Connector and inverter comprising same
By improving the connector's structural design and adopting stepped terminal blocks and sealing rings, the problems of large inverter output terminal size and material costs were solved, achieving miniaturization of the inverter and improved protection performance.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202520302064.0
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-02-25
- Publication Date
- 2026-01-30
- Estimated Expiration
- 2035-02-25
AI Technical Summary
Existing inverters have problems with large output terminal design, high material costs, and heavy weight, which cannot meet the requirements, especially after the power density is increased.
A connector has been designed, including a terminal base and a top cover, equipped with a stepped terminal block, wire clamps, sealing rings, and flip ears. Through improved wiring and sealing design, it replaces the traditional side sub-cavity structure, achieving miniaturization and improved protection performance.
While meeting protection requirements, it is easy to operate, has a simple locking method, a smaller size, reduces costs, and improves safety and waterproofness, thus meeting the miniaturization needs of inverters.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] This utility model relates to the field of new energy, and in particular to a connector and an inverter containing the connector. Background Technology
[0002] The primary function of a photovoltaic inverter is to convert the direct current (DC) generated by solar panels into alternating current (AC) for household appliances. The AC output requires separate wiring by the user to connect to the home power grid or grid-connected system. Inverters commonly use output terminal wiring, and the terminal designs vary between manufacturers. Most inverters have their AC output located at the bottom of the unit. However, to increase power density and reduce size, current inverters have overloaded the bottom terminal area, making it unsuitable for current needs. Currently, some side terminals use large secondary cavities for wiring and protection, resulting in larger size, higher material costs, and increased dimensions and weight. Utility Model Content
[0003] The purpose of this invention is to provide a connector and an inverter containing the connector in order to solve the above-mentioned problems.
[0004] This utility model achieves the above objectives through the following technical solutions:
[0005] A connector includes a terminal base and an upper cover plate covering the terminal base. A stepped terminal block assembly is installed on the terminal base. A wire clamp is detachably installed on the terminal base. A cover wire outlet groove is opened on the inner bottom of the upper cover plate. A seat wire outlet groove matching the cover wire outlet groove is provided on the terminal base.
[0006] Furthermore, a pressure ring is provided between the terminal base and the upper cover plate.
[0007] Furthermore, the stepped terminal block consists of an upper row of terminals and a lower row of terminals, which are stepped in shape and staggered.
[0008] Furthermore, a safety partition is provided between the upper row of terminals and the lower row of terminals, and several terminal baffles are fixedly installed on the terminal base.
[0009] Furthermore, the pressure ring consists of a second sealing ring and a stepped sealing gasket installed on the end side of the second sealing ring. The stepped sealing gasket is attached to the cable outlet groove of the cover, the second sealing ring is adhered to the cover edge of the upper cover plate, and a first sealing ring is attached to the cable outlet groove of the seat.
[0010] Further, one side edge of the upper cover plate is rotatably installed on the side edge of the terminal base through a hinge, and the other side edge of the upper cover plate is provided with a side screw lug, and the terminal base is provided with an upper cover screw fixing hole seat, and the side screw lug is fixed to the upper cover screw fixing hole seat through a screw.
[0011] Further, the two end sides of the wire pressing clamp are provided with clamp end side clamping members, and the terminal base is provided with a clamp fastening groove, and the clamp end side clamping members are clamped in the clamp fastening groove.
[0012] Further, the terminals of the stepped wiring terminal group are installed on the terminal base through any one of screw fixing, injection molding fixing, glue filling fixing or clamping fixing.
[0013] Further, the bottom of the upper cover plate is provided with a turnover lug, and the turnover lug is rotatably installed on the bottom of the terminal base through a turnover shaft.
[0014] Further, the two side edges of the upper cover plate are rotatably installed with buckles through buckle rotating shafts, the end side of the buckle is provided with a buckle clamping hook, the two side edges of the terminal base are installed with fixed columns, and the buckle clamping hook and the fixed column are clamped together.
[0015] The utility model discloses still a kind of inverter, including inverter main body, still including the connector, the connector is fixed in the side edge of the inverter main body.
