Abstract:
The present invention discloses a plug/unplug module base capable of installing its elastic components independently. The plug/unplug module base of the invention comes with independent elastic components and features a more powerful, durable and elastic design of the elastic components, and the manufacturing process of the elastic components can be simplified to lower its cost.

Description:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION  
       [0001]     The present invention relates to a plug/unplug module base, and more particularly to a plug/unplug module base capable of installing its elastic components independently.  
       BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION  
       [0002]     Since present industries rely on the use of a large quantity of electronic devices, and most electronic devices are connected by plug/unplug devices. Referring to FIGS.  1  to  4  for the exploded view, the perspective view, the side view and the schematic view of a traditional plug/unplug module base according to the present invention respectively, the traditional plug/unplug module base comprises: an upper casing  11 , two guiding plates  13 , a lower chassis plate  12  and a plastic core  14 . The upper casing  11  is a rectangular solid having an opening  111 , and the guiding plate  13  includes an elastic component  131  at an end of the guiding plate  13  and a latch hole  132  at the other end of the guiding plate  13 , and the plastic core  14  includes two plug/unplug grooves  141 . The two guiding plates  13  are installed in the upper casing  11 , and the lower chassis plate  12  seals a portion of a longer side of the opening  111  to produce two plug/unplug channels  15  and two plug/unplug openings  16 . An end of plug/unplug channel  15  includes the elastic component  131  of the guiding plate  13  and the other end of the plug/unplug channel  15  includes the plug/unplug opening  16  and the latch hole  132  of the guiding plate  13 , and the plastic core  14  is disposed in the plug/unplug channel  15  and at an end of the elastic component. When a plug/unplug module  2  is plugged, the plug/unplug module  2  enters into the plug/unplug channel  15  from the plug/unplug opening  16 , so that a circuit board  211  of a plug/unplug terminal  21  included in the plug/unplug module  2  is plugged into the plug/unplug groove  141  of the plastic core  14 , and the plug/unplug end  21  compresses the elastic component  131  and stores a resilience, and a latch button  22  of the plug/unplug module  2  is latched into the latch hole  132  of the plug/unplug channel  15 , such that the plug/unplug module  2  is fixed into the plug/unplug channel  15 . When the plug/unplug module  2  is unplugged, the latch hole  132  releases the latch button  22 , and the elastic component  131  releases the resilience to push the plug/unplug terminal  21  of the plug/unplug module  2  and further push out the plug/unplug module  2  accordingly.  
         [0003]     Since the traditional elastic component  131  needs to avoid the space from being occupied by the plastic core  14 , therefore the size of the elastic component  131  has to be very small, the resilience provided by the elastic component  131  is little, and the strength is low. As a result, the elastic component will become elastically exhausted or damaged easily. Further, the small elastic component  131  installed on the guiding plate  13  not only makes the manufacturing procedure more complicated, but also incurs a higher cost.  
         [0004]     Thus, finding a way of producing a plug/unplug module base that makes the manufacturing of the elastic component simple and easily and provides a durable and powerful elastic component is an object of this invention.  
       SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION  
       [0005]     In view of the shortcoming of the traditional plug/unplug module base, the inventor of the present invention based on years of experience in the related industry to conduct extensive researches and experiments, and finally invented a plug/unplug module base in hope of making the manufacturing process of the elastic component simple and easy and providing a durable and powerful elastic component.  
         [0006]     Therefore, it is a primary objective of the present invention to provide a plug/unplug module base capable of installing its elastic components independently, making the manufacturing process of the elastic component simple and easy, and providing a durable and powerful elastic component to overcome the prior art.  
         [0007]     To achieve the foregoing objective, the present invention provides a plug/unplug module base comprising: at least one plug/unplug channel and a plug/unplug opening interconnected to the plug/unplug channel; a base disposed at an end of the plug/unplug channel without the plug/unplug opening and having at least one plug/unplug groove, such that when a plug/unplug module enters into the plug/unplug channel, the plug/unplug groove can accommodate a portion or the whole of an plug/unplug terminal of the plug/unplug module; at least one elastic component installed at the base, and when the elastic component at the plug/unplug terminal is contained in the plug/unplug groove, the elastic component is in contact with the plug/unplug module and stores a resilience. Thus, such arrangement makes the manufacturing of the elastic component simple and easy and provides a durable and powerful elastic component. 
     
