CN220233629U - Terminal connector with locking function - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of connectors, in particular to a terminal connector with a locking function, which comprises a plug and a socket, wherein the plug comprises a plug shell; the socket comprises a socket shell; the plug shell is rotatably provided with a hanging lug, and one end, facing the socket shell, of the hanging lug is provided with a hanging hook; the socket shell is provided with a hanging shaft which is used for hooking and matching with the hook after the plug and the socket are inserted to lock the plug and the socket; the plug is characterized in that a limiting groove is formed in the hanging lug, a limiting protrusion extending into the limiting groove is arranged on the plug shell and used for being in stop fit with the corresponding groove wall of the limiting groove so as to limit the rotation limit of the hanging lug. The utility model can realize locking through the rotation of the hanging lugs, and the rotation angle of the hanging lugs is smaller. The cooperation of spacing groove and spacing bellied then further retrains the turned angle of hangers, avoids outside spare part to collide with the hangers outside avoiding.

Description

Terminal connector with locking function

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of connectors, in particular to a terminal connector with a locking function.

Background

The terminal connector is a device applied to the connection between a network terminal and a network communication device, and is a connector for transmitting current or signals. Generally, terminal connectors are respectively installed at two ends of a communication line, wherein the terminal connector at one end is connected with a network terminal, and the terminal connector at the other end is connected with a network communication device, so that communication connection between the network terminal and the network communication device is realized.

The connector is typically made of two parts, a plug and a receptacle plug typically including a plug housing and metal pins mounted within the plug housing, and a receptacle typically including a receptacle housing and metal jacks mounted within the receptacle housing. When the plug and the socket are inserted in pairs, the metal pins are inserted into the metal jacks, and the plug and the socket form a circuit, so that communication between electronic equipment is realized.

When the plug and the socket of the connector are connected, in order to ensure the reliable connection of the connector and prevent the plug and the socket in the connector from being separated, a locking structure is arranged on the connector, so that the plug and the socket are reliably inserted.

There are many kinds of locking structures of the connector, for example, the utility model patent application with application publication number CN110323618A provides a locking manner, wherein cylindrical boss holes are respectively formed on two sides of the plug housing, and cylindrical bosses inserted into the cylindrical boss holes are formed on the lever handles, so that the lever handles are rotatably mounted on the plug housing. The lever handle is provided with a locking groove, and the socket shell is fixed with a socket locking column. When the socket is in use, after the plug and the socket are plugged in place, the socket locking column corresponds to the notch of the locking groove, and then the lever handle is rotated, so that the socket locking column enters the locking groove to lock the plug and the socket.

The locking mode in the prior art can realize the locking of the plug and the socket after the plug and the socket are inserted, but the locking is realized through the matching of the locking groove and the socket locking column, and in order to ensure that the locking groove with enough length is needed, the size of the lever handle needs to be designed to be larger, so that the lever handle is easy to protrude out of the plug shell, and the connector is easy to collide in the transportation process and the use process of the connector; and the locking groove is longer, the rotation angle is larger during operation, and the operation is inconvenient.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model provides a terminal connector with a locking function, which solves the technical problems of easy knocked lever handle and inconvenient operation caused by locking by adopting a locking groove in the prior art.

In order to solve the problems, the terminal connector with the locking function provided by the utility model adopts the following technical scheme: a terminal connector with a locking function, comprising;

a plug including a plug housing;

a socket comprising a socket housing;

the plug shell is rotatably provided with a hanging lug, and one end, facing the socket shell, of the hanging lug is provided with a hanging hook;

the socket shell is provided with a hanging shaft which is used for hooking and matching with the hook after the plug and the socket are inserted to lock the plug and the socket;

the plug is characterized in that a limiting groove is formed in the hanging lug, a limiting protrusion extending into the limiting groove is arranged on the plug shell and used for being in stop fit with the corresponding groove wall of the limiting groove so as to limit the rotation limit of the hanging lug.

