CN217468891U - Wiring device and household appliance - Google Patents

Abstract

The disclosure relates to the technical field of line connection, in particular to a wiring device and a household appliance. The wiring device includes: plug and socket terminals; socket terminal and plug terminal adaptation are connected, are formed with the elasticity draw-in groove on the socket terminal, and the elasticity draw-in groove has the draw-in groove opening that corresponds with the lateral part of plug terminal, and the plug terminal can go into the elasticity draw-in groove through draw-in groove opening card to contact in order to realize the electricity with the internal face contact of elasticity draw-in groove under the elasticity clamping force effect of elasticity draw-in groove. The utility model discloses a termination does not need to carry out accurate location to plug terminal and socket terminal, can ensure in the plug terminal goes into the elastic clamping groove on the socket terminal smoothly to utilize elastic clamping groove to make plug terminal and elastic clamping groove's internal face contact under the elastic clamping force effect exerted to the socket terminal, with fixed and the electricity of realizing plug terminal and socket terminal connect, the termination that so sets up can realize the automatic electric connection of plug terminal and socket terminal.

Description

Wiring device and household appliance

Technical Field

The disclosure relates to the technical field of line connection, in particular to a wiring device and a household appliance.

Background

In the related art, most household appliances adopt a manual plugging mode to install the wiring device, automatic plugging cannot be realized, and the problems of low production efficiency and high labor cost exist.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to solve the technical problem, the present disclosure provides a wiring device and a household appliance.

A first aspect of the present disclosure provides a wiring device, including: a plug terminal; the socket terminal is connected with the plug terminal in an adaptive mode, an elastic clamping groove is formed in the socket terminal, the elastic clamping groove is provided with a clamping groove opening corresponding to the side portion of the plug terminal, the plug terminal can be clamped into the elastic clamping groove through the clamping groove opening, and under the action of elastic clamping force of the elastic clamping groove, the plug terminal is in contact with the inner wall face of the elastic clamping groove to achieve electric connection.

The termination that this disclosure first aspect provided, be formed with elastic clamping groove on the socket terminal, elastic clamping groove has the draw-in groove opening that corresponds with plug terminal's lateral part, when being connected plug terminal and socket terminal like this, make plug terminal can go into elastic clamping groove in its lateral part through draw-in groove opening card, and plug terminal card goes into elastic clamping groove back, utilize elastic clamping groove to exert the elastic clamping power to plug terminal, make plug terminal and elastic clamping groove's internal face contact, thereby realize plug terminal and socket terminal's fixed and electric connection function. According to the wiring device, the plug terminal and the socket terminal do not need to be accurately positioned, the plug terminal can be ensured to be smoothly clamped into the elastic clamping groove in the socket terminal, and the elastic clamping force applied to the plug terminal by the elastic clamping groove is utilized to realize the electric connection of the plug terminal and the socket terminal. The termination that so sets up can utilize automation equipment to realize the automatic electric connection of plug terminal and socket terminal, solves traditional termination and leads to the unable problem of realizing automatic electric connection of termination because of the alignment accuracy requirement height to the terminal grafting process.

It should be understood that the plug terminal and the socket terminal are both conductive bodies, so that when the plug terminal contacts with the inner wall surface of the elastic clamping groove of the socket terminal, the electrical connection between the plug terminal and the socket terminal can be realized.

In some embodiments, the plug terminal includes a cylindrical plug main body, and the plug terminal is snapped into the elastic card slot from a side portion of the plug main body.

In the embodiments, the plug main body of the plug terminal is cylindrical, so that when the plug terminal is clamped by the automation equipment, the angle of the plug terminal does not need to be distinguished, the requirement on the alignment precision of the plug terminal and the socket terminal is further reduced, the problem of angle limitation that the traditional plug-in piece type terminal needs to be connected in parallel with the plug bush in a plugging mode is solved, and therefore plugging operation by the automation equipment is facilitated.

In some embodiments, the inner wall surface of the elastic clamping groove includes arc surfaces which are oppositely arranged and matched with the outer peripheral surface of the plug main body in shape, and the outer peripheral surface of the plug main body is attached to the arc surfaces to realize electrical connection.

