TWM525573U - Connector assembly - Google Patents

Description

Connector combination

This creation relates to a connector assembly that refers to a combination of connectors assembled from connector modules having different industry standard transmission specifications.

As shown in FIG. 1, a typical prior art is disclosed in US Pat. No. 2012/0027363, which is a combination of two different modular connector modules. In the first figure, the connector is formed by stacking the first module and the second module. In the prior art, the first module 1 is a small form-factor pluggable (SFP) connector, and the first module 1 has a first body 11 , a plurality of first module terminals 12 and a first metal casing 13 , the first module terminals 12 are disposed on the body 11 , and the first metal casing 13 is covered by the first The second module 2 is an RJ45 connector. The second module 2 includes a second body 21, a plurality of second module terminals 22, and a second metal casing 23. The second module terminals are The second metal shell 23 is disposed on the outside of the second body 21 , and the second module 2 is stacked on the first module 1 .

In the foregoing illustration, the two side walls 132 of the first metal casing 13 and the two side walls 232 of the second metal casing 23 are fixedly connected to each other, so that the two metal casings can be electrically connected to each other, and the first metal casing 13 is provided on the top plate 131. The main body portion may be formed to partition the first module 1 and the second module 2. However, in the era of information explosion, existing Netcom products must have the ability to transmit high-frequency electronic signals. In the disclosure of the prior art, the plurality of second module terminals 22 in the second module 2 must extend beyond the first module 1 so that the high frequency electronic signals transmitted by the second module 2 are easily designed. The interference or signal attenuation is very unfavorable for the high frequency electronic signal transmission application of the second module 2.

In order to solve the foregoing problems, the prior art designs a connector module that integrates different industry standard specifications, but only designs connectors of different specifications as vertical stereo stacks, and does not consider the dilemma of transmitting high frequency electronic signals by each connector module. Should be improved.

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a connector assembly, which is a connector combination designed by using a network connector, a high frequency connector and a buckle mechanism. The author can utilize the network connector with The high frequency connector portion uses spatial overlap and cooperates with the positional switching of the snap mechanism to effectively reduce the height of the connector stack.

The second purpose of this creation is to provide a connector combination, which is a connector combination designed by using a network connector, a high frequency connector and a buckle mechanism. The creation can utilize two or more different types. The modular connector modules are integrated into a single connector combination, effectively providing a choice of multiple connectors for a single connector to meet the requirements of different storage device specifications.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a connector assembly including a network connector, a high frequency connector and a snap mechanism. The network connector is suitable for an internet or regional network application, and has an insulative housing, a plurality of terminals, and an electronic component module having a chamber and a plurality of terminal slots, the chamber The plurality of terminals are respectively disposed in the plurality of terminal slots of the chamber, and the plurality of terminals are electrically connected to the electronic component module, and the electronic component module has a receiving case a processing unit and a plurality of soldering legs, the receiving housing covers the processing unit, and the processing unit can The sub-conducted electronic signals are processed and the electronic signals are transmitted to a circuit board via the plurality of soldering legs. The high-frequency connector is suitable for high-frequency electronic signal transmission, and has an insulative body and a plurality of signal terminals. The insulative housing has an L-shaped structure, and the insulative housing has a pair of connecting slots at one end, and the mating of the insulative housing The slot is configured to receive another mating connector, and each of the signal terminals is fixed in the insulative housing and exposed in the mating slot. The plurality of signal terminals extend to expose the other end of the insulative housing and can be electrically connected to the circuit board. The fastening mechanism has a rotating shaft and a main body portion, and the main body portion is positioned on the rotating shaft, the insulating housing has two slots, and the locking mechanism is positioned on the insulating housing by the rotating shaft a slot for moving the latching mechanism between a first position and a second position according to the rotating shaft; when the latching mechanism is in the first position, the latching mechanism interferes with the network connector The docking connector prevents the docking connector from entering the chamber. When the latching mechanism is in the second position, the chamber can receive the docking connector of the network connector, and the latching mechanism is The docking Interference connector (Interference) and fixed, the locking mechanism portion of the shield of the mating connector mating groove, so that the frequency of the other connector mating connector can not be engaged with the mating groove.

In order to further understand the features, features and technical contents of the present invention, please refer to the following detailed description of the present invention and the accompanying drawings, which are only for reference and description, and are not intended to limit the present invention.

