CN217306859U - Socket connector with plugging space and guiding structure - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a socket connector with grafting space and guide structure, wherein, this socket connector's butt joint side is equipped with a socket accommodation space, a grafting space and a socket guide, under a plug connector plug-in connects to this socket connector's the condition, this socket accommodation space can be stretched into to a hyoplastron of this plug connector, this grafting space can be stretched into to a plugboard of this plug connector, and each this socket guide unit can combine with the mutual guide of this plug connector's corresponding plug guide unit, through the guide structure of socket guide, can guide and lead the grafting direction that this socket connector and/or plug connector were pegged graft to the user, make the plug connector of butt joint with correct grafting direction plug-in connect to this socket connector on.

Description

Socket connector with plugging space and guiding structure

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a socket connector especially relates to in a connector group with plugboard and grafting space, its socket connector is equipped with socket guide to when a plug connector plug connects to this socket connector, socket guide can reach the guide and lead the effect of just pegging graft the direction.

Background

With the progress of communication technology and electronic technology, electronic devices with various functions, such as: portable power devices for mobile phones to supply power continuously, mobile phones which enable people to communicate at both ends of the world, walkmans which can satisfy people to listen to music anytime and anywhere, and Personal computers (Personal computers) … which can assist people to process various things have become indispensable tools in modern people's life and work.

In order to receive electronic signals and power from the outside, various electronic devices (e.g., smart phones, tablet computers, desktop computers, notebook computers, digital cameras …, etc.) usually have to configure a signal Connector on the body of each electronic device, generally speaking, the signal Connector (Connector) refers to all the connecting elements and accessories applied to electronic signals and power, and is a bridge for all signals, the quality of which affects the reliability of current and signal transmission and is also closely related to the operation of the electronic device, and a plurality of electronic devices can be connected into a complete system through the signal Connector, so as to transmit electronic signals or power to each other, and therefore, the signal Connector is an indispensable element for each electronic device to realize a predetermined function.

With the change of the application and the installation position, the connector has various types of different structures to meet the requirements of use, but whatever type of connector is designed towards the direction of light and thin, so as to meet the increasingly light and thin electronic products and avoid occupying too much space. However, depending on the installation position of the connector, the worker sometimes needs to insert and remove the connector while the line of sight is obstructed, which may cause the connector to be inserted and removed incorrectly, or cause internal components (such as tongue plates or terminals) to be broken and damaged due to deviation from the correct direction (for example, the connector is pulled out obliquely), thereby affecting the operation of the connector. The problem that above-mentioned blind plug (i.e. the obstructed condition of sight) derived often takes place, and after the connector is through frivolous, causes the damage to the connector because of the application of force is improper more easily, consequently, how to enable the connector in the use, possess good plug nature and packaging stability to avoid above-mentioned condition to take place, be promptly the utility model discloses the problem that will discuss.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

For can be in the market that the competition is fierce, stand alone, the applicant relies on the abundant experience that the specialty was engaged in various power or signal connector design, processing and manufacturing for many years, and inherits the research spirit of lean and seek essence, after permanent diligence research and experiment, finally develop the utility model discloses a socket connector with grafting space and guide structure, through the utility model discloses, can provide the better use experience of user.

The main object of the present invention is to provide a socket connector with a plugging space and a guiding structure, which comprises a socket insulator, a plurality of socket metal terminals, a socket metal housing and a socket guiding member, wherein a pair of interfaces and a socket accommodating space are disposed on the butt-joint side of the socket insulator, and the pair of interfaces are connected to the socket accommodating space; each socket metal terminal is embedded in the socket insulating body, the front end of each socket metal terminal is exposed out of the socket accommodating space, under the condition that the socket connector is assembled to a plug connector, the socket accommodating space can be used for a tongue plate of the plug connector to extend into, and the socket metal terminals are electrically connected with a plurality of plug metal terminals in the plug connector; a socket assembling space is arranged in the socket metal shell, the socket insulating body can extend into and be fixed to the socket assembling space, and an inserting space is formed between the outer wall surface of the socket insulating body and the inner wall surface of the socket metal shell; the socket guide piece is positioned in the plugging space and is provided with at least one socket guide unit, and under the condition that the socket connector is assembled to the plug connector, each socket guide unit can be combined with one plug guide piece of the plug connector in a guiding mode.

