TWI717837B - Connector assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a connector assembly. The connector assembly includes a shielding cage, a heat sink module, and a fastener. The shielding cage includes a top wall and two sidewalls. The heat sink module includes a heat conduction plate disposed on the top wall of the shielding cage. A side edge of the heat conduction plate includes a rearward stopper-abutting portion. The rearward stopper-abutting portion is positioned toward a rearward direction. The fastener includes a resilient pressing portion which presses on a top surface of the heat conduction plate, and an outer plate installed on the corresponding sidewall of the shielding cage. The outer plate includes a rearward stopper. A displacement, toward the rearward direction, of the heat conduction plate is restricted by the rearward stopper engaging with the corresponding rearward stopper-abutting portion. As a result, an unexpected release of the heat conduction plate from the shielding cage can be avoided.

Description

Connector combination

The present disclosure relates to a connector assembly, and more particularly, the present disclosure relates to a connector assembly with a fastener.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-261212 A discloses a clip. The clip has a front mounting leg portion and a rear mounting leg portion, and a front stop leg and a rear stop leg respectively contacting the front edge and the rear edge of a base plate of a heat sink. In an embodiment of the patent, the front stop leg and the rear stop leg each include a connecting part. The connecting portion of the front stop leg is connected to the lower surface of a middle portion of the front connecting portion in the length direction. The connecting part of the rear stop leg is connected to the lower surface of the middle part of a rear connecting part in the length direction.

In another embodiment of the patent, a radiator fixing clip is integrally formed by a metal strip. In the structure of the front stop leg of the radiator fixing clip, a substantially U-shaped notch is formed in the middle part of the front connecting part in the length direction, and is bent downward to the inside of the notch. The structure of the rear stop leg of the radiator fixing clip is similar. Accordingly, the movement of a radiator in a forward and backward direction is restricted.

In the case of a structure where the upper surface of the radiator is flat, for example, when the upper surface of the radiator does not have a notch similar to the above-mentioned patent for accommodating a clip, a clip or a radiator fixing clip cannot be used. The movement of the radiator is restricted in the front and rear directions. For example, when the plug is plugged and unplugged in the front-to-rear direction, the radiator is relatively easy to come out and shift.

The above "prior art" description only provides background technology, and does not acknowledge that the above "prior art" description reveals the subject of this disclosure, does not constitute the prior art of this disclosure, and any description of the above "prior art" It should not be used as any part of this case.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a connector assembly. The connector assembly includes a shielding shell, a heat dissipation module, and a fastener. The shielding shell includes a top wall, two side walls, and a accommodating space extending in a front-to-back direction. The accommodating space includes a front end facing forward. The front end includes a socket. The heat dissipation module includes a heat conducting plate corresponding to the containing space and arranged on the top wall of the shielding shell. The side edge of the heat-conducting plate includes a rear blocked portion facing the rear. The buckle includes an elastic pressing part pressed on the top surface of the heat conducting plate, and an outer plate assembled to the corresponding side wall of the shielding shell. The outer plate includes a rearward movement limiting portion, which cooperates with the corresponding rearward blocked portion of the heat conducting plate to limit the relative displacement of the heat conducting plate toward the rear with respect to the shielding shell.

In some embodiments, the side edge of the heat conducting plate includes a notch. The recess includes a front end. The front end includes the rearward blocked portion. The rearward blocked portion includes an inner edge of the recess whose front end faces rearward. The back movement limiting part of the buckle includes a front piece. The front sheet body extends to the rear of the corresponding rearward blocked portion of the heat conducting plate.

In some embodiments, the side edge of the heat conducting plate further includes a forward blocked portion facing forward. The outer plate of the buckle further includes a forward movement limiting part. The forward movement limiting portion cooperates with the corresponding forward blocked portion of the heat conducting plate to limit the relative displacement of the heat conducting plate toward the front with respect to the shielding shell.

In some embodiments, the side edge of the heat conducting plate includes a notch. The notch includes a front end and a rear end. The front end includes the rearward blocked portion. The rearward blocked portion includes an inner edge of the recess whose front end faces rearward. The rear end includes the forward blocked portion. The forward blocked portion includes an inner edge with a rear end of the recess facing forward. The back movement limiting part of the buckle includes a front piece. The front sheet body extends to the rear of the corresponding rearward blocked portion of the heat conducting plate. The forward movement limiting part of the buckle includes a rear sheet body. The rear sheet body extends to the front of the corresponding forward blocked portion of the heat conducting plate.

In some embodiments, the front panel is a vertical panel or a horizontal panel.

In some embodiments, each of the front sheet and the back sheet is a sheet with a vertical board or a sheet with a horizontally lying board.

