Fitting assembly and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10405458-B2
Application number	US-201715440457-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 23, 2017
Priority date	Mar 7, 2016
Publication date	Sep 3, 2019
Grant date	Sep 3, 2019

Abstract

A fitting assembly including: a movable connector block including a connector coupler to which a connector is to be coupled, the movable connector block configured to be supported by a base; a floating support configured to support the movable connector block swingably together with the base; and a protrusion provided to one of the movable connector block and the base, the protrusion including a tip end that, when the connector is coupled to the connector coupler, comes into contact, in a connecting direction to the connector, with the other one of the movable connector block and the base, and swingably supports the movable connector block pivotally about the tip end.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fitting assembly comprising:
a movable connector block including a connector coupler to which a connector is to be coupled, the movable connector block configured to be supported by a base;
a floating support connected to the movable connector block and supports the movable connector block swingably relative to the base; and
a protrusion provided to one of the movable connector block and the base, the protrusion including a tip end formed into a half-ball shape that, when the connector is coupled to the connector coupler, comes into contact, in a connecting direction to the connector, with the other one of the movable connector block and the base, and swingably supports the movable connector block pivotally about the tip end, wherein
the other one of the movable connector block and the base includes a protrusion-receiving recess into which the tip end of the protrusion is inserted, a bottom of the protrusion-receiving recess is formed into a half-ball shape having a curvature radius greater than a curvature radius of the tip end of the protrusion.

2. The fitting assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the floating support supports the movable connector block swingably in the connecting direction and in a direction orthogonal to the connecting direction relative to the base.

3. The fitting assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the protrusion is a fixed pin disposed such that an axial direction of the fixed pin is aligned with the connecting direction.

4. The fitting assembly according to claim 1 , wherein
the connector coupler is provided on a front surface side of the movable connector block, and
the protrusion is provided to the base and configured to support a rear surface of the movable connector block by using the tip end of the protrusion.

5. The fitting assembly according to claim 1 , wherein
the floating support includes an elastic disposed such that an expanding direction of the elastic is aligned with the connecting direction, and
the movable connector block is supported by the base through the elastic.

6. The fitting assembly according to claim 5 , wherein the floating support includes a movable pin supported by one of the movable connector block and the base through the elastic, and including a tip end of the movable pin configured to support the other one of the movable connector block and the base.

7. The fitting assembly according to claim 6 , wherein the tip end of the movable pin is formed into a half-ball shape.

8. The fitting assembly according to claim 6 , wherein the other one of the movable connector block and the base includes a movable-pin-receiving recess into which the tip end of the movable pin is inserted, a bottom of the movable-pin-receiving recess is formed into a half-ball shape.

9. The fitting assembly according to claim 8 , wherein a curvature radius of the bottom of the movable-pin-receiving recess is greater than a curvature radius of the tip end of the movable pin.

10. The fitting assembly according to claim 6 , wherein
the connector coupler is provided on a front surface side of the movable connector block, and
the movable pin is provided to the base and configured to support a rear surface of the movable connector block by using the tip end of the movable pin.

11. The fitting assembly according to claim 6 , wherein a plurality of
the elastics and a plurality of the movable pins are provided around the protrusion.

12. The fitting assembly according to claim 5 , wherein
the floating support includes a restricting attached to the base and configured to restrict movement of the movable connector block in a direction opposite to the connecting direction, and
the elastic biases the movable connector block toward the restricting.

13. The fitting assembly according to claim 1 , wherein
in a state before the connector is coupled to the connector coupler, the floating support supports the movable connector block with a clearance provided between the tip end of the protrusion and the other one of the movable connector block and the base, and
the tip end of the protrusion is brought into contact with the other one of the movable connector block and the base at when the connector is coupled to the connector coupler.

14. The fitting assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the connector coupler includes:
a coupling port into which the connector is to be fitted; and
a guiding portion extending outward from a peripheral edge of the coupling port, and configured to guide the connector to the coupling port.

15. The fitting assembly according to claim 1 , wherein
the movable connector block includes:
a connector header configured to be supported by the base through the floating support; and
a connector body provided to the connector header and including the connector coupler, and
the protrusion is provided to one of the connector header and the base, and
configured to support the other one of the connector header and the base by using the tip end of the protrusion.

16. The fitting assembly according to claim 15 , wherein the connector body is a fluid connector to which piping to feed a fluid is to be connected.

17. An electronic device comprising:
an electronic component;
a housing including a base and housing the electronic component;
a movable connector block including a connector coupler to which a connector is to be coupled, the movable connector being supported by the base;
a floating support connected to the movable connector block and supports the movable connector block swingably relative to the base; and
a protrusion provided to one of the movable connector block and the base, the protrusion including a tip end formed into a half-ball shape that, when the connector is coupled to the connector coupler, comes into contact, in a connecting direction with the connector, with the other one of the movable connector block and the base, and swingably supports the movable connector block pivotally about the tip end, wherein
the other one of the movable connector block and the base includes a protrusion-receiving recess into which the tip end of the protrusion is inserted, a bottom of the protrusion-receiving recess is formed into a half-ball shape having a curvature radius greater than a curvature radius of the tip end of the protrusion.

Assignees

• Fujitsu Ltd

Inventors

• Fukunaga Naomi

Classifications

• F16L37/40

  with a lift valve being opened automatically when the coupling is applied · CPC title

• H05K7/20781

  within cabinets for removing heat from server blades · CPC title

• H01R13/005

  Electrical coupling combined with fluidic coupling · CPC title

• H01R13/6315

  allowing relative movement between coupling parts, e.g. floating connection (for coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, H01R12/91 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01R13/2478

  spherical · CPC title