TWM507093U - Plug connector assembly, socket connector assembly and connection locking device - Google Patents

Description

Plug connector assembly, socket connector assembly, and connection lock Solid device

The present invention relates to a connection locking device, and more particularly to a connection locking device for mating with a plug connector assembly and a socket connector.

The Chinese patent CN201320302577.9 discloses an electrical connector comprising: an electrical connector; a shield housing sleeved on the electrical connector, the shield housing having a body portion and extending from the body portion a plug-in portion, the main body portion is provided with a first positioning portion, the plug portion is provided with at least one latching portion, the latching portion is located in front of the first positioning portion, and a kit has a through hole for inserting the insertion portion, the inner wall of the through hole is provided with a stopping portion, the blocking portion protrudes at least one protruding portion, and the protruding portion and the holding portion Correspondingly, the kit is further provided with at least one second positioning portion, the second positioning portion is located behind the protruding portion, and the fastening portion is inserted when the insertion portion is inserted into the through hole The portion is correspondingly fastened to the protruding portion, and the first positioning portion is cooperatively positioned with the second positioning portion. This kind of electrical connector uses a small bump on the positioning part and another When a connector is mated, the mating relationship is less susceptible to vibration and the rear end of the positioning portion is also susceptible to accidental separation due to improper touch.

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to overcome the deficiencies of the prior art mentioned above, and to provide a connection locking device, which can ensure the stability and reliability of the connection between the two connectors.

The present invention provides a plug connector assembly for the above technical problem, comprising a plug connector and a first sleeve sleeved on the plug connector, the plug connector comprising an insulating housing disposed on the insulating housing a plurality of conductive terminals and a shielded housing disposed outside the insulating housing; the first kit includes a first body and a first latching structure disposed outside the first body, the first body Forming a receiving cavity that is connected to the front and the rear, the plug connector is inserted into the receiving cavity and forwards out of the receiving cavity; the first locking structure includes a resilient locking portion and is respectively located in the elastic locking portion Two lateral positioning walls on both sides, the elastic locking portion includes two elastic extending arms extending in the front-rear direction at intervals, a latching arm laterally connected between the two elastic extending arms, and disposed thereon a handle of the ends of the two elastic extension arms, wherein the two elastic extension arms and the latch arm and the handle enclose a snap groove.

In some embodiments, the front ends of the two elastic extension arms of the elastic latching portion are coupled to the first body and are bent back and spaced apart from the first body by a movable gap.

In some implementations, the two lateral positioning walls are along the front a rearwardly extending portion is protruded from the top of the first body, and each of the lateral positioning walls includes a first segment at the front and a tail segment at the rear, wherein the tail segment is higher than the first segment, and the two sides are positioned The tail section of the wall corresponds to the sides of the handle and the top of the tail section is substantially flush with the top of the handle.

In some embodiments, the lateral positioning wall of the first kit further includes an intermediate section between the leading section and the trailing section, the top of the intermediate section being gradually raised from the rearward direction.

In some embodiments, the upper side of the first body protrudes forwardly from a lip, and the two elastic extension arms of the elastic locking portion are bent upwardly and upwardly from the top of the lip.

In some embodiments, the front end of the lip is in a rearward position relative to the front end of the plug connector, and the lip portion and the shield housing of the plug connector are spaced apart from each other to form a receiving groove.

In some implementations, the plug connector assembly further includes a cable coupled to the plug connector and an insulative housing enclosing a periphery of the connector of the plug connector and the cable; the first kit is Formed integrally with a thermoplastic material, the top of the latch arm is flush with the top of the two resilient extension arms.

In some embodiments, a rear end of the first body is formed with a positioning groove, and the insulating housing is formed with a positioning protrusion corresponding to the positioning groove.