In some embodiments, the top wall of the shielding case includes an opening that penetrates the accommodating space, wherein the heat dissipation module further includes a contact plate disposed on the bottom surface of the heat conducting plate, and the contact plate passes through the opening. The window extends into the accommodating space.

In some embodiments, the elastic pressing portion, the heat conducting plate is a thermal cavity heat conducting plate.

Another embodiment of the present disclosure provides a connector assembly. The connector assembly includes a shielding shell, at least two heat dissipation modules, and a fastener. The shielding shell includes a top wall, two side walls, and at least two accommodating spaces extending along a front and rear direction. Each accommodating space includes a front end facing forward. The front end includes a socket. The at least two heat dissipation modules correspond to at least two accommodating spaces respectively. Each heat dissipation module includes a heat conduction plate arranged on the top wall of the shielding shell. The heat conducting plate includes two side edges. The two side edges of the heat-conducting plate include a rear blocked portion facing the rear. The buckle includes an inner fixing part fixed to the top wall of the shielding case, an outer side plate assembled to the corresponding side wall of the shielding case, an elastic pressing part pressed on the top surface of the corresponding heat conducting plate, and An inner side plate arranged between the elastic pressing part and the inner fixing part. The outer plate of the buckle includes a first backward movement limiting portion, and the inner plate of the buckle includes a second backward movement limiting portion. The first rearward movement limiting portion of the outer plate of the buckle is matched with the rearward blocked portion of the corresponding side edge of the corresponding heat conducting plate, and the second backward movement limiting portion of the inner plate of the buckle is matched with the corresponding The rearward direction of the corresponding side edge of the heat-conducting plate is matched by the blocking part to limit the relative displacement of the heat-conducting plate toward the rear with respect to the shielding shell.

In some embodiments, the two side edges of the heat conducting plate include a notch. The recess includes a front end. The front end includes the rearward blocked portion. The rearward blocked portion includes an inner edge of the recess whose front end faces rearward. The first back movement limiting portion of the outer plate of the buckle includes a front sheet body. The front sheet body extends rearward of the corresponding side edge of the corresponding heat conducting plate to the rear of the blocked portion. The second back movement limiting portion of the inner side plate of the buckle includes a front edge. The front edge extends to the rear of the blocked portion of the corresponding side edge of the corresponding heat conducting plate.

In some embodiments, the two side edges of the heat conducting plate further include a forward blocked portion facing forward. The outer side plate of the buckle includes a first forward movement limiting portion, and the inner side plate of the buckle includes a second forward movement limiting portion. The first forward movement limiting portion of the outer plate of the buckle is matched with the forward blocked portion of the corresponding side edge of the corresponding heat conducting plate, and the second forward movement limiting portion of the inner plate of the buckle is matched with the corresponding The front direction of the corresponding side edge of the heat-conducting plate is matched by the blocking part to limit the relative displacement of the heat-conducting plate toward the front with respect to the shielding shell.

In some embodiments, the two side edges of the heat conducting plate include a notch. The notch includes a front end and a rear end. The front end includes the rearward blocked portion. The rearward blocked portion includes an inner edge of the recess whose front end faces rearward. The first back movement limiting portion of the outer plate of the buckle includes a front sheet body. The front sheet body extends to the rear of the blocked portion of the corresponding side edge of the corresponding heat conducting plate. The first forward movement limiting portion of the outer plate of the buckle includes a back sheet body. The rear sheet body extends to the front of the front blocked portion of the corresponding side edge of the corresponding heat conducting plate. The second back movement limiting portion of the inner side plate of the buckle includes a front edge. The front edge extends to the rear of the blocked portion of the corresponding side edge of the corresponding heat conducting plate. The second forward movement limiting portion of the inner plate of the buckle includes a rear edge. The rear edge extends to the front of the front blocked portion of the corresponding side edge of the corresponding heat conducting plate.

In some embodiments, the front panel is a vertical panel or a horizontal panel.

In some embodiments, each of the front sheet and the back sheet is a sheet with a vertical board or a sheet with a horizontally lying board.

In some embodiments, the top wall of the shielding shell includes an opening that penetrates to each accommodating space, wherein each heat dissipation module further includes a contact plate disposed on the bottom surface of the heat conducting plate, and each contact plate passes through a corresponding The opening window extends into the corresponding accommodating space.

In some embodiments, the heat conducting plate is a thermal cavity heat conducting plate.

Yet another embodiment of the present disclosure provides a connector assembly. The connector assembly includes a shielding shell, at least one heat dissipation module, and a fastener. The shielding shell includes a top wall, a side wall, and at least one accommodating space extending in a forward and backward direction. The accommodating space includes a front end facing forward. The front end includes a socket. The heat dissipation module includes a heat conduction plate corresponding to the accommodating space and arranged on the top wall. The side edge of the heat conducting plate includes a blocked portion. The buckle includes an elastic pressing part pressed on the top surface of the heat conducting plate and a side plate. The side plate of the buckle includes a limiting part. The limiting part is configured to cooperate with the corresponding blocked part of the heat conducting plate to limit the relative displacement of the heat conducting plate toward the front or the rear with respect to the shielding shell.

