This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 2024219742750, filed on Aug. 15, 2024, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
The present application relates to the technical field of data cables, and more particularly to a novel retractable data cable.
People often carry electronic products such as mobile phones and tablets when going out. In order to charge the electronic products, people usually carry a power bank equipped with data cable. The common data cable has a long strip structure, which makes it difficult to store and even causes knotting and entanglement when not in use. To solve such problems, a retractable data cable has been designed and published on the market, for example, Chinese patent CN 215732537U discloses a unidirectional free-pulling data cable, by winding the data cable onto the wheel core, a clamping assembly is provided on the outer side of the wheel cover at the top of the wheel core, the clamping assembly is used to cooperate with the elastic member to control the forward and backward rotation of the wheel core, thereby achieving automatic extension and retraction of the data cable.
However, during use of the retractable data cable, frequent bending at the connection between the plug and the data cable may cause the protective layer at the data cable joint to crack, resulting in the exposure of internal optical fibers and wires. Moreover, the tensile force of the retractable data cable at the cracking point of the protective layer will exacerbate the severity of data cable damage, affecting the normal and safe use of the data cable. In addition, the winding and extension range of the retractable data cable is constrained by the elastic member, which is not conductive to stretching the data cable for a long distance in special situations far away from the power socket.
The present disclosure aims to provide a novel retractable data cable to address the problems raised in the background.
To achieve above objectives, the present disclosure adopts the following technical solutions.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, a novel retractable data cable is provided, including a housing and a conductive component. Herein the housing includes a first circuit board, a housing base is fixed on a top of the first circuit board, and a second circuit board is fixed on a top of the housing base. The conductive component is installed between the first circuit board and the housing base, the conductive component includes a conductive shaft, and an outer side of the conductive shaft is rotatably sleeved with a conductive carrier.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the novel retractable data cable further includes a winding component, a data cable, a pug component, a positioning group, and a clamping component.
Herein the winding component is rotatably connected to a top surface of the first circuit board, and the winding component includes a first turntable and a second turntable, the first turntable and the second turntable are clamped to respectively fix at both ends of the conductive carrier, and a coil spring is installed on the second turntable.
Herein the data cable is wrapped on an outer side of the conductive carrier for fixation.
Herein the plug component is fixedly installed at a leading-out terminal of the data cable, and the plug component includes a fixed sleeve detachably fixed to the data cable, one end of the fixed sleeve is fixedly connected with a protective cover, and one end of the protective cover is fixed with a plug.
Herein the positioning group is installed inside the protective cover and configured to pull the data cable to move into an interior of the fixed sleeve.
Herein the clamping component is disposed in an inner top of the housing base and configured to clamp and fix the winding component being in a rotating state.
In some preferred embodiments of the present disclosure, two first convex columns and two second convex columns are fixed on a top surface of the first turntable, and the first convex columns and the second convex columns pass through a conductive holder to fix with the second turntable.
In some preferred embodiments of the present disclosure, the interior of the fixed sleeve is slidably snap-fitted with a splint, and an outer side of the fixed sleeve is threadable fastened with a stud being rotated with the splint.
In some preferred embodiments of the present disclosure, the positioning group includes a base, a shaft, a latch, and a telescopic rod.
Herein the base is fixed on the interior of the protective cover, two first rollers and two second rollers are rotatably provided on a top surface of the base, and the data cable is wound between the first rollers and the second rollers for transmission.
Herein the shaft is rotatably inserted with a corresponding second roller, and a wedge block is fixedly sleeved on an outer side of the shaft.
Herein the latch is sliding engaged with the wedge block.
Herein the telescopic rod is provided with two, an output end of each telescopic rod is fixed to the latch, and another end of each telescopic rod is fixed to the protective cover.
In some preferred embodiments of the present disclosure, a magnet is fixed on an outer side of the housing base, and an iron sheet is fixedly embedded on an outer side of the plug.
In some preferred embodiments of the present disclosure, a connecting shaft is rotatably connected to a top of the conductive shaft, an inner side of the second turntable is fixed with a pillar, and two ends of the coil spring are fixedly connected to the connecting shaft and the pillar, respectively.
In some preferred embodiments of the present disclosure, the winding component further includes a drive column fixedly fastened with the connecting shaft, and the drive column passes through one end of the second circuit board to slidably connect with a slider.
In some preferred embodiments of the present disclosure, the clamping component includes a swing arm, a flexure piece, and a rotating wheel.
Herein the swing arm is rotatably installed at an inner top of the housing base, wherein an outer side of the swing arm is slidably engaged with risen mouldings, and a top surface of the swing arm is fixed with a first lug and a second lug.
Herein the flexure piece is fixed on a top of the swing arm.
Herein the rotating wheel is rotatably installed between the first lug and the second lug.
