CN216981014U

CN216981014U - Floating connector

Info

Publication number: CN216981014U
Application number: CN202122220692.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 林贤昌; 张君玮
Original assignee: P Two Electronic Technology Suzhou Co Ltd
Current assignee: P Two Electronic Technology Suzhou Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-04-27
Filing date: 2021-09-14
Publication date: 2022-07-15
Anticipated expiration: 2031-09-14
Also published as: KR200497546Y1; KR20220002641U; TWM622361U; JP3235261U

Abstract

The present creation is a floating connector, which comprises a shell, a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of buckling pieces, a plurality of second electrodes and a floating piece. The plurality of fastening pieces are respectively arranged on two sides of the shell. Each fastener has a fixing portion, an elastic portion and a guiding portion. The elastic part connects the fixing part and the guiding part. The guiding part also comprises a cantilever and a U-shaped guiding piece. The free ends of the cantilevered arms form a U-shaped guide. The plurality of second electrodes are arranged corresponding to the plurality of first electrodes. The floating piece is combined with the shell and comprises a second body, a plurality of electrode grooves and a plurality of buckling grooves. The plurality of buckling grooves are arranged corresponding to the plurality of buckling pieces. The plurality of fastening pieces are inserted into the plurality of fastening grooves, so that the plurality of first electrodes are electrically connected with the plurality of second electrodes, and the plurality of guide parts enter the plurality of fastening grooves to lock the shell on the floating piece.

Description

Floating connector

[ technical field ] A

The present creation relates to the technical field of connectors, and in particular, to a floating connector.

[ background of the invention ]

Traditionally, the connector carries out electric connection through public head and female seat, and at the in-process of connecting, public head and female seat must solve and how aim at the connection, assemble speed, reduce the spoilage of equipment, connect whether the back breaks away from scheduling problem easily.

However, during the connection process, the metal material contacts with the non-metal material, which is different from the non-metal material, so that the non-metal material with low hardness, for example, may cause damage, especially to the latch.

Accordingly, the present disclosure provides a floating connector to solve the problems of the conventional connector or the problems that cannot be solved by the conventional connector.

[ Utility model ] A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device

The first objective of the present disclosure is to provide a floating connector, which includes a housing, a first electrode, a fastener, a second electrode, and a floating member.

The second objective of the present invention is to provide a fastener member for connecting a floating connector according to the floating connector mentioned above, so as to achieve the purpose of connection and disconnection.

A third objective of the present disclosure is to provide a floating connector with a cantilever and a U-shaped guiding member, so as to avoid damage to the housing or the floating member.

A fourth object of the present invention is to provide a floating connector according to the above mentioned floating connector, wherein the fastening member is offset at an angle relative to the fastening groove, so that the fastening member can be smoothly inserted into the fastening groove.

To achieve the above and other objects, the present invention provides a floating connector, which includes a housing, a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of fasteners, a plurality of second electrodes and a floating member. The shell comprises a first body and a plurality of openings. The first body forms an accommodating space. The plurality of openings are arranged on the shell to communicate the accommodating space with the outside of the shell. The plurality of first electrodes are arranged in the accommodating space and penetrate out of the accommodating space through the plurality of openings. The plurality of fasteners are respectively arranged on two sides of the shell. Each fastener has a fixing portion, an elastic portion and a guiding portion. The elastic part connects the fixing part and the guiding part. Part of the fixing part is arranged in the accommodating space. The other part of the fixing part and the elastic part are respectively exposed outside the shell. The guiding part also comprises a cantilever and a U-shaped guiding piece. The free ends of the cantilevered arms form a U-shaped guide. The cantilever and the U-shaped guide member are clamped at a first angle. The plurality of second electrodes are arranged corresponding to the plurality of first electrodes. The float engages the housing. The floating piece comprises a second body, a plurality of electrode grooves and a plurality of buckling grooves. The plurality of electrode grooves are provided with a plurality of second electrodes. The plurality of buckling grooves are arranged corresponding to the plurality of buckling pieces. Each buckling groove forms a buckling block. The plurality of fastening pieces are inserted into the plurality of fastening grooves, so that the plurality of first electrodes are electrically connected with the plurality of second electrodes, and the plurality of guide parts enter the plurality of fastening grooves to lock the shell on the floating piece.