In the present disclosure, the buckle cooperates with the shielding shell to limit the relative displacement of the heat conducting plate to the shielding shell in the left-right direction, the up-down direction, and the front-rear direction. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the heat-conducting plate from accidentally detaching from the shielding case.

The technical features and advantages of the present disclosure have been summarized quite extensively above, so that the detailed description of the present disclosure below can be better understood. Other technical features and advantages that constitute the subject of the patent application of this disclosure will be described below. Those with ordinary knowledge in the technical field of the present disclosure should understand that the concepts and specific embodiments disclosed below can be used fairly easily to modify or design other structures or processes to achieve the same purpose as the present disclosure. Those with ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which this disclosure belongs should also understand that such equivalent constructions cannot deviate from the spirit and scope of this disclosure as defined by the appended patent scope.

The embodiments or examples of the disclosure shown in the drawings are described in specific language. It should be understood that this is not intended to limit the scope of this disclosure. Any changes or modifications of the embodiments and any further application of the principles described in this case can normally occur to those with ordinary skills in the relevant art of this disclosure. Reference symbols may be repeated in each embodiment, but even if they have the same reference symbols, the features in an embodiment are not necessarily used in another embodiment.

It should be understood that although terms such as first, second, third, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, components, regions, layers or sections, these elements, components, regions, layers or sections should not be limited to these term. These terms are only used to distinguish one element, component, region, layer or section from another region, layer or section. Therefore, the first element, component, region, layer or section described below may be referred to as a second element, component, region, layer or section without departing from the teaching content of the inventive concept of the present disclosure.

The terms used in this disclosure are only used for the purpose of describing specific exemplary embodiments, and are not used to limit the concept of the present invention. As used herein, the singular forms "one" and "the" are also used to include the plural form, unless expressly indicated otherwise in this document. It should be understood that the term "comprising" used in the specification refers exclusively to the existence of the stated feature, integer, step, operation, element or component, but does not exclude one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components or The existence of its group.

FIG. 1 is an assembled perspective view of a first embodiment of a connector assembly 5. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the connector assembly 5 relative to FIG. 1. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional plan view of a cross-section along a front-to-rear direction Y1-Y2 relative to the connector assembly 5 of FIG. 1, wherein the front-to-rear direction Y1-Y2 corresponds to a plug connector (not shown) direction. 1 to 3, the connector assembly 5 includes a shielding housing 10 arranged on a substrate (not shown), a plurality of heat dissipation modules 30 mounted to the shielding housing 10, and the plurality of heat dissipation modules 30 is mounted to a fastener 100 of the shielding shell 10. In some embodiments, the substrate is a printed circuit board. This embodiment includes four heat dissipation modules 30.

The shielding shell 10 includes a top wall 10T and a bottom wall 10B that are opposite and separated from each other in a vertical direction Z1-Z2 (see FIG. 3). The top wall 10T and the bottom wall 10B respectively extend in a left-right direction X2-X1 and a front-rear direction Y1-Y2. The shielding shell 10 further includes two side walls 10S extending between the top wall 10T and the bottom wall 10B along the up and down directions Z1-Z2 and are arranged on the edges of the top wall 10T and the bottom wall 10B. In addition, the shielding housing 10 includes a plurality of accommodating spaces 20 defined by a top wall 10T, a bottom wall 10B, and two side walls 10S and extending along a front-to-back direction Y1-Y2, wherein two adjacent accommodating spaces 20 are shielded A partition 14 of the housing 10 is separated. This embodiment includes four accommodating spaces 20, but the disclosure is not limited thereto. In some embodiments, the shielding shell 10 may include more than four accommodating spaces 20. In some embodiments, the shielding shell 10 may include four or less accommodating spaces 20.

The top wall 10T of the shielding shell 10 includes an open window 11 that penetrates and communicates with the corresponding accommodation space 20. This embodiment correspondingly includes four windows 11. Each accommodating space 20 includes a front end 20F facing a front Y1, and a rear end 20R (as shown in FIG. 3) of a socket connector (not shown) that is opposite to the front end 20F and covered on a substrate. . The front end 20F of each accommodating space 20 includes a socket 22. The socket 22 allows a plug connector to be inserted so that the plug connector is mated with a socket connector provided on a substrate. In addition, the plug connector is electrically and mechanically connected to an inner elastic piece 16 of the shielding shell 10. In addition, a grounding member 12 is provided around the socket 22 of the shielding shell 10, and the grounding member 12 includes a plurality of elastic grounding fingers 13.

