BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a prior art;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a first preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the first preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is an exploded view of a second preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of an electric potential of an output terminal in accordance with the second preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is an exploded view of a third preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a schematic view of an electric potential of an output terminal in accordance with a fourth preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a perspective rear view of the fourth preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 9 is a schematic view of an electric potential of an output terminal in accordance with a fifth preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 10 is a perspective rear view of the fifth preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 11 is an exploded view of a sixth preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 12 is a schematic view of an output terminal of a seventh preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 13 is an exploded view of a portion of the seventh preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 14 is an exploded view of an eighth preferred embodiment of the present invention; and
FIG. 15 is a perspective view of the eighth preferred embodiment of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
To make it easier for our examiner to understand the technical characteristics, objective and performance of the invention, we use a preferred embodiment together with the attached drawings for the detailed description of the invention.
Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3 for a perspective view and an exploded view of a first preferred embodiment of the present invention respectively, the present invention provides a power connector, and the power connector is a 4-pin periphery power connector in this embodiment, and the power connector is applicable for connecting a set of power cables 7, and the power cables 7 are divided into several different power wires 71a, 71b, 71c having different electric potentials, wherein the power wire 71a has a 12V potential, the power wire 71b has a zero reference potential (COM), and the power wire 71c has a 5V potential. The power connector includes a hollow insulating casing 1, a plurality of output terminals 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d contained into the insulating casing 1 and electrically coupled to the power wire 71a, 71b, 71c; and an electric conducting component 5 electrically coupled to output terminals having an equal electric potential 3b, 3c.
The insulating casing 1 includes a plurality of positioning slots 11 therein, and defines an end of the positioning slot 11 as a power input terminal 111 electrically coupled to the power wire 71a, 71b, 71c.
The output terminals 3a, 3b, 3d are installed in the positioning slot 11, wherein the output terminals 3a, 3b, 3d are electrically coupled to the power input terminal 111 along the directions of the power wires 71a, 71b, 71c respectively, and coupled to an external electric appliance in the direction of the power output terminal 113.
The electric conducting component 5 electrically coupled to output terminals having an equal electric potential 3b, 3c are preferably made of a metal material, wherein the foregoing electric conducting component 5 can be electrically coupled to the output terminals 3b, 3c by means of an integral punching method or a hole-for-insertion method. In this embodiment, the electric conducting component 5 is electrically coupled to the output terminals 3b, 3c by an integral punching method for containing an electric conducting component 5 by a guiding slot 8, wherein the guiding slot 8 is interconnected to two positioning slots 11 of the output terminals with an equal electric potential 3b, 3c by the hole-for-insertion method. By the foregoing electrically coupled electric conducting component 5, the output terminals 3b, 3c have an equal electric potential, so that the power wire 71b can use the electric conducting component 5 to divide the electric connection of the output terminals 3b, 3c, so as to output electric power with an equal electric potential and save one of the original two power wires having the same electric potential. The present invention can effectively save the material of power wire.
Referring to FIGS. 4 and 5 for an exploded view of a portion of a second preferred embodiment of the present invention and a schematic view of the electric potential of an output terminal of a second preferred embodiment of the present invention respectively, the difference between the second preferred embodiment from the first preferred embodiment resides on its using a guiding hole 9 to pass and electrically connect the electric conducting component 5 to the output terminals 3b, 3c having an equal electric potential.
Referring to FIG. 6 for an exploded view of a portion of a third preferred embodiment of the present invention, the difference of the third preferred embodiment from the first preferred embodiment of the present invention resides on its using a conducting wire to replace the electric conducting plate for an electric conducting component 5.
Referring to FIGS. 7 and 8 for a schematic view of the electric potential of an output terminal of a fourth preferred embodiment of the present invention and a perspective rear view of a fourth preferred embodiment of the present invention respectively, the power connector of this embodiment is a 12V 4-pin power connector. Similar to the first preferred embodiment that uses a hole disposed on a side, two output terminals 3a, 3b having a 12V potential are used to electrically conduct a first power wire 71a having a 12V potential by an electric conducting component disposed in the guiding slot 8a, such that two output terminals 3c, 3d having a zero potential (COM) are used to electrically conduct a second power wire 71b having a 12V potential by another electric conducting component disposed in the guiding slot 8b.