The present invention further provides a socket connector assembly for the above technical problem, which can be correspondingly plug-locked with the aforementioned plug connector combination; the socket connector assembly includes a socket connector and a socket connection a second kit on the socket, the socket connector comprising an insulative housing, a plurality of conductive terminals disposed on the insulative housing, and a shielded housing disposed outside the insulative housing; the second kit includes a second body and a second latching structure disposed on the second body, wherein the second body has a pair of connecting chambers and a receiving cavity formed in the front and rear, and the socket connector is received in the receiving cavity The second latching structure is disposed on an inner side of the mating cavity, and the second latching structure includes a latching protrusion protruding inwardly and two limiting walls on opposite sides of the latching protrusion, wherein the Two first receiving channels are formed between the buckle protrusions and the two limiting walls, and two second receiving channels are formed outside the two limiting walls.

In some embodiments, the snap protrusion is disposed inside the docking cavity protrudingly inside the docking cavity, and the two limiting walls are disposed in the docking cavity and protruded from the latching protrusion. Both sides and extend in the front and rear direction.

In some embodiments, the docking cavity has a convex shape, and the second latching structure is disposed inside the top of the docking cavity.

In some implementations, the second kit further includes two fixed feet disposed on opposite sides of the bottom of the second body.

The present invention further provides a connection locking device for the above technical problem, comprising the above-mentioned plug connector combination and the above-mentioned socket connector combination, wherein two elastic extension arms of the first assembly are correspondingly inserted in the second assembly In the two first receiving channels, the two lateral positioning walls of the first set are correspondingly inserted into the two second receiving channels of the second set, and the snap protrusions of the second set are correspondingly latched thereon. In the first slot of the snap groove, from The plug connector assembly and the receptacle connector combination are locked together.

Compared with the prior art, the present invention adopts two elastic extending arms on the first set of the plug connector combination and two first receiving slots and two on the second set of the positioning sleeves respectively combined with the socket connector The two receiving channels cooperate to prevent the sway between the two connector combinations, ensuring that the docking of the two is stable and reliable.

10‧‧‧ plug connector combination

20‧‧‧Socket connector combination

1‧‧‧ plug connector

11‧‧‧Insulated housing

12‧‧‧Electrical terminals

13‧‧‧Shield housing

2‧‧‧ Cable

3‧‧‧ first kit

31‧‧‧First subject

311‧‧‧Boss

318‧‧‧ positioning slot

319‧‧‧ Reception trough

32‧‧‧First lock structure

33‧‧‧Flexible lock

331‧‧‧elastic extension arm

332‧‧‧Lock arm

3321‧‧‧ Guided slope

333‧‧‧Handle

334‧‧‧ snap groove

34‧‧‧ lateral positioning wall

341‧‧‧ first paragraph

342‧‧ End

343‧‧‧ Middle section

35‧‧‧Lip

39‧‧‧ containment chamber

4‧‧‧Insulated casing

48‧‧‧ positioning convex

6‧‧‧Socket connector

61‧‧‧Insulated housing

62‧‧‧Electrical terminals

63‧‧‧Shield housing

7‧‧‧ Second kit

71‧‧‧Second subject

718‧‧‧Fixed foot mounting

72‧‧‧Second lock structure

73‧‧‧Snap convex

74‧‧‧Limited wall

75‧‧‧First accommodation channel

76‧‧‧Second containment channel

77‧‧‧Positioning column

78‧‧‧ docking chamber

79‧‧‧ containment chamber

8‧‧‧Fixed feet

Other features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 2; FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the embodiment of the present connection locking device; FIG. 5 is a connection locking device of the present invention; Figure 3 is a plan view of the connection locking device of Figure 5; Figure 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB of Figure 6; Figure 8 is the same type of connection locking device of the present invention An exploded perspective view of the embodiment; and Fig. 9 is an exploded perspective view of the embodiment of the novel connection locking device.

Although the present invention can be readily embodied in various forms, the specific embodiments shown in the drawings and described in detail in the specification are only The exemplary description of the novel principles is not intended to limit the invention to what is described herein.