FIG. 4 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the heat dissipation module 30 shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 4 only shows one heat dissipation module 30. 2 and 4, each heat dissipation module 30 includes a heat conducting plate 40 corresponding to the accommodating space 20 and disposed on the top wall 10T of the shielding case 10, a plurality of heat dissipation fins 32, and the heat conducting plate The bottom surface of 40 extends through the corresponding opening 11 of the top wall 10T to a contact plate 34 in the corresponding accommodating space 20 (as shown in FIG. 3 ). When a plug connector is inserted into the shielding shell 10, the plug connector abuts and contacts the contact plate 34. Accordingly, the heat of the plug connector passes through the contact plate 34 and the heat-conducting plate 40 to the heat dissipation fin 32, so that the heat is dissipated through the heat dissipation fin 32. In some embodiments, the contact plate 34 may be integrally formed with the heat conducting plate 40. In some embodiments, the contact plate 34 and the heat conducting plate 40 may be formed separately, and then assembled into one body.

1 and 4, each heat dissipation fin 32 is separated from the fastener 100 in the front-rear direction Y1-Y2. In detail, the buckle 100 is matched with the front section of each heat conducting plate 40, and each heat dissipation fin 32 is arranged at the rear section of each heat conducting plate 40. In some embodiments, each heat dissipation fin 32 may be installed on the heat conducting plate 40 by welding. In some embodiments, the heat conducting plate 40 is a vapor chamber heatsink.

2 and 4, each heat conducting plate 40 includes two side edges 42. Each side edge 42 includes a rear blocked portion 46F facing a rear Y2 and a forward blocked portion 46R facing forward Y1. In detail, each side edge 42 of the heat conducting plate 40 includes a notch 44. The notch 44 includes a front end 44F and a rear end 44R. The front end 44F of the notch 44 includes a rearwardly blocked portion 46F, and the rearwardly blocked portion 46F includes an inner edge 48F of the front end 44F of the notch 44 facing the rear Y2. In contrast, the rear end 44R of the notch 44 includes a forward blocked portion 46R, and the forward blocked portion 46R includes an inner edge 48R of the notch 44 facing the front Y1.

FIG. 5 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the fastener 100 shown in FIG. 1. 5, the buckle 100 includes a plurality of elastic pressing parts 110, the elastic arm parts 120 extending diagonally upward and connected to the adjacent elastic pressing parts 110 and arranged on each side of each elastic pressing part 110, respectively connected to the corresponding The elastic arm portion 120 and the plurality of bending portions 130 that turn downward (below Z2), the two outer plates 140 respectively connected to the corresponding outermost bending portion 130, and are respectively connected to the corresponding opposite inner bending portion A plurality of inner plates 160 of 130, and a plurality of inner fixing parts 150 fixed to the top wall 10T of the shielding case 10 and respectively connected to two adjacent inner plates 160, wherein the outer plate 140 is in the left-right direction X2-X1 The direction of the heat guide plate 40 relative to the ground is an inner direction, and the direction opposite to the heat conducting plate 40 is an outer direction, and the inner plate 160 is located between the elastic pressing portion 110 and the inner fixing portion 150.

FIG. 6 is a partial enlarged perspective view of a region A in FIG. 1. FIG. 6 illustrates how the buckle 100 is fitted with the outermost heat conducting plate 40. Referring to FIG. 6, the elastic pressing portion 110 of the fastener 100 is pressed against the top surface of the corresponding heat conducting plate 40, and the top wall 10T of the shielding shell 10 supports the bottom surface of the heat conducting plate 40. Accordingly, the buckle 100 cooperates with the shielding shell 10 to limit the relative displacement of the heat conducting plate 40 with respect to the shielding shell 10 in the up and down directions Z1-Z2. In addition, the two outer plates 140 of the fastener 100 are respectively mounted to the two side walls 10S of the shielding shell 10. The outer plate 140 of the buckle 100 cooperates with the inner plate 160 of the buckle 100 to limit the relative displacement of the heat conducting plate 40 with respect to the shielding housing 10 in the left-right direction X2-X1.