In these embodiments, after the plug terminal is clamped into the elastic clamping groove of the socket terminal, the plug terminal is under the action of the elastic clamping force of the elastic clamping groove, so that the outer peripheral surface of the plug main body of the plug terminal is attached to the arc surface of the elastic clamping groove, and thus the plug terminal and the socket terminal are ensured to have a large contact area, a large conductive area is formed, and the overcurrent capacity is improved. The wiring device is suitable for low current and weak current connection, and is also suitable for high current and strong current connection.

In some embodiments, a guide surface for guiding the plug terminal to be inserted into the elastic card slot is formed at the card slot opening. Through the setting of spigot surface, can further reduce the requirement to the alignment accuracy of plug terminal and socket terminal to it carries out the grafting operation to be more convenient for utilize automation equipment.

In some embodiments, a minimum notch width of the card slot opening is smaller than a diameter of the plug main body, and the plug terminal is snapped into the elastic card slot by spreading the card slot opening. So set up for difficult following the draw-in groove opening part of elasticity draw-in groove and deviating from behind the elasticity draw-in groove is gone into to plug terminal card, thereby ensures the fastness that plug terminal and socket terminal cooperation are connected.

In some embodiments, the plug terminal further includes a first position-limiting portion and a second position-limiting portion, and the first position-limiting portion and the second position-limiting portion are disposed on the plug main body at intervals and are used for being abutted against two ends of the socket terminal respectively to limit the movement of the plug terminal relative to the socket terminal. Through the setting of first spacing portion and the spacing portion of second to the relative socket terminal of restriction plug terminal is along the axial displacement of plug terminal, thereby avoids the risk that plug terminal drops from the tip of socket terminal, has ensured the fastness that plug terminal and socket terminal cooperation are connected.

In some embodiments, the plug terminal further includes a connection portion connected to one end of the plug main body for riveting or welding connection with an external wire. Therefore, the connection reliability of the plug terminal and the external lead can be ensured; in addition, the connecting part and the external lead are connected in a riveting mode, so that mechanical connection between the connecting part and the external lead can be realized, connection between the connecting part and the external lead can be realized by adopting automatic equipment, and the wiring efficiency is further improved.

In some embodiments, the socket terminal includes a socket body, the socket body includes a bottom wall and two elastic walls respectively formed by extending two opposite sides of the bottom wall, the bottom wall and the two elastic walls surround to form the elastic card slot, and the card slot opening is formed between the two elastic walls.

In these embodiments, the socket body of the socket terminal adopts the above structure to ensure that the two elastic walls of the socket body can elastically deform, so that after the plug terminal is clamped into the elastic clamping groove, an elastic clamping force is applied to the plug terminal, thereby ensuring that the plug terminal is tightly attached to the inner wall surface of the elastic clamping groove, and further ensuring the reliability of the electrical connection between the plug terminal and the socket terminal.

In some embodiments, the socket terminal further comprises a pin, and the pin is connected with the socket body and used for being connected with an external circuit board. Through setting up the pin to be connected with external circuit board through the pin, realize the electric connection of socket terminal and external circuit board.

In some embodiments, the number of the pins is one or more, and the pins are connected to the bottom wall or the elastic wall of the socket body. When the pins are arranged in a plurality, the reliability of the electric connection between the socket terminal and the external circuit board can be ensured; the connection position of the pin on the socket body can be reasonably designed according to the structure of the actual socket body, and the pin can be connected on the bottom wall of the socket body and also can be connected on the elastic wall of the socket body.

In some embodiments, the socket body and the pins are integrally stamped from sheet metal. The socket terminal formed by integrally stamping is convenient to process, low in manufacturing cost and high in structural strength. Specifically, the pins may be formed by stamping the inner wall of the bottom wall of the socket body in the direction facing the outer wall of the bottom wall, or may be formed by stamping the inner wall of the elastic wall of the socket body in the direction facing the outer wall of the elastic wall and then bending the pins in the direction facing the bottom wall.

A second aspect of the present disclosure provides a household appliance including the wiring connection device according to any one of the above embodiments.

The household appliance provided by the second aspect of the present disclosure includes the wiring device of any one of the above embodiments, so that the household appliance has the beneficial effects of the wiring device of any one of the above embodiments, and details are not repeated herein.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present disclosure and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments or technical solutions in the prior art of the present disclosure, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without inventive exercise.

