USB MALE END, USB FEMALE END AND USB PORT CONNECTION DEVICE

• US 20140127927A1
• Filed: 11/01/2013
• Published: 05/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: LENG, CHANGLIN
• Application Number:
  US14/069,905
• Publication Number:
  US 20140127927A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/345
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6205 Two-part coupling devices held in engagement by a magnet
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/639 Additional means for holding or locking coupling parts together, after engagement, e.g. separate keylock, retainer strap
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/707 interlocked with contact members or counterpart
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/62 Sliding engagements with one side only, e.g. modular jack coupling devices

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention disclose a USB female end, a USB male end and a USB port connection device. The USB female end comprises a female end body (1) which comprises a receptacle (11), two solenoid switches (3), a switch, a signal acquisition unit (21) and a control unit (22). Each solenoid switch (3) controls a movable core (31) to protrude and pass through the through hole on side walls of the receptacle (11). The signal acquisition unit (21) generates a corresponding potential signal from potential information. The control unit (22) controls the switch to enable or disable the power supply of the solenoid switches (3). When the USB female and the USB male are connected, the movable cores (31) pass through the through holes and lock the USB male, thereby improving the firmness of the connection between the USB female end and the USB male end.

Claims

1. A USB female end comprising:

a female end body, which comprising a receptacle;

two solenoid switches, respectively located on two opposite sides of the receptacle, each solenoid switch comprising at least one movable core;

through holes, disposed on side walls of the receptacle corresponding to said at least one movable core in one-to-one correspondence, each solenoid switch, when being energized, controlling said at least one movable core to protrude and pass through the through hole;

a switch, controlling ON/OFF of a power supply of the solenoid switches;

a signal acquisition unit, electrically connected to an interface power source of the USB female end, acquiring potential information of the interface power source of the USB female end and generating a corresponding potential signal;

a control unit, connected to the signal acquisition unit, controlling the switch to enable the power supply of the solenoid switches when the potential signal is a high potential signal or disable the power supply of the solenoid switches when the potential signal is a low potential signal.

2. The USB female end of claim 1, wherein the signal acquisition unit comprises a first resistor and a second resistor, the control unit comprises a DVDD AND gate, the switch is a MOS switch transistor, and wherein:

one terminal of the first resistor is electrically connected to the interface power source of the USB female end, the other terminal is electrically connected to one terminal of the second resistor and a first input of the AND gate, the output of the AND gate is electrically connected to the MOS switch transistor.

3. The USB female end of claim 2, wherein the control unit further comprises a Pulse Width Multiplier (PWM), which is electrically connected to a second input of the AND gate.

4. The USB female end of claim 3, wherein said at least one movable core comprises two pairs of movable cores, each cross section of one pair of movable cores is triangular, each cross section of the other pair of movable cores is circular;

and

the through holes corresponding to the triangular cross-sectioned movable cores are triangular through holes, the through holes corresponding to the circular cross-sectioned movable cores are circular through holes.

5. A USB male end used with the USB female end of claim 1 comprising:

a male end body;

the male end body further comprising a plug;

wherein fixing holes are disposed on two side walls of the plug in one-to-one correspondence with the through holes on the side walls of the receptacle of the USB female end.

6. The USB male end of claim 5, wherein the fixing holes comprise two pairs of fixing holes, wherein one pair of fixing holes are triangular fixing holes, the other pair of fixing holes are circular fixing holes.

7. The USB male end of claim 6, wherein the triangular fixing holes are through holes and the circular fixing holes are blind holes.

8. The USB male end of claim 6, wherein the two pairs of fixing holes are blind holes.

9. A USB port connection device comprising the USB female end of claim 1 and the USB male end of claim 5.