Electronic device and antenna connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10840660-B2
Application number	US-201916264510-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 31, 2019
Priority date	Aug 17, 2018
Publication date	Nov 17, 2020
Grant date	Nov 17, 2020

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electronic device and an antenna connector. The electronic device includes a first unit, a transmission dock, a base, and an antenna connector. The transmission dock is pivotally provided at the first unit. The base is movably provided at the transmission dock, and includes a top plate and a bottom plate that are mutually fixed. The antenna connector is movably provided at the base, and includes a housing, an installation flange, a central moving terminal and an elastic member. The central moving terminal is located in the housing. The installation flange is radially formed outside the housing, and is located between the top plate and the bottom plate and abuts against the top plate. The elastic member is clamped between the installation flange and the bottom plate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An antenna connector, adapted to be installed to a base, comprising:
a housing, comprising an installation flange formed radially, the antenna connector installed to the base through the installation flange;
a central moving terminal, axially and displaceably provided in the housing; a peripheral contact, axially and displaceably provided between the housing and the central moving terminal;
an insulation body, provided between the central moving terminal and the peripheral contact; and
an elastic member located exterior to the housing and below and directly contacting the installation flange, and arranged and configured such that when the antenna connector has been fully installed on the base, the elastic member is clamped between the base and the installation flange, wherein a material of the elastic member is deformable such that the antenna connection is axially displaceable when installed on the base due to flattening of the elastic member.

2. The antenna connector according to claim 1 , wherein the housing comprise a connector root and a connector stem, the connector root is located on one axial end side and the connector stem is located on the other axial end side; the central moving terminal is provided on a center axis of the connector stem; the insulation body is provided between the connector stem and the central moving terminal; and a through hole for water discharging is formed at the connector stem, and a water guiding portion is formed on the inner side of the through hole.

3. The antenna connector according to claim 1 , further comprising a central fixed terminal; wherein the central fixed terminal is provided in the insulation body and is axially aligned with the central moving terminal, the central fixed terminal comprises a connection hole, and one end of the central moving terminal is axially and displaceably provided in the connection hole.

4. The antenna connector according to claim 3 , wherein the central fixed terminal further comprises a plurality of slits, the slits extend axially around the connection hole and are provided at intervals, and an axial length of the slits is smaller than a half of an axial depth of the connection hole.

5. The antenna connector according to claim 3 , wherein a moving terminal flange is radially formed at the central moving terminal, a fixed terminal flange is radially formed at the central fixed terminal, the moving terminal flange is axially aligned with the fixed terminal flange, and an inner spring is provided between the moving terminal flange and the fixed terminal flange.

6. The antenna connector according to claim 5 , wherein when the moving terminal flange comes into contact with the central fixed terminal, one end of the central moving terminal abuts against a hole bottom of the connection hole.

7. An electronic device, comprising:
a first unit;
a transmission dock, pivotally provided at the first unit;
a base, movably provided at the transmission dock, the base comprising a top plate and a bottom plate, the top plate and the bottom plate mutually fixed; a 4
an antenna connector, movably provided at the base, the antenna connector comprising a housing, an installation flange, a central moving terminal and an elastic member, the central moving terminal located in the housing, the installation flange radially formed outside the housing, the installation flange located between the top plate and the bottom plate and abutting against the top plate, the elastic member clamped between the installation flange and the bottom plate; and
a fixing member, comprising a locking portion, a neck portion and a step portion that are axially arranged, the neck portion located between the locking portion and the step portion;
wherein the transmission dock comprises a base plate, and the base plate has a base plate limiting hole; a radial size of the neck portion is smaller than a radial size of the base plate limiting hole, and a radial size of the step portion is greater than the radial size of the base plate limiting hole; the locking portion is fixed at the bottom plate, the neck portion penetrates through the base plate limiting hole, and the base plate is clamped between the step portion and the bottom plate.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7 , further comprising:
a positioning column, fixed at the base.

9. The electronic device according to claim 7 , further comprising:
a signal connector, comprising a signal terminal, a connector platform and a frame, the signal terminal provided at the connector platform, the connector platform movably provided at the frame, the frame fixed at the base.

10. The electronic device according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a second unit, comprising a first docking connector and a second docking connector, the first docking connector comprising a first docking terminal and a docking hole, the first docking terminal located in the docking hole, the second docking connector comprising a second docking terminal and a docking platform, the second docking terminal provided at the docking platform;
wherein the second unit is detachably connected to the transmission dock, the first docking connector is detachably connected to the antenna connector, and the second docking connector is detachably connected to the signal connector.

11. The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the docking hole has an opening side and a bottom side, the opening side axially inclines upwards from one end away from the bottom side to the bottom side, and the first docking terminal is located at the bottom side.

12. An electronic device, comprising:
a first unit;
a transmission dock, pivotally provided at the first unit;
a base, movably provided at the transmission dock, the base comprising a top plate and a bottom plate, the top plate and the bottom plate mutually fixed; and
an antenna connector, movably provided at the base, the antenna connector comprising a housing, an installation flange, a central moving terminal and an elastic member, the central moving terminal located in the housing, the installation flange radially formed outside the housing, the installation flange located between the top plate and the bottom plate and abutting against the top plate, the elastic member clamped between the installation flange and the bottom plate;
wherein the top plate comprises a top plate limiting hole, the housing comprises a connector stem, the connector stem penetrates through the top plate limiting hole, and a radial size of the connector stem is smaller than a radial size of the top plate limiting hole.

13. The electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein the bottom plate has a bottom plate limiting hole, and the bottom plate limiting hole is axially aligned with the top plate limiting hole; the housing further comprises a connector root, the connector root extends into the bottom plate limiting hole, and a radial size of the connector root is smaller than a radial size of the bottom plate limiting hole.

14. The electronic device according to claim 13 , wherein the installation flange is located between the connector stem and the connector root, and surrounds the housing.

15. The electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein the bottom plate further comprises a protruding column, the protruding column is provided in a protruding manner at the bottom plate and is located between the top plate and the bottom plate, the bottom plate limiting hole is located in the protruding column, and the elastic member is clamped between the installation flange and the protruding column.

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Assignees

• Getac Technology Corp

Inventors

• Hsu Wan-Lin
• Chang Juei-Chi
• Lee Kun-Cheng

Classifications

• H01R13/631

  for engagement only · CPC title

• G06F1/162

  changing, e.g. reversing, the face orientation of the screen with a two degrees of freedom mechanism, e.g. for folding into tablet PC like position or orienting towards the direction opposite to the user to show to a second user · CPC title

• H01R2201/06

  for computer periphery · 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

• H01R33/7671

  having multiple positions or sockets, e.g. stacked sockets while mounting · CPC title