Fig. 1 is a front view schematically illustrating a structure of a plug terminal and a receptacle terminal of a wiring device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure before connection;

FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of the plug and receptacle terminals of the wiring device of the embodiment of the present disclosure prior to connection;

fig. 3 is a front view of the plug terminal and the socket terminal of the wiring device according to the embodiment of the present disclosure after connection;

fig. 4 is a schematic side view of the plug terminal and the receptacle terminal of the wiring device according to the embodiment of the disclosure after connection.

Wherein, 1-plug terminal; 11-a plug body; 12-a first stop; 13-a second limiting part; 14-a connecting portion; 2-a wire; 3-socket terminals; 30-an elastic clamping groove; 301-card slot opening; 302-arc surface; 303-a guide surface; 31-a socket body; 311-bottom wall; 312-a resilient wall; 32-pins; 4-circuit board.

Detailed Description

In order that the above objects, features and advantages of the present disclosure may be more clearly understood, aspects of the present disclosure will be further described below. It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the embodiments and features in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be combined with each other.

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present disclosure, but the present disclosure may be practiced in other ways than those described herein; it is to be understood that the embodiments disclosed in the specification are only a few embodiments of the present disclosure, and not all embodiments.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a wiring device including: plug terminal 1 and receptacle terminal 3. Specifically, the socket terminal 3 is connected to the plug terminal 1 in an adaptive manner, an elastic card slot 30 is formed in the socket terminal 3, the elastic card slot 30 has a card slot opening 301 corresponding to a side portion of the plug terminal 1, the plug terminal 1 can be clamped into the elastic card slot 30 through the card slot opening 301, and the plug terminal contacts with an inner wall surface of the elastic card slot 30 under the action of an elastic clamping force of the elastic card slot 30 to realize electrical connection.

The junction device provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, be formed with elasticity draw-in groove 30 on the socket terminal 3, elasticity draw-in groove 30 has the draw-in groove opening 301 that corresponds with the lateral part of plug terminal 1, when being connected plug terminal 1 with socket terminal 3 like this, make plug terminal 1 can block in elasticity draw-in groove 30 through draw-in groove opening 301 card from its lateral part, and behind plug terminal 1 card income elasticity draw-in groove 30, utilize the elastic clamping power effect that elasticity draw-in groove 30 applyed plug terminal 1, make plug terminal 1 and the internal face contact of elasticity draw-in groove 30, thereby realize plug terminal 1 and socket terminal 3's fixed and electricity connection function. According to the wiring device provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, the plug terminal 1 and the socket terminal 3 do not need to be accurately positioned, the plug terminal 1 can be ensured to be smoothly clamped into the elastic clamping groove 30 on the socket terminal 3, and the elastic clamping force applied to the plug terminal 1 by the elastic clamping groove 30 is used for realizing the electric connection between the plug terminal 1 and the socket terminal 3. The termination that so sets up can utilize automation equipment to realize the automatic electric connection of plug terminal 1 and socket terminal 3, solves traditional termination and leads to the unable problem of realizing automatic electric connection of termination because of the alignment precision requirement height to the terminal grafting process.

Specifically, the conventional wiring device using the insertion sheet and the plug bush to be inserted in a matching manner is usually manually held to align the insertion sheet and the plug bush and then manually inserted into position. The junction device of this structure can't realize automatic grafting at the installation usually, because need aim at the position at the grafting in-process, higher to the requirement of alignment precision, if the deviation exceeds the thickness of inserted sheet, then can appear can't aim at grafting, lead to the problem of grafting inefficacy, even the inserted sheet can insert the plug bush, also destroy junction device's structural dimension at the grafting in-process easily, lead to the electricity to connect inefficacy or have the installation hidden danger. Therefore, the wiring device with the structure influences the improvement of production efficiency, the full-automatic production is bound, and great influence is brought to the control of the production efficiency and labor cost of the household appliance manufacturing industry. And the termination that this disclosed embodiment provided, through be formed with elasticity draw-in groove 30 on socket terminal 3, make plug terminal 1 go into in elasticity draw-in groove 30 by its self lateral part card, need not carry out accurate location to plug terminal 1 and socket terminal 3, can ensure that plug terminal 1 goes into smoothly in the elasticity draw-in groove 30 of socket terminal 3, and the elastic clamping power effect that applys through elasticity draw-in groove 30 to plug terminal 1 makes the internal face contact of plug terminal 1 with elasticity draw-in groove 30, realize plug terminal 1 and socket terminal 3 fixed and the electricity is connected, the termination that so sets up can adopt automation equipment to realize the automatic electric connection of plug terminal 1 and socket terminal 3, and the production efficiency is improved, and the labor cost is reduced.