1‧‧‧ first module

11‧‧‧First subject

12‧‧‧First module terminal

13‧‧‧First metal casing

131‧‧‧ top board

132‧‧‧ side wall

2‧‧‧ second module

21‧‧‧Second subject

22‧‧‧Second module terminal

23‧‧‧Second metal casing

232‧‧‧ side wall

3‧‧‧ Connector combination

4‧‧‧Network connector

41‧‧‧Insulated housing

411‧‧‧ side panels

412‧‧‧ slots

42‧‧‧室

43‧‧‧Most terminals

44‧‧‧Electronic parts module

45‧‧‧ housing housing

46‧‧‧Processing unit

47‧‧‧welding feet

48‧‧‧Terminal slot

5‧‧‧High frequency connector

51‧‧‧Insulated body

52‧‧‧ docking slot

53‧‧‧ most signal terminals

54‧‧‧ positioning feet

6‧‧‧Snap mechanism

61‧‧‧ shaft

611‧‧‧faced

62‧‧‧ Main body

63‧‧‧torsion spring

64‧‧‧Perforation

7‧‧‧Dock connector

71‧‧‧Baffle

72‧‧‧shims

8‧‧‧ Shell

81‧‧‧ plates

82‧‧‧Locking mechanism

83‧‧‧ top surface

84‧‧‧ side

85‧‧‧ Back wall

86‧‧‧ accommodating space

9‧‧‧Circuit board

91‧‧‧Gap section

92‧‧‧Positioning holes

93‧‧‧welding holes

Fig. 1 is a front view of the prior art U.S. Patent Publication No. 2012/0027363.

Figure 2 is a schematic view showing the appearance of the electronic connector assembly and the mating connector.

Figure 3 is an exploded view of the electronic connector assembly and the docking connector of the author.

Figure 4 is a partial block diagram of the electronic connector assembly of the author.

Figure 5 is a partial structural diagram of the electronic connector assembly of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a partial structural diagram of the electronic connector assembly of the present invention.

Figure 7 is a partial structural diagram of the electronic connector assembly of the present invention.

Figure 8 is a partial structural diagram of the electronic connector assembly of the present invention. .

Figure 9 is a front view of the authoring electronic connector.

Figure 10 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of Figure 9.

Figure 11 is a front elevational view of the network connector of the authoring electronic connector assembly engaged with the docking connector.

Figure 12 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of Figure 11.

Figure 13 is a side view of the creative electronic connector assembly.

As shown in FIG. 2-8, the connector assembly 3 of the present embodiment is a combination of a plurality of connectors having different transmission specifications, and the connector combination includes a network connector 4 and a high frequency connector 5. , a buckle mechanism 6.

In the embodiment disclosed, the network connector 4 conforms to the general industry standard specification of the RJ45 connector, which is an application suitable for an internet or an ethernet. In the present embodiment, the network connector 4 includes an insulative housing 41, a plurality of terminals 43 and an electronic component module 44. The insulating housing 41 has a chamber 42 and a plurality of terminal slots 48. The chamber 42 can be used to receive a pair of connectors 7, and each of the plurality of terminals 43 is disposed in the chamber 42 respectively. Inside the terminal slots 48. The plurality of terminals 43 are electrically connected to the electronic component module 44, The electronic component module 44 has a receiving housing 45, a processing unit 46 and a plurality of soldering legs 47. The receiving housing 45 covers the processing unit 46. The processing unit 46 may include an integrated circuit chip and/or have a filtering function. Magnetic coils (such as transformers or common mode filters). The processing unit 46 can process the electronic signals transmitted by the plurality of terminals 43 and then engage the plurality of soldering holes 93 on a circuit board 9 by the soldering legs 47 to transmit the electronic signals to the circuit board 9.

In the embodiment disclosed, the high frequency connector 5 is a connector conforming to the small pluggable (SFP, SFF) industry standard, and the high frequency connector 5 is an application suitable for high frequency electronic signal transmission. The high-frequency connector 5 has an insulative housing 51 and a plurality of signal terminals 53. The insulative housing 51 has an L-shaped structure, and one end of the insulative housing 51 has a pair of slots 52. The mating slot 52 of the insulative housing 51 is A portion of the other mating connector (not shown) can be received, and each of the plurality of signal terminals 53 is fixed in the insulative housing 51 and exposed in the mating slot 52. The majority of the signal terminals 53 extend away from the other end of the insulative housing 51 and engage with the soldering holes 93 of the circuit board 9. The plurality of signal terminals 53 are electrically connected to the circuit board 9, and the insulative housing 51 has two positioning pins. The positioning legs 54 are engageable with the plurality of positioning holes 92 of the circuit board 9.

