KR20100006424U - Connector Assembly for Vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a connector assembly for a vehicle, by forming a main guide portion having a predetermined path in the connector cover and forming a main guide protrusion engaged with the main guide portion in the male connector, by only rotating the connector cover to the connector body. The connector body is inserted into the male connector, and the female connector is inserted into the male connector. Therefore, a separate connector for fastening the female connector and the male connector is unnecessary, thereby reducing the number of parts and making it easy to assemble and manufacture. To provide.

Connector, guide, connector cover

Description

Connector Assembly for Vehicle

The present invention relates to a connector assembly for a vehicle. More specifically, the connector body is inserted and moved into the male connector by only rotating the connector cover to the connector body without a separate fastener for fastening the female connector and the male connector, and the female connector is inserted into the male connector. Accordingly, the present invention relates to a vehicle connector assembly which reduces the number of parts and is easy to assemble and manufacture.

In general, a connector is a connecting part used to electrically connect one circuit to another circuit. In a vehicle, a connector is used to connect or connect a cable or a wire.

Recently, for the convenience of users, the number of electronic devices mounted on a vehicle is increasing rapidly. Accordingly, the number of cables or wires required is also increased, and various connectors for connecting or connecting them are used.

1 is an exploded perspective view schematically showing a configuration of a general vehicle connector assembly according to the prior art, and FIG. 2 is an operation state diagram schematically showing a coupling operation state of a general vehicle connector assembly according to the prior art.

Conventional connector assembly according to the prior art is composed of a female connector 100 and a male connector 200 that can be fastened to each other as shown in Figure 1, the female connector 100 is equipped with a plurality of terminals (not shown) The male connector 200 is equipped with a plurality of terminal pins (not shown), and the female connector 100 and the male connector 200 are electrically connected to each other and fastened through a process in which the terminal pin is inserted and coupled to the terminal.

The male connector 200 has a female connector 100 accommodating space formed therein in an open form so that the female connector 100 can be inserted and fastened, and the female connector 100 includes a connector body 110 and a connector cover. Separately formed by the 120 is formed so that the connector body 110 can be inserted into the male connector 200. In addition, the female connector 100 is equipped with a separate connector lever 130 so that the fastening of the female connector 100 and the male connector 200 can be easily performed and separation from each other can be prevented.

The connector body 110 of the female connector 100 is provided with a plurality of terminal insertion holes 116 into which a plurality of terminals connected to a wire (not shown) may be inserted, and on one side thereof, a wire guide part for inducing a wire direction of the wire. 111 is formed and the insertion protrusion 112 is formed so that the other side can be hinged with the connector cover 120. In addition, the end of the wire guide 111 is formed with a locking projection 113 to which the connector cover 120 can be fixed.

The connector cover 120 is coupled to the connector body 110 in a form of covering one surface of the connector body 110 so that the terminal and the wire inserted into the connector body 110 may be protected and fixed. 121 is formed to be engaged and fixed to the engaging projection 113 of the connector body 110, the insertion hole 122 is formed at the other end is inserted and coupled to the insertion protrusion 112 of the connector body 110. In addition, a hook portion 123 is formed on the upper surface of the connector cover 120 so that the connector lever 130 is caught and fixed.

The connector lever 130 is hinged to the connector body 110 so that the connector body 110 is easily inserted into and fastened to the female connector 100 and prevented from being separated. The connector lever 130 is connected to the connector body 110 at the center of the connector lever 130. A hinge hole 131 is formed to be hinged, and a handle 132 is formed at one side so that a rotation operation of the connector lever 130 can be easily performed. At this time, both side surfaces of the connector body 110 are inserted into the hinge hole 131 of the connector lever 130 and the hinge protrusion 114 is formed so that they can be hinged to each other.

In addition, the connector lever 130 has a concave groove-shaped guide part 133 having a predetermined path, and the male connector 200 is formed with a guide protrusion 210 that can be engaged with the guide part 133. do. At this time, the path of the guide unit 133 is inserted into the connector body 110 to the male connector 200 as the connector lever 130 is rotated while the guide unit 133 is engaged with the guide protrusion 210. It is formed to move in the direction.

According to this structure, the female connector 100 according to the related art has a connector body 110 and a connector cover 120 coupled to each other in a state where a plurality of terminals are inserted into the terminal insertion hole 116 of the connector body 110, and the connector The connector lever 130 is hinged to the main body 110 and inserted and fastened to the male connector 200.

