Plug and novel quick connection field wire making connector adopting sameTechnical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of connectors, and particularly relates to a plug and a novel quick connection field wiring connector adopting the plug.
Background
The RJ45 interface is widely used as a common ethernet interface. In the design of a power supply system, an RJ45 interface is sometimes used to transmit large power, and at this time, a two-core cable should be connected to the tail of a plug, and the requirements of on-site wiring and cable removal should be met. At the same time, the plug and the socket are matched with each other to form a reliable locking structure, and the plug and the socket can be unlocked in a simple and convenient mode.
Referring to fig. 1 to fig. 3, a conventional RJ45 connector is usually locked by alatch 101 at an end of amale plug 1 and aslot 201 in afemale socket 2. Theplug 1 is made of elastic plastic, theelastic claw 101 can deform in a certain range, when the plug is inserted into the socket, the elastic claw deforms and is pressed flat, and after the plug is inserted into the socket, the elastic claw automatically bounces into the clamping groove to realize the locking of the plug and the socket; during unlocking, the elastic claw is pressed flat and then pulled out from the clamping groove to realize the separation of the plug and the socket.
One of the disadvantages of the existing RJ45 connector is that it can only connect the network cable, and can not connect the common cable, and the transmission current is in milliampere level, and gradually can not meet the requirement of large power transmission; the second disadvantage is that the locking mode is the cooperation of the spring claw of the male end plug and the slot of the female end socket, the spring claw with short length needs to be pressed downwards during unlocking, the operation is inconvenient, the required operation space is large, and the product maintenance in a small space is inconvenient.
Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the defects of the existing RJ45 connector, the invention aims to provide a novel quick connection field wiring connector to realize quick installation and unlocking in a limited space.
The purpose of the invention is realized by adopting the following technical scheme. The plug provided by the invention comprises a force application part; the locking elastic sheet is arranged on the insulator in a rotatable connection mode, the end part of the locking elastic sheet is provided with a lock catch which is used for locking the plug and the socket in a matching way with the clamping groove in the socket, and the other end part of the locking elastic sheet is connected with the force application piece and can rotate to enable the lock catch to be separated from the clamping groove to unlock the plug and the socket when the force application piece acts; and the two ends of the spring piece are respectively connected with the locking elastic piece and the insulator and are used for automatically returning the locking elastic piece and the force application piece after unlocking is finished.
Furthermore, the end part of the locking elastic sheet is also provided with a guide part which plays a role in guiding when the plug and the socket are inserted and is in an inclined shape.
Furthermore, the locking spring plate is arranged on the insulator in a rotatable connection mode through the rotating shaft.
Further, the plug still includes the apron of shroud on the insulator, the application of force spare is the pull ring that adopts flexible material, and this pull ring is including being used for installing the connecting portion on the apron with sliding connection mode, the cooperation portion that is used for being connected with another tip of locking shell fragment, the transition portion that is located between connecting portion and the cooperation portion and is the slope form with the pull ring, the front end of apron is equipped with and is used for changing the sliding motion of connecting portion into the inclined plane of the rotational motion of locking shell fragment with the cooperation of transition portion.
Furthermore, the connecting part is provided with a through hole, a guide groove which is communicated with the through hole and formed by extending along the front-back direction, and an agnail positioned in front of the through hole, and the cover plate is provided with a bulge and a guide part which is connected with the bulge and formed by extending along the front-back direction; during installation, the through hole is aligned with the protrusion, the guide groove is aligned with the guide part, then the connecting part is pressed down, and then the connecting part is pulled backwards, so that the barb passes through the lower part of the protrusion and is positioned at the rear part of the protrusion, and the pull ring is installed on the cover plate in a sliding connection mode.
Furthermore, a switching contact piece for realizing the cable connection of the plug and the crimping tubular terminal is arranged in the insulator.
