Electrical plug connector snap release structure and the matching electrical socket connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12562530-B2
Application number	US-202318357692-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 24, 2023
Priority date	Jun 26, 2023
Publication date	Feb 24, 2026
Grant date	Feb 24, 2026

Abstract

The invention discloses an electrical plug connector snap release structure, which includes a plug connector, a sliding seat, a draw belt and a buckle assembly, and a matching electrical socket connector. When the plug connector is docked with the socket connector, each supporting spring leaf of the buckle assembly supports down to the holder base of the plug connector, so that the support arms of the buckle assembly force the hook portions thereof to hook in the respective hook holes of the socket connector. When pressing the pressing surface of the buckle assembly or when the draw belt is driven to pull the sliding seat, the supporting spring leaves are elastically deformed and the hook portions are disengaged from the hook holes, allowing the plug connector to be easily disconnected from the socket connector.

First claim

What the invention claimed is:

1 . An electrical plug connector snap release structure, comprising:
a plug connector comprising a holder base, a docking terminal set mounted in said holder base and a housing accommodating said holder base, said holder base comprising a docking portion located on a front side thereof, a mounting surface formed an upper surface thereof at a rear side of said docking portion, said housing comprising two perforations respectively and bilaterally provided above said docking portion; a sliding seat comprising a seat body installed on said mounting surface in a sliding manner, and at least one elastic portion formed on a rear side of said seat body, wherein the at least one elastic portion includes a suspending end abutted against the holder base of the plug connector and a connecting end coupled with the rear side of said seat body; a draw belt combined with said seat body; and a buckle assembly pivotally positioned between said holder base and said housing, said buckle assembly comprising a pressing surface placed on said mounting surface and located at a rear side relative to said seat body of said sliding seat, two support arms respectively extended from two opposite lateral sides of said pressing surface in the same direction, a hook portion protruding upwards from a suspending front end of each said support arm, and two supporting spring leaves supported on said holder base in such a manner that when said pressing surface is pressed, said supporting spring leaves are elastically deformed and said hook portions of said two support arms are shifted downward by a distance from said perforations, and when said draw belt is driven to pull said sliding seat, said at least one elastic portion elastically deforms and also drives said hook portions of said two support arms to elastically deflect downward from said perforations.

2 . The electrical plug connector snap release structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said holder base of said plug connector further comprises a stopper formed on said mounting surface for said at least one elastic portion formed on the rear side of said seat body of said sliding seat to support.

3 . The electrical plug connector snap release structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said housing comprises two limiting shaft portions respectively provided on two opposite sidewalls thereof.

4 . The electrical plug connector snap release structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said seat body of said sliding seat is provided with a moving portion for said draw belt to be combined in a through hole to form a positioning.

5 . The electrical plug connector snap release structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each said elastic portion of said sliding seat is a continuous turning S-shaped elastic piece.

6 . A socket connector that cooperates with said plug connector of said electrical plug connector snap release structure as claimed in claim 1 , said socket connector comprising a socket portion for said docking portion of said plug connector to be inserted to form an electrical connection, and two hook holes bilaterally located on a top surface of said socket portion for said hook portions of said buckle assembly to be snapped into position.

7 . The electrical plug connector snap release structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said holder base further comprises two positioning structures respectively formed on two opposite lateral sides of said mounting surface for the combination of said sliding seat and the pivotal positioning of said buckle assembly; said two supporting spring leaves are respectively extended from a bottom side of said pressing surface below said hook portions and said support arms.

8 . The electrical plug connector snap release structure as claimed in claim 7 , wherein each said positioning structure comprises a limiting portion for one respective said supporting spring leaf to be supported.

9 . The electrical plug connector snap release structure as claimed in claim 7 , wherein each said positioning structure comprises a convex rail; said seat body further comprises two rail panels perpendicularly extended from two opposite lateral sides thereof, and a rail hole located on each of said rail panels and coupled to said convex rail of one respective said positioning structure.

10 . The electrical plug connector snap release structure as claimed in claim 7 , wherein each said positioning structure comprises a pivoting portion; said buckle assembly further comprises two rotating portions respectively formed on opposing rear ends of said two support arms outside said pressing surface and respectively coupled to said pivoting portions of said positioning structures of said holder base of said plug connector.

Assignees

• Aces Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wu Chu-Cheng
• Huang Kuo-Hua

Classifications

• H01R12/722

  coupling devices mounted on the edge of the printed circuits · CPC title

• H01R13/6335

  comprising a handle · CPC title

• H01R13/504

  different pieces being moulded, cemented, welded, e.g. ultrasonic welding, or swaged together · CPC title

• H01R12/75

  connecting to cables except for flat or ribbon cables · CPC title

• H01R12/721

  cooperating directly with the edge of the rigid printed circuits · CPC title