TWI810903B - Connector - Google Patents

Abstract

A connector that includes a body, a plurality of wires, and a back cover. The seat body has a docking portion at the front end, and a body portion at the rear end. The lead extends out of the body portion of the seat body backward. The back cover includes a first cover body and a second cover body assembled with each other along the up-down direction, the first cover body has a first front section extending along the front-rear direction and a first rear section extending along the up-down direction, and the second cover body has a front section extending along the front-back direction The extended second front section and the second rear section extending in the up and down direction, the first front section and the second front section of the back cover are used to accommodate at least part of the body part of the seat body, and the first rear section and the second rear section of the back cover are used for At least a partial portion of the wire is accommodated. The back cover also includes a front locking structure located between the first front section and the second front section, and a rear locking structure located between the first rear section and the second rear section. The front locking structure is combined in the up and down direction to form a lock Cooperation, the locking structure of the rear segment is combined in the up and down direction and produces a locking effect in the front and rear directions.

Description

Connector

The present invention relates to a connector, in particular to a connector with a back cover capable of producing a whole line.

Korean New Patent Publication No. KR10-2278483B1 discloses that a fixing piece is formed on the first cover, and the fixing piece is formed by a plurality of pieces arranged along the circumference of the first cover body. The fixing piece is in the form of an elastically deformable cantilever protruding toward the second cover, and a fixing groove into which the fixing protrusion of the second cover is inserted is formed in the fixing piece. The fixing piece and the fixing protrusion are locking devices for maintaining the connection state between the first cover and the second cover. The two first stoppers of the first cover are spaced apart along the first mounting groove and pass through the retainer that supports the connector when the housing of the connector is inserted. The first stoppers of the second cover are spaced along the second mounting groove and support the holder of the connector when inserted into the housing of the connector.

Among them, the above-mentioned fixing parts and fixing protrusions in the above-mentioned prior art only adopt the combination method of elastic fastening, and the locking force may be insufficient, and the above-mentioned fixing parts and fixing protrusions are in an outwardly exposed structure, so they may be accidentally disassembled. doubts.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a connector which can solve at least one problem of the prior art.

Therefore, in some embodiments, the connector of the present invention includes a base, a plurality of terminals, a plurality of wires, and a rear cover. The seat body has a butt joint portion at the front end and a body portion at the rear end. The terminals are assembled on the base body. The wires are respectively connected to the terminals, and the wires extend backward out of the main body of the base. The rear cover includes a first cover body and a second cover body assembled with each other along a vertical direction, the first cover body has a first front section extending along a front-rear direction and a first rear section extending along the up-down direction , the second cover has a second front section extending along the front-rear direction and a second rear section extending along the up-down direction, the first front section and the second front section of the back cover are used to accommodate the body of the seat The first rear section and the second rear section of the back cover are used to accommodate at least a partial portion of the wires. The rear cover also includes a front locking structure located at the side and between the first front section and the second front section, and a locking structure located at the side and between the first rear section and the second rear section A rear locking structure, the front locking structure is combined along the up-down direction and produces a locking effect in the up-down direction, and the rear locking structure is combined in the up-down direction and produces a locking effect in the front-rear direction.

In some implementations, the front locking structure includes a first locking member and a second locking member that cooperate with each other in a snap-fit manner, and the rear locking structure includes a first locking member that cooperates with each other in an assembly manner of groove rails. The locking rail and the second locking rail.

In some implementation aspects, the first lock rail extends along the up-down direction and has a barb-side rail structure facing outward, and the second lock rail extends along the up-down direction and has a barb-side structure facing inward. Rail construction with barbed sides.

In some implementation aspects, the first locking rail and the second locking rail are hidden Combined with each other inside the back cover.

In some implementation aspects, the first locking rail is formed on the first cover and is located inside relative to the second locking rail, and the second locking rail is formed on the second cover. body and is located on the outside relative to the first lock rail, the first lock rail extends along the up and down direction and has a rail structure with a barb side facing the outside, and the second lock rail is along the A rail structure extending up and down with barbed sides facing inwards.

In some implementation aspects, the first locking member is configured as a locking block, the second locking member is configured as a locking piece with a locking hole, and the locking block and the locking hole are mutually Buckle accordingly.

In some implementation aspects, the connector further includes a terminal positioning member assembled on the seat and used for positioning the terminal, the first front section of the first cover has a first recess, and the second cover has a The second front section has a second recess, and the first recess of the first cover and the second recess of the second cover are used to accommodate at least a partial portion of the terminal positioning member.

