A push-clamp type docking station

Abstract

The application relates to a push-clamp type docking station, which comprises a docking station body, a push plate, a clamping plate and an elastic element; the docking station body comprises a shell which is a plate-shaped body and is provided with a sliding groove on the surface, and the lower part of the shell is provided with a fixed plate located at the end of the sliding groove; the push plate is slidingly matched with the sliding groove; the clamping plate is fixedly connected with the push plate; the elastic element is arranged between the push plate and the shell; the push plate is pushed to slide along the sliding groove to the fixed plate, the elastic element is compressed, and the clamping plate is driven to move away from the fixed plate to form a clamping space; after the push plate is released, the elastic element is reset to drive the push plate to slide reversely, and the clamping plate moves to the fixed plate to be clamped on the clamped object in cooperation with the fixed plate. Through the push-clamp type docking station, the docking station and various clamped objects can be quickly clamped and released, the operation is simple, and the clamping is reliable.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This application relates to the field of expansion dock technology, specifically to a push-clamp type expansion dock. Background Technology

[0002] With the increasing popularity of smart mobile devices and thin and light laptops, docking stations are being used more and more widely in office and home entertainment scenarios.

[0003] Currently, in addition to fulfilling basic charging and discharging functions, docking stations are increasingly valued by users for their portability and ease of securing. However, most docking stations are placed directly on a desktop, which presents problems such as taking up space and being prone to slipping.

[0004] Docks are often used in fixed scenarios (such as desktops and workstations) to connect multiple devices, but traditional docks are unstable and prone to slipping or taking up space, affecting the user experience. Summary of the Invention

[0005] This application provides a push-clamp type expansion dock, which can solve the technical problems of existing expansion docks being placed on a table, such as occupying space and being prone to slipping.

[0006] This application provides a push-clamp type expansion dock, including: The main body of the expansion dock includes a shell, which is a plate-shaped body with a groove on its surface and a fixing plate located at the end of the groove at the lower part of the shell; The push plate is slidably fitted onto the slide groove; A clamping plate is fixedly connected to the push plate; An elastic element is disposed between the push plate and the housing; By pushing the push plate to slide along the groove toward the fixed plate, the elastic element is compressed and the clamping plate is moved away from the fixed plate to form a clamping space; After the push plate is released, the elastic element resets and causes the push plate to slide in the opposite direction. The clamping plate moves toward the fixing plate and cooperates with the fixing plate to clamp the clamped part.

[0007] In an optional embodiment, the push plate includes a fixing member and a push plate body integrally connected thereto. The side of the push plate body is L-shaped and includes a horizontal plate and a vertical plate. The housing is provided with a slide rail and a sliding plate that slides with it. The horizontal plate is connected to the sliding plate through the fixing member. The vertical plate is used to contact the fingertips during hand push. The end of the sliding plate is connected to a clamping plate that is disposed opposite to the push plate.

[0008] In an optional embodiment, the slide rail has a U-shaped groove structure, and the slide plate slides within the U-shaped groove structure.

[0009] In an alternative embodiment, the clamping plate and the sliding plate are integrally formed.

[0010] In an optional embodiment, the vertical plate includes two symmetrically arranged pressure plates with a notch between them.

[0011] In an optional embodiment, the two corners of one end of the plate-like body near the fixed plate are rounded.

[0012] In an optional embodiment, the elastic element is a spring, one end of which is connected to the push plate, and the other end of which is connected to the inner wall of the housing away from the fixed plate.

[0013] In an alternative embodiment, the housing is composed of an upper half-shell and a lower half-shell connected by snaps and screws.

[0014] In an optional embodiment, both the clamping surface of the fixing plate and the clamping surface of the clamping plate are provided with an anti-slip structure.

[0015] In an optional embodiment, the anti-slip structure is a rubber pad, corrugated protrusions, or dotted protrusions.

[0016] The beneficial effects of the technical solutions provided in this application include at least the following: The push-clamp docking station enables quick clamping and release of various objects, offering simple operation and reliable clamping. Integrating the clamping function into the docking station eliminates the need for additional accessories, reduces the user's carrying burden, and improves ease of use and stability within limited desktop space. The overall structure is compact, combining portability and functionality, effectively expanding the application scenarios and user experience of the docking station. Attached Figure Description

[0017] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of this application, the accompanying drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the accompanying drawings described below are only some embodiments of this application. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative effort.

[0018] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of a push-clamp type expansion dock provided in an embodiment of this application; Figure 2 This application provides an illustration of the usage of a push-clamp type expansion dock. Figure 3 A partial structural diagram of a push-clamp type expansion dock provided in this application embodiment, showing the push plate away from the fixed plate; Figure 4A schematic diagram of a portion of the push plate near the fixing plate of a push-clamp type expansion dock provided in an embodiment of this application; Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the push plate provided in an embodiment of this application.

