TWI806718B - connector assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

A connector assembly includes a guiding shielding cover and a spacer. The divider includes a compartment bracket and an extension bracket, the compartment bracket is arranged in the guide shield and together with the guide shield define an upper accommodating space and a lower accommodating space, the extension bracket is located in the At the rear end of the compartment bracket, the two side walls of the extension bracket have guide pieces respectively, and the two side walls of the guiding shield respectively have guide rail grooves, and the guide pieces can be slidably arranged on the guide rails back and forth slots to enable the extension bracket to move relative to the compartment bracket between a forward position and a rearward position.

Description

connector assembly

The invention relates to a connector assembly, in particular to a connector assembly with a compartment bracket.

Chinese Invention Patent Publication No. CN106469878A (corresponding to US Patent US10,153,571) discloses a connector system, the cover of the connector system includes a middle part, and the middle part includes an upper wall and a lower wall, and the upper wall and the A lower wall collectively defines an upper port and a lower port in the housing, the lower wall including an aperture formed therein such that the intermediate portion communicates with the lower port. An offset heat sink of the connector system is disposed in the intermediate portion between the upper port and the lower port, the offset heat sink extending through the aperture into the lower port. The disclosed cover of this connector system is positioned on the stacked connector, the opening formed in the bottom of the cover enables the stacked connector to be arranged inside the cover, the rear end of the middle part must be extending between the upper and lower sockets of the stacked connector. Therefore, when the assembly sequence of the stacked connector and the cover is behind the assembly sequence of the middle part and the cover, the middle part of the cover will interfere with the stacked connector, so that the The stacked connectors do not go well into the shroud.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a connector assembly that can improve at least one of the disadvantages of the prior art.

Therefore, in some embodiments of the present invention, the connector assembly includes a guide shield and a spacer. The divider includes a compartment bracket and an extension bracket, the compartment bracket is arranged in the guide shield and has an upper accommodation space and a lower accommodation space with the guide shield, the extension bracket is located in the compartment At the rear end of the bracket, the two side walls of the extended bracket have guide pieces respectively, and the two side walls of the guiding shield respectively have guide rail grooves, and the guide pieces can be slidably arranged in the guide rail grooves back and forth, The extension bracket can move between a front position and a rear position relative to the compartment bracket.

In some implementation aspects, it also includes a holder, the extension bracket has a first holder that is snapped to the holder when in the front position, and a second holder that is snapped to the holder when in the rear position. keep part.

In some implementation aspects, the retainer is an elastic retainer formed on the side wall of the guiding shield, the side wall of the extension bracket has a side plate corresponding to the elastic retainer, and the rear edge of the side plate The first holding portion is constituted, and the front edge of the side plate constitutes the second holding portion.

In some embodiments, the side wall of the extension bracket also has a limiting hole located behind the side plate and adjacent to the side plate, and the side wall of the guiding shield has a limiting hole correspondingly protruding into the limiting hole. piece.

In some implementation aspects, the front inner edge of the limiting hole and the rear edge of the side plate jointly form the first holding portion.

In some implementation aspects, the side wall of the compartment bracket has an avoidance opening through which the elastic holding piece and the limiting piece pass.

In some implementation aspects, the two side walls of the extension bracket respectively have guide pieces, the two side walls of the guiding shield respectively have guide rail grooves, and the guide pieces are slidably arranged on the guide rails forward and backward. groove.

In some implementations, the two side walls of the compartment bracket each have a guide piece receiving gap at the rear end, and when the extension bracket is at the front position, the guide piece is accommodated in the guide piece accommodation gap.

In some embodiments, the extension bracket has a lower stopper extending into the lower accommodation space, when the extension bracket is at the front position, a pluggable module entering the lower accommodation space can be pushed up Said lower stop portion, so that the extension bracket moves backward to the rear position.

In some implementations, the compartment bracket has an upper wall and a lower wall that jointly define an inner storage space, and the lower wall is formed with a lower opening window that communicates the inner storage space with the lower storage space, and the connection The radiator assembly also includes a built-in bias heat sink disposed in the inner storage space of the compartment bracket, the built-in bias heat sink has a built-in heat sink through the lower opening window and enters the lower storage space, so The built-in heat sink can be moved up and down, and the extension bracket is sleeved on the built-in heat sink and is sleeved by the compartment bracket.