Furthermore, the plug also comprises a pressing line elastic sheet which is arranged in the insulator and is used for pressing the tubular terminal to be attached to the switching contact piece after the tubular terminal is inserted into the insulator, the pressing line elastic sheet is provided with a pressing part which extends downwards and is contacted with a limiting block at the rear part of the pressing line elastic sheet, and the end part of the pressing part is inclined forwards to form an edge which is used for being clamped into a pit of the tubular terminal so as to lock the plug and the cable; and a button mounted at the rear end of the insulator and pushing the pressing part forward when pressed to move the edge out of the concave pit of the tubular terminal so as to unlock the plug and the cable.
The purpose of the invention is realized by adopting the following technical scheme. According to the novel quick connection field wire-making connector adopting the plug, the novel quick connection field wire-making connector also comprises a socket with a clamping groove inside, and after the plug is inserted into the socket, the lock catch is bounced into the clamping groove through the elasticity of the spring piece to realize the locking of the plug and the socket; when the plug and the socket are unlocked, the force application piece is moved to enable the locking elastic sheet to rotate, and the lock catch is separated from the clamping groove; after unlocking is completed, the locking elastic sheet rotates in the opposite direction through the elasticity of the spring piece, and the locking elastic sheet and the force application piece automatically return.
The plug is connected with a common cable by adding the switching contact element in the insulator of the plug, so that the requirement of large power transmission is met, the wire pressing elastic piece is arranged in the insulator, so that the common cable with the pressure-welded tubular terminal can be automatically locked after being inserted into the plug, the plug and the cable can be unlocked by pressing the button at the rear end of the insulator, and the requirements of on-site wire making and cable removal are met. When the connector provided by the invention is used for unlocking the plug and the socket, only the force application piece needs to be pulled, and the lock catch is separated from the clamping groove through the rotation of the locking elastic sheet, so that the connector is convenient to operate, can be quickly plugged in and pulled out from a small space, is convenient for product maintenance, and meanwhile, the locking elastic sheet and the force application piece automatically return through the elastic force of the spring piece after the unlocking is finished.
The foregoing description is only an overview of the technical solutions of the present invention, and in order to make the technical means of the present invention more clearly understood, the present invention may be implemented in accordance with the content of the description, and in order to make the above and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention more clearly understandable, the following preferred embodiments are described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Drawings
Fig. 1 to 2 are schematic plug diagrams of a conventional RJ45 connector.
Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a conventional RJ45 connector receptacle.
Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a plug of a novel quick connect field wire connector according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the plug of fig. 4 in another orientation.
Fig. 6 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the plug of the novel quick connect field wire harness connector of the present invention.
Fig. 7 is a schematic view of the locking and unlocking modes of the novel quick connection field wiring connector according to the present invention.
Fig. 8 is a schematic view of a transition contact of the present invention.
Fig. 9 is a schematic view of the connection of the plug of the present invention to a cable.
FIG. 10 is a schematic view of the tab attachment of the present invention.
Fig. 11 is an enlarged schematic view at a in fig. 10.
[ description of main element symbols ]
1: plug 101: the spring claw 102: insulator
103: cover plate 104: wire inlet 1031: projection
1032: guide portion 1033: inclined surface 2: socket with improved structure
201: a card slot 3: the network cable 4: locking spring plate
401: the latch 402: guide portion 5: pressure spring
6: and (7) pin shaft: first contact member 8: second contact member
9: wire pressing elastic piece 901: the pressing portion 902: edge
10: button 11: a limiting block 12: cable with a protective layer
13: tubular terminal 1301: pit 14: pull ring
141: connecting part 142: the engaging portion 143: transition part
1411: through-hole 1412: guide groove 1413: barbs 1414: force application hole
Detailed Description
The technical solution of the present invention will be further described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and preferred embodiments. In this embodiment, the position of the locking spring plate on the plug is defined as "front", and the position of the wire inlet is defined as "rear".
Example one
Please refer to fig. 4, fig. 5 and fig. 6, which are schematic perspective views of a plug according to the present invention. Theplug 1 comprises aninsulator 102, acover plate 103 covering the insulator for insulation protection, twowire inlets 104 at the rear end of the insulator, and an eight-core contact in the insulator. The structure of the insulator, the cover plate, the wire inlet, and the eight-core contact and the connection relationship therebetween are the same as those of the plug of the conventional RJ45 connector, and the detailed description thereof is omitted.
