CN109586058B

CN109586058B - Connector assembly and equipment box

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Publication number: CN109586058B
Application number: CN201710912113.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李立新; 习冰寒; 张志中; 刘向阳
Original assignee: China Aviation Optical Electrical Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: China Aviation Optical Electrical Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2017-09-29
Filing date: 2017-09-29
Publication date: 2021-03-23
Anticipated expiration: 2037-09-29
Also published as: CN109586058A

Abstract

The invention relates to a connector assembly and an equipment box. The equipment box comprises a box body, wherein an external socket and a printed board are respectively fixed on two adjacent walls of the box body, a wiring hole is further formed in the box body, one end of the equipment box is connected with the external socket, the other end of the equipment box penetrates through the wiring hole and then is connected with the printed board through a connecting part of the equipment box, and the adapter is a flexible part of which the main body part can be freely bent. According to the connector assembly, the traditional mode of connecting the lead with the terminal is replaced by the adapter, the adapter is a conductive piece and has good flexibility, one end of the adapter is directly connected with the printed board through the connecting part of the adapter, the terminal does not need to be welded, and therefore the phenomenon of tin climbing during welding does not exist, the effective bending length of the adapter can be increased, the connector assembly is suitable for the condition that the axis of the printed board is coplanar with the axis of the external socket, the printed board can be arranged in a mode of deviating from the axis of the external socket, and the applicability of the connector assembly is improved.

Description

Connector assembly and equipment box

Technical Field

The invention relates to a connector assembly and an equipment box.

Background

For some equipment boxes, in order to realize the circuit connection between the printed board on the panel of the equipment box and the outside of the equipment box, an external socket is generally required to be penetrated and installed on a side plate of the equipment box, then the external socket is connected with the printed board through a through-connection conductive piece, the RU box for transmitting power and signals is a common equipment box, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, a printed board 02 is fixed on a sealed box body panel 011, a mounting hole 0121 is arranged on a side plate 012 which is vertical to the panel 011 for installing the printed board 02, an RU socket 03 (namely an external socket) is arranged in the mounting hole 0121, a wiring hole 0111 is also arranged on the panel 011 for installing the printed board 02, the plug connector 05 and a crimping connector 06 are respectively welded at two ends of a wire 04, the operation can be carried out at the wiring hole 0111, the plug connector 05 at one end of the wire 04 is in inserted and matched with the box insertion contact piece of the RU socket 03, and the crimping connector 06 at the other end of the wire 04, the wire switching mode is very convenient for the condition that the axis of the mounting hole is coplanar with the printed board, but when the printed board 02 deviates from the axis of the mounting hole 0121 and the mounting hole 0121 is close to the printed board 02 fixed on the panel 011, the connection between the two guiding ends and the RU socket 03 and the printed board 02 can be realized after the wire 04 is bent. Due to the fact that the printed board 02 and the RU socket 03 are close in position and the connected lead 04 is short, and due to the fact that the lead 04 is welded with the plug connectors 05 and the crimping connectors 06 at two ends to climb tin, the size of the lead 04 which can be actually bent is very small, the lead 04 is difficult to bend, assembly is very difficult, and the application range of a lead switching mode is limited to a certain extent.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a connector component which can be assembled very conveniently no matter whether a printed board and an external socket are arranged in a way of deviating from the axis; the invention also aims to provide an equipment box provided with the connector assembly.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the connector assembly of the present invention adopts the following technical solutions:

the technical scheme 1: the connector assembly comprises an external socket used for being installed on a side plate of the equipment box, and further comprises a flexible adapter part, wherein the main body part of the flexible adapter part can be freely bent, one end of the flexible adapter part is connected with the external socket, and the other end of the flexible adapter part is provided with a connecting part used for being connected with a printed board. The flexible adapter replaces the traditional mode of connecting the lead with the terminal, the flexible adapter is a conductive piece and has good flexibility, one end of the flexible adapter is directly connected with the printed board through the connecting part of the flexible adapter, and the terminal does not need to be welded, so that the phenomenon of tin climbing during welding does not exist, the effective bending length of the adapter can be increased, the flexible adapter is suitable for the condition that the axes of the printed board and the external socket are coplanar, the flexible adapter is also suitable for the condition that the printed board deviates from the axis of the external socket, and the applicability of the connector assembly is improved.

