TW202249559A - Connector assembly with cable limiting housing - Google Patents

Abstract

A connector assembly with cable limiting housing is disclosed in the present invention. The connector assembly includes a connector, and a cable limiting housing. The connector electrically connects a cable. The cable limiting housing has an accommodation space, a first hole and a second hole. The accommodation space is utilized to accommodate the connector. The cable extends through the second hole out from the accommodation space.

Description

Connector Assembly with Cable Retainer Housing

The invention relates to a component, in particular to a connector component with a cable limiting housing.

With the popularity of computers and the development of cloud technology, servers, storage, switches, and network devices are becoming more and more common. Generally, a chassis (cabinet; rack) is used for the configuration of the above-mentioned equipment. With the increase of usage requirements, some external devices will be added to the chassis to meet different usage requirements. Among them, common external devices include external fan components, external hard disks and other external devices with connectors.

In the prior art, the chassis utilizes a single cable to expand external devices. First, one end of the cable is electrically connected to a main circuit board, and then the other end of the cable is pulled out of the case. Next, plug the external device into the cable located outside the case. Once assembled, tuck the excess cables back into the case.

However, due to the small space inside the case or the blind area of the user's vision, the user cannot fix the cable smoothly, and even the structure of the cable itself may be damaged. In addition, stuffing excess cables back into the case will also make cable management difficult and may even affect the efficiency of heat dissipation. Therefore, there is room for improvement in the prior art.

In view of the prior art, after the assembly of the external device and the cables pulled out of the chassis is completed, the redundant cables are plugged back into the chassis and various problems are derived. One of the main objectives of the present invention is to provide a connector assembly with a cable limiting housing to solve at least one problem in the prior art.

In order to solve the problems of the prior art, the necessary technical means adopted by the present invention is to provide a connector assembly with a cable limiting housing, which is used to be fixed on a casing and plugged into an external fan assembly, including: A connector body and a cable limiting housing. The connector body is connected to a cable. The cable limiting housing includes a front housing and a rear housing. The front case is fixed on the casing and defines a connection hole. The rear case is connected to the front case, and forms a connector body accommodating space for accommodating the connector body with the front case, so that one of the connection ports of the connector body is aligned with the connection hole, and a cable limiter is provided The hole is used for limiting the cable, and for the cable to extend from the accommodating space of the connector body through the cable limiting hole to outside the accommodating space of the connector body.

On the basis of the above-mentioned necessary technical means, an auxiliary technical means derived from the present invention is to make the connector assembly with the cable limiting housing further include a locking element. The locking element is used for locking the front case on the casing.

On the basis of the above-mentioned necessary technical means, an auxiliary technical means derived from the present invention is to make the front housing of the connector assembly with the cable limiting housing have an upper fool-proof protrusion, and the front housing with the cable limiting housing When the connector assembly with the housing is correctly assembled to the housing, the upper fool-proof protrusion is limited to insert into one of the upper fool-proof notches of the housing; when the connector assembly with the cable-limiting housing is assembled to the When the casing is installed, the upper fool-proof protrusion is blocked and cannot be inserted into the upper fool-proof gap.

On the basis of the above-mentioned necessary technical means, one of the subsidiary technical means derived from the present invention is to make the front housing of the connector assembly with the cable limiting housing further have a lower anti-fooling protrusion, and the lower anti-fooling protrusion corresponds to The upper fool-proof protrusion is used to insert into one of the upper fool-proof notches of the case when the connector assembly with the cable-limiting housing is correctly assembled to the casing, and the lower fool-proof protrusion The block is limited to be inserted into the lower fool-proof notch of the case; when the connector assembly with the cable limiting housing is assembled to the case by mistake, the upper fool-proof protrusion is blocked and cannot be inserted into the upper fool-proof notch, And the lower fool-proof protrusion is blocked and cannot be inserted into the lower fool-proof gap.

