Docking station capable of hiding connecting line

Abstract

The utility model discloses a docking station capable of hiding a connecting line, which comprises a shell, a circuit board and the connecting line, the circuit board is fixed in the shell, the connecting line is connected with the circuit board and extends out of the shell, the top surface of the shell is provided with an accommodating groove, and the connecting line can be bent and accommodated in the accommodating groove; when the connecting line is bent and accommodated in the accommodating groove, the connecting line is clamped and fixed in the accommodating groove. According to the utility model, the structural design can be simplified, and the connecting wire can be stably accommodated in the accommodating groove.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of expansion docks, in particular to an expansion dock capable of hiding connecting wires. Background Art

[0002] An expansion dock is an external computer device with a replicable port, usually with a connecting cable. When using the expansion dock, the connecting cable needs to be connected to the computer. Since the connecting cable is long and is left outside, it takes up more space. For this reason, the prior art has designed an expansion dock that can hide the connecting cable. For example, the Chinese utility model patent with publication number CN209765377U discloses a Type-C hidden cable expansion dock, which is provided with a receiving groove on the shell of the expansion dock. The connecting cable can be bent and stored in the receiving groove to facilitate carrying the expansion dock. However, in the patent document, the receiving groove is closed by a rotatable upper cover to prevent the connecting cable from falling out of the receiving groove. This structure of restricting the connecting cable by the upper cover is relatively complicated. When the upper cover is rotated to the open state, the connecting cable will still fall out of the receiving groove. Utility Model Content

[0003] The utility model provides a docking station capable of hiding connecting wires, which can simplify the structural design and enable the connecting wires to be stably stored in the receiving grooves.

[0004] In order to solve the above problems, the utility model adopts the following technical solutions:

[0005] An embodiment of the utility model provides an expansion dock that can hide connecting wires, including a shell, a circuit board and connecting wires, wherein the circuit board is fixed in the shell, the connecting wires are connected to the circuit board and extend out of the shell, and a receiving groove is provided on the top surface of the shell, and the connecting wires can be bent and received in the receiving groove; when the connecting wires are bent and received in the receiving groove, the connecting wires are clamped and fixed in the receiving groove.

[0006] In some embodiments, a snap-fit ​​structure is provided on the side wall of the receiving groove, and the connecting line is snap-fitted with the snap-fit ​​structure.

[0007] In some embodiments, the connecting line includes a line body and a main connector, two ends of the line body are respectively connected to the circuit board and the main connector, and the main connector is snap-fitted with the snap-fit ​​structure.

[0008] In some embodiments, the clamping structure includes a plurality of ridges disposed on two side walls of the receiving groove, and the spacing between the ridges on the two side walls is slightly smaller than the width of the main joint.

[0009] In some embodiments, limiting structures are provided on two side walls of the receiving groove, and the limiting structures are used to limit the wire body from tilting out of the receiving groove.

[0010] In some embodiments, the end wall of the receiving groove is inclined near the main joint, and the height of the end wall gradually decreases in a direction parallel to the extension direction of the receiving groove and pointing from the main joint to the wire body.

[0011] In some embodiments, the shell includes an upper cover, a frame and a lower cover, the upper cover is fixed to the top of the frame and covers the opening at the top of the frame, the lower cover is fixed to the bottom of the frame and covers the opening at the bottom of the frame; the receiving groove is arranged on the top surface of the upper cover.

[0012] In some embodiments, the lower cover includes a base plate and a surrounding plate arranged around the base plate, the surrounding plate extends upward, the upper end of the surrounding plate abuts against the surrounding frame, and the surrounding plate is provided with a plurality of penetrating heat dissipation holes.

[0013] In some embodiments, a plurality of downwardly extending connecting plates are disposed around the periphery of the upper cover, the connecting plates abut against the inner side walls of the surrounding frame, buckles are disposed on the connecting plates, buckle positions are disposed on the lower cover, and the buckles are buckled with the buckle positions.