Alternatively, the receptacle connector is provided with only a single one of the plug spaces.

Optionally, the socket guide unit is a groove or a notch.

Optionally, the socket guide unit is a boss.

Optionally, the socket guide is integrally formed with the plug insulator body.

Optionally, the socket guide is integrally formed with the socket metal housing.

Optionally, the outer side surface of the receptacle metal housing is recessed inward to form the receptacle guide unit in the form of a hollow frame in the insertion space.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a connector set according to an embodiment of the present invention when not plugged;

fig. 2 is a perspective view of a receptacle connector according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is an exploded view of a receptacle connector according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic perspective view of the connector set according to the embodiment of the present invention after being plugged;

fig. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a connector set according to an embodiment of the present invention after being plugged;

fig. 6 is a schematic view of a connector set according to another embodiment of the present invention when not plugged;

fig. 7 is a perspective view of a receptacle connector according to another embodiment of the present invention; and

fig. 8 is an exploded view of a receptacle connector according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[ description of reference ]

1. 3: socket connector

11. 31: socket insulation body

110. 310: socket accommodating space

111. 311: interface

12. 32: socket metal terminal

13. 33: socket guide

131. 331: socket guide unit

14. 34: socket metal shell

140. 340, and (3): socket assembling space

141. 341: plug-in space

2. 4: plug connector

213. 413: plug board

22: plug metal terminal

231. 431: plug guide unit

C: connector set

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical contents and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Those skilled in the art can appreciate advantages and effects of the invention from the disclosure provided herein, and that the invention may be practiced or carried out in other various embodiments, and that various modifications and changes may be made in the details of the present description without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. It should be noted that the drawings of the present invention are merely schematic illustrations, and are not drawn to actual dimensions. In addition, the meaning of "a" and "the" of the present invention includes a plurality, unless the context clearly indicates or defines otherwise. In addition, the following embodiments will further explain the related technical content of the present invention in detail, but the disclosure is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

It will be understood that the terms used herein generally have their ordinary meaning in the art, and in the case of conflict, the definitions set forth herein will control. Since the same thing can be expressed in many ways, alternative words and synonyms can be used for any term discussed or recited herein, and there is no particular limitation on whether a term is set forth or discussed herein, and the use of one or more synonyms does not exclude other synonyms. The embodiments used anywhere in the specification of the present invention, including the use of any term, are illustrative only and do not limit the scope or meaning of the invention or any term in any way. As such, the present invention is not limited to the various embodiments disclosed in the specification. Although the terms first, second, third and the like may be used herein to describe various elements, each element should not be limited by the foregoing terms, which are primarily used to distinguish one element from another, should not impose any substantial limitation on any element, and should not limit the order in which various elements are assembled or arranged in actual use. Further, directional phrases used in connection with the embodiments, such as "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," etc., are merely directional terms referring to the drawings. Therefore, the directional terminology used is intended to be in the nature of words of description rather than of limitation. In addition, the term "or" as used herein should be taken to include any one or combination of more of the associated listed items as the case may be.

As used herein, the terms "substantially" or "approximately" may refer to a value or an average of a plurality of values within a deviation range for a particular value, as recognized or determined by one skilled in the art, including a certain error that may occur when measuring the particular value in view of limitations of the measurement system or equipment, e.g., a value recited substantially (substantially) can include ± 5%, ± 3%, ± 1%, ± 0.5%, ± 0.1%, or one or more standard deviation ranges for the particular value.

The utility model relates to a socket connector with grafting space and guide structure, because the connector kind is numerous today, consequently, the utility model discloses a to except supplying the butt joint structure that the metal terminal combines originally, still be equipped with the socket connector in the connector group in plugboard and grafting space and improve, wherein, do not have the metal terminal that is used for transmitting electrical signal in the plugboard that above-mentioned connector group set up and the grafting space. Furthermore, the socket connector of the present invention is not limited to the form depicted in the drawings, and those skilled in the art can adjust the appearance of each component according to the product requirement, so that the socket connector and its related components have the related basic structure and effect of the following embodiments, which is the socket connector to be protected by the present invention.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, in one embodiment, the receptacle connector 1 is applied to a connector set C, which includes the receptacle connector 1 and a plug connector 2, wherein the socket connector 1 includes a socket housing 11, a plurality of socket metal terminals 12, a socket guide 13 and a socket metal housing 14, wherein, the mating side of the socket insulation body 11 is provided with a pair of interfaces 111 and a socket receiving space 110, and the pair of interfaces 111 is connected to the socket receiving space 110, the "mating side" refers to the side opposite to the side where the socket connector 1 and the plug connector 2 are plugged, taking fig. 1 as an example, the mating side of the receptacle housing 11 is the lower left side of fig. 1, and the shape and number of the mating openings 111 and/or the receptacle receiving spaces 110 can match the mating elements (e.g., the tongues 211) of the plug connector 2.

