TWM585438U - Connector assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

A connector assembly includes a metal shield and at least one light guide. The metal shielding cover includes a cover body and a back cover. The cover body includes a top wall and two side walls. The top wall and the two side walls define at least one accommodating space extending in a front-rear direction, and the top The wall is provided with an upper mounting sheet, the accommodation space has a front end opening facing forward and a rear end opening facing rear, the back cover is assembled to the rear end opening of the cover body, and the back cover is provided with a rear mounting sheet . The light guide is assembled on the metal shield, and the light guide has a plurality of mounting posts corresponding to the upper mounting sheet and the rear mounting sheet.

Description

Connector assembly

The present invention relates to a connector assembly, in particular to a connector assembly having a light guide and a metal shield.

Chinese Utility Model Patent Bulletin No. CN204166166U discloses a connector module. The two sides and the middle of the metal shell are respectively bent to form a plurality of positioning pieces. The opening of the slot on the top of the positioning piece faces upward, and the width of the opening shrinks. A bottleneck part, two side walls in the middle of the card slot are convexly arc-shaped, and a small slot is formed at the bottom of the card slot. A plurality of positioning columns are respectively extended on two sides of the light guide, and a limiting circular table is arranged at the outer end of the positioning column, and the outer diameter of the limiting circular table is larger than the outer diameter of the positioning column. The positioning post of the light guide is clamped in the slot. However, the rear end of the light guide lacks a fixing structure, resulting in poor fixing effect of the light guide.

Chinese invention patent publication number CN106990488B discloses a connector. The first end portion and the second end portion of the fastening member are further provided with a fixing seat, and the fixing seat is a U-shaped seat body for fastening and fixing a light guide. The front end and the rear end of the light guide are respectively provided with fixing posts, and the fixing posts and the fixing base are correspondingly fastened to each other. However, because the fixing seat for fastening and fixing the light guide is configured on the holding member, and the function of the holding member is to hold the heat sink, when the connector is inserted in the plug, the heat sink will be The top of the plug is high, and at this time, the holding member will also move along with it. As a result, the light guide member fixed on the holding member may move along with it, and the fixing effect of the light guide member is further poor.

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, the new connector assembly includes a metal shield and at least one light guide. The metal shielding cover includes a cover body and a back cover. The cover body includes a top wall and two side walls. The top wall and the two side walls define at least one accommodating space extending in a front-rear direction, and the top The wall is provided with an upper mounting sheet, the accommodation space has a front end opening facing forward and a rear end opening facing rear, the back cover is assembled to the rear end opening of the cover body, and the back cover is provided with a rear mounting sheet . The light guide is assembled on the metal shield, and the light guide has a plurality of mounting posts corresponding to the upper mounting sheet and the rear mounting sheet.

In some embodiments, the upper mounting piece and the rear mounting piece are formed with a tenon groove, and the mounting post is formed with a tenon correspondingly engaged with the corresponding tenon groove.

In some embodiments, a board surface direction of the rear mounting sheet is parallel to the front-rear direction.

In some embodiments, the notch of the tenon slot of the upper mounting sheet faces upward, and the notch of the tenon slot of the rear mounting sheet faces rear.

In some embodiments, the back cover is provided with two separated rear mounting pieces, and the upper mounting piece includes two first mounting pieces located in a front section of the top wall and separated from each other in a lateral direction, The board surface directions of the two first mounting pieces are parallel to the front-rear direction.

In some embodiments, the upper mounting sheet further includes a second mounting sheet located at a rear section of the top wall, and a board surface direction of the second mounting sheet is perpendicular to the front-rear direction.

In some embodiments, the positions of the two first mounting pieces in the front-rear direction are staggered from each other.

In some embodiments, the back cover has a back cover provided at the rear end opening, an upper cover extending forward from the top edge of the back cover, and two sides of the back cover respectively. Two side cover plates extending forward, the upper cover plate having an upper plate portion extending forward from a top edge of the rear cover plate, and two side plate portions extending downwardly from both side edges of the upper plate portion, respectively. .

In some embodiments, the upper cover plate further has a guide edge extending forward and outward from the front edges of the upper plate portion and the two side plate portions.

In some embodiments, the front ends of the two side plate portions of the upper cover plate face forward beyond the two side cover plates, and the space between the two side plate portions is smaller than the space between the two side cover plates.