Compared with the traditional connector, the floating connector provided by the creation can enable an assembler to electrically connect the first electrode and the second electrode within an allowable range in the process of connecting the male connector and the female connector, and the floating piece made of the nonmetal material is buckled and connected through the buckling piece made of the metal material in the assembling process, so that the floating piece cannot be damaged.

The specific techniques employed in the present invention will be further illustrated by the following examples and the accompanying drawings.

[ description of the drawings ]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a floating connector according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2a is a top view illustrating the housing, first electrode and fastener of FIG. 1.

Fig. 2b is a front view illustrating the housing, first electrode and fastener of fig. 1.

FIG. 2c is a side view illustrating the housing, first electrode, and fastener of the present invention of FIG. 1.

Fig. 2d is a rear view illustrating the housing, first electrode and fastener of fig. 1.

Fig. 3a is a perspective view illustrating the fastener of fig. 2a to 2d of the present invention.

Fig. 3b is a side view illustrating the fastener of fig. 2a to 2d of the present invention.

Fig. 3c is a top view illustrating the fastener of fig. 2a to 2d of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating the combination of the float, second electrode and first electrode of the present invention of FIG. 1.

Fig. 5a is a perspective view illustrating the floating member and the second electrode of fig. 2a to 2d of the present invention.

Fig. 5b is a top view illustrating the floating member and the second electrode of fig. 2a to 2d of the present invention.

Fig. 6a is a schematic top view illustrating the floating connector of fig. 1 of the present creation.

Fig. 6b is a sectional view a-a' illustrating the floating connector of fig. 6a of the present creation.

Description of the main component symbols:

2 cover body

10 floating connector

12 casing

121 first body

122 opening

14 first electrode

16 fastener

162 fixed part

164 spring part

166 guide part

1662 cantilever

16622. 16642 guide structure

1664U-shaped guide

168 connecting piece

18 second electrode

20 float member

202 second body

204 electrode slot

206 fastening slot

2010 first guide ramp

206 fastening slot

208 snap-in block

SP accommodation space

Theta 1 first angle

Theta 2 second angle

Theta 3 third angle

[ detailed description ] embodiments

For a fuller understanding of the objects, features and advantages of the present disclosure, reference should be made to the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

In this disclosure, the use of "a" or "an" is used to describe elements, components and assemblies described herein. This is for convenience of illustration only and provides a general sense of the scope of the present disclosure. Thus, unless clearly indicated to the contrary, such description should be read to include one, at least one and the singular also includes the plural.

In this disclosure, the terms "comprise," "include," "have," "contain," or any other similar terms are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. For example, an element, structure, article, or device that comprises a list of elements is not limited to only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such element, structure, article, or device. In addition, unless explicitly stated to the contrary, the term "or" is intended to mean an inclusive "or" rather than an exclusive "or".

Please refer to fig. 1, which is a perspective view of a floating connector according to a first embodiment of the present invention. In fig. 1, the floating connector 10 includes a housing 12, a first electrode 14, a fastener 16, a second electrode 18, and a floating member 20. Here, the floating connector 10 is illustrated by providing two second electrodes 18 on two corresponding sides, respectively, for connecting two housings 12, respectively. Thus, the floating connector 10 may be single sided or double sided, or even multiple sided. In the following description, a single-edge connection is taken as an example, which can be applied to the connection of the corresponding edge, and is not described herein again. Also, the floating connector 10 is used to cover the floating member 20 at both sides by the cover body 2, so that the floating member 20 can be fixed to, for example, a printed circuit board by the cover body 2.

Referring also to fig. 2 a-2 d, there are shown schematic details of the housing, first electrode and fastener of fig. 1. In FIG. 2a, a top view of the housing, first electrode and fastener of FIG. 1 is illustrated; in FIG. 2b, a front view of the housing, first electrode and fastener of FIG. 1 illustrating the present invention is shown; in FIG. 2c, a side view of the housing, first electrode and fastener of FIG. 1 is illustrated; and, in FIG. 2d, a rear view illustrating the housing, first electrode and fastener of FIG. 1 is shown.

