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CN110212349B
CN110212349B CN201811482964.9A CN201811482964A CN110212349B CN 110212349 B CN110212349 B CN 110212349B CN 201811482964 A CN201811482964 A CN 201811482964A CN 110212349 B CN110212349 B CN 110212349B
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宋凯亮
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/40Securing contact members in or to a base or case; Insulating of contact members
    • H01R13/42Securing in a demountable manner
    • H01R13/436Securing a plurality of contact members by one locking piece or operation
    • H01R13/4364Insertion of locking piece from the front
    • H01R13/4365Insertion of locking piece from the front comprising a temporary and a final locking position
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/46Bases; Cases
    • H01R13/502Bases; Cases composed of different pieces
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R24/00Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure

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Abstract

The invention relates to a connector assembly which comprises a plug connector and a socket connector, wherein the plug connector comprises a plug shell, the socket connector comprises a socket shell, one of the plug shell and the socket shell is internally provided with a contact piece locking piece, the other one of the plug shell and the socket shell is provided with a pushing matching part, the contact piece locking piece comprises a locking plate, the locking plate is provided with an avoiding space and a stopping part, and the contact piece locking piece is provided with a pushing part which is used for being in pushing matching with the pushing matching part when the plug connector and the socket connector are plugged so as to enable the pushing matching connector to drive the locking plate to move to stop a corresponding contact piece when the plug connector and the socket connector are plugged. When the plug connector and the socket connector are plugged, the pushing part and the pushing matching part on the corresponding connector are in pushing matching to drive the locking plate to move from the avoiding position to the stopping position, and after the elastic claw deforms and loses efficacy, the contact piece is limited and stopped in the connector shell through the locking plate, so that the contact piece is prevented from being separated.

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Connector assembly
Technical Field
The present invention relates to a connector assembly.
Background
The existing electrical connector is composed of three basic units, namely a shell, an insulator and a contact, wherein the contact is generally assembled in the shell through the insulator. For example, chinese patent application publication No. CN106129683A discloses an electrical connector and an insulator thereof, the electrical connector includes an insulator and a contact, the insulator is provided with a contact mounting hole for the contact to pass through, the axis of the contact extends in the front-rear direction, the contact includes a contact body, and at least two elastic claws for fixing and assembling the contact on the insulator are arranged on the contact body at intervals along the circumferential direction of the contact body.
The contact piece is only fixed on the insulator through the elastic claw, and when the contact piece is subjected to a large external force along the plugging direction, the elastic claw is possibly deformed to cause failure, so that the contact piece cannot be firmly fixed in the insulator, and the connector cannot normally work.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a connector assembly to solve the problem that a contact in the prior art is fixed on an insulator only through a spring claw, so that the contact cannot be firmly fixed in the insulator, and the connector cannot work normally.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the technical scheme of the connector assembly of the invention is as follows:
the connector assembly comprises a plug connector and a socket connector which are correspondingly plugged, the front ends of the plug connector and the front ends of the socket connector are respectively used as plugging ends, the plug connector comprises a plug shell, a plug insulator is arranged in the plug shell, a plug contact is arranged in a plug contact mounting hole on the plug insulator in a mode of preventing backward movement through a spring claw, and the plug contact is provided with a large-diameter section and a small-diameter section which form a transition step surface; the socket connector comprises a socket shell, a socket insulator is arranged in the socket shell, a socket contact is assembled in a socket contact mounting hole on the socket insulator in a mode of preventing backward movement through a spring claw, the socket contact is provided with a large-diameter section and a small-diameter section which form a transition step surface, a contact locking piece is arranged in one of the plug shell and the socket shell, a pushing matching part is arranged on the other of the plug shell and the socket shell, a connector provided with the contact locking piece is defined as a contact locking connector, the connector provided with the pushing matching is the pushing matching connector, the contact locking piece comprises a locking plate which is movably assembled in the contact locking connector along the inserting direction perpendicular to the connector, an avoiding space used for avoiding the contact when the contact locking connector is assembled in the contact mounting hole of the contact locking connector is arranged on the locking plate, and a stopping part used for stopping and matching with the transition step surface between the large-diameter section and the small-diameter section on, the contact piece locking piece is also provided with a pushing part which is used for forming an inclined plane pushing structure with a pushing matching part on the pushing matching connector when the plug connector and the socket connector are plugged, so that the pushing matching connector drives the locking plate to move to stop the corresponding contact piece through the stopping part when the plug connector and the socket connector are plugged.
