Connector with pressing mechanism

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11450986-B2
Application number	US-202117367797-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 6, 2021
Priority date	Dec 11, 2020
Publication date	Sep 20, 2022
Grant date	Sep 20, 2022

Abstract

A connector with a pressing mechanism, and the connector includes a foundation, a latch mechanism, a release mechanism, and a cover. The foundation includes two position limiting parts and two accommodating spaces are arranged on two edges of the foundation. The latch mechanism includes a base arranged on the foundation, and the base includes a fixing part fixed in a fixing hole, and two latches are arranged in the accommodating spaces of two edges of the base. The release mechanism is assembled between the two position limiting parts, and the front end of a handle of the release mechanism is extended with a protruding part, and the bottom of the protruding part is a concave bottom. The cover is assembled on the foundation, and the cover includes an opening, and the pressing mechanism is located in the opening corresponding to the through hole and connected to the cover.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A connector with a pressing mechanism, and the connector comprising:
a foundation, comprising a top surface, and a front side of the top surface comprising at least one assembly hole, and a rear side of the top surface comprising at least one fixing hole, wherein position limiting part is arranged between the assembly holes, and arranged between the fixing holes, and two accommodating spaces symmetrical to each other are respectively arranged on two edges of the top surface;
a latch mechanism, assembled on the top surface, and comprising a base in a manner of an elastic sheet, wherein at least one fixing part fixed to the fixing hole is extended from a rear side edge of the base, two latches are respectively arranged on each of two edges of the base, and the two latches are perpendicular to the base and located in the accommodating spaces;
a release mechanism, assembled between the two position limiting parts, and arranged above the latch mechanism, wherein the release mechanism comprises a handle, and a front end of the handle is extended with a protruding part, and the protruding part comprises a concave bottom, the concave bottom straddles over the base, and the concave bottom comprises an inclined surface corresponding to a front side edge of the base, and the protruding part comprises a through hole; and
a cover, assembled on the foundation, and comprising an opening, and the pressing mechanism integrally connected with the cover and located in the opening corresponding to the through hole, wherein the cover comprises at least one buckling part and at least one fastening block, and the buckling part is assembled in the assembly hole, and the fastening block is fastened in the fixing hole to fasten the fixing part of the latch mechanism.

2. The connector in claim 1 , wherein the accommodating space is in a manner of a slit.

3. The connector in claim 1 , wherein the foundation comprises at least one bump in a manner of a barb respectively disposed on two sides thereof.

4. The connector in claim 3 , wherein the cover comprises two lugs bent from two edges thereof and symmetrical to each other, and each lug comprises at least one engaging hole, and the engaging hole is engaged with the bump on each side of the foundation.

5. The connector in claim 1 , wherein a blocking part is arranged on a front end of the protruding part, and the blocking part comprises a protruding wall disposed on one side thereof.

6. The connector in claim 5 , wherein the cover comprises a front flange and a rear flange disposed on an inner surface thereof, the front flange and the rear flange respectively have a notch corresponding to each other, and the protruding wall and the handle on the front end of the blocking part of the release mechanism are positioned by the two notches, the protruding part of the release mechanism is located between the two notches.

7. The connector in claim 6 , wherein the opening, the buckling part, and the fastening block are arranged between the front flange and the rear flange.

8. The connector in claim 1 , wherein the pressing mechanism comprises an elastic sheet.

9. The connector in claim 1 , wherein a cross section of the protruding part is of an arched shape or an inverted-U shape.

10. The connector in claim 1 , wherein the fixing part comprises a rod part, and the rod part comprises a fastening piece bent from one end thereof, and the fastening piece is perpendicular to the rod part, and the fastening piece is assembled in the fixing hole.

11. The connector in claim 1 , wherein each of the two latches comprises an arm part, and the arm part comprises a hook part disposed on a front end thereof to hook on a main connector.

12. The connector in claim 1 , wherein the foundation comprises at least one tongue disposed inside, and the tongue is extended outside the foundation and comprises a plurality of conductive terminals disposed thereon, and the conductive terminals are electrically connected with a cable.

13. The connector in claim 1 , wherein the cover comprises two perforations respectively disposed on two edges thereof, and the two perforations are symmetrical to each other, and the two latches pass through the two perforations respectively.

14. The connector in claim 1 , wherein the latch mechanism is made of a metal material.

Assignees

• Jess Link Products Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lai Cheng-Chung

Classifications

• H01R13/6275

  Latching arms not integral with the housing (H01R13/6276, H01R13/6277, H01R13/6278 take precedence) · CPC title

• H01R13/6273 Primary

  comprising two latching arms · CPC title

• H01R13/639 Primary

  Additional means for holding or locking coupling parts together, after engagement, {e.g. separate keylock, retainer strap} · CPC title

• H01R13/506

  assembled by snap action of the parts · CPC title

• H01R24/60

  Contacts spaced along planar side wall transverse to longitudinal axis of engagement · CPC title