Looking at the process in which the female connector 100 is inserted into the male connector 200, first, the connector body 110, the connector cover 120 and the connector lever 130 are assembled as shown in FIG. The female connector 100 is inserted into the male connector 200 in a predetermined range, and then the connector lever 130 is rotated about the hinge protrusion 114 as shown in FIG. Since the guide part 133 of 130 is engaged with the guide protrusion 210 of the male connector 200 and rotates, the female connector 100 moves toward the male connector 200 along the path of the guide part 133. It is inserted into and fastened to the male connector 200.

Therefore, the conventional connector assembly according to the prior art is provided with a connector cover 120 coupled to the connector body 110 for fixing and protecting the terminals and wires as described above, the connector body 110 is also a male connector A separate connector lever 130 is provided to be inserted into the 200. Therefore, the number of parts required for the connector assembly is large, and accordingly, the manufacturing cost of the connector assembly is not only increased, but the assembly process is complicated, resulting in a problem of lowering the process efficiency.

Therefore, the present invention was devised to solve these problems, and the object of the present invention is to simply rotate the connector cover to the connector body without using a separate fastener to fasten the female connector and the male connector. It is to provide a vehicle connector assembly for inserting and fastening the female connector and the male connector through.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a connector assembly for a vehicle that does not require a separate fastener, the number of parts is reduced, thereby easy to assemble and manufacture, and the process efficiency is improved.

The present invention provides a vehicle connector assembly composed of a female connector and a male connector that can be fastened to each other, wherein the female connector includes: a connector body having a terminal insertion hole formed therein to insert a terminal connected to a wire; And a connector cover rotatably coupled to one side of the connector body, wherein the male connector has a main guide protrusion formed therein, and the connector cover engages with the main guide protrusion and guides the movement path of the connector cover. The main guide part is a vehicle connector assembly, characterized in that a path for guiding the connector body to move in the direction in which the connector cover is inserted and fastened as the connector cover is rotated in the direction in which the connector body is fastened. To provide.

In addition, an auxiliary guide protrusion may be formed in the connector body, and an auxiliary guide portion may be formed in the connector cover to be engaged with the auxiliary guide protrusion and guide the rotation path of the connector cover.

In this case, the main guide portion and the auxiliary guide portion may be formed in the form of a protrusion formed to protrude to have a predetermined path on both sides of the connector cover, and the main guide portion and the auxiliary guide portion has a predetermined path on both sides of the connector cover. It may be formed in the form of an open slot.

In addition, an insertion protrusion is formed at one end of the connector body, and an insertion hole is formed at one side end of the connector cover to allow the insertion protrusion to be engaged, and the connector cover is inserted through the insertion protrusion and the insertion hole. The connector body may be detachably coupled to the connector body.

In addition, at least one of the main guide or the auxiliary guide may be provided with an operation detecting unit for generating a feeling of operation for the completion of the rotation of the connector cover or the completion of the insertion movement of the connector body.

In this case, the manipulation detection unit may be configured in the form of a depression in which the path width of the main guide portion or the auxiliary guide portion is narrowly formed so that the main guide protrusion or the auxiliary guide protrusion is compressed and passed therethrough.

Vehicle connector assembly according to the present invention has the following effects compared to the prior art.

First, by forming a main guide portion having a predetermined path in the connector cover and forming a main guide protrusion engaged with the main guide portion in the male connector, the connector body is inserted and moved into the male connector only by the operation of the connector cover being pivotally coupled to the connector body. The female connector is inserted into and fastened to the male connector, thereby eliminating the need for a separate fastener for fastening the female connector and the male connector, thereby reducing the number of parts and facilitating assembly and fabrication.

Second, by forming an auxiliary guide portion having a predetermined path in the connector cover and forming an auxiliary guide protrusion that engages the auxiliary guide portion in the connector body, the rotation path for the connector cover can be kept more accurate and constant, and thus the connector There is an effect that the female connector is inserted into the male connector more smoothly when the cover is rotated.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First of all, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are used as much as possible even if displayed on different drawings. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

3 is a perspective view schematically showing a configuration of a vehicle connector assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view schematically showing the internal structure of a vehicle connector assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Vehicle connector assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention is composed of a female connector 300 and the male connector 400 which can be fastened to each other as shown in Figure 3 and 4, the female connector 300 is a wire ( A plurality of terminals (not shown) connected to the terminal are mounted and the male connector 400 is equipped with a terminal pin (not shown) that is inserted into and coupled to the terminal, and the female connector 300 is inserted into the male connector 400. As such, the terminal and the terminal pin are coupled to each other, and the female connector 300 and the male connector 400 are electrically connected to each other.