In some embodiments, the body portion of the base of the connector has a first side and a second side on opposite sides, and a locking member disposed on the first side, and the first cover has The first front section has a first escape groove, the second front section of the second cover has a second escape groove, and the rear cover is used to selectively accommodate the seat in a first assembled state or a second assembled state At least a partial portion of the body portion of the body and accommodates at least a partial portion of the wires. In the first assembled state, the first front section of the first cover covers at least a partial portion of the first side, and the first cover The first escape groove of the body avoids the locking member, and the second front section of the second cover covers at least a partial part of the second side; in the second assembled state, the second front section of the second cover covers the at least a partial portion of the first side, and of the second cover The second escape groove avoids the locking member, and the first front section of the first cover covers at least a partial portion of the second side.

The back cover in the connector of the present invention has the function of the whole wire, provides a solution to bend the wire into a right angle to realize flexible application, and protects the wire from accidental damage during use. Moreover, the rear cover of the present invention has two different locking structures, the front locking structure and the rear locking structure, and the locking force is relatively sufficient. Furthermore, because the first buckle of the rear locking structure The rail and the second locking rail are hidden in the back cover and combined with each other, so it is difficult to be opened accidentally. It is worth mentioning that the rear cover in the present invention can be selectively assembled after the connector is mated with the mating connector, so the overall space utilization is more flexible.

100: Connector

1: seat body

11: Docking part

12: Main body

121: First side

122: second side

123: Locking parts

13: Terminal accommodation groove

14: Buckle convex part

2: terminal

21: fixed section

211: clamping convex part

212: Convex part to be blocked

22: Contact segment

23: Connection section

3: wire

4: Terminal locator

41: stem

42: Assembly Department

421: Buckle hole

43: Stop post

5: Back cover

51: The first cover

511: first front section

511a: first recess

511b: The first avoidance slot

512: the first posterior segment

52: Second cover

521: the second front

521a: second recess

521b: Second avoidance slot

522: second rear segment

53: Front locking structure

531: The first locking piece

531a: lock block

532: the second locking piece

532a: lock piece

532b: lock hole

533: front limit part

534: rear limit part

54: Posterior locking structure

541: The first locking rail

542: Second locking rail

200: butt connector

D1: Front and rear direction

D2: left and right directions

D3: up and down direction

Other features and functions of the present invention will be clearly presented in the implementation manner with reference to the drawings, wherein: Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the connector of the present invention, the rear cover of this embodiment is in the first Assembled state; Fig. 2 is a three-dimensional exploded view of this embodiment in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is another three-dimensional exploded view of this embodiment in Fig. 1 viewed from another perspective; Fig. 4 is a further development of this embodiment A three-dimensional exploded view, the rear cover of this embodiment is omitted among the figures; Fig. 5 is a three-dimensional exploded view of the rear cover of this embodiment; Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view of this embodiment in Fig. 1, illustrating the rear cover of this embodiment front lock joint Fig. 7 is another cross-sectional view of the embodiment in Fig. 1, illustrating the rear section locking structure of the rear cover of the embodiment; Fig. 8 is a diagram of the embodiment in Fig. 1 when it is docked with a pair of butting connectors 9 is a perspective view of the embodiment, in which the first cover body of the rear cover of the embodiment is not yet assembled; and FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the embodiment, in which the rear cover of the embodiment is in the second assembled state.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 4 , an embodiment of a connector 100 of the present invention includes a base 1 , a plurality of terminals 2 , a plurality of wires 3 , two terminal positioning members 4 , and a rear cover 5 .

The seat body 1 has a front end in a front-rear direction D1 (the direction indicated by the arrow is the front, and the reverse direction is the rear) and is used to dock with a pair of connectors 200 (see FIG. 8 ). A main body portion 12 at the rear end in the direction D1, and a plurality of terminal accommodating grooves 13 penetratingly formed between the docking portion 11 and the main body portion 12 along the front-rear direction D1, and the terminal accommodating grooves 13 are along a left-right direction D2 (the direction pointed by the arrow is right, and the reverse is left) are arranged side by side at intervals, and arranged in two rows along a vertical direction D3 (the direction pointed by the arrow is upward, and the reverse is downward). The body portion 12 of the seat body 1 of the connector 100 has a first side 121 and a second side 122 located on opposite sides, and the first side 121 is arranged on the first side 121 and is used for locking with the mating connector 200 In this embodiment, the first side 121 is located at the top side, and the second side 122 is located at the bottom side.

