TWI623156B - Connecting structure - Google Patents

Abstract

A connecting structure includes a first housing and a second housing. The first housing includes a connecting surface, and the connecting surface is provided with a plurality of mounting holes, each mounting hole includes an assembly portion, a guiding portion and a fixing portion, and the guiding portion is electrically connected to the assembly portion and the fixing portion. The second housing comprises a body and a plurality of arms, wherein each arm body comprises a joint end and a free end, and the joint ends of each arm body are combined with the body, and an empty space is formed between the free end of each arm body and the body The slots, and each of the ends includes a fixing member. According to the above configuration, each of the fixing members is provided with the first housing through the corresponding assembly portions, and the fixing members are respectively guided to the corresponding fixing portions along the corresponding guiding portions.

Description

Connection structure

The present invention provides a connection structure, and more particularly to a connection structure that is easily detachable through a user's hand.

In many toys, such as toys or educational materials, users need to assemble different components, or disassemble different components, many of which are achieved through the design of the mechanism, such as screws, nuts, or jams. It is preferable that the more the user can assemble the parts with both hands and without other tools when assembling or disassembling, and the mechanism is not easily damaged when assembled or disassembled, thus providing a connection structure that can be easily disassembled. It is a problem that is often solved in the industry today.

The present invention is intended to provide a connection structure that can be easily attached and detached.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a connection structure including a first housing and a second housing. The first housing includes a connecting surface, and the connecting surface is provided with a plurality of mounting holes, each mounting hole includes an assembly portion, a guiding portion and a fixing portion, and the guiding portion is electrically connected to the assembly portion and the fixing portion. The second housing comprises a body and a plurality of arms, wherein each arm body comprises a joint end and a free end, and the joint ends of each arm body are combined with the body, and an empty space is formed between the free end of each arm body and the body The slots, and each of the ends includes a fixing member. With the above construction, each The fixing member is configured to pass through the first housing through the corresponding assembly portions, and the fixing members are respectively guided along the respective guiding portions to the corresponding fixing portions.

According to the above embodiment, the connecting structure of the present invention can at least achieve the following advantages: by using an empty slot between the arm body and the body, and matching the assembly part, the guiding part and the fixing part, the user can move the arm body to make the arm body An elastic force is generated to fix the fixing member on the arm body to the assembly portion, thereby fixing the fixing member to the fixing portion, so that the first housing and the second housing can be quickly assembled and disassembled.

1‧‧‧ Connection structure

10‧‧‧First housing

11‧‧‧ Connection surface

111‧‧‧Mounting holes

112‧‧‧Assembly Department

113‧‧‧Guide

114‧‧‧ fixed department

115‧‧‧Auxiliary mounting holes

116‧‧‧Auxiliary Assembly Department

117‧‧‧Auxiliary Fixing Department

12‧‧‧Assemble ear

20‧‧‧ second housing

21‧‧‧ body

211‧‧‧ first side

212‧‧‧ second side

22‧‧‧Body

221‧‧‧ joint end

222‧‧‧Free end

222a‧‧‧Fixed parts

222b‧‧‧guide

222c‧‧‧Reminder block

23‧‧‧ empty slots

24‧‧‧Auxiliary fixtures

25‧‧‧Assembled holes

9‧‧‧Motor

F‧‧‧Flex direction

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the joint structure of the present invention.

Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of the joint structure of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a schematic view showing the assembly of the connecting structure of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a schematic view showing the assembly of the connecting structure of the present invention.

In order to enable the reviewing committee to better understand the technical contents of the present invention, the preferred embodiments are described below.

As shown in FIG. 1, the present invention provides a connection structure 1 for connecting two different objects and facilitating assembly and disassembly. As shown in FIG. 1 , the connecting structure 1 includes a first housing 10 and a second housing 20 . In the embodiment of the present invention, the first housing 10 can be used to connect a motor 9 and the second housing. 20 is connected to another object and can be applied to a mechanism device such as a robot.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the first housing 10 includes a connecting surface 11 and an assembly ear 12, and the assembly ear 12 is formed by vertically extending the two ends of the connecting surface 11. The assembly ear 12 can provide the motor 9 Located in it. The connecting surface 11 is provided with a plurality of mounting holes 111 and at least one auxiliary mounting hole 115. Each of the mounting holes 111 includes an assembly portion 112, a guiding portion 113 and a fixing portion 114. The guiding portion 113 turns on the assembly portion 112 and the fixing portion 114, and the aperture width of the guiding portion 113 and the fixing portion 114 can be seen in FIG. It is smaller than the aperture width of the assembly portion 112.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the connecting surface 11 is substantially rectangular, and the connecting surface 11 is provided with four mounting holes 111, but in fact only two diagonal mounting holes 111 are provided on the diagonal of the connecting surface 11, but for convenience The first housing 10 and the second housing 20 are assembled, and the mounting holes 111 are provided in the four corners of the connecting surface 11 in a preferred design, and the two diagonal mounting holes 111 are a group. It should be noted that the spacing between the assembly portions 112 of the two diagonal lines is smaller than the spacing between the fixed portions 114 of the two diagonal lines. The fixing portion 114 is connected to the center of the assembly portion 112 and is not parallel to the diagonal of the connection surface 11.