The male connector 400 has an accommodating space for the female connector 300 in an open form so that the female connector 300 can be inserted and fastened, and the female connector 300 includes a connector body 310 and Separately formed by the connector cover 320 is formed so that the connector body 310 can be inserted into the male connector 400.

In the connector body 310 of the female connector 300, a plurality of terminal insertion holes 316 are formed to insert the plurality of terminals, respectively, and on one side, a wire guide part 311 for inducing a wire direction of the wire is provided. It is formed and the end of the wire guide portion 311 is formed with a locking projection 313 that can be fixed to the connector cover 320.

The connector cover 320 may be coupled to the connector body 310 in such a manner as to surround one surface of the connector body 310 so that terminals and wires inserted into the connector body 310 may be protected and fixed. One end of the 320 is engaged with the locking projection 313 of the connector body 310 is formed with a locking hole 321 that can be coupled and fixed.

At this time, the connector cover 320 is rotatably coupled to the connector body 310, for this purpose, an insertion protrusion 312 is formed at one end of the connector body 310 as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. At one end of the cover 320, the insertion protrusion 312 may be inserted and an insertion hole 323 that may be engaged may be formed. That is, the connector cover 320 may be rotatably coupled to the connector body 310 through the insertion hole 323 and the insertion protrusion 312, and the rotational coupling state is normally maintained even during the rotation of the connector cover 320. The shape of the insertion protrusion 312 may be configured to be bent and inserted into the insertion hole 323 to be maintained.

According to this structure, the connector cover 320 is not only rotatably coupled to the connector body 310 but also detachably coupled to the connector body 310 at the same time. However, the coupling structure of the connector cover 320 and the connector body 310 may be variously changed. For example, the connector cover 320 may be rotatably coupled to the connector body 310, such as a fixed coupling method of a hinge structure. It may be configured so as not to be separated from the connector body 310.

Meanwhile, another male connector 400 according to an embodiment of the present invention has a main guide protrusion 410 as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, and the main cover protrusion 410 of the female connector 300 has such a main body. The main guide part 324 having a predetermined path is formed to engage the guide protrusion 410 and guide the moving path of the connector cover 320. At this time, the path of the main guide part 324 may be moved in the direction in which the female connector 300 is inserted into the male connector 400 as the connector cover 320 rotates in the direction in which the connector cover 320 is fastened. So that it is formed.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a main guide part 324 having a predetermined path is formed in the connector cover 320, and a main guide protrusion engaged with the main guide part 324 in the connector body 310. 410 is formed, so that the connector cover 320 rotates in the direction in which the connector cover 320 is engaged with the connector body 310 with the hinge center as the hinge center, the main cover portion 324 and the main guide protrusion. 410 is rotated along a predetermined path, and accordingly the female connector 300 is moved in the direction to be inserted into the male connector 400. Therefore, the connector assembly according to the embodiment of the present invention has a structure in which the female connector 300 is inserted and fastened to the male connector 400 at the same time as the connector cover 320 is rotated in the direction in which the connector body 310 is coupled. .

Therefore, the connector assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention does not require a separate component such as a connector lever for inserting a female connector into a male connector, unlike the related art, and simply connects the connector cover 320 to the connector body 310. Since the female connector 300 and the male connector 400 are coupled to each other at the same time, the number of components is reduced, and thus the assembly and fabrication is easy.

The female connector and the male connector according to the embodiment of the present invention described above are named by dividing the male and female connectors for convenience for distinguishing the two connectors that are coupled to each other, and the male and female connectors may be formed as opposed to the configuration described above. It can be applied to all of the connectors of such a structure that can be combined with each other. In addition, the main guide unit 324 and the main guide protrusion 410 described above are also corresponding components to be engaged with each other, the main body in the range formed to correspond to each other on the connector cover 320 and the male connector 400, respectively. The guide part 324 may be formed in the male connector 400 and the main guide protrusion 410 may be configured in the opposite manner in the connector cover 320. Hereinafter, even if it is described on the basis of the configuration of the male and female connectors separated for convenience, the male and female connectors may be configured to be opposite to each other as described below.

In the connector assembly according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, auxiliary guide protrusions 317 are formed on both sides of the connector body 310, and the connector cover 320 has such auxiliary guide protrusions ( An auxiliary guide part 325 having a predetermined path may be formed to engage with the 317 and guide the rotation path of the connector cover 320.