The novel model has at least the following effects: the upper mounting sheet and the rear mounting sheet provided on the back cover of the cover body, and the tenon formed on the upper mounting sheet and the rear mounting sheet, respectively. The groove and the tenon formed on the mounting post of the light guide member enable the light guide member to be assembled on the mounting sheet in a direct press-fit manner. And with the guide edge of the back cover, the back cover is easily assembled to the rear end of the cover body of the metal shielding cover and at the same time provides a single-piece integrated back cover structure for stably fixing the light guide.

Before the new model is described in detail, it should be noted that in the following description, similar elements are represented by the same number.

Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 4, an embodiment of the novel connector assembly 10 is suitable for plugging a plug connector (not shown). The connector assembly 10 includes a metal shield 1 and a plurality of socket connectors. (Not shown), a heat dissipation module 2, a buckle 3, and a plurality of light guides 4.

The metal shielding cover 1 is made of a metal plate and includes two cover bodies 11, a plurality of grounding members 12, and a back cover 13. The cover body 11 extends along a front-rear direction D1 and has a top wall 111, a bottom wall 112 spaced apart from the top wall 111 in an up-down direction D2, and a spaced-apart direction along a left-right direction D3 and connected to each other. The top wall 111 and the two side walls 113 on both sides of the bottom wall 112. For example, the side walls 113 and the bottom wall 112 may be respectively formed with reinforcing ribs 110 to increase structural strength. In this embodiment, each cover body 11 further includes a vertical partition wall 114 extending along the front-rear direction D1 and the up-down direction D2 and connected between the top wall 111 and the bottom wall 112. The cover bodies 11 For example, the vertical partition wall 114 may also be formed with reinforcing ribs 110 to increase the structural strength. The top wall 111, the bottom wall 112, the two side walls 113 and the vertical partition walls 114 jointly define and extend along the front-rear direction D1. A plurality of accommodation spaces 115 juxtaposed along the left-right direction D3. Each accommodation space 115 has a front end opening 115a facing forward and a rear end opening 115b facing backward. The front end openings 115a of the accommodation spaces 115 are along the front-rear direction D1 and the left-right direction in this embodiment. D3 extends and is respectively connected between the vertical partition wall 114 and the side wall 113. The multiple partition members 116 are divided into two upper and lower front sockets for the plug connector to be inserted. The partition member 16 may be provided with heat dissipation, for example. Components (not shown), heat pipes (not shown), etc. In addition, in one embodiment, the metal shield 1 may not have the partition 16, that is, each receiving space 115 It is also possible to have only the front-end opening as one front-end socket. In detail, each accommodation space 115 also has a bottom opening 115c located behind the bottom wall 112 and a top opening 115d formed in the front section of the top wall 111. The rear sections of the accommodation spaces 115 are respectively provided for the The socket connector is provided. For example, the socket connectors may be mechanically and electrically arranged on a circuit board, and covered with the metal shield 1 through the bottom openings 115c of the accommodation spaces 115, respectively. , So that the socket connector is provided at the rear section of the accommodating spaces 115, but not limited thereto. In addition, the bottom edges of the side walls 113 and the vertical partition walls 114 of the metal shield 1 are also provided with a plurality of spaced-apart extending downwards, which are suitable for being fixed on the circuit board and / or connected to the ground track. GND Feet 117. The grounding members 12 are provided at the front end openings 115 a of the covers 11. Each grounding member 12 has a rearward extension from the front opening 115 a and is distributed outside the covers 11 and inside the covers 11. A plurality of grounding springs 121 are located on the outside of the covers 11 and are used to contact a casing (not shown). The grounding springs 121 are located on the inside of the covers 11 Make contact with this plug connector. In this embodiment, the two cover bodies 11 combined side by side are connected together at the rear end and the front end of the adjacent side wall 113 by a rear assembly 20 and a front assembly 30, respectively. The rear assembly 20 is an example. For example, there are two buckle pieces 20a fastened to the rear ends of the two side walls 113, and a plurality of spaced tongue pieces 20b extending between the rear ends of the two side walls 113 to keep the two side walls 113 spaced apart. The front assembly 30 For example, it can be combined with the front end of at least one side wall 113 and sandwiched between the front ends of the two side walls 113 to keep the two side walls 113 spaced apart. In another embodiment, the metal shielding cover 1 may have only one cover body 11. For example, three vertical partition walls 114 may be provided on one cover body 11 to construct similar accommodating spaces 115. In another embodiment, the metal shielding cover 1 may have four cover bodies 11 combined side by side, and similar accommodating spaces 115 may also be configured. In this embodiment, the ground members 12 above and below straddle the left and right ends of the two cover bodies 11 and are fixed by welding.