The terminals 2 are respectively assembled in the terminal accommodating grooves 13 of the base body 1 from back to front Each of the terminals 2 has a fixing section 21 held in the terminal accommodating grooves 13, a contact section 22 extending forward from the fixing section 21, and a connecting section extending backward from the fixing section 21 23 , the fixing section 21 has two locking protrusions 211 that are fixed on the inner wall surface of the corresponding terminal accommodating groove 13 . The wires 3 are respectively mechanically and electrically connected to the connection sections 23 of the terminals 2 , and the wires 3 extend backward from the terminal receiving grooves 13 out of the main body 12 of the base 1 .

The two terminal positioning members 4 are respectively assembled on the first side 121 and the second side 122 of the body portion 12 of the base body 1 , and are respectively used for positioning the two rows of terminals 2 arranged up and down. The seat body 1 is formed with a plurality of buckle protrusions 14 located on the first side 121 and the second side 122 of the body portion 12 , and each fixing segment 21 of the terminal 2 also has a corresponding terminal accommodating groove 13 The two blocked protrusions 212 inside. Each of the terminal positioning members 4 has a rod portion 41 extending along the left-right direction D2 and abutting against the body portion 12 of the base body 1 forwardly, extending forward from the rod portion 41 and assembled on the body portion of the base body 1 Two assembling parts 42 of the part 12 , and a plurality of blocking columns 43 extending forward from the rod part 41 and respectively protruding into the terminal receiving grooves 13 . The two assembling parts 42 of the upper terminal positioning part 4 are assembled on the first side 121 of the body part 12 of the base body 1, and the stop posts 43 of the upper terminal positioning part 4 extend into the The terminal accommodating groove 13 is located in the upper row; the two assembly parts 42 of the terminal positioning part 4 located below are assembled on the second side 122 of the body part 12 of the seat body 1, and the terminal positioning part 4 located below The blocking posts 43 protrude into the terminal accommodating grooves 13 and are located in the lower row. Each of the assembly parts 42 on the two terminal positioning parts 4 is formed with a buckle hole 421, and the buckle hole 421 is used for matching with the corresponding buckle protrusion on the first side 121 or the second side 122. 14 buckles. The stop posts 43 of the two terminal positioning members 4 are respectively used to block the blocked protrusions 212 of the terminals 2 in the rearward direction, so as to prevent the terminals 2 from going backward from the terminal accommodating grooves 13 come out.

Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 2 and FIG. 5 to FIG. 7 , the rear cover 5 includes a first cover body 51 and a second cover body 52 assembled together along the up-down direction D3 . The first cover 51 has a first front section 511 extending along the front-rear direction D1 and a first rear section 512 extending along the up-down direction D3; the second cover 52 has a second section extending along the front-back direction D1. The front section 521 and a second rear section 522 extending along the vertical direction D3. The first front section 511 of the first cover 51 and the second front section 521 of the second cover 52 in the rear cover 5 jointly constitute the front section of the rear cover 5 and are used to accommodate the main body 12 of the seat 1 . The first rear section 512 of the first cover 51 in the rear cover 5 and the second rear section 522 of the second cover 52 jointly constitute the rear section of the rear cover 5 and are used to accommodate the wires 3 Partial part, wherein, the front section and the rear section of the rear cover 5 are perpendicular to each other, that is to say, the rear cover 5 has an L-shaped structure as a whole, and, by using the rear cover 5 in the L-shaped configuration, the wires can be 3 can be bent into an L shape and stored.

The rear cover 5 also includes a front locking structure 53 located at the side and between the first front section 511 and the second front section 521, and a front locking structure 53 located at the side and provided between the first rear section 512 and the second front section 512. A rear locking structure 54 between the two rear segments 522 . Because the rear cover 5 has two different locking structures, the front locking structure 53 and the rear locking structure 54 , the locking force is relatively sufficient.

The front locking structure 53 is combined along the up-down direction D3 and produces a locking effect in the up-down direction D3. The front locking structure 53 includes two first locking parts 531 and two The second locking member 532 . The two first locking parts 531 are respectively formed on two sides of the first front section 511 of the first cover 51 , and the two second locking parts 532 are respectively formed on the first side of the second cover 52 . The two sides of the two front sections 521. The first locking member 531 is configured as a locking block 531a, the second locking member 532 is configured as a locking piece 532a having a locking hole 532b, and the locking block 531a is connected to the locking block 531a. The locking holes 532b are correspondingly engaged with each other. Further, in this embodiment, the front locking structure 53 further includes a front limiting portion 533 and a rear limiting portion 534 formed on the side of the first front section 511 of the first cover 51 , so The front limiting portion 533 and the rear limiting portion 534 are respectively located in front and rear of the locking piece 532a to limit the position of the locking piece 532a in the front-back direction D1.