Thus, a feature indicated in this specification will be used to illustrate one of the features of one embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to suggest that each embodiment of the present invention must have the features described. Moreover, it should be noted that this specification describes a number of features. Although certain features may be combined together to illustrate possible system designs, these features are also applicable to other combinations not explicitly illustrated. Accordingly, the illustrated combinations are not intended to be limiting, unless otherwise indicated.

In the embodiments shown in the figures, the indications of the directions (such as up, down, left, right, front and back) are used to explain that the structure and motion of the various elements of the present invention are not absolute but relative. These descriptions are suitable when the elements are in the positions shown in the figures. If the description of the position of these elements changes, the indications of these directions also change accordingly.

An embodiment of the present invention will be further elaborated below in conjunction with the drawings of the present specification.

Referring to Figures 1 to 9, an embodiment of the present type of connection locking device is shown. The connection locking device, particularly to the present embodiment, is an HDMI connector assembly having an anti-vibration function that includes a plug connector assembly 10 and a receptacle connector assembly 20 that is mated with the plug connector assembly 10.

Referring to FIG. 4, the plug connector assembly 10 includes a plug connector 1, a cable 2 connected to the plug connector 1, a first sleeve 3 sleeved on the outer periphery of the plug connector 1, and a cover. An insulative housing 4 at the periphery of the junction between the plug connector 1 and the cable 2.

Referring to FIG. 9, the plug connector 1 includes an insulative housing 11, a plurality of conductive terminals 12 mounted on the insulative housing 11, and a shield housing 13 mounted on the outside of the insulative housing 11.

Referring to FIG. 8, the first kit 3 is integrally injection molded from a thermoplastic material, and includes a first body 31 and a first latching structure 32 disposed at the top of the first body 31. The upper side of the first body 31 protrudes forwardly from a lip portion 35. A receiving cavity 39 is formed in the middle of the first body 31. The plug connector 1 is inserted into the receiving cavity 39 and extends forwardly through the receiving cavity 39.

Referring to Figure 4, the front end of the lip 35 is at a rearward position relative to the front end of the plug connector 1. A receiving groove 319 is formed between the lower surface of the lip portion 35 and the upper surface of the shield case 13 of the plug connector 1.

Referring to FIGS. 4-8, the first latching structure 32 includes a resilient latching portion 33 and two lateral positioning walls 34 extending on both sides of the resilient latching portion 33 and extending in the front-rear direction. The elastic locking portion 33 further includes two elastic extending arms 331 extending in the front-rear direction, a latching arm 332 laterally connected to the middle of the two elastic extending arms 331 , and two elastic extending arms 331 disposed at the two elastic extending arms 331 A handle 333 at the end. The front side of the latch arm 332 is formed with a guiding slope 3321 (see FIG. 3); the top of the latch arm 332 The portion is flush with the top of the two elastic extension arms 331. The two elastic extension arms 331 are elastically movable in the up and down direction, and the two elastic extension arms 331 and the latching arm 332 and the handle 333 enclose a snap groove 334. The snap groove 334 is preferably vertically connected.

Referring to FIG. 4, a convex portion 311 is formed from a center of a top portion of the first body 31, and a front end of the boss portion 311 is substantially flush with a front end of the lip portion 35. The front ends of the two elastic extending arms 331 of the elastic locking portion 33 are coupled to the first body 31 and are bent back and spaced apart from the boss portion 311 of the first body 31 by a movable gap. That is to say, the two elastic extension arms 331 of the elastic locking portion 33 are bent upwardly and upwardly from the top of the lip portion 35. This structure can deepen the insertion depth of the first set 3 and increase the extension length of the two elastic extension arms 331 to provide the elastic lock portion 33 with better elasticity. The two lateral positioning walls 34 are protruded from the top of the first body 31 and are located on both sides of the boss portion 311.

