This application claims priority to Taiwan Application Serial Number 111139503, filed Oct. 18, 2022, which is herein incorporated by reference.
The present disclosure relates to a wire connection technology, and more particularly, to a connector assembly.
Electronic devices usually transmit signals and/or currents through flat cables. In some applications, the flat cable is first combined with a header base to form a header connector. With the miniaturization development of the electronic device, a plugging or installation space for the header connector is reduced. Accordingly, when plugging or installing the header connector, wires of the flat cable may be pulled due to the space constraint. Pulling the wires may cause poor electrical contact between the wires and the header base. In addition, the pulled wire may also be deflected, such that the distance between two adjacent wires is reduced, which may cause problems such as arcing, accidental contact, and/or signal interference to generate noise.
Therefore, one objective of the present disclosure is to provide a connector assembly including a wire fixing unit, which can share most of the stress on a wire unit, such that the impact of the stress on the bonding of the wire unit and the base is greatly reduced, thereby effectively improving the contact stability of the wire unit and the base.
Another objective of the present disclosure is to provide a connector assembly, a wire fixing unit of which can prevent the deflection of wires of the wire unit, and can maintain the distance between adjacent wires, thereby preventing arcing, accidental contact, and/or signal interference between adjacent wires.
According to the aforementioned objectives of the present disclosure, a connector assembly is provided. The connector assembly includes a base, a wire unit, and a wire fixing unit. The base includes a body and two side wings. The two side wings are respectively rotatably connected to two opposite sides of the body, and each of the side wings includes a first fixing portion. The wire unit is located between the two side wings. The wire unit includes a connection seat disposed in the body, and plural wires disposed in the connection seat and protruding from one side of the connection seat. The wire fixing unit includes two second fixing portions and plural through holes, in which the through holes are located between the two second fixing portions, the two first fixing portions respectively clamp the two second fixing portions, and the wires correspondingly pass through the through holes.
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, each of the first fixing portions includes two lugs.
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, each of the first fixing portions further includes at least one first engaging portion disposed on at least one of the two lugs, and each of the second fixing portions includes at least one second engaging portion, in which the first engaging portions are correspondingly engaged with the second engaging portions.
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a number of the at least one first engaging portion of each of the first fixing portions is 2, the first engaging portions are respectively disposed on the two lugs, and a number of the at least one second engaging portion of each of the second fixing portions is 2, in which the first engaging portions are correspondingly engaged with the second engaging portions.
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, one of the at least one first engaging portion and the at least one second engaging portion is a bump, and the other one of the at least one first engaging portion and the at least one second engaging portion is a concave.
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the two lugs of each of the first fixing portions apply a clamping force on one of the second fixing portions in two opposite directions, and the two directions are substantially perpendicular to an extending direction of the wires.
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the two lugs of each of the first fixing portions apply a clamping force on one of the second fixing portions in two opposite directions, and the two directions are substantially parallel to an extending direction of the wires.
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the wire fixing unit is a one-piece structure.
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the wire fixing unit includes two block structures, and the wires are sandwiched between the two block structures.
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the wire fixing unit includes an outlet end, the wires extend from the outlet end of the wire fixing unit, and the two side wings protrude out of the outlet end.
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the wire fixing unit includes an outlet end, the wires extend from the outlet end of the wire fixing unit, and the two side wings are substantially aligned with the outlet end.
According to the aforementioned objectives of the present disclosure, a connector assembly is additionally provided. The connector assembly includes a wire unit and a wire fixing unit. The wire unit includes a connection seat and various wires. The connection seat includes two first fixing portions located on one side of the connection seat. The wires are disposed in the connection seat, protrude from the side of the connection seat, and are located between the two first fixing portions. The wire fixing unit includes two second fixing portions and various through holes. The through holes are located between the two second fixing portions. The two first fixing portions are correspondingly engaged with the two second fixing portions. The wires correspondingly pass through the through holes.
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, one of the two first fixing portions and the two second fixing portions is two concaves, and the other one of the two first fixing portions and the two second fixing portions is two clip fasteners.
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the wire fixing unit is a one-piece structure.
