TWM630743U - connector assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

A connector assembly includes a metal shield and a grounding member. The metal shield has an insertion space, a top wall, a bottom wall and two side walls defining the insertion space, and the insertion space has a front opening. The grounding member is arranged at the front opening of the metal shielding cover, and the grounding member has a plurality of inner elastic fingers located on the inner side of the metal shielding cover. Wherein, the metal shield is configured with protective protrusions formed on the inner side of at least one of the top wall, the bottom wall and the two side walls, the protective protrusions are located on the inner elastic fingers adjacent to the inner elastic fingers The rear of the inner elastic finger portion is equal, and it protrudes toward the insertion space. The protective protrusion can prevent the pluggable module inserted into the plug space from being pulled from the ends of the inner elastic fingers during the pulling process.

Description

connector assembly

The present invention relates to a connector assembly, in particular to a connector assembly with a grounding piece.

Chinese Utility Model Patent Publication No. CN205621959U (corresponding to the Republic of China Patent Publication No. TWM528537) discloses that the first elastic piece unit located inside the metal shell has a plurality of fingers, and the ends of the fingers have hooks extending and passing through the corresponding button holes and two wings respectively protruding from both sides of the hook, the two wings and the first elastic sheet unit are located on opposite sides of the metal shell and are used to abut against the metal shell to prevent the hook from detaching from the button hole. Although the hooks at the ends of the fingers are hooked on the button holes, when the plug is inserted into the metal shell, it will press against the fingers of the inner first elastic sheet unit, so that the ends of the fingers are still lifted inward. Therefore, when the plug is pulled out, if the surface of the plug is not completely flat (for example, there are steps, depressions, protrusions, etc.), the plug may hook on the inwardly raised ends of these fingers, causing the plug to be caught. It is difficult to pull out, or the fingers are damaged or even the whole structure is damaged by forcibly pulling out.

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

Therefore, in some embodiments, the novel connector assembly includes a metal shield and a grounding member. The metal shield has an insertion space, a top wall, a bottom wall and two side walls defining the insertion space, and the insertion space has a front opening. The grounding member is arranged at the front opening of the metal shielding cover, and the grounding member has a plurality of inner elastic fingers located on the inner side of the metal shielding cover. Wherein, the metal shield is configured with protective protrusions formed on the inner side of at least one of the top wall, the bottom wall and the two side walls, the protective protrusions are located on the inner elastic fingers adjacent to the inner elastic fingers The rear of the inner elastic finger portion is equal, and it protrudes toward the insertion space.

In some embodiments, the protection protrusion has a long strip-shaped ridge extending laterally.

In some implementations, the protection protrusion has a plurality of protrusions arranged laterally.

In some embodiments, the metal shield is configured with at least the protective protrusion formed on the bottom wall.

In some embodiments, the metal shield is configured with at least the protection protrusions formed on the bottom wall and the two side walls.

In some embodiments, the metal shield has a plurality of button holes spaced apart from the front end opening, and each of the inner elastic fingers has a hook portion assembled to the corresponding button hole.

In some embodiments, each of the inner elastic fingers further has two wings protruding from both sides of the hook, and the hook and the two wings of each inner elastic finger are separated from one side by one side. Pass through the button hole and snap back to the other side of the button hole.

In some embodiments, the grounding member further has an outer side located on the metal shield. of multiple outer elastic fingers.

The connector assembly of the present invention includes the protective protrusions formed on the inner side of at least one of the top wall, the bottom wall and the two side walls of the metal shield, the protective protrusions are adjacent to the inner elastic fingers It is located behind the inner elastic fingers to prevent the pluggable module inserted into the insertion space from being pulled to the ends of the inner elastic fingers during the extraction process, so as to protect the inner elastic fingers effect.

