Plug, electrical connector and terminal device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12288939-B2
Application number	US-202117643927-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 13, 2021
Priority date	Aug 26, 2019
Publication date	Apr 29, 2025
Grant date	Apr 29, 2025

Abstract

A plug, an electrical connector and a terminal device are provided. The plug is used for connecting to the terminal device related to a vehicle battery. One end of the plug can adapt to an output port of the terminal device, and the other end of the plug can be connected to the vehicle battery through wires, so that the terminal device can detect or perform charging and discharging operations on the vehicle battery. The plug includes an insulating housing, a first terminal arranged in the insulating housing, and at least a pair of second terminals arranged in the insulating housing. Each pair of second terminals being distributed in central symmetry with the first terminal as the center, and the polarity of the first terminal is the opposite of the polarity of the second terminals.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A plug for connection of a terminal device related to a vehicle battery, one end of the plug being fit into an output port of the terminal device while the other end of the plug being connected to the vehicle battery through two wires so as to enable the terminal device to detect or charge or discharge the vehicle battery, the plug comprising:
an insulating housing;
a first terminal, arranged in the insulating housing; and
at least one pair of second terminals, arranged in the insulating housing, each pair of the second terminals being distributed in central symmetry with the first terminal as the center;
wherein:
the first terminal is opposite in polarity to the second terminals;
the first terminal is connectable to a terminal of the vehicle battery of the same polarity as the first terminal via a first wire;
the at least one pair of second terminals are connectable to the other terminal of the vehicle battery of the same polarity as the at least one pair of second terminals via a second wire;
when the plug is fit into the output port, the first terminal is connected to one of a positive electrode and a negative electrode of an internal battery in the terminal device of the same polarity as the first terminal, and the at least one pair of second terminals are connected to one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode of the internal battery of the same polarity as the second terminals, so that the positive electrode and the negative electrode of the internal battery are connected to the vehicle battery via the plug and two wires;
the plug is fit into the output port in either of a first direction and a second direction, the first direction being at 180 degrees from the second direction with the first terminal as a rotation center;
at least one pair of third terminals, arranged in the insulating housing, wherein each pair of the third terminals are distributed in central symmetry with the first terminal as the center;
the third terminals are of the same polarity as the first terminal, and the third terminals are connectable to the terminal of the vehicle battery of the same polarity as the first terminal via the first wire; and
when the plug is fit into the output port, one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode of the internal battery of the same polarity as the first terminal is connected to the third terminals.

2. The plug according to claim 1 , wherein the third terminals are arranged in a row.

3. The plug according to claim 1 , wherein the first terminal, the second terminals, and the third terminals are arranged in a row.

4. The plug according to claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one pair of first signal terminals, each pair of the first signal terminals being distributed in central symmetry with the first terminal as the center;
the first signal terminals are connectable to the terminal of the vehicle battery of the same polarity as the first terminal via the first wire, and when the plug is fit into the output port, one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode of the internal battery of the same polarity as the first terminal is connected to the first signal terminals; or the first signal terminals are connectable to the terminal of the vehicle battery of the same polarity as the second terminals via the second wire, and when the plug is fit into the output port, one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode of the internal battery of the same polarity as the second terminals is connected to the first signal terminals.

5. The plug according to claim 1 , wherein one end of the insulating housing is provided with a plug slot, and the first terminal and all the second terminals are accommodated in the plug slot.

6. The plug according to claim 5 , further comprising a flexible interconnecting piece connected to one end, away from the plug slot, of the insulating housing.

7. The plug according to claim 6 , wherein the insulating housing is smaller than the flexible interconnecting piece in cross-sectional area in a part where the insulating housing is joint with the flexible interconnecting piece.

8. The plug according to claim 6 , wherein the flexible interconnecting piece is made of polyvinyl chloride.

9. The plug according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating housing is made of a mixture of nylon and glass fibers.

10. The plug according to claim 1 , wherein the first terminal comprises a first fixing portion and first holding portions, one end of the first fixing portion is fixed to the insulating housing, and the other end of the first fixing portion is connected to at least two first holding portions, two adjacent first holding portions having a gap therebetween.

11. The plug according to claim 10 , wherein the first holding portions of the same first terminal are arranged in a circle.

12. The plug according to claim 1 , wherein the second terminal comprises a second fixing portion and second holding portions, one end of the second fixing portion is fixed to the insulating housing, and the other end of the second fixing portion is connected to at least two second holding portions, two adjacent second holding portions having a gap therebetween.

13. The plug according to claim 12 , wherein all the second holding portions of the same second terminal are arranged in a circle.

14. An electrical connector, comprising a first wire, a second wire and a plug, one end of the plug being fit into an output port of the terminal device while the other end of the plug being connected to the vehicle battery through two wires so as to enable the terminal device to detect or charge or discharge the vehicle battery, the plug comprising:
an insulating housing;
a first terminal, arranged in the insulating housing; and
at least one pair of second terminals, arranged in the insulating housing, each pair of the second terminals being distributed in central symmetry with the first terminal as the center;
wherein:
the first terminal is opposite in polarity to the second terminals;
the first terminal is connectable to a terminal of the vehicle battery of the same polarity as the first terminal via the first wire;
the at least one pair of second terminals are connectable to the other terminal of the vehicle battery of the same polarity as the at least one pair of second terminals via the second wire;
when the plug is fit into the output port, the first terminal is connected to one of a positive electrode and a negative electrode of an internal battery in the terminal device of the same polarity as the first terminal, and the at least one pair of second terminals are connected to one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode of the internal battery of the same polarity as the second terminals, so that the positive electrode and the negative electrode of the internal battery are connected to the vehicle battery via the plug and the two wires;
the plug is fit into the output port in either of a first direction and a second direction, the first direction being at 180 degrees from the second direction with the first terminal as a rotation center;
at least one pair of third terminals, arranged in the insulating housing, wherein each pair of the third terminals are distributed in central symmetry with the first terminal as the center;
the third terminals are of the same polarity as the first terminal, and the third terminals are connectable to the terminal of the vehicle battery of the same polarity as the first terminal via the first wire; and
when the plug is fit into the output port, one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode of the in

Assignees

• Autel Intelligent Tech Corp Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Dengguo
• Liu Yingjun

Classifications

• H02J7/751

  concerning the insertion or the connection of the batteries · CPC title

• H01R2201/26

  for vehicles · CPC title

• H01R13/629

  Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure {electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances (separate tools or apparatus H01R43/26)} · CPC title

• B60L53/16 Primary

  Connectors, e.g. plugs or sockets, specially adapted for charging electric vehicles · CPC title

• H01R11/24 Primary

  with gripping jaws, e.g. crocodile clip · CPC title