It should be understood that the plug terminal 1 and the socket terminal 3 are both conductive bodies, so that when the plug terminal 1 contacts with the inner wall surface of the elastic card slot 30 of the socket terminal 3, the electrical connection between the plug terminal 1 and the socket terminal 3 can be realized. Specific materials of the plug terminal 1 and the receptacle terminal 3 are not limited herein, and for example, the materials may be H65, H80, phosphor copper, stainless steel, etc., and the surface is plated with nickel or tin to form a conductive body having conductive properties.

In some embodiments, the plug terminal 1 of the wiring device is connected to the wire 2, and the socket terminal 3 is connected to the circuit board 4, so that the wire 2 is electrically connected to the circuit board 4 by the wiring device. Illustratively, the wiring device is used for wiring a circuit board and a power line of a household appliance, a plug terminal 1 of the wiring device is connected with the power line (for example, riveted joint or welded joint), a socket terminal 3 is connected with the circuit board (for example, welded joint), when the circuit board is connected with the power line, a manipulator of an automation device can be used for clamping the plug terminal 1, then the plug terminal 1 is moved to a position corresponding to the socket terminal 3, the side part of the plug terminal 1 is ensured to approximately correspond to a clamping groove opening 301 of an elastic clamping groove 30 of the socket terminal 3, the plug terminal 1 is driven by the manipulator to move, so that the plug terminal 1 is clamped into the elastic clamping groove 30 of the socket terminal 3, the clamped socket terminal 3 extrudes the elastic clamping groove 30 of the socket terminal 3, the elastic clamping groove 30 is elastically deformed, and the socket terminal 3 is clamped by the elastic restoring force of the elastic clamping groove 30, and then the elastic clamping groove 30 exerts an elastic pressing force effect on the plug terminal 1, so that the plug terminal 1 is in contact with the inner wall surface of the elastic clamping groove 30, the plug terminal 1 and the socket terminal 3 are fixed and electrically connected, and the wiring of the circuit board and the power panel is completed.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the plug terminal 1 includes a cylindrical plug main body 11, and as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the plug terminal 1 is snapped into the elastic card slot 30 from the side of the plug main body 11.

In the above embodiment, the plug main body 11 of the plug terminal 1 is cylindrical, so that when the plug terminal 1 is clamped by using an automation device, the angle of the plug terminal 1 does not need to be distinguished, the requirement on the alignment precision of the plug terminal 1 and the socket terminal 3 is further reduced, the problem of angle limitation that a traditional plug-in piece type terminal needs to be inserted in parallel to an insertion sleeve is solved, and the plug operation by using the automation device is more convenient.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2 and 4, the inner wall surface of the elastic card slot 30 includes an arc surface 302 which is oppositely arranged and is matched with the shape of the outer peripheral surface of the plug main body 11, and the outer peripheral surface of the plug main body 11 is attached to the arc surface 302 to realize electrical connection.

In the above embodiment, after the plug terminal 1 is clamped into the elastic clamping groove 30 of the socket terminal 3, the plug terminal 1 makes the outer circumferential surface of the plug main body 11 of the plug terminal 1 fit with the arc surface 302 of the elastic clamping groove 30 under the action of the elastic clamping force of the elastic clamping groove 30, so as to ensure that the plug terminal 1 and the socket terminal 3 have a large contact area, thereby forming a large conductive area and improving the overcurrent capacity. The wiring device is suitable for connecting small current and weak current and also suitable for connecting large current and strong current.

