CN220492278U

CN220492278U - Rotary lifting type electric connector and adapter thereof

Info

Publication number: CN220492278U
Application number: CN202322173257.4U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王小敏
Original assignee: Dongguan Kingconn Industrial Co ltd
Current assignee: Wang Xiaomin
Priority date: 2023-08-11
Filing date: 2023-08-11
Publication date: 2024-02-13
Anticipated expiration: 2033-08-11

Abstract

The utility model discloses a rotary lifting type electric connector and an adapter thereof, wherein the adapter comprises a main body shell and a PCB board; the front end of the main body shell is an inserting end which is matched and inserted with the USB Type-A socket, the inserting end is integrally enclosed to form a front inserting cavity for inserting a tongue plate of the USB Type-A socket, the rear end of the main body shell is integrally enclosed to form a rear inserting cavity which is matched and inserted with the USB Type-C plug, and the main body shell is provided with a rotating arm in a backward integral extending mode; the adapter comprises body shell and PCB board in this product, and this body shell is for adopting panel stamping forming's integral type casing, has simplified the product structure, need not the combination assembly, has effectively reduced manufacturing cost, has improved production efficiency greatly, simultaneously, adopts the PCB board, need not to use injection mold to mould plastics, required mould when having significantly reduced the product production to further reduced manufacturing cost, be favorable to batch production, and promote product market competition.

Description

Rotary lifting type electric connector and adapter thereof

Technical Field

The present utility model relates to electrical connectors, and more particularly to a rotary flip-type electrical connector and an adapter thereof.

Background

The USB interface can realize dual-computer interconnection through a special USB connecting wire, and more interfaces can be expanded through Hub. The USB has the advantages of high transmission speed, convenient use, hot plug support, flexible connection, independent power supply and the like, and can be connected with almost all external devices such as a mouse, a keyboard, a printer, a scanner, a camera, a charger, a flash disk, an MP3 (MP 3) machine, a mobile phone, a digital camera, a mobile hard disk, an external CD driver/floppy drive, a USB network card, an ADSL (ADSL Modem), a Cable Modem and the like. Different models of electronic devices currently on the market have different data interfaces, for example: the data interface of the apple phone includes a Lightning interface (Lightning interface), while the android phone generally adopts a USB Type-C interface, a Micro-USB interface, and so on. For this reason, it is necessary to perform conversion of various interfaces using a special electrical connector.

At present, a rotary lifting Type electric connector appears in the market, and through rotary lifting operation, the mutual switching between the USB Type-A and the USB Type-C can be realized, so that convenience is brought to use. In the prior art, the rotary lifting type electric connector comprises a main connector and an adapter; the main connector comprises a shell and a plug (generally a Type-C plug), wherein the plug is arranged in the shell, and the front end of the plug extends out of the shell forwards; the adapter is arranged in a rotatable lifting manner relative to the main connector, can move back and forth relative to the main connector and is connected in an opposite-plug manner or is arranged in a separated manner, and comprises an insulating body, a terminal group and a shell, wherein the terminal group is fixed on the insulating body in an embedded manner, and the shell is coated outside the insulating body.

The adapter generally plays a role in transferring, in the prior art, the shell of the adapter is generally formed by assembling the USB Type-A plug shell, the USB Type-C socket shell and the connecting shell, the structure is complex, the assembly is troublesome, the generation efficiency is low, the production cost is high, a plurality of sets of injection molds are needed to be used for manufacturing the adapter or one or more connectors are welded again, the production cost is further improved, the mass production is not facilitated, and the market competitiveness of products is also not facilitated. Accordingly, there is a need for improvements in current rotary flip-type electrical connectors.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, the present utility model aims at overcoming the drawbacks of the prior art, and its primary objective is to provide a rotary flip-type electrical connector and an adapter thereof, which can effectively solve the problems of high production cost, low efficiency, being unfavorable for mass production and improving the market competitiveness of the product of the conventional rotary flip-type electrical connector.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the present utility model adopts the following technical scheme:

an adapter comprises a main body shell and a PCB board; the front end of the main body shell is an inserting end which is matched with the USB Type-A socket and is inserted, the inserting end is integrally enclosed to form a front inserting cavity for inserting a tongue plate of the USB Type-A socket, the rear end of the main body shell is integrally enclosed to form a rear inserting cavity which is matched with the USB Type-C plug and is inserted, a rotating arm is integrally extended backwards on the main body shell, and a front limiting mechanism, a rear limiting mechanism, an upper limiting mechanism and a lower limiting mechanism are integrally formed on the main body shell; the PCB is arranged in the main body shell and is fixed by the cooperation of the front and rear limiting mechanisms and the upper and lower limiting mechanisms, a front plate Type golden finger conforming to the USB Type-A plug protocol is formed at the front end of the PCB, and a rear plate Type golden finger conforming to the USB Type-C socket protocol is formed at the rear end of the PCB.

As a preferred scheme, stop gear is including spacing breach and spacing cramp around, spacing breach has all been seted up to the front end both sides of this main part shell, the front end both sides of this PCB board all are protruding to be equipped with spacing convex part, two spacing convex parts are blocked in spacing breach by going forward respectively, in order to block the PCB board and remove backward, the both sides of this main part shell are all inwards die-cut to be formed with spacing cramp, spacing cramp is located the rear of spacing breach, the both sides of this PCB board all are concave to be equipped with spacing draw-in groove, this spacing cramp card is in spacing draw-in groove, in order to block the PCB board to remove forward.

As a preferred scheme, upper and lower stop gear is including two spacing ribs, and the rear end both sides of main body shell are all inwards die-cut to be formed with two spacing ribs, and dislocation and upper and lower arrangement are around two spacing ribs, and the edge clamp of PCB board is between two spacing ribs to the restriction PCB board is movable from top to bottom.

As a preferable scheme, the lower edge of the front end opening of the front inserting cavity is integrally bent upwards to extend out of a supporting sheet, and the supporting sheet is propped against the lower surface of the front end of the PCB so as to support the front end of the PCB.

As a preferable scheme, the front end lower surface of the main body shell is integrally punched and bent inwards to form a supporting part, and the supporting part is propped against the lower surface of the PCB so as to firmly support the front end of the PCB.

As a preferable scheme, the upper surface of the main body shell is integrally punched and bent inwards to form a limiting piece for positioning the insertion depth of the USB Type-A socket, so that the damage to the internal structure caused by over-deep insertion connection is avoided.

As a preferable scheme, a frame opening is integrally bent and extended from one edge of the rear end of the main body shell, and the frame opening forms an opening of the rear insertion cavity, so that the structure is more stable and reliable.

As a preferable scheme, a plurality of spring plate terminals are welded on the PCB, and are positioned at the rear of the front flat golden finger, so that the transmission of USB3.0 can be realized, and the transmission efficiency is improved.

A rotary lifting type electric connector comprises a main connector and an adapter; the main connector comprises a shell and an USB Type-C plug, wherein the USB Type-C plug is arranged in the shell, and the front end of the USB Type-C plug extends out of the shell forwards; the adapter is rotatably lifted relative to the main connector, the adapter can be movably arranged back and forth relative to the main connector in a plug-in connection or separation manner, and the rotating arm is rotatably connected with the shell.

As a preferable scheme, two sides of the shell are provided with sliding grooves which extend forwards and backwards, and the front end and the rear end of each sliding groove are connected with positioning holes; the rear end of the rotating arm is convexly provided with a hinge point, and the hinge point slides back and forth along the chute and is matched, positioned and hinged with the positioning hole, so that the installation of the rotating arm is stable and reliable.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has obvious advantages and beneficial effects, and in particular, the technical scheme can be as follows:

the adapter comprises body shell and PCB board in this product, and this body shell is for adopting panel stamping forming's integral type casing, has simplified the product structure, need not the combination assembly, has effectively reduced manufacturing cost, has improved production efficiency greatly, simultaneously, adopts the PCB board, need not to use injection mold to mould plastics, required mould when having significantly reduced the product production to further reduced manufacturing cost, be favorable to batch production, and promote product market competition.