The back cover 13 is assembled at the rear end openings 115 b of the cover bodies 11. The back cover 13 has a rear cover plate 131 covering the rear end openings 115 b and faces forward from the top edge of the rear cover plate 131. An extended upper cover plate 132 and two side cover plates 133 extending forward from the edges of both sides of the rear cover plate 131 and facing each other in the left-right direction D3, the two side cover plates 133 covering the The cover body 11 has two side walls 113 on both sides in the left-right direction D3. The upper cover plate 132 has an upper plate extending forward from the top edge of the rear cover plate 131 and covering the top wall 111 of the cover bodies 11. Portion 132a, and two side plate portions 132b extending downward from the two side edges of the upper plate portion 132a and facing each other in the left-right direction D3, the two side plate portions 132b covering the two side walls of the covers 11 respectively 113. With the structure of the upper cover plate 132 and the two side cover plates 133, the assembly area between the back cover 13 and the covers 11 can be increased to strengthen the back cover 13 and the covers 11 Assembly strength between. In this embodiment, the front ends of the two side plate portions 132b of the upper cover plate 132 exceed the two side cover plates 133 forward, and the distance between the two side plate portions 132b is smaller than the distance between the two side cover plates 133, and The upper cover plate 132 also has a plurality of guide edges 132c extending forward and outward from the front edges of the upper plate portion 132a and the two side plate portions 132b, thereby assembling the back cover 13 to the covers. The rear end opening 115b of 11 is not easy to be caught, so that the back cover 13 is easily and more closely fitted to the rear end of the cover body 11 of the metal shield cover 1. The cover bodies 11 also have a plurality of fixing flaps 118 extending rearward from the rear edges of the two side walls 113 and the vertical partition walls 114. The back cover 13 is on the back cover plate 131 and the two side cover plates. A plurality of perforations 134 are formed at the connection point of 133 and the rear cover 131 for the fixing folds 118 to pass through. The fixing folds 118 pass through the perforations 134 and are bent and pressed from the rear. A back cover 131 is mounted on the back cover 13 to fix the back cover 13 to the covers 11. In addition, the bottom edge of the back cover 13 is also provided with a plurality of grounding pins 135 extending downwardly at intervals and for fixing to the circuit board.

The heat dissipation module 2 includes a plurality of radiators 21. The radiators 21 are respectively disposed at the top openings 115 d of the top wall 111 of the metal shield cover 1, and each of the radiators 21 is disposed at the top wall 111. A heat dissipation substrate 211 and a plurality of heat dissipation fins 212 formed upward from the heat dissipation substrate 211 and extending along the front-rear direction D1. The buckle 3 has two pressing portions 31 extending along the left-right direction D3 and pressed against the heat sink substrates 211 of the heat sink 21 from above, and extending downward from both ends of the pressing portions 31 and buckling respectively. The two fastening portions 32 connected to the two side walls 113 of the metal shield cover 1, in detail, each side wall 113 on both sides is formed with a plurality of fastening protrusions 113 a, and each of the fastening portions 32 is formed with The fastening protrusions 113 a of the corresponding side walls 113 correspond to the fastening holes 321.