In addition, each of the outer plates 140 of the buckle 100 includes a first rearward movement limiting portion 140F. The first backward movement limiting portion 140F is configured to cooperate with the backward blocked portion 46F of the heat conducting plate 40 to limit the relative displacement of the heat conducting plate 40 toward the rear Y2 of the shielding housing 10. The movement of the heat conducting plate 40 toward the rear Y2 is restricted. In detail, the first rearward movement limiting portion 140F of each outer plate 140 includes a front piece 142F. The front sheet body 142F extends to the rear Y2 of the rear blocked portion 46F of the corresponding side edge 42 of the corresponding heat conducting plate 40 to block the inner side of the rear blocked portion 46F of the corresponding side edge 42 of the corresponding heat conducting plate 40 Edge 48F. In this embodiment, the front plate 142F of the fastener 100 is a plate with a vertical plate. However, this disclosure is not limited to this. In other embodiments, the front sheet 142F of the fastener 100 may be a sheet with a horizontal surface (detailed drawings are illustrated in FIGS. 11 and 12). Similarly, each inner side plate 160 of the buckle 100 includes a second backward movement limiting portion 160F. The second rearward movement limiting portion 160F is configured to cooperate with the rearward blocked portion 46F of the corresponding side edge 42 of the corresponding thermal conductive plate 40 to limit the relative displacement of the corresponding thermal conductive plate 40 toward the rear Y2 with respect to the shield housing 10. According to this, the movement of the heat conducting plate 40 toward the rear Y2 is restricted. In detail, the second rearward movement limiting portion 160F of each inner side plate 160 includes a front edge 162F. The front edge 162F extends to the rear Y2 of the rear blocked portion 46F of the corresponding side edge 42 of the corresponding heat conducting plate 40 to block the rear blocked portion 46F of the heat conducting plate 40.

FIG. 7 is a partially enlarged three-dimensional schematic diagram of another viewing angle relative to the area A of FIG. 6. Referring to FIG. 7, each outer plate 140 of the buckle 100 further includes a first forward movement limiting portion 140R. The first forward movement limiting portion 140R is configured to cooperate with the forward blocked portion 46R of the corresponding side edge 42 of the corresponding thermal conductive plate 40 to limit the relative displacement of the thermal conductive plate 40 toward the front Y1 with respect to the shielding housing 10. The movement of the heat transfer plate 40 toward the front Y1 is restricted. In detail, the first forward movement limiting portion 140R of each outer plate 140 includes a rear sheet body 142R. The rear plate 142R extends to the front Y1 of the front blocked portion 46R of the corresponding side edge 42 of the corresponding heat conducting plate 40 to block the front blocked portion 46R of the heat conducting plate 40. In this embodiment, the back plate 142R of the fastener 100 is a plate with a vertical plate. However, this disclosure is not limited to this. In other embodiments, the back sheet 142R of the buckle 100 may be a sheet with a horizontal surface (detailed drawings are illustrated in FIGS. 11 and 12). Similarly, each inner side plate 160 of the buckle 100 includes a second forward movement limiting portion 160R. The second forward movement limiting portion 160R is configured to cooperate with the forward blocked portion 46R of the corresponding side edge 42 of the corresponding thermal conductive plate 40 to limit the relative displacement of the thermal conductive plate 40 toward the front Y1 with respect to the shielding housing 10. Accordingly, the movement of the heat transfer plate 40 toward the front Y1 is restricted. In detail, the second forward movement limiting portion 160R of each inner side plate 160 includes a rear edge 162R. The rear edge 162R extends to the front Y1 of the forward blocked portion 46R of the corresponding side edge 42 of the corresponding thermal conductive plate 40 to block the forward blocked portion 46R of the thermal conductive plate 40.

In summary, for the outermost heat conducting plate 40, the two side edges 42 of the heat conducting plate 40 respectively cooperate with an outer plate 140 and an inner plate 160 of the fastener 100 to restrict the heat conducting plate 40 in the front and rear directions Y1-Y2. Relative displacement with respect to the shielding shell 10. For the inner thermal conductive plate 40, the two side edges 42 of the thermal conductive plate 40 respectively cooperate with the two inner plates 160 of the fastener 100 to limit the relative displacement of the thermal conductive plate 40 with respect to the shielding shell 10 in the front and rear directions Y1-Y2.

In some embodiments, the front sheet 142F of the fastener 100 is a sheet with a vertical surface, and the rear sheet 142R of the fastener 100 is a sheet with a horizontal surface. In some embodiments, the front sheet 142F of the fastener 100 is a sheet with a horizontal surface, and the rear sheet 142R of the fastener 100 is a sheet with a vertical surface.

Benefiting from the cooperation of the outer plates 140 and the inner plates 160 of the buckle 100 with the side edges 42 of the heat conducting plate 40, the heat conducting plate 40 can be prevented from being unintentionally detached from the shielding shell 10 in the front and rear directions Y1-Y2.