In the embodiment, the network connector 4 is disposed on one of the cutouts 91 of the circuit board 9. This is because the network connector 4 is configured as a sink-type network connector (Sink type). RJ-45). In the present invention, when the network connector 4 is set as a sinker type, the material of the insulative housing 41 of the network connector 4 is lower than the height of the circuit board 9, but in the present disclosure, the network is still The connector 4 is considered to be mounted on a surface of the circuit board 9.

According to the foregoing disclosure, the network connector 4 can be disposed on the other surface of the circuit board 9, that is, the network connector 4 is disposed on different high frequency connectors 5. The surface, at this time, the high frequency connector 5 is still vertically stacked above the network connector 4.

As shown in Fig. 13, the connector assembly 3 disclosed in the present embodiment is disposed at a position close to the edge of the circuit board 9. In the connector assembly 3 disclosed in the present application, when the position of the insulating housing 41 of the network connector 4 from the edge of the circuit board 9 is D1, the insulating body 51 of the high frequency connector 5 is away from the circuit. The position of the edge of the board 9 is D2. If D1 is smaller than D2, the distance of the network connector 4 can be effectively shortened. At this time, the high frequency electronic signal transmitted by the network connector 4 is less affected by high frequency noise, especially The distance at which the high frequency electronic signal reaches the circuit board 9 through the plurality of solder legs 47.

In the disclosure of the present embodiment, the network connector 4 and the high frequency connector 5 are disposed on the circuit board 9. The insulating housing 41 is closer to the edge of the circuit board 9 than the insulating body 51. Therefore, in terms of the plane of the surface of the circuit board 9, the high frequency connector 5 is located on the side of the network connector 4 away from the edge of the circuit board 9. The soldering legs 47 of the network connector 4 are engaged with the soldering holes 93 of the circuit board 9. The mating slots 52 of the high frequency connector 5 and the chamber 42 of the network connector 4 are open toward In the same direction, the plurality of signal terminals 53 of the high frequency connector 5 and the positioning pins 54 are engaged with the soldering holes 93 of the circuit board 9 and the positioning holes 92. Since the docking slot 52 of the high frequency connector 5 and the opening of the chamber 42 of the network connector 4 are in the same direction, the high frequency connector 5 and the network connector 4 are respectively in the same direction. The docking connector or the other docking connector is matting.

In the disclosure of the present embodiment, the network connector 4 and the high frequency connector 5 are covered by the outer casing 8 on the circuit board 9. The outer casing 8 includes a top surface 83, two side surfaces 84, and a rear wall. 85 and a plate 81, the outer casing forms an accommodating space 86 by the five parts, and the insulating body 51 can be disposed in the accommodating space 86; the plate 81 covers the insulation of the network connector 4. The housing 41 faces away from a surface of the circuit board 9, and the board 81 connects the network connector 4 to the high frequency connector 5 The mating slots 52 are separated, and the outer casing 8 and the plate 81 can effectively shield electromagnetic interference between the two connectors and the outside, thereby increasing the efficiency of the combined transmission of the connectors. At this time, the combination of the outer casing 8 and the plate member 81 can be regarded as a metal outer casing of the high frequency connector.

Since the present embodiment is based on a general standard SFP connector, the SFP connector generally has a metal housing, and a latching mechanism 82 is disposed on the metal housing 8 so that the SFP connector is in the When the mating connector is inserted and matched, the latch mechanism 82 can interfere with the docking connector, and the friction generated by the phase interference prevents the SFP connector from being disengaged from the mating connector. In the disclosure of the embodiment, the latching mechanism 82 of the standard SFP connector is disposed on the top surface 83 of the metal casing 8 away from the circuit board 9, but this is a possibility of the present invention. The latching mechanism 82 of the standard SFP connector can be placed on the sheet 81 according to the disclosure of the script, and the SFP connector can be referred to as a reversed type SFP connector.

In the embodiment, the latching mechanism 6 is positioned on the insulative housing 41 of the network connector 4. The latching mechanism 6 is formed by a rotating shaft 61 and a main body portion 62, and the main body is formed. The portion 62 is fixed to the rotating shaft 61. In the disclosure of the present embodiment, the rotating shaft 61 and the main body portion 62 are two separable parts, and the rotating shaft 61 is an insulator having a certain material thickness, because an insulating material is used for the consideration of production precision. The rotating shaft 61 and the main body portion 62 of the metal material can be formed into a single part by injection molding or metal sheet metal by a person skilled in the art to shorten the man-hour required for assembling the parts of the production line.

