US 12,341,310 B2
Automatic insertion and removal device for connector, automatic insertion method, automatic removal method, and computer-readable storage medium
Kun Niu, Shenzhen (CN); Zuolin Gao, Shenzhen (CN); Hongjun Zhu, Shenzhen (CN); Xiaogang Du, Shenzhen (CN); Chao Chen, Shenzhen (CN); and Weiping Yi, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to ZTE CORPORATION, Shenzhen (CN)
Appl. No. 17/779,259
Filed by ZTE Corporation, Shenzhen (CN)
PCT Filed Nov. 2, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/125939
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 24, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/114954, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 201911274481.4 (CN), filed on Dec. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0407278 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 43/26 (2006.01); G02B 6/38 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 43/26 (2013.01) [G02B 6/3898 (2013.01); Y10T 29/53209 (2015.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automatic plugging/unplugging device for a connector, comprising:
a clamping unit (201), configured to hold the connector (10) and comprising at least one of a vibration sensor (2017) and a sound sensor (2014), wherein the vibration sensor (2017) is configured to detect the vibration resulting from plugging or unplugging the connector (10), and the sound sensor (2014) is configured to detect the sound generated during plugging or unplugging the connector (10); and
a force detection unit (202), comprising a detection base (2021) and a force sensor (2023), wherein the force sensor (2023) comprises a locking end (2022) and a movable end (2024), the locking end (2022) is connected to the detection base (2021), and the movable end (2024) is connected to the clamping unit (201), and the force sensor (2023) is configured to detect the magnitude of a plugging or unplugging force generated during plugging or unplugging the connector (10);
wherein the clamping unit (201) comprises:
a clamping base (2011), wherein the clamping base (2011) is provided with a fit groove (2015) in which the connector (10) is fitted in, and the vibration sensor (2017) is attached to an inner sidewall of the fit groove (2015); and
a clamping cover plate (2012), wherein the clamping cover plate (2012) is buckled at an open end of the fit groove (2015), both ends of the clamping cover plate (2012) are respectively located at both sides of the fit groove (2015), and one end of the clamping cover plate (2012) is rotatably connected to the clamping base (2011), and the other end of the clamping cover plate is connected to the clamping base (2011) by a clamping locking component (2019).