Referring back to FIG. 6, when the fastener 100 is mounted to the shielding shell 10, a fastener 15 of the side wall 10S of the shielding shell 10 is passed through a button hole 170 of the corresponding outer plate 140 of the fastener 100 to shield the A positioning piece 17 of the housing 10 extending from the top wall 10T is positioned to a positioning opening 180 of the inner fixing portion 150 of the buckle 100, and a fixing piece 18 of the shielding housing 10 extending from the top wall 10T passes through the buckle 100 A fixing hole 190 of the inner fixing portion 150, and then applying a rotational force on a plane X2-X1-Y1-Y2 to the fixing piece 18 of the shielding shell 10, so that the fixing piece 18 is no longer parallel to the shielding shell 10 The fixing hole 190 is used to fix the fastener 100 to the shielding shell 10. In this embodiment, the upper end of the partition plate 14 of the shielding shell 10 penetrates the top wall 10T of the shielding shell 10 to serve as the positioning piece 17 and the fixing piece 18.

FIG. 8 is a combined perspective view of a second embodiment of a connector assembly 50. FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view of the connector assembly 50 relative to FIG. 8. FIG. 10 is an exploded three-dimensional schematic view of the connector assembly 50 of FIG. 8 from another perspective. 8-10, the connector assembly 50 is similar to the connector assembly 5 shown in FIG. 1, the difference is that the connector assembly 50 includes a shielding shell 52, and the top wall 10T, bottom wall 10B and The two side walls 10S surround a single accommodating space 20; and the connector assembly 50 includes a fastener 54, and the two bending parts 130 included in the fastener 54 are both connected to the outer panel 140. Therefore, the first rearward movement limiting portion 140F and the first forward movement limiting portion 140R of each outer plate 140 of the buckle 54 cooperate with the backward blocked portion 46F and the forward blocked portion 46R of the same heat conducting plate 40 The relative displacement of the heat conducting plate 40 relative to the shielding shell 10 in the front and rear directions Y1-Y2 is restricted. In addition, in this embodiment, the front sheet 142F and the rear sheet 142R of the fastener 54 are both a sheet with a vertical plate surface.

FIG. 11 is an assembled perspective view of a connector assembly 60 of the third embodiment. FIG. 12 is an exploded perspective view of the connector assembly 60 relative to FIG. 11. 11 and 12, the connector assembly 60 is similar to the connector assembly 50 shown in FIG. 8, the difference is that the connector assembly 60 includes a fastener 62, and each outer plate 140 of the fastener 62 only includes the first rearward movement The limiting portion 140F; and, each of the first backward movement limiting portions 140F includes a front sheet 64, which is a sheet with a horizontal surface.

In the above description, the left-right direction X2-X1, the front-rear direction Y1-Y2, the up-down direction Z1-Z2, the upper Z1, the lower Z2, the front Y1, the rear Y2, the left X2, and the right X1 are used to illustrate Figures 1 to 1 The relative position relationship and action relationship of each component in 12. In other words, these directions are not absolute directions, but relative directions. Therefore, these directions are not limited to the directions in which the components in FIGS. 1 to 12 are used. The direction of the description of the present disclosure should be changed and interpreted as the orientation of each component in FIG. 1 to FIG. 12 changes.

Although the present disclosure and its advantages have been detailed, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions and substitutions can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure as defined by the scope of the patent application. For example, different methods can be used to implement many of the above-mentioned processes, and other processes or combinations thereof may be used to replace many of the above-mentioned processes. Furthermore, the scope of this application is not limited to the specific embodiments of the manufacturing process, machinery, manufacturing, material composition, means, methods and steps described in the specification. Those skilled in the art can understand from the disclosure content of this disclosure that existing or future development processes, machinery, manufacturing, and materials that have the same functions or achieve substantially the same results as the corresponding embodiments described herein can be used according to this disclosure. Composition, means, method, or step. Accordingly, these manufacturing processes, machinery, manufacturing, material composition, means, methods, or steps are included in the scope of patent application of this application.

5: Connector combination 10: Shielding shell 10T: top wall 10B: bottom wall 10S: side wall 11: open window 12: Grounding piece 13: Elastic grounding finger 14: partition 15: clasp 16: inner shrapnel 17: positioning film 18: fixed piece 20: Housing space 20F: Front end 20R: backend 22: socket 30: Cooling module 32: cooling fins 34: contact board 40: thermal board 42: side edge 44: Notch 44F: Front end 44R: backend 46F: Backward blocked part 46R: Forward blocked part 48F: inner edge 48R: inner edge 50: Connector combination 52: Shielding shell 54: Buckle 60: Connector combination 62: Buckle 64: front body 100: Buckle 110: Elastic pressure part 120: Flexible arm 130: bending part 140: Outer panel 140F: The first back shift limit 140R: The first forward limit 142F: Front body 142R: rear body 150: Internal fixation 160: inner panel 160F: The second back movement limit 160R: The second forward limit 162F: Front Edge 162R: trailing edge 170: buttonhole 180: positioning port 190: fixed hole

