Vertical card edge connector

Abstract

A vertical card edge connector is used for plugging an electronic card with a gap and comprises a connector main body, an extension body and a card locking member. The extension body is formed by extending from the connector main body; the locking and clamping component is provided with a locking plate and is provided with one of a movable groove and a convex shaft, the extending body is provided with the other one of the movable groove and the convex shaft, the movable groove is provided with a locking hole and an unlocking groove which are communicated with each other, and the convex shaft is located in the movable groove. The convex shaft is positioned in the unlocking groove to be unlocked through the side zipper clamping component; by laterally pushing the card locking component, the convex shaft is positioned in the locking hole, and the locking plate enters the notch to lock the electronic card. Therefore, the effect of reducing the occupied space of the locking and clamping component and the effect of preventing the locking and clamping component from slipping can be achieved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to a card-edge connector, in particular to a vertical card-edge connector with a locking member. Background Art

[0002] Regarding the vertical card-edge connector with a locking function, it can use the locking structure to lock the electronic card to prevent the electronic card from being pulled out reversely without reason.

[0003] However, the known locking structures all adopt a rotating method for locking and unlocking. In order to enable the locking structure to rotate relative to the connector body, the locking structure inevitably has a relatively large volume and a problem of small locking area.

[0004] Due to the relatively large volume of the known locking structure, for electronic devices (such as computers and other devices) with limited space originally, the known locking structure has the defect of occupying a relatively large space. In addition, due to the relatively small locking area of the known locking structure, there is also a defect that it is easy to cause the electronic card to slip off during locking.

[0005] Therefore, how to overcome and improve the above-mentioned defects of the prior art is a major issue that the creator of the present utility model urgently wants to solve. Summary of the Utility Model

[0006] The purpose of the present utility model is to provide a vertical card-edge connector, which reduces the occupied space of the locking member and increases the locking area of the locking member for the electronic card.

[0007] To achieve the above purpose, the present utility model provides a vertical card-edge connector for plugging an electronic card. The electronic card is provided with a notch. The vertical card-edge connector includes: a connector body having an end face and a card slot, and the electronic card is plugged into the card slot; an extension body extending from the end face; and a locking member for locking the electronic card and having a locking plate. The locking member is provided with one of a movable groove and a convex shaft, and the extension body is provided with the other of the movable groove and the convex shaft. The movable groove has a locking hole and an unlocking groove communicating with each other, and the convex shaft is located in the movable groove. Wherein, the locking member can unlock the electronic card when the convex shaft is located in the unlocking groove, and the locking member can also lock the electronic card when the convex shaft is located in the locking hole and the locking plate enters the notch.

[0008] Compared with the prior art, the present utility model has the following effects: it can effectively reduce the volume of the locking member to reduce the occupied space of the locking member; it can also perform the locking and unlocking operations by lateral pushing and lateral pulling respectively to increase the locking area of the locking member for the electronic card, thereby preventing the locking from slipping off. Description of the Drawings

[0009] Figure 1 This is a perspective view of the vertical card-edge connector of the present utility model.

[0010] Figure 2 This is an exploded perspective view of the vertical card-edge connector of the present utility model.

[0011] Figure 3 This is a schematic cross-sectional view of the vertical card-edge connector of the present utility model before inserting an electronic card.

[0012] Figure 4 This is a schematic cross-sectional view of the vertical card-edge connector of the present utility model before locking.

[0013] Figure 5 This is a schematic cross-sectional view of the vertical card-edge connector of the present utility model after locking.

[0014] Figure 6 This is a schematic cross-sectional view of the vertical card-edge connector of the present utility model after locking, showing the locking plate blocking on the locked part of the electronic card.

[0015] Explanation of symbols in the drawings:

[0016] 1: Connector body;

[0017] 10: Card slot;

[0018] 11: End face;

[0019] 2: Extension body;

[0020] 20: Card insertion extension slot;

[0021] 21: Side face;

[0022] 22: Convex shaft;

[0023] 5: Locking card member;

[0024] 50: Spacing space;

[0025] 51: Side plate;

[0026] 52: Locking plate;

[0027] 54: Movable groove;

[0028] 541: Locking hole;

[0029] 542: Unlocking groove;

[0030] 545: Positioning body;

[0031] C: Electronic card;

[0032] C1: Notch;

[0033] C11: Locked part. Detailed implementation

[0034] The detailed description and technical content of the present utility model are described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, the accompanying drawings are only provided for reference and illustration purposes and are not intended to limit the present utility model.

