CN101378163B - SATA connector with double fixing structures - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a SATA connector, which is used for being connected with a SATA socket and comprises: an insulating housing; an elastic component which is fixedly arranged on the surface of the insulating shell and is provided with a pressing part, a bending part, a plurality of convex parts and a clamping and hooking part, wherein the bending part is propped against the insulating shell so as to enable the elastic component and the insulating shell to have elastic action; the clamping hook part and/or the plurality of protruding parts of the elastic component are/is fixed on the SATA socket, so that the insulating shell is fixed with the SATA socket, and the insulating shell is prevented from being separated from the SATA socket.

Description

SATA connector with dual retention structure

technical field

The invention relates to a SATA connector, in particular to a SATA connector with a double fixing structure.

Background technique

ATA (AT Attachment, AT interface) is an interface standard for general disk drives, which can be applied to computer systems, mainly as a transmission interface between internal storage devices and motherboards, and has developed a parallel advanced technology connection (Parallel ATA) , referred to as PATA) and Serial Advanced Technology Connection (Serial ATA, referred to as SATA) two interface specifications, of which the PATA interface due to the limited transmission bandwidth, can not keep up with the increasingly better processing speed of the central processing unit, so that it can provide high transmission The SATA interface with high performance and many advantages is gradually replacing the traditional PATA interface.

Please refer to Figure 1(a)-Figure 1(b) and Figure 2(a)-Figure 2(d), wherein Figure 1(a)-Figure 1(b) is a schematic structural diagram of a known SATA connector, Figure 2 (a) to FIG. 2(d) are structural diagrams of known SATA sockets. The known SATA interface is mainly composed of SATA connector 12 and SATA sockets 20, 21. Generally, SATA sockets 20, 21 can be arranged on the motherboard or On the storage device, for example: a SATA hard disk, and the SATA connector 12 can be arranged at both ends of a transmission line 11, but not limited thereto, and is used to insert the corresponding SATA sockets 20, 21 to connect the inside of the computer system casing The set motherboard and storage device.

Please refer again to the structure of the SATA connector 12 shown in FIG. ) to Fig. 2(d) when any one of the SATA sockets 20, 21 is mated, with the vibration generated by the operation of the storage device and the handling process of the computer system, loosening between the connector 12 and the SATA sockets 20, 21 will occur. The problems of disengagement and indetermination of clamping will cause the interruption of signal transmission between the storage device and the mainboard, resulting in the loss of stored data.

Please refer to the structure of the SATA connector 12 shown in Figure 1(b). The bumps 122 are used to fix the groove 221 on the retaining wall structure 22 of the SATA socket 21, so it is only applicable to the SATA socket 21 having more than three retaining wall structures 22 as shown in Figure 2(c) and Figure 2(d). . For the SATA socket 20 shown in Fig. 2 (a) and Fig. 2 (b) that does not have the retaining wall structure of the groove, the SATA connector 12 shown in Fig. 1 (b) will not be able to be fixed on this type of product, so There are many restrictions in use, and it cannot meet the needs of existing SATA sockets on the market.

Therefore, how to develop a SATA connector with a double fixing structure that can improve the above-mentioned disadvantages of the known technology and can be tightly fixed to the known SATA socket is an urgent problem to be solved at present.

Contents of the invention

In view of this, the main purpose of the present invention is to provide a SATA connector with a double fixing structure, which fixes an elastic component on the insulating housing of the SATA connector, and engages the hook portion of the elastic component On the base of the SATA socket, the insulating shell of the SATA connector is fixed to the SATA socket to prevent the separation between the insulating shell and the SATA socket, so as to solve the problem that the fixing structure of the traditional SATA connector is only applicable to some SATA sockets, and The disadvantage of being unable to meet the needs of existing SATA sockets currently on the market.

In order to achieve the above object, a broader embodiment of the present invention provides a SATA connector for connecting with a SATA socket, which includes: an insulating housing; an elastic component, which is fixed on the surface of the insulating housing and has The pressing part, the bending part, a plurality of protruding parts and the hook part, wherein, the bending part abuts against the insulating housing, so that there is an elastic movement between the elastic component and the insulating housing; to pass through the hook of the elastic component The part and a plurality of protruding parts are fixed on the SATA socket, so that the insulating shell is fixed to the SATA socket, so as to prevent the separation between the insulating shell and the SATA socket.