The beneficial effects are that: according to the plug and socket locking device, the hanging lugs are arranged outside the plug shell, the hanging shafts are arranged on the socket shell, and after the plug and the socket are inserted in place, the hooks of the hanging lugs are in hook fit with the hanging shafts, so that the plug and the socket can be prevented from being separated from each other, and further locking of the plug and the socket is achieved. Compared with the prior art that the locking is performed by arranging the locking groove, the utility model can realize the locking by rotating the hanging lugs, the rotating angle of the hanging lugs is smaller, the operation is convenient, the size of the hanging lugs can be designed smaller, the hanging lugs are reduced or even prevented from protruding out of the plug shell in the rotating direction, and the hanging lugs are prevented from being knocked. And the rotation angle of the hanging lugs is further restrained through the cooperation of the limiting grooves and the limiting protrusions, so that the hanging lugs are prevented from being knocked by external parts.

As a further improvement, the two sides of the plug shell are provided with fixed shafts, and the hangers are rotationally sleeved on the fixed shafts; the end face of one end of the fixed shaft, which is far away from the plug shell, is provided with a groove so that two elastic sheets are formed at the end of the fixed shaft, the hanging lugs are sleeved on the two elastic sheets, and the elastic sheets are provided with stop flanges which are used for being matched with the hanging lugs in a blocking manner so as to prevent the hanging lugs from falling off. During assembly, the elastic sheet firstly carries the stop flanging and elastically swings inwards to avoid the hanging lugs, the elastic sheet carries the stop flanging and elastically swings outwards after the hanging lugs are sleeved on the fixed shaft, and the hanging lugs are prevented from being separated from the fixed shaft through the stop cooperation of the stop flanging and the hanging lugs, so that the assembly is more convenient.

As a further improvement, one end of the hanging shaft far away from the socket shell is provided with a stop ring table, and the stop ring table is used for being matched with the hook in a stop mode so as to prevent the hook and the hanging shaft from being separated along the axial direction of the hanging shaft.

As a further improvement, the limit groove is an arc groove, and the center of the arc groove is positioned on the rotation axis of the hanging lug.

As a further improvement, reinforcing ribs are arranged at the edge positions of the two sides of the hanging lugs.

As a further improvement, the hanging lugs are lever structures rotatably arranged on the plug shell at the middle positions, the hanging hooks are arranged at one ends of the hanging lugs, which face the socket shell, and the force application parts are arranged at one ends of the hanging lugs, which face away from the socket shell. The lever-type hanging lug is rotated by pulling the hanging lug away from the force application part of the socket shell, and the operation is convenient.

As a further improvement, an anti-skid groove is arranged on the force application part of the hanging lug.

Drawings

The above, as well as additional purposes, features, and advantages of exemplary embodiments of the present utility model will become readily apparent from the following detailed description when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. In the drawings, embodiments of the utility model are illustrated by way of example and not by way of limitation, and like reference numerals refer to similar or corresponding parts and in which:

fig. 1 is a schematic view showing a structure of a terminal connector with a locking function in a state that a plug is separated from a socket;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of the terminal connector with locking function in the state of plug and socket insertion;

fig. 3 is an exploded view of the plug of fig. 1 and 2;

FIG. 4 is a partial schematic view of the receptacle of FIGS. 1 and 2;

fig. 5 is a partial cross-sectional view of the plug of fig. 1 and 2.

Reference numerals illustrate:

1. a plug; 2. a plug housing; 3. hanging lugs; 31. a hook; 32. a force application part; 33. an anti-skid groove; 4. a socket; 5. a socket housing; 6. hanging shaft; 61. a stop ring table; 7. a limit protrusion; 8. a limit groove; 9. a mounting hole; 10. a fixed shaft; 101. a groove; 102. a spring plate; 103. stopping the flanging.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present utility model will be made more complete and clear to those skilled in the art by reference to the figures of the embodiments of the present utility model. 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.

The principles and spirit of the present utility model are explained in detail below with reference to several representative embodiments thereof.

Embodiment 1 of the terminal connector with locking function provided by the utility model:

as shown in fig. 1 to 5, the terminal connector with locking function comprises two main parts, namely a plug 1 and a socket 4. The plug 1 includes a plug housing 2, and the receptacle 4 includes a receptacle housing 5, with the plug 1 being mated with the receptacle 4. The outside of plug casing 2 rotates and is equipped with hangers 3, specifically, installs fixed axle 10 on the plug casing 2, has seted up mounting hole 9 on the hangers 3, and hangers 3 pass through mounting hole 9 cover in the outside of fixed axle 10 to realized the rotation assembly of hangers 3 on plug casing 2, hangers 3 rotate with fixed axle 10 as the center.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 5, the fixed shaft 10 has a T-shaped structure as a whole. The cross section of the fixed shaft 10 is circular, and the diameter of one end of the fixed shaft 10 near the plug housing 2 is smaller than that of the other end. The end surface of the fixed shaft 10 far away from the plug housing 2 is provided with a groove 101, so that two elastic sheets 102 are formed at the end of the fixed shaft 10, the hanging lugs 3 are sleeved on the two elastic sheets 102, and a stop flange 103 positioned on the elastic sheets 102 is formed at the part with larger outer diameter of the fixed shaft 10, and the stop flange 103 is used for being in stop fit with the hanging lugs 3 to prevent the hanging lugs 3 from falling off. Wherein, the side of stopping turn-ups 103 facing away from plug casing 2 is the inclined plane, and during the equipment, the pore wall of mounting hole 9 in hangers 3 promotes shell fragment 102 infravel through the inclined plane of stopping turn-ups 103, makes hangers 3 can overlap in the outside of fixed axle 10, and shell fragment 102 is outward swung after stopping turn-ups 103, carries out the cooperation of stopping with hangers 3.

As shown in fig. 3, the mounting hole 9 is formed in the lug 3 at a position near the middle, so that the lug 3 is rotatably assembled in the plug housing 2 to form a lever structure. One end of the hanging lug 3 facing the socket shell 5 is provided with a hanging hook 31, and the hanging hook 31 is used for hanging on a hanging shaft 6 on the socket shell. One end of the hanging lug 3, which is far away from the socket shell 5, is provided with a force application part 32, the force application part 32 is used for an operator to stir, and the force application part 32 is provided with an anti-skid groove 33, so that the hanging lug 3 is convenient to stir.

The reinforcing ribs are arranged at the edges of the two sides of the hanging lug 3, so that the strength of the hanging lug 3 is improved, and meanwhile, the weight of the hanging lug 3 is reduced.

In order to limit the rotation limit of the hanging lug 3, a limiting protrusion 7 is fixed on the side face of the plug housing 2, correspondingly, a limiting groove 8 is formed in the hanging lug 3, and the limiting groove 8 is used for being matched with the limiting protrusion 7 on the plug housing 2 to limit the rotation angle of the hanging lug 3. The limit groove 8 is an arc-shaped chute, and the rotating circle center of the limit groove is positioned on the axis of the fixed shaft 10. The spacing protruding 7 inserts in the spacing groove 8, and the groove width of spacing groove 8 is slightly greater than spacing protruding 7's diameter, makes spacing protruding 7, spacing groove 8's relative slip more smooth and easy, through the cell wall in spacing groove 8 and the cooperation of stopping of spacing protruding 7, makes hangers 3 can not exceed the upper and lower boundary of plug casing 2 and socket casing 5 when reciprocating rotation, restricts the rotation of hangers 3 in a very little range of motion.

The two sides of the plug housing 2 are respectively provided with a hanging lug 3, and correspondingly, the plug housing 2 is provided with two coaxial fixing shafts 10 and two coaxial limiting protrusions 7.

As shown in fig. 1, 2 and 4, a hanging shaft 6 is arranged on the side surface of the socket shell 5, the hanging shaft 6 is of a T-shaped structure, and the cross section of the hanging shaft 6 is circular. One end of the fixed shaft 10, which is close to the socket housing 5, has a smaller diameter than the other end, and a stop ring table 61 is formed at the larger diameter end, wherein the stop ring table 61 can be mutually stopped with the hook 31, so that the hook 31 is prevented from falling off from the hanging shaft 6. Here, the hanging shaft 6 and the socket housing 6 are integrally injection molded, the surface is uniform and smooth, and the joint of the socket housing 6 and the hanging shaft 6 has no burrs.

When the plug 1 and the socket 4 are inserted in place, the hanging lugs 3 are shifted to enable the hooks 31 to be hung on the hanging shafts 6, so that the plug 1 and the socket 4 are locked.

In this embodiment, the hanging shaft 6 and the socket housing 5 are preferably integrally injection molded, and similarly, the spacing protrusion 7 and the plug housing 2, and the fixing shaft 10 and the plug housing 2 are preferably integrally injection molded.

