CN219918473U - Charging device with physical automatic power-off protection function - Google Patents
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Abstract
The utility model provides a charging device with physical automatic power-off protection, which belongs to the technical field of chargers and comprises a charging shell; the electric inserting element is fixedly connected to the inner wall of one side of the charging shell; the charging element is fixedly connected to the inner wall of one side of the charging shell; the conductive sleeve is fixedly connected to one side end of the charging element; the conductive sliding rod is connected in the conductive sleeve in a sliding way; the power connection port is fixedly connected to one side end of the charging element, and the power connection port is used for cutting off the power of the power connection element and the charging element through physical disconnection, so that a fuse is not needed, and the device does not need to be replaced with a new fuse when the device is powered off once and maintained, so that the cost is saved.
Description
Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of chargers, and particularly relates to a charging device with physical automatic power-off protection.
Background
The charger is a charging device which adopts a high-frequency power supply technology and uses an advanced intelligent dynamic adjustment charging technology.
The authorized publication number 218335378U discloses a charger with an automatic power-off structure, which belongs to the technical field of mobile phone application and comprises a charging plug and a plug base, wherein the charging plug is fixedly arranged on the surface of the plug base, a charging wire is electrically connected to the plug base, one end of the charging wire, which is far away from the plug base, is electrically connected with a charging port, and fixing grooves are formed in the surface of the plug base and are positioned on two sides of the charging plug; according to the mobile phone charging device, the control button, the driving component and the pushing block are matched for use, when a user pulls out the charging port from the mobile phone after the mobile phone is charged, the driving component can be controlled to drive the pushing block to move towards the outside of the fixed groove, one end of the pushing block can be contacted with the socket in the moving process of the pushing block, and the charging plug is pushed out of the jack of the socket, so that the purpose of power failure of the mobile phone charger is achieved, and potential safety hazards caused by the fact that the charger is not pulled out in time after the mobile phone is charged are prevented.
Above-mentioned novel user pulls out the port that charges from the cell-phone, presses control button simultaneously, realizes carrying out the purpose of outage to the cell-phone charger, but above-mentioned novel when carrying out the outage protection to the charger need operating personnel to manually pull out the port that charges just can carry out the outage after, if take place to break circuit or carry out charging for a long time and lead to equipment temperature too high can not carry out the outage voluntarily when charging to the charging equipment, can cause the damage of electronic component in the charging equipment.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model aims to provide a charging device with physical automatic power-off protection, and aims to solve the problem that in the prior art, an operator needs to manually pull out a charging port to power off, if the charging device is powered off or the charging device is charged for a long time, the device cannot be automatically powered off due to overhigh temperature, and the electronic elements in the charging device are damaged.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present utility model provides the following technical solutions:
a charging device with physical automatic power-off protection, comprising:
a charging housing;
the electric inserting element is fixedly connected to one side inner wall of the charging shell;
the charging element is fixedly connected to the inner wall of one side of the charging shell;
the conductive sleeve is fixedly connected to one side end of the charging element;
the conductive sliding rod is connected in the conductive sleeve in a sliding way;
the power connection port is fixedly connected to one side end of the charging element;
the separation mechanism comprises an air storage tank, pressure release sliding grooves, pressure release sliding blocks and pushing rods, wherein two pressure release sliding grooves, two pressure release sliding blocks and pushing rods are arranged, the air storage tank is fixedly connected to one side end of a charging element, the air storage tank is arranged in the air storage tank, the two pressure release sliding grooves are formed in the side inner wall of the air storage tank, the two pressure release sliding blocks are respectively and slidably connected in the two pressure release sliding grooves, and the two pushing rods are respectively and fixedly connected to one side ends of the two pressure release sliding blocks;
and the reset mechanism is arranged in the charging shell and is connected with the separation mechanism.