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the connector assembly further includes a base. The base includes a body and two side wings, and the two side wings are respectively rotatably connected to two opposite sides of the body. The wire unit is located between the two side wings, and the connection seat is disposed in the body.
Aspects of the present disclosure are best understood from the following detailed description in conjunction with the accompanying figures. It is noted that in accordance with the standard practice in the industry, various features are not drawn to scale. In fact, dimensions of the various features can be arbitrarily increased or reduced for clarity of discussion.
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Each of the side wings 114 includes a first fixing portion 114a. The first fixing portions 114a of the two side wings 114 are opposite to each other. In some exemplary examples, as shown in
The wire unit 120 is connected to the base 110 and is located between the two side wings 114 of the base 110. As shown in
In some examples, as shown in
Specifically, in the example that each of the first fixing portions 114a includes one first engaging portion E1, and the first engaging portion E1 is disposed on a bottom surface of the upper lug PE, the second engaging portion E2 is disposed in a top surface of the second fixing portion 132. In the embodiment that each of the first fixing portions 114a includes two first engaging portions E1, and the two first engaging portions E1 are respectively disposed on the bottom surface of the upper lug PE and a top surface of the lower lug PE, the second fixing portion 132 includes two second engaging portions E2 respectively disposed on the top surface and a bottom surface thereof, such that the two first engaging portions E1 and the two second engaging portions E2 can be correspondingly engaged with each other. The aforementioned number and arrangement positions of the corresponding first engaging portions E1 and the second engaging portions E2 are merely used for illustration, and the present embodiment is not limited thereto.
In some examples, the first fixing portion 114a and the second fixing portion 132 are not provided with an engaging portion. In such examples, each of the first fixing portions 114a clamps the second fixing portion 132 through the interference fit between the two lugs PE and the second fixing portion 132.
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The wires 124 are inserted into the through holes 134 of the wire fixing unit 130, and then the second fixing portions 132 of the wire fixing unit 130 are clamped by using the first fixing portions 114a of the side wings 114 of the base 110, such that the wires 124 can be stably fixed by the wire fixing unit 130. In the example shown in
The stress on the wire unit 120 may fall on the wire fixing unit 130, such that the impact of the stress on the bonding between the wire unit 120 and the base 110 is reduced, and poor contact between the wire unit 120 and the base 110 is prevented. In addition, the wire fixing unit 130 can prevent the wires 124 passing through the connection seat 122 from being deflected, such that a distance between the adjacent wires 124 in the connection seat 122 is maintained, thereby preventing arcing between the adjacent wires 124, accidental contact between the adjacent wires 124, and/or signal interference between the adjacent wires 124 from occurring.
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A bottom 232a of the first block structure 232 is provided with a first concave CA1, and a top 234a of the second block structure 234 is provided with a second concave CA2. The first concave CA1 and the second concave CA2 are opposite to each other, and positions of the first concave CA1 and the second concave CA2 correspond to each other. When the bottom 232a of the first block structure 232 and the top 234a of the second block structure 234 are butted together, the first concave CA1 and the second concave CA2 collectively form a space SP that can accommodate plural wires 124. In other words, the wires 124 are sandwiched between the first block structure 232 and the second block structure 234. The wires 124 are spaced apart from each other in the space SP.
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The base 310 similarly includes a body 312 and two side wings 314. The two side wings 314 can be pivotally connected to two opposite sides of the body 312 respectively, such that the two side wings 314 can be rotatably connected to the body 312 with the pivot joints as the rotation axes. Each of the side wings 314 includes a first fixing portion 314a, and the first fixing portions 314a of the two side wings 314 are opposite to each other. Each of the first fixing portions 314a includes two lugs PE1, which are like the lugs PE of the first fixing portion 114a. The design of the lugs PE1 of the first fixing portion 314a is the same as the design of the lugs PE of the first fixing portion 114a, and will not be repeated here. The side wings 314 of the base 310 are shorter than the side wings 114 of the base 110. When the first fixing portions 314a of the side wings 314 are correspondingly engaged with the second fixing portions 132 of the wire fixing unit 130, the two side wings 314 are substantially aligned with the outlet end 136 of the wire fixing unit 130.
