TWM596994U - Connector module - Google Patents

Abstract

A connector assembly includes a shield cover and a partition member. The shielding cover has a receiving cavity. The partition member is provided in the accommodating cavity of the shield case and divides the accommodating cavity into a first module channel and a second module channel. The partition member includes a compartment frame and a grounding pad assembled at the front end of the compartment frame, The compartment frame has a first partition wall and a second partition wall respectively corresponding to the first module channel and the second module channel, and the grounding gasket integrally has a front panel, a first panel, a second panel, the first panel and The second panel sandwiches the first partition wall and the second partition wall together, wherein the corners between the first panel and the second panel and the front panel are integrally connected by the protrusions respectively, and the protrusions are relative to the first The panel and the second panel protrude outward.

Description

Connector assembly

The present invention relates to a connector assembly, in particular to a connector assembly with a partition member.

Chinese invention patent publication number CN107634399A (corresponding to US invention patent number US9,728,919) discloses a socket element including a socket holder, a first partition wall, a second partition wall, and a holder cover. The socket holder has an internal cavity, and the first partition wall and the second partition wall divide the accommodating cavity into a first module channel and a second module channel. The first module channel and the second module channel are in the socket holder At the front end of the, there are a first port opening and a second port opening. The cage cover is positioned between the first port opening and the second port opening and at the front end. The cage cover includes a front panel, a first channel panel and a second channel panel connected to the front panel, and first and second module fingers extending from the first and second channel panels, respectively unit. The first channel panel and the second channel panel are perpendicular to the front panel and jointly sandwich the first partition wall and the second partition wall.

However, since there is a first distance between the outer surface of the first partition wall and the outer surface of the second partition wall in the socket element, the inner surface of the first channel panel of the cage cover and the inner surface of the second channel panel There is a second distance between the surfaces. If the first distance changes toward the upper limit of dimensional tolerance or the second distance changes toward the lower limit of dimensional tolerance due to processing such as stamping, shearing or bending during part manufacturing, it is perpendicular to the first The channel panel and the second channel panel will warp outwards and cannot bear flatly against the first partition wall and the second partition wall, and may cause the first module fingers and the second module fingers together Warpage, which in turn leads to assembly problems in the cage cover and quality problems in the finished product.

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

Therefore, in some embodiments, the new connector assembly includes a receptacle connector, a shielding cover, and a partition member. The shielding cover covers the socket connector, and the shielding cover has a receiving cavity for accommodating the socket connector, and a front end opening at the front end communicating with the receiving cavity. The partition member is provided in the accommodating cavity of the shield case and divides the accommodating cavity into a first module channel and a second module channel, the partition member includes a compartment frame, and is assembled on the compartment A grounding gasket at the front end of the intermediate frame, the compartment frame has a first partition wall and a second partition wall respectively corresponding to the first module channel and the second module channel, the grounding gasket A front panel, a first panel, and a second panel are integrally formed, and extend from the first panel and the second panel, respectively, and protrude in the first module channel and the second module channel, respectively Multiple elastic fingers, the first panel and the second panel sandwich the first partition wall and the second partition wall together, wherein the first panel, the second panel, and the The corners between the front plates are integrally connected by protrusions respectively, and the protrusions respectively protrude outward in a direction away from the compartment frame relative to the first panel and the second panel.

In some embodiments, the convex portion is composed of at least two arc-shaped segments different from each other.

In some embodiments, the raised portion has a first arc-shaped segment located at the front and a second arc-shaped segment located at the rear.

In some embodiments, the first panel and the second panel of the grounding gasket are each provided with locking tabs, and the first partition wall and the second partition wall of the compartment frame are each provided with the locking tab The piece corresponds to the locking hole of the buckle.

In some embodiments, the ends of the elastic fingers of the grounding pad are each provided with clasps, and the first partition wall and the second partition wall of the compartment frame are respectively provided with clasps corresponding to the clasps Buttonhole.

In some embodiments, the cleat has a butterfly-wing structure.

The corners between the first panel, the second panel and the front panel of the ground pad in the present invention are integrally connected by two protrusions, because the two protrusions respectively protrude outward relative to the first panel and the second panel Out, so that the distance between the first panel and the second panel can be adapted to a larger range, thereby avoiding mismatches caused by tolerance issues during assembly between the grounding pad at the front of the compartment frame and the compartment frame Or warping to prevent assembly problems and improve the quality of the finished product.