Embodiment 2 of the terminal connector with locking function provided by the utility model:

the differences from example 1 are mainly that:

in embodiment 1, the hanging shaft and the socket housing are integrally injection molded, and the fixing shaft and the plug housing, and the limit protrusion and the plug housing are integrally injection molded.

In this embodiment, the hanging shaft may be screwed on the socket housing, and similarly, the fixing shaft and the limiting protrusion may be screwed on the plug housing.

Embodiment 3 of the terminal connector with locking function provided by the utility model:

the differences from example 1 are mainly that:

in the embodiment 1, the hanging lugs are rotationally sleeved on the fixed shaft; the end face of one end of the fixed shaft, which is far away from the plug shell, is provided with a groove, so that two elastic sheets are formed at the end of the fixed shaft, and the elastic sheets are provided with stop flanges.

In this embodiment, the fixed axle is the bolt that the screw thread penetrated in the plug casing, and the head of bolt is used for carrying out the backstop cooperation with the hangers, prevents that the hangers from droing.

Embodiment 4 of the terminal connector with locking function provided by the utility model:

the differences from example 1 are mainly that:

in embodiment 1, the hanger is a lever structure rotatably mounted on the plug housing at a middle position, one end of the hanger facing the socket housing is provided with a hook, and one end of the hanger facing away from the socket housing is provided with a force application part.

In this embodiment, the one end of hangers is equipped with the mounting hole, overlaps the outside of the fixed axle that sets up on plug casing through the mounting hole, has realized the rotation assembly of hangers on plug casing, and the couple that sets up towards the one end of socket casing among the hangers cooperates with the peg hook that sets up on the socket casing, directly stirs the couple and drives the hangers and rotate this moment.

In addition, in the description of the present specification, the meaning of "plurality" means at least two, for example, two, three or more, etc., unless specifically defined otherwise.

Claims (7)

1. A terminal connector with a locking function, comprising;

a plug (1) comprising a plug housing (2);

a socket (4) comprising a socket housing (5);

the method is characterized in that;

the plug shell (2) is rotatably provided with a hanging lug (3), and one end, facing the socket shell (5), of the hanging lug (3) is provided with a hook (31);

the socket shell (5) is provided with a hanging shaft (6), and the hanging shaft (6) is used for hooking and matching with the hook (31) after the plug (1) and the socket (4) are inserted to lock the plug (1) and the socket (4);

be equipped with spacing groove (8) on hangers (3), be equipped with spacing arch (7) in stretching into spacing groove (8) on plug housing (2), spacing arch (7) are used for stopping the cooperation with the corresponding cell wall of spacing groove (8) to limit the rotation limit of hangers (3).

2. The terminal connector with the locking function according to claim 1, wherein fixed shafts (10) are arranged on two sides of the plug housing (2), and the hanging lugs (3) are rotatably sleeved on the fixed shafts (10); the end face of one end of the fixed shaft (10), which is far away from the plug shell (2), is provided with a groove (101) so that two elastic sheets (102) are formed at the end of the fixed shaft (10), the hanging lugs (3) are sleeved on the two elastic sheets (102), and the elastic sheets (102) are provided with stop flanges (103) which are used for being in stop fit with the hanging lugs (3) to prevent the hanging lugs (3) from falling off.

3. The terminal connector with the locking function according to claim 1, wherein one end of the hanging shaft (6) far away from the socket housing (5) is provided with a stop ring table (61), and the stop ring table (61) is used for being in stop fit with the hook (31) so as to prevent the hook (31) and the hanging shaft (6) from being separated along the axial direction of the hanging shaft (6).

4. A terminal connector with locking function according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the limit groove (8) is an arc groove, the centre of which is located on the rotation axis of the hanger (3).

5. A terminal connector with locking function according to claim 1 or 2 or 3, characterized in that the two side edges of the hanger (3) are provided with reinforcing ribs.

6. A terminal connector with locking function according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the suspension lugs (3) are lever structures rotatably mounted on the plug housing (2) in a neutral position, the hooks (31) are arranged at the ends of the suspension lugs (3) facing the socket housing (5), and the force application parts (32) are arranged at the ends of the suspension lugs (3) facing away from the socket housing (5).

7. The terminal connector with locking function according to claim 6, wherein the force application portion of the hanger (3) is provided with an anti-slip groove (33).