TWI758005B - Connector fixture - Google Patents

Abstract

A connector fixture is disclosed in the present invention. The connector fixture includes a crossing bridge element, and a plurality of inserting housings. The crossing bridge element is utilized to fix to a circuit board. The inserting housings are utilized to cover a plurality of first connectors on the circuit board. After at least one second connector connects to the first connectors, the inserting housings are utilized to push and fix the first connectors so as to keep the first connectors on the circuit board without moving with the second connector.

Description

Connector Fixture

The present invention relates to a jig, in particular to a connector fixing jig.

In general, connectors can usually be mated using board-to-board mating or wire mating. The famous connector is Examax's high-speed connector.

Please refer to the first figure and the second figure together, wherein the first figure is a perspective view showing the connection of the connector of the prior art; and the second figure is an exploded view of the first figure. As shown in the figure, a main board PA1 includes a plurality of first connectors PA11 for electrically connecting to a plurality of second connectors PA21 on a daughter board PA2, which is a board-to-board docking method. Practically speaking, the main board PA1 usually needs to be installed on a chassis PA3, and a labor-saving mechanism PA31 of the chassis PA3 is used to overcome the problem of docking force so that the first connector PA11 on the main board PA1 is electrically connected to the first connector PA11 of the daughter board PA2. Two connectors PA21.

However, in the pre-test stage of production lines and test units, there is generally no case PA3 that can be used. Therefore, it is often necessary to make an additional jig containing the case PA3 with a labor-saving mechanism, which is expensive and has a low usage rate.

In addition, regardless of the board-to-board docking or wire docking method, when the PAD is disassembled in a disassembly direction, the first connector PA11 on the main board PA1 may be displaced or even detached and damaged. Therefore, there is room for improvement in the prior art.

In view of the existing and derived problems of board-to-board butt or wire butt in the prior art. One of the main objectives of the present invention is to provide a connector fixing jig for solving 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 fixing jig, which is arranged to correspond to a plurality of mutually spaced first connectors of a main board, and includes a jumper fixing frame and a plurality of first connectors. a socket housing. The jumper fixing frame is used for fixing on the motherboard. The socket housings are fixed on the jumper fixing frame corresponding to the first connectors, and are used for correspondingly socketed with the first connectors, and each has an abutting member.

Wherein, after the connector fixing jig is fixed on the main board, a user can electrically connect at least one second connector to the first connector correspondingly along an assembly direction to perform a test operation, and after the test operation is completed , remove at least one second connector along a disassembly direction, when the second connector is disassembled along the disassembly direction, the abutting member correspondingly abuts the first connector, so as to prevent the first connector from being connected with the second connector The device moves in the disassembly direction to be separated from the main board.

On the basis of the above-mentioned necessary technical means, an auxiliary technical means derived from the present invention is that the abutting member in the connector fixing fixture has an abutting surface, and the abutting surface is used to abut and fix the corresponding the first connector.

On the basis of the above-mentioned necessary technical means, an auxiliary technical means derived from the present invention is to make the abutting surface of the connector fixing jig located in a socket space of the corresponding socket housing.

On the basis of the above-mentioned necessary technical means, an auxiliary technical means derived from the present invention is that the jumper fixing frame in the connector fixing jig has an abutting top, and the abutting top is used to connect to the other side of the first connector. side against the motherboard.

On the basis of the above-mentioned necessary technical means, an auxiliary technical means derived from the present invention is to fix the connector to the jig, and further includes a plurality of housing fixing elements, and the housing fixing elements correspondingly fix the socket housing to the jumper fixing frame , and each housing fixing element is tied with a pull stud.

On the basis of the above-mentioned necessary technical means, an auxiliary technical means derived from the present invention is to fix the connector to the jig, and further includes a plurality of housing fixing elements, and the housing fixing elements correspondingly fix the socket housing to the jumper fixing frame , and each housing fixing element is tied with a rivet.

On the basis of the above-mentioned necessary technical means, an auxiliary technical means derived from the present invention is to fix the connector to a jig, and further comprises a plurality of mainboard fixing elements. A mainboard fixing element is fastened with a screw.

On the basis of the above necessary technical means, an auxiliary technical means derived from the present invention is to make the material of each socket housing in the connector fixing fixture to be plastic.

On the basis of the above-mentioned necessary technical means, an auxiliary technical means derived from the present invention is to make the material of the bridge fixing frame in the connector fixing jig to be ferrous metal.

Continuing from the above, the connector fixing jig provided by the present invention utilizes the bridging fixing frame and the socket housing to fix the main board and correspondingly socket the first connector. Compared with the prior art, the present invention can When the two connectors are removed along the disassembly direction, they push against the first connector along the assembly direction, so as to prevent the first connector from moving or even detaching from the main board and causing damage. In addition, the assembling and disassembling steps of the present invention before and after the testing operation are also extremely simple, and only need to lock and disassemble the mainboard fixing element, which can greatly shorten the testing time, and also has reusability.

The specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to the schematic diagrams. The advantages and features of the present invention will become more apparent from the following description and the scope of the claims. It should be noted that the drawings are all in a very simplified form and use inaccurate scales, and are only used to facilitate and clearly assist the purpose of explaining the embodiments of the present invention.

Please refer to Figures 3 to 5, wherein, Figure 3 is a perspective view of a connector fixing jig provided by a preferred embodiment of the present invention; Figure 4 is a connector provided by a preferred embodiment of the present invention A side perspective view of the fixing jig; and, Figure 5 is an exploded view showing the connector fixing jig provided by the preferred embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, a connector fixing fixture 1 includes a jumper fixing frame 11 and a plurality of socket housings 12 (eight are drawn in the drawing and one of them is marked). In this embodiment, the connector fixing jig 1 further includes a plurality of housing fixing elements 13 and a plurality of mainboard fixing elements 14 . The connector fixing fixture 1 is fixed on the motherboard of the server, and the server of the present invention can be used for artificial intelligence (English: Artificial Intelligence, AI for short) computing, edge computing (edge computing), and can also be used as 5G Server, cloud server or car network server use.

The spanning fixing frame 11 has a top portion 111 and two connecting portions 112 . The socket housing 12 is fixed to the spanning fixing frame 11 , and has a socket space S, and each has an abutting member 121 , wherein each abutting member 121 has an abutting surface P.

The casing fixing element 13 passes through the bridging fixing frame 11 and the socket casing 12 correspondingly, so as to fix the socket casing 12 to the bridging fixing frame 11 . In this embodiment, the housing fixing element 13 may be a pull stud or a rivet, but not limited thereto. In other embodiments of the present invention, the housing fixing element 13 can also be a screw or other element having a fixing function.

The mainboard fixing element 14 correspondingly passes through the connecting portion 112 of the jumper fixing frame 11 and a mainboard 2 (shown in the sixth figure), so as to fix the jumper fixing frame 11 on the mainboard 2 . In this embodiment, the mainboard fixing element 14 is a screw, but not limited to this. In other embodiments of the present invention, the mainboard fixing element 14 can also be a pull stud, a rivet or other elements with a fixing function.

In this embodiment, the material of the jumper fixing frame 11 is iron metal, and the material of the socket housing 12 is plastic.

Next, please refer to the third figure to the eighth figure together, wherein, the sixth figure is an exploded view of the connector fixing jig and the main board provided by the preferred embodiment of the present invention; the seventh figure shows the preferred embodiment of the present invention. The three-dimensional view of the connector fixing jig provided by the embodiment is fixed on the main board; and the eighth figure is a schematic diagram showing the connector fixing jig provided by the preferred embodiment of the present invention is fixed on the main board and is used for electrical connection of cables. As shown in the figure, the connector fixing jig 1 is fixed on a main board 2 and is disposed corresponding to a plurality of first connectors 21 (eight are drawn in the drawing and one of them is indicated) on the main board 2 .

It should be noted that the socket housing 12 is fixed to the jumper fixing frame 11 corresponding to the first connector 21 . When the connector fixing jig 1 is assembled and fixed to the motherboard 2 along an assembly direction D1 , the socket housing 12 will correspondingly socket the first connector 21 so that the first connector 21 is located in the socket space S.

At the same time, the abutting portion 111 of the jumper fixing frame 11 is fixed on the other side relative to the first connector 21 and abuts against the main board 2 . Referring to Figure 7 for illustration, the abutting top 111 abuts against the bottom of the mainboard 2 and also against the front of the mainboard 2 .

Then, the mainboard fixing element 14 is operatively passed through the connecting portion 112 of the straddle fixing frame 11 and a mainboard 2 , so as to fix the connector fixing jig 1 on the mainboard 2 . In this embodiment, because the number of the connecting portions 112 is only two, the step of locking the mainboard fixing element 14 only needs to be performed twice.

At this point, the first connector 21 can be tested, and a second connector C is shown here, wherein the second connector C is represented by a cable. The second connector C correspondingly passes through the socket housing 12 along the assembly direction D1 and is electrically connected to the first connector 21 . At this time, the second connector C is not only electrically connected to the first connector 21 , but also structurally connected to the first connector 21 .

After the test operation is completed, the second connector C will be disassembled along a disassembly direction D2 opposite to the assembly direction D1. When the second connector C is detached along the detachment direction D2, the abutment surface P of the abutting member 121 abuts against and fixes the corresponding first connector 21, and is in the opposite direction of the detachment direction D2—the assembly direction D1 hit the top. Therefore, when the second connector C is removed along the removal direction D2, the abutting member 121 can prevent the first connector 21 from moving with the second connector C or even detaching from the main board 2 and causing damages.

