WO2018149132A1 - Connector and smart clothing - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to the field of smart apparel and particularly relates to a connector and smart clothing including the connector. The connector comprises a first insulating base, a first terminal set, a second insulating base and a second terminal set, wherein the first insulating base and the second insulating base both are of a ring shape and are arranged in parallel relative to each other; the first terminal set comprises a plurality of first terminals; a plurality of first terminals are insulated from each other, are fixed on the first insulating base in a first direction and define a ring shape; the first direction is perpendicular to the direction of a ring-shaped plane formed by the first insulating base; the second terminal set comprises a plurality of second terminals; and a plurality of second terminals are insulated from each other, are fixed on the second insulating base in the first direction and define a ring shape. The ring-shaped connector reduces the size of a circuit board, has a compact structure, has no requirements regarding directions, and is reliable.

Description

Connector and smart clothing

Cross-reference to related applications

The present application claims priority to the following Chinese patent application and Chinese utility model patent application, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference in Chinese invention patent application for connector and smart clothing; 2. Chinese utility model patent application filed on February 16, 2017, with the application number of 201720142589.8, named "ring connector and smart clothing".

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of smart wear, and more particularly to a connector and a smart garment including the connector.

Background technique

With the rapid advancement of technology and the improvement of people's living standards, people's awareness of exercise and fitness has also increased. Advances in technology have also contributed to the development of smart clothing. Current smart garments typically include a signal processing device disposed at a location of the garment and various sensors, such as an electrocardiographic sensor, a myoelectric sensor, located at the detection site and collected by the signal processing device via wires. The sensor records various data associated with the athlete's physical activity or health during exercise in various parts of the athlete and transmits the data to the signal processing device. At the junction of the wires, there is typically a connector having a plurality of contacts thereon that are electrically connected to the signal processing device.

However, the current connector is in-line, and its occupation volume is large, and its anti-vibration ability is weak. During the movement, the contacts and the signal processing device are misaligned and the contact is poor, the reliability is poor, and the electrical signal is affected. Transmission.

Summary of the invention

In view of this, the embodiments of the present invention provide a ring connector that is small in size, compact in structure, and highly reliable.

The ring connector provided by the embodiment of the present invention includes at least: a first insulating seat, a first terminal set, a second insulating seat, and a second terminal set, wherein the first insulating seat and the second insulating seat are both annular and opposite Parallelly disposed; the first terminal group includes a plurality of first terminals, and the plurality of the first terminals are insulated from each other and are fixed on the first insulating seat along a first direction and enclose a ring shape, One direction is a direction perpendicular to an annular plane formed by the first insulating seat; the second terminal group includes a plurality of second terminals, and the plurality of the second terminals are insulated from each other and fixed in the first direction The second insulating seat is formed in an annular shape; the first terminal and the second terminal are electrically connected between the first insulating seat and the second insulating seat, and the first terminal is opposite to the first terminal One side of the second insulating seat has a first connecting portion, and the second terminal is opposite to a side of the first insulating seat to form a second connecting portion, the first connecting portion is for electrically connecting the first device, The second connecting portion is for electrically connecting the second device.

In the ring connector provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the first terminal has a first abutting portion with respect to a side of the second insulating seat, and the second insulating seat is opposite to a side of the first insulating seat. The second terminal has an open concave structure with respect to an end of the first insulating seat, and the concave structure of the opening is located on opposite sides of the annular receiving groove and forms a second abutting portion. The first abutting portion is configured to be electrically connected to the second butting portion when inserted into the annular receiving groove.

In the ring connector provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the first terminal is in an n-shape, and the first connecting portion is an n-shaped tail, which is barbed convexly outside the first insulating seat, and the first butt joint The portion is an n-shaped head, the first insulating seat has a first annular protrusion, and the n-shaped head is wrapped around the first annular protrusion.