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

1 to 4, an embodiment of the novel connector assembly 100 of the present invention includes a plurality of socket connectors 1, a shielding cover 2, a plurality of partition members 3, and a plurality of light guides 4. It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the shielding cover 2 has a plurality of cover bodies 21 connected to each other side by side, and each cover body 21 corresponds to one of the socket connectors 1, one of the partition members 3, and one of the guides The optical member 4, but in other embodiments, the shielding cover 2 may only have one cover body 21, and the number of the socket connector 1, the partition member 3, and the light guide member 4 can also be adjusted according to the needs. This embodiment is limited. In addition, the following description will be made with one of the cover body 21 of the shield cover 2 and its corresponding receptacle connector 1, partition member 3 and light guide 4.

The socket connector 1 is suitable for being mechanically and electrically disposed on a circuit board (not shown). The socket connector 1 has an insulated housing 11 and a plurality of terminals 12. The housing 11 has two In the insertion slot 111, the terminals 12 are disposed in the insertion slot 111 and the tail is electrically and mechanically connected to the circuit board. The shielding cover 2 is made of metal, for example, and the cover body 21 of the shielding cover 2 extends along a front-rear direction D1 and covers the socket connector 1. The cover 21 has a top wall 211, a bottom wall 212 spaced apart from the top wall 211 in an up-down direction D2, and spaced apart in a left-right direction D3 and connected between the top wall 211 and the bottom wall 212 Two side walls 213, a rear wall 214 connected to the top edges of the top wall 211 and the rear edges of the two side walls 213, and extending downward from the side walls 213 and the rear wall 214 and suitable for being fixed on the circuit board and And/or a plurality of pins 215 connected to a ground trace (not shown). Each side wall 213 may be formed with a plurality of reinforcing ribs 213a to increase the strength of the side wall 213, for example. In addition, the cover body 21 of the shielding cover 2 further has an internal accommodating cavity 216 defined by the top wall 211, the bottom wall 212, the two side walls 213 and the rear wall 214, located at the front end and communicating with the A front opening 217 of the receiving cavity 216 and a bottom opening 218 behind the bottom wall 212 communicating with the receiving cavity 216. In detail, the socket connector 1 is covered with the cover body 21 of the shielding cover 2 through the bottom opening 218, so that the socket connector 1 is provided in the rear section of the accommodating cavity 216, but not as limit. In another embodiment, the terminal 12 of the socket connector 1 may not be mounted on the circuit board, but connected to the cable.

Referring to FIGS. 3 and 5 to 9, the two insertion grooves 111 of the socket connector 1 are spaced side by side along the up-down direction D2, and the partition member 3 is provided in the housing 21 of the shield cover 2 Cavity 216, and the containing cavity 216 is divided into a first module channel 216a and a second module channel 216b arranged in the up-down direction D2, the first module channel 216a and the second module channel 216b are respectively Corresponding to the two insertion slots 111 of the socket connector 1, when a pluggable module (not shown) is inserted into the first module channel 216a and the second module channel 216b through the front opening 217, the The docking portion (not shown) at the end of the pluggable module can be inserted into the corresponding socket 111 to dock with the socket connector 1. In this embodiment, a plurality of grounding members 219 are provided at the front opening 217 of the shield body 21 of the shield shell 2, and the grounding members 219 have a shield body 21 extending backward from the socket and distributed on the shield shell A plurality of elastic fingers 219a on the outer side and the inner side of the shield body 21 of the shielding case, and the elastic fingers 219a on the outer side of the shielding body 21 are used for contacting with a cabinet (not shown). One of the elastic fingers 219a located inside the cover body 21 of the shield cover 2 is used to contact the pluggable module. In addition, in this embodiment, the top wall 211 further has a blocking piece 211a protruding downward toward the first module channel 216a to block the pluggable module, and formed on the block A concave portion 211b is punched downward at the connection between the stop piece 211a and the wall of the top wall 211. The concave portion 211b may be triangular, for example, and the concave portion 211b can strengthen the structural strength of the stop piece 211a. In addition, each side wall 213 is also formed with a plurality of locking elastic pieces 213b that protrude toward the inside of the accommodating cavity 216 and respectively correspond to the first module channel 216a and the second module channel 216b. 213b is used to buckle with the pluggable module inserted into the first module channel 216a and the second module channel 216b.