The auxiliary guide protrusion 317 and the auxiliary guide portion 325 are formed in the connector body 310 and the connector cover 320, respectively, when the connector cover 320 is rotated with the insertion hole 323 as the hinge center. It serves to guide the relative rotation path of the connector cover 320 relative to the connector body 310 is always maintained.

That is, the connector cover 320 and the connector body 310 are rotatably coupled and detachably coupled at the same time through the insertion protrusion 312 and the insertion hole 323 as described above. 312 and the insertion hole 323 may be coupled to be spaced apart from each other without being in close contact with each other in a fixed position, so that the connector cover 320 does not maintain a constant rotation path due to such a spaced state during rotation. Can vary. The auxiliary guide part 325 and the auxiliary guide protrusion 317 meshed with each other are formed in the connector cover 320 and the connector body 310 so as to prevent such a change in position, so that the rotation path of the connector cover 320 is formed. It may be kept constant.

On the other hand, the function of maintaining a constant rotation path of the connector cover 320 may be performed by the above-described main guide portion 324 and the main guide protrusion 410, the path of the main guide portion 324 Not only guides the movement path of the connector cover 320 but also guides the female connector 300 to be inserted into the male connector 400 so that the rotation path of the connector cover 320 can be guided more accurately and smoothly. It is preferable that the auxiliary guide part 325 and the auxiliary guide protrusion 317 are formed. That is, the auxiliary guide part 325 and the auxiliary guide protrusion 317 allow the rotation of the connector body 320 of the connector cover 320 to be performed accurately and consistently, and the main guide part 324 and the main guide. The protrusion 410 allows the female connector 300 to smoothly move in the direction in which the female connector 300 is inserted into and fastened to the male connector 400 based on the connector cover 320 having the constant rotation path as described above. This is performed by the rotation of the connector cover 320 without the additional insertion force for inserting the female connector 300 into the male connector 400, the female connector 300 is inserted into the male connector 400 more accurately and smoothly Can be fastened.

The main guide part 324 and the auxiliary guide part 325 described above may be formed in various forms according to an embodiment of the present invention, such as the main guide part 324 shown in Figs. It may be formed in the form of a protrusion 324a protruding to have a predetermined path on both sides of the cover 320, or on both sides of the connector cover 320, such as the auxiliary guide portion 325 shown in Figs. It may be formed in the form of an open slot (325a) having a predetermined path. Alternatively, the connector cover 320 may be formed in the form of a concave groove (not shown) having a predetermined path on both sides of the connector cover 320, and may be in various forms in which the main guide protrusion 410 or the auxiliary guide protrusion 317 may be engaged. It will be changeable.

When the connector cover 320 rotates in the direction in which the connector cover 320 is coupled to the connector body 310 according to the structure, the main guide protrusion 410 and the auxiliary guide protrusion 317 in the path of the main guide part 324 and the auxiliary guide part 325. ) Are constrained and the connector cover 320 rotates along the paths of the main guide part 324 and the auxiliary guide part 325, and the female connector 300 is inserted into and fastened to the male connector 400.

5 is an operating state diagram showing the flow of the fastening operation state of the connector assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Looking at the fastening process of the female connector 300 and the male connector 400 according to an embodiment of the present invention with reference to Figure 5, first, as shown in Figure 5 (a) is separated from the connector body 310 The connector cover 320 is rotatably coupled to the connector body 310 as shown in FIG. That is, as described above, the insertion protrusion 312 of the connector body 310 is coupled to the insertion hole 323 of the connector cover 320 so that the connector cover 320 is rotatably coupled around the insertion protrusion 312. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 5C, the connector body 310 is inserted into the male connector 400 by a predetermined range. At this time, the insertion range is the main guide portion 324 formed on the connector cover 320 in the connector body 320 in a state in which the connector cover 320 is open at a predetermined angle without completing the fastening of the connector body 310 to the connector body 310. It is preferable to be temporarily inserted in the range of the degree of starting to engage the formed main guide protrusion 410. Subsequently, as shown in (d) of FIG. 5, the main guide protrusion 410 is engaged with the main guide part 324 as the connector cover 320 is rotated in the direction in which the connector cover 310 is fastened. When the connector cover 320 rotates along the path of the main guide part 324, the connector body 310 moves to be inserted into the male connector 400. When this process is gradually progressed, as shown in FIG. 5E, when the connector cover 320 is rotated so as to be fastened to the connector body 310, the female connector 300 is also fully inserted into the male connector 400. And it is concluded.

