Connection port module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11942717-B2
Application number	US-202117516673-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 1, 2021
Priority date	Jun 7, 2021
Publication date	Mar 26, 2024
Grant date	Mar 26, 2024

Abstract

A connection port module includes a fixed frame and a connection port. The fixed frame includes a main body portion, a first holding portion, and a second holding portion. The first holding portion is connected to one side of the main body portion and includes a first holding surface. The second holding portion is connected to the other side of the main body portion and includes a second holding surface. The first holding surface faces the second holding surface. The connection port is disposed in the fixed frame, and is located between the first holding surface and the second holding surface. A connector is adapted to be inserted into the connection port. The first holding surface and the second holding surface are adapted to abut against the connector to fix the connector on the fixed frame.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A connection port module mounted on a portable electronic device, the connection port module comprising:
a fixed frame comprising:
a main body portion;
a first holding portion connected to one side of the main body portion and having a first holding surface; and
a second holding portion connected to the other side of the main body portion and having a second holding surface, wherein the first holding surface faces the second holding surface; and
a connection port disposed in the fixed frame and located between the first holding surface and the second holding surface, wherein an external connector is adapted to be inserted from an insertion inlet of the fixed frame to connect with the connection port inside the portable electronic device, and the first holding surface and the second holding surface are adapted to abut against the external connector to fix the external connector on the fixed frame, wherein the fixed frame has no solid structure on one side perpendicular to an inserting direction of the connector, wherein the insertion inlet is opposite to the main body portion, wherein a shortest distance between the first holding surface and the second holding surface is gradually reduced from the insertion inlet toward the main body portion.

2. The connection port module described in claim 1 , wherein the fixed frame exposes opposite surfaces of the connection port.

3. The connection port module described in claim 1 , wherein the fixed frame includes a notch, the notch is located between the first holding portion and the second holding portion, the connection port is located in the notch, and the notch exposes opposite surfaces of the connection port.

4. The connection port module described in claim 1 , wherein the first holding surface and the second holding surface are adapted to abut against four corners of the connector.

5. The connection port module described in claim 1 , wherein the connection port is connected to the fixed frame by assembly or the connection port is integrally connected to the fixed frame.

6. The connection port module described in claim 1 , wherein the first holding surface and the second holding surface are each a curved surface, and four corners of the external connector are each a curved surface, wherein the four corners of the external connector are adapted to abut against the curved surface of the first holding surface and the curved surface of the second holding surface.

7. The connection port module described in claim 6 , wherein when a curvature of the first holding surface and the second holding surface are the same as a curvature of the four corners of the connector, projections of centers of circle of the first holding surface and the second holding surface and projections of corresponding centers of circle of the four corners on a virtual plane are overlapped with each other; when the curvature of the first holding surface and the curvature of the second holding surface are greater or less than the curvatures of the four corners of the connector, the projections of the centers of circle of the first holding surface and the second holding surface and the projections of the corresponding centers of circle of the four corners on the virtual plane are non-overlapped with each other.

8. The connection port module described in claim 1 , wherein the first holding surface and the second holding surface each include a concave-convex structure.

9. The connection port module described in claim 1 , wherein the first holding surface and the second holding surface each comprise a planar region and two inclined regions, the two inclined regions are located on opposite sides of the planar region, and the two inclined regions of the first holding surface and the two inclined regions of the second holding surface are adapted to abut against four corners of the connector.

10. The connection port module described in claim 1 , wherein the first holding surface and the second holding surface each comprise a planar region and two curved regions protruding toward the main body portion, the two curved regions are located on opposite sides of the planar region, and the two curved regions of the first holding surface and the two curved regions of the second holding surface are adapted to abut against four corners of the connector.

11. The connection port module described in claim 1 , further comprising:
a plurality of fixed engagement protrusions respectively disposed on the first holding portion and the second holding portion, and respectively protruding from the first holding portion and the second holding portion.

12. The connection port module described in claim 1 , further comprising:
a plurality of first conductive members connected to the connection port; and
a plurality of second conductive members respectively disposed on and passing through the first holding portion and the second holding portion, wherein the second conductive members are connected to the first conductive members.

13. The connection port module described in claim 12 , wherein the second conductive members disposed on the first holding portion protrude from or are flush with a first outer surface of the first holding portion, and the second conductive members disposed on the second holding portion protrude from or are flush with a second outer surface of the second holding portion.

14. The connection port module described in claim 12 , wherein each of the second conductive members includes a front end and a rear end opposite to the front end, the front end disposed on the first holding portion passes through and protrudes from the first holding surface, the front end disposed on the second holding portion passes through and protrudes from the second holding surface, and the rear end disposed on the first holding portion and the rear end disposed on the second holding portion pass through the fixed frame and are connected to the first conductive members.

Assignees

• Liu Han Tsai
• Tzou Jyh Chyang
• Yu Ting Hsuan
• Compal Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Liu Han-Tsai
• Tzou Jyh-Chyang
• Yu Ting-Hsuan

Classifications

• H01R13/516 Primary

  Means for holding or embracing insulating body, e.g. casing {, hoods} · CPC title

• H01R13/6581

  Shield structure · CPC title

• H01R12/7005

  Guiding, mounting, polarizing or locking means; Extractors (for printed circuit boards H05K) · CPC title

• H01R13/518

  for holding or embracing several coupling parts, e.g. frames · CPC title

• H01R33/975

  Holders with resilient means for protecting apparatus against vibrations or shocks · CPC title