This application is based upon and claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201811379703.4, filed on Nov. 20, 2018, Chinese Patent Application No. 201810799536.2, filed on Jul. 19, 2018, and Chinese Patent Application No. 201820543745.6, filed on Apr. 17, 2018, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention relates to the technical field of cable connectors, and in particular to a high-speed connector for an automobile.
As the autonomous level of the intelligent driving automobile increases continuously, the requirements of data transmission speed and bandwidth are increasing for the automobile operation storage system. Further, a high and strict security and reliability of the operation storage system regarded as an automobile brain is required. In the application environment of the automobile, when the automobile is located in environments such as high and low temperatures, corrosion, impact, and vibration, the signal quality problems are prone to appear.
The currently available automobile connector fails to satisfy the requirements of data transmission required by the electronic system of the intelligent driving automobile, and fails to meet the trend of the system miniaturization. Meanwhile, the currently available high-speed connector fails to be applied in the automobile in harsh environment.
The present invention is aimed at providing a high-speed connector for an automobile, capable of meeting the size and operation requirements of the connector required by the automobile operation storage system.
In the present invention, the following technical solution is used to achieve the above-mentioned objective: a high-speed connector for an automobile includes a wire terminal connector and a board terminal connector connected to the wire terminal connector, and further includes elastic sliding blocks provided on two sides of the wire terminal connector, the sliding blocks on the two sides are configured to be separated or integrated; the wire terminal connector includes a housing, a contact body and a wire rod; the contact body is installed in the housing; the contact body contacts and is connected to the board terminal connector; the wire rod is connected to the contact body, and extends out of the housing; the housing includes a main body portion and side snap-fit plates provided on two sides of the main body portion; a side snap-fit groove is provided in the side snap-fit plate; side snap-fit clasps are respectively provided on two sides of the board terminal connector; the side snap-fit plates are buckled on two sides of the board terminal connector by locking the side snap-fit clasps and the side snap-fit grooves; and the sliding blocks are installed on two sides of the side snap-fit plate, and slide along the side snap-fit plate.
Specifically, the contact body is a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) with a gold finger or a plastic board with a metal terminal.
Further, a front snap-fit plate is provided on a front surface of the main body portion of the housing; front snap-fit grooves are provided at two ends of the front snap-fit plate; front snap-fit clasps are provided on two ends of a front surface of the board terminal connector; the front snap-fit plate is buckled on a front end of the board terminal connector by locking the front snap-fit clasp and the front snap-fit groove; an extension wall is extendedly provided on a front surface of the sliding block; the extension wall is inserted between the front snap-fit plate and the main body portion.
Specifically, the front snap-fit plate and an insertion portion of the extension wall are respectively provided with a convex portion and a contact portion above the convex portion; an accommodating space between inner walls of the convex portion and the contact portion and the main body portion is reduced from bottom to top; the extension wall is inserted from the convex portion, and slides until the contact portion interferes the inner wall of the contact portion.
Preferably, a sloped surface is provided on an end surface where the extension wall contacts the inner wall of the front snap-fit plate.
Preferably, a guide groove is provided below the front snap-fit groove.
Further, a running groove is provided on an inner side of the sliding block; a pressing groove is provided on an outer side of the sliding block; when the sliding block slides upwards to an upper surface of the running groove and protrudes above the housing, a bottom of the sliding block is located above the side snap-fit plate, and the pressing groove of the sliding block is located above the housing.
Specifically, the front snap-fit plate is integrated or two ends of the front snap-fit plate are divided into two independent groups.
Preferably, the two ends of the front snap-fit plate are divided into the two independent groups; a reinforcing partition plate is provided between the two independent groups of the front snap-fit plate.
Further, a front limiting clasp is provided on the front surface of the sliding block; a corresponding front snap-fit block is provided on the front surface of the main body portion of the housing; the front limiting clasp is installed on the front snap-fit block; a rear limiting clasp is provided on a rear surface of the slide; a corresponding rear snap-fit block is provided on a rear surface of the main body portion of the housing; the rear limiting clasp is installed on the rear snap-fit block.
A limiting step of the main body portion for preventing the rear snap-fit clasp from continuing to slide upwardly is provided above the rear snap-fit block.
Preferably, a partition plate matched with the board terminal connector is provided below the main body portion of the housing; a guide sloped surface is provided on an inner side of the partition plate.
Specifically, the housing is an assembled housing, including a lower housing and an upper housing assembled with the lower housing.
Specifically, the board terminal connector includes a rubber core, a terminal and an outer iron housing; the terminal is provided in the rubber core; the outer iron housing is wrapped around the rubber core.
