Connector and connector assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11215772-B2
Application number	US-202016874476-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 14, 2020
Priority date	Nov 7, 2018
Publication date	Jan 4, 2022
Grant date	Jan 4, 2022

Abstract

Related to is the technical field of connectors and disclosed are a connector and a connector assembly. The connector includes a connector body, a heatsink and a light guide, where the connector body is provided with a limit member, the heatsink is disposed on an upper surface of the connector body and is provided with multiple heatsink clips spaced apart from each other and arranged side by side, the light guide is disposed on the connector body, and the limit member is configured to support the light guide. The connector assembly includes the connector described above and a docking connector plug-in fitted with the connector.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A connector, comprising:
a connector body, which is provided with a limit member;
a heatsink, which is disposed on an upper surface of the connector body and is provided with a plurality of heatsink clips spaced apart from each other and arranged side by side; and
a light guide, which is disposed on the connector body,
wherein the limit member is configured to support the light guide and fix only the light guide,
the upper surface of the connector body is provided with a buckle and the heatsink is clamped to the connector body through the buckle, and
the limit member and the buckle each are integrally disposed on the connector body.

2. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the light guide comprises two light guide stripes spaced apart from each other and arranged side by side, every two adjacent heatsink clips of the plurality of heatsink clips form a recess, and the two light guide stripes are located in respective recesses or a same recess.

3. The connector of claim 2 , wherein one of the limit member and the light guide is provided with a positioning hole and another of the limit member and the light guide is provided with a positioning protrusion plug-in fitted with the positioning hole.

4. The connector of claim 3 , wherein front ends of the two light guide stripes are connected through a first connecting bridge, and the positioning hole or the positioning protrusion is disposed on the first connecting bridge.

5. The connector of claim 2 , wherein lower parts of rear-half portions of the two light guide stripes are connected through a second connecting bridge, one of the second connecting bridge and the connector body is provided with a limit hole, and another of the second connecting bridge and the connector body is provided with a limit protrusion plug-in fitted with the limit hole.

6. The connector of claim 2 , wherein tails of the two light guide stripes are bent downward and connected through a third connecting bridge.

7. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the upper surface of the connector body is provided with a receiving opening and a lower surface of the heatsink is provided with a heatsink block capable of extending into the receiving opening.

8. The connector of claim 7 , wherein the connector body is provided with buckles on two sides of the receiving opening and the buckles on the two sides of the receiving opening are misaligned.

9. The connector of claim 7 , wherein one of the two sides of the receiving opening is provided with at least two buckles.

10. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the heatsink is provided with a buckle position fitted with the buckle.

11. The connector of claim 10 , wherein the buckle comprises an extending portion, a resilient portion and a pressing portion that are sequentially connected, the extending portion is disposed at an included angle with respect to the resilient portion, the pressing portion is disposed at an included angle with respect to the resilient portion and is located between the extending portion and the resilient portion, the resilient portion and the pressing portion are capable of extending into the buckle position, and the pressing portion is capable of pressing against the heatsink.

Assignees

• Dongguan Luxshare Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Duan Baiyu
• Luo Zhen
• Wu Xiaoping
• Wang Xiaokai

Classifications

• H01R13/641

  by indicating incorrect coupling; by indicating correct or full engagement · CPC title

• G02B6/428

  containing printed circuit boards [PCB] · 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

• H01R13/717

  with built-in light source · CPC title

• G02B6/4278

  related to pluggable or demountable opto-electronic or electronic elements · CPC title