On the basis of the above-mentioned necessary technical means, an auxiliary technical means derived from the present invention is to make the front housing in the connector assembly with the cable limiting housing have at least one elastic engaging part, which is elastically engaged The component is used to snap into at least one casing engaging hole of the casing when the connector assembly with the cable limiting housing is assembled to the casing, so as to fix the connector assembly with the cable limiting casing to the chassis.

On the basis of the above-mentioned necessary technical means, an auxiliary technical means derived from the present invention is to make the connector body in the connector assembly with the cable limiting housing comprise a body part and a foolproof part. Connect the cable to the main body. The fool-proof part is connected to one side of the main body; wherein, the shape of the connection hole is corresponding to the body part and the fool-proof part. When the connector body is correctly assembled to the front shell, the fool-proof part and the main body are only used for insertion Connection hole; when the connector body is wrongly assembled to the front case, the fool-proof part is blocked, so that the fool-proof part and the main body cannot be inserted into the connection hole.

On the basis of the above-mentioned necessary technical means, an auxiliary technical means derived from the present invention is to make the connector body in the connector assembly with the cable limiting housing include at least one assembly abutment, and the assembly abutment After the external fan assembly is plugged into the connector body along an assembling direction, it is used to abut against the front housing, so as to stop the external fan assembly from continuing to move along the assembling direction.

On the basis of the above-mentioned necessary technical means, an auxiliary technical means derived from the present invention is to make the front housing of the connector assembly with the cable limiting housing have at least one assembly against the top wall, and the assembly against the top wall is Corresponding to the assembly abutting piece, used for abutting against the assembly abutting piece after the external fan assembly is plugged into the connector body along the assembling direction.

On the basis of the above-mentioned necessary technical means, an auxiliary technical means derived from the present invention is to make the connector body in the connector assembly with the cable limiting housing include at least one dismounting abutting piece, and the dismounting abutting piece It is used for abutting against the front housing when the external fan assembly is separated from the connector body along a dismounting direction, so as to stop the connector body from detaching along with the external fan assembly along the dismounting direction.

On the basis of the above-mentioned necessary technical means, an auxiliary technical means derived from the present invention is to make the front housing of the connector assembly with the cable limiting housing have at least one detachable top wall, and the detachable top wall system Corresponding to the detachable abutting piece, it is used for abutting against the detachable abutting piece when the external fan assembly is detached from the connector body along the detachment direction.

To sum up, the connector assembly with the cable limiting housing provided by the present invention uses the front housing to be fixed on the casing, uses the rear housing to limit the cable and uses the connector body, compared with the previous technology, the assembly process of the present invention is simpler, saves assembly time, and does not generate redundant cables, so various problems caused by redundant cables and derived from them can be avoided, and the cables in the chassis can be concisely achieved naturally. effect.

The specific implementation manner of the present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to schematic diagrams. The advantages and features of the present invention will be more clear from the following description and claims. It should be noted that all the drawings are in very simplified form and use imprecise scales, which are only used to facilitate and clearly assist the purpose of illustrating the embodiments of the present invention.

Please refer to the first figure to the fourth figure, wherein the first figure shows the perspective view of the connector assembly with the cable limiting housing provided by the preferred embodiment of the present invention; the second figure shows the exploded view of the first figure Figures; the third figure is an exploded view showing another perspective of the first figure; and, the fourth figure is a perspective view showing the connector body and the front housing. As shown in the figure, a connector assembly 1 with a cable limiting housing includes a connector body 11 , a cable limiting housing 12 and a locking element 13 .

The connector body 11 includes a main body portion 111, a fool-proof portion 112, at least one assembly abutment piece 113 (the figure draws two and only one of them is marked for illustration) and at least one disassembly abutment piece 114 (the figure draws a plurality Only one of them is indicated). The body part 111 is connected to a cable L (marked in the seventh figure). The foolproof portion 112 is connected to the top of the main body portion 111 . The assembly abutting piece 113 is disposed on two sides of the main body portion 111 . The detachable abutting member 114 is disposed on the rear side of the main body portion 111 .