The auxiliary mounting hole 115 further includes an auxiliary assembly portion 116 and an auxiliary fixing portion 117. The auxiliary fixing portion 117 has a smaller aperture width than the auxiliary assembly portion 116.

The second housing 20 includes a body 21 and a plurality of arms 22 coupled to the body 21 . In the embodiment of the present invention, the body 21 is substantially in the shape of a diamond. The body 21 includes a first side 211 and a second side 212. The first side 211 and the second side 212 are opposite sides, and at least one body is disposed on the body 21. Auxiliary fixture 24. In the embodiment of the present invention, the body 21 can also be provided with an assembly hole 25 for the second housing 20 to be combined with another object (such as a connecting rod, a universal joint, etc., not shown). In the embodiment of the present invention, the opposite arm bodies 22 respectively include a joint end 221 and a free end 222, and the free end 222 includes a fixing member 222a. The coupling ends 221 of the opposite arms 22 are coupled to the two ends of the body 21. The free ends 222 of the opposing arms 22 extend in opposite directions, and the opposing arms 22 are respectively disposed on the body 21. First side 211 and the second side 212. An empty slot 23 is formed between the free end 222 and the body 21 such that the arm body 22 has a resilient desire to move toward the body 21.

The fixing member 222a includes a guiding rod 222b and a resisting block 222c. The abutting block 222c is disposed on the guiding rod 222b. The maximum width of the guide rod 222b is substantially the same as the aperture width of the fixed portion 114, and the maximum width of the abutting block 222c is substantially the same as the aperture width of the assembly portion 112. In the embodiment of the invention, the fixing member 222a is a screw.

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, when the user wants to assemble the first housing 10 and the second housing 20, the two fixing members 222a can be brought close to each other by pressing down the opposing arm bodies 22, and the arm body is made The spring force is generated, and the elastic force generated by the arm body 22 has a spring force direction F. The abutting block 222c of the fixing member 222a passes through the assembly portion 112 of the corresponding mounting hole 111, so that the guiding rod 222b is disposed at the assembly portion 112, and the fixing portion is fixed. The member 24 is threaded through the auxiliary assembly portion 116 of the corresponding auxiliary mounting hole 115. As can be seen from the foregoing, the arm bodies 22 are respectively disposed on opposite sides of the body 21, and extend in opposite directions, so that when the user presses the arm body 22, the thumb and the index finger of one hand can be used to press the opposite arms. The body 22, that is, the pressing is convenient, and the direction of the force is opposite, and the second casing 20 is not easily dropped when the force is applied.

As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 , the center line of the fixing portion 114 and the assembly portion 112 is at an angle with the elastic direction F of the arm body 22 , so that the user rotates relative to the second housing 20 by the first housing 10 and the second housing 20 . The guiding rod 222b of each fixing member 222a is slid along the guiding portion 113 of the mounting hole 111 to the fixing portion 114. Further, the auxiliary fixing member 24 can also be simultaneously slid by the auxiliary assembly portion 116 to the auxiliary fixing portion 117.

The aperture widths of the guiding portion 113 and the fixing portion 114 are both smaller than the maximum width of the abutting block 222c, so that the fixing member 222a cannot be easily loosened by the fixing portion 114. The spacing between the two fixing portions 114 is greater than the spacing between the two guiding portions 113. Therefore, when the two fixing members 222a are disposed on the corresponding fixing portions 114, the elastic force of the body 21 is small (or unforced), and when the two fixing members 222a Set in pairs When the guide portion 113 is used, the elastic force of the body 21 is large. Therefore, when the user wants to rotate and disassemble the first housing 10 and the second housing 20 by the arrangement of the guiding portion 113, the fixing member 222a is slid from the fixing portion 114 to the guiding portion 113, and the elastic force is increased, so that the user must The first housing 10 and the second housing 20 can be separated by two rotations to prevent the first housing 10 and the second housing 20 from being unscrewed by external vibrations in the combined state. And the guiding portion 113 can have different rail shapes, such as arcs, angles, etc., to provide different numbers of rotating segments. In the embodiment of the present invention, the fixing member 222a is a screw. When the fixing member 22 is disposed on the fixing hole 111, the user can tighten the screw, so that the first housing 10 and the second housing 20 can be more stably combined. And the auxiliary fixing member 24 can also be a screw to be stably disposed in the auxiliary fixing hole 115.

