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 structure. The connector body is provided with an end face and a card slot. The extending body extends from the end face and is provided with an unlocking buckle body and a locking buckle body. The locking and clamping structure comprises a sliding block, a handle, an elastic element and an elastic piece, the sliding block is connected with the extending body in a sliding mode and provided with a locking plate, the elastic element is elastically supported between the sliding block and the end face, the handle is provided with an unlocking buckle part and a locking and attaching buckle part, and the elastic piece is connected between the sliding block and the handle in a bridging mode. The sliding block is pushed to slide towards one direction, so that the locking buckle part is buckled on the locking buckle body, and the locking plate enters the notch to lock the electronic card; when the handle is pressed, the locking and attaching buckle part is separated from the locking and attaching buckle body, and the sliding block is pushed by the elastic element to slide reversely, so that the unlocking buckle part is buckled on the unlocking buckle body, and the locking plate retreats from the notch to unlock the electronic card. Therefore, the effect of reducing the occupied space of the locking and clamping structure and the effect of preventing the locking and clamping structure 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 structure. Background Art

[0002] Regarding the vertical card-edge connector with a locking function, the locking structure can be used to lock the electronic card to prevent the electronic card from being accidentally pulled out in the reverse direction.

[0003] However, the existing 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 small locking area.

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

[0005] The purpose of the utility model is to provide a vertical card-edge connector, which reduces the occupied space of the locking structure and increases the locking area of the locking structure for the electronic card.

[0006] To achieve the above purpose, the 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 having an unlocking buckle body and a locking buckle body; and a locking structure for locking the electronic card and including: a slider slidably connected to the extension body and having a locking plate; an elastic element elastically supported between the slider and one of the end face or the extension body; a handle having an unlocking buckle portion and a locking buckle portion at one end; and a spring piece bridging between the slider and the handle. Wherein, the locking structure can slide the slider in the direction towards the end face by pushing, so that the locking buckle portion of the handle is buckled on the locking buckle body and the locking plate enters the notch to lock the electronic card; the locking structure can also unlock the electronic card by pressing the other end of the handle, so that one end of the handle moves correspondingly under the action of the spring piece to disengage the locking buckle portion from the locking buckle body and the slider slides in the direction away from the end face by being elastically supported by the elastic element, and further the unlocking buckle portion of the handle is buckled on the unlocking buckle body and the locking plate exits the notch.

[0007] In an embodiment, the slider has a baffle, one end of the elastic element abuts against the baffle, and the baffle is connected with the locking plate.

[0008] In one embodiment, a slide rail is provided on the extension body, the slider has a sliding body, a sliding groove is defined in the sliding body corresponding to the slide rail, and the slide rail is slidably connected to the sliding groove.

[0009] In one embodiment, the connector body defines a length direction and a width direction, the extension body extends along the length direction, the unlocking buckle body and the locking buckle body protrude from the extension body along the width direction, and the handle is provided with a communication groove corresponding to the unlocking buckle body and the locking buckle body, and the communication groove communicates between the unlocking buckle part and the locking buckle part.

[0010] In one embodiment, one end of the handle protrudes with a boss along the width direction, and one side of the boss is used as the unlocking buckle part. The communication groove is defined in the boss and includes a longitudinal groove and a transverse groove that communicate with each other. The longitudinal groove communicates with the unlocking buckle part, and one groove wall of the transverse groove is used as the locking buckle part.

[0011] In one embodiment, one end of the elastic piece is fixedly connected to the boss.

[0012] In one embodiment, both the unlocking buckle body and the locking buckle body are located in the length direction, and the slider slides relative to the extension body along the length direction.

[0013] In one embodiment, the handle is adjacent to the extension body in the width direction.

[0014] In one embodiment, the elastic piece has an acting section, a fixed connection section, and a bending section that is bent and connected between one end of the acting section and the fixed connection section. The fixed connection section is fixedly connected to the slider, and the other end of the acting section is fixedly connected to one end of the handle.

[0015] Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following effects: it can effectively reduce the volume of the locking structure to reduce the occupied space of the locking structure; it can also change to a side-pushing method for locking and unlocking operations to increase the area of the electronic card locked by the locking structure, thereby preventing the locking from slipping off. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016] Figure 1 is a perspective view of the vertical card edge connector of the utility model.

[0017] Figure 2 is a schematic perspective exploded view of the vertical card edge connector of the utility model.