With reference to FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, the light guides 4 are respectively assembled to the metal shielding cover 1 corresponding to the accommodating space 115 and located above the heat dissipation module 2 and the fastener 3. The top of the metal shielding cover 1 The wall 111 is provided with a plurality of sets of upper mounting pieces 111a extending upwardly corresponding to the accommodation spaces 115, and the rear cover plate 131 of the back cover 13 of the metal shield 1 is provided with a rearwardly extending and plate corresponding to the accommodation spaces 115. A plurality of sets of rear mounting pieces 131a whose plane direction is parallel to the front-rear direction D1. Each light guide 4 has two light guide tubes 41 spaced side by side along the left-right direction D3 and respectively pass through the gap between two adjacent heat-dissipating fins 212, and correspondingly assembled on the light guide tubes 41 A plurality of mounting posts 42 on the upper mounting piece 111a and the rear mounting piece 131a. Each light guide tube 41 is slightly L-shaped and has a light entrance end 411 facing downward and behind the back cover 13, and a light exit end 412 facing forward and close to the front end opening 115 a. The light guide tubes 41 of the light guide 4 are used to guide the light emitted by the light emitting element (not shown) on the circuit board from the light entrance end 411 to the light exit end 412. It should be noted that the light guide The number of the light pipes 41 may be one or three or more. The upper mounting piece 111a and the rear mounting piece 131a are formed with a tenon groove A, the mounting post 42 is formed with a tenon B correspondingly engaged with the corresponding tenon groove A, and the upper mounting piece 111a The notch of the tenon slot A faces upward, and the notch of the tenon slot A of the rear mounting piece 131a faces rearward. This allows the light guides 4 to be assembled on the mounting sheet in a direct press-fit manner, and the light guides 4 are in two different directions (from top to bottom and from back to front). Being assembled makes the assembly of the light guides 4 more convenient and stable. In detail, in this embodiment, each set of mounting pieces 111a includes two first mounting pieces 111b located at a front section of the top wall 111 and separated from each other in the left-right direction D3, and A second mounting piece 111c at the rear stage. The mounting posts 42 of each light guide 4 include two first mounting posts 43 extending from the light guide tubes 41 in the left-right direction D3 and assembled to the first mounting pieces 111b, respectively, and A second mounting post 44 connected between the light guide tubes 41 and assembled on the second mounting piece 111c. The board direction of the two first mounting pieces 111b is parallel to the front-rear direction D1, thereby reducing the resistance to the airflow in the front-rear direction D1, so as to avoid reducing the heat dissipation efficiency of the heat dissipation module 2. In addition, the positions of the two first mounting pieces 111b in the front-back direction D1 are staggered from each other, and the positions of the two first mounting posts 43 in the front-back direction D1 are staggered from each other so that The assembly positions of adjacent light guides 4 in the left-right direction D3 may be slightly overlapped, thereby reducing the size of the overall assembly. In addition, in this embodiment, the first mounting pieces 111b of the two sets of adjacent mounting pieces 111a Can be constructed in one piece. The board surface direction of the second mounting piece 111c is perpendicular to the front-rear direction D1, but it is not limited thereto. Each set of rear mounting pieces 131a includes two rear mounting pieces 131a spaced apart from each other along the left-right direction D3. The mounting post 42 of each light guide 4 further includes a connection between the light guide tubes 41 and is assembled in the light guide tube 41. Wait for the rear mounting post 45 of the rear mounting piece 131a.

It should be noted that, in one embodiment, the metal shield 1 may only have one accommodating space 115, that is, the metal shield 1 may not have the vertical partition wall 114 and the partition. Piece 116. At this time, the connector assembly 10 may include only one light guide 4 and one socket connector, and the top wall 111 of the metal shielding cover 1 may be provided with only one set of upper mounting pieces 111 a, and the back cover 13 of the metal shielding cover 1. Only one set of rear mounting pieces 131a may be provided, which is not limited by this embodiment.

In addition, in this embodiment, the connector assembly 10 further includes a plurality of light shielding members 5 disposed on the light guiding members 4, and each of the light guiding members 4 has a light input end adjacent to the light guiding tubes 41 respectively. Two buckling blocks 46 extending inward at 411, the light-shielding member 5 has a body 51, and two buckling protrusions respectively extending upward from the center of the body 51 and being fixed to the buckling blocks 46 52. Two upper accommodating holes 53 respectively formed on the top surface of the main body 51 and used to receive the light entrance ends 411 of the light guide tubes 41, and respectively formed on the bottom surface of the main body 51 and used to accommodate the aforementioned light emission. Two lower receiving holes 54 of the component (not shown). The upper accommodating holes 53 are respectively communicated with the lower accommodating holes 54 so that the light of the light emitting element can be transmitted to the light entrance end 411 of the light guide 4 through the light shielding member 5 to ensure that the light emitting element emits light. Light can be transmitted through the light guides 4.

To sum up, the new connector assembly 10 is formed on the top wall 111 of the cover body 11 by an upper mounting piece 111 a and a rear mounting piece 131 a provided on the back cover 13, and is formed on the top cover 111. The tenon groove A of the mounting piece 111a and the rear mounting piece 131a and the tenon B of the mounting post 42 formed on the light guide 4, so that the light guide 4 can be assembled by directly press-fitting On the mounting piece. And with the guiding edge 132 c of the back cover 13, the back cover 13 is easily assembled to the rear end of the cover body 11 of the metal shield 1 and at the same time provides a one-piece integration for stably fixing the light guide 4. The back cover 13 is structured.

However, the above are only examples of the new model. When the scope of implementation of the new model cannot be limited by this, any simple equivalent changes and modifications made in accordance with the scope of the patent application of the new model and the content of the patent specification are still Within the scope of this new patent.