[0019] In the diagram: 1. Shell; 11. Slide groove; 12. Fixing plate; 2. Push plate; 21. Horizontal plate; 22. Vertical plate; 221. Pressure plate; 222. Notch; 23. Fixing component; 3. Clamping plate; 4. Slide plate; 5. Slide rail; 51. Protrusion. Detailed Implementation

[0020] To enable those skilled in the art to better understand the present application, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present application, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative effort are within the scope of protection of the present application.

[0021] like Figure 1 As shown, this application provides a push-clamp type expansion dock, including an expansion dock body, a push plate 2, a clamping plate 3, and an elastic element; the expansion dock body includes a shell 1, which is a plate-shaped body with a sliding groove 11 on its surface, and a fixing plate 12 located at the end of the sliding groove 11 at the lower part of the shell 1; the push plate 2 is slidably fitted onto the sliding groove 11; the clamping plate 3 is fixedly connected to the push plate 2; the elastic element is disposed between the push plate 2 and the shell 1; as shown... Figure 2 As shown, by pushing the push plate 2 along the slide groove 11 towards the fixed plate 12, it moves from position A to position B, compressing the elastic element and driving the clamping plate 3 to move away from the fixed plate 12, from position C to position D, to form a clamping space; after releasing the push plate 2, the elastic element resets and drives the push plate 2 to slide in the opposite direction, and the clamping plate 3 moves towards the fixed plate 12, cooperating with the fixed plate 12 to clamp the clamped part.

[0022] This application utilizes a push-clamp expansion dock to achieve rapid clamping and release between the expansion dock and various clamped objects, offering simple operation and reliable clamping. By integrating the clamping function into the expansion dock, additional accessories are eliminated, reducing the user's carrying burden and improving ease of use and stability within limited desktop space. The overall structure is compact, combining portability and functionality, effectively expanding the application scenarios and user experience of the expansion dock.

[0023] In this application, the slide 11 is a long strip-shaped groove for the push plate 2 to slide along the groove.

[0024] In this application, the object being held is a support component used in various scenarios such as a desktop, monitor back panel, or workstation partition.

[0025] Generally, the circuit board inside the housing 1 of the expansion dock and the housing 1 are provided with multiple expansion interfaces. The side of the housing 1 is provided with one or more input interfaces and output interfaces. The side of the housing 1 is provided with various expansion interfaces, including but not limited to HDMI, USB-A, USB-C, SD card slot, etc., for connecting external devices.

[0026] In one embodiment, such as Figure 3 and Figure 4 As shown, the push plate 2 includes a fixing member 23 and a push plate 2 body integrally connected thereto. The side of the push plate 2 body is L-shaped, including a horizontally arranged horizontal plate 21 and a vertically arranged vertical plate 22. The housing 1 is provided with a slide rail 5 and a slide plate 4. The clamping plate 3 is fixed to one end of the slide plate 4. The slide rail 5 is fixed in the receiving cavity inside the housing 1. More specifically, the slide rail 5 is a U-shaped groove, and the slide plate 4 is matched in the U-shaped groove, with the slide plate 4 in contact with the bottom of the groove. Preferably, both sides of one end of the slide plate 4 are provided with locking protrusions, and multiple sets of protrusions 51 are spaced apart on the groove walls on both sides of the slide rail 5. Specifically, each set of protrusions 51 includes multiple protrusions 51 spaced apart along the length direction of the slide rail 5. When the slide plate 4 moves along the track towards the fixing plate 12, the locking protrusions on both sides of the slide plate 4 contact the sets of protrusions 51 at different positions, which makes it easy for the operator to perceive the sliding position of the slide plate 4 and slide the slide plate 4 to the appropriate position based on experience.

[0027] In a more specific embodiment, the horizontal plate 21 is connected to the sliding plate 4 via a fastener 23, the vertical plate 22 is used to contact the fingertips during hand pushing, and a clamping plate 3 is connected to the end of the sliding plate 4; preferably, as shown in the following embodiment. Figure 5 As shown, the vertical plate 22 includes two symmetrically arranged pressure plates 221, with a notch 222 between the two pressure plates 221. The user can quickly adjust the clamping space by pushing the push plate 2 until there is enough clamping space between the fixed plate 12 and the clamping plate 3, which fits against the edge of the table. When the pressing force is released, the clamping plate 3 clamps the fixed plate 12 against the edge of the table under the elastic reset action of the elastic element. The notch 222 is used to observe the distance between the pressure plate 221 and the fixed plate 12 when pressing the pressure plate 221 to avoid excessive pressing of the pressure plate 221, which may cause excessive deformation of the elastic element and damage its reset performance.

[0028] In this application, the vertical direction is the direction perpendicular to the main surface of the housing 1, and the horizontal direction is the direction perpendicular to the vertical direction and flush with the main surface of the housing 1.

[0029] In one embodiment, the clamping plate 3 and the slide plate 4 are integrally formed; the horizontal plate 21, the vertical plate 22, and the fixing member 23 are integrally formed, and the fixing member 23 is screwed to the middle of the slide plate 4.