Preferably, a side surface of the outer iron housing is bent outward to form an accommodating space; the accommodating space limits a part of the main body portion of the housing of the wire terminal connector to an inner side of the accommodating space; a side surface of the rubber core is provided with a plurality of convex platforms outwards; an inner wall of the main body portion of the housing of the wire terminal connector is provided with a plurality of limiting grooves matched with the convex platforms.
According to the above-mentioned technical solution, the present invention has the following advantages:
1. The present invention can meet the strict testing requirements of the automobile connector. The structure is compact, which can meet the bandwidth requirement of the high-speed operation and storage, and realizes the technical requirements of a small interval and multi-channel. In the present invention, the sliding blocks on two sides are used to perform connection and unlocking, which is reliable, and space saving, and facilitates the unlocking operation.
2. In the present invention, side snap-fit plates are provided on two sides of the main body portion of the housing, and a front snap-fit plate is provided on the front surface, which realizes a double locking of the side ends and the front end. When any one of clasps is unlocked, the connector is ensured to work properly. Meanwhile, the front snap-fit clasp and the side snap-fit clasp are unlocked at the same time by sliding the sliding blocks on the two sides.
3. The two ends of the front snap-fit plate are separated into two independent groups, thereby reducing the length of the front snap-fit plate to facilitate unlocking. A reinforcing partition plate is provided in the middle of the two independent groups of the front snap-fit plates to increase the reliability of the overall structure.
4. A guide groove is provided below the front snap-fit groove, so that when the front snap-fit plate of the housing is matched with the front snap-fit clasp of the board terminal connector, the guide groove can play a role in the left and right guiding and avoid the left and right shaking caused by inclined insertion in the left and right direction.
5. A running groove is provided on the inner side of the sliding block, and a pressing groove is provided on the outer side of the sliding block, so that when the sliding block moves upward, the sliding block inwards presses the side snap-fit plate in the space of the running groove to realize unlocking by pressing the pressing groove, which has a better unlocking effect.
6. A front limiting clasp or/and a rear limiting clasp is provided on the front surface or/and the rear surface of the sliding block, and matched with the front snap-fit block or/and the rear snap-fit block of the housing to form a limiting structure, which can prevent the sliding block from overturning outward in the unlocking process, and avoid the pressing and unlocking invalidation of the sliding block.
7. A partition plate matched with the board terminal connector is provided below the housing, which increases the matching reliability between the wire terminal and the board terminal. The guide sloped surface is provided on the inner side of the partition plate to play a role of the front and rear guide to avoid inclined insertion in the front and rear direction.
8. The front surface of the outer iron housing of the board terminal connector is bent outwards to form an accommodating space matched with the wire terminal connector, which plays a role in limiting positions in the front, rear, left and right directions. The rubber core of the board terminal connector is provided with a convex platform matched with the limiting groove on the wire terminal connector housing to play a role in limiting positions in the left and right directions, thereby improving the reliability of the connection.
The reference numbers of the main components are illustrated below:
1: wire terminal connector, 2: board terminal connector, 21: rubber core, 211: convex platform, 22: terminal, 23: outer iron housing, 231: accommodating space, 24: side snap-fit clasp, 25: front snap-fit clasp, 3: sliding block, 31: pressing groove, 32: extension wall, 321: sloped surface, 33: front limiting clasp, 34: rear limiting clasp, 35: running groove, 4: lower housing, 41: main body portion, 411: front snap-fit block, 412: rear snap-fit block, 413: partition plate, 414: guide sloped surface 42: side snap-fit plate, 421: side snap-fit groove, 43: front snap-fit plate, 431: front snap-fit groove, 432: convex portion, 433: contact portion, 434: guide groove, 44: reinforcing partition plate, 441: limiting groove, 45: limiting step, 5: upper housing, 6: PCB, 7: wire rod.
In order to clarify the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention, the present invention will be further described in detail hereinafter with reference to the drawings and embodiments.
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The lower housing 4 includes a main body portion 41 and side snap-fit plates 42 provided on two sides of the main body portion 41. A side snap-fit groove 421 is provided on the side snap-fit plate 42. Side snap-fit clasps 24 are provided on two sides of the board terminal connector 2, and the side snap-fit clasp 24 and the side snap-fit groove 421 are locked to fasten the side snap-fit plates 42 on the two sides of the board terminal connector 2. The sliding blocks 3 are installed on two sides of the side snap-fit plate 42 and slide upwards and downwards along the side snap-fit plates 42. A pressing groove 31 is provided on the side surface of the sliding block 3.