It should be understood that, in order to ensure good contact between the plug terminal 1 and the socket terminal 3, before the plug terminal 1 is clamped into the elastic clamping groove 30, a size of an accommodating cavity formed between two opposite arc surfaces 302 of the elastic clamping groove 30 may be slightly smaller than a size of the plug main body 11 of the plug terminal 1, so that after the plug main body 11 is clamped into the elastic clamping groove 30, the elastic clamping groove 30 may be squeezed towards two sides by the plug main body 11, so that the elastic clamping groove 30 applies an elastic clamping force to the plug main body 11, and thus the plug terminal 1 can be better ensured to be tightly attached to the socket terminal 3.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2 and 4, a guide surface 303 for guiding the plug terminal 1 to be inserted into the elastic card slot 30 is formed at the card slot opening 301. By the arrangement of the guide surface 303, the requirement for the alignment accuracy of the plug terminal 1 and the receptacle terminal 3 can be further reduced, thereby facilitating the plugging operation by using an automatic device.

Further, as shown in fig. 4, the minimum notch width of the card slot opening 301 is smaller than the diameter of the plug main body 11, and the plug terminal 1 is inserted into the elastic card slot 30 by expanding the card slot opening 301. As shown in fig. 2, W in the drawing indicates the minimum slot width of the card slot opening 301. So set up for difficult card slot opening 301 department from elastic card slot 30 is deviate from behind the elastic card slot 30 is gone into to plug terminal 1 card, thereby ensures the fastness that plug terminal 1 and socket terminal 3 cooperate to be connected.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 and 3, the plug terminal 1 further includes a first position-limiting portion 12 and a second position-limiting portion 13, and the first position-limiting portion 12 and the second position-limiting portion 13 are disposed on the plug main body 11 at intervals and are used for respectively abutting against two ends of the socket terminal 3 to limit the movement of the plug terminal 1 relative to the socket terminal 3. Through the arrangement of the first limiting part 12 and the second limiting part 13, the axial movement of the plug terminal 1 relative to the socket terminal 3 along the plug terminal 1 is limited, so that the risk that the plug terminal 1 falls off from the end part of the socket terminal 3 is avoided, and the firmness of the matched connection of the plug terminal 1 and the socket terminal 3 is ensured.

In specific implementation, the first limiting portion 12 and the second limiting portion 13 may be limiting convex portions arranged on the outer peripheral surface of the plug main body 11, after the plug main body 11 is clamped into the elastic clamping groove 30, the first limiting portion 12 and the second limiting portion 13 are respectively located at two sides of the elastic clamping groove 30, the first limiting portion 12 is used for abutting against one side end face of the elastic clamping groove 30, the second limiting portion 13 is used for abutting against the other side end face of the elastic clamping groove 30, so that the plug terminal 1 cannot move towards two ends of the elastic clamping groove 30, that is, the plug terminal 1 cannot move axially relative to the socket terminal 3 along the plug terminal 1, and therefore the plug terminal 1 and the socket terminal 3 are prevented from falling off.

Further, in order to ensure that the socket terminal 3 is smoothly clamped into the elastic card slot 30 of the socket terminal 3, a distance between the first limiting portion 12 and the second limiting portion 13 is slightly larger than a width of the elastic card slot 30 (as shown in fig. 3, a left-right direction of a viewing angle is a width direction of the elastic card slot 30); for example, if the width of the elastic card slot 30 is 18mm, the distance between the first position-limiting part 12 and the second position-limiting part 13 may be set to 20mm, so that there is a gap of about 1mm between the elastic card slot 30 and each position-limiting part. Of course, the width of the elastic card slot 30 is not limited to the above limitation, and the width of the elastic card slot 30 may be set reasonably according to actual conditions (for example, according to the size of the elastic clamping force of the elastic card slot 30 on the socket terminal 3, etc.), so as to ensure the firmness of fixing the plug terminal 1 and the socket terminal 3.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 and 3, the plug body 11 has a relatively small cylindrical diameter, which may be set in the range of 2.5mm to 6 mm; the diameters of the first limiting part 12 and the second limiting part 13 are relatively large, and the diameters can be set within the range of 3.5 mm-7.5 mm. Of course, the diameters of the plug main body 11, the first stopper portion 12, and the second stopper portion 13 are not limited to the above-mentioned limitations, and may be designed appropriately according to actual circumstances.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 and 3, the plug terminal 1 further includes a connecting portion 14, and the connecting portion 14 is connected to one end of the plug main body 11 for riveting connection or welding connection with an external wire. Therefore, the connection reliability of the plug terminal 1 and an external lead can be ensured; in addition, the connecting part 14 and the external lead are connected in a riveting mode, so that mechanical connection between the connecting part 14 and the external lead can be realized, connection between the connecting part and the external lead can be realized by adopting automatic equipment, and the wiring efficiency is further improved.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 and 3, the connection portion 14 of the plug terminal 1 is a riveting portion for riveting connection with an external wire, and the plug terminal 1 is riveted connected with the external wire through the riveting portion. The specific structure of the rivet is not specifically limited, and the connection between the plug terminal 1 and the lead 2 may be achieved by a conventional technical means.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2 and 4, the socket terminal 3 includes a socket body 31, the socket body 31 includes a bottom wall 311 and two elastic walls 312 respectively formed by extending two opposite sides of the bottom wall 311, the bottom wall 311 and the two elastic walls 312 enclose to form an elastic card slot 30, and a card slot opening 301 is formed between the two elastic walls 312.

