Floating connector
By designing a floating connector, using the combination of movable ears and movable openings, the problem that traditional relay connectors cannot be inserted smoothly on different horizontal planes is solved, and a more flexible connection method is achieved and space requirements are reduced.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202421484375.5
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-06-27
- Publication Date
- 2025-05-27
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-06-27
AI Technical Summary
When a traditional relay connector is plugged into the electrical connector, if the relay connector and the electrical connector are not on the same level, it will be space-constrained and cannot be connected smoothly.
A floating connector is designed, including a housing and a floating assembly. The floating assembly has movable ears that can pass through the movable opening of the housing, allowing horizontal movement in the accommodating space to accommodate electrical connectors of different horizontal planes.
Through the design of the floating connector, the space requirements when connecting the relay connector and the electrical connector can be reduced. Even if the two are not on the same level, they can be plugged in smoothly, improving the flexibility of the connection.
Smart Images
Figure CN222915299U_ABST
Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The present utility model relates to a floating connector, and particularly to a floating connector capable of floatingly mating with an electrical connector. Background Art
[0002] Generally speaking, a traditional relay connector can be used as an electrical device for connecting a bus and an electrical connector. However, when the relay connector is mated with the electrical connector, if the relay connector and the electrical connector are not on the same horizontal plane, there will be spatial limitations during mating, and it will be impossible to successfully connect the electrical connector and the relay connector. In other words, the condition of spatial limitation will reduce the application value of the relay connector. Summary of the Utility Model
[0003] To solve the above problems, a technical embodiment of the present utility model is a floating connector.
[0004] The technical means adopted by the present utility model are as follows.
[0005] According to an embodiment of the present utility model, the present utility model provides a floating connector, which includes a housing and a floating component. The housing has an accommodation space, two opposite first side walls, and two movable openings respectively located on the two first side walls. The floating component is movably disposed in the accommodation space. The floating component has a main body and two opposite movable ears extending from both sides of the main body. The width of the movable ear is smaller than the width of the movable opening, and the width of the movable opening is smaller than the width of the main body. The movable ear passes through the movable opening, so that the floating component moves in the accommodation space along a first direction on a horizontal plane. The first direction is parallel to the length direction of the two first side walls.
[0006] In an embodiment of the present utility model, the height of the movable ear is smaller than the height of the movable opening.
[0007] In an embodiment of the present utility model, the housing has two second side walls connecting the two first side walls, and the two first side walls and the two second side walls form the accommodation space.
[0008] In an embodiment of the present utility model, the distance between the two first side walls of the housing is greater than the width of the main body of the floating component in a second direction, and the floating component moves in the accommodation space along a second direction on a horizontal plane. The second direction is perpendicular to the first direction on the horizontal plane.
[0009] In an embodiment of the present utility model, the distance between the two second side walls of the housing is greater than the width of the main body of the floating component in the first direction.
[0010] In an embodiment of the present utility model, the length of the movable ear is greater than the distance from the main body of the floating component to the first side wall.
[0011] In an embodiment of the present utility model, the above floating connector further includes a conductive terminal. The conductive terminal is disposed in the accommodating space of the housing.
[0012] In an embodiment of the present utility model, the above conductive terminal extends into the main body of the floating component.
[0013] In an embodiment of the present utility model, the main body of the above floating component has a mating socket, the mating socket is correspondingly arranged with the conductive terminal, and the mating socket is used for receiving an electrical connector so that the conductive terminal is electrically connected to the electrical connector.
[0014] According to an embodiment of the present utility model, the present utility model provides a floating connector, which includes a housing and a floating component. The housing has an accommodating space, two opposite first side walls, and two movable openings respectively located on the two first side walls. The floating component is movably disposed in the accommodating space. The floating component has a main body and two opposite movable ears extending from both sides of the main body. The movable ears pass through the movable openings. The housing has two second side walls connecting the two first side walls. The length direction of the two first side walls is the first direction. The two first side walls and the two second side walls form the accommodating space. The distance between the two first side walls of the housing is greater than the width of the main body of the floating component in the second direction, so that the floating component moves in the second direction on the horizontal plane in the accommodating space, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.
[0015] The technical effect produced by the present utility model: A floating connector provided by the present utility model can be floatingly inserted into an electrical connector to reduce the space requirement when the floating connector is connected to the electrical connector.