The partition member 3 is made of metal, for example, and includes a compartment frame 31 and a ground pad 32 assembled at the front end of the compartment frame 31. The compartment frame 31 has a first partition wall 311 and a second partition wall 312 respectively corresponding to the first module channel 216a and the second module channel 216b and spaced apart from each other in the up-down direction D2, connected to A front wall 313 between the front edge of the first partition wall 311 and the front edge of the second partition wall 312, and a side edge connected to the side edge of the first partition wall 311 and the side edge of the second partition wall 312间的连接墙314. In detail, the first partition wall 311 and the second partition wall 312 of the partition member 3 are assembled and connected between the two side walls 213 of the cover 21 of the shield cover 2. In this embodiment, the first partition wall 311 Each of the second partition wall 312 is provided with a plurality of flaps 317, and the two side walls 213 of the cover body 21 of the shield case 2 are formed with a plurality of perforations 213c corresponding to the flaps 317, the flaps 317 passing through After the through holes 213c are bent vertically, the partition member 3 is assembled between the two side walls 213. The ground pad 32 integrally has a front plate 321, a first panel 322, and a second panel 323, and respectively extend from the first panel 322 and the second panel 323 and protrude from the first module respectively The channels 216a and the second module channel 216b are used to contact the plurality of elastic fingers 324 of the pluggable module. The first panel 322 and the second panel 323 sandwich the first partition wall 311 and the second partition wall 312 together. In detail, in this embodiment, the first panel 322 and the second panel 323 are relatively Preferably, it is perpendicular to the front plate 321 and abuts against the first partition wall 311 and the second partition wall 312 respectively. The corners between the first panel 322 and the second panel 323 and the front panel 321 are integrally connected by two protrusions 325, respectively, the two protrusions 325 are respectively opposite to the first panel 322 and the The second panel 323 protrudes outward in a direction away from the compartment frame 31. Since the two protruding portions 325 respectively protrude outward relative to the first panel 322 and the second panel 323, the distance between the first panel 322 and the second panel 323 can have a larger adaptation range, thereby enabling To avoid mismatch or warpage caused by tolerance problems when assembling the ground pad 32 at the front end of the compartment frame 31 and the compartment frame 31, to prevent assembly problems and improve the quality of the finished product. For example, each convex portion 325 may be constructed by combining at least two arc segments different from each other. Specifically, in this embodiment, each convex portion 325 has a first arc segment 325a located in front, And a second arc-shaped section 325b located at the rear.

In this embodiment, the first panel 322 and the second panel 323 of the ground pad 32 are each provided with a plurality of locking tabs 326, and the ends of the elastic fingers 324 of the ground pad 32 are each provided with a tab 324a. The first partition wall 311 and the second partition wall 312 of the compartment frame 31 are respectively provided with a plurality of locking holes 315 corresponding to the locking tabs 326, and a plurality of locking holes corresponding to the locking tabs 324a The button hole 316 allows the grounding pad 32 to be firmly assembled in the compartment frame 31. In this embodiment, the buckle 324a has a butterfly-wing structure. After passing through the buckle hole 316, the buckle 324a folds back and unfolds the two wings 324b thereon. This design has a better movable buckle Connect function. In addition, the front plate 321 of the ground pad 32 has two side elastic pieces 321 a formed on the left and right edges and extending rearward. The two side elastic pieces 321 a are used to contact the shielding cover 2 to increase the grounding effect.

Referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 3, FIG. 4 and FIG. 7, the light guide 4 is disposed in the accommodating cavity 216 in the cover 21 of the shielding cover 2. The light guide 4 has two L-shaped light guide tubes 41 and a plurality of connecting posts 42 connected between the two light guide tubes 41. Each light guide tube 41 has a light entrance end 411 facing downward, and a light exit end 412 facing forward. The light guide tubes 41 are used to guide the light emitted by the light emitting elements (not shown) on the circuit board from the light input end 411 to the light output end 412. In this embodiment, the front section of the light guide 4 is accommodated in the compartment frame 31 of the partition member 3, but it should be noted that the heat dissipation fins can also be installed in the compartment frame 31 of the partition member 3. Other components such as bias springs and heat pipes are not limited to this embodiment. In addition, in this embodiment, the front wall 313 of the compartment frame 31 is formed with a plurality of first through holes 313a, and the front plate 321 of the ground pad 32 is formed with a plurality of corresponding to the first through holes 313a Second through hole 321b. The first through holes 313a include a plurality of first light transmitting holes 313b corresponding to the light output ends 412 of the light guide tubes 41, and first heat dissipation holes 313c for heat dissipation, and the second through holes 321b It includes a second light-transmitting hole 321c corresponding to the first light-transmitting holes 313b, and a second heat-dissipating hole 321d corresponding to the first heat-dissipating holes 313c for heat dissipation. The two light guide tubes 41 respectively correspond to the two insertion slots 111 of the socket connector 1, and the light output ends 412 of the two light guide tubes 41 can pass through the first light-transmitting holes 313b and the second light-transmitting holes 321c emits light to respectively indicate the operating state of the two insertion slots 111 of the socket connector 1.

