Connector
AssigneeDelta Electronics, Inc.
InventorWei-Kai Hsiao
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Abstract
A connector is provided. The connector of the present disclosure includes a first barrier and a second barrier. The plurality of first connecting terminals of the socket connecting element are disposed between the first barrier and the bottom of the first main body. The plurality of second connecting terminals of the plug connecting element are disposed between the second barrier and the bottom of the second main body. When the first main body is rotated and moved through the first path so as to drive the first barrier and the second barrier to rotate and move, the second connecting terminal penetrates through the second hole and the first hole so as to contact with the first connecting terminal.
Claims9
A connector, comprising:
- a socket connecting element comprising a first main body, a first barrier and a plurality of first connecting terminals, wherein an inner periphery surface of the first main body comprises a first guiding portion, the first main body comprises a first receiving portion, the first barrier is disposed in the first receiving portion and fixed on the first main body, the first barrier comprises a first aligning portion and a plurality of first holes, the first aligning portion is disposed on one side of the first barrier away from a bottom of the first main body, the plurality of first holes and the plurality of first connecting terminals are spatially corresponding in position in one-to-one relationship, and each one of the plurality of first connecting terminals is disposed on the bottom of the first main body;
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- a plug connecting element comprising a second main body, a second barrier and a plurality of second connecting terminals, wherein an outer periphery surface of the second main body comprises a first path, the second main body comprises a second receiving portion, the second barrier is disposed in the second receiving portion and comprises a second aligning portion and a plurality of second holes, the second aligning portion is disposed on one side of the second barrier away from a bottom of the second main body, and each one of the plurality of second connecting terminals is disposed on the second main body, wherein the second aligning portion and the first aligning portion are aligned to each other, so that the plurality of second holes and the plurality of first holes are spatially corresponding in position in a one-to-one relationship, the first guiding portion of the first main body is aligned to the first path of the second main body, the first main body is driven to rotate and move along a track of the first path, and the first barrier and the second barrier are rotated and moved, so that each one of the plurality of second connecting terminals penetrates through corresponding one of the plurality of second holes and corresponding one of the plurality of first holes so as to contact corresponding one of the plurality of first connecting terminals,
- wherein the plug connecting element further comprises a spring disposed between the second barrier and the bottom of the second main body, and the spring is configured to space the second barrier from the bottom of the second main body;
- when the socket connecting element and the plug connecting element are separated, the spring is configured to cause the plurality of second connecting terminals to be covered by the second barrier;
- when the socket connecting element and the plug connecting element are combined, the spring is compressed by the second barrier to allow the plurality of second connecting terminals to penetrate through the plurality of second holes and the plurality of first holes to contact the plurality of first connecting terminals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.