As a preferable scheme of the utility model, the reset mechanism comprises a movable sleeve gasket, a movable push plate, a fixed sleeve gasket, a fixed push plate, a limit sleeve, a limit slide bar and a reset spring, wherein the two limit sleeve gaskets, the two limit slide bar and the reset spring are arranged, the movable sleeve gasket is fixedly connected to the circumferential surface of the conductive slide bar, the movable push plate is fixedly connected to the circumferential surface of the movable sleeve gasket and is contacted with the two push bars, the fixed sleeve gasket is fixedly connected to the circumferential surface of the conductive sleeve, the fixed push plate is fixedly connected to the circumferential surface of the fixed sleeve gasket, the two limit sleeve gaskets are fixedly connected to one side end of the fixed push plate, the two limit slide bar are fixedly connected to one side end of the movable push plate and slide in the two limit sleeve gaskets respectively, and the two reset springs are fixedly connected to one side end of the movable push plate and one side end of the fixed push plate.
As a preferable scheme of the utility model, a plurality of limiting cross grooves are formed in the circumferential inner wall of the conductive sleeve, a plurality of limiting cross blocks are fixedly connected to the circumferential surface of the conductive sliding rod, and the limiting cross blocks slide in the limiting cross grooves respectively.
As a preferable scheme of the utility model, one side end of the charging element is fixedly connected with an electric connection plug, and one side end of the electric connection element is fixedly connected with a charging wire.
As a preferable scheme of the utility model, the conductive sleeve, the conductive sliding rod and the electric connection port are all made of conductive materials.
As a preferable scheme of the utility model, the air storage tank, the movable sleeve gasket and the fixed sleeve gasket are all made of insulating materials.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that:
1. in this scheme, through this device, the charging electronic component takes place to short circuit in the charging shell and carries out the power-off protection to the charging shell inner element automatically, and comes to cut off the power supply to inserting electric component and charging element through the physical outage and do not need to use the fuse for this device does not need to change new fuse when carrying out outage once and maintaining and practices thrift the cost.
2. In this scheme, through this device, gas holder, removal sleeve pad and fixed sleeve pad are connected with electrically conductive sleeve and charging element respectively, and gas holder, removal sleeve pad and fixed sleeve pad that avoid being connected with electrically conductive element through gas holder, removal sleeve pad and fixed sleeve pad are electrically conductive.
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The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the utility model and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate the utility model and together with the embodiments of the utility model, serve to explain the utility model. In the drawings:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the structure of the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the structure of the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional exploded view of the structure of the present utility model;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the utility model at A in FIG. 3;
fig. 5 is an enlarged view of the present utility model at B in fig. 3.
In the figure: 1. a charging housing; 2. a plug-in element; 3. a charging element; 4. a conductive sleeve; 5. a conductive slide bar; 6. an electric connection port; 7. a gas storage tank; 8. a gas storage tank; 9. a pressure release chute; 10. a pressure release slide block; 11. a push rod; 12. moving the sleeve gasket; 13. moving the push plate; 14. fixing the sleeve gasket; 15. fixing the push plate; 16. a limit sleeve; 17. a limit slide bar; 18. a return spring; 19. limiting cross grooves; 20. limiting cross blocks; 21. a power plug is connected; 22. and a charging wire.
Detailed Description
The following description of the embodiments of the present utility model will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present utility model, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the utility model without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.