The beneficial effects are that: the contact piece locking piece is arranged in the connector, so that when the plug connector is plugged with the socket connector, the pushing part of the contact piece locking piece and the pushing matching part on the adaptive connector are in pushing matching to drive the locking plate to move, the locking plate stops and limits the contact piece in the connector shell through the stopping part to form a secondary anti-disengaging structure, and after the elastic claw is deformed and loses efficacy, the contact piece is limited and stopped in the connector shell through the contact piece locking piece, so that the contact piece is prevented from disengaging.
The lock plate is provided with a penetrating hole for penetrating and installing a corresponding contact element, the penetrating hole forms the avoiding space, and the hole edge of the penetrating hole forms the stop part. The hole edge of the through hole increases the contact area of the lock plate and the contact element, and the stop matching stability of the lock plate and the contact element is ensured.
And the hole wall of one side of each penetrating hole, which is close to the pushing part, is provided with an avoiding groove for avoiding the small-diameter section of the contact element, and the avoiding groove has a groove width which is larger than the small-diameter section of the contact element and smaller than the large-diameter section of the contact element. And the contact piece can be in stop fit with the large-diameter section of the contact piece through the groove edge of the avoidance groove when the diameter of the contact piece is thinner.
The avoidance groove between two adjacent penetrating holes is an avoidance through groove connected with two adjacent penetrating holes along the moving direction of the locking plate. The groove is convenient to process.
The corresponding side of lock plate is equipped with along the top push arm that the connector direction of pegging graft extends towards the connector end of pegging graft for contact locking piece is the L type, push portion sets up push arm is last. Through the arrangement of the pushing arm, the contact piece locking piece is convenient to push and match with the pushing matching part on the adaptive connector.
The pushing arm is a pushing plate, a pushing groove extending along the inserting direction is formed in the pushing plate, one end, far away from the stop plate, of the pushing groove is of an open structure, the pushing groove forms the pushing portion, and the pushing matching portion is a pushing rod matched with the pushing groove in a pushing mode. The pushing groove and the pushing rod are matched in a pushing mode to prevent the locking plate from shaking in the moving process.
The pushing groove is a trapezoidal groove, and the corresponding pushing rod is a trapezoidal rod. Further guarantee that the locking plate can not take place to rock at the removal in-process.
The pushing groove is provided with a groove bottom wall, and a guide inclined plane used for being matched with the pushing matching part on the adaptive connector is arranged at the corresponding end part of the groove bottom wall, corresponding to the opening structure of the pushing groove. The pushing arm and the pushing matching part are conveniently guided to be in pushing matching so that the pushing arm drives the locking plate to move.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the technical scheme of the connector assembly of the invention is as follows:
the connector assembly comprises a plug connector and a socket connector which are correspondingly plugged, the front ends of the plug connector and the front ends of the socket connector are respectively used as plugging ends, the plug connector comprises a plug shell, a plug insulator is arranged in the plug shell, a plug contact is arranged in a plug contact mounting hole on the plug insulator in a mode of preventing backward movement through a spring claw, and the plug contact is provided with a large-diameter section and a small-diameter section which form a transition step surface; the socket connector comprises a socket shell, a socket insulator is arranged in the socket shell, a socket contact is assembled in a socket contact mounting hole on the socket insulator in a mode of preventing backward movement through a spring claw, the socket contact is provided with a large-diameter section and a small-diameter section which form a transition step surface, a plug contact locking piece is further arranged in the plug shell and comprises a plug locking plate movably assembled in the plug connector along the inserting direction perpendicular to the plug connector, a plug avoiding space used for avoiding the plug contact when the plug contact is assembled in the contact mounting hole of the plug connector is formed in the plug locking plate, a plug stopping portion used for stopping and matching with the transition step surface between the large-diameter section and the small-diameter section on the plug contact is further arranged, and the plug locking plate is provided with a plug assembling position for assembling the plug contact through the plug avoiding space and a plug stopping portion