[0018] Figure 3 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of the vertical card edge connector of the utility model when viewed from above, showing the unlocking buckle body buckled to the unlocking buckle part.

[0019] Figure 4 This is a partial cross-sectional view of the vertical card-edge connector of the present utility model when viewed from the front, showing the insertion of an electronic card.

[0020] Figure 5 This is a partial cross-sectional view of the vertical card-edge connector of the present utility model when viewed from above, showing the sliding of the pushing slider relative to the extension body.

[0021] Figure 6 This is a partial cross-sectional view of the vertical card-edge connector of the present utility model when viewed from above, showing the locking buckle body buckled to the locking buckle portion.

[0022] Figure 7 This is a cross-sectional view of the vertical card-edge connector of the present utility model when viewed from the front after locking, showing the locking plate blocking on the locked portion of the electronic card.

[0023] Figure 8 This is a cross-sectional view of the vertical card-edge connector of the present utility model when viewed from above after the handle is pressed, showing the locking buckle body disengaging from the locking buckle portion.

[0024] Figure 9 This is a partial cross-sectional view of the vertical card-edge connector of the present utility model when viewed from the front, showing the locking plate disengaging from the electronic card.

[0025] In the figure:

[0026] 1: Connector body; 10: Card slot; 11: End face; 2: Extension body; 20a: Card insertion extension slot; 20b: Receiving slot; 21, 22: Wall plates; 23: Partition; 24: Slide rail; 5: Slider; 51: Sliding body; 511: Slide groove; 5111: Slot; 52: Baffle; 521: Locking plate; 522: Fixed portion; 6: Handle; 60: Inner surface; 61: Unlocking buckle portion; 62: Locking buckle portion; 63: Communication groove; 631: Longitudinal groove; 632: Transverse groove; 65: Boss; 7: Elastic element; 8: Spring piece; 81: Acting section; 811: Connection portion; 82: Fixed connection section; 83: Bending portion; C: Electronic card; C1: Notch; C11: Locked portion; D1: Length direction; D2: Width direction; L: Locking structure. Specific embodiments

[0027] The following further illustrates the present utility model in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments, so that those skilled in the art can better understand the present utility model and be able to implement it, but the embodiments cited do not limit the present utility model.

[0028] Such as Figures 1 to 7As shown in the figure, the present utility model provides an upright card-edge connector for plugging an electronic card C, which includes: a connector body 1, an extension body 2, and a locking structure L. It should be noted that the electronic card C is provided with a notch C1, and the electronic card C has a locked portion C11 corresponding to the position of the notch C1.

[0029] The connector body 1 has a card slot 10 and an end face 11 and another end face (element symbol not marked) 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 is a long strip and defines a length direction D1 and a width direction D2 perpendicular to each other. It should be noted that the connector body 1 includes an insulating body and a conductive terminal group whose element symbols are not marked 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.

[0030] The extension body 2 extends from the end face 11 of the connector body 1 along the length direction D1. The extension body 2 may be provided with a card-insertion extension slot 20a or may not be provided. The present utility model does not limit this. In the case where the card-insertion extension slot 20a 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 20a.

[0031] The extension body 2 has an unlocking buckle 27 and a locking buckle 28. Specifically, the extension body 2 has two wall plates 21, 22 spaced opposite to each other. A partition 23 is bridged between the two wall plates 21, 22, so that the space between the two wall plates 21, 22 is divided by the partition 23 into a card-insertion extension slot 20a and a receiving slot 20b. An outer side surface of the wall plate 21 protrudes with the aforementioned unlocking buckle 27 and locking buckle 28 along the width direction D2, and both the unlocking buckle 27 and the locking buckle 28 are located on the length direction D1; an outer side surface of the wall plate 22 protrudes with a slide rail 24, and the slide rail 24 extends along the length direction D1.

[0032] The locking structure L is used for locking the electronic card C and can also unlock the electronic card C. The locking structure L includes: a slider 5, a handle 6, an elastic element 7, and a spring piece 8.

