Connector assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11569595-B2
Application number	US-202117320347-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 14, 2021
Priority date	Aug 5, 2020
Publication date	Jan 31, 2023
Grant date	Jan 31, 2023

Abstract

A housing has a first positioning hole that penetrates the housing in the vertical direction. A suction cap includes a suction plate part to be sucked by a suction nozzle, and a plurality of positioning protrusion parts, each of which is to be inserted into a first positioning hole of the housing of an input/output board-side connector and a CPU board-side connector in the state where the suction cap holds the input/output board-side connector and the CPU board-side connector. Each positioning protrusion part is inserted into each corresponding first positioning hole in the state where the suction cap holds the input/output board-side connector and the CPU board-side connector, which achieves the positioning of the input/output board-side connector and the CPU board-side connector with respect to the suction cap.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A connector assembly comprising:
a plurality of connectors; and
a suction cap extending in a width direction and a bridge direction that is orthogonal to the width direction, and configured to hold the plurality of connectors adjacent to each other in the bridge direction when surface-mounting the plurality of connectors, apart from each other, onto a connector mounting surface of a board, wherein
each of the connectors includes a plurality of contacts and a flat-plate housing that holds the plurality of contacts,
the housing of each of the connectors has a positioning hole that penetrates the housing in a thickness direction of the housing,
the suction cap includes a suction plate part to be sucked by a suction nozzle, and a plurality of positioning protrusion parts extending in a vertical direction that is orthogonal to the width direction and the bridge direction, each to be inserted into the positioning hole of the housing of each of the plurality of connectors in a state where the suction cap holds the plurality of connectors, wherein
each of the connectors is configured to be positionable with respect to the suction cap by inserting each of the positioning protrusion parts into each corresponding positioning hole in the state where the suction cap holds the plurality of connectors, wherein each of the positioning protrusion parts is insertable in each corresponding positioning hole unobstructed in the vertical direction without being elastically displaced,
each of the connectors includes a locking part,
the suction cap includes a plurality of locking elastic pieces each in the form of a cantilever beam supported by the suction plate part to be elastically displaceable between a position of catching on the locking part of the plurality of connectors and a position of detaching from the locking part of the plurality of connectors,
the suction cap is configured to hold the plurality of connectors by the plurality of locking elastic pieces respectively catching on the locking part of the plurality of connectors.

2. The connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of connectors include a first connector and a second connector having the same shape.

3. The connector assembly according to claim 2 , wherein
the housing of each of the first connector and the second connector is formed in a rectangular flat-plate shape having four end faces,
the four end faces include a first end face, and
in the state where the suction cap holds the first connector and the second connector, the first end face of the housing of the first connector and the first end face of the housing of the second connector are opposed to each other,
each connector is formed to be asymmetric with respect to a centerline that divides the connector in half in the bridge direction wherein each housing of the first and second connectors has first and second bridge end faces, and in the state where the suction cap holds the first connector and the second connector, the first bridge end face of the housing of the first connector and the first bridge end face of the housing of the second connector are opposed to each other.

4. The connector assembly according to claim 3 , wherein
the four end faces include a second end face and a third end face adjacent to the first end face, the second and third end faces being parallel to one another, and
the positioning hole is closer to the second end face than to the third end face.

5. The connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the positioning hole and the positioning protrusion part are formed in a true circle shape.

6. The connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein
in the state where the suction cap holds the plurality of connectors, each of the locking elastic pieces are movable in the thickness direction of each of the housings with respect to each of the locking parts.

7. A connector assembly comprising:
a plurality of connectors; and
a suction cap configured to hold the plurality of connectors when surface-mounting the plurality of connectors, apart from each other, onto a connector mounting surface of a board, wherein
each of the connectors includes a plurality of contacts and a flat-plate housing that holds the plurality of contacts,
the housing of each of the connectors has a positioning hole that penetrates the housing in a thickness direction of the housing,
the suction cap includes a suction plate part to be sucked by a suction nozzle, and a plurality of positioning protrusion parts, each to be inserted into the positioning hole of the housing of each of the plurality of connectors in a state where the suction cap holds the plurality of connectors,
wherein
each of the connectors is configured to be positionable with respect to the suction cap by inserting each of the positioning protrusion parts into each corresponding positioning hole in the state where the suction cap holds the plurality of connectors,
each of the connectors includes a locking part,
the suction cap includes a plurality of locking elastic pieces,
the suction cap is configured to hold the plurality of connectors by the plurality of locking elastic pieces respectively catching on the locking part of the plurality of connectors, and
in the state where the suction cap holds the plurality of connectors, each of the locking elastic pieces are movable in the thickness direction of each of the housings with respect to each of the locking parts.

8. The connector assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the plurality of connectors include a first connector and a second connector having the same shape.

9. The connector assembly according to claim 8 , wherein
the housing of each of the first connector and the second connector is formed in a rectangular flat-plate shape having four end faces,
the four end faces include a first end face, and
in the state where the suction cap holds the first connector and the second connector, the first end face of the housing of the first connector and the first end face of the housing of the second connector are opposed to each other,
each connector is formed to be asymmetric with respect to a centerline that divides the connector in half in the bridge direction wherein each housing of the first and second connectors has first and second bridge end faces, and in the state where the suction cap holds the first connector and the second connector, the first bridge end face of the housing of the first connector and the first bridge end face of the housing of the second connector are opposed to each other.

10. The connector assembly according to claim 9 , wherein
the four end faces include a second end face and a third end face adjacent to the first end face, the second and third end faces being parallel to one another, and
the positioning hole is closer to the second end face than to the third end face.

11. The connector assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the positioning hole and the positioning protrusion part are formed in a true circle shape.

Assignees

• Japan Aviation Electronics Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Oosaka Junji

Classifications

• H01R12/57 Primary

  surface mounting terminals · CPC title

• H05K3/3436

  having an array of bottom contacts, e.g. pad grid array or ball grid array components · CPC title

• H05K3/303

  with surface mounted components (H05K3/32 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H05K1/141

  One or more single auxiliary printed circuits mounted on a main printed circuit, e.g. modules, adapters (H05K1/142 and H05K1/147 take precedence) · CPC title

• H05K1/142

  Arrangements of planar printed circuit boards in the same plane, e.g. auxiliary printed circuit insert mounted in a main printed circuit · CPC title