In summary, the corners between the first panel 322 and the second panel 323 of the ground pad 32 and the front panel 321 of the present invention are integrally connected by two protrusions 325, because the two protrusions 325 are opposite to each other Since the first panel 322 and the second panel 323 protrude outward, the distance between the first panel 322 and the second panel 323 can have a larger adaptation range, thereby avoiding the grounding of the front end of the compartment frame 31 During assembly between the gasket 32 and the compartment frame 31, a mismatch or warpage is caused due to tolerance problems, thereby preventing assembly problems and improving the quality of the finished product.

However, the above are only examples of the new model. When the scope of the new model cannot be limited by this, any simple equivalent changes and modifications made according to the patent application scope and patent specification content of the new model are still regarded as Within the scope of this new patent.

100: connector assembly 1: socket connector 11: Shell 111: socket 12: Terminal 2: shield 21: cover 211: top wall 211a: stopper 211b: recess 212: bottom wall 213: Side wall 213a: Reinforcement rib 213b: locking shrapnel 213c: perforated 214: Rear wall 215: Pin 216: accommodating cavity 216a: The first module channel 216b: Second module channel 217: front opening 218: bottom opening 219: Grounding piece 219a: Elastic finger 3: Partition member 31: compartment frame 311: First dividing wall 312: Second dividing wall 313: Front wall 313a: First through hole 313b: The first light transmission hole 313c: the first heat dissipation hole 314: connecting wall 315: Lock hole 316: Button hole 317: Folded 32: Grounding pad 321: front panel 321a: Side shrapnel 321b: Second through hole 321c: Second light transmission hole 321d: Second heat dissipation hole 322: first panel 323: Second panel 324: Flexible fingers 324a: Buckle 324b: Wing 325: Bump 325a: the first arc segment 325b: Second arc segment 326: locking tab 4: Light guide 41: Light pipe 411: entrance end 412: Light end 42: connecting column D1: front and back direction D2: up and down direction D3: left and right direction

Other features and functions of the present invention will be clearly presented in the embodiments with reference to the drawings, in which: FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the novel connector assembly; 2 is a partial plan view of one of the covers corresponding to this embodiment; 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A in FIG. 2; 4 is a partial perspective exploded view of a cover body and a partition member of the embodiment; 5 is a plan view of the partition member of this embodiment; 6 is a partial cross-sectional view taken along line B-B in FIG. 5, illustrating the assembly relationship between the partition frame of the partition member and the grounding pad; 7 is an exploded perspective view of the partition member of this embodiment; 8 is a perspective view of the grounding pad of the partition member of this embodiment viewed from the rear; and 9 is a side view of the ground pad of the partition member of this embodiment.

3: Partition member

31: compartment frame

311: First dividing wall

312: Second dividing wall

313: Front wall

313a: First through hole

313b: The first light transmission hole

313c: the first heat dissipation hole

314: connecting wall

315: Lock hole

316: Button hole

317: Folded

32: Grounding pad

321: front panel

321a: Side shrapnel

321b: Second through hole

321c: Second light transmission hole

321d: Second heat dissipation hole

322: first panel

323: Second panel

324: Flexible fingers

324a: Buckle

324b: Wing

325: Bump

325a: the first arc segment

325b: Second arc segment

326: locking tab

D1: front and back direction

D2: up and down direction

D3: left and right direction

Claims (6)

A connector assembly, including: Socket connector A shield cover covering the socket connector, the shield cover having a receiving cavity for receiving the socket connector, and a front end opening at the front end communicating with the receiving cavity; and A partition member is provided in the accommodating cavity of the shield and divides the accommodating cavity into a first module channel and a second module channel, the partition member includes a compartment frame, and is assembled in the compartment A grounding gasket at the front end of the frame, the compartment frame has a first partition wall and a second partition wall respectively corresponding to the first module channel and the second module channel, the ground gasket is integrated The ground has a front panel, a first panel, a second panel, and extend from the first panel and the second panel respectively and protrude in the first module channel and the second module channel, respectively A plurality of elastic fingers, the first panel and the second panel sandwich the first partition wall and the second partition wall together, wherein the first panel, the second panel, and the front The corners between the plates are integrally connected by protrusions respectively, and the protrusions respectively protrude outward in a direction away from the compartment frame with respect to the first panel and the second panel. The connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein the protrusion is constructed by combining at least two arc-shaped segments different from each other. The connector assembly according to claim 2, wherein the protrusion has a first arc-shaped section located at the front and a second arc-shaped section located at the rear. The connector assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the first panel and the second panel of the ground pad are each provided with a locking tab, and the first partition wall of the compartment frame is Each second partition wall is provided with a locking hole corresponding to the locking piece. The connector assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the ends of the elastic fingers of the ground pad are each provided with a clasp, and the first partition wall and the second partition wall of the compartment frame Each is provided with a button hole corresponding to the button. The connector assembly according to claim 5, wherein the cleat has a butterfly-wing configuration.

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