Connector and connector assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10177474-B2
Application number	US-201715715251-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 26, 2017
Priority date	Sep 26, 2016
Publication date	Jan 8, 2019
Grant date	Jan 8, 2019

Abstract

A connector comprises a cage and a top cover. The cage has a lower portion received in an opening of a circuit board in an insertion direction. A thickness of the lower portion in the insertion direction is disposed in the opening in an assembled position. The top cover is attached to an outer wall of the cage and has a plurality of pins. The pins are inserted in the insertion direction into a plurality of insertion holes extending through the circuit board around the opening in the assembled position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A connector, comprising:
a cage having a lower portion received in an opening of a circuit board in an insertion direction, a thickness of the lower portion in the insertion direction is disposed in the opening in an assembled position, the cage including a bottom cage and a top cage assembled to each other, the bottom cage having:
a bottom plate portion forming a bottom wall of the cage;
a pair of first vertical side plate portions extending in the insertion direction from a pair of opposite sides of the bottom plate portion;
a pair of horizontal side plate portions extending in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the insertion direction from the first vertical side plate portions, the horizontal side plate portions abut an edge portion of the circuit board in the assembled position; and
a pair of second vertical side plate portions extending in the insertion direction from the horizontal side plate portions; and

a top cover attached to an outer wall of the cage and having a plurality of pins, the pins inserted in the insertion direction into a plurality of insertion holes extending through the circuit board around the opening in the assembled position.

2. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the top cover has a top plate and a pair of side plates extending in the insertion direction from a pair of opposite sides of the top plate.

3. The connector of claim 2 , wherein the side plates of the top cover have a plurality of protrusions and the second vertical side plate portions of the bottom cage have a plurality of grooves.

4. The connector of claim 3 , wherein the protrusions engage the grooves when the top cover is attached to the outer wall of the cage.

5. The connector of claim 2 , wherein the pins are disposed on a lower edge of the side plates of the top cover and extend in the insertion direction.

6. The connector of claim 5 , wherein the bottom cage has a plurality of slots disposed at a corner connection between the horizontal side plate portions and the second vertical side plate portions.

7. The connector of claim 6 , wherein the pins extend through the slots in the assembled position.

8. The connector of claim 2 , wherein the top cage has:
a top plate portion forming a top wall of the cage; and
a pair of side plate portions forming a pair of side walls of the cage and extending in the insertion direction from a pair of opposite sides of the top plate portion.

9. The connector of claim 8 , wherein the top plate portion of the top cage has a plurality of first tabs.

10. The connector of claim 9 , wherein the top plate of the top cover has a plurality of connecting slots.

11. The connector of claim 10 , wherein each first tab extends through one connecting slot to mount the top plate of the top cover on the top plate portion of the top cage.

12. The connector of claim 11 , wherein the cage has a partition plate disposed between the bottom cage and the top cage dividing a space between the bottom cage and the top cage into a plurality of ports.

13. The connector of claim 12 , wherein the partition plate has a plurality of second tabs disposed on an upper side of the partition plate.

14. The connector of claim 13 , wherein each second tab extends through one connecting slot.

15. A connector assembly, comprising:
a circuit board having an opening and a plurality of insertion holes extending through the circuit board around the opening; and
a connector including:
a cage having a lower portion received in the opening in an insertion direction, a thickness of the lower portion in the insertion direction is disposed in the opening in an assembled position, the cage including a bottom cage and a top cage assembled to each other, the bottom cage having:
a bottom plate portion forming a bottom wall of the cage;
a pair of first vertical side plate portions extending in the insertion direction from a pair of opposite sides of the bottom plate portion;
a pair of horizontal side plate portions extending in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the insertion direction from the first vertical side plate portions, the horizontal side plate portions abut an edge portion of the circuit board in the assembled position; and
a pair of second vertical side plate portions extending in the insertion direction from the horizontal side plate portions; and

a top cover attached to an outer wall of the cage and having a plurality of pins, the pins inserted in the insertion direction into the insertion holes in the assembled position.

Assignees

• Tyco Electronics Shanghai Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yang Hongwen
• Han Hongqiang
• Liu Wenyu
• Jin Jiwang

Classifications

• H01R13/6594

  the shield being mounted on a PCB and connected to conductive members · CPC title

• H01R12/707 Primary

  Soldering or welding · CPC title

• H01R12/722

  coupling devices mounted on the edge of the printed circuits · CPC title

• H01R13/502 Primary

  composed of different pieces (H01R13/514 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01R12/7082

  Coupling device supported only by cooperation with PCB · CPC title