In some embodiments, the connector assembly further includes a receptacle connector, the receptacle connector is arranged in the rear section of the guide shield, the receptacle connector has an upper receptacle and a lower receptacle, the compartment bracket The rear end is located forward of the front ends of the upper socket and the lower socket, and the extension bracket is capable of projecting at least partially into the compartment bracket at the forward position forward of the front ends of the upper socket and the lower socket Move between the rear position between the upper receptacle and the lower receptacle.

The connector assembly of the present invention can avoid interference between the spacer and the receptacle connector during the assembly process through the extension frame of the spacer that can move between the front position and the rear position, so as to facilitate the assembly operation.

Before the present invention is described in detail, it should be noted that in the following description, similar elements are denoted by the same numerals.

Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 4 , an embodiment of the connector assembly 100 of the present invention is suitable for being disposed on a circuit board 200 and suitable for plugging with a pluggable module 300 . The connector assembly 100 includes a guide shield 1 , a receptacle connector 2 , a spacer 3 , and a built-in bias heat sink 4 .

The guide shield 1 is, for example, formed by stamping and bending a metal plate. The guide shield 1 extends along a front-rear direction D1 (the direction of the arrow is the front, and the direction of the arrow is the rear) and has a A top wall 11 located above in the up and down direction D2 (the direction of the arrow is up, and the reverse is down), extending downward from both sides of the top wall 11 and extending downward in a left and right direction D3 (the direction of the arrow is right, and the reverse is left) ) on two side walls 12 opposite to each other, a bottom wall 13 connected to the front section of the bottom edge of the two side walls 12, a rear wall 14 connected to the top wall 11 and the rear edge of the two side walls 12, and formed on the two sides A plurality of press-fit feet 15 on the bottom edge of the side wall 12 and the rear wall 14, the press-fit feet 15 are used to press into a plurality of press-fit holes 201 of the circuit board 200, so that the guide shield 1 is fixedly arranged A ground line (not shown) on the circuit board 200 and can be electrically connected to the circuit board 200 .

The receptacle connector 2 is arranged on the circuit board 200 and at the back section of the guide shield 1 , the receptacle connector 2 has an insulated housing 21 , and a plurality of terminals 22 arranged on the housing 21 , the housing 21 has an upper socket 211 and a lower socket 212 facing forward and arranged along the up-down direction D2, each terminal 22 has a contact portion 221 located in the upper socket 211 or the lower socket 212, and The bottom of the casing 21 extends downwards and is used for mechanically and electrically connecting to a tail portion 222 of the circuit board 200 .

The partition frame 3 includes a compartment bracket 31 and an extension bracket 32, the compartment bracket 31 is arranged in the guide shield 1, and together with the guide shield 1 defines the upper socket corresponding to the socket connector 2 An upper accommodating space 16 of 211 and a lower accommodating space 17 corresponding to the lower receptacle 212 of the receptacle connector 2 , further speaking, a rear section of the upper accommodating space 16 and a rear section of the lower accommodating space 17 communicate with each other. The upper accommodating space 16 has an upper socket 161 at the front for inserting the pluggable module 300 , the lower accommodating space 17 has a lower socket 171 at the front for inserting the pluggable module 300 , and A bottom opening 172 is located at the rear of the bottom and is jointly defined by the side wall 12, the bottom wall 13 and the rear wall 14 of the guiding shield 1. The bottom opening 172 is for the receptacle connector 2 to enter so that the receptacle connector 2 can accommodate The back section of the upper accommodating space 16 and the back section of the lower accommodating space 17 are placed in communication. In this embodiment, the compartment bracket 31 has an upper wall 311 and a lower wall 312 opposite up and down, a front wall 313 connected to the front edges of the upper wall 311 and the lower wall 312, and a front wall 313 connected to the upper wall. 311 and the side walls 314 of the side edges of the lower wall 312 , the upper wall 311 , the lower wall 312 , the front wall 313 and the side walls 314 jointly define an inner receiving space 315 . Each side wall 12 of the guide shield 1 has a fixing hole 121 formed through it, and the compartment bracket 31 also has a fixing flap 316 extending to the outside of the two side walls 314, and the fixing flap 316 is respectively The fixing holes 121 pierced through the two sidewalls 12 are bent and fixed, so that the compartment bracket 31 is stably assembled to the guiding shield 1 .