In order to more clearly illustrate the structural features and efficacy of the present utility model, the present utility model will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is an assembled perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of a preferred embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 3 is a partial assembly view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a partial assembly view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a preferred embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing an opened state of the preferred embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged schematic view of the main body housing in a preferred embodiment of the utility model;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of another angle of the main body housing in the preferred embodiment of the present utility model.

The attached drawings are used for identifying and describing:

10. main connector 11, housing

12. USB Type-C plug 101 and chute

102. Positioning hole 103, holding part

104. Yield slot 20 and adapter

21. Body housing 211, plug end

212. Rotating arm 213, hinge point

22. PCB 221, front plate type golden hand

222. Rear flat golden finger 223 and limit convex part

224. Limiting clamping groove 225 and spring terminal

201. Front insert cavity 202, rear insert cavity

203. Limiting notch 204 and limiting buckle piece

205. Spacing rib 206, support piece

207. Support 208 and limiting piece

209. Frame opening 30, wire rod.

Detailed Description

Referring to fig. 1 to 8, a preferred embodiment of the present utility model is shown, which includes a main connector 10 and an adapter 20.

The main connector 10 comprises a housing 11 and an USB Type-C plug 12, wherein the USB Type-C plug 12 is arranged in the housing 11, the front end of the USB Type-C plug 12 extends out of the housing 11 forwards, and the rear end of the USB Type-C plug 12 is connected with a wire 30 in a conductive manner; in this embodiment, the shell 11 is formed by stamping a plate, and has a simple structure, low cost and high productivity; a sliding groove 101 is formed in two sides of the shell 11, the sliding groove 101 extends forwards and backwards, positioning holes 102 are formed in the front end and the rear end of the sliding groove 101, and the sliding groove 101 and the positioning holes 102 penetrate through the inner side wall and the outer side wall of the shell 11; and, the outer shell 11 is formed with a clamping part 103 for clamping the wire 30 in a concave-convex shape, so that the combination of the outer shell 11 and the wire 30 is more stable; in addition, the two sides of the front end of the housing 11 are provided with a yielding groove 104 for avoiding the rotating arm 212.

The adaptor 20 is rotatably and liftably arranged relative to the main connector 10, and the adaptor 20 is movably arranged back and forth relative to the main connector 10 to be connected in an opposite-plug manner or separated from the main connector 10. Specifically, the adapter 20 includes a main body 21 and a PCB 22.

The main body shell 21 is an integral shell formed by stamping plates, the structure is simple, the forming is convenient, the cost is low, the productivity is high, the front end of the main body shell 21 is an inserting end 211 which is matched with an USB Type-A socket and is inserted, the inserting end 211 is integrally formed into a front inserting cavity 201 for inserting a tongue plate of the USB Type-A socket, the rear end of the main body shell 21 is integrally formed into a rear inserting cavity 202 which is matched with an USB Type-C plug 12 and is inserted, a rotating arm 212 is integrally extended backwards on the main body shell 21, the rotating arm 212 is rotationally connected with the shell 11, and a front-rear limiting mechanism and an upper-lower limiting mechanism are integrally formed on the main body shell 21. Specifically, the front and rear limiting mechanism comprises a limiting notch 203 and limiting buckling pieces 204, wherein both sides of the front end of the main body shell 21 are provided with the limiting notch 203, both sides of the main body shell 21 are provided with the limiting buckling pieces 204 by inward punching, and the limiting buckling pieces 204 are positioned behind the limiting notch 203; the upper and lower limiting mechanism comprises two limiting ribs 205, two limiting ribs 205 are formed by punching inwards on two sides of the rear end of the main body shell 21, and the two limiting ribs 205 are staggered front and back and are distributed up and down. And, the lower edge of the front opening of the front inserting cavity 201 is integrally bent upwards to extend out a supporting plate 206, the supporting plate 206 is propped against the lower surface of the front end of the PCB 22 to support the front end of the PCB 22, and the number of the supporting plates 206 is two at left and right intervals; the lower surface of the front end of the main body shell 21 is integrally punched and bent inwards to form a supporting part 207, and the supporting part 207 is propped against the lower surface of the PCB 22 so as to more firmly support the front end of the PCB 22; and, the upper surface of the main body shell 21 is integrally punched and bent inwards to form a limit piece 208 for locating the insertion depth of the USB Type-a socket, so as to avoid damage to the internal structure caused by over-deep insertion connection. In addition, a frame opening 209 is integrally bent and extended from one edge of the rear end of the main body shell 21, and the frame opening 209 forms an opening of the rear insertion cavity 202, so that the structure is more stable and reliable.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the rear end of the rotating arm 212 is convexly provided with a hinge point 213, the hinge point 213 slides back and forth along the chute 101 and is in cooperation with the positioning hole 102 for positioning and hinge, and the rotating arm 212 is located on the inner side wall or the outer side wall of the housing 11, and when on the inner side wall, the hinge point 213 is installed in the chute 101 and the positioning hole 102 from inside to outside, so that the installation of the rotating arm 212 is stable and reliable.