In the ring connector provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the second abutting portion has elasticity in a direction parallel to an annular plane where the second insulating seat is located, and the second butting portion is inserted into the second butting portion The first docking portion will be caught.

In the ring connector of the embodiment of the present invention, the second connecting portion has two connected contacts distributed on a side of the second insulating seat opposite to the first insulating seat.

In the ring connector provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the ring connector further includes an annular cover sheet, the annular cover sheet is located between the two contacts, and the second terminal group is fixed to the first Two insulated seats.

In the ring connector provided by the embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of the first terminal and the second terminal are respectively fused on the first insulating seat and the second insulating seat by cold pressing.

In the ring connector provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the ring connector further includes an annular insulating gap between the first insulating seat and the second insulating seat.

In the ring connector provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the first insulating seat and/or the second insulating The edge of the rim has an outwardly projecting securing portion for securing the first insulating seat to the first device and/or for securing the second insulating seat to the second device.

In the ring connector provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the outer edge of the first annular protrusion has at least one second annular protrusion, and the second annular protrusion and the first annular protrusion are upward. Stepped, the second insulating seat has a third annular protrusion on an outer edge of the annular receiving groove, and the third annular protrusion abuts when the first abutting portion is inserted into the annular receiving groove Two annular projections.

Embodiments of the present invention also provide a smart garment comprising a plurality of sensors, a base fixed to the garment, a signal processing device, and a ring connector as described above, wherein the plurality of sensors are collected by the wires on the base. The base is coupled to the signal processing device via the connector for transmitting sensed data to the signal processing device, the signal processing device for processing the data.

In the smart clothing provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the first device is the base, the second device is the signal processing device, or the first device is the signal processing device, The second device is the base.

In the smart clothing according to the embodiment of the present invention, the number of the sensors is equal to the number of the first terminal and the second terminal.

The ring connector provided by the embodiment of the present invention is a high-density connector, wherein the first insulating seat has a plurality of first terminals, and the second insulating seat has a plurality of second terminals corresponding thereto, and more The first terminal and the plurality of the second terminals are annular, thereby reducing the size of the circuit board when transmitting the multiple electrical signals in the first device to the second device compared to the prior art The structure is compact, and because it has no requirement for the direction, the force is balanced in all directions during plugging and unplugging, and has good reliability; at the same time, the ring connector can directly use SMT to patch, thereby reducing the processing cost.

DRAWINGS

1 is a schematic exploded view of a ring connector 100 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

2a and 2b are respectively a bottom view and a side view of the first insulating seat 101 provided with the first terminal group 102 according to a preferred embodiment;

3 is a schematic structural view of a preferred embodiment of the first terminal 12 shown in FIG. 1;

4a-4c are bottom views of a preferred embodiment of the second insulating seat 103 shown in FIG. 1, respectively. Schematic, top view and side view;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of a preferred embodiment of the second terminal 14 shown in FIG. 1;

6 is a schematic structural diagram of a circuit of a smart garment according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural view of the base 200 according to a preferred embodiment.

detailed description

The present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The ring connector provided by the embodiment of the present invention is a high-density connector having a large number of metal terminals for connecting multiple electrical signals, and any device that needs to transmit multiple electrical signals can use the ring connection. Device. Specifically, the ring connector can be applied to the field of smart wear, especially smart clothing, and can also be applied to the fields of medical treatment, aviation, and the like.

FIG. 1 is a schematic exploded view of a ring connector 100 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The ring connector in this embodiment is exemplified by being applied to a smart clothing. The ring connector 100 includes a first insulating seat 101, a first terminal set 102, a second insulating seat 103, a second terminal set 104, an insulating shim 106, and an annular cover sheet 105.

In other embodiments of the invention, the insulating shim 106 may be replaced with a waterproof shim, such as an O-ring, in the toroidal connector 100. The insulating shim 106 can also be made of an insulating and waterproof material such as polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) resin or polyethylene terephthalate (PET).

