Snap-fit connector and toy assembly having the same
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
A63H-033/04
A63H-033/10
A63H-003/46
출원번호
US-0681135
(2015-04-08)
등록번호
US-9724617
(2017-08-08)
우선권정보
TW-103138058 A (2014-11-03)
발명자
/ 주소
Lin, Wen-Bang
출원인 / 주소
Genius Toy Taiwan Co., Ltd.
대리인 / 주소
Trop Pruner & Hu, P.C.
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초록▼
A snap-fit connector includes a female component and a male component. The female component has a retaining hole and two through bores communicating spatially with the retaining hole. The male component has two spaced-apart hooks inserted into the retaining hole. Each of the hooks has a resilient ar
A snap-fit connector includes a female component and a male component. The female component has a retaining hole and two through bores communicating spatially with the retaining hole. The male component has two spaced-apart hooks inserted into the retaining hole. Each of the hooks has a resilient arm, and a protrusion retained in a respective one of the through bores. The protrusion of each of the hooks has an abutment surface abutting against the female component, and a positioning recess formed in a guide surface thereof and accessible via the respective one of the through bores.
대표청구항▼
1. A snap-fit connector module comprising: a snap-fit connector including a female component and a male component, said female component having a main body, a retaining hole and two through bores, said retaining hole extending into said main body from an end surface of said main body, and having a n
1. A snap-fit connector module comprising: a snap-fit connector including a female component and a male component, said female component having a main body, a retaining hole and two through bores, said retaining hole extending into said main body from an end surface of said main body, and having a non-circular first hole section that is proximate to said end surface, and a second hole section that is located in said main body and that is distal from said end surface, said second hole section having a size smaller than that of said first hole section, each of said through bores being formed in a respective one of two lateral surfaces of said main body that are opposite to each other in a direction transverse to the extending direction of said retaining hole, and communicating spatially with said second hole section of said retaining hole, said male component engaging separably said female component, and having a base that is retained complementarily in said first hole section of said retaining hole, and two spaced-apart hooks that extend from said base and that are inserted into said second hole section of said retaining hole via said first hole section, each of said hooks having a resilient arm that is retained in said second hole section, and a protrusion that protrudes from said resilient arm and away from the other one of said hooks, and that is retained in a respective one of said through bores, said protrusion of each of said hooks having an abutment surface that faces toward said base and that abuts against a corresponding one of two bore-defining-surfaces of said main body that respectively define said through bores for preventing separation of said male component from said female component, an inclined guide surface that faces away from said base for being pushed by said main body when said base is inserted into said retaining hole in said female component, and a positioning recess that is formed in said guide surface and that is accessible via the respective one of said through bores; anda pincer including a first lever, a driven member connected movably to said first lever, and a second lever connected pivotally to said first lever and coupled to said driven member, said first lever and said driven member respectively having first and second bulges, said second lever being operable to pivot relative to said first lever to drive movement of said driven member relative to said first lever;wherein, to separate said female and male components, said first and second bulges of said pincer are first operated to be positioned respectively on said protrusions of said hooks by said positioning recesses of said hooks, and then said second lever is pressed to drive movement of said second bulge toward said first bulge, so as to respectively push and remove said protrusions from said through bores. 2. The snap-fit connector module as claimed in claim 1, wherein said driven member further has an engaging section that engages movably said first lever, said first lever being formed with a first guide groove, said second lever being formed with a second guide groove, said pincer further including a bolt assembly that extends through said first and second guide grooves and said engaging section of said driven member, and that is movable along said first and second guide grooves, such that pivot movement of said second lever relative to said first lever drives movement of said driven member relative to said first lever along said first guide groove. 3. The snap-fit connector module as claimed in claim 2, wherein said driven member further has a limiting space for receiving said female component such that said female component is positioned relative to said driven member during separation operation of said snap-fit connector. 4. The snap-fit connector module as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first lever further has a third bulge, said second lever having a fourth bulge, said first and second levers being interconnected such that, to separate said female and male components, said third and fourth bulges are first operated to be positioned respectively on said protrusions of said hooks by said positioning recesses, and then said first and second levers are pivoted toward each other to move said third and fourth bulges toward each other, so as to respectively push and remove said protrusions from said through bores. 5. The snap-fit connector module as claimed in claim 1, wherein said snap-fit connector further includes a block and a joint assembly, said joint assembly interconnecting said male component and said block, and including a stud, an inner casing and an outer casing, said stud including a rod segment and a ball segment, said rod segment extending along a first axis, and having opposite first and second ends that are disposed along the first axis, said second end of said rod segment being connected co-movably to one of said male component and said block, said ball segment of said stud being connected co-movably to said first end of said rod segment, said inner casing being mounted around said stud and rotatable relative to said stud about the first axis, and having a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis, said outer casing being mounted around said inner casing and rotatable relative to said inner casing about the second axis, and being connected co-movably to the other one of said male component and said block. 6. The snap-fit connector module as claimed in claim 5, wherein said ball segment of said stud has a plurality of first positioning structures arranged about the first axis, said inner casing having a casing body and at least one second positioning structure that is provided on an inner surface of said casing body, said second positioning structure engaging removably one of said first positioning structures for positioning said inner casing relative to said stud. 7. The snap-fit connector module as claimed in claim 6, wherein said casing body has a main portion, and at least one resilient plate that is connected to said main portion, said second positioning structure being provided on an inner surface of said resilient plate. 8. The snap-fit connector module as claimed in claim 5, wherein said inner casing has a casing body and at least one third positioning structure that is provided on an outer surface of said casing body, said outer casing having a plurality of fourth positioning structures that are arranged about the second axis, said third positioning structure engaging removably one of said fourth positioning structures so that said outer casing is positioned relative to said inner casing. 9. The snap-fit connector module as claimed in claim 8, wherein said casing body has a main portion, and at least one resilient plate that is connected to said main portion, said third positioning structure being provided on an outer surface of said resilient plate. 10. The snap-fit connector module as claimed in claim 5, wherein said outer casing has a casing body that is formed with an arc-shaped through groove centered at the second axis, said through groove permitting said stud to extend therethrough, so as to limit the rotation of said outer casing relative to said inner casing. 11. The snap-fit connector module as claimed in claim 5, wherein said inner casing has a casing body, and two axle portions that are disposed respectively on two opposite sides of said casing body along the second axis, and that extend along the second axis, said outer casing being connected rotatably to said inner casing via said axle portions. 12. The snap-fit connector module as claimed in claim 5, wherein said block has at least one portion that is configured to be the same as said female component. 13. The snap-fit connector module as claimed in claim 1, wherein said female component further has at least one rebutting projection that projects from a hole-defining-surface of said main body defining said retaining hole, and that is located between said through bores such that, when said hooks are inserted into said retaining hole in said female component in such a manner that said protrusions of said hooks cannot move into said through bores, said hooks are obstructed by said rebutting projection so that said base of said male component is prevented from moving into said retaining hole.
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