Compact high speed connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11258214-B2
Application number	US-202017012099-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 4, 2020
Priority date	Nov 6, 2015
Publication date	Feb 22, 2022
Grant date	Feb 22, 2022

Abstract

A connector system includes a plug assembly that has a front connector mounted to a circuit board. The connecter has two wafers that each support a row of terminals and uses shims and pegs to precisely control the spatial relationship of the two wafers to the circuit board. The wafers need not be directly contacting the circuit board and the terminals can have tails that can be positioned slightly above the circuit board and connector to pads on the circuit board via solder connections. The connector system is optimized so as to enable support of 25 Gbps data rates.

First claim

We claim:

1. A plug connector assembly, comprising:
a shield having a body that defines an opening, the opening facing a first direction and the body having an outside surface;
at least one arm connected to the body, the at least one arm extending from the opening, the at least one arm having a distal end that includes at least one leg, the at least one leg configured to be soldered into a circuit board; and
a connector positioned in the shield, the connector including a first wafer and a second wafer, each of the first and second wafers supporting a row of terminals, each of the terminals in the row including a contact and a tail on opposite ends of that terminal.

2. The plug connector assembly of claim 1 , wherein the at least one arm extends from the body in the first direction and then extends away from the first direction via a folded section.

3. The plug connector assembly of claim 1 , wherein the distal end of the at least one arm further includes at least one shoulder, the at least one shoulder configured to be adjacent a surface of the circuit board when the at least one leg is soldered into the circuit board.

4. The plug connector assembly of claim 1 , wherein the at least one arm is attached to the outside surface of the body.

5. The plug connector assembly of claim 4 , wherein the at least one arm includes a seam configured for use in attaching the at least one arm to the outside surface of the body.

6. The plug connector assembly of claim 4 , wherein the at least one arm is welded to the outside surface of the body.

7. The plug connector assembly of claim 4 , wherein the at least one arm is attached to the outside surface of the body via an adhesive material.

8. The plug connector assembly of claim 4 , wherein the shield includes at least one tack weld configured for use in attaching the at least one arm to the outside surface of the body.

9. The plug connector assembly of claim 1 , wherein the shield includes at least one lead-in feature adjacent the opening.

10. The plug connector assembly of claim 1 , wherein the shield includes vents on a first and second side of the body, the vents configured to allow air to flow between the first and second sides of the body.

11. The plug connector assembly of claim 1 , wherein the tails of the terminals are configured to be mated to the circuit board.

12. The plug connector assembly of claim 11 , wherein the tails of the terminals being configured to be mated to the circuit board comprises the tails of the terminals being configured to be soldered to the circuit board.

13. The plug connector assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a cable that extends from the plug connector assembly.

14. The plug connector assembly of claim 1 , wherein the connector includes a support column that defines the relative position of the wafers with respect to each other, the support column extending between the wafers, the connector further including a housing shell positioned around the wafers, the housing shell defining a card slot, wherein the contacts are positioned in the card slot.

15. A plug connector assembly, comprising:
a shield having a body that defines an opening, the opening facing a first direction and the body having an outside surface;
at least one arm connected to the body, the at least one arm extending from the opening, the at least one arm having a distal end that includes at least one leg, the at least one leg configured to be soldered into a circuit board; and
a connector positioned in the shield, the connector including a first wafer and a second wafer, each of the first and second wafers supporting a row of terminals, each of the terminals in the row including a contact and a tail on opposite ends of that terminal, wherein the at least one arm is attached to the outside surface of the body and wherein the body includes at least one tab and the at least one arm includes at least one slot configured for receiving the at least one tab for use in securing the at least one arm to the outside surface of the body.

Assignees

• Molex Llc

Inventors

• Janowiak Brandon
• Regnier Kent E
• Kachlic Jerry

Classifications

• H01R2107/00

  Four or more poles · CPC title

• H01R12/724

  containing contact members forming a right angle · CPC title

• H01R24/60 Primary

  Contacts spaced along planar side wall transverse to longitudinal axis of engagement · CPC title

• H01R13/504

  different pieces being moulded, cemented, welded, e.g. ultrasonic welding, or swaged together · CPC title

• H01R13/6582

  with resilient means for engaging mating connector · CPC title