The first insulating seat 101 and the second insulating seat 103 are both annular and disposed in parallel; the first terminal set 102 includes a plurality of first terminals 12 fixed to the first insulating seat 101 and surrounding The second terminal group 104 includes a plurality of second terminals 14 , and the plurality of second terminals 14 are insulated from each other and fixed on the second insulating seat 103 and enclosed in a ring shape, and the first terminal 12 is The second terminal 14 is electrically connected between the first insulating seat 101 and the second insulating seat 103. The first terminal 12 has a first connecting portion 12b opposite to the second insulating seat 103. The second terminal 14 forms a second connecting portion 14b opposite to the first insulating seat 101. The first connecting portion 12b is for electrically connecting the first device, and the second connecting portion 14b is for the second connecting portion 14b. Electrically connecting the second device; the insulating shim 106 is located between the first insulating seat 101 and the second insulating seat 103; the annular cover sheet 105 fixes the second terminal set 104 to the first Two insulating seats 103, and which can maintain the flatness of each of the second terminals 14 of the second terminal group 104, preventing the second end The sub-member 14 is detached from the second insulating seat 103, which is advantageous In the subsequent patch process.

To further describe the structure of the first insulating seat 101, as shown in FIG. 2a and FIG. 2b, respectively, is a bottom view of the first insulating seat 101 provided with the first terminal set 102 of a preferred embodiment and In a side view, the shape of the first insulating seat 101 is a circular table, and the corresponding first terminal group 102 is surrounded by a circular shape. The first insulating seat 101 has a first annular protrusion 101a and a second annular protrusion 101b, and the second annular protrusion 101b and the first annular protrusion 101a are upwardly stepped, and the plurality of The first terminals 12 are insulated from each other and fixed on the first insulating seat 101 along a first direction and enclosed in a ring shape, the first direction being perpendicular to the annular plane formed by the first insulating seat 101, That is, the first insulating seat 101 has a plurality of through holes, and the plurality of first terminals 12 are fixed to the first insulating seat 101 through the through holes. The edge of the first insulating seat 101 has an outwardly protruding first fixing portion 101c for fixing the first insulating seat 101 to the first device.

To further describe the structure of the first terminal 12, as shown in FIG. 3, it is a schematic structural view of a preferred embodiment of the first terminal 12 shown in FIG. The first terminal 12 is made of a metallic conductive material or other electrically conductive material, preferably the material is copper. The first terminal 12 has a first connecting portion 12b (also shown in FIG. 2b) opposite to the second insulating seat 103, and has a first side opposite to the second insulating seat 103. A pair of joints 12a (also shown in Figure 2b). In this embodiment, the first terminal 12 is in the shape of an n, and the first connecting portion 12b is an n-shaped tail which protrudes out of the first insulating seat 101 in a barb shape, and the first butting portion 12a is an n-shaped head, and the n-shaped head is coated on the first annular projection. A plurality of the first terminals 12 are fused to the first insulating seat 101 by cold pressing.

To further describe the structure of the second insulating seat 103, as shown in FIG. 4a to FIG. 4c, which are respectively a bottom view, a top view and a side view of a preferred embodiment of the second insulating seat 103 shown in FIG. . The shape of the second insulating seat 103 is a circular table, and the corresponding second terminal set 104 is surrounded by a circular ring shape. The second insulating seat 103 has an annular receiving groove 103a on a side opposite to the first insulating seat 101. The second insulating seat 103 has a third annular protrusion 103b on the outer edge of the annular receiving groove 103a, and the third annular protrusion 103b is inserted into the annular receiving groove 103a when the first abutting portion 12a is inserted into the annular receiving groove 103a. Abutting the second annular protrusion 101b to prevent the first abutting portion 12a of the first terminal group 102 from being excessively inserted into the second abutting portion 14a of the second terminal group 104; the edge of the second insulating seat 103 has a second fixing portion 103c protruding outward, the second fixing portion 103c having a through hole for fixing the second insulating seat 103 to the first device.

