CN221727513U - Socket and power distribution unit - Google Patents

Abstract

The application provides a socket and a power distribution unit, the socket comprises: the shell is provided with an accommodating space, and the first side wall of the shell is recessed inwards along a first direction to form a groove; one end of the conductive piece is used for being connected with the power line through the groove; the elastic structure is arranged in the accommodating space, is connected with the plug connector of the shell and can be close to or far away from the conductive piece; when the elastic structure is close to the conductive piece, the elastic structure can be clamped or tightly contacted with the conductive piece, and the conductive piece is electrically connected with the plug connector through the elastic structure.

Description

Socket and power distribution unit

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of electric appliances, in particular to a socket and a current distribution unit.

Background

Currently, there is a great demand for the receptacle market. Copper sheets and copper bars in the existing socket are difficult to install and detach, and time and labor are consumed.

Disclosure of utility model

In order to solve the technical problems, the embodiment of the application provides the following technical scheme:

a first aspect of the present application provides a socket comprising:

The shell is provided with an accommodating space, and the first side wall of the shell is recessed inwards along a first direction to form a groove;

One end of the conductive piece is used for being connected with the power line through the groove;

The elastic structure is arranged in the accommodating space and is connected with the plug connector in the shell, and the elastic structure can be close to or far away from the conductive piece;

When the elastic structure is close to the conductive piece, the elastic structure can be clamped with or tightly contacted with the conductive piece, and the conductive piece is electrically connected with the plug connector through the elastic structure.

In some modified embodiments of the first aspect of the present disclosure, the elastic structure includes a spring, where the spring is disposed in the accommodating space, the spring is connected to the plug, the spring is opposite to the conductive element along a second direction, the spring can be close to or far from the conductive element, the conductive element is electrically connected to the plug through the spring, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.

In some embodiments, the number of the elastic pieces is two, both the elastic pieces are arranged in the accommodating space, both the elastic pieces are connected with the plug connector, and both the elastic pieces are opposite to the conductive piece along the second direction;

The two elastic sheets can synchronously approach or depart from the conductive piece, and when the two elastic sheets synchronously approach the conductive piece, the two elastic sheets can closely contact with the conductive piece.

In some embodiments, the elastic structure further comprises a spring, the spring is disposed in the accommodating space, one end of the spring is connected with the inner wall of the housing, and the other end of the spring is connected with one surface of the elastic sheet, which faces away from the conductive member.

In some embodiments, the elastic sheet is provided with a first limiting member, and the conductive member is provided with a second limiting member, and when the elastic sheet approaches the conductive member, the first limiting member is clamped with the second limiting member.

In some embodiments, a portion of the spring sheet is bent along the second direction to form a first bent portion, the first bent portion extends from one side of the spring sheet along the third direction to the other side, and the first direction, the second direction and the third direction are perpendicular to each other.

In some embodiments, a first end of the elastic sheet along the first direction is connected with the plug connector, and a second end of the elastic sheet along the first direction is bent away from the conductive piece to form a second bending portion.

In some embodiments, the accommodating space includes a plurality of sub-accommodating spaces, and the number of the sub-accommodating spaces, the grooves, the conductive members, and the elastic structures is the same as the number of the connectors of the housing;

One end of each conductive piece is used for being connected with the power line through one groove; each elastic structure is arranged in one sub-accommodating space, each elastic structure is connected with one plug connector of the shell, each elastic structure is opposite to one conductive piece along the second direction, and each elastic structure can be close to or far away from one conductive piece.

A second aspect of the present application provides a power distribution unit comprising:

a plurality of receptacles as described in the first aspect;

A second side wall of the shell of the plurality of sockets is opposite to the first side wall, and the second side wall is recessed inwards along the first direction to form a clamping groove; the plurality of sockets are arranged along the direction opposite to the first side wall and the second side wall, and the conductive piece is connected with the plurality of sockets through the grooves and the clamping grooves of the plurality of sockets.

In some embodiments, the plurality of receptacles comprises at least two types.