[0016] In the above embodiment of the present utility model, the width of the movable opening of the housing of the floating connector is smaller than the width of the main body of the floating component. Therefore, the floating component can move in the first direction on the horizontal plane in the accommodating space, and / or the distance between the two first side walls of the housing of the floating connector is designed to be greater than the width of the main body of the floating component in the second direction, so that the floating component can move in the second direction on the horizontal plane in the accommodating space. In other words, the floating component of the floating connector can move relative to the housing on the horizontal plane. In this way, the space requirement when the floating connector is inserted into the electrical connector can be reduced. Even when the housing of the floating connector and the electrical connector are not on the same horizontal plane (that is, the floating connector is not completely aligned with the electrical connector), the floating component of the floating connector can move movably to be aligned with the electrical connector, so that the floating connector can be smoothly inserted into the electrical connector. Description of the Drawings
[0017] Figure 1 Three-dimensional view of a floating connector according to an embodiment of the present utility model.
[0018] Figure 2 Side view of the floating connector according to Figure 1 one embodiment of the present utility model.
[0019] Figure 3 Side view of the housing according to one embodiment of the present utility model.
[0020] Figure 4 Top view of the floating connector according to one embodiment of the present utility model.
[0021] Figure 5 According to Figure 4 Cross-sectional view of the floating connector along line segment A - A.
[0022] Figure 6 According to Figure 4 Cross-sectional view of the floating connector along line segment B - B.
[0023] Figure 7 Schematic diagram of the conductive terminal and the floating component according to one embodiment of the present utility model.
[0024] Symbol description: 100: Floating connector
[0025] 110: Housing
[0026] 111: First side wall
[0027] 112: Accommodating space
[0028] 113: Second side wall
[0029] 114: Moving opening
[0030] 120: Floating component
[0031] 122: Main body
[0032] 124: Moving ear
[0033] 126: Opposing socket
[0034] 130: Conductive terminal
[0035] D1: First direction
[0036] D2: Second direction
[0037] D3: Length direction
[0038] E1, E2, E3: Distance
[0039] H1, H2: Height
[0040] L: Length
[0041] W1, W2, W3, W4: Width
[0042] A - A, B - B: Line segments. Detailed implementation manners
[0043] Please refer to Figures 1 to 3 , Figure 1 The perspective view of the floating connector 100 according to an embodiment of the present utility model. Figure 2 is Figure 1 The side view of the floating connector 100. Figure 3 The side view of the housing 110 according to an embodiment of the present utility model. In Figures 1 to 3 , the floating connector 100 includes a housing 110 and a floating component 120. The housing 110 has a receiving space 112, two opposite first side walls 111, and two movable openings 114 respectively located on the two first side walls 111. For example, one first side wall 111 may have one movable opening 114.
[0044] In some embodiments, the floating component 120 is movably disposed in the receiving space 112 of the housing 110. In addition, the floating component 120 has a main body 122 and two opposite movable ears 124 extending from both sides of the main body 122. It should be noted that the width W1 of the movable ear 124 of the floating component 120 is smaller than the width W2 of the movable opening 114 of the housing 110, and the width W2 of the movable opening 114 of the housing 110 is smaller than the width W3 of the main body 122 of the floating component 120. That is to say, the width W3 of the main body 122 of the floating component 120 is greater than the width W1 of the movable ear 124 of the floating component 120 and the width W2 of the movable opening 114 of the housing 110.
[0045] In addition, the movable ears 124 of the floating component 120 pass through the movable openings 114 of the housing 110, so that the floating component 120 can move in the receiving space 112 on the horizontal plane along a first direction D1 and a second direction D2. The first direction D1 is parallel to the length direction D3 of the first side wall 111, and the second direction D2 is perpendicular to the length direction D3 of the first side wall 111.
[0046] Specifically, the width W2 of the movable opening 114 of the housing 110 of the floating connector 100 is smaller than the width W3 of the main body 122 of the floating component 120, and the width W1 of the movable ear 124 of the floating component 120 is smaller than the width W2 of the movable opening 114 of the housing 110. Therefore, the floating component 120 of the floating connector 100 can move in the receiving space 112 of the housing 110 in the first direction D1 on the horizontal plane.
[0047] In other words, the floating component 120 of the floating connector 100 can move back and forth relative to the housing 110 on a horizontal plane to adjust the angle and position for electrical connection and mating. In this way, the space requirement when the floating connector 100 is mated with the electrical connector can be reduced. Even when the housing 110 of the floating connector 100 and the electrical connector are not on the same horizontal plane (i.e., the floating connector 100 is not completely aligned with the electrical connector), the floating component 120 of the floating connector 100 can still movably move to align with the electrical connector, so that the floating connector 100 can be successfully mated with the electrical connector.