As shown in fig. 1 to fig. 3, each of the receptacle metal terminals 12 can be embedded in the receptacle insulating body 11, and one end (or called a mating end) thereof can be exposed out of the receptacle accommodating space 110, and further can be exposed out of the mating side of the receptacle insulating body 11, wherein the mating end refers to an end opposite to the plug connector 2 and the receptacle connector 1 when they are plugged together, taking fig. 3 as an example, the mating end of the receptacle metal terminal 12 is the lower left portion of fig. 3. In this embodiment, the receptacle connector 1 is in the form of a board-end connector (i.e. the metal terminals are electrically connected to a circuit board), so that the other end of each metal terminal 12 can extend beyond the receptacle insulator 11 and be soldered to a circuit board, but not limited thereto. In other embodiments of the present invention, the receptacle connector 1 can be adjusted to a line end connector form (i.e., the metal terminal is electrically connected to the transmission line) according to the product requirement, or can be applied to a horizontal type or vertical type connector structure, without being limited to the appearance in the drawings of the embodiments.

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, a socket assembling space 140 is formed in the socket metal housing 14, and the socket insulating body 11 can be inserted into and fixed to the socket assembling space 140, so as to improve the overall strength of the socket connector 1, prevent electromagnetic interference (EMI), or protect the socket insulator 11 through the socket metal shell 14, the outer wall surface of the socket insulating body 11 can be separated from the inner wall surface of the socket metal shell 14 by a distance to form a plug space 141 (shown in fig. 2) therebetween, in this embodiment, the socket connector 1 is provided with only a single inserting space 141, but not limited thereto, in other embodiments of the present invention, the receptacle connector 1 can be provided with a plurality of plug spaces 141, for example, on the same side of the receptacle connector 1 with a plurality of plug spaces 141, or at least one insertion space 141 is respectively provided at two opposite sides of the receptacle connector 1.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the socket guide 13 is made of metal and is provided with at least one socket guide unit 131, in this embodiment, the socket guide 13 can be integrally formed with the socket metal housing 14, and each socket guide unit 131 can be located in the plugging space 141 (as shown in fig. 2), but not limited thereto, in other embodiments of the present invention, the socket guide 13 can be an independent component and can be assembled to the socket metal housing 14, and each socket guide unit 131 is located in the plugging space 141. In this embodiment, the outer side surface of the metal receptacle housing 14 can be recessed inward to form a receptacle guide unit 131 (as shown in fig. 2) in the form of a protrusion on the inner side, but in other embodiments of the present invention, the receptacle guide unit 131 can be a protrusion of a solid block instead of only limiting the protrusion of the hollow frame shown in fig. 2 according to the product requirement.

As shown in fig. 1, 4 and 5, when the plug connector 2 and the receptacle connector 1 are plugged, the tongue plates 211 of the plug connector 2 can extend into the receptacle accommodating space 110 through the corresponding mating openings 111, and the plurality of plug metal terminals 22 of the plug connector 2 can be electrically connected to the corresponding receptacle metal terminals 12 to transmit electrical signals to each other, and at the same time, the plugging plate 213 of the plug connector 2 can extend into the plugging space 141 to achieve a guiding effect, so that the plug connector 2 and the receptacle connector 1 can maintain a correct plugging relationship, and the receptacle guiding unit 131 can be guided and combined with the plug guiding unit 231 on the plug connector 2 to achieve a desired guiding effect, for example, the receptacle guiding unit 131 in the form of a bump can extend into the plug guiding unit 231 in the form of a groove (as shown in fig. 1), and the lateral outer diameter (the left-up-right downward extending direction as shown in fig. 2) of the protrusion can be the same as or substantially the same as the lateral inner diameter of the groove, so that the plug connector 2 can maintain the correct plugging direction without causing component damage due to deviation from the correct plugging direction.