When referring to the detailed description and the scope of the patent application and considering the drawings, a more comprehensive understanding of the disclosure content of this application can be obtained. The same element symbols in the drawings refer to the same elements. Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a connector assembly. Fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the connector assembly relative to Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional plan view of the connector assembly relative to Fig. 1. FIG. 4 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of a heat dissipation module shown in FIG. 1. Fig. 5 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of a fastener shown in Fig. 1. FIG. 6 is a partial enlarged perspective view of a region in FIG. 1. FIG. 7 is a partially enlarged three-dimensional schematic diagram from another viewing angle relative to the area of FIG. 6. Figure 8 is a combined perspective view of a second embodiment of a connector combination. Fig. 9 is an exploded perspective view of the connector assembly relative to Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is an exploded three-dimensional schematic view of the connector assembly of Fig. 8 from another perspective. Fig. 11 is a combined perspective view of a connector assembly of the third embodiment. Fig. 12 is an exploded perspective view of the connector assembly relative to Fig. 11.

5: Connector combination

10: Shielding shell

10T: top wall

10B: bottom wall

10S: side wall

11: open window

12: Grounding piece

13: Elastic grounding finger

14: partition

15: clasp

16: inner shrapnel

17: positioning film

18: fixed piece

20: Housing space

20F: Front end

22: socket

30: Cooling module

32: cooling fins

40: thermal board

42: side edge

44: Notch

44F: Front end

44R: backend

46F: Backward blocked part

46R: Forward blocked part

48F: inner edge

48R: inner edge

50: Connector combination

52: Shielding shell

54: Buckle

60: Connector combination

62: Buckle

64: front body

100: Buckle

110: Elastic pressure part

120: Flexible arm

130: bending part

140: Outer panel

140F: The first back shift limit

142F: Front body

150: Internal fixation

160: inner panel

160F: The second back movement limit

160R: The second forward limit

162F: Front Edge

162R: trailing edge

170: buttonhole

180: positioning port

190: fixed hole

Claims (17)