The technical scheme 2 is as follows: on the basis of the technical scheme 1, the flexible adapter is a soft copper bar. The copper bar has good conductive performance and good flexibility.

Technical scheme 3: on the basis of the

technical scheme

1 or 2, the connecting part is provided with a crimping screw hole used for being connected with a printed board. The crimping screw hole is convenient to process, convenient to connect and reliable in electric conduction.

The technical scheme 4 is as follows: on the basis of the technical scheme 3, one end of the flexible adapter connected with the external socket is mechanically connected with a connector clip, and the connector clip is in plug-in fit with the external socket. The plug connector is convenient to be connected with an external socket and is high in detachability.

The technical scheme 5 is as follows: on the basis of the technical scheme 4, the plug connector is a contact pin.

The equipment box adopts the following technical scheme:

the technical scheme 1: the equipment box comprises a box body, wherein an external socket and a printed board are respectively fixed on two adjacent walls of the box body, a wiring hole is further formed in the box body, one end of the equipment box is connected with the external socket, the other end of the equipment box penetrates through the wiring hole and then is connected with the printed board through a connecting part of the equipment box, and the adapter is a flexible part of which the main body part can be freely bent. According to the connector assembly, the traditional mode of connecting the lead with the terminal is replaced by the adapter, the adapter is a conductive piece and has good flexibility, one end of the adapter is directly connected with the printed board through the connecting part of the adapter, the terminal does not need to be welded, and therefore the phenomenon of tin climbing during welding does not exist, the effective bending length of the adapter can be increased, the connector assembly is suitable for the condition that the axis of the printed board is coplanar with the axis of the external socket, the printed board can be arranged in a mode of deviating from the axis of the external socket, and the applicability of the connector assembly is improved.

The technical scheme 2 is as follows: on the basis of the technical scheme 1, the printed board is arranged deviating from the axis of the external socket. When the printed board deviates from the axis of the external socket, the adapter needs to be bent to realize simultaneous connection with the printed board and the external socket.

Technical scheme 3: on the basis of the

technical scheme

1 or 2, the adaptor is a soft copper bar. The copper bar has good conductive performance and good flexibility.

The technical scheme 4 is as follows: on the basis of the technical scheme 3, the connecting part is provided with a crimping screw hole used for being connected with the printed board. The crimping screw hole is convenient to process, convenient to connect and reliable in electric conduction.

The technical scheme 5 is as follows: on the basis of the technical scheme 4, one end of the adapter piece, which is connected with the external socket, is mechanically connected with a plug piece, and the plug piece is in plug-in fit with the external socket.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic partial structure diagram of a RU box of the prior art;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the RU socket and the adapting wire of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a partial structure of the equipment cabinet of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of the external connector socket and the adaptor in fig. 3;

FIG. 5 is an exploded view of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the connection state of the external socket and the printed board with the case;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the adapter before being connected to the external socket;

fig. 8 is a schematic view of a state after the adaptor is connected to the external socket and before the adaptor is connected to the printed board;

fig. 9 is a schematic diagram showing a state after the adaptor is connected to the printed board;

in fig. 1 and 2: 01-box body, 011-panel, 0111-wiring hole, 012-side plate, 0121-mounting hole, 02-printed board, 03-RU socket, 04-wire, 05-plug connector and 06-crimping connector;

in FIGS. 3-9: 1-equipment box, 11-panel, 111-wiring hole, 12-side plate, 121-mounting hole, 2-connector component, 21-external socket, 211-jack, 212-square disc shell, 213-insulator, 214-retainer ring, 22-printed board, 23-adapter, 231-pin, 232-crimping screw hole, 3-first screw and 4-second screw.

Detailed Description

The following further describes embodiments of the present invention with reference to the drawings.