The rear locking structure 54 is assembled along the up-down direction D3 and produces a locking effect along the front-back direction D1. The rear locking structure 54 includes two first locking rails 541 and two second locking rails 542 that cooperate with each other in the assembly mode of grooved rails. The first locking rails 541 and the second locking rails The locking rails 542 are hidden in the rear cover 5 and combined with each other, so they are not easy to be opened accidentally. The first locking rail 541 is formed on the first rear section 512 of the first cover 51 and is located inside relative to the second locking rail 542 , and the second locking rail 542 is formed on the first locking rail 542 . The second rear section 522 of the two covers 52 is located on the outer side relative to the first locking rail 541 , and the first locking rail 541 extends along the up-down direction D3 and is a barb-side rail facing outward. structure, the second locking rail 542 extends along the up-down direction D3 and is a rail structure with a barb edge facing inward. In this embodiment, the first locking rail 541 is a barb facing backward, and the second locking rail 542 is a barb facing forward, but in other implementations, it can also be all The first locking rail 541 is barb facing forward and the second locking rail 542 is barb facing backward, but not limited thereto.

The front locking structure 53 produces a locking effect in the up-down direction D3, which can prevent the vertically opposite first front section 511 and the second front section 521 from separating from each other along the up-down direction D3; the rear section locking structure 54 in the front and rear A locking effect is generated in the direction D1 to prevent the first rear section 512 and the second rear section 522 facing front and back from being separated from each other along the front and rear direction D1. And, thereby make the first cover 51 and the The second covers 52 are mutually limited in the up-down direction D3 and the front-back direction D1 . The limiting function of the rear cover 5 in the left-right direction D2 is through the sides of the front section and the rear section that are combined to overlap each other in the left-right direction D2 between the first cover body 51 and the second cover body 52. Produced by the edge.

It is worth mentioning that the rear cover 5 can be selectively assembled after the connector 100 is mated with the mating connector 200 , so the overall space utilization is more flexible. As shown in Figure 8, after the connector 100 is mated with the mating connector 200, the second cover body 52 of the back cover 5 can be aligned with the seat body 1 first, and then the second cover body 52 of the back cover 5 can be aligned. A cover 51 is assembled on the second cover 52 , and the rear cover 5 is assembled on the base 1 .

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3 , 5 and 9 , in addition, the first front section 511 of the first cover 51 has a first concave portion 511 a formed on the inner surface and a first relief groove 511 b. The second front section 521 of the second cover 52 has a second concave portion 521a formed on the inner surface and a second escape groove 521b. The first concave portion 511 a of the first cover 51 and the second concave portion 521 a of the second cover 52 are used for accommodating a partial portion (the assembly portion 42 ) of the terminal positioning member 4 . The rear cover 5 can alternatively accommodate the partial parts of the wires 3 and accommodate the seat body 1 in a first assembled state (see FIG. 1 ) or a second assembled state (see FIG. 9 ) as described above. A partial part of the body part 12. As shown in FIG. 1 , in the first assembly state, the first cover 51 is on the top and the second cover 52 is on the bottom, and the first front section 511 of the first cover 51 covers a part of the first side 121 part, and the first escape groove 511b of the first cover 51 avoids the locking member 123, the second front section 521 of the second cover 52 covers a part of the second side 122, and the rear cover 5 connects the wires 3 Bend into a downward right-angle bend. As shown in FIG. 9 , in the second assembled state, the first cover 51 is on the bottom and the second cover 52 is on the top, and the second front section 521 of the second cover 52 covers part of the first side 121 . part, and the second avoidance groove 521b of the second cover 52 avoids the locking member 123, the first front section 511 of the first cover 51 covers a part of the second side 122, and the rear cover 5 connects the wires 3 Bend into an upward right-angle bend. That is to say, the rear cover 5 can be flexibly assembled to the base body 1 in the first assembly state or the second assembly state according to requirements.