and a large-diameter section and a small-diameter section of the plug contact on the moving stroke of the plug locking plate The plug contact piece locking piece is also provided with a plug pushing part which is used for forming an inclined plane pushing structure with a socket pushing matching part on the socket connector when the plug connector and the socket connector are plugged; the socket comprises a socket contact piece, a socket shell and a socket locking piece, wherein the socket shell is internally provided with the socket contact piece locking piece, the socket shell is internally provided with the socket locking piece, the socket contact piece locking piece comprises a socket locking plate movably assembled in the socket connector along a plugging direction vertical to the socket connector, the socket locking plate is provided with a socket avoiding space used for avoiding a socket contact piece when the socket contact piece is assembled in a contact mounting hole of the socket connector, the socket locking plate is also provided with a socket stopping part used for stopping and matching with a transition step surface between a large-diameter section and a small-diameter section on the socket contact piece, the socket locking plate is provided with a socket assembling position used for assembling the socket contact piece through the socket avoiding space and a socket stopping position used for stopping and matching with the transition step surface between the large-diameter section and the small-diameter section of the socket contact piece along the plugging direction, and the socket contact piece locking piece is also provided with a socket top stopping position used A pushing part; when the plug connector is plugged with the socket connector, the plug pushing matching part of the plug connector and the socket pushing part are in pushing matching to drive the socket locking plate to move from the socket assembling position to the socket stopping position so as to realize the stopping of the socket contact element by the socket stopping part, and the socket pushing matching part of the socket connector and the plug pushing part are in pushing matching to drive the plug locking plate to move from the plug assembling position to the plug stopping position so as to realize the stopping of the plug contact element by the plug stopping part.
The beneficial effects are that: the contact piece locking piece is arranged in the connector, so that when the plug connector is plugged with the socket connector, the pushing part of the contact piece locking piece and the pushing matching part on the adaptive connector are in pushing matching to drive the locking plate to move from the avoiding position to the stopping position, the locking plate stops and limits the contact piece in the connector shell through the stopping part to form a secondary anti-disengaging structure, and after the elastic claw deforms and loses efficacy, the contact piece is limited and stopped in the connector shell through the contact piece locking piece, so that the contact piece is prevented from disengaging.
The plug locking plate is provided with a plug penetrating hole for penetrating and installing a plug contact element, the plug penetrating hole forms the plug avoiding space, and the hole edge of the plug penetrating hole forms the plug stopping part; the socket locking plate is provided with a socket penetrating hole for penetrating and installing a socket contact element, the socket penetrating hole forms the socket avoiding space, and the hole edge of the socket penetrating hole forms the socket stopping part. The hole edge of the through hole increases the contact area of the lock plate and the contact element, and the stop matching stability of the lock plate and the contact element is ensured.
A plug avoiding groove for avoiding the small-diameter section of the plug contact is arranged on the hole wall of one side of each plug penetrating hole close to the plug pushing part, and the plug avoiding groove has a groove width which is larger than the small-diameter section of the plug contact and smaller than the large-diameter section of the plug contact; each socket penetrating hole is close to a socket avoidance groove used for avoiding the small-diameter section of the socket contact is arranged on the hole wall of one side of the socket pushing portion, and the socket avoidance groove is provided with a groove width which is larger than the small-diameter section of the socket contact and smaller than the large-diameter section of the socket contact. And the contact piece can be in stop fit with the large-diameter section of the contact piece through the groove edge of the avoidance groove when the diameter of the contact piece is thinner.
The plug avoiding groove between every two adjacent plug penetrating holes is a plug avoiding through groove which is connected with every two adjacent plug penetrating holes along the moving direction of the plug locking plate; the socket avoidance groove between the two adjacent socket penetrating holes is a socket avoidance through groove connected with the two adjacent socket penetrating holes along the moving direction of the socket locking plate. The groove is convenient to process.