The main conception of the invention is as follows: aiming at the connection between an external socket and a printed board which are close to each other in relative positions on a traditional equipment box, as a certain distance is formed between the printed board and the external socket, a wire for switching connection between the printed board and the external socket can be simultaneously connected with the external socket and the external socket only by bending, under the condition that the positions of the printed board and the external socket are close to each other, the required wire is generally short, both ends of the wire also need to be welded with a crimping piece and a plug connector, and the tin climbing phenomenon after welding causes that the part of the wire which can be bent is very limited, so that the connection between the switched wire and the external socket and the printed board is very inconvenient, and the wire is difficult to bend to realize correct; the invention provides a concept that a soft adapter is adopted, for example, the soft adapter can be a soft copper bar, so that the copper bar replaces a lead, a crimping screw hole is directly arranged at one end of the copper bar and is used for being in conductive connection with a connecting hole of a printed board, a welding mode is not adopted for connecting the terminal, so that the crimping piece connected with the printed board and the soft copper bar are made into an integrated structure, a contact pin is arranged at the other end of the copper bar in a penetrating mode through riveting or a forced installation mode by means of elastic deformation, the contact pin and the soft copper bar are not required to be welded, and the problem that the lead cannot be bent or is difficult to bend due to welding of the crimping piece and the connector of the lead.

As shown in fig. 3-5, the equipment box 1 of the present invention includes a box body, on which a connector assembly 2 and a printed board 22 are disposed, the connector assembly 2 includes external sockets 21 respectively mounted on two adjacent and mutually perpendicular side walls of the box body, wherein a mounting hole 121 is disposed on a side plate 12 of the box body near a connection corner between the side plate and a panel 11, as shown in fig. 6, a square plate housing 212 of the external socket 21 is connected to the side plate 12 by a first screw 3 through a connection hole on a flange thereof, a connection hole 111 is disposed on the panel 11 near the mounting hole 121, the printed board 22 is connected to the panel 11 beside the connection hole 111 by a screw or other means, and a small distance is provided between the printed board 22 and the mounting hole 121 or an axis of the external socket 21. The external socket 21 is a structure in the prior art, and includes a cylindrical housing body, a square disc housing 212, a retainer ring 214, and a contact member encapsulated in the cylindrical housing through an insulator 213, wherein one end of the contact member close to the printed board 22 is a jack 211, and the other end of the contact member is a structure adapted to be plugged with an external plug, and has a dust cover.

The connector component 2 further comprises an adapter piece 23, the adapter piece 23 is used for achieving conductive connection of the external socket 21 and the printed board 22, the adapter piece 23 is made of a soft copper bar, the copper bar can be freely bent, one end of the copper bar is provided with a crimping screw hole 232 used for being connected with a connecting hole in the printed board 22 through a second screw 4, and crimping and fixing of one end of the adapter piece 23 are achieved; the other end of copper bar is connected with contact pin 231, and the connected mode can be extrusion fixed, riveting fixed or bonding etc. and the size of the size of contact pin 231 matches with jack 211 of external socket 21 for peg graft with this jack 211 adaptation. Because the external socket 21 is provided with the two jacks 211, the adaptor 23 consists of two copper bars, each copper bar is provided with two crimping screw holes 232 and a contact pin 231, and the two copper bars are not in contact with each other.

The equipment box of the invention is assembled: as shown in fig. 6, firstly, the printed board 22 is mounted on the panel 11 near the wiring hole 111, the mounting hole 121 on the side plate 12 perforated at the end of the insertion hole 211 of the external socket 21 enters the box body, and the external socket 21 is fixed by the cooperation of the first screw 3 with the connection hole on the square disc housing 212 and the connection hole on the side plate 12, at this time, one end of the insertion hole 211 is located in the box body and exposed at the wiring hole 111; as shown in fig. 7 and 8, the pins 231 of the adaptor 23 are respectively inserted into the insertion holes 211 of the external socket 21, then the other end of the adaptor 23 is passed through the wiring holes 111 and bent toward one side of the printed board 22, the crimping screw holes 232 on the adaptor 23 are respectively aligned with the corresponding connection holes on the printed board 22 by adjusting the bending angle and bending position, and then the second screws 4 are simultaneously passed through the crimping screw holes 232 and the connection holes of the printed board 22 to realize the crimping fixation of the adaptor 23 and the conductive connection of the adaptor 23 and the printed board 22, and as shown in fig. 9 after the connection, the conductive connection of the external socket 21 and the printed board 22 is completed.