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Referring to fig. 1-5, the present utility model provides the following technical solutions:
a charging device with physical automatic power-off protection, comprising:
a charging housing 1;
the electric plug-in element 2 is fixedly connected to one side inner wall of the charging shell 1;
the charging element 3, the charging element 3 is fixedly connected to one side inner wall of the charging shell 1;
the conductive sleeve 4 is fixedly connected to one side end of the charging element 3;
the conductive slide bar 5 is connected in the conductive sleeve 4 in a sliding way;
the power connection port 6 is fixedly connected to one side end of the charging element 3;
the separation mechanism comprises an air storage tank 7, an air storage tank 8, pressure release sliding grooves 9, pressure release sliding blocks 10 and pushing rods 11, wherein two pressure release sliding grooves 9, pressure release sliding blocks 10 and pushing rods 11 are arranged, the air storage tank 7 is fixedly connected to one side end of the charging element 3, the air storage tank 8 is arranged in the air storage tank 7, the two pressure release sliding grooves 9 are arranged on the side inner wall of the air storage tank 8, the two pressure release sliding blocks 10 are respectively and slidably connected in the two pressure release sliding grooves 9, and the two pushing rods 11 are respectively and fixedly connected to one side ends of the two pressure release sliding blocks 10;
and the reset mechanism is arranged in the charging shell 1 and is connected with the separation mechanism.
In the specific embodiment of the utility model, the charging shell 1 is made of plastic materials, the plug-in element 2 and the charging element 3 are electrically connected through a connecting structure, the conductive sliding rod 5 slides in the conductive sleeve 4, the conductive sliding rod 5 contacts with the inner wall of the conductive sleeve 4 and the electric connection port 6 for conducting electricity to charge under normal state, the air storage tank 7 contacts with the charging element 3 to conduct heat sufficiently, the air storage tank 8 stores nitrogen, the pressure release sliding block 10 slides in the pressure release sliding groove 9, the pressure release sliding block 10 is attached to the inner wall of the pressure release sliding groove 9, so that the pressure release sliding block 10 blocks the pressure release sliding groove 9 to ensure that the nitrogen in the air storage tank 8 cannot leak, when the electronic element charged in the charging shell 1 is short-circuited, the temperature of the plug-in element 2 and the charging element 3 can rise rapidly, the temperature of nitrogen in the air storage tank 8 is quickly increased through the temperature conduction of the air storage tank 7, so that the nitrogen in the air storage tank 8 expands, the pressure in the air storage tank 8 is increased, the pressure release sliding block 10 is pushed to move outwards of the pressure release sliding groove 9 after the pressure in the air storage tank 8 is increased, the push rod 11 pushes the reset mechanism to one side to push the conductive sliding rod 5 out of the power connection port 6 to contact the electric connection of the power plug-in element 2 and the charging element 3, the power cut protection is automatically carried out on the elements in the charging shell 1 when the charging electronic element in the charging shell 1 is in short circuit, and the power cut of the power plug-in element 2 and the charging element 3 is carried out through physical disconnection, so that a fuse is not needed, and the device does not need to be replaced with a new fuse when the device is powered off once and maintained, so that the cost is saved.
Referring to fig. 1-5 specifically, the reset mechanism includes a movable sleeve 12, a movable push plate 13, a fixed sleeve 14, a fixed push plate 15, a limit sleeve 16, a limit slide bar 17 and a reset spring 18, where the limit sleeve 16, the limit slide bar 17 and the reset spring 18 are provided with two, the movable sleeve 12 is fixedly connected to the circumferential surface of the conductive slide bar 5, the movable push plate 13 is fixedly connected to the circumferential surface of the movable sleeve 12 and contacts with the two push bars 11, the fixed sleeve 14 is fixedly connected to the circumferential surface of the conductive sleeve 4, the fixed push plate 15 is fixedly connected to the circumferential surface of the fixed sleeve 14, the two limit sleeves 16 are fixedly connected to one side end of the fixed push plate 15, the two limit slide bars 17 are fixedly connected to one side end of the movable push plate 13 and slide in the two limit sleeves 16, and the two reset springs 18 are fixedly connected to one side end of the movable push plate 13 and one side end of the fixed push plate 15.