Another broad embodiment of the present invention provides a SATA connector for connecting with a SATA socket, wherein the SATA socket has a base, which includes: an insulating shell; an elastic component, which is fixed on the surface of the insulating shell, And it has a pressing part, a bending part and a hook part, wherein, the bending part abuts against the insulating shell, so that there is an elastic movement between the elastic component and the insulating shell; and the hook part of the elastic component is fastened to the SATA On the base of the socket, the insulating shell is fixed to the SATA socket to prevent separation between the insulating shell and the SATA socket.

The present invention fixes the hook portion and a plurality of protruding portions of the elastic component on the SATA socket to fix the insulating shell and the SATA socket to prevent the separation between the insulating shell and the SATA socket, and through the bending of the elastic component The part of the elastic component is pressed against the insulating shell so that there is an elastic action between the elastic component and the insulating shell. And/or the plurality of protrusions are separated from the SATA socket. Therefore, the SATA connector with double fixing structure of the present invention has great industrial value.

Description of drawings

1(a) to 1(b) are structural schematic diagrams of known SATA connectors.

2(a) to 2(d) are structural schematic diagrams of known SATA sockets.

FIG. 3( a ) is a schematic diagram of an exploded structure of a SATA connector according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3(b) is a schematic diagram of the reverse structure of the elastic component shown in Fig. 3(a).

Fig. 3(c) is a schematic diagram of the assembled structure of Fig. 3(a).

FIG. 4( a ) is a schematic structural view of connecting the SATA connector shown in FIG. 3( c ) with the SATA socket.

FIG. 4( b ) is a structural diagram of detaching the hook portion shown in FIG. 4( a ) from the SATA socket.

FIG. 5( a ) is a schematic structural diagram of connecting the SATA connector shown in FIG. 3( c ) with another SATA socket.

FIG. 5( b ) is a structural schematic diagram of detaching the hook portion shown in FIG. 5( a ) from the SATA socket.

Wherein, the reference signs are explained as follows:

11 Transmission line 12 SATA connector

121 Metal shrapnel 122 Bumps

20, 21 SATA socket 22 Retaining wall structure

221 Groove 201, 222 Base

30 SATA connector 31 Insulation shell

311 Elastic component 312 Opening

313 Accommodating groove 314 Fixed part

32 Elastic component 321 Connecting part

322 Pressing part 323 Protruding part

324 Hook part 325 Bending part

3251 Through hole 326 Planar structure

33 transmission line

Detailed ways

Some typical embodiments embodying the features and advantages of the present invention will be described in detail in the description in the following paragraphs. It should be understood that the invention is capable of various changes in different embodiments, all of which do not depart from the scope of the invention, and that the description and drawings therein are illustrative in nature and not intended to be used. to limit the invention.

Please refer to FIG. 3( a ), which is a schematic diagram of an exploded structure of a SATA connector according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 3 (a), the SATA connector 30 of the present invention is mainly composed of an insulating housing 31 and an elastic component 32, and one end of the SATA connector 30 can be connected to a transmission line 33, but it is not limited thereto. It can be used to insert known different types of SATA sockets 20, 21 as shown in Fig. 2 (a) to Fig. 2 (d), so that the motherboard and storage device (not shown) arranged inside the computer system casing connect.

In this embodiment, one end of the insulating housing 31 is connected to the transmission line 33, and the insulating housing 31 has an opening 312, and the opening 312 forms an accommodating groove 313 toward the interior of the insulating housing 31 (as shown in FIG. 4( a), shown in Figure 4(b) and Figure 5(a), Figure 5(b)), the inside of the accommodating groove 313 can be provided with a connecting terminal (not shown) electrically connected to the transmission line, and insulated The upper surface of the housing 31 may have a plurality of correspondingly arranged and concave receiving grooves 311 and a fixing portion 314. In this embodiment, the fixing portion 314 may be a convex structure, but not limited thereto.

Please refer to Fig. 3 (a), the elastic component 32 of the present invention can be a metal elastic piece, mainly consists of a connecting part 321, a pressing part 322, a plurality of protruding parts 323, a plurality of hook parts 324 and a bending part 325, wherein the bent part 325 can be made of the remaining material of the hook part 324, and one end of the bent part 325 is against the insulating shell 31, so that the elastic component 32 and the insulating shell 31 There is an elastic movement between them, and there is a through hole 3251 corresponding to the fixed part 314 of the insulating shell 31 (as shown in Figure 3 (b)), the through hole 3251 is a positioning part, and the connecting part 321 is a The elongated structure has two ends corresponding to the accommodating groove 311 of the insulating housing 31, and the pressing part 322 is connected to the connecting part 321, and can be a "ㄇ" (a frame shape with a downward opening, or Inverted “U”-shaped structure, the entire elastic component 32 can be deformed by applying a force to the pressing portion 322 .