[0048] Please refer to Figures 4 to 6 , Figure 4 the top view of the floating connector 100 according to an embodiment of the present utility model, Figure 5 According to Figure 4 the sectional view of the floating connector 100 along line segment A - A, Figure 6 According to Figure 4 the sectional view of the floating connector 100 along line segment B - B. In Figures 4 to 6 , the height H1 of the movable ear 124 of the floating component 120 is less than the height H2 of the movable opening 114 of the housing 110. Therefore, the movable ear 124 of the floating component 120 can be inserted through and pass through the movable opening 114 of the housing 110. In addition, the housing 110 has two second side walls 113 connecting two first side walls 111, and two movable openings 114 of the housing 110 are respectively arranged on the two first side walls 111. The two first side walls 111 and the two second side walls 113 of the housing 110 form the accommodating space 112 of the housing 110.
[0049] In some embodiments, the distance E1 between the two first side walls 111 of the housing 110 is greater than the width W4 of the main body 122 of the floating component 120 in the second direction D2. The floating component 120 moves in the accommodating space 112 on a horizontal plane along the second direction D2, and the second direction D2 is perpendicular to the first direction D1 on the horizontal plane. That is to say, in this embodiment, it is allowed for the floating component 120 to move in the accommodating space 112 on a horizontal plane along the first direction D1 and the second direction D2. Here, it should be noted that although the above floating connector 100 is designed such that the floating component 120 can move in the first direction D1 and the second direction D2 on a horizontal plane in the accommodating space 112 of the housing 110, the present utility model is not limited thereto.
[0050] In some embodiments, it may be designed such that the width W1 of the movable ear 124 of the floating component 120 is only slightly smaller than the width W2 of the movable opening 114 of the housing 110, and the floating component 120 cannot move in the first direction D1 on the horizontal plane within the accommodation space 112 of the housing 110. However, by designing the distance E1 between the two first side walls 111 of the housing 110 to be greater than the width W4 of the main body 122 of the floating component 120 in the second direction D2, the floating component 120 can only move in the second direction D2 on the horizontal plane within the accommodation space 112.
[0051] In addition, in some embodiments, it may be designed such that the distance E1 between the two first side walls 111 of the housing 110 is slightly greater than the width W4 of the main body 122 of the floating component 120 in the second direction D2, and the floating component 120 cannot move in the second direction D2 on the horizontal plane within the accommodation space 112 of the housing 110. However, by designing the width W1 of the movable ear 124 of the floating component 120 to be smaller than the width W2 of the movable opening 114 of the housing 110, the floating component 120 can only move in the first direction D1 on the horizontal plane within the accommodation space 112 of the housing 110.
[0052] In some embodiments, the distance E2 between the two second side walls 113 of the housing 110 is greater than the width W3 of the main body 122 of the floating component 120 in the first direction. Therefore, the floating component 120 of the floating connector 100 can move in the first direction D1 on the horizontal plane within the accommodation space 112 of the housing 110. In addition, the length L of the movable ear 124 of the floating component 120 is greater than the distance E3 from the main body 122 of the floating component 120 to the first side wall 111 of the housing 110. In addition, the main body 122 of the floating component 120 has a mating socket 126. The mating socket 126 of the main body 122 of the floating component 120 is arranged corresponding to the conductive terminal 130, and the mating socket 126 of the main body 122 of the floating component 120 is used to receive an electrical connector, so that the conductive terminal 130 of the floating connector 100 can be electrically connected to the electrical connector.
[0053] Please refer to Figure 7 , Figure 7 Schematic diagram of the conductive terminal 130 and the floating component 120 according to an embodiment of the present utility model. In Figure 4 and Figure 7 , the floating connector 100 further includes a conductive terminal 130. The conductive terminal 130 of the floating connector 100 is arranged in the accommodation space 112 of the housing 110. The conductive terminal 130 of the floating connector 100 extends into the main body 122 of the floating component 120, so that the conductive terminal 130 of the floating connector 100 can be electrically connected to the electrical connector.