1 to 4, in this embodiment, the connector assembly 100 can be arranged in a mounting hole (not shown) of a housing (not shown), the guide shield 1 is provided with a front end The compartment support 31 is further provided with a second grounding member 317 located at the front wall 313 , the front section of the upper wall 311 and the front section of the lower wall 312 . The first ground member 18 has a plurality of elastic fingers 181 extending backward from the front end of the guiding shield 1 and distributed on the outside of the guiding shield 1 and the inside of the guiding shield 1 , these Among the elastic fingers 181, those located outside the guide shield 1 are used to contact the edge of the mounting hole of the casing, and among the elastic fingers 181, those located inside the guide shield 1 are used to contact the insertable Draft set 300 contacts. The second ground member 317 has a piece 317a disposed on the front side of the front wall 313 of the compartment bracket 31, and extends backward from the upper edge of the piece 317a and the lower edge of the piece 317a respectively to extend respectively. Two ground plates 317b entering the upper accommodating space 16 and the lower accommodating space 17. Each ground piece 317b has a plurality of elastic fingers 317c extending backward for contacting the pluggable module 300 .

The pluggable module 300 has a shell 301 and a plug-in circuit board 302 . The shell 301 has an insertion portion 301a for inserting into the upper accommodation space 16 and the lower accommodation space 17, and the insertion circuit board 302 protrudes from the insertion portion 301a and is used for insertion. on the upper socket 211 and the lower socket 212 . Each side wall 12 of the guiding shield 1 has two openings 122 respectively corresponding to the upper accommodating space 16 and the lower accommodating space 17, and each opening 122 is configured to face into the guiding shielding 1 and An inwardly extending elastic piece 123 extending obliquely backward. The left and right sides of the inserting portion 301a of the pluggable module 300 are provided with locking grooves 301b corresponding to the inwardly extending elastic pieces 123, and the inwardly extending elastic pieces 123 at the openings 122 are used for inserting The locking groove 301b of the pluggable module 300 of the upper accommodating space 16 or the lower accommodating space 17 cooperates to produce a locking effect. In addition, an alignment structure 301c is formed at the top of the front end of the insertion portion 301a of the shell 301 . The top wall 11 of the guide shield 1 is formed with an upper window 111 communicating with the upper accommodation space 16, and an upper window 111 extending downward from the rear section of the upper opening window 111 into the upper accommodation space 16. The stopper 112 , the upper stopper 112 is used to stop at the alignment structure 301c to limit the insertion position of the pluggable module 300 . The lower wall 312 of the compartment bracket 31 is formed with a lower opening window 312 a that communicates the inner storage space 315 with the lower storage space 17 .

The built-in bias heat sink 4 is located in the inner storage space 315 of the compartment support 31 and has a built-in heat sink 41, and a built-in heat sink 41 and an upper wall 311 of the compartment support 31. Bias spring 42 . The built-in heat sink 41 has a base plate 411, and a plurality of heat dissipation fins 412 interlocked side by side along the left-right direction D3 and arranged on the top surface of the base plate 411. A thermal coupling portion 411 a of the lower accommodating space 17 . The biasing spring 42 has a pressure plate 421 pressed against the top of the heat dissipation fin 412 of the built-in heat sink 41 , and a plurality of plates extending from the pressure plate 421 and pressed against the upper wall 311 of the compartment bracket 31 Shaped spring piece 422, it should be noted that the biasing spring 42 can also have other styles of spring structure, which is not limited to this embodiment. By the biasing force exerted by the biasing spring 42, the built-in heat sink 41 can be moved along the up-down direction D2, and the thermal coupling portion 411a of the built-in heat sink 41 is elastically inserted into the lower accommodating space. 17 of the pluggable module 300 to ensure the integrity of the contact and enhance the performance of heat dissipation.

