmetric structures, the male connector end (2) is suitable for being arranged at one end of each battery module (1), the female connector end (3) is suitable for being arranged at the other end of each battery module (1), and the male connector end (2) on one battery module (1) is suitable for being connected with the female connector end (3) on the adjacent battery module (1) to achieve electrical connection of the two battery modules (1).

2. A power supply connector as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the male connector end (2) is provided with a plurality of first connecting means and the female connector end (3) is provided with a plurality of second connecting means cooperating with the first connecting means.

3. The power connector according to claim 2, characterized in that said first connecting means comprise a ground jack (21), a plurality of electrical ferrules (22) and a plurality of signal jacks (23), and said second connecting means comprise an electrical jack (31) cooperating with said electrical ferrules (22), a signal ferrule (32) cooperating with said signal jack (23) and a ground ferrule (33) cooperating with said ground jack (21).

4. A power connector according to claim 3, characterized in that at least one of the signal jacks (23) is provided with a crown spring, the signal ferrule (32) is adapted to be inserted into the crown spring, and/or at least one of the electrical ferrules (22) is provided with a spring sheet, and the spring sheet is adapted to be clamped between the electrical ferrule (22) and the electrical receptacle (31).

5. The power connector according to claim 3, characterized in that the heads of the power ferrule (22), the signal ferrule (32) and the ground ferrule (33) are provided with chamfers.

6. A power supply connector as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the battery module (1) is provided with a recess (11), the connector male end (2) is arranged in the recess (11), and the connector female end (3) is adapted to be connected with the connector male end (2) in the recess (11).

7. A supply connector as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that said female connector end (3) is provided with a housing cavity (34) cooperating with said male connector end (2), said male connector end (2) being adapted to be inserted into said housing cavity (34) when said male connector end (2) is connected to said female connector end (3).

8. The power connector according to claim 6, wherein the connector male end (2) comprises a first connecting plate (24), the first connecting plate (24) is adapted to be fixedly connected with the top wall of the recess (11) through a fastener, and the connector female end (3) comprises a second connecting plate (35), and the second connecting plate (35) is adapted to be fixedly connected with the other end wall surface of the battery module (1) through the fastener.

9. The power connector according to claim 8, wherein a first elastic member is provided between the first connecting plate (24) and the top wall of the recess (11), and a second elastic member is provided between the second connecting plate (35) and the other end wall surface of the battery module (1).

10. A power supply or consumption device comprising a power connector as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9.