[0016] The beneficial effects of the utility model are that: the connector and the inverter containing the same of the utility model, under the premise of meeting the protection performance, convenient operation, lock mode simple, replace the traditional side edge auxiliary cavity protection structure, reduce the volume, and the protection performance is good. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0017] Figure 1 It is the side view structure diagram of the inverter containing the connector of the utility model;
[0018] Figure 2 It is the side flip cover structure diagram of the connector of the utility model;
[0019] Figure 3 It is the stepped wiring terminal group structure diagram of the connector of the utility model;
[0020] Figure 4 It is the wire pressing clamp structure diagram of the connector of the utility model;
[0021] Figure 5 It is the connector pressing ring structure diagram of the utility model;
[0022] Figure 6 It is the bottom flip cover structure diagram of the connector of the utility model.
[0023] Reference signs are explained as follows:
[0024] 1, connector; 2, inverter main body; 3, terminal base; 4, upper cover plate; 5, stepped wiring terminal group; 6, wire pressing clamp; 7, seat wire outlet groove; 8, pressing ring; 9, cover wire outlet groove; 10, first sealing rubber ring; 11, turnover ear; 12, clamp end side clamping piece; 13, upper row of terminals; 14, lower row of terminals; 15, side screw ear; 16, upper cover screw fixing hole seat; 17, stepped safety separation plate; 18, terminal baffle; 19, second sealing rubber ring; 20, stepped sealing rubber gasket; 21, fixing column; 22, buckle; 23, buckle rotating shaft; 24, buckle clamping hook. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0025] The utility model will be further described below in combination with the drawings and examples: Example
[0026] As Figure 2 - Figure 5 shown, a connector 1, including terminal base 3 and cover set on terminal base 3 upper cover plate 4, terminal base 3 is installed with stepped wiring terminal group 5, and stepped wiring terminal group 5 is used to realize wiring, and terminal base 3 is detachably installed with wire pressing clamp 6, which is mainly used to press and set each wire after wiring, to avoid displacement when cover plate 4 is covered, and the inner side bottom of cover plate 4 is provided with cover wire outlet groove 9, and terminal base 3 is provided with seat wire outlet groove 7 matched with cover wire outlet groove 9, and seat wire outlet groove 7 and cover wire outlet groove 9 form wire outlet hole after buckling, which is convenient for secondary limiting of wire, and the wire outlet mode at the bottom tail, in cooperation with the protection measures of multi-stage gradient configuration of stepped wiring terminal group 5, ensures that the waterproof effect reaches IP67 or more;
[0027] Pressing ring 8 is arranged between terminal base 3 and upper cover plate 4 to increase the waterproofness of the buckling cover.
[0028] In the embodiment, stepped wiring terminal group 5 is composed of upper row of terminals 13 and lower row of terminals 14, and upper row of terminals 13 and lower row of terminals 14 are in staggered distribution in the shape of steps, and safety separation plate 17 is arranged between upper row of terminals 13 and lower row of terminals 14, which can be manually removed, and a plurality of terminal baffles 18 are fixedly installed on terminal base 3, which are used to separate two adjacent terminals on upper row of terminals 13 or lower row of terminals 14, so that the safety performance is improved by avoiding mutual arc striking and firing while simultaneously considering left and right and also considering upper and lower two rows of cable terminals.
[0029] In the embodiment, the pressing ring 8 is composed of a second sealing rubber ring 19 and a stepped sealing rubber pad 20 installed on the end side of the second sealing rubber ring 19, the stepped sealing rubber pad 20 is attached in the cover wire outlet groove 9, and the second sealing rubber ring 19 is attached on the cover edge of the upper cover plate 4.
[0030] In the embodiment, one side edge of the upper cover plate 4 is rotatably installed on the side edge of the terminal base 3 through a hinge, the other side of the upper cover plate 4 is provided with a side screw lug 15, the terminal base 3 is provided with an upper cover screw fixing hole seat 16, and the side screw lug 15 is fixed to the upper cover screw fixing hole seat 16 through a screw.
[0031] In the embodiment, the pressing wire hoop 6 is provided with a hoop end side clamping piece 12 on both end sides, the terminal base 3 is provided with a hoop clamping groove, and the hoop end side clamping piece 12 is clamped in the hoop clamping groove, so that the pressing wire hoop 6 can be detachably installed.