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS  
       [0008]      FIG. 1  is an exploded view of a traditional plug/unplug module base;  
         [0009]      FIG. 2  is a perspective view of a traditional plug/unplug module base;  
         [0010]      FIG. 3  is a side view of plugging a plug/unplug module into a traditional plug/unplug module base;  
         [0011]      FIG. 4  is a side view of unplugging a plug/unplug module from a traditional plug/unplug module base;  
         [0012]      FIG. 5  is an exploded view of a plastic core and an elastic component according to a preferred embodiment of the invention;  
         [0013]      FIG. 6  is a perspective view of a plastic core and an elastic component according to a preferred embodiment of the invention;  
         [0014]      FIG. 7  is an exploded view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention;  
         [0015]      FIG. 8  is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention;  
         [0016]      FIG. 9  is a side view of plugging a plug/unplug module according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;  
         [0017]      FIG. 10  is a top view of plugging a plug/unplug module according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; and  
         [0018]      FIG. 11  is a top view of unplugging a plug/unplug module according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. 
     
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS  
       [0019]     To make it easier for our examiner to understand the objective, features, and performance of the present invention, we use a preferred embodiment together with the attached drawings for the detailed description of the invention.  
         [0020]     Referring to FIGS.  5  to  8  for the exploded view and the perspective view of a plastic core and an elastic component, and the exploded view and the perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the invention respectively, a plug/unplug module base of the invention comprises: an upper casing  51 , two guiding plates  53 , a lower chassis plate  52 , a base  54  and two elastic components  55 , wherein the base  54  could be a plastic core. The upper casing  51  is a rectangular solid having an opening  511 , and an end of the guiding plate  53  has a latch hole  531 , and the plastic core  54  has two plug/unplug grooves  541  and eight fixing grooves  542 , and the elastic component  55  has four fixing buttons  551 . The plug/unplug module base  5  is installed in the upper casing  51  by two guiding plates  53 , and the lower chassis plate  52  seals a portion of the longer side of the opening  511 , such that the plug/unplug module base  5  has two plug/unplug channels  56  and two plug/unplug openings  57  (the plug/unplug module base  5  could comprise a lower chassis for sealing a portion of the longer side of the opening  511  of the upper casing  5 , such that the plug/unplug module base  5  has a plug/unplug channel  56  and a plug/unplug opening  57 ). An end of the plug/unplug channel  56  has a plug/unplug opening  57  and a latch hole  531  of the guiding plate  53 , and the base  54  is disposed in the plug/unplug channel  56  and at an end corresponding to corresponding to the plug/unplug opening  57 , and a plug/unplug groove  541  of the base  54  corresponds to a plug/unplug terminal  61  of the plug/unplug module  6 . Four fixing buttons  551  of the two elastic components  55  are inserted and fixed into four fixing grooves  542  (or fixing holes) of the base  54  respectively (or adhered to a fixed position by an adhesive), and the elastic component  55  corresponds to the plug/unplug terminal  61  of the plug/unplug module  6 .  
         [0021]     Refer to FIGS.  9  to  11  for the side view of a plug/unplug module, the top view of plugging a plug/unplug module and the top view of unplugging a plug/unplug module according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention respectively. When the plug/unplug module  6  is plugged, the plug/unplug module  6  enters into the plug/unplug channel  56  through the plug/unplug opening  57 , so that a circuit board  611  of the plug/unplug terminal  61  included in the plug/unplug module  6  (or the whole plug/unplug terminal  61 ) is plugged into the plug/unplug groove  541  of the base  54 , and the plug/unplug terminal  61  compresses the elastic component  55  and stores a resilience, and the latch button  42  of the plug/unplug module  6  is latched into the latch hole  531  at the plug/unplug channel  56 , so that the plug/unplug module  6  is fixed into the plug/unplug channel  56 . When the plug/unplug module  6  is unplugged, the latch hole  531  releases the latch button  62 , and the elastic component  55  releases the resilience and pushes the plug/unplug terminal  61  of the plug/unplug module  6  and further pushes the plug/unplug module  6  accordingly. Since the elastic component  55  is installed independently and not limited by the space of the base  54 , therefore a more powerful, more durable and larger elastic component  55  can be produced.  
         [0022]     In summation of the description above, the present invention herein enhances the performance over the conventional structure by providing an independent elastic component, and a simple and easy manufacture of the elastic component, so as to provide a durable and powerful elastic component, and thus the present invention can comply with the patent application requirements and the products produced according to the present invention can meet the current market requirements.