Connector assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10381771-B2
Application number	US-201816036002-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 16, 2018
Priority date	Jul 14, 2017
Publication date	Aug 13, 2019
Grant date	Aug 13, 2019

Abstract

A connector assembly includes a socket connector and a plug connector. The socket connector includes a main body having a tongue; multiple mating terminals having multiple first contact portions; a shell surrounding the tongue to form an accommodating cavity; and a first thermal conduction member. The first contact portions are exposed from at least one first surface of the tongue and are arranged in a left-right direction. The first thermal conduction member has a first mating portion accommodated in the accommodating cavity, and the first mating portion and the tongue are provided at intervals in the left-right direction. The plug connector includes a circuit board; a chip, provided on the circuit board; a mating joint having an insulating body and multiple conductive terminals provided on the insulating body; and a second thermal conduction member having a second mating portion and a conducting portion thermally conducted with the chip.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A connector assembly, comprising:
a socket connector, comprising:
a main body, having a tongue, wherein the tongue has two first surfaces provided opposite to each other;
a plurality of mating terminals, provided on the main body,

wherein each of the mating terminals has a first contact portion, and the first contact portions of the mating terminals are exposed from at least one of the first surface and are arranged in a left-right direction;
a shell, provided outside the main body, the shell surrounding the tongue to define an accommodating cavity; and
at least one first thermal conduction member, provided on the main body, wherein the first thermal conduction member has a first mating portion accommodated in the accommodating cavity, and the first mating portion and the tongue are provided at intervals in the left-right direction; and

a plug connector, comprising:
a circuit board;
at least one chip, provided on the circuit board;
a mating joint, electrically connected to one end of the circuit board, wherein the mating joint has an insulating body and a plurality of conductive terminals provided on the insulating body; and
at least one second thermal conduction member, provided on the insulating body, wherein the second thermal conduction member has a second mating portion and a conducting portion, and the conducting portion is thermally conducted with the chip,

wherein when the plug connector is inserted into the socket connector in a front-rear direction, the mating joint is at least partially inserted into the accommodating cavity, the first contact portions of the mating terminals are in contact with the conductive terminal to form an electrical connection, and the first mating portion is in contact with the second mating portion to form thermal conduction.

2. The connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein one of the first mating portion and the second mating portion has an accommodating slot for insertion of the other of the first mating portion and the second mating portion.

3. The connector assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the one of the first mating portion and the second mating portion being provided with the accommodating slot also has at least one buckling elastic sheet protruding into the accommodating slot, and the other of the first mating portion and the second mating portion has at least one fastening slot configured to fasten the buckling elastic sheet.

4. The connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first contact portions and the first mating portion is flat plate shaped, each of the first contact portions has a mating surface configured to be in contact with one of the conductive terminals, and a distance between two of the mating surfaces vertically provided correspondingly is equal to a thickness of the first mating portion in a vertical direction.

5. The connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the conducting portion protrudes out of a rear end of the insulating body, and is in contact with the chip to form the thermal conduction.

6. The connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the plug connector is provided with two second mating portions, and the two second mating portions are vertically provided correspondingly and are in contact with the same first mating portion.

7. The connector assembly according to claim 6 , wherein the two second mating portions vertically provided correspondingly are integrally formed with the same conducting portion.

8. The connector assembly according to claim 6 , wherein the two second mating portions vertically provided correspondingly are provided on two second thermal conduction members.

9. The connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein a mating slot is backward concavely provided on a front end of the insulating body and configured to accommodate the tongue, each of the conductive terminals has a second contact portion, and the second contact portions of the conductive terminals and the second mating portion protrude into the mating slot respectively.

10. The connector assembly according to claim 9 , wherein the second contact portions of the conducive terminals are provided in two rows at an upper side and a lower side of the mating slot, the second contact portions are located at one side of the second mating portion in the left-right direction, and the second mating portion is located between the two rows of the second contact portions in a vertical direction.

11. The connector assembly according to claim 9 , wherein a front end of the second mating portion is located closer to the front end of the insulating body than a front end of each of the second contact portions.

12. The connector assembly according to claim 9 , wherein:
the plug connector further comprises a latch arm located at a left side or a right side of the mating slot, the latch arm has a latch portion protruding into the mating slot, the second mating portion and the latch portion are located at the left side and the right side of the mating slot; and
the socket connector further comprises a middle shielding plate located between the two first surfaces, the middle shielding plate has a latch notch exposed from a left side or a right side of the tongue, and the latch portion is configured to be buckled to the latch notch.

13. The connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the socket connector is provided with two first mating portions respectively at a left side and a right side of the tongue, the two first mating portions are symmetrical about a center of the accommodating cavity at 180 degrees, and the plug connector is correspondingly provided with two second mating portions in contact with the two first mating portions.

14. The connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the tongue is formed by a printed circuit board (PCB), and each of the first contact portions is an electrical conduction trace on the PCB.

15. The connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the plug connector further comprises a shielding shell provided outside the insulating body, and the second mating portion is accommodated in the shielding shell.

16. The connector assembly according to claim 15 , wherein the plug connector further comprises a shielding cover provided at a rear end of the shielding shell, the circuit board is located in the shielding cover, and the shielding cover has an abutting portion in contact with the chip or the conducting portion.

17. The connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein a width of the first mating portion in the left-right direction is twice or more than twice a width of each of the first contact portions in the left-right direction.

18. The connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first thermal conduction member and the second thermal conduction member is a thermal transistor or a capillary.

19. The connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the mating terminals are provided in two rows at an upper side and a lower side of the tongue, the conductive terminals are provided in two rows on the insulating body, and each of the rows of mating terminals and each of the rows of conductive terminals respectively comprise, sequentially from left to right: a ground terminal, a pair of differential signal terminals for transmitting universal serial bus (USB) 3.0 signals, a power terminal, a reserved terminal, a pair of USB 2.0 terminals, a reserved terminal, a power terminal, a pair of differential signal terminals for transmitting USB 3.0 signals, and a ground te

Assignees

• Lotes Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ju Ted
• Lin Chin Chi

Classifications

• H01R13/506 Primary

  assembled by snap action of the parts · CPC title

• H01R13/6471

  by special arrangement of ground and signal conductors, e.g. GSGS [Ground-Signal-Ground-Signal] · CPC title

• H05K7/2039

  characterised by the heat transfer by conduction from the heat generating element to a dissipating body (arrangements for increasing/decreasing heat-transfer, e.g. fins details, F28F13/00) · CPC title

• H01R13/6582

  with resilient means for engaging mating connector · CPC title

• H01R13/6658 Primary

  on printed circuit board (H01R13/6666 - H01R13/6691 take precedence) · CPC title