To sum up, the back cover 5 in the connector 100 of the present invention has the function of the whole wire, provides a solution to bend the wire 3 into a right angle for flexible application, and protects the wire 3 from accidental damage during use . Moreover, the rear cover 5 of the present invention has two different locking structures of the front locking structure 53 and the rear locking structure 54, and the locking force is relatively sufficient. Furthermore, due to the rear locking structure 54 The first locking rail 541 and the second locking rail 542 are hidden in the back cover 5 and combined with each other, so they are not easy to be opened accidentally. It is worth mentioning that the rear cover 5 in the present invention can be selectively assembled after the connector 100 is mated with the mating connector 200 , so the overall space utilization is more flexible.

But what is described above is only an embodiment of the present invention, and should not limit the scope of the present invention. All simple equivalent changes and modifications made according to the patent scope of the present invention and the content of the patent specification are still within the scope of the present invention. Within the scope covered by the patent of the present invention.

100: Connector

1: seat body

11: Docking part

12: Main body

121: First side

122: second side

123: Locking parts

13: Terminal accommodation groove

14: Buckle convex part

3: wire

4: Terminal locator

41: stem

42: Assembly Department

421: Buckle hole

5: Back cover

51: The first cover

511: first front section

511b: The first avoidance slot

512: the first posterior segment

52: Second cover

521: the second front

521a: second recess

521b: Second avoidance slot

522: second rear segment

53: Front locking structure

531: The first locking piece

531a: lock block

532: the second locking piece

532a: lock piece

532b: lock hole

533: front limit part

534: rear limit part

54: Posterior locking structure

541: The first locking rail

542: Second locking rail

D1: Front and rear direction

D2: left and right direction

D3: up and down direction

Claims (8)

A connector, comprising: a base body, with a pair of docking parts at the front end, and a body part at the rear end; a plurality of terminals assembled on the base body; a plurality of wires connected to the terminals respectively, and the wires face toward the The main body portion extending out of the seat body; and a rear cover, including a first cover and a second cover mutually assembled along a vertical direction, the first cover has a first cover extending along a front-rear direction a front section and a first rear section extending along the up-down direction, the second cover body has a second front section extending along the front-rear direction and a second rear section extending along the up-down direction, the first front section of the back cover and The second front section is used to accommodate at least a partial portion of the body portion of the seat, the first rear section and the second rear section of the rear cover are used to accommodate at least a partial portion of the wires, and the rear cover also includes a side edge A front locking structure at the first front section and the second front section, and a rear locking structure at the side and between the first rear section and the second rear section, the front section The locking structure is combined along the up-down direction and produces a locking effect in the up-and-down direction, and the rear locking structure is combined in the up-down direction and produces a locking effect in the front-back direction. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the front locking structure includes a first locking member and a second locking member that cooperate with each other in a buckled manner, and the rear locking structure includes an assembly method of groove rails The first locking rail and the second locking rail cooperate with each other. The connector according to claim 2, wherein, the first locking rail extends along the up-down direction and has a barb-side rail structure facing outward, and the second locking rail extends along the A rail structure extending up and down with barbed sides facing inwards. The connector as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first locking rail and the second locking rail are hidden in the rear cover and combined with each other. The connector according to claim 4, wherein the first locking rail is formed on the first cover and is located inside relative to the second locking rail, and the second locking rail forms On the second cover and on the outer side relative to the first locking rail, the first locking rail extends along the up-down direction and has a rail structure with a barb edge facing outward, and the second locking rail The locking rail extends in the up and down direction and is a rail structure with a barbed edge facing inward. The connector according to claim 2, wherein the first locking member is configured as a locking block, the second locking member is configured as a locking piece with a locking hole, and the locking block and the locking block are The locking holes are correspondingly connected with each other. The connector according to claim 1, the connector further includes a terminal positioning member assembled on the base and used for positioning the terminal, the first front section of the first cover has a first recess, and the second The second front section of the cover has a second recess, and the first recess of the first cover and the second recess of the second cover are used to accommodate at least a partial portion of the terminal positioning member. The connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the body portion of the seat body of the connector has a first side and a second side on opposite sides, and a locking member provided on the first side, the The first front section of the first cover has a first avoidance groove, the second front section of the second cover has a second escape groove, and the rear cover is used for selectively in a first assembly state or a second assembly receiving at least a partial portion of the body portion of the seat and receiving at least a partial portion of the wires, in the first assembled state, the first front section of the first cover covers at least a partial portion of the first side, And the first cover of the first A avoidance groove avoids the locker, the second front section of the second cover covers at least a partial part of the second side; in the second assembled state, the second front section of the second cover covers the first side At least a partial portion of the second side, and the second avoidance groove of the second cover avoids the locking member, and the first front section of the first cover covers at least a partial portion of the second side.

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