Referring to FIG. 3 to FIG. 7 , the rear end of the compartment bracket 31 is located in front of the front ends of the upper socket 211 and the lower socket 212 , and the extension bracket 32 is assembled on the rear end of the compartment bracket 31 . In detail, in this embodiment, the extension bracket 32 is sleeved on the built-in heat sink 41 and is sleeved by the compartment bracket 31, and the compartment bracket 31 limits the extension bracket 32 in the vertical direction D2 and the movement in the left-right direction D3, so that the extension bracket 32 can be located at a front position (see FIG. The ground protrudes between the upper socket 211 and the lower socket 212 and moves between a rear position (see FIG. 6 ). Because in an assembly situation, the receptacle connector 2 is installed on the circuit board 200 first, and then the guide shield 1 provided with the spacer 3 is covered on the receptacle connector 2 and fixed on the circuit board. 200, so when the extension bracket 32 is located at the front position in front of the front end of the upper socket 211 and the lower socket 212, the extension bracket 32 can avoid the upper socket 211 of the socket connector 2 to avoid interference with it Problems affect the assembly, and after the assembly is completed, the extension bracket 32 can be moved backward to the rear position inserted between the upper socket 211 and the lower socket 212, so that the spacer 3 can play a complete spacing effect . In general, by the extension bracket 32 of the spacer 3 that can move between the front position and the rear position, the assembly process can be avoided under the premise that the spacer 3 can subsequently play a complete spacing function. The spacer 3 interferes with the receptacle connector 2 to facilitate assembly work.

Referring to FIG. 4 to FIG. 7 , in this embodiment, the extension bracket 32 has an upper wall 321 and a lower wall 322 facing up and down, and two side walls 323 connected to the side edges of the upper wall 321 and the lower wall 322 . The connector assembly 100 also includes a retainer, the extension bracket 32 has a first retainer 323c snapped to the retainer at the front position, and a second retainer 323c snapped to the retainer at the rear position. Holder 323d. Specifically, in this embodiment, the retaining members are two elastic retaining pieces 124 respectively constructed on the two side walls 12 of the guiding shield 1 and whose ends are recessed inward. It should be noted that the elastic The retaining piece 124 (retainer) may also be constructed on the side walls 314 of the compartment bracket 31 in other embodiments, which is not limited by this embodiment. Each side wall 323 of the extension bracket 32 has a side plate 323 a corresponding to the elastic holding piece 124 , and a limiting hole 323 b adjacent to the side plate 323 a behind the side plate 323 a. The front inner edge 323f of the limiting hole 323b and the rear edge 323g of the side plate 323a jointly form the first holding portion 323c, and the front edge 323h of the side plate 323a forms the second holding portion 323d.

Referring to Fig. 5, Fig. 7, Fig. 8 and Fig. 9, in addition, each side wall 12 of the guiding shield 1 also has a concave inward which is located behind the corresponding elastic holding piece 124 and folded vertically inward to correspond to A limiting piece 125 protrudes into the limiting hole 323b, and each side wall 314 of the compartment bracket 31 has an escape opening 314a for the elastic holding piece 124 and the limiting piece 125 to pass through. Moreover, the two side walls 323 of the extension bracket 32 each have a guide piece 323e extending outward and bent upward, and the side walls 314 of the compartment bracket 31 each have a guide piece 323e located at the rear end for receiving the guide piece. The outwardly extending part of the guiding piece 323e accommodates a notch 314b. The two side walls 12 of the guiding shield 1 each have a guide rail groove 126. The outwardly extending part of the guiding piece 323e can slide forward and backward. It is disposed on the guide rail groove 126. In addition, the front end of the guide rail groove 126 has a larger area, so that the upwardly bent portion of the guide piece 323e can pass through correspondingly during the assembly process.

Specifically, referring to Fig. 4 to Fig. 6, when the extension bracket 32 is at the front position, the elastic holding piece 124 (holding member) is snapped between the front inner edge 323f of the limiting hole 323b and the side plate. 323a and the rear edge 323g jointly constitute the first holding portion 323c, the limiting piece 125 abuts against the rear inner edge 323i of the limiting hole 323b, and the guiding piece 323e is accommodated in the guiding piece The receiving notch 314b is located at the front end of the guide rail groove 126; referring to FIGS. The side plate 323a is clamped to the second holding portion 323d formed by the front edge 323h of the side plate 323a, the limiting piece 125 abuts against the front inner edge 323f of the limiting hole 323b, the The guiding piece 323 e breaks away from the guiding piece receiving notch 314 b and moves to the rear end of the guiding rail groove 126 . The extension bracket 32 can be positioned at the front position and the The rear position, and through the corresponding cooperation between the limit piece 125 and the limit hole 323b and the guide piece 323e and the guide rail groove 126, the extension bracket 32 can be sufficiently guided. Guide, limit and support.