100: Connector Assembly

1: Metal shield

11: Cover body

111: Top plate

111a: top opening

112: Side panel

112a: Recess

112b: Buckle block

112c: Front insert

112d: Perforation for fixing

113: Bottom plate

113a: convex part

113b: Assembly Department

113c: Front jack

113d: Snap hole

114: rear panel

115: Upper shell

116: Lower shell

12: compartment frame

121: Upper board

122: Lower board

122a: lower opening

123: Side connecting plate

124: Front connection board

125: Flap for fixing

126: Interior Space

13: Plug space

131: Top Wall

132: Bottom Wall

133: Sidewall

134: Front opening

14: The first button hole

15: Second button hole

16:Protect the bump

161: long strip

162: bump

2: socket connector

21: Socket housing

211: plug-in slot

22: socket terminal

3: The first grounding piece

31: Inner elastic fingers

311: The first hook

312: First Wing

32: Outer elastic fingers

4: The second grounding piece

41: Inner elastic fingers

411: Second hook

412: Second Wing

5: Lower cooling module

51: Lower radiator

511: Lower heat dissipation substrate

512: Lower cooling fins

52: Elastic biasing piece

521: Ontology

522: elastic sheet

200: Pluggable modules

201: Shell

201a: Connector

201b: Underside

201c: Side

201d: Top Surface

202: Plugboard

202a: Contact fingers

203: Cable

D1: Front and rear direction

D2: left and right direction

D3: up and down direction

S: Ladder

C: Sag

B: Protrusion

Other features and effects of the present invention will be clearly presented in the embodiments with reference to the drawings, wherein: FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of the connector assembly of the present invention and a pluggable module; FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the pluggable module viewed from another perspective; FIG. 3 is a partial perspective view of the first embodiment; FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the first embodiment, and the first embodiment is omitted in the figure FIG. 5 is a partial perspective view of a second embodiment of the novel connector assembly; FIG. 6 is a partial perspective view of a third embodiment of the novel connector assembly; and FIG. 7 is the third embodiment Embodiment Another partial perspective view from another perspective.

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

Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 4 , a first embodiment of the novel connector assembly 100 is suitable for being plugged with a pluggable module 200 . The pluggable module 200 includes a casing 201, a plug-in board 202, and a cable 203. The casing 201 includes a plug-in portion 201a, and the plug-in board 202 is disposed at the end of the plug-in part 201a , and the plug board 202 has a plurality of contact fingers 202 a , the cable 203 is provided in the housing 201 and is mechanically and electrically connected to the plug board 202 . The connector assembly 100 includes a metal shield 1 , a socket connector 2 , a plurality of first grounding members 3 , a second grounding member 4 , and a lower heat dissipation module 5 .

The metal shield 1 is constructed by, for example, stamping, bending, and other processing methods on a conductive metal plate, and is used to guide the pluggable module 200 and generate electromagnetic interference shielding. The metal shielding cover 1 includes a cover body 11 , a compartment frame 12 disposed on the cover body 11 , and two inserts that are jointly defined by the cover body 11 and the compartment frame 12 and separated by the compartment frame 12 . Connect to space 13. The cover body 11 extends along a front-rear direction D1 (the direction indicated by the arrow is front, the reverse direction is the rear), and the cover body 11 includes a top plate 111 , and the cover body 11 extends along a left-right direction D2 (the direction indicated by the arrow is right, reverse direction). Left) opposite to each other at intervals and connected to the two side plates 112 on both sides of the top plate 111, and the top plate 111 along an up-down direction D3 (the direction indicated by the arrow is up, the reverse direction is down) spaced opposite and connected to the two side plates A bottom plate 113 at the bottom edge of the 112 , and a rear plate 114 connected to the top plate 111 and the rear ends of the two side plates 112 .

In this embodiment, the cover body 11 includes an upper shell 115 and a lower shell 116 that are assembled with each other and form the insertion space 13 . The upper shell 115 has the top plate 111 and the side plates 112 integrally connected to each other. The lower shell 116 has the bottom plate 113 , and the lower shell 116 is assembled to the upper shell 115 of the two side panels 112. A concave portion 112 a is formed at the bottom edge of each side plate 112 of the upper shell 115 near the front end, and each side plate 112 is formed with a plurality of buckle blocks 112 b facing outward. The bottom plate 113 of the lower case 116 is integrally formed with two convex parts 113 a corresponding to the concave parts 112 a of the two side plates 112 , and two side assembling parts 113 b corresponding to the outside of the two side plates 112 . The concave portion 112a is provided with a front insertion portion 112c, the convex portion 113a is provided with a front insertion hole 113c corresponding to the front insertion portion 112c, and the front insertion portion 112c is inserted into the front insertion hole 113c Each of the side assembly portions 113b is formed with a plurality of buckle holes 113d to be buckled with the corresponding buckle blocks 112b of the side plate 112 , so that the bottom plate 113 of the lower shell 116 can be assembled and combined with the two sides of the upper shell 115 Side plate 112 .