In this process, the auxiliary guide protrusion 317 and the auxiliary guide part 325 are also interlocked with each other from the same time as the main guide protrusion 410 and the main guide part 324 as shown in FIG. 5. In the same manner, as the auxiliary guide part 325 is engaged along the path, the connector cover 320 is formed such that the path is completed as the pivoting of the connector body 310 is completed.

In other words, when the connector cover 320 is rotated along the rotational path through the auxiliary guide part 325 and the auxiliary guide protrusion 317 while being rotatably coupled to the connector body 310, the main guide part ( The 324 and the main guide protrusion 410 are engaged with each other, and the connector body 310 moves to be inserted and fastened to the male connector 400 according to the path of the main guide part 324, and through this operation, the female connector 300. And male connector 400 are fastened.

At this time, the main connector 324 is shown in Figs. 3 to 5 according to an embodiment of the present invention so that the female connector 300 in the state in which the insertion movement is completed in the male connector 400, the operation feeling thereof is generated. As described above, the operation detection unit 325b may be formed, and the operation detection unit 325b may also be formed in the auxiliary guide unit 325 so that a feeling of operation for the rotation completion state of the connector cover 320 may be generated. Can be. In this case, since the insertion completion state of the male connector 300 of the female connector 300 and the rotation completion state of the connector cover 320 are generated at the same point, the operation detection unit 325b is the main guide unit 324 or the like. It may be formed in only one of the auxiliary guide portion 325 or alternatively both.

3 to 5, the manipulation detecting unit 325b may be connected to the main guide part 324 or the auxiliary guide part 325 such that the main guide protrusion 410 or the auxiliary guide protrusion 317 is compressed and passed therethrough. The path width may be configured in the form of a depression 325b is formed narrow. In addition, although not shown, the operation detection unit may be located at a specific point on the side of the connector cover 320 that contacts the guide protrusion when a path of the guide unit is formed in the form of a protrusion such as the main guide unit 324 illustrated in FIGS. 3 to 5. It may be configured in such a way that the stepped portion is formed, in addition, it may be configured in various ways, such as mounting the elastic member on the path of the guide portion.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention belongs may make various modifications and variations without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention, but to explain, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas falling within the scope of the present invention should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

1 is an exploded perspective view schematically showing a configuration of a general vehicle connector assembly according to the prior art,

2 is an operating state diagram schematically showing a coupling operation state of a general vehicle connector assembly according to the prior art,

3 is a perspective view schematically showing the configuration of a vehicle connector assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is an exploded perspective view schematically illustrating an internal structure of a vehicle connector assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

5 is an operating state diagram showing the flow of the fastening operation state of the connector assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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300: female connector 310: connector body

320: connector cover 324: main guide portion

325: auxiliary guide portion 400: male connector

410: the main guide projection

Claims (7)

In the vehicle connector assembly consisting of a female connector and a male connector that can be fastened to each other, The female connector is A connector body having a terminal insertion hole formed therein to insert a terminal connected to the wire; And A connector cover rotatably coupled to one side of the connector body, The male connector has a main guide protrusion formed therein, and the connector cover is formed with a main guide portion engaged with the main guide protrusion and guiding a movement path of the connector cover, wherein the connector cover is fastened to the connector body. And a path for guiding the connector body to move in a direction in which the connector body is inserted into and fastened to the male connector as it rotates in a direction. The method of claim 1, An auxiliary guide protrusion is formed in the connector body, and the connector cover is formed with an auxiliary guide part which is engaged with the auxiliary guide protrusion and guides the rotation path of the connector cover. The method of claim 2, And the main guide part and the auxiliary guide part are formed in the form of protrusions protruding to have a predetermined path on both sides of the connector cover. The method of claim 2, And the main guide part and the auxiliary guide part are formed in the form of an open slot having a predetermined path on both side surfaces of the connector cover. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, An insertion protrusion is formed at one end of the connector body, and an insertion hole is formed at one side end of the connector cover to allow the insertion protrusion to be engaged and the connector cover is inserted into the connector through the insertion protrusion and the insertion hole. Vehicle connector assembly, characterized in that coupled to the body rotatably. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 4, At least one of the main guide or the auxiliary guide And a manipulation sensing unit for generating a manipulation feeling for the completion of the rotation of the connector cover or the completion of the insertion movement of the connector body. The method of claim 6, The manipulation detecting unit is a vehicle connector assembly, characterized in that formed in the form of a depression formed in the narrow width of the path of the main guide portion or the auxiliary guide portion so that the main guide protrusion or the auxiliary guide protrusion is pressed.

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