[0032] In the embodiment, the terminal (for example, a copper bar terminal, and other metal terminals can also be used) of the stepped terminal group 5 can be installed on the terminal base 3 through any one of a screw fixing, an injection molding fixing, a glue filling fixing or a clamping fixing. Embodiment
[0033] As shown in Figure 6 A connector 1, which is different from the embodiment 1, is provided with a turnover lug 11 on the bottom of the upper cover plate 4, and the turnover lug 11 is rotatably installed on the bottom of the terminal base 3 through a turnover shaft.
[0034] The upper cover plate 4 is rotatably installed with a buckle 22 on both sides through a buckle rotating shaft 23, the buckle 22 is provided with a buckle clamping hook 24 on the end side, the terminal base 3 is installed with a fixed column 21 on both sides, and the buckle clamping hook 24 is clamped together with the fixed column 21. Embodiment
[0035] As shown in Figure 1 The utility model discloses still a kind of inverter, including inverter main body 2 and connector 1 fixed on the side edge of inverter main body 2.
[0036] The connector 1 in the above embodiment is installed on the side of the inverter main body, replaces the traditional side edge auxiliary cavity protection mechanism, the terminal volume can be small, and the step configuration realizes family, platform, normalization, reduces cost and improves automation efficiency, the stepped terminal cooperates with sealing rubber pad and bottom tail wire outlet mode, waterproof is good and safety factor is increased by passing through the regulation partition, the upper cover plate is turned over or turned down, and operation disassembly is simple.
[0037] The person skilled in the art should understand that the utility model is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and the above-mentioned embodiments and the description in the specification are only to illustrate the principle of the utility model, and various changes and improvements can be made to the utility model without departing from the spirit and scope of the utility model, and these changes and improvements all fall within the scope of the utility model claimed.
Claims
1. A connector characterized by: The terminal base is detachably installed with a wire pressing clamp, the inner bottom of the upper cover plate is provided with a cover wire outlet groove, and the terminal base is provided with a seat wire outlet groove matched with the cover wire outlet groove.
2. A connector according to claim 1, wherein: A pressing ring is arranged between the terminal base and the upper cover plate.
3. The connector of claim 1, wherein: The stepped wiring terminal group is composed of an upper row of terminals and a lower row of terminals, and the upper row of terminals and the lower row of terminals are staggered and distributed in a stepped shape.
4. A connector according to claim 3, wherein: An anregulation partition plate is arranged between the upper row of terminals and the lower row of terminals, and a plurality of terminal baffles are fixedly installed on the terminal base.
5. The connector of claim 2, wherein: The pressing ring is composed of a second sealing rubber ring and a stepped sealing rubber pad installed at the end side of the second sealing rubber ring, the stepped sealing rubber pad is attached in the cover wire outlet groove, the second sealing rubber ring is attached to the cover edge of the upper cover plate, and a first sealing rubber ring is attached in the seat wire outlet groove.
6. The connector of claim 1, wherein: One side edge of the upper cover plate is rotatably installed on the side edge of the terminal base through a hinge, the other side edge of the upper cover plate is provided with a side screw ear, the terminal base is provided with an upper cover screw fixing hole seat, and the side screw ear is fixed to the upper cover screw fixing hole seat through a screw.
7. The connector of claim 1, wherein: Both end sides of the wire pressing clamp are provided with clamp end side clamping pieces, the terminal base is provided with a clamp buckle groove, and the clamp end side clamping pieces are buckled in the clamp buckle groove.
8. The connector of claim 1, wherein: The terminals of the stepped wiring terminal group are installed on the terminal base through any one of screw fixing, injection molding fixing, glue filling fixing or clamping fixing.
9. The connector of claim 1, wherein: The bottom of the upper cover plate is provided with a turnover ear rotatably installed on the bottom of the terminal base through a turnover shaft.
10. A connector according to claim 9, wherein: Both sides of the upper cover plate are rotatably installed with a clasp through a clasp rotating shaft, the end side of the clasp is provided with a clasp clamping hook, both sides of the terminal base are installed with a fixed column, and the clasp clamping hook is hooked together with the fixed column.
11. An inverter comprising an inverter body, characterized by The connector is further fixed to the side edge of the inverter main body.