Drawings

The above, as well as additional purposes, features, and advantages of exemplary embodiments of the present application will become readily apparent from the following detailed description when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. In the drawings, wherein like or corresponding reference numerals indicate like or corresponding parts, there are shown by way of illustration, and not limitation, several embodiments of the application, in which:

Fig. 1 schematically shows a schematic structure of a current distribution unit;

FIG. 2 schematically illustrates a partial enlarged view at C in FIG. 1;

Fig. 3 schematically shows a schematic structure of two spring plates in the socket of the present application.

Reference numerals illustrate:

1. A housing; 11. an accommodating space; 12. a first sidewall; 13. a second sidewall; 2. a conductive member; 3. an elastic structure; 31. a spring plate; 311. a first limiting member; 312. a first bending portion; 313. a second bending portion; 32. a spring; 4. a power line; 100. a socket.

Detailed Description

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. While exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the present disclosure may be embodied in various forms and should not be limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art.

In the description of the present disclosure, unless otherwise indicated, the meaning of "plurality" is greater than or equal to two; the terms "upper," "lower," "left," "right," "inner," "outer," and the like indicate an orientation or positional relationship merely for convenience of describing the present disclosure and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus are not to be construed as limiting the present disclosure. When the absolute position of the object to be described is changed, the relative positional relationship may be changed accordingly.

Furthermore, the use of the terms first, second, and the like in this disclosure do not denote any order, quantity, or importance, but rather are used to distinguish one element from another. The "vertical" is not strictly vertical but is within the allowable error range. "parallel" is not strictly parallel but is within the tolerance of the error. The word "comprising" or "comprises" and the like means that elements preceding the word encompass the elements recited after the word, and not exclude the possibility of also encompassing other elements.

It should also be noted that, in the description of the present disclosure, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected, for example; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium. The specific meaning of the terms in the present disclosure may be understood as appropriate by those of ordinary skill in the art. When a particular device is described as being located between a first device and a second device, there may or may not be an intervening device between the particular device and either the first device or the second device.

All terms used in the present disclosure have the same meaning as understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present disclosure pertains, unless specifically defined otherwise. It will be further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.

Techniques, methods, and apparatus known to one of ordinary skill in the relevant art may not be discussed in detail, but where appropriate, the techniques, methods, and apparatus should be considered part of the specification.

Example 1

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, embodiment 1 of the present application provides a socket, including:

A housing 1 having an accommodating space 11, a first sidewall 12 of the housing 1 being recessed inward in a first direction to form a groove;

a conductive member 2 having one end for connection with a power line 4 through a groove;

The elastic structure 3 is arranged in the accommodating space 11, the elastic structure 3 is connected with the plug connector in the shell 1, and the elastic structure 3 can be close to or far from the conductive piece 2;

When the elastic structure 3 is close to the conductive element 2, the elastic structure 3 can be clamped or tightly contacted with the conductive element 2, and the conductive element 2 is electrically connected with the plug-in connector through the elastic structure 3.

Specifically, the accommodating space 11 of the housing 1 is used for accommodating the conductive member 2 and the elastic structure 3. The case 1 is made of an insulating material, and may be made of polycarbonate, thermoplastic polymer, or the like. The specific shape of the housing 1 is not further limited, and may be, for example, a hollow cylinder, a hollow rectangular parallelepiped, or other regular or irregular hollow shapes. Taking a cuboid-shaped shell 1 as an example, the shell 1 comprises a first end cover (not shown in the figure), a second end cover (not shown in the figure) and four side walls, wherein the four side walls are sequentially connected end to form a surrounding structure, the first end cover is connected with the four side walls along a first side of a first direction to form a containing space 11, and the four side walls and the first end cover can be formed through injection molding. The first end cover is provided with a jack, and the plug connector is inserted into the accommodating space 11. When the socket is used, the pins of the external male plug can be plugged with the plug connector through the jacks, so that the male plug is electrically connected with the socket. The first side wall 12 of the housing 1 is recessed inwardly in a first direction to form a groove extending from the first surface to the second surface of the first side wall 12. After the conductive member 2 is electrically connected with the elastic structure 3, the second end cover is connected with the second sides of the four side walls along the first direction in a sticking or clamping mode.