Referring to FIG. 4, the lateral positioning wall 34 includes a leading section 341 at the front, a trailing section 342 at the rear, and an intermediate section 343 between the leading section 341 and the trailing section 342. The front end of the lateral positioning wall 34 is located rearward of the front end of the lip portion 35. The rear end of the lateral positioning wall 34 corresponds to the rear end of the elastic locking portion 33. The top of the tail section 342 is higher than the top of the first section 341, which is located on both sides of the handle 333 and the top of the tail section 342 is substantially flush with the top of the handle 333. The top of the intermediate section 343 is gradually raised from the front to the rear. The lateral positioning wall 34 structure prevents the handle 333 from being accidentally touched and causes an accident. Unlock.

Referring to FIG. 8, a positioning groove 318 is formed at a rear end of the first body 31. A positioning protrusion 48 corresponding to the positioning groove 318 is formed on the insulating housing 4. When the first kit 3 is sleeved to the combination of the plug connector 1 and the cable 2 and the insulative housing 4, the first kit 3 can be installed by the cooperation of the positioning protrusion 48 and the positioning slot 318. In place, this structure can serve to prevent loading in the wrong direction.

Referring to FIGS. 5-9, the receptacle connector assembly 20 includes a receptacle connector 6 and a second kit 7 nested around the periphery of the receptacle connector 6.

Referring to FIG. 7, the socket connector 6 includes an insulative housing 61, a plurality of conductive terminals 62 mounted on the insulative housing 61, and a shield housing 63 mounted on the outside of the insulative housing 61. Referring to FIG. 3, when the receptacle connector assembly 20 is coupled to the plug connector assembly 10, the shield housing 63 is surrounded by the outer circumference of the shield housing 13, and the top side of the shield housing 63 The front portion of the front portion is inserted into the receiving slot 319.

Referring to Figures 8 and 9, the second kit 7 is integrally injection molded and includes a second body 71 and a second latch structure 72. The inside of the second body 71 is formed with a pair of cavities 78 penetrating forward and backward and a receiving cavity 79 (see Fig. 9). The socket connector 6 is inserted into the receiving cavity 79, and the docking cavity 78 can correspondingly receive the front portion of the plug connector assembly 10.

The second latching structure 72 includes a latching protrusion 73 located in the receiving cavity 79 and two limiting positions respectively located on opposite sides of the latching protrusion 73. Wall 74. In the present embodiment, the docking cavity 78 has a convex shape, and the second latching structure 72 is disposed inside the top of the docking cavity 78. The snap projection 73 is preferably projecting downwardly at a leading edge of the inner side of the top of the mating cavity 78. The two limiting walls 74 are disposed to protrude downward from both sides of the snap projection 73 and extend in the front-rear direction.

Referring to FIG. 5 and FIG. 8 , two first receiving slots 75 are formed between the latching protrusions 73 and the two limiting walls 74 . Two second receiving slots are formed on the outer sides of the two limiting walls 75 . Road 76. The two first receiving channels 75 can correspondingly receive the front sections of the two elastic extension arms 331 on the plug connector assembly 10. The two second receiving channels 76 are capable of correspondingly receiving the first segments 341 of the two lateral positioning walls 34 on the plug connector assembly 10. Referring to FIG. 3 , the buckle protrusion 73 can be correspondingly latched in the buckle slot 334 of the plug connector assembly 10 . This mating structure has two parallel extending resilient extension arms 331 that allow the receptacle connector assembly 20 to be securely coupled to the plug connector assembly 10 (i.e., locked together).

Referring to FIG. 9, the second kit 7 further includes two fixing legs 8 fixed to both sides of the bottom of the second body 71. In this embodiment, two fixed leg mounting portions 718 are formed on both sides of the bottom of the second body 71. The fixing leg 8 includes a fixing portion 81 extending horizontally and a pin 82 extending vertically. The fixing portion 81 is correspondingly disposed in the fixing leg mounting portion 718. The pin 82 can be inserted into a soldering hole (not shown) soldered to a circuit board. In addition, the bottom of the second body 71 also protrudes downwardly from two positioning posts 77. The two positioning posts 77 can be correspondingly inserted into the positioning holes (not shown) of the circuit board, together with the fixing legs 8. Enhancing the socket connector assembly 20 and the electricity The connection between the boards.

