Connector assembly, female connector, and male connector

Abstract

A connector assembly includes a female connector and a male connector. The female connector includes a female connector body and two female conductive terminals. The female connector body includes an insertion portion, a female housing body for connecting the insertion portion, and a first engaging portion disposed on the female housing body. The first engaging portion includes an engaging block for connecting the female housing body and a limiting portion for connecting the engaging block. The male connector is configured to couple with the female connector. The male connector includes a male connector body, two male conductive terminals, and a latch. The male connector body includes a male housing body for receiving the insertion portion and a pivot disposed on the male housing body. The latch is pivotally connected to the pivot and rotatable relative to the male connector body. The latch is configured to secure the female connector and male connector coupled to each other. When the latch secures the female connector and male connector, the latch engages with the engaging block.

Claims

1. A connector assembly comprising: a female connector comprising: a female connector body including an insertion portion, a female housing body connecting the insertion portion, and a first engaging portion disposed on the female housing body, the female connector having two end sub-channels penetrating the insertion portion and the female housing body, wherein the first engaging portion includes an engaging block connecting the female housing body and a limiting portion connecting the engaging block; and two female conductive terminals received in the two end sub-channels; and a male connector configured to couple with the female connector comprising: a male connector body including a male housing body receiving the insertion portion, a pivot disposed on the male housing body, and a second engaging portion; and two male conductive terminals located in a receiving space of the male housing body and electrically connected to the two female conductive terminals; and a latch pivotally connected to the pivot and rotatable relative to the male connector body, and the latch being configured to secure the female connector and the male connector coupled to each other, wherein when the latch secures the female connector and the male connector, the latch engages with the engaging block.

2. The connector assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the female connector further includes a rubber ring received in a rubber ring groove of the female connector body, the rubber ring groove being located between the female housing body and the insertion portion, and the rubber ring being located between the male connector body and the female connector body.

3. The connector assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the latch further comprises: a side plate pivotally connected to the pivot, the side plate having a pivot groove through which the pivot passes and a male engagement groove through which the second engagement portion passes; a top plate bent from the side plate and located above the male connector; and a hook extending from the side plate, the hook defining a female engagement groove between the hook and the side plate, wherein the first engagement portion passes through the female engagement groove.

4. The connector assembly as claimed in claim 3, wherein the engaging block of the first engaging portion has a semi-circular surface located on the side of the first engaging portion away from the male connector, and the female engaging groove has an arcuate edge corresponding to the semi-circular surface, a horizontal edge connecting the arcuate edge, and a vertical edge connecting the horizontal edge, wherein the extension length of one of the arcuate edges is greater than half the extension length of one of the semi-circular surfaces.

5. A female connector configured to couple with a male connector, comprising: a female connector body including an insertion portion, a female housing body connected to the insertion portion, and a first engaging portion disposed on the female housing body, wherein the female connector has two end sub-channels penetrating the insertion portion and the female housing body, wherein the insertion portion has a first top surface, two first side surfaces, and a first bottom surface, the female housing body has a second top surface protruding from the first top surface, two second side surfaces protruding from the two first side surfaces, and a second bottom surface protruding from the first bottom surface, wherein the first engaging portion includes an engaging block connected to the female housing body and a limiting portion connected to the engaging block; two female conductive terminals received in the two end sub-channels; and a female end housing connected to the female connector body.

6. The female connector as claimed in claim 5, wherein the engaging block of the first engaging portion has a semi-circular surface located on the side of the first engaging portion away from the insertion portion.

7. A male connector configured to couple with a female connector, comprising: a male connector body; a male housing body corresponding to a female connector body of the female connector and including a male housing body accommodating an insertion portion of the female connector body; a pivot and a locking portion disposed on the male housing body; wherein the pivot includes a shaft portion connecting to the male housing body and a stop portion connecting to the shaft portion, and a first diameter of the shaft portion is smaller than a second diameter of the stop portion; two male conductive terminals corresponding to two female conductive terminals of the female connector and located in an accommodating space of the male housing body; a male end housing connected to the male connector body; and a latch pivotally connected to the pivot and rotatable relative to the male connector, the latch corresponding to a locking block of the female connector body, and the latch configured to secure the female connector and the male connector coupled to each other.

8. The male connector as claimed in claim 7, wherein the latch comprises: a side plate pivotally connected to the pivot, the side plate having a pivot groove through which the pivot passes and a male engagement groove through which the engagement portion passes; a top plate bent from the side plate and located above the male connector; and a hook extending from the side plate, the hook defining a female engagement groove between the hook and the side plate.

9. The male connector as claimed in claim 8, wherein the side plate further comprises: a first recessed portion protruding toward the pivot groove, wherein the pivot groove has a first width and a second width corresponding to the first recessed portion that is less than the first width; a second recessed portion protruding toward the pivot groove and adjacent to an open end of the pivot groove, wherein the pivot groove corresponding to the second recessed portion has a third width that is less than the first width, wherein the first recessed portion and the second recessed portion divide the pivot groove into a first groove segment, a second groove segment and a third groove segment, and the end of the third groove segment away from the second recessed portion has a fourth width; and a third recessed portion protruding toward the male engagement groove, wherein the male engagement groove has a fifth width and a sixth width corresponding to the third recessed portion that is less than the fifth width.

10. The male connector as claimed in claim 9, wherein the fourth width is greater than the first width, and wherein the third recess divides the male engagement groove into a fourth groove segment and a fifth groove segment, such that the end of the fifth groove segment away from the third recess has a seventh width greater than the fifth width.

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