A connector assembly includes: a shielding shell, including a top wall, two side walls, and a accommodating space extending in a front-to-back direction, the accommodating space including a front end facing forward, the front end including a socket; a heat dissipation mold The set includes a heat-conducting plate corresponding to the accommodating space and arranged on the top wall of the shielding shell, the side edge of the heat-conducting plate includes a rear blocked portion facing the rear; and a fastener, including a The elastic pressing portion on the top surface of the heat-conducting plate, and the outer plate assembled to the corresponding side wall of the shielding shell, the outer plate includes a rearward movement limit part, and the corresponding rearward blocked part of the heat-conducting plate It cooperates to limit the relative displacement of the heat conducting plate toward the rear with respect to the shielding shell. The connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein the side edge of the heat conducting plate includes a notch, the notch includes a front end, the front end includes the rearwardly blocked portion, and the rearwardly blocked portion includes the notch The front end of the buckle faces the inner edge of the rear, wherein the rearward movement limiting portion of the buckle includes a front sheet body extending to the rear of the corresponding rear blocked portion of the heat conducting plate. The connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein the side edge of the heat conducting plate further includes a forward blocked portion facing forward, and the outer plate of the fastener further includes a forward movement limiting portion, the forward movement The limiting portion cooperates with the corresponding forward blocked portion of the heat conducting plate to limit the relative displacement of the heat conducting plate toward the front with respect to the shielding shell. The connector assembly according to claim 3, wherein the side edge of the heat conducting plate includes a notch, the The notch includes a front end and a rear end, the front end includes the rearward blocked portion, the rearward blocked portion includes an inner edge of the notch whose front end faces the rear, and the rear end includes the forward blocked portion. The front blocked portion includes the inner edge of the recess facing the rear end, and the rearward movement limiting portion of the buckle includes a front sheet body extending to the corresponding rear blocked portion of the heat conducting plate The rear of the buckle and the forward-moving limiting portion of the buckle include a rear plate, which extends to the front of the corresponding forward blocked portion of the heat conducting plate. The connector assembly according to claim 2, wherein the front panel is a panel with a vertical surface or a panel with a horizontal surface. The connector combination according to claim 4, wherein each of the front sheet body and the back sheet body is a sheet body with a vertical board surface or a sheet body with a horizontal board surface. The connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein the top wall of the shielding shell includes an opening that penetrates the accommodating space, and the heat dissipation module further includes a contact plate provided on the bottom surface of the heat conducting plate, The contact plate passes through the window and extends into the accommodating space. The connector assembly according to claim 7, wherein the thermal conductive plate is a thermal cavity thermal conductive plate. A connector assembly includes: a shielding shell, including a top wall, two side walls, and at least two accommodating spaces extending in a front-to-back direction, each accommodating space includes a front end facing forward, the front end including a plug At least two heat dissipation modules, respectively corresponding to at least two accommodating spaces, each heat dissipation module includes a heat conduction plate arranged on the top wall of the shielding shell, the heat conduction plate includes two side edges, the heat conduction plate The two side edges include a rear blocked portion facing the rear; and a fastener, including an inner fixing portion fixed to the top wall of the shielding shell, an outer side plate assembled to the corresponding side wall of the shielding shell, and pressing The elastic pressing portion on the top surface of the corresponding heat conducting plate, and the inner plate arranged between the elastic pressing portion and the inner fixing portion, wherein the outer plate of the buckle includes a first backward movement limiting portion, and The inner plate of the buckle includes a second backward movement limiting portion, wherein the first backward movement limiting portion of the outer plate of the buckle is matched with the rearward blocked portion of the corresponding side edge of the corresponding heat conducting plate, and the The second backward movement limiting portion of the inner plate of the buckle is matched with the rearward blocked portion of the corresponding side edge of the corresponding heat-conducting plate to limit the relative displacement of the heat-conducting plate toward the rear with respect to the shielding shell. The connector assembly according to claim 9, wherein the two side edges of the heat conducting plate include a notch, the notch includes a front end, the front end includes the rearwardly blocked portion, and the rearwardly blocked portion includes the concave The front end of the mouth faces the inner edge of the rear, wherein the first rearward movement limiting portion of the outer plate of the buckle includes a front plate body, which extends to the rear of the corresponding side edge of the corresponding heat conducting plate and is blocked The second rearward movement limiting portion of the inner plate of the buckle includes a front edge that extends to the rear of the blocked portion of the corresponding side edge of the corresponding heat conducting plate. The connector assembly according to claim 9, wherein the two side edges of the heat conducting plate further include forward A forward blocked portion of the buckle, wherein the outer plate of the buckle includes a first forward movement limiting portion, and the inner plate of the buckle includes a second forward movement limiting portion, and the first side plate of the buckle A forward movement limit part is matched with the forward blocked part of the corresponding side edge of the corresponding heat conducting plate, and the second forward movement limit part of the inner plate of the buckle is in contact with the corresponding side edge of the corresponding heat conducting plate The forward blocked portion is matched to limit the relative displacement of the heat conducting plate with respect to the shielding shell in the forward direction. The connector assembly according to claim 11, wherein the two side edges of the heat conducting plate include a notch, the notch includes a front end and a rear end, the front end includes the rearward blocked portion, and the rearward blocked The part includes the inner edge of the front end of the notch facing the rear, wherein the first rearward movement limiting part of the outer plate of the buckle includes a front sheet body extending to the corresponding side edge of the corresponding heat conducting plate Rearward behind the blocked portion, wherein the first forward movement limiting portion of the outer plate of the buckle includes a rear plate body extending to the forward blocked portion of the corresponding side edge of the corresponding heat conducting plate The second rearward movement limiting portion of the inner plate of the buckle includes a front edge that extends to the rear of the rearwardly blocked portion of the corresponding side edge of the corresponding heat conducting plate, and wherein the buckle The second forward movement limiting portion of the inner side plate of the tool includes a rear edge that extends to the front of the front blocked portion of the corresponding side edge of the corresponding heat conducting plate. The connector assembly according to claim 10, wherein the front panel is a panel with a vertical surface or a panel with a horizontal surface. The connector combination according to claim 12, wherein each of the front sheet body and the back sheet body is a sheet body with a vertical board surface or a sheet body with a horizontal board surface. The connector assembly according to claim 9, wherein the top wall of the shielding shell includes an opening that penetrates and communicates with each accommodating space, wherein each heat dissipation module further includes a contact plate provided on the bottom surface of the heat conducting plate, Each contact plate extends into the corresponding accommodating space through the corresponding window. The connector assembly according to claim 15, wherein the thermal conductive plate is a thermal cavity thermal conductive plate. A connector assembly includes: a shielding shell, including a top wall, a side wall, and at least one accommodating space extending in a front-to-rear direction. The accommodating space includes a front end facing forward, the front end includes a socket; at least one heat sink The module includes a heat-conducting plate corresponding to the accommodating space and arranged on the top wall, the side edge of the heat-conducting plate includes a front blocked portion or a rear blocked portion; and a fastener, including the heat conducting plate pressed on The elastic pressing portion on the top surface of the buckle and the side plate, the side plate of the buckle includes a forward movement limit portion or a backward movement limit portion, and the forward movement limit portion is configured to be blocked in the forward direction corresponding to the heat conducting plate The part cooperates to limit the relative displacement of the heat-conducting plate toward the front with respect to the shielding shell, or the backward-moving limit part is configured to cooperate with the corresponding backward blocked part of the heat-conducting plate to limit the heat-conducting plate relative to the shield The relative displacement of the housing towards the rear.

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