The cable limiting housing 12 includes a front housing 121 and a rear housing 122 . The front case 121 defines a connection hole H1. The rear case 122 is connected to the front case 121 and defines a cable limiting hole H2. The rear housing 122 and the front housing 121 enclose a connector body accommodating space S, wherein the connector body accommodating space S is used for accommodating the connector body 11 .

In more detail, the front housing 121 includes an upper anti-fooling protrusion 1211, a lower anti-fooling protrusion 1212 and a first body 1213, wherein the first body 1213 has at least one assembly abutment corresponding to the assembly abutment member 113 The wall W1 , at least one detachable abutting wall W2 corresponding to the detachable abutting member 114 , and at least one housing engaging hole H3 . The rear housing 122 includes a second body 1221 and at least one housing engaging member 1222 corresponding to the housing engaging hole H3 (the figure draws two and marks one of them for illustration).

The locking element 13 is used to be locked on the front case 121 . Here, the locking element 13 is shown as a screw, but it is not limited thereto, and may also be other elements with a locking function.

In the assembly step, the main body portion 111 of the connector main body 11 is used to connect to the cable L first. Since the drawing of the cable L will cover other technical features, the cable L will be drawn in the diagram for illustration only after the assembly is completed, as shown in the seventh figure.

Next, the connector body 11 is accommodated in the connector body accommodating space S, and a connection port of the body portion 111 of the connector body 11 is aligned with the connection hole H1.

In more detail, the shape of the connecting hole H1 corresponds to the main body portion 111 , the foolproof portion 112 and the assembly abutting member 113 . When the connector body 11 is accommodated in the connector body accommodating space S and is correctly assembled and connected to the front housing 121, the body part 111, the fool-proof part 112 and the assembly abutting part 113 will be aligned and restricted for insertion. Connection hole H1. At the same time, the assembly abutting piece 113 will abut against the assembly abutment wall W1 , and the disassembly abutment piece 114 will abut against the disassembly abutment wall W2 , as shown in FIG. 4 .

Next, connect the rear shell 122 to the front shell 121 to form the connector assembly 1 with the cable limiting shell, as shown in the first figure. Described in more detail, the housing engaging member 1222 of the rear housing 122 is correspondingly engaged with the housing engaging hole H3 of the front housing 121 , so as to be fixed to the front housing 121 . At this time, the cable L is limited by the cable limiting hole H2 of the rear housing 122, and the cable L is extended from the accommodating space S of the connector body to the accommodating space S of the connector body through the cable limiting hole H2 outside.

Finally, please refer to the second figure, the third figure and the fifth figure to the seventh figure together, among which, the fifth figure shows the exploded view of the connector assembly and the casing with the cable limiting housing; the sixth figure is a perspective view showing the assembly of the connector assembly with the cable limiting housing to the casing; and, the seventh figure is a perspective view showing the external fan assembly plugged into the connector assembly with the cable limiting casing and the casing. As shown in the figure, a connector assembly 1 with a cable-limiting housing is assembled to a casing C along a first direction D1, and is plugged into an external device. The external device in the figure is shown as an external fan assembly F .

When the connector assembly 1 with the cable limiting housing is correctly assembled to the casing C, the upper foolproof projection 1211 is limited to insert into an upper foolproof gap G1 of the casing C, and the lower foolproof projection The 1212 series is limited to be inserted into the lower fool-proof gap G2 of the casing C. When the connector assembly 1 with the cable-limiting housing is wrongly assembled into the casing C, for example, the direction is reversed, the position is wrong, etc., the upper fool-proof protrusion 1211 will be blocked by the casing C and cannot be inserted into the upper fool-proof gap G1, and the lower fool-proof protrusion 1212 is also blocked by the casing C and cannot be inserted into the lower fool-proof gap G2. That is to say, the upper fool-proof protrusion 1211 is only used for inserting into the upper fool-proof gap G1 when the connector assembly 1 with the cable limiting housing is assembled to the casing C correctly. The lower fool-proof bump 1212 is also the same. The design of the upper fool-proof protrusion 1211 and the lower fool-proof protrusion 1212 can avoid wrong assembly, thereby avoiding the problem that the external fan assembly F cannot be inserted.