[0014] The present invention has at least the following beneficial effects: when the connecting wire of the present invention is bent and stored in the receiving groove, the connecting wire is clamped and fixed in the receiving groove, that is, the connecting wire is fixed by clamping, and there is no need to configure other external structures such as a cover plate. The connecting wire can be kept stored in the receiving groove by clamping, which can simplify the structural design and enable the connecting wire to be stably stored in the receiving groove. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0015] Figure 1 This is a structural schematic diagram of an expansion dock capable of hiding connecting wires according to an embodiment of the utility model;

[0016] Figure 2 This is an exploded schematic diagram of an expansion dock capable of hiding connecting wires according to an embodiment of the utility model;

[0017] Figure 3 This is a schematic structural diagram of an expansion dock capable of hiding connecting wires according to an embodiment of the utility model after the connecting wires are removed;

[0018] Figure 4 The figure is an exploded schematic diagram of a housing of an embodiment of the utility model.

[0019] Wherein, the accompanying drawings are marked as follows:

[0020] Shell 100, receiving groove 101, slot 102, side wall 103, end wall 104, through hole 105, upper cover 110, connecting plate 111, buckle 112, surrounding frame 120, lower cover 130, bottom plate 131, surrounding plate 132, heat dissipation hole 133, buckle position 134;

[0021] Circuit board 200, data interface 210;

[0022] Connecting line 300, line body 310, main connector 320;

[0023] The clamping structure 400 , the convex ridges 410 , and the limiting structure 420 . DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0024] The utility model provides the following description with reference to the accompanying drawings to help fully understand the various embodiments of the utility model as defined by the claims and their equivalents. The description includes various specific details to help understanding, but these details should be regarded as exemplary only. Therefore, those skilled in the art will recognize that various changes and modifications can be made to the various embodiments described herein without departing from the scope and spirit of the utility model.

[0025] In the description of the present invention, descriptions of orientations, such as up, down, front, back, left, right, etc., and orientations or positional relationships indicated are based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings and are only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description. They do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be understood as a limitation on the present invention.

[0026] It will be understood that when one element (eg, a first element) is “connected” to another element (eg, a second element), the element may be directly connected to the other element or an intervening element (eg, a third element) may be present between the element and the other element.

[0027] The embodiment of the utility model provides a docking station capable of hiding connection wires, such as Figure 1-3As shown, the expansion dock includes a housing 100, a circuit board 200 and a connecting wire 300. The circuit board 200 is fixed in the housing 100. The connecting wire 300 is connected to the circuit board 200 and extends out of the housing 100 for connecting to an external electronic device. A receiving groove 101 is provided on the top surface of the housing 100. The shape and size of the receiving groove 101 can be respectively adapted to the shape and size of the connecting wire 300. The connecting wire 300 can be bent. It can be bent to be received in the receiving groove 101 to reduce space occupation and facilitate carrying the entire expansion dock. It can also be bent to be removed from the receiving groove 101 so that the connecting wire 300 can be connected to an external electronic device. When the connection line 300 is bent and stored in the receiving groove 101, the connection line 300 is fixed in the receiving groove 101 by snapping, so there is no need to configure other external structures such as a cover plate. The connection line 300 can be kept in the receiving groove 101 by snapping, which can simplify the structural design. The snapping can also fix the connection line 300 so that the connection line 300 is stably stored in the receiving groove 101. At the same time, when the connection line 300 is bent by external force, the connection line 300 can also be taken out of the receiving groove 101 for use of the expansion dock of this embodiment.

[0028] In this embodiment, a plurality of data interfaces 210 are fixed on the circuit board 200, a plurality of slots 102 are provided on the surface of the housing 100, the data interfaces 210 are exposed in the slots 102, and an external connector can be connected to the data interfaces 210 to achieve port expansion.

[0029] In some embodiments, a clamping structure 400 is disposed on the side wall of the receiving groove 101 , and the connecting wire 300 is clamped and matched with the clamping structure 400 , and the clamping is performed through the clamping structure 400 .