In this embodiment, a plurality of protruding portions 323 can be disposed on a planar structure 326 , and two ends of the planar structure 326 are respectively connected to the pressing portion 322 , the hook portion 324 and the bending portion 325 .

Please refer to Fig. 3 (a), Fig. 3 (b), Fig. 3 (c), the elastic assembly 32 of the present invention is mainly by inserting the two ends of the connection part 321 in the accommodating groove 311 of the insulating housing 31 respectively, and The fixing method of connecting the through hole 3251 of the bent portion 325 with the fixing portion 314 of the insulating housing 31 enables the elastic component 32 to be stably fixed on the insulating housing 31 to form the SATA connector 30 of the present invention (as shown in FIG. 3(c)).

Please refer to Fig. 4(a), which is a structural schematic diagram of connecting the SATA connector shown in Fig. 3(c) to the SATA socket, as shown in the figure, the SATA connector 30 of the present invention can be connected with Fig. 2(a) It is connected with the SATA socket 20 of Fig. 2(b) and the insulating housing 31 is firmly connected with the SATA socket 20 through the elastic component 32, wherein the SATA socket 20 has a base 201 and a golden finger structure 202, when the SATA socket After the gold finger structure 202 of 20 is inserted into the receiving groove 313 of the insulating housing 31, that is, after the SATA socket 20 and the insulating housing 31 are plugged and mated with each other, the multiple hook parts 324 of the elastic component 32 will be buckled on the On the base 201 of the SATA socket 20, the SATA socket 20 and the insulating shell 31 can be closely matched, which can prevent the vibration between the SATA socket 20 and the insulating shell 31 due to the operation of the storage device and the handling process of the computer system. And take place loose and can't confirm the situation of fastening takes place.

When the user wants to separate the SATA socket 20 from the insulating housing 31 under normal circumstances, just press the pressing part 322 of the elastic component 32 and apply a force in the front direction, as shown in Figure 4(a) In the X direction, since the bending part 325 can make the elastic component 32 and the insulating housing 31 have an elastic action relationship, when the pressing part 322 is pressed, the structure of the entire elastic component 32 will be deformed in conjunction, so that Now, the hook portion 324 that is originally fastened to the base 201 of the SATA socket 20 will be separated from the SATA socket 20, and then, just pull the gold finger structure 202 of the SATA socket 20 out of the accommodating groove 313 of the insulating housing 31, Then the SATA socket 20 can be separated from the insulating housing 31 .

Please refer to Fig. 5(a), which is a structural schematic diagram of connecting the SATA connector shown in Fig. 3(c) to another SATA socket, as shown in the figure, the SATA connector 30 of the present invention can be connected with (c) and the SATA socket 21 shown in FIG. 2(d) are connected and the insulating housing 31 is firmly connected to the SATA socket 21 through the elastic component 32, wherein the SATA socket 21 has more than three retaining wall structures 22, The base 222 and the golden finger structure 223 , and the retaining wall structure 22 may have a plurality of grooves 221 inside.

When the golden finger structure 223 of the SATA socket 21 is inserted into the accommodation groove 313 of the insulating housing 31, that is, after the SATA socket 21 and the insulating housing 31 are plugged and matched with each other, the plurality of protrusions 323, A plurality of hook portions 324 and bending portions 325 will be put into the space between the retaining wall structure 22 and the gold finger structure 223 together, so that the plurality of protruding portions 323 of the elastic component 32 are inserted into the space between the retaining wall structure 22 In the groove 221, and a plurality of hook parts 324 will also be buckled on the base 222 of the SATA socket 21, so that the SATA socket 21 and the insulating shell 31 can be closely matched, and the SATA socket 21 and the insulating shell 31 can be prevented. Between 31 and 31, due to the vibration generated by the operation of the storage device and the handling process of the computer system, loosening and unsure clamping occurred.