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 5 , the compartment frame 12 has an upper plate 121 and a lower plate 122 that are opposite to each other at an upper and lower interval, and two side connecting plates 123 that connect the left and right sides of the upper plate 121 and the lower plate 122 and are opposite to each other. , a front connecting plate 124 connecting the front ends of the upper plate 121 and the lower plate 122 , and a plurality of fixing flaps 125 formed on the side edges of the upper plate 121 and the lower plate 122 . Each of the side plates 112 of the cover body 11 of the metal shield 1 also has a plurality of fixing through holes 112d corresponding to the fixing folds 125 . The fixing flaps 125 pass through the fixing holes 112 d and then are bent, so that the compartment frame 12 is assembled to the two side plates 112 of the cover body 11 of the metal shielding cover 1 .

Each of the insertion spaces 13 is jointly defined by a top wall 131 , a bottom wall 132 and two side walls 133 , and the top wall 131 , the bottom wall 132 and the two side walls 133 of the above insertion space 13 are respectively defined by the top plate. 111. The upper plate 121 and the two side plates 112 of the compartment frame 12 are formed; the top wall 131 , the bottom wall 132 and the two side walls 133 that define the insertion space 13 located below are respectively formed by the lower plate 122 of the compartment frame 12 , the bottom plate 113 and the two side plates 112 are formed. Each of the plugging spaces 13 has a front end for the pluggable A front opening 134 into which the module 200 is inserted.

The receptacle connector 2 is disposed at the rear section of the metal shield 1 , and includes two receptacle shells 21 arranged up and down and respectively disposed in the two insertion spaces 13 , and a plurality of receptacle terminals 22 . Each of the socket housings 21 has a forward insertion slot 211 , and the socket terminals 22 are disposed in the socket housing 21 and extend into the insertion slot 211 . After the pluggable module 200 enters the corresponding insertion space 13 of the metal shield 1 from any of the front openings 134, the plug board 202 at the end of the plug part 201a of the pluggable module 200 can be inserted The socket connector 2 corresponds to the insertion slot 211 of the socket housing 21 , so that the contact fingers 202 a of the insertion board 202 contact the socket terminals 22 in the insertion slot 211 of the socket housing 21 , So that the pluggable module 200 and the socket connector 2 of the connector assembly 100 are connected to each other.

In addition, the front section of the metal shielding cover 1 adjacent to the front opening 134 can be set in a mounting hole (not shown in the figure) of a casing (not shown in the figure), and the first grounding members 3 are arranged on the metal shielding cover 1 is adjacent to the two front openings 134 of the cover body 11 . The first grounding member 3 has a plurality of inner elastic fingers 31 and a plurality of outer elastic fingers 32 extending backward from the front end opening 134 and located at the inner and outer sides of the cover body 11 of the metal shield 1 , respectively. , the first inner elastic fingers 31 are used for contacting with the casing 201 of the pluggable module 200 , and the outer elastic fingers 32 are used for contacting a part of the casing at the periphery of the installation hole. The second grounding member 4 is disposed on the front connecting plate 124 of the compartment frame 12 . The second grounding member 4 has a plurality of inner elastic fingers 41 extending backward from the front connecting plate 124 . The elastic fingers 41 are located on the inner side of the cover body 11 of the metal shielding cover 1 and are distributed on the upper side and the lower side of the compartment frame 12 , and are used for contacting with the casing 201 of the pluggable module 200 .

The metal shield 1 is spaced from the front opening 134 and distributed in the cover A plurality of first button holes 14 of the top plate 111 , the side plates 112 and the bottom plate 113 of Button hole 15. The inner elastic finger portions 31 of each of the first grounding members 3 have a first hook portion 311 located at the end and assembled to the corresponding first button hole 14 on the cover body 11 , and a first hook portion 311 from the first hook Two first wings 312 protruding from both sides of the part 311 , the first hook 311 and the two first wings 312 of the inner elastic finger 31 of each first grounding member 3 pass through from one side The first button hole 14 is buckled to the other side of the first button hole 14 in a reversed manner. The inner elastic fingers 41 of each of the second grounding members 4 each have a second hook 411 located at the end and assembled to the corresponding second button hole 15 on the compartment frame 12 , and a second hook 411 from the second hook. Two second wings 412 protruding from both sides of the part 411 , the second hook 411 and the two second wings 412 of the inner elastic finger 31 of each second grounding member 4 pass through from one side The second button hole 15 is buckled to the other side of the second button hole 15 in a reversed manner.