To further describe the structure of the second terminal 14, as shown in FIG. 5, it is a schematic structural view of a preferred embodiment of the second terminal 14 shown in FIG. The second terminal 14 is made of a metallic conductive material or other electrically conductive material, preferably the material is copper. The second terminal 14 has an open concave shape with respect to one end of the first insulating seat 101, and the concave shape of the opening is located on opposite sides of the annular receiving groove and forms a second abutting portion 14a (shown in FIG. 4a) The first docking portion 12a is electrically connected to the second docking portion when inserted into the annular receiving groove. The second abutting portion 14a has elasticity in a direction parallel to the annular plane in which the second insulating seat 103 is located, and will be stuck when the first butting portion 12a is inserted into the second butting portion 14a. The first docking portion 12a. The second terminal 14 forms the second connecting portion 14b opposite to the side of the first insulating seat 101. Preferably, the second connecting portion 14b has two connected contacts, and the two contacts have a figure-eight shape, which is distributed on a side of the second insulating seat 103 opposite to the first insulating seat 101. The second terminal 14 also has a bridge portion 14c that electrically connects the two contacts of the second connection portion 14b. Providing the second connecting portion 14b with two contacts can function as a double fuse, so that as long as any one of the two contacts is electrically connected to the second device, the ring connector is improved. reliability. In other embodiments, the second connecting portion 14b may also have only one contact.

Preferably, a plurality of the second terminals 14 are fused to the second insulating seat 103 by cold pressing. The number of the first terminals 12 is equal to the number of the second terminals 14 and the number of the sensors. The structure of the second terminal 14 in the present embodiment facilitates the insertion and removal of the first terminal 12, and it is not required in the direction.

In other embodiments, the second abutting portion of the second terminal 14 may also adopt other structures, such as an inverted Ω type, a straight type, etc., as long as it can be electrically connected to the first butting portion 12a of the first terminal. can.

In other embodiments, the ring connector 100 may be elliptical or square as a whole, and the first insulating seat 101 and the second insulating seat 103 may be elliptical or square, and the first terminal group 102. And the second terminal set 104 can enclose an elliptical ring or a square ring.

The ring connector provided by the embodiment is a high-density connector, wherein the first insulating seat has a plurality of first terminals, and the second insulating seat has a plurality of second terminals corresponding thereto, and the plurality of terminals The first terminal and the plurality of the second terminals are annular, so that the size of the circuit board is reduced when transmitting the multiple electrical signals in the first device to the second device compared to the prior art. Compact structure, and because it has no requirements for direction, it is balanced in all directions during insertion and removal, and has good performance. Reliability; at the same time, the ring connector can be directly used for SMT to reduce the processing cost.

To illustrate an application scenario of the ring connector provided by the present embodiment, the smart device is taken as an example, as shown in FIG. 6 , which is a circuit structure diagram of a smart clothing according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. . The smart garment includes a plurality of sensors (eg, a heart rate sensor, a myoelectric sensor, etc.) and a base fixed to the garment, a signal processing device, and the ring connector 100, and the plurality of the sensors are collected on the base by wires. The base has a plurality of contacts, and the base is coupled to the signal processing device via the connector. The ring connector is fixed to the base by the fixing portion. As shown in FIG. 7 , it is a schematic structural view of the base 200 of a preferred embodiment. The ring connector is fixed on the base, and the base 200 has a receiving space 201. The side has a snap seat 201, the signal processing device has a snap hole (not shown), and the signal processing device is snapped onto the base. The sensor is for transmitting the sensed data to the signal processing device, the signal processing device for processing the data. The first device is the base, the second device is the signal processing device, or the first device is the signal processing device, and the second device is the base. That is, using the ring connector 100, an electrical signal in the first device can be transferred to the second device.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "connected" and "connected" should be understood in a broad sense, and may be electrical communication within two elements; It can also be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and the specific meaning of the above terms can be understood by a person of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific situation. Moreover, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defining "first" and "second" may include one or more of the features either explicitly or implicitly. In addition, the "relative" in the present invention means the opposite, and the "opposite" means the opposite.