The conductive member 2 is for connection with a power line 4. One end of the conductive piece 2 is connected with the power line 4 through a groove, the dimension of the conductive piece 2 along the second direction can be the same as the dimension of the groove along the second direction, the conductive piece 2 is prevented from shaking along the second direction, and the installation stability of the conductive piece 2 is ensured.

The conductive member 2 may be a brass strip, a brass wire or a copper strip, and in order to ensure the effect of electrically connecting the conductive member 2 with the elastic structure 3, the conductive member 2 is preferably a copper strip. In order to prevent oxidation of the oxidized conductive element 2, chromium plating or other oxidation preventing treatment may be performed on the surface of the conductive element 2 to prolong the service life of the conductive element 2.

The elastic structure 3 is used for electrically connecting the conductive member 2 and the plug member. The elastic structure 3 has both electrical conductivity and elasticity. The elastic structure 3 may be welded to the plug connector, or the elastic structure 3 may be integrally formed with the plug connector. The elastic structure 3 can be a metal sheet or a clamping piece, when the elastic structure 3 is a metal sheet, the metal sheet can be closely contacted with the conductive piece 2 when approaching to the conductive piece 2, so that the conductive piece 2 is electrically connected with the plug-in connector through the metal sheet; when the elastic structure 3 is a clamping piece, the clamping piece can be clamped with the conductive piece 2 when approaching to the conductive piece 2, so that the conductive piece 2 is electrically connected with the plug-in piece through the clamping piece.

According to the socket provided by the application, the groove is formed in the first side wall 12 of the shell 1 along the first direction, one end of the conductive piece 2 can penetrate through the groove to be connected with the power line 4, the elastic structure 3 is arranged in the accommodating space 11, the elastic structure 3 is connected with the plug connector of the shell 1, the elastic structure 3 can be close to or far away from the conductive piece 2, when the elastic structure 3 is close to the conductive piece 2, the elastic structure 3 can be clamped or tightly contacted with the conductive piece 2, the rapid assembly of the conductive piece 2 and the elastic structure 3 is realized, and meanwhile, the conductive piece 2 is electrically connected with the plug connector through the elastic structure 3; when the elastic structure 3 is far away from the conductive piece 2, the conductive piece 2 and the elastic structure 3 are quickly detached, and the installation and the detachment are simpler and more convenient, and the time and the labor are saved.

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, in some embodiments, the elastic structure 3 includes a spring 31, the spring 31 is disposed in the accommodating space 11, the spring 31 is connected with the connector, the spring 31 is opposite to the conductive element 2 along a second direction, the spring 31 can be close to or far away from the conductive element 2, the conductive element 2 is electrically connected with the connector through the spring 31, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.

Specifically, the casing 1 further includes a fixing element, the fixing element is disposed in the accommodating space 11 and connected with the inner wall of the casing 1, the fixing element is opposite to the elastic sheet 31 along the second direction, the other end of the conductive element 2 extends between the fixing element and the elastic sheet 31, the elastic sheet 31 can be close to the conductive element 2 in a natural state, so that the elastic sheet 31 can be matched with the fixing element to clamp the conductive element 2, the elastic sheet 31 is in close contact with the conductive element 2, and when the conductive element 2 is detached, the conductive element 2 can be manually pulled out from the elastic sheet 31 and the fixing element, so that the conductive element 2 can be quickly installed and detached; or alternatively

The second side wall 13 is provided with a fixing groove along a third direction, the other end of the conductive piece 2 is connected with the second side wall 13 through the fixing groove, and the conductive piece 2 can be in close contact with the elastic piece 31 after the conductive piece 2 is connected with the second side wall 13; when dismantling, can be manual take out conducting piece 2 from the fixed slot, realize the quick installation and the dismantlement of conducting piece 2.

