Electrical connector assembly including an internal circuit board having three rows of conductive pads respectively at three end portions thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11923630-B2
Application number	US-202117516695-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 2, 2021
Priority date	Nov 2, 2020
Publication date	Mar 5, 2024
Grant date	Mar 5, 2024

Abstract

An electrical connector assembly includes: a bracket; and at least one transmission assembly mounted to the bracket and including an internal printed circuit board (PCB), a board-mount connector connected to a first row of conductive pads disposed at a bottom end portion of the PCB, and a plug-in connector connected to a second row of conductive pads disposed at a front end portion of the PCB, wherein the PCB has a third row of conductive pads disposed at a rear end portion thereof.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrical connector assembly comprising:
a bracket; and
at least one transmission assembly mounted to the bracket and including an internal printed circuit board (PCB), a board-mount connector connected to a first row of conductive pads disposed at a bottom end portion of the PCB, and a plug-in connector connected to a second row of conductive pads disposed at a front end portion of the PCB; wherein
the PCB has a third row of conductive pads disposed at a rear end portion thereof;
the board-mount connector has a mating port and the bottom end portion of the PCB enters the mating port; and
the plug-in connector has a mating port and the front end portion of the PCB enters the mating port.

2. The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first row of conductive pads are arranged along a front-to-rear direction and the second row of conductive pads are located rearward behind a front most conductive pad of the first row of conductive pads.

3. The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein both the second and third rows of conductive pads are arranged along a top-to-bottom direction and a topmost conductive pad of the third row of conductive pads is located lower than a topmost conductive pad of the second row of conductive pads.

4. The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein both the second and third rows of conductive pads are arranged along a top-to-bottom direction and a bottommost conductive pad of the third row of conductive pads is located lower than a bottommost conductive pad of the second row of conductive pads.

5. The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein there are plural transmission assemblies, and the bracket includes a pair of legs secured to a corresponding pair of board-mount connectors, respectively.

6. The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein there are plural transmission assemblies, and the bracket includes a leg located between two corresponding board-mount connectors.

7. The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein there are plural transmission assemblies, and all the board-mount connectors are side-by-side interlocked together.

8. An electrical connector assembly comprising:
a bracket including a main body and a pair of legs; and
at least one transmission assembly mounted to the bracket and including an internal printed circuit board (PCB), a board-mount connector connected to a first row of conductive pads disposed at a bottom end portion of the PCB, and a plug-in connector connected to a second row of conductive pads disposed at a front end portion of the PCB; wherein
the main body has at least one slot receiving an associated plug-in connector and the pair of legs and a bottom of the main body define a space accommodating respective board-mount connector of the at least one transmission assembly.

9. The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 8 , wherein there are plural transmission assemblies, and the pair of legs are secured to a corresponding pair of board-mount connectors, respectively.

10. The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 8 , wherein there are plural transmission assemblies, and one of the pair of legs is located between two corresponding board-mount connectors.

11. The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 8 , wherein there are plural transmission assemblies, and all the board-mount connectors are side-by-side interlocked together.

12. The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the PCB has a third row of conductive pads disposed at a rear end portion thereof.

13. An electrical connector assembly comprising:
a bracket; and
at least one transmission assembly mounted to the bracket and including an internal printed circuit board (PCB), a board-mount connector connected to a first row of conductive pads disposed at a bottom end portion of the PCB, and a plug-in connector connected to a second row of conductive pads disposed at a front end portion of the PCB; wherein
the PCB has a third row of conductive pads disposed at a rear end portion thereof; and
the plug-in connector is located rearward behind a frontmost portion of the board-mount connector.

14. The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the first row of conductive pads are arranged along a front-to-rear direction and the second row of conductive pads are located rearward behind a frontmost conductive pad of the first row of conductive pads.

15. The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 13 , wherein both the second and third rows of conductive pads are arranged along a top-to-bottom direction and a topmost conductive pad of the third row of conductive pads is located lower than a topmost conductive pad of the second row of conductive pads.

16. The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 13 , wherein both the second and third rows of conductive pads are arranged along a top-to-bottom direction and a bottommost conductive pad of the third row of conductive pads is located lower than a bottommost conductive pad of the second row of conductive pads.

17. The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 13 , wherein there are plural transmission assemblies, and the bracket includes a pair of legs secured to a corresponding pair of board-mount connectors, respectively.

18. The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 13 , wherein there are plural transmission assemblies, and the bracket includes a leg located between two corresponding board-mount connectors.

19. The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 13 , wherein there are plural transmission assemblies, and all the board-mount connectors are side-by-side interlocked together.

Assignees

• Fu Ding Prec Industrial Zhengzhou Co Ltd
• Foxconn Interconnect Technology Ltd
• Fuding Prec Industry Zhengzhou Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hsiao Shih-Wei
• Hsiao Yu-San
• Chang Yen-Chih
• Chen yu-ke
• Yang Na
• Zhang wei-hua

Classifications

• H01R12/716 Primary

  Coupling device provided on the PCB · CPC title

• H01R12/721

  cooperating directly with the edge of the rigid printed circuits · CPC title

• H01R12/737 Primary

  Printed circuits being substantially perpendicular to each other (for printed connections H05K3/366) · 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