In the above embodiment, the socket body 31 of the socket terminal 3 adopts the above structure to ensure that the two elastic walls 312 of the socket body 31 can elastically deform, so that after the plug terminal 1 is clamped into the elastic clamping groove 30, an elastic clamping force is applied to the plug terminal 1, so that the plug terminal 1 is ensured to be tightly attached to the inner wall surface of the elastic clamping groove 30, and the reliability of the electrical connection between the plug terminal 1 and the socket terminal 3 is ensured.

In a specific implementation, in order to ensure that the two elastic walls 312 of the socket terminal 3 have a proper elastic clamping force on the plug terminal 1, the thickness of the elastic walls 312 may be set within a range of 0.3mm to 0.5mm, although the thickness of the elastic walls 312 is not limited to the above definition and may be set as appropriate according to actual conditions.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 to 4, the socket terminal 3 further includes a pin 32, and the pin 32 is connected with the socket body 31 for connecting with an external circuit board. By providing the pins 32 to connect with the external circuit board through the pins 32, the socket terminal 3 is electrically connected with the external circuit board, and specifically, the pins 32 may be soldered on the pads of the circuit board 4.

In some embodiments, the number of the pins 32 is one or more, and the pins 32 are connected to the bottom wall 311 or the elastic wall 312 of the socket body 31. In a specific implementation, the number of the pins 32 may be designed reasonably according to the size of the socket terminal 3, for example, the number of the pins 32 may be one, two, four, etc.; when the pins 32 are provided in plural, the reliability of the electrical connection between the socket terminal 3 and the external circuit board is ensured. The connection position of the pin 32 on the socket body 31 can be designed reasonably according to the actual structure of the socket body 31, and the pin 32 can be connected to the bottom wall 311 of the socket body 31 or the elastic wall 312 of the socket body 31.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2 and 4, the number of the pins 32 is four, and four pins 32 are oppositely arranged on the bottom wall 311 of the socket terminal 3 in pairs.

In some embodiments, the socket body 31 and the pins 32 are integrally stamped from sheet metal. The socket terminal 3 formed by integrally stamping is convenient to process, low in manufacturing cost and high in structural strength. The material may be H65, H80, phosphor copper, stainless steel, etc., and the surface is plated with nickel or tin to form the socket terminal 3 having conductive property.

In a specific implementation, the pins 32 may be formed by punching from the inner wall of the bottom wall 311 of the socket body 31 to the outer wall of the bottom wall 311, or the pins 32 may be formed by punching from the inner wall of the elastic wall 312 of the socket body 31 to the outer wall of the elastic wall 312 and then bending toward the bottom wall 311.

The following describes an automated connection process by taking the wiring device according to the embodiment of the present disclosure as an example to electrically connect the conductive wire 2 and the circuit board 4:

the first process is as follows: in the lead processing stage, a riveting machine is used for crimping the plug terminal 1 on the lead 2 to realize the connection of the plug terminal 1 and the lead 2; (at the same time or before, the pins 32 of the socket terminal 3 may be soldered to the circuit board 4)

And a second process: a manipulator (clamp) of the automation equipment clamps the plug terminal 1 and then moves to the upper part of the socket terminal 3 needing to be electrically connected;

the third process: by the downward movement of the manipulator (clip), the plug main body 11 of the plug terminal 1 is caught between the two elastic walls 312 of the receptacle terminal 3, as shown in fig. 4. Because the two ends of the plug main body 11 are respectively provided with the first limiting part 12 and the second limiting part 13, the plug terminal 1 cannot move towards the two ends (in the left and right directions of the visual angle shown in fig. 3) by utilizing the first limiting part 12 and the second limiting part 13, so that the plug terminal 1 is ensured not to fall off from the socket terminal 3; due to the elastic clamping force applied to the plug terminal 1 by the two elastic walls 312 of the socket terminal 3, the arc surface 302 of the elastic wall 312 is attached to the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical plug main body 11, so that the conductive area is increased, and the overcurrent capacity is improved.

