Rectangular connector

Abstract

The invention relates to a rectangular connector comprising a plug and a socket. The plug comprises a plug housing, a cable cover, torsion springs, hooks, a plug fixing board, and a plug assembly. The bottom end face of the plug housing is equipped with a flange. The top end face of the plug housing is connected with the bottom end face of the plug housing through the flange. The hooks are installed on both sides of the plug housing and a cable cover connecting piece and are fixed in grooves on both sides of the flange. The torsion springs are arranged between the contact surfaces of hooks and the inner walls of the grooves of the flange such that the hooks motion by using fixing points of the hooks and the flange as fulcrums. The plug fixing board is fixedly installed on the bottom surface of the flange. The plug assembly is installed inside the plug housing. By means of ingenious structural design, the rectangular connector enables a spacefarer to still easily operate when wearing a heavy spacesuit and complex space gloves. The rectangular connector is excellent in mechanical properties, high in structural reliability, and enables an astronaut to easily determine whether the rectangular connector is correctly connected.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of electromechanical components, and relates to a connector, in particular to a connector device suitable for use by astronauts wearing space suits in a space environment. Background technique [0002] At present, the rectangular connector devices that can be quickly plugged and unplugged are generally products that are operated by bare hands, and have high requirements for the use environment. For harsh environments, the operator uses protective measures to plug and unplug (such as gloves) is generally not considered. [0003] Most of the existing connectors are common universal connectors, that is, after they are mated on the ground, they will no longer be mated and separated in space, and they do not match the size of the gloves of the space suits, so they cannot be used by astronauts outside the cabin. For the spacesuits in the current space environment, which are relatively bulky and inconvenient to op...

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[0004] The purpose of the present invention is to overcome the above-mentioned defects of the prior art, and to provide a connector. Through the ingenious design of the connector structure, the rectangular connector can not only be operated with bare hands, but also can be used when astronauts wear heavy space suits and wear complicated space suits. It can still be operated conveniently even with aerospace gloves, and the connector has excellent mechanical resistance, high structural reliability, can be operated with one hand, and is easy to operate, and it is convenient for astronauts to judge whether the connection is correct

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