The plug pushing arm extending towards the plug end of the plug connector along the plugging direction is arranged on the corresponding side of the plug locking plate, so that the plug contact piece locking piece is L-shaped, and the plug pushing part is arranged on the plug pushing arm. Through the arrangement of the pushing arm, the contact piece locking piece is convenient to push and match with the pushing matching part on the adaptive connector.
The plug pushing arm is a plug pushing plate, a plug pushing groove extending along the plugging direction is formed in the plug pushing plate, one end, far away from the plug locking plate, of the plug pushing groove is of an opening structure, the plug pushing groove forms the plug pushing part, and the plug pushing matching part is a plug pushing rod; the socket pushing arm is a socket pushing plate, a socket pushing groove extending along the plugging direction is formed in the socket pushing plate, one end, far away from the socket locking plate, of the socket pushing groove is of an open structure, the socket pushing groove forms the socket pushing portion, and the socket pushing matching portion is a socket pushing rod. The pushing groove and the pushing rod are matched in a pushing mode to prevent the locking plate from shaking in the moving process.
The plug pushing groove and the socket trapezoidal groove are both trapezoidal grooves, and the corresponding plug pushing rod and the corresponding socket pushing rod are both trapezoidal rods. Further guarantee that the locking plate can not take place to rock at the removal in-process.
The plug pushing groove is provided with a plug groove bottom wall, and a plug guide inclined plane used for being matched with the plug pushing matching part is arranged at the corresponding end part of the plug groove bottom wall corresponding to the opening structure of the plug pushing groove; the socket pushing groove is provided with a socket groove bottom wall, and a socket guide inclined plane used for being matched with the socket pushing matching part is arranged at the corresponding end part of the socket groove bottom wall corresponding to the opening structure of the socket pushing groove. The pushing arm and the pushing matching part are conveniently guided to be in pushing matching so that the pushing arm drives the locking plate to move.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the construction of the connector assembly of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a receptacle connector according to the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the bottom view of FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the left side view of FIG. 3 flipped 90 counterclockwise to an unlocked position;
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the unlocked state of FIG. 3 with the insulator removed;
FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the left side view of FIG. 3 flipped 90 counterclockwise to a locked position;
FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the latch shown in FIG. 3 with the insulator removed;
fig. 9 is a schematic structural view of a plug connector of the present invention;
FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of the top view of FIG. 9;
FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the left side view of FIG. 9 flipped 90 clockwise to an unlocked position;
FIG. 12 is a schematic view of the unlocked state of FIG. 9 with the insulator removed;
FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view of the left side view of FIG. 9 flipped 90 clockwise to a locked state;
FIG. 14 is a schematic view of the latch of FIG. 9 with the insulator removed;
FIG. 15 is a schematic structural view of a contact latch of the present invention;
fig. 16 is a schematic view of another perspective of the contact latch of the present invention.
In the figure: 101-a receptacle connector; 1-a socket housing; 2-a socket insulator; 3-pushing the socket; 31-the receptacle ejector guide ramp; 32-a pushing groove; 4-pushing the socket; 41-a socket ejector rod guide ramp; 5-socket locking plate; 61-a socket contact minor diameter section; 62-a large diameter section of the socket contact; 7-a socket avoiding through groove; 8-a socket mounting hole; 9-a socket stiffener; 102-a plug connector; 21-a plug housing; 22-plug insulator; 23-a plug push plate; 231-plug ejector guide ramp; 24-plug ejector pin; 241-plug ejector rod guide inclined plane; 25-plug locking plate; 261-plug contact minor diameter section; 262-plug contact major diameter section; 27-plug avoidance through grooves; 28-plug through hole.
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The following further describes embodiments of the present invention with reference to the drawings.