[0030] In one embodiment, the two corners of one end of the plate-like body near the fixed plate 12 are rounded. For convenient two-handed operation, the thumbs press the push plate 2, while the index fingers rest on the two rounded corners at the bottom of the plate-like body. The combined force of the index fingers and the thumbs causes the push plate 2 to slide the slide plate 4, which in turn moves the clamping plate 3 away from the fixed plate 12 until sufficient clamping space is formed. In alternative embodiments of this application, the two bottom edges of the plate-like body can also be other shapes, as long as they have a certain degree of inclination to facilitate the application of force by the fingertips; they can even be straight edges without a chamfer.

[0031] In one embodiment, the elastic element is a spring, one end of which is connected to the push plate 2, and the other end is connected to the inner wall surface of the housing 1 away from the fixed plate 12. When the push plate 2 is pressed, the push plate 2 moves closer to the fixed plate 12, and the spring extends. When the push plate 2 is released, the spring returns to its original shape and shortens under the elastic restoring action.

[0032] In one embodiment, the housing 1 is formed by connecting an upper half-shell and a lower half-shell together with snaps and screws; more specifically, the fixing plate 12 is integrally disposed at the bottom of the upper half-shell and is perpendicular to the main surface of the upper half-shell.

[0033] In one embodiment, both the clamping surfaces of the fixing plate 12 and the clamping surfaces of the clamping plate 3 are provided with anti-slip structures to increase the friction between the clamping surfaces and the clamped parts, thereby achieving a more stable clamping effect; more specifically, the anti-slip structure is a rubber pad, a corrugated protrusion 51 or a dotted protrusion 51, preferably a rubber pad.

[0034] In the description of this application, it should be noted that the terms "upper," "lower," etc., indicating the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the accompanying drawings, are only for the convenience of describing this application and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, or be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as a limitation of this application. Unless otherwise expressly specified and limited, the terms "installed," "connected," and "linked" should be interpreted broadly. For example, they can refer to a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; they can refer to a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; they can refer to a direct connection or an indirect connection through an intermediate medium; they can refer to the internal communication between two elements. For those skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms in this application can be understood according to the specific circumstances.

[0035] It should be noted that in this application, relational terms such as "first" and "second" are used merely to distinguish one entity or operation from another, and do not necessarily require or imply any such actual relationship or order between these entities or operations. Furthermore, the terms "comprising," "including," or any other variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements includes not only those elements but also other elements not expressly listed, or elements inherent to such a process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitations, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one..." does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that includes said element.

[0036] The above description is merely a specific embodiment of this application, enabling those skilled in the art to understand or implement this application. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein may be implemented in other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of this application. Therefore, this application is not to be limited to the embodiments described herein, but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features claimed herein.

Claims

1. A push-clamp type expansion dock, characterized in that, include: The main body of the expansion dock includes a shell, which is a plate-shaped body with a groove on its surface and a fixing plate located at the end of the groove at the lower part of the shell; The push plate is slidably fitted onto the slide groove; A clamping plate is fixedly connected to the push plate; An elastic element is disposed between the push plate and the housing; By pushing the push plate to slide along the groove toward the fixed plate, the elastic element is compressed and the clamping plate is moved away from the fixed plate to form a clamping space; After the push plate is released, the elastic element resets and causes the push plate to slide in the opposite direction. The clamping plate moves toward the fixing plate and cooperates with the fixing plate to clamp the clamped part.

2. The push-clamp type expansion dock according to claim 1, characterized in that, The push plate includes a fixing member and a push plate body integrally connected thereto. The side of the push plate body is L-shaped and includes a horizontal plate and a vertical plate. The housing is provided with a slide rail and a sliding plate that slides with it. The horizontal plate is connected to the sliding plate through the fixing member. The vertical plate is used to contact the fingertips during hand push. The end of the sliding plate is connected to a clamping plate that is arranged opposite to the push plate.

3. The push-clamp type expansion dock according to claim 2, characterized in that, The slide rail has a U-shaped groove structure, and the slide plate slides within the U-shaped groove structure.

4. The push-clamp type expansion dock according to claim 3, characterized in that, The clamping plate and the sliding plate are integrally formed.

5. The push-clamp type expansion dock according to claim 2, characterized in that, The vertical plate includes two symmetrically arranged pressure plates with a notch between them.

6. The push-clamp type expansion dock according to claim 1, characterized in that, The plate-shaped body has rounded corners at one end near the fixed plate.

7. The push-clamp type expansion dock according to claim 1, characterized in that, The elastic element is a spring, one end of which is connected to the push plate, and the other end of which is connected to the inner wall of the housing away from the fixed plate.

8. The push-clamp type expansion dock according to claim 1, characterized in that, The housing is composed of an upper half and a lower half connected by snaps and screws.

9. The push-clamp type expansion dock according to claim 1, characterized in that, Both the clamping surface of the fixing plate and the clamping surface of the clamping plate are provided with anti-slip structures.

10. The push-clamp type expansion dock according to claim 9, characterized in that, The anti-slip structure is a rubber pad, corrugated protrusions, or dotted protrusions.

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