After the connector assembly 1 with the cable limiting housing is correctly assembled to the housing C, the front housing 121 is locked on the housing C by using the locking element 13 , as shown in FIG. 6 . In other embodiments of the present invention, the front case 121 may also include at least one elastic engaging member, which is used to be compressed by the casing C during assembly, and snap into the casing C by utilizing the elastic restoring force after the assembly is completed. There is at least one case engaging hole, so as to fix the front case 121 on the case C. In practice, the elastic engaging parts can be disposed on the left and right sides of the upper fool-proof protrusion 1211 .

Finally, plug an external device into the connector body 11 . In more detail, the external fan assembly F will be assembled to the connector assembly 1 with the cable limiting housing along an assembly direction D2. After the external fan assembly F is plugged into the connector body 11 , the assembly abutment member 113 will abut against the assembly abutment wall W1 , so as to stop the external fan assembly F from continuing to move along the assembly direction D2 .

After the external fan assembly F is assembled to the connector assembly 1 with the cable limiting housing, all steps of the external device assembly method are completed. At this time, the cable L will be limited by the cable limiting hole H2 of the rear housing 122, and extend from the accommodating space S of the connector body through the cable limiting hole H2 to outside the accommodating space S of the connector body, as shown in FIG. Shown in the seventh figure.

When the external fan assembly F is disengaged from the connector body 11 along a dismounting direction D3, the dismounting abutment member 114 will abut against the dismounting abutment wall W2, so as to prevent the connector body 11 from following the disassembly direction of the external fan assembly F D3 disengages.

To sum up, the connector assembly with the cable limiting housing provided by the present invention uses the front housing to be fixed on the casing, uses the rear housing to limit the cable and uses the connector body, compared with the previous technology, the assembly process of the present invention is simpler, saves assembly time, and does not generate redundant cables, so various problems caused by redundant cables and derived from them can be avoided, and the cables in the chassis can be concisely achieved naturally. effect.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the connector assembly with the cable limiting housing of the present invention can be used to improve the heat dissipation performance of the server, making the server suitable for artificial intelligence (AI) computing, edge Computing (Edge Computing), can also be used as a 5G server, cloud server or Internet of Vehicles server.

Through the above detailed description of the preferred embodiments, it is hoped that the characteristics and spirit of the present invention can be described more clearly, and the scope of the present invention is not limited by the preferred embodiments disclosed above. On the contrary, the intention is to cover various changes and equivalent arrangements within the scope of the patent application for the present invention.

1: Connector assembly with cable limiting housing 11: Connector body 111: body part 112: Fool-proof Department 113: Assembling the top piece 114: Disassemble the abutting piece 12: Cable limit housing 121: Front shell 1211: upper fool-proof bump 1212: Lower fool-proof bump 1213: The first body 122: Rear shell 1221: The second body 1222: Shell fastener 13: Locking element C: Chassis D1: the first direction D2: Assembly direction D3: Disassembly direction F: External fan assembly G1: upper foolproof gap G2: Lower Foolproof Gap H1: link hole H2: Cable limiting hole H3: Shell engaging hole L: cable S: Connector body accommodation space W1: Assemble against the top wall W2: Disassemble the top wall

The first figure is a perspective view showing a connector assembly with a cable limiting housing provided by a preferred embodiment of the present invention; The second figure shows the exploded view of the first figure; The third figure is an exploded view showing another perspective of the first figure; The fourth figure is a perspective view showing the connector body and the front shell; The fifth figure shows an exploded view of the connector assembly and the housing with the cable restraint housing; Figure 6 is a perspective view showing the assembly of the connector assembly with the cable restraint housing to the housing; and The seventh figure is a perspective view showing that the external fan assembly is plugged into the connector assembly with the cable limiting housing and the casing.