In the embodiment of the connector assembly of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the connector assembly includes a receptacle connector 101 and a plug connector 102, and the receptacle connector 101 and the plug connector 102 constitute a connector and a mating connector, respectively. As shown in fig. 2 to 4, the receptacle connector 101 includes a receptacle housing 1, and a receptacle contact locking member and a receptacle insulator 2 installed in the receptacle housing 1, the receptacle contact locking member being press-fitted in the receptacle housing 1 through the receptacle insulator 2, the receptacle housing 1 being provided with a receptacle ejector rod 4 arranged along a plugging direction, the receptacle ejector rod 4 constituting a receptacle ejector mating portion, the receptacle ejector rod 4 being provided with a receptacle ejector rod guide slope 41; socket contact locking piece is the L type, including socket locking plate 5 and the socket push pedal 3 of arranging along the grafting direction, socket push pedal 3 has constituted the top and has pushed away the arm, is equipped with socket push pedal guide inclined plane 31 on the socket push pedal 3. In other embodiments, the socket contact latches include only socket latch plates with ejector portions thereon.
As shown in fig. 9 to 10, the plug connector 102 includes a plug housing 21, and a plug contact locking member and a plug insulator 22 which are installed in the plug housing 21, the plug contact locking member is press-fitted in the plug housing 21 through the plug insulator 22, the plug housing 21 is provided with a plug push rod 24 arranged along the plugging direction, the plug push rod 24 constitutes a plug push fit portion, and the plug push rod 24 is provided with a plug push rod guiding inclined surface 241; plug contact locking piece is the L type, including plug locking plate 25 and the plug push pedal 23 of arranging along the grafting direction, plug push pedal 23 has constituted the top and has pushed away the arm, is equipped with plug push pedal guide inclined plane 231 on the plug push pedal 23.
In this embodiment, taking the socket contact locking member as an example, as shown in fig. 15 and 16, the socket contact locking member includes a socket locking plate 5 and a socket pushing plate 3 arranged along the plugging direction, the socket pushing plate 3 constitutes a pushing arm, a socket pushing groove 32 extending along the plugging direction is provided on one side of the socket pushing plate 3 facing away from the socket locking plate 5, one end of the socket pushing groove 32 away from the socket locking plate 5 is an open structure, the socket pushing groove 32 constitutes a pushing portion, and the socket pushing groove 32 and the plug pushing rod 24 push and mate with each other to prevent the locking plate from rocking in the moving process. In other embodiments, the socket pushing plate is not provided with a socket pushing groove, and one side surface of the socket pushing plate forms a pushing part. In this embodiment, in order to facilitate the pushing cooperation between the socket pushing groove 32 and the plug pushing rod 24, a socket pushing plate guiding inclined plane 31 is disposed at one end of the socket pushing groove 32 away from the socket locking plate 5, and a plug pushing rod guiding inclined plane 241 is disposed on the corresponding plug pushing rod 24, so as to facilitate the guiding of the socket pushing groove 32 and the plug pushing rod 24 for pushing cooperation to enable the socket pushing plate 3 to drive the socket locking plate 5 to move. In other embodiments, one of the socket ejector groove and the plug ejector pin is provided with a guiding inclined surface. In this embodiment, the socket pushing groove 32 is a trapezoidal groove, and the corresponding plug pushing rod 24 is a trapezoidal rod, so as to further ensure that the socket locking plate 5 does not shake during the moving process. In other embodiments, the socket pushing groove is a semi-circular groove, and the corresponding plug pushing rod is a cylindrical rod or a semi-cylindrical rod.
In this embodiment, in order to increase the strength of socket ejector plate 3, set up socket strengthening rib 9 in socket ejector plate 3's both sides to difficult emergence is out of shape or is split when guaranteeing socket ejector plate 3 and plug ejector pin 24 to peg graft, has improved life. In this embodiment, the socket insertion holes 8 corresponding to the socket contacts are formed in the socket lock plate 5, the socket insertion holes 8 form an avoidance space, the hole edges of the socket insertion holes 8 form a stop portion, the hole edges of the socket insertion holes 8 increase the contact area between the socket lock plate 5 and the socket contacts, and the stability of stop fit between the socket lock plate and the socket contacts is ensured. In other embodiments, the socket lock plate is provided with a plurality of stop rods arranged in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the socket lock plate, the space between two adjacent stop rods forms an avoidance space, and each stop rod forms a stop portion. In this embodiment, the hole wall of each socket mounting hole 8 close to the socket ejector 3 is provided with a socket avoidance through groove 7 for avoiding the small diameter section 61 of the socket contact, the socket avoidance through groove 7 forms an avoidance groove, the groove width of the socket avoidance through groove 7 is larger than the small diameter section 61 of the socket contact and smaller than the large diameter section 62 of the socket contact, and it is ensured that the socket contact can be stopped and matched with the large diameter section 62 of the socket contact through the groove edge of the socket avoidance through groove 7 when the diameter of the socket contact is small. In other embodiments, the avoidance groove is a blind avoidance groove.
