JP2012064554A - Ethernet adapter - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ethernet adapter.SOLUTION: A thin ethernet adapter includes: a box body formed by combining an upper lid and a lower lid; a female joint; and a circuit board. An upper notch with a fastening part is provided on a side wall of the upper lid and a pair of upper limit rib is provided inside a side wall of the upper lid. A lower notch having a locating block is provided at the bottom end of the lower lid, and a pair of a lower limit rib is provided inside of the lower lid. The upper/lower notches and the upper/lower limit ribs form an opening tank. A female joint provided inside the opening tank includes an L-shaped main body, and the bottom has a pair of locating rabbet tank corresponding to the locating block. A side wall in an outer end direction of an erect part is provided with a limiting part which extends inside from the opening tank to inside the box body and connects to the circuit board provided in the housing.

Description

  The present invention relates to an Ethernet adapter, and more particularly to a thin and compact Ethernet adapter.

  The current Ethernet signal is transmitted by the RJ45 standard male joint network cable to the other network equipment 100 meters away from the Ethernet adapter.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a current Ethernet adapter structure.
As shown, the current Ethernet adapter 10 includes a main body 12, a circuit board 14 installed in the main body 12, and a reference RJ45 network cable female joint installed on the main body 12 and shown in FIG. And a rectangular slot 16 for accommodating 18. The RJ45 network cable female joint 18 includes a rectangular housing 20 corresponding to the rectangular slot 16, a stepped opening tank 22 installed in the housing 20, and a set of terminals 24 installed in the opening tank 22. As shown in FIG. 1, the RJ45 male joint 26 is fixed in the open tub 22 and electrically connected to the circuit board 14 by the terminal 24.

  However, the Ethernet adapter 10 under such a structure cannot reduce the overall thickness a under the elements of the RJ45 network cable female joint 18 and the main body 12 structure.

  Therefore, it is necessary to provide a new Ethernet adapter in order to solve the above problem.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an Ethernet adapter and replace a known female joint partial structure with a box to effectively reduce the thickness of the Ethernet adapter.

In order to achieve the above-described object, the present invention provides an Ethernet adapter connected to a male joint, and mainly includes a box formed by combining an upper lid and a lower lid, a female joint, and a circuit board.
On the side wall of the above-mentioned upper lid, an upper notch is installed, and on the inner surface, a pair of upper limiting ribs located on both sides of the upper notch are installed, and the upper notch forms one fastening portion to connect the male joint Combine with the element. A lower notch is installed on the side wall of the lower lid described above, a stereotactic block is installed on both sides of the bottom end, and a set of lower limiting ribs located on both sides of the lower notch are installed on the inner surface of the lower lid. The upper notch, the lower notch, the upper restricting rib and the lower restricting rib constitute an open tank in which the outside and the inside communicate with each other, and accommodate the female joint. The female joint consists of an L-shaped main body and a set of terminals installed on the L-shaped main body. The bottom of the main body is installed with a set of stereotactic fittings corresponding to the stereotaxic block, outside the upright part of the main body. The side wall in the end face direction is provided with a restricting portion, which is in contact with the upper restricting rib and the lower restricting rib, respectively, and the upright portion of the main body extends from the open tank to the box body toward the inner end, It is connected to the circuit board installed inside.

That is, the first invention of the present application is an Ethernet adapter connected to a male joint, wherein an upper notch is provided on a side wall, an inner surface is provided with a pair of upper limiting ribs located on both sides of the upper notch, and the upper notch Forms a fastening portion and is coupled to the coupling element of the male joint, forms an upper lid, the upper lid and a box, has a lower notch on the side wall, and a stereotactic block on both sides of the bottom end of the lower notch A set of lower restricting ribs located on both sides of the lower notch, and the upper notch, the lower notch, the upper restricting rib, and the lower restricting rib communicated between the outside and the inside. Comprising a lower lid, an L-shaped main body housed in the open tub, and a set of terminals installed on the L-shaped main body, the bottom of the main body corresponding to the stereotaxic block Installed stereotaxic tank, front A side wall in the direction of the outer end surface of the upright portion of the main body is provided with a restriction portion, and is in contact with the upper restriction rib and the lower restriction rib, respectively. The present invention provides an Ethernet adapter comprising: an extending female joint; and a circuit board installed in the housing and connected to an upright portion of the main body in the inner end direction.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the Ethernet adapter according to the first aspect, wherein the upright portion of the main body further has a tank opening and accommodates a front end protruding portion of the male joint. To do.
The third invention of the present application provides the Ethernet adapter according to the first invention, wherein the standard of the female joint and the male joint is RJ45.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the peripheral edges of the upper lid and the lower lid have corresponding engaging elements, and the upper lid and the lower lid are firmly coupled. An Ethernet adapter is provided.

  According to the present invention, a thin and compact Ethernet adapter is provided.

  The present invention provides a new Ethernet adapter structure for the disadvantage that the Ethernet adapter connected to the known male joint cannot be thinned, and transfers the partial structure of the known rectangular female joint onto the box so that the total thickness is reduced. To make it more compact.

It is a structural diagram of a well-known Ethernet adapter, (a) is a structural diagram of a well-known female joint. It is a three-dimensional view of the present invention. It is an element exploded view of the present invention. It is a perspective view of the present invention. It is a state figure at the time of the Ethernet adapter of this invention, and a male joint joining. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line cc ′ of FIG. 4 of the present invention.

  The male joint disclosed in the following embodiments of the present invention is a known technique. Therefore, the description regarding the structure of the male joint is omitted, and only the correlation part with the present invention will be described.