In some preferred embodiments of the present disclosure, an outer side of the second turntable is provided with a plurality of notches movable snap-fitted with the risen mouldings, and an interior of the swing arm is threadable fastened with a screw rotatably connected with the risen mouldings.
In some preferred embodiments of the present disclosure, the rotating wheel is rotatably connected to the inner top of the housing base, and an outer side of the rotating wheel is provided with first slots and second slots.
Compared with the existing technologies, the novel retractable data cable of the present disclosure has at least the following beneficial effects.
1. By slidably holding the slider at the top of the drive column to allow the middle of the coil spring and the drive column can rotate on the circuit board, at this time the coil spring no longer provides a reverse elastic force to the rotated winding component to rotate its initial position. Then, manually push the two ends of the shaft to slide the wedge block on the outer side of the shaft along the caliper. The second rollers on the outer side of the shaft stretch the data cable towards the interior of the protective cover, allowing the data cable near one end of the fixed sleeve to be stored and moved to a certain distance to the interior of the protective cover. Thus, the frequently bent and damaged areas on the data cable can be moved to the interior of the protective cover for protection, and the intact position on the data cable can be moved to the fixed sleeve near the plug component, effectively preventing the internal optical fibers and wires from being exposed.
2. By rotating the stud with an external screwdriver to move the splint towards a direction of the data cable, causing the splint to press and fix the data cable to the interior of the fixed sleeve. After adjusting the position of the data cable by the positioning group, the fixed sleeve can be fixed at the rear end of the damaged data cable. When pulling the plug component by hand, the tension of the data cable is applied to the rear of the damaged area of the data cable through the fixed sleeve, effectively preventing the tension of the data cable from acting on the crack of the protective layer and aggravating the severity of the data cable damage.
3. By rotating the screw to slide the risen mouldings into the interior of the swing arm, the clamping component is no longer clamped to the winding component in a fixed rotating state. Then, pulling the plug component can pull out all data cables wrapped around the outside of the winding component, achieving the use of long distance data cables.
4. By rotating the stud in the opposite direction, the risen mouldings are engaged with the notches on the outer side of the driving wheel. The slider at the top of the sliding column is slid and inserted into the rectangular slot at the corresponding position on the second circuit board. The middle of the coil spring is fixed to the second circuit board through the drive column, and the outer side of the coil spring is fixed to the inner side of the second turntable through the pillar. During the process of pulling out the data cable, the coil spring will enwind and store energy. At the same time, the clamping component can fix the winding component after releasing the data cable, allowing the data cable to be stretched out for short distance use. Then, pull the data cable again, the clamping component is no longer fixed the winding component. At this time, under the elastic force of the coil spring, the winding component reels the data cable, making it easier to automatically retract the data cable and achieve a switch use between long distance and short distance of the data cable.
In the drawings, reference numerals are as follows.
100. Housing, 110. First circuit board, 111. Pin connector, 120. Housing base, 121. Magnet, 122. First locating shaft, 123. Second locating shaft, 124. Mounting groove, 130. Second circuit board, 131. Rectangular slot.
200. Conductive component, 210. Conductive shaft, 211. Connecting shaft, 220. Conductive carrier.
300. Winding component, 310. First turntable, 311. First convex column, 312. Second convex column, 320. Second turntable, 321. Notch, 322. Pillar, 330. Coil spring, 340. Drive column, 341. Slider, 342. Insert block.
400. Data cable.
500. Plug component, 510. Fixed sleeve, 511. Splint, 512. Stud, 520. Protective cover, 530. Plug.
600. Positioning group, 610. Base, 611. First roller, 612. Second roller, 620. Shaft, 621. Wedge block, 622. Pull block, 630. Latch, 640. Telescopic rod.
700. Clamping component, 710. Swing arm, 711. Risen moulding, 712. First lug, 713. Second lug, 714. Screw, 720. Flexure piece, 730. Rotating wheel, 731. First slot, 732. Second slot.
The following will clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, and not all of them. Based on the embodiments of the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by one of ordinary skill in the art without creative labor shall fall within the scope of protection of the present invention.
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Specifically, by movable arranging the existing publicly available clamping component 700 on the outer side of the winding component 300, it can facilitate the automatic pulling and retraction of the data cable for short distances when the clamping component 700 is movable clamped with the winding component 300. And when the clamping component 700 is separated from the winding component 300, it is easy to pull out the data cable 400 from the winding component 300 for long distances, allowing the data cable to be used for long distances and expanding the use range of the retractable data cable. By the positioning group 600, the damaged area on the data cable 400 due to frequent bending is moved to the interior of the protective cover 520 of the plug component 500 for protection, preventing further damage to the damaged area on the data cable 400 by pulling the data cable through the plug component 500. The intact area on the data cable 400 is moved to the position of the fixed sleeve 510 for clamping and fixing, the pulling force of the data cable is applied on the rear of the damaged area on the data cable 400, further preventing the pulling force of the data cable from acting on the cracked and damaged area of the protective layer and aggravating the damage of the data cable, which is beneficial for extending the service life of the data cable.