When the plug connector 102 is plugged with the socket connector 101, as shown in fig. 5 to 8, the socket ejector plate 3 and the plug ejector rod 24 are pushed to guide and cooperate with each other, so that the socket ejector plate 3 drives the socket lock plate 5 to move in a direction perpendicular to the plugging direction, and the socket mounting hole 8 in the socket lock plate 5 avoids the small-diameter section 61 of the socket contact element and the hole edge of the socket mounting hole 8 is in blocking fit with the large-diameter section 62 of the socket contact element in the plugging direction, so that the socket contact element is locked from an unlocked state to a locked state; if the diameter of the socket contact is smaller, the socket contact can be in stop fit with the large-diameter section 62 of the socket contact along the plugging direction through the groove edge of the socket avoiding through groove 7. As shown in fig. 11 to 14, the plug ejector 23 is in pushing, guiding and matching with the socket ejector rod 4, so that the plug ejector 23 drives the plug locking plate 25 to move along a direction perpendicular to the plugging direction, thereby enabling the plug insertion hole 28 on the plug locking plate 25 to avoid the plug contact small diameter section 261 and enabling the hole edge of the plug insertion hole 28 to be in blocking and matching with the plug contact large diameter section 262 along the plugging direction, so as to realize the purpose of locking and unlocking the plug contact from the unlocking state to the locking state; if the diameter of the plug contact is small, the plug contact can be in stop fit with the large-diameter section 262 of the plug contact along the plugging direction through the groove edge of the plug avoiding through groove 27.
In other embodiments, the contact latches may be provided on only the plug connector or the receptacle connector.
In the embodiment, the plug contact locking piece and the socket contact locking piece are respectively arranged in the plug and the socket, so that secondary locking of the plug and the socket is realized, and after the elastic claw deforms and loses efficacy, the plug contact and the socket contact are respectively limited and blocked in the plug shell and the socket shell through the plug contact locking piece and the socket contact locking piece, so that the plug contact and the socket contact are prevented from being separated.

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1. The connector assembly comprises a plug connector and a socket connector which are correspondingly plugged, the front ends of the plug connector and the front ends of the socket connector are respectively used as plugging ends, the plug connector comprises a plug shell, a plug insulator is arranged in the plug shell, a plug contact is arranged in a plug contact mounting hole on the plug insulator in a mode of preventing backward movement through a spring claw, and the plug contact is provided with a large-diameter section and a small-diameter section which form a transition step surface; socket connector includes socket shell, is equipped with socket insulator in the socket shell, prevents the assembly that backs through the bullet claw in the socket contact mounting hole on the socket insulator and is equipped with the socket contact, and the socket contact has big footpath section and the path section that forms the transition step face, its characterized in that: one of the plug shell and the socket shell is internally provided with a contact locking piece, the other one of the plug shell and the socket shell is provided with a pushing matching part, the connector provided with the contact locking piece is defined as a contact locking connector, the connector provided with the pushing matching is a pushing matching connector, the contact locking piece comprises a locking plate which is movably assembled in the contact locking connector along the direction vertical to the inserting direction of the connector, the locking plate is provided with an avoiding space for avoiding the contact when the contact is assembled in a contact mounting hole of the contact locking connector, the contact locking piece is also provided with a stopping part for stopping and matching with a transition step surface between a large-diameter section and a small-diameter section on the contact, the contact locking piece is also provided with a pushing part which is used for forming an inclined plane jacking structure with the pushing matching part on the pushing matching connector when the plug connector and the socket connector are inserted, so that when the plug connector is plugged with the socket connector, the push-fit connector drives the locking plate to move and the corresponding contact piece is blocked by the blocking part.
2. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein: the lock plate is provided with a penetrating hole for penetrating and installing a corresponding contact element, the penetrating hole forms the avoiding space, and the hole edge of the penetrating hole forms the stop part.
3. The connector assembly of claim 2, wherein: and the hole wall of one side of each penetrating hole, which is close to the pushing part, is provided with an avoiding groove for avoiding the small-diameter section of the contact element, and the avoiding groove has a groove width which is larger than the small-diameter section of the contact element and smaller than the large-diameter section of the contact element.
4. The connector assembly of claim 3, wherein: the avoidance groove between two adjacent penetrating holes is an avoidance through groove connected with two adjacent penetrating holes along the moving direction of the locking plate.
5. The connector assembly of any one of claims 1-4, wherein: the corresponding side of the locking plate is provided with an ejection arm extending towards the insertion end of the contact locking connector along the insertion direction, so that the contact locking piece is L-shaped, and the ejection part is arranged on the ejection arm.
6. The connector assembly of claim 5, wherein: the pushing arm is a pushing plate, a pushing groove extending along the inserting direction is formed in the pushing plate, one end, far away from the locking plate, of the pushing groove is of an opening structure, the pushing groove forms the pushing portion, and the pushing matching portion is a pushing rod matched with the pushing groove in a pushing mode.
7. The connector assembly of claim 6, wherein: the pushing groove is a trapezoidal groove, and the corresponding pushing rod is a trapezoidal rod.
8. The connector assembly of claim 6, wherein: the pushing groove is provided with a groove bottom wall, and a guide inclined plane used for being matched with the pushing matching part on the pushing matching connector is arranged at the corresponding end part of the groove bottom wall, corresponding to the opening structure of the pushing groove.
9. The connector assembly comprises a plug connector and a socket connector which are correspondingly plugged, the front ends of the plug connector and the front ends of the socket connector are respectively used as plugging ends, the plug connector comprises a plug shell, a plug insulator is arranged in the plug shell, a plug contact is arranged in a plug contact mounting hole on the plug insulator in a mode of preventing backward movement through a spring claw, and the plug contact is provided with a large-diameter section and a small-diameter section which form a transition step surface; socket connector includes socket shell, is equipped with socket insulator in the socket shell, prevents the assembly that backs through the bullet claw in the socket contact mounting hole on the socket insulator and is equipped with the socket contact, and the socket contact has big footpath section and the path section that forms the transition step face, its characterized in that: the plug contact piece locking piece comprises a plug locking plate movably assembled in the plug connector along a plugging direction perpendicular to the plug connector, a plug avoiding space used for avoiding the plug contact piece when the plug contact piece is assembled in a contact mounting hole of the plug connector is arranged on the plug locking plate, a plug stopping part used for stopping and matching with a transition step surface between a large-diameter section and a small-diameter section on the plug contact piece is further arranged, the plug locking plate is provided with a plug assembling position used for assembling the plug contact piece through the plug avoiding space and a plug stopping position used for stopping and matching with the transition step surface between the large-diameter section and the small-diameter section of the plug contact piece along the plugging direction through the plug stopping part on the movable stroke, and the plug top pushing and matching part used for forming an inclined plane jacking structure with the socket pushing and matching part on the socket connector when the plug connector and the socket connector are plugged A pushing part; the socket comprises a socket contact piece, a socket shell and a socket locking piece, wherein the socket shell is internally provided with the socket contact piece locking piece, the socket shell is internally provided with the socket locking piece, the socket contact piece locking piece comprises a socket locking plate movably assembled in the socket connector along a plugging direction vertical to the socket connector, the socket locking plate is provided with a socket avoiding space used for avoiding a socket contact piece when the socket contact piece is assembled in a contact mounting hole of the socket connector, the socket locking plate is also provided with a socket stopping part used for stopping and matching with a transition step surface between a large-diameter section and a small-diameter section on the socket contact piece, the socket locking plate is provided with a socket assembling position used for assembling the socket contact piece through the socket avoiding space and a socket stopping position used for stopping and matching with the transition step surface between the large-diameter section and the small-diameter section of the socket contact piece along the plugging direction, and the socket contact piece locking piece is also provided with a socket top stopping position used A pushing part; when the plug connector is plugged with the socket connector, the plug pushing matching part of the plug connector and the socket pushing part are in pushing matching to drive the socket locking plate to move from the socket assembling position to the socket stopping position so as to realize the stopping of the socket contact element by the socket stopping part, and the socket pushing matching part of the socket connector and the plug pushing part are in pushing matching to drive the plug locking plate to move from the plug assembling position to the plug stopping position so as to realize the stopping of the plug contact element by the plug stopping part.