Conversely, when the user wants to separate the SATA socket 21 from the insulating housing 31 under the normal procedure, he only needs to press the pressing portion 322 of the elastic component 32 and apply a force in the front direction, as shown in Fig. 5 (a ) in the X direction, because the bending part 325 can make the elastic component 32 and the insulating casing 31 have an elastic action relationship, so when the pressing part 322 is pressed, it will be linked to deform the structure of the entire elastic component 32 In this way, the plurality of protruding parts 323 of the elastic component 32 will break away from the grooves 221 of the retaining wall structure 22 originally accommodated, and the hook parts 324 originally buckled on the base 222 of the SATA socket 21 will also be After detaching from the SATA socket 21 , the SATA socket 21 can be separated from the insulating casing 31 only by pulling the golden finger structure 223 of the SATA socket 21 away from the accommodating groove 313 of the insulating casing 31 .

To sum up, the SATA connector with double fixing structure of the present invention fixes the insulating shell and the SATA socket by fixing the hook portion and/or a plurality of protrusions of the elastic component on the SATA socket, so as to prevent The insulating housing is separated from the SATA socket, and the elastic component and the insulating housing have an elastic action through the bending part of the elastic component against the insulating housing. When the SATA socket is to be separated from the insulating housing, As long as the pressing portion of the elastic component is pressed, the hook portion and/or the protruding portions of the elastic component can be separated from the SATA socket. Therefore, the SATA connector with double fixing structure of the present invention has great industrial value.

The present invention can be modified by those skilled in the art without departing from the protection scope of the appended claims.

Claims (12)

1. SATA connector, in order to be connected with a SATA socket, it comprises:

One insulation shell;

One elastic parts, it is fixedly arranged on this insulation shell surface, and has a press section, a kink, a plurality of protuberance and a hook part, and wherein, this kink is replaced mutually with this insulation shell, so that have knee springing between this elastic parts and this insulation shell;

This hook part and described a plurality of protuberance by this elastic parts are fixed on this SATA socket, and this insulation shell and this SATA socket are fixed, and break away between this insulation shell and this SATA socket preventing.

2. SATA connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein this SATA socket has a base, and this hook part by this elastic parts is fastened on this base of this SATA socket, and this insulation shell and this SATA socket are fixed.

3. SATA connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein this SATA socket has a barrier wall structure, wherein this barrier wall structure has a plurality of grooves, match with a plurality of grooves of this barrier wall structure by described a plurality of protuberances this elastic parts, this insulation shell and this SATA socket are fixed, broken away between this insulation shell and this SATA socket preventing.

4. SATA connector as claimed in claim 1 wherein by an active force is applied to this press section, makes this hook part of this elastic parts and described a plurality of protuberance break away from this SATA socket.

5. SATA connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein said a plurality of protuberances are arranged between this press section and this hook part.

6. SATA connector, in order to be connected with a SATA socket, wherein this SATA socket has a base, and it comprises:

One insulation shell;

One elastic parts, it is fixedly arranged on this insulation shell surface, and has a press section, a kink and a hook part, and wherein, this kink is replaced mutually with this insulation shell, so that have knee springing between this elastic parts and this insulation shell;

This hook part by this elastic parts is fastened on this base of this SATA socket, and this insulation shell and this SATA socket are fixed, and breaks away between this insulation shell and this SATA socket preventing.

7. SATA connector as claimed in claim 6 wherein by an active force is applied to this press section, makes this hook part of this elastic parts break away from this SATA socket.

8. SATA connector as claimed in claim 6 wherein by an active force is applied to this press section, makes this hook part of this elastic parts break away from this base of this SATA socket.

9. SATA connector as claimed in claim 6, wherein this insulation shell has an opening, and this opening is towards the inner containing groove that forms of this insulation shell.

10. SATA connector as claimed in claim 6, wherein this insulation shell has the storage tank and a fixed part of a plurality of corresponding settings.

11. SATA connector as claimed in claim 10, wherein this elastic parts is a metal clips, and have an a junction and a location division, the two ends of this connecting portion are embedded respectively in described a plurality of storage tanks of this insulation shell, this fixed part of this location division and this insulation shell fixes, so that this metal clips is fixedly arranged on this insulation shell surface.

12. SATA connector as claimed in claim 11, wherein this fixed part is a protuberance structure, and this location division is a perforated holes that is arranged at this kink, in order to match with this protuberance structure.

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