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In some embodiments of the present disclosure, by manually pulling the pull blocks 622 at both ends of the shaft 620, the data cable 400 is pulled towards the interior of the protective cover 520 through the second rollers 612. This allows the damaged area of the data cable 400 that near the fixed sleeve 510 to be moved to the interior of the protective cover 520 for protection. During the movement of the shaft 620, the wedge block 621 on the outer side of the shaft 620 slides along the latch 630, and the teeth on the latch 630 are also wedge-shaped. The latch 630 uses the telescopic rod 640 (existing member, that is a spring telescopic rod) to flexibly contact with the wedge block 621, so the latch 630 can fix the wedge block 621 in its moved position, thereby keeping the shaft 620 be fixed in position after movement, allowing the data cable 400 to be stably stored in the interior of the protective cover 520.
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In some embodiments of the present disclosure, a wristband is fixed on the surface of the slider 341 for easy sliding the slider 341. After sliding the slider 341 away from the rectangular slot 131, the drive column 340 can rotate on the second circuit board 130, causing the connecting shaft 211 to no longer be in a fixed state, and the middle of the coil spring 330 to be in an active rotating state. At this time, the winding component 300 rotates to wind up or release the data cable without being affected by the coil spring 330. And the damaged area on the data cable is moved to the interior of the protective cover 520, which will not cause the coil spring 330 to wind up and store energy, and also convenient to release the data cable for long distances. Further, by rotating the drive column 340, longer data cable can also be wound up.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the top of the connecting shaft 211 is provided with a notch for easy clamping the coil spring 330, and the bottom of the drive column 340 is fixed with an insert block 342 for clamping with the notch, allowing the drive column 340 to control whether the connecting shaft 211 rotates or not.
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In some other embodiments of the present disclosure, in order to clamp and fix the winding component 300 after releasing the data cable, the following structures are also provided.
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Specifically, during the process of using the clamping component 700 to retract and release the data cable, when releasing the data cable, the plug component 500 is used to pull the data cable. The data cable rotates with the second turntable 320, causing the risen mouldings 711 on the swing arm 710 to detach from the notches 321 on the second turntable 320. The swing arm 710 deviates from its initial position, and the flexure piece 720 undergoes deformation, providing a reset elastic force to the swing arm 710. After releasing the plug component 500, the elastic force of the coil spring 330 rotates the winding component 300 in the opposite direction to wind up the data cable. However, at this time, the swing arm 710 resets, and the second lug 713 on the swing arm 710 is engaged with the second slots 732 on the rotating wheel 730. Thus the swing arm 710 is limited and fixed, causing the winding component 300 to stop rotating.
When winding up the data cable, one end of the plug component 500 is pulled again, to allow the second turntable 320 rotate again, and the risen mouldings 711 on the swing arm 710 disengages from the notches 321, causing the swing arm 710 to deviate from its initial position. The flexure piece 720 provides the swing arm 710 a restoring force. After the user lets go, the second turntable 320 is reset under the action of the coil spring 330, and at the same time, the flexure piece 720 is reset with the swing arm 710. On the swing arm 710, the first lug 712 is engaged with the first slots 731, and the swing arm 710 is fixed again. Due to the depth of the first slots 731 is greater than that of the second slots 732, when the swing arm 710 is fixed, the angle at which the risen mouldings 711 on the swing arm 710 swings is greater than the angle at which the risen mouldings 711 swings during the data cable being loosen. Additionally, when the risen mouldings 711 stays outside of the notches 321 on the second turntable 320, it cannot prevent the second turntable 320 from rotating, and all data cable are retracted under the action of the coil spring 330.
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In the present disclosure, the clamping component 700 is the clamping structure disclosed in the Chinese patent CN215732537U titled “unidirectional free-pulling data cable”, and its detailed operating principle shall not be repeated herein.
For one of ordinary skill in the art, it is obvious that the present disclosure is not limited to the details of the above exemplary embodiments, and can be implemented in other specific forms without departing from the concept or essential features of the present disclosure. Therefore, from any point of view, the embodiments should be regarded as exemplary and non-limiting, and the scope of the present disclosure shall be limited by the appended claims rather than the description above. Accordingly, it is intended to encompass all variations falling within the meaning and scope of the equivalent elements of the claims within the scope of present disclosure. Any reference numerals in the claims should not be regarded as limiting the claims involve.
In addition, it should be understood that although this specification is described according to the embodiments, not each embodiment only contains one independent technical solution. Such description in the specification is only for clarity, and one of ordinary skill in the art should consider the specification as a whole. The technical solutions in each embodiment can also be appropriately combined to form other embodiments that one of ordinary skill in the art can understand.
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