10. The connector assembly of claim 9, wherein: the plug locking plate is provided with a plug penetrating hole for penetrating and installing a plug contact element, the plug penetrating hole forms the plug avoiding space, and the hole edge of the plug penetrating hole forms the plug stopping part; the socket locking plate is provided with a socket penetrating hole for penetrating and installing a socket contact element, the socket penetrating hole forms the socket avoiding space, and the hole edge of the socket penetrating hole forms the socket stopping part.
11. The connector assembly of claim 10, wherein: a plug avoiding groove for avoiding the small-diameter section of the plug contact is arranged on the hole wall of one side of each plug penetrating hole close to the plug pushing part, and the plug avoiding groove has a groove width which is larger than the small-diameter section of the plug contact and smaller than the large-diameter section of the plug contact; each socket penetrating hole is close to a socket avoidance groove used for avoiding the small-diameter section of the socket contact is arranged on the hole wall of one side of the socket pushing portion, and the socket avoidance groove is provided with a groove width which is larger than the small-diameter section of the socket contact and smaller than the large-diameter section of the socket contact.
12. The connector assembly of claim 11, wherein: the plug avoiding groove between every two adjacent plug penetrating holes is a plug avoiding through groove which is connected with every two adjacent plug penetrating holes along the moving direction of the plug locking plate; the socket avoidance groove between the two adjacent socket penetrating holes is a socket avoidance through groove connected with the two adjacent socket penetrating holes along the moving direction of the socket locking plate.
13. The connector assembly of any one of claims 9-12, wherein: the plug pushing arm extending towards the plug end of the plug connector along the plugging direction is arranged on the corresponding side of the plug locking plate, so that the plug contact piece locking piece is L-shaped, and the plug pushing part is arranged on the plug pushing arm.
14. The connector assembly of claim 13, wherein: the plug pushing arm is a plug pushing plate, a plug pushing groove extending along the plugging direction is formed in the plug pushing plate, one end, far away from the plug locking plate, of the plug pushing groove is of an opening structure, the plug pushing groove forms the plug pushing part, and the plug pushing matching part is a plug pushing rod; the socket pushing arm is a socket pushing plate, a socket pushing groove extending along the plugging direction is formed in the socket pushing plate, one end, far away from the socket locking plate, of the socket pushing groove is of an open structure, the socket pushing groove forms the socket pushing portion, and the socket pushing matching portion is a socket pushing rod.
15. The connector assembly of claim 14, wherein: the plug pushing groove and the socket trapezoidal groove are both trapezoidal grooves, and the corresponding plug pushing rod and the corresponding socket pushing rod are both trapezoidal rods.
16. The connector assembly of claim 14, wherein: the plug pushing groove is provided with a plug groove bottom wall, and a plug guide inclined plane used for being matched with the plug pushing matching part is arranged at the corresponding end part of the plug groove bottom wall corresponding to the opening structure of the plug pushing groove; the socket pushing groove is provided with a socket groove bottom wall, and a socket guide inclined plane used for being matched with the socket pushing matching part is arranged at the corresponding end part of the socket groove bottom wall corresponding to the opening structure of the socket pushing groove.
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