Connector assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11792958-B2
Application number	US-202117474084-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 14, 2021
Priority date	Sep 25, 2020
Publication date	Oct 17, 2023
Grant date	Oct 17, 2023

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a connector assembly comprising a cage and a heat sink. The cage has a receiving space and a wall constituting the receiving space, the wall is formed with a window which is communicated with the receiving space and two latching plates which are provided to two sides of the window and extend away from the receiving space, each latching plate is integrally formed with a latching protrusion, the latching protrusion has a guiding portion and a latching portion, a protruding amount of the guiding portion from the latching plate gradually increases as a distance of the guiding portion from the receiving space decreases, the latching portion is positioned to a tip end surface of the guiding portion. The heat sink has a base plate, in a process that the heat sink is assembled to the cage, the base plate pushes against the guiding portions of the latching protrusions of the two latching plates to make the two latching plates elastically move, after the base plate passes over the guiding portions of the latching protrusions of the two latching plates, the latching portions of the latching protrusions of the two latching plates latch with the base plate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A connector assembly, comprising:
a cage having a wall that defines a receiving space, the wall being formed with a window which is in communication with the receiving space and two latching plates which are provided to two sides of the window and extend away from the receiving space, each latching plate being integrally formed with a latching protrusion, the latching protrusion having a guiding portion and a latching portion, a protruding amount of the guiding portion from the latching plate gradually increasing as a distance from the receiving space decreases, the latching portion being positioned to a tip end surface of the guiding portion which is close to the receiving space; and
a heat sink having a base plate and a thermal coupling portion provided on an inner side surface of the base plate which faces the receiving space, the latching plates configured so that the base plate presses against the guiding portions of the latching protrusions of the two latching plates to make the two latching plates elastically move during installation, the latching plates configured to engage the base plate with the latching portions when the thermal coupling portion is positioned so as to extend into the receiving space.

2. The connector assembly of claim 1 , wherein the latching portions of the latching protrusions of the two latching plates latch with an outer side surface of the base plate which is opposite to the receiving space, the latching protrusions are elongated bulges which are constructed to outer side surfaces of the two latching plates opposite to each other, a surface of the guiding portion of the latching protrusion is an arc surface, and a protruding amount of the arc surface relative to the latching plate gradually increases.

3. The connector assembly of claim 2 , wherein the base plate of the heat sink is formed with two grooves which are configured to allow the two latching plates to pass through during installation, the latching protrusions configured to pass through the two grooves respectively so that the latching portions latch with the outer side surface of the base plate.

4. The connector assembly of claim 3 , wherein the wall of the cage further has auxiliary insertion sheets which are provided alongside each latching plate and inserted into the two grooves.

5. The connector assembly of claim 1 , wherein the latching portions latch with an outer side surface of the base plate which is opposite to the receiving space, the latching protrusions are elongated bulges which are constructed at inner side surfaces of the two latching plates and which face each other, wherein a surface of the guiding portion has an arc surface and the arc surface gradually protrudes an increased amount relative to the latching plate.

6. The connector assembly of claim 5 , wherein the base plate of the heat sink is formed with two recessed portions corresponding to the two latching plates, the latching protrusions of the two latching plates being configured, during installation, to pass through the two recessed portions respectively, so that the latching portions of the two latching protrusions latch with the outer side surface of the base plate.

7. The connector assembly of claim 1 , wherein the wall is provided with an elastic tab which presses outwardly and elastically against the inner side surface of the base plate of the heat sink.

8. The connector assembly of claim 1 , wherein each latching plate is formed with a plurality of airflow holes.

9. The connector assembly of claim 1 , wherein the base plate is formed with two latching grooves which correspond to the two latching plates respectively, wherein the latching portions latch with the two latching grooves and the latching protrusions are elongated protruding sheets constructed at inner sides of the two latching plates which face each other.

10. The connector assembly of claim 9 , wherein each latching plate further has two lugs integrally formed to two side edges thereof respectively, the two lugs may be bent to enter into the corresponding latching grooves.

11. The connector assembly of claim 10 , wherein the heat sink is a first heat sink, the connector assembly further comprises a second heat sink and an elastic clip, the second heat sink is assembled on another wall of the cage facing the wall by means of the elastic clip in a manner that the second heat sink can elastically move relative to the receiving space, the second heat sink having a second thermal coupling portion extending into the receiving space.

12. The connector assembly of claim 11 , wherein the second heat sink has a base plate which is assembled on the another wall and is provided with the second thermal coupling portion, the elastic clip has an elastic pressing portion which elastically presses against an outer side surface of the base plate and an assembling portion which extends from the elastic pressing portion and is assembled to the cage.

Assignees

• Molex Llc

Inventors

• Yen Sheng-Ping
• Chien Tsai-Hui
• Yang Hui-Hsuan
• Peng Kuan-Lin
• Kori Vinayakumar

Classifications

• H05K7/20409

  Outer radiating structures on heat dissipating housings, e.g. fins integrated with the housing · 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

• H01R27/02

  for simultaneous co-operation with two or more {dissimilar} counterparts · CPC title

• H01R13/514

  composed as a modular blocks or assembly, i.e. composed of co-operating parts provided with contact members or holding contact members between them · CPC title

• H05K7/20418 Primary

  the radiating structures being additional and fastened onto the housing · CPC title