The housing 12 includes a first body 121 and an opening 122. The first body 121 forms an accommodating space SP.

The opening 122 is disposed in the first body 121 of the housing 12 to communicate the accommodating space SP with the outside of the housing 12. Here, the number of the openings 122 is illustrated as a plurality, and the number is not limited.

The first electrodes 14 are disposed in the accommodating space SP and the first electrodes 14 penetrate the accommodating space SP through the openings 122, and the number of the first electrodes 14 may be equal to or less than the number of the openings 122. The first electrode 14 is used for transmitting signals or power. If large amounts of power are being delivered, this may cause a build up of waste heat that can be dissipated through the opening 122, and particularly the non-disposed first electrode 14.

The fasteners 16 are disposed on both sides of the housing 12, and the number of the fasteners 16 is illustrated as two. Reference is also made to fig. 3a to 3b, which are schematic views illustrating details of the fastener of fig. 2 of the present disclosure. In fig. 3a, there is illustrated a perspective view of the fastener of fig. 2 of the present creation; in fig. 3b, there is illustrated a side view of the fastener of fig. 2 of the present creation; and, in fig. 3c, a top view illustrating the fastener of fig. 2 of the present creation is shown.

The fastener 16 further includes a fixing portion 162, an elastic portion 164 and a guiding portion 166. The elastic portion 164 connects the fixing portion 162 and the guiding portion 166. A part of the fixing portion 162 is disposed in the accommodating space SP. The other part of the fixing portion 162 and the elastic portion 164 are exposed outside the housing 12.

The guide 166 also includes a cantilever 1662 and a U-shaped guide 1664. The free ends of the cantilever arms 1662 form U-shaped guides 1664. The cantilever 1662 and the U-shaped guide 1664 are disposed at a first angle θ 1, for example, the first angle θ 1 may range from 1 degree to 5 degrees.

Further, the edges of the cantilever 1662 and the U-shaped guide 1664 may form a guiding

structure

16622,16642, such as a guiding

structure

16622,16642 with a guiding angle, a slant, etc., so that the cantilever 1662 (or the U-shaped guide 1664) can slide into the mentioned buckling groove 206 smoothly, or the cantilever 1662 (or the U-shaped guide 1664) can slide into the buckling groove 206 smoothly by the action of the first guiding slant 2010 formed by the buckling groove 206 and the guiding structure 1662.

In addition, fastener 16 includes a connector 168. The connecting member 168 connects the elastic portion 164 and the guide portion 166. The connector 168 and the elastic portion 164 are at a second angle θ 2 and the connector 168 and the elastic portion 168 are at a third angle θ 3. Here, the third angle θ 3 is equal to or smaller than the second angle θ 2. In the case that the third angle θ 3 is smaller than the second angle θ 2, the cantilever 1662 of the buckle 16 and the direction of insertion of the buckle 16 into the buckle slot 206 are different by the first angle θ 1, i.e., in the example of fig. 3c, the cantilever 1662 is compared with the first angle θ 1.

Referring also to FIG. 4, there is shown a schematic view illustrating the combination of the float, second electrode and first electrode of FIG. 1; and, referring to fig. 5a to 5b together, it is a detailed schematic diagram illustrating the floating member and the second electrode of fig. 1 of the present invention. FIG. 5a is a perspective view illustrating the floating member and the second electrode of FIG. 2 of the present invention; and, in fig. 5b, is a top view illustrating the floating member and the second electrode of fig. 2 of the present invention.

In fig. 4 and 5a, the second electrodes 18 are disposed corresponding to the first electrodes 14, and here, the number of the second electrodes 18 is the same as that of the first electrodes 144.

The float 20 is adapted to engage the housing 12. The floating member 20 includes a second body 202, electrode slots 204 and fastening slots 206, wherein the electrode slots 204 and the fastening slots 206 are formed on the same side of the second body 202 for combining with the housing 12, the number of the electrode slots 204 is five as an example, the number of the fastening slots 206 is two as an example, and the electrode slots 204 are disposed between the fastening slots 206. The electrode groove 204 is provided with the second electrode 18, and the fastening groove 206 is provided corresponding to the fastener 16.