[0030] Furthermore, the connecting line 300 includes a line body 310 and a main connector 320. The two ends of the line body 310 are respectively connected to the circuit board 200 and the main connector 320. The main connector 320 can be directly plugged into the interface of the external electronic device to facilitate the connection of the connecting line 300 with the external electronic device. According to actual needs, the main connector 320 can be a Mini USB interface, a Micro USB interface, a Type-C interface, a Lightning interface or other interfaces, which are more compatible. The main connector 320 is engaged with the snap-on structure 400. Compared with the line body 310, the main connector 320 is harder, so the main connector 320 can be stably engaged with the snap-on structure 400.

[0031] In this embodiment, the snap-fit ​​structure 400 includes a plurality of ridges 410 arranged on the two side walls 103 of the receiving groove 101. The spacing between the ridges 410 on the two side walls 103 is slightly smaller than the width of the main joint 320. The main joint 320 can be snapped between the ridges 410 on the two side walls 103 to achieve snap-fit ​​fixation.

[0032] The convex rib 410 may extend in a vertical direction, and the cross section of the convex rib 410 may be arc-shaped, which can relatively reduce friction and prevent the connection line 300 from being easily removed from the receiving groove 101 due to excessive clamping force. It can also prevent the main connector 320 from being scratched.

[0033] Of course, the clamping structure 400 may also adopt other clamping structures such as elastic pins.

[0034] In some embodiments, limiting structures 420 are provided on the two side walls 103 of the receiving groove 101 , and the limiting structures 420 are used to limit the wire body 310 from tilting out of the receiving groove 101 , so that the wire body 310 can be better kept in the receiving groove 101 .

[0035] The limiting structure 420 may include a plurality of protrusions disposed on the two side walls 103 of the receiving groove 101, and the spacing between the protrusions on the two side walls 103 is smaller than the width of the wire body 310. When the wire body 310 is received in the receiving groove 101, the wire body 310 is located below the protrusions, and the protrusions prevent the wire body 310 from moving out of the receiving groove 101. Of course, the limiting structure 420 may also be a limiting plate, a spring pin or other limiting structures.

[0036] In other embodiments, the size of the connecting wire 300 may be slightly larger than the size of the receiving groove 101 so that it can be fixed in the receiving groove 101 by interference fit, or a snap-fit ​​structure may be provided on the connecting wire 300 so that the connecting wire 300 can be fixed in the receiving groove 101 by the snap-fit ​​structure.

[0037] In some embodiments, the end wall 104 of the receiving groove 101 close to the main connector 320 is tilted, and the height of the end wall 104 gradually decreases in the direction parallel to the extension direction of the receiving groove 101 and from the main connector 320 to the line body 310. When the user wants to take the connecting line 300 out of the receiving groove 101, the user's finger can move along the end wall 104 to the bottom of the main connector 320, and then pry the main connector 320 to pull the main connector 320 out of the receiving groove 101.

[0038] In some embodiments, Figure 3 and Figure 4As shown, the housing 100 includes an upper cover 110, a surrounding frame 120 and a lower cover 130. The upper cover 110 is fixed to the top of the surrounding frame 120 and covers the opening at the top of the surrounding frame 120. The lower cover 130 is fixed to the bottom of the surrounding frame 120 and covers the opening at the bottom of the surrounding frame 120. The entire housing 100 is composed of a split structure, so that the circuit board 200 is fixed in the housing 100. The receiving groove 101 is provided on the top surface of the upper cover 110, and the side of the surrounding frame 120 is provided with a through hole 105. The receiving groove 101 is connected to the through hole 105. The connecting wire 300 is passed through the through hole 105. When the connecting wire 300 is bent, it can be better received in the receiving groove 101.