10‧‧‧ connector assembly
1‧‧‧ metal shield
20‧‧‧ after the assembly
20a‧‧‧Fastener
20b‧‧‧ spacer tongue
30‧‧‧ Former assembly
11‧‧‧ cover
110‧‧‧ ribs
111‧‧‧ top wall
111a‧‧‧mounting piece
111b‧‧‧First mounting piece
111c‧‧‧Second mounting piece
112‧‧‧ bottom wall
113‧‧‧ sidewall
113a‧‧‧Buckle
114‧‧‧ vertical dividing wall
115‧‧‧accommodation space
115a‧‧‧Front opening
115b‧‧‧ rear opening
115c‧‧‧Bottom opening
115d‧‧‧open top
116‧‧‧ divider
117‧‧‧ ground pin
118‧‧‧Fixing flap
12‧‧‧ Grounding
121‧‧‧ Ground Shrapnel
13‧‧‧back cover
131‧‧‧ rear cover
131a‧‧‧ after installation piece
132‧‧‧ Upper cover
132a‧‧‧ Upper board
132b‧‧‧Side panel section
132c‧‧‧Guide
133‧‧‧side cover
134‧‧‧perforation
135‧‧‧ ground pin
2‧‧‧cooling module
21‧‧‧ Radiator
211‧‧‧heat dissipation substrate
212‧‧‧Cooling Fin
3‧‧‧ Buckle
31‧‧‧Pressing Department
32‧‧‧Deduction department
321‧‧‧button hole
4‧‧‧ light guide
41‧‧‧light guide
411‧‧‧Incoming light end
412‧‧‧light output
42‧‧‧Mounting post
43‧‧‧first mounting post
44‧‧‧Second mounting post
45‧‧‧ rear mounting post
46‧‧‧Snap Block
5‧‧‧ shade
51‧‧‧ Ontology
52‧‧‧Snap projection
53‧‧‧ Upper receiving hole
54‧‧‧ Lower receiving hole
D1‧‧‧ forward and backward
D2‧‧‧ Up and down direction
D3‧‧‧left and right
A‧‧‧Dowel joint groove
B‧‧‧ Tenon

Other features and effects of the present invention will be clearly presented in the embodiments with reference to the drawings, among which:
1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the novel connector assembly;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the embodiment viewed from another perspective; FIG.
3 is an exploded perspective view of the metal shield shell of the embodiment, and the grounding member of the metal shield is omitted in the figure;
4 is a perspective view of a back cover of the metal shield shell of the embodiment;
5 is a perspective view of the embodiment, and the heat dissipation module and the fastener of the embodiment are omitted; and FIG. 6 is a perspective exploded view of the light guide and the light shielding member of the embodiment.

Claims (10)

A connector component comprising:
A metal shielding cover includes a cover body and a back cover. The cover body includes a top wall and two side walls. The top wall and the two side walls define at least one accommodating space extending in a front-rear direction, and the The top wall is provided with an upper mounting piece. The accommodating space has a front end opening facing forward and a rear end opening facing backward. The back cover is assembled to the rear end opening of the cover, and the back cover is provided with a rear installation. Sheet; and at least one light guide member assembled on the metal shield, and the light guide member has a plurality of mounting posts corresponding to the upper mounting sheet and the rear mounting sheet. The connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein the upper mounting piece and the rear mounting piece are formed with a tenon groove, and the mounting post is formed with a tenon correspondingly engaged with the corresponding tenon groove. The connector assembly according to claim 2, wherein a board surface direction of the rear mounting sheet is parallel to the front-rear direction. The connector assembly according to claim 3, wherein the notch of the tenon slot of the upper mounting sheet faces upward, and the notch of the tenon slot of the rear mounting sheet faces rear. The connector assembly according to claim 4, wherein the back cover is provided with two separated rear mounting pieces, and the upper mounting piece includes two pieces located at a front section of the top wall and separated from each other in a lateral direction. A first mounting piece, and a board surface direction of the two first mounting pieces is parallel to the front-rear direction. The connector assembly according to claim 5, wherein the upper mounting sheet further includes a second mounting sheet located at a rear section of the top wall, and a board surface direction of the second mounting sheet is perpendicular to the front-rear direction. The connector assembly according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the positions of the two first mounting pieces in the front-rear direction are staggered from each other. The connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein the back cover has a back cover provided at the rear end opening, an upper cover extending forward from a top edge of the back cover, and from the rear cover respectively. The two side covers extending forward from both edges of the rear cover, the upper cover having an upper plate portion extending forward from the top edge of the rear cover, and downwards from the two edges of the upper plate portion, respectively Two side plate sections that extend. The connector assembly according to claim 8, wherein the upper cover plate further has a guide edge extending forward and outward from front edges of the upper plate portion and the two side plate portions. The connector assembly according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the front ends of the two side plate portions of the upper cover plate face forward beyond the two side plate portions and the distance between the two side plate portions is smaller than between the two side plate portions. Pitch.