Here, the latching slot 206 facilitates latching the latch 16 (particularly the U-shaped guide 1664) in the latching slot 206, and the latching slot 206 forms a latching tab 208 extending toward the latching slot 206.

In addition to the aforesaid buckling groove 206 forming the first guiding inclined surface 2010, the electrode groove 204 can also form the second guiding inclined surface 2012, so as to guide the first electrode 14 to the second electrode 18 through the second guiding inclined surface 2012 and electrically connect the first electrode 14 to the second electrode 18.

Also, in fig. 5b, when there are two floating members 20, it is possible to isolate the two floating members 20 by the insulator 4.

Referring also to fig. 6a to 6b, there is shown a schematic diagram illustrating the floating connector of fig. 1. In fig. 6a, there is illustrated a schematic top view of the floating connector of the present creation of fig. 1; and, in fig. 6b, is a sectional view a-a' illustrating the floating connector of fig. 6a of the present creation.

In fig. 6b, after the guiding portion 166 of the fastening member 16 is inserted into the fastening slot 206, in addition to electrically connecting the first electrode 14 with the second electrode 18, the housing 12 and the floating member 20 can be retained on the fastening block 208 by the U-shaped guide 1664, so that the housing 12 is locked on the floating member 20.

Although the embodiments of the present disclosure have been described in detail, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions, and alterations can be made herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A floating connector, comprising:

the shell is provided with a first body and a plurality of openings, the first body forms an accommodating space, and the plurality of openings are arranged in the shell to communicate the accommodating space and the outside of the shell;

the first electrodes are arranged in the accommodating space and penetrate out of the accommodating space through the openings;

the fastening parts are respectively arranged on two sides of the shell, each fastening part is provided with a fixing part, an elastic part and a guiding part, the elastic part is connected with the fixing part and the guiding part, one part of the fixing part is arranged in the accommodating space, the other part of the fixing part and the elastic part are respectively exposed outside the shell, the guiding part further comprises a cantilever and a U-shaped guiding part, the free end of the cantilever forms the U-shaped guiding part, and the cantilever and the U-shaped guiding part are clamped at a first angle;

a plurality of second electrodes disposed corresponding to the plurality of first electrodes; and

the floating piece is combined with the shell and provided with a second body, a plurality of electrode grooves and a plurality of buckling grooves, the plurality of electrode grooves are provided with the plurality of second electrodes, and the plurality of buckling grooves are arranged corresponding to the plurality of buckling pieces;

The plurality of fastening pieces are inserted into the plurality of fastening grooves, so that the plurality of first electrodes are electrically connected with the plurality of second electrodes, and the plurality of guide parts enter the plurality of fastening grooves to lock the shell on the floating piece.

2. The floating connector of claim 1 wherein said first angle ranges between 1 degree and 5 degrees.

3. The floating connector of claim 1 wherein said cantilevered arms of said plurality of latches differ from the direction of insertion of said plurality of latches into said plurality of latch slots by said first angle.

4. The floating connector of claim 1 wherein each of said cantilevered arms and an edge of each of said U-shaped guides form a guide structure, respectively.

5. The floating connector of claim 4 wherein said guide structure is a chamfer or a ramp.

6. The floating connector of claim 1, wherein said plurality of fasteners further comprises a plurality of connecting members, each connecting member connecting each elastic portion and each guiding portion, each connecting member being disposed at a second angle with respect to each elastic portion and a third angle with respect to each elastic portion.

7. The floating connector of claim 6 wherein said second angle is not less than said third angle.

8. The floating connector of claim 1 wherein each of said latching slots further comprises a latching tab for latching said U-shaped guide.

9. The floating connector according to claim 1, wherein each of the latching grooves forms a first guiding slope, so that each of the guiding portions deforms each of the elastic members by the first guiding slope, and each of the U-shaped guiding members latches each of the latching blocks.

10. The floating connector of claim 1, wherein each of the electrode slots forms a second guiding inclined surface for guiding each of the first electrodes to each of the second electrodes through the second guiding inclined surface, so that each of the first electrodes is electrically connected to each of the second electrodes.