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In the connector assembly 400, a base 410 similarly includes a body 412 and two side wings 414. A connection method of the body 412 and the two side wings 414 is the same as that of the base 110, and will not be repeated here. Each of the side wings 414 includes a first fixing portion 414a. The first fixing portions 414a of the two side wings 414 may be opposite to each other. In some examples, each of the first fixing portions 414a may include a lug PE2, and the lug PE2 protrudes and extends from an inner side surface of the side wing 414 toward the opposite side wing 414. Each of the side wings 414 may further include a protruding portion 414b. The lug PE2 and the protruding portion 414b of each of the side wings 414 can respectively clamp the second fixing portion 432 from a first side surface 432a and a second side surface 432b of a second fixing portion 432 of the wire fixing unit 430, which are opposite to each other. Specifically, the lug PE2 of each of the first fixing portions 414a and the protruding portion 414b of the side wing 414 apply a clamping force on the corresponding second fixing portion 432 respectively along a third direction D3 and a fourth direction D4, which are opposite to each other. The third direction D3 and the fourth direction D4 are substantially parallel to the extending direction ED of the wires 124.
In some examples, each of the first fixing portions 414a may include two lugs PE2. The two lugs PE2 of each of the side wings 414 can clamp the second fixing portion 432 from the first side surface 432a and the second side surface 432b of the second fixing portion 432 of the wire fixing unit 430, which are opposite to each other. That is, one of the lugs PE2 of each of the first fixing portions 414a replaces the protruding portion 414b of the aforementioned side wing 414 to apply the clamping force on the second fixing portion 432. The two lugs PE2 of each of the first fixing portions 414a apply the clamping force to the corresponding second fixing portion 432 respectively along the opposite third direction D3 and the fourth direction D4.
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The wire fixing unit 630 may be a one-piece structure and is a block. The wire fixing unit 630 includes two second fixing portions 632 and plural through holes 634. The two second fixing portions 632 are located on one side surface 630a of the wire fixing unit 630, and may be, for example, adjacent to two opposite ends of the wire fixing unit 630 respectively. Positions and sizes of the two second fixing portions 632 correspond to positions and sizes of the first fixing portions 622f of the connection seat 622, and structures of the second fixing portions 632 match structures of the first fixing portions 622f. In some examples, one of the first fixing portion 622f and the second fixing portion 632 is a concave, and the other one of the first fixing portion 622f and the second fixing portion 632 is a clip fastener. For example, the clip fastener may be any suitable clip fastener such as a straight arm clip fastener, an L-type clip fastener, a circular clip fastener, a U-type clip fastener, etc. In the example shown in
The through holes 634 are arranged between two second fixing portions 632. Extending directions of the through holes 634 may be substantially parallel to each other. The number of the through holes 634 may be the same as the number of the wires 624 or greater than the number of the wires 624. Each of the wires 624 has its corresponding through hole 634 in position. The wires 624 can pass through the corresponding through holes 634.
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In the embodiment, the connector assembly 600 may further include a base 610. The base 610 may be a header base. Similarly, the base 610 may include a body 612 and two side wings 614. The two side wings 614 can be pivotally connected to two opposite sides of the body 612 respectively, such that the two side wings 614 can be rotatably connected to the body 612 with the pivot joints as the rotation axes. The base 610 is different from the base 110 of
According to the aforementioned embodiments, one advantage of the present disclosure is that a connector assembly of the present disclosure includes a wire fixing unit. The wire fixing unit can share most of the stress on a wire unit, such that the impact of the stress on the bonding of the wire unit and the base is greatly reduced, thereby effectively improving the contact stability of the wire unit and the base.
Another advantage of the present disclosure is that a wire fixing unit of a connector assembly of the present disclosure can prevent the deflection of wires of the wire unit, and can maintain the distance between adjacent wires, thereby preventing arcing, accidental contact, and/or signal interference between adjacent wires.
Although the present disclosure has been disclosed above with the embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present disclosure. Any person having ordinary skill in the art can make various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the scope of the present disclosure shall be determined by the appended claims.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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111139503 | Oct 2022 | TW | national |