The assembly process of the connection locking device of the present invention generally comprises: soldering the plug connector 1 and the cable 2 together; overmolding the insulating housing 4 at the outer periphery of the connection of the plug connector 1 and the cable 2; A kit 3 is sleeved from the front to the back to the plug connector 1 to make the plug connector assembly 10; and the second kit 7 is sleeved from the front to the back to the receptacle connector 6 to make the Socket connector combination 20.

In particular use, the receptacle connector assembly 20 will be mounted and secured to a circuit board in which the locating posts 77 and the fixed legs 8 will be correspondingly inserted into holes in the circuit board (not shown). When the plug connector assembly 10 needs to be inserted into the receptacle connector assembly 20 for electrical connection, only the front portion of the plug connector assembly 10 needs to be aligned and inserted into the docking cavity 78 of the receptacle connector assembly 20. At this time, the front sections of the two elastic extension arms 331 will be inserted along the first channel 341 along the first channel 341 of the two lateral positioning walls 34 along the second channel 76 until the guiding of the latching arm 332 The inclined surface 3321 is in contact with the lower end of the buckle protrusion 73 to press the two elastic extension arms 331 to be elastically depressed. When the insertion is continued, the latch arm 332 will pass over the buckle protrusion 73, and the two elastic extension arms 331 are elasticized. Returning the position, the snap projection 73 is dropped into the snap groove 334, thereby locking the two connector assemblies 10, 20 together (please refer to FIG. 3), and the two lateral positioning walls 34 Corresponding insertion into the second channel 76 prevents the plug connector assembly 10 from shaking from side to side. At this time, the intermediate portion 343 and the tail portion 342 of the lateral positioning wall 34 and the handle 333 are exposed relative to the second set 7 (please refer to FIG. 1); when the plug connector needs to be unplugged from the socket connector assembly 20 Combination 10, just Pressing the handle 333 downwardly releases the snap groove 334 and the latching projection 73, and simultaneously pulls back to separate the plug connector assembly 10 from the second set 7 (please refer to FIG. 1 in combination).

The present invention utilizes two elastically extending arms 331 on the first set 3 of the plug connector assembly 10 and two first receiving slots on the second set 7 of the socket connector assembly 20 corresponding to the positioning wall 34, respectively. The rail 75 and the two second receiving slots 76 cooperate to prevent the two connector assemblies 10 and 20 from swaying together, and the elastic locking structure having the two elastic extending arms 331 ensures two connections. The docking of the combination 10, 20 is stable and reliable.

The above is only an embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the embodiments of the present invention. Those skilled in the art can make corresponding modifications or modifications in a very convenient manner according to the main idea and spirit of the present invention. The scope of protection shall be subject to the scope of protection applied for in the scope of application for patents.

10‧‧‧ plug connector combination

20‧‧‧Socket connector combination

3‧‧‧ first kit

31‧‧‧First subject

32‧‧‧First lock structure

33‧‧‧Flexible lock

331‧‧‧elastic extension arm

332‧‧‧Lock arm

333‧‧‧Handle

334‧‧‧ snap groove

34‧‧‧ lateral positioning wall

7‧‧‧ Second kit

71‧‧‧Second subject

72‧‧‧Second lock structure

73‧‧‧Snap convex

74‧‧‧Limited wall

75‧‧‧First accommodation channel

76‧‧‧Second containment channel

77‧‧‧Positioning column

78‧‧‧ docking chamber

8‧‧‧Fixed feet

Claims (13)