[0039] Furthermore, the lower cover 130 includes a bottom plate 131 and a surrounding plate 132 disposed around the bottom plate 131. The surrounding plate 132 extends upward, and the upper end of the surrounding plate 132 abuts against the surrounding frame 120. The surrounding plate 132 is provided with a plurality of penetrating heat dissipation holes 133 for heat dissipation. A portion of the surrounding plate 132 can be inserted into the inner side of the surrounding frame 120 to position the lower cover 130 and limit the lateral movement of the lower cover 130 relative to the surrounding frame 120.

[0040] Furthermore, a plurality of connection plates 111 extending downward are arranged around the upper cover 110, and the connection plates 111 abut against the inner side wall of the surrounding frame 120, which play a positioning role for the upper cover 110 and limit the lateral movement of the upper cover 110 relative to the surrounding frame 120. A buckle 112 is arranged on the connection plate 111, and a buckle position 134 is arranged on the lower cover 130. The buckle 112 is buckled with the buckle position 134, and the upper cover 110 and the lower cover 130 are fixed by the buckle connection, so that the upper cover 110, the surrounding frame 120 and the lower cover 130 are fastened together.

[0041] The terms and words used in the above description and claims are not limited to the literal meanings, but are only used by the applicant to enable a clear and consistent understanding of the utility model. Therefore, it should be clear to those skilled in the art that the above description of various embodiments of the utility model is provided only for illustration, and not for limiting the utility model as defined by the attached claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A docking station capable of hiding connecting cables, characterized in that: The invention comprises a shell, a circuit board and a connecting wire, wherein the circuit board is fixed in the shell, the connecting wire is connected to the circuit board and extends out of the shell, and a receiving groove is provided on the top surface of the shell, and the connecting wire can be bent and received in the receiving groove; when the connecting wire is bent and received in the receiving groove, the connecting wire is clamped and fixed in the receiving groove.

2. The expansion dock capable of hiding connecting wires according to claim 1, characterized in that: A clamping structure is arranged on the side wall of the receiving groove, and the connecting wire is clamped and matched with the clamping structure.

3. The expansion dock capable of hiding connecting wires according to claim 2, characterized in that: The connecting line comprises a line body and a main connector. Two ends of the line body are respectively connected to the circuit board and the main connector. The main connector is snap-fitted with the snap-fit ​​structure.

4. The expansion dock capable of hiding connecting wires according to claim 3, characterized in that: The clamping structure comprises a plurality of convex ridges arranged on two side walls of the receiving groove, and the spacing between the convex ridges on the two side walls is slightly smaller than the width of the main joint.

5. The expansion dock capable of hiding connecting wires according to claim 3, characterized in that: A limiting structure is arranged on the two side walls of the receiving groove, and the limiting structure is used to limit the wire body from tilting out of the receiving groove.

6. The expansion dock capable of hiding connecting wires according to claim 3, characterized in that: The end wall of the receiving groove close to the main joint is arranged obliquely, and the height of the end wall gradually decreases in a direction parallel to the extending direction of the receiving groove and pointing from the main joint to the wire body.

7. The expansion dock capable of hiding connecting wires according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that: The shell comprises an upper cover, a surrounding frame and a lower cover, wherein the upper cover is fixed on the top of the surrounding frame and covers the opening at the top of the surrounding frame, and the lower cover is fixed on the bottom of the surrounding frame and covers the opening at the bottom of the surrounding frame; the receiving groove is arranged on the top surface of the upper cover.

8. The expansion dock capable of hiding connecting wires according to claim 7, characterized in that: The lower cover comprises a bottom plate and a surrounding plate arranged around the bottom plate, the surrounding plate extends upward, the upper end of the surrounding plate abuts against the surrounding frame, and the surrounding plate is provided with a plurality of penetrating heat dissipation holes.

9. The expansion dock capable of hiding connecting wires according to claim 7, characterized in that: A plurality of connection plates extending downward are arranged on the periphery of the upper cover, the connection plates abut against the inner side walls of the surrounding frame, buckles are arranged on the connection plates, buckle positions are arranged on the lower cover, and the buckles are buckled with the buckle positions.

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