The PCB 22 is arranged in the main body shell 21 and is fixed by the cooperation of a front limit mechanism, a rear limit mechanism and an upper limit mechanism, a front plate Type golden finger 221 conforming to the USB Type-A plug protocol is formed at the front end of the PCB 22, and a rear plate Type golden finger 222 conforming to the USB Type-C socket protocol is formed at the rear end of the PCB 22. In this embodiment, two sides of the front end of the PCB 22 are each provided with a limiting protrusion 223, and the two limiting protrusions 223 are respectively locked in the limiting notch 203 from front to back to block the PCB 22 from moving backward, two sides of the PCB 22 are each provided with a limiting slot 224 in a concave manner, and the limiting buckle piece 204 is locked in the limiting slot 224 to block the PCB 22 from moving forward. And, the edge of the PCB 22 is clamped between the two limiting ribs 205 to limit the PCB 22 from moving up and down. In addition, a plurality of spring plate terminals 225 are welded on the PCB 22, and the spring plate terminals 225 are located at the rear of the front plate type golden finger 221, so that the transmission of USB3.0 can be realized, and the transmission efficiency is improved.

During assembly, the main body shell 21 is first integrally formed by stamping a metal plate, then the PCB 22 is manufactured, then the rear end of the PCB 22 is inserted into the main body shell 21 from the opening of the front accommodating cavity 201, after the rear end is inserted into the main body shell, the edge of the PCB 22 is clamped between the two limiting convex ribs 205, the two limiting convex parts 223 are respectively clamped in the limiting notches 203, and the limiting buckle piece 204 is clamped in the limiting clamping groove 224, so that the stable assembly of the adapter 20 is completed.

In use, the main connector 10 is fixedly connected to the wire 30 to form a data line, and the rotary arm 212 is rotatably connected to the housing 11. When it is desired to use the adapter 20 for the plug-in connection with an external device, the adapter 20 is located on the same horizontal plane as the plug-in connection of the main connector 10 as shown in fig. 1. When the USB Type-C plug 12 of the main connector 10 is required to be plugged into an external device, as shown in fig. 6, the adaptor 20 is pulled out forward relative to the main connector 10, and after being pulled out in place, the adaptor 20 is turned upward relative to the main connector 10. When the adaptor 20 is needed to be used again for being plugged into an external device, firstly, the adaptor 20 is turned downwards relative to the main connector 10 so that the adaptor 20 and the main connector 10 are positioned on the same horizontal plane, and then, the adaptor 20 is moved backwards relative to the main connector 10 so that the USB Type-C plug 12 is inserted into the post-plug-in cavity 202 to be in contact conduction with the back flat golden finger 222.

The design focus of the utility model is that: the adapter comprises body shell and PCB board in this product, and this body shell is for adopting panel stamping forming's integral type casing, has simplified the product structure, need not the combination assembly, has effectively reduced manufacturing cost, has improved production efficiency greatly, simultaneously, adopts the PCB board, need not to use injection mold to mould plastics, required mould when having significantly reduced the product production to further reduced manufacturing cost, be favorable to batch production, and promote product market competition.