  2 to 6 are a three-dimensional view of the present invention, an element exploded view, a perspective view, a state diagram when the Ethernet adapter of the present invention and a male joint are joined, and a cross-sectional view taken along the line cc 'of FIG. is there.

  As shown in the figure, the Ethernet adapter 30 of the present invention mainly comprises a box 32, a female joint 34 and a circuit board 36. The box 32 is formed by combining an upper lid 38 and a lower lid 40. An upper notch 42 is provided on the side wall of the upper lid 38, a set of upper limiting ribs 44 located on both sides of the upper notch 42 are provided on the inner surface, and the upper notch 42 further forms a fastening portion 46, Coupled with the coupling element 50 of the joint 48.

  A lower notch 52 is provided on the side wall of the lower lid 40, a set of lower limiting ribs 54 located on both sides of the lower notch 52 are provided on the inner surface of the lower lid 40, and a stereotactic block is provided on both sides of the bottom end of the lower notch 52. 56 is installed. The upper notch 42, the lower notch 52, the upper restricting rib 44 and the lower restricting rib 54 constitute an open tank 58 in which the outside communicates with the inside.

  The female joint 34 is installed in the open tank 58. The female joint 34 has an L-shaped main body 60 and a pair of terminals 62 located at the L-shaped main body 60 and exposed at both ends. The bottom portion is provided with a set of stereotactic fitting tanks 64 corresponding to the stereotaxic block 56. The upright portion 65 of the main body 60 is provided with a limiting portion 66 on the side wall in the outer end surface direction, and comes into contact with the upper limiting rib 44 and the lower limiting rib 54, respectively. The upright portion 65 of the main body 60 extends from the open tank 58 into the box 32 toward the inner end. The installation of the above-described terminal 62 is the same as the installation of a known RJ45 female joint terminal. Here, the standard of the female joint 30 and the male joint 50 of the present invention is RJ45.

  The circuit board 36 is installed in the box body 32, and one end of the terminal 62 is connected to the circuit board 36 by the bottom end of the upright portion 65 of the main body 60 extending from the open tank 58 into the box body 32. An electrical connection of the circuit board 36 is achieved.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 6, the upright portion 65 of the main body 60 further has a tank port 68 and accommodates the front end protruding portion 70 of the coupling element 50 of the male joint 48. In addition, the peripheral edges of the upper lid 38 and the lower lid 40 have corresponding engaging elements 72 and 74 to firmly connect the upper lid 38 and the lower lid 40 shown in FIG.

  The Ethernet adapter 30 according to the present invention is installed on the both sides of the bottom end of the lower notch 52, and the open notch 42, the lower notch 52, the open tank 58 configured by the upper restricting rib 44 and the lower restricting rib 54, and the lower notch 52. The fixed joint 56 fixes the female joint 34, and the male joint 48 and the female joint 34 are firmly coupled by the coupling of the coupling portion 50 of the fastening portion 46 and the male joint 48 installed in the upper notch 42, Does not loosen.

  The present invention uses a box to form a fastening portion necessary for a coupling element of a male joint, and uses a stereotaxic block to fix a female joint to an open tub, greatly increasing the thickness b of the Ethernet adapter. Reduce to a compact size.

In the present invention, preferred embodiments have been disclosed as described above. However, the present invention is not limited to the present invention, and any person who is familiar with the technology can use various methods within the spirit and scope of the present invention. Variations and moist colors can be added, so the protection scope of the present invention is based on what is specified in the claims.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Ethernet adapter 12 Main body 14 Circuit board 16 Slot 18 Female joint 20 Housing 22 Opening tank 24 Terminal 26 Male joint a Thickness 30 Ethernet adapter
32 Box 34 Female joint
36 Circuit board 38 Upper lid 40 Lower lid 42 Upper notch 44 Upper restriction rib 46 Fastening portion 48 Male joint 50 Coupling element 52 Lower notch 54 Lower restriction rib 56 Positioning block 58 Opening tank 60 L-shaped main body 62 Terminal 64 Stereotactic fitting tank 65 Upright part 66 Limiting part 68 Tank port 70 Front end protruding part 72 Engaging element 74 Engaging element b Thickness

Claims (4)

An Ethernet adapter connected to a male joint,
An upper lid is provided with an upper notch on the side wall, an inner surface is provided with a set of upper limiting ribs located on both sides of the upper notch, and the upper notch forms a fastening portion to be coupled with the coupling element of the male joint. When,
Form the upper lid and box, install a lower notch on the side wall, install stereotactic blocks on both sides of the bottom end of the lower notch, and install a set of lower limiting ribs located on both sides of the lower notch The upper notch, the lower notch, the upper limiting rib and the lower limiting rib constitute an open tub in which the outside communicates with the inside, a lower lid,
It consists of an L-shaped body housed in the open tank and a set of terminals installed on the L-shaped body, and the bottom of the body is installed with a set of stereotactic fitting tanks corresponding to the stereotaxic block, A side wall in the direction of the outer end surface of the upright portion of the main body is provided with a restriction portion, and is in contact with the upper restriction rib and the lower restriction rib, respectively. Extending, female joint,
A circuit board installed in the housing and connected to the upright portion of the main body in the inner end direction;
Ethernet adapter characterized by comprising   2. The Ethernet adapter according to claim 1, wherein the upright portion of the main body further has a tank port and accommodates a front end protruding portion of the male joint.   The Ethernet adapter according to claim 1, wherein a standard of the female joint and the male joint is RJ45.   2. The Ethernet adapter according to claim 1, wherein peripheral edges of the upper lid and the lower lid have corresponding engagement elements to firmly couple the upper lid and the lower lid.

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