The above is a further detailed description of the present invention in connection with the specific embodiments, and the specific embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the description. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that <RTIgt; </ RTI> <RTIgt; </ RTI> <RTIgt; </ RTI> <RTIgt; All such improvements and substitutions are intended to be included within the scope of the appended claims.

The various embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, and various aspects or features of the technical solutions of the various embodiments of the present invention are described below in another form, and are not limited to the following series Paragraphs, for the sake of clarity, may assign alphanumeric to some or all of these paragraphs. Each of these paragraphs can be combined with the content of one or more other paragraphs in any suitable manner. Without limiting the examples of some of the appropriate combinations, some of the paragraphs below specifically reference other paragraphs and further define other paragraphs.

A1. A connector comprising at least:

First insulation seat,

a first terminal group including a plurality of first terminals insulated from each other, the plurality of first terminals being fixed on the first insulating seat and enclosing a ring shape

Second insulation seat,

a second terminal group, the second terminal group includes a plurality of second terminals insulated from each other, the plurality of second terminals being fixed on the second insulating seat and enclosing a ring shape;

Wherein the first terminal and the second terminal are disposed to be joined to each other and electrically connected when the first insulating seat and the second insulating seat are engaged.

A2, in the connector described in A1,

The first terminal includes a first connecting portion opposite to the second insulating seat and a first abutting portion opposite to the second insulating seat;

The second terminal includes a second connecting portion opposite to the first insulating seat and a second abutting portion opposite to the first insulating seat;

The first connecting portion is for electrically connecting the first device, the second connecting portion is for electrically connecting the second device, the first butting portion and the second butting portion are in the first insulating seat and the first The two insulators engage each other when engaged to electrically connect the first device and the second device.

A3. In the connector as described in A2,

The first insulating seat has a first protrusion, and the first abutting portion covers the first protrusion;

The second insulating seat has a receiving groove for receiving the first protrusion, and an end of the second terminal opposite to the first insulating seat has an open concave structure to form the second abutting portion;

The first butting portion is engaged with and electrically connected to the second butting portion when inserted into the receiving groove.

A4. The connector of A3, wherein the first terminal has an n-shape, and the first abutting portion is an n-shaped head.

A5. The connector of A4, wherein the first connecting portion is an n-shaped tail portion and protrudes out of the first insulating seat.

In the connector of any one of A3 to A5, the second abutting portion has elasticity in a direction parallel to a plane in which the second insulating seat is located, and is inserted in the first butting portion In the second docking portion, the second docking portion catches the first docking portion.

A7. The connector of A2, wherein the second connecting portion has two contacts, and the contacts are distributed on a side of the second insulating seat opposite to the first insulating seat.

A8. The connector of A7, wherein the connector further comprises a cover sheet, the cover sheet being located between the two contacts, and fixing the second terminal set to the second insulation seat on.

A9. The connector of A1, wherein the first terminal is fused to the first insulating seat by cold pressing.

A10. The connector of claim 1, wherein the second terminal is fused to the second insulating seat by cold pressing.

A11. The connector of A1, wherein the connector further comprises an insulating shim between the first insulating seat and the second insulating seat.

A12. The connector of A1, wherein the connector further comprises a waterproof shim between the first insulating seat and the second insulating seat.

A13. In the connector as described in A1,

The connector is fixed to the first device by a fixing portion on the first insulating seat or the second insulating seat.

A14. In the connector as described in A4,

The first insulating seat has a second protrusion on an outer edge of the first protrusion, and the second protrusion and the first protrusion are stepped.

The second insulating seat has a third protrusion on an outer edge of the receiving groove, and the third protrusion abuts the second protrusion when the first abutting portion is inserted into the receiving groove.