[0035] As Figures 1 to 6 shown, the present utility model provides an upright card edge connector for plugging into an electronic card C, which includes: a connector body 1, an extension body 2, and a locking member 5. It should be noted that the electronic card C is provided with a notch C1, and the electronic card C has a locked part C11 corresponding to the position of the notch C1.

[0036] The connector body 1 has a card slot 10 and an end face 11 and the other end face (not marked with component symbols) opposite to each other. The card slot 10 is used for plugging the electronic card C and is located between the end face 11 and the other end face. The connector body 1 defines a plugging direction (not marked with component symbols) according to the card slot 10 and a length direction (not marked with component symbols) according to the length of the connector body 1, and the length direction is perpendicular to the plugging direction. It should be noted that the connector body 1 includes an insulating body and a conductive terminal group that are not marked with component symbols because they belong to the prior art. The conductive terminal group is arranged on the insulating body so that the electronic card C plugged into the card slot 10 can be electrically connected to the conductive terminal group.

[0037] The extension body 2 extends from the end face 11 of the connector body 1 along the aforementioned length direction. The extension body 2 may be provided with a card insertion extension slot 20 or may not be provided. The present utility model does not limit this. In the case where the card insertion extension slot 20 is provided, most of the bottom edge of the electronic card C is plugged into the card slot 10, and a small part of the bottom edge of the electronic card C is plugged into the card insertion extension slot 20.

[0038] The extension body 2 is provided with a convex shaft 22. Specifically, the extension body 2 has two side faces 21 opposite to each other. The card insertion extension slot 20 is formed between the two side faces 21, and each side face 21 is respectively provided with a convex shaft 22.

[0039] The card-locking member 5 is used to lock the electronic card C and can also unlock the electronic card C. The card-locking member 5 has a locking plate 52 and is provided with a movable groove 54. Specifically, the card-locking member 5 further has two side plates 51 opposite to each other, and each side plate 51 is respectively provided with a movable groove 54. Each movable groove 54 has a locking hole 541 and an unlocking groove 542 communicating with each other, and both the locking hole 541 and the unlocking groove 542 are located in the aforementioned length direction. In addition, the locking hole 541 is close to the locking plate 52, while the unlocking groove 542 is far from the locking plate 52 (the relationship among the locking plate 52, the locking hole 541, and the unlocking groove 542 can be a relationship of forming an obtuse triangle with each other, but it is not limited thereto), so that the unlocking groove 542 is located at an eccentric position of the card-locking member 5.

[0040] A spacing space 50 is formed between the two side plates 51 of the card-locking member 5. As for the locking plate 52, it straddles between one side edge of the two side plates 51 and partially covers the position corresponding to the spacing space 50. The locking plate 52 can be in a flat plate shape, or in a U shape or an inverted U shape (for example: bridging a flat plate between the wall heads of two longitudinal walls), and the present utility model does not limit this. In addition, both the locking plate 52 and the locked portion C11 of the electronic card C are arranged side by side with the length direction, so that the locking plate 52 can be used to block the locked portion C11.

[0041] The card-locking member 5 houses the extension body 2 in its spacing space 50, each side plate 51 abuts against each side surface 21, and each convex shaft 22 extends into each movable groove 54, so that the card-locking member 5 can slide back and forth relative to the extension body 2, and it is restricted under the condition that the convex shaft 22 can only move back and forth between the locking hole 541 and the unlocking groove 542.

[0042] Thus, as Figure 3 and Figure 4 shown, when the convex shaft 22 is located in the unlocking groove 542, the card-locking member 5 is relatively far from the connector body 1, and the locking plate 52 is far from the locked portion C11, so that the electronic card C can be pulled out from the card slot 10. Moreover, since the card-locking member 5 is supported by the convex shaft 22 at its unlocking groove 542 located at the eccentric position at this time, the card-locking member 5 will be inclined as Figure 4 shown. As Figure 5 and Figure 6 shown, when it is desired to lock the electronic card C that has been inserted into the card slot 10, the card-locking member 5 can be first righted as Figure 4 shown, and then the card-locking member 5 can be pushed toward the connector body 1 side along the length direction as Figure 5 shown, so that the convex shaft 22 can enter the locking hole 541, and at the same time, the locking plate 52 can enter the notch C1 as Figure 6 shown and block the locked portion C11 of the electronic card C, so that the card-locking member 5 locks the electronic card C to prevent the electronic card C from being pulled out reversely without reason; on the contrary, when it is desired to unlock, the card-locking member 5 can be pulled laterally.