In the disclosure of the present invention, the insulative housing 41 of the network connector 4 has two opposite side plates 411, and each of the side plates 411 is provided with a slot 412. The latching mechanism 6 is provided with the rotating shaft 61. The latching mechanism 6 is pivotally connected to the slots 412 of the insulating housing 41, so the main body The portion 62 is pivoted according to the rotating shaft 61 and performs a relative movement between the network connector 4 and the high frequency connector 5, wherein the relative movement is defined by the chamber opening of the network connector 4 as In a first position, the mating slot of the high frequency connector 5 is defined as a second position; the rotating shaft 61 has two cutting faces 611 for limiting the range of pivoting of the latching mechanism 6 when the card When the buckle mechanism 6 is pivoted to the first position, one of the two cut surfaces 611 interferes with the insulating housing 41, that is, the relative motion friction between the latch mechanism 6 and the insulating housing 41 at this time. The force is increased to form a limit for relative pivoting between the snap mechanism 6 and the insulative housing 41. Conversely, when the snap mechanism 6 is pivoted to the second position, the other cut surface 611 interferes with the insulative housing 41, causing the snap mechanism 6 to have a pivoting limit in the other direction.

In the embodiment disclosed in the present disclosure, the central portion 62 of the latching mechanism 6 has a specific shape of the through hole 64 in the center, so when the network connector 4 is in abutting state with the docking connector 7, the card The body portion 62 of the buckle mechanism 6 can span the mating connector 7 and create a frictional force to prevent the docking connector (not shown) from being detached from the network connector.

In the application of the reverse SFP connector, the latch mechanism 82 of the SFP connector can also be formed into another specific shape by using the main body portion 62 of the snap mechanism 6 when the SFP connector is connected to the docking connector. When the connector (not shown) is electrically connected, the body portion 62 that passes through the snap mechanism 6 can also prevent the docking connector from being detached by friction (not shown). Moreover, those skilled in the art can provide the latching mechanism 82 of the inverted SFP connector together with the main body portion 62 of the latching mechanism 6 by enlarging the surface area of the main body portion 62.

The latching mechanism 6 is relatively movable between the first position and the second position, and another consideration is to control the docking connector to interface with the appropriate network connector 4 or the high frequency connector 5, for example, when When the first position is the state disclosed in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the buckle mechanism 6 The main body portion 62 is located in the chamber 42 of the network connector 4, at which time the mating connector 7 of the network connector 4 cannot or is difficult to form a docking state with the network connector 4. On the other hand, when the latching mechanism 6 is in the second position, the docking connector (not shown) of the high frequency connector 5 cannot or is difficult to form a docking state with the high frequency connector 5.

In the disclosure of the embodiment, the locking mechanism 6 is relatively movable between the first position and the second position, which is caused by the deflection of the rotating shaft 61 of the locking mechanism 6 together with the main body portion 62. The skilled person can change the latching mechanism 6 to only one of the main body portions 62. At this time, the relative movement of the latching mechanism 6 between the first position and the second position means that only the main body portion 62 is present. Relative movement between the first position and the second position.

In the disclosure of the foregoing embodiment of the present invention, since the relative movement between the locking mechanism 6 and the insulating housing 41 is set to pivotal movement, the rotating shaft 61 and the insulating housing 41 do not directly move linearly. However, those skilled in the art can modify the relative motion between the snap mechanism 6 and the insulative housing 41 to linear motion, such as sliding, or a mixture of linear motion and pivoting motion, in accordance with the disclosure of the present disclosure.

According to the foregoing disclosure of the present invention, in the present invention, the latching mechanism 6 is "positioned" on the insulating housing 41 of the network connector 4, but the latching mechanism 6 is Deflect, slide or deflect and slide within a certain range. Therefore, those skilled in the art can regard the so-called "positioning" in this specification as the relative restraint that the buckle mechanism 6 can move within a certain range, and not merely restrict the restraint that motion cannot be generated.

As shown in FIG. 3 of the present invention, the latching mechanism 6 includes a torsion spring 63 that is sleeved on the outer surface of the rotating shaft 61. The torsion spring 63 has two elastic arms, one of the two elastic arms is fixed on the rotating shaft material, and the restoring force after the torsion spring 63 is elastically deformed, The latch mechanism 6 is normally held in the first position or the second position.

Referring to Figures 9 and 10, when the latching mechanism 6 is disposed in the first position, the main body portion 62 is located at the chamber opening of the network connector 4, and the network connector 4 is The docking connector 7 is blocked by the main body portion 62, so that the chamber 42 cannot be accessed and the network connector 4 is docked. However, the docking slot 52 of the high frequency connector 5 can be connected to the high frequency connector 5. Another docking connector is engaged (not shown). Since the high frequency connector 5 in this embodiment is a connector conforming to the SFP industry standard specification, the docking slot 52 of the high frequency connector 5 is for receiving the other docking connector (not shown). A circuit board with circuit pads.