B15. A smart garment, comprising: a sensor, a first device fixed to the smart garment, a second device, and a connector according to any one of A1 to A14, wherein the sensor is connected to the a first device, the first device being coupled to the second device by the connector.

B16. The smart garment of B15, wherein the first device is a base and the second device is a signal processing device.

B17. The smart clothing of B16, wherein the number of the sensors is equal to the number of the first terminal and the second terminal, respectively.

Claims (17)

1. A connector characterized in that it comprises at least:

   First insulation seat,

   a first terminal group including a plurality of first terminals insulated from each other, the plurality of first terminals being fixed on the first insulating seat and enclosing a ring shape

   Second insulation seat,

   a second terminal group, the second terminal group includes a plurality of second terminals insulated from each other, the plurality of second terminals being fixed on the second insulating seat and enclosing a ring shape;

   Wherein the first terminal and the second terminal are disposed to be joined to each other and electrically connected when the first insulating seat and the second insulating seat are engaged.
2. The connector of claim 1 wherein:

   The first terminal includes a first connecting portion opposite to the second insulating seat and a first abutting portion opposite to the second insulating seat;

   The second terminal includes a second connecting portion opposite to the first insulating seat and a second abutting portion opposite to the first insulating seat;

   The first connecting portion is for electrically connecting the first device, the second connecting portion is for electrically connecting the second device, the first butting portion and the second butting portion are in the first insulating seat and the first The two insulators engage each other when engaged to electrically connect the first device and the second device.
3. The connector of claim 2 wherein:

   The first insulating seat has a first protrusion, and the first abutting portion covers the first protrusion;

   The second insulating seat has a receiving groove for receiving the first protrusion, and an end of the second terminal opposite to the first insulating seat has an open concave structure to form the second abutting portion;

   The first butting portion is engaged with and electrically connected to the second butting portion when inserted into the receiving groove.
4. The connector according to claim 3, wherein said first terminal is in the shape of an n, and said first abutting portion is an n-shaped head.
5. The connector of claim 4 wherein:

   The first connecting portion is an n-shaped tail portion and protrudes out of the first insulating seat.
6. The connector according to any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein the second abutting portion has elasticity in a direction parallel to a plane in which the second insulating seat is located, and at the first When the docking portion is inserted into the second docking portion, the second docking portion catches the first docking portion.
7. The connector according to claim 2, wherein said second connecting portion has two contacts, said contacts being distributed on a side of said second insulating seat opposite said first insulating seat .
8. The connector according to claim 7, wherein said connector further comprises a cover sheet, said cover sheet being located between said two contacts, and fixing said second terminal group to said first Two insulated seats.
9. The connector of claim 1 wherein said first terminal is fused to said first insulative housing by cold pressing.
10. The connector of claim 1 wherein said second terminal is fused to said second insulative housing by cold pressing.
11. The connector of claim 1 wherein said connector further comprises an insulating shim between said first and second insulating seats.
12. The connector of claim 1 wherein said connector further comprises a waterproof shim between said first and second insulating seats.
13. The connector of claim 1 wherein:

    The connector is fixed to the first device by a fixing portion on the first insulating seat or the second insulating seat.
14. The connector of claim 4 wherein:

    The first insulating seat has a second protrusion on an outer edge of the first protrusion, and the second protrusion and the first protrusion are stepped.

    The second insulating seat has a third protrusion on an outer edge of the receiving groove, and the third protrusion abuts the second protrusion when the first abutting portion is inserted into the receiving groove.
15. A smart garment comprising a sensor, a first device secured to the smart garment, a second device, and a connector according to any of claims 1-14, the sensor being connected to the a first device, the first device being coupled to the second device by the connector.
16. The smart garment of claim 15 wherein said first device is a base and said second device is a signal processing device.
17. The smart garment according to claim 16, wherein the number of the sensors is equal to the number of the first terminal and the second terminal, respectively.

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