In the first embodiment, the metal shielding cover 1 is configured with an inner surface (the surface facing the insertion space 13 ) formed on the bottom wall 132 (the upper plate 121 of the compartment frame 12 , the bottom plate 113 ) The protective protrusion 16 is located behind the inner elastic fingers 31 and 41 adjacent to the inner elastic fingers 31 and 41 and protrudes toward the insertion space 13 . For example, the protective protrusion 16 may be a convex hull structure formed by stamping, or may be a spacer element attached to the metal shield 1, but it is not limited thereto. Specifically, the protection protrusion 16 has an elongated protruding strip 161 extending laterally along the left-right direction D2. Since the protection protrusions 16 are located behind the inner elastic fingers 31 and 41 adjacent to the inner elastic fingers 31 and 41 , and the protection protrusions 16 are formed on the bottom wall 132 , insertion can be avoided. The plug-in space 13 of the plug-in portion 201a of the pluggable module 200 shown in FIG. The depressions C or protrusions B on the bottom surface 201b are hooked to the ends of the inner elastic fingers 31 and 41 during the extraction process.

In addition, the cover body 11 of the metal shielding cover 1 also has a top opening 111a formed on the top plate 111 and communicating with the insertion space 13 above, and the top opening 111a is provided for an upper heat sink of an upper heat dissipation module (Fig. (not shown) extends into the upper insertion space 13, so that the upper radiator of the upper heat dissipation module can contact the pluggable module 200 inserted into the upper insertion space 13, and then cooperate to dissipate heat.

The compartment frame 12 of the metal shield 1 also has an inner space 126 jointly defined by the upper plate 121 , the lower plate 122 , the two side connecting plates 123 and the front connecting plate 124 , and an inner space 126 formed on the lower plate 122 and communicate with the lower opening 122a between the inner space 126 and the insertion space 13 below. The lower heat dissipation module 5 is disposed in the inner space 126 and has a lower heat sink 51 and an elastic biasing member 52 . The lower heat sink 51 has a lower heat dissipation base plate 511 disposed on the lower plate 122 , and a plurality of lower heat dissipation fins 512 fastened side by side to each other and disposed on the top surface of the lower heat dissipation base plate 511 by welding, for example. The lower heat dissipation substrate 511 has a lower heat dissipation coupling portion (not shown) formed at the bottom. The lower heat dissipation coupling portion extends downward into the insertion space 13 below through the lower opening 122a. The elastic biasing member 52 is disposed between the lower heat sink 51 and the upper plate 121 of the compartment frame 12 , and has a body 521 disposed on the lower heat sink 51 and facing upward and rearward from the body 521 A plurality of elastic pieces 522 formed integrally and used to abut against the upper board 121, the elastic force provided by the elastic pieces 522 can ensure that the pluggable module 200 is inserted into the insertion space 13 below. , the lower heat dissipation coupling portion of the lower radiator 51 can keep contact with the top surface 201d of the plug portion 201a of the pluggable module 200 as completely as possible, so that the lower radiator 51 can cooperate to dissipate heat.

Referring to FIG. 5 , the difference between the second embodiment of the connector assembly 100 of the present invention and the first embodiment is that, in the second embodiment, the protective protrusion 16 has a direction along the left-right direction. The plurality of projections 162 arranged laterally in D2, specifically, the number of the projections 162 on each of the bottom wall 132 (the upper plate 121 of the compartment frame 12, the bottom plate 113) is two, but the number of the projections 162 is two. There may also be three or more, which is not limited by the second embodiment.