[0033] The slider 5 is slidably connected to the extension body 2 and has a locking plate 521 for locking the electronic card C. The elastic element 7 is elastically supported between the slider 5 and the end face 11 (of course, the elastic element 7 can also be elastically supported between the slider 5 and the extension body 2, and the present utility model does not limit this). Specifically, the elastic element 7 is received in the receiving slot 20b; the slider 5 includes a sliding body 51 and a baffle 52 connected to each other. The sliding body 51 is provided with a sliding groove 511 corresponding to the slide rail 24 (a slit 5111 is formed in communication on the sliding body 51 for the sliding groove 511, and as Figure 2As shown, the slit 5111 is a single-opening slit body), the baffle 52 is connected with a locking plate 521, and one end of the elastic element 7 abuts against the baffle 52 of the slider 5. The slider 5 is slidably connected to the slide rail 24 through its chute 511, so that the slider 5 can slide relative to the extension body 2 in the length direction D1. As for the locking plate 521, it protrudes towards the end face 11 in the length direction D1.

[0034] One end of the handle 6 is provided with an unlocking buckle portion 61 and a locking buckle portion 62, so as to use the unlocking buckle portion 61 to buckle on the aforementioned unlocking buckle body 27, or use the locking buckle portion 62 to buckle on the aforementioned locking buckle body 28. Specifically, a communication groove 63 is opened on one face of the handle 6 adjacent to the extension body 2 corresponding to the unlocking buckle body 27 and the locking buckle body 28, and the communication groove 63 communicates between the unlocking buckle portion 61 and the locking buckle portion 62. In an embodiment, the handle 6 has an inner face 60 adjacent to the extension body 2 in the width direction D2. One end of the handle 6 protrudes from the inner face 60 in the width direction D2 to form a boss 65. One side (thickness side) of the boss 65 serves as the aforementioned unlocking buckle portion 61. The aforementioned communication groove 63 is opened on the boss 65 in the width direction D2. The communication groove 63 has a longitudinal groove 631 and a transverse groove 632 that communicate with each other (for example, communicate into a T shape). One end of the longitudinal groove 631 communicates with the transverse groove 632, the other end of the longitudinal groove 631 communicates with the unlocking buckle portion 61, and one groove wall of the transverse groove 632 serves as the aforementioned locking buckle portion 62.

[0035] The elastic piece 8 is bridged between the slider 5 and the handle 6, so that the handle 6 can elastically move relative to the extension body 2 by means of the elastic piece 8, for example, it can move like a seesaw. In addition, one end of the elastic piece 8 is fixedly connected to the boss 65, and the other end is fixed to the slider 5 (for example, it can be fixed to the baffle 52, but not limited thereto). Specifically, the elastic piece 8 has an acting section 81, a fixed connection section 82, and a bending portion 83 that is bent and connected between one end of the acting section 81 and the fixed connection section 82. The fixed connection section 82 is fixedly connected to a fixed portion 522 of the baffle 52. The other end of the acting section 81 forms a connection portion 811, and the connection portion 811 is fixedly connected to the boss 65 of the handle 6.

[0036] As Figure 1 and Figure 3 As shown, it is the state of the vertical card-edge connector of the present invention before inserting the card. At this time, the unlocking buckle portion 61 of the handle 6 is buckled on the unlocking buckle body 27 of the extension body 2 to block the slider 5, so that the slider 5 will not be pushed away from the extension body 2 by the elastic element 7.

[0037] Thus, as Figures 4 to 7As shown, when inserting the electronic card C, the user first inserts the electronic card C into the card slot 10, and then pushes the slider 5 toward the end surface 11, so that the locking buckle 62 of the handle 6 is locked with the locking buckle body 28 of the extension body 2 and the locking plate 521 enters the notch C1 to lock the electronic card C. At this time, the elastic element 7 elastically contracts between the baffle 52 and the end surface 11; when removing the electronic card C, as shown in FIG. Figure 8 and Figure 9 As shown, the user first presses the other end of the handle 6 (the other end of the handle 6 is close to the extension body 2), so that the aforementioned end of the handle 6 moves like a seesaw under the action of the spring 8 (one end of the handle 6 is away from the extension body 2), so that the locking buckle 62 is detached from the locking buckle body 28, and then the slider 5 is pushed to slide in the direction away from the end face 11 under the action of the elastic extension of the elastic element 7, so that the unlocking buckle 61 of the handle 6 is locked in the unlocking buckle body 28 of the extension body 2 and the locking plate 521 is allowed to exit the notch C1 to unlock the electronic card C.

[0038] In this way, the upright card edge connector of the present invention can effectively reduce the volume of the lock card structure L, thereby having the effect of reducing the space occupied by the lock card structure L; it can also change the locking and unlocking operations to a side-pushing method to increase the area of the lock card structure L that locks the electronic card C, thereby preventing the lock from slipping.