A plug connector assembly comprising: a plug connector and a first sleeve sleeved on the plug connector, the plug connector including an insulative housing, a plurality of conductive terminals disposed on the insulative housing, and a shielding shell disposed outside the insulating housing; the first sleeve includes a first body and a first latching structure disposed outside the first body, the first body is formed with a front and rear through a receiving cavity, the plug connector is inserted into the receiving cavity and forwards out of the receiving cavity; the first locking structure comprises a resilient locking portion and two sides respectively located on opposite sides of the elastic locking portion To the positioning wall, the elastic locking portion includes two elastic extending arms extending in the front-rear direction at intervals, a latching arm laterally connected between the two elastic extending arms, and a latching arm disposed between the two elastic extending arms The two elastically extending arms are elastically movable in the up and down direction, and the two elastic extending arms and the latching arm and the handle enclose a snap groove. The plug connector assembly of claim 1, wherein a front end of the two elastic extension arms of the elastic latching portion is coupled to the first body and extends rearwardly from the first body with a movable gap. Out. The plug connector assembly of claim 2, wherein the two lateral positioning walls are protruded from the top of the first body in a front-rear direction, and each of the lateral positioning walls includes a first segment at the front and a tail section at the rear, wherein the tail section is higher than the first section, the tail sections of the two sides facing the positioning wall are correspondingly located on both sides of the handle and the top of the tail section and the top of the handle It is roughly flush. The plug connector assembly of claim 3, wherein the lateral positioning wall of the first kit further comprises an intermediate section between the first section and the tail section, the top of the intermediate section being gradually raised from the rear. The plug connector assembly of claim 2, wherein the upper side of the first body protrudes forwardly from a lip, and the two elastic extension arms of the elastic locking portion are upwardly and upwardly from the top of the lip The bend extends out. The plug connector assembly of claim 5, wherein a front end of the lip is in a rearward position with respect to a front end of the plug connector, and the lip portion and the shield case of the plug connector are spaced apart from each other to form a receiving portion groove. The plug connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the plug connector assembly further comprises a cable connected to the plug connector and an insulative housing covering a periphery of the plug connector and the cable connection The first kit is integrally formed from a thermoplastic material, and the top of the latch arm is flush with the top of the two elastic extension arms. The plug connector assembly of claim 7, wherein the rear end of the first body is formed with a positioning groove, and the insulating housing is formed with a positioning protrusion corresponding to the positioning groove. A socket connector assembly comprising: a socket connector and a second sleeve sleeved on the socket connector, the socket connector comprising an insulative housing, a plurality of conductive terminals disposed on the insulative housing, and a shielded housing mounted on an outer side of the insulative housing; the second kit includes a second body and is disposed on the second body a second latching structure, wherein the second body has a pair of connecting cavities and a receiving cavity formed therein, the socket connector is received in the receiving cavity, and the second latching structure is disposed in the docking cavity The second latching structure includes a latching protrusion protruding inwardly and two limiting walls on both sides of the latching protrusion, wherein the latching protrusion and the two limiting walls are Two first receiving channels are formed between the two limiting walls, and two second receiving channels are formed outside the two limiting walls. The socket connector assembly of claim 9, wherein the latching protrusion is disposed inside the docking cavity so as to protrude inside the docking cavity, and the two limiting walls are protruded toward the docking cavity. Both sides of the snap projection extend in the front-rear direction. The socket connector assembly of claim 10, wherein the docking cavity has a convex shape, and the second latching structure is disposed inside the top of the docking cavity. The receptacle connector assembly of claim 10, wherein the second kit further comprises two fixed legs disposed on opposite sides of the bottom of the second body. A connection-locking device comprising the plug connector assembly of any one of claims 1 to 8 and the socket connector assembly of any one of claims 9 to 12, wherein The two elastically extending arms are correspondingly inserted into the two first receiving channels of the second set, and the two lateral positioning walls of the first set are correspondingly inserted into the two second receiving channels of the second set, the first The snap tabs of the second set are correspondingly latched in the snap slots of the first kit such that the plug connector combination and the receptacle connector combination are locked together.