In other embodiments: the adaptor can also be applied to the condition that the axes of the printed board and the external socket are coplanar; one end of the connecting pin of the adapter piece can be directly welded or fixed in a compression joint mode with an external socket without arranging a pin, and the effective bending length of the adapter piece is still longer because the other end of the adapter piece still does not need to be welded; the material of the adapter can be replaced by other soft conductive metal or nonmetal material; according to the number of the jacks in the external socket, the number of the copper bars and the number of the contact pins can be changed so as to be matched with the number of the jacks; when the contact element of the external socket is replaced by the contact pin, the corresponding plug hole on the adapter element is replaced by the corresponding plug hole; the equipment box may be a RU box, a power distribution cabinet, etc.

Claims

1. The connector assembly comprises an external socket which is used for being installed on a side plate of the equipment box, and is characterized by also comprising a flexible adapter part, the main body part of which can be freely bent, wherein one end of the flexible adapter part is connected with the external socket, and the other end of the flexible adapter part is provided with a connecting part which is used for being connected with a printed board; the flexible adapter is a soft conducting bar; the connecting part is provided with a crimping screw hole for connecting with a printed board, and the crimping screw hole is directly formed in the flexible adaptor; one end of the flexible adapter connected with the external socket is mechanically connected with a plug connector, and the plug connector is in plug fit with the external socket; during assembly, the flexible adapter is firstly in plug-in fit with the external socket, then the other end of the flexible adapter is bent towards one side of the printed board, the crimping screw hole of the flexible adapter is correctly aligned with the corresponding connecting hole in the printed board by adjusting the bending angle and the bending position, the equipment box comprises a box body, the external socket and the printed board are respectively fixed on two adjacent walls of the box body, a wiring hole is further formed in the box body, a mounting hole for mounting the external socket is formed in a corner, close to the corner, of the box wall of the box body for fixing the external socket and the box wall for fixing the printed board, a wiring hole is formed in the position, close to the mounting hole, of the box wall for mounting the printed board, the wiring hole is communicated with the mounting hole, the printed board is mounted on the box wall beside the wiring hole, the flexible adapter is matched with the side face, opposite to the box wall, of the printed board, one end, connected with the printed board, penetrates out of the wiring hole and presses On the side.

2. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein said compliant adapter is a soft copper bar.

3. The connector assembly of claim 1 or 2 wherein said plug members are pins.

4. The equipment box is characterized by also comprising a switching piece, wherein one end of the switching piece is connected with the external socket, the other end of the switching piece penetrates through the wiring hole and then is connected with the printed board through a connecting part of the switching piece, and the switching piece is a flexible part of which the main body part can be freely bent; the flexible adapter is a soft conducting bar; the connecting part is provided with a crimping screw hole for connecting with a printed board, and the crimping screw hole is directly formed in the flexible adaptor; one end of the adaptor, which is connected with the external socket, is mechanically connected with a plug connector, and the plug connector is in plug fit with the external socket; during assembly, the flexible adapter is firstly in plug-in fit with the external socket, then the other end of the flexible adapter is bent towards one side of the printed board, a crimping screw hole of the flexible adapter is correctly aligned with a corresponding connecting hole in the printed board by adjusting the bending angle and the bending position, a mounting hole for mounting the external socket is formed in the corner, close to the corner, of the box wall for fixing the external socket and the box wall for fixing the printed board, of the box wall for mounting the printed board, a wiring hole is formed in the position, close to the mounting hole, of the box wall for mounting the printed board, the wiring hole is communicated with the mounting hole, the printed board is mounted on the box wall beside the wiring hole, the flexible adapter is matched with the side face, opposite to the box wall, of the printed board, and one end, connected with the printed board, of the flexible adapter penetrates out of the wiring hole and presses and mounts.

5. The equipment cabinet of claim 4, wherein the printed board is disposed offset from an axis of the external socket.

6. An equipment cabinet according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the adaptor is a flexible copper bar.