[0043] In this way, the vertical card-edge connector of the present utility model can effectively reduce the volume of the locking member 5, thus having the effect of reducing the space occupied by the locking member 5; it can also change to the side-pushing and side-pulling methods to perform the locking and unlocking operations respectively, so as to increase the locking area of the locking member 5 on the electronic card C, thereby preventing the locking from slipping off.

[0044] As Figure 2 and Figure 5 shown, in order to enable the convex shaft 22 to be positioned within the locking hole 541, each side plate 51 has an inner peripheral edge (the component symbol is not marked, that is, the inner peripheral edge of the movable groove 54) corresponding to the position of each movable groove 54, and at least one positioning body 545 protrudes from the inner peripheral edge of each side plate 51. At least one positioning body 545 is located between the locking hole 541 and the unlocking groove 542. The present utility model does not limit the number of the positioning bodies 545, which can be one or at least two. In this embodiment, two opposite positioning bodies 545 are taken as an example for illustration.

[0045] When unlocking, the user only needs to apply an external force away from the connector body 1 to the locking member 5 (side-pull the locking member 5), and this external force must be greater than the restriction of the positioning body 545 on the convex shaft 22. In this way, the convex shaft 22 can enter the unlocking groove 542 from the locking hole 541 as Figure 4 shown, and then the unlocking is completed.

[0046] In other embodiments not shown in the drawings, the arrangement positions of the convex shaft 22 and the movable groove 54 can also be swapped, that is: the extending body 2 is provided with the movable groove 54, and the locking member 5 is provided with the convex shaft 22. In other words, the present utility model does not limit the arrangement positions of the convex shaft 22 and the movable groove 54. It can be like Figures 1 to 6 shown, with the movable groove 54 provided on the locking member 5 and the convex shaft 22 provided on the extending body 2; or in an embodiment not shown in the drawings, the convex shaft 22 can be provided on the locking member 5 and the movable groove 54 can be provided on the extending body 2.

[0047] In summary, the vertical card-edge connector of the present utility model can indeed achieve the expected use purposes and effects, and can solve the deficiencies of the prior art. Therefore, a patent application is filed.

[0048] The above is only a preferred and feasible embodiment of the present utility model, and it does not limit the patent scope of the present utility model accordingly. All equivalent structural changes made by using the content of the specification and drawings of the present utility model are reasonably included in the scope of the rights of the present utility model. It is hereby clarified.

Claims

1. A vertical card edge connector for plugging an electronic card, wherein the electronic card has a notch, characterized in that: The vertical card edge connector includes: A connector body having an end face and a card insertion slot, wherein the electronic card is inserted into the card insertion slot; an extension body extending from the end surface; and a card locking member, used to lock the electronic card and having a locking plate, the card locking member is provided with one of a movable groove and a convex shaft, the extension body is provided with the other of the movable groove and the convex shaft, the movable groove has a locking hole and an unlocking groove connected to each other, and the convex shaft is located in the movable groove; The card locking member can unlock the electronic card by virtue of the convex shaft being located in the unlocking groove, and can also lock the electronic card by virtue of the convex shaft being located in the locking hole and the locking plate entering the notch.

2. The upright card edge connector according to claim 1, wherein: The locking component is provided with the movable groove, and the extending body is provided with the convex shaft.

3. The upright card edge connector according to claim 1, wherein: The locking component is provided with the convex shaft, and the extending body is provided with the movable groove.

4. The upright card edge connector according to claim 1, wherein: The locking component has an inner periphery corresponding to the position of the movable groove, and the inner periphery of the locking component is convexly provided with at least one positioning body, and the at least one positioning body is located between the locking hole and the unlocking groove.

5. The upright card edge connector according to claim 1, wherein: The extension body has two side surfaces opposite to each other, and the two side surfaces are both provided with the convex shafts. The locking component also has two side plates, and the two side plates are both provided with the movable grooves, and each of the convex shafts extends into each of the movable grooves.

6. The upright card edge connector according to claim 5, wherein: The locking plate is connected across one side edge of the two side plates.

7. The upright card edge connector according to claim 5, wherein: A spacing space is formed between the two side plates, and the extension body is accommodated in the spacing space.

8. The upright card edge connector according to claim 7, wherein: The locking plate partially covers the space corresponding to the interval.

9. The upright card edge connector according to claim 1, wherein: The connector body is defined by the card insertion slot with a plug-in direction and a length direction perpendicular to the plug-in direction, and the locking hole and the unlocking slot are both located in the length direction.

10. The upright card edge connector according to claim 1, wherein: The connector body defines a plug-in direction and a length direction perpendicular to the plug-in direction with the card insertion slot, and the locking plate and the length direction are arranged side by side.

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