In addition to the above embodiments, a person skilled in the art can adjust the structural form and the installation position of the socket guide and the socket guide unit thereof according to the product requirement, in another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 6 to 8, a socket connector 3 includes a socket insulating body 31, a plurality of socket metal terminals 32, a socket guide 33 and a socket metal housing 34, wherein a pair of interfaces 311 and a socket accommodating space 310 are disposed on the mating side of the socket insulating body 11, the pair of interfaces 311 is communicated with the socket accommodating space 310, each socket metal terminal 32 can be embedded in the socket insulating body 31, one end (or called mating end) thereof can expose the socket accommodating space 310, and further can expose the mating side of the socket insulating body 31. A socket assembling space 340 is formed in the socket metal housing 34 to fix the socket insulating body 31 therein, and a plugging space 341 (as shown in fig. 7) is formed between the outer wall surface of the socket insulating body 31 and the inner wall surface of the socket metal housing 34 for accommodating a plugging plate 413 for butting the plug connector 4, so as to achieve a guiding effect, so that the plug connector 4 and the socket connector 3 can maintain a correct plugging relationship.

As shown in fig. 6 to 8, the socket guide 33 is made of an insulating material and is provided with at least one socket guide unit 331, in the other embodiment, the socket guide 33 can be integrally formed with the socket insulating body 31 and located on the same outer wall surface as the plugging space 341, so that each socket guide unit 331 is also located in the plugging space 341, but not limited thereto, in other embodiments of the present invention, the socket guide 33 can also be an independent element and can be assembled to the socket insulating body 31, and each socket guide unit 331 is located in the plugging space 341.

As shown in fig. 6 to 8, in the other embodiment, the socket guiding unit 331 is a protrusion (as shown in fig. 7), and after the plug connector 4 is plugged into the socket connector 3, the socket guiding unit 331 can be guided and combined with the corresponding plug guiding unit 431 on the plugging plate 413 to achieve the desired guiding effect, for example, the socket guiding unit 331 in the form of a protrusion can extend into the plug guiding unit 431 in the form of a groove, and the lateral outer diameter (the left-top-right extending direction shown in fig. 7) of the protrusion can be the same or substantially the same as the lateral inner diameter of the groove. In other embodiments of the present invention, the socket guiding unit 331 can be changed to a groove or a notch (i.e. the socket guiding unit 331 can communicate to the socket receiving space 310) according to the product requirement (e.g. the plug guiding unit is changed to a bump), so as to match with the plug guiding unit and further guide the assembly with each other.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and those skilled in the art can change or rearrange the technical content according to the present invention as disclosed in the present invention, and all should fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (7)

1. A socket connector with a plug space and a guiding structure is characterized by comprising:

the socket insulation body is provided with a pair of interfaces and a socket accommodating space on the butt joint side, and the pair of interfaces are communicated with the socket accommodating space;

a plurality of socket metal terminals embedded in the socket insulating body, wherein the front ends of the socket metal terminals are exposed out of the socket accommodating space, and under the condition that the socket connector is assembled to a plug connector, the socket accommodating space can be used for a tongue plate of the plug connector to extend into, and the socket metal terminals are electrically connected with the plurality of plug metal terminals in the plug connector;

a socket metal housing, in which a socket assembling space is provided, and the socket insulating body can be inserted and fixed into the socket assembling space, and an inserting space is formed between the outer wall surface of the socket insulating body and the inner wall surface of the socket metal housing; and

and the socket guide piece is positioned in the plugging space and is provided with at least one socket guide unit, and each socket guide unit can be combined with one plug guide piece of the plug connector in a guide way under the condition that the socket connector is assembled to the plug connector.

2. Socket connector according to claim 1, wherein the socket connector is provided with only one single plug space.

3. Socket connector according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the socket guide unit is a groove or a notch.

4. Socket connector according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the socket guide unit is a boss.

5. Socket connector according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the socket guide is integrally formed with the plug insulator body.

6. Socket connector according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the socket guide is integrally formed with the socket metal housing.

7. The receptacle connector according to claim 6, wherein the outer side surface of the receptacle metal housing is recessed inward to form the receptacle guide unit in the form of a hollow frame in the insertion space.

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