In the installation process, the board terminal connector 2 is welded on the PCB, and then the sliding blocks 3 are installed so that the sliding blocks 3 are assembled on two sides of the side snap-fit plate 42 of the wire terminal connector 1. After that, the wire terminal connector 1 with the sliding blocks 3 is inserted into the board terminal connector 2, so that the sliding blocks 3 slide towards the board terminal connector 2 until the sliding blocks 3 overlap the side snap-fit clasps 24, and the side snap-fit groove 421 on the side snap-fit plate 42 and the side snap-fit clasp 24 are locked. As shown in
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In the present embodiment, the housing includes a lower housing 4 and an upper housing 5 assembled with the lower housing 4. The lower housing 4 includes a main body portion 41, side snap-fit plates 42 provided on two sides of the main body portion 41, and two groups of independent front snap-fit plates 43 on the front surface of the main body portion 41. A reinforcing partition plate 44 is provided in the middle of the two groups of independent front snap-fit plates 43.
A side snap-fit groove 421 is provided on the side snap-fit plate 42. Side snap-fit clasps 24 are provided on two sides of the board terminal connector 2. The side snap-fit clasp 24 and the side snap-fit groove 421 are locked to fasten the side snap-fit plates 42 on the two sides of the board terminal connector 2. A front snap-fit groove 431 is provided on an end portion of the front snap-fit plate 43. The front snap-fit clasps 25 are provided on two ends of the front surface of the board terminal connector 2. The front snap-fit clasp 25 and the front snap-fit groove 431 are locked to fasten the front snap-fit plate 43 on the front end of the board terminal connector 2.
An extension wall 32 is extendedly provided on the front surface of the sliding block 3, and inserted between the front snap-fit plate 43 and the main body portion 41. The front snap-fit plate 43 and an insertion portion of the extension wall 32 are respectively provided with a convex portion 432 and a contact portion 433 located above the convex portion 432. The accommodating space between the inner walls of the contact portion 433 and the convex portion 432 and the main body portion 41 is reduced from the lower end to the upper end. The extension wall 32 is inserted from the convex portion 432, and slides until the contact portion 433 interferes the inner wall of the contact portion 433, thereby realizing the unlocking of the front snap-fit clasp 25. The end surface where the extension wall 32 contacts the inner wall of the front snap-fit plate 43 is provided with a sloped surface 321 to facilitate the sliding motion of the extension wall 32 from the lower end to the upper end.
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The lower housing 4 includes a main body portion 41, side snap-fit plates 42 provided on two sides of the main body portion 41, and two groups of independent front snap-fit plates 43 provided on the front surface of the main body portion 41. A reinforcing partition plate 44 is provided in the middle of the two groups of independent front snap-fit plates 43. A side snap-fit groove 421 is provided on the side snap-fit plate 42. Side snap-fit clasps 24 are provided on two sides of the board terminal connector 2, and locked with the side snap-fit grooves 421 to fasten the side snap-fit plates 42 on the two sides of the board terminal connector 2. A front snap-fit groove 431 is provided on the end portion of the front snap-fit plate 43, front snap-fit clasps 25 are provided on two ends of the front surface of the board terminal connector 2, and the front snap-fit clasp 25 is locked with the front snap-fit groove 431 to fasten the front snap-fit plate 43 on the front end of the board terminal connector 2. As shown in
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Alternatively, in another embodiment, the rear surface of the outer iron housing 23 of the board terminal connector 2 is bent outwards to form an accommodating space. A limiting partition plate (not shown in the drawings) is correspondingly provided on the rear surface of the main body portion of the wire terminal connector. The dimension of the accommodating space is matched with the limit partition plate. The inner side of the rubber core of the board terminal connector protrudes outwards to form two convex platforms. Two limiting grooves matched with the convex platforms are provided on the inner wall of the main body portion of the wire terminal connector. The rest of the structure is the same as that of Embodiment 3.
The above-mentioned limiting structure on the outer side or the inner side of the board terminal connector is used to limit positions in the left, right, front and rear directions when the inserted connection of the wire terminal and the board terminal is performed.
Embodiment 4 in the present invention is an optimal embodiment. The high-speed connector of the present invention is suitable in an environment such as high and low temperatures, corrosion, shock and vibration, and has a high practicability.
The above descriptions are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, but the protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereby. The changes or substitutions obtained easily by any person skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed by the present invention would be within the scope of the present invention.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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201820543745.6 | Apr 2018 | CN | national |
201810799536.2 | Jul 2018 | CN | national |
201811379703.4 | Nov 2018 | CN | national |