Referring to Figures 11 and 12, when the latching mechanism 6 is disposed in the second position, the main body portion 62 is located at the docking slot of the high frequency connector 5, and the network connector 4 is The chamber 42 is engageable with the mating connector 7 of the network connector 4, and the main body portion 62 is engaged with the mating connector 7, which prevents the mating connector 7 from falling off and increases the fixing strength; The other docking connector of the frequency connector 5 (not shown) is blocked by the main body portion 62 and a portion of the mating connector 7, so that it cannot be engaged with the high frequency connector 5 when the docking connector 7 is removed. When the main body portion 62 is returned to the first position, it can be known that the network connector 4 and the high-frequency connector 5 have a partially overlapping use space, whereby the partially overlapping use space can be effectively The height at which the network connector 4 overlaps with the high frequency connector 5 is lowered, and the position of the two connectors is switched by the position of the snap mechanism 6 to achieve a thinned design after the connector combination is integrated.

Compared with the prior art, the connector combination of the present invention partially overlaps with the use space of the network connector 4 and the high frequency connector 5, and the buckle mechanism 6 can be used according to different connector usage requirements. Switching position; wherein the two connectors use spatial partial overlap to effectively reduce the volume of the connector combination, thereby reducing waste of idle space, and thus can be made in a limited space The most efficient planning and use to improve the efficiency of space use.

From the above detailed description, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention can achieve the aforementioned objectives, and has been in compliance with the provisions of the Patent Law, and has filed a patent application. However, the above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the creation of the present invention cannot be limited by this; therefore, the simple equivalent changes and modifications made by the scope of the patent application and the content of the creation specification are All should remain within the scope of this creation patent.

3‧‧‧ Connector combination

4‧‧‧Network connector

41‧‧‧Insulated housing

45‧‧‧ housing housing

46‧‧‧Processing unit

5‧‧‧High frequency connector

6‧‧‧Snap mechanism

63‧‧‧torsion spring

7‧‧‧Dock connector

71‧‧‧Baffle

72‧‧‧shims

8‧‧‧ Shell

81‧‧‧ plates

82‧‧‧Locking mechanism

83‧‧‧ top surface

84‧‧‧ side

9‧‧‧Circuit board

91‧‧‧Gap section

92‧‧‧Positioning holes

93‧‧‧welding holes

Claims (10)

A connector assembly comprising: a network connector, a high frequency connector and a buckle mechanism, wherein the network connector is adapted to be mounted on a circuit board surface and applied to the internet Or an area network electronic signal transmission having an insulative housing and a plurality of terminals, the insulative housing having a chamber that can be used to receive a pair of connectors, each of the plurality of terminals being respectively disposed The cavity of the insulating housing extends outwardly; the high frequency connector is adapted to be mounted on the surface of the circuit board and is applied to high frequency electronic signal transmission, and has an insulating body and a plurality of signal terminals, the insulation The main body has a pair of connecting slots, and the insulative housing mating slot is configured to receive another mating connector. Each of the signal terminals is fixed in the insulative housing and exposed in the mating slot, and on the surface of the circuit board, The high frequency connector is vertically stacked above the network connector; the latching mechanism is positioned in the insulative housing, and the latching mechanism is movable between the first position and the second position; Buckle machine In the first position, the connector may be a high frequency corresponding to engagement of the mating connector. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the latching mechanism has a rotating shaft and a main body portion, the rotating shaft is pivotally disposed on the insulating housing, and the main body portion is positioned on the rotating shaft to enable the main body The part is pivoted according to the rotation axis. The connector assembly of claim 2, wherein the latching mechanism comprises a torsion spring, the torsion spring having a spring arm, one of the two spring arms being fixed to the shaft material. The connector assembly of claim 1 wherein the connector assembly has a housing. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein when the latching mechanism is in the second position, the chamber is engaged with the network connector docking connector, and the latching mechanism is engaged with the docking connector . The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the network connector is an RJ45 connector. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the high frequency connector is a small form factor pluggable SFP connector. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the latching mechanism rotates between the first position and the second position according to a predetermined track. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the circuit board has an edge, and a distance between the insulating housing of the network connector and the circuit board is smaller than between the insulating body of the high frequency connector and the circuit board distance. The connector assembly of claim 4, wherein the housing has five sides to form an accommodating space, and the insulating body can be disposed in the accommodating space.