The spring 31 may be made of tin phosphor bronze or brass, and the size of the spring 31 along the second direction may be 0.4-0.8mm, for example, may be 0.4mm, 0.5mm, 0.6mm, 0.7mm or 0.8mm, etc., where tin phosphor bronze of 310.8mm is preferred, so that the spring 31 obtains better conductivity and elastic potential energy.

As shown in fig. 2 and fig. 3, in some embodiments, there are two elastic pieces 31, the two elastic pieces 31 are both disposed in the accommodating space 11, the two elastic pieces 31 are both connected with the plug connector, and the two elastic pieces 31 are respectively opposite to the conductive piece 2 along the second direction;

The two elastic pieces 31 can be synchronously close to or far away from the conductive piece 2, and when the two elastic pieces 31 are synchronously close to the conductive piece 2, the two elastic pieces 31 can be in close contact with the conductive piece 2.

Specifically, to ensure the stability of the connection, the first ends of the two elastic pieces 31 may be welded or integrally formed. The first ends of the two spring plates 31 are connected with the plug connector. Two shell fragments 31 set up respectively in the both sides of electrically conductive piece 2 along the second direction, and the other end of electrically conductive piece 2 stretches into between two shell fragments 31, and two shell fragments 31 can both be close to electrically conductive piece 2 and then centre gripping electrically conductive piece 2 under natural state, realize the close contact of two shell fragments 31 and electrically conductive piece 2, when dismantling, can be manually take electrically conductive piece 2 out from two shell fragments 31, realize electrically conductive piece 2's quick installation and dismantlement. The two elastic sheets 31 ensure the electric connection effect of the conductive piece 2 and the plug connector, and are more beneficial to the installation and the disassembly of the conductive piece 2.

As shown in fig. 2, in some embodiments, the elastic structure 3 further includes a spring 32, where the spring 32 is disposed in the accommodating space 11, one end of the spring 32 is connected to the inner wall of the housing 1, and the other end of the spring 32 is connected to a side of the elastic sheet 31 facing away from the conductive member 2.

Specifically, the spring 32 can increase the pressure when the elastic piece 31 contacts with the conductive piece 2, so as to ensure the contact effect between the conductive piece 2 and the elastic piece 31 and ensure the quality of the socket. The expansion direction of the spring 32 is consistent with the second direction, one end of the spring 32 can be connected with the inner wall of the shell 1 through bolts or glue, and the other end of the spring 32 can be fixedly connected with one surface of the elastic piece 31, which is away from the conductive piece 2, through a sticking or clamping mode.

When the elastic structure 3 is two elastic pieces 31, the number of the springs 32 may be two, and one side of each of the two elastic pieces 31 away from the conductive member 2 is provided with one spring 32, so as to further ensure the pressure when the two elastic pieces 31 contact with the conductive member 2.

In order to ensure the connection stability of the elastic piece 31 and the conductive piece 2, as shown in fig. 3, in some embodiments, a first limiting piece 311 is disposed on the elastic piece 31, and a second limiting piece is disposed on the conductive piece 2, and when the elastic piece 31 approaches the conductive piece 2, the first limiting piece 311 is clamped with the second limiting piece.

Specifically, a first protrusion is disposed on one surface of the elastic piece 31 near the conductive piece 2, the conductive piece 2 is provided with a first limiting hole penetrating along the second direction, when the elastic piece 31 approaches the conductive piece 2, the first protrusion can extend into the first limiting hole to enable the elastic piece 31 to be clamped with the conductive piece 2, at this time, the first protrusion forms a first limiting piece 311, and the first limiting hole forms a second limiting piece; or alternatively

The shell fragment 31 sets up the second spacing hole that runs through along the second direction, and the one side that electrically conductive piece 2 is close to shell fragment 31 sets up the second arch, and when shell fragment 31 was close to electrically conductive piece 2, the second arch can stretch into in the spacing hole of second, makes shell fragment 31 and electrically conductive piece 2 joint, and this second spacing hole forms first locating part 311 this moment, and this second arch forms the second locating part.