Referring to fig. 7, theplug 1 further includes alocking spring 4, a spring element, and a force applying element, thelocking spring 4 is rotatably mounted on theinsulator 102 through a rotating shaft, aconvex latch 401 is provided at the front end of the locking spring, thelatch 401 cooperates with theslot 201 in the socket to lock the plug and the socket when plugging, thelatch 401 extends downward to form an inclined guidingportion 402, and the guidingportion 402 inclines forward to play a guiding role when plugging the plug and the socket; the rear end of the lockingelastic sheet 4 is connected with a force application member, the lockingelastic sheet 4 rotates anticlockwise around the rotating shaft relative to theinsulator 102 by moving the force application member during unlocking, and thelock catch 401 at the front end of the locking elastic sheet moves downwards to be separated from theclamping groove 201 of the socket to unlock the plug and the socket. Two ends of the spring piece are respectively connected with the lockingelastic piece 4 and theinsulator 102, the lockingelastic piece 4 rotates anticlockwise to enable thelock catch 401 to move downwards during unlocking, the spring piece is stressed and deformed, and the spring piece generates reverse acting force to enable the lockingelastic piece 4 to rotate clockwise after unlocking is completed, so that automatic return of the locking elastic piece and the force application piece is achieved.
In the embodiment, the spring element is acompression spring 5, and thecompression spring 5 is located between the lock catch and the rotating shaft, but the invention does not limit the type and position of the spring element.
In this embodiment, the rotating shaft is apin 6, but the invention is not limited to the type of the rotating shaft.
Referring to fig. 8, since the conventional RJ45 standard interface is an eight-core contact, which can only be connected to a network cable and cannot be connected to a common cable (such as a two-core cable), in order to meet the requirement of large power transmission, the present invention adds afirst contact 7 and asecond contact 8 in theinsulator 102 of the plug for realizing the switching from eight-core to two-core, and certainly, users can add a corresponding number of switching contacts in the insulator of the plug for other types of common cables. In this embodiment, thefirst contact member 7 is connected to the two leftmost PIN terminals and the two rightmost PIN terminals, and thesecond contact member 8 is connected to the four middle PIN terminals. Two wire cores of a two-core cable (not shown) enter the insulator from the twowire inlets 104 and are respectively contacted with thefirst contact 7 and thesecond contact 8, so that the plug of the RJ45 connector is connected with the two-core cable.
Referring to fig. 9, the plug further includes apressing spring 9 and abutton 10. In this embodiment, thewire pressing spring 9 is installed in theinsulator 102 and has apressing portion 901 extending downward, thepressing portion 901 contacts with a limitingblock 11 located behind the pressing portion for limiting, and the limiting block is located in the insulator; the lower end of thepressing portion 901 is inclined forward to form anedge 902. Abutton 10 is mounted on the rear end of theinsulator 102 for unlocking the plug and the ordinary cable. Before a common cable is connected to the tail of the plug, thetubular terminal 13 needs to be crimped at the front end of thecable 12, and a plurality of axially-arrangedpits 1301 are formed in the tubular terminal after crimping is completed. When the tail of the plug is connected with a cable, thetubular terminal 13 is directly plugged into thewire inlet 104 at the rear end of the insulator, thetubular terminal 13 is inserted forwards (namely the direction indicated by the arrow of the black solid line in fig. 8), thepressing part 901 is pushed open and then is pressed below the wire pressingelastic sheet 9 to be attached to the first contact 7 (namely the switching contact), when the pit moves to the lower part of the pressing part, theedge 902 can be clamped into thepit 1301 through the elastic force of theedge 902 to press the tubular terminal to be difficult to pull out from the plug due to the fact that the wire pressing elastic sheet is of a metal elastic structure, and the wire locking function of the plug is achieved. During unlocking, the front end face of thebutton 10 is in contact with thepressing portion 901 by pressing the button, the pressingelastic sheet 9 is pushed forwards to enable theedge 902 to move out of thepit 1301, the pressing elastic sheet does not press the tubular terminal any more at the moment, thetubular terminal 13 can be pulled out (along the direction indicated by the black dotted arrow in fig. 8), and the plug and the cable are separated.