In this embodiment: the fixed sleeve gasket 14 is sleeved outside the conductive sleeve 4 and used for supporting the fixed push plate 15 and the limiting sleeve 16, the movable sleeve gasket 12 is sleeved outside the conductive slide rod 5 and used for supporting the movable push plate 13 and the limiting slide rod 17, the limiting slide rod 17 slides in the limiting sleeve 16, the limiting slide rod 17 is attached to the inner wall of the limiting sleeve 16 to limit the movement of the movable push plate 13, the reset spring 18 cannot deviate when the reset spring 18 stretches, the reset spring 18 is in a contracted state under normal conditions, the reset spring 18 pushes the movable push plate 13 and the conductive slide rod 5 through the resilience force of the reset spring 18 to drive the conductive slide rod 5 to push the electric connection port 6 so as to enable the electric connection of the electric connection element 2 and the charging element 3, and when the temperature in the air storage tank 8 rises to cause nitrogen expansion, the push rod 11 slides outwards and pushes the movable push plate 13 to the other side of the charging element 3 to separate between the conductive slide rod 5 and the electric connection port 6 so as to protect the element disconnection in the charging shell 1.
Referring to fig. 1-5 specifically, a plurality of limit cross grooves 19 are formed in the circumferential inner wall of the conductive sleeve 4, a plurality of limit cross blocks 20 are fixedly connected to the circumferential surface of the conductive sliding rod 5, and the plurality of limit cross blocks 20 slide in the plurality of limit cross grooves 19 respectively.
In this embodiment: the limiting cross block 20 is matched with the limiting cross groove 19, and the conductive sliding rod 5 is limited through the limiting cross block 20 and the limiting cross groove 19, so that the conductive sliding rod 5 cannot deviate when the conductive sliding rod 5 slides to disconnect the elements in the charging shell 1.
Referring to fig. 1-5, a power plug 21 is fixedly connected to one side end of the charging element 3, and a charging wire 22 is fixedly connected to one side end of the power plug 2.
In this embodiment: the power plug 21 is connected with the charging element 3 for plugging into a power socket to supply power to the device, and the charging wire 22 is connected with the power plug element 2 and connected with the charging equipment to charge the charging equipment.
Referring to fig. 1-5, the conductive sleeve 4, the conductive sliding rod 5 and the electrical connection 6 are made of conductive materials.
In this embodiment: the conductive sleeve 4, the conductive slide bar 5 and the electric connection port 6 are made of copper materials to conduct electricity between the plug-in element 2 and the charging element 3 through the connection of the conductive sleeve 4, the conductive slide bar 5 and the electric connection port 6.
Referring to fig. 1 to 5, the air storage tank 7, the movable pad 12 and the fixed pad 14 are made of insulating materials.
In this embodiment: the air storage tank 7, the movable sleeve gasket 12 and the fixed sleeve gasket 14 are respectively connected with the conductive sleeve 4 and the charging element 3, and the air storage tank 7, the movable sleeve gasket 12 and the fixed sleeve gasket 14 which are connected with the conductive element are insulated by the air storage tank 7, the movable sleeve gasket 12 and the fixed sleeve gasket 14 to avoid electric conduction.
It should be noted that, the charging element 3 and the plug-in element 2 used in the present device are both of the prior art, and are not described herein in detail.
The working principle and the using flow of the utility model are as follows: when the electronic components charged in the charging shell 1 are short-circuited, the temperatures of the plug-in component 2 and the charging component 3 can be quickly increased, the temperature of nitrogen in the air storage tank 8 is quickly increased through the temperature conduction of the air storage tank 7, the nitrogen in the air storage tank 8 is expanded, the pressure in the air storage tank 8 is increased, the pressure release sliding block 10 is pushed to move outwards of the pressure release sliding groove 9, the push rod 11 pushes the reset mechanism to one side to push the conductive sliding rod 5 into the power connection port 6 so as to contact the electrical connection of the plug-in component 2 and the charging component 3, the power-off protection is automatically performed on the components in the charging shell 1 when the charging electronic components in the charging shell 1 are short-circuited, and the power-off of the plug-in component 2 and the charging component 3 is performed through the physical disconnection, so that a fuse is not needed, and the device does not need to be replaced when the device is powered off once and maintained, so that the cost is saved.