The elastic piece 31 and the conductive piece 2 inside the socket 100 are fixed by the first limiting piece 311 and the second limiting piece, so that surface contact between the elastic piece 31 and the conductive piece 2 can be realized.

As shown in fig. 3, in some embodiments, a portion of the elastic sheet 31 is bent along the second direction to form a first bending portion 312, and the first bending portion 312 extends from one side of the elastic sheet 31 along the third direction to the other side, where the first direction, the second direction and the third direction are perpendicular to each other.

Specifically, the elastic piece 31 has elasticity, the elastic potential energy of the elastic piece 31 is further enhanced by the first bending portion 312, the contact area between the elastic piece 31 and the conductive piece 2 under certain pressure is guaranteed by combining with the compression joint of the external spring 32, the contact resistance between the elastic piece 31 and the conductive piece 2 is reduced, local overheating is avoided, and the service lives of the elastic piece 31 and the conductive piece 2 are prolonged.

When the elastic structure 3 is two elastic pieces 31, only one elastic piece 31 may have the first bending portion 312, or both elastic pieces 31 have the first bending portion 312, where preferably both elastic pieces 31 have the first bending portion 312, and the two elastic pieces 31 form an Ω -shape, so as to further ensure the contact area between the elastic piece 31 and the conductive member 2.

As shown in fig. 3, in some embodiments, a first end of the elastic piece 31 along a first direction is connected to the connector, and a second end of the elastic piece 31 along the first direction is bent away from the conductive element 2 to form a second bending portion 313.

Specifically, since the second bending portion 313 is bent in a direction away from the conductive member 2, during installation, the conductive member 2 can be tightly contacted or clamped with the elastic sheet 31 through the second bending portion 313, so that the elastic sheet 31 does not need to be lifted manually, and installation of the conductive member 2 is facilitated.

The socket can be designed into two-hole, three-hole, four-hole, five-hole and other specifications according to the use requirement, and the number of the conductive pieces 2 in the socket is equal to the number of the jacks of the socket. In order to enable the plurality of conductive elements 2 in the socket to be quickly assembled and disassembled, as shown in fig. 2, in some embodiments, the accommodating space 11 includes a plurality of sub-accommodating spaces 11, and the number of the sub-accommodating spaces 11, the grooves, the conductive elements 2 and the elastic structures 3 is the same as the number of the connectors of the housing 1;

One end of each conductive member 2 is used for being connected with a power line 4 through a groove; each elastic structure 3 is disposed in a sub-accommodating space 11, each elastic structure 3 is connected with a plug connector of the housing 1, each elastic structure 3 is opposite to one conductive member 2 along the second direction, and each elastic structure 3 can be close to or far from one conductive member 2.

Specifically, the plurality of sub-accommodating spaces 11 are arranged in the second direction. In order to ensure the connection stability of the plug connector and the conductive member 2, the plurality of elastic structures 3 may be arranged in the same manner as the jack or may be different from the jack.

Example 2

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, embodiment 2 of the present application provides a power distribution unit, including:

a plurality of sockets 100 as in embodiment 1;

The second side walls 13 of the housings 1 of the plurality of sockets 100 are opposite to the first side walls 12, and the second side walls 13 are recessed inwards along the first direction to form clamping grooves; the plurality of sockets 100 are arranged in a direction opposite to the first sidewall 12 and the second sidewall 13, and the conductive member 2 is connected to the plurality of sockets 100 through grooves and clamping grooves of the plurality of sockets 100.

Specifically, the card slot extends from the first surface to the second surface of the second side wall 13. The conductive piece 2 is in a strip shape, the length direction of the conductive piece 2 is consistent with the third direction, the conductive piece 2 can be clamped or tightly contacted with the elastic structure 3 in the plurality of sockets 100 through the grooves and the clamping grooves of the plurality of sockets 100, and then the conductive piece 2 is electrically connected with the plug connectors in the plurality of sockets 100.

The plurality of sockets 100 are arranged in the third direction. The second end cap may be rectangular, and the other side of each of the four sidewalls of the socket 100 is connected to the second end cap.