Referring to Fig. 4 to Fig. 7, in addition, in this embodiment, the lower wall 312 of the compartment bracket 31 is also formed with a protrusion bent downward from the lower window 312a to extend into the lower accommodating space 17 and The alignment part 312b of the alignment structure 301c (see FIG. 1 ) used for alignment guide of the pluggable module 300, the lower wall 322 of the extension bracket 32 has a structure extending into the lower accommodation space 17 and used for Stopping the alignment structure 301c of the pluggable module 300 to limit the lower stop portion 322a of the insertion position of the pluggable module 300, when the extension bracket 32 is at the front position, it enters the lower space The pluggable module 300 of the storage space 17 can push the lower stop portion 322a, so that the extension bracket 32 moves backward to the rear position, so that the person entering the lower storage space 17 for the first time can The pluggable module 300 can utilize the lower stop portion 322a to push the extension bracket 32 backward to the rear position, so as to save manual steps during assembly.

In summary, the connector assembly 100 of the present invention can prevent the spacer 3 from contacting the receptacle connector during the assembly process by the extension frame 32 of the spacer 3 that can move between the front position and the rear position. 2 Interference problems occur to facilitate assembly work.

But what is described above is only an embodiment of the present invention, and should not limit the scope of the present invention. All simple equivalent changes and modifications made according to the patent scope of the present invention and the content of the patent specification are still within the scope of the present invention. Within the scope covered by the patent of the present invention.

100:Connector assembly 1: Guidance shield 11: top wall 111: open window 112: upper stop part 12: side wall 121: Fixing hole 122: opening 123: Internal shrapnel 124: elastic retainer 125: limit piece 126: guide rail groove 13: bottom wall 14: rear wall 15: Press fit feet 16: Upper accommodation space 161: Upper socket 17: Lower accommodation space 171: lower socket 172: bottom opening 18: The first grounding piece 181: elastic fingers 2: socket connector 21: shell 211: upper socket 212: Lower socket 22: terminal 221: contact part 222: Tail 3: Divider 31: compartment bracket 311: upper wall 312: lower wall 312a: Bottom opening window 312b Alignment Department 313: front wall 314: side wall 314a: Avoid opening 314b: Guide piece containment gap 315: Content storage space 316: Folding piece for fixing 317: Second grounding piece 317a: sheet body 317b: Ground plate 317c: elastic fingers 32: Extension bracket 321: upper wall 322: lower wall 322a: lower stopper 323: side wall 323a: side panel 323b: limit hole 323c: the first holding part 323d: the second holding part 323e: guide film 323f: Front medial edge 323g: trailing edge 323h: leading edge 323i: posterior medial edge 4: Built-in bias radiator 41: Built-in heat sink 411: Substrate 411a: thermal coupling part 412: cooling fins 42: Bias spring 421: pressure plate 422: plate spring 200: circuit board 201: Press fit hole 300: pluggable module 301: shell 301a: socket part 301b: lock groove 301c: Paraposition Structure 302: plug circuit board D1: Front and rear direction D2: up and down direction D3: left and right directions

Other features and effects of the present invention will be clearly presented in the implementation manner with reference to the drawings, wherein: 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the connector assembly of the present invention installed on a circuit board and facing each other with a pluggable module; Fig. 2 is a three-dimensional exploded view of this embodiment; Fig. 3 is a three-dimensional exploded view of the spacer and the built-in bias radiator of this embodiment; Fig. 4 is a sectional view of this embodiment, the extension support of the spacer of this embodiment among the figure is in front position; Fig. 5 is a partial perspective view of this embodiment, the extension bracket of the spacer of this embodiment among the figure is in the front position; Fig. 6 is a sectional view of this embodiment, the extension bracket of the spacer of this embodiment among the figure is in the rear position; Fig. 7 is a partial perspective view of this embodiment, the extension bracket of the spacer of this embodiment among the figure is in the rear position; Fig. 8 is another sectional view of this embodiment viewed from another angle, in which the extension bracket of the spacer of this embodiment is at the front position; and Fig. 9 is another cross-sectional view of the embodiment viewed from another angle, in which the extension bracket of the spacer of the embodiment is at the rear position.