[0054] In summary, the width W2 of the movable opening 114 of the housing 110 of the floating connector 100 is smaller than the width W3 of the main body 122 of the floating assembly 120, and the width W1 of the movable ear portion 124 of the floating assembly 120 is smaller than the width W2 of the movable opening 114 of the housing 110. Therefore, the floating assembly 120 of the floating connector 100 can move in the first direction D1 on the horizontal plane within the accommodating space 112 of the housing 110. Furthermore, by designing the distance E1 between the two first side walls 111 of the housing 110 to be greater than the width W4 of the main body 122 of the floating assembly 120 in the second direction D2, the floating assembly 120 can move along the second direction D2 on the horizontal plane within the accommodating space 112. In other words, the floating assembly 120 of the floating connector 100 can move back and forth relative to the housing 110 on the horizontal plane to adjust the angle and position of the electrical connection and insertion. In this way, the space requirement when the floating connector 100 is inserted into the electrical connector can be reduced. Even when the housing 110 of the floating connector 100 and the electrical connector are not on the same horizontal plane (i.e., the floating connector 100 is not completely aligned with the electrical connector), the floating assembly 120 of the floating connector 100 can still move actively to align with the electrical connector, enabling the floating connector 100 to be successfully inserted into the electrical connector.
Claims
1. A floating connector, characterized in that: The floating connector comprises: A housing (110) having a containing space (112), two opposite first side walls (111), and two movable openings (114) respectively located on the two first side walls (111); and A floating component (120) is movably disposed in the accommodating space (112) and comprises a main body (122) and two opposite movable ears (124) extending from two sides of the main body (122), wherein a width (W1) of the movable ears (124) is smaller than a width (W2) of the movable opening (114), and the width (W2) of the movable opening (114) is smaller than a width (W3) of the main body (122), and the movable ears (124) pass through the movable opening (114), so that the floating component (120) moves along a first direction (D1) on a horizontal plane in the accommodating space (112), and the first direction (D1) is parallel to the length direction (D3) of the two first side walls (111).
2. The floating connector according to claim 1, characterized in that: The height (H1) of the movable ear portion (124) is smaller than the height (H2) of the movable opening (114).
3. The floating connector according to claim 1, characterized in that: The housing (110) has two second side walls (113) connected to the two first side walls (111), and the two first side walls (111) and the two second side walls (113) form the accommodating space (112).
4. The floating connector according to claim 3, characterized in that: The distance (E1) between the two first side walls (111) of the shell (110) is greater than a width (W4) of the main body (122) of the floating component (120) in a second direction (D2), and the floating component (120) moves along the second direction (D2) on the horizontal plane in the accommodating space (112), and the second direction (D2) is perpendicular to the first direction (D1) on the horizontal plane.
5. The floating connector according to claim 3, characterized in that: The distance (E2) between the two second side walls (113) of the housing (110) is greater than the width (W3) of the main body (122) of the floating assembly (120) in the first direction.
6. The floating connector according to claim 3, characterized in that: The length (L) of the movable ear portion (124) is greater than the distance (E3) from the main body (122) of the floating component (120) to the first side wall (111).
7. The floating connector according to claim 1, characterized in that: Also includes: A conductive terminal (130) is disposed in the accommodating space (112) of the housing (110).
8. The floating connector according to claim 7, characterized in that: The conductive terminal (130) extends into the body (122) of the floating component (120).
9. The floating connector according to claim 7, characterized in that: The main body (122) of the floating component (120) has a pair of sockets (126), and the pair of sockets (126) are arranged corresponding to the conductive terminals (130), and the pair of sockets (126) are used to receive an electrical connector so that the conductive terminals (130) are electrically connected to the electrical connector.
10. A floating connector, characterized in that: The floating connector comprises: A housing (110) having a containing space (112), two opposite first side walls (111), and two movable openings (114) respectively located on the two first side walls (111); and A floating assembly (120) is movably disposed in the accommodating space (112) and comprises a main body (122) and two opposite movable ears (124) extending from two sides of the main body (122), wherein the movable ears (124) pass through the movable opening (114), the housing (110) comprises two second side walls (113) connecting the two first side walls (111), the length direction (D3) of the two first side walls (111) being a first direction (D1), and the two first side walls (111) extending in a longitudinal direction (D3) of the two first side walls (111) being a first direction (D1). The side wall (111) and the two second side walls (113) form the accommodating space (112), and the distance (E1) between the two first side walls (111) of the shell (110) is greater than a width (W4) of the main body (122) of the floating component (120) in a second direction (D2), so that the floating component (120) moves along the second direction (D2) on a horizontal plane in the accommodating space (112), and the second direction (D2) is perpendicular to the first direction (D1).