When the user wants to remove the first housing 10 and the second housing 20, it only needs to loosen the fixing member 22 and rotate in the opposite rotation direction to the mounting direction, so that the fixing member 22 is slid back to the mounting hole 112. The first housing 10 and the second housing 20 can be quickly separated.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the user holds the second housing 20 to be coupled with the first housing 10. The rotation direction of the second housing 20 can be designed to conform to the rotation direction of the right-hand rule, that is, when the user wants to combine the first When the second housing 20 is in the first housing 10, it can rotate the second housing 20 clockwise. On the contrary, if the user wants to disassemble the second casing 20, the second casing 20 can be rotated counterclockwise. The above configuration allows the user to disassemble the first housing 10 and the second housing 20 in the most convenient, intuitive, and quick manner.

It can be seen from the above that the connection structure provided by the present invention has at least the following advantages: an empty slot is provided between the arm body and the body, and the assembly portion, the guiding portion and the fixing portion are matched, and the user can move the arm body. The arm body generates an elastic force to fix the fixing member on the arm body to the assembly portion, thereby fixing the fixing member to the fixing portion, so that the first housing and the second housing can be quickly assembled and disassembled.

The present embodiments are merely illustrative of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not described in detail. However, those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the various modules or components described above are not necessarily required. In order to implement the present invention, other well-known modules or components of more detail may also be included. Each module or component may be omitted or modified as needed, and no other modules or components may exist between any two modules.

It should be noted that the above is only an embodiment, and is not limited to the embodiment. Anyone who does not deviate from the basic structure of this new model shall be the scope of rights claimed in this patent, and shall be subject to the scope of patent application.

Claims (10)

A connecting structure, comprising: a first housing, comprising a connecting surface, wherein the connecting surface is provided with a plurality of mounting holes, each of the mounting holes comprises an assembly portion, a guiding portion and a fixing portion, wherein the guiding portion is connected to the guiding portion And the second housing includes a body and a plurality of arms, wherein each of the arms includes a joint end and a free end, and each of the joint ends of each arm body is coupled with the body Forming a recess between the free end of each arm and the body, and each of the free ends includes a fixing member; and by the above configuration, each of the fixing members passes through the corresponding assembly portion A housing, each of the fixing members is respectively guided along the corresponding guiding portions to the corresponding fixing portions. The connection structure of claim 1, wherein the body has a first side and a second side, the first side and the second side are opposite sides, and the arm bodies are respectively disposed on the first side and the Next to the second side. The connection structure of claim 2, wherein each of the arm bodies is formed by extending from both ends of the body, and the free ends of the arm bodies extend in opposite directions. The connection structure of claim 3, wherein each of the arms is parallel. The connection structure of claim 4, wherein a spacing between the guiding portions is smaller than a spacing between the fixing portions. The connection structure of claim 5, wherein the fixing portions are connected to the center of the corresponding assembly portions, and an angle of the elastic force generated by the movement of the arm body toward the empty slot is at an angle, whereby the first shell The body and the second housing are relatively rotatable such that the fixing member is slidably disposed between the fixing portion and the assembly portion. The connection structure of claim 6, wherein the mounting holes are disposed on a diagonal of the connecting surface. The connecting structure of claim 1, wherein the guiding portions and the fixing portions have an aperture width smaller than an aperture width of the assembly portions, and the fixing members comprise a guiding rod and an abutting block, the guiding lead The maximum width of the rod is substantially the same as the width of the aperture of the fixed portion, and the maximum width of the abutting block is substantially the same as the aperture width of the assembled portion. The connection structure of claim 8, wherein the first housing comprises a pair of assembly ears that extend substantially perpendicularly from opposite ends of the attachment surface. The connection structure of claim 9, wherein the body comprises at least one auxiliary fixing member, the connecting surface is provided with at least one auxiliary mounting hole, the auxiliary fixing members corresponding to the auxiliary mounting hole, the auxiliary mounting hole further comprising an auxiliary An assembly portion and an auxiliary fixing portion having an aperture width smaller than an aperture width of the auxiliary assembly portion.