1: Connector assembly with cable limiting housing

11: Connector body

111: body part

112: Fool-proof department

113: Assembling the top piece

114: Disassemble the abutting piece

121: Front shell

1211: upper fool-proof bump

1212: Lower fool-proof bump

1213: The first body

122: Rear shell

13: Locking element

H1: link hole

H2: Cable limiting hole

H3: Shell engaging hole

W1: Assemble against the top wall

Claims (10)

A connector assembly with a cable limiting housing is used to be fixed on a casing and plugged into an external fan assembly, including: a connector body connected to a cable; and A cable limiting housing, comprising: a front shell, which is fixed to the casing and has a connecting hole; and A rear case is connected with the front case, and forms a connector body accommodating space for accommodating the connector body with the front case, so that one connection port of the connector body is aligned with the connection hole , and provide a cable limiting hole for limiting the cable, and for the cable to extend from the accommodating space of the connector body through the cable limiting hole to outside the accommodating space of the connector body. The connector assembly with the cable limiting housing as described in Claim 1 further includes a locking element, which is used to lock the front housing on the casing. The connector assembly with a cable limiting housing as described in claim 1, wherein the front housing system has an upper fool-proof protrusion, and the connector assembly with a cable limiting housing is correctly assembled to When the casing is installed, the upper foolproof projection is limited to be inserted into one of the upper foolproof gaps of the casing; when the connector assembly with the cable limiting housing is assembled to the casing by mistake, the upper The fool-proof protrusion is blocked and cannot be inserted into the upper fool-proof notch. The connector assembly with a cable limiting housing described in claim 3, wherein the front housing further has a lower fool-proof protrusion, and the lower fool-proof protrusion corresponds to the upper fool-proof protrusion, and there is When the connector assembly of the cable limiting housing is correctly assembled to the case, the upper fool-proof protrusion is limited to be inserted into the upper fool-proof gap of the case, and the lower fool-proof protrusion is limited to to be inserted into the lower fool-proof notch of the case; when the connector assembly with the cable limiting housing is assembled to the case by mistake, the upper fool-proof protrusion is blocked and cannot be inserted into the upper fool-proof notch , and the lower fool-proof projection is blocked and cannot be inserted into the lower fool-proof gap. The connector assembly with a cable limiting housing described in claim 1, wherein the front housing system has at least one elastic snap-fitting part, and the at least one elastic snap-fitting part is used to connect the cable-limiting housing with When the connector assembly of the body is assembled to the casing, it is snapped into at least one casing engaging hole of the casing, so as to fix the connector assembly with the cable limiting housing to the casing. The connector assembly with a cable limiting housing described in claim 1, wherein the connector system includes: a body to which the cable is attached; and a fool-proof part connected to one side of the main body part; Wherein, the shape of the connection hole is corresponding to the body part and the fool-proof part, and when the connector body is correctly assembled to the front shell, the fool-proof part and the body part are limited to be inserted into the connection hole; When the connector body is wrongly assembled to the front case, the foolproof portion is blocked, so that the foolproof portion and the main body cannot be inserted into the connecting hole. The connector assembly with a cable limiting housing described in claim 1, wherein the connector body system includes at least one assembly abutment, and the at least one assembly abutment is used to place the outer fan assembly along an After the assembling direction is plugged into the connector body, it abuts against the front housing, so as to stop the external fan assembly from continuing to move along the assembling direction. The connector assembly with a cable limiting housing described in claim 7, wherein the front housing system has at least one assembled abutment wall, and the at least one assembled abutment wall is corresponding to the at least one assembled abutment piece, for After the external fan assembly is plugged into the connector body along the assembling direction, the at least one assembling abutting member can abut against it. The connector assembly with a cable limiting housing as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connector body system includes at least one dismounting abutment, and the at least one disassembly abutment is used to move the outer fan assembly along a When the detachment direction is separated from the connector body, it abuts against the front case, so as to stop the connector body from detaching along with the external fan assembly along the detachment direction. The connector assembly with a cable limiting housing described in claim 9, wherein the front housing system has at least one dismounting abutting wall, and the at least one dismounting abutting wall is corresponding to the at least one dismounting abutting member, for When the external fan assembly is detached from the connector body along the detachment direction, the at least one detachment abutting member can be abutted against.

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