Referring to FIGS. 9 and 10 for a schematic view of the electric potential of output terminal of a fifth preferred embodiment of the present invention and a perspective rear view of the fifth preferred embodiment of the present invention respectively, the power connector of this embodiment is a 6-pin PCI-E power connector, and this embodiment uses the same method of having a hole on a side as the first preferred embodiment, such that three output terminals 3a, 3b, 3c having a zero reference potential (COM) are conducted electrically to a first power wire 71a having a 12V potential by two electric conducting component having a 12V potential and disposed in two guiding slots 8a, 8b along the same axis, and three output terminals 3d, 3e, 3f having a 12V potential is conducted electrically to a second power wire 71b having a 12V potential by another two electric conducting components disposed in the two guiding slots 8c, 8d along the same axis.
Referring to FIG. 11 for an exploded view of a sixth preferred embodiment of the present invention, the power connector of this embodiment is a 15-pin Serial ATA power connector. Similar to the second preferred embodiment that adopts a hole-for-insertion method, two output terminals 3a, 3c having a zero reference potential (COM) are electrically conducted by passing the electric conducting component 5 through the guiding hole 9, wherein the guiding hole 9 is disposed across the positioning slot 11b to interconnect the positioning slot 11a and the positioning slot 11c, so as to set the output terminal 3b across to constitute an equal electric potential for the output terminal 3a and the output terminal 3c.
Referring to FIGS. 12 and 13 for a schematic view of the electric potential of an output terminal of a seventh preferred embodiment of the present invention and an exploded view of a portion of the seventh preferred embodiment of the present invention respectively, the power connector of this embodiment is an 24-pin integrated ATX main power connector. Similar to the first preferred embodiment that adopts a hole-for-insertion on a side, the output terminal having an equal electric potential and adjacent to the hole this embodiment can be conducted electrically, wherein the output terminals 3d, 3u are signal lines for transmitting signals from a power output terminal 113 to a power input terminal 111. It is noteworthy that the output terminals 3a, 3m, 3n are contained in three positioning slots distributed in an L-shape, and a guiding slot 8a, 8b is disposed separately along the horizontal axis and a vertical axis between the foregoing three positioning slots. The output terminals 3e, 3f, 3r, 3s, 3t having a zero reference potential (COM) are contained in five positioning slots distributed in a U-shape, and two parallel guiding slots 8c, 8d are disposed along the horizontal axis between the five positioning slots, and another two guiding slots 8e, 8f are disposed along the same axis between the two parallel guiding slots. Further, the output terminals 3h, 3i, 3j having a 5V potential are contained in three positioning slots in the same axis and two guiding slots 8g, 8h are disposed among the three positioning slots.
Referring to FIGS. 14 and 15 for an exploded view and a perspective view of an eighth preferred embodiment of the invention respectively, the power connector of this embodiment is a separate connecting 20pin+4Pin ATX main power connector. Unlike the sixth preferred embodiment, the output terminals 3h, 3i having a 5V potential of this embodiment are contained in two positioning slots, and only one guiding slot 8j is disposed between two positioning slots, and the output terminals 3w, 3x are not conducted electrically.
In summation of the description above, the power connector of the invention uses at least one electric conducting component to pass through a guiding slot or a guiding hole, so that the output terminals having an equal electric potential can be conducted electrically, and one of the power wires can use the electric conducting component to divide the electric power to be connected to several output terminals, and the power output terminal can output electric power having an equal electric potential. Therefore, the invention can save the material of power wires and complies with the requirements of patent applications.
While the invention has been described by means of specific embodiments, numerous modifications and variations could be made thereto by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention set forth in the claims.
Patent Application
20080030925
