Connector structure that provides secure connection
AssigneeTDI Technology Co., Ltd.
InventorYa Mei Wang
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Abstract
A connector is provided with a male unit having a frontal end that includes an inserting portion having a plurality of troughs and fitting troughs on lateral sides thereof. Each of two clip-on hooks are located inside of a respective fitting trough, and each of the clip-on hooks are formed with a hook portion, an elastic portion, and a pressing portion. A metal partition covers the top of the male unit. A connecting component connects with the insertion portion and includes a female unit, a circuit board, and a plurality of terminals. The female unit has a pair of clip-on openings for respective releasable coupling with the clip-on hooks to fasten the male and female units together.
Claims8
A connector structure comprising:
- a male unit, a frontal end of said male unit including an inserting portion having a respective concave portion located adjacent each of two sides of a top surface of said inserting portion, said inserting portion having a plurality of troughs that are evenly distanced one from another, a fitting trough being formed at each of two lateral sides of the frontal end in said male unit, a clip-on space being formed between said fitting trough and said inserting portion, a surface located between said clip-on space and a protruding portion at both sides of said male unit including a pivot-joint opening and a fastening opening, respectively, said pivot-joint opening being interconnected to said fitting trough;
- two clip-on hooks, the two clip-on hooks being structurally symmetrical, wherein a frontal section of each said clip-on hook forms a hook portion, a middle section of each said clip-on hook includes a through hole that leads to said pivot-joint opening, a rear section of each said clip-on hook being bent into an elastic portion, an opposite side of said elastic portion being disposed with a pressing portion for pressing;
- a metal partition covering a top surface of said male unit, wherein said metal partition has two ends having a respective lateral board, each lateral board holds to a corresponding surface of a respective end of said male unit, said metal partition having a pivot pin and a fastening pin disposed adjacent each of said lateral boards, wherein each said fastening pin is designed to fit into a corresponding one of said fastening openings, and each said pivot fits through a respective one of said pivot-joint openings of said male unit and the through hole of a corresponding one of said clip-on hooks, and is placed into a respective one of said pivot-joint openings;
- a connecting component being interconnected to said inserting portion, the connecting component including a female unit and a circuit board, a metal board with pins at two ends thereof surrounds a perimeter of said female unit, and said female unit having clip-on portions respectively formed on two ends thereof that allow each fitting trough to clip thereon, an inner wall of each said clip-on portion including a clip-on opening that allows the hook portion of a corresponding clip-on hook to clip and be fastened thereto, a section disposed between the two clip-on portions of said female unit having a plurality of terminals, each terminal being evenly distanced from the metal board that surrounds the perimeter of said female unit, each terminal includes a primary terminal, each of said primary terminals connecting into a respective one of said plurality of troughs, and each said terminal also including a secondary terminal facing away from said troughs, each said secondary terminal electrically connects to a respective circuit on said circuit board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.