100:Connector assembly

1: Guidance shield

11: top wall

111: open window

112: upper stop part

12: side wall

122: opening

123: Internal shrapnel

13: bottom wall

14: rear wall

15: Press fit feet

16: Upper accommodation space

161: Upper socket

17: Lower accommodation space

171: lower socket

172: bottom opening

18: The first grounding piece

181: elastic fingers

2: socket connector

21: shell

211: upper socket

212: Lower socket

22: terminal

221: contact part

222: Tail

3: Divider

31: compartment bracket

311: upper wall

312: lower wall

312a: Bottom opening window

313: front wall

315: Content storage space

317: Second grounding piece

32: Extension bracket

321: upper wall

322: lower wall

322a: lower stopper

4: Built-in bias radiator

41: Built-in heat sink

411: Substrate

411a: thermal coupling part

412: cooling fins

42: Bias spring

421: pressure plate

422: plate spring

D1: Front and rear direction

D2: up and down direction

D3: left and right directions

Claims (10)

A connector assembly comprising: a guiding shield; and A partition frame includes a compartment bracket and an extension bracket, the compartment bracket is arranged in the guide shield and jointly defines an upper accommodation space and a lower accommodation space with the guide shield, the extension bracket is located The rear end of the compartment bracket, the two side walls of the extension bracket respectively have a guide piece, the two side walls of the guide shield respectively have a guide rail groove, and the guide piece can be slidably arranged on the guide rail back and forth. The rail slot enables the extension bracket to move between a front position and a rear position relative to the compartment bracket. The connector assembly as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a retainer, the extension bracket has a first retaining portion snapped to the retainer in the front position, and snapped to the retainer in the rear position The second holding part of the piece. The connector assembly according to claim 2, wherein the retainer is an elastic retainer formed on the side wall of the guiding shield, and the side wall of the extension bracket has a side plate corresponding to the elastic retainer, The rear edge of the side plate constitutes the first holding portion, and the front edge of the side plate constitutes the second holding portion. The connector assembly according to claim 3, wherein, the side wall of the extension bracket further has a limiting hole located behind the side plate and adjacent to the side plate, and the side wall of the guiding shield has corresponding holes extending into the The limiting piece of the limiting hole. The connector assembly according to claim 4, wherein, the front inner edge of the limiting hole and the rear edge of the side plate together form the first retaining portion. The connector assembly according to claim 5, wherein the side wall of the compartment bracket has an escape opening through which the elastic holding piece and the limiting piece pass. The connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein the two side walls of the compartment bracket each have a guide piece receiving gap at the rear end, and when the extension bracket is at the front position, the guide piece is accommodated in The guide piece accommodates the notch. The connector assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the extension bracket has a lower stopper protruding into the lower accommodating space, and when the extension bracket is at the front position, an insertable part that enters the lower accommodating space The drawing group can push the lower stop part, so that the extension bracket moves backward to the rear position. The connector assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the compartment bracket has an upper wall and a lower wall that jointly define an inner storage space, and the lower wall is formed to communicate the inner storage space with the lower storage space One opening of the window, the connector assembly also includes a built-in bias heat sink arranged in the inner storage space of the compartment bracket, and the built-in bias heat sink has a function of passing through the lower opening window and entering the lower storage space. A built-in heat sink, the built-in heat sink can be moved up and down, the extension bracket is sleeved on the built-in heat sink and is sleeved by the compartment bracket. The connector assembly as described in claim 1, further comprising a receptacle connector, the receptacle connector is located in the rear section of the guide shield, the receptacle connector has an upper receptacle and a lower receptacle, the compartment bracket The rear end is located forward of the front ends of the upper socket and the lower socket, and the extension bracket is capable of projecting at least partially into the compartment bracket at the forward position forward of the front ends of the upper socket and the lower socket Move between the rear position between the upper receptacle and the lower receptacle.

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