[0039] like Figure 2 、 Figure 5 and Figure 6 As shown, to facilitate the boss 65 of the handle 6 to climb from one side of the locking buckle body 28 to the other side, a slope 281 is formed on one side of the locking buckle body 28, and a slope 651 is also formed at the corresponding portion of the boss 65. This allows the boss 65 to climb the slope 281 of the locking buckle body 28 with its slope 651, and then, after climbing over the slope 281, the locking buckle portion 62 is stopped by the other side of the locking buckle body 28. Of course, to facilitate the smooth installation of the slider 5 on the extension body 2, a slope 271 is also formed on the same side of the unlocking buckle body 27.

[0040] It should be noted that if Figure 3 As shown, in the length direction D1, the inclined surface 271 of the unlocking buckle body 27 and the inclined surface 281 of the locking buckle body 28 are both located on the same side, and the parts of the unlocking buckle body 27 and the locking buckle body 28 used to stop the unlocking buckle part 61 and the locking buckle part 62 respectively are both located on the other side.

[0041] In summary, the upright card edge connector of the present invention can indeed achieve the intended purpose and effect and solve the deficiencies of the prior art, and therefore a utility model application is filed.

[0042] The above-described embodiments are merely preferred embodiments given to fully illustrate the present utility model, and the protection scope of the present utility model is not limited thereto. Equivalent substitutions or transformations made by those skilled in the art of this technology on the basis of the present utility model are all within the protection scope of the present utility model. The protection scope of the present utility model shall be subject to the claims.

Claims

1. An upright card-edge connector for plugging an electronic card, the electronic card being provided with a notch, characterized in that, The vertical card edge connector includes: A connector body having an end face and a card slot, into which the electronic card is inserted; An extension body extending from the end face and having an unlocking buckle body and a locking buckle body; and A locking structure for locking the electronic card and including: A slider slidably connected to the extension body and having a locking plate; An elastic element elastically supported between one of the slider and the end face or the extension body; A handle having an unlocking buckle portion and a locking buckle portion provided at one end thereof; and A spring piece bridging between the slider and the handle; Wherein, the locking structure can slide the slider in the direction towards the end face by pushing, so that the locking buckle portion of the handle is buckled to the locking buckle body and the locking plate enters the notch to lock the electronic card; and the locking structure can also make the one end of the handle move correspondingly under the action of the spring piece by pressing the other end of the handle, so that the locking buckle portion disengages from the locking buckle body and the slider slides in the direction away from the end face by being elastically supported by the elastic element, thereby making the unlocking buckle portion of the handle be buckled to the unlocking buckle body and the locking plate withdraw from the notch to unlock the electronic card.

2. The upright card edge connector according to claim 1, wherein: The slider has a baffle plate, one end of the elastic element abuts against the baffle plate, and the baffle plate is connected with the locking plate.

3. The vertical card-edge connector according to claim 1, wherein The extension body is provided with a slide rail, the slider has a sliding body, and the sliding body is provided with a sliding groove corresponding to the slide rail, and the slide rail is slidably connected to the sliding groove.

4. The vertical card-edge connector according to claim 1, wherein The connector body defines a length direction and a width direction, the extension body extends along the length direction, the unlocking buckle body and the locking buckle body protrude from the extension body along the width direction, the handle is provided with a communication groove corresponding to the unlocking buckle body and the locking buckle body, and the communication groove communicates between the unlocking buckle portion and the locking buckle portion.

5. The vertical card edge connector as claimed in claim 4, wherein, One end of the handle protrudes along the width direction with a boss, and one side of the boss is used as the unlocking buckle portion. The communication groove is opened in the boss and includes a longitudinal groove and a transverse groove that communicate with each other. The longitudinal groove communicates with the unlocking buckle portion, and one groove wall of the transverse groove is used as the locking buckle portion.

6. The vertical card edge connector as claimed in claim 5, wherein One end of the spring piece is fixedly connected to the boss.

7. The vertical card-edge connector according to claim 4, wherein Both the unlocking buckle body and the locking buckle body are located in the length direction, and the slider slides relative to the extension body along the length direction.

8. The vertical card-edge connector as claimed in claim 4, wherein, The handle is adjacent to the extension body in the width direction.

9. The vertical card-edge connector according to claim 1, wherein The spring piece has an acting section, a fixed connection section, and a bending portion bent and connected between one end of the acting section and the fixed connection section. The fixed connection section is fixedly connected to the slider, and the other end of the acting section is fixedly connected to one end of the handle.

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