Connector assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12531376-B2
Application number	US-202218078712-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 9, 2022
Priority date	Dec 9, 2021
Publication date	Jan 20, 2026
Grant date	Jan 20, 2026

Abstract

A connector assembly is provided. The connector assembly allows a conductive terminal to provide shielding to reduce any effect of external interference on signal transmission of the connector assembly so as to meet signal transmission requirements for the connector assembly, and with the use of a jumper conductor, at least partial conductive terminals on the connector assembly can be electrically interconnected with no need of any additional jumper, such that an electronic device using such connector assembly can be made compact in size desirably.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A connector assembly for being coupled to a coupling component and bonded to a bonding component, the coupling component having a coupling portion, and the bonding component having a bonding portion, the connector assembly including:
an outer insulation terminal block having an outer insulation terminal block head structure and an outer insulation terminal block tail structure; a primary terminal set, with a primary terminal set projection plane being defined, the primary terminal set including at least one primary first conductive terminal and at least one primary second conductive terminal, wherein the primary first conductive terminal has a primary first conductive terminal coupling structure and a primary first conductive terminal bonding structure, and the primary second conductive terminal has a primary second conductive terminal coupling structure, a primary second conductive terminal bonding structure, a primary second conductive terminal inner embedding structure and a primary second conductive terminal outer embedding structure; and an inner insulation terminal block including an inner insulation terminal block primary first positioning structure and an inner insulation terminal block primary second positioning structure, wherein, the inner insulation terminal block primary first positioning structure is for positioning the primary first conductive terminal in a manner that the primary first conductive terminal is extended in a direction parallel to the primary terminal set projection plane; the inner insulation terminal block primary second positioning structure is for positioning the primary second conductive terminal in a manner that the primary second conductive terminal is extended in a direction parallel to the primary terminal set projection plane; the primary second conductive terminal outer embedding structure is for being embedded with the outer insulation terminal block, and the primary second conductive terminal inner embedding structure is for being embedded with the inner insulation terminal block, so as to position the outer insulation terminal block and the inner insulation terminal block in a manner that, the primary first conductive terminal coupling structure and the primary second conductive terminal coupling structure are located at the outer insulation terminal block head structure to be able to couple the coupling portion of the coupling component, and the primary first conductive terminal bonding structure and the primary second conductive terminal bonding structure are located at the outer insulation terminal block tail structure to be able to bond the bonding portion of the bonding component; and the primary first conductive terminal has a primary first conductive terminal projection area on the primary terminal set projection plane, and the primary second conductive terminal has a primary second conductive terminal projection area on the primary terminal set projection plane, wherein the primary second conductive terminal projection area is larger than the primary first conductive terminal projection area to allow the primary second conductive terminal to provide shielding for the primary first conductive terminal and reduce any effect of external interference on signal transmission of the primary first conductive terminal; wherein the outer insulation terminal block further includes an outer insulation terminal block primary second positioning structure, wherein the outer insulation terminal block primary second positioning structure is for positioning the primary second conductive terminal to fix it at a predetermined position; wherein the inner insulation terminal block primary first positioning structure is a slot structure for allowing the primary first conductive terminal to be inserted and positioned, the inner insulation terminal block primary second positioning structure is a slot structure for allowing the primary second conductive terminal to be inserted and positioned and the outer insulation terminal block primary second positioning structure is a slot structure for allowing the primary second conductive terminal to be inserted and positioned.

2 . The connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one primary first conductive terminal includes a plurality of primary first conductive terminals, and the primary second conductive terminal is close to at least one of the plurality of primary first conductive terminals to provide shielding and reduce any effect of external interference on signal transmission of the nearby primary first conductive terminal.

3 . The connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the primary first conductive terminal projection area is located within the primary second conductive terminal projection area.

4 . A connector assembly for being coupled to a coupling component and bonded to a bonding component, the coupling component having a coupling portion, and the bonding component having a bonding portion, the connector assembly including:
an outer insulation terminal block having an outer insulation terminal block head structure and an outer insulation terminal block tail structure; a primary terminal set, with a primary terminal set projection plane being defined, the primary terminal set including at least one primary first conductive terminal and at least one primary second conductive terminal, wherein the primary first conductive terminal has a primary first conductive terminal coupling structure and a primary first conductive terminal bonding structure, and the primary second conductive terminal has a primary second conductive terminal coupling structure, a primary second conductive terminal bonding structure, a primary second conductive terminal inner embedding structure and a primary second conductive terminal outer embedding structure; an inner insulation terminal block including an inner insulation terminal block primary first positioning structure and an inner insulation terminal block primary second positioning structure, wherein, the inner insulation terminal block primary first positioning structure is for positioning the primary first conductive terminal in a manner that the primary first conductive terminal is extended in a direction parallel to the primary terminal set projection plane; the inner insulation terminal block primary second positioning structure is for positioning the primary second conductive terminal in a manner that the primary second conductive terminal is extended in a direction parallel to the primary terminal set projection plane; the primary second conductive terminal outer embedding structure is for being embedded with the outer insulation terminal block, and the primary second conductive terminal inner embedding structure is for being embedded with the inner insulation terminal block, so as to position the outer insulation terminal block and the inner insulation terminal block in a manner that, the primary first conductive terminal coupling structure and the primary second conductive terminal coupling structure are located at the outer insulation terminal block head structure to be able to couple the coupling portion of the coupling component, and the primary first conductive terminal bonding structure and the primary second conductive terminal bonding structure are located at the outer insulation terminal block tail structure to be able to bond the bonding portion of the bonding component; and the primary first conductive terminal has a primary first conductive terminal projection area on the primary terminal set projection plane, and the primary second conductive terminal has a primary second conductive terminal projection area on the primary terminal set projection plane, wherein the primary second conductive terminal projection area is larger than the primary first conductive

Assignees

• Tarng Yu Enterprise Co Ltd

Inventors

• Huang Mu-Jung
• Chen Ying-Chung

Classifications

• H01R13/6585

  Shielding material individually surrounding or interposed between mutually spaced contacts · CPC title

• H01R12/737

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

• H01R12/721

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

• H01R13/6471 Primary

  by special arrangement of ground and signal conductors, e.g. GSGS [Ground-Signal-Ground-Signal] · CPC title

• H01R13/6473

  Impedance matching · CPC title