Referring to fig. 10 and 11, the force applying member is apull ring 14 made of a flexible material in the present embodiment, and thepull ring 14 includes a connectingportion 141 for slidably assembling the pull ring on the cover plate, amating portion 142 for connecting with a rear end of the locking spring, and atransition portion 143 between the connecting portion and the mating portion. The connectingpart 141 is provided with a square throughhole 1411, aguide groove 1412 which is communicated with the throughhole 1411 and extends along the front-back direction, and twobarbs 1413 which are positioned in front of the square through hole and are respectively positioned at two sides of theguide groove 1412; thecover plate 103 is provided with asquare protrusion 1031, and aguide portion 1032 connected to the square protrusion and extending in the front-rear direction, and a gap is formed between the square protrusion and the cover plate. During assembly, the square throughhole 1411 is aligned with thesquare protrusion 1031, theguide groove 1412 is aligned with theguide part 1032, then the connecting part is pressed down, then the connecting part is pulled backwards, thebarb 1413 is driven to pass through the lower part of thesquare protrusion 1031 through chamfer guiding, and thepull ring 14 is installed on thecover plate 103 in a sliding connection mode after the barb passes through. After the assembly is finished, thepull ring 14 can continuously slide backwards, and when the pull ring slides forwards, the pull ring is blocked by the barb tail part, so that the pull ring cannot continuously slide forwards, and the anti-falling effect is achieved. Thetransition part 143 is inclined, and the front end of thecover plate 103 is provided with aninclined surface 1033, and the transition part is contacted with the inclined surface when the pull ring is slidably assembled on the cover plate, so as to convert the sliding motion of the connectingpart 141 into the rotating motion of the lockingelastic sheet 4.
Furthermore, the rear end of the connectingportion 141 may further be provided with aforce application hole 1414 for facilitating force application, so that the connector can be quickly inserted and removed even if installed in a small space, thereby facilitating maintenance.
Example two
On the basis of the first embodiment, the invention designs a novel quick connection field wire connector, which is formed by plugging theplug 1 of the first embodiment and thefemale socket 2 of the existing RJ45 connector.
When the plug and the socket are connected, theplug 1 is inserted into thesocket 2, thelock catch 401 of the lockingelastic sheet 4 is deformed and flattened, the pressure spring is deformed under stress, and after theplug 1 is inserted into thesocket 2, thelock catch 401 of the locking elastic sheet is bounced into the clampinggroove 102 under the elastic force of thepressure spring 5 to realize the locking of the plug and the socket.
When the plug and socket is unlocked, pullring 14 is pulled backwards, because the pull ring is flexible material, and with the help of the cooperation oftransition portion 143 andinclined plane 1033,cooperation portion 142 drives lockingshell fragment 4 and carries out anticlockwise rotation aroundround pin axle 6 when connectingportion 141 slides backwards alongguide portion 1032, thehasp 401 downstream of lockingshell fragment 4 front end, the pressure spring atress warp,hasp 401 breaks away from in the draw-ingroove 201 of socket when lockingshell fragment 4 rotates to a certain position, continue to stimulatepull ring 5 and realize the separation of plug and socket. Meanwhile, after unlocking is completed, the lockingelastic sheet 4 is pushed to rotate clockwise around thepin shaft 6 through the elasticity of thepressure spring 5, thepull ring 14 is pulled forward by the rear end of the locking elastic sheet, and the locking elastic sheet and the pull ring automatically return to the initial state.
The female socket of the conventional RJ45 connector is used as the socket in this embodiment, but the invention is not limited thereto, and other sockets with similar structures can be used by users to form other types of connectors.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and should not be taken as limiting the invention in any way, and any simple modification, equivalent change and modification made by those skilled in the art according to the technical spirit of the present invention are still within the technical scope of the present invention without departing from the technical scope of the present invention.