In this embodiment, the abutting portion 111 of the straddle fixing frame 11 also abuts against the main board 2 along the assembly direction D1. Therefore, when the second connector C is detached along the detachment direction D2, the abutment portion 111 of the straddle fixing frame 11 and the abutment member 121 of the socket housing 12 both provide abutting force in the opposite direction (the assembly direction D1), thereby This prevents the first connector 21 from moving along with it and disengages from the main board 2 , and also facilitates the removal of the second connector C.

In this embodiment, the second connector C is represented by a cable, but not limited thereto. When performing a test operation, a plurality of second connectors C can also be used at the same time. In addition, the second connectors C can also be fixed on a sub-board (like the sub-board PA2 in the prior art) as in the prior art.

Finally, when the test operation is completed and the second connector C is removed along the removal direction D2, it is only necessary to remove the mainboard fixing element 14, and then the connector fixing jig 1 provided by the preferred embodiment of the present invention can be used for the mainboard 2Remove and fix to the next motherboard to be tested.

To sum up, the connector fixing jig provided by the present invention utilizes the jumper fixing frame and the socket housing to fix the main board and correspondingly socket the first connector. Compared with the prior art, the present invention can When the two connectors are removed along the disassembly direction, they push against the first connector along the assembly direction, so as to prevent the first connector from moving or even detaching from the main board and causing damage. In addition, the assembling and disassembling steps of the present invention before and after the testing operation are also extremely simple, and only need to lock and disassemble the mainboard fixing element, which can greatly shorten the testing time, and also has reusability.

Through the detailed description of the preferred embodiments above, it is hoped that the features 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 modifications and equivalent arrangements within the scope of the claimed scope of the present invention.

PA1: Motherboard PA11: The first connector PA2: Daughter board PA21: Second connector PA3: Chassis PA31: Labor-saving organizations PAD: Disassembly direction 1: Connector fixing fixture 11: Jumper fixing bracket 111: to the top 112: Links 12: Socket housing 121: Abutment pieces 13: Housing fixing element 14: Motherboard fixing components 2: Motherboard 21: The first connector C: Second connector D1: Assembly direction D2: Disassembly direction P: touch the top surface S: socket space

The first figure is a perspective view showing the connector mating of the prior art; The second figure is an exploded view showing the first figure; The third figure is a perspective view showing the connector fixing jig provided by the preferred embodiment of the present invention; The fourth figure is a side perspective view showing the connector fixing jig provided by the preferred embodiment of the present invention; The fifth figure is an exploded view showing the connector fixing jig provided by the preferred embodiment of the present invention; The sixth figure is an exploded view showing the connector fixing jig and the main board provided by the preferred embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the connector fixing jig provided by the preferred embodiment of the present invention fixed on the motherboard; and FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing that the connector fixing jig provided by the preferred embodiment of the present invention is fixed on the main board and is used for electrical connection of cables.

1: Connector fixing fixture

11: Jumper fixing bracket

111: to the top

112: Links

12: Socket housing

121: Abutment pieces

13: Housing fixing element

14: Motherboard fixing components

S: socket space

Claims (7)

A connector fixing jig is used to correspond to a plurality of mutually spaced first connectors of a main board, comprising: a jumper fixing frame used for fixing on the main board; Corresponding to the first connectors, it is fixed to the jumper fixing frame, and is used for correspondingly sleeved on the first connectors, and each has an abutting member, and the abutting member has an abutting surface. The abutting surface is located in a socket space of the corresponding socket housing, and is used for abutting against and fixing the corresponding first connector; wherein, after the connector fixing jig is fixed on the main board, it is used for a user Correspondingly connect at least one second connector to the first connectors along an assembly direction to perform a test operation, and after the test operation is completed, move the at least one second connector along a disassembly direction Removing, when the at least one second connector is removed along the disassembling direction, the abutting member correspondingly abuts the first connectors, so as to prevent the first connectors from being connected with the at least one second connector The device moves along the dismounting direction to be separated from the mainboard. The connector fixing jig as claimed in claim 1, wherein the jumper fixing frame has an abutting top, and the abutting top is used to abut the motherboard from the other side of the first connectors. The connector fixing jig according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of housing fixing elements, the housing fixing elements correspondingly fix the socket housings to the jumper fixing frame, and each of the housings is fixed The element is a pull stud. The connector fixing jig according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of housing fixing elements, the housing fixing elements correspondingly fix the socket housings to the jumper fixing frame, and each of the housings is fixed The element is a rivet. The connector fixing jig as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a plurality of motherboard fixing elements, the motherboard fixing elements are used for fixing the jumper fixing frame to the motherboard, and each of the motherboard fixing elements is a screw . The connector fixing jig according to claim 1, wherein the material of each of the socket housings is plastic. The connector fixing jig according to claim 1, wherein the material of the jumper fixing frame is iron metal.

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