Double locking mechanism between plate end and cable end of ethernet vehicle connector

• US 9,876,312 B1
• Filed: 04/06/2017
• Issued: 01/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amphenol East Asia Electronic Technology (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd. (Amphenol Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Amphenol East Asia Electronic Technology (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd. (Amphenol Corporation)
• Inventors: Li, Zuxin
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Tulsidas C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chambers, Travis
• Application Number:
  US15/480,951
• Time in Patent Office: 292 Days
• Field of Search: 439353, 439345
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6272 comprising a single latching arm
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6275 Latching arms not integral with the housing H01R13/6276, H01R13/6277, H01R13/6278 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/639 Additional means for holding or locking coupling parts together, after engagement, e.g. separate keylock, retainer strap

Abstract

A double locking mechanism between plate end and cable end of Ethernet vehicle connector. The double locking mechanism includes a plate end connector body, a cable end connector body and a locking plate, in which the connector bodies are pluggable with each other. The plate end connector body includes a fastening plate located at its top end, at the near pluggable end, the fastening plate is provided with an inward hook, which is provided with a sliding slope at the near pluggable end. The cable end connector body includes a fastening bar located at the top of itself, the fastening bar includes a long incline and a short incline respectively located at its near and distal pluggable ends. The locking plate includes a longitudinal resilient fastener and two transverse resilient fasteners respectively located in the middle and at the two sides of the locking plate.

Claims

1. A double locking mechanism between plate end and cable end of Ethernet vehicle connector, comprising a plate end connector body, a cable end connector body and a locking plate, wherein the plate end connector body and the cable end connector body are pluggable with each other;

characterized in that the plate end connector body includes a fastening plate located at its top end, and at the near pluggable end, the fastening plate is provided with an inward hook, which is provided with a sliding slope at the near pluggable end;

the cable end connector body includes a fastening bar located at the top of itself, and the fastening bar includes a long incline and a short incline respectively located at the near and distal pluggable ends of the fastening bar;

the locking plate includes a longitudinal resilient fastener and two transverse resilient fasteners respectively located in the middle and at the two sides of the locking plate;

characterized in that upon the plate end and cable end connectors to be plugged together, the fastening plate and the fastening bar are getting closer to one another, and the sliding slope abuts the long incline;

the fastening plate is deformed and lifted under pressure of opposite movement, and with the continuation of the opposite movement, the hook at the pluggable end of the fastening plate is displaced to the side of the short incline of the fastening bar and fastened;

after the plate end and cable end connectors are plugged together, there is a cavity under the fastening plate and the fastening bar into which the locking plate can be inserted;

when the locking plate is inserted into the cavity, the near pluggable end of the longitudinal resilient fastener abuts the sliding slope, and the longitudinal resilient fastener is downwardly deformed under pressure of opposite movement, and with the continuation of the opposite movement, the longitudinal resilient fastener at the near pluggable end is displaced to the side of the long incline of the fastening bar and fastened.

2. The double locking mechanism between plate end and cable end of Ethernet vehicle connector as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a cavity and characterized in that the locking plate can be inserted into the cavity, and the transverse resilient fastener of the locking plate can be fastened inside of the cavity.