IP Library Granted Patent US 11,862,897
Granted Patent B2
US 11,862,897 · App. 18/060,961 · Granted Jan 2, 2024

Connector for an aircraft

Inventor: Yu Tian (Hong Kong, CN)
Assignee: AUTOFLIGHT (KUNSHAN) CO., LTD.
H01R13/645H01R2103/00H01R2201/26
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,862,897
App. No.
18/060,961
Granted
Jan 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An aircraft and its connector where the connector has a first pluggable unit and a second pluggable unit, the end of the first pluggable unit is provided with several terminal pins, the end of the second pluggable unit is provided with several terminal sockets, and the terminal pin and the terminal socket can be operatively connected in a corresponding manner. The end of the first pluggable unit and the end of the second pluggable unit are also provided with an error-proof protrusion part and an error-proof concave part respectively. The error-proof protrusion part and the error-proof concave part are operatively connected in a corresponding manner.

Claims (21)

1. A connector, which is characterized in that the connector comprises:

a first pluggable unit ( 1 ) and a second pluggable unit ( 2 );

wherein an end of the first pluggable unit ( 1 ) is provided with several terminal pins ( 11 );

wherein an end of the second pluggable unit ( 2 ) is provided with several terminal sockets ( 21 ), and the terminal pins ( 11 ) and the terminal sockets ( 21 ) can be operatively connected in a corresponding manner;

wherein the end of the first pluggable unit ( 1 ) and the end of the second pluggable unit ( 2 ) are also respectively provided with an error-proof protrusion part ( 12 ) and an error-proof concave part ( 22 ), the error-proof protrusion part ( 12 ) and the error-proof concave part ( 22 ) are operatively connected in a corresponding manner, the end of the first pluggable unit ( 1 ) is provided with a first pluggable unit groove ( 14 ), and the error-proof protrusion part ( 12 ) is detachably set in the first pluggable unit groove ( 14 ), the end of the second pluggable unit ( 2 ) is provided with a second pluggable unit groove ( 24 ), and the error-proof concave part ( 22 ) is detachably set in the second pluggable unit groove ( 24 )

wherein the first pluggable unit ( 1 ) comprises a plug upper housing ( 15 ) and a plug lower housing ( 16 ), and the second pluggable unit ( 2 ) comprises a socket upper housing ( 25 ) and a socket lower housing ( 26 ); wherein the plug upper housing ( 15 ) and the plug lower housing ( 16 ) are detachably connected with each other, the socket upper housing ( 25 ) and the socket lower housing ( 26 ) are detachably connected, the terminal pin ( 11 ) is set between the plug upper housing ( 15 ) and the plug lower housing ( 16 ), and the terminal socket ( 21 ) is set between the socket upper housing ( 25 ) and the socket lower housing ( 26 ).

2. The connector according to claim 1 , which is characterized in that the error-proof protrusion part ( 12 ) is a uniaxially symmetrical outline on the plane intersecting with the direction of insertion.

3. The connector according to claim 1 , which is characterized in that the first pluggable unit groove ( 14 ) and the second pluggable unit groove ( 24 ) are equilateral polygons on the plane intersecting with the insertion direction, and the error-proof protrusion part ( 12 ) and the error-proof concave part ( 22 ) are configured to be selectively inserted into the first pluggable unit groove ( 14 ) and the second pluggable unit groove ( 24 ) according to the angle of the equilateral polygons.

4. The connector according to claim 1 , which is characterized in that the end of the first pluggable unit ( 1 ) is provided with a number of first through holes ( 13 ), each of the first through-holes ( 13 ) is provided with the terminal pin ( 11 ), the end of the second pluggable unit ( 2 ) is provided with a number of second through-holes ( 23 ), each of the second-through-holes ( 23 ) is provided with the terminal socket ( 21 ), and the terminal pin ( 11 ) in the first through-holes ( 13 ) and the terminal socket ( 21 ) in the second through-holes ( 23 ) are operatively connected in a corresponding manner.

5. The connector according to claim 1 , which is characterized in that the error-proof concave part ( 22 ) comprises an inner wall and an outer wall; on the plane intersecting with the insertion direction, the outer wall has the same outline as the second pluggable unit groove ( 24 ), and the inner wall has the same outline as the outer wall of the error-proof protrusion part ( 12 ).

6. The connector according to claim 1 , which is characterized in that the first pluggable unit groove ( 14 ) and the second pluggable unit groove ( 24 ) are equilateral pentagons on the plane intersecting with the insertion direction.

7. The connector according to claim 1 which is characterized in that the first pluggable unit ( 1 ) and the second pluggable unit ( 2 ) are asymmetric with respect to the insertion direction.

8. The connector according to claim 1 , which is characterized in that the outlines of the first through-holes ( 13 ) on the plane intersecting with the insertion direction are different, and the outlines of the second through-holes ( 23 ) on the plane intersecting with the insertion direction are different.

9. An aircraft, which is characterized in that it includes the connector described in claim 1 .

10. An aircraft, which is characterized in that it includes the connector described in claim 2 .

11. An aircraft, which is characterized in that it includes the connector described in claim 3 .

12. An aircraft, which is characterized in that it includes the connector described in claim 4 .

13. An aircraft, which is characterized in that it includes the connector described in claim 5 .

14. An aircraft, which is characterized in that it includes the connector described in claim 6 .

15. An aircraft, which is characterized in that it includes the connector described in claim 7 .

16. An aircraft, which is characterized in that it includes the connector described in claim 8 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 9, 2023
From: TIAN, YU
To: AUTOFLIGHT (KUNSHAN) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065155/0692 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202123003431.8 · Dec 1, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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