Finally, it should be noted that: the foregoing description is only a preferred embodiment of the present utility model, and the present utility model is not limited thereto, but it is to be understood that modifications and equivalents of some of the technical features described in the foregoing embodiments may be made by those skilled in the art, although the present utility model has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present utility model should be included in the protection scope of the present utility model.
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1. The utility model provides a take charging device of physical automatic power-off protection which characterized in that: comprising the following steps:
a charging housing (1);
the plug-in element (2), the plug-in element (2) is fixedly connected to one side inner wall of the charging shell (1);
the charging device comprises a charging element (3), wherein the charging element (3) is fixedly connected to one side inner wall of a charging shell (1);
the conductive sleeve (4) is fixedly connected to one side end of the charging element (3);
the conductive sliding rod (5) is connected in the conductive sleeve (4) in a sliding way;
the power connection port (6), the said power connection port (6) is fixedly connected to one side end of the charging element (3);
the separation mechanism comprises an air storage tank (7), air storage tanks (8), pressure release sliding grooves (9), pressure release sliding blocks (10) and pushing rods (11), wherein the two pressure release sliding grooves (9), the two pressure release sliding blocks (10) and the two pushing rods (11) are arranged, the air storage tank (7) is fixedly connected to one side end of the charging element (3), the air storage tanks (8) are arranged in the air storage tank (7), the two pressure release sliding grooves (9) are arranged on the side inner walls of the air storage tanks (8), the two pressure release sliding blocks (10) are respectively and slidably connected in the two pressure release sliding grooves (9), and the two pushing rods (11) are respectively and fixedly connected to one side ends of the two pressure release sliding blocks (10);
and the reset mechanism is arranged in the charging shell (1) and is connected with the separation mechanism.
2. The charging device with physical automatic power-off protection according to claim 1, wherein: the reset mechanism comprises a movable sleeve gasket (12), a movable push plate (13), a fixed sleeve gasket (14), a fixed push plate (15), a limit sleeve (16), a limit slide rod (17) and a reset spring (18), wherein the limit sleeve gasket (16), the limit slide rod (17) and the reset spring (18) are arranged at two ends, the movable sleeve gasket (12) is fixedly connected to the circumferential surface of the conductive slide rod (5), the movable push plate (13) is fixedly connected to the circumferential surface of the movable sleeve gasket (12) and is contacted with two push rods (11), the fixed sleeve gasket (14) is fixedly connected to the circumferential surface of the conductive sleeve (4), the fixed push plate (15) is fixedly connected to the circumferential surface of the fixed sleeve gasket (14), the two limit sleeve gaskets (16) are fixedly connected to one side ends of the fixed push plate (15), the two limit slide rods (17) are fixedly connected to one side ends of the movable push plate (13) and slide in the two limit sleeve gaskets (16) respectively, and the two reset springs (18) are fixedly connected to one side ends of the movable push plate (13) and one side of the fixed end of the fixed push plate (15).
3. The charging device with physical automatic power-off protection according to claim 2, wherein: a plurality of limit cross grooves (19) are formed in the circumferential inner wall of the conductive sleeve (4), a plurality of limit cross blocks (20) are fixedly connected to the circumferential surface of the conductive sliding rod (5), and the limit cross blocks (20) slide in the limit cross grooves (19) respectively.
4. A charging device with physical automatic power-off protection as claimed in claim 3, wherein: one side end of the charging element (3) is fixedly connected with a power connection plug (21), and one side end of the power connection element (2) is fixedly connected with a charging wire (22).
5. The charging device with physical automatic power-off protection according to claim 4, wherein: the conductive sleeve (4), the conductive sliding rod (5) and the electric connection port (6) are all made of conductive materials.
6. The charging device with physical automatic power-off protection according to claim 5, wherein: the air storage tank (7), the movable sleeve gasket (12) and the fixed sleeve gasket (14) are all made of insulating materials.
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