In some embodiments, the plurality of receptacles 100 comprises at least two types.

In particular, to increase the flexibility and practicality of the power distribution unit, different sockets 100 may be provided on the power distribution unit, such as an IEC-13 socket, an IEC-16 socket, etc.

Thus, various embodiments of the present disclosure have been described in detail. In order to avoid obscuring the concepts of the present disclosure, some details known in the art are not described. How to implement the solutions disclosed herein will be fully apparent to those skilled in the art from the above description.

Although some specific embodiments of the present disclosure have been described in detail by way of example, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the above examples are for illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing embodiments may be modified and equivalents substituted for elements thereof without departing from the scope and spirit of the disclosure. In particular, the technical features mentioned in the respective embodiments may be combined in any manner as long as there is no structural conflict.

Claims (10)

1. A socket, comprising:

The shell is provided with an accommodating space, and the first side wall of the shell is recessed inwards along a first direction to form a groove;

One end of the conductive piece is used for being connected with the power line through the groove;

The elastic structure is arranged in the accommodating space and is connected with the plug connector in the shell, and the elastic structure can be close to or far away from the conductive piece;

When the elastic structure is close to the conductive piece, the elastic structure can be clamped with or tightly contacted with the conductive piece, and the conductive piece is electrically connected with the plug connector through the elastic structure.

2. The socket of claim 1 wherein the plurality of pins,

The elastic structure comprises an elastic piece, the elastic piece is arranged in the accommodating space and connected with the plug connector, the elastic piece is opposite to the conductive piece along a second direction, the elastic piece can be close to or far away from the conductive piece, the conductive piece is electrically connected with the plug connector through the elastic piece, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.

3. The socket of claim 2, wherein,

The two elastic sheets are arranged in the accommodating space, are connected with the plug connector, and are opposite to the conductive piece along the second direction respectively;

The two elastic sheets can synchronously approach or depart from the conductive piece, and when the two elastic sheets synchronously approach the conductive piece, the two elastic sheets can closely contact with the conductive piece.

4. The socket of claim 2, wherein,

The elastic structure further comprises a spring, the spring is arranged in the accommodating space, one end of the spring is connected with the inner wall of the shell, and the other end of the spring is connected with one surface of the elastic piece, which is away from the conductive piece.

5. The socket of claim 2, wherein,

The elastic sheet is provided with a first limiting part, the conductive part is provided with a second limiting part, and when the elastic sheet is close to the conductive part, the first limiting part is clamped with the second limiting part.

6. The socket of claim 2, wherein,

And part of the elastic sheet is bent along the second direction to form a first bending part, the first bending part extends from one side of the elastic sheet along the third direction to the other side, and the first direction, the second direction and the third direction are perpendicular to each other.

7. The socket of claim 2, wherein,

The elastic piece is connected with the plug connector along a first end of the first direction, and the elastic piece is bent along a second end of the first direction to a direction away from the conductive piece to form a second bending part.

8. The socket of claim 1 wherein the plurality of pins,

The accommodating space comprises a plurality of sub-accommodating spaces, and the number of the sub-accommodating spaces, the grooves, the conductive pieces and the elastic structures is the same as that of the plug connectors of the shell;

One end of each conductive piece is used for being connected with the power line through one groove; each elastic structure is arranged in one sub-accommodating space, each elastic structure is connected with one plug connector of the shell, each elastic structure is opposite to one conductive piece along a second direction, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction; each of the elastic structures can be adjacent to or distant from one of the conductive members.

9. A power distribution unit, comprising:

a plurality of sockets as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8;

A second side wall of the shell of the plurality of sockets is opposite to the first side wall, and the second side wall is recessed inwards along the first direction to form a clamping groove; the plurality of sockets are arranged along the direction opposite to the first side wall and the second side wall, and the conductive piece is connected with the plurality of sockets through the grooves and the clamping grooves of the plurality of sockets.

10. The power distribution unit of claim 9, wherein,

The plurality of receptacles includes at least two types.