A second aspect of the present disclosure provides a household appliance including the wiring connection device according to any one of the above embodiments.

The household appliance provided by the above embodiment of the present disclosure has the beneficial effects of the wiring device of any one of the above embodiments because it includes the wiring device of any one of the above embodiments, and is not described herein again.

In some embodiments, the household electrical appliance may further include a circuit board 4 and a wire 2 (specifically, a power line or other power lines) in addition to the wiring device, the socket terminal 3 of the wiring device is connected to the circuit board 4, the plug terminal 1 of the wiring device is connected to the wire 2, and the plug terminal 1 is clamped into the elastic clamping groove 30 of the socket terminal 3, so as to electrically connect the circuit board 4 and the wire 2 by using the wiring device.

It should be noted that the wiring device provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure is not limited to the electrical connection between the lead 2 and the circuit board 4, and may also be used to electrically connect a lead and an electrical component, for example, the socket terminal 3 of the wiring device is connected to an electrical component, the plug terminal 1 of the wiring device is connected to a lead, and the plug terminal 1 is inserted into the elastic slot 30 of the socket terminal 3, so as to connect an electrical component and a lead.

Specifically, the household appliances can be electric cookers, electric pressure cookers, refrigerators and the like.

It is noted that, in this document, relational terms such as "first" and "second," and the like, may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

The foregoing are merely exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, which enable those skilled in the art to understand or practice the present disclosure. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the disclosure. Thus, the present disclosure is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims (10)

1. A wiring device, comprising:

a plug terminal;

socket terminal, with plug terminal adaptation is connected, be formed with the elasticity draw-in groove on the socket terminal, the elasticity draw-in groove have with the draw-in groove opening that the lateral part of plug terminal corresponds, the plug terminal can warp draw-in groove opening card is gone into in the elasticity draw-in groove, and under the elasticity clamp force effect of elasticity draw-in groove with the internal face contact of elasticity draw-in groove is in order to realize the electricity and connect.

2. The wiring device of claim 1, wherein the plug terminal includes a cylindrical plug body, the plug terminal snapping into the resilient card slot from a side of the plug body.

3. The wiring device according to claim 2, wherein the inner wall surface of the elastic clamping groove includes arc surfaces which are oppositely arranged and adapted to the shape of the outer peripheral surface of the plug main body, and the outer peripheral surface of the plug main body is attached to the arc surfaces to realize electrical connection.

4. The wiring device according to claim 2, wherein a guide surface for guiding the plug terminal to be caught in the elastic card slot is formed at the card slot opening.

5. The wiring lug of claim 4, wherein the minimum notch width of the card slot opening is less than the diameter of the plug body, the plug terminal snapping into the resilient card slot by spreading apart the card slot opening.

6. The wiring device according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the plug terminal further comprises a first limiting portion and a second limiting portion, the first limiting portion and the second limiting portion are disposed on the plug main body at intervals and are used for being abutted against two ends of the socket terminal respectively to limit the movement of the plug terminal relative to the socket terminal.

7. The wiring device according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the plug terminal further comprises a connecting portion connected to one end of the plug main body for riveting connection or welding connection with an external wire.

8. The wiring device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the socket terminal includes a socket body, the socket body includes a bottom wall and two elastic walls extending from opposite sides of the bottom wall, the bottom wall and the two elastic walls enclose the elastic engaging groove, and the engaging groove opening is formed between the two elastic walls.

9. The wiring device according to claim 8, wherein the socket terminal further comprises one or more pins, the pins are connected to the bottom wall or the elastic wall of the socket body, and the pins are used for connecting with an external circuit board.

10. A household appliance comprising a wiring device according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

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