The foregoing description is only a preferred embodiment of the present utility model, and is not intended to limit the technical scope of the present utility model, so any minor modifications, equivalent changes and modifications made to the above embodiments according to the technical principles of the present utility model are still within the scope of the technical solutions of the present utility model.

Claims

1. An adapter, characterized in that: the adapter comprises a main body shell and a PCB board; the front end of the main body shell is an inserting end which is matched with the USB Type-A socket and is inserted, the inserting end is integrally enclosed to form a front inserting cavity for inserting a tongue plate of the USB Type-A socket, the rear end of the main body shell is integrally enclosed to form a rear inserting cavity which is matched with the USB Type-C plug and is inserted, a rotating arm is integrally extended backwards on the main body shell, and a front limiting mechanism, a rear limiting mechanism, an upper limiting mechanism and a lower limiting mechanism are integrally formed on the main body shell; the PCB is arranged in the main body shell and is fixed by the cooperation of the front and rear limiting mechanisms and the upper and lower limiting mechanisms, a front plate Type golden finger conforming to the USB Type-A plug protocol is formed at the front end of the PCB, and a rear plate Type golden finger conforming to the USB Type-C socket protocol is formed at the rear end of the PCB.

2. An adaptor according to claim 1, wherein: the front and back limiting mechanism comprises a limiting notch and limiting buckle pieces, wherein the two sides of the front end of the main body shell are respectively provided with the limiting notch, the two sides of the front end of the PCB are respectively provided with a limiting convex part in a protruding mode, the two limiting convex parts are respectively clamped in the limiting notch from front to back, the two sides of the main body shell are respectively and inwards punched to form the limiting buckle pieces, the limiting buckle pieces are positioned at the rear of the limiting notch, the two sides of the PCB are respectively and concavely provided with a limiting clamping groove, and the limiting buckle pieces are clamped in the limiting clamping grooves.

3. An adaptor according to claim 1, wherein: the upper limiting mechanism and the lower limiting mechanism comprise two limiting ribs, two limiting ribs are formed by inwards punching two sides of the rear end of the main body shell, the two limiting ribs are staggered front and back and are distributed up and down, and the edge of the PCB is clamped between the two limiting ribs.

4. An adaptor according to claim 1, wherein: the front end opening lower edge of the front inserting cavity is integrally bent upwards to extend out of a supporting sheet, and the supporting sheet abuts against the lower surface of the front end of the PCB.

5. An adaptor according to claim 1, wherein: the front end lower surface of the main body shell is integrally punched and bent inwards to form a supporting part, and the supporting part is propped against the lower surface of the PCB.

6. An adaptor according to claim 1, wherein: the upper surface of the main body shell is integrally punched inwards and bent to form a limiting piece for positioning the insertion depth of the USB Type-A socket.

7. An adaptor according to claim 1, wherein: and a frame opening is integrally bent and extended from one edge of the rear end of the main body shell, and the frame opening forms an opening of the rear insertion cavity.

8. An adaptor according to claim 1, wherein: and a plurality of spring plate terminals are welded on the PCB and are positioned behind the front flat golden finger.

9. A rotary flip-open electrical connector, characterized in that: comprising a main connector and an adapter according to any of claims 1-7; the main connector comprises a shell and an USB Type-C plug, wherein the USB Type-C plug is arranged in the shell, and the front end of the USB Type-C plug extends out of the shell forwards; the adapter is rotatably lifted relative to the main connector, the adapter can be movably arranged back and forth relative to the main connector in a plug-in connection or separation manner, and the rotating arm is rotatably connected with the shell.

10. The rotary flip-open electrical connector of claim 9, wherein: the two sides of the shell are provided with sliding grooves which extend forwards and backwards, and the front end and the rear end of each sliding groove are connected with positioning holes; the rear end of the rotating arm is convexly provided with a hinge point which slides back and forth along the chute and is matched, positioned and hinged with the positioning hole.