Referring to FIGS. 6 to 7 , a third embodiment of the connector assembly 100 of the present invention is different from the first embodiment in that, in the third embodiment, the metal shield 1 is configured to be formed on the bottom The protective protrusions 16 on the inner sides of the wall 132 (the upper plate 121 and the bottom plate 113 of the compartment frame 12 ) and the two side walls 133 (the two side plates 112 ), and the protection protrusions 16 formed on the inner sides of the wall 132 that defines the insertion space 13 located above The protective protrusion 16 of the top wall 131 (the top plate 111 ). Specifically, the protection protrusion 16 has a plurality of elongated ridges 161 extending laterally along the left-right direction D2 or the up-down direction D3, wherein the elongated ridges 161 extending along the left-right direction D2 are formed in the On the inner sides of the bottom wall 132 (the upper plate 121 and the bottom plate 113 of the compartment frame 12 ) and the top wall 131 (the top plate 111 ), elongated protruding strips 161 extending along the vertical direction D3 are formed on the two side walls 133 (side panels 112) on the inner side. Since the protection protrusion 16 is located behind the inner elastic fingers 31 and 41 adjacent to the inner elastic fingers 31 and 41 , and the protection protrusion 16 is formed on the bottom wall 132 and the two side walls 133 (and the top wall 131 ), thus avoiding steps at the bottom surface 201 b , the side surface 201 c or the top surface 201 d of the plug-in portion 201 a of the pluggable module 200 (see FIGS. 1 and 2 ) inserted into the plug-in space 13 S, the depression C or the protrusion B hooks to the ends of the inner elastic fingers 31 and 41 during the extraction process.

It should be noted that, although in the above-mentioned embodiment, the metal shield 1 is at least configured with the protective protrusion 16 formed on the bottom wall 132 , or at least configured with the protection protrusion 16 formed on the bottom wall 132 and the bottom wall 132 . The protective protrusions 16 on the two side walls 133 , however, in other embodiments, the metal shield 1 may also be configured with the protection protrusions 16 formed on the top wall 131 , the bottom wall 132 and the two side walls 133 . Protective protrusions 16 on the inner side of at least one.

To sum up, the connector assembly 100 of the present invention includes the protective protrusion 16 formed on the inner side of at least one of the top wall 131 , the bottom wall 132 and the two side walls 133 of the metal shield 1 . The protection protrusion 16 is located behind the inner elastic fingers 31 and 41 adjacent to the inner elastic fingers 31 and 41 to prevent the pluggable module 200 inserted into the insertion space 13 from being pulled during the extraction process. to the ends of the inner elastic fingers 31 and 41 to protect the inner elastic fingers 31 and 41 .

However, the above are only examples of the present invention, which should not limit the scope of the present invention. Any simple equivalent changes and modifications made according to the scope of the patent application for this new model and the contents of the patent specification are still within the scope of the present invention. within the scope of this new patent.

100: Connector Assembly

1: Metal shield

11: Cover body

111: Top plate

112: Side panel

112d: Perforation for fixing

113: Bottom plate

12: compartment frame

121: Upper board

125: Flap for fixing

13: Plug space

131: Top Wall

132: Bottom Wall

133: Sidewall

134: Front opening

14: The first button hole

15: Second button hole

16:Protect the bump

161: long strip

3: The first grounding piece

31: Inner elastic fingers

311: The first hook

312: First Wing

32: Outer elastic fingers

4: The second grounding piece

41: Inner elastic fingers

D1: Front and rear direction

D2: Left and right direction

D3: up and down direction

Claims (8)

A connector assembly comprising: a metal shield having a plug space, a top wall, a bottom wall and two side walls defining the plug space, the plug space has a front opening; and a grounding piece, which is arranged at the front opening of the metal shielding cover, the grounding piece has a plurality of inner elastic fingers located on the inner side of the metal shielding cover; Wherein, the metal shield is configured with protective protrusions formed on the inner surface of at least one of the top wall, the bottom wall and the two side walls, the protective protrusions are located on the inner elastic fingers adjacent to the inner elastic fingers The rear of the inner elastic finger portion is equal, and it protrudes toward the insertion space. The connector assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the protective protrusion has an elongated ridge extending laterally. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the protective protrusion has a plurality of protrusions arranged laterally. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the metal shield is configured with at least the protective protrusion formed on the bottom wall. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the metal shield is configured with at least the protection protrusions formed on the bottom wall and the two side walls. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the metal shield has a plurality of button holes spaced apart from the front opening, and each of the inner elastic fingers has a hook portion assembled to the corresponding button hole . The connector assembly of claim 6, wherein each of the inner elastic fingers further has two wings protruding from both sides of the hook, and the hook and two wings of each inner elastic finger Each of the wings passes through the button hole from one side and is folded back to the other side of the button hole. The connector assembly of claim 7, wherein the ground member further has a plurality of outer elastic fingers located on the outer side of the metal shield.

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